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The relatives and friends it the family are respectfully
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meri fug. at 9 o'clock. without further notice. ••
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Ooopersville. 6 o'clock. -
—A Syracuse waiter attended church, on :a
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1 o'clock
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G o'clock
NI DERED FOR GOLD.
Full 'Account of the 'New York
Tragedy.
THE SCENE OF THE MURDER.
I From the New YOrk Herald of this Morning.]
At an early hour yesterday a tragedy was
enacted in the house No. 12 West Twenty
third street, near Fifth avenue, of- such a
character that those whose professional duties
compelled them to Witness the results will
ever bear-it in unpleasant recollection. - --
It was an utterly unexpected event. .Any
One of the ruffians—those light-legged scoun
drels, ignorant and debased—who swagger
through the strec t just as a snipe flies, swagger
ing from side to side,, with impudent leer and
chuckle-head, conscious of their impertinence
against decency their , very . presence .created,
knows-that a stabbing affray 'or a shooting
-match- between- rival ',gin-slings"-is no-un
common affair. The tragedy which has now
to be noted; and which will probably occupy
the public mind for inauy days, was more
carefully planned than any of those which
delight plug-uglies of the warlike wards.
No fouler murder ever chilled the blood of
quiet citizens or excited the enthusiasm of a
bandit of- the desert, than -that which was.an
pounced yesterday morning. About half-past
six o'clock, as is reported by agentlemen stop
ping at the Fifth A.venue Hotel, loud cries of
" M urder ! Po/ice !" repeated again and again,
were heard in Twenty-third street. The gen
_ tiatian 'in it it estion - liastily- left - his - bed, and;
looking from his window, saw
vso 'Young . Men In their Nicht Clothing
I-lauding on the stoop of the house N 0.1.2,
shouting lustily ;Inn' in afewnwmentn a larg::
, number of citizens and a few policemen,
I •at it - acted by their cries, bad .assembled about
the door.These two y,oung z men subiequent-
Tcjiroyed - to be the Eons fit the victim Of the
deed they thus startlingly proclaimed. Gloom
T•eliatted tile faces of - loungers who haunted the
.eorrldors of the .Fifth Avenue Hotel, melan
' Feized upon the people in. the .neighbor-.
hood of the tragedy.- In an apartment of 'the
I see,ond floor rumor located the scene . of a
. -
bloody deed. A few policemen walked•ug to
the dour of the hout.e and ..were.Admitted.
The officers immediately took possession,
1-earched the house, and on-the Second floor
had disclosed to them one of
The Bloodiest Views.
that ever affrighted mortal eyes. Clotted with
gore from bead to heel, gashed in the face, cut
Um-head in a tit:tuber of-places,whose dark
flowing . gore • prevented counting-of. the
WOIllsCiN, a corpse of an old gentleman lay
stretched, cold and stiff. The vrctina,'Mr. Ben
jamin Nathan, -- a - weliknown - Dromistreetbre
ker, a - brother-in-law of, Judge - Cardozo,lay
between his library and --his - drawing-room:
surrounded by pools of dark and clotted
blood, his hands clenched, his head thrown
back. his chest distorted, his night dress stiff
with the red juice of life, and his. arms, body,
legs,and even the soles of his feet were marked
with the kanguinary fluid. Deep cutif_in_the
torebead andlieati,-frightful-gashes-finder the
cranium - , - rolti - ofthermnrcierontrassault - rwhile
on the door of the rooms between which the
iody lay and the sides of the dividing wall
sa ere spattered plentiful •
Streams of the Life Fluid.
in Fuel) a -manner as indicated a protracted
and Unglifful struggW. - Thiirce Velid first Eawit
in the light which shone dimly through the
gathered - blinds-beheld tmeouly-the-most-har
rowing scene which ever smote the Wonder
ing eye, but beheld the bloodiest pictere in
the book of time.
From the different accounts carefully ga
thered and compared, the following statement
of the circumstances of the murder may be
considered correct : At twenty minutes past
nine o'clock Wednesday night Mr. Benjamin
Nathan, the murdered man, entered his house
and repaired to his bed-room on the second
floor in the front of the spacious dwelling.
Later his two sons spoke to him as they
came in, and bade him good-night e1..1
they retired. These slept on the floor
above—one in the front and the other in
the rear. AtSte o'clock yesterday morning
Mr. Washington Nathan, one of the sow',
went down to his father's room to call him.
