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ca. I 'J 1 HIE rOIITICAL J1URDEIL LlX Of BICHARD CBOXEE TOE jljXXLVO OXT.Y XcKEXXA. -rJTja Or THK CAM JOB THE PEnCtSE gX-ElBEL mXOW WHAT HE gj, ATTEMPT TO FBOYs! THE ITOHI jy fXCOXD ATE-TCE OJ KUCTXOH DAT, CBOHBu TRIXXD. 5.1 mU wt yesterday in tbe Court of Jt Tsrslaar, h4 the-Croker trial wa pro- jwrta. Tbsr yM aiignaeoB anaisamat subU 0 ootrrT anxiety to HJT tV Bo 'faaM Vroegbt erea a larger Jjj iha esurt-room than heretofore, Tneaeaa Btteadajioe, bo Ik oa tha part of tb ed ft tb defease.

Tb yriMM1! stated by Air. J'sllows, wb Impeached mtiaaaf el dame oiir" ones a 04 averred that he weald prodae thirty to would ceotradict them in evry ma-V. 1tiicuha. Som of the, Mild, would eoly did Croker aot Or tb shot "TT, kills VtKeuna, but tbat ther knw and iMtnb tb msB "bo did. Conns! admitted jgyr msdluni between deliberate a tb MM Of OmO Of the Witnesses for iial' socas of tb witness whom bo JuZrvLt oa the part of tba defendant.

Sev. jjta v1 tzamlsod, and their testimony artapoy material fur tb defendant in 2 jet that tbetn aay they did sot with Crokcr. and that ba waa la rltb O'Brien wbea tba fatal abot -waa find. fSm rtpct tbar ar aTral diaerepaBcioa. gl 4 0a trltoaaaaa locata 03nan and Crokar oa daiirar vban tbay wra quarreliof, wbila oao fotiiirt tbat they vera oa tba aide walk.

Aoa vblte tb creaUr a amber any tbat MeKenoa fattba lratabot, tbera ar two wb affirm poal-gilTlirt did not fall till tba third abot waa 1 oa tbea adda I beard two ahota, and lr wh eumabody waa aot falliBC." Aa jpajtif ixideat occorrad Joat tb cloa of tb astBl a bay wt taad mho bad aooa tb (MBI aad vno only know th partiaa a tba big (O'Brian) end "tb littl man" (Crokar.) Iiaar aaaad if aaw tba littl man in ooart, hai bt petatad la a rata aod IndecluT way. Boaaf tbaa told tba boy to laar tb atand and dfatkabaad oa tb peraoa to wbom raforrod. ttmftM, and amid much laafbter ainfilad out ti.f&m. It waa gaoerally coaeadad that al-(gajk tb idanUfleaUoa of Crokar had failed, th a I I laatitatioa af "tba litCe man waa complete, emu or THJaCAB roa the mfusl ImaWlitcily after the altUng of th coarC tb Vt proceeded wltn. Mr.

Fallow, In atat-yt ta artiooer'a caaa, aaid that whether he aae-awM not, be would endeavor to emolat th key mpirtial and Joat opening of hia friend, the AaiiieBt Piatrict Attcrner. would atat notb-atfattb defenae did aot expect to prove, noth-1 (bat Ike witneaaea woald not oomborata with aatmUp. Ha would aot wander from tb mala pert at the caae to eourider other aapeot of It vUck bad been brought to their notice, and to kka, tarlaf th proTaa of tb lnveatigatlon, thnt tttantioa muat have bees mar or lew directed. Tkt pkia, aneniharraaatd qneatlon with which they kl tX waa whether Richard Croker ahot lakalttXcana, and whether, if be did, auch aboot-la aaeaUtntod tba eiim cbarend. After payini; (at anal conplimenta to tba Jury, and atatlng that tatasdeaTor of the tlrfcLaa had been to gft praona vto did aat balonz to any political arena, ha aid that i tb easa had been already tried afar it reached them.

It had been tried aa all nanally war which created' aanaationa la (alt CKr i It had bean tried in th aluma of araand arena, and in tha amokO'aad fumee of bar- M) with all th adjunct of Dlaephemy. It had teat lad dad, a carta! a extant, aa all thoae ease naDy th eolumna of tha preaa it had Ws aaameated npon, and jodanient had been pro- rom tb idle and unreliable aroealp of th Knaia. Kew, howeTer, it waa before a tri taaal fro from prejudie and biaa. Th laexy of th proaecutioa had been preeonted to Vita. It waa that on the 3d of November tha de baaaiit bad deliberately and with premodlta-Uem, and having miirder ta hia heart, taken th Ufa of a human beloc bad alalnJohn Mchtenna.

Taty bad heard, he aaid, tb worat. It now became Bertaatihat ba abould call their attention to on two tagaL propaaitiona belonging to eaaea of tbia taaraotar. Cownaol pointed out to tba Jury that araa If it were dear that Croker had abot at ohleana, llaaould baahown tbat platol abet hadeauaed hi iattb. OlbarwU tbey might. a well beiiey that LU death ftaulted front th probe of th akrakiaa, ar from th maladminiatratioa afwaeinaa If that were permitted to carry thee earn into tb tegionaof a peculation and eormiae, ftara waahl ben poaaibility af air trio at aa ln-taDIgaat reidkt, Sefrarding tha taatimony whlah the Bieeatutiuu had onVrod.

and that which he pro-ti to brlag forward ht tb defeuae, he waa wUrad aay that either th witneaaea for th B9wctioa) had committed 'deliberate perjury, or that thoae who would be produced in rebnttal wowld ba aUberetely fore worm. There could ho no poaal-W-fcJ of doubt. Either Richard Croker ahot that Ma at bo did not. Xbey denied at th outeet that kieaard Croker had anything mora to do wish it than th jury iu th box, except that be eentiguooa to th place where the tran taction wat It would abewa that there were aa May aa S00 paraona there at th time. Te pro-? tbatalehard Croker had hot llr-Kaana, th proae-tkw bad called -only) two witneaaea tb two 0 Brian, both whom teatifled that Croker ahot Ua Ma.

Of ail thoae who were pxeoant, they could bat two to ewear to thia aUtomaot and taoaa aaa who war bo th enemlee of Croker, and aad motiTea for a wearing againat. him. Cona-ad, la th Brat inatanre, analysed tha erideno of O'Brien, referred to thee whom, he aaid. wafcla aaaociatea. and who had beea orgaauod to to) diatnrbanoea at tba polla, aa either unknown (mm or pronoun oed ihierea.

Tbar waa a place, ba4, where that men war at their nefarioon tkat morning, that on of th waa aot band among them, and fa claimed that faM O'Brien had aworn deliberately falae for the fertet af avoiding any teeming contact with them. ai important for him, counael contended, to iM taa wataminating touch that gang of ruf- It Waa aeoeeaary for him to keep tha kirt kx-SheriJ and Senator fro from too Mtvateam from the dona ot Water atreet and palieaa of th Bowery. Conaael next reerred ta the political enmity exiaUng between Croker ad 0a, and stated tbat oa the morning in queaUon waa acting for Abram 8. Hewitt, Bnen a op-Ha thea called attention to th detail of aiTl between Croker and Brian. Who but lT- be aaked, were the central figurea of th tSnl Tbay war men who war aa th Mar reapectir factional both had been cUt ia poliUoa in that diatriit, and OTerjbody kv thaea.

Blow wore exenanged between them. Aabedy dreamed that piatoU wer to he oaed ao-b mv any piatola whil th light waa going on, 4 ohtary paraon preeent woald toatify that trad the ahot except th two O'Brieae. The iwaul aaid. would pJao thirty witneaaea atand. noma of whom aaw th ahot that U'Jed McKeun and would th aaan, who Bred it that neither 0 hriaa nor Crekec had any piatol, and that it waa toaathla fur thorn to hare a piatal on that ooca- Coaaeel next dirvted attoaUoa to the tt Mtef th AaaiaUnt Dlatriet Attorney tbat th ny weald he aatiafled that theahootiag of atcKean aold-bluoded and deliberate murder.

Theln- waa for murCer in th fli-at decree, alar-be amid, waa aot tb reaalt of auddem paaafcan, eaatatuaatiuior piwmodiUtioa callad at-b'daatotMralmgofJaJolVaTia, which twqaixwd bwdarahonld bar not mrly th lugrediat oedlUUoa, but deliberaUon- ridicmUd th 'bat Ctokcr weuU hire deliberately ahot at 2. a whom he did not know and againat had no eamUy, whil hi pro-enemy waa ther befar him. Ia 4a V. WL "arreat thi mnrderox." be oentaatdod that Craig wont into th etatioaMaee and aaid te iT. hy did you kill my otmaia the thought rr entered (Brien'a bead that Croker bad a Ee commented oa tha faet thatao pietol waa broker, aod that tha Pvlioa osioer who tJ' him imaiedtaioiy after hia meet, and aab-eaatiy at the 1'obce ataUoo, bad tailed aeflnd Um.

