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“A LADY WANTED TO LEARN THE ART WANTED. weeks instrucwon, orine photas saplia, aft | lou far, work «ill be given out, Call tor 3 neti) Broadway, routs No. 19, Gi. KONTGSs BERG. sea 5 | a V NUMBER OF COOKS, | WAITERS, dor wu wal wade prize / ii € —————_——_-, atone Ak than or boy, ase youee and up etaire cirts wanted for eood situa. a WELILY's Office, 3 Waitehall oppoai re on Hotel removed from ay. A or male ani female heip lately ta FEW MEN WANTED THIS DAY, FOR the army and navy; S609 to Ss") cach bounty relief and pe on money, will be paid, Weet, cor ot Dey ty up stairs, A few “ wanted 6 town quota, Bounty Waves from #14 to $51 per month t — Vv 5. atl TIFICIAL, FLOWERS — WANT iad. utte AL a cood colore AKDE, 416 Bromiway, oor of Canal et LOOKING-GLASS FRAME. PRE? (ROYED. wanted Enquire } Thiwe . 54 foo , WAITER FITTER, TO parsrersburg. wh m . a t i) POMS Fu wh Nod y we lartiord, Conn. it and Identification. h ec\TEMPHIS. ar be , good WA es ek, S81 Broadway, yore forlw he shoe, YS WANTED —SIX STOrts Engaged. 16 to 19 sears of mee wanied arent er of Bees adod Fired Upon, ED AND DEFEATED. "LOCAL NEWS. YERS WASTO~‘ailway Murderer, vite, wie tee - or addrewing GEC entthe ye ound LER & CO. Hed { ‘uh YER WANTED — work wad soul jy ROOFS OF HIS GUILT, a, MERS—W 4 » &e. QRENCH Pe \ Bret encountered on our arrival he « Berr to and cS Jobtpren advancing his Lines towards NIKLS * Petersburg, Ete. ‘adquartera of the Army of the Potomac, aug. 25, 1804. No engaverment has taken place Guce Saturday, As was stated in yesterday's dis Patch, the enomy have fallen back to their ines Pwo miles from Put Dusily erecting vy where they are seen strom, rhea sitar to those we They are In- Doering aight sud day with # larye comber of men, * es though they wore afraid of an attack from us be. ore they got them completed, Their main line was west of the Lead Works on the south and ia anid to be stron end- ' gide of the ro ,@d. Their picket line extends nearly a mile South (ef their works with videttes thrown out Bear the Davis House. Richmond — papers ‘acknowledge a heavy loss in cfBcers snd * men on sSinday, bat claim that they ‘Rave tuken theoo thousand prigooers, Our losses Ain the Fifth Corps foot up as follows: Killed —OM- cers, 17; wen, 18%, Wounded —Officers, 74; men, "$94. Missing Ollcers, 90; men, 288. In the Ninth Corps the alties areabout three hundred, Which will make a total loss of 4255 1 these com- mands since Thursday last, No doubt many re- Ported wisting will yet turn up, as some of our men have a bad habit, after a little reverse, of @raggiing to the rear, Of our loss, Gen. Craw- ‘yrd's division sustains the heaviest proportion, he ehaving loet 2400 men, mostly taken prisoners, ‘ol. Tilden, who was missing after the action of ane day, is safe, Ho waa taken prisoner, bnt es- aped. The First Division of the Second Corps vere engaged all day yesterday tn tearing up and urning the railroad as far as Reams Station, and eyoud, a distance of three miles. SLOOND DLAPATON. Aug. 4, 19°4.-eneral Warren advanced his Hine » mile along the Railroad towards Petersburg Pemoriay, the Rebel! pickets falling back before his Pkirmishers, That portion over which the Fifth Serpe wivance! was also completely destroyed, (Ait iv quiet on the Hnes this morning with the ex- lenption of the usual picket firing None deserters: ferwe Ip last night, aud also a number of contra. bemts. | Most of the former oxproas thy + willing- ‘poms bo take the ouh of allegiance, $ TMD DISPATCH, t Fortress Monroe, Aug. 2A. via Baltimore, @uy. 25. The U. 3. Hospital steamer Adantic will gave here this evening for Philadelphia, with 414 _ pounded men, ull of the Fi) Army Corpa, and guoded in the Gyhting on the Weldon Railroad, aformation from the front shows that there has ean but little fighting for two days, wad the enemy ave appareuily relinquished the expectation of Malolying us from the Weldon railroad, The po- thon beld by our left wing has been roudored per- . wetly secure, ’ GENERAL SHERIDAN, A Reconno}ssance. Baltimors, Aug. %—10:30 P, M.