The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 11, 1869, Page 1

} | THE ROGERS MURDER, ——— Prue STOPY OF THE TRAGEDY. nsdn The sup vosed Murderer Surrenders = to the Pelice. ———— \THE LATEST DETAILS. — No murder has occurred in this city in a long Dime thet has created #0 much excitement as thet of Mr, Charles M. Rogers, The (acts of the case aro ‘Priety as follows: ‘On the morning of the Sist of Decembor, about Vo'clock, Mr. Rogers was sweeping the snow from the sidewalk in front of his residence, 42 East Bwelhh siroct, within half a block of Brow Way. He bad on bis person a handsome watel and Basin; and it ts fuir to presnine that to secure these, Bnd perhaps a well filled wallet, was the object of Me man who attackod him and took his life. While Br, Rogers was engacod as stated. two men caine along Twelfth street, Oue of them, the smaller bnt more determined one, took off Ms evereont, and Without heeling his companion's warning ot “Don't doit, Jim,” attacked is vietim, and seized his wateh, thain, and pocketbook. There was a sharp, short Struggle, when the murderer, to free himself from the «resp of the man be had rovbea, drew & Anife und plunged it Into Wis abdomen, Inficting a wound whieh aiterwards proved fatal, During the struggle, Mr. Rogers tore from his assailant am portion of his coat, fn tho pocket of which were found bis wateh, hein, and wallet, and also an addressed envelope The murderer also lost his bat, and ran down Vwelfta street bareheaded toward Third avenne, Bnd was lost alzht of. What became of his eom- penton bas not been ascertained. The envelope found In the pocket of the guilty 1 ‘scout furnished the only tangible cine to his Mewity, Ths An ordi ary buff envelope, und bears the inseription, in conrse writing : "James Logan N.Y. Cytty, thts will be hand to you by Tom." On the day after the order Willian L. Claster, a young negro, turned ap, Aud said he war in Twelfth wtrect just before the murder, He deseribed two men whou he saw at the Mine, and bis description tallied with that given by Mr. Rogers In his anle mortem deposition, A doy of two afterward James Tullant gave bim Sf up at the Mereer street police station, saying hat he hed heard that the polleo were after pi on suspicion that he was the companion of the assassin Ho donicd all knowledge of the matter, and Mr, Rogers failed to recogn ize him. At first the nogro tould not identify him, bat finally eatd he looked like one of the men, Believing that be knew some- thing about the affuir, the sergeant of the police beld Wallant for further examination, ‘The Mayor, convinced that one James Logan, who had sorvod out rentence In Sing Sing prison for burg! ud Who was discharged from that instita- Hion last October, was the real culprit, ofered rev warde for bis arrest and convietion whieh im the ag. rregate amounted to $4,000. The proclamation wns accompanied by & minute description, ‘The case was put into the hands of the detretives, and they went to work on the trail. ‘They firstioarned thay # man bad beon acen on the morning of the stabbing In Backson square without a hat and with 9 tora cont, ‘The vext morning they learned that he bad been in @ honee im Seventh avenue near Seventeenth street; then he suddenly shifted his retreat to the east side of the town, and was nest heard of ina lager-bier sa Woon tm Fourtec. th street near Sixth avena: that be was heard from In Siateenth street, im Eizh- teenth street, and again 1 Fourteenth strect, and hero wan lost sight of, In the mean tim>a James Loran was arrerted in Hoboken, but the colored boy could not identify him, ‘and ashe didnot answer to the description and could account for his whereabouts on the moralng of the Bist, he wae anconditionally discharged, The chase of the police after the real culprit was enavniling, bat on Saturdey evening about #45, two men entered the station house of the Twentieth Precinct. One of these men, apparently about 26 feet 4Jy inches high, weighing about 129 pounds, nnd otherwise answering to the deseription Published in the Mayor's proclamation, handed Bergeant Fitzgcrald @ copy of the newspaper 60 ta‘ning tho following offer which had been made by Mayor Hall: “If any person knows the wlicreaboute of Jamen n, 28 years old, 5 feet 4% inches Wish, weight Shout i: ponds, huvine figure ¥ and letters df over figure 6 (ond poorly exccuted) upon his left arm Tata bs having florid complexion, pray eyor, dark brown'balr, with asmall round sear over right fyc j also. sear’ on his forehead, over left eye, and who was discharged from State Prison Oct. 14, 16s, and will give informat'on which results in the irre of suld deseribed Jumes Login, such person shall be paid by me a reward of $9,000." ‘The man had on @ coat much too lurge for Lim, and a bat that did not fit, The paragraph was reud by the Sergeant and Capt, Hedden attentively and then the man w Well, what about The reply was: “I answer that deecription pretty correctly, don't I? Thercupon the yourg man Was recognized o# being the very James Logan for hom the adctectives had wade such unavailing search. He surd: Leame here to di liver myself op. ‘The first Lknew of a reward being otfered for me war this evening, when this man (po.nting to the one who came with him), John MeManus, who is my brot! in-law, showed It to me; be hinded me the paper, and afier reading about’ the thing, Teoneluded the best I could do wus to deilver myself up.” Alter thet he stated that he bad nothing whatever to do with the murder of Mr. Roxera,and that at the time of the cilir ne was at bis brother-in-law's, 2 Weat Twenty th vtreet, and since that time had not concealed _hiwselt, Lind been at work, and that on afternoon he hed ‘gone to his who resides pear Union saou her little ehild home. When he i brother-in-law told him about the reward tu the paper. As to the em- velope addresse tym whieh wae foand ia the por- Uon of the ent torn from (ve murderer, he sald that while In State Prison he became sequainted with a pumber of coovicls, ard that It was customary fo them to send letters to tuelr friends hy perislders, dis eharged convicts, and others who would ca ry them, This was done covtrary to rules, aud for the pur- # of conveying eich information and requests as ‘ould not be permitted 11 (he leiters wi the chapinin in the recular way, He this letter