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els days before the meeting, a Sone ‘was sent trom New Orleans to the eorrespondent of the New York Times, stating, ‘ether things, that Howell had returned with assurances ‘hat Congress would support the convention, &o. The ‘endorsement and support of Congress appears to have ‘Deen the common topic of conversation among the con- ‘Ventionists before the 30th of July. Mr. Borax, in reviewing the origin of the riots, said ation was invited. It will m, and their active co-operation was invited. It wi Se 'reterabored, he — that their demonstrations were ‘made in the heart the city, yet the speakers ‘were not interrupted not the meeting disturbed. After the barangues were over a procession of between two and three thousand colored perso between ten and eleven o'clock at night, appeared wil vahing apd shouting through several of the principal ‘streets to the City Hall, There the crowd was addressed might It was the act and the declared intention of the con- ventionists, and the illegal and violent character proceedings, which produced the excitement ahd brought: about the collision. The character and antecedents of ‘the conventionists were not such as to make shem the accepted standard of Unionism and toyalty im that local- ity. fhe proscription threatened by such mon through ‘the action of the convention must have been peculiari; galling to those to be effected had alread: ie, the credit of having supplied the place of his superior in originating tumely precautionary measures, which, if carried out, have prevented the riot, and which failed from no fault of his. Ib the comments of the majority of the committee on the course of the President, Mr. Boyer The President needed no indication. Ifit were not ‘om account of the partisan slanders with which he had been so (pre toy ead assailed during the late election, ‘it might justly be deemed an offence against good taste @o name him in this connection. His acts, so far as ‘they had any bearing upon the circumstances investigated by the committee, exhibited him in no other light than ‘as a chief magistrate, actuated by a sincere desire to pre- serve the pubiic peace and to uphold the law. controverts H F ‘with hostility to the Union, and as proscribing those from business who are loyal to the country. Mr. Boyer submits the following conclusions:— Pirst—That the riot of the 30th of July was a local @isturbance, originating in local circumstances of great Provocation, and in nowise the result of any hostility or disaffection on the of the community of New Or- federal government. It was not in any just or fair sense of the term a vestige or outcrop ef the rebellion, nor can it be said to be any. indication, Qny form with ithorities, either State or federal. 8 cond—It would be a monstrous injustice to hold the of the State of Louisiana accountable for —— ina riot confined to a sinall i Orleans; amd for that cause to Congress the civil government of ed by the incendiary threatened violence of similar fay the ultimate design of the conspi namely, the of the existing civil government ‘of Loumana. “fth—As respects that of the resolution of the tof investigation by the Committee whether and to what extent those acts were ia by members of the organization claiming government of Louisiana, the following con- elusion 's sul no proper sense of the term and in no degree whatever is the riot of the 30th of July atuributable to the government of Louisiana. If there be any members of the government of Louisi- ‘ana in whose official or personal acts the remotest cause of the riot are to be traced, the chief among em are Judge R. K. Howell, who, as the usurping Premdent of the minority of an extinct convention, headed the conspiracy to overthrow the constitution, when as Jadge of the Supreme Court he he had sworn to support Governor J. Madison Wells, who ent to the conspiracy bis official sanction, but on the day of danger deserted his post without an effort to ve the public peace, And if there be any mem- of the federal government who are indirectly respon- sible for the bloody result they are those members of the present Congress, whoever they may be, who en- couraged these men by their counsels and promised to ‘hem their mdividual and official support. NEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Hudson City. Twat or Marrs, Tue Ixspacror or Reoistey.—The Court was crowded yesterday forenoon by persons curi- «ne vo hear the continuation of this case which com- menced on Saturday. The substance of the offence has ‘Deen made public two weeks since in the Heritp, Seve- Tal wituesses were examined and Jadge Bedle charged F the jury. Up toa late hour in the afternoon there was no probability of agreement, At six o'clock the jory stood six to six, Paterson. A Burner Swert Away sy tHe Fioop.—The briage seross the Passaic river just below the Passaic Falls, ‘upon which the pipes were laid that supplied the city of Paterson with water, was carried a by the freshet on Sunday morning. ‘By this the city is left without any means of extingui which if they @ocur will be terrible in character, The Water Company have a iarge force of mon at work putting temporary ‘Pipes acrows a bridge some distance further down the river The city will be without water until to-morrow. Hoboken. Tanearexen INCeNDiARIsM.—It was recently noticed in the Henao, in connection with the numerous fires that have lately occurred in this city, that an incendiary is st work. The following letter, posted in New York on ‘Thursday, was addressed to Mr. Robert Toole, No. 72 Sec- ond street, Hoboken, and may throw some light on the ma- Heious intent of the parties who ebarge themeelves with destruction of property:—‘Dear Robert— we that dangerous place of yours as soon as possible. By tbe holy Frame Fa ged it on first of May, or sooner, pana Re be eee end et little ones. Your ” The was placed in the hands of of Police. A few nights since at corner of “econd and @ stable by cael ® crevice where he ‘Coart streots im mitro-glycerine in bad ai Orange. Prra—On Sunday a fire broke out in the unfinished @welling in course of erection on the summit of the mountain by George) V. Hecker, of New York, one of the firm of Heol rothers. The building was entire! demtroyed, involv Jose of $75,000. Partially insui ‘The building when completed would have been one of ‘he handsomest in that vicinity The fire was caused by large quantity of lime becoming slaked, owing to an overtow in the celiar. Newark, Fm Dran.