The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1865, Page 8

WUE SENATORIAL INVESTIGATION. if Estimated Expense of Cleaning the Streets. i u tg fh Testimeny of Messrs, Webster, Etiiott, L, Boole and Others. Ls HE eS 4 5 ae if FIMANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY. Bees 2 i H Hl Ewportant Testimony in Relation to the Comptroller's Department, ke, Rey &e. i +1 ais 5 E, Hi F 5 iu ae a?’ Be! H 3 ‘Zhe committee met at the usual hour, and proceeded @ take testimony in relation to the City Inspector’s De- ‘one of the affidavita accompan} the City Inspector; he was very indignant, and was folng In Stott ‘The first witness called was Samuel T. Webster, ex- | 10 g0 before a justice and make a complaint against for perjury ; Wiegan then made an affidavit @ouncilman, and at present a clerk tm one of the police | whale wuatar witch had been ecut to the Gorrnon v2 Qiae iota ae OPE ce ata who were 1° ‘Me was shown an affidavit (the one signed by Mr. Carr, pow gan. ibe ina with'Wiegan in ae ‘which was alluded to in the previous day’s proceedings,) were not connected with the department; they came @né asked if be knew how the jurat came not to be effect down and made affidavits to the same t as that ‘iled in. made She denying the charges. - Mr. itis objected these affidavits bein; in ‘Witness—I can explain the omission im mo other way | evidence, on the ground that the parties were in ae city ‘han that it was a clerical error. and should be brought up as witnesses, pan committee, however, received the affidavit in evi- nce. Witnees—In June several parties came and asked for their money, stating that they had been appointed by Wiegan; looked over the payrolls and found that there were no such appointments made; Wiegan died shortly afte Cross-exammed—Q After that time did you levy con- tributions on the affackés of the depariment to pay for the expense of that fnvestigation at Albany? A. A con- suitation was held by myeelf and some of the other officers, at which it was concluded to raise the money to py the expenses of Mr. Boole in defending himself m these unfounded, malicious charges; some of them gave a month’s salary, somo “ve assigoments on their month’s pay and others paid in money; don’t know that the widow Robinson was assessed for the salary of her deceased husband; those assessments have been tho usual custom in the department; have heard from out- side parties that I had been accused of selling offices, @ Did you ever get any money from Wha a the time these offices were alleged to have sold! A. I object to answer unless 1 am allowed to explain; never received apy money from him for any improper Purpose, itness, addressing Judge Whiting—You know me since I was achild, and you know I would not be guilty yee *Whiieg—I have. i judge ng—I have known a men in whom I have been deceived. iligth casas Leonard Boole recalled—I am 4 marine architect and shipbuilder; have been in the business, including my apprenticeship, since 1838; have had from’ two hundred to two hundred ane fifty men under my contra}; have had Judge Whiting—Have you been talked to about this ‘Matter within the last few ¢aye? A. No person talked to Me about it since I testified before; was in the Bureau of G@anitary Inspection when I signed 4t; am now deputy ‘@erk in one of the police courts; held that office one year ‘while I was a Councilman; received no compensation as ‘Mhe counsel for Mr. Boole here read a communica- @en from the Compost Company, which had been Qeblished in one of the city papers, to show that the ‘@hject of that company was to make money out of the ‘@ty. Tho counsel said that Mr. Williamson stated that mn was written in the office of the com- by Mr. Smith, who was one of the parties inter- and he \ penrag' wanted to put the paper in ‘The object of this testimony was to show le citizens were unwittingly enlisted in interested partioa. ‘Mr. Munger, chairman of the committee, excluded the on the ground that a publication in a newspaper et ances matter of inquiry for the committee. ‘The counsel for Mr. Boole asked the committee to enter to the ruling, which was so entered. Elliott sworn—Have been in the freighting 3 came to this city in 1832; went into the bag business in 1855; the kind of freighting I of is removing garbage and manure from the ts of the city; know Mr. Wynants about twelve F mi he was in the same business; conversed with him several tons in relation to the City Tuspector; 1 charge of men sinco I was seventcen ears ge the absogation ae ey old, and I am now nearly forty; Tave 3 making on for 4 Sore ‘compettation for removing the ashes trom the | calculated the number of men who could clean the y; we were getting eight cente » load, and it was fo get ten or twelve cents; the application was to be made to the city. examined by Judge Whiting—I am in the busi- Essa out of the business; they did not give ; Suing * period of six months of the year it would require 1,200, and the otner six months it would require 1,600; that is exclusive of officers; the average force throughout the yexr would be 1,800, fo