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THE BEFUGE HORROR Fourth and Last Day of the Trial of -Justus Dunn for the Killing <if Keeper Calvert. "Pope* Jones Weighed iu the Bs?l uim* and Found Wanting. "TIIE DEATH OF A TORMENTOR." judge Bedford's Charge to the Jury. The Priaoner Sentenced to One Year's Ilard Labor at the State Prison. A GREAT PRINCIPLE VINDICATED. At ten o'clock yesterday morning the people be gan to (ill the stairways and passages leading to the Court ot General Sessions, In the brown stone tmlidlng fronting on Chambers street. Every man and woman there In that immense gathering was eager to learn whether the boy Dtiun, who had been charged with the killing ot Calvert, the keeper or the House of Kefage, was to be sentenced to death or ?o be allowed to go free. For twenty years the trials iu the Court, of Sessions li?ve been dull in Ihelr way, and the interest that was yesterday manifested has never before been known in uny criminal cause. The Jurymen, who had been instructed hy nowe ?ud by Stewart as to the course tney should take, peemed troubled. Tho question of religious heller had been raised for three days, and the Jurymen, ?who were eleven for one Idea, and one for an idea diametrically opposite, still hesitated. It was not really a difference in religious belief; tint the ? cruelty and true viilany which hail lieen displayed toward the boys in the House ?r Kefnge mude every grown man in the Court wad. The recital of the dastardly acts that had Veen done to the boys was unequalled iu the his tory of criminal Jurisprudence in New York city. The lawyer who lud been sitting by the District Attorney for three days, and who had been a teacher in the House ot Refuge, and who had been proven to ha\e Inflicted cruel punishment on two hoys, left his place out. of sheer disgust. He was iio longer wanted in that sear. The teat burned tsiHler him. Ror three days Judge Bedford, amid the clamor of religious and political partisans, had ruled in a man ner which should always hereafter he a precedent to magistrates. Kvory witness was allowed to apeak his mind without fear or rcproacb. To bring cut the intense seoundrelism of the officers of the House of Refuge In open court it was necessary to make some allowance for the heat manifested by the District Attorney and the counsel for the defence of the boy Dunn. During the arguments of these 1 wo gentlemen individuals In the jury box yawned. Three or four days is a long time for a man taken from his business or from his daily labor to sit In a ekise, conflued room; but they were pationt and waited to hear the evidence. When the Court opened, aud after the counsel sat town, there was a great stillness, and every man and woman seemed to feel that a great prluuiple was about to be decided. The lad Dunn, in his gray homespun jacket and trousers, was alone among all those people. There was no father or mother to speak a word to him; his sisters had deserted him. He was alone'.? his counsel only to staud by him in that moment when Ml* jvrtf] <trath Hung ?n the \?u?uiu,c. Judge Bedford took his seat and the court be came very still. Briefly his Honor Spoke and directed the counsel for the defence, Mr. Howe, to address the Jury, who waited in suspense. 'M WILL WASH KINK HAMW." Mr. William V. Howe rose, amid breathless si ifiuf, ami prowled In 011 eloquent strain t?? say that the question to bo decided by the Jur.y w an not whether t lie boy at the bar wa< guilty of homicide or uot, but It Involved the eternal principles of liberty ami protection to the human race. It Involved the consideration oh to whether the children of poor parents heromlng the offcprlug ?f crime shall, In addition to the puni-hmeuf which the Ihw has wisely provided, be subject to the tor tares, barbarities, fiendish and devilish devices, re r eating in history the horrors and the iniquities of lie Spanish inquisition. "SQI'AI. HKKORF the law.'' He rejolreil tfiet an opportunity was afforded to the jury to send fun n an edict against cruelty arid barbarity, and to holr-t the banner of religious tolerance and pric-ialm to the universe thai an American iury will protect the rights and the liberties of Clti&'iis. Kev. I?r. Pierce, no doubt, was an esti uuitite gentleman; but Cathode* and Jews were compelled to listen to 111' Mettiodistic teaching, which was seed sown upon stony ground. The House ol Relume was 1111 excellent institution In It Mff, and presided over bj gentlemen of great intel lectual and moral worth? humanitarian and toler ant citizens ? who now having had tlieae cruel tits brought to their knowledge will take Immediate iit? iis to remove that despot of tyranny, that lunu ol cruelties, that etnperor of barbari ties the falsifying hypocrite Jones. If tUnt vnd should be brotigut about by this trial the investigation will not Ik1 in vain. Youthful minds will be spared degradations, tortures and punishments. People will know that when the law bends tin- I'lilld to a place of so-called reformation, that when it is divested of its Jones, Its Sprouls, Its tllkl 'isleeves and its Brushes tliut young crimi nal!* will be treat "d in such a manner as to give idem u .chance to reform. "STARVATION ANI) TOHTI'KK" Mr. Howe referred to the evidence, showing how th<- bo)s were tortured aud almost starved, lie believed that out tor the devilish barbarities in flicteit upon tne tioy Dunn, Calvert, who was killed by accident, would not- lie In his grave. Had uot | Calvert gone into the cell and pulled the bo\ out by the car aud struck aud kicked him "with Ills heavy loot the unprotected tmv never would have used the Knlle which he happened 10 have in Ins hand cutting tobacco. The evidence demonstrated that there was no premeditated ile- 1 sign to kill the deceased, for t<e did not strike at a vital part; so thai the verdict ought to be justi fiable homicide. In the House of Ueiuge the poor Jewish hoy was compelled to work on his Habbath and to eat food which his religion forbade him. "MiM |- MIT Al KAIll." The Catholic boy must not ask for a priest, cveu ^rfceti itt fxtrrmJ*, uuless the threat of punishment fo<'? out. So that, said Mr. Howe, we have a pest. uM- in which bodies are tortured aud ?Mill" destroyed to suit the specious pnr jhisc-' of the cunning imud. the serttioni/.lng 3 ones, who would hav. yon believe nil that was good aud holy ua* carried on in that place. The couiikH asked the jury If they believed that Jones was sincere when on the m md, or wis his conduct that of a studied canting, I'rlah Heep of a hypo crite v 1 tiere was a striking contrast bet weeti Jones' t??stl liionv ami t hat oi lite eight boy s n ho underwent ids tortures. The youthftii victims were < ononoruted by the production of the cord and by the cross-ox kiniuation of t;ilderale??ve. hv puerile No. v, who s*id mat lie wau lied the poor hots tied up b? ihelr thumb-, out or "curiosity." For the sake of appa rout decency, Uildermeeve wanted l<? lake mat word "curiosity" itack. Me could no more with draw that expression than he eonld take back the torture and anony imposed upon the witnesses, lie regretted 'hat Urusli did not favor them with his preseace, Imt Jones and Hildersleeve were two torturing villains whose names wonld go down to desecration and cveilaming contempt. "! Wll.l. S.OT SIT WITH TI1K WH'KtiO." If Joncwanted muio rality lie lias achieved If now, biit it will t?c the Immortality of loathing and con tempt. Mr. llowe hoped that the jury would teach the Joneses, the Sprou's and the t.JIdersleeves that this i>, iree America, aud wot the dungeon of the Hpaulst) lu?