The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1879, Page 10

0 GANDER PULL es Christmas in the Backwoods of Alabama, REVIVAL OF “ANCESTRAL” pa An Ex-Preacher as Bartender and Master of Ceremonies. LUDICROUS SCENES AND A Running Horse, a Greased Head and a Variety of Mishaps. SPORTS. INCIDENTS. See Newrow, Ala., Dec, 28, 1878. How the hardy sons of the backwoods spent Christmas may be to the student of the kaleidoscopic panorama of human life a question replete with in- ‘st and not devoid of value, The sum of human omplishments consists not alone of steam engines, printing presses, regulation Congressional speeches und clevated railways, but is largely shaped by the great social question, What will we do to kill time ? ‘This question is asked by the petted darlings of for- tune, by the recluse in his hermitage aud even by the gon who paraphrases the question by calling for “Blucher or night; but all this tendency to monopoly by cach person not pre- Vent the butternut from asking the sume momentous question and solving it in his own sui generis way. It has been well known for quite an age that the American backwoodsman is & queer specimen of compound independence, good sense, folly, generosity and loyalty to convictions. One has but to “lush” his acquaintance at the coun- try cross-road grocery or the shooting match to see all the aboriginal peculiarities of each person stand- ing out as openty obtruded as the “quills upon the fretful porcupine,” and as likely to prick super- sensative people. Cooper has left his statue of the frontiersman standing out clearly against the back- ground of his age, with outlines softened by that generous prejudice that kills half of truth in the tran- sition from life to history untilit wears a veil of poesy and romance, Whatever may be said of the truth of his portraiture of the man of his day it will ‘be readily admitted that the frontiersman or back- ‘woodsman of to-day is cast in different moulds, A UNIQUE INVITATION. Such thoughts as the above were in my mind on Christmas Day, as I rode along the public road toward a country grocery situated at the forks of two roads, in what is popularly called by politicians the “wiregrass” section of Alabama. I had been duly invited by an ex-parson, who kept the grocery and dispensed “tongh leg” aud “old Robinson County” whiskeys to the tiplers of the neighborhood, to attend arave revival of a pastime once prominent in the *port of North Carolina 100 years ago—a “gander pullir His invitation ran as follows; — M RLY BELOVED P Thou art respectfully der pullin’, at my premises ‘That expression, “ancestral gander pullin’ ” struck gue, and when I was assured by a neighbor that they ‘would have a “rale riproaring time” concluded to 0. = A PECULIAR CROWD, As a “solitary horseman” I wended my way toward the scene of this queer celebration of the birth of the Man of Nazareth. Upon my arrival, avout eleven o'clock in the forenoon, I found a crowd of some fifty gathered around a blazing fire of pine knots in tront of the groggery and scattered over the prem- ises. One notable pcculiarity obtruding itself Brre pigore was the way they disposed of their hands. hey either whittled or left their hands to repose with sublime placidity deep down in the pro- tound inysteries of their trousers pockets. When I spproactied the group around the pine kuots a score of voices greeted me with “Hello, Squire, come to pull the gander?” “Come and wari,” “Give & teller your paw,” and the like, followed by a handshaking as universal as Kearney’s denunciation of the **bloated bondholder,”” each one followed by # ogee of the hand back into the protound depth of the puntaloons pocket. The air was damp, heavy and chilly, and the wind drove the black, soot ladened smoke from the knots in eddying puts in all directions and it dritted heavily away among the pine boughs. From all directions citi- vens were coming in all on horseback, aud after hitching to the trees and saplings in the vicinity, “corned up” at the bar, and gathering about the fire discussed the chances of the “pullin’,” as they called it. Old men, young men and bo; hite aud black, were there, and all seemed absor! in this one great question, and for the time forgot their hands, which reposed sufely in their deepest pockets. AN EX-REVEREND A BARTENDER, Passing into the barroom I was in the presence of the tunctgpnary of the place and the occasion, The room wast rude affair, being the smallest of single Pine log huts, clapboards on top, cracks ceiled with the same, a rude fireplace, in which # pile of knots blazed and roared; a box at the other end, and behind does cestral gan- this place of devotion—a kind of second altar as it wer teod the ex-preacher in the rd/e of bartender. He was atall, lank, doxology-looking individual, with @ small wisp of grayish whiskers three inches in length hanging downward from the point of # chin belonging to an otherwise clean-shaven face of m than wi solemnity. ‘I'wo dead oyster looking eyes red the feeble glimmer of animation stragyling for existence along the outline of an aquiline nose, While his mouth, with droopi corners, seemed to be chief mourner at the tuneral, and was always asking pardon for presuming even that much. His hair was long, and on this damp day hung dank and stringy behind his ears. When I entered he was leaning on the counter, his chin rest- ing iu both hands, while he elaborated on the rules of the “pullin’ ” to half a dozen contestants, most of whom were seated upon empty barrels, tobacco und cracker boxes. Of course I was welcomed, and then he went on with his talk about the “rules” of the day, which he had framed in his own style. As the rules” are worthy of production here 1 sandwich them in between the comments of the ex-parson ;— RULES OF GANDER PULLING, “My dear tricnds, a gander’s head is offuf hard to fetch,” he said, “and the teller what gits it will yearn what le git; but I don’t say this to discourage any of you. L want you all to pull andshow your spunk. It Will add to the success of the pullin’ to have you You want to hear the rules? Well, here all in it. they are:— First—Thou shalst not pull at the gander till thou hast pade a qu 0. feat Thow shalst ride ouch his own hose and each one or his third—Thou shalst not pull at the gander if thy hoss is not in a gallop. D hou shalst have five pulls at the gander for one quarter Fyth—It thou pullest off the hed of the suid gander thou shall have $2 50 for « quarter chan dl & for two chances. Sisth—The hed of the said gander shall be greased. “Now these is the rules to conduct this pullin’, It makes one oung agin to Le at a gander yullin’, ie me of my early days in old North Car’lin hem was good da ve pulled every Christmas and sometimes on Fourth of July; but all them things tadeth away, as the Psalmist rays, like the gras# that groweth up and is cut down, Ab. y friends, we only sees such times once in this tears.”" was boring for a tear and got it, He struck or whiskey. Any way it was a tear, py of the original ‘ot a desire to in- ’ T got up. { taken by me under pretenc troduce them at the first “pullin % GROUND, an old field from around ved, and thither the as the cx-preacher styled the crowd, ‘egation, repaired, at twelve, to indulge in this novel pastime, A tork had been set in the ground, into which a lon, pole had been placed, one end of which was naile to a stump, and the other projected about thirty degrees wbove the horizon and many feet beyoud the fork, This end was smaller