The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1879, Page 5

BARK ELVERTON TRAGED Remarkable Story of a United States Consul. , BRUTALITY OF THE MURDERED. MASTER Suspicious Deaths on Board the Vessel. PANIC AND DESERTION OF THE CREW. How Men Were Lost Overboard and Died in the Hospital. LETTERS TO THE STATE DEPARTHE Wasainaton, March 28, 1879. * The account in the Hxraxp of the killing of Cap- tain Richard ‘R. Barcley, of the bark Elverton, by his second mate, Jolin Powers, has directed attention end given new interest an@ importance to certain official consular reports on file in the State Depart- ‘met on the subject of Captain Barcley’s maritime history, especially his conduct on his last voyage to Rio, just previous to the homeward trip, during whieh he had the encounter with Powers that re- sulted in his death. ‘hese papers are now produced with no intention of prejudicing the case for the prosecution against Powers. ‘Chey are quoted to illustrate more fully the tragedy on the Elverton and to show that Captain Barcley, like too many of his kind, was guilty of persistent brutality and inyited hie violent end, i CONSUL STRYKER’S INVESTIGATION. ‘The papers referred to are a series of reports from the Consul General at Rio and the Consulat Pernam- buco, Brazil, touching the interference of the latter gentleman, Mr. Joseph W. Stryker, in behalf of an oppressed seaman of the Elverton, named Charles Alick, and the release and discharge from the ship of Alick because of his ill treatment by Captain Bar- cley.. The evidence obtained by Consul Stryker was of so convincing # nature as to warrant him in in- tervening, even to the breaking of the shipping articles of Alick and setting him at liberty. Further- more, in the course of his'investigation Mr. Stryker got at the ovidence of practices on the part of Bar- eley indicative of the grossest rascality if not of murder, For instance, a seaman named Frank Miller is reported on the log as haying fallen over- board while drawing a bucket of water, but the accident, as far as known to the crew, was never wit- nessed by anybody on board except the man who ig ‘puspected of having made away with the poor sailor. And yet when the vessel got into port Captain Buarcley filed an official statement at the Consul’s office that Miller had deserted, the record of His log to the contrary notwithstanding. In another case he sent a hand ashore sick, who digd in hospital as recorded in the log, but was afterward reported as having deserted. Seafaring men will readily understand the possi- ble motive prompting such a decd as tho murder of Frank Miller. Oftentimos a vessel is managed by the captain as a speculation, the owners giving him ‘a fractional interest or » percentage of the profits of each voyage in place of salary or ofher fixea remu- aeration. In such acaso he hires and pays the crew and’ feeds and finds them out of a certain allowance made him by the owners. It is therefore to the captain’s imtorest to ill fecd the crew to the point of starvation, and'in case of desertion or death to make the date of such incidents as recent as possible without risking detection, This is the ex- Planation given for reporting Frank Miller and Charles Ross as having deserted at s later time than the real dates at which ono nad fallen overboard at sea and the other had died in hospital. ‘THE CASE OY THE SEAMAN ALICK. . ‘The case ofthe ill-treated seaman Charles Alick forms the chief subject of Mr. Stryker’s despatch No, 147 tothe State Department, The Consul had ‘@lready had serious difficulty with Barcley on the subject of the commercial interests committed to the latter's charge a8 master of the Elverton. Ho refers to this former matter as discussed in his despatch No. 146, and proceeds‘to say:— In this dospateh (No. 147) I have to person in regard to his behavior towa Bhtarged by mo ftom sald ‘backs and fave ivoncton t@ tho two Haternouts onclosed, with thelr respective suauxon. ‘ THE CONSUL’S STATEMENT. The following is enclosure No. 1, being Mr. Siry- kor’s statement ‘‘in the matter of one of the deser- tions declared by Captain Barcley, of the American bark Elverton, of Baltimore, in Rio Janeiro:”— Uxirep Status Consuuate, Peuwamnuco, Brasil, Sept. 12, 1878, § Charios Alick, alias Elm, now the only man hero beside: jo master who was on the ican bark Elverton, now in this port, when le hor last voyaye from Baltimore ‘to Rio, comes to me and says :— “That about twenty 's out from Baltimore a young Ger manu sailor, Frank Mill rd. At bulf- ust seven o'clock in t, and was thou washing decks, Bak was. talssing: that ties captain ‘hed ‘often bong was missing: tain ° Biciictng’ and bemting thie sailor, and none of the crew ‘saw Yaceotuingly tarnéd 10 tho log book of the Elverton and cordingly tar of the dow it he ontry which (v extracted in ‘annex Kon extract from 8 ™ od seams to be in tho handweiting of Joseph J. Bowling. the of the sam hie sailors, and harlos Alick, dis- he ina jing, then Bindeecia Maseieetar bts sc per Next, tur font naw tha {above atl Frank Mi ‘ over. ‘ae Ni oO Warctey’ sahara gested freee Me ete he ne See Howling. the mato, 1 soem, lett tho vessel in that Boll this 1 mutter for the aitentt h the departtont of mig Gouuhaaionerast the pert Baie abet ht staamaae ott arte, a JOSEPH W. STRYKER, Consul, CHARLES ALICK’s sToRY. ‘ Enclosure No. 2 of this set of documents is Mr. Stryker’s otficial record of the complaint preferred by Alick against Captain Barcley and his statement of the circumstances and reasons under which ho ordered Alick to be discharged from service on the Elyerton. It tells its own story :— Unirep States Consunars, PxuNambuco, Sept, 12, ‘vis, Having already written the enclosuse No. 1 Xo, 147 (of which this is to bo enclosure Morte ark it or foes who lad been shipped in Rio; that ut ten o'clock in the day he took wick, and the exptain hy. im movdicine, aud wt two o'elock im afternoon sti nd that tho captain had often boom beating this it when the bark reached Rio the oouk, Robe beso hel , alck Sime tie and was there on 1H , thous sent ie the hospital, wi e Purch Tost Rext all the crew, including both mates, Fan away from the yossul in Rio, oxcept himself, and the Yousel got new sailors, but no ‘mates, and went to Sunt « Untharing, ‘Brasil; that there: four men res away, at Tre Uroweht kek oF caught, three of thom remaining on ho ve 0 othe; r Ee gape ot shem was shot In und nd lett by th von ‘ted tut vara wel 1@ the hospital there bor tl ulm waked ‘tit to stun “or pu his eres aioe he refusing the ex; ontiod him Siath—That last Friday @th asked the captain to wi yhe Jot Lim ome ash th at to take bis t mony ont at dyad heen ft would nyt and did not It hint to leave that day. day with the vther witness ods and be, went’ be tt whon 2 the con; Win, \nadheug donate When sekek oh tt im, leaving a mark (whieh mhek et iatniy sowed wow Wo camerte the dongatte a fowing. Monday at two I Mp. and ‘tame ron at hi ‘& BanoepaAN an that ‘pul ain thew, shoved him down on the deck, where Of the vossel until the sold him to Jail, from whieh he two o clock to give ble teastpron # Con: ry atraid for his life te xo baek on that yosscl, and that ho wauts tho wages only which wro due Whereupon, ond tho master of the bark Riverton this da} lying to me for his Papers f the’ cosut OC Attioa, X Gischatyed the ‘sbove tamol NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1879.