—About five. o'clock yesterday afternoon Jw. Noah Kendle, living at 227 Broad street, fell dead while sitting machair at hie house smoking a pipe. Dr. Kendle was — known in the community, and was ® manufacturer went Me asgttent medicines, Apoplexy is sup- ‘TRUAL OF EX-ALDeRMAN Noyes yor Axsow.—The trial of ex-Alderman E. M. Noyes, on charge of arson, for set- ting his comb factory on fire two yoars since, was com- SKATING. The Ponds in the City. The sherp frost which visited thie city on Sunday morning and which has since been so successfully dry. ing the “slush” which the mild, damp weather of iast skatorial pleamu: ‘be im condition to pee the Treasury Department; for about Tour weeks ; by the piaintiff and orde NEW YORK HERALD, TUES DAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE COURTS, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. Treasury Agent, Before Commissioner Betta. George N. Carleton, who had been employed as a Charge ef Embezzlement Against a United States ‘Treasury agent at Memphis, Tenn,, was brought up for examination yesterday, on the charge of having embez- zled money and property belonging to the United States to the amount of $561,183 20, Some of the facts of the case were stated in the Hunan of Saturdey. Mr. Samuel G, Courtney, United States District Attor- ney, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Charles Don- ohoe for the defendant, Mr. Herbert E. Titus sworn:—I am special agent of 3; Ihave known the defendant lal agent for the tat at Mei is, pec! it ma | in Tennessee; he was red in that capacity ets eat ka os lene sat nts, (Documents were @ balance against the defendant in one ie hd im the other of 671 ilar to the accounts I saw in the Secretary of the government, said he rest om etigeremas bring the accused to trial in New York or in Memphis in the event of the Commissioner holding him on the present charge? ‘Mr. Courtney thought it was not unlikely he would re- ceive instructions on the point; probabiy the defendant ‘Would be sens back to Mompbia, The defendant states that this charge inst him had been investigated first by Mr. Risley, of the Treasury Department, and next by a committee of Congress, and that both exculpated him from all blame. Tne further hearing of the case was adjourned till ‘Wednesday. The Powers of Collectors of Interval Revenue. Moses Steinhe»mer, Jacob Ernharmer, Aaron S. Hax- ter, Emil Stern and William H. Stein were charged with having, on the 8th of February, ualawfully inter- fered with William H. Craig, @ revenue inspector, in the discharge of his duty, Mr. Joseph Bell appeared for the government and Mr. §. 8. Cox for the defendants. Mr. Craig deposed that on the occasion in question he went to the premises of the defendants, who keep a rectifying distillery at 136 Cedar street, for the purpose of seizing it; he showed bis papers of authority; he had a paper authorizing him, as special deputy lector of revenue, from Mr, Pratt, Collector, @o seize in the Third district; he placed the premises under seizure and took some of the books and papers; bat the defendants, deny- ing his authority, and asserting that Mr. iy 4 should wait until they bad placed the matter in the hands of their Iyer, proceeded to bustle and sbeve him about, and took the books from him by force, one of the de- fendants declaring that if he took anything away he would blow the top of complainant’s bead off; under those circumstances he left, forcing his way out into the street, and the keeper whom he had placed in posses- sion of the premises followed. These are the principal facts of the case. Mr, & 8. Cox, for the defendants, raised a | ser J of law that the witness Craig bad been deputed Collector Pratt to make seizures in the Third disirict. The seizure io FS, had taken place in the Thirty-second district, ‘and im order to authorize the Depaty Collector tv make seizures outside his own district he should bave bad seat credentials from the Commissioner of Internal venue, The Commissioner held that the point raised by Mr. Cox was good, and ordered the defendants to be dis- charged. SUPERIOR COURT-~GENERAL TERM. Another Railrond Case—Opinion by Judge Garvin. Before Justices Robertson, Monell and Garvin, Ernst Mitelstadt vs, the Ninth Avenue Railroad Com- pany.—This was an appeal from the decision of the trial term of this court, which decided that the plaintiff’ was guilty of negligence suoh as to disiniss the case. The action ‘was brought to recover danages from defendantsf or an alleged injary received by plaintiff while ho was a pas- senger on the Ninth avenue Railroad, which, it was stated, was brought about by an assault of the driver, get off trom the car over the wheel, whereby his foot was rum over. An a taken and the case argued before the gene! this court May 16, 1868. Justice Garvin delivered an opinion yesterday upon. the: question presented in the appeal, in which, after re- counting the facts stated above, he said that the ques- tions presented in the case were such as shouid have been submitted toa jury. It was the duty of the driver to stop the car when requested b: wngers and let them off; but if he did not do 0 this would not author- ize a Pastenger wo negligently: expose himself to injury by jumping from the car while it was in motion. That the intif voluntarily left the car while it was in motion ‘without interference from the driver, is doubt upon the evidence as to warrant a dismissal of the complaint on the part of the plaintiff. But if he merely rose up preparatory to leaving, thus indicating to ihe driver bis determination to leave the car in addition to the request he had already made, and thus induce tlie driver to stop, and’ then the driver palled off his cap and twice struck at him with a whip, and in dodging piaintiff fell and re- ceived the injury, the case would present a very dif- ferent aspect, Certain facts are undisputed. First, the plaintiff was a passenger