The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1865, Page 6

Bampshire; Assistant Solicitor Risley has not yet re- turned from an excursion to Memphis; Assistant Post- ‘master Randall has gon ‘9 the mountain streams of @onnecticut; General Grau., with part of his staff, is at Boston, while General Rawlins, hischief of staff, has been absent nearly a month ona visit to Galena aad Other portions of the great Northwest. Many other offi- cials are also away, and business languishes in nearly all the departments. Even hotel gossipers are sensibly * diminished in numbers, and astonishingly so in volu- ty. . = HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS MUSTERED OUT. Forty-three hospital chaplains were mmstered out of smervice on Saturday, and a number of otherg will be pinoy Seebluds BBL Gace oFiicaa . ys: BON08 OOnr! PON A Gpxsvs OFrickg. ‘Tho King of Denmark bas presented the large gold medal of merit to Mr. Kennedy, of the Census burean, in appreciation of his service in connection with statisti- al science, ‘fos A CLERICAL ANNOUNCEMENT. ‘The Rev, Dr. Gurley, of the New York avenue Presby-,| terian church, in this city, announced to his congrega- téon that he had declined to accept the secretaryship of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and would con- tinue his ministerial labors as heretofore. PERSONAL, Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, and the Hon. Augus- tus Frank, aro among late arrivals here. Our Washington Correspondence. . ~ _. , Wasuinaton, July 29, 1866. cre wew Lapy oF file Warr? floyse has very quietly taken possession of her quarters, and as * there have been no receptions yet, and will not be until ‘Congress meets in December, the public are not familiar with her style or appearance, and we do not yet hear Many critic sms or much gossip. She need not hope to ‘escape these these things, however, as the position is too Prominent for seclusion. Mrs. Johnson, when the Presi- dent was Governor of Tennessee, before the war, never came to Nashville at all during her husband's term of Office, but resided in the small country town of Green- ville, preforring its quiet and seclusion to the gayetios of the capital, None of the President's family, I believe, lived in Nashville during bis first term of office. Mrs. Johnzo:, from all accounts, is a lady very much like the late Mrs. Henry Clay, carmg nothing for city lifo or gay society, but finding peace and content in the calm, unobtrusive pleasures of the domes- \ | THE & Wie Life of her own familly circle. Mrs. Patterson the President's daughter, the wife of the new Senator from Texnessee, Judge Patterson, will, it is said, do the honors o! the White House. She seems a lady overy way ca) sble of appearing to advantage in that Ligh and difficult sphere of life, TH WHITE HOVS* CUT OF MOURNING, The heavy black draperies and symbols of mourning ‘have al! be n removed from the Executive Mansion—as they cull it in dry, official documents—and though thete was an appropriation made by the last Congress to refur- ish it—which it stands sorely in need of, hy the way— pothiag has as yet been done in that line, The stray soldiers and ubiquitous relic hunters have damaged the curtains and furniture very much. * The custom of allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry to stroll into the house with dirty boots and hats upon thir heads should be stopped. If a man has not the ordinary decency to remove his hat and wipe his boots before entering the residence of the President of the United States, the usher should be instructed to cither give him these necessary hints or forbid his entrance, Your correspondent las often seen rough, course men strolling about in the handsome Enet Boom with carpetsacks in their hands, cracking whips, w th their hats on, and tapping,the farnitvre to geo if it'was really solid mahogany or only venecred. If tho usher was fitted for his place he would take care that euch people, if admitted at all, were directed how to be- have themselves, REYINED DEMOCRACY. Demo-racy—true democracy—should level up, not down. Some people go to the President's house in cos- tumes in which they would not presume to call upon ‘their most intimate friends. Mrs. Lincoln adopted a rule {ast winter at her receptions that no lady shonid be ad- mitted unless in evening dress, It created a good deal of talk and stir among class of women who had been in the habit of attending in Cloaks, shawls and bonnets, ings at a private evening party. shawls. Bah! Mrs. L. deserves the thanks of all Ame- ticans who <iesire to see their contrymen and country women comme il faut in social matters, especially in ‘Washington, where strangers and foreigners are always on the lookout for something to criticise. Your cor- dent never Kcr never dares to dosuch a aughty thing. Aren't Americans perfect? Are not they the greatest, most glorious people on the whole earth? Of course they are, the members of Con- especially. The most of them are perfect models of deportinent, native Turveydrops, only they will chew tobacco and eat with their knives instead of their forks— Tmean the rural M. C.’s, of course. ‘THE PRESIDENT AND THB SOLDIERS’ HOMB. It is said that the President, contrary to the fashion of all the former ones, has refused to re- move to the beautiful s:burban