The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 28, 1872, Page 2

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1872. Mooth's Theatre |lynry Dus’ Howery Theatre Herne Dam Rryant’s Minstrels: Fifth Avenue Theatre—New Your's Ke Brawd Opera HouseKowd the Cio’ Nibio's Garden Diymple Pheatre—io Cont Viergen Mather, Ht, Jamon Theatre- San Fr Diog-Dong Belle Maine ony Pastor's Opera Hause Harriy Dumpty. Nam Baware Theatre Mony Dresher Samm Matin Neri ws, hedere Marriages ani thesis, " shpue Magten. with AuN.? kiy aad Some Weraly, n of np-town rewldenta, aver: Lisements for Te SUN will be received at our regalar »-towm advertivement oftlees Sig Woet ‘Thirty-second street, junetion of Broadway a enue, and OS West rand Opera tou: Twenty-third street, opp don the east side at O11 Grand Governing the Vity of New York. Temay perhaps be unfortunate that there J+ a disagreen between the Committe of Seventy and the Republica respecting thi The Committ of experience and maintain that our municipal administra- tion should be in the hands of the people of this city, and should be conducted exclu- tively by officials elected by them; while, other band, the Republicans hold that the people cannot be trusted to govern themselves, and must be kept under the tutelage of the Legislature at Albany. Ac- rordingly they propose to resto} great extent, the old syst tam commissions, iu which New Yo put together with Brooklyn, Westchester, ned by men se- slature or appointed by » politicians future government of this uty, likemen { metropoli- and Richmond. lected by the Le the Governor and the Sena is much to be des Interests of this metropo! the best pract red that the public sal admiuistration possible; but that is not the only thing to be cousid- ered in organizing our government. Very possible, for instance, that an honest ond intelligent despot, who should rule the whole city by his own will, witha advice of any one, might cheaper and a more efficient ad- om than any that we have had or tre likely to have; but such an experi- ment is out of the question. ing to ask th pver it would at once ¢ opposition among ild not be judicious to provoke, jame criticicm applies in a degr method which departs from the principle of self-government. jons may for a ti cite an amount of people which work well, but it that the people of New ¥ will not patiently submit to them, and will never cease to struggl to long as they are nd permanent arrang to the greatest practic the rule of local self-gove Tar the Committec right and the against them of Seventy Republicans in the wrong publican majorit choose to give sions and to fill them with partisans of their own they have the pow= ought to understand party advaniage 1m are doubtful nt, while the political danger h it creates is great and lasting, by this tim ye derived from that sys Mr. Boutwet! and the Currency. Considering that United States and the banks of the coun by are ina state of bankruptey, i nor itsequiv eir demand obligation: premium on gold ranges froin twelve to andis liable at any time lation to double Afteen per cent. to be advanced by or treble that price the special duty of the Secretary of the annual commur least invite that body to a plation of the mortifying fuct with a view amendinent, Mr. BouTweL does nakes no attempt to treat the sul auustively, though uaps We should say he thinks he for when he bi stantially that th on the subject. with him impe nothing to be Everything but what He assumes that eve- veds to paint them in the mo: Acknowledging the tiation of the cur he thinks that t depreciation may be lessened by supplying of Texas with greenbacks. doubt that Texas, Comanches, this commodity tut ; but we presume the: much now as th with this sug names California aa Mexico, ov would take all of might be furnished each and ey can pay for. stion Is that pread of our surplus California, being a dealerin gold, has steadily and uniformly our deprectated years, part of that ti Hrouch severer pressure 1e, We suppose, U than can € the existing paper money and equalizing its Value with nothing better to offer nt better have kept sieut Bovtwew's ehiuf hun this he 1 called in forty-four Freonbacks to Improve millions of millions of Torty-four to ease \ud for money; and he holds that be ‘bails does uot lool vaxuctly like being on the high road to re- sumption, even through growth; but the Darwinism of the Secretary sustains tim in that view. He says that by resolutely adhering to our present volume of paper issue, we can grow into resumption; yet he holds to the right of making fresh inenies of paper whenever he chooses—that er people find themselves short Aud he holds that this power ought to be permanently and specifically conferred on his department. ‘The inoonsistency of these views denotes the cloudiness of Mr. Bourweit’s concep- tions. He