|?isitlon. rite only witness airainst Dunu was tike lime boy Hnrns, who was a pro'tr/i'- of Jones, who was promised by the king of lanutics smi emperor of demons, Jonca, a free pardon for coming Into Court to testify. He Hhe counsel) be lieved thai Jones was t lie man from whom Dickens took the original tti|ueet? in Hotlieltoys Hall. When Souec.rn was asked otic day about a poor boy who died in bis establishment he said, "MCKKN* CAI IJCII PIOM I'll K QRAVK. ">cs, poor tioy (as Jones did here), I felt very i sorrj tor him. Mrs. H<|i>eers was a mother to the i lad. fcbe jrsve hlni warm ten aijd tocst every night when he eonld not drink or eat It, and the rilglit before lie died we Hem up the best dictionary to lay \ under hia head for n pillow.*" Hint Is Jones all over : mid (con 1 1. 'ed Mr llowei, had I iM'en that ma", ei'iifi Hutu have come into a . ourt ut justice md avowed myself the onanist or ot thai instrument of torture 1 woi.ld have icsiKucd ^iy j.ouiuob, afceii u broom and become a m?mb?r of Captain Thornc a brigade. Mr. Howe closed with a fervent appeal In behalf of his youthful client, who acted In wlf- de fence when he used the knife to repel the brutal assault of hla inhuman keeper. "TWKI.VR HONBHT MEN." Amstant District. Attorney Stewart summed up for the people, uud In bin opening remarks Hald that the trial hail been protracted to a length which he did not anticipate at its commence ment by the Introduction of issues which he be lieved ha'l no relevance to the Issue to be deter mined by the jury, tie reviewed the evidence bearing upon ihe killing of Calvert, and read the testimony or Mr. Jones, eulogizing tliat gentleman b> saying Hut the Hoard of Maunders, who:ii tiso corns 'l so warmly commended, k?*i>t him in tho position of Hup?Tiufend<'nt of the institution. "UK WAS HiKVKK ITKHHKI) < V> " TUe defendant Dunn had been In the House of Refuge seventeen months, the lirst time he was seii' there, >lnrinic which period he wan never pun i lulled. Mi. Stewart afllrined that the wit nesses for th<- defence wre young desperadoes sent to the 1 lfoitne of Refuge for plokirg poekcts and Imrglar.v, I having lied totitu Justices that sent them there In ; reierenoe to their age ; for If they hail not tolil falsc ! hoods, the boy* would have b-^en went to the I'enl ? tentlary, where tliey would have been watched I ?ver by armed sentinels. The prosecuting otllcer ridiculed i In- idea that. the counsel sought I to enforce upon the Jnry thnt thin wan a religion* persecution, staling thut the slayer (tin nn). if lie was unvihing. wan a Protestant and I Calvert a Catholic. He eluitned that iheevldeuce warranted the rendition of a verdict of mau Hlaughter in the third degree. Mr. Stewart pro i coed ed at length to speak of the religious qucs ; tioiiH Involved in the ease, averting that the re ligious teaching inculcated in the House of Kefuge w?* tliat which did not conflict with the tenets of any of Ihe churches. I ".IlIHTICK AT LAST." He further sild that his own judgment was that the Hoard or Managers ought to provide suitable ? spiritual instruction for the inmates. If a boy be lieved tluii 'he ministrations of a Catholic priest I w ould bo of more benefit to liiui than tiiose ol a i Protestant minister be ought to have them. ! At ihe conclusion or the remarks by the learned I Dtat.net At to rue) the audience, who had been pa i tiently listening until the afternoon of tho fourth ' day, took breath and waited with eagerness for the j Charge ol Judge Hedrord to the Jury. I The ortlcers or the Court told the people to sit down, and the order was obeyed. "I.ET VII K I. AW TAKK ITU OODRSE." ! Judge Bedford delivered his charge to the Jury in 1 a clear, solemn and sententious voice. The prls ' oner, while the charge was being delivered, wept, and many persons were visibly moved. 0vvt(.k*kn or tiik Ji'sr? The prisoner at the bur has ! been Indicted for the crime of manslaughter. This offence ' coiulsts of lour degrees; hut considering the testimony In iIiIn e.asc I charge you as mutter oi law that the llrst. and second degree* must he laid aside, and .should yoli find a i verdh t against the prisoner it can only tin llilru or fourth decree. The i-latulory definition ol'thv I bird degree in i "run mum: ok amothhk ix the hkat or rtiMOi, without a design to effect death, Itv a dungeroiis weapon, in any ease except. Hucli wherein toe killing of another li decl.n-ed to h" iiutillable or excusable." The ileilnitinn of ; Ihe fourth decree is "the Involuntary killing ot another ; by an v weapon, or by means neither cruel nor iiuitsuul, In ihe. heat of passion, in snv cases other than tUofc which are declared to he excusable homicides." i The Importance of tills case to the public cannot be over | rated. The aim and object of every criminal prosecution I eai rled ??u iu behalf ol' ihe people Is simply to arrive at ! the mere naked trnlh, and upon that triith to stand or ' fall a- regards the accusation against the prisoner on trial. The considerations of tlii< case muter the line of ? defence largely interests tho entire community. For may ! 1 nut veil iiak, what. i|imstion raised ill hehaft of the poo i pie can possibly he so important as whether a prison I keeper sliull he inexcusably slain by a prison inmate without example tving made? And what ! (mention upon the side of the defence more important I than whether a Jnrv will coudemn a prison In ma let or I'.XCUSAHl.Y KIM.t.Vc; HIS TORMENTOR, i jailer or his despotic keener while the latter Is actually en KU-ted in violence towards the accused* Necessarily com ; prebended under both these questions is the great query J whether a penal Insti itlon originally founded In the iolnt ; names of Hope, i 'hariiv aud .lusticc. ami to a very large | extent sustained hy public grants of moneys, shall degen erate its management into such kind ol' prison torments : as llie great novelist, Reads, ft as described In the early i ciiaptcrs of his "Never Too l.a'e to Mend." Gentlemen, I ! slrill not ooinnicnt upon the evidence In this case, it lias been exhaustively summed up hy both counsel and Is at ' this moment perfectly fresh in your minds, 'fcdintouy ba> bcun given by fh? defence with a view of showing either mitigation as renanla the degree of manslaughter or exculpation Provocation iwlnp gr^at *hv*\> reduccs the grade of homicide. Thus provocation is the basis of ?e!i -defence. And VKRr cnr<T pRorocAiio.t. I coupled with proper fear of life in an attack, engenders i the law