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Year: 1872

About one O'Clock yesterday the inner corridors
n the T0mbs were quite picturesquely enlivened
BY the presence OF persons visiting the occupants
of the cells. They were leaning against the iron
grating OF the heavy doors and c0nversing in low
tones with those confined within. Near one door,
however, there was no one. This was No. IA, and
ts the one assigned for the present for the connne
ment of James G. King, whose cool, determined
hand on steel trigger caused such startling sem
satiOn yesterday in Pine street Through the cour-
tesy OF Warden Finiay the HERALD reporter was
permitted to approach this cell, and,


PEERING THROUGH THE CLOSE BARS,
ne nodded to King, who responded most naturally,


chow do you dor"


He is small man, OF about thirty years, of ap-
And with steey eyes that give uVa You an ss
sensation when they are directed towards you.
Mr.. King was attired as he was on Monday when
he fred the fatal shot, only his toilet looked to be
not SO carefully arranged and he seemed little
worn and nervous. He had on light brown over
Coat and wore the standing pointed collar that
teenth ward


The cell in which the prisoner is confined is one
OF the small ones and is furnished with bed and
stand or table. On the latter were piled some
old newspapers. The floor is covered with a moor
rag carpet and the bed was in tumbled disorder.


Mr. King, on being asked regarding his own


FACTS PRECEDING THE DEED.


refused decidedly to have anything TO say about It,
having received such instruction from his counsel.


Therefore the HERALD reporter did not remain
very long, but In going passed the door OF Haggi the
whte-haired poisoner, within which his thin and
emaclated l0rm could be seen crouching upOn the
straw OF his bed, reading q paper, while his ewes
were turtively Kept from encounterng those OF the
stranger by the Intervention OF the bars.


The whole range OF the murderer's cells ls full of
occupants, and both Fosters and Scannelrs faces
were seen within two OF them by the reporter as
with the impression doubtless that this new trag.
coy would hasten their own retributon.
Year: 1872

The citizens of the Eleventh ward or Newark
have inaugurateda vigorous movement against the
interests Of the lunatics In its boundary. There
is located the County Asylum, and a proposition to
extend the same has excited the Indignation OF the
residents and property owners who, at a recent
meeting, appointed committee. whose duty 1t is,
among other things ito request the Aldermen from
the Sixth and Eleventh wards to call the attention
OF the Common Council to our grievance and request
them to take such prompt action as will relieve us
from the nuisance now springing up In our midst
70 the injury OF our property and the disturbance
% the peaee " ppy nejQALDhQpL"
Year: 1872

Some time ago. at fire in Orange, N. j.,
a number OF the 1remen behaved In
scandalous manner and refused to obey their
superior officer in the midst OF the fire.
AS q consequence the insubordnates were
suspended and proposition was before the
Common Council to discharge them dshonorably
This would have been very just but unpleasant
duty, and the Council on Monday night managed to
steer clear OF the snag altogether by adopting
TO issue bonds Tor $4,000, with which to establish
and maintain paid Fire Department instead OF
the present unsatisfactory volunteer system. The
matter appears to give entire public satisfaction.
Year: 1872

The Board OF County Canvassers met in the
Chamber OF the Board Of Supervisors yesterday as
usual, and continued their canvass. The Supervi-
s0rs for the Thirteenth Assembly district were
absent and that district laid aside until their
appearance The Fourteenth, Fifteenth and SIX
teenth were partly canvassed during the day. The
average amount OF inaccuracies and errors were
discovered, one of them being gross as to give
Plunkitt 1877 votes for Alderman in one statement
and only 81 in another. Bliss and Davenport still
continue TO haunt the rooms, overlooking little
OF everything, and assuring themselves that the
publican candidates did not suffer.
Year: 1872

Coroner Schirmer was yesterday called to Belle.
vue Hospital to hold an inquest on the body Of
Martin Monahan, a lad fifteen years OF age, who
was killed by falling through the hatchway OF
printing house corner OF Bleecker street and
Broadway lie died In the ambulance while en-
route to the hospital Deceased lived at No. 5l4
East Fifteenth street.
Year: 1872