He found him stretched in the sleep of death,
lying in the position described. Horrified at
the sight be called for assistance, and then
was witnessed a scene, a spectacle of domestic
:Tony painful to behold and almost impossi
ble to describe. Even to the kiving and ex
perienced eyes of the distracted young man
the frightful corpse on the floor was inde
scribably horrible. The head, beaten black
and blue, the floor surrounding him and the
rich carpets under the body saturated with
blood and brains, gave abundant evidence
that the old gentleman had parted 'with, his
life only after
A Frightful Struggle.
When the otlieers entered the house they
took the usual precautions to prevent any dis
turbance of the body or the furniture in its im
mediate neighborhood. Questioning lengthily
the domestics, who stood in the hall as they
entered; they ascended the broad stairs, ant.
walked into the rear chamber of the second
door. This contained a bed, which had been
occupied during the night by one of Mr.
Nathan's sons. Between it and the front room
was a passageway, or intermediate room,. ar
ranged as a wash room; another room, de
vOted to the same purpose on the opposite
sit e'of the partition, comintiniting, with the
diawing-roone In the tront, off which was the
library or studio of Mr. Nathan. A bed was
placed iri the centre of each room, but the
library was furnished with a small centre
table, a desk a chair and a sofa only. The
chair was, wheni found, overturned near the
door.leaditng to the outer room.
"the Satb Was Open
and the desk leaf SillS do wn. 'there was noth
og in the safe ; the desk had only a few pa
pers upon its open ]eaf r but the chair bore the
marks of a struggle. The bottom, which
faced the desk, was dyed with blood and
streaked with hair;. and near by, on the car
pet, were red marks of blood. Within a few
feet of the chair were Unequivocal marks of a
murderous struggle, when the feet of the mur
dered man protruded, one stretched out at full
length and the other. crooked in - agony. , The
door and doorsides wereabundantly splattered
with blood, while round ahout the body clotted
gore showed its hideous Marks.
The Body Lay
between the library and the outer room, on its
with,raieed chest and depressed head,
the ,most horrible sight that ever mortal
gazed upon. Judging from the ` evidence of
bleed, no such terrible murder was ever com
mitted in this city before. Near tho open
de k was a small tin box full of papers, appa
rently untouebed, and, back . of it the iron slat).
Pictures of eminent public 'men ornamented
- th e - walls - To --- 11re --- rißlit -- of - the - feitt — df - t lie
corpse„, wlaich, as already stated, protruded
into the larger mem, was a bad of• four
mittressis, overlaid with a sheet. Near it was
-anotherLroatress, -evidently. supernumerary.
There was an appearance of disturbance in
the bed - , -- but a struggle might hays occurred
and yet not be noticed, 'owing to the solidity
of the matresses.
%he Clothes of the Murdered-Man.
gray coat and trowsers; a white' shirt, lay op
posite tho bed upon a obair and - near a window,
• hiChrlike-all—those-In—tho-room-,-fgoett-the-
P.lfth_ Avenue_On the bed wa.s a _
Wiiodeft boi 'drawer taken from tho safe,
SATURDAY, JULY 30,1870.
containing two French' pieces, six centimes
each, and an American nickel cent. -
Coroner Rollins and his assistant, Dr. Beach,
arrived at two o'clock and made a careful ex
amination of the place, the, latter making .a
minute investigation into the nature of the
wounds of the murdered' man: A crowd of
newspaper men and others interested Were in
attendance. It was found that the safe had
been - blown open with potrder and a - set of
diamonds and a gold watch abstracted from
the clothes of the murdered man. What the
safe contained is a mystery, but it is supposed
that there were in it at the time of the rob
bery a large amount of bonds.
Beside the Body ,
lay a piece of iron about eighteen inches long,
turned down at the ends, with blood upon one
of .its curves. It was not found there, how
ever, by the police, but at the front door when
they entekd the_ house;_,.. is worthy of re
mark thatrldjoiningithe room of Mr. Nathan
vfas the` bedchamber Of. a servant-man, who,
however, strange to' relate, heard nothing of
the encounter which resulted in this horrible
crime. The instrument mentioned as having
been found in the hallway hi known techni
cally as a ship-.car? enter's "dog," but used also
in other trades.' It iy neither . a formidable
nor .a deadly weapon or at-lea.qt is not iio . br;"
dintirily 'considered.
Near the Bed
on which Mr. Nathan slept was a common tan,
on v. hicb,on a card,was inscribed iri hold,large
letters these words—
" Let Die Alone!"
•
and on the reverse the name Thomas Hunter,
partially erased.
