The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1879, Page 4

4 WIDOW OLIVER'S. SUD An Exciting Day in Judge Cartter’s Court. MA. OLIVER ON THE WITNESS STAND. A Grass Widower’s Efforts in the Reform Line, SKETCH OF THE PLAINTIFF'S CAREER, enema The Old Story of a Woman's Wrongs and Abandonment. ARDENT DESIRE TO EXPOSE A BLACKMAILER {BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Wassineton, March 21, 1879. For some reason—possibly because of the con- tinued absence of Mr. Cameron or because it was be- lieved Widow Oliver had nothing more to tell of her gad courtship—the trial in the Circuit Court to-day drew a rather smaller crowd, At the opening of the court there was hardly more than one- half the number of spectators of previous days, As the day wore on the room gradually filled and at times was uncomfortably crowded. General butler came to his task smiling cheerfully and wearing a more brilliant nosegay than he displayed yesterday. A MYSTERIOUS LADY. One of the incidents of the day was the entrance into court of an elegantly dressed lady, who made her way down the passage and took seat in the rear of defendant’s counsel. She was strikingly tall and had a superabundance of color in or on her cheeks. She wore a large fur hat and her dress and skirt were of blue velvet, All eyes turned toward her, and it was soon whispered around that she was Annie Davis; but it was afterward learned that it was not the mischievous telltale, but a lady from Chicago. She looked around the room, and finding Mrs. Oliver, sat steadily watch- ing the witness for some time. Becom- ing satisfied with her scrutiny she at length row a piece of paper from her pocket and began writing. Her arrival and mysterious manner dis- concerted the crowd and led to various speculations as toher business. At intervals a number of other ‘women came in and occupied seats near her. Fol- lowing behind this party came a number of mem- bers of Congress, who arranged themselves near the Judges’ bench. There were in the audience several Bray haired or bald headed old fellows, whose pres- ence was severely commented upon, THE MAN OLIVER. The proposition to swear the man Oliver on his »woir dire made quite a sensation. Said the-Court:— “If you insist on that wo will dismiss the case right here.” The demand was instantly withdrawn ‘and Oliver went on with his testimony. During the recital of his story Mrs. Oliver looked the spruce old sexagenarian squarely in the face. This seemed to make him nervous and his hands appeared to be a great trouble to him. He referred toa memorandum, and from it gave his testimony, which caused.an unfavorable impression. A lively tilt occurred when counsel for defence ‘asked witness to allow them to look at his memo- Fandum book. Witness replied that the records in &t wore made along time ago and he did not mean to give it up. The Court sustained him and sai@-he ‘gould obtain a portion of the record from Tommie’s tombstone; that was good enough suthority.. Coun- eel for plaintiff made another demand and witness “replied :— “ have had this book many years, and I intend to Keep it.’ “Mr. Peters said he @id not understand witness, t ‘which the latter replied, ‘I am very sorry.” Laughter.) General Butler, finding that the Court ‘would not compel the witness to show the book, ‘aid, “Give him the fullest limit; he will do no hurt.” ‘Witness continued his testimony, and while.referring (to his relation with Mrs. Oliver some person in the ‘wear of the seats said, loud enough to be heard at the other end “Did you kiss her three times?” This gare much laughter. Oliver: continued mand said :— “Ipay in the presence of the Court and foar of God that I never introduced her as my-wife. I passed he daughter off as my daughter. : “Living as you did is often done?” is it not, asked one of the counsel,to which Gep. Butler'replied: “It is, but differently here as the man.comes to-see “the woman.” “One thing is sure,” said Oliver, “I never married her; that ix plain talk, ain’t it? (Leughter.) I lived in pretty good style—hed two servants and a good ook; they called me Colonel, although I had no Fight to the title. udge Cartter remarked:—"That is all right,.you ere from Kentucky.” (loars of laughter.) Mr. Poters requested witness to speak londer, as his Mhearing was bad. “So is mine,” responded witness. au sorry,” said Peters. “So am I,”” replied Oliver. (Laughter.) Witness claimed that he was a professor in an academy. Mr. Peters inquired if he was professor of weformation, to which Oliver replied, “If I was I ‘would like to teach you.” In referring to his daugh- ter he expressed great love for her, but nonefor the mother, und remarked that ‘A bad cow could have a good calf.” This was appreciated by the andience, ‘which again burst out in lond langhter, PROCKEDINGS IN COURT. When the Court udjourned last evening the point \nder discussion was the objection made by General Butler to the admission of the two letters presented by ‘Mrs. Oliver and purporting to have been written by Mr. Cameron. The defence base their objection upon sthe ground that they are forgeries, and no proof had een offered to show that Mr. Cameron wrote them. ‘This morning the testimony of Mrs. Oliver was read on that point. She testided that she knew his hand- ‘writing and that these letters were written by him. The Court ruled that this was sufficient prima de evidence to permit the letters to go to the jury. MThe defence excepted to the ruling. The Court—Have the Bible and papers promised to ‘de furnished this morning been brought in? General Butler (examining the book)—Pardon me, Ahose are not the papers. She (Mrs. Oliver) said on ‘the stand that she had a stipulation with counsel. Now I want to see this agreement with Peters and @ille, I want to know what this joint stock is, and will know it if there is power ‘enough Tn the law to get it. She said that she had a copy of the agreement (#0 she ought) between herself and her counsel. Now I want it produced. Let her ‘ake the stand again and we will see about it, Mr. Peters—I suppose we have s copy of it some- ‘where. General Butler—That won't do. A copy might Baye been made since this night. I want her copy. Mr. Peters—I think that my reputation stands as thigh as any man’s, and I will not have any such as- persions thrown upon my character. ‘The Court—There has been a good deal said during ‘the trial that might have been omitted; but amid it ail there is no need of a display of temper between counsel, Justice can be dispensed in a calm and eful way. She certainly «did testiry tl @copy of the stipulation while on the stand yeste day. The paper is collateral to the issue or the Court would know what todo. It is germane to the Gasne, but not the boay of it. It ought to be pro- iduced or a copy of it. Mr. Peters—Mr. Darneille has s copy of it, or the inal, and will bring it in. He had not bothered is head about it. General Butier—Yes, Mr. Darneille isconveniently \ebsent this morning. The Court—There is no occasion for feeling, except contempt and indignation—I mean all around the whole case. While waiting to get the reporter’s notes’as to (Mrs. Oliver's evidence the two letters admitted in itestimony were read to the jury. The plaintiff's ‘counsel announced that here they rested their case sin chief. Mr. Darneille onterea the Chamber with a copy of "the