Ellen GOrman little girl six years OF age, whose
parents live at 15s West Eighteenth street, was
killed yesterday by being struck the head by the
pole OF an ice wagon. The driver OF the wagon
was arrested. Coroner Schirmer was notified and
will hold an inquest.
Year: 1872

The country is at present flooded with
cheap and inferior goods Of every description,
which are hcralded to the public in flaming
advertisements and which find market
among those who have yet to learn that true
economy" consists in buying first class
article from an established and first class
house. For example, pianos of various max
crs are offered at about one-half the price OF
those of really first class manufacture. A
mong the latter none are more deserving Of the
encomium really first class than those man
ufactured by Messrs. WIN. KNABE & Co., Of
Baltimore, firm which dates over third of a
century, and whose Pianos for excellency OF
workmanship durability and sweetness Of tone
stand absolutely unrivalled and containing
many valuable patented Improvements, to be
found in no other instrument, made by the
very best workmcn and Of strictly FIRST class
and seasoned material.


The so-called cheap piano may present a
fair external appearance, bat is made Of in
ferior and often entirely uuseasoned material,
and soon becomes wreck which defes the
art of the tuner. We make special mention
of the piano, as the most forcible illustrations
of our remarks, which can be applied to al
most every article we use in our families.
Year: 1872

There's beautiful isle in the long ago,
all flooded with golden light,
And a river that flows by the margin green,
Whose waters are wondrous bright!
There's bark that glides with snowy sail,
And the music of silver oar,
That carries us back TO the shining gates
OF that beautiful past once more.
All every heart holds some sweet dream
Ola beautiful long ago!
There we're bTighthopes nursedin the long ago
Sweet flowers we gathered there,
And the walls of this beautiful past is hung
With many an image fair
And oh ! there is room for the feet to tread
This path of the by-gone years.
There are joys that bloom in Memory's fields
And fount for our bitter tears.
And that fount holds many hallowed tear
We've wept in the long agol
There are happy dreams the heart holds dear
Bright dreams of the long ago;
And sacred tears for perished hopes
That will return no more.
And thus in the tangled web oflife


We weave our smiles and tears.
Yet the soul has holy memories


That cling to departed years.
Ahi drop the silken curtain now


OF the beautiful long agol
Shut out the light of those perished years,
Close the door of the past again;
And bush the yearning thoughts that iill
Thy soul with so much pain;
Then roll the heavy stone against


That sepulohre-the heart
WHY should these buried forms again
To life and beauty start
The future may hold some dream as bright
As those Of long ago!
Year: 1872

MUTiLATED CURRENCY Secretary oi
the Treasury has decided that it is the duty
Of depositaries situated without the limits Of
the Government contract with the Adams Ex-
press Company, to receive and redeem defaced
and mutlated currency, Under the Treasurer's
late Circular No. l. on the same terms as other
depostaries and that the expense Of forward
ing such currency to the Treasurer will be
borne by the Department. the banks to prepay
the charges to the nearest point within the
contract, and to be reimbursed therefor by the
Department.
Year: 1872

The answer to the complaint of Sadie b.
Wilkinson, of New Haven, Conn.,, for breach OF
promise of marriage against Mark NJ. Pomeroy
was filed in the clerks Office Of the United
States District Court yesterday. The dcfen-
dant denies that he ever at any time or in any
manner solicited the plaintiff in marriage, and
that the plaintiff was unmarried at the time
when she AYERS he promises to marry her, The
defendant further alleges that at the times
aforesaid he was a married man, and incapable
of entering into marriage contract, and that
this the plaintiff well knew and he further
says, that at the aforesaid times, the plaintiff
was habitually intemperate, and of violent
disposition and temper, and generally represen-
ted among her neighbors so to be, Of which the
defendant was ignorant at that time. That
on divers occasions alterward the plaintiff
threatened personal violence to defendant, and
with pistol and other dangerous weapons
persued defendant from time to time and place
to place, SO that he greatly feared that his life
was in danger; and that the conduct, habits
and disposition and temper Of the plaintiff were
such, as he had learned since the times in said
complaint mentioned. that she was not fit per-
son to enter into the marriage contract with
any person." And, in answer to the allegation
of the plaintiff, that by reason of the alleged
promise of the defendant to marry her, she
was prevented from receiving the attentions OF
other persons with view TO marriage, the
defendant says that if said plaintiff has
not received such attentions it was in
consequence of her incorporate habits
and her ungovernable and violent temper and
disposition, which render her unfit to enter in-
to marriage contract with any person or per-
sons whatsoever BY the sworn statement of
Pomeroy's counsel it appears that he is now in
the West, and when last heard from was in
Kansas. .-NeU York Times, 29h uh.
Year: 1872