that If the city was clenned onco a week it Would be 1,850 days multiplied by 82, which, at $2 50 per day, would be $175,600; the cost for remot tho dirt would be $87,500, and for removing ashes ,000, which would make a total of $463,000; the interrnpt'on of the streot cleaning by the injunction of Mr. Hecker, the streets were in very good condition; the interrupiion Iasted threo weeks, during which timé agreat deal of dirt accumulated; think it will cost the enough compensation; made a contract with the City ‘tor; got no ; take theashes from the nty-third street dump. Reside at 224 Lewis street; am ; not in the ashes freichting business now; har in that business about eigat years; left it when the was contracted out to Mr. Jonos and Mr. Elliott, in s John Lent swor f r last; know Wynants for twenty years; we talked | gj T ver tho malter of frighing the ashes siter the Siackiog | Cz, TOT $180,000 to $170,000 extra, city two in the Park, about the time Mr. Delavan | weeks and one day; roturned a week ago on Monday; I a of office i, Messrs. Wynants, Elliott and | am in the office every day from about eight o'clock in —— ‘sbout this matterinthe Park; Mr. Wynants | the morning till four o'clock in the afternoon, unless wld wes not ug! for carrying away the stuff, | when culled away on some other duty; have writtena x we. t ny Lag pogyStynincd ten to fifteen | book on shipbuilding, and am ‘proud to it is the gents a the esgrehg = oa engaged in frsighting first ever written in America on that subject ; the amount ethos from the city, now how much hé got | of dirt removed the city last year, if placed in a Co ashes that {did not carry away, but | heap, solid cube of two hundred and carry in ag a8 gh ape cartmen | thirty feet; can’t tell without looking at the records were yi 4 — loads, and that was | what proportion of this wasashes and wl dirt; prepared Se = Sy on Mare a be taken away for | the inost of the annual report; the other part of itis Bothing; got eight cents a load for taking the ashes away; | in the hands of the printer, and when it is finished they @arried away four or five hundred loads In one season in | wil) be bound together in one volume. Severe ing ee naibing ect et aera ‘The Chairman here stated that, asthe committ-e would th street; have lived in the city of New York not be full next week, they would take up the Super- | visor’s Department at the afternoon session, and ad- Ona the further investigation of the City Inapectof’s rtment till ten 0% to-day. AFTERNOON SESSION, The afternoon session was short, and was devoted to the hearing of arguments in relation: to the alleged charges made by Mr. McDonald and ex-Judge Ednionds, on behalf of the Citizens’ Association of the Eighteenth word, wherein the Board of Supervisors were charged with having involved the city to the extent of $250,000 without authority of law, Mr. McDonald said that Judge Edmonds was too un- well to be present, and that he would do the best he could to conduct the investigation, He then read a number of statistics, which were published in the Hexatp on last 1863; ama physician and surgeon; graduated in ‘and have practised my profession ever since; have @barge of the Bureau of Records and Statistion; the eit ¢ York compares favorably in point of health with or any other ere city; wrote to the herds various ‘ments In cities in Europe, and have been Sotiris statistics of mortality, &c.; the per cent- enge of mortality in London laet year was twenty- in one thousand to our twenty-three in the of New York; the mortality of London fluc- fwates the same as it does here; there has been ‘aa increase of four hundred in the mortalty this city last year, as compared with the Mortality of the preceding ; this is not in the same Patio as the Increase in pop on; the children under me yoar who died in New York last year number.d @tx thousand and {ifty-cight; the cause of this inercave Fr i a ean be accounted for by the number of returned soldiers, | Saturday. Thes> figures, he sald, were compiled from ering from chronic dissentery and other diseases con- | the annual reportsof the Comptroller for the last ten Seca ia the camp; the greatest mortality was during | years. He sa’d that a groat mauy of the points embodied the three hot months, which accounts for the increased | in the charges were uly for the purpose @ortality of children who died from cholera infentum, | of suggesting a chango in the system of fecthing, &c.; the number of emigrants arriving at} the city, and county spy and were Castle Garden also increase the bills of mortality; | not directed against the Supervisors, © great evil fhe rapid increase of population may be attributed | was that thers was no head to the city government, and to two causes, the influx of Southern refugecs | consequently no one could be held responsible. What | Was $13,705,092, for the following purposes: nue, $416,656; Eiy'\th Avenue, $476,664. fand immigration ; the increase hus been abont 60,000 last | we wanted was to have the Mayor Vested with full | Use of the State. . 