~1KIPLE SHEET. from said the to to him the Balance of his We et tasee PB PU sles States one month’s extra wages, upon the following grounds :— 1. He having sitters twelve wonths trom Baltimore & 1 to bord States. on articles tiated Gcfober 23. ‘ovident that tho vos: sel could not now go to the coast of Atrica, thence to Mrhere her charter, by she master's: adumiaston to ine. calle for her now to proceed), and thence to the United States, without the time of at t fourteen or Afteen mouths ela] since xaid 23d tober, thet as to this sailor % ro reasonable with 4 man of ordinary firmness, for fearing that bis life and persow will be in dangur iv making & voyage on that vessel. ‘This is my opinion, for I cannot but give consider- able credence to the sailor’s complaint above stated in sections 1 to 8 inclusive, because it is so well cor- ‘oborated, nr 1. A reading ofthe enclosure No. 1, pain the voyage continued contrary to the shipping articles. 2, That the sailor i with its annex No. 1, will show that section 1 of this sailor's state- Teal bain eeoeereial te ie Elverton’s log SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF & SAILOR. the said annex No. 1 indicates « suspicious ‘Is a sailor slipping into the gea as powerless: to call out for ‘ne @ water bucket? Aud when the annex No. 2 of enclosure is read this suspicion Seeing: Itit should occur to any one’s mind just here that it was by a mistake that Captain Bay cley declared Frank Miller deserted instead of dead, let me say to him now that this is not the only in- stance, a4 I will soon show, in which that master mude this same mistake since he last lett Baltimore. Section 2 of this iguorant sailor's story, who can neither read nor write, I find tullies with the logbook (gee annex No. 1 hereof). 3} ing about this death to make the udder—perheps it was the quick burial. Leche pattiaie ar Meywnlpraagt alga! cents No, 2 Leal num! ours cook ied fa the hon ital, and, referrin, elause of annex No. 2 , I remark it isin Captain Barcley’s own handwriting. Remem| ths, and also a fact bar pdr hrc hegy been working six moun on that vease! month, then read annex No, 3 hereof, in which the captain declares Robert Ross a deserter. It the good name of sailors dead is so yusate with Captain Barcley soy pos those living sometimes have fears tor their ef with him? ‘ Section 4.—The og of the Elverton says nothin; whatever about a sailor ghot and left in the hospi at Santa Ostterina; yet this sailor's statement is so well corroborated in other respects that, uncorrobo- rated, I believe it in this one. Section 5 is corroborated by the paper E of annex No. 9 to enclosure No. 2, inmy 146, and by the sur- rounding circunstances. So is scction 6; and sec- tion 7 was vouched for by the mark left of the blow. ‘These are, “in my judgment,” the “good and suf- ficient reasons" why I believed this sailor as to the repairing section (8) and discharged him from the ves: Thave stated these reasons with such fulness to the department as Captain Barcley has protested against my action, and I do not feel at liberty to state to him at present all ‘‘the good and suflicient rea- sons,” in my judgment, which I have given. ‘The log of the Elverton, which has been here- inbefore frequently referred to, is now retained and kept in the possession of this consulate und will be torwarded to the department separately on the first good opportunity. Charles Alick is an American citizen and resides in Baltimore, and the mute of the vessel on the voyage from Baltimore to Rio Janeiro, Joseph J. Bowling, resides also in Baltimore and went from Rio Janeiro to his home in thut city on the American brigantine Peabody. And referring now to the last sentence of enclosure No. 1 of this same Sespajeh, pao, I would add that if Charles Alick should be desi as a wit- ness before the Shipping Commission he can easily be had there without any expense by this consulate shipping him or having him go when he ships on a vessel to a port in the United States and then advis- ing the department what that port is, so it can through the Commissioner there have him on his arrival sent anywhere he may be desired, All of whieh is most respectfully submitted. JOSEPH W. STRYKER, Consul. To THE DEPARTMENT OF STaTK, WASHINGTON, D. C. Accompanying the above are the following :— ANKEX NO..1 OF EXCLOSURE NO. 1. Extract from the log of the American bark Elverton, of Baltimore, Barcley, Master, on voyage Baltimore to Rio neiro ‘Monda; , November 19, 1877.—7:30 A. M.—Man Frank Miller white drawing water disappeared; no one soeu him. 7:45 was missed by me; went ulott but could ot see any: thing of him, he haying taken the draw bucket with biin, As it was inisved at the same time. NNEX NO, 2 OF ENCLOSURE NO. 1, ConsutaTe GeNxnat or tax Uxitxo States, Rro Jax- ni FiRO, Baaxit.—Josoph M. Hinds, Consul General of th United States at Rio Janeiro, do horeby cortify that Riehard Rk Bareley, master of th Zlverton, dechi fore me that * * Frank Miller * * * desorted at this port from said bark on the 2d of January, 1878, and that no wages were due him on any account, Given under my band aud seal of office the 16th day of February, 1878. 7 (Ofticial’ seal) FRANCIS M, CONDEIRO, ‘Vico Consul General, ANNEX NO. 1 OF ENCLOSURE KO. 2. pixtract from log book of Elverton, from africa to inesday, 24th April, 1873—* * * Atone P. M. one eouman, zauied Antony, 's Norwogian, died very sudden, aftor a short sickness itad all modicine and attendance required. At two P. M. remitted his body to the sea, * * © Fourtoon days out. ANNEX NO. 2 OF ENCLOSURE No. 2. Extracts from Bivorton’s log, lying in harbor of Rio:— Wednesday, Ist of May, 1878.—* * * Steward off duty sick; captain sent another steward aboard re. t Cs a rr * 8 © — oe Thursday, May 2. © Steward vory sick. . | May 3,11 A. M.