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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
A RESPONSE FROM A CHRISTIAN moruERs

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In reading your issue Of to-day observe that you
comment severely on the apparent want Of sympa@
thy among Christian women. !
You say, "What has become Of all the ladesf
charitable and benevoent societies. connected with
the churches OF the city, ana are there no kind
people to help the Sisters In their attentions to the
woundedW .t =
As to charitable institutions or other societies,
belong to none but to the last named CLASS. "kind
people," and have a neart and willing hands to help
all sufferers within my power II 1t Is only to give
the soup OF watern ana ''brush the flies from th6
wounded" Many with myself would be glad to
services as volunteer and was told there were
plenty OF nurses. The Sisters have th0
entree to hospitals that private lndiy1dualS
have mott besides their dress denotes ther vocatlon
assistants needed (supposing you 10 pc pOstedy
will you with the cry for assistants wanted, pleasd
denote the way In which assistance may be rendereo
and see II Christian women are all sumberingY 4
Bellevue quietly and without parade, to adininise4
to those suffering ones all that q Kind heart WouiU
prompt CHRISTIAN MOTHER.
NEW YORK, August 2, 1871.
[Ihe greatest need OF female assistants Is now
passed through. "Christian Mother' may yet bd
able to comfort some lonely one and cheer soma
downcast patient II stranger she must apply al
the Office OF the Commissioners of Charities and Corr
reCtiOn Third avenue, corner OF Eleventh street,
procure pass, and II she desires to enter the hos
pital more than this pass must be cOuntersgned
by the Walden, Mr.. Brennan, or he may give one OF
his own. The dress OF the Sisters gives them the
entee but TO protect the institution from the adnS,
lowed for all other persons than DOCTORS clergy men,
officials and representatives OF the press.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
DOING GOOD BY STEALTH.

The appalling disaster Of Sunday last by the ex,
ploslon Of the steamer Westfeld, which has cast
such gloom Of sorrow over our citizens and REM
dered many home scene OF woe is now the sub
ject OF governmental inquiry and demand4
on behalf OF the people o full and CONF
prehensive investigation. The members OF the john
]. Bradley, Eighteenth Ward Tammany Association,
learning through the medium Of the press that tho
friends Of one Of the victims, Ellen O'Connor, now
deray the expenses Of her interment. De-
sirous OF performing an act Of public charity,
and not wishing her remains to receive
pauper burial, called o special meeting,
on last evening" and resolved to see her remains de
posted In honorable grave In Gal vary Cemetery.
Instructions were given at late hour last evening
TO an undertaken to carry out the wishes OF the
meeting, which was held at the Mechanics House,
Fitreenth street and First avenue. --"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
TIE SECOND AVENUE CAB OUTRAGE,

Degth OF One of the Vicims-NO Clue to the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mount In Pursuit..
The particulars relating to the outrage on Second
avenue car, by which Thomas owens and John Del.
tour, botn passengers were pushed from the 'front.'
platform by some unknown drunken ruf1ans. were
published IN Wednesdays HERALD. Mr.. Deltouf
was taken to his residence No. IS Hester street. and
attended by several surge ons but he sank gradually
and modification subsequently setting in, death ent
sued at halfpast ten O'Clock yesterday morning.
Mr.. DetOur single man. twenty.seven years Of
age and born IN Ireland, was CLERK In ship chan.
dlery store at 81 South street. The wheels OF the
passed over the left leg OF deceased below the
knee, crushing the bones most fearfully, and mad
amputaIiOn OF the limb been resorted to possibly
the life Of deceased might have been saved but 1t II
stated Mr. Deour was averse to the operation being
performed.
Owens stin lies in Bellevue Hospital in a very crtl-
cal condition, the chances being against his recov
cry owens, who had only been In the country two
or three weeks, resides at 6e4 Douglass street,
Brooklyn, where ne mas family. 1t appears that
at a late hour one OF the Second avenue cars NO.
5O) was coming down First avenue with a heavy
street. four men, much under the influence OF liquor,
jumped on the front PLATFORM soon after which one
driver, and finally sp: IN his face clinch en- en-.
sued, but order being speedily restored was MAIN
%he sd Flood the was car vo ossnsd and nh wnca
pavement, erulslng INN badly and tearing his
feet when DeltOur and owens were pushed Off tho
front platform together, and falling on the track the
wheels passed over and crushed their legs The
villains guilty Of this murderous act Instantly
jumped OF on the oppos te side Ofthe car and hastily
disappeared. They nave not since been seen. and
neither Flood nor Owens seems able to describe hcm
in manner calculated 10 lead TO their identld-
cation.
Captain Mount. OF the Seventeenth precinct, and
the officers of his command are in active pursuit OF
the gang OF murderers anu, If possible, they Will
DC secured.
Mr.. Beryey Wood Superintendent of the Second
Avenue Railroad Company, has also taken tho
matter In hand, and has found several persons who
can give important testimony In the case.
John Godsell, one of the men on the front plat
form OF the car Is seaman and has left q cruise
OF three or four weeks.
Coroner schirmer win commence an investigation
as soon as the witnesses can be secured 1t may be-
proper to stale that after the occurrence Flood the
driver OF the car, was arrested, the complaint VI
deceased and owens who charged him with push
Ing them from the car and he was released on bail.
Flood says positively that he 1rst pushed from
the car at which time deceased and Owens stood on
the front platform. The Coroners Investigation Will
develop Tue real facts
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
FUNERALS YESTERDAY.