upon the top of the car; second, the driver refused to stop when requested; third, plain- tif left the car white in motion, but whether plaintiff Jeft of his own free will or whether his action was pre- cipitated by the conduct of the driver is not certain, The evidence shows the car to have been running at a slow rate of speed. car in motion as if it were stationary, depending upon the rate of speed at which it is moving. particular rate of speed by which the conduct of pas- sengers is to be regulated in entering or leaving cars that governs, but the rule is that of exercising ordinary care and caution under the circumstances surrounding them. as a matter of law, was guilty of negligence in leaving the ¢ar while in motion, nor from being upon the top of the car, for he was called up there by the driver. It is often quite as sale to step from a It is not any It coald not therefore be said that the plaintit!, The Court mustjtherefore sustain the exceptions taken new trial. MARINE COURT. Is Hog’s Lard a Cure tor Rheumatism ¢ Before Judge Alker. August M. Bassing ve. James Walshe.—This case had becn tried before and dismissed on the ground that one of the papers was not properly stamped, it was an ac- tion to recover compensation for services rendered, The plaintiff, it appeared, agreed to treat the defendant for the cure of rheumatism, and not to expect any payment if a cure was not effected. The romedy ay wasa mixture of bog’s lard rubbed into the skin of the defend- ant, who discontinued it after some operations on the ground that the treatment was too severe and he could not stand it, The plaintiff, as is alleged by defendant, has no professional diploma; but he states that by bis treatment he would have cared the defendant if the lat- ter had not taken to the use of another nostrum. The the plaintift only increased malady that, there- fore, he was not liable to the demand made upon him. The Judge took the papers and reserved his decision. COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. Conviction ofa Pickpocket. Before Judge Ingraham. George G. Holmes, a young man, was tried yesterday before Judge Ingraham and « jury, on a charge of having Dicked a gold watch out of the pocket of a gentleman named Deckleman while he was travelling in Third Avenue Railroad car. The prisoner left the car, followed by Mr. Deckleman, who demanded his watch. The Ende "The jury found the prisoner wally. "Tt appeared jury r guilty. that be hed been ou other occasions charyed with similar offences; but the Court, in consideration of his age, and in the hope of giving him a of reforming, sen- teaced him to but eighteen months™imprisonment in the State Prison. Larceny of Clothing and Jewelry. Jobn J. Coyle was imdicted for burglariousty entering the honee of a man named Schwab, 126 Hester street, and stealing therefrom a quantity of clothing anc jew. elry, worth about $500. After the evidence of the com. plainant bad been given, counsel for defendant said he ‘was willl to plead guilty of grand larceny, and Mr. Sang hs Bedford, ir, Assistant District "horney, consented. The jury, accordingly, found a verdict to , Who Would probably have & light sentence, told the Court that he had no more to do with the case than his Honor. The Court then called upon the policoman who made the arrest to givean jon, The policeman did so, and sentence ‘was deferred until Friday to enable the prisoner to fur- nish to the Judge such explanation of the matter ss he could, “thie ended the business of the day. Trin! for Mu George Wriggler will be put on bis trial to-day at the sitting of the court for the alleged murder of Edward Bansa, committed at 236 East Houston street, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Beford Judge Russel, ‘The Febroary term of this court commenced yester- day. His Honor the City Judge will preside during the Recorder's absence, and Assistant District Attorney ‘Hatchings will conduct the prosecution of cases, In consequence of a Grand Jary being in session in the Oyer and Terminer, those gentlemen summoned to serve in the General Sessions Os tert dis. the 18th inet, charged till next Monday, The calendar was called and a namber of cases were #06 down for trial, The only case tried by the jury wae an indictment ae aries Dusendery with stealing a gold watch and c r f, about $10 im money January from Rove’ € Cetra ta orn oe jidge, on the 1 ol I appeared from the statement of the Cony Pplamant that he made the of the accused and ‘nother man at a saloon on the corner of -Breadway and Houston street, and accompanied them im a carriage Found the ‘and that he knew nothing mere until he found next morning at thecorn eof Twenty- fourth street ana Ninth avenue, o, ¢ bis jewelry and booties. It was shown that the oy mary the loan of $10 on the diamond pim, whieh \¢ afterwards g0ld toa Mr. Lanthear, who disposed of it, ‘¢@diamond broker, from whom it was recovered; that i L i i Hk if BEE E j i i 3 H ES e : 4 i s b ee 3 B 3 BE S85 | cf I : 4 silver wateh valued at $21. ‘was sent tothe FPen- tentiary for two years. George Ryder ‘alias Charles 0. Gordon pleaded, pulty to an attempt at burglary in the thira degree, On the 13th of December he entered the house of Peter Fi Sey, 863 West Twenty-fifth street, and stole about $800 w. wit COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. Supreme Covet—Crcorr.—Part 1—Oyer and Terminer siarimten ne oes et ee a fae mae = Si ae Part 3—Noa. 271, 938, —SPRoLaL, : 106 197 190° 290" 100 10 Tae we 108, ist ian 138) ao lat Miacoleccamamet ‘Superior mt—TRuat Tsem.—Part 1—Nos, 2767, 2327) 2371; 2415, 2781. Pars a New 11840, 3120, 2558, 2590, 2008, 1964, 2996, 2084, 3016, 2004, 2480, 2078, 2084, 3 Courr or Common Prras—TriaL f'snm.—Fart 1—Nos, . ‘514, 600, 379, ‘371, 50 See, 860’ Part 2” Now A¥0' ba ‘504, "608,510, 324, 525, 260, 1160, 990, 573; 626, 630, 530, 642. Court or GeyERaL ‘The People va. Robert Bunman, George Clarke, James Larkin, James Freeman, 4. Weston, Susan Tillman, Annie Jones, Henry Pearsall, Jobn Hughes, Eilen Plunkett, Michael Keefe, Chases Kelly, Emily Collins, Arthur Henry, grand lerceny; James Lamb, Edward Murray, felomons aseasit battery; Louis Telling, M. Yeger, J Yeger, Joha Smith, felonious assault and battery; es Smith, re- ceiving stolen goods; Henry Wheeler, burglary in third degree, Orsr snp Teruixer—George Wriggler, murder. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Arrest or ALLEGED Hore, Taieves —Twop men named William Brooks and Joba Martin, alias Wm. Gale, re- puted hotel thieves, were brought before Justice Hogan yesterday afternoon by detectives Devoy and Tilley, as- sisted by Mr, F. P, Earle, of Earle'’s Hotel, Canal street. On Saturday mght Joseph Levy, a young man residing at 319 East Houston street, took a room in the Westchester pears that Mr. Earle, who of old, saw him enter the Westchester House, and, suspecting sometping wrong, notified the detectives of his suspicions, The result was that Mr. Earle aud Devoy remained. on watch all night, and early on Sunday morning caught Martin leav- ing the house with Mr. Levy’s coat in bis posscesion, the owner. Io another detect considerable extent. About ten days ago Martin took Toom at the came hotel, which be left at six o'clock in Howerg, iniending 10 wery, inten sure he could ‘substantiate a tin they ink will result im recovering a rabie: amount of property stolen from various hotels of the city, Mr. Levy made an affidavit against Martin, charg- ing him with having burglariously entered his room and stolen his overcoat, Justice Hogan committed Martin to the Tombs for trial in default of bail. For thp present ks stands committed to answer an indict- ment found against him by the Grand Jury tor breaking into and robbing a room at the Washington Hotel, No. 1 Broadway. Martin is thirty-live years of age, born in Ireland, lives in New Jersey, and isa carpenter by trade. He pleads not guilty. Mr. Reuben Lowell, one of the proprietors of the Westchester House, states that when- ever the prisoners have stopped there (which has not been unfrequently) there was always something missing the next morning. AtLrarp Larcexy.—Morne Levy was arraigned yester- day at the Essex Market Police Court for the alleged lar- ceny of a pocketbook containing $17 from Mary Hami)- ton, who had been in hisemploy. Mary’s trank was, it seems, broken open during her absence and the pocket- book removed, and from the circumstance that nothing else had been ‘disturbed, she suspected her employer. Justice Mansfield held him in $300 to answer. E OF A PICKPOCKET FROM THR Tomps Covet Room.—Yesterday morning officer Mooney, of the Fifth precinct, caught a young man, nineteen yenrs of age, who gave his name as Wm, Grabam, in the act of picking the pocket of a lady as she was going on board one of the California steamers then about to gail from the foot of Canal street, North river. Graham, who secured no dooty,.was taken tothe Tombs before Justice Hogan, where the officer made a complaint charging the prisoner with an axsault with an intent to steal as a pick- pocket froma lady whose name was unknown, While the officer was subscribing his name to the affidavit Grabam passed through the gate, which was temporarily unguarded, and walked out of the room withont being observed by any of the court afficers. When Mooney turned to look for his prisoner hewwas not to be found, and no one in the court room could tell how he escaped or whither he had gone, Search was made for the fugi- tive, but he could not be found; but as he is well known, doul the officer will speedily rearrest him. There seems to be no blame chargeable to officer Mooney for Grabam's escape. Tar ALLeckp Boxy Rosreky.—The examination in this case before Justice Connolly, in which Alonzo Conklin ja charged with the larceny of United states bonds from ‘a Orm in Barclay street, full particulars of the progress of which have from time to time appeared in the Heratp, wae cloeed yesterday. Four witnesses were examined on the part of the defence, their evidence be+ ing principally a rebuttal of testimony adduced by the prosecution respecting admissions said to have ‘been made by the accused. Justice Connolly reserved his ecision, against him, so Mar- The detectives bave information which Dawning axp Reveatey Boro aries.—The residents of that portion of the Sixteenth precinct included in the neighborhood of Twentieth street and Ninth and Tenth avenues do not seem to enjoy much security from the incursions of thieves and burglars into their domicils at night. These gentry are enjoying an immu- nity from any active interference on the part of the lice in their midnight prowlings and depredations Lo evinces great tact and cleverness on their part, or a peg eal p ogroed of duty on the part of the is & case in point, Mr. Joseph Thompson, United States deputy marshal, reports ‘that bis resi dence, No. 304 West Twentieth street, has been bur- glariously entered at night on four occasions within the period of a year, and a large amount of valuable weer carried away from him. ‘The laat visitation he ‘sul from was during Saturday night, when bis house was again entered by the front door on Twentieth street, the scoundrels cutting the glass door lights with skill, and afterwards admitting themselves by wn! iting and unlocking the door. After collecting some plunder, consisting of a very fine bronze mantel clock, a statuette of Powers’ Greek «#! ® large and rare statuette of Jupiter and Hebe, other simiiar articles, showing that they combined a little diletianteism in their felon- jous appropriations, tl 4 quietly retired to the kitchen, where, atter enjoying the warmth of «good fire pre- |p by themselves, they withdrew ing or being chalienged b; puny ar Faby) La pegs y of the guardians sleeping population of Sixteenth precinct. Mr. Thompson set great store upon the property thus stolen from bim, end has offered a reward for its recovery. nn THE ALLEGED ORY 6000S SWINDLING CASE This case, inwhich six persons are alleged to have been engaged in swindling operations connected with sales and purchases of dry goods, has been under ing vestigation for mearly two months, Full particulars have already appeared in the Heratp of the evidence f the prosecution, ¥% for a further hy in the Tombs Police before Justice Hogan. The counsel for the proseout thought it most advisable not to Tnto the gasp’ in the absenee to im these tlemen im the transactions of