residence at Soldiers’ Home, where Buchanan and Mr. Lincoln used to spend their summers, riding out fn the cool of the day, and returning in the morning to town. The President says that he has no more right to take up his residence there than any other citizen has; it was intended for the old soldiers, and they should not be deprived of it. There are five or six separate build- ings out there, however, and it has always been the cus- tom to reserve one of them—a bandsome white marble cottage «rad, for the President and family. It the highest and healthiest spots about the miles distant, and commands charming views down the Potomac and over the surrounding country. A COUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR THE PRESIDENTS. It is to be hoped that some appropriation will be made to purchase a suitable country house for our Presidents during the hot months of summer, oe the former home of the rebel General Lee, has sug. ame butit is a very ag rm og although ft high and airy; and besides this it is now sur- rounded by the SOLDIER'S CEM ETRY recently laid out for the soldiers who have died of their ‘wounds in the Washington hospitals, I paid a visit to it one balmy morning of this week, and found it very care- fally kept and tastefully planned, are more than pix eee pene soldiers ge there, All po le white inted headboards, with names, regiment ‘compan: Hesignatos painted upon them in black letters. Th: necessarily fragile and porishable, these will those who wish to remove their relatives or friends to ed, perh ae eee arecariag oo efensee , in peace ppiness, ming no of guilty ambition or of base ingratitude to the country tha edneated and nirsed him to be asoldier. Let him come back to the woods of Arlington now and be- hold these six thousand graves that haunt him At the Soldiers’ Home, just back of the pleasure minds, lie five thousand more dead heroee—more its or a guilty and damnable ambition. Yet we are told that Ive’s descendants will yet return to Arlington and take possession of their old home. Never. It would be such an insult that the multitudinous bloody graves ee ee ee me hosts upon the door steps of Arlington House at n! a borhood of ca farms near by. mere jing is said to pay the government very well. ARCHITECTURE IN THR CAPIFAL Architecturally considered the city of it rious study. Nothing ever appears to be fe ae ecnitnsoolan Institute, and just 5 i # ne ai iz eF a> iz iy Z si¢ 2 33 izt z 5 5 ments of workmen busily en; peem striving their utmost to of the Treasury is Tonic and the pon this great Barxum ox Reooneracortox.—The irrepressible Bar. fhom, whom neither fire nor water can extinguish, has flready announced his intention of reconstructing his Muscum somewhere up town, It appears that he ts about to proceed to Europe at once, accompanied by a competent person, to select from all quarters of the Old Uiteratevr and bookmaker to visit Burope next summer on 4 similar errana EUROPE. Arrival of the City of New York, City of Manchester and Bavaria. a THE GREAT EASTERN OFF VALENTIA. The Liberals Gain Eighteen Members. The Destructive Gale at the Cape of Good Hope. ae Abatement of the Cholera in eypt, &., Tod &e, &e. The Inman steamship City of New York, Capt. Leitch, which left Liverpool at four o’clock on the afternoon of the 19th, and Queenstown on the afternoon of the 20th of July, arrived here at about twelve o’clock last night. She brings six hundred and thirty-two passengers The steamship City of Manchester, Captain Halcrow, also of the Inman line, from Liverpool on the 14th and Queenstown on the 15th, arrived at this port yesterday. The steamship Bavaria, Captain Taube, from Hamburg on the 17th inst., arrived at this port at an early hour this morning. The Morning Advertiser gives currency to a rumor says is very generally believed in fashionable to the effect that a marriage between the Prince of Orange and the Princ:ss Helena of England has been dofinitely arranged. The trial of Constance Kent for the notorious road murder was about to commeuce, and it is said that the opinion expressed by medical men has led to the aban- donment of any defence founded on the plea of insanity. It is reported that three English travellers had lost their lives while descending the Mallerhorn, in Switzer- land. Their names are Lord Francis Douglas, the Rev. Mr. Hudson and Mr. Haddo, The United States war steamer Colorado arrived at Fal- mouth on the evening of the 16th of July, and after tak ing on board a channel pilot proceeded, for Antwerp. She passed Deal on the 18th, The City of Boston arrived off Crookhaven at eight P. M. on the 17th, and reached Liverpool shortly after seven o'clock on the evening of the 18th. The City of Dublin arrived at Liverpool on tho morning of the 19th of July. The Damascus arrived off Londonderry at ten o'clock on the morning of the 19th, The Erin left Liverpool for New York simultancously with the City of New York. The Atiantic Cable. ‘The Great Eastern sailed {rom the Nore for Valentia on the afternoon of the 15th Snly. She passed the Isle of Wight on (he afternoon of the following day, under sail and steam, and passed Falmouth at ten o'clock on the morning of the 17th, The steamer Caroline, having on board the shore end Of the Atlantic cable, previously reported as having put into Falmouth, left that port