of sell defence. Provocation is either of growth. I or it i? stulden. It may grow Into malice and murder It ' mir be resisted in the mind, hut yet become so strong in . its influence upon volition as to Induce sudden attack. In the investigation of this case 1 deemed it hut lust and ! proper to allow the widest latitude, and- have endeavored 1 to strip this trial of all legal technicalities. In order that the naked truth might stuud prominently and alone he : fore you twelve gentlemen, .tuiiges have been but loo , oltuu reprchcuded lor excluding testimony and allowing new trials for error. To my mind It is best to err (if error it he) on the side ot latitude, mid this consideration Induced me to rule so that all Ihe testimony offered on ! both sides was permitted. And now tliat it is all iu I well ftcrccive that it was competent for the purpose ol show ng the syst' m of lite surrounding the prisoner, and from ; which surroundings provocation could be engendered, so that THE JURY i might we *nnh?r or nut the system had, as It were, ger minated provocation in the mind or the prisoner, una to ; what extent. -Although the testimony was competent, vet , sonic of it was not very relevHnt. Upon this head t lie I Plstriet Attorney bus spoken fully. Kut remember, tlie i .Indue decide* whether testimony is competent, unit the | jury gives to it It* proper weight, nothing mure nor l<?<. 1 It tln> -rliool wj-i well conducted, then certainly the : school imd nothing to tear from the testimony ; while on I the other hand, II the school was improperly conducted, j then the testimony bears on the effect produced towards provocation In the mind ol the inmate him] prisoner. The deceased was mii exponent ol the system, whatever It j was. A itTvat deal ha< been >nid, /? n and ? >n. In ?uminlng up shout this it) stein, anil it is uniulsfakithlv ot great pub ; lie Importance. The reformatory school In quesUon is under private Influence and government. I I.OCAI. AOTHORITtko HAVK IOT1IIIII TO no WITH IT. On- same presumptions which utiach to acts of public t officer* do not attach to those o> private guvernors. Vet the motive to he oppre?-lvc is to be looked at. Certainly tli" managers hau -no motive of gait) ot ol a sordid cha racter. I uey no doubt, serve treely aud conscientiously. T.iii their agents arc paid and urc subject to all the law re lat'nn to master and servant A servant, while being un duly corrected by a muster, is sometimes iustlfted in de H-nce. ills of great importance to the public that all institutions shoul ! lie humanely conducted. What effect undue b"?tlne?, the memory ot'illeital ami har^h punish ments may have produced In tie mind of the Inmate aud servant, who Is prisoner, in inducing PROVOCATION TO ATTACK or to defend him>cii iiuainst the official and master Is, in evct v ".cute of the word, a most proper subject for you, gentlemen, to consider, under all Ifii* evidence Heoause a prisoner in a correctional instil nt ion is a had person Is no excuse for severe attacks ii|Miti him by those in au thority The law of sell-ileieiice certainly exists as a tact ror a prisoner whenver the authority Is exceeded Just as much as It docs for .1 private eiti/en not a criminal or un der restraint The Iau relative to the testimony 111 this caw la very brief. And I charge yon that it the defend ant, at the time of the blow which he irave, was vio lating prison rules (whether they were good rule* or Im politic ones Is no matter ol inquiry), and the deceased was properly using authority over the prisoner, then there vviis no excuse lor the latal blow, and tiie prisoner Is to lie convicted ol I'.miKii rm an or foi'mth nKi. sve or manslaitohtkr, according a< in your Judgment* the tacts fall within the le?:.il definition of those degrees which I have read to you. While, on the other band, if the deceased exceeded his authority as master and corrector? and of this you are to judge Itoin the lads and comments? it he was "using un due violence lo the prisoner and the latter struck the fatal blow believing Id* Hie in danger or himself to be in Imminent hodil) harm, then the prisoner was ex cused anil is to he acquitted, unless, however, at this lata! moment the clri uimtances were, In vour judgment. stiff! cicnt to jBstitv this belief you may lay theui aside But yon may take. into consideration as an element of this " belief the knowledge bv the accused of any system ol undue severity which was usual tor the deceased t>> pursue aud which he was l'kely to pursue. And now in conclusion, gentlemen, I tell you. It, on the one hand, the killing was unlawful, a conviction will *ct an example to prisoners. While, on the other hand, if the killing was excusable, acquittal will set a very wholesome example to wardens, lailers and keepers to he IK TH* rttTtlRr HL'MANI and to protect Hi.- rights of even the unfortunate, Ibe victims, the depraved or the hardened criminal. The charge was given to the jury of twelve men. During it* delivery all were intent ami when it wan Untie a ilcaii silence fell on the court. The jury retiretl at liftoeu minutes pant one ami were absent eight minutes. Tlie.v came back ut tbe expiration of that time ami took their seats quietly aud in a Holemn manner. "tiUll.TY OB NOT onwr." '?What do vnu say. gentlemen of the jury, is the pri-oner at the bar guilty or not guilty?" Thus >.poke the Clerk. Foreman of the iury ia gentleman with a Mack moustache) ? "Guilty of manslaughter in the third degree." The bof prisoner looked at his counsel anil looketi around lor Ills family, who were not present in that hour to him so momentous. The tears were in his eyes as he listened to tlio sentence. "Prisoner, 1 come to the Mar." He looked around to see If any one could save him. There whs not one. "OOINU TO TJIK BAB." Ai lie walked up to the bur the manhood ami jus tice ami honor of 11 great State walked side by sidi! with him, and It. seemed wretched ami unprotected, had its he was, that the verdict which was to de ckle ills fitfce miiMt hea verdict that would justify the waitini expectation* of a million of people who twvc been looking for six days to hear and hearken to the twelve men in the Jury box of the Court of General sessions. "What have von to say why judgment should not be pronounced upon you according to law ?" asked Ui' clerk, Mr. Sparks'. Tiie pri-oner (sixteen years of nge) ? "1 have i noUitug to pay : nothing to say, sir," aud lie treiu | bled. The Judge took his seat aud pronounced judg ment. ".irPHMKNT." . "Unun. I shall sentence you for the lowest, term prescribed by the law, which is oue yeur in the State Prison, 111 hard labor. " Tite lad vvus taken away, placed in the box, and lu u few minutes caine out, his wrists fastened w ilh ' steel handcona, to lie taken to the Tombs, f/t route lor Hug Slog State Prison. And so ho* ended a t rinl which slut 11 give food for thought many daya to come to the people of New Vork. IKPCSTANT IH8DEANGE VERDICT. Bai.tiiiobr, Md., June 14. 