Funeral al MRS. ttnIuys
The funeral Of Mrs. Anastasia Flnlay took place on
Wednesday afternoon. at two O'Clock, from No. IL
Essex street. Her remains were inferred In Calvary
Cemetery. Beside her was laid her infant, boy
nine months old, who persisted with his mother.
The unfortunate lady, 1t win be remembered, was
30 badly scalded that when she was taken TO the
Eastern Hotel she piteously entreated the by
ISLANDERS to shoot her. 10 relieve her from her
agony. When the explosion occurred she had her
baby in her arms, and botn tumbled head
long into the seething, burning abyss:
They were found lying at the bottom q
the boat, near the boiler. The mothers
forehead was pressed down by crossbcam, wnicn
partly crushed the skull. Across her extremltles
Law horse still living, ami she was completely
hemmed IN by q barricade OF wheels ana broken
timbers, which would have cut OH escape even
the poor woman had strength ieit. Her orotner-in.
law Patrick Finay, who accompanied ner was
badly burned but his injuries are not fatal. She
leaves behind her four chlldren-Jwo boys and two
glrs-the eldest Of all not being over i've years OF
age. Her husband Mr. Michael Finlay Is yet Q
Young man, and Is, as may be readily Imagined, IN
q SEM -distracted condition. He does not seem TO
realize the terrible calamity. Mrs. Finlay was
native OF Thurles In the county OF Tipperary Ire
land. Her relatives in this country are all In
Chicago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
CHILD MURDER AND SUICIDE.

ST. LOUIS August 3, 1871.
The dead bodies OF Mrs. Lorng and child (twS
years old) were found just outside OF La Cygne,
Kansas, on the Goth OF July. II appears that tho
child had been very sick, and tho mother. had
become deranged from an xiety In watching It. ON
the morning OF the Goth she took the child and efK
the house, and some hours after their bodies were
found IN the woods skirtng the town. She had
choKed the child by examining rags down its throat,
and then killed herself by tying rag around her
throat SO tightly as 10 strangle her.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
COMMUNICATION FROM UNITED STATES
INSPECTOR LGW.

ACIUuE COnJDIuiIy WIN tue SOToEers
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Keenan, received the
following communication from United States Super
vising Inspector Low in regard 10 the recent ex-
ploson on board the Staten Island ferry boat West
field
OFFICE OF UNITED STATES suPERvIsrss ISsPEoToR)
OF STEAM VEssELe SECOND DISTRICT
PATRICK H. KEENAN,, Es1., Coroner, Eew York City,
CSRI would respectfully ask of the privilege Of tax.
ing of the "iron" Of the Westned's boiler for
purpose having its tensile strength tested By .erpers
present nvestigat0n and for the satisfaction Of the
public. should like piece of the sheet at Police
Headquarters and pieces from other parts Of the boiler
will appoint expert to act with you may select
will take other course agreeable to you should also
like TO have the gauge" tested where TO- and In
present condition. In the same jointly or otherwise
suggest that we act conJonty in this natter that may
both avail ourselves Of the information obtained An early
reply is respectfully solicited.
am, air, very respectfully, ADDISON Low,
Supervising Inspector, Second district
On the receipt OF the above communication Mr..
John t. Toal, Clerk to the Board OF Coroners, called
at the ONCE OF Mr.. Low, 20 Pine street. on behalf OF
Coroner Keenan, and stated that 1t was the desire
Of the Coroner TO aid the United States authorities
In the investigation OF the case. orders were
accordingly given 10 permit MIR. Low or his repre-.
sentative to visit the boat for inspection, and to
give him piece OF the boiler at Police HeadQuar-
ters. as requested,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04