than the other and limber, and hung about five teet above the head of # man on horse- ‘k. As all were cager for the sport an quated gender wae immediately swung to the ond of the pole by the feet, head downward, “k well “greased,"” and presented a job appa- gh yx a United States Treasury report. A armed with a whip, with which to accelerate ed of any horse which was too slow, took his stand near the gander, who, for the first time in life, was to be traiy dramatic, aud blend with bis ‘Quack! the glamour of martyrdom. TUE CONTESTANTS. the ex-parson, who was master of ceremonies, read out th the list of contestants, cawt lots for i rined them in a row o| hind an- read the “rules” t otley 8 orth, and Peter rn aud in the neighborho ble rival for the honor grip was too well known be regarded as a formida- Fourteen we line headed by lank, — red- headed ex-caudidate tor Sheriff, mounted "pou 1 spiteful sorrel m His stirrups f ort, and hence bis ir iches te aud the hem of his ree ; a space of bare, bluish Fed shin ylew iy in the raw wind, "A® one ot the vystauc warked, Le “rode deep;” tuat ds, ia au cousiderably on tie sual) of hus back. yellow jean } new firm will be enior NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1879.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. auch comments, and they were numerous, bad no Superior tat dwelt kielly bud patvontstngly Upon superiority af oulzingly Upon those plebians who were uot iu the pulling. The balance of the contestants were of the usual back- woods cut, and were as variously mounted as they wore themselves unique in character. ‘THE SPORT, The was to dash under the descendant of Rome and snatch for the head. If from any cause it was his loss. Tho neck gander wus already “greased” and the “trouble “The ex-candidate came firat upon the fery some fifty yards from the judye she came along at a ncatt halt speed. Just us hor rider was preparing his hand for the grab the wrander gave a tremendous ‘quack’ and a flutter, the judge's whip fell across the sorrell’s rump with a cruel hiss, she shied clear of the point and dashed away across the field and was taken up by the ex-candidate 300 yards away, A yell arose from the crowd asthe mare dashed away, followed Oy an: other when a fat fellow upon # large ities bitten ray made his grab full five feet beyond the gander's ead, The “celebration” was now fully opened, Rider after rider dashed by the siiae's whip hissing unmercifully as it swung through the air down upon the horses’ rumps, and the head was not yet touched when Peter came in to close the “first drawing.” He put spurs to the ass, and the Judge, meeting him tull Mn plied the whip, but the ‘ass was true to his original opinion that it was quite undignified and improper for ane who could trace his Hneuge back through a i line of solemn an- cestors to the days of David, King of Israel, to get out of a condensed pace, and justas Peter was mak- ing ® coyetous and murderous grab at the devoted, but yet triumphant head, the Judge, red in the face from his exertions, yelled out:— ipene pull; I rule you out. Your ass goes too slow.” ‘This was received with a roar of laughter, and an offer from a red-eyed fellow, with a bottle in his side poeket, to give three cheers for the ass, a8 soon committee on refined distinctions could report wh: of the three was the ass. Another roar of laughter followed this cut. BETWEEN ACTS. The ‘first drawing” had taken place and was as fruitless as the drawings in a flash lottery—no one had touched the head, The ex-preacher ot the and master of ceremonies had provided a huge jug of “tangleleg,” and asthe “pullers returned they rallied around this attractive object. While this was yoing on outsiders guthered in groups, and numerous flasks were fished up from the cavernous depths of as many pockets und twinkled in the air over the red noses of many loyal sons of this free and glorious Republic. All was hilarious joy and bright ex; ation, rose-hued aud gander-born, for nearly every one had a bet on the gander’s head, The betting was brisk, and the ex-candidate sold highest in these rude and informal pools, Many drinks depended on his grip. ‘A SECOND TILT. The procession wes formed a second time, and the fiery sorrel bore down the track again in splendid style, while the gander hung quietly and serenely, evidently filled with an indifference and contempt for the impending danger born of the ignominious and signal failure of the first drawing; but his seren- ity was ill timed, and the bony digits of the ex-canai- date yrappled around his neck and slid away, thanks to the “grease,” with 4 spirit more reckless of the gander's comfort than was to be expected from one who had lately shook hands as a soft and purring candidate near on to seventy-two thousand times. The jerk gave the pole a swing and the gander went bobbing back and forth, up my down and around, fluttering and saualling. Ciose on behind the sorrel came the fieabitten gray, which, not being accustomed to such arctan over- nead, shied as the fat fellow reached aloft tor the head. ‘The girth broke and down he came upon the ground with a heavy thump, the gray's heels flying in the air among human legs. Another cheer arose from the crowd, and as he picked himself up his flying gray disappeared among the pines in the direction of his home. One chap with mingled sol- emnity and mock eagerness rushed up to the un- horsed knight with :— “I am so glad, Jim, you got the head; let us see it.” Asquare blow from Jim’s hard knuckles, planted full upon the solemn “fiz,” laid the curious chap in rass, and his part of the tun endea there and then. at was his last joke. He atterward said he did not include that among his jokes. THE GANDER DEFU! ‘The others went through, several touching the head, and when they assembled for the ‘third draw- ing”’ the gander hung limp from the end ot the pole. He was dead, The excitement reached a fever heat about this time. Drinks were passed around while they were forming, and @ hushed expectancy thang over the crowd as the sorrel went down the trac! again. A violent wrench at the head threw the e: candidate from the saddle upon the mare’s crupper, but the head held on, Two or three . more jerks followed, when a beardiess youth of twenty grasped the neck, threw himselt for- ‘ward on his horse's neck, and the body of the yunder hung headless from the pole, A shout from the crowd told the contestants who were taking up their horses out in the tield that some one had won the prize. Acrowd svon gathered around young Baze- nan, the succossful “puller,” who still held the head coe gender in his hand, and all secmed greatly ex- cited. DELIVERING THY PRIZE. ‘The ex-parson pushed his way into the crowd, and, mounting s stump, said :— “My dearly ved tricnds, thou perceivest that Si Buzeman hast ‘severed the head of the gander, and by the rules he is entitled to $2 50, which I now hand him in your presence. Permit me to congratu- late him on his success, und all the other pullers, on their high mor portment, and to wish them all good luck. ‘This congregation and the public is now dismissed,” CONCLUDING SCENES. Some swore that it was unfair and a pow-wow en- sued, with much drinking of “‘tangleleg,”’ and by the time the crowd reached the grocery it was in good trim for a free fight, which was inaugurated by the ex. ite, who knocked a Bazeman partisan down for saying “yaller legged roosters aint no count for cans nor gander pullin’s no how.” Amid the peli mell I rode aw: % ‘The