Not on of ta thurtw or forty Cr-vh they wonid produce aaw a platol with Counaei went acaia throucb the proof atTT ae would prodse. ana oaM that mom iaat roanejatabuity, aaeai wi hfM to aolltiwa ameer taean loha Hf Ua. a avothe JMflna woald teetify that thev eaw th that Brad th aha that killad hf cKaawa. and woald deaenbe hia to the Jnrr. Ia aonalnaioti, a rem laded th furv of their obUgatioaa, and of tb faet that aay doubt which might aria the eri-denoo ebonld aai to th adtiaun.

mat a taa bat of to priaooer. THE PTUT wTnrtaa, Id ward A. Ladk. Ka. XW Kaat TbJrte.flrat atnat.

waa the Bret witneae called. HeteotiBew: I waa in in Ticmiiy or 1 uxrxj-tumth atnet and Seeond avean oa th tnorntna of th edaetioau I had net dirort connection with either of tb political parti on inn oay. i aaw air. croker and hf r. O'Briea oa tba Oar.

Wbea I aaw Hru ThiiMJaartk otnwt a waa euaninw trota the car-track to the aid. waia. He cam to the eldewalk where Croker wm Manding. I waa ataading doe by. Brian Brat atraek Choker, and Croker a truck back.

Croker'a hat waa knocked off before ho etroek at alL After -Crekrr atruck back ho eteppod off thai mdawaik. followed bv htr. Brirm. Crokw ina: ine on uoo ot the avenue, and Bnen waa facing to tbo weat. Whoa the abot waa fired by which tha utaa fell they wore atriklag at each; other.

They were all or aeven feet anart. Mailhev fr-krr aor O'Brien had a piatol ia hia hand. I could ae torn anno aa plainly ae you oan ee mine now, Tb left aide of McKenna waa toward Croker. I am poeitive of that. McKenna fell toward the ear track.

The a pot where th blood of tb wounded man waa waa eight feet nine lacbee from the curb. McKenna fell at to Brat ahot. He waa oa the uptown aide of where htr. Croker waa atanding. about throe or four feet from him.

I noticed policemen about that morning. Witneae Indicated on the diagram tba poeitiona of the aeveral partlee. Ho continued I hoard Mr. U'Briaa aay aomething at the time of th ahooting, but I do not know what it waa. roan-ex am I ned by Aaaiatant XHatrict Attorney Bolltne: On the morning of the affray I went to aoo a geotleman named Higgina, who livea at Thirty.

fourth aUeet. Q. I not Mr. Higgina a friend of Mr. Croker'a A.

I believa he waa workinc tbat morning for Mr. O'Brien. 1 waa mToolf at the polla ia tbo iatoroat htr. Powera. I returned to Second avenue by the north aide of Thirty-tourtn a tract.

I did not thea aeo anybody on the etrcct, I waa on the atreet three or four minnto before the affray commenced. Mr. Croker and three other well -dreeaed awntlemen were atanding toeether. Mr. O'Brien a poke Brat to Mr.

Croker, hot 1 don't know what be aaid. The other replied. I did aot at that time know Mr. Croker. I aaked who ho waa, and wbea told that he waa Croker.

I became very much in Urea ted, aa I knew both men by reputation. I waa there whil all tba ahota were being Bred. There were Are ahota fired altogether. I ant quit poeitiv about that. On ahot waa fired and the there were then fired in rapid aaceeeaioa.

I remained ther from i curioaity. I knew that it waa O'Brien who waa diaputing with Crokar. I bad no idea tbat any pietoi abota ware to be fired. McKenna waa about half way between Croker and O'Briea. McKenna did not knock againat either O'Briea or Croker.

Crokar wore a aack overcoat with aide pock eta. I waa aix or everen feet from Croker when the first ahot waa fired. I am perfectly eertau that klcKauna fell at the firat ahot. He fell immediately. There waa a very alight interval after the firat ahot until the aeoond waa fired.

I watched Brien and Croker after the ahot. I waa looking at Croker wbea I heard the a hot. 1 did not aeo aay piatol with him. Q. Were you not ther from curioaity A.

I y. Wer you not corioue to ae who fired tb eholf A. waa not. There waa a policeman in tha immediate vicinity of Croker when th ahot waa fired. Q.

When tha aecond ahot waa fired bad yon any cunoaity I A I had. I wanted to aeo who fired it. I did not aeo any ahot fired. I waa not acquainted with nv perton there, and that waa the roaeoa why I did pot interfere and tender aaaiaUuic to Ate-Kenna. How' do yon know the direction from which the abot came when you were atanding on th aide-walk looking at Croker.

and when vour curioaity waa aot in the leeat excited by the ahot I A. Croker waa atanding in the direction from which the amok care, but tbo amok waa more on tha uptown aide of Croker. i Q. With whom hav 70a compared aote about the afiaira of tbat day. A.

I hare not apoken with anybody in particular. Q. Witii whom in generull A. I a poke to Mr. Ilieglna and to a air.

faJuit r. Were you not at a gathering at which all the witueaaea fir the defena were preeent I A. I vaa. Q- How many were preeent A. Eight or nine.

Q. Are you certain that yon did not confound any of their ideaa oa the eubject with your own A. I am. I aaw tha wound in McKenna'a head after ha waa brought to th drug a tore. Ther waa nobody in front of me, between me and Croker.

There were peraona between mo and O'Brien. There were eome ten or eleven peraona, all bustling about. I don't think that any persona cam between me and Croker from the time the firat ahot waa fired until the firing ceased altogether. I won't swear it. but I think not.

I aaw a policeman ajntb at Croker and at O'Brien before the firing commenced. (Officer Smyth waa her brought into court and identified by witneae aa the policeman in queation.) Witness continued I am aa certain that tbat officer grabbed at Croker ad O'Brien belore the ahoo.iug aa I am that I am now living. My attention waa attracted to the matter because I thought be abould have prevented the altercation sooner. I did not aign any atatemeut except tbo atatement mad before the Coroner' aiury. To Judge Barrett Nobody approached McKunna from the time he foil until be waa taken away.

Q.iid not anybody approach him, and retir in eoueequenc of a ptatut-shot i A. Xobody weat near him untfl he waa beine taken away. d- Was there aay anouung'ia the direction of the body I A. No, tap hooting waa ali at the uptown aide of the body. To Mr.

Rollins I hav atid that I did not aeo any hot fired. -1 could tell the direction from which a abot came without aeeing it fired. To Judge Barrett I kept my eye on Croker' handa all the time. I did not aeo a piatol in. hia hands at any time.

To a uror McKenna. rolled over after he fell. The wound waa then uppennoet, and it waa then I aaw it To Col. Win eat The eonaulUtion I hai with oounaet on the subject of tbia trial was after I had given my evidence at the Corvoer'a inqueat. My statement waa then taken down by a stenographer.

I did not aign anything except at the inquest." To Mr. -Kollina 1 measured the diatauee from where th blood waa to the eurbatone, beeauee after 1 cot the aubpoBna I thought I would be asked th question. A recess was her taken. AFTStt EXCESS. At ita conclusion Xtenry C.

Somera, Xo. Fast Thirty-fourth eueef, waa examined by Cot. Win-gate. He testified I am a barkeeper, but am aot at present doing anything. On the morning of th election 1 went into a stationery store en Second avenue, near Thirty-fourth atreet.

Whoa I came out I heard a ahot fired, I aaw Croker and O'Brien. A I cam out of tha stor I walked in a diagonal direction toward th street. 1 turned around when I heard the ahot fired and aaw Crokar and O'Brien etrikiag at each other. They were a boot a foot and a half apart, Neither party had anything in his hand. I did not so McKenna until after bo fell.

I thing bia right aide waa toward Croker. McKenna waa to the north of Croker and O'Brien. To the beat of my opinion Croker waa standing on tbe flagway. Wituesa referred to the aiagram, and indicated the position of McKenna aa to the left of Crokar. I got out of the crowd eeaoon aa 1 could.