—* |* * Captain sont steward to hospi. tal, be boing very sick. a SOOT hy veaenehe? May4—* * © Robert Ross died in tho hos. tal. ANMUX NO. 3 OF ENCLOSURE NO. 2. Coxsutate ov tux Unxirkp States, Rio Jameno, Bra: <I, M. Hinds, Gonsul General of the United Janelru, do hereby cortify that R. R, Bar- eley, ma: the bark Elverton, of Bultiuore, declared boforo me thal Anton Oblien died at sea after leaving this that J. H. Elms, Robort s, Llonry Grover, gad Peter Blaukoviteh deserted James Sumi ith os ir bah, eed cenl oe alles te 40a dew, ot seal of ollice my hand, oe hobs Me CONDETLO. Vice Consul General. ‘MORE RASCALITY. , The despatch No. 146, referred to above, which is also on file at the State Department, reveals a plot on the part of Captain Barcley to secure a large allow- ance for sulvage from @ Brazilian underwriter’s com- y with whom he had insured his ship and cargo the spring 1878, The charge is that be conspired with the owner of # Brasilien tug, who was to find him in danger of on the rocks and tow P| into port, The scheme succeeded so well the claim for salvage was referred to arbitration and have been allowed had not some of his sailors betrayed Captain Barcley by telling of the suspicious manner in ‘hich he had I is aethoe cashes and drifted landward, This was desperate in- deed. The Elverton wo' have been actuall; wrecked if the Brazilian tugboat had failed to keep her appointment and appear at the critical moment, THE HAYTIAN STEAMER ST. MICHEL. DETAILS) OF THE 1088 VURNISHED SO THE HAXTIAN MINISTER, The Haytian Minister bas received the following details of the loss of the Haytian ateamer St, Michel by collision with the stesmer Bolivar :— On March 14, at three o'clock in the morning, tho Haytian war steamer St. Michel, six guns, Com- mander Nadal, having on board Twenty: -seventh régiment of the line of “Grande Rivicto,”* with General Montpoint, Military Governor of Cape Haytion, on her way from Port au Prince to the last named port, came into collision with the Britisl: steamer Bolivar, of the West India‘and Pacific Steam- ship Company of Li |, near Gonaives, in the of the same name. Of 150 persons on board, of whom only four were ef 8, Seventy-two were waved by the boats of the lish steamer. Amon; them are the captain of the Michel and Gen: Montpoint. Among tho lost are Dr. Lahens and Mr, Albert Francois Joseph, brother of the late Minister of Public Instruction, 93 TH BOLIVAR SEIZED, Tho Bolivar hus been seized by the suthorition at Port au Prince, where an investigation was to take place. The of the British Consulate and the agent of compen were to sttend to pro- tect British interests. e Michel was about six hundred tons burthen and was built in 1875 by Neatic & Levy, of Philadelphia, under contract with the Haytien agent. a0 THE RED CROSS LINE. For some time back the firm of Bowring & Archi- bald, ship brokers, have been sentling atcamers oc- casionally to Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, laden with froight only. The business became so profit able that they established a regular line, whieh will land all freight at Tyne Dock. It is called the ed Cross line, and consists at present of three vessels, One of them, the Racilia, 1,755 tons burden, left this Porton Mareh 18. ‘The Rassend Castle, 1,728 tons urden, on April 16, and Redewater, 1,429 tona n, will leave this port on May 15, The vessels start from Harbeck'’s stores, Brooklyn, ‘and will leave the middie of each month. The car; for tho Rassond Castle has been already suave, an is as fect tenn era oo of grain, 260 ‘ls of flour, 100 beef, 160 barrels of pork, 150 tierees of boxes of bacon, 3.000 cases of pene 5 abs of butter and 2,000 bundles of —_——— THE CHINESE QUESTION. oe [From the Chicago Times, March 26.) It doos not seem probable that the country at large am permit itself to be drawn into this controversy. is u purely political agitation, and has about it all the flavor of the Know Nothing movement of nearly thirty years ago. Much of what is said of the Chinese now was said of the Irish then, They wero termed worse than beuthon in their’ religion; they ed with # cons yy he FO) day, to Prostestants, They were ly denounced as paupers, vagrants, criminals, who owed no allo- giance save to their and the Pontiff, All these atrocious calumnies were invented, circulated, Delioved by many, and had the effect to carry here and there an election. The Chinese persectition is simply revived Know Nothingism, and what is qute singular is the fact thas the Irish cloment, who ‘wore 80 prosert uted by the original so-called “Amer! , are. the ones who are foremost in tuis raid against the 7 learned nothing from what they sudered, or cise propose to were murder al do unto others what others did unto them, ELECTION SCANDALS. THE WALLACE-TELLE COMMITTEE STIRRING UP POLITICAL PERSONAL ANIMOSITIES IN PHILA- DELPHIA--HOW THE ‘‘PRORESSIONALS” UTIL- ZED THE CHANCE OF “GOING FOR” ELECTION MARSHALS. PHILADELPSIA, Pa., March 28, 1879, ‘The sub-committee of the Wallace-Teller Commit- tee met this morning in the Girard House and com- menced the examination of witnesses. ‘Cho inquiries were principally dirceted to the operations of the deputy United States marshals on election day. ‘Lhe first witness called was @ resident of the Second division of the Twentieth ward, who testified that the dcputy in that division was intoxicated and in- tefered with the electors. Complaint was made against the deputy in the Second division of the ‘Twenty-ninth ward. He was represented to be a very bad character, and had been in prison the year before. It was testified that he arrested ® qualified voter on the supposition that he did not live in the division; but after his release his vote was received, it being shown that be was a duly qualitied elector. Frank M. Hutchin- #on complained that he had. been illegally arrested on election day by a deputy in the Eighth division of the Fifth ward, but wag afterward released on his own recognizance and voted. It was testified that the deputy was a regular republican worker in the division. ' Michael McGinnis, of the Sixth division of the Sixth ward, gave his testimony to the effect that the division was blocker all day by policemen, who interfered considerably with the voters. Wit- ess, who was democratic supervisor, called Mar- shal Homeyard’s attention toa colored repoater who ‘was endeavoring to vote, but that officer, witness said, refused to act. The citizen who challenged the vote was pushed away from the window and sur- rounded by the deputy marshal and policemen. The latter, witness said, violated the law by standing close to the polls. At this point the committee took a recess untiltwo ‘o'clock. ONE, REMARKABLE WITNESS, At two o’clock the committee reassembled on the first floor of the Girard House, the upper room having been found inadequate to accommodate the great number of witnesses. ‘Timothy A. Sloan, who lives in the Sixth division of the Sixth ward, testified that he knew Homeyard, thedefaulting marshal; ‘be did not see him do any- thing in violation of law, but his objection to him was that he did not believe him to be Ly pe gee that division; Homeyard’s vote was challenged but it wis vouched for by @ policeman; during the latter part.ot the day the policemen surrounded the poll, and violated the instructions not to approach the poll hearer than thirty feet; the police and the eputy marshals acted in coucert during the day; the witness expressed the opinion that the deputies ‘were not necessary; they broke the peace rather than preserved it; there were persons who presented themselves to vote whom witness ‘were not eutitled to vote. To Mr. Hoar Mr. Sloan said that his objection was bised on the Dbelicf that the presence of policemen and deputies was not required at bps: fae | there ‘was no necessity for the appointment of deputies in that division; witness admitted that