had been rent to him th this way, and th [Re Remon who brought Ht was the one who killed i Mowers, Li ingenious enongh, but it dors not ba cing appearance of truth wen when itis considered: First, thata man ta- trusted todever aletier to another would destroy or dispose of the contents, and arcerward keep upen bis person the envelope bearing the addre: ‘ond, the faitare of Li now wio "Tom" was} this locks as if he teared to epeeify Avy one lest bia #tory should be proved untrue; and third, the fact that he had been bo closely hunted and followed by the detectives, It would secm that he made a virtue Uf necessity, ind gave himself up ratver than be foptured, ab he would incvitably have been, We aunot judge here aa to the man's guilt or inno- tence. If he is innucent and his ry ws true, the tourse he adopted would be perfectly natui During the whole conversation Logan appeared pericetly cool, and wax Hot at ali troubled, He acted as if he was sure that tis tnnocence would be tully stablished, Capt, Helden knew Lozan very well . when Le war a member of the nu- t th street gang of rowdies in the Bixt enth Ward, one of whom named Ward was some ime ago sent Lo the State Prison for life tor killing Dicer Walker of the Trent ninth Preeinet, About three years azo, when Capt, Hedden was in command pf the Sixtccuth Mrecinct, Logan, with two others, broke inlos liquor store’ in wenty--ccoud street and Seventh avenue, and was eaptired a block or two from the place, while running away from the oficers, who had discovered the young men at their “work in the store, Logan was tried and e victod, and vent to State Prison for ihr of the other youn men, named Gi aitorward urtested in the act of com and Wes also went to Stat itting ¢ Prison, from uped, Bince Logan lett Sing Fang th live have mot heard much about him, He says id been Wworsing just previous to 1 as a welt that he i Presidential election on tle Ene. env “aiver, but the weather being too severe fur bly Neindoned the occupation alter working eight A To returned to this eity. What he has been duing er since he did not state, formation of the surrender of the man who had 0 long bullied all the encleavors of te po ice to up ture bin wus linmediately sent to the Coroner and to Judge Garvin, the District Attorney, who wus a6 that time closeted wit Mayor Hull, ‘It this is the roa! Logan, tie wan ‘Tallant will probably have Afi pie, di, Hedde ordered jer bear u's story, Capt, 2 w be locked up. Logan wiped bis nose on his dkerebief und unhesitutingly followed the offcer ole cel, Me cvidevily (lb Wad, aad gald to the | of the Allegheny members they could name the State Trewsurer, Th's way con ceded by Mr Grow, and the arrangement was con- Mr. Bott, and Mr, Covode then assured Mr. Grow that they place in the Cabinet, or for anything clse he desired, He promptly replied, yut Leball not be = and assuring his friends of his gratitude for ther many kind favors, he wrote @ letter of declinotion, and bis friends all | doorman thet he thought the new had nected ungencrously In bringing his nime herore the pabite ue the murderer, without any evidence as to his quilt. He thonght it a serioas wrong, and one cal- culated to biaa the public mind ageinet him, He fat down on his little wooden denen, and nervously tapped his fuot npon the brick for, swered every gnestion asked him, When asked who the Tom was mentioned on the enve ope, he oid that he didn't know, and putting his lands to kis ead, conitnned, " There prison that I know of by ¢! Soon after Towan's surrender, the news araphed to Police Headquarters. Capt. (6 Whose precinct the murder wes comuslited, ward visited the prisot him, the nature of whieh Is not known. No other person was allowed to conrerse with him. The prt- name," after. fonet was dressed, when he surrendered himsell to dark peayecket, griy woollen the authorities, io shirt without @ collar, and dark twee He is a yonng man of lant bs rory pantaloo ness of lils situation, but little aimenlty tu fdentifying’ him, The thorlties bet of tho | mnederer, the she knife, and part ol his cowt sin their possession, and if all these be- fn proving his guilt, Tt is said shat, doring Mr. Rogers's struggle for live, the murderer's band cut by his kaife, though there is nothing p o pears on Loge was tie chief topte of con- pris ews wae discussed with * Yestertay afternoon Lo, Toonty 0M cer sircet & of the r ¢ members of the police force luet eventy, James Logan is not the man who comam|ttey the murder, They did not state the ground for th belief, Ove thing eeems certain—the keen-nosed d tectives are on another scent, and the wack see fresh, The nature and direction of their operations are, for the present, a profound secret, ‘hus the mystery apveaes as impenetrable as ever, 11 Logan is nor toe guilty party, hie secures the large fo Mayor Tor his aopretension, ani walks out futo the light of Heaven, @ free mai, eather Uy dropped on him evening he was ving ewan! offered by t miselows of is ow: the fearful euspiciy Ike # thunderbe uiet and urbane 0 fear of being comronted by © Inwocen os hl tea Ta FROM WASHINGTON Byecial Despatches to The Sun, Wasntworoe, Jan, 10, THE DECLINATION OF KX<PRAKAR GROW, The report that Mr. Grow declined to run for the United Slates Benate, upon promise that Le the Cabinet, is incorrect, The gentlemen who attended the secret caucus in which ngrocd upon, tay that after a full and free canvass had becn made by the row, the conclusion woe reached that the clecticn of the former could be | secured beyond a doubt by the combination of the on would throw his strength in the same direetion; but that owtng to the divieion 6 between Mr, Moor colt, if the Intter was withdrawn to er of Beott's An, which, with made bim @ should be pressed f the sel of Mr. Scott w tt friend of Mr, Seutt ond Mr, forces, if Senator Cume of the weatera part of the St heod and Mr. & favor Grow, there was too much members falling into Moorhesd's b the Phitadelphin members, would ha inost formidable candidate, Tt was found that so curred in by Mr, Cameron, Mr. Cameo: would recommend him for ‘0, gentlenny candidate for T thank yo ything ag: rallied to the support of Mr. Scott, THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN GRO: Ot The Reconstruction Committes had a k sion yesterday mornin, tion in Virginia, Mie