does not see that the proposal to iniiate the curreucy, even temporarily, stands direetly across the path to resump- tion, Itis the idea that the Government may and should manipulate and reliove the money market which debauches th public mind. We can never resume specie payments and maintain them without some time having a pinch and a pressure in financial circles, Tmbue the public with the belief that on such occasions it is the duty of the Treasury to aid those who are pinched, and every effort atmainteining specio payments would succumb at each atrocesaive pressitr Mr. Bovrwer.’s treatment is every way below the level of hissubject. He does not pound the mischiefs ofa depreciated cur- rency, nor even seom to be aware of them. Indeed he has not a word to say about them. He does not undertake to penetrate below the surface, or to inquire whether these evils have anything to do with certain ab- normal conditions of trade and society which excite universal observation. Our people flock abroad by thousands,owing to the dearness of living and the high and ir- regular prices at home. These high price: are largely owing toa depreciated aud tluc- tunting currency, This system of absen- teeism is not only damaging to the pockets and the industry of the nation, but itis in- directly injurious by lowering the patriotic and home-loving sentiment and by foster- ing a taste for the titles of aristocracy; and it breeds a love of indolence and of class distinctions not in consonance with the na- tional character. Another marked disadvantage of a de- precial ney is such an enhanced price of commodities that we cease to cour pete with other nations in foreign marts, or do so at a loss which depresses trade and discourages enterprise. The same cause also aggravates the pres- sure upon our shipping interests, grow- ing out of high taxation, and prevents our mariners from competing wi.h foreign ships, not only in distant countzles but in our own ports, It is an intiated currency that conspicuously aids in driving our flag from the ocean. Another prominent evil resulting from a depreciated ecireulating medium is th: constant temptation to gold speculators to raise and depress the price of coin in the market, and thereby unsettle the values of all property, and change from day to day the current price of every article of for- cigu commerce, thus introducing and per- petuating endless perplexity to the regular merchant, annoying, harassing, and some- times ruming him, and fostering those gambling propensities which are the bane of regular trade, leading to strikes on the one hand and to grinding monopolies of articles of necessity on the other, ‘The su- perabundance of paper money has also led to a viee peculiar to our own time and country, which requires even a vew term to characterize it. This is a lock-up" of money for speculative objects. So grave has this new evil become that the aid of Congress has been invoked to avert its consequences, Still another injurious consequence of an excess of paper circulation is its aggrava- tion of the tendency of the times to anu- sual disor the relations of capital and labor, a tendeney unduly stim: the constant increase in the Volum precious metals, itself continually tling the wages of labor and the prices of commoditic This tendency is as anise hievous as it is inevitable, bui it is inten- sifed and magnified wherever an inflation of the currency exists. Respecting none of these things do we get the slightest suggestion in Mr. Bout WELL's Bunsbyish comments in his report; yet more than all others they demand a thoughtful public attention. camer ‘Too Narrow. The Credit Mobilier Investigation has heen adjourned to Monday, Jan. When the conmittee meets again the first thing that it should do after resolving to hold its sessions in public, is to apply for an extension of its powers and duties. In- stead of confining its investigation to the payment by Oares Aus of dividends upou Credit Mobilier stock held in (rust by him for certain other eminent pei inquiry should be enlarged so all th transact the L n Company, or of its representative inembers of Congress, Especially thas i airy be directed to the he extraordinary bill of 1 he Union lite Compan jorized to issue neariy thirty millions in t mortgage bonds, while th me quan. of bonds issued by the United Stat ina that enterprise were by this act changed from @ first into a second len pou the road, Ju regard to this Dill we have the testi- mony of the Hon, C, C, Wasturnn of Wise cousin, now Governor of that State, who, on March 20, 1868, delivered in the House of Representatives a powerful speech de- nouncing this act of 1864 as the result of an immense scheme of bribery. “ Who voted for this amended act it is impossible to as- certain,” says Gov, Wasnaurs, “us the record shows that all attempts to obtain the yeas and nays on ts final passage fuited, “ Tstate nothing more than what is notori- ous when Lsay that the Vice-President of the road has charged the company with $500,000 ay having been expended in Wash- ington to secure the passage of that act.’ “Tu this actof 1864 virluaily voting away xty millions of the people's money,’ adds ir, Wasitpurs, “the opponents of it in vain demanded the yeas and nays upon the final vote agreelug to the report of the conference committee of the two House by which vote the bill was Gually passe: Another witness upon the subject iy Mr. GHonGe FLANCT3 TRALN, Who was in Wush- ngeton in 180t as an official representative Of the U Pacifle Company, and who haa inate the followiug statement in re sind ty the Dill: the Pyrite Rallway bill of 1804 L machined Consvess, saving it wih forty-four "Wires, who never asked for or te 6 te Gi Recteals were all on the make THAD BYRVEDSS'Baliare Was Q70,(00, It is evident that this vast subject will be only partially explored if the comuait- boo is restricted to its present line of action, The House should rather instruct them to Wg out thoroughly the mye openocd by Gov, WasnnuRN and further indicated by Geonae Puancis Tua, ‘The people demand the truth of this whole business, and thatit ia the duty of Congress to « cover and publish. A cnge has recently ocourred in Ch which exhibits ina curios light the dif- caching and ident in relation to ap- rthe civil service rules, It will he remembered that # short time of Philadelphia re- signed bia office and recommended bis ns sistant, Mr. Farnam, for the vacant place, as a trustworthy and competent officer, with three or for duties of the offce, In purstance of this recommendation, and perbaps for other reasons not yet gen- ernity understood, Mr. PATRMAN was ap- , although the appoint- objected to by alarge number Pennsyivanin who had a candidate of their own, and considered that the fraudulent majority rolled up for the Administration ticket at the October election entitled them to a in the dispensation of Federal patror To the objections brought forward hy these politicians the it would be im- proper for him to set aside the rules and regulations of the civil se some time 4, pointments und Postmaster Xperience in the pointed Postmaste prominent politicians, » that State, mt replied that ‘0 determined to enforce on proper oceaston. Since then the Postinaster of Chicago has ned his office, certifying that the As- sistant Postmaster, Mr. Sguimes, was an and faithful fk, and of great experi ing discharged the active fice for cight years or mo: twice as long as Mr. ent, overloo entively, appoints a politician named Mc- AnTHuRn to the vacant place, of the President places some of bis admir- They find it hard to whether be overstepped the bounds of veracity in saying that be could not con- il service rules aside idelphia case, or whether he once in the Chicago ap- It is an interesting question, but a very puzzling one. thoroughly tities of the of- or more than This action evs ina quandary. sclentiously set the violated his poiuntinent, The path of virtue is not ai wience of goodne: ays serene, is sometines But we are shocked to Ond #and insinuations brought against an individual whom we have been wont to re- rd as enjoying a higher degree of moral per- fection than auy other citizen of Ciucinnat!, We f course, to that traly good man, Deacon RicHaup SMvH, the pride and glory of Ohio, cused in a wicked newspaper named the having received from National Republican Com © the sum of $3,500, from the ublican party, toh and the exp other than fellettous unjust charg LIAM H. Kew fund of the Re adatly Germ: f the support of GANT and Witsox by that jourant during the rocent od that one Mr. SCHORM LE, ulor editor and of the original or SCMAMLE, or SCAMP, the proprietor of the Courter, was on Clactunati reformers, and went so declare that he would rather lose his right hand than vote for the reviection of Grant; but finally, in the month of September, bis paper came out for Gaant! wicked Commeretal la that thia brought abous by the payme by Deacon RicmaRD Sur .1, onversion was money, made But more than this, £2.50 veached Mr, Deacon Rrcwanp ther thousand at it ts none of the enemy's business. Asa truly good man, charged with a commercial fa patriotic nature, it was Deacon W's duty not to pay any more mo- Surre did with th Rich ann Sat not the oth 4s & practitioner of ud Silence; and suld he proper for Dene t to maintain Silenc whole subject appy to think, he ence of thistruly good man ts per- ifhe should haye t ture, let him b in that way be w bribe any one in the fu- al as possible ; for have more money left in his ket to devote to those works of charity and goodness which are his specialty, We give plac suggestion from sider timely and we another column to a an Underwriter, which