7,080 | @ What amount as been received since 1860 for rent re the city is healthier this year than it wes at this | power to appoint and remove his subordinates, and hold | (062,720 | of ferries? 0 last year; cannot call the reason; itis difficult to | bim to ict accountability for their acta, 1 544,398 | 1860. $135,450 eecount for the exister ce of spidemics; one ressou pat d upon to explain to the committee : H Pan 186) ++ 149,660 there are fewer people living in cellars than formeriy ; jeneral expe 5 Ghe winter bas becn very colt, but the temperature hus Board of Education........++ * 1,787,000 | Q as been received since 1860 for dock ‘Deen uniform, which is more condueive to health than from the records of the departinent, show. | Central Pork care and maintenat 180,000 { and slip rent? A.— L ‘when there are sudden changes iu the atmozphere. ing that Judge Edmonds, who compiled the figures, | Public Charities and Correction 700,000 | 1860 + $169,809 1863, $223,448 Mr. Mun ‘Which city, New York or London, bes | erred in not taking into his calculation the balances | Interest on city debt . 1,059,037 | 186 203,801 1864. 236,131 best nat dvantages as to health? A. New and on the ist of January, Judge Edmonds’ figures, | Redomption of city 907,227 | 196% 209,065 in somo respects an advantage, our water is bet would be correct, had he based them on these | General expenses of corp 8,988,209 | Q What amount bas bon received since 1860 for ‘but we have a large number of eimigrante arriving who of taking the tax lovy as it stood. The rovenues of inarkets? A. The following statement, made ‘fare unacclimated, and ali those who die at Castle Garden then submitted to the committee without | Total... tesa ee neeeenenes 14,889,702 | to the Common Council by the Comptroller, gives a ‘are put in our weekly bi { mortality; a great many of ng any parole evidence. Add, to supply deficiencies, in pursuance ° comparative statement of the rovenues of markets since these contract their diseases on the voyage. COMPTROLLER’S sect on 6, chapter 393, lawe of 1861.......... 280,300 | 1859;— THE DEPARTMENT—IMPORTANT FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The following important financial statement of the af- fairs of the city was submitted by Mr. Storrs, on Monday last, in answer to a number of written questions pro- pounded by Mr. McKeon. y 4 acount of Hi city and county expenditures; and, b: brief and intelligently arranged, will give more sattsfactory infor- mation than ts to be derived from the annual report:— TESTIMONY OF RICHARD A. STORRS, DEPUTY COMP- TROLLER. Cross-examined—Have been Sve years and seven months in office; make an annual report in writi Which goes into’ the Common Coun il with the City @pector’s report; all the bureaus make out a report; there 90 tablo appended to my report, giving the number of @eaths, births and marriages throughout the year; cannot tell how many died tn consequence of the draft riots; had means of ascertaining, only from the reports of the ers; think the ni mber was one hundred and forty- there might have been more; the thres months of weather contributed groatly to incr. ase the mortality fine ity, but produced no particalar disease oF ep ic; have been in London, and kaow what constitutes the city of London proper; that portion which is con- tained within the walls is Known as London p-oper; it entained in 1864 one hundred and fourteen thousand hundred and seventy-two inhabitants; tho deaths in 1863 numbered two thousand cight hundred and geventy; the whole population of London, including ail ‘he suburbs, is nearly three millions. Q What was the aggrogate amount of city and county debt December 31, 1864 A. $42,558,276. @. How much of said debt was held by the Commis- sioners of the Sinking Fundonthatdate? A. $8,439,201. Q. What is the net ind»btedness after deducting the amount held by the Commissiouers of the Sinking Fund? A. $24,119,17! Q What was the total amount of exponses for 1864 on city account, the means for which are provided by taxa- 5 cakes baad wer a (Ne La ded 1863? | tion? A. $$,770,971. exactly; the number of inhabitants in For urpose was this amount appli — , according to the census of that year, was something Board of Education... none aaa @ver eight hundred thousand; there might be improve- a made in the sanitary condition of the ety of New | pasiant Park care wed enanee Central Park care and maintenance, . fork. Intorest on city debt Q@ Ought not the Sanitary Department to be filled with Redemption sity » 1,057 of physicians? A. I think Interest on and redemption ‘f ae er is a better judge of stink- PHP an osocesssisnssosdhive s+» 1,146,087 Bay his sense of emell was not good, how coula | Cetere! expenses of oily government a a bad piece of meat from a goo piece? A. 1 do} Total.......ccceecees 8,770,907 ths coma, “under ‘ath hat Ihave. gona Q. Wisi was the total peuues for lee om ‘thoron; stady as an; cans provided pg be Toould not tell a piece of bad ‘meat Seseteet baat x err ete tad ‘a butcher. A— le—In making your estimato of the place at one million and eighty that that ts the permanent popa- = that mcmabey the transient or mean the permanent popu tion; Were have been forty*two deatis of omigrants in ‘week, three-fourths of whom contract their diseases .