The wounds on the head of the murdered
gentleman were numerous and deep. The
honert of two or three of the, fingers of the
left baud are fractured, as though he had
clot ched the assassin and had been hit violently
Some Heavy Immrnment
to make him unloose-his hold. Four scalp
wounds were discovered.ott. the back of the
head one inch and a half long; live wounds on
the right aide of the head and one over the
right orbit which divided the ear. There
_were also-AU:a wounds.,on_ the. forehead_ one
inch and a half in length—one lacerated and
the other, punctured. Small- fragments of
hones and scattering brains oozed from the
gaping wounds. To everybody who looked
upon the ghastly and horrible spectacle it was
quite clear that there was more than one
burglar engaged in the murder of Mr. Ireahan
and more than ono weapan was use(L
How thelffurder was Effected
remains to be discovered. .
- The detectives do
_not tkiiak the murderers
were profersional burglars, but merely. loafers.
and the belief is strengthened that they must
have concealed themseh - cs in the house-Thurs
.ilay.,lo.t_tlie _doors a - nd_wtndows_were-- all-se
cure yesterday morning, except the front
door, by which they made their escape.' It
had been.opened from the inside, as the son
who-came-home-last-on --Thursday-- night
. is
positive,that he locked and bolted it.
The ThninVe I.4est OCcupation. - - •
On the desk in the library was`a check-book,
on which was a chtek partially drawn in .e
handwriting of the victim, of the following
purport: •
NEW Vona . , July 2D. 1870.—Tiff: Union No
tional Bank ; Pav to the order of H. Lapaley
Co,
— TIIO - elruckliard - beeti
the stump" bore the following entry:
4.4 r ,
H. LAPSLEY 8: CO.
Sulk. to 100 shares German American Bank
$lO,OOO. - . •
There is reason to believe that the Murdered
.man bad-risen-from his-bed in order -to-make
this entry, as though a thought had suddenly
occurred to him of a business transaction en
tered into during the day, and which he had
not completed, and it would also seem to con
firm a theory that the crime was coumiitted
after midnight of T hursday, as the chedk was
dated "July 29th," which was yesterday. • '
The Theory of the Murder,
of which most of those who inspected the
rooms and viewed the body expressed Ahem
selves confident, was that the assassins gained
access to the house under pretence of being
employed therein, and secreted themselves
for the bloody deed, doubtless thinking that
Mr. Nathan had a large quantity of bonds and
money in his safe. Whether they were disap
pointed or not- remains to be discovered. for
the relatives of Mr. Nathan do not know de
finitely what the safe contained, Probably
the murdered man was struck from behind.
and knocked over his chair before he heard
any alarm. The blood spattered over the car
pet, near the desk, clotted With blood, would
support this view, and there is nothing at all
improbable in the supposition that the old
gentleman was sitting at his writing-desk,
signing the checks and documents laid before
him by his sons at an early part of the prece
ding day.
-
A - Double Incentive to Energy.
That the detectives will do their utmost to
unravel the mystery and detect 'and capture
tbe , bloodthirsty ruffians who were the per
petrators of this crime against society, against
the individual and against every b.uman in
stinct, there is little doubt, as, apart from the
reputation to be made by such skill if success at
tend it, the Stock Exchange, a few hours after
lie discovery of the murder, offered a reward
of :10000 for the capture of the actual
criminals.
Ajury was empanelled yesterday afternoon,
but beyond taking
The Testimony
of Mr. Washington Nathan, one of:the sons ot
the deceased, nothing was done, and
the jury were, ordered to be preSent.on Mon
day, when the • entire circumstances _ : of the
case would be fully investigated..
Great excitement prevailed in the neighbor-•
hood up to, a late hour last night, and the po
lice had charge of the premises.
A eine Believed to be Found at Last.
n _
At an unmentionable hour yesterday after
noon, when the entire detective police force
were speculating upon the' murder, a Herald
reporter was walking through West Twenty
second street. He passed policeman No. 2,748,
who was conversing with some. citizens upon
the all-absorbing theme.
"Some fellow who lives in this street saw at
an early hour of the morning a close carriage
drive away from there," said one of the
citi
zees to No. 2,748, pointing to the Twenty-se
' cowl street entrance of Mr. Nathan's premises,
"'and that carriage contained . the murderers."
The reporter stopped, joined in the COn versa
lion, but No. 2,748 and his auditors were un
able to state who the " was.. Itwas a
clue worth following. Twenty minutes after
the reporter entered Ford,Sr K.essinger's res
taurant, in Fifth avenue, between. Twenty
fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, and, asked for
Mr. Patrick Devoy, the head waiter.
" That is my name," responded the polite
waiter, who at the moment was very busy.
" I ,wish to see you a moment," said the re
. porter. - -
-.After waiting, some time Mr. Devoy became
emporarily_disengagediand-approaching-tlie
reporter asked politely 7vilxat he desired. He
was asked for • . .