we con- n of the Bire Commissioners will be cory trifling, while no one will question that a tempo- number of firemen may that our clth axing the en don Thursday night i 10 it seemed aa if the I with a weneral cor nel composer Joes not beta » outrageous thi nearly driven to m seems to have been the ca He had gathered to, vosttions, all all haying his own sh words and the title page. with which artists are wont to regard their own crescendo of phild,”’ says the old proverb, In this caso it . “Tels a wine “that knows ita own father,” taken a wiser recognize his own Poor Gounop's had been, so to speak, dressed up in the holr eyebrows had been corked, their head painted, and false their cheek rs applied to their « the unhappy x to the fact had ransacked M, Gounop's odies as they thought would serve th varied the tune cording to thelr own noth nd finally set the music to words en ‘it to those for which they Govrop found bis requiems doing duty as love songs, and melodie which he had sought to expross the depths of up In the tin Under such clroumstances ontemplate elther Cory, OF perhaps fast chanvery eal to the law h et for quad- aleide or char nd then suc shotbeen in vain, and V furs of the nine muses be upop hink ion againgt the well time of Chamen, Woon & Co, and He a from publishing fur- GovNop's name attached, mer would but turn bis publishers tt 4 the nubile, foy the samme ave Now, if the evr ATURDAY.~DECEMBER 28, 1872, tem of distértion has bees carried an:horé, and, in fact, has been carried #0 far aa greatiy to: tn- Jare GOUXop'a. reputation, and to make his so- called songs things to be avoided rather than sought for, Pe sg The Legisiature of Milinois continues its efforts to legisinte the Canada thistle out of th State, but as yet with a discouraging want of success, ® Last year a functionary called the Commissioner of Canada Thistles was appointed for every township in the Biate, whose duty was to wage a warof extermination against the ab- noxious weed, and report the results of such warfare to the Secretary of the State Agricul tural Society. There ts of these comuission~ ers have been made and published, aad while they prove that the commissioners have made a noble struggle to fuldll the arduous task iraposed upon them, the unpleasant conclusion has to he drawn that in the majority of cases it was the thistles that got the best of the commissioners lnatead of the contrary, as would have been more agreeable to record. ‘The means taken te kill out the thistle wore in many cases execod~ lngty vigorous; but the vitality of the weed was ous still, Tho plants have been mowed before sced time; ploughed early in the soason und raked up by the roots; cut with the hoe at intervals of five days during the months of June and July, and finally cut again with hoe and broad axe later in the seasons dug up avd burned un; hacked off clos to the ground, and their roots covered with salt~these and many other measures have been adopted in the hope of exterminating the pestiiont thistle, which, nevertheless, continues to thrive with luxurt ance. One farmer pulled up by the roots ail the thistlos he could find on his place, then dug holes where the roots bad been and filled them with benaine, It is too early to learn the effect of this treatment, but the farmer has « bope, not too confident, however, that he has succeed- ed in bis purpose. On the whole, the work of the Illinois Commissioners of Canada Thisties has apparently only demonstrated more clearly than ever that the vitality of this extraordinary plant Ja only equalled by its worthloasness. From recent Parliamentary reports it appears that the capital invested in railroads in Creat L aio in 1930 amounted to £520,008,678. Since 1863 the recelpte of the passenger trafilc have fallen from forty-nire to forty-four per cent. of the agurogate of passenger and freight receipts, although third-class travel has greatly increased. For the past few years the great lines have beew absorbing the smaller ones through a system of consolidation, until now twenty-eight companies work 14414 of the 16,897 miles of railroad in Englund. The Royal En- elneers who have been investigating the rattway system of Great Britain say that the bigger the companies grow the more doltish, slow, and fr- responsive to the public demands they become. —s The Wesleyan Methodists of England have, ina recent convention held in London, re- solved that all future Igisiation for primary in- struction at the public cost should provide for such education only on the principle of an un- sectarian education under school boards. ‘This is, tu effect, a condemnation of the denomina- tional system of education existing In England. It Is also regarded a9 only a step toward further progress In tho direction of purely secatar edu cation, At present the majority of Wasleyans