% For what purpose was ‘this amount applied? For interest, on county debt. + $45 ‘or redomption of princi; For Stato taxes, . i tees - For support of Metropolitan Polies..... For various asylums and institutions blind. coming here. @ In what ratio does the ulation of this city in. Total..........c005 Pah a with Loaded A The ‘ lation of What was the increases a great deal more rapidiy—they lose raments for ih6s! 5,404—via: ‘em! ‘and we gain; the mortality of that portion 770,971; county, So2s4,4ag, SPA —vis? city, which is contained within the walls is greater than in the suburba. Rice sworn—Roside at No. 3 Madson street; Rave lived twenty-two or twenty-three years in this city; What amount of warrants was drawn on special and trust accounts for city in 1804? A. $8,771,878. Q How are the means provided (6 mot these ments? A. From loans on Corporat on etocks and bonda, te one of the 1: tors of the dumping ground at the | collection of assessments, amounts deposited Ac ount, Roosevelt street dock ; pass the greater part cn of the intestate estates, acd from funds coppled from tere ted'in the month of Decembor, 1863; | xecount. meget = ince Th nthere Ido not know of any loads of | Q Give ® summary of thoes payments, A— snow having been dumped there for which ticketa were | For redomption of revenue benis...... oogeod $2,305,000 @veu; the instructions of thé City Inspector are not to | For redemption of street tmprovement fund @ve tickots to any carte not bringing full loads; have | bond i Performed my duty faithfully since 1 have been there; | For red | Ho came to me to complain of onda not being ll; Mr. Brady, of the Bureau of Sanitary Inspection, SS and told me w be careful that no email loads were Crom-oxamined—Ho gave this notice Inst month; it tion bonds, For payment ing streeta, t have teen within throe weoke; Mr. Dunlap | For exponsosof regula ing curb t the messaye; he did not intimate that an: and fagg'ng strecta, coeedreoling sow ee. ats bad been given for small joads; there are four | For ald to familica of soldiers serving in the on this durmp—myself and three others; don’t nk two men could do the work; it might be that leas four men could do it, by ; ieek bas been lo It, but think not well; ono of United States Army, and expenses connected therewith... Por payments of awards in sick fOr six or seven months past; | _ Central Park name is Speight; the cams of the other two aro | For payments of award an ‘@ in matter ger Haydock, the temperan:o preachor, and Mr, Dun ‘of extending Central Pane arenes na ‘of 1,922 j Haydock reports there every ‘ay; he orders email | For payment on account of axtending Uro- : les ar boats out of the sity to ho place clear for tou Weter Works and new roservoir,..... in 03,906 boats that are exaployed to lake away tho dirt; that | Tor payment of Intorest on stroot improvo- ‘ B about all he ‘ives. mont ond agsosemout fund bonds,.......... 198,900 Gannse) for Mz, Boolo—Thore is a good doa) of ship: | Fos expanses for improving Central Yack,.,,, 800,008 : , NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 34, 1688 @ What amonst hee boon paid to Witiam it. Eweed fot For of lands sold and eae Cpeonesens snesegeiieetiieeingintas oor | alt tnrve youn. — Yor expenses preparing séles, taxes and asmeas- = ibel~Rem ony opening ity. ats ret Lod ‘Street Deputy: Commissioner ‘~ : Q What amount patd Fernando Wood for rent of rooms 116 and 117 Nassau stroet, for what rented, and how long 8 time leased for?- A. boo? for ment; lease expires Hay 1, 1668; $1 Civil Court; payment after Fobraary 1, 1865, until lessee puts the rooms in Q@ What amount was rooms for ase of Street 8 from the war Sahepires ots governments, includ the courts, ihe eas cate a eat le k= Fe brian sera! me for Department... $50,274 4 EE So ae rape a What amount was paid to Alex. Ward in 1863 Board of Assessors. 7,| 1864, and for what? A. 1863, $800 for ke 8 Court of General Sessions; 1864, $2,000 as Superintendent 126,909 | of Lands and Places, : Q What amount was paid during 1864 to Thos. ©. Zipiesins siaeeey oe eee s De time lensed for? A. $6,000; toess voupires Mant” 106ee . donations |i $50, covered sqines sheieing TE ‘i. rt 8 ‘Bees.. $4,606 What amount feos was to lectors + 18,830 County Clerk's ofce eco | Aesemements: denne ee een A. 1862, $28,357; Tho Mayor... 21500 Office Dis't. Attly... 20,100 | 1863, $26,800; 1864, $35,358. Tax Commission... 49,784 Recorder's office... 91820 | Shep erucens see aes. seeing A6Os on: heme 1¢ Unsafe! radge . Balaries, : aipenion coer mo Leal Siviser’ ie” int amount was ‘paid’ during 1864 on scoount of Boas. 23,400 sy 2,000 a aad s Law Department?” A. Trans. to rts of 7 Record, % Q What amount was to Corporation Counsel for hyp foyplahate — during 1864, ph ai of allowance for clerk Total .. 208 | Dire? A.