—The Awnnt- * an bas received to-night the followiuy special dis- wtech: Harper's Ferry, Avg. %.—A reconnoiseance was wade this moruing by a large force of cavalry un- a command of General Torbert, which bag re dted in obtaining very important ‘nformation ith respect to the movements, rom the information received it appears at a considerable portion of the enemy's forces stoke camp at Charlestown, uiis morning at day- ght, aud marched in the direction of Leetown, ar cas v struck their line of skirmishers sbowt mile beyond Kearneysvilie, ant after a brilape arge, succeeto! in capturing quite a number of During the ekirmish, we lost a few Jed and wounded, all of whom we brought off Jeli, Among the killed Is Major Schlick of i cavalry, who was shot trough the head, wnt Blunt, of the Sth New York, serving on ie stall of Gever McLowsh, was shot through At the time of writing this depatah, wy firing ia yolng on in the direction of Bhep- rdstown, The Attack on Memphia. Further Particalars, Cairo, August 24.—Tho following ts takon fram » Memphis BeLtetin :—The force that entered emphis on Sunday morning consisted of nine del regiments of cavalry and four guna, com- anded by General Forrest, iu person, Only half eo command entwured the city, the remainder stop- ng outside to prevent their retreat from being noff. The rebels captured about 250 prisoners, wstly 100 days’ men, Many of these subsequently caped, but othera were murdered, They fired on patients in the hospitals, shot several of the sick idiers, and captured others, The prisoners they ok who were unable to keep ap with their cav- \gy, were killed, But for the prompt action of the \, Lowa regimeah the peacpens ab Irving Prieam enemy's jsonors ye eur, Warten 97 Sixth ave, Sd -Enelieb, ence, \ *d pond o'clock, followed by a conakterable force of our < troops and a fight occurred near Lane's, ANTEr and ire NE Azhe have bean released and the Bovuetts acked, ‘ne tebvela suddenly lef the city about ax lasting two bours, in which the enemy were severely pun- ished and driven off. [It was here that Colonels Starr and Kendrick were wounled. In coming through Lane's the rebels captured two guns and 4 portion of the Seventh Wisconsin battery, and # number of one hundred day meu, but they were obliged to abandon the guus tn their retreat, After the retreat, General Forrest sont in a tlag of truce asking for an exchange of Prisonera, which was denied, Livut. Harrington, of the Third CU, 8. Ar- Ullery, was killed in the Gayow House, Major Lansing, of the Fourth Colored Artillory,and Lieut, Kinsey, » member of General Washburne's statl, wore captured. When last heard from, (7 o'clock on Mouday morning) the rebele were aight miles beyond Monneaugh Peak, in full retreat, Colonel Winslow's cavalry were pursuing ther, Rebel News. Baltimore, Aug. %.—The American has Rich- mond papers t the 19th instant. They claim to have captured two thousand seven hundred in the eesault made on Friday on our forves ou the Wel- don Railroad, but seem to deplore the loas of the railroad very much, The only ites of news from Mobile are the fol- lowing, under date of the 17th instant: A force of the enemy from Penaacola, estimated at two thous- and, crossed the Perdido river vesterday, advancing towarda Mobile Bay, A Leavy Yaukeo force is in North Miesiasippi, whose destination is supposed to be Mobile The Richmond Examineu of the 22nd contains the following dispatches ; Peteradurg, Aug. 20. Lieut. Gen, A. PL HM! commanded our forces in the fight of Wednesday evening, The enemy were driven about three- quarters of a mile, Twenty-two hundred prisoners including nine cormtiissioned ofticers, were eaptur- ed, Night ended the fight. The enemy stil! hold the Weldon Railroad, Our losses were uot heavy. Gen, Clingman was wounded, Maj. Lawson, 60th vee was killed, The enemy's loss is unascer- tained, Chirleston, Aug, %0.