he did potknow any one who had been deprived of his vote; he knew that there were more republican votes polled in that division than there had ever been before. ‘Witness to Mr. Hoar—I have no knowledge of my own that any republican voted who had not a right to, but I believe there were many who did vote who were not properly qualified. Mr. Cameron to witness—Do you know whether Homeyurd voted at the February election following? Witness—To my knowledge he did not; did not see him after the November election. Mr. Cameron—Have you any knowledge that hedid not vote? Witness—I don’t understand what you mean. Mr. Cameron—I_ mean what I . Have you any knowledge of your own that he did not Yote? Icau’t give you the intelligence to understand the question, Witness—I say that from the knowledge I have he did not vote. Mr. Canseron—Was he registered ? Witness—Yes, sir. ‘This witness was disposed of by Mr. Cameron ad- Arossing him as follows:—“I ask you what you know, and you auswer what you think and believe.” James Morris, of the Hirst division, Fifth ward, testified that one Sanno was the deputy marshal at that poll; he wus drunk, and witness believed him to be too drunk to arrest anybody; witness did not know of any republicans voting who were not en- titled to vote; neither did he know of any democrats being prevented trom voting by either the policemen. or the deputy marshals, Jobn Hughes, of the First division of the Fifth ward, corroborated Morris as to the condition of the deputy marshal on clection day. The deputy mar- shal asec after the republ had ot their votes in. This witness thoi it that the of the dey marshals intim: voters. John Ht ‘8, of the First division of the Fifth ward, testified that Sanno, the deputy marshal, was in a drunken condition; “we didn’t know there was apy deputy marshal thore until about cleven o'clock; the repub! got their vote in early and began to give us trouble.” Witness did not know of any democrats who were entitled to vote who did not, although, in his opinion, it was not the ublicans” rep fault. Witness "was a tavern- keeper, but, as he yenerally devotes his time at the polls. on election day and waa not near his place, he could tell whether his place was open or not.. He worked for Rundall aud went to Washington to sce him take his seat. Charles 8. Lincoln, Clork of the United States Dis- trict Court, was called, and testified ony eee Brown was convi pergoneting a vot 2, but was ned out, and Frederick Sherry, of the Fourteenth division of the Fourteenth ward, deposed that the James Brown convicted of personation was the same James Brown who was a deputy at the No- ber election. Witness said he was 8 protty good Iotow, had no occasion to find fault with him, and the democrats scemod satisfied. John Devine, of the Twenty-third division, had held the window book up to eleven o'clock; the cause of the trouble in that division was tho police officers interfering with democratic yoters; saw the Marshal distributing rep’ tickets. In amswer to a juestion put by Mr, Cameron as to whether he paid for his receipt, witucss replied, “It makes no difference who paid for it #0 long as I had it,” Here the investigation was adjourned until to- morrow morning. THE PARK LANE MURDER. FRANK BRADY TRIED ON A CHARGE OF ,HAVING SLAIN JOHN MCGUIRE, The trial of Frank Brady, one of the persons in- dicted for the murder of John McGuirk, at Now Ro- chelle, in September last, after a three days’ hearing, came to s close yesterday at White Plains, and the de- fence was summed up by Mr. Charles Brooke, and the prosecution by Assistant District Attorney Cor- coran, The murder for which Brady was indictod is known to the readers of the Hxnatp as the “Park lane” homicide, Park lane being the name of tho thoroughfare in New Rochello in which the crime was commitied. All accounts of the affair agreo that it grow ont of adebauch and a gen- eral fight, and the whole interest in the case turns on certain slight disagreements as to the progress and conduet of the fight. Briefly stated, the facts are as follows:—On the Lith of September last Frank Brady and s companion named John Quinn pur chased a bottle of liquor at a saloon at New’Rochelle, and shortly thereafter met John MeGuirk, who joined them. The movements of the parties after the mesting 0 to the time they were seen in Park lane are not clearly accounted for, but at thie point Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Linkort testify they saw Brady, Quinn and McGuirk in altercation. oh eed yesterday Mra. | yell a ‘taf she saw the prisoner besting MeGi an asked him to desist, but he refused, sa; he would th: him soundly as he had callod naines. While Mrs. Burns remonstrated with Bosgy, Quinn was walking away Park lane. ‘morning McGuirk was found dead and Quinn was found near by almost dead, haying lost yroat quantities of blood by reason of several severe stab wounds on his bod: Mrs. Linkert tostifiod that she heard the conversw tion between Mrs. Burne and the prisoner, and thea afterward, from the window of her hot sew the yrlegnet, strike tho hana) nian soveral times. Sev- eral blood base ne ae in the vicinity of the were prosecul * it was Seagit to ‘peove, that the prischet ekitnuteted blows on the decoased with them, but the testimony ‘was not clear on this point, ‘The testimony for the defence, given mainly by the prisoner aud Quinn, who is algo under indict- maut, waa to tho efluct that on the night in question they mot MeGuirk spn fervemn te them. There had been @ diftou! si between Quinn aud Hicc an vive with tite inbtbitin of liquor previously spoken of. began to “halite and Brady tried to. so) Quinn swore that MeGuirk stabi eral times, anfi that he defended himself with the | bottle sud onee OF twice to hit MeGuirk on the head. He then rambled off and was found im the morning almost dead, Brad depied having used the stone ueed and on 4h evidence the case was presented to the jury. Judye Dykman explained in am impartial charzo the difference between murder in the second degree (the crime tes he mansluughter in the fourth (the only of degree in which could find against the prisoner), and the jury rété, Fail- ing to come to an agreement at the hour of adjoarn- ing, the jury was locked up for the night, “ALWAYS. WITH YOU." The Henaww has received from “8, Av B.” $3 for Mrs. Caniield, No, 41 Watts street, “TALMAGE'S FAME.” Fourth Day of His’ Trial by the Brooklyn Presbytery. MR. REMINGTON EXPLAINS. A Good Deai of Amusement, but Little Progress. ‘The hearing in the case of “Common Fame vs. T. De Witt Talmage” was brief yesterday. After a re direct examination of Mr. E, Remington, in which an effort was made to heal some of the wounds in- flicted by the cross-examination of the day before, the trial was adjourne® until Monday. People who sought to enter the Clinton Street Chureh within ten minutes of the time fixed for opening the proceedings were mot at cither door by a blue coat, who simply announced that the house wasfull. Occasicnally a few persons wouldcome out, and