sidered, Monsees. Feld uf ain ac. Lave been lens active since the election of Graut, Tim TENURE OF OFFICE ACT. The House Judiciary ¢ thon to be called tor reports before the Ju re . At least one-half of that numb enough to report to toke all thelr me, wh average of threo oF four mys to a committer, re ring it Smporsivle that the Judiciary driven to such a course by the action of the Hous Honse, and satiefed Limsell that there is a clear mi jority for Its repeal, * DEYAMATION OB JUDGM DOSTEED. The report that has be country that about €500,000 sta of thipwrecked property lbelle hy sailors, ta ¢ to the credit of the District Court, PROGRESS OF THK UNION PACIFIC RA! The Vresid: ROAD, nt condition ; and the Commies on which exam al, lo cxanine the Umton Pacifie. ‘There ¢ wtons are alwo (0 Ox the Ie on which both panies shall butts anti) Loy of th Bult Lal ploted by March or Api il, TOM FRENCH MINISTER AND MS SERVANTS, The French M er, who is @ bachelor, ha having retired well enough on the previous closed his Louse, and gone to rau! GEN, GUANT TO VISIT CONNECTICUT. Gov. Hawley, of Connecticut, hus invited Gen, Grant to visit that Brate and examine some of tue Jorge monufveturing cotablishments in whied he han eral has ac- expressed a decided interest, and the Ge cepted the Lavitation THR YRANCO*AMERICAN CABLE, The counsel of the Franco-Amevican Cable Company are here and bad an interview with Sena erdoy in reference to the resolution which he has introduced, requiring the consent of 1 before any landing of the cables be wade upon the ehores ofthe United States, ‘The counsel were assured that Congress would im Pose no conditions not required of other cable com: tor Morton the Congress to be ur pavier, Tue MUDD PARDON PETITION, The petiti Muad, addr Placed in the proper cha van vel {or Consideration, 88. Gen. Gront and Moses H. Grinnell dined with At- torney-Gencral Evarts on Friday eveni ‘The House not being in session on Saturday, Mr. Botlor will ” will ry to get in bis Gnanoial speech to- NEW YOR ARY 11 IGN NEWS Tur EAST cite reallly an: | The Parle Peac ERN QUESTION. Loxpox, Jan, 9.—The brig Hannibal arrived here yesterday, reports that whe passed the Ocean Spray, boand to New York, with thirty-niue Of the missing passengers and erew of the steamship i founlered ia November last, She them at Madeira, Passencers Lauded. New York friend: camer Borussia, her po: ted of Pordand, England, with a broken shart, were eafely landed on the 20th Conference-The First Pants, Jan, 10.—The Conference for the settle. no ove im Bing Sing | ment of the dispute betwoen Greece Au thie eity yesterday, Deginning ot 4 o'clock in the aferne ing at 11 o’rlock at niebt, i Turkey met ‘Their first cession was long, m avd termine t- The Greek ond Torkish Tepresentatives manifested a very conciliatory cispo- sition, avd a peacefil result to the detiberations of rence is looked forward to with confidence, jon Is aunonnced for Tuesday, Jan, 1% The ti and hed # slort tik wha ‘he Borasal ore informed that wiry build, and ight brown moustache, the remainder of the fuce closely ehaven, His eye is resticss aud bia man: ner nervous, He seems fully to reslize the serious. The Action Other Dianne The hark Rride, of London, was wrecked six fallen east of Cutler, Me «daring ® thick #1 ft the Greek Government in Ree ard to Crete. tof the Let Coxsravemoris, Jan it of the tsb St John for Lononder- alle and rigging were saved and taken to 9—The Greek Blue If Logan be really the murderer, there will be | Book, copies of which have been reeoived here, com that Gen Txnatief, the Rassian Am- baseator to the Sultan's Court, had assured Mr, Doly- ter here, that the Sublime longed to Logan, there ought to be but Utils difficulty | Porte would not repress any action of Greece In re ference to Crete, British rehooner Alphia was wrecked In Rar «Sound in the Pacific, during @ gale, ‘Tie captain aud crew arrived at annie, the vrvele Min ‘Tho schooner A. C1 night, rear Santa Crua, Cal, ber) Were all lost weley was wrecket on Friday The erew (Ave in nua Loxpox, Jan. 9 —Advices from Candia by mh reports of the sabmission In the horse cars, on the f adaide Murder, Prom the Puvghterpale Preee. Fe are informed by a gentleman of this city 1 the District Attorney of too, that a man anewerlng the description of the munterer Smita is under Fu nee in Orleans county, this State, and that tence establishing his » on to determine the The Bilevriile Journet Yearna that Smith known as the Pinerios, el he will be fully confirin the previo of the Cretans to the ‘Carkish that word has reach Ulster county, at Ki The Chinese Embassy. Pants, Jan, 10.—The Ambassadors from China Are reeviving every attention fition Io the embasay is entirely satisfactory to tho have a formal andi- ence with the Bioperor ut an early day, there Is seemingly good © OMmcers have has been traced to the regto in Michigan, where it te fe secrete himself, and eneape detection. Hartal of the £ Ricuswose, Jan. at Koville-Compl gram to Keparter: A grand banquet was given Ali the municipal oficers of that city and many other notables were present, One of the featnres of the bangnet was a complt- mentary telegram which wus sent to Eepartero, wherein the guests expressed the him at the head of the Slate, whatever of the Cortes way be relative to the futare form of the Goversmen’, to Jol Min wins of the late mentary Teles Mavurn, Jan. 9 At Seville Inst ovening. arrived last ev lait in state fa the Senate Chen Leld at the Capt Hesolutions were offere , and enlogies » Mayor presiding, © uttered by Gov, ovine of Mr, Botts were interred this after: Jor Kehoolhouse Accidents The Coroner’ Fan lait wile Abolition of Courts Martial tn Clvit Cases— juvory Deereod= Li ty of the Prews Havana, Jan, 9 toin-General abolishing e: of civil ease Was promulgated today ‘The evolutionists have d slavery within their Mne# ler it a desperate the growlng weaknems of the rebel enuse, formed Cahans assert that the revotationary forces are constan'ly receiving accessions from withts without the tel ‘The proclamation of liberty of the press has gone fnto full effeet, The leaders of the C fence In Ge Dut they place no relian 1 raid accident n by the Caps tial for the trial «well DUE AKT Would ad With A proper. ator Laken Alay shows cn haviag charge of th ko find that the stone block on top of the broken pier Was detective, and ought not to have been used.” rod tke abolition of ‘The Kponiords here con and an indication of part of the partie the basenent New Oi rans, dan. 9 @ aNernoon, Was KaKeTs service wers Yat Chnireh ediftee by ould desert Moorhead if funcral gecort wi Faitery K of the F Sixth cavalry, Maso officers and ihe Legivintu citizens, on foot and in carr ere adepted by th The pable ome orcltery, Company Mere and Coun of the Prean-The pant mn in the Tacon Thi Havana, Jan, 10.