1*72. In the Superior Court of this city yesterday, In the action against the Cermania LUe insurance Company to recover fa.ooo, the amount ol a policy Issued by the company on the life of Lew la l-'allmun, who committed suicide In 1871, Hip jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff In the fnli amount, Judge iKdililD ha villi* ruled that the company was iii<i>lc 11 the jury loi.nd from the evidence Mint the deceased dull. wan) had killed himself in a fit of In sanity wjjjcli .iiti pow e?'i ?i hiu ct'imiouHue&B and rvi^vnu HEAT AND HURRICANE. From Hot to Cold? Quiet to Alarm. The Storm of Yesterday and What It Accom plished? Loa of Life and Damage to Buildings and Shipping. The lieat yesterday wan simply intense. Tlie weather has beeu so cool during the spring that those who are accustomed to parade the streets were not prepared for the sudden change that com I menced two days ago. Yesterday was a | foretaste of the days of July and August of | last year. The sun, unobstructed by a single clond of less impenetrable texture thau flleecy gauze, beat down upon stone and irou pavements and white sidewalks with an intensity of heat quite Saharan. The reflected beams Irritated the eyes of the pass erby, the heated surface of the flagstones warmed the soles of Ms feet through the leather of his boot*, and the general heat parched all the foun tains of the milk of human kindness In his soul. Greetings were short, undemonstrative and unkindly. Usually they amounted to about this:? "How. Joues? hot, ain't It r" a mopping of streaming foreheads with silk handkerchiefs and then, without more ado, a languid continuance ou their way "each as his separate bnsiness did In cline him." As the day advanced pedestrians lost all control of their tempers ami were driven from the sidewalks to the poor protection of the street oars and stages ; and none who possessed a live-cent nickel and were near a street car line, Islled to seek the shade for the nonce. l.ater in the day, as old Sol played his tricks upon the trav ellers, few were to be found bold enough to venture on the snnny side of the i lioroughfarcs, where the marble ami Iron pavements reflected back his rays and caused every unfortunate wight at large upon the streets to curse the 111 luok that called him from his desk or bench. The animals attached to cars and stages Buffered severely during the day, und several were taken out of the harness ex i hausted. In the afternoon a storm blew up, and. clearing the atmosphere, rendered travel much more inviting, notwithstanding the rain, that for several hours came down In copious supply. Compared with the cor responding day of last year vHterday was unusually hot. The thermometer at Hiiduut's, In the Uekali) building, marked the following ligures:? 1871. 1872. Dtgtvea. Dryrees. 8A.M ?6 72 A A. M ?4 U OA.M ?!? 79 12 M 73 !Hi 3 P. M 80 87 9 P. M 77 02 The storm of wind and ram that occurred in the evening somewhat cleared the atmosphere, and late in the night the thermometer indicated a cooler period. The damage caused by the hurricane? for such it proved to be? cannot, 1 be calculated at this writing: but reports from this city and environs will be found below. IN GREENPOINT. Buildings Unroofrd? Klllinn ami Malm? Ing of Occupa nt?? -Marine ^Oisast ?rs on the River. Ttoo terrific gale which swept over the city be tween tliree and four o'clock yesterday afternoon was appalling In its effects wherever it wan felt. Greenpolnt, the Seventeenth ward of the city of Brooklyn, was severely visited. Win dows were smashed, houses nnroofed, and trees torn np by the roots In every direction. At a late hoar last night the following items of a serious nature had been reported at the station house:? The roof of the New Yore Dye Works, at the cor ner or Freeman and West streets, blew off, causing damage to the amount of $3,ooo. A little boy named Christopher Kosser, aged six years, residing at No. 4ft Freeman street, was struck by a piece of timber and Instantly killed. One of the rafters of the building, three aud a half Inches thick, six inches wide and thirty feet long was Mown two hundred and fifty feet, passing through a shed In the yard of the premises owned by Frank Smith, and sinking deep Into the ground within a few feet of where Mr. Smith was standing. His escape wax very narrow. The brig (1. K. Jewltt was torn froinjter moorings In East liiver, ami was driven t-flo the draw of the bridge which spans Newtown Creek, and which was open at the time, Jamming herself in so tlghtl.v that neither the 1 brig nor the bridge could be moved, thereby cutting off communication between (Jreenpoint and Long Island City. It is feared that both are a total loss. A man rowing In a small boat off the ferrv slip at the foot oi Greenpoint avenue was capsized, bnt swam ashore at Pot tery Point. It Is reported that a "man wns blown overboard from Lorillard's yacht Wanderer, now lying at the foot of Kent avenue, and that in consequence of the violence of the storm It was found impossible to rescue liiin. The roof of a house occupied by John Glllls, cor ner of Freeman and West streets, was blown off. Damage ftiou. The roofs of houses Nos. 172 and 174 West street, occupied by Kobert Kirk and Mr. MeGuinncss, were blown off. Damages not. ascertained. IN WILLIAMSBURG. j Building* rnroofltd? Low of Life? Several Persona Maimed. During the prevalence of the storm that swept over the Eastern District of Brooklyn yesterday afternoon a three story frame building in course of erection at the corner of Broadway and Lynch street was blown down, while many workmen were engaged upon it. George lleers, a gas titter, twenty-one years of age, wns killed. He resided in North Sixth street, near Ninth. William Bayer, a inason, residing at TA'J Humboldt street, sustained a fracture of the right leg. John Dissler, a mason, residing at No. lsu Mescrole street, sust ained a spinal injury. Gregory Got/,, a laborer, residing at No. 204 Johnson avenue, sustained se rious internal Injuries. B. McMullen, a gas Utter, residing at No. 4W Taylor street, wan also seriously injured. Captain Mullen, of the Sixth precinct, and the officers of his command took care of the injured men. IN H0B0KEN. Dock* Swept Away, Trees Uprooted, and Other Damage. Although the damage to property In Hoooken and vicinity was not so great as on former occasions, numerous accidents occurrcd at the sudden ap j proach of the gust. Part of the dock fence at the foot of Second street was swept away, massive trees were uprooted in Hudson and Washington ' streets, and a man standing under a tree in the ' Elyslau Fields was severely injured by the trunk, which was torn up and fell upon him. Houses ; in course of erection were more or less demolished, and the roofs of many dwellings were rid of much i loose material. It is probable that in West llobo | ken and the surrounding districts considerable | losses have been sustained, as the slorm broke out i there with unusual fury. TRENTON, N. J. i A Tornado nf Oust?Signs Blown Oown and Otlirr Kreaks of (he Weather. j A fearful hurricane passed over Trenton yester ' day afternoon. There was wind, dust, and ufter wards rain. For nearly haifan hour the streets were I filled with dust that nearly blinded street passen S;rs. Doors were blown open, signs were blown )wn, the thunder rolled and lightning flashed, and | When the rain began to fall relief w ii s experienced. "FOUND DROWNED." i There was brought to the Morgue last evening, from pier Kast Hiver, the bodv of mi unknown 1 mao, age about twenty-five years, height five feet five inches, light mustache, dark hair. Had on linen , coat, black pants and while shirt. i Also the body of an unknown woman, from foot ? of Sixteenth street, North River, age about twenty five years, five feet four incliesiu height, In own hair. I Had on black alpaca dress, white skirt, wluto stockings, hoop skirt and gaiter shoes. I Also the bodv or an unknown woman, about I twenty-six years of age, dressed In bud-colored i dress, plaid shawl, white and blue hood, Irom j Fourth precinct station house, by Officer l.atton. | Also the body of an unknown man, about five I feet seven Inches high, from foot of Seventh street. > East. Blver. Had on blue pilot coat, dark iibbcd | pants, green piald shirt aud Wellington bocts. j All the above were too much decomposed to be placed in the Morgue. STABBING AFFKAY. William Hart ling, twenty-seven years of age, of ; No. 11# Ridge street, was stabbed In the right aim ? last evening by Robert Rowan, during an alterca tton In a lounge factory, at No. 8W East Eighth street. Rowan was also badlv cnt on the head, and ) was taken home fo Suffolk street bv some friends. He was subsequently Visited b\ |ir. Il irilngton, of 1 Bellevtie Hospital, who found his wounds of such a I dangerous character1 thai he ordered hiui to be | tent "> li >' bvfcfitak AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB. i The Racn To-lhiy ?t Jerome Park? Pool Selling Last Night. j The spring racing meeting at Jerome Park will | wind up brilliantly to-day with three handicap ' sweepstakes and a grand steeple ohase. The Urst oo the turd is the sweepstakes of ?-*o each, If not declared out, with $000 j added; the second horse to receive $100 out of the stakes; one mile aud tlve furlongs. Entered for tins art- Thomas W. Uoswell's bay inare Midday, 113 His., him! bay mare Wine Sap, 104 ll?s. ; Bacon A Hol i land's brown liorse Frank Hampton, 118 lbs.; Ooltlu * Lawrence's gray gelding Allagog, 104 lbs. ; J. II. Harbeek, Jr.'s, chestnut horse Edwin, 103 lbs., and j John O'ltonnell's gray mare Mary Louise, 98 lbs. I The second event is the sweepstakes of $25, If not declared out, with $600 added ; the second horse to ! receive $126 out of the stakes; one mile and an eighth, i In this there will probably be Bacon A Holland's | brown liorse Frank Hampton, 114 lbs.; Collin k I Lawrence's bav liorse Locbiel, lot lbs.; W. W. , Glenn's bay horse Qulntard, 104 lbs. ; Jos. Donahue's I bay horse Lord Byron, 101 lbs. ; H. 0. Dawson's bay mare Albuera, 98 1'is., and Monson &, Gray's bay colt ; Vim, 83 lbs. The third race Is the sweepstakes of $40 each, ; if not declared out, with $800 added ; the second j horse to receive $200 out Of the stakes; two miles and an eighth. For tins the acceptances include Jos. Donahue's chestnut liorse Alroy, lift llw. ; Bacon Holland's brown liorse Frank Hampton, 113 lbs. ; J. W. Hunt Reynolds' chestnut mare Metelia, 100 lbs.; and J. H. llarbcck, Jr.'s, chestnnt liorse Edwin, 103 lbs. The fourth and last event will be the steeple I chase, purse $800, of which $200 goes to the second horse; about two miles and a half. The accept ances for this event comprise William Jennings' brown horse Blind Tom, 150 lbs. ; Joseph Donahue's I chestnut. gelding Tammany, 160 lbs.; Collin A Law- M I renoe's bay gelding Jim Tfsdale, 154 lbs., and bay" , horse Loohlel, 153 Ibfl. ; James Thompson's brown ! mare Lobelia, 14s lbs. ; Richard Shea's brown horse 1 Astronomer, 147 lbs.; J. H. Tully'S bay gelding Ve : snvlns, 147 lbs. ; W. Jay's brown gelding Macklu ! tosh, 146 lbs., and Hugh (lartney's bay mare Mary : Hennessey, 140 lbs. Pools were sold on these events last night at the I Jockey Club rooms, Madison avenue and Twenty 1 s' venth street, by Underwood & MoUowan, and at Broadway and Twenty-eighth street, liy Marshall .1 JoliuBon. The betting was quite spirited by the I turlinen at the respective places, the average I pools of each racc sold up to half past nine o'clock being as follows:? 11 r iTNiiKRwoon a m'oowan. On" MU* and Five Furlonytt, Doswell's stable.. . .$00 lfiO 185 2(io 480 Kilwln 27 40 65 125 155 Frank Hampton.... 3? 40 66 90 130 Mary Ixinise 18 3o 25 45 55 Allagog 9 2ft 26 31 40 (nus Mile and an Eighth. Frank Hampton $20 l.ord Byron $14 Qnlntard 19 VI ni 5 Lochlel 16 Albuera 1 Tir.o Miles awl an Eighth. Alroy $35 Edwin $17 Frank Hampton. .. .. 18 Metelia 11 Steeple Chase.. Blind Tom $35 Astronomer $10 Donahue's entry 30 Lobelia 0 Jim Tlsdale 20 Mackintosh 4 Vesuvius 20 BY MARSHALL * JOHNSON. Onn Mile arm Five Furhong *. Doswell'a stable $70 85 t?o so 65 Frank Haiupton ?)0 70 go 40 40 Edwin an 35 25 20 35 Mary Louise 21 20 20 15 20 Allagog 15 10 10 12 9 One Mile ami an Eighth. Frank llanipton $50 35 Lochlel 45 35 Quintard 35 30 Lord Byron 20 16 Albuera 10 10 Vim 12 10 Two Miles and an Eighth. Alroy $05 105 100 50 Frank Hampton 40 00 50 20 Metelia 20 35 20 13 Edwin 20 35 25 11 THOROUGHBRED HORSES AT AUCTION. Sale at Jerome Park? The Price* and Purchaser*. The sale of blood horses at Jerome Park, first an nounced for the oth Inst., took place yesterday. The attendance of buyers was very limited and the bidding spiritless. Dr. Underwood was the auctioneer. The following list comprises the horses offered and their disposition:? (ienernl York, ch. h., 8 years, by Planet; dam Alblne; owner, C. Livingston; $.200 offered ; with drawn. Comet, ch. h? aged, by imp. Trustee, dam Orna ment; owuer, James liathgate; withdrawn. Bay colt, 3 years, by Kentucky, dam Bine Ribbon ; owner, James Bathgate ; withdrawn. VespticluH, ch. b.. 0 years, by Planet, dam Colum bia: owner, I). D. Withers; withdrawn. Brown Ally (imp.), 2 years, by Saunterer, dam Moula; owner, 1). I>. Withers; $350; Mr. Hunter. Blue Ribbon, ch. in., foaled 185?, by Revenue, dam Parachute; owner. I.. Lorillard; no bid. Zaidce, ch. m., foaled is.Vi, by Bolsliazzar, dam Yictoire; owner, L. Lorillard; withdrawn. Bay Ally (untried), 2 years, by Kentucky, dam SatlnstoDe; owner, L. Lorillard: $125; Mr. Purdy. Bay filly, foaled In 1871, by Kentucicy, dam Bine Ribbon; owner. L. Lorillard; $lfi0: Mr. Doswell. Athlone, cii. h., 0 years, by Loxingtou, dam Ala bama : owner, James Thompson ; $511; Mr. McKcc. Slasher, b. h., 17 years, by Chllde Harold, dam Sarah Washington; owner, P. Morris; $260; Wil liam Brown. Cavalier, br. c., 5 years, by Kclipse. dam Eti quette; owner, P, Morris; no bid. Puck, b. g., 7 years, by Scythian, by Little Peggy; owner, M. II. Sanford; $310; J. K. Lawrence. Salute, ch. g., ft years, by Lexington, dnm Sally Polk: owner, M. 11. San ford : $175; James Irving. White Hose. ch. g.. 3 years, by Klug Lear, dam Barring; owner, M. II. Sanford; $175; Robert Cen ter. Jersf-yman, ch. h? years', by Vandal, dnm Kinma Wright : owner, M. II. san ford; $200; Mr. McKce. Keep Dark, br. 1., years, by Kclipse, dam Ma roon; owner, A. Belmont; fl40: Mr. McKee. Chestuut colt, yearling, by Censor, dam Jenny Rose; owners, llunter* I ravers: $100 ; Mr. lingers. Chestnut colt, yearling, by Kclipse, dam Fanny Fern; owners, Hunter .tTravers: $75; Kpli. Sued iker. Chestnut eolt, yearling, by Censor, dam Intrigue; owners, Hunter.