A Statement of What Oconrred
just after the great storm froutolProfessor
Samuel P:Morse's - feat - deuce; . - Ireh -5 Twenty=
second street. •,,, -
" Why, I have "made it writing at the
Mulberry street headquarters thisafternoon,"
said' DevoY. ' • '
.
ato aware of that, but 'prease give it to
nee:'
• • Mr. Devoy then stated to otir repotter_, BUJ).
orerOek; he •
- came up to the residence of. ProfeitAor norm)
which hi in the care of bhiitself an 4,
to his astonishment, found a closed carrilze
standing in front of the house the horses being
in flout of Mr. Nathan's stable, which is 0..
Twenty-second street, immediately abreast n'
Mr. Morse's. Seeinga man lying in the coach
and no one on the box, he approached him
and asked him to move away, remarking that
be did not wish the carriage to remain in front
of the house. He received no answer, but
'thinks he heard whispered conversation in
side. This aroused his suspicions, and fearing
that they had designs upon the residence that
Professor Morse bad left him to guard, he hur
riedly entered the house. Mrs. Dovoy has
been ill for some days, and this circumstance
led Devoy to be more cautions. From his
wife he learned that the carriage drove up
about half-past ten o'clock,and remained there
during
The Fearful Storm
that raged for half-an-hour.-Devoy took -tea
light, and after making thorough search of the
premises from cellar to roof, retired to bed,
but could not sleep. The presence of the
mysterious carriage haunted him, and twice
be arose and peered through , the ivies thatline
the windows on the suspicious carriage. The
last time he arose he saw a man suddenly
mount the box abd drive rapidly away in the
direction of 13roadway. This was .•
At hatinvest one A. 81., •
and Devoy retired to bed relieved in mind..
This is the substance of his statement ma le. in
writing yesterday to the Superintendent of
~
Police.
There are various theories entertained by
police officials. but, the most generally
_ae
-cepte-d is hattho nintddr yeas committed to ,
patties who gained access by the stable, that
some of the workmen employed in the . house
the day before were parties to the foul deed,
and that a closed, carriage carried away the
murderers. It would he a little singular if the.
trivial citcunistance of Devoy's inspection of a ,
carriage should lead to the discovery of one of
the foulest murders that has ever horrified a
people. During the lightning Devoy saw the
lace of the occupant or the carriage, and was
enabled to give a deserrption of it.
-Terrible-Encounter with sa Rattlesnake.
I Eiwn the Lima `Mo.) Democrat or duly
We are informed that during the late har
vest a farmer in the northeastern portion of
Osage county, while cutting wheat in his field,
beard the sing of arattlesnake. Beforetecould
determine the precise locality of the-"rattline
the snake made at him,leaping over the scythe
and cradle, but missed the man; who now in
turn - attacked the shake with his cradle. The --
snake was ready for the charge, and .again
leapin over the cradle, inflicted a se.vere
woundon the front part of the right leg of
lila% antagonist, who now retreating, en
deavored to defend himself against the re,
pealed attacks Of the reptile. The snake made
no less than ten different lunges" at the - gentle , :
man while retreating, who, at the same time,
called loudl2, for his dog.. The faithful animal
finally arrived, finding .o.wner... nearly_ e.x
hatisted with heat and pain . ,_and. 'at once at
tacked the snake. The farmer, fully realizing
the great and imminent danger of his wound,
t • t made his way home—a quarter of a-mile
—as best he . could. On reaching there
he .at once " applied a thick ligatilliff,""
heavily soaked in tObacco juice and'
salt; and, Whilst awaiting medical .
aid, drank two quarts of_pnre peach brandy;
effe therarom_in- his
excited and exhausted condition. He at once
dfspatched assistance to the scene of the
.e.ontiict to rescue his. dog, whieli, on arriVing
there, found the snake coiled around the faith
ful attimal=the dog dead and his venomous
antagenistia a dvingsendition. Tlia_srlieat=
:or a cpnsiderable space aro ud.was torn elow,n
bearing evidence_of the tierce, eTrateet J
Nebielrhad - then - blit • remirly -- Oettiirtreit - - -- The
dog -tea:tired an honorable - burial, while '
the snake ~ w as subjected to an anato
!ideal inspection, which revealed a nearly full
grown rabbit. The tail of the reptile :bore
seven rattles and one " button." Our infor
mant, inadvertently, we presume, omitted any
mention iu his notes of the length and general
size of the deadly foe with which the farmer,
and finally his faithful flog, bad the dreadful
encounter. That it was of rather unusual size
would seem most probable. The gentleman
was confined to his room about two weeks;
but is now able to attend to his business as
usual. His ,naree,tas we learn, is,Mr. Fred.