favor a system of natiowal schools, unsectarian, lit with the Bible taught by the teachers. A Weeloyan pointeter writes to the Landon News, however, that when it is di red that no legislation which places the Church of Engtand in charge of the children of the rural districts will save them from influcnces which the Wes leyans distrust, or stile the cry of the Lrish cs for something similar to the English denominational system, ft f# not tmprobable that oven the demand for Bible teaching in 2tate day echoole may be withdrawn, peta Siete a ot aaa Tn the Taames Police Court, London, on the 9th inst. three gas stokors were sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment each, with bard for be The strike having discharged eorlia w n belougiug to a union through whose exertions the « had heen coupelled to pay their m r wages than thoy formerly received Technically the men were convicted of a violn thon of contract in leaving work without giving ut in reality their oence Was 4 refusal to work when thetr loaders bad beon depr of € i ont # ofterw 2 hounded by the agents of the ys company When they endeay ored to elowhore, It was not pre- tended that than nplied contract existed between the company aud the stokers and the defence showed that the men em: ployed on the works were frou ly discharged Without @ moment's notice. But the magistrate practically took the ground that the law was to ho Interpreted th one way as applying to poor wen and in an entirety diferent manner [1 re- spect of a rich corporation, and so sent the une fortuna okors to prbon because they wore hut rich enough to hold stock in a gas company ns AMUSEMENTS. The First Concert of the Church Musle Ase soctation, The Church Musio Association gave the first concert of it# present season on Thursday evening at Steinway Hall, It has always been the fortune of this society to have oh seats full aud an audte ved the h to the duors, and this was the the rule, It was the nigat of the great ste true Walpurgie night, Mendolseohn's cant that name was to be performed, but evider the subscribers were not anxious to go thr an actual * Walpuruis Night” for ener or tra on the oth Ianved y rauiny her ty benelhuw niustered tn ftev all so much a mat doubtedty the moat earnest and enthusiastic Mohechorns, Certainly the result vas a y satisioctery one, for we pover heard tha ase ation sing yO mM nity, prects correctnena, and spirit, WS on thie cecasion sof aunot sing were refuted Vy the fact evening's porformance cortaln} fo eredit dive for Uh tothe late leader ot th ve never thought th it ac r nevert admirable singh of t Vnot fall to trace tia eal and. pore the now t flat a name th for more thai one generation ‘has been an bon ored one th the musicul Htereture ot England and one which no lover of English glee and mudrigal music can hear without respect. He comes tous, therefore, with goot antecedents aud an excellent musical reputation Tn person Mr, Horsley ts a large and powerful man, well advanced {n life, not” graceful in ae. lon. but of a hearty manner and genial teuper, with tnethod that gives hy asy trol I forces, ne pleces 1 : «Phivd Known and in 8 h ists Were Mrs, Gul nd Mr, Remmertz, of whom, and we speak It with due respect for the edt abilities of the other singers, Mr, Rem- morta was by far the best, Mls singing, Indeed, of the muste of the Bratd priest in the © Walpurgia d apart writen by Mendelssohn for his cherished friend, Batward Dove really super, and wold auywhera, even at such ¢ Gervandhaus convert os That at which the work Was first produced, have commanded admlra- tion We congratulate the assoointion on its new conductor and on the evident progress that It ts making whieh wa) very manifest In the cor hess with whigh tho fugue on the Gloria Det Patria” In 4 Wa aso In the fais and precision with Very diMoult thal choruses of the * Walpurgis Night” wore sun The efforts of the al/os were especially to be commended. ‘They were numerically by far the weakest part of the ch thore belng not more than clght of thom as againac some Or move sopranos, but | iey with a prom ness aud Aesurince Liab very nearly made wood the inequality in mand: there was & tine when the Church Musto As elation was afrald of its ‘ With the suppressed murmuret ap monitors, bub that * happily ov socloty bas learned to open its mouth. it we mar nae the exnression. and (int ts hale-of the ait of sloghng, dad. nov o Will bd ng more bocca chien humoting, ww let them took with alittle more attention’ to the expression marks ud all Will bo Well. ‘There were pareagon In t waza that should have chaded down with af diminuendo that were held out forte to the end Bnd senerally sneaking te chorus has nes learned the ful value of @ plinissine K. §. STOKES ON THE STAND. » —ee A REW VPRSION OF TRERKILLING OF €O%, JAMES FISK, JR. masse to Show that