* Travels; flno; bid in. Brown lllly. yearling, by Censor, dam Nemesis; owners, Hunter Ti avers; $500; bid in. Chestnut filly, yearling, bv Censor. dam Cenista; owners, Hunter .* Travcrs; $500: bid in. Bay colt, yearling, i>y Kentucky, dam Zaidee; owner, L. l orillard: $205; Mr. Holland. Roselta, b. f., 3 years, by Censor, dam Splletta; owner, A. Belmont; $250; bid in. Bay gelding, by Prophet, daui Jennie Dickson ; no bid. Mr. J. Carter Brown's Thunderbolt, black colt, 2 years old. ami Miss Arnica, brown tllly, yearling. Were not offered. TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD. Fleetwood Pakk, Mohris\nia, N. Y., June 14, 1872.? Match, $500; mile heats, best three iu five, to wagons. F. l-ownds named b. m. Butcher Girl... 1 2 2 11 Benj. Mare named b. ui. Lady Lovell... 2 112 2 T1MK. quarter. Half. Mile. First heat 42 M 1:2ft 2:Mi4' Second heal 48 1:85 8:10 Third heat 47 'i 1:33J{ 3:ioJi Fourth heat 47,'? l::io :i:o# Fifth beat 46 *4 1 :30 3 :no 1; Between Hie first ana second heats a terrific thunder storm came up and deluged the track, making it look like a river in some pla< e?. Tlio second race, sweepstakes of $4fio, between B. Mace's bay mare Topsy, W. K. Weeks' black geld ing Klght Bells and Colonel Dickey's dun gelding <i. i? Fox, was postponed until a more favorable day. MUS10 IN THE PARK. The Department of Public Parks announce that, If the weather be fine, there will be music b.v Hie Central Park Hand on the Mull, at the Central Park, on Saturday (to-day). 15th instant, comment ing at. 3:30 P. M. The lollowlng Is the programme: ? I'ART 1. "t'nrk Mnrrb." 1. Overture? "Othello" R<>**itd 'j. Wrtlu? "II Soruo," ??< "Uim by Mine, I'millne Iaioo K. Abt I)a?t? cornet mid euphonium, irom "oborte Conti ill S. Hiniiiari*" Verill raiir 11 4. Urn net March?1 "Maid nl oilcuns" Co wo 11 ?V Ariu? "l'ini-o tit 'I ear" Schubert ti. I'ornnt obllgato? "Kxcclnlor Polkn'1 1.c%l 7. Heieitlon? "Uenevieve de llruliant" Oflenhnch PAKT III. 5. Vareh? "Parade" ..Unrath 9. I'olka Ma/.urka? " lake llolvilav" Waltersteln Id. 1'iiiirert iiundrille? "(leini Irum Herman s?nc?" Dndworth II w*tt*-"New Vienna". . Siranw I;'. Finnic? "flu Union." STABBING IN STANTON STREET. Louis Olui k, of Forty-sixth street, and Second ave nne, and August Scheer, of Williamsburg, had an altercation in the lager lieer saloon No. 80 Stanton street, durlnn which QlucR stabbed Scheer in the left band with a shoemaker's knife. In defence Hchi fir cOI Cllttok in the faee with a tumbler. The police entered the saloon during the row and nr rcsted (lluc.k. Scheer wan scut to his homo with u number 01 Jikiidu "OJV STRIKE." The Men All Quiet and tlie Reported Rioting a Canard. EMPLOYERS VS. EMPLOYES. Nrw Unions ftintinne To Take the Field ai the Old Ones Move Out. Hee tinge of Che Carpenters, Coach Painters, Sew ing Machine Makers, Machinists, Black smiths and Honsesmiths. .Ait the strike proceeds there threatens to be a warfare, or words at least, inaugurated in regard to what has been done, as well as what remains to be done. The Right- Hour League claims to be In posses sion of the signatures of some of the leading Arms of the city, and show what they allege to be these attached to their printed form of contract, guaran teeing the adoption of the eight-hour system. The firms in question stontly deny the statement, and, of course, the authenticity of their signatures. Home of the pianoforte makers are again at work, and a certain bitterness Is felt by those who remain In the attitude of striking. A canard was circu lated about the street early yesterday that an at tack In force would be mad? on the factory of the Messrs. Stelnway, but so far as conld be learned there was little or no foundation for the report. Trouble was apprehended In the Nineteenth pre cinct yesterday Irorn the employes of the Hudson Kiver and Harlem and New Haven Rtiilroad machine shops. Superintendent Kelso instructed Captain Gunner to protect the peace at all hazards, and If reinforcements were needed to telegraph to Police Headquarters and they would be sent. No demon stration was made, and nt a late hour last night all was quiet and orderly in the city. Undue Importance was nought to be attached to a street row, from the fact that two of the parties engaged In it were members of the Cabinet Makers' Union. It, however, tailed to excite much atten tion, save from Justice Shandley, who committed the assailants, at JeiTerson Market Pollca Court, for trial at the Special Sessions. An important secret meeting of the American Carpenters and Joiuers' Union was held during the evening at Masonic llall. The subject under dis cussion was the devising of means for the preven tion of what Is technically called "lumping," by which many of the non-unionists seek to evade the eight-hour system established by the carpenters' strike. The Coach Painters. About one hundred and thirty coach painters met at Military Hall, In the Bowery, yesterday afternoon, and adopted a constitntion and bylawst William Long, of the Executive Committee, acted as chairman during the reading and discussion. This is the second week of the strike lor this union, and twenty-live of the linns employing them have acceded to their demands. Some two hundred ami thirty of these men are now at work nnder the eight-hour rule, leaving about, one hundred and Beventy still out oi' employment. Singer Company'* Employe*. The Singer Sewing Machine Company's employes met last night. The Wllleox and Gibb's Company were reported as having acceded to the demands of their men early in the evening. It having been announced tluit Howe's establishment would be reopened on Monday, a committee reported a notice posted up on the door of the factory, stating that It wonld not be reopened. It was announced that the needle workers of the city were all on strike. A committee was sent to the rooms of the pack ers at work in Delancey street to endeavor to get the men to strike. A despatch was received from the employes of the company in Glasgow, Scotland, stating that they were working only eight and a half hours per day. It was at the same time stated that Mr. Muc Kenzle, of the company, had telegraphed to the managers In Glasgow to run the factory there double hours. Considerable excitement was created by the re ported conversation of one of the men with a con tractor, wherein the latter, It Is alleged, stated that the Singer Company had compelled all its employes to vote for the re-election of Abraham Lincoln" in 1SH4, uuder penalty of dismissal, and that they