contract. General Butler—Let it be verified before being ad- Mnitted I want the piaintiff. cs CONTRACT WITH COUNSEL, She did tell them Mrs. Oliver here took the stand. (posters that sho had a copy of o written contract, y which counsel was to have one-third of the jsinount received, but could not find it, She put it fan a package with other papers, she thought, but hen search was made for it she could not find it. Bie ois not furnish the oxpenses of the suit; she paid $11, and that was all she could stand. ‘Mr. Darneitle—Her counsel has received nothing; Bet that be distinctly understood, ‘Witness, resuming—She handed the money to Mr. "son or Mr. Darneille and took the recet entered this ithe contract was made before she she went tu ; they wanted the contract; if office alone; Mr. Maddox was, not there ‘with her; neither was William P. Wood; @ Mr. Marshall was there and witnessed the signing of the Revelpt; she only signed one and that was to Bive the counsel one-third of the ainount recovered. ‘The paper was then read, and is as follows: — ig Wasntwetow, D.C ave i Deasors and bo, employee min 3. give sald George and Jobn F. equal to one-sixth part of what may be ree suit. and to said Darueiile # like sua for his feo. Wit he following siguature and seal, the date and id. Seal), MARY'S. OLIVER, LPR MARSHAL — Lt. Mexwouaxpum.-If the within mentioned caso should be settled by compromise then the fees of the within named Attorney’ are to be the same as mentioned within, May 1, 1 MARY 3. OLIVER. The following is the receipt :— Received, this seventh day of February, 1877, eleven dol” lars of Mrs. Oliver by J. Darneiile, to be applied to the suit of Mrs, Oliver against Mr. Cameron. Mr. Darneille--At the time the receipt was made Mr. Poters and myself, it appears, were absent from the office, General Butler—To save time I wish to put in all the letters that we have proved upon, I do not wish to take the time in reading them. If considered in they can be referred to in argument. . Darneille objected, The Court-—That settles it; it cannot be done. MOTION TO DISMISS. General Butler—I will have printed copies made of them for the benefit of all parties. General Butler said that the suit could not be maintained, and asked that it be withdrawn from the jury; that no matter what the Kentucky law may be, to ali intents and purposes she was a married woman. She had put her marringe in two ways. She had for five years lived with Mr, Oliver and held herself out wife, They had from that cohabitation three children. One had been laid in the cemetery and over it was placed a stone-bearing the inscrip- tion, “Tommie, son of ‘Thomas and Mary Olive: If cohabitation ever proved marriage then it had been done in this case. She also expressly swore that the marriage ceremony between her and Mr. Oliver was performed by his’ bookkeeper. He might have been a Justice of the Peuce, for there was nothing to show he was not. It frequently occurred in Massa- chusetts that business men were magistrates, and it might be the same way in Kentucky. Taking this state of things into consideration, was she not estopped from saying that she was not married? It cannot be denied that she was passing as ® widow, She told Mr. Cameron that she had not heard from Mr, Oliver for many years, but adinitted on the stand writing to him down to within six months of this also, she stated that she did not know whether as living or not. The Court—You claim that cohabitation is mar- riage for all intents and purposes? General Butler—There was never a case for a jury where there was only one witness and that witness swearing all one way. ‘The Court—Don’t she swear two ways? General Butler—If she does then you ought to throw her out, The Court—No, I will reserve my decision for the present upon the legitimacy of the marriage and the effect of it upon a contracting party. ‘MR. OLIVER SWORN,” General Butler—Call Thomas M. Oliver. Mr. Oliver came forward. General Butler—Let him be sworn. Mr. Darneille—Hold on, 1 object. I want him sworn first on his voir dire to see to his competency. The Court—Well, if you make thi objection, I will dispose of this case very quickly. | gee yr pe is to be the living husband of the plaintiff, and if you object npon this ground I will settle this case very promptly. Mr. Darneille—I do not wish to be captious about this matter and withdraw my objection. Mr. Oliver was then sworn and examined by Gen- eral Butler. He said that his name was Thomas Mar- shall Oliver; in the year 1850, in New Orleans and Raleigh, N. C., he was doing business as » merchant tailor and clothier; in the spring of 1850 he went to New York to buy goods; he met the plaintiff (Mrs. Oliver) at Osborn's masonic regalia establishment, in that city, working, he visited that city again in the fall of the year; he went tothe store, inquired for her and found out that she had left there; he visited New York again in the spring of 1! while in city. that time, in with other persons, he visited tion house; while waiting in the plaintiff came in; he passed the night wit! she gave him a history of herself, where she camo from and who she was; she told him that she came from Ireland to this country in compauy with her father, in 1848; they ‘landed at Quebec, but not getting along well there they went to Montreal and next to New York, where he met her; she told him that she had been seduced while employed at Osborn’s by @ man named. Johnnie Platt, under a promise of marriago; that she had a child by him, which was born alive but afterward died; this occurred between the first time he met her and the meeting at the assignation house; her name then was Mary Ann McCaffrey; she never said anything about the Duke of Armand, Butler family or other distinguished people; be met her in New York a number of times and passed several nights with her. THE JOURNEY SOUTH. In the year 1861 he made arrangements for her to go with him South; he was in search of yest aud coat makers and told her that if she would go with him to Raleigh, N. C., he would give her employ- ment and never expose her past life; she agreed to the arrangement, and he took her with him to Nevth Carolina; she said that she never had been that far South before; the witness’ mother’s name was Alice Price Oliver; she did not travel with them from New York to Raleigh, and never heard of the woman ‘until he brome her to North Carolina; the plaintiff ‘was never with the Stuart family; he believed that she called herself Cooper sometimes; in 1861 he went to New York three times, and on one of these journeys he took her back to New York with him; she had been with him then only two or three months; when he got her back to that city he left her there; he never stopped with her at Petersburg, Va., and did not know any family there by the name of Stuart; he had nothing improper to do with the woman while she was in North Carolina; on Janu- ary 8, 1852, he left Raleigh for Louisville, Ky., to set ‘up & merchant tailoring establishment and clothing house; in 1852 he again met the plaintiff in New York and sent her to Louisville with his nephew, James W. Gaskins; his mother remained in North Carolina uutil 1453; when he met the plaintiff in 1851 she said that her age was nineteen and she was not educated; he direoted his nephew to board her where he (the nephew) was stopping, at the house of