again on the 17th for Valentia, The Great Eastern, with the Caroline In tow, passed Crookbaven on the evening of the 18th, and arrived off Valentia early on the morning of th» 19th. The English Elections. The elections in England were still progressing, and absorbed the greatest attention. Five hundred and fifty returns had been made up to the evening of the 18th, of which three hundred and twenty-thres were profess- ing liberals and two hundred and twenty-seven conserva- tives. The liberals claim a net gain of eighteon; but the Morning Herald (conservative) only concedes a gain of fourteeen. There were one hundred and six seats yet to be filled. The Irish eloctions were going largely in favor of the liberals. The most important of the contests determined on the 18th was that for Oxford University, Mr. Gladstone having been rejected by a majority of one hundred and eizhty votes. This result left Mr. Gladstone free to accept the invitation to stand for South Lancashire, and he promptly repaired to that county, where he’ was welcomed with the utmost enthusasm. He had ad- dressed great crowds at Manchester and Liverpool, and met with perfect ovations at both places. The elec- tion would take place on the 20th, and it was vory gene- Yally anticipated, notwithstanding Mr. Gladstone’s lato appearance in the field, and tho vigorous efforts that had been made by the conservatives, that he would be elected. Tt was felt that the verdict of Oxford would release Mr. Gladstone from the trammels which such a constituency necessarily imposed upon its ntatives, and give him full scope for the exercise of his liberal principles, France. Tho departure of the Emperor and Empress from Paris had beon delayed in consequence of the indisposition of the Prince Imperial. This indisposition is nted by the Paris journals to have been slight, but there were rumors that it was more serious than had been stated. Paris evening papers of the, 17th allege, however, that restored, but that the Moparture of their Majed was it jeparture ir was nevertheless deferred, as a measure of prudence, for a few days longer. The Paris Bourse on the 18th was firm, but quict; rentes closed at 67 62. Spain. Sundry diplomatic changes are spoken of. Senor Mon is said to have resigned the mission to France, and Sonor Isturitz is named for his successor. ‘The Duke of Lema is shortly to roplace the Duke of Ossima at the Russmn court. It is confirmed that Senor Ulloa will shortly be sent as Ly oot not ap- je Spanisl reprossale- with the republic of Chili. Italy. I the statement that an official proposal for Erle shares, 64) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Liverroot, The sales of the three er, sad veer talon th it buoyant, and Kd speculation. © mi ant, an . a dearer, but closed Gulet, and the edvanca barely maintained. “NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, TRADE AT MANCHESTER. There was a Ick of animation yesterday, but pro- ducers were generally firm at full rates, LIVERPOOL BREADSTUPFS MARKRT. Messrs. Wakefield, Nash & Co. and Bigland, Athya & Co. report:—Flour quiet but steady. Wheat in limited demand at unchanged rates, although the tendency is downward, Corn in short supply and again dearer; mixed 303, a 308. 3d. per 480 Ibs. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. Messrs, Richardson, Spence & Co. and Gordon, Bruce & Co. report:—Very little doing in any article, and prices generally unchanged. Lard remains firm at 678. 6d. a os qitliow quict but steady; North American, 41s. a 8. 6d, LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. Ashes quiet at late rates, Sugars steady but not active. Coffee unchanged. Rice without variation. Linseed oil in fair request at 335. a 33, 6d. Rosin . Spirits of turpentine without improvement, Petroleum quiet; fine white refined at 25. 6d. LONDON MARKETS. Wheat quiet but unchanged. Flour firm. Sugar in limited demand but firm. Coffee in large supply and a shade easier. Tea dull, Rice firm at full rates. Tallow quiet; P. Y. C., 41s. 6d. Spirits of turpentine declining— 47s. 6d. a 488, Arrival of the Bosphorus. “i Bosto, July $0, 1868. ‘Tho British steamship Bosphorus, from Liverpool, July 16, with three hundred and fifty passengers, arrived here to-day. No Signs of the Hibernian. Fatuse Pow, July 30, 1865. There are no signs of the Hibernian, now due, with The Outrages on Negroes at Norfolk. THE STATEMENTS OF THE TRIBUNE AND BOSTON COM- MONWEALTH CORRECTED. TO THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Norvou«, Va., July 25, 1860. My attention has just been called to a statement in the Tribune of July 11, headed “The Reign of Terror in Norfotk,"’ and based upon extracts from a letter pub- lished in the Boston Commonwealth To any one who is acquainted with the occurrences of the last two months, it is evident the letter was written, either upon hearsay evidence by some one who was never in Norfolk, or tt is a well woven tale, written by some one of the Southern sympathizers, in order to bring odium upon and injure the character and standing of our soldiers, and cover up their own misdeeds, To assist im this gamo the editor of tho New York Tribune adds hia own opinions, magnify- ing the fow facta, and stating for facts things that exist only in imagination, and were only seen with ‘my mind’s eye,” thus