—Capt. Dickenson, with a greatly inferior torce, engaged the enemy's cavalry and artillery at Gainesville, Florida, on the 10th, and completely routed them, capturing 150 prison. era, one piece of = artifiery and 100° stolen negroes, be enemy waa pursued fourteen mi'oe und scattered, Bam, Jones, Major-General, The Examinee alao anys * Geners! Richard L. Page, commanding Fort Mor- wan, laa Virginian, During Saturday afternoon, there were received at Libby Prison, from Petersburg and other places, 1,349 Yankee prisoners of war, including eighty- nine commismoned officera, with Briy.-General Hayes, of General Warren's corps ve nutuber of prisoners of war near Anderson- ville, Ga., is 88,000, The bad policy of congreys- ting such an army of prisoners iu one «pot must be apparent to the authorities, The Yankee govern- Mont never commit that blunder, The Powder Works located at Charlotte, North Caroling blew up some days since, killing three men and wounding several, The Fxaminegn of the 19th, anys: Mobile, Aug. 17.—Major-Geveral F ner aasumes cotnman! the Gulf District to-day, The people are pleased with him, Yesterday evening the ¢ y londed at Montrose, in five launches. Our cavalry fired on them, wounding several, Lopes are entertained of an early ex- chenge of the prisoners as Dauphin Island, Tho Indian War. Plander and Murders en the Plains. The Indieus inhabiting the territory below Den- ver and Omaha have broken out into open hostill- ties, and commit the most fearful atrocities upon the white squatters and the overland emigrants. Bands of roving Indians infest the entire district, and surprise apd pillage all exnigrant partios that are not sufficiently strong and watchiul to resist thom, Nearly fifty persons have been murdered between Cottonwood Springs and Big Sandy, Soe | times these parties unite to attack a train, and if succeastul scatter ayain, driving the captured stock aod spoila Borth of the Plate river, Hears are en- tertained that the savages may strike across the Lite Blue river, and carry desolation among the settlements glopg the Nebraska route. These ap- yrehonsions have caused a stampede towards the Sriaenuri river, A four-mule train of 4x wagons, belonging to a Mr, Sinith,of Atchison, was corr dled at Kim Crook, balfway between the te Blue and Kearney, and the party, consisting of cigot men, were killed, the stock driven off and the property destroyed, The own of Maryaville, Kansas, has been sacked by the fudiangy and the most indescribable horrors were committed. The militia in the neighboring counties were turning outa larye force, breathing vengeance against the savages. Many inhuman mamncros come Ww light at otber places. A wornen wes found dead and scalped at a point a hundred and fifty miles from Bt, sph. Along ished arrow tipped with peacock's feashers,and with a stee! barb wew found in ber aide, inte which it had etrated t inches, Generals Curtis, Mitchell, and the cers in that region are alert, but they do not mem to accomplish much, They seour the coun- try with mounted riflemen, and see no sign of an enemy, but af night find their horses starmmpeded by tricks familier only to Indian warfare, Bome of the circurmstances of the war, such as the rapidity with which the savages carry off and secrete enormous quantities of plunder, induce the be- Nef that they are under the direction of white men, and it is supposed that some of the guerrillas that have been laety dmven out of Missourt bave found their way wW tle savaved towards whow they would be naturally utiracted, by sheir bar- barous methods of war. Parties in # postition to be well informed, however, deuy the starement of whiee interference, and stale that the rascalities committed by travellers and others, for a long time, upon the Indinus, had Lesome wo grievous we be borne by tie red men, It is satisfactory to know that the Colorado In- diane stil coutinue frendly to us, Buperintend- ent Whololy has communicated to the Indian Ba- reau sume interesting facta relative to the Ue Indians, numbering about 2000 souls, These In- diana have a weaty with the Unite! Btates, and now gwe assurances of their friendship for the whites, ‘This is an important faet, considering they are yreat warriors and occupy the mining nat Colorado, Their representatives left ‘aabington favorably impressed with the kind treatment which received, The good effets of bringing hither influential Indians