The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1879, Page 6

SANE OR INSANE? The Curious Hallucination of William L. Palmer. POISON IN EVERYTHING. His Relation of the Shooting of Officer Furniss, Among the cases of crime on the records of the city there is, perhaps, none more interesting than that of William L. Palmer, who is now in confinement for the killing of Police Officer John H. Furniss at the Mctropolitan Hotel on the 28th of December last. During the scuffle between him and the police officers Mr, Palmer received » wound in the hand which made it necessary to transfer him from the City Prison to Bellevue Hospital. At the latter institution he is confined in the male ward of the insane cells, and is never out of the sight of a police Oflicer, tour of whom have, in addition to the regu- lar hospital attendants, been detailed to watch him. The stories told of his mania and the untiring watch he keeps upon his food and those about his person, are exceedingly amusing. His constant fear is that ®ome one is going to poison him. Nothing can make him believe anything else. Consequently, he will eat no food but what he has pur- chased himself and keeps under his eye in his cell. When he first entered the hospital he absolutely declined to eat any food given him by the attendants, but said if the authorities would permit him to go out with an officer he would purchase what food he needed. ‘This permission was given him after he had starved himself for some time, and accordingly he entered a carriage and drove to a number of places, buying a portion of his stock of edibles at each. He is liberally supplied with money by his friends and is exceedingly generous with it. GENEROSITY TO OTHER PATIENTS. The hospital attendants relate many incidents of his kindness to patients who are too poor to buy the little luxuries they would like and which are not in- ‘cluded in the bill of fare at Bellevue. At one time he drove down to the river and purchased a lot of oranges direct from the vessel at the dock. These he distributed freely about the hospi- tal and ate rather freely of them himself, much to the surprise of the attendants. He explained this himself, however, on the ground that, as he had just purchased the oranges from atrangers, it was not very probable that much poison had been put into them. Eggs he will eat, because he can easily tell whether the shell is cracked or tam- pered with in any way. Should the outside not be perfectly smooth the egg is rejected. Lately, however, he has conceived the idea that it ‘was possible to give poison to the chickens, and so consequently affect the egg. Water he is particularly careful of, and an amusing story is told Of the efforts of an orderly to get him to take a drink on one occasion. He had expressed a desire tor a drink of water and it was brought fresh into the cell. The following dialogue ensued :— ‘AZTENDANT—Here is your water, Mr. Palmer, Pauaen (bowing politely)—Thank you; won't you drink yourself? AtTrenvant—No, sir, thank you, I am not,thirsty. PatmeR—Ah! but I insist, my dear sir, that you rink first. Tho water was not touched by Palmer until fully half of it had been drunk by the attendant. PALMER'S APPEARANCE. Mr. Palmer is a young man of Foy nteeser ap- pearance. He has black hair, closely cropped, and a Alark brown mustache, ticularly handsome teeth and good features. His face possesses in an eminent degree an appearance of refinement and education, and his bright hasel eyes beam with intelligence and humor. There is absolutely nothing about bis appear-*| ance to denote the presence of mania, and his manner in conversation is most courtcous avd convincing. As before stated, he is at present lodged in one of the lurge cells of the insane wards. It is a room about fifteen feet by ten, and nothing but the grated win- dows indicate that it is anything but an ordinary room. The bed, which is a sinall iron one, rests on the right hand side of the room as you enter. ‘There are two windows, shelves, a table and two or three its. + When the writer entered Mr. Palmer’s cell he was lying in bed, not having yet recovered from the ifects of the wound received in the struggle with Furniss, He was pale and evidently weak, but po- fitely motioned the visitor to a chair with his right hand, at the same time gi him withasmile. He was somewhat reticent at first in regard to, his personel affairs, but atter a while the natural restraint wore away and he talked treely. In the two hours’ conversation which followed Mr. Palmer was uniformly courteous, calm and ‘rational, His remarks were connected and his choice ot words far above the average. There was nothing whatever about his mauner or speech that went to show an unsound mind except his reference to what he termed his psig sey ntl and the that he would be poisoned or immured in an insane asylum. He referred first to his being put in the insane ward of Bellevue, and he spoke very indignantly of the matter. He did not know why they should ut him there among the most swful cases in the Bospital. It was nota pleasant thi: to liein bed and hear ravings and mutterings all around you. “Once in awhile they die,” he continued, “and that, you know, is not very pleasant. ‘Then one of the poor creatures gets unruly, and God knows why they shouldn't in such a piace, and it is necesvary to put the straitjacket on them. ‘The noise they make at these times is anything but cheerfal. Do ‘ou think it is? he continued, turning to he writer and smiling. “How would you like to be placed here? W) hore the other night had the delirium tremens, and the way he howled was awfal. They say Iam crazy. Well, if Lam, it won"t any good to put me in hero, aud ‘it I am not, itis very likely to help it on. (aughing heartily.) Do you suppose for one mo- ment that if any one of the physicians of this institution had a son that he thought a little crazy, as they think Lam, he would allow him to be placed in these cells? I guess not.” THE SHOOTING OF FURNISS, . “But then, Mr, Palmer, you are under arrest, you now.” “Yes,” he continued, his face saddening as he pro- coeded, “that was an unfortunate affair. I was sorry to shoot that man, but Iam not to blame under the circumstances. I'll tell you all about it. Thad been stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel for several a 8, nd on that morning I went into the ladies’ parlor and sat down. While I was there a number of ladies and children passed in and out, but did not take much notice of any of thom. After awhile, Mr. Clair, the proprietor, esme up accompanied by a de. tective. The latter asked me the number of my room, dafter I had told him Mr. Clair turned to him and said ‘This gentioman has becn a guest of the hotel for several days.’ I suid that I had, and then they both turned and left me. I sat there and read the papers for a short time and then went to my room. I had not been there very long before the chambermaid came in aud intimated that she wanted possession of the room to arrange it. Itold her Fist Iwould yo down shortly. Before I was quite realy to go some one knocked at the door andI asked, ‘Who is there?’ The reply was ‘Some one who wants to talk to you?’ ‘Well, talk away,’ I said; ‘the fanlight is open and n hear distinctly.’ ‘I want to come in,’ was the reply; ‘I am en bDilicer and want to come in.’ ‘You have po right in my room,’ Lanswered; ‘L have paid for it and itis minc.’ Then he said that if Ldid not open the door they would break it down. To that I said that I wes armed aud the first man who came in would get shot, That seemed to settle Mt, for they wont away. After awhile I wont out to go down stairs, and had not gone far before I saw four men coming toward me, wang back against the wall and drew my pistol and ey. drew theirs. One ot them, Furniss, I think it ‘was, sprang forward and caught me about the body, T pushed him away with the left hand because I al hot want to shoot. I had pushel him some little distance when his pistol went off ani the ball went through my hand. 1 then tired, and as he did not let % repeated my shot. He fell back on tho tloor a said, “Lam shot; Liam dying.’ The others ran like #hecy aud I walked down stairs, On the way I mot a cofored waiter and_«axked where Mr. Clair was. He did not know and so 1 passed on down, through the offles to the Broadway entrance. After going out I asked a boy the way to the station use, and on being directod went — there. ‘9 the sergeant behind the desk I told the facts, and asked that some one be sent to arrest the og Thad no idea they were potice oficers. They jad no iiforms on, and I knew no cause for any one to arrest ime, I sat in the back room for sone time before the men who had assauited me arrives. Ttold them they were cowards, und asked tho ser- junt to lock them tp, but instead of doing that iaughiny) he let thom go aud locked me up. ‘that is wholy story.” one man put in ALL HANDS AGAINST ITM, “But, Mr, Palmer, what cause could any one have to assault you?” “Tam aure I do not know, and if you can tell me you will do me a favor.” “Do you really suppose those men had any object @utside of the accomplishment of their duty?" “My duir sir, inoney will do anything, have no ult they intended to kidnap mo and take me off. was kidnuppod once at Providence and locked up in an insane asylum thore. as <3 put me in a room with a lot of loons, who afforded mo a reat of auiusement. But it was very too, to ace tle poor souls, Twas quite cor: tain that iny food was drugged. Tho first night they gave me some tea, white and brown brew wad me cake. I yave the tea to one of the pationts, tho to another and tho cake to another, At was nut | NEW. YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET, take effect. he could terrible mn got into a semi- comatose state, I at breakfast with a like rewult,” “You think, then, the food was really drugged?’ “I tell you the facts and you can judge tor your- self. Whist would you have thought had you been in my place?’ NOWHERE sAFR. “But you do not think they drug your food here at Bellevue?” “Why not? At any rate I am not going to give them the chance, WhenIcame here 1 told them, ‘Gentlemen, you may fely upon my obeying all the rules df the institution except one, and that is, I will not e any of your food. you will allow me to go out oceasionally, with proper escort I will procure my own food and eat enough. They would not do it, #o I did not eat anything the first sixty hours I was here. ‘Then they relented and let me go, and I have got along very well since, That last lof of canned goods (pointing to a number of boxes on one of the shelves) has more dri in it than the first I had.” q “You do not mean to say that those canned goods are drugged?” ‘Yes, Ido,” ‘But you bought them yourself.” and it “So I did, But I can’t help that. Whenever I find that any Shing I am eating has'been drugged I stép cating it; that’s all. If Iam to die I want to die with a clear brain. God knows it must be ter- rible to an imbecile, They would not give me large doses becuuse that would Kill me outright, and if an autopsy fol- Jowed and my stomach was analyzed, the presence of poisonous drugs would be detected. I could take them by degrees, however, and no one would be any the wiser afterward, It you and I and a party of friends were to go out to Central Park and dig a hole in the ground 300 feet deep and at the bot- tom find an iron box and in the box alot of canned co 1 should be suspicious of them, even it they been put there 3,000 bse jo. “If I should eat some of the conten! and find traces of drugs I would stop eating them, that is all. Why, when was at the | Metropolitan Hotel, I used to get my meals at a different place every day and then I could eat with some degree of comfort. It would be hard, you know, for them to anticipate where I was going to eat.”” After a laughing invitation from Mr. Palmer to dine with him and another gentleman every day, and so share his rs, the writer took his leave, with a pleasant invitation to surely call again ringing in his ears, ‘THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY INTO PALMER'S MENTAL CONDITION. The Commissioners appointed by Judge Gilder- sleeve to inquire into the sanity of Palmer, held an- other session in the District Attorney’s office yester- day. A druggist named William H. Young, of No. 101 East Sixty-second street, testified that Palmer Boarded in his house in December last. He enter- tained the idea that the food given him was poisoned and refused to eat the food set before him; he did not refuse to eat the food set before other people at the table; at other times he imagined he heard the moans of @ man in pain through the house, and one evening rushed into witness’ room, armed with a revolver, and searched under the bed and lounge for the supposed sufferer; he then quitted the house, and on returning broke open the door of a room occupied by one of the boarders and continued his search for the moaning man; his behavior was so violent that witness com- pelled him next day to leave the house. Robert Smith, a schoolfellow of Palmer, testified that the latter had been cd from the sopho- more class, He felt the event deeply, and in order te conceal the matter from his relatives and friends said he was sick, Witness had heard that Palmer in his youth had suffered from somo disease of the brain. Since his mother's death, which took place about a year ago, he bad been very low spirited and was impressed with the delusion that a con- spiracy was on foot to imprison him in some place of confinement, After the shooting of Officer Furniss witness visited Palmer in Bellevue Hospital. The accused gave a lucid description of the shooting, and said he would not have shot at the ofticers had they been in uniform. He imagined the officers wanted tocapture und take himaway. Palmer had carried the revolver with which he shot the offi- cer for about a year. The inquiry will be continued to-morrow. WAS HE MURDERED? THE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT OF PATERSON, NJ “I think, wife, I’ll go and take a little walk; it may ease my head. You neodu’t keep tes waiting if I’m not back ;” and with these words Henry Gerlach, o¢ Paterson, took his cane and walked forth. This was on Monday afternoon, about four o'clock. He took the way