then a corresponding number were admitted to the ecclesiastical arena, Dr. Talmage and his coun- sel and friends appeared to be in very good humor as they came upon the scene. Upon the table before the former was a vase of handsome flowers, the first that has appeared at the trial. Mrs, Talmage sat with some ladies who invariably accompany her, aud flushed with pleasure as the con- gratulations poured in upon her husband. Deacon Corwin was in his usual seat by the de- feudant immersed in the study of note books and newspapers. Dr. Spear and Dr, Millard, counsel for the defence, calmly and confidently awaited develop- ments, The former, however, wore a tired expres- sion, and the latter complained of ili health. The prosecuting counsel, Drs, Crosby and McCullough, were unusually cheerful and sprang into the har- ness with an alacrity that. suggested mischief.” At three o'clock Dr. Ludlow, the Moderator, stepped upon the platform with brisk dignity and called the Presbytery to order. MAKING A START, After a brief prayer, during which some of the members stood with bowed heads, and after some preliminary business had been transacted, Dr. Van Dyke arose to withdraw his motion of the previous evening for summoning the writer of an interview with Dr. Talmage, whose report had been excluded from the evidenee. Then Mr. E. Remington was called to the witness chair, and as the defence de- clined a further cross-examination a redirect one was begun by Dr. Crosby. Mr. Remington asked being ac- permission to make an explanation, whic! corded him, he arose and said:— “Mz. MopgnaroR AND MzMBrns OF THE Prespy- ‘Teny—Yosterday I was ill and exhausted. I was not in a condition to appear as a witness nor to answer clearly or intelligently the questions put to mo by the counsel for the defence. Some of those ques tions, I cannot help thinking, were put more for the purpose of confusing me than of arriving at the truth. Until the present trial I was never called to testify in any case, civil or ceclesiastical. My po- sition was a new and unpleusant one. 1came here not of my own desire, but rather against my inclina- tion, Some ofthe replies that I was forced into making yesterday may havo served to put mein @ talse position, and I desired simply to state these facts.” . - Mr. Remington resumed his seat amid entire si- lence, and Dr. Crosby began to question him, THE REDIRECT TESTIMONY. Q. Did you at the time Dr. Talmage left the Chres- tian at Wark believe that you had done him an injury? A. 1 did not. j Q. Do you now believe that you did? “A. No, sir. Q. Do you believe that Dr. Tulmage did you an uiry by his method of leaving the paper? A. I do. Millard objected to the putting of leading ques- tions on a redirect examination. Dr. Crosby ‘objected to these objections.” He as- serted that the witness had been led into making statements on the previous day that he did not mean. (lucredulous expressions from the ‘Tabernacle floek.) Dr. Spear declared that this was not a psychologi- eal examimation, in which opinion the Moderator concurred «nd erie out cae Betnent opinions of the witness regard Sal Dr. Crosby pov 2 ag Feary induced you to enter- tain a ‘‘morel dislike” for Dr. Talmage? A, I re- garded as most unfair his withdrawal from a paper the interests of which he was bound to protect, the very name of which Was identified with nis own, and on which I had expended largo sums of money; I was not hurt pecuniarily by his retirement, but my br ‘were outraged, Q. Was the paper 4 profitable investment for you? A. Quite the reverse. Q. Was there not 8: considerable indebtedness which you liquidated? A. ‘Chere was. Q. oe oe paid it yourself? A. Yes, out of my wn 3 Did Dr. Talmage aid you in this liquidation? A did not. Q..To what did you attribute the failnre to make the Ee to a A. attributed it largely to the payment of $4,000 salary to Dr. Talmage and of a like amount annually to Mr. Corwin, who was made publisher at Mr. Talmage’s particular recom- mendation and request. ‘ Q. Was the advertisement offering tho paper for sale, and signed “A. L, Ford,” disguised with the in- tention ot ving Dr. Laluage? A. Not at all, sir. SOME HARMLESS RIPPLES. Soon after this counsel upon the opposide sides indulged for the amusement of the spectators in a little brotherly wrangle over some knotty problem of evidence. Dr. Crosby was search! lor @ preco- dent in the records of the before, when Dr. Spear attempted to got the ‘floor, but was promptly put down. As he reluctantly resumed his seat Dr. Crosby, who see! resolved to avenge the monopoly of tho previous session by the defence, said, with com- ion:—“I_know it’s pretty hard to sit still and nothing, Dr. a y the assistance of the Moderator, matters wero once more adjusted, when Dr. Crosby handed the witness @ copy of the World of October 12, 1876. Witness identified au interview with Dr. Talmage which it contained, and Dr. Crosby was proceeding to question him concerning it. Dr. Millard asked to look at the paper, and the interview was discovered oe one which had been ruled out two ‘s lore. Spear was quickly on his feet, “Mr. Moder- ator,” he began, “we have but this mowent learned that this interview is one which you Lave already excluded, sae in ae action you el sustained by a large inajority ie Rresby tery. it evening an effort was made to summon the writer Lere to tentity, and when we began to-day it was evident that some trickery was on foot, 1 unhesitatingly adirm that this is an attempt to spring # trap upon us “And I uphesi' afirm, as I stand hero be- fore God and in the presence of this Jocebetery. that we had no such intention,” exclaimed Crosby, ‘This witness was put in a false light here yesterday. An open letter which he published, ac- cusing Dr. Talmage of clandestinely inserting an ar- ticle and ap advertisement in bis paper, was brought ‘up against him, TI propose, by this published arti- clp ond other published article to show that he had good reason to believe what he said in that letter. But for this 1 never should havo tried again to bring this paper in evidence.” ONLY RitETONIC. Dr. Spear—I deem it a most unjust thing that this newspaper report ahould be clandestinely — A Presbyter—The gentlomaa’s language is hardly in order. ° Dr. McCullough—It's only rhetoric. Dr. Crosby—That is all, Let him go on. Dr. Spear—You may call it rhetoric if you please, but the defenee will feel that they have not been fairly tre: = a vapel uatonie bet Dr. Croaby—] at only for the purpose stated, would I have brought up this interview. ‘This witness came here at my urgent request (Dr. ‘Talmage was observed to smile), and 1 want to set him right; I will set him right if it takes all summer. ‘The Moderator—In this case I shallassume my prerogative ot usking the udvice of the Presbytery. ‘he question is whether @ piece ot evidence which civaumstances was, I bolieve, properly excluded cay, now be received under new circum stances which, f think, would justify its xdmtwaton. Several members of the Pre-bytery offered opin- ions for