The New York Herald Newspaper, September 25, 1868, Page 5

] OUR PIERS AND WHARVES. ee eeenenars Amewer of George W. McLean, Street Com- minsioner, to the Charges Signed by Mer. Peter Cooper, Chairman of the Citizens, Association. || SaREmr ComMMISsIONER’s OF mon} New Yous, Sept, 21, 1868. ‘Be THE CrmzEns OF New YORK:— ‘This communication, in reply to the charges against the department of which 1 am the head, ‘whieh have beengo industrionsly circulated through the press before my reply could be prepared, is ad- @zeased directly to the citizens of New York, and not te the individuals who concocted the charges, for weasons which I think wil! be sufficiently obvious to all who will read what I have to say. ‘Bow false these charges are and the motives for ‘their circulation at this time will be fully made Rnown. They are all given to the public over the signature of Mr. Cooper, a venerable citizen, who Jends his name to their endorsement and circulation ‘without belng aware, as I hope and believe, of their false and malicious character. However credulous Mr, Cooper may be, he knows that the pretence that these charges received the eonsideration of any number of citizens, or that they ere the judgment or authentic determination of any association” of citizens, is untrue. He also knows, asa matter of simple honesty and fair dealing, that before charges are given to the world through the press against any public officer or private citizen, e@dectiug us character and standing, based on hear- gay information, he should be furnished with an op- portunity to answer, especially when the accuser is faformed that the answer is in course of preparation. ‘Mr. Cooper was notified on the sth of September, . inst., that I had given his communication respectful @onsideration, that I would cause his allegations to be thoroughly investigated, and that I would com- mMounicaie the result without delay. With all practi- @abie diligence I have not been able to complete the &nvestigations earlier, I confess I did not expect from the manager of this business of “charges” cgainst democratic of- eiais the common fairness of a hearing before the ex Parte charges were spread before the public, and the wilair and partisan eifect desired had been pro- @aced. But 1 do not blame the venerable and in- @enuous Mr. Peter Cooper for this injustice and un- timness. It is the result of the same “manager,” who manages Mr. Cooper as he does the mythical @ssociation of which he is at once the active mem- “bers, honorary members and executive committee, Ne aesociation of our citizens could be organized in this city for the purpose of assisting in the reform ef public abuses which would be guilty of the gross ‘wrong oI thus spreading charges before the public ‘Without waiting to know what could be said in re- Ply and giving the accused party, however humbie, 2 opportunity to be heard in his defence. The truth is the so-called Citizens’ Asaociation has become absorbed and the name appropriated by one individual, who manages the whole concern ‘with: the assistance of a brace of young attorneys, nd who makes the business of reformer pay him ‘@ the rate rate of $10,000 per annum, and as much more as he can obtain by false and sensational communications of the character of that under consideration. This individual in . question has lived in this city for many years, where his char- eter among business men is well known as that of an utterly unscrupulous and dishonest man. Bankrupt im fortune, in character and in resources, he new, past the meridian of life, has taken up “reform” us a business, lt ts not remarkable that the same characteristics which warked his career wm other pursuiis have been exhibited in this new Held of enierprise. in such hands “reiorin” is very tal like What Dr. Johason described patriousm At is well known that this “manager” is now in the Bw. of the répubiican party, to tramp up charges and injure the character of democratic oiticials, until after tue election, in the hope that the republican may be siielded from the extravagances and corruptions of tcir onicials throughout the country, ‘Who are taking millions from the pockets of the toll- ing taxpayers, and the democratic party made to Buller in public estimation. Hence this onslaught on the eve of the election; hence the publication of @harges ex parte and hence tue newspaper articles concocted from the same sources, commenting on the charges as true and proving the general de- eariy: of the democratic party. it is weil known ue the money of the republican party is largely sed to sustain this model “reformer” and to keep alive bis system of electioneering until after the November election. That a man who has no charac- ter himeeif should be reckless of the character of others is not remarkable. I challenge Mr. Cooper to prove that the charges in question emanated from any association of citizens, @s he claims and certilies, or from any number