he Fired Done Before Bink Identifie: Yesterday, the eighth day of the trial of Fdward 8. Stokes, wae occupied almost entirety in the examination of the prisoner himself, and ils testimony was not concluded at the adjourn- ment. The probability of his being called to the stand added largely to the crowd seeking admis~ tion, Though at frst rather ill at ease, he soon recovered his self-posseasion, and told his story ina manner that seemed favorably to 1 the jury. Mr. Reach, on the cross-exa: seemingly did not suc effect of his direct testimony, Stokes was ac- companted on entering the court ro sister and brother, and his mother en- Inter period. pening {he witnesses wore called, but, hardly ouo. was in the room, Mr. ash fed v achinents against the absentees, Pungo read the teatimony of Lauronoe Carr, ia dead, the hack drove Stole: hecity Hall t. t ‘Ouse, th Manafletd’s hows Qwot get out of his c house or speak to any une tn that houses that he chose hfs own courte In going to Fourth street and Broadway ; that the course he took wranotthe same ax that taken by Fink's carriage; and that when Stokes got out be went vadway and not toward the hotel Mr. Stokes himself was culled, He testified : STOKES'S STORY. Lam the prisoner in thie case. I ain thirty-one years of ago. 1 was born in Philadelphia, and resided thore Ureanty veare. Peaie trou evilee ki I tinued im 1870 the. gui le sent , 1 gave bln ab interest tu That waain dnly or August, 1869. Teont! connected with bi In business until Janvaay, 1 On the morning of Jan ad | ness before Justice Bixhy not thers. court about a. Tdrove e same tine with Mr. McKeon and Mr. Fellows to the corner of Chambers street, w Thad some Inuoh. [then went to Mr. Andrews's alflce, and had @ brief conversation with hin, gud to tr Miee.aad b kK with bin. T the yevand went up to the Holinan Lo mand pancrs t ap peal at ace whieh was to be heard on Tuesday Mr. Beach objected to this, but the Court thought he had a right to give the reasons of bis acts on that day, Mr. Beach argued that te evidence of the prisc previous acts had been given, and there was no precedent under which this could be done. TESTIMONY WITHOUT PRECEDENT, The Court said it was no wondor that there was no precedent. since the testifying « prisoner was itself a new thing. ito thou that within ¢ertatn Hits a person ac crime in which intent was an essential to show shoutd be permitted either by # general allega- t by stating particulars to sitow that down to_a cortain point his Intentions were honest. Mr. Stokes resumed : After Thad got the papers T into the offlee, and found thacatelcgrust | bad erat to Nr. d Doty 4 with & memoraudun that there Was bo such station. Mr, Heach objected to this, and Mr. Tremain eaid tho Intent of the testimony was to rebut en- Urely the theory of an intent on the part of Stokes when he entered tie carriage Lo neck Fisk, aad to rebut the theory that be bad an’ communication with Mrs, Mansfeld: that on the contrary, bis purpose was juided by an aux~ loty to have settled an avpeel involving SLO, the oid case of Seliridge in Ma + siinilar testime Jn had forgo an Mot Joannes state ag rapped to order, suld Chat he spoke as ourii®. main also quoted Rucher's case to the int. Mr. Tremain further elatmed that nerally adhintesibie ue part uf (he irs geo te, the prosecution havi thelr opeutng fixed tho litults of the transactfon from the time when the prigunor loft Mr. iixLy's court to the time of the ebuoting. Mr. Dos Passos followed, citing certain other authorities to the same polit. WHY STOKES WENT (0 THR HOTEL. Mr. Beach roplicd, clatming that toadinit sueh testimony would be to permit wcriminal to man- cirowastances: whica might throw om rate crine, Lt was as to be ed toun uniralned jury enorentol the rut fden uily such evidence as tne law permitted and go should decide to be. proper for them shed between this and ted were ersons Ww reould it. OF and in a cue Where sso much of the essence he houis admit bis explanation THe EEMEST WITH D1MS. MANSPIRL Nr © roaumued—When T found that telegeam f went to Mr, Jones, He tok ine that bE wontd be too late for ae boai,as Kletatd. Me, Sf.simtne f t rar ti aed Mro.dway. " J addresagd rh tht hote } Vis ates where {had loft the 5 fe F Fink's earviage, Tdi net koow new: th greet ote vihere and T saw F biere and # 019 ht Ne Lye rt when th arn) It tu was all! saw the Teen There Is no hail ane ywas eocked, oF + 1 fire 4) e008 ws Baw his viatos hai, and dred ut Wal dave) nite y Ung on a step Trunpose n My The Wall fo a the whew 1 cage ai nek you you retreat 2 opportunity asked that it be strack from the re wore opinion, Mr. Stukoa~‘Ehat Is not an opinion at all, it is a fact. Covrt de 1 to strike it out, APTED THE PATAL SHOT alt he WHAT JOSKPHINK MANSPTEDD 8400, Q—Prior to this had your 1 thresta by Viet: ogamt yore U bed Within