McKenna'a head, after be fell, waa about thro feet Irom the poaiuon in which Croker'a feet were. roes-examined by Lha trie t-Attorney Fbelpe 1 I waa employed in Saratoga last aeaaon, I left it laet September. 1 have bad no position ainoe. I waa not engaged at the elnctioa that day. I know Coroner Cioaer by eight for two or three years.

Thar waa no acutUing or fighting that attracted my attention until 1 heard the abot. Up to that time 1 had not a sen anvtmag of Croker. I 'had area Mr. O'Bneu in tbo morning. When I first aaw Mr.

Crokar he waa atanoing ia front of Mr. O'Brien. They were alanoing on the aidewalk. There wer eome five or aix other peraona there, eome of them facing to the north and eome to the eouth. McKenna had fallen before I turned round.

He was lying on the aide-walk oa toe upper aide of Croker and O'Brien, lie waa lying with hia far down, lie waa ahot between Croker and O'Brien be waa on tbe upper aide of tham. He waa about the same diacanoe from both. Croker was about midway in relation to MrKeuna'a body, and O'Brien waa near his feet. He waa nearer to O'Briea than to Croker. There was a grortpof three or four persons a little back of Croker.

There were aa many en the right as on the left side of Croker. There were pe aoua also behind O'Brien. There waa no peraou between O'Briea aod Crokar. I think thee parties made an attempt to separate them. Somebody caught Croker oy the right ana.

lie was standing close by Croker. I did not see what became of him. I heard about seven shot. 1 did no see any pistol. What I saw after I heard the abot I got ail at a glance, and I thought tbat Croker'a hand waa near ''Brien'a month.

Both hia fists ware doubled ap. I waa about five reel from Croker and O'Brien Q. I thought yea were at the railway track A Yea. Q.Are you not aware thit tha railway track ia twenty-two feet aix inches from -tha aidewalk A- It it ta I must have been further away. Q.

Whose employment were yon ia at Saratoga I A I waa in theVuiiad 3 La lea HoteL 1 had some money coming home, and have not done anvthiag since. I waa at tba inqaeat bnt was not on the atand. I waa aubpeenaed. I know a bar-keeper named James Fogrtv on Sixth avenue, between Twenty second and Twenty-third atresia. I id not tell ogarty tbat I had read O'atrien a testimony ta the newspaper, and tha what he had slated corresponded exactly with what I bad teen.

U. You ar quite positive ef that A- I am. To Judge Barrett. I understood tham all to bo on the aidewalx Croker. O'Brien, and McKenna'a body; I did not aeo the amoke irom the firat ahot 1 I aaw tb amoke from the aeeond abet 1 It waa Bred about lour aeoenda alter tha firat ahot they war fired in quick eocneoainn To Diatrict Attorney Phelps.

Crokar an etepwing off the curb atone had to pass rooad Mah eana a head, and it waa then that OJioer bmyth took hold of him 1 aoboJy went near alchansa after the first shot nobody went sear him until after the a hoot-, inj. a wirxxa who was wot excited whxx ee bxaxb TUB aHOOTUtO. James Conway, of Cast Tbirte-amth atreet, tostt-fied 1 am est ployed as a truckman. I aaw O'Briea and Croker oa the sooth eaat corner of Tairty-4oarth street and 8eeoad avenue. 1 saw O'Briea strike Creker, and Croker reran th blow.

I hoard a abet. Whoa 1 heard that ahot both were engaged sparring. O'Brien waa la the gutter. 1 first eaWMvKeun wbea ha frlL Te the beet of my opinion he was eight ac sua feet frwBh gattuK. 4ha.

of aav wiaia. ft eras waeaj the third ahot waa fired that McKeeaa felL I think Croker and O'Brie were thea eight ar nine feet apart. I did net aeer-aavtniag la tb hands ef ether Croker or O'Bnea. McKenna might be nine or trm, or per-hap sis Ten faet from Croker wbea he Croker waa furthest went. The ahot nam from th uptown aid ef Croker.

Cress si aiained by Mr. Xoilins: I aaw Oecrg xucter toe morning. 1 una 1 reeoiieet navug area rtnerraaa. waa esnpioyea tna atom tag Tammany Hall Party te work tor them. taadina: en the north eaat corner at.

Thirtv-fkmrth atreet and Seooad avana. when I aaw O'Briea and Croker talking. There war over thirty peopl ther before the shooting began. I wasn't much excited wbea I beard th O'Briea and Cre- aer were aooat tore feet apart whan I heard the first shoe Wheat McKenna ftJL Croker about three or four feet from the railway track. O'Brien waa about (bar feet front tbo in iter.

When McKenna fell he waa about a ine feet from them, te the eouth of them. When I beard tbe firat shot no oae fell. Tbey want aa faet aa that. Kritneaa illustrated hia meaning by clapping hia nda rapidly thro timee in aoccaeaiow.) I aaw a piatol with a man, but I did not know who ho waa. He waa a dark, man, with dark hair and alooehed hat.

I did not aeo hna at th iaqueat. I knew George Hickey at tb inquest. I saw George Hick or with a piatoL I talked about tbia matter with two men. I aaw Officer Mm ribs there that day. McKenna foil partly oa hia left aid.

I did aot aeo any. bod firs a shot. To ad go Barrett To tbo beet of my opinion, it waa on the third ahot that McKenna fell. Q. Are you very aura that ho did not fall oa th first ahot A.

1 am. g. Were you looking at Croker wbea th firat ahot waa fired I A. I was. i Were you looking at him whan th aeoond abot waa fired I A.

I was. Q. Were yon looking at him when the third ahot waa fired I A- (After a paueej Tea 1 bad him ia my eve all the time. Cot Wingate Wer there any blew atruck except by O'Lnen and Croker A Yes 1 xhme were blowe atruck by other partlee, and that is how Mc Kenna was ahot. I heard Hickey three tea to about a man who picked up a atone to throw at him.

The man waa Stephen Brien. BIO aTXIHX. EAIX AITBB THE FIRST SHOT Patrick Britt, of No. 304 Eaat Thirty-fourth street, testified 1 am employed aa Dorter in a store. I beard ths altercation between Croker and When I heard the shot, O'Brien and Crokar were at close quarters, fighting.

McKenna came out from the cor oar of Thirty-fourth street. He waa on the run. He had only cot about aeven feet wbea ho fell. He waa then about eight fret from Croker and O'Brien. Neither Croker nor Brien had anything in their hands whin the ahot waa Bred.

Tbe amoke of the abot came from th north-west. McKenna waotothe south of Croker and O'Briea when felL Ha fell at th first ahot. Riht after th ahot was fired aa officer seised Croker. Cross-examined by District Attorney Phelpa: McKenna waa on the atreet when the officer took hold of Croker. Ho waa about aevaa or eight feet from him.

Q. Waa he in front of him A. He waa to the aide of him, the left aide. I know a man named Luek. I did not see him that morning.

When I aaw O'Briea that morning ho waa alone. Croker waa talking to two men when I aaw him. I don't know either of the Hickeva or O'Brien came np the avenue from TDirtv-tbird atreet. Tbey atruck ahottly after speaking. Tbey atruck before tbey got out oa tna atreet.

I bad never seen McKenna before to my recollection. I aaw him on the run before I heard the shot. He waa running toward Croker and O'Brien. I waa lookmg at O'Brien and Croker when I heard the firat ahot. I aaw the amoke of tbe ahot come from the north-west.

He fell on his left aide. Hie head was about seven or eight feet from' Croker when he fell. Croker wsa standing with hia side toward McKsnna After McKenna fell, I saw one man fire three shot. I did not see any one fire until after McKenna waa down. I don't know who the man waa who fired tbe three ahota.

I did not pass anv remarks about that man's appearance or dress. When I heard the shot fired I moved further toward Thirty-third atreet. ETIDEMCB OF SrSAITXA HOFFXAX. Susanna Hoffman, a little girl of about thirteen Tears of age, waa next examined. She testified to the quarrel between O'Brien and Croker, aa described by tbe other witneaaea.

She waa picking up Mr. O'Brien's hat when ah heard a abot fired and saw McKeiba fall. Sb then dropped the hat and ran boms. CoL Wingate Did yon see anything In th handa of Mr. Croker or Mr.

O'Brien I JL No, I aid not. To Judge Barrett After the shot waa fired, I did not look at anything, but ran awav. To a Juror McKenna fell in tbe gutter. To CoL Wingate I did not notice that he fall between Mr. O'Brien and Mr.

Croker. op omen smythx. To a Juror I saw pistols in the handa of George Hickey, Henry Hickey, and Sheridan. Two of them were taken in the station-house ana I don't know what became ot the other. To Mr.