—The Dy the rlave traders, las published nothing concerning the new order of things, lords are disgusted with its conduct, ‘The Preied, an ultra Speaish journal, nd the re- puted organ of tho Tesuits, eont Daetic articles thi ture and City € til the houses along the line of marca were closed during the funeral, wien to pablish bome ening the evolutionists, Boveral mew Liberal journals have wade thelr op Avoveta, Jan. 9 wo sisters tn Colum taken ira the juitat Appt a few weeks aco, at which the politica! sttum- ippl, and Georgis was con- Isippl, and ALONE of Goorgia, were examined. Ficld was sat. {eflod that mero suffrage was @ failure and fan ontrnge, and felt convineed that the fran- hould be taken away from the blacks to insure Pence and prosperity to the State, Mr. Stone told the oit-repoated tale of revel Inhumauity, fatolerance, and violence, Ho admitted, however, that the have been subdued, and that the Ku Klux posed the party, confessed that they tere, and nate ym order to cover ® Tourdere? Martin avd b At the Tacon Theatre last night we vs Burned the howe. asd th hymn of Spain, which was vecribable enthustaam, ‘Two battalions have iE. Wan recoived Wikn ine crnorship Compiteationn, one to Nuevitar, 10.--In the Senate, Li Defeat of Svauish Troops. Mavana, January 7.—Puerto Principe is still bands of Insargonte ares member, to All it, Glen surrounded by «mal city prostration and gloom prevail, the # cloved, and mony arres: State officer und fb Prosident of Uh d irreculur and Wid have gone through the Executive Dx partinent lo the Senate, have taken placy, toccurred at Cayualided Yeguas, betw 00 strong, and 6X) 8) 01 ‘The troops were defeated with heavy loss tnelpe on the wth and many Lave a body of insur mmittee agreed on Saturday to report In favor of the repeal of tho Ten ure of OMice act. There are twenty-eight coumit ary is r have bills isan Kentucky's Appeal wsvitee, don, 10, oluton woe referred t lations, respecttully disabilities under the tour Tousti(ulional ameudwent, Tu the House ye ave been corclusaly,tre the Comittee Sparks from the Telegraph, Montrow! t# about to export $2,000,000 in specie Hed been confined tn the Ot jautam, died on Saturday, A Memphis Grand Jury bos found a true bill rdor of Whiifeld ers of nickel coln were arrested ‘committee will be reached in regular order, There ts very little probability that any move will be carried ont im the Senate to repeal the act, unless Beuators are first Earthquake at Colim Persons Kull Walle-Tho Cathedrat ng of Trece-¥ ng of Water Courncn. Saw Faascisco, Jan, 9—A letter from ¢ Mexico, has an ueconnt of an earthquake in that city ‘on the morning of Decomber %, For several days previous the voleano of Colim city, exlibited symptoms of interval commotion, fending forth amoke and steam, accompan| rumbling and shaking of the earth, the th ult, gentle rocking of increased in violence until the walls of the houses were cracked, and everything breakable wa ‘The vibrations were t,and lasted uearly forty cathedral, a warehouse, and several brick building re cracked from top to botte #tartled from thelr sleep, Several perrons were of the walls of th felt along dist ound opened, trocs were uprooted, bills level: changed, and a general upheaving of Manzanitia Manzanitiam “Dewalition ding Cracker Velling of Millay tewa Jail on au Geo, Butler is at work to find some way to get it out of Committee, and pass 4ehaving canvassea tho ta Vinclowatt on Rati ed Comanches have effered to surron+ y thay, of Rond ly wauilerng aloe The A. J. Pope antied from the Sardwich Tvtands ne Lith, With A cargo Valued wt $1N,00, Cant, Kenvey, U.S. A, abot himself hsough the benrt ih Sthe roe The Virgina about to send thirty miles from the in inwwue girl, te nh sent throughout the to the credit of Judge Richard Burtced in the Bank of Mobile, and that steps are being taken to secure It for the Goy- ernment, is umtrue, Upwards of $5,000, the proceods whieh gradually rant and Colfax Ass: ee to Washitgt Jacob Recker, th» proprictor of the from the northeast to rere eLcr the posited in that bank, which is entirely re ousitle and not aubject to the order of Judge Busteed, but Mr, Frederick Grosclaude, » well-known jeweller accidentally killed om baturday The people were d frantically rushed for Killed by the falling Join Dixon, clerk. for the Melbourne arreated In San Francisco, on Saturday, on & oct forgery to tie amount of see Legisintare on 8 nt has directed the Special Com- mission which examined the Unton Pacific Railroad (weet from Omahs), to examine the Central Pacifie d east from Sucromento, and report upon its ih the tie disiranchived iuhab) ustice Seott, of ryan has derided that the eatpedral Jere nuat u we earthquaice and evr abide bY Bialy' to 1. There now being a difference iu the location of (uelr lines, Secretory Browning has attempted to arrest the further com struction of the Union Pacific, eo as to allow the Cen- tral to build upto Echo Caflon, the present terminus Union Paclile, at a point nearly due north of ity, and distant from that city about 30 iniles This movement, if sucecssful, would retard the junction of the two ends for at least three months, ‘There ts every probability that the road may be com Kightoon ox twe the falling walls of the Amer! ethers were buried beneath the ruing of Wars ruua & Co.'s warehouse, 1th, the well-known Hudson iu, died at Ma y apman, funiliely known ae ."