intended In like ms oner to force them to vote for the re-election of President Grant, should they re main in their employ the coming autumn. The Uovt Machine Company. The men of this company resolved yesterday that they would "support no newspaper hereafter that they had reason to believe whs working in the interests of capitalists,-' and that a copy of the resolution be printed In every duily paper In the city. A delegation from the Manhattan Sewing Machine Company announced that they are to strike to-day. A committee was appointed to go to Boston to confer with the sewing machine men there. Mau Meeting of Machinist* ami Black smiths. A mass meeting of the machinists and black smiths, now on a strike, was held at the Germania Assembly Rooms last evening. The meeting was called to order by Mr. M. T. Kane, and Mr. C. B. Mulligan presided. After a few remarks from Mr. Kane the meet ng was addressed by Mr. John Feh renbatcli, President of the International Union of Machinists and Blacksmiths ot North America. Mr. Fehrenbatch entered into a lengthy discussion of the labor question, and analyzed the many causes which contributed to keep down the wages 1 of his own trade. He did not believe that the ] usual rule laid down for the government of labor and '? capital was entirely correct. The Ikiss and the em- j plo,y<5 wore not on equal terras, lor the employe was compelled to work for what he could get, whereas the (tall for labor might be made when there was no j need of labor. More than any other cause the want of an apprentice system operated to keep down the wages of their trade, and a result of this was the ' extraordinary amount of botchwork that was i turned out in stiops all over the country. An- ! prentices, without learning one half of | the trade, left their lirst employer and I moving to some other town got engaged | as journeymen, with journeymen's wages, and i he i rate of wages for the trade was tixed in accord- j ance with the competency of this class of men. An- i other cause for the low rate of wages was the in troduction of convict labor, lie believed that the ' labor of convicts ought to go to the supporting of ' all the asylums in the State, and should not ! be used to interfere with the livelihood of honest mechanics. Suppose the convicts were to be taught medicine and law. would not every member of these professions consider that there was disgrace thrown upon them ? The speakerjeon tlnucd 10 discuss the eight hour question very for cibly, and evidently made a deep impression on the meeting. He was followed by Mr. Theodore Haas. President of linlon No. i.'), who spoke In the German language and advocated organization to secure the benefits of the eight hour system, for which the trade bad struck. Resolutions adopted at Albany last evening were read, ami these were to the oflVct. that the machin ists and blacksmiths along the line of the Hudson Klver Itailroad were to strike to-day for the eight hour system. The llousesiulth*. This association, represented by Its executive i committee, is still in session every day and evening ; to receive reports from the several shops in- the 1 city. A report was read last night to the j effect that Jackson Brothers had posted j a notice on their gate, staling that all men 1 In I heir employ must resume work on the | system of ten hours a day. The men, on reading I this notice, relused to a man to go to woi k on Fri day morning, and proceeded immediately to the i meeting rooms ol the Executive Committee, corner of Twenty-sixth street, and Seventh avenue, where they stated their case, and received the assurance of the society tliat it would support them while they stood out. All those who had not joined the association previously did so by paying their ini tiation fees and dues. The men declared they would never resume work on the ten Hour system. The housesmlths' ??helpers," who ate now Idle in consequence of the strike, formed an association yesterday and will hold a meeting in t lie house smiths' rooms on Monday evening for the enroll ment of members. The Movement In .ler?ey. The employes of the sugar refinery of Matthicssen A Wleehers, In Jersey City, held a meeting last 1 evening In cooper Hall and formed an organi/.a : tlon. These men do not ask for tue eight-hour rule, I but they Intend to strike foi an advance of wages ! from ?1 76 to $'J (10 a day. There are about five hundred of these employes In Jersey City and tliey j are chiefly German. .... . .. . ,, ,, A very large meeting was held In St. John * iinii, under the auspices of the Iron and Metal workers' I Association. Kx Alderman Fltspatflck was caned the I'haO' SIMl Six ? fl>?W 'Veie l?|Wi< VP j il V ?? I of the elght-liour system. The meeting contained a Urge number or machinists, coopers, carpentcra ami other mechanics, and was quite a success In point of numbers. BBOOXLYN MACHINISTS' STRIKE* Fifteen Handled Iron Moulders, Bolle* Makers and Machinists Oat of Km* ploynient. The mm workers, the boiler makers, monldcr* and machinists have joined the army of trades unionists now advancing upon the citadel of capl* tal under the eight hour banner. They threw down their implements and cast aside their working i clothes on Thursday lust, and went out to enjoy themselves and live upon the money which they have saved until such time as the Brooklyn bomca shall agree to their demands. They argne that pri vate shops can as well afford to pay full day's pay for eight hours or labor as Uncle Bam, whoso i workmen do not pretend lo perform the labor thati they do. Foremost In the movement are the men of the Atlantic Steam Knglne Works, Hubbard As Whitaker's Pioneer Iron Works, Bliss A Williams', Allen Works, Kmith Brothers', William Reed's, Charles Hardeck's, William Tavlor A Son's, Allerv Agricultural Works, Columbia Works, fttbert Kent s, Itruton's Pipe Manufactory and every machine shop in the Second and filth win ils. Tills force represents, it Is said by the employers, upward of llfteen hundred men. There Is at present no prospect of anything akin to an agreement being made between the employ ers and employes, as will be seen from the sub joined preamble and resolutions upon the eight hour movement adopted by the master iron work ers of New York and Brooklyn a Tew days ago Whereas we understand Now York St?t* to lie the only Mate in the Union th.it. has hy law made eight hours n legal day's work, and whereas the Iron founders of New York and vielult.v Rre diametrically oppo:ed to tho innovation of this proponed new system upon tae. time honored oustom of ten hours' work per day; therefore, be It Resolved. That the Imu founders here assembled will not, as a body, secede lo tlie demand* of our employes re quiring the same wages i'< <r eight hours work as heretofore paid tor ten hours. Resolved, That, we will, on and after the I7t.h iiiMt., keep posted up in each i f our places of business In a con spicuous place, the following notice, to wit:? "This establishment will hereafter he opened for luisinem st seven o'clock A. M., and closed at six o'clock M." Resolved, That we will hereafter employ all workman, hv the hour or by the pieoc. Resolved, That all e tahlishiuentsnow having contracts to mini are privileged t" make tho best terms they can for their own interests, until they are relieved from their present difficulties. Kesoived, Thst we will not hereafter take ?ur work, or make any contracts, until the qiostlon of eight hours per day Is settled, except th" same bo sccouip4B.