clearly showing that ho has not for- gotten his bad habit of writing much about what he knows nothing of. Hoe states:—“‘We grieve to add that our soldiers from the free North as well as soldiers from Virginia ure ghilty of these crimes; and to substantiate his “taken for granted’’ statement, he says, ‘As there is astrong garrison ip Norfolk, it is evident that the rebels alone would not have been bold enough to assault tho negrees, had they not been joined by those who were bound to have protected unoffending citizena.” Tt is true negroes were attacked and in a few instances nearly beaten to death, and it is also true that “those who were bound” to protect failed to do so, The 7:1- bune's statement throws the blame upon the soldiers, whereas it was not soldiors who attacked negroes, but & lawless gang of returned rebels who, diaguised in ini- forms of Union soldiers, attacked negroes wherever they happened to meet them. There wasa garrison !n Norfolk, but they had been relieved from all duty conuected with the preservation of the peace in the city, upon the fide: t statement of ¢ that they ntly able to protect the city from any out. rel all disturbance s, were ordered by the officer mmand not to interfore in any manner with the “civil authorities” unless called upot The “civil a thorites’’ were the ones “who were bo! to protect, alls attention to the statement that there is a pmmandant in the city, but he seems to have Aunty.” There was an officer in command of the milil , but that there was a “military command- ant!’ of the city is false, as he had been relieved, Conse- quently the commandant of the military did not have a divided duty, a3 it was only his duty to command the troops, and faithfully did he atiend to it, After describing @ scene in which some of the Thir- teonth New York artillery, after being dosed with “drugged whiskey,” were supposed to play apart, our vera’.ous correspondsnt of the Boston Commonwealth closes the ‘paragraph by asserting that ‘one man was hanged upon a lamp post.” Probubly he had been par- taking of some of the same whiskey, and while in bis de- lirium {ancied he saw the negro hanging to a amp post, for ccrtain it is no one else saw the melancholy sight. ‘The T dune then, upon what authority I do not know {and Ido net b lieve he dos), asserts that “on Sunday two colored men were found hanging dead on trees;’’ also, “on the same day—the Lord's day—a young man as he was leaving church was shot through the side and robbed."’ Quite a day’s work, was it not? But how very strange that the parties who found the bodies of the poor negroes failed to notify the proper authorities, and those very. indefatigable searches after news, the reporters of our daily papers, failed to hear of any such occurrences. Certainly the parties finding the negrocs ought to have given the poor creatures a Christian burial. In another paragraph our Commonwealth correspondent introduces quite # tragic scene in describing ‘the singu- lar courage" of one of these negroes, as follows He was quietly passing to his home, when three sol- diers ran after him and fired three shots, neither of which took effect. They then cried ‘Halt!’ but as the man knew thelr order was not to be respected, he walked on. Another shot was fired, the ball passing through his mouth. “Finish him! finish him!"’ somo one cried. Two men overtook him and each pointed a revolver at his breast. He turned their bands aside and said, ‘You don’t shoot me again."’ “Very well,” they said; “come into the guard house." Itgems to me that he winds it up altogether too tamely to make it plausible. Is it likely that any men particularly when they number three to on) who are ot upon killing another will allow him, after having been wounded and fallen in their power, to thwart them from their put by quietly turning “their hands aside’ and informing them that they ‘don’t shoot me again?’ And furthermore, ia it Ulely they would run the risk of involving themselves trouble by taking him to the “gcard house,’’ where the matter would be sure to reczive a proper investigation? The whole paragraph isa continuation of as urd state. ments as the above, and only deserving of notice so far aa it casts reproach upon our soldiers, That it is the duty of the government to prevent all men of or untried loyalty from holding positions, and protect the insurgent States from becoming the theatre of acts of violence and lawlessness, no one whose loyalty is pure will for a moment doubt, but it 1s also the duty of papers who have already done so much to precipitate this coun- try into the sea of anarchy and bloodshed, through which she has so nobly pe fe make amends for their wrong doing, at least so far as to refrain from publishing state- ments that they cannot holp but know are and which must, when V necommen necessarily widen the breach {already too wide) botwoen the citizens of our lately in- surgent States and our soldiers, thus rendering far more arduous and difficult the delicate work of reconstruction, Camp Meeting at Glen Cove, L. I. The members of the Presbyterian church in Kentucky wore the first to introduce camp prayer meotings in this country, and their example was quickly followed by the Baptists and Methodists, with whom this form of wor- ship became quite popular. At present it is confined to the Methodist church, and their moetings have place at Sing & Man: ilies s ‘at intervals Broadway, might rest, and whore ladies ing two or four hours for public Park, in Hudson street, should one public. The poor mechanic and hae but little means afforded his children for health. ful recreation; scarcely, below Bleecker street, is there Any park entifely sot apart for such, purpose, | Certal Apliace where a poor man’s wife can take her out beyond the stench of tho boxes with any comfort to herself. Think of the poor families who live “a the lower wards of this city. "On i JULY 31, 1865.. MAILS FOR THE SOUTH. Important Information for Writers of Letters to the South. TO THE KDITOR OF THE HERALD. 