— ordinance of Commos bso a aad Salary as fixed What amount ‘was pai Salary in Hen ate 2 : Ph Legislature April 1, 1854. bees Washington Market cace and to whom? A. Bonds were y ne teestseeescseeneceeee tasued to the State of New York in settlement of the West | Salary as legal adviser to the Board of Supervisors. 2,000 Was! ‘Market and Lowber property, and the Watts | Salary as member of Board of Revision and Correo- street and Hubert street piers 000 ; to tons Of AsseaBMENIS.......eseseccersecereeeeee If Janes B. Taylor, State lessee of West Washington —— @ What amount was paid for Fort ‘What amount was paid to nsel the tion tn 004 for allowance incu of clerk Niet A. $12,000, Bonds ed to James Ffor ae inragehoniicgatien «ig inal in -gyreneeet resolution of Common Council, July 2, 437. Q. "What amount was paid for judgments in 1864? A. $1, 398. Q. What amount was paid to officers in Bureau of Cor- tint amount was paid in settlement of awards, { poration Attorney during 1864, and names of such offi- os interest, for extending Central Park? A. ret A @ What amount was paid for costs as taxed by the Supreme Court in same matter? A. $18,416. . . What amount of awards settled in the matter of ex- tending Madison avenue? A. $882,685. @ What amount was paid for costs taxed by the 8u- preme Court in samé matter? A. $28,388. Q How many appointments in tle Department of Finance? A. Ninety-one. Q@ What amonnt was paid to members of the Board of Aldermen in 1863 and 1864, and for what? A. In 1863 for salaries, $19,173; paid Chairman of Finance Committee $500. in 1864, for services attending drawing of jurors, of Board of Aldermen, examining ac- wi — ‘Wm. Curtis Noyes... $750 Chas. O’Conor. ¥. HL. Anderson, a 7. Fullerton. ‘Total: seotn-cnaidapeank teed a What amount was paid to Orison Blunt during id for what? A.— procure substitutes, .. opervisor. on @ Give the amount of seem, on each jon as classed ep pe partment in the Comptrol- Jer’s report, for 1868 and 1864. A.— 680 Te a ess Advertising for Common Council. pa Si ics? Aszociatio contingencies. City dispensaties. Election expenses... PaCS co 0 ic Salaries ie y City Treasury, ‘as Mayor paid from county...... Amount allowed as member of ‘What amount has been paid under the head of id , Q ‘Balnri yor's OF uri tO Wot ansount has been pa “Contingencies, Mayor's Office, and number of 11 amount has been received for licenses granted Mayor during 18647 A. 546. J. W. Ranney. by eynad craount as paid, io’ George HE. Purser an as. | John Wildey. sistant in office of Counsel to the Louis Naumann. 1864? A. I have no knowledge of any Baward Collin. Tax Commissioner? A. regular salary, 500 Total. ... 0.0 seeeeesee eee ee 112,608 $23,345 year, from the time of his intment, — a it sb ‘What amount was paid into the treasury during Q What amount, if pots been paid during 1863 | 1864 for city railroad licenses, and froin what roads? A.— and 1864 to en oe 'H. Purser as attorney in euits where | Sixth Avenue... $2,875 jndgments have heen recovered against the city? A. The | Eighth Avenue..... 8,500 ‘statements of judgments show no payments to him as | Ninth Avenue. 2 storey. Belt road... ‘hat amount, if any, has been paid during 1864 to | Cross-town read. 2 8 1,750 Gait Hh Purser ts asozhee? A. T’cannot answer this | Hudson River Railroad, for three dummy enginca. '160 juestion without the examination of upwards of twelve — thousand warrants, which we have not bad time to do. Total....... seseereeeressesen ss $10,955 Q@ What companies make return ‘of their recetpts to the amount of tax levied in 1! and for Reith ate ome oe the Comptroller, and amount for 1864? A. Sith Ave- what purposes? A, The amount of tax lovied in 1864 MARKET RENTS AND PERS. Total.... se eeeeeeceneeeeeeeeeses ss: $15,276,002 Comperative statoruent of tho receipts for market rents Less revenues— and fees at euch of the public markets dur:ng the years of county peeeeeee a epecitied:— city. 1809. 1960. 1961. 1862, 1 ‘ if 1,570,000 $28.49 22463 OA 451 ge gan Py -—_—— 3824: Sig HTNG By O11 a3 Remainder.......... +» $13,706,092 “s Oe bag a § 19,210 24,348, Q. What was the estimate made by the Comptroller of ane aie att ame ane Bae Taxation for 1865? A. Tho following extract from the Hair $308 fos Stes Blas ge ete a en budget for 1865 shows the estimate of as : 1 173 as ont taxes for 1865 :—- 188 6,868 ieaatsth siiyp ion, 1:3, senvominic ae ies fie fen eet $818 The whole amount to be rained in this county by taxa- Tass Loo 1868 1430 13a 1! tion in the ycar 1866, for State, county andeity purposes, aco 2483 4700 8980 4186 4.700 For State purposes oe 1 105 608 99,048 185,016 198,060 71,988 jor State see county bud; y 1805). 00 fee ee $8,024,000 Jocrease in market rents and fees in 3608 over 188g ie For county purposes, vie:— (See nerease in market rents and fees !p 1864 over 34994 county budget for 1865.) MARKAT ORLLAR RENT. fi rt of the Metropolitan pol $2,211,566 Comparative statement of the foniets for market cel- interest on county debt....... 606,309 lar ront of the public markets during the years spo- General expenses of the county, ciflod: — cluding amounts for the various: Collections in 1869 «$16,803 ‘ums and Institution for the Collections in 1860. « 18,001 Blind. seeees 804,000 Collections in 1961. + 194,867 -—— Collections in 1862. + 14,852 Total.... os 9 $3,760,805 Collections in 1883.. + 22,116 Deduet arnount of county reve Collections in 1864... 