* the oldest pllot of tno New Jersey oclation, died in Matleawan, east conn tares Awilifo died at his restilence in Second vod-Opentag of the Coffee Trade. —President Sulnave ait,, with bis two war troops, to make a eunpain Rew the revely in the bouthern P city of Mirugoane, which wi the rebels, when ame to ths eityin 1953, of tie Knights of St, Patrlex, at o'clock this morning, in the chu Of piaty-tith streetaud Lexington avenu He war Vice-Prenitent Pont-au-Paince, The funeral is to take ince on the 151 been robbed of bis watch and valuables somo weeks 040, put detective oMcers at work, and one morning two of his servants were found dead in thelr beds ening. ‘The Minister became alarmed, and developments led to the arrest of bis cook on suspicion of having robbed tim and polsoned bis servunts, He has adjoining restuu- arterward retal A Young Boy Clubs a Wild Cat, Fiom the Troy Tim Yesterday, two boye n ton killed a ea he again cap her towns alone the ev successively taken and held by Salon Itants joined with the Government troops in deiying ‘On the #ch ult, the ely of Aux Cayes made proposals to surrender, returned here to-day In his corvetic, the Pétion. buck to thy souih in a few days (0 Like possession of Aux Cayc#, It ts roporied thot the Norniell wan killed wt ed Welch and Wan- mount oF wild cat on the very out skirts of the village of Hart's Falls, ved tho previous day | retuge in a small clump of woods ‘and escaped, lade raw. him ny arms In their possession, heioteally marie The wild cut attempled to escape by the robels out, Mought taut th the south will busten the surrend: him np ane enceeed Le content beiw er tn tho tree is deseribed as buy bin driving htm be boy and whi tire peninsula, tat him witha elub The boys brouglit ay the heroes of Hart's Fal ‘Toe cut was a very large one, und welled upward of twenty pounds, We have never known wild eats to bi poronetiiig the vilinge, und are & from cer tain ve mnorly traded tn tue Island removed, and the trade ¢ est report we have ets of onr Beighbor ter of tie collec to L killing of one in tho et monty tneluding city of Hulson, ndent of the Ih wil charges of ‘The remuning three-quarters sual pay If gold dors recent, ofthis amount in ai ple in any eertilicates an export duly pouinda, and 10 imal crossed the river upo ene county, aiter the carcass of OGhy te repay and drove him in the Government fixed atone and a | unis, aod 10 per cents L ‘at §1 ‘per 100 puucds, and ly per & After it hud coused the fullowing dime fore [eet lo ino extre neber; Leight, twe fr the pardon of Dr, Samuct ed to the President and. a) Demoeratic Senators aud Represent reo pet , tour feet our two Incues, ee Wooven Can Wiests.—-Twelve wooden oar wheels ere now in use on the * ” Excelsior,” on the Hadson River Koilroad, They have stool bubs and sieel tires, the wood part being Kagilh Klum. They were imported (rom Euro expremaly for the Hudava Rivce Ballroad Compans, BT, DOMINGO. Dewofull of the Bacw Ad pet Havana, Jan, 9.—Jesurun, the Cura who went to Europe to contract a loan for Preaide of bt, Domingo, he returned ansucecesfal, lure to obten ho) pues enon ry win proveniy Drawing Room Our pee 869, THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, King Kamehamela’s Father's Funeral, Honoree, Dec, 24.—The funeral cortage of his Royal Highness, M_ Kekuanaoa, father 0? King Ka melargeha, on the #4 of Drecemie very impo jog. Tt wae thirty minutes in passing a given point The marines and sailors of the United States Ossipee wore in the procession. Gans wer froin the Punch Bow! Batiery during the foren and the Oasipee fired g salute of (weniy-one guns, Basiness was suspended dartig the day. _— Slave Trade In the Micro: Sax Feancraco, Jan, 9.—The mi Morning Star has arriyed from a er ul ng, the Microucsion Isinnds, She riports that the slave tre ie openly enrried on between the islands and t t cO South America, Corcespondence pnb: Habed ty the Huot! n papers co rts of out rages perpetrated on the natives by t The mieslonaries ore argent in ERO faterference of the American, Knish, and rene War verscis to prevent the uolawul trafle, phils See A Piente in the Prete. The advices fre th rt the esence In t Bivned the Wateriy, Capt. Hien} armed with two 12ponnders two aternehasers, properly mounted, and is wel ples with smal ‘arms and animanition. she all crew, consisting of Europeans, Americans, and They are well drilled.’ Teis not known, we her Leavy armament is intended warned of danger from the armed brig. ‘The initial meeting, for the year, of this organ lention was he'd on Saturday evening. A temporary waletion was eller mon, and M with MrT. Sinith, Chnir ars, Crump unt Kane, Secretartes Ovl¥ seven ward were represented by properly. crodited delegates, Ti heing Iinpossibie to ‘transact Dosines with tls 9) taken until nex tarday evenhig - Democratic Untow General Committes An adjonrne held © Mu oan, Sucretaricn ne froin the Righth Ward cared of Mr KR. D. Hated, that ended by Ariburd, Delaney wos aditted, tion of Mr. redlected as follows Messrs, Kerrta and Pom, Secreta Treasurer, A telegram from Mr. Ely at) Paris, an rune tig Vulon was reecived an address by Sr. Delaney, t wudject to the call of the Chair, Prone Mis.—Corbett & Owens's pl aw tn Dingbetnton A not ultorly destroyed. Grom Bur and warehouse, in Bioo on Saturday night, Ix Watra Sti rr —On Sat y evenin William HL, Veger's oll tuetory, at 408 Water sire Damage about $1000; fully tuadired by the Common wealth of New York an anklin of Pitlidetohia Is Paysinent © Raooxtyy.—Me. D. we, Ve was damag 0 eatent of was dis W), in the Lafayetie ont lay mornin pt hows tn th only faut, the m On Grove Hits, Monntsasta. Mr, Joho lay morning, net on Bat Peitch's stables were i haviy set ny A cu An the yrses wad all of h were saved except one cow, whieh poristied ing clay Was Kaved. Mr, Deitch’s loss on stable ond contonts is about $1,500; no inaur Busiyess Houses iv Carmo, Lut. —01 the clothing and furnishing hoave of Meeace, St Wy hier & Marks, Kuir, Marshall Bambrick and Patrick Pita Were burned. Loss $4,000; Insured for 440,100; Stouneimer & Marks faved about one-third oF their stock in a damaged condition, Conese Acciventatty Borven, ofa Mr. Tate, som-indaw of the How. M Waterford, of Fort Klward, died in that village, the body ‘Meing prenaret for Lurial was phiced fre reenewore' Waterford tor interment. ec cofin was deposit on the frout platform of the car, tn rear ofand next to the engine.” Daring the trip down from Saraivieay a aperk trom the Locomotive lodged on the pine box Soclosing the cofin, and the wind soon fanned Mt into # flane, nearly destroying the box and coftin, burn: the hiew of the corpse very badly, and destroying shroud Tia Prowayiy asia Coat, Mixe.