Folger & Tibbs. He then ceeded to show the lack of ev: and made a on to have the case diaminsed as far as his clients were con+ cerned. Mesera Kinsey and Brewster aj similar decision on behalf of their clients, Goggin. Mr. Smith, for the prosecution, requested to allowed till this morning to furnish his argument to the several motions and in the interests of merchants whose side he ta. Justice ry the time required, and inted thie mi @ final hearing. Folger and are still at = The latter is supposed to have fled to Ryrope. other parties in the case are under bail, OUR STREETS. Meeting of the Street Cleaning Commission— Communication trom Ex-Judge Whiting. A meeting of the street cleaning commission was held in the Mayor's office yesterday, when the following im- $f Zone Moses oso mocting held om the wary Having nothing to conceal, 140 mot stop te discuss right juestion bj embraced Ta'thres of these resolutions, but will without ous—a failure in any respect would be sutticient cause of discharge; that their earnings would be wholly their own, without F narscns or claim for contribution from any parson or for any purpose. y were directed so to inform the whole force under then, and to state that no removal: would take place without cause. I made changes whenever I lered them y Some offices were abolished as pied by me, I made no cept for causes which I deemed sufficient. I made no sppointments upon the request of any of the commissioners. I have been governed by the fitness and character of the applicants, and a desire s0 to organize the best force I could, ii ive of any other consideration. I have retained in place such as I found with the contract at the time I assumed its duties against whom no complainta were made. I have re- moved no employs to make room forenother. Applica- tions for subordinate employment have been handed over to my clerks, with the directions to engage uch only as were competent and worthy. It has no! un- frequently happened that persopal applic: ons save been accompanied by letters of recommendation from prominent officials, and occasionally a commissioner; but Tam not aware that I have given to euch letters a Preference over numerous other letters from private citizens on like subjects. T have no knowledge that I have been ‘‘embarrassed’’ by any of my employés in any appointment I have made, nor has any “ tended”’ to **embarrass’’ me in the prose- cation of my work, nor has any influence, political or otherwise; to my knowledge, been brought to bear upon m> in relution to the employment of any of my em- ployés which at any time has tended to embarrass me in the execution of my work. 1 bave in several instances positively refused to re- store persons to place upon the application of Inch offl- cials connected with the city govorument who supposed I had acted under a misiake, I am glad to say that in no instance did my reasons fail to be most satisfactory. It'may not be improper for me to say that tn assuming the work I reso ved trom the commencement not to be influenced by political considerations or partisan influ- ences; and to adhering to this determination I may at- tribute in no small degreo the hostility which bas of late been directed against this department, To the second resolution, which is as follows:— Resolved, That said contractor be requested to inform this Commission whether any person other than himself has any interest in the contract, direct or indirect, and if so, whom. Lanswer, John L, Brown has an interest to the extent of one-fifth, two of my nal friends have an interest, to she cxrancelstte fi ple bntetg beret person to nowledge ‘any pecai rest in” it; that no el pagertndtrog apart with the Board-of ‘Health ‘or wi e ve Department bas any ieee. whatever in the contract, the third resoition, which is as follows:— . That said contractor be requested to state the Police Department renders to hin all proper and aid fn carying ont the provisions of the contract; & i” in what particular that department fails to sus- -I answer, tLat on the Sth day of December, 1866, I sent 8 communication to the President of the Metropol- itan Beard ef Police, of which the following is a copy :— T c. President, dc. :— Mn hope I shall receive the co-operation ald of your most valuable rument in the object I in curing the control of the contract for street cleaning, w! ‘was not simply to comply with the mere terms of the con- tract to sweep, but I intend, if poasible. to clean the streets, in order to clean nnd so im a measure to purify some of the worst localities, by whieh efficient id would be given to the Board of Heaith in tis sanitary measures for the improve- ment of the city, T have cleaned some sections from two to four times per week. when the coniract required it to be done buconee. T think this effort has been beneficial. I find however, that the police force are not only not vigilant, but ‘in some instances enurely neglect | their duty. soon 4s my certs remove the dirt and filth of many of the streets. parcicularly in the worst localities, the lawless inhabitants immediately commence to throw their dirt, lth and rubbish into the xtreet, and so give the street almost Immediately a most filthy appearance, great many instances the inhabitents of better localities put out their asies late on Saturday might or on morning. My inspectors appeal in vain to prevent ‘racvions, and scarcely an instance occurs where op iceman interferes to remedy the evils complained of. Ashes and grrbage ut all times, aud especially on Stinday’s are set out or thrown into the street. Until T can give you a particular list of violations, to which I wish the attention of your force to be especially directed, may I ask the immediate ixsue of an order to your force to en!vrce the corporation ordinances, and to arrest and sce to the punishinent of offenders in the respects above stated. Yours, vers resp ctfully, JAMES R. WHITING, Tam not aware what action was had upon this commu- nication, as no answer was received. In streets occupied by city railroads, in cases of snow, the employés of those companies have frequently, after I have cieaped the crosawaiks and culverts, thrown the snow back upon the mouths of the culvert@ so that I have