of remote tribes arc ween in the conduct of the Uies, News Items. (By Telegraph to the New York Sua.) Dr, Jowataanx Kyiout, an eminent physician, snd for many years Professor at Yale College, ex- pired af his residence in New Haven, Coun. yes- terday, aged 75, Tus subscriptions to the Sevon-thirty loan, aa re- ported to the Treasury Departinent yesterday, smounted to $953,000, and to the Ten-forty loan (9486, 450, Tun three Judges of the Supreme Court of Neva- rank Gard- YORK FRIDA Gp Terriery dave resigued, afer being ehomsed 1 route Naor soldiers are to be paid the aan wages bounty and clothing allowances as the white sol- diers, in accordance of the late decision of the At- torney General. A telegraph cable of Engtieh manufacture has arrived at Fortress Monroe, It iste be laid seroma the Chesapeake Bay, from Fortress Monroe to Cher- rystona, The old cable has been useless for several weeks, Bew Loan has been nominate! by acc re election to Congress from the & Missourt, by the radical conve The resolu. tions adopted endorse the n fthe Raltimore Convention, and the radical State Ucket, Tar Dlockade-runner Constance sailed from HMal- ifax on Wednesday, reported for Wilmington, She was chased by a Feleral gunboat and ran inte Ketch harbor that night, ing, bugging the const. Tuers te no ground for the rumor, so age) luously reported from Washington, that the Prosident pro- poses to send peace communications to the rebels. The rumors that an armistice has been, or is to be Proposed, are equally without foundation, 80 says a dispatch from Washington, Covowe. Straeicut, the famous Indiana cavalry Colone!, denies that he is dead, as reported, He telegraphs as follows: “Coattanooga, August 22. -J. 3. Reeves: I still live aud expect to for a long time to come. Goud for several battles yet. A. D. Brurigar."* Tas called session of the Peunsylvania Legisla- ture adjourned yeetorday morning, to meet again on the 29th instant offered, calling on President Lincoln t remove Secretary Stanton from the War Department for ineffictency, This resolution was referred to the Committee on Federal relations. Tre boat race announced to come off yesterday at Poughkespsie, between Gilbert Ward, of New- burg, and William Stevena, of Pourhkeepsic, did not take place, Ward refusing to row. His reason for wo doing was said to be that if he was beaten his friends would say be sold the race, He for- foited the stake money. Twenty-six deserters from the rebel army reach- ed Washington yesterday, from the front, and afer taking the onth of allegiance, were furnished with transportation North, Sixty citizens of Lon- don County, arrested for disloyalty and other offences, also arrived, and were committed to the old Capitol, General Intelligence. {By Mail to the New York Sun.) Tor Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is again open to Harper's Ferry, aud in tine running order, Tus Richmond Disraton comes out in a new dress, The type ts from Euglaud, De, Joseen K, Barnes bas been appointed Sur- geon General vice Dr, Hammond, removed, Tar Cork (Irish) papers notice a lorve falling off of late in emigration to the United States A ¥i.ao of truce boat arrived at Fortress Monroe on Tuesiay, frou Aiken's Landing, Jamos River, with 400 paroled Union prisoners, A apy in Connecticut gave tarth to her twenty- first child last week, Her husband is as weil as can be expected, Wukn the | Dutchmen at Mobile heard the guna of our fleet at the mouth of the bay, they amiled and snid-** Dat ish Parra joot J" Tar Acting Surgeon General has ordered that hereafter when fresh eggs cannot be ol tained for patienta in fleld hospitals, dessicated egy# shall be issued to them, Tor atest accounts from Havana state that the blockade-runners Denbigh and Susanna were still in port being about the only ones that had come in for a long time, tamation for nth Matrict of mineer She left the next morn: Tn the House « resolution was ‘Toe Saor any Leatnen Deacens' Kevonren re- commends the killing of supertluous dogs and cate, as ® Measure of BCOnomyY. ilera should bave their bones and the tanners t ides, Which may be converuad into