and against the adlmissi of the interview, Among thove who spoke was Dr. butler, who caused & smile by his reference to Dr. Tulmaye’s counsel as “the counsel for the other side.” When the canvass’ was suthciently we over the matter was brought to a vote, and a majority favored the admission of the report. ‘The Moderator gave formal utterance wo “Pp decision, and the witness read extructs from the World interview aud from articles pablishod in ers pon the retirement of Dr. ‘Talmage Jaristian at Work, ‘Their purpose was to show that the witness had cause for thinking Dr. ‘Talmago had acted untairly in leaving that paper. WHEN WILL t¢ END? Ina pause that followed Dr. Halsey took occasion to ask whethor thare should be # session of the Pres- bytery nae Of Au earnest and involuntary ‘Yes’ the lips of « lady in the ygllery, which mado Dr. Van Dyke smile. It was deci however, to hold no sitting to<lay,ax the menibers required time to freshen up their sermons for the Sabuath. A Presby- ter remarked that they would not get through before Christmas unless two seuxions were held each day of other from the coming week. Tho examination was then re- sumed by Dr, Crosby, Q. Lt was in consequence of the pablications you have rewd that you published the open letter re- forred to in your testiniouy yesterday? A, That and pe ing Of @ letter that I received from Dr, mage. Dri Crosby then tead the famous valedictory of Dr, Tabnage, and asked the witness what impression it made upon his mind when he first saw it? Witness replied that he thought it a “puff” for the — and necessarily injurious to the Christian at Q. Do you think the article was one that the owner of a uewspaper Wouldbe likely y admit iy his col |. Prosby umns, even if the managing editor and all the other editors urged its publication? A. Idomot. . Q. What led you to believe that the advertisement of the Advanee ca@tained in the same number was the work of Dr. Talmage? A. From the similarity of style in the article and advertisement. Q. What made you suppose that Dr. Talmage brought them to the offico? A. From the fuct that tho extra work connecied with ther insertion was paid for by him, ‘THE FINAL DECLARATION. Q. Now, sir, before God, in the presence of this , und under your solemn oath, do you know or Yo you tiink that you tommitied any act to the injury of Dr. Lalmaye while he remained the editor of the Christian at Work? A. (firmly) I do not, Dr. Crosby sat down with a satisfied smile. The defonee wus given an opportunity of 4 recross-exam- ination, but Dr, Millard said that he was too unwell to then attempt it, and asked that the wituess attend on Monday. ‘Yo this the counsel for the prosecution objected, and Mr, Remington said 1 wish simply to say that I came to brooklyn reluctantly, when I ought to have been elsewhere, attenchug to importart business; like Dr. Miuard, 1 teel weary and sick; I cannot promise to attend on Monday, even if the counsel persists in his request; I aim here now to answer inuy questions ho desires to ark." Dr. Spear did some unimportant ¢nestioning and the Witness left the chair and passed down the aisle, saling hands with several Prosbyters as he passed along. Rev, Aaron Pock, Eider Eaton and Elder Lambier were appointed toread the copy of the evidence to the witness, according to the rules of the Presbytery. ‘The naming of the committee led to one of the neat- cat compliments of the inany that fly about tne pro- ceedings. Dr, Van Dyke, though he had moyed for the appointinent, asked to be excused from acting upon it. Dr, Miller and others hoped that he would be usmed. said the Moderator:— “It requires no great talent to serve on this com- mittee, otherwise I should insist upon Dr. Van Dyke's appointment.” At this there was hearty Jeughter, and Dr. Van Dyke arose ana bowed to the Moderator. Dr. Halsey, Dr. Sherwood and Elder Hazard were then made a committee to consider the cases of the five contumucious witnesses, who declined to heed second citations from the Presbytery, and the trial was adjot ‘until Monday at three P. M. THE LECTURE SEASON. MISS KATE SANBORN DISCOURSES ON “FATHER PROUT” AT DR. CROSBY'S CHURCH, Miss Kate Sanborn gave # lecturo on “Father Prout” yesterday morning in the parlor of Dr. Crosby's church, before an appreciative assemblage. After complimenting Ireland and the irish she summed up the character of her subject 4s one who turned‘Mother Goose's Lyhmes” into Greek, wrote burlesque and grotesques, translated, paraphrased, was full of knowledge, wit und poetry, pathos, facility, delightiug everybody, never getting on, shiftless, uncertain, a beautiful bit of machinery, wanting only the maizspring—an Irish literary sol- dier of fortune with his heart in his hand—one of the best fellows in the world. Here followed a long and careful analysis of the writings of this remarka- ble Irishman. As a magazinist he was first treated, his “‘Reliques,” gathered from Frazer's Magazine, being considered in their various characteristics. Before introducing the subject of her lecture Miss Sanborn cited’ several instances of the quickness aud point of Irish wit and she found much of the same spent in epigrams of Father . Pro his satire she thought delicious. His translations, too, claimed her attention, and she found in them the spirit of thi uage in Which the originals were written. His classic allusions also were mie the quaint learning which, in Father Prout’s day, was so com- mon among Lrishmen—a relic of the time in Ireland when even cow boys addressed their herds in Latin— being, in his case, as profound as it was curious. But the ballads, varying from the loyely to the ten- der, now sounding with the blast of the trumpet and now soft as the tones ot the lute, received the most affectionate treatment, aud some of them were recited with yood effect. For o personal description of her subject Miss Sanborn quoted from George William Curtis, who saw Father Prout in Rome while Mahoney was the correspondent of the London Daily News, of the Roman correspond- ence of which he was the originator. The lecturo throughout consisted of carefully collated tacts and conscientious and intelligent criticism, and the quaintness, the tendcrness, the simplicity and the beauty of Father Prout’s writings were all amplified and illustrated, * Miss Sauborn’s paper waa attentively listened to by people to whom, strange to say, Father Prout was # comparative stranger, aud one lady in trying to recount the substance of the lecture when it was over began by saying it was all about Father Prout, whose name wasn’t Prout, you know, but something else, Miss Sanborn’s treatment of her theme was calculated to draw the attention of her hearers to a close study of modern Irish literature, and it is un- derstood that her lecture is to be followed by another on 8 similar subject. TRE BRITISH PEERAGE. ‘Mr. Lewin, at the Union Square Theatre yesterday, gave hie concluding lecture on the “British Peer- age,” carrying down his narration to the present time, The audience was very select and