Mrs. Biggert, a public boarding house; he directed the foreman of his shop to give her vests to make and it was done; he went to Lonisvill May or June and found her at Mrs. Biggert’s suggested that her education was im, ct, and if she would go to school he would send her and pay for it; she consented; as she claimed to be a Catho- lic, he sent her to a convent at Portland, Ky.; she seemed to be restless and wanted to return to Louis- ville, and finally did so; then he sent her ti dist school in Bloumsfield, Nelson county, by Rev. Mr. Brown; it was then for the first time that she took the name of Cooper; she remained there one session, about five months, snd then came back to Louisville, and he boarded her with a widow lady; up to that time thero had been no improper relations between them; up to that time he was trying to re- form her, but reforn:atton seemed impossil WITNESS’ RELATIONS TO THE PLAINTIFF. His mother wae not in Louisville at that tine, and had nothing to do with sending her to school; it ‘was Atter she returned from Bloomsfield that he com- menced living with her; that was in August, 1854; his mother was in Louisville at that time; he ren‘ a house in Walnut street for her, and until June 1, 1860, they lived together in different places, at which time he left her; on June 5, 1860, he married his present wife; he never lived with the plaintiff in his mother’s house while in Louisville; his mother had nothing to do with her, but she knew byt = ad con- nection with the woman; he had a girl by her named ‘Tommic;” she was born May 22, 1856, and died March 9, 1856; she was buried in a cemetery at Louisville; the plaintiff put up the head stone, and on it was the inscription, ‘Tommie, daughter of T, M. and M. E. Oliver.” ‘There was no 8 in the plaintiff's namo at that time; he had another child by her now living; she was born h 12, 1857; he never said sho was his wife, but she went by the name of Mrs. Oliver; when he first met her he was a grass widower, and was up to 1859,when he was divorced; that was his second wife; she was in Newbern, N. C,, and named Frances Maria Stuart, and that was where the plaintiff the name of Stuart, and, strange to say, his wife's father’s name was Charles Stuart; he never heard of her calling herself Stuart until be came to this city; he lived with the plaintiff until June, 1860, when he quit her, and never lived with her since, but had seen her frequently; she had been writing to him constantly since 1860 up to two weeks ago; he could not make a move that the plaintiff did not know about almost as soon as himself, no matter where he went; when he got to his destination he was very apt to find a letter from her awatting him; she had written to every member of his family; when he quit her he claimed the child a had made several attempts to get her, but failed; in October, 1466, he was living in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, and received a letter from her; (he never kept any of gher letters because they were not fit for anybody to read), saying that it he would come to Louisville and take her and the child’s clothes out of pawn she would give him the child. in October, 1866, he made a legal attempt to get t! child and the court decided against him; the letter to him was written after the legal proceedings com- menced; he wont to Louisville, found her and the child and they were both as poor as they could be; she had no valuable jewels or clothing then to carry on a lawsuit with; she must have acquired them since; he took the clothing out of pawn, but atter she got it she would not let him have the child; whenever she drew upon him for the child she always got it; he received a letter from her, in the latter part of 1860 from New Orleans; appeals for aid for the child were very frequent, and he honored them until he tound she was deceiving him; he never died in Richmond, as his presence showed; be never sent o dollar to her after 1866; he obtained possession of the child April 1, 1867. DISPOSITION OF THE CHILD. He recived # letter stating that the mother had abandoned the child at the convent in Portland nus, Louisville, Ky.; he went there, took her away and put her with the Sisters of Notre Dame Rooting. Uhio; she was there from 1467 to 187 Mr. Clements, of Louisville, drew a contract by which he was to have session of the child, it was signed by tho plaintiff and himecif; it bound him to clothe, educate and bring up the child as one of the first fumilies in the State; after this was done the plaintiff tried to get up a mob to take the child away, andin 1874 for safety he sont her to the convent in Rittenhouse square, Philadel- phia; he has kept the daughter out of her mother’s way ever since, and she is now married and re- spected, and he did not intend that the plaintiff should ever know where she was npn as late as 1874 the plaintiff was corresponding with the partner of witness to find out where her daughter was. NO CEREMONY OF MARKIAGE. No ceremony of marriage was ever performed be- tween him and the piaintiff by his bookkeeper; he received a letter from her in 1478 requesting that when he enawexed.st that bo would direct tho lester to the care of Judge Marshall 4m this city instead of writing to her he wrote to Judge 3] ‘on Septem- ber 26, 1878, giving that gentloman her whole history; he had missed their old family Bible from the house sometime since, and they wondered what had become of it; if it was taken away it must have been stolen. (The Bible that the piaintiff had brought into court was here exhibited), had seen that book before; it was the family Bible of his family, kept by his mother when she was living; his mother died at Newport, Ky., January 17, 1566; the Bible been in their family tor more than a century. The plaintiff went to Montreal once while she was living with him, and brought back her fat’ sister and an old nurse, that she said had be: their family for many yeara, named Bridge! O'Brien; the plaintiff had another sister besides the one that visited her, and she was in 4 convent at Montreal; her father was a plain, unassuming man, looking nothing like a retired general or a duke; he did not know whether he could write or not. ‘CROSS-EXAMINATION, pe The wituess was them cross-examined by Mr. eters. He uow resides at Millerville, Ky., with his nephew; his first marriage was with Mary Ann Newbourgh; it took place at Winchester, Va.; he could not re- member the date, but it was previous to 1833; that wife was dead and buried before 1850; he married his second wite in 1835 or 1886 at Newbern, N. C.; her name was es Mary Stuart; he separated from her in 1842, and was divorced from her in 1859; ho lived separate apart from her for eight years in Raleigh, N. C.; he brought the suit for divorce; he took outa license on June 5, 1866, at Lexington, Ky., and there married his present wife; he made no provision for the maintenance of the plaintiff when he got married, neither did he tell her of his intention to marry, because he did not think it was any of her business; he had denied publicly and Tepeatedly to soveral persons before ho left the plain- tiff that she was ever his wite, and at no time did he call her Mrs. Oliver or allow her to be called by that name with his consent; he never told her father at the time he was visiting at their house that his daughter was the mistress of