last I saw of Bazeman he was aes @ and surrounded by a half dozen boys of his own age who seemed to be trying to take him home. He was pegenrtes bose swearing, “I'll be goldarned if I can’t outganderpull any man in South America,” accompanied by wavings of his right hand, in which he still held the greasy and blood; head of the gander. His comrades, one and all, joit him in this dare to South America, and in this condi- tion a turn of the roud shot the groggery and crowd from view. Any notice of this affair to Bergh would perhaps be ill timed. “ALWAYS WITH YOU.” The week just closed bas been a very severe one for the tenement house poor. As the season ad- vances the cry of poverty from among the families of the idle workingmen begins to be painfully heard, There is scarcely any difficulty in dealing with poor single old people, who generally contrive to receive little upon which they can subsist. It is from widows with children, from families the husbands in which have been for months out of work, and from men and women who have been unexpectedly thrown out of all chance of money or help that the ap- peals come daily. While there is, of course, a sameness for the most part in the condition of all these people, yet there is scarcely 4 single family upon whom does not fall some unusual affliction that marks the case in an especial way. It is a simple thing to that a family is in distress and needs help; but a little reflection will show what a terrible meaning is in the announcement. Few people can resist the cry of a child who is suffering trom hun- er, and yet there is not one of these daily appeals Sut means that children are hungry, weak, emaciated and sick. The relief, then, which # few dollars given bd io tig penniless tamily affords can be readily un- stood, The following cases of distress from poverty are presented as worthy of immediate assistance :— A widow and her four children are sadly in need of assistance at No. 5 Carlisle street, third floor. In room No, 4, second floor, of No. 44- Monroe street, a widow and her four small children are in distress. The mother is sick and unable to work, In room No. 1, tirst floor, No, 33 Lewis street, other sick widow and her four small children are destitute. A tamily of four are in need of food and fuel at No. 52 Gansevoort street, third floor. On the first floor, back room, of No. 670 Ninth ave- nue, a family of five are in need of help. The man has been without work for several months t. ‘On the first floor, front room, of No, 670 Ninth ave- nite, an aged widow, who is an’ invalid and unable to leave her room, is in distress, “3 In a miserable shanty, No. 117 West Fifty-second street, a widow and her six children are in utter pov- erty. | ‘The woman is sick and is paralyzed on one aside, The husband died last March. Charitable vis- itors will remember that there are three shanties un- der the above number and that the one located furthest north is the dwelling of this family. THE BELDEN DISSOLUTION, A few apparently uninterested spectators assem- bled before Judge J. F. Daly, in the Court of Common Pleas, at the hearing upon the order to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed for the firm of Belden & Co. Mr. Bookstaver, counsel for Mr. Connor, who makes the move in the matter, applied to have the proceedings go over until Tuesday next, in order that he might prevent # formal decree of dissolution of the copartnership. Judge Daly then asked if they intended to settle the matter, and coun- sel answered in the affirmative. Judge Daly—Well, L suppose it is the best thing you could do, Counsel—When the parties camo to their right minds they thought the «ame as Your Honor, ‘Che case was then dropped, with the understanding that the decree would be entered on ‘Tuesday. After the proceedings were over counsel stated that all the wreliasiizagios ‘had been agreed upon for a aet- tement of their difficulties, and the basis of such set- tlement was that Mr. Connor, the plaintiff, and one of the defendants would be appointed joint receivers of the firm, Mr. Connor said Badr A that ull members of the firm had signed adocument agrecing to deposit all assets with the Fourth National Bank, and requesting the Court to appoint as receivers of such assets Mesars. Henry Belden and W. Kk. Connor, After the dissolution of the present firm it t# nuderstood that Mr. Connor Will go into business tor himself, and orgeuiaed with HMeury ws THE FITZ JOHN PORTER CASE. THE PROCEEDINGS CLOSED—CONCLUSION OF MR. CHOATE’S ARGUMENT —SARCASM AND HUMOR. Wesr Port, Jan. 11, 1879. The forty-fourth and final public session of the Board of Inquiry in the case of General Porter was held to-day, and the case pow passes into the hands of the three members of the Board—Geherals Scho- fied, Terry and Getty—to be reviewed by them and their opinion to be sent to the President for such action on his part as he may deem necessary, Mr. Choate resumed his argument this morning in General Porter's behalf, and had the close attention of the Board and of an unusually large audience who assembled to hear him. He began by stating that he omitted yesterday in his discussion of the state of public feeling in 1862 and the issues in this case growing out of that consideration to cite the testimony of General Pope, given before the Committee on the Conduct of the War, a well as a letter from that officer to General Halleck, dated September 1, 1462, complain- ing of a number of the brigade and division command- ers of the Army of the Potomac and impugning thecon duct of “acorps commander,” referring to Porter. ‘This testimony, in which General Pope said he con- sidered it his duty to bring Porter to justice, and this letter to Hulleck, written September 1, in coun- sel's opinion established the fact that the prosecu- tion of this case originated with General Pope. And, Mr. Choate continued, it seemed to him that General Porter had been made ‘a scapegoat” in this matter. WHAT CONSTITUTES A SCAPEGOAT, “Now,” he said, ‘‘for a description of a scapegoat, letme read a few verses from the sixteenth chapter of Levitic! “And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. * * * But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to let him go for @ scapegoat into the wilderness, * * * And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into camp.’ Now, I think,” he continued, “that we can see who it was that filled the ré/e of Auron, and it is not doubtful who it was that led the scapegoat into the wilderness and afterward came into camp, and who thereby retained his sition in the service of the United States.” his was ingly well done by Mr. Choate, who maintained an 4 pearance of perfect gravity, as he had done through- out in all his sarcastic allusions to General McDowell. The ings of the 20th of August, 1862, were then taken up in order, “beginning with the time which General Pope isso fond of describing as the earliest blush of dawn,” said the counsel. He pointed out what Porter's position was and his march in the direction of Gainesville till he resched Dawkins’ Branch, where they "naturally halted on ac- count of the evidences of an enemy in force in their front, At this carly hour General Pope supposed that McDowell was behind Jackson, and did not know that he had left the road open for the main body of Lee's army, under Longstreet, to unite with Jackson. Pope in’ his first order to Por- ter, urging him to come up, expected that if an cn- gagement had to be fought it would be at Centreville, be