composed mostly of ladies. Like the previous lectures, Mr. Lewin’s account was thickly interspersed with in- teresting and amusing anecdotes. Mr. Lewin ro- forred to the dangers through which the peerage had passed in 1831-2, and raised the question as to whether it would now have a much longer life. The lecturer thought it would be found hard to kill, looking to the fact of its democratic character and that ‘it is so constantly receiving accessions from the people, and to the deep seated of the bulk of the English people tor venerable homes and the custom of primogeniture. If the peerage comes to an end it will, the lecturer thought, be by its own fault. So long as the Order is true to itsclf it will be respected and maintained. The lecturer pointed. out that whereas much is heard of the disrepu- table ana dissolute peers the public hears little of the majority, who qui go their way fulfilling the duties of their station. He further dwelt on the fact that retorms have como from the peerage, and Piet Lata Grey, Spencer and Russell led the reform PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE, The Manhattan Liberal Club held fs regular meet- ing last night at Science Hall, Mr. Alfredo B. West- Tup, of Mexico, read # paper upon “Problems of Economic Science.” Mr, Westrup's lecture consisted of a bold and ingenious assault upon our present monetary system; was a special attuck upon the na tioual banking system, and advocated the abolishing of the payment of interest and the establishment of mutual banks. His paper was sharply criticised by Mossre. Langerfeldt, 5 je and King, mem- bers of the club. THE PHILOSOPHY OF EXERCISE. Professor Sargent, of Yale Colicge, will deliver « lecture on Monday evening next (Mareh 31) at Fifth Avenue Ifall, No. 4 West Twenty-fourth street. Sub- josophy of Exercise.” Ject, “The NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN—‘‘VARNISHING DAY" ‘TO-DAY. The “varnishing day” of the fiftty-fourth annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design takes place to-day, when the artists and critics will havo the first opportunity of viewing whut is stated to be a collection of unusual excellence. We are glad to hear that the Hunging Committee have followed a course in selection and hanging similar to that which we some days ago suggested to them, and that against 747 numbers in the catalogue of 1878 there will be this year but 615. This fact alone i# encour- aging, and if, as is stated, @ fuir show has beon given vo alt contributors, whether of the old, middie or new school, we will warmly thank the present [tung- ing Committee, which consists of Messra. J. G. Brown, M. F. H. de Haas and L. G. Sellstadt, elocted members, aud Mossrs. W. Whittrodye and A. F, Bel- lows, members appointed by the Council. Auother gratifying fact is that there were some three hun- drod and voventy rejections, The corridor, in the Pate: display, will have lost the bad odor in which it hax always been held, for it has boon made, so to say, the central gallery of the exhibition, and the pictures Irang there are of the samme rank with those in the other galleries, It is no longer a place of refuge for those whose pictures ought to have been rejected, but which soft hearted hanging committees huve accepted and hung there on sufferance. The picces of sculpture, of which there are even fewer than fast year, are placed, as then, in the gallery on the first floor, at the right hand ot the door of cutry. There are also hung the water colors, etchings, pen and ink, wood engravings, crayon and "egos studies. This is a good arrange- ment, for the corridor will not have the poctliar, nd deetdedly mixed appearance which, with the poor quality of the work shown there, Las been ite leading characteristic for years. tnequ ART NOTES. The pictures of those contributors to the second exhibition of the society of American Artists, which closes this evening, who aro wilting will be sont to Philadelphia for exhibition at the Pennsylvania Avadomy of Fine Arts, It is expected that about one hundred and ay Fogo) will be sent, and that the exhibition will be opened about the middie of next month. We understand that many of the membere and contributors to the exhibition of the Socicty of american Artists will be represented at the oxbibi- tion which inaugurates the recently completed wing to the Boston Art Museum, Walter Paris, who is to sail shortly for England, will dispose betore leaving of his water colofs and studio effects at private sale. Hoe gives @ private view on Wednesday next and will open bis studio on ha tpt a days, ‘he ustal moutly art reception of the Lotes Club takes place this evening, WELCOME SHAD. The First Capture This Sea- son in the Hudson. FULTON MARKET EXCITED. Some Account of the Habits of Favorite Fish. Few of the people who pass to and fro in the vi- cinity of Fulton ferry know or appreciate the pe- culiar charms that belong to the heaps of inmny treasures of the deep which are displuyed upon the stands of the fish marketmen. A glowing deserip- tion might be written of them, but the business of a reporter of the Hxnanp in visiting that locality yesterday was to find a wonderful shad and feast his eyes thereon—wonderfui, because it was large and handsome and the first victim of the Season's fishery in the Hudson River. ‘The advent of this shining trophy is an annual event of as much moment in the fish market as the solemn wedding of Venice to her august spouse, the Adriatic, in the city of the Doges. It marks the commencement of the summer run of fish, delectable to the epicure for the prospect of many exquisite morsels and to the fishermen and deaters because of probable profits, RECENT DETERIORATION OF THE SHAD, For the past few years the catching of shad in the Hudson has been less extensive than it formerly was, and the fish haye been of an inferior quahty. This decadence has been uttributed to two causes—the depletion of the stock by a too rapid consumption, and the lateness of the seasons. Mr. Seth Green ia sufficient authority for the first opinion, and the older fishermen umite in saying that the silvery river princes. have been repeatedly kept away by the low temperature of the water until they were so far matured xs to be less delicate and savory, or on the other have been lured into the fresh water by premature warmth while they were small and Jean, thus in either case belying the unique reputae tion as ‘food for gods and men.”” The truth of this theory is positively shown by the difference in the qualities of the shad which are canght in widely separated streams. For instance, the Florida which make their appearance in the St. John’s River in the month of December, are inferior to the North Cxroling shad, which, in turn, are not s0 goodas those from the James River. The last are surpassed in nutritiousness and sweete neas by those of the Delaware, which again’ must yield the palm to the shiny visitors to our own broad Hudson. The Connecticut River shad are the best that come to this market. Those which