EARN WHAT YOU SPESD.-Three fourths of
the difficulties and miseries Of meh come from
the fact that most want wealth without deser-
wing il, popularity without temperance, respect
without virtue and happiness without holiness
The man who wants thesbest thing and is will
ling to pay will have no. difficulty in getting
what he wants at last. 1t is the men who
wants goods on credit, that are disappointed,
snubbed, and overwhelmed in the end. Happi-
ness cannot be bought by the bottle, nor caught
by the excursion train, nor put on with any
robe or jewels, nor eaten at any feast. 1t does
not exist in exhileration, excitement or owner
ship but comes from.the use of the faculties..of
body and mind. To live truly is to have hap
piness wherever you are.
Year: 1872

On Wednesday morning last Mr.. Frederick
Hast arose from his bed at an early hour and
leaving his wife and child in the chamber,
proceeded to another room to make a fire.
Hearing the cry Of the infant, which is but
two weeks old, he returned to the chamber to
ascertain the cause, when he perceived that
his wife was not in the room, which was very
strange, as she was sick, and had been for the
past few weeks confined to her bed He at
once made search for her; every nook and
corner about the house was looked into and
then the garden, out buildings, and adjacent
premises were searched, but no trace of her
could be found The husband was greatly
alarmed; and ran hither and thither in dis
tracted manner seeking the poor woman, who
bad evidently in an hour of temporary insani-
ty, produced by her recent illness, wandered
out Of the house and gone he knew not where
Just as Mr.. Hast was about to start to his
mother-in-law's residence, in the neighbor-
hood, thinking perhaps his wife was there, he
heard a faint call, and on Fastening TO the
well, few yards distant, discovered the head
of his wife above the water. Quickly descend
ing the well he reached the poor woman and
supported her in his arms, and then Justify
shouted for help. Fortunately bis cries were
heard, and the neighbors aroused from their
beds hastened to the spot and with some diff
Guilty both husband and wife were drawn up
from the well, the woman being almost lifeless.
She was at once taken to her bed and proper
ly cated for. She had been in the water up
to her neck for over a half hour, and II is
mystery that she did not drown, as the wa
ter in the well is about eight feet deep
Strange to relate it was yesterday said she is
none the worse for her long immersion in the
cold water-C Cumberland NeicS.
Year: 1872

DID NOT NEED PRAYING FORA clergyman
on exchange found a note in the Bible to the
effect that Brother A. requested the prayers of
the church that the loss Of bis wife might bo
blessed to him, etc. The preacher prayed
most fervently. To bis amazement and NOR
tification he found that the note bad lain in
the pulpit a year. while the bcreaved gcu,lc-
man was ON this Sabbath sitting with new
wife in the congregation.
Year: 1872

SENATOR CAMERoN's RESOLUTION appoint
ing the Committee on the French Arms Inves-
tigation was. undoubtedly, an offspring of a
caucus. 1t was not necessary to call formal
Republican cacus, of course, but the hands Of
the superseryiceables are recognizable in the
framing of committee which is carefully
packed with a majority of their own kind and
leaves of those who were prominent in procur-
ing the inquiry. If Mr.. Cameron was only
throwing out feelsr, be got it in the manner
in which his resolution was disposed Of by the
Senate a general confusion seems to have
fallen on the superserviceables, and the Gamer
on proposition was laid on the table with a
shuttle The Presidents friends must do bet
ter than this if they desire to retain a grain Of
public respect.-N. T. Tribune.
Year: 1872