Rollins I do not know who fired the first ahot, Q. Too have no means of knowing it, whether it waa Croker or anybody elee I A. I can't aay. Croker waa looking aquar at the eaat side. I tola Ser- feant Randall my version of the afiair.

I told him did not see Croker fir tha shot or see any pistol with him. r- Q. LHd yon tell a max. named Dutch Martin anything about tbe affair I A. I told him that I aaw pistols with the other three meo.

1 And with Croker I A. No. Q. Did yon aee any shots fired A. I aaw Hickey fire two abnta.

I aaw Sheridan fire three ahota. Hickey fired in tbe direction of the man Wbom I thought wsa lying Orad. Q. Did you say to Srtt. RtwI.ii that "you had Creker deed A No.

Q. Did aay that yon had seen him lire two shots I A. No. I did not say that I wag airaid to come and testify against Croker. I bav had conversation with anybody about thia affair, but the precinct officers- I have refused to answer anybody else en the subjort.

I did no say that I would be ashamed to look Mr. O'Brien in the face after the evidence which I had given at the inquest. Oroker spoks to on tb way to tb atation-hoese. What did he say A He onlv told me to look ont that the people did not shoot after him. and I told him that there waa no denser, that I would look out for it- I had not known the two Hickeva or Sheridan before.

Q. What did O'Brien charge Croker with at tbe etatioa-houae I A5 He didn't charge Croker with anything he charred the fonr with murOer the four prisoners. test.fied before the Coroner that he acoused the four of murder. Q. Did you not first say that he accused Croker of murder I A.

He accused tbe four of murder. Counael read the teetimony in which witneae said he accused bim of murder," and la answer te the further question, "accensed them all of murder i' answered. Yes, Sir." Witness continued I aaid that at th atation-bouae be accused the four of murder. What did Craig aay when he came to tbo station bono I A. I did not bear what be aaid.

It he mad any accusation I did not hear it. To Judg Barrett I heard it sworn that tb pistol taken from Sheridan at the station-ho use had but one ballet dieuLarged. Q. And do you still adhere to your atatement that Sheridan fired three ahota A. I do.

IJtQ. Then the pistol taken from him atthesta-Uon-bouso cannot have been the same I A. I suppose not. I don't know bow Sheridan could have got pooBoaeton of the pistol from wuich ea ly oa shot was diacbsrged. To Mr.

Rollinf My ear was blackened with one of tha ahota. I turned round to find out who fired it, but could not discover who it was. Te a Juror Sheridan waa about nine or tea feet from Croker when 1 arrested the latter. To Mr. Rollins When I first took bold or Croker I searched the two pockets of hia overcoat.

I searched him again at tbe station-house because I waa ordered to uo so. Nobody came near us except O'Briea fresn the time I arrested Croker nntil I get bim to the etaUon-houae. To Mr. Clinton I hav beea oa friendly terms with Mr. Brian far over two years.

He cot mo on the Police. I never had any difficulty with him. I had aot spoken to Croker op to this transaction. A MAS WHO HEABP THE CBT ABHE8T THE Peter Fan-on examined I waa at th corner of Thirty-fourth atreet on th morning of tha election. 1 aaw the meeting ef Croker and O'Brien.

O'Brien atruck first, and Mr. Croker returned tha blows. After tbe blows were exchanged they moved in a clinch out on the avenue. When tha ahot was fired tbey wer ia tb act ef fighting, not exactly atriking. To the best of my kaowlede McKenna fell after tbe third shot.

-Iheara two shots, and wondered that nobody was falling. I state positively that neither Croker nor O'Brien had a pistol daring th whole of that time. Cress examined by Mr. Rollins I can swear that tbey had no time to do away with tha pistola alter I heard tba abota fired until I saw them. I did not aeo anybody go to McKenna'a aaaislaue until was picked up.

After the firing I aaw ona person approach, and then thro or four others went to hia assistance. Q. Did yon hear aay cries A. I beard Police, murder." Arrest the murderer A. Tea.

Cot Wingato He doesn't aay, Arrest th mux-derer." Air- Rollins That is Just what be does aay. othbb wrncxaexa. Patrick MeOowan, a boy of fifteen years, testified that a witnessed the altercation between O'Briea and He proceeded: While they were ina tuaale a ahot waa Bred. 1 beard the report and aaw the man tali. I tbea ran home.

When tbe ahot was fired I waa looking toward O'Briea and Croker. The ahot did not eotae from them It cams from tbo crowd. O'Bnea aod Crokcr had not king in their hands. I (4. Could you see their haadaf A.

I oould see Mr. Croker'a; but I oould not aee Mr. O'Brien 'a. To Judge Barrett I waa ea the opposite Bids ef th street from where they were fighting. 1 ealr kaew-them aa the big man and the little man.

but I waa told that the big maa waa Mr. O'Briea and the tittle maa waa Mr. Croker. Q. Do you see Mr.

O'Brien la court now A. No, Sir. Q. Have to a teen th littl man tint that moraine I A. ho, air.

Q. Look round the court bow, and, if to) ee aim, point him eat to me. The witness hero pointed In aa undecided way, a that it waa net plain at wbom he waa pointing. Jadg BexreU If ye see th little ma la eaart, walk ever to him and lay your hand oa him. Tbe witness rose from hi ctair.

walked var to Mr. Fallow, and aaid. Tbar ho is." There waa mack laughter ta court at thia Identi flea ti on. Mr. Clin ten ask ad th witness a tsw farther questions, and th court than ajuaxaod until this maca-iag at e'blwes.

DIPHTnEPJA. THE SUBJECT FULL DISCUSSED BT THE HEALTH ASSOCIATION. nrTEEXSTDta PAPERS BT XXXTTOKS 8MTTH, BATXIS, AKD HARRIS THE CACHES OF TUB DISEASE HOW THE PUBTJC OUGHT TO TEKAT IT WHEW IT IS XriDEMIO ITS HISTORY THIS CITY ATO COCIf-TBT. A regular meeting of tbo Pnblio Health Aaso-datiesi ef Nsw-Tork waa held laet evening at th Sebooi Mlaee, corner of Forty-ninth atreet and Madison avenue. Owing to th fact that it had been announced that the subject ef diphtheria would bo diaeuaaod.

an audience bad aaaembled which more than filled tb larg andienc room. Three papar war presented. Th first, by Dr. lewis Smith, treated of tb bacteria theory, which ia that diphtheria la caused by microscopic vegetable parasites which float la th air and ar brought by Inspired on to the surface of tha nose and month. Thia theory the Doctor indorsed with certain limitations, and he also drew soma Important deductions from it aa to how tb dis-eaa usually originated.

Dr. Georg Bayles presented a paper which had apedal reference to the public sanitary control af the disease. He it of tbo opinio that, sine th isolation of diptheritie patient by collecting them In a larg hospital la impose! bis or anad viaable, th proper way far th City to treat th dlaeai is to take effective measures for isolating each patient in hia own home. Dr. Eliaha Harria then care a history of tho dleeaee ia thi country, with special reference to ita progreaa' in thia City, and thea added some practical sugges tions aa to it suitable publie treatment, which da-rive additional authority from hia position as Regis ter or Vital Statistic.

THE PROCEEDINGS. Shortly after 8 o'clock. Mr. C. P.

Chandler. XX. called tbo meeting to order. The minuted ot the preceding meeting waa then reap, after which tb following gentlemen wer elected member of th association Drs. Jerome Walker, Paul Mund.

J. K. Comfort, and Mr. J. C.

Baylee. Th4 President then introduced Dr. J. Lewis Smith, who spoke substantiAlly as jllowa npon the CAUSES AND NATURE OF DIPHTHERIA' Dr. Smith aaid.

ia beginning, that since tha death of Bretomeao, some tweuty-av year ago, it ha been abundantly proved tbat deptberia ia communicable otherwise than by innocolation, for tho result of nnmerone chemical and microacoplo investigations baa been to nearly demouatrate that tha disease ia contagious by contact with the patient, through exhalations from tba aurface and through hi breath. And it ia thought tbat tba caua of diphtheria had been found In the existence, upon the diseased parte in diphtheritio cases, of small vegetable parasites, which are endowed with life and motion, and which have been designated bacrwia. These parasites increase in number aa tb disease tincreaaea in inten-aity, and if diphtheritio inflammation attack any aurface which ia covered bv the parasites, which cause certain other diseases, auch a catarrh, the letter parasites and disappear, as though deprived of the required nutriment. Aod on tbe other hand, when diphtheria disappears, other vegetable forma may eocceed. The grayiah-wblte apota which appear npon inflamed aervicee at the beginning of diphtheria, are entirely composed of these facteria, which have come in contact with tbe mucous xoi-robrana, are adhered to it, add which, nnleua prevculad, will multiply rapidly, and then, by burrowing through the tissue, will infect the wln.lo syatem.