beon obliged to clear them out again. Latterly the police torce has come to the aid of my employés. Ihave been impeded, expe- pecially in the narrow streets occupied by railroad com- panies, in removing the ashes {rom such streets, The snow has been banked up so high ou each side of the street as to prevent the passage of any other vehicle, and in this respect the pofice force hare compelled my. employés to give way to the cars This been source of oy 3 inconvenience. If the ordinances pro- hibiiing the throwing of asher and garbage into the streets and (bos preventing incumbrances on the streets received & more watchful observance by the police, it would greatly facilitate this department in its opera- tions, io fourth arrd last resolution are pleared to say that fa your judgment the tarrantor tor cleanit the streets in most ‘iculars, done all that 3 Pe considerin; e s ¢ 9 contract, charge have not been kept in cleanly condition, was no more than I hada pect from an impartial decision of the case. and ing object with me, since I the expectations of public, the fault docs not rest with me, but with the is & copy :— Sagusos 8. Scuvuts, Eeq., President Metropolitan Board of Smn—We are admonished at this season of the year, fai advancing towai he of thorough tion: ti a lomicas which in all ‘the mo i importan it th agpinst jt on wentive again: land extension 0 disease conhista in ac ty in condition of that without the most strict ‘Atiention to this, as the foundation of all sanitary meusures, ‘almost all other measures tion oF of ciire, are un certain. However commo: this observation, and how. ever often repeat 1 oUt ent pea ‘eeping the city arise from the contract which provides fora Dota om | of ety, of the streets ws inadequate to the neoeea|ties of the city. Ae instances of thie | would men- ton the First, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thir+ teenth , Fourteenth and Seventeenth wards, which should be cleaned at least three times a woek, but which by the con- tract are to be cleaned only once. The importance to the of the city of such a change as will produce this re- fully shown in your anual report. and it is mn conse- quence of the views there expressed, #0 consonant with my own, that I now invoke your ald to éuable me to meet the necessities of the community. To accomplish this result it ws necessary to secure such tive in decker Giebadis teak ce vol or Tet queetion the petiement of which should not be letter I have received no repty. possible that the Fe yon ) in if itt Za 3 H A Ht 7 s 2 if Ss s7 : 3 3 ii i El LE a is a i 58 32) Es gF Fy Fy 5 BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Boasd of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, Al- derman Hardy in the chair, INCREARING SALARIES AGAIN, Alderman Warre offered a resolution increasing the Alderman Counter offered a resolution giving the Alcyen Boat Clad the privilege of erecting a shed on the pier at the foot of Fifty-fifth street Hast river, Alderman Exy moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Wharves, Piers and Slips. He wanted to know whether the pier was 8 leased one, and whether the city ought to give this club the privilege of obstruct- ing city property. Alderman CovuTsr sald the club owned the y adjoining the pier; that the pier was set inane ond hoped the resolution would pass. Alderman Ey—With this explanation I will withdraw my motion. Resolution adopted. ‘THE PARK RANK SNUBBED, Alderman Varxcm offered a resolution granting per- mission to the Park Bank to erect ornamental columns in front of their new building on Broadway, four feet beyond the street tine. Alderman McGnoms opposed the resolution rather warmly, saying ite adoptien would have the effect of obstructing the street at a point where it was most crowded, Alderman Varxvm explained that the building would be @ great ornament to the city, and that the columns proposed to be erceted by the bank would in no manner ‘obstruct the street. Alderman McGrvnis remarked that this was the wrong end of the city to ornament. They wanted business thoroughfares and stores down town, not ornaments and Projecting columns. The resolution, after some further debate, was de- feated, but was subsequently referred to the Committee on Streeta, COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COMPTROLLER. Comptroller Connolly sent in his annual statement of contracts made during the past year, also a communica- tion in reply to a resolution of the ‘Board calling for in- formation regarding the ferry franchise at the foot of Spring street, The Comptroller stated that the privilege yo Jeased to oe William J. Peck, but that as ry et, papers: not been completed, the city i notget derived any revenue from the slip in ques- ion A RICH PLACER, Alderman Norton said this was a matter which re- quired ventilation, and he hoped it would be referred to & committee. As he understood it, Mr. Peck not only had had been set apart park, but instead of being placed in that condition the groand had been nesk , and Mr. Peck was enjnying the tree use of it for busivess purposes. It was worth $12,000 or $15,000 a year to him, -and at the peogens time there was not loss than 000 worth of brick on Prt goa The people in jborhood peep cegpramin nae wan neers of a nai . an Alderman had no. hesitation in saying that it was & most unmi one, He hoped a committes would be appointed to investigate the matter, and that transaction of some unimportant business journed unti] Thureday next, at four P, M. THE EXCISE LAW. Meeting of the Board of Excise Yesterday. The Board of Excise held a special meeting yesterday afternoon, there being a quorum present for the first time since the Excise law was declared constitutional by the Court of Appeals, The Committee on Applications, of which Mr. Acton is chairman, reported that the committee had passed favor- ably upon 441 applications for licenses—from No. 6,605 to 7,046 inclusive—received from persons who had been allowed to sell liquor during legal hours since the date of their applications on the permit system. It was ordered that each applicant whose application bad been favorably passed upon by the committee be served with the following notice :— Sir—The Board