A Kalamazoo grocer swears by all that Is
good and true, that be has seen a rat lie down
on his back with an egg III bis paws, wigsle
his tail as sign that all was ready, and then
submit to be drawn up stairs by the tail by two
other rats.
Year: 1872

When brave man dies, or one who has
rendered his fellow beings service, it is
lifting to mourn for him and recount the
many good acts of his life which made
him SO useful and so beloved. Why not
the same propriety in grieving for some
NOBLE animal, who by his constant faith
tulness, has endeared him to oil who knew
him. We do not think it beneath the Dig
nity OF man to be attached to 50 grand
an animal as a horse, and It certainly Is
natural to mourn for him when he is gone.
We know Of case recently where the
death Of horse created real sadness to
the family of which he was an active
member. He had safely carried his mas.
ter through many of the hottest battles Of
the war, and had been atwice wounded
while in the service. Even in his old aye
he could not bear the beating Of q drum,
or the sound OF q band of music. without
proudly lifting his head and assuming an
attitude of interest and Importance. He
was twice stolen by the rebels. each time
breaking away and returning to hfs own
camp, once having rebel blanket on and
bearing evidences of having forded the
river to reacht'the boys in blue" During
q transfer on the Mississippi, when many





into barrel Of bacon, and when found
the grease was running down the sides Of
his mouth in q most suspicious manner.
The soldiers being pleased with such :
plucky horse, tried him with "hard tack
which he seemed to relish as much as the
bacon, and he was fed with the sans dnr-
ring the whole trip. They also taught
him to drink whiskey. and much to their
shame, got him 80 "beastly" drunk that
he ran away and nearly demolishsd bis
master. Many "reminiscences such as
these were often told Of him. after becom-
ing sedate old family horse. ThoN
who recognize the "Old Charley of our
sketch will be sorry to learn of his sudden
death about two weeks ago; he will long
be remembered as honest and Trustworthy
friend as man ever possessed.


Il -Qaincy (IH.) Hhig.
Year: 1872

TINE DAD CHURCH,
The good old church, tho goold old church.
Hos glad 1t made me feel;
For thought of the times, the good old times
When there I used to knecl:
Again in recollection the preachers voice bear.
And amid my joyous feelings wipe away a tear.
'Twss in that church, that good old church,
That was born anew,
Midst groans and sighs that then burst forth,
For mercy did sue.
Whilst Ger my mind these by gone mem ries stole
again was made to weep in agony Of soul.
Twas in that church, that blest old church,
Sat friends in good array,
Listening to how Christ wept and died
They, too, save passed away;
But in that old familiar place once moro bend


tho ear,
Asd IN the anthems ringing notes again their


voice hear.


In the good old church, the good old church
Again I'll sit me down;
Aud list to a strange preachers voice,
Though he speaks of tho same bright crown
close my eyes, and Ger my mind visions of the


past will steal
Childhood and its recollections once more In


made to feel. S. A. STUART.
Year: 1872

A MODEL LAWYER Squire johnson
was model lawyer as the following an
ecdote will show;


Jones once rushed into the Squre's
Office in great passion, and said. THAT
internal scoundrel Of q cobbler, Smith,
has sued me for Eve dollars I owe him
for Q pair of boots


Then you owe him Eve dollars?


To be sure do, but he's gone and
sued m0-sued me


Then why don't you pay him, If you
owe him2


Because he's sued me, and when q man
does that III never pay till it costs him
moro than he gets. | want you to make
it cost him all you can.


But it will cost you something, too.


| don't care for that. What do you
charge to begin withY


Ten dollars, aud more if there's much
extra trouble.


All right! There's the X. Now 60
ahead


No sooner was his client gone than
Squire johnson stepped across to his
neighbor Smith, aud offered to pay the
bill on condition that the suit should be
Withdrawn. The shoemaker gladly &C.
ceded-ull he wanted was his pay. The
lawyer retained the other five for his fee,
and as the case was not troublesome he
made no demand upon his client.


Ten days days after, Jones came to ses
how his case was getting on.


All right, said the lawyer; you won
have any more trouble about that. lpu'
It to Smith SO strongly that be was glad
to withdraw tho suit altogether.