The reason why diphtheria primarily and chiefly affects the surfaces of the nose 'and throat ia that tbe air which contains tha genua of the bacteria constantly passes over these surface. Toe important conclusion to be deduced from these tacts is. that diphtheria is entirely local in iu cod. men cement and ia amenable to local measures. This bac-tertan theory, tbua established by microscopical investigations, receives some support in clinical observations from the fact tbat diphtheria prevails most in localities which are favorable to tho development of low forma of animal vegetable life, auth'ae filthv and crowded apartments, along sin-els and alleys, and along iow grounda where vegetable and animal refuse collects.

Additional confirmation of the bacieriau theory was found in the tact tbac diphtheria begins in one spot, and then may be eanily treated and cured, and that itia oniy in aaabeequent etoe that it iniecta tho whole eyatem, and becomes a generally daueroua disease. But the speaker tboueht there was another factor in the consolation of diuhtberia, which tb advocates if the biictc rian" svstein had too much overlooked, namely, a predisposing condition of tbe This, he thought, was shown by ths fact bacteria may be found in the air of localities whore diphtheria baa not occurred, and iu auch uumbera as to force the belief that they had freqannUv passed over tb fauces in tho inspired air. JJacirria ar some-times, too, found in ths month ia perfect, ly well persons, and sometime when breathed they cause no iullaraumtion ra the lungs. Tbae conaidaratiooe and other minor ouee noticed by the speaker in clinical experience. Justified, he thought, the opinion that diphtheria is.

in certain cases, a constitutional malady in ita circumstances, while in other caaea, if uot iu moat, it hi primarily local, and only subsequently constitutional. In eon-elusion tbe speaker said that diputberia bad scrreely been absent from New-York for a single season during th last ten 6r fifteen years the primary form predominating daring diptheritie epidemic, and the secondary form in the intervals, and during epidemic of scarlet fever and fiieaslea. it bring a peculiarity of diphthe; ia tbat instead of being incompatible with other tnoruid it is likely to engrail Uaeii npon them. He thought the uisease jn question might fairly be called enderaie in tbia City. Diphtheritic inflammatloa attack by preference snob in-flamed surfac-a aa are deprived of their covering of akin, and in lh a he found an explanation ef ths frequent complication of scarlatina and measles by diphtheria.

'or in those eruptive diseases an lu-fltmmaiion ia already esUolisbed "npon tha fauces which afforded a nest iu which the bacteria, or diphtheritio virus, might lodge and develop. Then alluding to th anti-hygieuic conditions which produce diphtheria, the speaker aaid tbat when it appeared in Mew-York iu 1oj7 and IsM, after an absence of more than titty year, some of tno nr.t and moat severe caes seen by himself occurred in tbe upper paiTof tho City, aloog tha eld water course where, in consequence of street grading, water waa stagnant, and impregnated with uecaying animal and vegetable matter. In fifteen years treatment of diphtheria, the speaker soil, be had not observed an tuttuice iu which it appeared to be communicated irom bouse to house by tho clothing, a is sometimes the case with acarjet fever and mealc. When it spreads from house to or even from room to room in tha same house, it ia almost always cairied by the visits of persons having diphtheritio inflammation. -The area of; con.

tagmusnee of diphtheria is therefor confined to the room in which tbe patient resides. At th conclusion of Dr. Smith' paper some impromptu remarks npon tbe subject under discussion war made by Prof. Edward Cartia and others, and some excellent magnified pictures of bacteria ware exhibited upon an illuminated screen. Dr.

George Baylie then road th following -paper TBE PUBLIC 8AXITAHY CONTROL OP P1PH- THKEtA. How to cop with diphtheria aa an epitlemio in cities is a question of intense public and gdo'eral interest, and the profession should be ready with an answer. Judging from tbe protracted local eon tinnanc of th disease and it rate of mortality, diphtheria baa reached a point ia thia City and vicinity that lift it to the rank of an epidemif calling for special if aot extror iiaary efforta td suppress or "stomp out. As is quite natural with Sew-York medical men, (who are more faiuiliar and vastly mora in love with hospital than the gen oral pebllc are,) our first idea ia to establish local reception diphtheria hospitals, hoping by that means to isolate the patient suffering from this diaeaae. I think it will need bat littl arsraratnt to show that th hospital plan ia wholly impracticable, and by it.

good would be aoeompliahed. Ona fact alone will ahow how impoasibl it would be to makt each hospital useful. ine ten ths ef all patients with diphtheria ar young children, who could on no account be separated 'from their parent. Ths parents would on no account commit them to to hospitals. vest were parent to accompany their children, (which could not bo permitted.) the ear required of th parent by other member of their fata ilia, to mention, no other reason, would ba aa effectual hindrance to tha kind of separation required.

can easily conceive of Tory many reasons which weald prevent each committal. Hospital tor tb iaolatioa of case of diphtheria would ba a great a faOurs a would as official proclamation againat tho rliaaaaa. Iaolatioa nevertheless is tb most urgent and important principle to be recognized, and is donbtioea the; chief msssiir to be tots Wished in order tan effect tb cbiiteratian thia dread diiaaani Oar experience a practicing physician must bav convinced aa that diphtheria la readily, if not indeed actively, communicable. Aa atmosphar charged with th essential poison of diphtheria will netvads th Uk-cooca. aad va th atire house, wBoroiB th die ass ispieetafd by aaina-1 Praagata ot Bena'lsr directisei and fere will tart- deoUHy carry thi infected air lata other dwellings.

aad ther aatabUsh th dlseaaa, I India to th. belief that th diphtheritic mlasnma hi Tory diffusible. aad wham of eeatagioas quality vary welaaxbaesuv Va at tb asm time) wary oeaily anUgonised, by which I moan rendered barmlcee by Bltts-ation aad destrae- tioa. I believe that ther la a wtiawmetie poison natural mere inclined to increase and multiply Its centre of virulent activity, whil at tho nam tim thi particular poiaoa ia naturally of feeble tenure upon it pi ef an ed coatrea, aad. therefore.

peculiarly subject to th neutralising laflaencee of disinfectant and atmosphere of pure and whole- eotn grade. It 1 aa Important that the sick with this diseso should be redeemed from peralcioa Jxnoepbre la which th eickheaa waa contracted as it is fur th unattached to preserved from th diphtheritio atmosphere. Hence it follow that iao latioa ia essential a a mean of confining th in fected air within limits that can be practically and auoresafully operated upon. How may each essential isolation be secured Ja tho first place, remembering that we hav to deal witbia veritable epidemic, firm ia It bold, with a vitality that keeps it active throughout th year, and which ia steadily increasing, ws most turn directly to our Municipal Health Department, with its full plenary powsrs, for relifef. If a revival of a moll-pox calls for a temporary In crease In the ataff of phyaictana ia tha Health De partment, aa In the formation of a vaccina ting corps.

a temporary Increase to do battle with diphtheria would be neither inoonsiatent nOr nnreaaonabl. Would it not, than, be wis to begin positive ag-greaetv operationa by organising a eorpa of phy-aiciana to attend almost exclusively to diphtheria A diphtheria Inspector to each ward or weal district, and a -house-to-house inquiry about tho aick and indinpoeed. would reveal tbe many cases that are aot put Into the handa of tha doctors 'an til it becomes time to think th "eertifioat to," anu wno snau lurnisn toe same, localities fro of any aaapicion of th disease would not need sncb an iiiaoector. but a district elvinir its firat easa of diphtheria would furaixh a atsoal for the immediate assignment of aa inspector to snch district. So much lor tb army of ocoupailuu and obeervation.

Jow for tbe siege. Isolstion being Indispensable, it seems to me that it can best be secured iu the following way Assoea aa a case occurs the house in which the ease happens should at once bo put, ia some sense, under quarantine. The Police can aid in thia matter, and no cms but actual dwellers in that bouse aod th medical attendants should have the right or opportunity to outer. These may go out and in as freely as tbev choose, ss their freedom, of person (a long aa thev remain well) cannot spread tbe disease. Tbey are themselves in sums danger, but they cannot carry the infection to others.