leading to the Valley of Rocks, below the Falls of the Passaic, and when it became dark he had not yet returned. The family were alarmed and began to search for him, but without success. All night long inquiry was made and the search continued, Yesterday morning two men employed by the Passaic Water Company, while on their way to their work, found Mr. Gerlach’s body in a lonely place in this dark Valley of Rocks, where huge over- hanging cliffs cause a semi-obscurity even during the brightest day. The man was dead and cold. The re- mains were taken in charge by acoroner, and, as it was known that he was subject to neuralgia in its worst form it wan taken for granted e had dropped suddenly dead from neuralgia of the heart. ‘SUPPOSED SUICIDE. Yesterday afternoon, however, three little girls and two boys in wandering through the valley came upon @ revolver lymg near where the body was found. Investigation tollowed, and when the bruises on tho forehead of Gerlach were more closely ex- amined it was found thet what had been taken for a mere bruise received by having fallen on a stone was in reality a pistol shot wound, and the ball was discovered lodged in the brain. Further, it was discovered tl aman bearing the general description of Mr. Ger- lach—short, stout, with full gray whiskers and aged about sixty—had parcel s ” revolver and cartridges on Monday morning. ‘The man ap- peared to be suffering under some sort of mental disturbance and had a wild look about him that ut- tracted notice. Mrs. Gerlach stated to the Coroner that her husband had gone up town to Muin street in the morning and everything seemed corroborative, bse the theory of suicide was accepted for about two jours. VERY LIKE MURDER AND ROBBERY. Later, the new pistol which Gerlach had purchased was found in his room, in a private drawer of » bureau, aud # uephew remembered having heard him say some time before that he intended to purchase cue, as the neighborhood where ho lived was so in- tested by tramps that he did not feel safe without fircarms in the house. This was a severe blow at the suicidal theory, and another was soon administered by the additional discov that a considerable sam of money was missing, and it most probable that Mr. Gerlach had had on his person, besides a gold watch of consid- erable value, If this were so then there had been a robbery, perhaps a murder, for forty cents was all the money found in his pockets, Besides, Gerlach was 80 sober and steady and so well balanced in mind, despite his suffering, that it was not consid- ered upon calm reflection that ho was a man to deliberately take his own life. ‘Chere was no si- ble cause that could be assigned, except his almost constant suffering; there wero no domestic or financial dificultics whatever. ‘The aftair became still more of # maze when, later in the afternoon, it was found that another revolver of the “Nero” uttern had been sold in the aftern of londay to @ man not Known to the young mén who sold it. This was suflicient to prove that two new revolvers at least of that pattern had been purchased; one had certainly remained where it co not possibly harm any one, the other—if it was the “other"—was found near the body of the dead man, and with one barrel discharged. ‘The investigations are being continued on all sides, aud an inquest wil) be held as soon a8 matters can be Drought to a tangible shape, Mr. Gerlach was of German birth, but lived in Paterson for a quarter of a century, and had anassed considerable property in the Second ward, where he lived, at No. 57 Water street. He was u man highly respected, and was a monber of the German Presby- te Church in Elm street. The peculiar cireun- stances attending his death have caused intense ex- citement in the quiet circle in whic MRS. SMITH'S TRIAL. Alexander T. McGill, District Attorney of Hudson county, N. J., Assistant Prosecutor Vandervoort and Mr, Edward Stauton, the Prosecutor's private officer, yestorday had'a long interview with Alderman John E. Smith, brother of the murdered police officer, P. H. Sinith, at the Alderman’s residence, on Pacific avenue, Jersey City. ‘Tho object of the visit aud what transpired during the interview has not been divulged, but it ts looked upon as on indication that the trial of Mrs, Jenny K. Sinith, the wife of the mur- dered officer, Will be moved ou Tuesday next, for which date it lias been set down. POISONOUS MILK. Sanitary Superintendent Raymond, of Brooklyn, sent the following communication to the Doard of Health of that city yosterday ;. Dr, McLean, consulting veterinary surgeon, rej me that he examined yesterday the cows At the twill of Galt, Fleivehinann & Co, at Bliny- and fadnd every woe wensed, and cow sullering | from plowro.pan throdgh a hord locts thot as to ret ut polsonous. Th Nixie as 107 deroos Milk (rum this stable to milk stablow villa, tied vows dor their milk nut only temperature of these ‘ahronheit, shor biedly SCHAEFER'S WONDERFUL NURSING, HOW MAURICE DALY WAS BADLY DEFEATED-— THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH GAMES OF THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT —GALLAGHER AND HEISER GIVE A VERY INDIFFERENT EXHIBI- ‘TION. Thomas J, Gallagher and John Randolph Heiser met at the Cooper Institute yesterday afternoon and played the twelfth game of the billiard tournament, Both went to work without coate, and shots crude a8 an amateur’s first efforts marked the opening. Heiser smashed the ivories around without any idea of angles or distances, and Thomas J. was almost as muscular. When ten innings had been played the score was 96 to 23, in favor of Gallagher. John Randolph began his eleventh essay biting his lips. Half a dozen artistic shots enabled him to catch the rail, but he failed when 34 had been ac- cumulated, Gallagher responded with 7, then 6 was Heiser’s record for his twelfth essay, alter which ‘Thomas turned 2 more buttons, . It was now 105 to 63, with Thomas to the front. Heiser once more a proached the table. A few shots progiessed his count satisfactorily. Then he desired to get them near the rail, and in a short time was successful. Once together he had but little trouble. He made good weather down the left long cushion, and, though not sailing on like 9 winning yacht with all her kites set, he turned the lower right corner with confidence. The house applauded heartily as the marker called “75! Up the rail he worked cautiously, and with untiring energy carried the buttons to an even 100. “Good for big collar!’ shouted somebody. Heiser laughed at this sally, and still did his duty consci- entiously, though at times one could not help think- ing that he meant to send the balls into Third avenue. His style is the reverse of graceful. It is positive and decided, ‘That's the Western touch,” was the expla- nation of a friend, John was compelled to retire at 107. At the end of the twentieth inning the record stood 223 to 126, in tavor of John Randolph. Gallagher's twenty-cighth trial sent him 69 further on the string, when he gave it up, and his antagonist tried agai With a smile of satisfaction he marched them to the rail in the lower corner, and, swinging them out of that position, he repared to give them a fine dance along the rail. Win he had compiled 15 Gallagher's umpire claimed a foul. The referee allowed it, but John went on playing. Gallagher approuched ‘the table. “What's the matter ?”’ asked Heiser. “You made a foul shot,” returned Thomas J. Heiser looked dumbfounded, and, rofereo, said forcibly, “That wasn’ “Oh, yes; you touched qour ball; the claim was made and allowed,” responded Geary. “T didn’t hear you: I’m always getting the worst of it,” was the bitter reply. ‘The audience by this time were in a mood to find fault and they did so by hissing. “You'll nevér get the worst of it from me,” the referee remarked. “Well, I’m hard of hearing or I would have stopped when you spoke,” Heiser explained. «That's true, Mr. Referee; he is deaf in one e: said Gallagher’s umpire. The referee explained to the spectators how the foul was made when they became quiet, From this on matters were very tame. Finally, on the fitty- third inning, Gallagher managed to get the ivories together, and in somewhat creditablo shape fursed them to the tune of 135, which gave him the game by 156 points in three hours and nine minutes. * The score is as follows:— Gallagher—3, 2, 0, 1, 37, 0, 6, 0, 14, 83, 7, 2, 1, 7, 4, 0, 1, 0, 4, 4, 9, 0, 0, 4, 1, 5, 0, 69, 14, 10, 9, 5, 0, 1,3, 1, 9, 0, 1, 21, 0, 0, 16, 12, 1, 4, 45, 65, 37, 2, 2, 6, 13 5 Heiser—0, 2, 7, 7, 1, 2 4, 0, 0, 34, 6, 107, 0, 31, 0, 11, 0, 9, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0, 11, 0, 2, 16, 1, 0, 8, 0, 3, 5, 0, 14, 8, 14, 2, 4, 10, 7, 0, 1, 9, 0, 0, 3, 6, 9, 0, 8B—444, Winner's average—11 17-53; loser's average, 8 20-53, SCHAEFER DEFEATS DALY. Jacob Schaefer and Maurice Daly came together last evening and played the thirteenth game. They were cordially greeted by a large and brilliant au- dience. Schaefer came upon the scene without a coat, “He’s iu fightin’ rig,” was the remark of a friend. Daly soon after removed his outer garment, and seeming particularly well pleased with everybody and everything, the play- ers opened the battle, Schaefer winning the lead and selecting the white ball. As in many im- portant matches the inning of the contest was slow. Schaeter failed count, when Maurice touched them lightly to the tune of 13, and then had to retire. Again Schaefer missed, when Daly sat down for a unit. Jacob broke the ice in the third inning, and, quickly getting them on the rail, had 9 points to his credit in the twinkling of an eye. Then the ivories were in the lower right hand corner, and 8 difficult massé was required. He missed, much to the astonishment of those who know him. Slosson got on tip-toe to see the shot. “Oh,’”’ he said, and fell into hia chair, satisfied. Daly then netted 15. Schaefer again missed. Maurice added another unit to his buttons. Jacob, to be con- sistent, failed once more. The first scene not on the rogrammé now occurred. Maurice committed 4 foul in making his next shot, but Jacob did not see it. Ed. Davis, the old sprint runner and a pretty good man at almost any. ae had his eye that way and shouted “foul!” Thus advised, Jacob supplemented the protest and Maurice was obliged, much against his will, to retire, Swinging quickly around and shaking his eue at Davis, who occupied & chair near the referee, Daly said sharply, “You mind your business; you ain't an umpire.” Davis stroked his mustache, idee at Maurice and smiled. Bel ’ “troze” ‘at was obliged to Vag Daly, fens a little nervous, count 1 and gave dacob another earl; chance, Rail nursing easily progresse his score to 72, when, through tarelesaness, ho failed and went back to his chair disappointed. Maurice, still in bad luck, turned 6 buttons. It was all that he could do. The score stood 124 to 39 in favor ot Jacob. Efforts of uo importance by both followed, and after two blanks Jacob marched the obedient’ spheres slowly but surely along the lower rafl. When “50 was called the spectators applauded. ‘When “76” was noted they became a little boisterous, and upon the marker uttering “100” every! applauded. It seemed to the old players that Jacob intended to show Gothain one of his old runs. The balls went on in their journey willingly and marvellously until 40 more points were counted, when the player failed with a massé and lett the ‘table with the marker crying “140.” Daly meant business to the fullest extent when he commenced his next ‘ea 4 The balls acted badly and would not do bi bidding, only 9) was the result cf the attempt. “He hasn't had a good break to-night” said his umpire. “Oh, my!’’ sighed Maurice. Jacob went once more to work, and it was not long before he had the balls together on the left long rail. ‘He's got ‘em,” some one whis- pered, and soon it was demonstrated that he had indeed “got om.” Steadily the count began and very steadily it progressed. Tens and twenties quickly made forties and fifties. Down to the lower cushion they were drilled until “100” came from the marker’s lips. The spectators applauded wildly. Back went the ivories on an excursion and all the while the figures grew larger. Maseé shots were frequent. and at last ‘150 was beard. The house now cheered. It was not many minutes * was the official announcement. The dance of the ivories stopped not. Another massd in the right corner gave the player 250, but still he executed shot atter shot with the steadiness of a piston rod. It- was “v00" that brought down the house. The cheering was deatening, “You have cloven more to go,” was heard, it was as sure as anything in billiards or life, that the required eleven points would be made, ‘They were made, and the tiring of a gun in the old hall could hardly have been heard because of the din and contusi “Game!” shouted strong- lunged Ellis, the official marker, but few cared tot the announcement. Referee Geary stepped over to Jacob. He coaxed him to on, as it was yot carly, “Go on!” “Go ‘ on!” “Go for” old Slosson's 4g from a r dozen throats. Jacob did not caré to continue, but the request could not be refused, He did yo on, and this was the signal for the group of professional billiardists who had been in the organ loft to hurry nearer the table. Garnier sat down on the floor in front of the referee's chair; Rudolphe, Gallagher, Slosson, Heiser others dt wir best to improve their positions. Still the count went on, and shortly "400" was called. Everybody yelled until they were hoarse. Heat Slosson,” were the words that # dozen shouted. And beat Slosson’s rin, Jacob quickly did. It was “44J,” the notch that Slosson reached when he deteated Sexton, that caused more yelling. Schacter looked up when 442 was mude und smiled for the first time. Just six more points were added enormous run when he tuiled to count, aud ‘Was the result of the effort, though 311 goes on the record. The svore is as tol- lows: Schaefer—0, 0, 9, 0, 0, 43, 72, 6, 19, 0, 0, 140, 311—G00, Daly—13, 1, 14, ¥, 1, 1, 5, 4) 1, 0, oK, Winn average—46 2-13; loser’s average —5%. Garnier and Heiser play the fourteenth game this afternoon, and Sextop and Rudolphe meet to-night in the fifteenth contest, PEDESTRIANISM. Sam Collyer and J, W. Goodwin will begin their seventy-five mile Walk, at