The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23
Letter Froma Boston.
Correspondence of the journal,
Boston, Nov. 90
THE LEEHAN MURDER.

Correspondence of the journal.
Boston, Nov. 20.
THE LEEHAN MURDER.
1t is believed by many that the man
who perpetrated the shocking murder
| upon poor Kate Leehan, and left her mu-
tilated body by the roadside on the out
skirts of the city, has at last been identi-
fled. The person in custody is one
Michael Cusick, q hostler, and drinking
man, who gave contradictory accounts
of himself and his whereabouts on the
fatal night. lie has been formally az
raigned before the Roxbury Municipal
Court, and imprisoned without bail. The
evidence is all circumstantial and the
strongest part Of it has not as yet been
made public. 1t is learned, however,
that the furnace wrench with which the
murder was committed, has been traced
to his possession. 1t is strange how sci
dom the fatal secret Of murder is kept
The powerful portraying by Daniel w eb-
ster OF the midnight Knapp murder. will
be remembered; that the assassin, when
he had committed the fatal deed, and left
the house, closing the window behind him,
thought his secret was safe. ''Ah, gentle
men," he said ''that was dreadful mis-
take. The murderer is never safe.n 1t
certainly is marvellous, the skill with
which an experienced and trained detect
i've, from the smallest clue, will hunt out
with unerring instinct the apparently
secure criminal
THE LATE GALE.
The furious gale which swept over New
England on Wednesday was not unex-
pected. The gentleman at Washington
who keeps his fingers on the pulse of the
weather had toretold it, and his signals of
danger fluttered from tall stats in all the
principal ports. Nevertheless much dam
age was done. The tide rose to an al
most unprecedented height, invading
cellars, flooding wharyes, and giving the
ship keepers all they could do to keep their
vessels in safety. Some of the whaves
We're so deeply submerged that boats
passed over them. The ferry boats were
obliged to suspend their trips. The fin C
ship Amity, of Bath, got caught on a
lee shore i'll the Bay. anG was obliged to
cut away her masts to prevent from going
ashore Up town, those who were COM
PEELED to be out, had to be nimble to es-
cape the wrecks of awnings, clatterin g
signs and falling bricks. The railroads
suffered from washings, &c. especially the
Eastern. which runs for long distances
across the marshes beyond Chelsea. The
track was almost destroyed by the tide
and furious waves which rolled over it.
The Salem tunnel, which has been recent
ly dcepened to admit the high Pullman
cars, was invaded to the depth of three or
four feet by the sea, and a train which
entered had the engine fires put out out,
and the flooring of the cars flooded,
Upon the whole, considering the magni-
tude of the storm, the damage has been
very slight. The observations of the
weather and the caution signals are Of
incalculable value in such cases
AFTEr WATER.
Not only is water scarce from the linn
tied supply afforded by the Cochituate
works compared with the enormous draft
upon them, but it is very expensive for
companies and individuals that are large
consumers. Old wells and like sources
of the fluid, that we're closed up after the
;~4~oaro+inn of tln Iata water have in
some instances been reopened, both from
economy and to guard against the shut
ting off OF the Cochituate from manutac-
tories, in time O. drought The Boston
Gas Company, tlat is one Of the large
consumers of water, started an artesan
well at its works some time ago, hopin g
for an abundant and cheap supply OF
soft water. The work has progressed
through rock, clay and the various layers
of which the earth is made up-but no
water has yet been found. although the
boring has reached = depth of eleven
hundred feet. The company still keeps
up its courage, and pegs away at the rate
of four feet n lay. The obtaining OF
water by this means is uncertain rs to the
depth at which it may be found In New
York city it has been obtained at the
depth OF 44S feet The well at Charleston,
S. G. is 1850 feet deep, was carried with
great difficulty through a quicksand, and
discharges 1900 gallons an hour. The
St. Louis well is 2,l99 feet deep, and dis
charges Is gallons . minute. OF course
these wells are very expensive, but they
furnish unfailing supplies Of the best
water.
A PARTY MILLENNIUM.
A strange state of things political exists
in respect to the Boston city government.
Last year Mr.. Castor was put in nominal
ton by the Democrats, to the dissatistac-
ton of a portion of the party. who put in