not knowing the whereabouts of McDowell, who was lost in the woods, he gave King’s division to Porter. GENERAL M'DOWELL CONDEMNED. Mr. Choate was strong in his condemnation of MeDowell in this connection, who, he said, returned in the fmorning with the joint order, and under it as- sumed control of Porter and his corps. He said to Porter when he saw the evidences of proximity of the enemy at Dawkins’ Branch, ‘Porter, you are too far out. Put your men back into the woods. This is no place to fight a battle.” He knew from the despatch of General Buford, which he had that mornin, received, that at least 14,000 of the enemy hi passed through Thoroughfare Gap, and, as he him- self testitied, believed that more were coming. He Knew what wus expected by General Pope and of Porter's anxiety to attack immodiately with the Fifth corps and King’s division before the ouemy received further additions, but he evaded the responsibility. He told Porter that he would move off with King's division to connect with Reynolds’ marching to the east and north by the Sudley Springs road, and when Porter, in dismay, asked him ‘What shall I do?” he simply waved his hand and rode away, evad- ing the responsibility which was on him as the senior officer and depriving Porter of an opportu- nity to do anything effective with his small force against the heavy army of the enemy in his front by carrying a, Foon el division of 4,000 men, ‘Gen- eral McDowell has testified,” said Mr. Choate, ‘that up to twelve o'clock that morning of August 29 General Porter's conduct was pertectly satisfactory, and that it was only after he lett him to go to join Reynolds that Porter was to blame for in- action, and that he: should have then attacked. He further says that be has no recollection of the message sent to him by Porter, to which he responded, ‘Give my compliments to General Porter and tell him to remain where he is,’ ” but this is established by posi- tive testimony, ax the counsel claimed. ‘THE RECORDEL' CONDUCT OF THE CASE. Mr. Choate then argued to prove that the Recorder hud conducted this part of the case on a theory of his own invention, which required him to place the main body of Lee's army, under Longstreet, some distance back from the point it was clearly established that they occupied. In this connection he quoted from the testimony of Longstreet himself, Colonel Mar- shall, of Lee's staff, the Confederate General Wilcox and others of that army, and from a numerous list of officers of the Union force, as to the presence of the main body of the Confederate army, 25,00 strong, in Porter's immediate front at Dawkins’ Branch. He showed a map which, he said, had been prepared with the Recorder's theoretical position of the Con- federate torce indicated upon it. On this map Mr. Choate expended the force of his wit and made all manner of fun of it. The Recorder interrupted and said, “Does Mr. Choate mean to enter this map in the record and make it historical?’ —‘*No, sir,” said Mr. Choate, “I don’t offer it historically, but geographi- cally. According to the theory of the Recorder,” ho continued, “Longstrect’s main body ot Lee’ my was withdrawn a mile and a half behind the position it is well established that they occupied, and were ted in a low piece ot ground where they would Tove to fire through sev: ridges in front of them in order to reach anybody.” ‘THE CONFUSION PREVAILING. ‘The confusion of the day in the reat of the army was alluded to as showing how ignorant Pope was of the movements of the enemy and how evident it was that there was no plan. en he supposed, as he claimed, that he was driving the enemy he was, in fact, being himself beaten, and the testimony of the veteran and well-known General ick was quoted, who said he received five differ- ent orders in succession varying the move- ment of his brigade—threefrom McDowell, one from Pope and one from General Hatch, commanding King’s division. There was no disobedience by Porter of the “joint order,” Mr. Choate claimed, as it was modified McDowell. “The Recorder,” he said, changed and argued that Porter disobeyed it, because he did not move forward toward Groveton. ‘This view of it is originsl with the Recorder, and differs from that which has always been expressed by Pope, McDowell and Judge Advocate General Holt, we must leave them to fight out that question among themselves.” General McDowell's testimony came in for a further share of merciless analysis by Mr. Choate, who read extensively from it, and com- mented on the confusion in it for a long time, con- cluding that the General had given it recklessly, carclessly and rily. His comments were, however, tf id tats and were never den '. ‘Tho question as to whether there was ‘a shameful retrest and falling back” by Porter was the next it considered, which question Mr. Choate ssid not call for any serious argument, as he claimed it was shown beyond dispute that ‘‘no retreat or movement in the nature of a retreat” was made by Porter, THY RECORDER'S ARGUMENTS. Hecriticised the Kecorder'’s argument and his wit- nesses in this matter, but said that it seemed hardly worth while to make an effort to show to @ board of experienced soldiers that the movements cf the various of the corps of General Porter that day might sometimes involve changes to the rear as well as tothe front, The Recorder relies on proving this retreat by the testimony of © incompetent men whom he found, and of an who thought the movements indi rel . Against this testimony Gen the evidence of Generals Morell, Sykes, Griffin, War- ren and other experienced soldiers, and thet must end the matter as @ military question, “The assist- ant surgeon’s view of the matte doubtless a ood medical view of it,” said Mr. Choate, ‘and he learned Recorder, not entirely satisfied with his own military view, wanted to add the bm ne § view, which he wy bye ia fn ear rinted per forwarded by the War Departmen Was next counidered and made @ vart of the - ment, Mr. Choate claiming that it was written General Pope and contained crroncous state- ments of fact. The 4:30 order was the chict subject of his afternoon address, in which he rehearsed the question over again, and argued that it had been ed by the strongest testimony thet it was row 5 tilt not received too late for action under it, A statement of the — actual — of Porter's cot was made, showing he had 9,811 men on the 2th of August, this statement being compiled from the official records at Washington. Choate concluded his = at 4 late hour of the, afternoon. As counsel Por- ter had found on the record the paper they thought the Kecorder had kept out, Mr. Choate publicly ac- knowledged the fact and made the amende h ‘There 1s nothing more now to be done by General Porter in the matter. His case is before the Board, and one of the most thorough and searching investi- tions ever held in the world is concluded after an famenee amount of Jabor, The proceedings, with the arguments and exhibits, will oecupy a # the usual size of Congressional documents pages. re of 1,600 BUSINESS TROUBLES, ‘The schedules were yesterday filed in the Conrt of Common Pleas in the matter of the assignment of the limited copartnership of J. F. Fowle to John H. Folk. The liabilities are stated at $57,301 4, nom- inal assets at $54,506 67 and real asscts ut $15,901 43. A similar sohedule was also filed in the case of Justus W, Meyers, and Edward H, Geiger to Joseph B. Frasier. @ liabilities are stated at $75,907 40, Hominul asects at $75,007 Jl aud real