the Brooklyn Rink, at cight o'clock this evoning. BELDEN AND VAN NESS, ‘The match for $500 a side between Belden, of Mil- waukos, and Van Ness, of New York, the former to g0 2,000 half miles in 2,000 consecutive twenty min- utes and the latter 2,000 half miles in 2,000 conseca- tive half hours, is still progressing in the Fitth regi- mont armoty in Hester street, A sawdust track, eleven laps to the half miles; hae been laid in the hall, and the score each other every eight hours. co was mitch better yesterday miber of Iadiek ocoupted seate in the yale . “Jack” Goulding is looking atter Belden, and Van Ness is waited on by Bob Campbell and “Pete” Lawlor, Tho men were walking protty tast last night, and at 9h. 40m, Belden walked a halt mile in 4m. 37s. Yau Ness walked his 49th and 90th half milos each in bm. 7s. There w only spurts, a8 they have been averaging about seven minutes. Van Ness has Loess feating Woll aud got about six and a halt hours’ y is kept by font journalists | sleep last night, while Belden is still alittle nervous and excited. At midnight Van Ness had made 96 and Belden 144 half miles. MISS ANNIE BARTOL HARD AT WORK IN BREW- STER'S BUILDING—HEB STEP AND STRIDE 48 F{RM AND CONFIDENT AS EVER. Miss Aunie Bartel continued her walk at Brewater’s Building yesterday. She had no sleep during her first night, but in the morning hours she managed to eatch her first naps, and through- out the day she rested well in the inter- vals between her walks. The excitement she had shown when she began her task, passed off, und she closed her first day fresher, apparently, thau she be- gan, In theevening, however, she began to develop signs of fatigue, more the result of want of sleep than of her exercise, but still her step was firm and her stride confident as ever. ‘The day was almost without incident, but the at- tendance was larger than on the frst day. Except in the evening the hall was not crowded. “Many ladies were present during the afternoon and in the eurlier hours of the evening. It is worthy of remark that the last of the lady visitors on the first night left the hall at twenty-seven minutes to tive yesterday morn- rm Considerable confidence is felt in the ability of Miss Bartel to complete her task. Dr. Little, one of the attending physicians, says it is # ques- tion of will and not of endurance; ,that she has every physical requisite for success, In regard to her time the doctors are a little dissatisfied, think- ing it is too fast. Miss Bartel, however, contends that her gait is her uatural one. Froim halt-past eleven o'clock on Monday night until eleven o'clock last night she had walked 118 quarter wiles. Alittle breeze was stirred up during the afternoon by the complaint of an old gentleman in the audience that Miss Bartel did not sturt on time. According to his time, however, she had a minute to spare at the finish of the quarter, and investigation showed that it was his watch, and not the lady, who was out of reckoning. PIGEON SHOOTING. BROOKLYN GUN CLUB CONTEST FOR THE ‘‘¥OX” GUN. The “Fox” gun, presented by the manufacturers to the Brooklyn Gun Club for competition by its nnem- bers, was shot for yesterday, when fifteen competi- tors came to the score. The conditions were that the gun should beconie the property of the winner of the same in three contests, the trials to be held monthly, Yesterday was the sixth contest, W. Wynn having won it twice, Gildersleeve, Durfee and B. West each having won it once. The weather yesterday was unfortunate for both shooters and birds, but some ood shooting was made with the first barrel, the fanging smoke rendering the second barrel practi- cally useless. The gun was captured by Dr. Will- ard, who brought down 18 out of 19 birds, using the second barrel only three times, ‘The following is a SUMMARY. Brooktyn Gun CLus—Dexren’s Pany, Cypress Hus, L. I,, January 28.—Monthly contest for ‘Fox’’ gun, shot for ut 10 birds each, from 5 ground traps, handicapped rise, 80 yards boundary, Brooklyn Gun Club rules; ties shot off 3 birds each, ke led. Mr. Willard... 1111111111111111110 18 Mr. H, Malison. 1411101111111111001 Ww Mr. Waite. 1111411111111101 15 Mr. Briar. 3111111111111110 15 Mr. Gildersleeve: 1111111111111010 14 Mr. B. West... 1111111110 9 Mr. Wynn. 1111111110 9 Dr. Race. 11111101 9 Mr. Durfee.. Wi1todit 8 Mr. Blaukley. 101101111 8 Mr. H. W. Woods. Jo101*0101 7 10*01011110 6 10n*000111 6 11101701100 6 1001*000012 4 *Foll dead out of bounds, Referee, Mr. Reed. ‘Time of shooting, 2 hours 45 minutes. RACKETS, Aspirited match at American rackets was played ast Hicks’ court, Hudson street, Hoboken, yesterday afternoon. The contest was between James Kellogg and Nat Hicks, and resulted in favor of the former, who won the second, fourth and fifth games, Hicks winning the first and third. ‘To-morrow Hicks and Nelson play the first seven of # hoine and home match at the Hoboken court. MONMOUTH PARK ASSOCIATION. ‘The following stakes are now open, to name and close 1st March :— ie ¥OR JULY MEETING, 1879. Tue Lone Branch Hanvicar, sweepstakes of $50 each, h. f., and only $10 if declared by June 2th, with $500 added; second to receive $150 out of the stakes; weights to be published by June 17. One mile and a quarter. Tae Sarewssury Hanpicap, sweepstakes of $100 each, h, f., and ouly $20 if declared by June 27th, with $700 added; the secend to receive $200 out of the stakes. Weights to be published by June 17, The winner ot the Long Branch Handicap to carry five pounds extra, One mile and three-quarters. ‘Tae MoxMoura Cur, & sweepstakes of $50 each, P. p., with $1,000 added; the second to receive $300 out of the stakes. The winner of the Westchester Cup of this year to carry 6 Ibs, extra. Two miles and a quarter. ‘nk Ocran Stakes, for all ages, of $50 cach, p. p., with $700 added; the second to receive $200 out of the stakes. One mile and an eighth. * FOR AUGUST MEETING, 1879, ‘THs CaaMpion Stakes, for all ages, of $200 each, and only $50 if declared by 1st July, with $2,000 added; the second to receive $500 out of the st and the third to save his stake. One mile snd a half. ‘The following stake to be run at the August meect- ing, 1580, is also open, to name and close April 1:— ‘Tue BReepeRs’ Sraxk, of $50 each, $10 forfeit to the racing fund, with $750 added, of which $500 to the owner and $250 to the breeder of the winner; for now yearlings and then two-year-olds; those got by stullions or ont of mares which have never produced a winner, allowed 3 Ibs,, if claimed at the time of nam- ing; the engagement to follow the ownership of the horse without written transfer, and the only liability of the nominator to be the $10 forfeit to the racing fund, which is payable at the time of uaming: any surplus over $730 from the forfeits to be divided equally between the breeders of the second and third horses in the race. Five furlongs. Th ve races will be run under the rules of the American Jockey Club. ‘The July meeting, 1879, wilt commenco on Friday, the 4th, and the August mecting, 1879, on a day here- after to be fixed. rogramme of both meetings will be published in due season. Six races will be given each day. Nominations