19,847 not otherwise «pee'ally appro- Increase in market cellar rents in 1664 over 1962... $4,006 printed by law, estimated at.... 63,700 in market cellar rents in 1613 over 1862. ,, ———— 8,002,166 The leases of vome of the’ market cellars expired For city purpoces, viz, :-— 1,1 and the cellars were relet at increased rents. For use of the Board of Education $1,848,608 Only six months of such incroase appears in the collec- tions of 1864, Annual rent value of market property Corporation for engine nd hose hou police station houses, civil and police foes tlips, dumping grounds, &e. :— jes For the Department of Public ‘Charities and Correction. ...... 0 For care and mainienance of the Central Park in use by the drill rooms, ‘ti ns, For interost on the city de For rede on of the chy debt. . t Warhington Mi Pgh gg jor general expenses of the city... co! jump ree 7 ground, Tout valug, scan Totals suse es $18,219 MB Rialitictecsscesevsevees Tompkina Market—Entire basement, second and Deduct amount of revennes of third floors, used aa armory and drill rooms, the corporation not otherwise Rent value. seseeees sescesscncsesess 90,000 ally rere by law Essex Market—Entire upper por (including the State apportion. mory, drill rooms, ment of school moneys; Ue ke. it Val mated at Jefferson Market— ual product of the tax suance of chapter 203, section 6, Laws of 1861, which would make the amount of the General Levy, for all pur- TOU. esses eeessnsserseecseee eres anne Dose for 1865, $14,420,204 Total receipts from market rents and fees @, What amount do you think will have to be refunded | 1804 Perr RRRTS Sate to tho disterent city banks ‘the recent decision of the Supreme Court re bank capital? A. I bave no information respecting this matter. Q@ What separate commissions are constituted the Legislature, and what was raised by tax inl ond amount for each? A— markets, during same time. A, — 1860. me Metropolitan Police........ 720 $96,317 1663. 946,465 Central Park Commissioners #60000 6,309 1864. teeveees 08,011 Public Charities and Correction 000 . 700, Q What amount was raised by tax im 1604 for wee of the Board of Education? A. $1,787,000, @ What amount was paid each yourto the Sheriff since 18927 A 1962—John Kolly, for official sorvices, 1861. .....$18,764 ial worvices, 1803... 21,786 cial services, 1862-8,. 19,210 Tseretocs, 16604... 18,294 Tlow rach paid to each Suporvivor ducing 18647 A. Salary as Gxed by tho Logialavire— $2,009 por annum to @ Give fine fen repairing and rebuilding docks and slips from 1860. Amount o1 Foray of principal of public education stock of scncccecccccccscccscceccs 4,007 + Total... neesen oy ee $704,584 e ‘What amount was paid soina ioe years {ioe and 1864 to charitable institutions and churches for the pay- ment of assessments against such property? A. $48,622; 1864, $30,644. @ State the amount paid for salaries during 1864 to County Clerk and clerks connected with his office, includ- for official services? A. $21,291. Were the returns of fees made by County Clerk to the county treasury during 1864? A. $10,464, Q. Does the Register receive for his services from the city or county treasury, amount of fees, if any, were paid into the during 1864? A. Ho receives no from either the or county treasury; By any te Hogar i ete ta ee an 16 amount re! un] Misdlson evenve, endo weomf A james Amory. 900 Reientanais oroen ha it io080 sylum. Unknown OwWners,.....se00ee 17,256 @ What amount paid contractors, January, 1864, on account of regulating, grading, curb and’ gu rare flagging ‘idowalks and fencing vacant State what part of this sum was paid to Michael ‘Treacy, Jeremiah Mahoney, William H. Mastereon, Patrick Farley and John & Masterson? A.— Michael Treacy.....$67,9% Patrick Fatley.....$21,712 Jeremiah Mahoney.. 4,868 Johg 8. Masterson.. 1,924 ichael Mahone; é —— 7m. H. reon.. 1,687 Total. Q How many other contractors we P account, and what was the amount paid? A. Forty-four contractors; amount, $111,296. Q@ What amount was to city surveyors during the year 1864, giving names? A. The following statement ‘shows the amount paid to city surveyors in the matter of regulating, grading, curb and gutter and flagging, filling, feving and sewering the streets of the cit; Ammerman, $113 RB. Graves. J. W. Adams. Bagley & Wiley C. B. Husted iA 039 J. T. Ludlum 437 1042 Goo. B, Melendy 832 Thos. & J. Slator 816 J. Rudolphy 1,568 GA 063 . A. Sage . J. E. Serreil. Peas SSSESESESSESE Total ....seseseceesscecereetereseee ens e+ $8,626,400 The committee then adjourned until half-past ten o’clock this merning. RICHMOND. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Mr. 8. T. Bulkley’s Despatch. ALL Quint, Unusual quietude has prevailed in the Army of the Potomac for the past week or ten days. With the excep- tion of occasional firing from tho forts occupied by the Ninth corps, and the increased influx of deserters from the rebel army, there has been nothing whatever of inte- Test to the public. THE NEWS FROM CHARLESTON—A FHOTTED SALUBS. The glorious news from General Sherman and the cap- ture of Charieston was received yesterday, and imme- Giately telegraphed to the differont corps, Of course there is great rejoicing over the news, and ali now feel that the end of the war is rapidly roaching. A shotted salute of one hundred guns was at noon to- day in this army in honor of the victory. REINSTATEMENT G¥ CAPTAIN RANSOM. Captain Albert G. Ransom, Commissary of Subsistence, who was summarily dismiseed the service some three months since without charges or trial, has been rein- stated to his former position, with rank and pay to date from the day of dismissal. This is an net of justice ver geaying to the frionds of Captain Ransom, and whicl is long and valuable services richly merits, Mr. Chas. H. Hannam’s Despatches. Heanquanrers, Stxt Army Corre, Near Peranswonc, Feb. 21, 1685. : RECRUITS ARRIVING, Every train of cars from City Point brings recruits in considerable numbers to the front. Regiments are being filled up to their maximum strength, and ofticers and men are alike confident and cheerful. The situation was never more promising or the army in better spirits, BRIGADE INSPRCTION. The in=pection of brigades was continued to-day. The Second twigade, Third division, General J. Warren Keifer commacling, was paraded in full marching order, and afterwards the arms and cqufpments of each man were examined by General Seymonr, division cSmmander, Everything was found to be in splendid condition, and | the appearance of the brigade reflected the highest credit on the »kill and efficiency of the general commanding. PROMOTION. Brigadier General L. A. Grant, commanding the Ver- mout brigade in Goneral Getty’s division, has been bre- vetted n major general of volonteers, and will be assigned to duty according to his rank. Genoral Graat entered the service in September, 1961, as Major of the Fifth Vermont Volunteers, and by industry, energy and cou. rage has won bis present rank. Feorvary 22—A. M. REMORS OF MARCHING ORDERK Anumber of deserters from A. P. Hill's corps have Just come in, and report that when they left several brigades were under marching orders, but to what point they could not learn. REPORTS FROM LER'S ARMY, Last night two hundred men left for their homes from one brigade, Hoke's division, of Longsiroet’s corps, is the only large body of troops which has been sent south from Lee's army. They estimate the strength of the rebel army around Petersburg at thirty thousand men. ‘The news of Sherman's successes in South Carolina be- came generally known t! ‘bout the rebel army ’” and cansed a feeling of universal depression to vail there. The privates make mo seoret of their intention to in bt their homes. They confirm the statement lea few ite since that the siege gums have been removed from Puerto and carried to some point in the rear of that 4 Rebel officers epenly express their opinion that Sot can stop Sherman's advance, and hence the Re vates rt by scores. Two more deserters have just doen it in. They belong to Mahono's division, and have brought their arms along. Major Brown, Provost of the Third division, has of late bevn up nearly the whole night receiving deserters and forwarding them to Major Milne, Corps Provost Marshal, THE ARMY OF THE JAMES. Mr. Wm. H. Merriam’s Despatches. Hrapquanrens, Derantuxnt ov Virginia AND "ame or Tue James, Feb, 21—Evening. } Forty robel deserters reported to Colonel Manning, Provost Marshal General of this army, to-de~ PROMOTED, Captain J. H. Dandy, formerly commissary of sub- sistence on tho staff of General Ord, has been promoted to be , of the One Handredth New York volunteers, Twenty-fourth corps. M: Dandy tJ North to-mor- row morning, on a thirty days leave of absoace, @ewenat. Duvens’ Heanquartans, In From ov Rronxonp, Fob. 21, 1865. General Charles Devens, the senior commandant of a @ivision in this corps, is now in temporary command of the Twenty-fourth corps during the absesco of Major General John Gibbon. REVIEW OF GENERA, HARRIS’ BRIGADE, General John W. Turner, chief of the department staff, has been ocoupied this morning in reviowing Brevet Brigadier General Harris’ brigade, compored chivtly of ‘West Virginia troops. The command bore a martial ap- pearance, and wes in all respects fully up to regulations, which fact constitutes of iteslf, perhaps, the highest possible compliunent. Genera) Guy ¥. Heury, commanding » brigade in one of Charleston has just been commemorates in accordance with the follow> ‘he Lieutenant General com- ‘United States:— ARMY OF THB. ‘To General Drvens:— By direction of Lieutenant General fo honor of the capture of Charleston and Columbia, will free salute of one hundred guns at twelve M. to-morrow. General and Chief of Stat The salute in was Am jong the lines, was the occasion 0 little pat: animation. the momory of the great, son of Virginia and the son nation, George Washington, 1s to be commemorated to morrow throughout