excellent leat! Aw arrival froma Porto Rico reports that @ nurnber of the young men of that place had formod a bat talion of vo iuntwers, take part with the Spanish | troops in the suppression of the rebellouin Ban Dorningo, On the 27th uit., in accordance with the Royal | decree of the 6th ult. the government at Havana have granted permismon for th pp rhwtion to Cuba of Cochin Chicas, with the condition thas one-fourth of each cargo consiat of females. In the New Haven, Conn., State Mouse, on Tnes- day, aman was passed the surgeon, raised to the honor: position of substitute, rece: ved his #1, 000, and jumped from the window and cacaped, all in leas than half an bour, At Woodstock, Ill, @ young man was drowned, end bis father and some two bundred people went to the shore and fired & cannom in order to mine the body ; the cannon Lurm ifte fragments, but ouly the father, out of the whole crowd, was hit by then, and he was killed. Rav. Mr. Lyman, of Canton Centre, Conn., an- nounced! w his conyreyation Inst Sabbath, that they mus enyage another minister, ag be bal made up bis mind to enliat as a privawe imthe army, Mr, Lyman beticves in his preaching, and 6o tar is an exampte to thousands wi preach war aud akulk the survice, Tur locumnetive and bagyage car of the Cincin- nati snd Chicago Air Line Railroad, were thrown down a steep erobankinent nour Carthaye, on Tues- day last, by a nusplacernem of the switeh, and destroyed, A number of deleyaies to the Chicago Convention were sbuard the train, which chanced © be running ata slow rate of specd, thus avert- apg @ terrible and fatal owlaiuity. Gen, Caxias P. Stony ar bie connection with the Dail Mis @yned bis commission im the art 4% ye rmlue ate of Wost Point: had charge of (he tr ops and de- jon account of fences of Washington during the first month or two of the rebellion, and was makine isine rapidly up © about the time of the bal! Mut diaastor, when he was put under arrest, and confined in Fort Lafayeue some month Afterwards, with- out any formal charye having eon mule avainet him, be was released, and orderod wv report to G Banks, in Lomimana, [ts said that be has married a wife with a fortune in New Orleans, sod ho pro- pedes to cnloy both in privais hie, He held the rank of Colonel! in the regular army. A GENTLEMAN from Naaman yi ved some tmportant infortontion shout bloekale-runnng, He ceclares that veavels ply regularly between Nassau aud Wilmington, and the captains of the steamers are pak! one thousand dollars each trip, This is @ gure source of wealth, There are many New Yorkers at Nassau, men who would be recoguzed if Shey mou take their Wppearance in our streets, Bosh Wall and Chatham streets are largely repre- sented in the contraband trade, Tue reeult tor Nassau iteeli, however, is not fortunate. Li conse- quence of becoming « harbor and rendezvous for buccaeers and bloc -runneers, the inhabitants arc suffering severely, All articles of consumption are ia Tring exorbitant prices for the ‘W imington market, so the inhabitants are com- peiled 00 sey the mow, qporbitans Y, AUGUST 2%, BH. © won | my pilvrimage towards the city of Chicago. Dheve not had quite aa much time as I desired to fee! tbe Democratic pulse of the “Forest City,"’ previows to the cloging of the matt; but throagh the kindness of ane personal frieada T have been directs! on the proper source for gaining what tnfortmtion L desired. The Democrats of thie city are.of the war variety, and favor McClailan's notmination at Chicayo. The delegate from this district {the 1Sth) ie General Jabew W. Fitch, of @is city, a pron. ont loader of the party in Narthesn Ohio, Ho was a Rrigadior-Genoral of mittte before the war, and when the Rebalkon beake ont, refused several offers of bigh posite in the volunteer sorvées, and entered the ramks aa a private sokiine, where be served until bonorabty discharged, Ho tr an ont and ont MoCleHan war naan, aad has been beard to say thathe will stick to ‘“iesde Mac und the surface of Pandomonttiim beeomes frigid." The PLAte Darangu is the Demooratic paper of thisdty, favoring & prosecution of the war on@onatitustonal