are found farther nor§h are apt to become too aged be- fore they submit themselves to the gentle coercion of the net. In any locality, however, it they reach their native waters two or three weeks later than their ordinary time of arvival the deterioration is certain to be observed. They usually appear at Charleston some time in Jannary, at Norfolk in February, im New York about the 20th or 25th of March, at Boston by the end of April and in the Bay of Fundy in the middle ot May. Their life is believed to be limited toa single year. They are caught in Massachusetts rivers in the early part of May, when the appl¢ orchards ure in full bloom, which the fish- ermen mysteriously associate withtheir luck, The old ones ‘return to the sea in August and the young iigrate in September, when they are three or four inches in length. An idea ot their fecundity may be formed when it is stated that the average yield of eggs from one female, as ascertained by piscicule turists, is 10,273, ‘The first Hi aon Rive salina: he rat Hus ver 8) of the gcason in state yesterday on the stand of the lucky mat Market fish dealer who had obtained the remains public auction for the fabulous sum of $3. The bid- ding-for the honor of performing the last rites was quite lively, and cven after it wasall over an emulous hotel keeper, eayer,to complete their decent bestowal, offered $5 to their proud possessor. Even that sum at this triumphant moment seemed paltry and was reject ‘A great bulletin was posted outside the murket, with lotters us huge as those which would announce to the gaping crowd @ yictory of. Cetywayo in Zuzuland, announcing that “the first shad of tho season. had been caught off the Elysian Ficlds."’ The attraction was too powerful to be resisted, and straightway hundreds rushed inta the market to gaze upon the prone Alosa itis, She—for it was of the feminine gender—had been, tenderly deposited in the midst of heaps of the finny kind, all of them gleaming in their scaly armor like old Triton himselt. There, close at hand, were hor cousins and her sunts of the watery fief of the Delaware, and on the other side the gentry of the collateral tine which dnjoy the rich and pleasant subaqueous meadows of the Connecticut. The first snad families of the St. James River were represented, and even their dorsal us had a uliar twist, ex= ressive of a patrician style of swimming unknowm@ Hi tho severely doinceratic waters of Now York, HOW SHE LOOKED. She was indeed a plump and graceful shad, beautia ful in form—not 4 Ja Worth, by the way—and wears ing 4 coat of scales upon which were reflected from the sunlight the choicest tints of the rainbow. Her back was of a dark blue, shaded off into a rich purple; then s pink, and finally, on the belly, to @ silvery Bray. When held in certain positions @ suimmer silver seemed to flash all over it. The eye was dull and void of speculation, yet but a very tew hours before this princely shad had been merrily swimming the happy hours away on heer way to the bowers of love sacred to. her race om the Esopus Flats. THE CAPTURE. It was about three o'clock in the morning, just before the dawn, when the fisherman stole from the shadow of the classic Elysian grove, got into his boat and gortly pulled ont to his weirs. "it was what is called the ‘high water lift” or tull fide. Inmagine his delight when he pulled up his meshes and found hia fondest hope realized. Tue first shad! Withoas losing 4 moment he placed it in @ box half filled with water and rowed for the New York shore, No sooner had he landed than he to the Fultom ae Market to reap the tull benetit of his good tore une. The number of men on the river engaged in sha® fishing during the svason is usually from 750 to 1,000, Even the farmers who live near the shore devote their time to it as long as it lasts. It is over in the Hudson about the middle of June, in the Connecticut about the let of Juiy and in the Dela~ ware sbout the Istof June. Good shad have been cau in the Hudson on the 4th of July, but ve rarely. By that time they have usually’ deposti their spawn aud are cousequently uutit to eat, being vory unhealthy, ¢ shad caught yesterday weighed four and quarter pounds when taken oat of the water, only four and a half several hours afterward. Much larger specimens are tound in the Coauecticut, some of them weighing as much as eight pounds. It ig expected that afew more Hudson River shad ie] received on Monday. The price for # few days be about $5 apiece. BROOKLYN'S NEW THEATRE, The plans for the new theatre to be erected on the: site of the ill-fated Brooklyn Theatre, wluch wag burned on the night of December 6, 1876, have uf last been completed and received the approval of the owners of the property. The new structure ie to be first class im every %, and, when thor oughly completed and equipped, will probably ba superior to any other place of amusement in this country. ‘The stage is to be at the southern end the building, taking in the space of the vestibule the former structure, while the main entrance will, be from Johnson street. The new bnilding will ba commenced May 1 and will be finished September lp suing of the season of 1310-80, iu time for the POVERTY AND CRIME, John D, Moran and his wife Margaret, who resided, until Thursday night last at No. 242 Bridge street, Brooklyn, were before Justice Walsh, of that city, yesterday, the former on @ charge of drunkenness and the latter on the charge of arson. It is alleged that owing to Moran's dissipated habits his were reduced to extreme poverty, and that Moran, in despair, had taken to drink. He returned to his home on Thursday last va dranken condition aud quarrelicd with his wite, The family were about to be tor the non-payment of rent; and Mrs, Moran, who was alinost Crazy, threatened, it is said, to burn up the house and her husband, who reclined upon tho (oor ina drunken stupos, with it, With this inten- tion sho set fire, it is alleged, to a barrel of rags and paper. The neighbors discovered the flames in tima to prevent a serious conflagration, and the arrest of Mrs. Moran aud her husband followed, Justice Walsh committe: them both to Raymond Street Jail, oe the two children taken to St, John’s Orphag wy lui. FIGHTING TRAMPS, About one hundred nomads were accommodated with lodging at the Tramps’ station, in New Branse wick, N.J., on Thursday night. About a dozen of ‘theso were fighting drank, and about midnight the row began. Janitor Goodhart endeavored to restore quiet, but he waa quickly ejected. Tho janitor sums moned two officers, and the trio entered; but their exit was much more rapid than their entry, as they were. thrown out of the room bodily, Chief Oliver was im formed of tho disturbance. He selected six ofivere and armed them with the La clabs. The the room, but the Chief and hie men marchod iw turbulent tramps were not in the jeast dismay: and it was many minutes betore they were reduced % nan ne they not = the ihr had ied their clubs vigorously, Nine troubles Pome fellows were remaved to the County dail, ,