assets ot $46,186 Vi. MILITARY SERVICE INSTITUTION, IMPORTANCE OF DUTIES DEVOLVING ON AMERI- CAN OFFICERS-—INTERESTING PAPER BY GEN- ERAL SCHOFIELD ON THE SCIENCE OF WAR. The first annual meeting of the Military Service Institution of the United States was held yesterday afternoon, in the old hospital buildings, Governor's Island. Among the distinguished officers of the reg- ular service present were Major General Hancock, Generals Davis, Fry, Graham, Bliss, Arnold, Gibson, Brown, De Russy and McIntosh; Colonels Warne Rodenbaugh, Litchfield, Bird, Nugent and Ritten- house; Captains Wharton, White, Androws, Phipps and Ward, and Lieutenant Hubbell. A number of ladies also honored the occasion with their presence. Major General Hancock, the president of the instt- tution, opened the proceedings in a speech, in which he said that the membership now numbered 400 officers aud it might fairly be expected that next year would add as many more to the list. ‘The President announced that on account of the continued sittings of the Board on the Fitz Jobn Porter case Major General Schofield, who had con- sented to read a paper before the institution at its present session, could not be present, but had dele- sated hia aide, Major Wherry, of West Point, to read it in his absence. Among other things General Scho- field said ;— WIDE FIELDS FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDY. The more! have considered it from year to year the more I am impressed with the magnitude and im- portance of the subject which here engages your at- ‘tention. You are intrusted with the preservation of the vital military germ from which your country ex- pects great armies to spring in time of public dan- ger; and you are expected to improve and perfect the methods by which such armies are to rapidly brought into a state of mature strength and effective action. Ican hardly find words to express my sense of the yreat responsibility which is thus devolved upon you, and of the iinportance of thorough prep- aration to fulfil all the duties which the safety of your country may require at your hends, When the interests or passions of nations or peo- ples become antagonized then each concentrates all its vast euergies into one combined force to destroy the power of the other. The millions of human forces that have, for a generation, acted in countless different ways and toward all possible diverse ends of human desire’are now united in one majestic power, and directed with all the energy of thousands of human passions combined in one toward the one common purpose of the national will. But this vast engine of destruction or defence must be directed by one single human intellect, and the successful working of its several parts must depend upon the intelligence, courage and fidelity of the few who may be chosen to guide them. A fault of the chief or a failure of a single sub- ordinate nay involve, in an hour, the loss of a battle, possibly involving all the accumulated wealth of the people, even thoir liberties or the safety and honor of the nation. The work of a hostile army is like that of the fiend of fire. A prep itcens city which genera- tions have builded muy be destroyed in a single night. So the wealth, liberties and happiness ot # people may be lost in a single day of battle. How great, then, is the responsibility assumed by any man who ac- cepts the military commission of his country! How imperative the duty to spare no possible effort to prepare noone to sustain with honor that great re- sponsibility ‘The duties of a military officer are becoming, year by year, more complex and more difficult to perform. Every progress mude in the methods of war brings them more within the domain of science. The art of war has already approached the margin of the exact sciences. And the elements of the problems which war presents for solution are vastly more complex and difficult of exact measurement than those with which uny other branch of science has todeal. A few may, possibly, by individual exertion alone, ain a mastery of this great science. But it is only by united and harmonious effort that tho many may oven approach to that degree of excellence which insures success in war. It is not now sufficient that # high officer of the arm: be a good military engineer, # good tactician, a week quartermaster and comunissary, a good commander oi a battery, of a squadron or of a battalion, ora good adjutant general. He should have knowle: of all these while being master of his own special branch of the service. ithout this he cannot reasonabl hope for success either in high command or in ae recting the duties of the general staff. THE CRITERION OF GENERALSHIP. It has often been remarked that success is the only criterion of generalsyip. This doubtless must be true in popular esti: ion; but it is not true in fact, and ought not to be accepted as true by military students, One of the best exhibitions of the genius of Napoleon was his exact Derooption of what it actu- ally was thet gave him success. He froapentiy. points outin his writi = < wherein his victories were due to no special merit in his own operations, but to the faults of his adversary. In some cases even where, against skilful adversary, bis own plans must necessarily have failed. By comparison and full discussion of the results of your several studies you will arrive at a.clear perception of the principles involved in mili- tary operations and a just appreciation of the many conditions under which armies. have gained victories or suffered defeats. What I want to impress upon you now is the necessity that every commander, within his sphere, be it or small, shall have such knowledge of every one of these subjects as will enable him to 1 the ap) riute rela- tiouwsof all branches of the service to each other, to estimate properly the uses of each and to measure with accuracy what each arm or department is able to accomplish, and in what periods of time given quantities of work can be performed. These are among the most important elements of every military problem, yet they are among the most ne- glected. So much so is this the case that military operations are largely of # purely experimental char- acter, and war is “# game of chance.” All is to be staked on the ‘hazard of @ battle,” or won upon the chance of some combination of military move- ments involving the capacities tor work of all branches of the service, none of which have been duly estimated. It may be true that ‘no man can predict the result of 4 battle.” But some men seem to have come won- derfully near doing it every time. And they were the very men who were most thoroughly versed in every detail of military art, and who themselves at- tributed their great and uniform success, not to any special inspiration, but to great and diversified in- formation and incessant labor. Here, then, is the great object of such study and discussion as this institution will foster and en- courage—To reduce the “chances” of war to the minimum, to bring it a8 nearly as possible within the domain of exact science, to improve to the utmost all material instrumentalities, to learn how best to use these and to estimate their true value, to learn how to rapidly organize, equip, discipline and handle new troops, and then to judge correctly what enterprixcs may be undertaken with # reasonable expectation of success, THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, Our own military history affords some splendid examples of the skilful han of large