of Excise of the Metropolitan Police dis- trict of the State of New York has approved of your applies. tion for a license to publicly keep, or sell, give away or dis- of strong or spirituous liquors, wines. ale or beer in quaniities less than tive gallons ata time, Upon the receipt of this notice you will pesent ihe same co Benj. P. Manierre, ‘Treasurer of the Board of Excise, room 17, Nv. 30) Mulberry street, It was also ordered that notices be served on those persons against whom complaints had been registered for vielation of their licenses or permits, in which no- tices the date of the respective trials of each betore the Board should be specified, and calling upon the defend- ants to appear and show cause, il they can, why their licenses should not be revoked. VIOLATIONS OF THR LAW. The followiug arrests were made on Sonday night for violating the Excise law:—Gustive Booth, No, 7 Vande- water staeet; Owen O'Rourke, No. 94 New Chambers streot; Emi! Hollander, No. 253 Canal strect; Patrick ONet, No. 48 Roosevelt street; Patrick Cunningham, No. 11'James street; Carson H. Banker, No. 148 Baxter street; Matthew Tally, No. ee street ; Jeremiah Driscoll, No. 35 Oak street; William Van Zandt, No. 182 Centre street; James Carr, No, 46 Prince street; Daniel Graden, No. 140 Worth street; Jobn Brady, No 56 Roosevelt stree:; Garritt Cropsoy, No. 48 Bowery. Justice Nogan required the defendants to give bail in the sum of $100 each to answer before the Court of Twenty six men wefe also brought before the magis- trate, they baving been arrested at the Jersey City ferry immediately on jeaving the boat, for being intoxicated. A majority of the twenty-six, who became inebriated in Now Jersey, were fined $10 each, and, in default of pay- ment, committed to the Tombe At Jefferson Market Police with, Valentine Mazzini, of 414 Si: Banuer, of 492 Broome street, liquor on Sunday; and Twenty-fifth street, was license. They were each held to bail in $300 to answer. the Board & ‘The Law tn Brooklyn. Heinrich Koster, for keeping open house on Sunday, in violation of the Excise law, he being the proprietor of liquor store, was examined before Justice Cornwell afternoon aud fined $40. Honry Newhott, for Zoitog beer ‘without license, was fined a similar amount, Both parties paid their fine and were discharged. WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. eRe REET Gauauxa on Tm Harum RamnoAn,—Yosterday morning agang of gamblers on the express train of the Harlem line, gong north, succeeded in casing a man named Lewis of a valuable gold watch. It appears that shortly after the departure of the express from. Twenty- sixth street depot, a party of gentlemen got together io the smoking car, and to while away the time o of bluff was proposed, and during its progress a con: ‘amount of imaginary cash was lost and won, = “~ up. C3 the 1.0 U principle, When in the vicinity of White Plains a man named Lewis who had been a looker-on was solicited by one of the gang to take a band, but finding that the stakes were too high for his exchequer he declined, whereupon another of the gentiemen offeroa to advance him $100 on his watch, to which proposition he as- sented, In accordance with the well known trick in cases he was permitted to win the first two or three hands, After this, however, fortune turned, and he ‘was soon minus the cash as well asthe watch. On arriv- ing at White Plains Lewis made application to Sheriff on to have his fleecers j,but the latter de- to do #0, stating that such interference on his part ‘would be beyond the authority vested in him. It seems rather strange that the conductor, who was fully aware Od conn¢ shoul such noto- bad individuals to remain on the cars, Suppsy Drata at A Fowwnas.—A few days since an occurrence took place at North Castle which bas cast deep metancholy over a largo circle of reepectable per. fons in the neighborhood. It appears that among the jonds who had assembled to pay a last tribute of the romaine of a A pe Range shan named rl wi after over the eccaned, ae along with his friends; but ‘as they had driven out- side the graveyard he fell forward on hie face and died before any effort could be made to relieve him. The deceased was a native of Connecticut, and between Arty and sixty years of age i 2 OUR FERRIE Meeting of the Ferry Investigating Commit- tee at Washington Hall, Williameburg—The Williamsburg Ferries—The Evidence, &c. ‘The Committee on Commerce and Navigation met yes- terday at Washington Hall, Williamsburg, for the pur- pose of receiving evidence in reference to the alleged mismanagement of the Williamsburg ferries, A large number of gentlemen appeared to give testimony, and the session of the committee was unusually lengthy. + At the suggestion of the chairman Mr. Charles W. ‘Briggs managed the evidence on behalf of the people, 80 as to avoid confusion and repetition of the same facts, Mr. Huntley appeared in behalf of the Ferry Company. Judge Thomson eaid be believed the chiet griev- ances of the passengers upon the Williamsburg ferries were that the rates charged by the company were excessive and extortionate, and that there were not sufficient accommodations, Now,, to satisfactorily clear up these questions information was required which the company alone could farnish. For instance, to ascertain whether, if the rate of ferriage were reduced, the ferry would be remunerative to the company, would be impossible unless the books of the company were subjected to a close and careful exami- nation. Mr. Scoles said he wished to call the attention of the which imposed, @ tax upon the citizens of Island. "New York Mthe Tight to. farm: out this priv! 8 charter which) was granted or who would. in running the ferries do most for pat goed convenience. The ree of Long deen taxed for affording all kinds of facilities to reach New Yi &e., and these had always and iniquitous» methods of taxation. great evil in New York war tenement houses; and yet New York isid a tax upon the only effectual means of relieving itself from this evil He ed. Brooklyn as really a part of the city of New York, and every possible facility should be afforded to ite inhabi- Pons) to Tenth nk city. “ ry company to carry as People as the ferry