Zenter,te._Nicting near - Fredericksurg, in this
county.. "
Shockinh Death of a Woman and Two
Children by Fire In Canada.
. .
A Montreal% :despatch of the-27th instant
says : Fires haye been raging in the woods in
the neighborhood of thetitanstead,Shefford and
Chamblyitailroad for some days past. Yester,
day they' were attended with fatal conse
quences. ; About two o'clock yesterday after
noon the, premises of a French Canadian,
named RitSseau, residing at Canaan, four
miles this side of Granby, having become
nearly ,
.surrounded with the flames, he
Placed a portion of his furniture, also his
nuttily, consisting of his wife and three chil
dren, in but wagon, and started them off to
their neighbor. The flames, however, 101 7 ,
lowed the fugitives so fast that the horse
wheeled rotmd and upset the wagon, yielding
the woman and two of the children a prey to
the fire, which consumed them on the spot.
The third child, a daughter, of only seven
years of age, scrambled away from the flames,
and - with-ber screams brought assistance. She
was rescued, and Was alive this morning, but
it is feared she - cannot survive. During the
greater part of yesterday Granby was threat
ened with fire- from two or three directions,
A marsh about three miles from that village
was burning fiercely. There were also fires
raging in Ifaconk, Canaan and Milton.
Vidou League of America.
The National Executive Committee of the
Union .League of America met yesterday,
At the Continental Hotel, Lout; Branch.
In the absenee of Ex-Governor William A.
Newell, of New Jersey, the Chairman, Gen.
M. S. Littlefield, of Florida, was called to the
,•hair, and. Mr. Thomas G. Baki3rTtlarNational
Secretary, ,acted as Secretary. There were
present, among others, Mr. C. W. Godard,
the First Vice President,. of New York ; 0.
C. Pinekoey and Win. V. Alexander, Samuel
Smith and Jo;:epli W. Divins, of New York ;
(;en. Bodine, of Pennsylvania ; Gen. W. T
Clark, of Texas; Col. Thos. E. Rich, of Mary
land; Wm. A. Cook, of Washington; E. G.
Ferris, of Iowa; 1110 S. W. Conway, of New
Otleang4 A discussion involving the coming
election§ in the various States took place.
Important action was taken in regard to the
Union LOgite in Washington City. A report
was made from Florida •showing the need of
a thorough organization. in the State. Gen.
\V. T. Clark, of Texas, made a report from
his State, showing that an efficient organize:*
tion existed under the Presidency of I-Eon.
J. P. 14 ewconib. The address of W. T.
Clark was full and complete. It showed
that--the- -new--Militia-bill in' Texas
would put 'an end to , lawlessness . and
rtitibery. so - rife_at_tha.present_tim z .•
lntion was adopted recommending that an,
election be bold. In said State 'this fall. Mr..
Conway; of'New Orleans,: made 'a- vigorous
speech idepicting the state of affairstn Louisi
ana, Allowing 'that persistent efforts are-be
ing Made to deceive - and leadoff' members - of
the Republican party,. under specious and
false devices coming • from the Democratic
party. eerier& Littlefield, of Florida, made a
speech on [the condition. of_ the ',Republican
• party iu hia§tate, demandingthe active sym
pathy of the Union men at din North for their,
bretlirefflifllfifiTsWitTi — iiiid - iditiWilig WA'
union men, white • and .'blaalt,'ware. scarcely'
' permitted to' live in peace there. ' ' _ '
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FJ.ta~i- d..
E COAL TRADE.
The Demand-- Prices of Lehligkeosd for
Augnst--iiiiseis -at Nesquehoning
flume Work at Operators' Terms—tie.
neral Resumption Expected an *sus
pended Regions—lien Repeal Eight
Dour System of Work--Sn mars of
Late Scranton sale7-Ithl putouts, etc.
The demand for coal still continues 'active,
and, in consequence, good figures are brought.
As yet the shipments troro the Lehigh region
have net been affected by the resumption of
the Schuylkill.-
At the monthly tneeting,of the Philadelphia
Coal Exaange yesterday (29th) the following
figures were agreed upon for coal delivered at
Mauch Chunk, in car. or boats, till further
notice :
Lump $3 75 Stoves.l' 00
Broken • 3 75 Small 5t0ve........ 4 00
Egg 3 75 Chestnut 3 25
being an advance of 'zs cents on ail sizes over
that brought for coal in July.