principles I learn, however that the footing in the rural districts of tho Bante ie huss wurlike, Judge Mumpbrey, the ehernate frem this district, who rewides in Mudeson, 90 niles Bouth of Clevo~ land, {4 an avowed peace man, of the Vallandigham school, and he ts satd to represent the feeling of the party in his locality, From all that I can learn, Cleveland Democrate are war men, while, parhapa, & majority of the party outside of the city, in this section of the Stata, are men favorable to a peace candidate, I expect to reach Chicago om Saturday morning, and will then give you a fow more tndi- entions of the political barometer, P.B, Delegntes to the Chicage Convention. The following is # list of delegates from the Btate of New York, to the Democratic Convention, which will assern!le at Chicago on Monday next: Delegates at Large. Horatio Seymour, Oneida, Dean Richminond, Genasaeo, Inane Butts Monroe, August Bolmont, New York, Alternates, co ©, Paige, Schenectady, vilip W. Eoga, New York, Josiah T. Miller, Beneca, George Beach, Greene, District Delegates, Dist. 1. .Jacob Platt Carll, Abm. G, Thompaon, . John O, Behumaker, (18 Renjamin Prince® farmuel D, Morris, Thos, H. Farron, . Davie FE, Delevan, 20. . Honry McMahon, . Oswald Ottendorfer, |21 Ignatine Flyun, .. John Kelly, Henry Ailton, Michael Connolly, Luke F, Covzana, &. John MeKeoon, (iideon J, Tucker, 9. Samuel J. Tilden, Thomas Me®pedon, Abraham #, Conger, William Radford, .Kugene A, Brewster, George Bonnett, Robert A, Andrews |28 Wim. Chamberlain, | Manly BR, Mattioe, (20, Jacob Harbentburgh. Amasa J, Parker, N,P. Hinman, Witam J, Avert), Dartis W. Lawre Livingston Spraker, David T. Lamb, 19. Alfred Clark, Sherwood 8, Merritt. William 1. Skinner, Levi H, Brown, J. Thomas Spriggs, Asa 3, Bherman,. Sidney T. Fairchild, William Johnaon, . Fredonek Uy de, John A. Green, Jr, Wm €. Beardsley, Fdwin M. Anderaon, 26. Benjamin F, Augel, Henry 0, Cheosbro, 26. John J, Taylor, Dunean 8, Majroe, 27... Marah. B.Chatplan, Luman A. Ward -Banford BE, Church, William ©, Bowley, Washington Huot Linus W. Thayer, ho Ge A.W, i nhas, 17. “ 2a ere & & 24. \s0 ne. W. James 3, Thaver, 81. John ©, Devereux, Emorson BE, Davis, Hiram C, Miner, 16. Jose Gay, Augustus ©, Hand, * Dead. LOCAL NEWS NeW YORK AND THR VICINITY, Tne Keouisn RarLwar Murper Casr— AruivaL ov Mewcen, rus Atnaap Muapen! His Aniuesr, Lomeripmation Asp Examination. At about nine o'clock on Wedneslay evening the leunlon packot Victoria arrived of Bandy Hook, having aman ber pasangere Frang Muller, the person surpectod of being the suthor of the London radiway murder, which creased so great # sensation in Engiand sbout two months ago, The cireum- stances couneeted with thia murder were so my st rious, and the manner in whieh the evidence was brought to light ‘exhitite go much detective saga- city, that brief recapitulation of Wao fats will Le interesting, Mr. Briggw the murdered men, was a clerk in « London banking-honw, and oo the day of the tra- wedy took pamaage on « railway to yo from London to one of the provincial towns, This was the last that was known of bir until be was found in on dying condition on the railway track, bia body horribly bruised, and beyond the power of speech. Tt was not known that auybody bad occupied the ear with him, no murderer was t be found, and uo suspicion attached to any particular person, The pockets of the deceased bad not heen picked, a dismnond ring remained upon hia finger, and the absence of bis wate and bat, and the bloody ap- pearance of the interior of the car, in which Was) also found she supposed assassin's bat, were the | ouly evidence that a murder had been cominitted, Angular chain of crreumstances, however, fast- ened suspicion upon one Franz Muller, a German eraployed aa walirt entter im London, It seems Uiat shortly after the murder, Muller exehar wateh chain in bes posseasion to a joweler Death, and that soon after this, the jeweler read the advertisement in # London paper in which the missing wath and cham of the murdered man were described, Le believed that tho one he had received from Muller was the identical chatn, ns it