—The Millns coal ou the Monongabela, 15 miles fom Vitts have been on fire « burg hut the heat t exe 40 intense, and the the walls i are wow sweeping urd wh janever, ‘The fe is spre rate of siaty yards per day, av that Twenty-two | tainors haye been I Which this great ®ubl vn delt weeping, ts One of the moat valuable ou Uh yeu Jed wag of Babel, aud extends a distance of eight or ben miles. —— Second Marriages Chureb, From the Borton Journat, Jan. %, Hal concerning second Di rages, substance of It ie ay fdowas ary, INP), attempts '@ second marrige while Having a husband of wife KUM hsing, ean be, by any priest, Aleuived from the censure thus incarret without express perminel tion the Bishop, of course, will not graut until th Birties wenarate anit conse te 2 " shand ain wife, That 14, th dvoid an null y party, ned a fife of sin, the additional per applylug to bimaelt for periision to oe adm acrament of obtaining that pernin We Brave ChuNe Ex party from appearing bi © could the Bishop n to pers to contiacta fecund m roge wate the wuld pron had a true and Inwfi wife of husband til ving, fs Implied by the paragraph heretofore puvlin. and reterred to ubove,” — - chieepsle Shooting Amrny, ‘) ‘The James shident wh vehwut th Hine attray @ thiee persons Ja the roeent mows Poughkeepsie, y tertny gave tim thoriiies, mod Was lockad Op. Ake “On Tucslay evening ty ‘ Of Boston, Mase,, als at 0 prevent at the Temperance Hail, in tho ‘meeting wad HL ate ut Marsh ed down Mil street, and on the cauer of Kulien Lorri, whose company we requested, Ib Waslingion and Mill ‘overtook two youn named Was granted ai While on ¢ nienced snowballing w on the leit side ty arket street, when we crossed ut the City Bank to avoid them, Our assail ¥ 1 wo started toward Main at rowsy never! persons com ants kept on the foft hand side of the street and we On the rghit, they still snowbailing us as wo kept on site the gp, dain alroct, Wicu we arrived op organ, House | we crossed to te "of hand side, aided 8 street Maln street to Irving's shoe +t stepped in font of me and t not knowingithien, re ure totuing but a puck of bs plied, * Do you call nen rough? Lcndeavored to goon my Way, replyins,* Eeuiled those rougie who were snowballing.” ‘Tien one of the men made % motica to strike me, but diin't, when [called for Merah, Immediately‘ after the ‘man struck mein the fncv, and At the same time anuther (ellow stupped wud slapoed we in the fue Tho crowd then ed ubout me, when I drew omy re one of the roughs who stool “near ne saying, ‘Shoot, you —— of a Vat the iman who st kk ome first, and 0 re ink clasped Ne hands abou aid p ond evinieneet Ce wing ca fred tw e, und they dispersed. a Tue New Jensey I orzinize at noun to-morrow ay folluss: Senate-—Presi= deni, Henry 8, Live, Beq., of Monmouth; tary, doe Bo Cornish of Warren; J heeretary, Grain Venderhoven of Passme; ant the otuer oft cers of lust year, ncrording ty precodons and waa, e Demoventic party, giving two terme to falhful officers. Assembly Speake of Hodes cording Clerk, Ave dolnion of Mt rk, Davideon of Union; aint o:he Fr: o- heerw same ns last Yeur, IL is understood that Col, Jones Lave both withdrawn la the As- bal Capt. Whale sembly in fayor of Apbett fur Speaker, ratio membory are ia fave of Joba . 8, Sematary The Dowo , Oeokion for Telands re. Inv €@ bri, fying the British and the American colors hy tiene. She ty even (pounders, and cruising Among the Caroline Islands ere Committees WH oomber, an wijourmment wes iting of this Committes wag phy presl- 8 acceptance and congratulating, the nit read by Col, Hagley. Atter ¢ meeting adjourned Ton.—1). Sweeny's grain elevator wun, Ti, was barned om Street, —Onticer Nugent discovered third floor front Saturday, raloons belonging to And) eww The donghter Buon, of a Skog Gare iy ho! borne es ait k, An attempt to check the flames was made by the erection of mud Walls, and tho pumping In Of Inrge quantities of water, wud by thie ime na the fire war partially sub 16 burst, snd aueator wing throngh the Vitis | sented, bat did The coal tteld over f fire is Rowan Catholic ferring to @ porograph which has been pub- 4 iu the elly papers in relutlou to the now rule adopted at the Inte cosan Synod of Boston, a resident Cuthwile cler- in ways it would be well to give « correct ver. ‘of the Jaw, #0 ua to prevent misuppreheuatun, Feo Who, On oF after tho tet day of Jann= the Bishop, which peru reich other as arch regards such the Bishop impoves veu after he or eho has repented ra tie | vented by menus of ODD FRELLOWAHIP, - Reunion at Washington, 1D, 0. A pleasant ovoning was spent in Odd Potlows? Mall, Seventh street, on Jan, 6, being the anneal reanton of Central Lotge No.1; the membsra with their families, and the widows and orphans ander charge of the Lodge, partlcipadine, PG. M. Mant was jn the chair, Alter the siuging of ax oveuing ode and prayer by the Rov, P. IL, Sweet, the Gr. Sec. dresses were detivered by P. 4, Mf. 8. B. Douglas, Gr. Soe. Sweet, Row. A, B. Grosh, Gr. Rep. J. F. Havenner, and Grand Master Chas, DB. R, Colledge ‘The most interesting coremony of the evening was the presentation to each of the orplans of @ useful Look, 0. G. M. Hunt having the plonsant daty to aor which, P,Q. @, Robiaso*. of tig School Committoo, was mate the ree'*jon t of a bande tome bouquet frei one of tho witows of tue Lodge. penremnenaeinactlgipehelite The Thaw, The atreots, though maddy in various sections, are rapidly becoming dry ander the tufloenes of the notid weother, ‘The lee at all pointa on the Hudaon is becoming rotten and dangerous, and tolews tho weather changes, we #hall have a freshet of remark able size at this most unusual season of the y At Tivoll the crossing to Sangerties Is very dancer oun, the weak fee almost probthiting people from stenping on it, At Rhinebeck the ferry boat ia ran ning regularly, which f* an cnasnul thing for season of the year. From Rhinebeck to Pough Reopele there are many lirgo cracks visible fn the fee, extending fromm sore to shor. At Pough Kecpsie so weak Is the fee that the members of the Iceboat Association are courtiering the propriety of placing thelr boata on alors, fearing the fee will move, At Barnegat, four miles south of Youghkeepste, another largo crack ta vieible, extend: fog from tho east to the west shore, and all of six foot whe, At Newhar bh the ferry-boat isin full operation, running