ISLAND Az the ume OF the explosion they
stood on the forward part OF the boat and, beside
fear1ily cut bruised by flying particles. In or
der 10 avoid newspaper notoriety as much as posi-
bic they were taken Immediately home in q carriage
provided by their son, who escaped uninjured.
They now lie IN very precarious condition.
Two brothers, named Daniel and Cornelius Hogan
were brought 10 the Centre Street Hospital yester-
day morning. from their residence, corner OF Oak
and Catharne streets. suffering from severe burns
received on Sunday from the explosion on board
the Westfed. II Is doubtful II they win survive.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
Funeral Of Michael Kelly.

The funeral OF Michael Kelly, OF Dock street.
Brooklyn, took place yesterday. He was fortytwo
years old aud leaves wife and four children totally
unprovided for. He died on Wednesday. When
taken out Of the wreck OF the Inflated Westfed it
was found that he was very severely scalded I'm.
willing to believe that his injuries were as Sc
we're as they ultimately proved ne made the
attempt to walk as far as Wall street ferry, the
nearest way TO his home. When he arrived there
he sank exhausted and was taken into the ferry
house and cared for. He asked for water. A lady
who, having baby with her, for whom she had
provided bottle or milk Immediately offered 1t to
the sufferer, who, after taking It, expressed much
qualification. Two gentlemen who were in the ferry
house volunteered to see Kelly to his home. Theii
kindness was appreciated but the poor fellow has
not lived TO thank them.
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generally from the hospIrai is very significant" Of
mat 1.-THE long suffering and parient well doing dlQ
not appear" The clergyman whose name wa
three reporters, Including the HERALD reporter Wild
nad no reason to doubt his statement, but who has
since learned that there Is such legally recognized
omcal. The Christian ministers and Law men and
women VINO have done what they could for the pool
sufferers deserve all honor but they form the meres
traction OF the Christian population of New York;
who might have done more in this emergency u
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
GENERAL SHERMAN.

OswEGo, August g. 1871.
General W. T. Sherman arrived In this city at halE
past nine O'Clock last evening, from watert0wn,
He visited Fort Ontario this morning, and was
called on by number of citizens and army oiicers
He leaves at half-past two p. n. for Syracuse aud
Will 70 thence to washington.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04

Among those whose injury by the westneld
boiler explosion has not yet been reported were
hr. Frederick Leming and wife, OF West Ho.
boken. These, with their son, had started out
70 visit 0 married daughter living on staten
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
PROPERTY FOUND.

Captain Cameron, OF the Eighteenth precinct. yess
terday sent to the Coroners' ONCE black willow
hand basket containing new black cloth vest and
two brown towels, which had been left with him BY
eighth street. Her son, on Sunday lasr found the
property near the wreck Of the ferryboat WesJ1eds
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04
ADDITIONAL DEATH.

nmo'ny bncKeY, VINO was severely scalded by
She explosion on board the westde,I o,eo q, mo
Centre Street Hospital yesterday. He issided a, a,
Essex street. N0'"SN Nv ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
The People Pay the Bills.