The men of the Carbon district, who wer e
working. at eight hours 'and - corresponding
pay; have become heartily tired of that eye
terni-and.have 'had the order 'repealelL'' Next
week the old system of tem hours' work will
be resumed. The men at Nesquehoning (Le,
'high Navigation Coinpany) have resumed
work, accepting thki terms offered by-the com
pany. They were.out for eight mOriths.. Those
•
employed at Summit HiJl have not, as yet, ao
cepted, but it is belleved they Will..this coming
Week. A'report was circtilated that their men
at the Wilkesbarre: Coal and. Iron Company
had struck, but, on inquiry,it was pronounced
untrue. - Everything now seems in a fair way
for a.general resumption at.their places. •
The tangle in the
,Schuylkill is being_ un
- raveled by man Y -of the. 'operators - accepting
.the Gowen compromise and putting their
men.to work on those terms. Several places
have started and the remainder will soon fol
low. It-is expected all will be at work next
week. Some of the operators have arranged,
and others are endeavoring to arrange, special
terms with their men. On Sattirdattie-Presi
dent of the Ileading Itailrea4 Company, in
anticipation of a general resumption during
the current week, issued a circular. notice to
the trade, "That, on and after. Monday, July
the rates of-freight and toll, on anthracite
coal, and of drawbacks_oll coal_shipped _from
Richmond, which were current prior to ad
vance ordered by circular No. 7, will be'-re
sumed." This gives operators who were ablo
to make terms with their men au - opportunity
to' ship coal with 'advantageous rates of
freight. As - before said, many, in. conse
quence of the rescinding of order-No. 7, have
commenced work. ,
The men of the Philadelphia Coal Company,
who=struck - 7 - - - for - eightlxours, --have --resuine - d
work at ten hours. .All, the collieries, at Mt.
Carmel that were Working at eight hours are
now working at ten hours, except one. -
From &hoard's Coat Freight Circular (extra,
we take, the following summary of _the .late
sale' of cranton - coal. - At the sale . there. Was'a
very large attendance of buyers from all
points. • The bidding was exceedingly brisk;
and the coal went oft in.large lots." - Every one
appeared to want' coal, and - no doubt a great
mangy' enter to get their bids In.
It wilLbe not ced .there is.a largir - advance on
all sizes over last month's sale. Agreat many
orthe wifolesfireilalers in Seheylkill coal
were large purchasers at the sale
Lump opened firm at 54 30, sold up to
S 4 . 371, and closed at $4 221.
Steamboat. sold at $4 45 for the full amount
offered in large lots.
811, ra
lied, and closed at $4 95, the large portio 13
offered-beirtg elo'sed•mit at'S4 90 and $4 92f.
Egg opened at Si, sold . briskly, the whole
lot being passed oil at that rate, and $5 02i.
Both egg and broken appeared to be in good
demand.
Stove opened at $5 50, was rapidly run up
to $5 621, toward the close fell off a little to
$5 60, closing at $5 t i. This was generally
sold to retailers in small lots, and was in first
rate request.
Chestnut opened at $4 6j, and sold at that
rate, and at $4 40 for the entire amount, going
in lots of 100 to 500 tons.
The amount of coal sold at the, 85th auction
: , ale of Scranton Coal, July 27, 1870, was 80,000
tons, at The following figures ;
• 12,000 tons Lump, $4 20 and 4.37}
. 10,000 " Steamer, 4.45
'16,000 " Broken, 4.871 " 4.95
10,000 " Egg; 5.00 " 5.021
20,000 " &nye, .5.50 " 5.62}
12,000 " Chestnut, 4.40 " 4.50
This gives an average adVance over the last
sale of about 25 cents. This was much less
than was anticipated by many in the trade.
The Lehigh Coal Exchange met on the 28th.
at their rooms in Trinity Building, and the
coal question was fully discussed . A commit
tee was appointed to confer with the railroad
in regard to tolls for the coming month. A
conference being held, the committee reported
that tolls would , be advanced eight cents, pro
vided the Board did not advance their prices
more than twenty-five cents. With this fixed,
on motion prices at shipping points wore ad
vanced twenty-five cents, and the same ad
vance via canal.
During the past week the demand for coal
has continued good, all kinds going off well
and bringing good prices. Freights are steady;
with an upward tendency.
Serious Accident.