afterward proved to be, The jeweler was nace quainted wrth Muller, know nothing of his resi- dence, and the abain of evidence waa for the time lost, The exertions of the detectives, however, were at hast rewarded with a further clue to the mystery, A ceabman named Jonathan Matthows was brought forward with important cir- cumstancial evidence against Muller, The latter was a frequent visitor at Matthowas’ house—was in fact courting his seater; and sometime lastOctober or November he had pure te hat for Muller at the latter's request, The hat found in the railway car after the murder he identified as the ideutical hat which he had purchased and which Muller habitu- ally wore, He was poaitive on this poiut owing to certain pocudier marks on the hat. Bus he slio diaclowe another Laoportunt Link in the chain of evi- dence, On the occasion of Muller's last visit to Matthews’ house, the former exhibited a new chain which he claimed to bave just purchased, and which be asteched to a watch that he carried in his pocket, The box contaiping the chain he gave to atthews' child. This box the jeweler identified as the one in whieh he bap put the exe chain, Additional to these facts, ‘a lkeneas of Muller, in the possession of Matthows was shown to the jeweler the examination “in the London Court Woe identified by him ag that of the person wish a EEE = with corruption by the press, and petitioned by @a the Way to Chicago, tre hadt the ehatn. are the nearly 4,000 voters to vacate the bewch. (ipeotal Correxpondence of the N.Y, Atom) sae cat one Lada ny ie pre Griour's full band leave Roston toxtay for Chi- Wevnmi. Hotam Cleveland, Aug, U4 1906. which will be iselul when cate commen cago, to furniab music for the Dernocratic Conven- Ttef Buftalo et evoring, and as you perceive] bedore the Landon tribunsl. One of these is that tion, by this ackiress, have reached another station on walked lomo afer the tims of the murder, that ho was hurt ,in his scuftie in the car ; another is that he had fine gold watch when he came from Gerinany to fost in ome manner, ant was aay that he would have another replace it. ae that he to detection, he sailed from London on the 160 elt, The developments above narreted came to Mght shortty after bis ieparture, am! the Pugh sutborities took moasuros to \nter- = bim at Now York. For this powe, officers ner, Korry atrd Clark, of the Lx n Detective Hee, sccompanted by Mr Death, the jeweler, and Matibows, the ware Hapetobed to this city on bow! a mail stoamer, aud arrived bere about two weeks aga aince which time thay have beew anm@rouwily awaiting the Viotoria™ arrival. As wo befere remarked, the veal arrived on ‘Wetuoaday night, and the Loodon officers, sasom- panied by officer Tiemann, of the Motropoltan Po- Hing, baying Goon infceme! of the fact by @tegraphs at Handy Hook, Thoy were contalty woloomed by Ceptatn Champion ; were told by him ‘that Malter esomed quite chuerful thecughout the long voyage ofehirty-eight deya, ari manifested NO eneaainewwund! Wedinosley, when, encounter ing a ploadure party in the bay, he beard a person show “How are you, Multa, the murderer ?" and then, far the fiest time comrprohemting bin situa- teom, be hotreyed the fear that from tat moment weighed hin down, The exptatn-@rst learned that bo had a murderer emang his passengers when be was boarded by « pilot offthe Light Ship; and, thonceferwarni, unt he surrendered Muller to the officers, be was deeply concerned jest that person should jump overboard and escape to one of the jalands in the harbor, or to some outward bound vouse! ; but his fears were allayed when he learned that Muller could not swim. Maller was taken to @ cell edjvining the Detective Poltco office at the Central Department, and there confronted by the Londun jeweler with whem he exchanged the chain which he bed taken frou the porson of tte victim, and jeweler—whose cminows newe is Death—idien him, ae did Jonathan Matthews, a Dow street cabman, whom the London Inepec- tors brought béehen, and who wil locome sn importams Bak im ghe chain of evidence against the eccussd whem ho appears before s British tribunal, mr hie trunk