regularly. Bolow there the lee fe fast na far south as West Point, where an tmmonse field i ing up ‘aud down with the tide, making ti ipa there very irvegular. Tn Pookstall Bay the ice ts Grim, Ib consisting of one vat. fleld, whieh, floating down from north, Atuck there, enabling people to crows with teams, The tee in the Passale and Hackensack rivers te perfor bay, aid even Into the Kill-von-Kull, Vicinity of he railroad bridges. t# would) hardly Dear the welgnt of a Skaters ure oiling their strups and: poli Uiades, preparatory to hiving them away nntl the winter of fs, ‘Thateher weather man, seems to have fallen asleep, and don't veutur e the boys the least hope Of a blast from Grcenlnud —— The P. J. Re A Soe The leaders of a secret mo Pollee Justices of Ute elty have published a conf dential clreulur, which t# mysteriously headed JK The recipiout i¢ warvod against eowmunt cating the detlls of any mecting held by the League to ® representative of the press, on pain of the t penalites, ‘This circular baw Lad the effect of closing some of the channels of inform though enough has heen learned to anow that the proposed m tis raphliy gaining strength and purvore,, On Weduentay evening an infvrtys) weet tng was held inthe Fifth Avenne Hotel, and a plan ot operations wat drawn np. On Thurwlvy alte noon a meeting was held inone of the leading Broad Yay hotele, and (vo or three prominent lawyers practising atthe Now York bar were conenited on the feasibility of having the Stute C ented as to rotate all those persons holding Justiclal poritions ont of ofMtce ings were held Saturday cvening in several of the wards ——— Tho New-York Sangerb: The monthly festival of the New-York General Kangerbond yesterday in Germania Hall represented hy trom 930 to eveties, and the ma yew, why Fourth Auninin.” of 130 Hpri ©The Hanting Call.” by ADL. 1 et Lengw arvinst the Be) Kast Fourth aticot, were represented, but did not ‘sing, a8 Was also the case with the * Anron oe Stuston atrest, Tho “Colonia,” of ta Bowery, in the eame eatagory. corner of First avenue and Avenue! Ay Myeaemarh by wee Ab, “thee telveas.§ PAMEANT Ofte Stanton sticet, sang A legend n ioe, ie haw ‘Pi ele und,’ of BUA West Forty: ig Seagal Ralirainiiy § ‘The * Germania,” of not eing, ‘The * Kheimeseher § Sixth gireet, eaug “The Kmbareath wring, ‘Phe “ Rovbinanner Leld venuo A, did BSehillerband t ine, DOL Were reuresent of 7) ind 77 Kanes strect, enng the Night son) the Warriors,” by Wreae, ‘The Ublanddund," of 481 Sixth frost, sang “The doy.” ‘The Union Mannercher,” of 20 Weat Forly-first atreot, sang the * Weinchor,” by Krager, The * Kinvacht, th Hoboken, were repre: a. The and a President, ‘Lue oficers of the Sancerdurnl prestt President, Be Muadt; Vi Flelschinana s Protocol, Core yd. Mehotmor ir + Archiva, Phillip Nickel j tary, W. Binge ——- Tun Fine Mansuon's Revont.—Firo Marshal Brackett has submitted @ voluminous report to the Voice Commistioncra, embracing a number of very intereoting tables, Tablo No. ¢ shows that in 1 fires the loss amonnted to leas than and In three instances only the loss wos upward $100,000, ‘The smaltest lows during any one montis was In July, €178,000, and the largest in Octohei $20,692, The total loos between May and October Was $1478.87, and the tote tosnrance § vin, Tu the tuble y, having been the cause of 17 were caused by aud 41 by, the. care. cxn of d workmen, The largeet 1 between 9 and 10 POM ry fires waa twenty three ances ail efforts to dl the and! perpetrators have Awa micans of grenter protect auerest that proper steps be take activa or vthorw tse ae nay aeons best to cen constriction of briek chutes onside large buildings Whore precticubles open at the top like a eliiwney and with in fron door connocting with each floor, Fives occurring in warehouses fraquently communt: cals from floor to four by. ticans of the lve well Holos left entirely open or pr Vonly by ort) nury window glaer, easily broken by the heat, aflordiug an easy fur the tore of Win incendiary be effectually pr utter similar to those tion upon this subject The Marshal closos | ph Birauer, 10. wl fo: be pion port with a following ua up Maia [Ane oF | it of be ng locked up, repeatedly ‘proclaim istatune.—This body will the Hon Leon Abbett {or tor the Pui itp Heaven co Dear. —Me Hess's dwelling at the riliroud bridge over the A je river, in Dlinots, ewgbt seat wo ch wide Ogi T pete SES of er ola, crim b meee t ty Se The rou rintomdeat x whic 4 ofa pra i Ay " © Reriplures, and singing by q ro made by Mr Clues 2, Hart, Mr. Cards W of Canada, Gen, Robert Auder: bun, ind Win, BE. Dodge, Esq. A’ collevtion was aiterward taken for the Leuctit of the aekool WAYMEN IN Newank.-Sarah Anderson Police Station in Newark list eventag Molent msauuit had been committed her lu Casal street, by two men, who bid drag. ged her into an dnoceupied yard and robbed ler. An OBicvr was semt wish her to the plaes indicawed. He moon return panied by the woman, having in custedy {WO young men, Who gave their nants 4a Henry Brady anid George (iehenor, and they were positively Ident by the woman as the rol bers. hey were committe Ketiowes Seavices iw Newark axon Jensar City.—Piesiient Blevens, of Amberst College, preschod before a large wudionce in the First reaby terlin Charen, Newark, yestercay movniag and ul noon... A wcrinon on the life and services uf ty i ¥. Dr, Mattise uf th nar ” ae hy iby the Rev. G Taylor, roe lyn, in the York streets M OF depsey Cit Maat evening....The Key. Dr, Dasiell, Pres! teat of Dickinson Coltege, Curlislo, dehveret an eloquent feriva in the Central Methudit Chureli, Newark, last evening “Daxien O'Coxnent! in Costony,—An aged womon Was brought inte the Newark Police Stat {na Woful condition of Incbriety buying Leen arrested in one of the reums of Marke Sho ps Lagainst the “outrage,” us st tell a paviot =<" putriob who belonged to | country,” her addvess bela daniel O'Con nell, tie Irish BP that an unwar ranted act of pol DB Wik being perpe tated, the eminent p ft pursuuded to spond te night in a cell of the City Prisca, No European mails were sent from the F on Saturday, no Lp belng la port to The body of Witham Gril, of Bit _W atreot, wes found yostsrday of Hvdowen stro! Mark Stokes fell, last evening, from the sogond story window of 636 Third ayeaue, aid sustained a frac Sure of the