128 Broapway, New Yoru, July 28, 1866. T transmit the accompanying correspondence with the Post Office Department at Washington, as the informa- tion contained in the letter of the Assistant Postmaster General will probably be acceptable to many of your numerous readers, who may desire to correspond with persons residing at remote points in the Southern States. By the very judicious and timely arrangement of the department nearly every point in the South may now be reached, as you will perceive that all such communi- cations as are addressed and mailed for any of the South- ern States to persons residing at or near post offices not yet reopened, will be forwarded to the offices known to be open in such States which are nearest to tho Places addressed, there to remain until such Suspended offices shall have fees reopened, unless sooner called for, [ learn, howeyer, from several parties recently a thes the inhabitants of villages ip whith the ‘offices are not yet re-cstabliehed wsu- Ally send messengers to the nearest office known to be open—often as fur as from thirty to sixty miles—for their letters, In this manner the people of the South are once nication with their Northoro friends. JOHN LIVINGSTON. LETTER TO GHE POSTMASTER GENERAL. Orvice of THe Usrrep States Law Raaisrer Bit AND OviciaL Dingorory, 125 Broapway, New Yore, Juno 30, 1865. Hon, Wittiam Denvison, Postmaster General :— Sin—Ou the 28th inst, I ma‘led in the usual manner, Postpaid, at the New York Post Office, abdur four hun- dred letters, addressed to persons residing at the ro- spective shire towns in several of the Southern States, supposing at the time that for nearly all of these points arrangements had teen made by your department tor the forwarding and delivery of the mails. All of these lotters, stamped and cancelled, were returned to me by the Post Otlice authorities here on the same day, the Postmaster infornting me that the offices addressed were not yet openod. Thereupon T requested tho Postmaster to forward the letters in question to such distributing offices in the South as are nearest to the points addressed—the letters to remain at such distributing offices until the places addressed were accessible by the government mails, This request lined to comply with, at the same time stating that his instructions were to forward to the dead letter office at Washington all matter addressed to places within the United States at which tho offices had not been reopened, If matter thus mailed will be transmitted to the dead lettér otfice at Washington, there to remain until the offices addressed shall have’ been opene then to be forward «! to its destination, wo wouid have here to no reason to comph but if letters mailed Prominent points in the South, at which the not now reopened, are to be forwarded direct to Letter office, thers to be consumed in flame, in the mary © ©, I think we would have such reason. Tn the first place, your department does not communi- cate to the public Post Oflices in the South are not opened; and in the second plav*, at your New York office we see posted over the ordinary reveptacte for lot~ ters a! following:—“Southern States, Letters for ordl- d and South Carolina, Georgix, Florida, Louisiana. The public are thus misled into mailing communications: to those States which may be returned to them with caveelied stamps, or sent diseetly to Washington to be jestroyed, Would it not be just and proper that the department should in some way inform the public to what extent they can correspond with the South by mail, and so avoid the evil above referred to? While I tind no fault with the management of the New York offico—for I do not believe it ever had a more ble and trustworthy incumbent—nor with the ment at Washingto which, I am inform’ d, is laboring night and day to reopen the ‘mali communi‘ations closed by the rebellion, the dding of which is necessarily a of time, and attonded with difficulties known only fe age se ya think the business public sh - formed of the extent of the facilities you cai them. afford With great respect, your obedient servant, JOHN LIVINGSTON, REPLY. Post Orricz Derantmsyt, Contract Orrice, Wasminatox, July 22, 1865, Str—Your letter to the Postmaster General, enclosing one of a number of letters addressed by you to places in the Southern States, and which yoy say were returned by the Postmaster at New York for the reason that no post offices existed in those places, has to-day reached this office. Tnatructions are given to the New York office to send, horeafter, all lotters doposited for mailing addressed to the Youthern States to the offices known to be open