the armies of the United The following is the order emanating from these ters concerning this interesting anniversary :— Heapquarrens, TWENTY-POURTE ARMY Ix nie Fra, Va ed, 20, 1066, sary of tho birthday of Washlngtos, will Se celebrated aa ie ‘as! pee ae fo det is ie, exe necessary for the comfort of the various ‘xan DePanTwgnt op VIRGINIA AND prisdners will not fail to he gratifying intelligence to the many thousands of sympathizing friends throughout the North of our brave soldiers so long confined im the prisons of the South. The people of the North may herewith know for a certainty that a general exchange of prisoners, in the broadest sense of the term, hasas last been effected by Colonel John EB. meyer an for exchange on the brat of the government of States. Colonel Mulford has, during the past week, ceived from Richmond upwards of three thousand five - hundred of our men, and has ed with Hon, Ould for the delivery ‘at Richmond, Wilmington, and points on the Mississippi river,+ hereafter to erect upon, all Union mers now held rebels, Colonel Mulfe has lished his official headquarters at Vi river and the site of Aiken’s Landing, wi remembered he commenced his jons in the matter of oxchange three years since, In immediate tion of this further hing ore between the Ui States and the so-called ifederate Mulford a. received fifteen hundred of ourmeg and one hundred officers. There was nothing mon attending the circumstanoos of the ‘oxchongs yesterday, it proceeding quietly and in good order. st: Mr. John A. Brady’s Despateh. GENERAL GRAHAM. During the absence, on leave, of Brevet Major General Ferrero, Brigadier General Graham hasassumed command of the Bormuda front. The Press Despatch. Baurmons, Feb. 28, 1868. Advices from City Point down to yesterday morning report that all was then quiet, with no indisations of é movement of any kind. The roads are very muddy. The Richmond papers speak of the bad condition of the roadg - rendering army movementsimpossible. They contain nd - mews whatever. News from Fortress Monroe. Fonvnuse Mownos, Feb. 22, 1866, “ Admira] Buchanan, of the rebel navy, arrived here yesterday from Baltimore, to be exchanged. The steamers Perit and Euterpe sailed to-day for Fort Fisher, with mails and supplics for General Terry’s army, Salutes were fired from the fortress and the men-of- war to-day in honor of Washington’s birthday. Coron Inquests. oe Supprx Drats oF 4 Youna SoupieR—ALLEGRD Possoming, yrom Eatinc a Pir.—Stephen Avery, a jad fourteen yeas of age, late a drummer boy of the Twelfth Maine Volum teors, whose headquarters are on the Battery, died yes terday morning in the Transit ital under circum stances strongly indicating that he been From a partial investigation of the matter before Ent Gamble it appears that Henry Al Sergant of the company of which deceased was a momber, and the ter, arrived in the by the Stonington elt; Wodnesday morning, oak at a stand near the batte gate the Sergeant and young A’ them. Less than two hours sul doth taken sick with severe pains in the vomiting, &c. A state of Iinsensibility fol in both cages, and Avery remained unconscious till hree o'clock yesterday morning when he rg Abbott has PE pee | recovered, and it is hoped be fully restored to health again. He states that he did not eat or drink anything for nbout twelve hours previous to eating the pic, and such wus the case with deceased. is believed that the pies eaten by the parties con! something of a poisonous nature, and to ascertain the fact Coroner Gamble has given the contente of deceased’ eS eS rere Deceased was @ nativi Two Youxa Wousn Fatatty Borxep.—Coroner Gover yesterday held an inquest at 140 Delancey street on the body of Caroline Mogler, a German girl, thirteen years of 1, Whose death was the result of burns received o Fonda “jast, caused by. hor dress taki fire from a filled with live coals. She was terribly burned rq body and lower limbs. The jury rendered a verdict “Accidental death.” Caroline Donnelly, sixteen ond of died yesterday at her late No. Nineteenth Street, from the effects of burns. On day Jast Caroline went into the colar fee 0 satite of cont, and while there her dress came in contact with a light oandle. She screamed for help, bat before it rénched Beg she was horribly burned. Coroner Gover held an over the remains of deceased. Personal Intelligence, Brigadier General Thomas Kilby Smith arrived im thie city yestorday. He leaves immediately for New Orleans, Pag ares his division, under Major Genera} Eve 10000 Amefican 199) amnanenenens ay tock Exeha: s Tavnspay, Fos 100, 100 she HudRivRR.bs 116 100 do, ne Stock market very dull, but firm, Gold steady; sales tood at close of report, 2 UNIONS, CORNS, BAD NAT a rit once an residence ORNS, BUNT NAILS, &C., une win Pe y B itizans’ Bal & SLE SeaMt panes tla te Lanes INS, TER. "an, “By inal, ots, and Bt. OTICE.— MEDICAL AND i Wednesday and Friday atternoons, by Dr. JNO. KUSH, oftice, 6 Weat Tweuty-siret auceet, wear Sixth a 1) HEUMATISM.—ALL THOSE APPLE agonizing complaint should i the; uy Brice bh Oh Otloe 40) Broadway, MBTTA)