alont acount Ive dit from Mee Meo weld and Miss Wilimins, dod then Chad received i apprelions fhe diree srMas vou (bat you be (Objected to and rated in of the name of Burling had told me that Fisk told another man that Fisk had ne to be careful Mies Williayie had told m: ‘They warned irs knew nim to.be L vindictive man designs. Fisk Twas taken to Trent for Mr. McKeon. Moanwite Thad seen my |) 1 Was Hot slowed (0 speak wie Mr. My purpose in @ before the Grand Jur ir, Andrews ead Diteby for the rain: end tad by al braud juries, ai the siation oure Nog to Mr. Andrews's offer was t « thee there ha dor. Varker's !estunony. ida t reegiiect that Thadever sven hin, d Dlackinatier, 1 shoot btin. When he eutne of (hie stand 1 wag auch a place you wod whol you be tuployed by Line? Nir. Heach objected to the question, that it for w more opinic s¥os argued that the testimony was only as golng tO show & and disturbed mind in. the prisonor. The Court exciuded the testim Do yon know a Mr, Dra admissible even A=Yea, sir, he ‘and out of the hotel, WILLIAMS SAID, i received any int |. Ah when T mentioned the clreuin- #1 COS Ble mish BL ed he had don Tremain asked whether It mpetent to show that hehad er man, Mr. Baton, who was in antagoulam with » treated anoth- jhe Court held that the questton was not be- travelled In covered shensious of Vir. Fisk, aud if so, e kid how they Objected to and excluded, na apprehensions of ime were no proof of ap- lime of the shooting. Mr. Stokes continued : We bad been bh thinic {oat state ¢ What they we’ d wot quite six Mr. ‘fremain here made an offer to show that for weeks immediately prior to the sh Stokes had, under apprehensions of daugor fre Mak, travelled constantly in close carriages and ned the company of third persons to pro- tect hiinself, and that be hi d been dogged and wed by persons Whom believed w be in SIOKES'S APPREWENSIONS. Reach abjecte Now York Statuts make 4 killing justifiable unloss there were rea- sonable grounds of apprehension, not nurse lis apprehensions and fancles without ¥e ther a8 an excuse, wt length that the real prisoner's mind A man could dation, and the Mr. ‘Trewiain arg quesiton was whether In the there was apparent imminent danger and rea- 80 apprehend it, aud that these pprelwmslous sonable grou impressions and to ihe jury to asce . appreliension to e themselves in the place Of the prinoner nnd judge frou that standpoint what was uatural at ‘The Court, however, excluded ibis testimony. tell you th (Odjected to ‘wud ex- isa Mr. Fisk ever to youabont his holt Waving eravevurds for his encmies ? A.—He sald they lind graves ords for thelr me am Cammy, apd people faded under It. That hia tonen 1 went to Mr. For tha prosecution, people. Ir was a ertininal compla had bee? severni meetings. u't think | employed Mr. for that matter. Uniag of the a devt of one King, fr. Bisk in aenit aga Cand Mrs. Muastield, tn Which he had obtatmed an THM MANSPIRED LETTERS. Q.--An inprnetion against the pablicanon of cert conversations n and I think that too. [went todir, Andrews Mir. Kink had beer trying for (wo mont ve ths Grand Jury. lotment against Subornst um of perjury > nd perjury too. Juvgy Paruard 8 Delinoniey am aitiday iy foe Mr SOKA WITHOUT A LOR KEY. alison Pridiy, bi hed gone ton pigewn shank Thad pre vias: ne Wt Mien wood Lalrd WILN hua ADORE tie huatt that the heusa was kyon tat she Grand Ceptral Hove Event to He dro & Chiat Nppor part was sur adjourned 4 in reply to Mr, Proud mnwivos have already been extensively re: CENTRE STREET'S RUINS, STILE NO ATTEMPT TO EXieMEB THE BODIES OF THE Uirts, ‘The Victims of the Dire Calamity Loft in the Ruins white Coroner, Police, Landlord and Tenant Quarrel. Many thousand persons visited the scone of the Centre street fire yostorday, expecting to fee men at work among tie ruins searciing for the bodies of those who lost their lives there, All were doomed to disappointment. ‘The steam firo engine was still playing on the sinoking Tuins;* firemen fiitted about, thelr clothing frozen stiff and their countenances jn ivatng fatigue, and ascoro of police officers kept the cvowd continuslly moving, but there were ng laborers searching for the remains. The caw of this, Capt. Kennedy said, was that ihe poliee had no authority to undertake the work of ex. cavyation, the Ore department no men to spare for such service; and as no reply had been rev ceived from Mr, Robert Craighead, the owuer of the Caxton Building, it looked as though the bodies would have to rewain wader the ruing until the dnal resurrection of the dead. ‘This startling information was received by the rela tives and friends of the missing ones with every evidence of indignation and distress of mindy aud when it was suggested that even in the ovent of the police authorizing the search to be made Comptroller Andrew H. Green, with bia