to be addressed to George L. Lorillard, president, at the office of the Monmouth Park Associ- ation, Madison avenue and Twenty-seventh street, New York. HORSE NOTES. ‘The sleighing has been very good up to yesterday, when the rain of the previous night and the sun- shine that followed gave the snow a black eye; but for a few days previous to the thaw many impromptu trots have taken place on the road—chance races. On Friday afternoon “Shorty” Fountain with Lizzic Kellar, Dan Mace with his chestnut mare Queen and the owner with the bay gelding Tominy Moore met on St. Nicholas avenue. Dan led the others by the club house several times st a splendid clip, and they gave it up after a time, although ali of them trotted fast. Mr. John P, Martin has been driving a three-year-old filly by George Wilkes, belonging to Mr. Simmons, to waloiyh lately, and all who saw the filly wore de- lighted with her appearance and style of going. She was speeded on the avent short distance and it Was quite a treat seo the youngster go. Mr. William Weeks was driving the well known bay mare Young Thorn on Sunday afternoon. The old mare could go well and beat Tommy Moore and sev- eral others in front of Judge Smith's in good atyle. Young Thorn is owned by Mr. Freeman, the owner of Star, Stiletto and Kutis. Mr. Benjamin Wilson has been driving bay mare Lottie and bay horse Prince on the road single lately. Both of them ate very fast and go in fine sty tracting @ good deal of attention from horsemen. Mr, Dam, of the Astor House, has been driving a bay (cam during the sleighiig Dain is a cou- stant driver and very fond of the “snow path.” Mr. E. W. Hulse has been driving his fast bay mare during the sleighing. He has never been beaten in a brush on the road thus far, and as he never refuses a challenge for a “go,” it is saying »good deal for the speed of the gallant which he handles, Representatives of the Knickerbocker Stables havo been out in foree during the sleighing. Among them Mr. John Smith, with his slashing gray mare, which docs not know how to go 4 alow yait, although no puller; Dr. Radway, with his black and chestuut team; Mr. Olds, with a tast black tewia; Mr. Gilbert, the driyor of Ring Philip, Croxie and others, with a number of fine one Mr. Varnsworth with a spoudy bay, and Mr. H. Tanner with Lady Snell, by Godfrey's Patehen (record M',), Which be has re- coutly putcliased for « road hotec. Mr. Willian Vigelits has yot his new purchase (a fast estnut gekling) accustomed to its mate, the well known pole mire Hannah More, aud they make & slashing team, ho toad being tov long fot them, It is suid that on @ good track thoy could trot # full mile in 2:36 of better, Mr. John W. Shaw, of San Francisco, is driving well matched pair, consisting of bay mare Lady bis- tarck and bay yélding Judge, and sometimes the chestnut gelding George, ir, Shaw aleo has a very fine bay team of coach horses, which are much ad- mired when they appear in the Park, Vola Haulett was Utiving ow Suuday @ very,fast | § , chestnut mare, by Burger (sire of John H. Starin). She went very fast by Judge Smith’s a number of times. Simoom, by War Dan. last day of the full meeting at Jerome Park, is win- tering at the Rockingham stables, Fitty-tourth street roudway. Reh eed race tracks, one mile in length, have been |: out on the ice on the Thames River, Con- necticut, starting from the steamboat landing at New Loudon, and some fine racing has been going on daily to sleighs, The sport will continue as long as the ice lasts. ‘Two races came off at the Oakland Park track, Cali- fornia, on the 18th inst. The first, a match trot tor best three in five, to harness, betwee: Butcher Boy and Telegraph, and the second aru ning race tor $5004 side, half mile heats, three in five, between Buster and Champion. ‘The attendance was but slight and the betting unimportant. Buster won the running race in three straight heats, in 52%, 524 and 52 seconds, the first heat only being well contested, and Butcher Boy won the trot, taking the second, fourth and fifth heats, and Telegraph the firet and t! Time—2:593;, 24V', 2:43, 2:50% nd 2:48 4¢. SPORTING EVEN 'S ABROAD, The Oxford and Cambridge bout race has been fixed for Saturday, April 5. Frank Emmett beat Anthony Strong over a mile and a quarter course, at Barrow on the Tyne, on the 9th inst., by afoul on the part of Strong carly in the rave. Strong outrowed Emmett throughout the concest, however, and showed that he was much the best sculler. The representative of the Neweastle Chronicle, who witnessed Wallace Ross, the Canadian, who is matched against Emmett, taking exercise on the Thames River, at Putney, says:— Ross, who at present scales over thirteen stone, will want a good deal taken off him, but Drewitt is quite satisfied with his style. He leans well forward, takes an enormously long stroke, and, pulling it well through, gets his boat over “ground’’ at a fine rate. He is rather slow in recovery, but will soon improve in this respect. Quite a stone in weigit will have to be fetched off him, but this will doubtless be man- aged by Drewitt, who, after the championship match, will be able to give him more attention. STBONG AND EMMETT AGAIN MATCHED FOR TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, The unsatisfactory termination of the match be- tween these seullers on Walncy Channel ou Thurs- day led to negotiations for another race, and on Fri- day evoning, at Mr, R, Beil’s Theatre Hotel, the backers of both scullers were present, aud both seemed disposed to enter into an agreement for an- other race. Mr. J. H. Scott, of Barrow, who repre- sented the backers of the Tynesider, offered to match Emmett against Strong for £100 & sido, i» month, on the Tyne, but the Barrovians would not hear of feaving Walney Chanuel. Ul- timately it :was agreed that a match should be made for the men to row on the 6th of February over a two-mile, straightaway course on Walney Channel for £100'a side. ‘Ten pounds a side was de- posited, and on Saturday morning articles were made out and signed. Emmott is allowed nothing for ex- enses. He will remain in Barrow till the match is: jeclded. W. Taylor, of Jarrow, his trainer, is staying with him in comfortable quarters at Mr. J. H. Scott's Cavendish Hotel. The £10 a side deposited on Friday wis made into £25 a side on Saturday. ‘The second deposit is fixed for January 24, aud the final deposit, when the referee is to be appointed, is fixed for Fob: ruary 4, Mueh interest is taken in’ the muteh.—New- castle Chronicle, January 13. THE SPRING ENTRIES, As usual at this dato the Racing Calendar is crowded with entries for many of the events to be decided in the spring and summer. Appended is a comparative table of the entries for some of the principal spring events, extonding over @ period of eight years. The entries for the Chester Cap, Lincolushire Handi¢ap and other important stakes will be given in subse- quent issues :— 1872, 1873, STH, 1875. Grand National.. 85 109 93 86 Newmarket Handicap. 57 61 50 51 City and Suburban... 156 129 113 103 Great Metropolitan.... 76 53 45 50 1876, «1877, 1878. 1879, Grand National........ 76 2 63 67 Newmarket Handicap. 