The followi❑g account of an accident to
Major Thomas Williams, son of Hon. Thomas
Williams, of Alldgheny City, we clip from the
Herald : We regret to*ate thaLon
Saturday , evening Major Thorn:is Williams
. met with.a serious.ancident. He liad returned
from dinner to his room, in the second story
'of .a building on East Spring street, for an al
terndon nap. When he arose the room was
dark, and stopping out, as he supposed, from
the door upon the platform at the head of the
Stairs, he walked directly through an open'
window, extending from the ceiling to the
floor, and fell to the ground' below. He was
iminediately discovered, and conveyed back
to his room in a state of insensibility. Dr. Va
rian •was smumoned, and on examination
found the patient's collar bone broken, and
that be had sustained internal injury. He suf-,
fered much during the, night and yesterday,
but last evening was • apparently much im
proved, and slept quietly. We hope to give a
more favorable report of his condition to
t-narrow.
A NEW FISH DES:MOVE.R.—Ifor years past
the fishermen about the shores of Lake Onta
rio have noticed often that fish apparently in
health rose to. the surface of the water, floated
about in a helpless condition for a few, hours,
and then died. This has been particularly no
ticed among the herring, a handsome silver
colored fish, taken in nets. The true cause of
this mortality has not been known, or at least
has not been publicly announced ,to our know
ledge, The fishermen- have-charged it to
. leeches or other parasites fastening theniselves
pon_the_sciales_nLike_fish and su.cidn
life-blood. A day or tWo since, Seth Gieen,
the notedpiscioniturist, gathered some dying
herring flOatirig upon Irondeguoit Bay,,aud
made a careful examination. He' tbund fast
ened-near the - gills a worm Which .had. eaten.
into the vitals, and , was drawing the blood
from the heartA)fthc,fish. Under the micro-,
scope, this was ri'disgasting looking creature,
so made with powev to adhere that oncefast
cileillApan flori beneath the gills. it ,eoglthnot
be e akenpfll• When this parasite takes hold,
of an inrbtosed , surfack the_ish dashes 'himAelf
agitinit a reek or_barchTu - liiitance and tears
sometimes taking ttio scales.' These l wound4
have been mistaken for the real cane Of death
PRICE TEIREECENFS:I
,
in the &b. Of course there is no remedy- 7 -mo'
way to prevent destruction 4 1to fish thus at.
tacked,. but it towel] enough to-be Informed as
to the real cause, of fish mortality.—Rochest er Union. . •
NEW JEBSEY.
Dreadful Murder In New Brunswick.
A horrible murder was committed in Now
Brunswick, on Wednesday: night, between 10
and 11 o'clock. The murdered man was named
Thos. Duff, and was an aged, inoffensive day
laborer.
The murderer , is ',one Watts. Griffin, who
has been heretofore quite notorious'as svfight
tug brawler and rough. The circumstances of .
the murder are as follows , : As officer Brower
of the New Brunswick police, was patrolling
his beat in Burnet street, in the lower part of
the city, riear-the-canalrbis- attentioti
tracted by, the sound of blows and oaths, and
men'struggling in the second story of a , house
across the street. • Calling 'another officer td
his assistance, thetwo crossed the street, and
had commenced to climb the stairs
when the door at the top was opened,
, and a man ejected out - of the'
door and, down the steps with, great violence 3
At the ,same time a voice at the - door 'ex.::
claimed : " G odd—n you ; I'll kick your brains
out." The fallen matt rolled , to the bottom OE
the stairs, but did not rise. It was afterwards
ascertained that his skull was fractured , by
some - heavy blunt InStrument. Mounting 'the
stairs, the officers entered the room. in spite
of the resistance of the murderer and his re,-
• peated threat to kill the until:tan who opened -
the door, and arrested him. He proved to be
Watts Griffin. No other person 'was in the
room, hut marks of a violent struggle - were
apparent around the room. A small hatchet
was discovered in one corner, _where it had
been-flung by Griffin. -Although - the , housa
belonged to John Warren, no one but Griffin
was oiscovered in the apartinent. Mrs.- War
ren, the wife of John Warren,was, afterwards
arrested on suspicion of being an accomplice,
in spite of her protestation that she,
was visiting a neighbor at the time. Thik
neighbor, however, states that she dist netcrill
upon her until after Gritlin'S arrest; itsis be- -
lieved that she was concealed in_ the room at s
the time.'Duff died in a few hours,; and art
inquestwas held by Coroner Paradine, but at
last accounts a verdict had nut been rendered.
The object of the murder is supposed to.be-td--
gain possession of a small sum of money-1311ff—
was known to have in his possession. The
day_before he had sold two_pigs for_a.bout $36, ,
and Griffin knew that he had this-- money.
'W hen Duff was picked up at the foot of the
stairs, his pockets were turned inside out, and,
no money, was found upon him. Quite a saw
of money was found upon Griffin; which; how
ever, has notteen.identitied as that possessed'
by„Litiff.__There-was.-no-il!-feelingknOWDAO r _,-
eXISt between Duff. and Griffin. The latfer
now lies in jail awaiting an examination'
FACtS 'AND raNciks.