in such States which are nearest t» the places addrewed, and not to transmit them to the dead letter office. For in- stance, the letter to the Clerk of the Court at Franklin, Tenn., will be sent to Nashville, Williamson being the county next adjoining. Very respocttully, &e., &C., . uDS, Actg. Second Asst, P.M. Genl. Joun Livincetos, Eaq., No. 128 Broadway, N. Y. Base Ball. KKYSTONK VS. ATLANTIC—THE PHILADELPHIANS PLAY THRIK LAST MATCH, GO ON AN EXCURSION AND RETURN HOME TO PHILADELPHIA—THEY ARE WELCOMED BY MAYOR WOOD, ETC. On Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, the Reception Committee of the Atlantic Club drove up to the Lafarge House, in a large six horse stage, and shortly afterwards took the Keystone Ciub over to the Capitoline Grounds, Bedford, where, after lunch, the Keystones began play with the champion nine of the Atiantio, at one o'clock P. M,, and at three P. M. the gamo terminated, only five innings being played, the result being the success of the Atlantios, as will be seen by the following score:— m KBYSTONE, oR OR Pe 11 24 2 06 2 23 1 33 2 23 2 23 ° 23 2 Pratt, p..... a fe 1 Sid Smith, rf. 14 13 Totalessss.ceseeeeedd 38 INNH . By the above figures it appears that the Keystones batted well against the champions, they obtaining seven runs in one inning—quite a triumph against the champion nine. Shortly after the conclusion of the game the fou FH House, where for them by Mr. and at whole party were seated at the festive of which sat Prosident Babcock, of the F HARLEM BRIDGE. WAY IT IS NOT PROGRESSI Comptroller Brennan Refuses to Honor the Commissioners’ Drafts. © WESTCHESTER COUNTY PAYS PROMPTLY. ACTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS. They Employ Counsel and Will Commence a Suit Against the Comptroller, &e., ” ke, &. At the late session of the State Legislature, on the 28th of Apri! last, an act entitled an act to amend an act passed April 17, 1861, entitled an act to amend chapter ‘774 of the laws of 1867, entitied an “act in relalion to the Coles, or Harlem bridge, at the termination of the Third avenue, city of New York,’ was duly passed, three-fifths of the legislative members being present. The act alluded to weads as follows :— ° apter two hundred and ty-one of the laws iglitcen hundred and sixty: ited, “an act to nd chapter seven hundred nty-four of the laws c titled ‘an act in n to the Coles, or H. at the termina tion of the Third avenus New York,’ "' is follows :— W. Quintard and George R. son, of the city of New York, and William H. Rob- and Alsop Loekwoou, of the county of Wesichos- ter, are hereby appointed commissioners of Harlem bridge, and they are hereby authorized and directed to proveed, without mnnecessary delay, to complete the re- building and construction of the bridge, which, under | and by vittce of the before mentioned acts, has been in part consiructed over the Harlem river, at the termina- tion of the Third avenue, in the city of New York. Src. 2. For the purpose of paying the cost of the con struction of sald bridge the Board of Supervisors of the county of New York are hereby directed to raise, by iax, the proportion of two hundred and seventy thou sand dollars, that, by the provisions of the act’ hereby amended is properly chargeable to the county of New rk; and the Comptroller of the county of New York is hereby directed to pay out of the said sum so raised, on tho certifleats of a majority. of said commissioners, Sketios 1. The first se stich sum or sums as by said commissioners may from time to time be required for the construction of said brid Se, 3. The Board of Supervisors of Westchester county are hereby directed to raise by tax, in the same maaner as other moneys are by them raisod, the proportion of two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, that, by the provisions of the act hereby atnended, is properly charge able to the county of Westchester’; and the County er of Wi rstchester ¢ is directed to pay out of | Commnissio may be req The Board of Supervisors of the county of Westchester aro herby authorized and directed to raise by tax, wil one year from the paxsave of this act ner as other moneys are by them rai to reimburse the county of New York the moueys a ready expended by sald county of New Vork, which should have been borne and paid by said county of Westchester, according to the provisions of chapter 774 of the laws of 1857, and chapter 291 of the laws of 1861, amendatory thereof. The County Treasurer of the county of Westchester is hereby directed to ey the amount #0 raised to the Comptroller of the city of New York. Sxe. 4. The moneys by this act directed to be raised shall be raised, borne and paid by the: respective coun- ties of New York and Westchester, in proportion to the jurisdiction of said counties reapectively over said bridge, as may be defined and fixed by the boundary line between said counties; which boundary lino, for all pur- poses of this act, ahali be run, fixed and determined by the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State, within three months after the passage of this act, who shall file a map of the samo in the office of the Secretary of State, uses necessarily incurred in running said line, jeg said boundary shall be borne and paid by ties respectively, in the samo proportion as other mone7s directed