witness, neither did he tell him that she was his wife; he did not believe that he was solvent or that a Judgment against him could be collected in the State of Kentucky. The cross-examination was continued for an hour longer, but nothing new was elicited. ANIMUS OF THE WITNESS, On the redirect examination by General Butler the witness stated that he believed that in coming here he could show that the plaintuff was a blackmailer; that his testimony would mitigate dam: if not destroy them altogether. She had annoyed and tor- mented his family for years, and if he could prevent any innocent person from becoming her victim he intended to doit. He had not been promised any- thing for coming bere and testifying, and did not expect anything beyond his expenses. If he did not receive these he had sufficient money to pay his way back home. This closed the testimony of the witness, and the turther hearing of the case was postponed until Monday next. FOUND GUILTY. A VERDICT OF MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE RETURNED AGAINST JOHN SMITH FOR THE KILLING OF HENRY MADDEN. s Renewed interest was taken yesterday in the trial of John Smith, the Hollander, who was proprietor of the den known as “The Sailor's Return,” No. 13 Oliver street, and who was charged with the murder of Henry Madden, an English seaman, on the night of January 23, The Court of General Sessions was again densely crowded. The prisoner, who is about thirty years old, at first wept bitterly, but toward the close of the proceedings becamo more composed and consulted repeatedly with his counsel, Messrs. Howe and Hummel and Colonel Spencer, during the day. There were also in attend- ance several of the unfortunate female inmates of Smith's establishment, whose levity was strangely out of keeping with the grave surroundings. As the proceedings drew to an end the crowd ‘of spectators became very dense and tho result was awaited by them with no little curiosity and by the prisoner with no little alarm. Mr. William F. Howe commenced his summing up forthe defence shortly after Jndge Cowing took his seat on the bench. Counsel said it was admitted that Smith fired the fatal shot, but urged that the shooting was done in self-defence. He earnestly submitted that the prisoner had done his utmost, in a peaceable manner to eject Maddon and his boisterous shipmates (Green aud Keating) from his premises, In doing this, having already becn maltreated by them, ho drew a_ revolver more for the pur- pose of frightening them than anything else, Counsel scouted the idea that the prisoner had gone into the yard and fired through a window into the barroom where Madden was standing. The evidence, he contended, showed that the shooting had taken place in the barroom, where Madden seized the muzzle of the gun. Aware of the fact that the sailors had. { A rape wtay of his revolver, and fear- life was in danger, Smith pulled justifiable in view of the Mr. Howe's address oc- oupied over two hours. bmw after two o'clock Assistant District Attorney Herring replied for the Me tenor and, although laboring under the disadvantage of a painful sore throat, occupied the interested attention of the jury for over un hour. With great deliberation and carnestness ho argued, from all the testimony in the case, that the shooting, so far from being justifiable or excusable, was murder, as charged in the indictment. Indeed, he insisted that the jury could come to no other conclusion that the pris- oner was lity of a wilful, premeditated, wicked crime. the surrounding tacts, he submitted, pointed clearly and unmi to the prisoner's grils: his first attempt at shooting; his return to ‘is room for hie breech-loader, and the murder of the deceased from the outside window, whither he had retreated after being refused admittance to the barroom by his wife, who tried to avert the crime, Judge Cowing then charged. the fury, 1uoldi wing charg jury, lucidly ex. plaining the law regarding the different grades of murder and manslaughter, He referred to the im- SS ints in the evidence elicited on both sides uring the trial. It was, he said, the duty of every man when attacked to endeavor to escape from his assailants and to use every means in his power to avoid coming in collision with hostile parties. Unless the jury came to the conclusion that the prisoner was in imminent r of his life or serious bodily harm, and was unable to escay from the attackii arty. they conld not find the shooting justifial Should they find that the pris- oner fired the fatel shot with premeditated design to kill, they could, of course, bring ina verdict of guilty. But if they found upon all the evidence th ie was fully justified in believing his life in danger it would be their duty to acquit. ‘The jury retired shortly before four o’clock, and an hour later returned to court for instructions. They again retired, and at eleven o'clock found the prisoner guilty of murder in the second degree. On motion of Mr. Howe Judge Cowing remanded the prisoner for sentence ea the hearing of the motion for a now trial. Court has no discretion- ary power in the matter of sentence, the penalty be- ing imprisonment for life in the State Prison. RECOMMENDED TO MERCY, ‘The trial of Michacl Reilly, who was charged with killing his wife at their home, No. 15 Sullivan street, South Brooklyn, was concluded yesterday. Thejury returned a verdict of manslaughter in the fourth degree and recommended the mer tothe mercy of the Court. The prisoner was remanded to juil to await sentence. POLICY COMPLICATIONS. THE. RECENT RAIDS IN JERSEY AND THE TALE THAT HANGS THEREBY. Horace Farrier, a brother of ex-Assemblyman George H. Farrier, a short time ago, it is said, succeeded ex-Senator Noah D. Taylor as backer of a number of policy shops in Jersey City. The mu jority of the places in Jersey City and Hoboken were, it {s alleged, backed by & man named Costigan. District Attorney A. T. McGill was notified a few days ago by ex-Policeman William Faton, who is night watchman at the Jersey City Post Office, of the large number of policy places in the city. The Prosecutor took him before Judge Tusife, of the Court of Gen- eral Sessions, where be made about thirty com- plaints. Prosecutor McGill found on looking over the complaints that none of Farrier's — places ‘were complained of, and he accordingly had warrants issued for two places said to be under the management. On Mon seventeen arrest being required to of $1,000. At the time Hill and Charles Foster, and W. W. Farrier became their bondsmen. Costigan hearing that compl had been made against him, on Wednesday surren- dered himeelf to Sheriff Tofley and gave bail for trial. After regaining his liberty he lodged informa- tion with the District Attorney about Farrier, and the last of tho places was closed yostorday, there being four arrests made, The prisoners were Josoph B, Weltch, Thomas Greene, John Freligh and Walter Lamb. Lamb, or “Gillie,” aa he is familiarly called, is a brother of one of the wealthiest residents in the city, and is said to be the oldest policy dealer in the country, having, as the story , carried slips from this city to Philadelphia on Rotseback betore tho deys of tclography. All the prisoners were bailed. COBTIGAN COMPLAINS, alleges that the raids were the result of » Con “job” put up by Farrier to clean out and scare awa) The Row York dealers, so that he could Have & monopoly of the business in Hudson county, or so that no shop conid be run in Jersey City which did not play its “slips” into him, Ex-Officer Katon says that he was actu- ated by only moral motives by making the com- on Costigan and his men allege that he was to do it by Farrier for $150. The trial of the accused will take place at the opening of the April term, and the developments promi are seid to be ofp highly imterwting character. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1879:-TRIPLE SHEET. THE STATE CAPITAL. What Senator Murphy Will Say to Comptroller Olcott. EXCISE LAWS FOR GOTHAM. ———e— Amended Text of the Hudson River Tunnelling Scheme. MORE SALARY REFORM. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Atpaxy, March 21, 1879. Senator Thomas Murphy states that he will pre- pare a lettbr in reply to that of Comptroller Olcott cutting down his bill tor services as appraiser in connection with the Mauhattan Life Insurance property. He says the amount to be charged for his work was left entirely to the officers of the company, Three of ther, including the President, sat down, made the estimate.and drew up the bill which he signed, did not present the bill until after the report on the company was issued, so that thero could be no appearance of coercion, The work would ordinarily, he says, have required several months to perform, but by using two pairs of horses and rushing through at full speed he finished it in six weeks. The smount allowed by Mr. Olcott, he says, would not pay his carriage bills, and he declares he will not accept such a paltry sum, Ho will bring the most experienced real estate dealers in New York to swear thaf the valuation of the 228 pieces of property is worth more than the sum to which his bill is re- duced, Lawyers here tell the Senator that there is no appeal from the Comptroller's decision, and that the latter, if he chose, might have al- lowed $1 only. Precisely what steps he will take to secure his pay he has not yet decided; but he has the assurance of an officer of the company that if he brings suit for the full amount the company will nut defend it, as they are perfectly willing to pay. Superintendent Smyth says that Governor Robinson's son aud private sec- retary saw Mr. Olcott im relation to the Dill soveral months ago, «and that he then agreed to pay it. Mr. Smyth, however, claims that he tnen predicted that Mr, Olcott would keep the bill several months, and then write a letter to the newspapers about it on account of Sen- ator Murphy’s friendship for him (Mr. Smyth). The refusal of the Comptroller to pay the bill puts into “g bad box" a relative of Senator Murphy, to whom the claim was assigned in payment of a debt. BRINGING FORWARD THE EXCISE BILLS. Tho preliminary skirmish on excise legislation camo off in the Assembly this morning. One decisive feat has been accomplished so far—the taking out of the Committeo on Internal Affairs of all the measures introduced at the present session which aim to reg- ulate the sale of intoxicating liquors in certain cities ot this State. A majority of the committee last night concluded to report favorably an excise bill drawn up in accordance with the views of that body. It contains a provision effectu- ally repealing the hotel clause, which seems to ba the principal objection of the liquor interest in New York city to the present muddled condition of affairs. ‘This report was handed in to-day a few minutes after the reading of the journal. Mr. R. Strahan next made an adroit speech, in which he suggested that all the excise measures should be brought out of the committee room and placed before the, whole House for discussion. His remarks were courteous in the extreme to the Com- mittee on Internal Affairs and had a good effect. The result followed in the prompt passage of Mr. Stra- han’s resolution, although by a close vote—47 to 42. ‘We may now expect some hot discussions and encr- getic wirepulling when all these important bills come up in Committee of the Whole. following 4s the list embraced in Mr. Strahan’s resolutions : Assembly bill 108, introduced by Mr. Stephenson, entitled, ‘‘An act to suppress intemperance, pauper ism and crime and to regulate the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors, wines, alo and beer in the cities of the State of New York.” ‘Assombly bill 109, introduced by Mr. Strahan, en- titled, “An act to regulate the sale of strong or spiritugus liguors, wines, ale and beer in the city of lew Y ‘Assembly bill 110, introduced by Mr. Langbein, entitled “An act to suppress intemperance and to regulate the sale of liquors, wines, ale and beer in the cities of the State ot New York.” Assembly bill 112, introduced by Mr. Ogden, enti- tied “An act further to amend Chapter 175 of the Laws of 1870, entitled ‘An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors.’ "” Assembly bill not printed, introduced. by Mr. Var- num, entitled ‘An act to suppress intemperance in the city of New York ”” DR. HAYES’ TUNNEL BILL. ‘The im, it bill introduced by Mr. Le some time since ee of which were published in the Henatp) providing for the coustruction of a tun- nel across Hudson River, from Jersey City to New York, has been materially amended and will be considered next week It is intended by certain capitalists behind this measure to go to work imme- diately after the passage of the bill and com- plete the work so that cars of the Penn- sylvania, Erie, New Jersey Central and other poe ns con Pew a run across ate New York under water, thereby saving great delay in transport- ing passengers and Freight by steamboats. An im- mense depot is also to located in the lower part of the city. It is contended that such an arrange- ment will redound materially to the commercial advantage of the metropolis and to the convenience of millions of passen, . It will be seen that the objectionable features alluded to in the Hxranp eai- torial criticism have been entirely stricken out. The following is the full text of this bill as now agreed ‘upon in the Committee on Citi An act to provide for excavating, tunneling and bridgin, for transportation purposes within villages and cities o' 4 . SkcTION 1.—Whenover, according to the route and plans adopted by any railroad company hervtotere ‘or heronlter formed under chapter 140 of Laws of 1850, entitled “An to authorize formation of ' railroad and to regulate tho samo,” and all plementary thereto, for the building of its rail- ® de necessary or proper to build suid road or any part of the same under ground, or to tunnel or bridge ‘any river or waters, It shall be lawful for said company to enicr upon and acquire title to such lands m necessary to be taken tioned, and ‘they shall hai struct, ervet an secure and td Pens br Sinbad Ney operatiny of or connecting ome wi maintaining the same, aud purchase or a mai now provided by ‘such Ian or easements in laud along thelr seid route upon, over boneath as may building of #ald road; dornoath necessary for the their rovided, however, shat where said rond ru e urouiid at such depth ae to enuble said company ty sun he an i be 40 built and at all times make the surface of the ground h h condition as required re former condition, except 80 far as may be actually for ventilation of the tunnel Leneath the same, or access thereto; and provided