By virtue of tba authority possessed by the Board of Health tbe patient should be at one take to tbo top storv af the bouse, be it mansion or tenement. A room should bo confiscated for tbo its of th patient, ven if it were necessary to otherwise provide for th previoua occupant of the apartment, Aa fast as caewa occur in th house thev should oe removed to the room or rooms above on tbe highest ttoor, and there kept in perfect isolation from all other in-mate ot th house sav those who ar attendance, as nurse. Ventilation, fumigation. 1 disinfection, and cleansing could there be concentrated and practiced in tba best ways possible under the circumstances for th advantage of the aick. Professional attendance and treatment in tbe car of tbe tenement population should be given by tbe District Diphtheria Inspector, bnt wealthy families luicbt employ their own physicians, with the District DiDhtheria Iif-spector invariably in conaaltation.

All competent women or men who would be willing to enroll under tbe service of th Board of Health, and enter npon doty, with pay, aa nareea, last as their aervicee were required, sliottbl be enlisted and so employed, under the immediate supervision and orders of the local inspectors. The service of these volunteer nut sea anould bo identical with that of ord exiles, atewaxda. and nurae in the military tor-rice, or at ail events quite as suomisaive. Tbo Health De partment could furnish its own medicines. Just aa it now furnishes vaccine virus or.

disinfecting ageuts, or it com a contracts to oe man with certain district spothecarie. The oe-paruuent could furuudt load supplies for th impoverished sick, or authorize contracts with proprietors of restaurants, at tue expense of tho City. The department would have to feed ita corps of nurses; it therefore, as conveniently feed ita sick when oared for in these isolated apartment aa it oould in hospitals of tbe kind so often pro posed, it would rarely or never happen that so many aick with diphtheria would occur in one kotue that its top floor would bo overcrowded. Uaually only oner room, with adjacent Bleeping apartment for the attendants, would be needed. At tbe present time, (supposing this plan were in operation,) considering the number of sick in this City with diphtheria, I suspect provision would have to be made for less than two hundred patients.

As many patients are ia family croups of two, three, four and live sick atone time, it would reduce the number of isolating' arjartmenla required. Perhaps not more than a hundred houses hav diphtheria case in them at the present time and should bo ao dealt with by the Board of Health. Tneae nnnibera aoeur email aa a foe eigainat which bring the science-and sanitary force of tbe City, but out et this comparatively small 11 amber of sick there are or have been from fifty to sixty deaths every week. A month would mow down a rogimeut in Bum bora, and, excluding female, a regiment of tue opposite aex in leas tuna two mouths. common wealth can afford such a loss of valuable life and young blood for mere lack of sanitary attention.

I do not mean in the sense of loss by aoath solely, which, at the present time, would hot bo trno, but loss also by shattered health and prospects, arising from this; and concomitant ilia, of which diphtheria ia the initial circttni.anc. From five to ten diphtheria Inspectors only Would now be needed, and from tu to twenty Bursars. The cost would be insignificant, and aiu mibt be an immediate check npon the of the diaeaae, and, probably, if fiuai extinction. It doe not require much reflection to become aware of the whole array of conveniences to puiieutis lainilias of the sick, to physicians, and nuisca iui system could be made to afford. I -An excellent ree.ili, not to be over, looked, is tbo advantag ws would posses fur studying th and learning its appropriate treatment.

Any sort of desirable connection for the general and special good of ail concerned could be arranged with the local dispensaries, their vim ting medical officers, the ladies' "eiet Bitches." toe relief associations, Ao, Iil, which ar numerou all over the City. I respectfully commend tbis Plan to your kindly consideration, hoping that out of it may grow our means of successful defense. At ths conclusion of Dr. Bsylis' papar. Dr.

Fliaha Harria presented the following; PACTS IN THE HIS TOBY OP DIPHTHERIA I3T THIS CITY AKD IN OUR COUNTRY. That diphtheria ia not a new diaeaae, and that ita recent mode of prevalence ar not new or in any manner unusual, is cleat ly proved by tho medical writings of tbo best observers of disease. While in Europe th record ef this nuilsdy extend back to the very dawning of scientific medicine, and through the last four centuries it fatal prevalence has been vividly described under various came, and ita I persistence and fatality have been entered in th historical records of numerous places over a vast range, from th Mediterranean to the Korth Sea, th history of diphtheria a th "putrid aor throat," th malignant angina, tha angina auffocativa," Ac has been written in Kew-Yotk and various places in AmexicA irom early colonial timee. 1 1 As it is not Important to our present instruction thnt wa should search and recite the old records, wo may as well proceed at one to th experience of tb present generation of medical men, who bave been enabled to describe tbis malady under tbe appellation ws bow giv to it diphtheria. Dr.

Craik description of the sodden and fatal 10 stance of th: disorder in tbo caae of Uea. Washington in 1TM the account given by Dr. Jacob Ogden of the pre Violence of it iu the vicinity of New-York in the middle decades ef, the last century, and Dr. Samuel Bard's recital of hia study ot the "suffocative angina'' aa it prevailed in th City and Colony of Kew-York In th sixth decade of that century now upward of 100 years ago will always be referred to with quite a area satisfaction a respeca accuracy and cleexnoba of dstinition as we can derive trow tbe descriptions of putrid sore tho 'malignant cycancBe," or the "black tougua," of which alarming deecriptiona and alarming exaniol occurred in many places some tiiftty years ago. Tb first fatid case ot diphtheria, certified and registered by this name in the City of in the practice Dr.

William Maxwell, a most trustworthy diagnostician, on the SUtU cf February, Tbe second and third cases occurred en theiltto, tbo fourth was registered nearly a fortnight later, and before tbe end of the year fifty-three deaths bv this diatsae had been recorded in tbe City. But this disease had actually beeo prevailing, in a mild way. and waa recognized ail tluough ths Summer aad Autumn of IdSeV and the Winter of IrfJO. Dr. Abraham Jaoobi had found that five of the forty-five patient offering from peculiar throat affstivn.

Ac, at tno German Dispensary, la the children' department, war case of diphtoeria, and before tb end of lcutf, ther had been 114 caaa recr-gnizrd at that iuatua-tiou, and during th year leZJt, ther war eighty eigbt mors of tbea caeea. 1 Dr. Wbittieey, en Randall's Island, bad few eties among his S04 nursery children during that tune, 1 and recalled a few instances ef this mslady which had supervened npon xoeaaiea, aad those were inatance of diphtheritic ophthalmia. The is. perveaing diss killed tho patients, bat they ap pear Buonatfiy muroa as macs ex mvaaie.

This City aad ita vicinity suffered thus lightly ntil near tha end ef lsaa. Wbea all. or nearly ail, family and dispensary physicians noticed aad com-attests npoa the presence diphthenti symptoms, and th spark aad patches ef the character-istie deposit ia ths mouth mu fauces: yvt, np te tho cloa of 10, th certified causes af death continued to sxhibit evidence of beaitatioa aod much coafmuoa ia tb diagnosis ea thia rtiafm Croup, acariatiaeae angina, and anmeroaa other una 01 angina wer eerti sou oy noyau-lane woo had ae Boenen familiar wit xnia auaease er posted themselves ia regard to its history and characteristics- i Bnt ia Jaanary, 136ft diphtheria became very nravBians, aaa wa wwiasy smniwias eves irmiHj. and foorteea deaths from it wer roaristerwd ta th Atnreea et itai StaUsurs. lb malady was only ewidemie, kwt exceedingtv mahf want fa certain toeallti aad particular dwelling.

Th abstract th mortality whieh ha occurred fiena thia diaeaae. Brutal am pi proof that fresn tbo aogiaaing of th yew lo to la ad ef 14. enhthena had kweeaaei a danavrews enemy life fat oar City. IS Abstract atarkedA.I During th two years, inssps wbew thi wa gaining iu new foothold la th f'ilv ef Ksw. York, it had merer qaiekly a mint acidemia in aa- asnaUtw citiee.