when they approached the end their lease, 80 a8 to get the lease tor the ensuing term at a reason- able price. If they were to give the public better ac- commodations the traffic would be large enough to in- duce s high bid for the privilege, and the company ‘would have to dispose of their boate and ferry houses at a great sacrifice, (Loud applause.) ir. Oakey—How, then, would you run the ferries, ‘Mr. Scoles? Mr. Scoles—It would be the better pian for the Corpo- ration of New York to let the privilege out to the com- who wouid give the bast accommodations to the public fora certain rate of ferryage. The Corporation should name, in granting the lease, more specifically than at present the manner in which the ferry should Bere, 22g 08 accommodations to be afforded to the public. sylvester Tuttle, being sworn, deposed as follows:— Was a resident of and frequently crossed the Wiltiamsbarg ferries; the chief ground of complaint which he hai d against the ferry company was that there ‘was not a sul ‘nt number of boats to convey vehicles across the river; from about eight to ten o’ciock in the morning the teams were greatly delayed, sometimes for as long as an hour, when there was no obstruction in the shape of ice; this frequently resulted in accidents; wit- ness had been thrown out of a buggy, which vecurred through a collision with another vehicie in the rush of the teams to get aboard the boat; the ferry slips were frequently out of order; while being repaired the ships could not be used and the supply of boats was, conse- quently decreased; the chi tor ferrying teawe were high; witness used to buy tickets three or four years ago at a dollar for ten; now a ticket cost twenty cenis; the jerry at present refused issue commutation tickets; some of the boats were nearly new; the ferry houses were not vi clean ; boats ‘were not in such good condition as ‘on the Norh river ferries; the majority of the persons mter- ested in the ferry were its of New York; the boats were now furvished with life-preservers; the general opinion of the citizens of Williamsburg in refer*nce to the ferries was very unfavorable; the chief gronads of complaint were the frequent detentions and yates of forrlage had at one time-been one ala ea ote ‘here‘gas an fine; the pre believed, trom coming to Williamsburg— instance, lea B, sworn—The Brooklyn Ferry Com- ny wes generally understood to have no lease, or to ge on @ merely nominal lease; the South Seventn it ferry had changed its terminus much to the inconvenience ot the public; t was well that one of the tracks at the Roasecelt street slip.had been broken down for a considerable time—a year at least; it had been the practice to hitch a bawser from a spile close up to the ferry house to the boat, and to prevent her running aground on the sunken rock; at night he had frequently seen the boats in total darkness; the filthy condition of the boats and ferry hou-es was notorious; the people of Williamsburg thought they bad © right to demand better accommodations for their money; ten years ago the company issued commutation tickeis at $10 per year, but this had been abolished; tickets could then ‘be bought at two cents cach. or a single passage Lbree cents; the ouly show of liberality now made by the company was to sell eight tickets and S passace for twenty-five cents; the city of New York ought to regulate these matters, but bis only hope was in the Legisiature, which might perbaps bring tne cor- poration to their senses, Jobo H. Tobit sworn—Witness appeared to represent the great mass of workingmen who lived in Williains- vurg; he had twelve men in his office who lost. a great deal of time in the year by detentions at the ferry. (At the request of witness that portion of tho lease granted to the company siipulating that they shall run boas from sunrise to sunset, every five minutes, was read.) The boats only ran every twenty minutes or half hour; the ferry management ten years ago was much superior to what it 1s now in respect to cleaniiness and aceommo- davion. ‘ Caivin Klemm sworn—Reside in Williamsburg; bad crossed the ferry with a one horse wagon loaded lightly from Grand street, Williamsburg, to Grand street, New York, a few weeks ago, and had been charged, filteen cents; on the ferry between Jersey City and New York they ‘charged, for the same wagon, twelve conts; = Nittle time subsequently he again crossed and be was charged twenty cents; two days later he was chi thirty cents for the same vehicle; there was a little difference in the load which he had in his wagon at been ‘be Gerrit Polhemus. sworn—Between it o'clock In thé morning it was extrem nit for ve- hicles to get across the river; st save time, at that part-of the day, to-crosy’ at wad drive down town rath than wait to be wes also @ source of delay; he had known boats delayed, specially on the Division aveaue ferry, for quite @ lone time from this canse; in math cance the wore expected to help | up the teams, and, a8 they were interested in starting, they goneralily did 80; witness 80 impressed with the nuisence that he wrote a was letter to the Secretary of the Society for the Prevention 3 there wore mat- of Cruelty to Animals upon the su! yout was to the Keeping UD ine Cine as SREY = Aa the gentiemen’s and ladies’ waitihg rooms was noto- compositor, testified to the fre- Heary P, McManus, 8 comport’ which hed. recentiy ice and othercauses. He swarmed with vermin, ait down for fear of being infested fled that the Com) had a eli a South Bagh streoe, which they allowed to tie ‘ale bat eb, it used, would afford a great relief 10 the ‘traffic morn evenii Ae ao Mietcher, being sworn, was emploved by the Company between the years i and 1862, oa the Oneota and reveral was extremely ; he bad ron a knife caroige Thornton ead that there was a very t necer- from Williamsburg to a point lower down ly nine-tenth* of the passengers to the street slip were engaged in business at a iower 1, one of the Directors cf the Company, then pases sespenes or a eee he Cpe he boata acoommodations alfor Bempery ee Set tan tat cee ty eouniarily unable to do more, My, Wall witli com- Die doreuce to-day. Committee then adjourned to meet at (he same at ten o’olock this mornivg. Tae Ei