further, that in the event of the cl rt thereat bein f section 18 of h road or any part of to be built within the limits of any tod village of this State, and to run by underneath a of the streets, city or incor means of a tunnel roads or public places thereof, company before building the sa Jorneuth any of said streets, roads or public pine pbiain the consent of the owners of one-ball in val ty on he nasent of the proper aving streets, consent cannot be in the roads or public case obtained, the General Term of the Suj prome Cow district in which sueh city or village ia, may vo! of them, and in r the same. may bollt with the Joust dauinge to the surface and tot t the surta by the public, and the determin paid sioners, confirmed by the Court, may be taken in the proporty owners. rs iy arts of acts inconsistent with this eby ro . Tene tuke offect immediately. and provided farther that when any railroad esmpany con structs under this act ¢ taht ject to all the provisions of an act, entitled ©. to anthoriae the formation of railroad companies and to 1 850, and all acts point or shall bo pen A mno- reight as may be re aiblic. te rt of inn bs t0 be vl not ne after te shin eon adopted, and the map thereot #ball have buen filed as required by law, merge and consol H its capital stock, (ranehices and property with the capita franchises and property of any other railroad com- ject ander the laws of this of any other State in jot by law for the consolidation ot mpanien whenever the railroads of said compa- ples a9 to bo consolidared may toxether form s comtinuons line of railroad, provided wach consolidation hot pre. {ent All connecting railroads from having equal rights of ranatt. WHERE WAS THR NEGRO? ‘The Ratiroad Committes to-day reported adverse! Mr. Madigan’s bill compelling one-horse street rail. Toad companies to omploy conductors as well as whore roadbed necording to below th py; the grow eh Ceivens, ‘The report was adopted without any opposi- jon. PATENT MEDICINE IMPOSTORS. Mr, Dougherty has introdneed a bill which aims to protect the public from patent medicine tors, It provides for the appointment of a commission of five by the Governor to examine all patent medicines and prevent the sale of any materials of an injurious character, These commissioners must be physicians and chemists. FEMALE SUFFRAGE. ‘The gallantry of the Legislature was exhibited to- day in the report of the Assembly Judiciary Com- mittee requesting Congress to submit to the Legisla- tures of the several States an amendment to the con- stitution prohibiting the disfranchisement of citi- zens of the United States on account of sex. MONEY FOR THE SOLDIERS’ HOME. ‘The bill making an appropriation for the New York Soldiers and Sailors’ Home at Bath, Stew! county, was considered in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Brundage moved to make the item for improving the rounds, $16,000 instead of $10,000, Messrs, Lang- in, Varnum and Piggy ra tained this motion. Mr. Fish thought it best to leave the change to the Senate after a further hea Mr. Brooks said if the legislation here was to be upen mpathy for the old soldier ther thus amendment and all others like it would be adopted, but members here have a duty to _per- form. ‘They are here to protect the Treasury from extravagant or wrong expenditures. He referred to the origin of this home und the promises made that if the State would relieve it from its embarrassments it would never become a tax on the State. Hethought the Ways and Mcans Committee had been. liberal in the amount it had put in the bill. Mr. Sloan expressed similar views, and said that the Ways and Means Committee had carefully examined the necessities of this case and had reported the bill under a full un- derstanding, and yet the House is. appealed to on the round of patriotism to increase the appropriation, fe claimed to have ag much patriotism and as much sympathy for the veteran soldiers as any man, but he wanted common sense mixed with such senti+ ments, Mr. enters thon withdrew his motion, saying that he would bring it before the Senato com- mittee when the bill reached that body. The bill was ordered to a third reading. SMYTH'S OLD PARTNER FAILS. Mr. Walker, the former partner of Superintendent of Insurance Smyth in the brewing business here, failed to-day. There is a rnmor that his insolvency was caused by bad commercial paper given him by the present Superintendent of Insurance. There seenis to be no foundation for the report. MEASURES IN THE SENATE. The bill providing that fire insurance companics must pay to policy-holders the full amount named in their policies when property is destroyed instead of replacing the loss as at present practised, passed the Senate to-day, The special ‘Reform Committee” of the Senate re- ported two bills. The first is in relation to the sala- ries of legislative employés, aud does not differ es- sentially in its provisions from the Assembly Reform Dill introduced by Mr. Skinner, and by the lower House. The second bill is in relation to the salaries of State officers and other State employés, and is similar to the Glidden bill in the As- sembly, though not making such sweepin, reductions. The salaries of the officers nam below are fixed as followa:—Comptroller, $5,000; Secretary of State, $4,000; Attorney eral, $5,000; State Treasurer, $4,000; Superintendent of Bank Department, $5,000; Su) intendent of Insur- ance Department, $5,000; Auditor, $4,000; Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, $4,000; Engineer and Surveyor, $4,000; Superintendent of State Prisons, $5,000, and for travelling expenses, $500; Superin- tendent Public ‘orks, $5,000; Super. intendent of the New (Capitol, $5,000; Canal Appraisers, $3,000; State Commissioners in Lunacy, $3,000; Superintendent of Elmira Re- formatory, $3,500; Superintendent of Bingham- ton Asylum, $2,000; Secret otf Pubite Charities, $3,000; Assistant Secretary, $1,500; Superintendent Utica Asylum, $4.000; Superintendent of the Wil- lard Asylum, $4,000; Saperintendent of the Hudson River Hospital, $2,500; Superintendent of the Mid- dletown Asylum, $3,000; Clerk Court of Ap $4,000; Reporter Court of Appeals, $4,000; Gover- nor's Private Secretary, $3,000; Deputy Comptrol- ler, $3,500; Deputy Insurance Superintendent, y $3,000; Deputy Attorney General, $4,000; Deputy Sec- rotary’ of State, $2,500; Deputy Treasurer, $2,500; Assistant Adjutant General, $2,000; Deputy Su- ntendent Public Instruction, $2,500; Deputy Engineer and Surveyor, $2,500; Deputy Superinten- dent of Bank Department, $2,500; Secretary Board of Regents, $2,500; bo ag Auditor, $2,500; chief clerk oon" » $2,500; Assistant Superintendents Public Works, each, $2,500; agents and wardens at Sing Sing, Clinton and Auburn, $3,000; Director ite Asses- Natural Histo: Museum, $2,500; sors, each, $2,500; Superintendent Adironduck Survey, §2,500 and travelling expenses as approved ‘by the Comptroller; Auditor's chief clerk, $2,700; Stato Librarian, $2,000; Assistant Secretary Regents University, $2,000; Governor's military secre! , $2,000; Commissioners Quaran- tine each, $2,000; Inspector Gas Metres, $1,500; Shore Inspectors, $1,500; physicians at Auburn, Clivton an Sing. Sing, $1,500; chaplains, $1,200; ‘Superin- tendent State fall, $1,000; Superintendent State Cab- inet, $1,000; Superintendent Old Capitol, $1,000. All