The sickness of the. Presidents colt
about whose sore tail the whole office
holding world was so greatly exercised,
was due, we learn, to the circumscribed
quarters devoted to the Presidential sta
bic. To guard against such misfortunes
in future, General Grant is erecting a
new palatial structure, adjoining the
State Department on Seventeenth street,
for the royal stud. This edifice is to be
60 by so feet, and three stories high. II
is to be built of pressed brick with
brown. stone trimmings, while the inte.
rior will be of hard wood, oiled, and
finished in imperial style. The base
ment floor is destined for the Presiden.
tial dairy stock, the first floor for fifteen
horses and equipages to match, and the
upper stories for provender and resi-.
dences for the liveried servants. The
cost of this imposing stable will be de-
frayed, not from the Presidential privy
purse, but from the appropriation fol
the erection of the new State Depart
ment-Neao York Sun.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
A Reprehcnsible Habit.
TFrom Once a Week.l

There is no breach of that etiquette
which should be observed in public
places SO reprehensible as that of a
gentleman leaving ladies sitting alone
1t is not only matter of etiquette, but
of the attention and protection due a
lady under the charge of gentleman !!
How often do we observe at the opera
and the theater from fifty to hundred
vacant chairs between acts, representing
this reprehensible practice? Gentlemen
should not be guilty of such a disre
spectful act toward ladies, and ladies
should not tolerate it There are many
considerations apart from the etiquette
of good breeding in public places to
discourage such practice. A lady is
liable to be insulted in the absence of
her escort; the difficulty Of his return
ing through crowded house to his
seat, and even the probability of an ac-
cdent or panic occurring, which would
require his immediate care of the lady
or ladies under his charge. This breach
of good taste and breeding is not COM
mitted, in majority of instances, once
or twice, but frequently repeated be-
tween every act. The most etfectual
way for lady to prevent it, is to refuse
to accompany gentleman to a public
place of amusement who is guilty of
this ungentlemanly breach of decorum
and neglect of lady under his charge.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
kentucky Answers.

The Kentucky Democrats 60 mourn
ing. They have failed to get the sinews
of war from the General Government
for their campaign against it. Secreta.
ry Boutwell, has decided adversely on
the Home Guard claim, from which they
expected to draw their election fund
". y Tribune.
When the Secretary Of the Treasury,
acting under partisan promptings only,
arbitrarily interposed and trampled un-
der foot the decision of all the accoun-
ting officers, to prevent the payment Of
the just claim of Kentucky for raising
troops to protect General Sherman's
lines of communication, the Tribune
shouted with joy over the decision, in
the terms which we have reproduced
for its edifcation, now that the people
of that State have answered the taunt
at the ballot-box. They had no ,"sin.
ews of war" but their own honest in.
dignation at this gross act of injustice,
which was expressed in the greatest ma
jority ever given in Kentucky to any
candidate. And that, too, in spite Of
forty five thousand negro voters, who
were driven to the polls. like sheep to
the shambles. under the lead of Grants
offlceholders. Washington City Patriot.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
A COlOred Preacher Looking
Things in the Face.

The Baton Rouge Sugar Planter says
that one day last week Mr.. E. N. Bean,
the chief constable, called on the Rev.
Luke Billups, worthy colored man who
had accumulated some property since
the war, and solicited his vote and in
fuence for Robert Morris. as the dele
gate to the Republican Convention in
New Orleans next month. Mr.. Billups
made this reply to them:
Il cannot support that man nor any
other stranger. see around me gen
tlemen working in the fields with the
plough and the hoe who were wealthy
before the war. Among them see my
old master, Thomas W. Bird, earning
his bread by the sweat of his brow,
while newcomers are making their liv-
ing easily by staying in the shade, and
that is something l do not understand.
l have lived in this parish thirty-three
years, and have always been well treat
ed by every one residing here, and /
shall give my influence to no man who
is not identified with the parish. This
is all have to say about the matter"
1t is hardly necessary to add that the
conference was Immediately brought to
close.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
A Swift witness Exposed,