Capital cried the exulting Jsnss
You've done it up browni You shal
have all my business hereafter.
Year: 1872

The wife of an Irish gentleman being
suddenly taken i'll. the husband ordered
q servant to get horse ready to 20 for
the doctor. By the time. however, that
the horse was ready, and the note to the
doctor written, the lady had recovered ;
on which he added the following post
script, and sent the servant off: "My
wife, having recovered, you need not
come"
Year: 1872

A minister made an interminable call
upon . lady Of his acquaintance. Her
little daughter who was present, grew
weary Of his conversation, and at last
whispered, 10 AZ audible key, "Didn't be
bring his amen with him, mamma"
Year: 1872

Cameron and the Cameronians and the other
Office hunting and ofice-holding politicians Of
Pennsylvania are giving the President great
deal Of trouble. The Philadelphia Post Office
is the subject Of discordance and annoyance
just now; but it is the old struggle over again,
and General Grant may expect to have fre-
quent repetitions of it from one set or another
and from different localities. There are no
more hungry or Unsuitable people than the
small partisan and office-hunting politicians,
and no more troublesome and presumptuous
men than the leading partisan politicians.
There is but one way for the President to save
Year: 1872

Our OPENING Snow STORM, heralding the
lpproach of Winter, swept over a vast extent of
Country. 1t came in with that great tidal
wave Of Arctic air and clouds and snow from
The Rocky Mountains but how far it has
covered the country westward the Signal Ser
Vice Bureau, as it should have done, does not
Inform us. North and south the storm ex-
tended inside the Atlantic slope from Lower
Canada to North Carolina. The heaviest fall
appears to have been along the basin Of the
lower great lakes. At Buffalo on Saturday the
Dnow was two feet deep on level In the
afternoon of the same day the storm descended
ppon Richmond, Va, though there it was
comparatively light. This storm, it is feared,
Indicates o rough winter, and rich and poor
Eould do well to make their preparations
accordingly. We hope, however, that this
berce November visitation may prove false
klarm.
Year: 1872

himself from such perpetual annoyance, and
that is to act Independently for the public
good, and to carry out the principle of civil
service reform by keeping in and appointing
to Office the best men, irrespective Of political
opinions It is gratifying to SEQ by our Wash
ington correspondence that the President is
taking such stand, and has, consequently,
created CONSERVATION among the Pennsylvania
politicians by his firmness in the matter Of the
Philadelphia Post Office. If he will stick to
this policy he will be sustained by the people
everywhere, and he need not fear the ire of
either the small or leading politicians.
Year: 1872

labor in competition with our own free
labor; of raising no hand to release four hun
dred thousand neighboring negroes from the
most cruel bondage. Let us see whether
President Grant will suffer the Spanish gov
eminent to trife with us on the subject Of
Cuban slavery for another four years, or
whether he will boldly take the initiatory in
carrying into practice the policy which his
present Secretary of State has been for the
last three years SO bold to avow and SO incom-
petent to enforce.
Year: 1872

THE STEAMSHIP ARIZONA, it is feared, may
have foundered in storm on the Pacific. But
as she was good strong ship. and well ofii-
cered, we adhere to the opinion that she has
only been disabled in her machinery, or
delayed by head winds and heavy SEAS ana
will vet come in with her full list OF passen-
cers and without serious loss of property.
Year: 1872

Is IT THE HORSE DISEASE AMONG THE
POULTRY ?-We have bad news for Thanks
giving Day. Up the Hudson and from the
highlands and lowlands of this river back to
the Susquehanna, and how much further we
know not terrible disease has broken out
among the poultry Chickens are dying from
it by hundreds, and ducks geese and turkeys
in the market are said to betray evidences of
the same malady. 1t appears TO resemble the
epizooty; the fowl affected has running at the
nose. But, in addition to this symptom Of
catarrh, the victim becomes dizzy, its head
swells and it soon dies as of cerebro-spinal
meningitis. In another part of this paper we
give the latest information on the subject, and,
from the facts presented, it appears that this
disease is really assuming the form Of de-
structive pestilence among our domestic fowls.
Should this pestilence continue to spread as
rapidly as it has been developed we can only
hope that at least our beef, pork and mutton
will be spared for Thanksgiving Day.