of taxpayers,called together and endorsing or acting on then In any form, or that they were adopted by even ne taxpayer besides himseli. The name of “Citi- gens’ Association” is adopied to give force and effect to charges which they Would not and could not ave if tue real name of their author was spread be- fore the public. Mr. Cooper would not endorse the eommercial paper of this ‘“inanager” for five dollars, yet does not hesitate to sign his name in the largest @nd most fourishing style to a paper containing li- bels of the most tlagitious character—the trath of which he has no means of knowing, except from the eharacter of his informant—a character which would Prevent him from selling him a bili of goods of the @maliest amount, Now i ain fully aware that if the charges are true # ts of litle consequence who may be the accuser or what may be his character, and that a public ofi- cer cannot shicid himself behind counter-accusa- tions to justify bis own deficiencies. The investiga- Yona 1 have tierefore made, and which I think the lic will say were made iu the most reliable man- = how that these ex parte charges, given to the ablic over Mr. per’s signature, are so utterly Raise in every important particular as to lead to no @ther conclusion than that they were deliberately Sabricated for partisan effect. I shall take up the in their order and give the answers, With this result, I submit that the use of the name Citizens’ Association, under the circumstances I @ stated, to give a false im) ion and a frauda- mt endorsement to the public, is a wrong which @hould be exposed, that the | heared may no longer be Geceived by such campaign documents, It will be observed, too, that these communica- tions are never, by any accident, addressed to or against republican officeholders, or so-called ‘‘demo- officiais under republican influence.” They Bave but one uniform direction and one unchangin; Motive. Of the whole twenty-two millions expend ‘under the tax levy of 1867 only about one-third of the ‘total amount is expended by or under the direction of the city departments, including the Croton Aque- ‘@uct Department, which is practically a Tepublican @epartment. The balance, aker deducting State tax, interest aud such is expended by created ractically controlled by republicans, such as Pottce ment, Fire Department, Board of Health, Commission to pave Broadway, and all The other republican inventions to control the pa- Fovage and spend the money of our taxpayers. ‘et the efforts of this “manager” of oMciat reform @re wholly directed to whitewash the republican commissions while attempting to defame democratic onictals, T should not be understood as intending to object, ‘any sense or in any way, to any criticisms by any ‘of citizens, or of any single citizen, on the @ction of my department or of any of its bureaus or jcers. I shail always feel grateful for any e(forte the kind which will enable me to correct abuses re effectually serve the public interests, But trust that it will not be considered out of place for tw object to and expose such attempt as that consideration to unjustly attack my actions of my subordinates for mere pur- ® The operations of this department are very ex- ‘tensive and important, and it is impossibi eer fag hundreds of men, that I can direct individually ‘Gil its varied subordinate detalls, or that I can be Bare that some one or more of the many persons I @m compelled to employ in the public interests are Wot faithful to their duty, There are six bureaus this departinent, each large enough and charged ‘with duties varied and exiensive enough to be Gepartment in itself. I can only hope w exercise a General supervision over these interests. It has been any €! appoint ouly those whom I considered ©ompetent and faithful; and [ will retain no one ‘who does not come up to the standard of honesty end capacity, A Citizens’ Association, Composed of high-minded tial taxpayers, secking no partisan Inter- Berne no motive but the public good, ‘Which would attempt no injustice and give every ac- Cused 4 fair hearing before he is coudemued, ould and would effect much good, I would most cordially @ud gratefully advise aud co-operate with such ap organization in promoting the public interests, Un- fortunately such an organization does not exist; ite Dame ie assumed and tie garb of honest reform put on by bad men for the corrupt purpose of party de- @e)tion and abuse, . At the earliest practicable time after the com- munication signed by Mr. Peter Cooper was received by me I employed the most skilful and reiable agents I could select to give the charges an investi- or 1 Was surprised at their character, and from he Circumslantiality of the details of the statements alleged to have been the result of actual surveys, ap- rehending that there a bo grounds for the harges against my subordinates who were impli- eated by them, I sent for General Egbert LL. Viele, ne of the most