Col. Stafford, of the Selma Times,
speaking of the infamous and swift wit
ness, Taliaferro, who recently regaled
the smelling committee with such horri-
BILE tales about the Ku klux, ventilates
him as follows:
ave helped to bury, one Sabbath af-
ternoon in the fall of 1864, at our home
in Madison, Ga, FIVE Yankee prisoners,
whom Captain Taliaferro and two other
assassins like himself had foully mur-
dered. Well do we remember his tell
ing us how four of the men had plead
for their lives, telling him that they
were his prisoners, that they were sol
diers, that they had their wives and lit
tie ones at home, and that they ought
not to be killed for doing nothing else
than defending their flag; then we re-
member how one brave spirit told him
to kill, that he was an infamous hound,
destitute of all heart and soul, of cour-
age and manhood, and that he could
kill whenever he got ready, that man
had but one time tC die, and the tied
prisoner, without any chance for his
life, would show him how man could
die. The infamous Taliaferro placed q
pistol to the heart of the brave fellow
and fired not satisfied with killing the
prisoner, he mutilated him by firing
three or four shots into his head and
face. Talia:erro told us this himself
before we went to where the prisoners
were dead /; and the fact of the killing
sustained his statement of the butche-
ry."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22

How their Chief COchIse BecOm e
the White Mans Foe.
From the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner.1

From the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner.]
General Stoneman says that when he
first saw the Apaches in 1916, they were
splendidly mounted; every warrior rode
a stallion, and every squaw mare
They were dressed in buckskins, their
lances were bright and their trap
pings superb. Seven hundred of them
rode together. They we're the terror
of Mexico. and rode far into the Re-
public; but they treated the Americans
with chivalry, and bands of California
emigrants could ride through Arizona
unharmed The Arizona Apache is now
a starving hyena, eating squirrels, rats,
owls, anything to keep life and ven
geance alive. Cochise himself is said
10 be splendid specimen of wonder
full alertness and remarkable sagacity.-
He was at peace with the whites when
his camp was attacked, and his wife and
brother captured. Some days after
ware, he and nine other men rode up to
the attacking party, mounted on good
horses and holding lariates, to which
were attached the necks of nine white
captives. Cochise's message was: "Giye
up my wife and brother, and these pris-
oners shall be set free" The white
people answered this by hanging on a
gallows the chiefs wife and brother, and
Immediately the Indians bounded of,
dragging the unfortunate hostages over
the desert Since that time Cochise has
been merciless in his vengeance, and his
name is terror throughout the border
Although the horrible cruelties he has
committed Oh unofending whites can
not be excused, it must be remembered
that he was not the aegressor in the first
instance, and that he was only pursuing
the mode of warfare which is consider
ed perfectly legitimate among his race.
Ii this remarkable man could be indu-
ced to become friendly once more, his
influence on the wild tribes would be OF
incalculable advantage to us.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
Soldiers 10 Aid Radical COnven.
tiOnS, But None to Protect Set.

While the frontiers are exposed to
Indian depredations and the local au-
thoritics are imploring protection from
the "best Government the world ever
saw" General Sherman says the re-
duction of the army to 10000 men
makes it impossible for him to keep as
many troops in the Indian country as
are really nee ded. This is very extra
ordinary commentary on the facts at
New Orleans. Thousands of troops
are scattered over the Southern States,
without the least pretext of actual neces-
sity or honest justification. They are
kept there mainly for partisan purpose,
and to be thrown upon any particular
spot when fabricated exigency is alleg.
cd to.exist. There are abundant tfoops
on hand to play the part of armed ennis.
saries in Radical convention, as was
recently done in New Orleans, but no
troops to spare for the defence OF the
frontier or the protection of our enter
prising settlers who go along with the
new lines Of railroad.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
VIC SHAH Garry the state.

For this reason: In 1854 we were de-
feated in the State, on Secretary of
State, BATH. At the election for Coy
ernor in 1865. the next year. we were
beaten only 29,S36--Democratic gain
on majority, 24,936! -"
In 1866 We were beaten 1896 on
Secretary of State Next year, 1867,
we were beaten on Governor only 1888
Democratic gain, SO, ,7l3! .a.fA R5s
In 1868, We were beaten Al, ,6l7 on
President Next year, 1869, We were
beaten only 1901 on Governor-Demo-
cratic gain, 34.1l6. Y
Last year, 1870, we were beaten IT,
194 on Secretary of State, and the col.
ored voters voted. This year. judging
by the gains we have made on majorities
since 1864, between the State elections
when candidate for Secretary of State
headed the ticket, and the State elections
when the candidate for Governor head:
ed the ticket-the gains having ranged
from 24,925, to 39,713-the Democracy
will assuredly carry the State.