skull, On the night of January 8 Inst, Miller & Co.'s Hore, AL Lrond street, was ontorod by burglar, who: ean tote theve 6-9 bo bor 91,000 he number Of bh ard le aM =red (ur Hair reatormbion. PRICE TWO CENTS. Interesting Developments before the Congressional Committes, SHERIFF O'BRIEN'S INTERFERENCE About three weeks ago, a conmul members of Congress, who had the request, and mpon the evideoes of New York citlzens, arrived Were, to invoatigate our reper’! election fracde, This committee hag en silently but ot work ever since, ed cannot, of course, be Poblicly know anti their roport In made to Cow ‘Then sploy devolopments may he expected, ‘Their seratove here, in Chambers street Hit the action of Sheriff O'Brien and bis deputies ow day and Satardey has atteneted attention to the commmittoe, aad given us & bint of some of the prox have already informed oar by the Sheriffs officers on Fre ‘ay of seven witner had presented themselves to Contify before the Committee, Two more rrested on Saturday, ‘These men were iakew street police station to be hlentified to lavalltate their ‘The arreste were to tho Frankl as thieves, te lateation bel ony before the Committee, made oa both days ander the direction of the De member of the Committee, Mr. Kerr, of Im dont the men to the Sheriff's off ners wore taken before Cap, recognize them #9 prov though there can be no doubt that soe of them are thieves, for, as Murshal Marrag “no bonost man could be election re When the pr: Jourdan that offfcer fatled t replied to She found to engage Ou Friday, when the Bherit and his men appeared at the United States Court room and gbegan to arrest the witnesses, Marebal Muri ‘The Sherif +a miltly remonetrated, 1 thatthe Committee and the Marshal were “ pushing things too far.” * Don’t you know, added the Sheri," that these men are thieves and me of then ander indictment at this pee sent women), and that thelr testimony is unworthe “know,” responded Marshal Murray, “and am prepared, if need be, to go before the omuuittoe and swear that they are such ie thelr testimony #1 apital ertine or they are capable of tell thoy speak from and furthermore, you know, Mr ould not convict @ ni! him to State Prisom the trath ta this ease, Sheri, that ne Buty” aald the Short, * Phave test! Marshal, have bired rep thts kind of dirty work Morray, “bring it along; I'd Heo to sult of this eballenge w appeared before the Comanitte substantially that th #o around Voting the Ken ‘Tue Marshal, however, deckire reed with the men, and ft seems hardip st an offievr of his experience w f to he cauzht 9 ‘The iaw velar oobtediy rouch these eases, FUR POLITICIANS, mony suftcions tive to perjury will wy G RVIDENCK AGAINS mony promin hte innumerable jean than 30,000 frandolewt yotos were cant In thie city by repeat TI Med tO a science, tentify Cut they voted from nine to tulrly nine WOW THE REPKATEA DID IT, Th fe well Known thot there are many thousends thieves and other crunival® walking the street ding unmoloated, Tain agaiust them inthe Distriet At Indictineate ree e Simply beeaus naeful at elec informed thes quired wt the e they of course ov and when to vote! #hip, something Ike the cheek 4 bonk or counting Louse, bat pot so te bh the nome of the ence from which be ail, and the election district in which the bake Jot in to'be east, are given, urmed, sallies The repeater, tort eonfldent of performin, work fulthfully aud well, aud w Oar readers will Kuow { fatare why so man 1 murderers Ko unpauishody wnd why indictments in the courts and in District Attorney's office, MAKING A CLEAN NKBAST, ‘There Is, of course, no way to establish the te other words, woking a clean b how the Cowmiwe und the ¢ here huve been able to procure » mony, and ao When thicves fall oat, houest men will It may be so tu thi At any rate, the thieves have fallen out, ‘ason why to many tileal voters ntcered to give evidence betor nwwittee i that the financial agreemer Heace the repeaters with them hus nut beeu kept, OUK HUNDRED WITNESSES SUMMONED. The Committee intend to probe this thing to the oned newly 400 Witnesson tion of using fraudulent naturaliay pers, as our readers KNOW, ereTe boitow, and have su upon the one qu: Hon papers, These ottend by the hundred of thousand, tee have the tertimony of th tured these documents, and Who Nad Lis presses ram hing fom the frst of June up lmost to the di He prinicd over 100,00) of them, disposed of im many eases indis printer who manufie ond sevonty-tive Ww Murray's hands by mem tary returoed into Marsh who dared not use them it resting place on 1 gistered, aud 119 voted smmiitee on Satur eto Dilug the , bat nothing could be made out of 1% ey bad been destroyed, and the m vw to make tt wil richt, Jackson Hall, in Second ate and" street, owned or ran by | us appears by tomttn Sherif O'Brien, wo hindred persous are proved to have jection, umd ** * tn the Ceanty Clerk's of: . tee #ek throu Inventigation bere, su bably to Jer-ey City, to pursue it there a stimony to show that New York and yoted early and given, Gullh WHAT MIGHT HAVE Brey, n pouring iu upon the a this elty giving n of frauds perper for this investigation, Tue comuitts cus that hed these fr an eatent aa to © a maority of the Elee lege to Governor Seymvur a rebellion er wig Wile We have passed must Kostern, Western and Nor have submit nother Brutus might have apptared to ep wacient Homan, ATTEMPT TO PACK TUM COURT BULLE an effort was mado to pack the basi ot rt House where was flied with roughs, Liters, and ft waa intended to b at \agress or egr Mursual Murray is ping in such w situs cut toa police stinion for a detail of 10) aidemen, ud 24 were lurnished, persons not auth They cleared the jacd tO be there, and kept ord uder of the day. Houhe that their presence The Siorsial hud his deputice om the ground, Wo have reason to believe that a thorough over of tle District Attorney's office, the County ‘and oder public ofiees Lere, wili svon Of jutions lvoking to the appointment au investigating Committee bave been, or wih be shortly, preseuted in the Le; ‘The foregoing facts have aud trustworthy sources, amd may be pubotautially corrvet, ee Scuooner i East Riven,—Yest noon a de was discovered on ved by Frank irty-secoud bules of thie was destroyed, vented a lerrible row, een glow nd frome varied bie F008 OF Kinas, bo Husurnuice, owned by Joba