false ideas of economy, might refuse to audit the bill, the excitement ran bigh. HOW SHALL THE WORK BE PERFOWIYD ? About noon a deputation of the fiends of those supposed to be buried under the fal walls called on Super: stendent Kelso and begged hin for the sake of suffering humanity to take some action in the matter. The result was « pnaultation at the Police Central fice Coroner Hermann, Superintendent Kelso, and Capt. Kennedy, after which the latter accompa nied the Coroner to his ofice,and there wade the following sworn st i the ruin MeGrath Bast Tenth atree Margaret Beli ¢ enue Ay J) Boring of i treet, Lanve discovered that the linlord of {he house i @ man pained Kobert Craighes, and that Ne resideaat Yonkers, Superintoadent Kelso lias informe dm Ax, Coroner. THR CORONER MAKES A MOV) Meantime several of the girls who wera ems ployed on the burned preinises visited the ruin and cried bitterly when they saw the unconser crated graves of their fellow workers, A hus mane police officer ted that they apply ta Coroner Herrman. office In the City Hall Two of them did so, when the Coroner tou thelr formal statements, and at o'clock yeste day afternoon he sent the following letter to Superintendent Kelso: To Jumes J.Keis0, Superiitendent Police Department, 4 Miiiberr's street, Sin: Thave boen tuformed tht at the recont fre #1, 3, und 8 Centro tre tod Christmas hve, ever iniman Hves were sncrificed. 1 have taken the state: inert» of Capt, Kenedy aid ot vere, and 1 hav" discuw GTetihat the hodiew of ane Stwa are, tins get Sct ervare an, Donohue, Charlotte Belly und" Jaues Bovine, bow th ruins. L uerctore requost that you will Lave the neces Faryeetepa to have Gicne ‘voles excavated, wit t Cbject oF alding me tn discovering how, and in wh anner the victims caine to theur ueath, i belleve th the Board of “oilce Commissioners, of the Departmens Of Fwile Works has the power to order wicit exea thon made, -AUaiy tate, ted tapearrang: wi "Dt O to he allowed to daterfere whun a hutbaue duty ia to performed.” Very reepec futty, Gxiao8 N, Hemnsay, Coroner, THE POLICE CONSIDER THE MATTER. On receipt of the above letter, Superintendent Keino referred the matter to the Board of Police Cowtuiseionere, who met, and Inast Were advised by counsel three years ago. ltusltar eh cur that they had no Cxpend money for any such purpose. thoy re ferred it to Mr. Aaron J. Vanderpocl, counsel te the board, with @ request that he report this morning. in the meanwhile Mr. Craighead, the owner of the Caxton building, arcived at Potlce Heade quarvers; but he refused to do anydbiug. stating that the lessees were the parties Lo a)ply toy ae there Brat deal of valuable proj rty ane dor the ruins whlch. he would not lucus the te ponsibility uf havin removed. ‘The leaseem, though anxious to do all they could, walle heasg josers by the ire, were whiling to Wo Lo the exe pense, but they were feartul it would. vitiat hetr insurance, which is less than one-third 0 Ueit Loma. ‘ ——— THE ARMORY JOB, Gen, Punk's Charge that the Suporvisers Have Thrown Away $469,000 The Committee on Armories and Drill wma of tho Board of Supervisors met ate yew y afternoon to consider a communten signed by A, Btaw, Colonel Nineiy-s moat, and Augustus Fuuk, Brizadic: N.G.8.N. Y., relative to che lense of the Nillsox Hail Armory. Mr. Conover, of th suid that he had nevor authorized Gen. as was alleged in the loiter iu Tu ehaliunged him to testify tuat he hed. Geo Funk told the committee that he could prove what he had give ‘Tie SUN, bu Ald re Ture a Hilo time to produce aft ni wit he'ses., Mr. Conover thea submitted the fob lowing letter: ugg wae becuredt to th and hig ageat st 8 price w the elty 00M Your board, however, Abt Of Feat syrved tyou Ly Col. Of HON por your tor Len Yeas would ie wot Be Coad for gis bat tiog GUN. Sranthe ae oy the owner east AC BWR) Une Une Taxes pe Ko. rd ofa a whieh | and wany ot watch Wil y er ernie Very t A shell, A , sultory omniiitee aij uened: WHERE ARN ETON SLOUX®? opel Sik)040) Was asked for | aud (ov whom a pyro praal Vidded bor an Hoan App. fh has Just p House ne to fle sy ite with t riation ment of ly unde (to inake Way fo. tu wit, the made upon i Haw the Money is Takeu Out of the Treasury. Prous the ¢ ercial Vhe discovery at Washington (iat the Government has beon expending considerably wer half # million of dollars to take care of a tribe of phantor Uidians comes ta good season with the budget of iformation to be uyrolied berore the 5s Vio tribe Known as the Teuton Sioux 1 by parties from Montana, ¢ nays al { to show t ed up dist ported expenses and outlay in. sity eal tribe Aid for the Sufferers on the Baltic Cor L The following addittonal dou d by she Uudersdgued, Ge JOUANNLS NosENE Prof. Tyndall's Luse 2 Tyndall has found it a 1. McGee ls obliged to cou uit overstenping the (on of bis lectures