-- - - SolAhern - California promises a bouiiceous
olive crop this year. •
—The reception of: the alaryla ud; Fifth, [to
day, was quite a:N:etf-ert.
, ,
—The drought has badly affected: , mill-wrk,
in New Hampshire.
—i-There is an umbrella in Bangor which ha.s•
been in the possession of one family for fifty
3 ears. It was a bridal gift. • , •
=The University of Vienna no longer dis
criminates between the . sexes in its medical
—England has 17,589
— l3ishentera, and t.
=-When Cincinnati girls hire ut- theystipit
late the use of, the dieing-room and parlor with'
missus.
—Canada this fall will hold a, Provincial
Fair for the exhibition of agriculture and the
arts. 1 '• -
—The Russian Government is about toes=
tablish an astronomical observatory, Qu the top.
of Mt. Ararat.
—Virginia boasts a colored couple of ninety
seven and ninety-six years respectively. The
wan is a grave-digger.
—With the appearance of green apples anti
peaches the doctors' bank accounts are fatten
.
mg up.
—Mr. Warne, a wealthy merchant of Bt.
Louis,. in his sixty-fifth year, recently married
a music teacher of twenty.
—New York physicians claiin that soda wal.
ter is largely responsible for the 'great number
of sudden deaths this hot weather. , • ;
—The Mormon . Ladies' Retrenchment:So
ciety is making a brown bread and bean soup.
diet one of its articles of faith.
' —Cardinal Antoneili, right-hand niaa of
Pope. Pius IX., has aSmall salary, yet be has
just given a nephew a million dollars upon the
occasion of his marriage.
—Chang, the Chinese giant, who' was here a
little while ago, became the happy father of a
young giant at San Francisco on, the Fourthboll
—The change in the weather, this morning.,
made warmer clothing quite eoinfortable! We
met one man on Chestnut street with
tie on, and a full set of shirt studs.,
•
—Sixteen thousand two hundred and forty- :
seven immigrants arrived at Port
the quarter ending June 30.• Of these, 1,11. V
settled in Michigan.
—Recipe for making dark hair sandy—Go,
into the surf just alter a storm—your hair will
be sandy enough when you come out: "` It is
not a dye " (die) unless, you go out too far.
—Of 1,745 students . at the. UnifersitY Of Leirt::) .
sic, 1,628 are Germans, 104 subjects of other,
European States, 12 are Americans, and 1 is'
an Asiatic.
—The Providence Press states , that different ,
hpartiesp in that State, employing a large limn,
er of men, are ready to put on Chinese
erelabor
as soon as they can be proeureit
—General Salomon, Governor of Washing.:
ton Territory, has sent two hundred_ eim
grants to Puget Sound, and two hundred
more will go in August. The emigrants ar&
mostly from Chicago.
—A dashy " Colonel" of fifty years has 14eent,
cutting a swell among wealthy Kansas widows,,
lately, and his wife has just sent for and'
forced him to shell Out $1,:i00 which hW bOr.
rowed of her before he started out, „ ,
—Louis Napoleon says that he. e*poOts
spend his Ike day, August 16, In Berlin:
Wouldn't it be a reniarbable incident it that
should really prove to be his .jide,ilay,Aud ha
should spend it iLI
—Russia liar sent .n fleet of Mellll26rS as . aO '
exploring expedition to the Nortlt Pole. i They
are under the howediate COLUlna - t.a. of t 10)
future Grand Adrolial of the Rus,hut Nav'y,
Grand Duke Alexis; and ottrry ttouto of , tho'
greatest men of science of Russia
—The indications arts that the uo - pillatinn. of
the boron hor York )1.0 l•Vr will' riveth 16"406.
n epen en .0 t osu.ur
Freystown.l' 1860 the population of the
borough proper was 8,714, showing an inerea9e s
of over 6,000, and that York has nearly doublt4
her population in ten years;
,—Queen Victoria has promised tolend eight t
pletures from the, galleries of Windsor anti ,
Hampton Court, as wells number of draw
itigs from the Windsor library, to the ffolbsin
at Dresden. Besides this niest'val, t
liable contribution, other loAns of in3p9rtAlect 3
have been 'generously piondsed: Thus the.
Berlin Bttsenrii and the gallery of PittlititiO''
Friends of Art at • Prague
ir c ,11,,.•, L , 4 ; at tho ser vita. Qr comutittoo.
daces. of w_orshi
ottstown