It appeared ia tbe City of Albany early la the Spring and la that haUt ta ciiy woica is ettnated acolb of Stat atreet It almost decimated toe children betweew two aad seven year ag. Ther wer upward as ,) easo ef too Hewaee recognised ia the whole city daring th first Urn months of its prevalence, and there war ia that period 179 death from it roeorded. During all that period thi malady mad a mark ta tho City Troy only aevesi taile distant and virtually a auboro, which th local and imla conditions of the population seemed far lee pro-piuou taaa those in Albany. Hot th Infection had not yet beewm planted there, ita niwvalrne had almost eeased ia th former before it comma red ta to latter oiy. During th years letO and 1961, diphtheria prevailed as a local epidemic eft ea saly as a asighber.

hoed and bona enidemie ra hundrada ef nonnlaua towns from ie-York to Nebraska, aad from Maine to Alabama. Regarded, usually, as aa pdemi that depended upon atmoatberi causes th doe. trios of fatalism too often this malady a track down aad another of too aeblest physician, and baa tireda npoa hundreds of child visitor by It -infections quality its communicable paisua ia the aick-room. The death of th esteemed Dr. Prick, in Baltimore, who was brought dowa only twenty-four hours after a special exposure te a ma-lignaut eaoa.

aad died npoa th seventh day after that exposure, snowed to the niwfesaion in ailMarv land that tb disease matt bo regarded aad aahiUf my treated aa being, in a certain aad moat lmnort- aat way, infectious. But nntil tb widespread anf- lenna irons it la 13WJ, lbeL, an letia had Beany erased, there wa bat bull heed gives to tbo essential sanitary duties, tb local nrrnniataniiis and -prophylactic measures by which thi deauoyer life may be held In check. To dlsssas became wide spread dnrlag the late war. and in our and Middle State it reached ita greatest prevalent. during tb year 1863 and lc6X In tb Utter part of leo4 it began to decrees in tb City and State of Xsw-Tork, bnt it preeenc Ea not ceased among a at any tim.

tb iarxa in-crease ia th number of deaths socreoited to it ta tho last quarter of; 1879 wsa a prelude to tbe greater prevalence and greater fatality of th koalady from that period to the present, with now- and then a alight decrees In th monthly number datha by it. Th following: abstract ef th record ef death by diphtheria presents correct viw of it course, ia the City of Saw-York TabU A. -Quarters- Ter. 3eJ First. -r econd, Third, fourth.

Total 63 Hi 4 on 044 COS tlx S34 277 lsoo 1B01 IstfJ 1808 let 18U5 lhoti tio 1809 1870 1871 CI 79 tJ 7 04 fe'J 73 o7 43 CM til It Sid 73 ta tt 7 64 1 Ml 40 6J fc-d loA But 23d 44ft 1.161 172... iM 1073... Grand Tb court marked by this disease in ths different wards of tbe City in leTJ, and thus far in 1874, ia instructive- Tbe following summary exhibits tho statistical facts, but tbe most essential fact connected with those records is that the particular districts ef th City which wer at Ural th chief centre of thia diaeas hav continued to chief centres. TzbU B. bbatbs raon BrpavnBaia iBTaitrtat is vas savants, waLia ax uEaatsst lo73.

Total First Second Third Fsurth for Wards. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quar.sc Tear.

Plret 3 111 9 i7 I Third i I a .1 Fourth a 6 17 19 Filth Id 12 21 63 Sixth 1 1 7 10 4 6 13 27 60 Eighth i 7 4 Vi 15 43 Mutb .13 13 Itf 3(1 77 Tenth ,18 11 -13 46 Eleventh 6 4 ,1 SO by 8 a 7 1 25 3 13 ed Fourteenth .16 15 21 21 63 Fifteenth 'S 4 7 ill So 9 la 37 HaventeenUi 15 14 9 3d 74 7 13 13 3J 61 23 150. Twentieth 1 7 63 109 Twenty-nrat 4 16 Id 26 Twenty 8 14 h3 The Twentieth Ward, for example, has from th first been the most unfortunate district. Tb Six next south. Bearer th tide-level, has suffered mnch 1-the Kin teenth, on grounds oven higher 'than those of the Twentieth Waro. has experienced more than its quota of this malady.

The house-epidemics of diphtheria hav bean most marked in tue district in which th moat fatal general diatribution of; it ba been experienced. Tb occurrence of four fatal ease In an esteemed and well-provided fsmdy in West Thirty-eighth atreet. near avenue, last Spring, and tbe death of four children in single apartment on Kieveoth avenue, near fortieth stieet, twenty-four hours, a few tiaya ago, are sad instance of th excessive malignancy of diphtheria ia the localities In which it ia most persistent and wioe-apread. This has been witnessed in many cities and viiage. It is a fact which abould am in tbe discovery of tho chief local and geographical factors of tbe malady.

It point to tbo earth, and emanation from grounda, or froth local nuisance, yet tb most find, hitherto, to faulty conditions ef tbe aurtaee and under drainage and te the emanations trum such grounds, and, aa sesms true ia numerou instances, to tb presence of aiamouiacal gases. Th Twentialh Ward of our City antfbra excessively 'from tbea eoinbined causes. The eoidemm district 'in Albany in 1M53 and 1359 suffered largely from tike uica cirvumaianowa. anu so we susai quote nunoreos et similar instance, iiut these local, and probably agcTavatiog on foeteiing cortditioua in diatricta, street and particular teuenienu pot produce to direxse. It is a noticeable fact that sinne th Improve! sewerage and pavement of the distract south ot Houston, ths Bowery and Market street bave suffered but lightly daring tb past two years, though the FirKt, Fifth and a portion of the Seventh Warii hav bad quit wide diffusion of tb ''-'i-t -rgxc-ncAL coactxatox.

1. It diphtheric bat gained a foothold In any rity or populous neighborhood, it selects certain localities in wtica its pciaUtmce is specially marked, and ita persisreue. aa! ahowa by lepeat'ed outbreak or continued pre valance, seem to bold an important relation to rertiiia condition pt mil, drainage, and sanitary wants: of dwellings, which admit wf preventive measures. S. The extension ef th disease from one individual another and to entire buueholds or families, and from family to; farnl.v.

and from ulace to clace. are ao well proved ia the hittirv of tb diaeas that tb enure separation or tb sick from the well, at least of children sick with this disease from all others, sboald be regarded as a nrst-rato sanitary duty. 3. Test thv immediate sanitary as well aa nerfect cure of every family exposed to it seme to oe a uury requireu oy evsry eoasltrstlon of humanity aod public health. 4.

1 hot a complete and exact record of diphtheria aa it prevails in any locality ia a duly of much importance to society, and that, tor the purpoa of promoting the socorsaful discharge of this duty to society and the medical profession, the Public Health Association of the City of New-York respeetfully snomits the fuULwing resolution as mbodyiug it view npon th subject 1 JCraofred, That: every Beard ef Hearth, every county and city medical society, and every practitioner of medicine intbs slate of Sew-xork, ia swat repectfully arced te eauee a correct record to be orrmu-ed conn lug the beginning, progress, local, -dumeatie, and hygienic eonuiiion under which diphtheria occurs ia aur place ia the etate. Tbe resolution offered by Dr. Harria at tbe close of hi address waa then unanimously adopted, after which tb meeting adjourned. IBS HAILS IBETWEEX WHITEHALL ASD St YVASHrxGTOK, Dee. 10.

The Xew-York and Canada Kail road Company, which for some years hav been carrying tb United States mails from Burlington, Yt, to Fort Henry, having extended their road ao a to embrace th territory between WeitebalTand; Tieonderoga, X. Y-, have been telegraphed to by thaPowt Office Department aa follows 1 WaiauiaTox, Dec. 7, 1874. Jt. r.

Berhtr. rrttUaU ttht A'w- Fore aad Cad Sail- read Oumpatip. riutttkmrf, IT. T.3 I am instructed by the Postmaster General to say that th earn of "G3 60 per mil per annum win be paid for mail service ea your road from Whitehall north. Too saa at aay time welsh your' ma II a tor rasiljn it meat of pay aa often and wbeneves yea may tnlak It for vour interests.

Ths Postmaster ttcaeral ba a power wader tb law to max any ether terms, sad tb arte offered is ss much ss given to aay new road, and all that th tow win penult. It ia reported te th departaBeat that th peopl between waitehaa and Fort Henry hav beea without mi 's sine Dee. X. Will ye co-opt rata with th Postmaster General, and relieve th peopl front tha aeoeeaary dlay la their malls if seat bv other mesne than ojiyear road, flesus answer. tfeMgued) GhOu B.

BASGB. i Gea'l sept. a. M. ft.

Th res poo te to tbia from the th road substantially deulined to acced to th pruposi- IHE EUKSAS BELIEF EITLA- SAtlOX. St. Jootfh, Dee. 11 Th Board of Directors ef the ociaty for the aUlief ef tbe Kaaaaa SoJEerers ta thi city held a mectlag last Bight, and mad a statement to tb eSect that the report of th Central Belief Committee at Toeka, htasu, stating that Dr. H.