58 47 55 38 City and Suburban 125 Ww 118 104 Great Metropolitan 51 62 62 43 A TEMPESTUUUS PASSAGE. The Inman steamer City of Montreal, Captain J. H. Fulton, which lett L:verpoot on January 14, ar- rived here yesterday after a very stormy passage of fourteen days. There was report that she had lost her rudder, but this was stated to be untrue by the officers of the ship. The City of Montreal, they said, had scldom bad a rougher passage, but fortu- nately no damage was done except the smashing of a #augway door by a terrific head sea. esis © the entire trip the winds were unfavorable, blow- ing continually from the northwest or south. west, and the waves kept swecpiug over the deck'so that the passengers were nearly all the time confined to their quarters below. On Wednesday, the 224, a furious snow squall ‘was encountered, and the snow froze several inches deep on the deck. Heavy gales, head scas and violent snow squalls were Again mét with last Sundsy, and, to make matiers still worse, the ship, after the officers had _congratu- lated themselves upon safely reaching New York, was detained for two hours off the Scotland lightship by the deuse fog. Only fourteen cabin passengers made the trip with Captain Fulton. The officers and men will be busy discharging the cargo, for to- morrow the City of Montreal starts upon ‘her trip back to Liverpool. EIGHT YEARS OF LITIGATION. Before Vice Chancellor Van Fleet, in Newark, N. J., yesterday, @case came up which has been before the courts for about eight years. The litigants are a druggist named William H. Stanford and a dentist named William Lyon. ‘They own property adjoining. Lyon started to put up a puilding, which, Stanford claimed, interfered with his right and passageway. Lyon was restrained by an injunction, but soon the injunction was dissolved in order that 4 judgment might be had in the lower courts. One was had adverse to Lyon. Meanwhile the building went up. Now Stanford wants Lyoti to take down the building. Lyon says tho building is not his, but his wife's. If this view is suctained the eight years’ legal battle will have to be fought over again. VERY THOUGHTLESS, INDEED. Grammar school No. 57, at Third avenue and 115th strect, has a night class, which is attended by many young men living in Harlem. Hurlbert Earle, six- tecn years of age, belongs to this class, and ou Mon- day night, just before the school was dismissed, he slipped from the class room and, gaining access to the yas metre, turned off the lights just as his com- panions were passiug out on their way home. ‘The stairs were crowded at the timo and the sudden change from light to darkness caused # «inall panic amoug the pupils, which might have had a serious fesult hud not the janitor produced a light and re- stored confidence. Tarle was arrested and Judge Dutty, in the Harlem Police Court yesterday, gave itim’a severe lecture, Earle expressed gréat sorrow for his thoughtless act, but the Judge thought he should be punished and, therefore, sentenced him to ten days’ iinprisonment. REMOVED BY MAYOR COOPER. Mayor Cooper yesterday removed Mr. John H. Mooney from his position a8 Commissioner of Ac- counts, Mr. Robert F. Hatfield will probably be appointed to succeed Mr. Mooney. Mr. Hatfield uraduated from tho College of the City of New York in tho class of 1896, He studied architecture under his tather, and rose to distinction us an architect and mathematician, Governor Dix employed nim to make an investigation into the aifairs of several insti- tutions in the St fie was also an examinerof the Ring claims during Courptroller Green's aduinistra- tiou of the city finances. AN INDICTMENT FOR LIBEL, An indictment has been found by tho Grand Jury for libel against Richard K, Fox, proprietor of the National Police Gazette, for publishing an illustration A describing a scene at the death bed of Ebenezer Smith, # Boston millionnaire. ‘The accused was ar- raigned in the Court of General Sessions yesterday and pleaded not guilty. He was held for trial in the sam of $1,000, street, being his bondsman. THE GOOD SISTERS. New York, Jan. 27, 1879, ‘To 1 Kprror ov re Henan :— I notice in your iseue of to-day an attiels headed “Sisters of Charity in Paris,” and read with sorrow the injustice to which thoy are to be subjected. 1 must say a word for them (God bless them!) 1 have lain under their care a stranger, sick nigh unto death, and the gentle, loving care and tenderness of these Sisters from that time haa made me charitable toward the sex. n be found their equal ? Who, like them, will iflee the worlil and its pleasures? Who will bend over the ward ofa suffering stranger and with tender, soothing ways still the almost bursting head, and night and day miinister to every want, and all this without reward excopt in the great hereafter? God bless the Sisters, those sinless, besutifal women, types of what is truly good. Ask any fron- ticreman or miner of them; sco how they fevero tac, @ Yan bli PROTMSTANT, Villian Mesgan, of No. 10 Beckwan | TAMMANY AND ITS BRAVES oe The Injunction Argument Brought to a Conclusion. TRADE AND DAILY JOURNALS pot EE Is the Secretary of Tammany — Legally Sustained? The argument in the Tammany injunction cage was resumed yesterday in the Supreme Court, Chambers, before Judge Barrett. The attendance of auditors was as large as on the previous day, but there was a falling offin the number of prominent suchems. Very few of these gentlemen were pres- ent, and the ouly member of ‘Tammany who listened to the argument from its inception to its close was Grand Sucher Schell. Mr. Aaron Vanderpocl, who, with Mr. Jona D. ‘Townsend, appeared for the Tammany Society, opened,the proceedings of the day by an argument, in the course of which he said that this was an in- junction asked for by the “outs” against the “ins,”* and that it was within his recollection the third or fourth time that such an attempt hai been made by the “outs,” but every time, so far as he was aware, they had failed. The learned coun sel on the other side (Mr. Allison), in his speech on the previous day, had quoted many authorities, but failed to show that an injunction had been successful in cases like that now before the Court, The remedy had been sought by the plaintiff by, he ventured to say, a wrony method. The old common law remedy of @ quo warranto was the mode that the plaintift should have taken, and not an appeal to a court of equity. He would venture to say that no precedent could be found in which the courts had in- terfered for the purpose of controlling an‘election, or the exercise of the franchise of acorporation. An officer's right, the law said, should not be tried by injunction. The courts bad said that the remedy of those who contested the right of an election was only by quo warranto. Great stress had been laid by counsel upon the violation of the bylaw, but there was no such bylaw of the society as that set forth i the complaint. He said that he would make the point that if the bylaws had been com- plied with there could have been no fraud perpetrated upon any member. Parties who joined the society entered into an agreement to sbide by those bylaws, which