to be raised by this act are au thorized and directed to be paid. See, 56. Nothing in this act contained shall in any man ner impair or affect. the validity of any contract hereto- fore made under or by virtue of the provisions of the laws hereby amended. Sxc. 6. The persons who wore, by the acts hercby amended, constituted commissioners for the construction of said bridge, shall, on demand, deliver under oath to the commissioners hereby created all books, papers and vouchers in their possession, or in the ion or under the control of any person employed or who has been employed by them as such commissioners, to the possession of which said commissioners are entitled; and shall also, on demand and under oath, deliver to the commissioners hereby created all property in their pos- session or under thelr control, which they had in virtue of the office held by them under the laws hereby amended... THE COMMISSIONERS. In accordance with the provisions of the act of the Legislature, the duly and legally constituted commis- sioners immediately qualified and proceeded to contract for the completion of the bridge, which, under the su- ‘Pervision of the former commissioners, had been allowed to drag unnecessarily, and the finishing of which it now appeared would soon be a fixed fact. The commission was composed of men who had been successful in man- ing their own private business, and it was the opinion the a) that, in taking the great work out of the hands of politicians and placing it in the hands of expe- rienced and honorable geutlemen, of known promptitude and reliability, the vexed and long discussed question “Shall we have a bridge or shall we not have a bridge?’ had been satisfactorily determined in the affirmative, and that the structure would go on rapidly to completion. ‘The commissioners found that there was an undecided question which, as long as it remained in uncertainty, would be sure to cause them trouble. This was the loca- tion, by actual survey, of the boundary line dividing this county from the county of Westchester; for by that line was to be decided the proportion of the expense of erecting the bridge which rightfully fell to the lot of the county of Westchester to pay. is survey the new commission had made, in compliance with the pro- visions of the act, and the county line is at last a de- cided fact, and there will be no more quarrelling and litigation upon that point. Thus much performed, the commisioners devoted their entire attention, to the tof their individual interests, to the further prose- of the work. And for a time matters pro- greesed to their satisfaction under the contract. As all contractors will, upon private or public works, this par- ticular contractor at last found out that he wanted some money with which to pay for large quantities of mate- rial he bad purchased and the laborers he had hired to The manner in which = oF are ra for funds is best told by giving ing cortified extract from the records of the said commis sion:— MK. JOUN ROACH REPORTS. Naw Youu, July 28, 1965. before the Commissioners at + g2552% Ey yore. Hobok: Ited in the signal the 3 ee ee Nel Siac tere soueead a bat score juration. RURREA V8. MUTUAL. A grand match takes place at Newark to-day, at which some five or six thousand spectators are expected to be in bets two of the nent candidates easter ie ate? nae Cortlandt Mauuotn Mar or New Yor Crrv.—Mr. J. T. Lioyd, of 23 Cortlanat street, bas now underway the largest and moat complete map of this city that has ever been pul Ushed. The map is fifteen and a half feet , by seven ond 8 half wide, and has cost one fanared oomae dollars to get it up. It ts engraved from actual surveys, and has occupied forty competent engineers upwards of two yoars to make the surveys and drawings. The map when finiahbed will be mounted upon patent apring rollers, and will ba, when roiled up, but twolve inches in cireumferetice, Mr Lioyd expecta to baye thia map completed in abont twa woeks. and specting the same, that he according! AN INTERVIEW WITH THE avDITOR. said certificate He with said Auditor, and at the of said Auditor called on that officer again on the 19th instant, and that said Auditor refused to pay the game, but stated that hiv decisions were not binding on the crap and Sanieae se - R ht the Com , in company wil a , pre. sented to him, and again requested THE COMPTROLLER REFUSES TO Par. He said he would not pay the money on the certificate. ut knowing what it was particulars,” and WESTCHESTER COUNTY LIQUIDATES IMMEDIATELY. ‘Two similar one for ten thousand dollars and one for seven thousand dollars, were issued by the the Treasurer of Wi eater bill of lier he conduct county, paid same, that officer u the presentation without Tornining him with any like the Com i & Hy 3 z H 3 E 3 not funds, he wou! “revenue bonds;” Comptroller replied that he would pay nothing unless be ‘8 “bill of particulars." Which was adopted. unanimously. COMMISSIONERS TRY IT AGAIN. of Commissioner Webb Mr. Roach has thie day reported to this he re to the Comptroller of the city certificate insued by asioners on the 1th of July inst., and re- Scmmeteeksy refuse the same, and that the Comptroller ‘used to the same, Therefore, ™ Tat Mr, Roach be requested said Certificate to said Comptroller, and in to ire Jest payment of the same, and report