chief officers are directed to reduce the pay of their employés to the minimum, and to report to the Leg- islature the names, terms of ice and amount paid such employés. A NEW DEPARTURE.. GERMAN BPUBLICANS CALL UPON THE LEGIS- * LATURE TO TAX CHURCH PROPERTY, At the monthly meeting of the German Republican Central Committee held at the Steuben House last evening, every Assembly district in the city being fully represented and ex-Judge Dittenhoefer pre- siding, Mr, Beyerley, of the Second district, offered the following preamble and resolution :— hereay in a republic in which equal rights are tood to all, the dutles and obligations to the government should be borne by all alike; and w! a discrim 1s made in favor of religione congrogation taxation and thus unjustly increase the burdens ris abused in the erection fore be it The moment the resolution had been read a dozen members arose, anxious to address the Chair, Mr. Knobloch said:—“In so far as the adoption of this resolution will injure the future prospects of the republican I move that the preambles and resolution be laid on the table.” The Cuamman—Does anybody second the motion? No one in the crowded meeting room seconding the resolution Mr. Knobloch sat down. Mr, Rerinckr—Mr. Chairman, I do not see how a single German republican can make @ motion to lay such a resolution on the table. , Pity it 1s that at this late hour in the existence ot the republican party we should only begin to discuss this important ques- tion. German republicans ought to be and shall be the pioneers in this movement. Other States have done it and we must follow. Church pro; must be taxed, whatever time-serving politicians or bigoted legislators may say to the contrary. I call for the unanimous adoption of these resolutions, NO LONGER A CRIME. ee Dittenhoeter, having vacated the chair, said: or cight years ago I handed in resolu- tions of a similar purport to the State Convention in Utica. Iwas then told, as we have been told here this evening, that such a movement was high treason to the republican party, Experience hes since taught me, however, that I was right then and am right now. I have been a republican from conviction since 1856, and from conviction only I have remained @ republican. But our battle is not yet finished. The victory is not all ours yet. We mnet go on and emancipate ourselves and masses trom the bur- dens which the uncalled for favors bestowed upon apres ee ae havo th our’ shoulders. in “no “treason. to treason to speak in this manner. Four years Tintroduced resolutions like these in Utios General Grant, in a mea- sage to Congress, recommended an amendment to the constitution calling for the separation of all schools from church lishments and the taxation of ie ee . When once a republican Presi- dent makes sttch a declaration it is no longer treason for us to talk in this manner. As German repub- licans it is our duty to demand the taxation not only of churches, but of railroad companies, telo- graph companies and all other corporations, Iam convinced that at the very outset of such a move- ment the burdens now borne by the people will be reduced at least one-half.’’ The vote was then taken amid great enthusiasm, every man, with one exception, rising and voting aye. Mr. Knobloch voted no, The meeting soon adjourned. ANTI-TAMMANY. A meeting of tho Cominitteo on Contested Seata, of the Anti-Tammany organization, was held last night at Irving Hall. Among those present were ex-Senator Hugh H. Moore, who presided; James K, Morrison, Mayor Cooper's private secretary ; Maurice J. Powors, Thomas Costigan, George HU. Purser, Frank A, Ran- som, T.J. Gibbons, Neison J. Waterbury, John J. Fi rald, William Arrowsmith and others. The trouble in the Seventh Assembly district, between Messrs. Purser, Ransom and Fitzgerald on the one side and Mesers, Arrowsmith and Gibbons on the other was taken ap. Both parties claimed to repre- sont the true democracy in the district. Affidavite on Le i sides were submnitted to the committees last evening. “FINANCE OF THE FUTURE.” MR, EB. MOODY BOYNTON, OF MASSACHUSETTS, BEFORE THE GREENBACK CENTRAL CLUB OF Tuts crTy. Thirty gentlemon and one lady, constituting the ‘Greenback Central Club of this city, met in a small parlor at the Sturtevant House last evening to hear Mr. E. Moody Boynton, of Massachusetts, read a paper on the “Finance of the Future.” Richard Schell occupied the chair, and Peter Cooper, J. ©, Zachos, G. W. de Cunha and W. A. Carsey, leading mombers of the greenback party, wore among those present. The paper was very lengthy, occupying, together with a running commentatary by the author over three hours in the delivery, Portions of it wore received with groat favor by the hearora, He considered that he use of a metalic basis for the circulating medium to be not only useless but pernicious in its effects, Patented paper, inks, engraving and powerful prosses, he said, are a far better protection than any coinage can be against the arts of the counterfeiter; while searcity of coin, uncertainty of mining and the export- able nature of the material render it unsuitable for the safest unfluctuating national money. Ifthe money of this ray 1A were divided Americans ere sess about $14 per capita. This sum is to transfer all values by ite rapid circulation, Dealers are therefore obliged to issue notes which are not currency, and debt and inflation of credit increase one hundred fold where current money is wanting, This is the source of all panics. The increase of commodity has outrun the tools of transfer. France is the best illustration of a country escaping panic for fifty years, because possessed of greater mone- tary tools than any other nation. She possesses an average of $57 to each of her citizens. . EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION. Expansion is life; contraction is death. Capital is but fossilized Mfe, accumulated labor product. A fourfold production does not indicate the need of a contraction of American currency. The money monger, dealing in selected oredits, finds the pur chasing power of his money greatly increased, the man of energy, the holder of real estate, the employer of labor suffers, but upon the million toilers and their helpiess wives and children fall the burdens of hopeless idiocy Which permits the panics that have agonized our country every year since 1860. So jealous were the creditor classes of the United States of the issue of eighteen millions remaining of the reserve of the greenbacks in the spring of 1874, that they did not hesitate to threaten revolution if this thing was to be permitted to goon. It did not matter that all the New York bankers a few months previously demanded of the President the issue of fnsca very reserve and that $26,000,000 of it had been issued. ‘The lecturer then reviewed the histories of the famous banks of Venice and Amsterdam, and argued therefrom that the specie basis gives no real secur- ity. He summed up as follow ‘Applying the statistics of the past decade to the supposed present population of the United States, the various classes of tne employed and productive embrace more than fifteen millions of individuals, A depression of twenty-two per cent is equivalent to the loss of neatly two thousand millions of days’ work a: nually, or as many dollars. of intrinsic v: Of that labor product which alone