were as much binding upon them as though they had been written on the char- ter and were entitled to the same respect by all judi- cial tribunals, WHAT I5 A NEWSPAPER ? The bylaws say that the secretary shall select @ newspuper, and if that is done the bylaw is complied with, for that is all the notice the society had agreed to give. His Honor Judge Barrett might perbape think that the Henatp was a good paper for such a notice to appear in, but did His Honor judicially know that the Henaup had any more circulation than the trade journal, in which the notice of this meeting was published? ‘The Court—Mr. Vanderpoel, does your proposition go as far as this, that if it was the obiect of the secre- tary to deprive the plaintiff of a knowledge of the no- tice of the meeting, it was & good notice so long as the bylaw was complied with? Mr. Vanderpocl—It does. I do most squarely say that. Isay thatthe bylaw enabled him to do that and that ho was legally justified in so doing. The plaintiff says in his complaint that he had no notice; there was no special notice to him, The bylaws did not require an individual notice tohim. If an election was held in the State a notice of it appeared very frequently in some journal in an obscure county, but that fact would not be sufficient for a citizen who had beem deprived of the oppor- tunity of casting his*ballot~by not having seen that notice to come into court and ask for the en- joining of the person elocted from taking his seat. Thero was no atgietes. in the bylaws that the notice of the -meeting of the ‘Tammany Society should be published in a political journal; there was no reason that the advertisement should not 2s in a mercantile journal. It might be said that the HenaLp was a proper journal to pub- lish the notice in, for, he said, it was an it 6 journal, with democratic proclivities, But where was the secretary to draw the line in this newspaper business? It could only be drawn where the bylaws required that it should be published in one news , and when the officer of the society had pub- Fished thst ‘nolies thers was 6 fraud upon the oe otto Court—It is useless to have this discussion about the gag ig Mr. Vanderpoel. The ques tion really is, Did the secretary intend prive the plaintiff of the knowledge the meeting? If he did that and complied with the bylaw and your proposition is that that iss compliance, there is an end of it. And the next ques- tion is, Did he intend to do that, and did he in’ + ret ie tenpcel then wwelgt onto veteh At the: aitaie tion in the complaint, Uat it had been the custosstoe the usage for advertisements of the holding of thé meeting of Tammany Society to appear in two par- ticular daily city papers, and said that that was not the custom. He then quoted a number of cases to show that the plaiutiff should have proceeded b; quo warranto, and concluded by asking fora miseal of the injunction on that ground. ASTI-TAMMANY'S REPLY. After receas ex-J udge John K. Porter replied on be- half of the plaintiff, and said that he would answer first some statcments mad erence to the franchise of the plaintiff. It was not @ question, in his judgment, of the disfranchisement ot the members of the soviety; it was the initiation of men who had been elected to membership by He quoted largely from “Field on Corpora s"’ to show that courts of equity had » right to interfere with the actions of corpo! where such actions were to the prejudice of the rights of one or more of its members. ‘The plainti®? was entitled to an injunction in order to vindicate his right to the franchise. The plaintiff had property rights in this question. The toviety held real and al estate; it was a chari- table organization with large funds, and was uot the cin injured _b; plain the society trough its secre Yary?. He was glad to learn. thiat the call was a regn: lar call, rightfully made, and that the Grand Ssehem had properly discharged his duty; but that the sec- retary bad exercised # discretion aud had said in of fect, ‘I desired to give the notice of this meeting im an obscure paper, in a journal Tt had never ¢ a tised in betore and had nover advertised in since.” The secretary said that he would take the responsibility. Well, he might; but that did not take the responsibility of his acts from the society, Mr. Vanderpoel had seid that the bylaw liad been complied with, and that if the secretary intended to decetve still his compliance with the bylaw legally sustained hin action. SERVING A RUMMONS, ‘That rominded him of the case before Judge Pot. ter, quoted, he thought, in the “fourth of Abbott,”* in which « husband desired his wate to take tri California tor the benefit of her health. He asked her to take a box as a present to her mother, and id the box was # letter addressed to herself, ut whiclt she was not to open until she arrived at the end of her journey. But that box did fot remain nnopetied until it got to California, Woman's curiowity waa tuo strong; when sho was on the high seas the wife opened that box and read that letter. It proved to be @ complaint in a divorce suit, and @ summons for her appearance in court, ‘The huss band, however, had obtained the divorce when she returned, and Jadye Potter, not having had the ben- efit of his friend's (Mr. Vanderpoel’s) argument, came to the conclusion that that was a fraudulent service, Could there be avy doubt that it was the intention of the secretary, Mr. Stevens, in selecting this obscure trade journal, to prevont the notice of the clandes tine meting rewching the eye of the plaintifi? It had been proved tu have been the practice for more than & quarter of a century for notices of these incotings to appeat in one of two of the daily jours nals of the city, and yet this meeting, which wae called for the purpose of clecting M7 members—t largest number that had ever been elected at one tnveting during the eptire history of the society— when that meeting, important as it was, was held, the Grand Sachem was hot there. Sachem Kelly wag not there; but the seeretary, who had perpetrated | this fraud, was Present and presided. The proceeds ings onl, ied two hours, although it was ad- pecay mitted tl 4,000 balls were cast in that election, Lt was held on the night of New Year's Eve, and with the knowledge that a regular meeting of the society was called for the following Monday. Mr. Porter then commented on tho fact that the busiioss of the election of those tmembers was completed by half. past seven, althongh it had been agreed by resolittion passed many years ago that “hall au hour after the fetting of the sit” shotld that a@ the jour for the commenees of ab special meetings of the society. past soven on that night this ad laid down his tomahawk, pat and taken off his regalia, The noti ‘gen eral and panctial attendance was requested, that it was iseued from Maahatten in the season of sno’ in the twel(th n the 380th year since f! yugh it was the Ssith went, it wae the first time 8 members had been distran: chised by the frauduient and clandestine acta of one of its brave warriors. ‘Lhe Court took the papers aud reserved its degisiom, year since the comme! that any number ot