armies, both on the offensive and on nsive, during long and bloody campaigus. They are great examples of this steady devotion to one common purpose, main- tained with marvellous tenacity on both sides— on the one till success was assured, and on the other till it was no loi to be hoped for, These are worthy of the most careful study, and thoy will show you that there is practically no limit to the spirit, endurance and cheerful sacrifice of the American soldier, so long as he is inspired with rea- sonable confidence in his commander's ability to make those swrifices fruittul of good resulte—wo loi as he belicve she is contributing something tow final success, But our soldiers are too intelligent to be long deceived, and however willing & man may be to & his lite for his country he has no wish to throw itaway for uothing. Hence no mean can hope for success in command of an army, or even # sinall por- tion of an army, unless he cah inspire his troops with contidence in his ability; tuey must feel that he knows what he is hea all the time, ‘This is the first, or certainly the most important, step toward discipline. Mere arbitrary discipline may give the appearance of the most regular troops anywhere but on the battleficld. But implicit faith and contidence aro the only sure foundation of thut real discipline oom reliable in action. To merit and inspire this coufideace should be the constant study ot every officer. This confidence once gained the officer need not hesitate to place trast in his men as they doin him, He will have reason to marvel at their steadfas: ERS ELECIED. ‘The following officers were elected for the ensaing year:—Major General W. 8. Hancock, President; Colonels Getty, Stanley, Tower, Fry und Murrett, Vice Presidents; Colonel Rodenvaugh, Corresponding Secretary; Colonel Brown, Treasurer, und Captain Sawyer, Vice Treasui COTTON TRADING APTER HOURS. A lively mecting of the members of the Cotton Ex- change was held yesterday afternoon to discuss the question of stopping trading after hours. The ex- isting rule fixes the penalty for the first offence @t suspension for one week, the second offence at suspension for three months und the third offerce at expulsion. About ten days ago it was proposed by the Board of Managers that this rule should be so ghanged as to make the pen- alty for the first offence a fine of $25, tor the second # fine of $50, for the third a fine of $100, and for the fourth offence suspension for not less than one week or longer, at the pleasure of the Board. A humor- ous Secession of the agg ote nd the pro- posed amendment was lost, The ot Managers were instructed to have the Floor Committee stricth; enforce the existing penalties for that offence. was alxo decided that the Exchange shall be closed at half-past three P. M., the same hour as at present. PRODUCE EXCHANGE. A meeting of the lard trade was heb yostorday in the committee rooms of the Produce Exchange, No. 39 Pearl street, for the purpose of considering @ pro- posed change in the lard rule so as to extend the limit for contracts from Thirty-third strect to Vanderbilt's now pier at Vifty-ninth strect and the North River. ‘The matter was thoroughly diseusted, and the ma- jority of thore present seemed to bo in favor of the ‘proposition. No section, however, was taken in the mater, and the hoop adjourned until Tuesday | next, When it will be A CRIME OF TWO CONTINENT. The Schulte Murder Being Traced Back to Germany. A DIABOLICAL CONSPIRACY. Extraordinary Revelation Discovered in the Old Man's Diary. MARKED BILLS IDENTIFIED. Remarkable Interest Taken in the Case by the German Consul General. Sours Nonwatx, Jan. 11, 1879. ‘The presence of the Imperial Consul General of Germany in this town to-day at once added renewed interest to the inquiry, adjourned since Monday last, in regard to the mysterious death of the ‘“‘Rilterguts- besitzer”* Johann Schulte, who was murdered near this place on the evening of December 27 last. Your cor- respondent had an interview with the Consul shortly after his arrival, but, being a lawyer, he very cau- tiously remarked that he only came here to watch the proceedings, that justice should be done to the accused Buchholts and to sce personally how matters were conducted, “The truth is,"" said the Consul “that all persons yet mentioned in con- nection with the murder are Germans in tho true sense of the word. They are not American citizens, and cannot even speak English. It is my duty, therefore, to see what there is in all these reports I have heard and read. They are not even natural- ized citizens, and the German government punishes a German for having committed murder, no matter where the crime be located. I may possibly exceed my authority, but I know the government at Berlin will approve of the deep interest I take in this case.” A CONSPIRACY IN GERMANY, ‘These words on the part of the first representative of Germany in New York, spoken ina lonely Con- necticut borough, at once convinced your corre- spondent that there was more behind this murder of the old miser than has yet been revealed; and the theery, often before broached but never traced, was therefore closely followed up, and not many minutes elapsed before it became evident to all those who could read the German language that even in the old fatherland there existed deep-seated en- mity toward the man who was killed with- out a moment’s warning in the grounds ad- joining his farm at Roton Hill. Experts schooled in German chirography once more ex- amined carefully the memoranda, diaries, statements and other books left behind by the murdered Schulte, ‘and, singular to say, it was soon aswertsined that three days before Schulte embarked for America he was fired at twice on his own farm at Dortmund, in Westphalia, and the man charged with investigating the matter reported that the son of Schulte’s own brother, the very man who so anxiously telegraphed about the fate which had befallen Johann Schulte, ‘was detected among those who made this unprovoked attack. The mu man was an cocentric, queer individual, who made notes, not only of his expendi- tures, but of all events that occurred around about him. The following is a literal translation of a memorandum found yest in Schulte’s diary, written in German, bearing on subject :— On September 1, 1878 (Sunday ‘morning “On Sept rl, (Sui mo) ), at seven o’clock,’a man followed by four other res ‘all hav- ing the a of hunters, accompanied by dogs and carrying their guns, fired into my (Schulte's) former beating Schulte rg eee oe, speaks in the third himeelf throughout his diary) was still in bod. "These men agent ties same fired again into thatroom. At about nine o’clock in the morning tony went through the ad- agining woods and also tos Rotate Yd near by, and nude all sorts of movements, us if to give the im- pression that they were Ce ‘but there was no game anywhere. Mr. Becker imvestigated this nuatter and inquired all he could about it, and he has ascertained that the son of Schulte (ny brother), from Barup, Hauover, was among the bibs a eating AROUEED RE 2800 shay is having occurred on September 1, threo days before he started for America from Hamburg, has naturally led to the suspicion that @ conspiracy was goucocted there and then to kill the old man, and it it presumed that this more than anyt! else has in- duced the German Consul General to tal “I do not, I assure you,’ interest in this case, he said to your correspondent ‘report the murders Germans in this country, It is not of all