> ?l With a. proviso lor the present contingenole*. A. J. OAMI'HKLli, "I I?. II. J A OK HON, I A. W. COI.WliLUi, t. .1. RciA?!ll. M owns it tee. F. A. I'OI'KRTITWAITE. It. tUl.LliRWKLL., J The master founder- report that the strike win liuvo tho effect of drviug a great deal of work out of Brooklyn, aa several lounders will keep their shops closed lor months before they will accede to the demands of Ihe strikers. Parties who liavo work under way in that city will take it el nowhere to be finished. Several of the strikers state that they would be willing to work under the oh) regu lation, but they were alrttid of violence at the hands of their fellow craftsmen should they con tinue to work. Tin* men. for the greater portion, however, are quite sanguine of success in the movement, and ridicule the idea of their employers shutting up their shops for any extended period. THE SEASON AT LONG BRANCH. Tl?e Opening l>?y To-Day? Rn?h Among Ihe Hotels? The Cottages anil Tlieir Ownrri. Long iikanch, Jnne 14, 1872. Long Branch Is just beginning to awake from her long lethargic sleep of the winter. Tlie coming of the President has done much to rouse her from her torpor and to give the flual wrench to her icy fet ters, and the landlords already look as smiling an the flowers of May. By to-morrow the Branch will bloom in ail the magniiiceiice and happiness of a ?'blsr sunflower." Her drives, now deserted, will teem as in the palmy days of midsummer with fast horses, stylish equipages and gay parties; her bath ing places will swarm with the wretched groups that, trust themselves in bathing dresses, and her hotels anil cottage lawns will grow beautiful and brilliant with close cropped grass, merry croquetera ami inspiring bands. The West Knil and Coutinental, the two best hotels In the place, by far, will open to morrow (SatnrUay) greatly improved, refitted and re painted, and, as far as the Continental Is concerned, supplied with a new management. The Howland House, the United Slates, .ranch's, and the smaller hotels which so lavishly dotted the bluff last snm mer will reopen also to-iuorrow or early next week. Some of thorn have been overhauled and others have not. Tlie Howlaml has been ornamented anew by the erection of towers and rustic look-out s on its roof and repainted, but no material addition has been made to its lodging capacity, nor have any new conveniences been added to its arrangements of last summer. The cottages will nearly all be occupied ny to morrow. The President "vaunts" in the' fleld anion? the very earliest. Kx-Collector Murphy has sent his servants, or at lea-ii one relay of them, to his cottage opposite the President's. Mr. Gerard's avant-oourlers have been at work at. his rosy resi dence Just below the executive mansion, where the beautiful statuary adorn the yard, and Mr. O'Sulll van, Mr. Wright, Mr. Binsee, Mr. Rawtrey, and Miss Rhodes will occupy their respective cottage* to-morrow or early next week, and some or them have already taken possession. The twin cottages, erected only last stimnvr, with their styl'sh black and white ornamentation, Have already been occn Sled in part by the Curtis family. The Billings and eforesl cottages are not yet in readiness. Kdwlri Booth has sold his cottage and will reside at. the MeVicker cottage opposite, whim he has finished Ills starring engagement. John Hay's cottage is rented to Mr. Craw Ion I for the summer. Theo dore Moss, Lester Wallack, Maggie Mitchell, Kdwln Adams, and a host of theatrical lights have their cottages almost ready, but have not yet occupied them. Abacasis hits already taken possession, and brought his stables with him. John Chamherltn'* cottage of cards looks deserted, but will open with the rush. George w. Childs' family and the Drexciit are expected to take possession early next week. DISASTROUS RAILROAD ACOIDENT. A Train of Can, Heavily- linden. Brra.lt Awnjr at tile Top of a Strep Declivity and Hush Back with Great Rapidity?* 4'olliwlon with and Eiploiion of a l>oro mot lv?? $.'10,000 Worth of Property l>r stroyed. Peoria, 111., Jane 14. 187.2. A regular freight train on the Peoria ami Roclc Inland Railroad left this city at. eight o'clock this morning, and wax runniug np the grade to Keiiar'e station, agisted l).v pony engine No. 6, After the latter left a heavily-loaded part of t tie train broke coupling In starting forward, thus leaving eleven earn on the track, which started j down the grade with terrible velocity, no one being aboard except one passenger, Harry Thompson, ot I the Theatre Coinlqne in this city, who, It, scenm, made no attempt to stop the train. The detac hed cars nenred the city, still travelling j at a frightful speed, and barely missed colliding with a picnic party on crossing the Adams street railroad. Further on, at the corner of Caroline ami Spring streets. It ran against the pony engine, driving it 1(H) feel forward ag ainst some n-eiprht, car* on th* ? track. The engine tamed completely over, and I minus tender and smoke stack was thrust througtt the train, when the boiler exploded witli terriflc report. Seven cars monnted above thn engine, making a pile of rubbish fifteen or twenty feet high. The tender was thrown forty feet away, i The man Thompson was covered with rubbish ami had an arm broken and wa? otherwise badly bruised and rendered lUx tisilde, bu| it is thought lie will recover. Tills Is the most serious railroad accident yrt chronicled In this vicinity; though, fortunately, there were no live* lost. Ii is the sensation of tlio day, and the spot has been visited by vast crowds of : people, continuing till a late hour In the evening. : The loss to the railroad H about thirty thousand dolly r*. SHOOTING ON SHIPBOARD. John McCreer was carried to the Park llospitiA last night in a dangerous condition. He slated t? the oitldals at that institution that he had been allot by the captain of his vessel, bnt what th?? name of the ship or the vessel was lie could nob. remember. Kvcry attention was paid him at th* ; hospital. ROW IN A HALLWAY. Peter It. Wells, aged thirty . s?ven. of 11 Essex street* end Israel Isaacs, of the same piace, ha<i an alter cation last night in the hallway of the above num ber, during whldi Isaacs hit Wells severely. Both were locked up by the police of the Tenth precinct. CHOKED TO DEATH. Hlllie idoken. seventeen months old, while plaj* Inn with coifce itciun yesterday afternoon swal lowed -111110 ?if them that ??linked him. Tho child died almost instantly, and was taken to tli? Twenty -ninth pre. met si a Hon house from win-nee i t lit Oo'lv wuii removed to Hie Moitfuu