H. Mitchell, front thia eHy. is mare. aery aad anaatbariaed solicitor tor th Tans aad 2ierak Batterers is tslse. a bo I aulboruse by tb Aid A ssoHttloB of this city, ef which ia IETTERS TO JIIE EDITOR.

ia bvamczx bakes his TurxDrnox ass BOOK. IV XMtmr a ia Wms- rerk TtsM Your ftbl ajMi ftppreeiaVtiT reyiew of ItmaOXa, th record oi Su Samuel Baker military expedition th greak baala of tha 'il ia tbo servios th Khediv. xadncws) aa to write a few varda aboxtt that faxnoo enter pries. Durinx fir moatha ta IST1-3 1 remained at the) Junction af tha Blue and Whit X3ca, hoping to Join the) whit Pacha la tba countrie had broaght to tba kaowlede of mankind ia tba widely-clrra-Utod toIuxm which pmUiabed after hia corery ef tha Albert ICyaaza. While there at Khartooxo I waa freqaeatly tha grumt of Jsmail Yakoob Pacha bow QoTcrnor General of tba Sowdan a trusted friend ef Baker, and a faitb- SV.V sua uuvruiBtit mi tue Ajieaiya.

otnmg uiter-farted ta xooro than tba xaoTwaaeata of that ex pedi tioo certainly the moat xtrnordinaxy ef oar time. And after I becaaoe thorocxhlr ao- quainted with tba toodve which lay at tb bottom of the project, aad likewit tbe tuotivea which etiatolatod a eewardly opposition te ito aoooeaa, whil Baker and bia rnea were la conflict with tba oaragee about Oondokoro, I waa prood to become one ef bia defender. Tha facta are substantially tbe Tba Khedive made a bid for English Influence aa against the Palmeratonlan policy ef maintaining- the integrity of the Turkish Empire, which the Khedive, from motives of personal and family ambition, hoped to eubvort. 2 nation, and to mankind in general, tbaa a prom-is te prevent the eaptare and analaremest ef 50,000 neeroea a year. Tbia appeal tha Khedive made, and Sir Sam tiel Baker, aa the fittest maa among modem explorers, was selected to do th work to suppress the alav trade.

Mltb a apleadid equipment, penetrated tba K3e baaina. Itia Wellinetoalan ideaa ef campaigning may bave Induced bim to strike harder blows against hia barbarraa adversaria than policy would dictate, bnt tbe record which Iknow that he made amone tbe tribea there can be at ted ia three words dismay, com- "pliance, order. THat be waa tba victim of the aee ret opposw -tion of tbe AtohamBiodana, who eonatitnte alt tbe ruling population, there- ia ae denbt; and tbat tbe Soudan, Egypt herself, and loreJcnera jealous of bia power, achievement, and renown. wished for hia failure, ia equally beyond cava. Tbe success that be ha made ia this: Ba baa opened a gateway te equatorial Africa 'r lie baa taught tbe people who bare long interfered with the civilization of that continent tbat there areresohite men who can dress tii negroes in Christian clothes be baa ebown tbat while truly tbe servant ef tbe Kbddive, la did not forget his obligationa to humanity.

ALT. S. EOCTB WORTS. ooxa or tbs Akkkicib OBocBAraicax So ciktt, Coorna Nxw-Yoxx, JDeo. 9, 1874.

STBKET bobberies. tJu Xdltr Ou Xtm-tmrk T'jw i bog to call your attention to tbe fact that there 1 a system ptit lareeay going on la tb vtcinity af Jdorria, Rector, and Weat streets which ia beoocning nnprofitabls to aa nneomfortabl extant to cartmea who hav to pay far th good they low. Your paper being always energetio in gxd works, it ocemrred to as that a little agitation of tbo matter through yoor eolemns might stir ap th proper aatharitJe who cad LI earrsot th w-tl srhl thsrahw do public service. Our csrtmaa ba lost toward a hundred dollars during th past wsek by having mall package of butter stolen off his truck diC ferent times, and to th best ot hia knowledge In tbo vicinity above mentioned. Quite likely other have suffered to neater or leas extant from th same source.

WALTER CAEB A CO. THE HOSTOy TEA-PARTY CELELRA TIOJS'. A GRAND TEA-PARTY TKSTIVAL TO BE GIVX3 AT WAIHIMGTOJr rREPA RA.TI0X3 VOS TBB IXTZBTATSMEST. from Omr Own Perry aaeadcMt, WasHDiaTOB. Tburaday.

Dee. 10, 1S7A The Women' Centennial Kxecutire Coma mlttee ef thia city ar making extensive preparations fot a grand tea-party, to bo given oa Wednesday evening, tho 16th Inst, la commemorstloai ef th dee true tion of th tea ia Boston harbor, and ia honor of th Continental Congress which first matin September, 1774. The evening a elected for th 1 ven is tb on handled and firat anniversary of the destruction of th tea. At th first seating Of Congress a Joint resolution at both Houses ef Con gress wss passed, granting th us of th rotond of to Capitol aad tho ball of th Hoos of Kep-resentatrvee for tb eccaaioo. Th aair is modec th charge of a committee composed ef tbe followluz- aamed I a1 is, whoa prominence gives assurance that th entertainment will be a com pi at a sucoeea.

Bra. President Grant, honorary member Bra. Mont gomery Blair, si me. berxhaiaaa, sir. S.

r. Chipmau. lira. Geo. aatoo.

Bra. a. M. MitcoeM, Mrs. lien.

Myers. Mrs. admiral reor, Mrs. Beea Bay, are. uao.

beriHan. Mrs. Justice Strooa. XI ra. Ueo.

geiiia. Mrs. aVawaed Beale, Sirs. Arehiuatd Campbell, Mra. Uuocb Ceyls.

Mr. William h. Marry, aira. B. T.

Mantua. Mrs. V. h'iiet, Mrs. Admiral Powell, Mrs.

ten-tary Rubes Mrs. A R. Shepherd. Mrs. Attoruev Uenerai Watama.

Mis Risiev Bswaru. Chslrnisn: Euxiry. Vic Cbairmaa Misa hmiua MUgwicX, Treasurer; Miss Baxs Carr L'pUia, Becretar. Th address of tbo evening will be delivered by Hon. O.

hf. Robeson, Secretary ef tbe b'sry, and the music will be furnished by a larze haul el amaluers resident a thi city. Tb deeoratioBS will be tarnished by Sueibla. of rhlladclphia. nadar direction of Uen.

Bsbcock, Privet Secretary to tbe President, aad Air. Clark, Architect of tbe Capitol, and will bo very elaborate, including tb represent-' tioa ot a ship, with raj akin warriors armed aaa pis engaged la throwing ease of to overboard. Thar will be thirteen tables re pretesting the thirteen colonies, presided over by tb ladiea of tb commutes and th wive of Senatota and mom her of Congress, all ia Martha Washiaartoa costume, and aasiated by gentlemen fa tb eoatnm of Colli. Btntal dars. Bepresentativc all th Ladle' Ca -taunial Commuttee la the country will be present in costume and aid ths local coaaaiittee.

Th tesv cup and saucers bave beea mad expiestly fur th occasion, tho pattern being that ef a hundred years ago. Tbe cap is decorated with a timiU of tb aign ttort 04 th father ot our country and with thirteen golden stars. The sunoex ha tbe ioUoaiBg inacriptioB 1 77-. Couer aa. lo74.

Invitstlons havs been sent to mmy persons 1 every Sttt and Territorr ia tb Union, and the committee aav been flooded with letter accept- o. These who hav seeav th rotunda lighted as ia tb evening will readily conceive th magnificent display which will mad ther on Wednesday evening next. Tea ia some farm or hap will be tb prxneipel boalnosa of tb even lag aod a It wsa patjrhxic a haadred year ago to retrain from its ate. bow will th guests of ths evening show tacit patriotism by tho quantity they pay for aad driak. With th tea there will be a pleattfol supuly af sub stantial edible, aad all whs attend may expect a pleasant ovwaing.

Th proceed are to be applied to fnrtaeTiag tb Interest the Cestui, v.i.l Una at PhiUdelph'S in lj78. Tbe committee hav provided themselves with 2nentlty of wood em Indeprodrce Bail, fail. lhia, which Las bee jaiiiuned into many teniae tie ornamwiiii, which will be suiii to swell in iw. cral toad. THE STATU VAlMTMMJTA BOtOOAMTOX.

K. TW. 10. TVs Kf- Dairymen'a Aaaoriattoa aUuraed this aveaus after a largelx-sttomlsd sstaisw, at which profitabai esaajs aad diaewseioaa npoa th differeat msthoM making butter and cheese, aad the fUmAah ana wit wA wr thm ttim. SluaBm4 milk, cknti aswaaw PgBJntilTW aBaf aat atii.al I i Hpfwatawwejiaa mmrmm BaHj HIM etattoa te be ondacted by th assoctatioa.

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