my business, but there are peculiar circumstances surrounding this case, compelling me to watch it closely.” It was known in the vicinity of Dortmund, where Schulte had his farm, that he was to leave for America within three days; his habits of grinding down sil those we under or with bim naturally must have created ill- against him. It was also shown by the investi mn of the old gentle- man’s papers that his brother living in Grozen- Holthausen owed him the amount of 10,000 marks, which he had loaned bin, and for which Schulte took a mortgage on his brother's property. Among the effects overhauled during the two days appears a letter from his brother, Mr. Schulte Shak he Ca nt Pay fee deers cn eet mortgage, not to be hard on him. Placing this ste by side with the memorandum in the diary above quoted, the authorities here think that there exists good ground for Broruming at leant that the cons y was concocted in Germany, espe cially since the name of the nophew has been men- tioned in connection with the unprovoked attack made upon him in his bedroom tmund on the morning of the Ist of September. KUROPEAN PORTS WATCHED, ‘The Consul General, when questioned in regard to theac inatters, declined to give utterance to any ideas ho had formed on this subject, but it is well known here that cable m we passed to and fro be- tween New York and lin in regard to this matter during the past fow days. The private interview held between State Attorney Olinstead, of Fairfield county, and the Consul General at New York, on Thursday, adds to the importance of the clew which the authorities are now following up, and if 1 am not mistaken European detectives are to- dey watching the arrival out of «tesmers having on board the three murderers, whose tracks the Ameri- can detectives have thus tar been unable to trace on this side of the Atlantic. The Conaul General does not deny that ho has communicated with his govern- ment, but he declines either to give the nature of his information or the language in which he bas couched his suggestions and instructions. He certainly has taken an extraordinary interest in this case, which now 4p) to be a crime which the judiciary of two continents will have to solve, ‘THE JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION RESUMED, Calmly, but attentively, did this representative of tho German government wateh the in the court room to-day when tho investigatio: journed from last Monday, was continued, The State's torney, Qlmstead, called as a witness, first, Alfred E. Austin, who had announced himself as Buch: holts’s counsel. It will be remembered thet Buchholtz was Schulte’s servant in this country and bas been under “say the past week for alleged complicity iu tl urder. ‘The first questious asked of Mr. Austin were whether he had received any money from Bucbholts as “re- tainer,”” he being employed by him as counsel, It ‘was intended to prove by this that the money thus over to his counsel was the same money marked) that belonged to the murdered Schulte, r, Austin declined to answer questions, and a long Sor eratin atone Me yd ranlagets of the witness to shiel iuwelf Leh: epi ives of counsel and decline to answer, TOO RECKLESS WITH HIS BIG DILLS, Charles Lacroix, who keeps an oyster saloon at Westport, Conn., said that on Sui it Buchholtz, agvompanied by Paul Karcher and Mr. Borger, came tu his place; they all hud some oysters; Buchholtz handed hin a 4? dollar bill, and tie wild had @ pri- vate mark of 350,191, William A. Benedict, salesman in @ Norwalk cloth- ing store, toxtified that Buchholtz purchased aa ulster there; handed in payment a tty dolar bill, bys had since been paid over to another party, wor (a member of thi } sworn :—saw onty of money in “s deeion ot Beck. bill to Paul Har- holtz; saw hit give a twenty doll cher, and $170 to Mr, Austin, his counsel, on Mot last; witness signed the receipt for said money as witness; he knew of another fitty dollar bill to Lacroix, the Westport xaloon keeper. The prisoner's counsel was hero recalled to the stand in regard to the $170 paid him; whether this money was received in his eapacity of counsel ot banker tor sate keeping. The State's Attorney ‘calmed that if it had been received in the latter capacity wit- ness inust state the sort of moucy he hua received: it as goupeal it was a privileyed communication. Mr. Oline' claimed that « man might rob a store, take the proceeds to, his counsel aud the lattor might de- inand protection on the stregth of its being # privi- loged communication. ve a ‘THE BILLS IDENTIFIED AS BCHULTE'S. Ex-Mayor Dudley B, Ely, president of the Central National Bank, identified a twenty doliar bill whieh came to him from Paul Harcher, marked 380-110, Various other witnesses through whom ® certain fitty dollar bill had examined, and it was traced dirvetly to Buebholtz, the prisouer. ‘The State's Attorney marked on both ‘ae Tr eetows hgetea, and cap, ed on both sides by Rumerous ‘been found in which was sworn to as rd Soluite’s safe, and said to be in Sebulto’s hand- on writing, It contained numerous figtres, ond 4 theve wore the very same private marks detected braced paw poly d Buchhottz at the oyster saloon im Weat, and at the cloth: store 15 South Norwalk, The s Attorney added, ho! ge ee iy dollar bills, “1 want the jury to satiatied that these billa were in the possession of Mr Schulte a. this schedule was made out and written by ‘Testimony was here taken in regard to the pistols, hairbrush, tacks aud other matters found in the lot immediately atter the murder. Among other things found was @ brand new pair of unbleached musiin overalls, which no one could claim as property. ‘The State's attorney requested that any one in New York having sold a vale like these, Jengih thirty-two inches, on or about December 27, communicate with him on the subject at Stamford, Conn. . THE PRIKONER SENT TO THE COUNTY JAIL, The Coroner's investigation was here adjourned till Monday, 20th inst., so us to enable the State's Attor- ney to gather inore facts in regard to this mysterious murder. Buchholtz was subsequently arraigned be- fore Justice of the Peace Bouton, and a regular com- Pers we ae ik for ap, In she document rawn up by 's Attorney he is plainl: charged with the murder or Johann Hohutte, and by advice of the authorities he was subsequently removed to the Fatrfield County Jail, at Bridgeport. During the reading of the cument, which was drawn up like an ordinary indictment,’ Buchhoitz, though not understanding English language, looked pale and dejected, as it affected by its con- tents. Those who insist upon considering him a guilty man now claim that in the letters from Europe anded to him in court last week he did not receive $250 in American money from his sister, as he gave out to his friends last week. It is charged that while not being under surveillance of the of he inserted into thoye letters some of the bills in ls possession, in order to show that all American bank bills comjng from Ei had a private mark, and in fact thus these marks were not Schulte’s but those of German. bankers, who had sold these American bank not @ fact not controverted by those who know the bas: ness of bankers abroad, THE OLD MAN’ EFPECTS. Before the German Consul’s departure from South Norwalk had a lengthy conference with Mayor Quintard and Mr. C. B. Smith, administrators or the Schulte estate, to ascertain exactly the status of the effects and the administrators, He was anxious to know, not so much about the money which was ‘in