the officers found the hat which Mr. Briggs wore on the day of the murder, and his watch wes found wrapped up in a ptece of chamots leather. When asked to explain the clroumstances of hie having Mr. Brigge’ praperty in his possession, Muller re- plied that when he was about to go on board the Victoria, be met a man on the pier, and purchased the watch and hat of him. Yesterday afternoou the acevused was brought before United States Com- missioner Newton, and an examination was com- menced, Mr, Benjamin F, Marbury representing the Britwh Government, As the prinoner anid thas ho had neithor counsel nor money with which to employ a lawyer, ex-Judge Beobe undertook the de- fonce, and to enable bim to consuls with hie client the Consmiasioner adjourned tbe hearing to 11 otclock this morning. Muller ta about 26 years of age, of modium stature, stim, and of inoffensive appearance the very last person in the world to be suspected of murder, Im his cell at Police Head- quarters yesterday morning, and at the Torba in the afternoon, he was downcast and morose, bav~) Ing searcely a word for any of the numerous visit~ ora who wore cunous to ee him, To the offlcera who questioned him while on board the tug which took him up frou the Victoria yestorduy morning, he stouthy asserted bia innocence and said that he could Prove an alith, Tur Puatworm published in yesterday's BuN has ococadoned quite a fluttering among the politicians, Some denounced it aa “ bogus,"* othora declared that the Chicago Convéntion would not dare to adopt it. One enthuniaatle individual de- clared it waa just the document he wanted to see take the place of the buncombe usually passed ag political gatherings, The peoplo are unavimously in favor of adopting Ht, and some persons talked of calling « mass moeting at Union Square for the pur~ pose of obtaining an expreasion of opinion from prom{nent politicians upon the subjeot, Muurrany Avrairs.—THe Navab Crevit, Losses (x THe 60TH Natianwat Guarps,One af the city papors, Whove sustereuts ure regarded by sone as of setni-offelal irnportance, has put a slight check to the general good feeling regarding the expectod credit of naval recruit, We cannot ser, fu what woy any tangible objection oan be raigod to giving New York the proper crodit for men ac- tually put into the service ; but as the same time itis well @ remember that most questions have two wides) and until the War Departupent hes been card from it iw nob best to be too sanguine, it ts not at all probable that the Government will refuse to do what ia right in the matter, If we are enti- tled to the credit, we will gout; M not, we will get @ in an entirely diferent style, Butin any event there should be po relaxation to the efforts for recruiting. Ieokerage appears ta be ao profitable shat several amateurs are opeving offices, Two of these worthios yesterday wore hoaxed most egregi- ously by parties who knew them. Que received the following letter by post, in a nest fernale hand + Dear str:*My brother is afraid he will he drafter T inderstand you are in the broker busier, arc ag you are highly recommonded, [boy 1 wall pos mon substisute, 2 wall eheerfully p M, tne one hundred as a bonus to yoursell, Ploase upply at —— street, and inquire lor Zor, P, 8, Truth is the party in question ie my beau, and although itis all very well to “have « beau fora soldier who'd go! L am not quite bo patriotic, The parties proceeded to the spot, aud found is was occupied by negroes with one Wollman among them who was nearly white, They tea remem berod ‘Zoe, the Ootoroou, aud saw that they were “sold." The following are the! f the 0th N.Y. N, G. in the engagement of August loth, near Deep Bottom, Virgiuia : Killed... Thotnas Olwoll, Co, Hy Be an, Co. G; Miebael Finnarty, Co. K, ded, ~. Peter Senith, Co, K; Thomas Packer, Co, K: Wil. hain Noon, Co. L, shgathy; Jobn Quinlan, Co, G» James Haraway, C Wm, Scanlon, Co. A, Tux Provosr MAkSUAL's Devecrives AND Tus Potiow,—It is understood that an order will be iseued walay, by Superintendent Kennedy, dey (Cunbemisted 040 abel saiddbe

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