forms the wealth of na- tions and the gold ot commerce. I have not taken into account the loss of muchinery production, or the almost limitless power of expansion of coal, iron, cotton, woollen and wooden industries, in which we should surpass all other nations, because God has given us more of these rich endowments than the world possesses elsewhere, Sixty-one cent of the iron furnaces were idle in March, 1 which may be taken as a fafr average of the past six years, The addition of this gigantic wealth, the expansion of the real estate they would have supported, with the advent on our shores of millions of productive Europeans, would have nearly doubled the values of the forty billions we 4 in 1872, but for the awiul crime of national suicide which we are examining. To stop production is to invite re- volution and national bankruptcy alike, and as pro- duction alone is wealth, and none can.ever have too much wealth if exchange be free, there is no mad- ness greater than the contraction of the tool, money that, in all the Sten gan ag has proved, oppresses the bing on his throne and the beggar in his hovel by its all-pervading, crushing force.” TALMAGE ON THE SAINTS. AMERICAN POLITICS, ST. PATRICK AND SAINTS IN GENERAL DISCOURSED ON IN THE TABER- NACLE. In the Brooklyn Tabernacle. last evening Mr. Tal- mage devoted his discourse to American politics, St. ‘Patrick and veneration of saints in general. After speaking of tho abuses that exist in both political parties in this country he said:—It is not a healthful sign when one party predominates over another. But we have this consolation, that aftera century of quaking and political agitation the government of the United States stands to-dey on @ firmer basis than ever. We must rely on the ballot box for our moral and financial con- dition. We must stop this cant about dis- union, ® solid North and solid South. We must taise the granite wall of our great republican fabric till its roof covers all nationalities and till despotism is completely crowded out. It is the cus- tom with many Americans to deride American insti- tutions, especially the ballot box; but I sny that there is no nation where intelligence, industry end ood morals have more freedom. The longer I live fhe age love America. Travel where I may here I let us-hope here may I die No wonder that Columbus when he lended on our soil fell down and kissed it.. We can wish no better for our children than for ourselves, and let us hi ‘we may ever prove true to this country, tho land to us. Eternal God, be Thou the defence, the guardian and the protector of this nation! PANRGYRIC OF AT. PATRICK. Since last we met Irishmen have assembled in churches and. st -banqnets to honor the memory of St. Patrick, the Irish. apostle. Now, let me pers if St. Patrick did half the good that ts attribut him all the churches may well feel proud ‘of such @ man. ‘Talk, as you will, and superstition, but we all have us, like St, Mary, 8t. John, David, Bt. and many others, I ‘pity from my heart the man who does not feel the holy loving influence of some dear saint at one time or another. ‘Thero are men hero listening to me who nave been kept a by the infinence of just sach holy —— Think or the meedioes smstenn fe Sie Cet who has passed in! lessed world, and say, feel her influence. but she chides you; you it but she blesses you. And hore let me say that the Protestants have as many saints as the Catholics, and they revere them. They call on them as fervently, in such endesring, imploring terms as “‘St..David, my father; St. Cai my mother.” There is no family here but has an aunt one to heaven to be assint. You call the children i her name; she is, when in this world, consulted when the bride’s toilet is to be arranged, when the dearest hopes of the family circle are to be prises. Mr. drew a vivid picture of the closi: together around the dying bed. and when at last’ Sf together arow when Silty posses away roi ah enchanted sick bed to the “house of many Manmone.” He closed by saying:— “St. Patrick hae been a saint for moro thirteen hundred years; but the humblest Chris: man may become, like him, @ saint. Anything it ne forever. May the ce ryt | keep their memories ne They that instruct others to righteousness #! shine like stars through all eternity.” THE DUMPING NUISANCE. HOW THE SEEDS OF AN EPIDEMIC ABE CAST WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EAST RIVER DIG TRICTS—ACTION BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH NEEDED. Through a large heap of manure, which recked with unpleasant extialations, a Hxnaup reporter wound his way last night. Theatmosphere at thefoot of East Thirty-ninth street was laden with s hundred diseases, and children from the neighborhood were basking in its baleful influences, In the rear of Peck's wood yard certain parties have started a depot for the storage of manuro. All the di ble odors tl Hone is hetr o_arioo in thin dalocteble netyhoorhoods and are wafted fer and wide, The lovali or, tion is whee with all the seeds of epidem disease. The March sun shines on litters of dirt, of it takes no vicinity of the this which the Street Cleaning heed. A few Hibernians in ‘Thirty-niuth street dump told the reporter that constant aggregation of the city’s filth in their neighborhood represented to them a source of in- come. The faces ot their suffering wives aud the waxen ee end seo eyes ot their poor children showed unmistakably the interest that this income demanded, Adjoining the Thirty-ninth strect manufactory of poixons, a row of tenement houses rear their fourth and fifth stories into view. Last grecing, tte se of the bebe und at the foot of irty-nintl stroet were vis! fein a sanitary point of view. The reporter went up flight ight of stairs, and at each landing there was revealed such a Doré picture of woe that the eye grew dim at the contemplation of wecWiy devour children have such, pallid tscest"* reportee haired, stalwart Irishman asked the reporter of a rod in Thirty-ninth sireet. “Why? And you ask me after emotling the causo? Bocause the city government is fraud thet will allow such a nuisance to poison our families, A heap of manure within a block of us. Only think whut the effect will be when the weather becomes warmer.”” ‘Why don’t you complain to the proper authori- ties?” ies? The chorus replicd, for at this time the neigh- borhood was aroused, ‘he authorities? Who are they? Policemen who club us at a mo- ment’s notice or agents of the Board of Health, who Mmeot us on the walk and ask wa foolish quea- tions? Why, my dear sir, 1 have complained over and over again, or at least my wife has done so, sho does all the writing for me, and yet thero is nu re BANKER AND TRAMP, [From the Pittsburg Evoning Diapatch, March 19.) Henry Englehart, a German, about fifty-five years of age, was found dead in bed yesterday morning at No. 207 Penn avenue, in the building occupied by F. Zeleny & Brother, bekora. ‘Tiere is painful romance connected with Engle hart's ag he In early life ho was in good circum nel stances, and held the responsible ition of cas! in a bank iu Dresden, Gormany. verses OMINO, in the decline of life the broken spirited man #0' the New World in hope of better: hie co tion, It aeema that he could not find employment for at icy Way frown ehiadeiphis to Chis ity ia whech of work.’ Here he fell in with cas eRe,