the bank, but about that which was missing. Muyor Quintard has advertised for the creditors’ (if any there be) of the murdered man and to exhibit these claims, and if not pees within a certain time ‘they will be de- red a recovery.” The Consul General expects to be in possession of a full power of attorney from Schulte, the broker, in about cight days, when he will take uicasures to investigate the various effects belonging to the estate. In the meantime he has sent an official report of the crime to the impe- rial government, leaving it to the judgment of the Berlin officials how to act in the premises, VOLUNTEER LIFE SERVICE, “NAN” AND HIS COMRADES RECEIVING ENCOUR- AGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE—MEETING OF MER- CHANTS AT THE MARITIME EXCHANGE, A meeting of merchants and subscribers to the Volunteer Life Service fund was held yesterday after- noon at the Maritime Exchange. The meeting, which was @ preliminary one, was called for the pur- pose of making arrangements for the estab- lishment of an active humane society in New York similar to the Royal Humane Society of England. Among those present were Captain Mc- Kay, Captain Dix, Mr. John A. Foster, Mr. Samuel Carey, of the Produce Exchange; Captain Paul Boy- ton, “Nan,” the Newsboy, and Gilbert Long. The meeting was called to order by Mr. E. B. Woodward, the chairman. Mr. James W. Auten, Jr., was ap- pointed temporary secretary in place of the acting secretary of the corps. On the chairman’s call for suggestions Mr. Carey gavethe views of the Produce Exchange, setting forth the advantages to be derived from the new ser- vice and pl the support of the Exchange. He then woved that a committee be appointed, consist- ing of a representative from cach contributing Ex. bine to make srrangements for the mass meetin, to be held next week and to have the general contro! of donations until the more permanent organization has been effected. The committce selected were Mr. E. RK. Powers, of the Cotton Exchange; Mr. W. k. Foater, Jr., of the Produce Exchange; Mr. Thomas P, Ball, of the Maritime Exchange, and Mr. George W. Davis, of the Stock Exchange. Mr. ‘fhomas Bull made a brief speech on the part of the commit. toe, Calls were made for # speech trom Captain Boyton, 4 GOOD SHOWING. who responded in # graceful address, in which he alternately pleaded for the work and thanked the subscribers for their donations. He next presented @ report of the it wevk’s work. The Stock Ex- change had contributed $250; the Produce Exchange, pa the Cotton Exchange, $175, and the Maritime 100. ‘The’ private subscriptions amounted to $15. Besides this tho Captain reported the donations received through the Henan, of q oil and other apparatus, as worth about $260. In conclusion the Captain asked permission to give $5 to cach of the three boys in the corpe, as they were bs and “could not grow stout on glory jone,”* Dr. J. P. Garrish addressed the meeting, and said that the it year over two hundred = = were drowned river front. | He he had made life saving a study, had delivered tures on resuscitation and offered to lecture in the hall of ae Men’s Christian Association to raise funds for the Volunteer Life service Corps. After several other the meeting was adjourned. YESTERDAY'S DONATIONS. The following donations were sent to this office foP the Volunteer Life Saving Corps yesterday :—Stoves foreach station, George Starrett; three igre life service fags, Detwiller & Street; pilot cloth for uniforms, James P, Farrell; outtit of hardware articles, Samuel Blumenthal. » A CHANCE FOR ALL TO HELP. New York, Jan. 10, 1879, To rue Epiron or tHe HeRatp:— Referring to the efforts of Captain Paul Boyton to raise sufficient moncy to establish and equip three life-saving stations on the East River, I would pro- you bring the subject before the churches Pore that of this city, and thureby give the people more gener- ally an opportunity of subscribing to this noble ob- It is an undertaking that properly comes unde? the Church charity, and without doubt « amount will be realized if each minister will p! the mat- ter before his conaregates, this coming 8 fe Subscriptions can sent to the HERALD office (as PA have already commenced « list) or to the Marine ational Bank, corner Wall and Pearl streets.. I would state that all subscriptions will beacknowl- edged, and that all the money raised is placed in the above bank to the credit of cic Life a eo = , Je. AMES W, Al THE CONGRESSIONAL LIFE-SAVING MEDAL. Officer Michael Gorman, of the Thirteenth pre- cinct, made preliminary application to United States Commissioner Shields, yesterday, for the life-saving medal allowed by the act of Congress, He brought a one witness a colored woman named Fannie Starkley, of No. 210 Greene strect, who attempted suicide by jumping into the river from the foot of Rivi in street, last September, and whom he reset The officer has a good record, and promised to bring many other witucases before the Commissioner, ‘The spplication of William J. O'Neil, better known as “Nan,” the Newsboy, is also in the hands of Commissioner Shields, “Nan” hae furnished his list of wap fer ge ga as svon - the necessary affidavits are file papers will forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury. BROOKLYN LIVE SAVING CORPS AND VOLUNTEER LIFE SERVICE, A life saving corps, similar to the one already or- ganized in this city by “Nan,” the Newsboy and his brave associates, is about to be started in Brooklyn. Alexander Seeley, a stout, healthy young man of large stature, who has the reputation of hw saved & large ‘number of lives the water front, has socured Michael Waldron, filty years of Dougherty, cighteon years or age, and James Rodgers‘ twenty-two years of age, all whom have rescued people from drowning and are expert switamers and experienced boatinen, The “Brooklyn Life Saving Corps,” by which title the organization will probably be known, desire no compensation for their services, but will make application to the Cominon Council for an appropriation with which to purchase life lines, life preservers and lanterns. sasiiinatiaitintanantansatacst MODEL EMPLOYES. ‘The life saving crow and the keeper of the light house and his assistants at Eaton's Neck, L. L, have created considerable sensation in Huntington by a fi encounter. The two crews had not been fe ly. for wome time, Oba and connter charyea wer sent to Washington, sadon ‘Thu iy an the Treasury ment investigated them, thouse men are Henry Wood, k ; Alfred doy, brother-in-law, 7. and Matthies, assistant tog horn blower. 6 lighthouse men accused the life saving crew with theft, The life saving crew charged the lighthouse men with in- twxication, with failing to keep the light burning on durk nights and not in tat the fog horn to blow on ft pat. When the taking of testimony was conelt ithias accused Willian Perrott of having sworn, feeds. wnd Porrott knocked him down. In the fight which ensued Perrott and others of the life saving crew lost some blood JOIPAL NOTES, Mayor Cooper has not a4 yet made any new appoint ments in his oflice, He will probably do so in a few days. President Mott, of the Board of Aldermen, and Me. Jacob M. Patterson, Jr. the clerk of the Common Counedl, returned from Alban; yesterday, A rumor prevailed about the City ‘ant iterday that Police Commissioncrs Joel B. Er! itand De Witt GC. Wheeler would be renominated. Mayor Cooper stated that there was nu truth in the report that he hed decided to reeppoint the two Commissioners, ‘ashington