the result to this At its next meeting. ‘Which was adopted unanimously COMPTROLLER BRENNAN WRITES A LETTER. ‘Tho following communication was received from the Comptroller (MT. Brennan), in reply to the above reso. lution : oi New Youn, July 22, 1965, D. Puceix Ivonamtam, Esq, Secretary of the Harlem ige Commiasioners | ne pe beg to acknowledge the receipt of your Jotter of the 2ist inst., by the hands of Mr. ‘dowch? en closing preamble and resolution of the Harlem Hiridge commission, to the effect that the Comptroiter had pe remptorily refused to pay Acortificnto issued by the com- mission. and that Mr, Raach be again poauosted to nen 5 nn cel sont such Cértificate to the Comptroller, with demand for . Im answer to such communication | take the Opportunity to state that the certificate referred lo bas not been honored by this department because is ae. companied by no “bill of particulars” showing tails of the sums claimed respectively for services, | or materials furnished. By the second section of the act creating the p commission for building the Harlem bridge, the troller is directed to pay out the moneys to be ra This, as it appears to me, requires ap examination him, before payment, of the bills which are presented work done No authority is given to the commissioners to pay to draw upon (the Treasury, for any amount whet: their duties being restricted ‘to incurring the expense certifying the prices and amount of work done, 23 is usual in such canes As s00n, therefore, as proper certificates are issued by the commission, with details of cach claim, I shall b» most happy Ww tucet them, if in posession of funds fur that purpose, Very respectfully, MATHEW 1. BRE NAN, Comptroller. COMMISSIONERS: TO GO TO LAW. ston of Com: 01 — as, the commissioners of Harlem Bridgo, by of chapter 538 of laws of 1865, audited the cla! of John Roach, for services heretofore rendered and tenais furnished in the construction of Harlem bridge, , and issued ceriificates to suid Keach on urer of Westehester county for $17,000, which were promptly paid by said Treasurer upon the Presentation of said certificates, and also issued a certuth cate to said Roach upon the Comptroller of the city of New York for $26,521 41, the balance of the claim audited by them, the payment of which was refused by said Confptroller upon the presentation of said certiti- cate by said Roach—dut noi ou the ground of want of funds—and, as it cannot be expected that the work contracted "to be done for cash will progress witis much rapidity on credit, and, as the interest of the tax payers of the counties of New York and Westchester re qu re that there shou sad work; t Resolved, Quintard be and uthority to con nah, with iia 4 and to di ifes as will oflectu ally remov 4 by said Comp in the way on of said bridy Which w WILL THE COMPTROLLER a present, i © recousiders his 1 thus the matter stand nue W stand, unless the Comp to pay, and concludes sslouers have made upon bim. poars very plain on the sab, the Comptrotler and the stab convince the publte which is the stronger: Lo, islature and its cnactnments, or an ollicer acting Under rsorof its funds anda keeper of its, Buta suit at law is expensive w bruise remains én sate quo. ‘Yhe law ap It isu contest between The Petroieum Case. LETTER FROM ONE OF THE STOCKHOLDERS. Wastunatox, D.C 398 Souru G Sreexr, July 27, 1505. § TO THE KDIOK OF THK HERALD In the report of the “petroleum ease! aa published im your issue of the 26th inst. [find alinsions mad» to me by Mr. . D. Ketlogg, when recalled to ths stand, which, if correctly reported, Lteol catled upon to pro nounes unqualitiedly fuise. That gentleman is teported as saying, “Mr, Marks wae given six handred dollars to work the ground; a draft was drawn in his (Marks’) favor, and witness handed the drat to him.” If this is so, then Iam at the Orst of for here declare that I have never received one cent from Mr. Kellogg, or any one else, on account of, or in connection with the petroleum case “to work the ground,” Unfortunately for mo (as matters now stand), ther the case, So far from receiving one cent, I subscribed and paid in, three thousand dollars for the purchase of land (not one thousand dollars as stated by Mr. Kellogg in bis affidavit), and thus far have not even been reimbursed my expenses for attending the gs of the Board of Trastoes, in obedience to offi cial notice from the Se ’. { trust, sir, you will pardon my intruding upon your columns, and I should not notice the matter at all | but from the fact that your paper is extensively read ta Washington, where [am generally known, and therefore ‘am not willing to have the statement of Mr. Kellogg (if the report is correct) go forth uncontradiciod Thave no desire to have my name in the papers, bub it having been placed there without my consent or wish, and that, oo, in connection with a misrepresantation, tee! ita duty L owe myself to make this communication While regretting that Lever had anything to do with “4le,” Lam not of the number who think all is lost, but trust, though the company has been seriously dam. aged in its Reaepeney, that by judicious management, enough may be saved from the wreck to secure those who embarked in the enterprise, either as original sub- scribers or purchasers of stock. 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