capable and reliable engineers, and ve directions for a rigid investigation of their truth. told him to proceed without fear or favor, and to lave the work thoronghiy done. It was charged, through many details which I will examine in their @rder, thatin the year commencing July 1, 1867, in Fepairing twenty-one piers there was charged for a ree of tumber, while there were in fact only found about 26,000 feet actnally used for the a repaira specified. In the @mmunication Migned by Mr, Cooper it is stated “itis no dimcult Geaiter, On a ke rvey and inspection, for @ skied aod : I FE nyRean ey if New YORK HERALD, FRAY, S$¢pTEMBER 25, 1668—TRIPLE 10 ‘# more fully to accompl! Pa ‘at an Mex tenced and Ul Addition, act jependent Niele si assistants, Ihave both eae. _, @e dockbuilder in qu reports that in making fie examination he nareee é ‘where ip et Fecessary, by parties who could not Mi any aero in informing him ae they net know for what uirpose he a the inior- mation; that he contin himself to work done within ‘the time specified in the charges—nameiy, from duly 1, 1567, to July Mf 1868—and that he.care- fully discriminated in ing his measurements between work done by private individuals and that for the Corpotation. He also reports that in the rogress of his investigations he found that a very rge amount of old timber had been relaid, and that this fact should be I ly taken into consideration in determining the ‘mount of jJabor required. Taking the new lumber alone @s a4 criterion no just conception of the amount of labor required could be formed. He further reports that “in making an estimate [always calculated that from two and a half to three per cent of timber will be wasted in fitting and making joints, &c., to repair or rebuild a pier. While the pier was being used, particularly in the down town districts, 1 should calculate from 200 to 300 per cent additional labor, according to the location of the pier, and that would be @ low estimate.” General Viele reports that he employed Mr. Towle aud Mr, Mead to make the surveys aod measurements. He says:—‘*Mr. ‘Towle is a skiiful and competent surveyor and hed neer, in whom J have the utmost confidence, and Mr. Mead 18 also competent and reliable.” He reports that twenty-five piers were surveyed, embracing those in question, and that he has compared the re- turns of Messrs. ‘lowie and Mead with the statements of the Superintendent of Wharves and the dock- builder employed by this Department, and there 13 no material discrepancy, Before proceeding with the charges and answers in detatl I refer tae ew to the annexed aftidavits of Messrs. Niver aud Lynch as to the mode in which the surveys and inspections were made on which the charges to which Mr. Cooper has subacribed his mamea were founded, Now as to the particular charges in tais report:— FIRST CHARGE. “That during the twelve months before mentioned there was put on pier No. 2 East river not more than 6,000 feet of lumber, bat your records show that the city was charged for 14,209 feet, alleged to have been ‘used 1p repairing this wharf.” ANSWER, AS REPORTED TO ME. “Pier No. 2 East river—I find this pier has been patched in fourteen places; in one place for 205 feet lengthways and fifteen feet in width; the old plank has been entirely removed and replaced with three- inch plank; upon top of this for fifty feet lengthways has been placed foar-inch plank as sheathing; on another part of the pier is a patch nineteen fect lengthways and five feet wide of four-inch plank; the other megsurements are patches of from two to four feet wide and seven feet long. I make the total of feet used about 14,100 feet.” SRCOND CHARGE. “That during said twelve months no more than 000 feet of lumber were used upon pier No. 4 Kast river, while your records show that the city was charged for 7,186 feet in repairing this wharf.’” ANSWER. “Pier No. 4 East river—One half of this pier be- longs to the corporation. I find this pier has been patched in nineteen places with three and four inch plank and twelve inch timber placed underneath 48 BUI ra, Which would necessitate the removin, of the dock I measured 7,180 feet of plank an timber.”” THIRD CHARGE. “On pier No. 5 East river the inspection showed no more tian 6,000 leet of lumber to have beea used; but the city was charged for 11,063 feet.” ANSWER, «Pier No. 5 East river—I find this pier has been patched in twenty-three places with four-inch plank jJaid down and sheathed with three-inch plank on top of the four-inch plant, thus making the deck seven inches thick. Mr. Levi Goewey, of 127 Broad street, who has charge of the pier, says he was on the pier most all the time the men were at work and showed me what they bad done, 1 fad on this pier 10,000 feet of timber and plank.’? * FOURTH CHARGER. “On pter No. 6 East river the inspection showed not over 10,000 feet to have been laid, while the city Was charged lor 23,443 leet of lumber.” ANSWER, “Pier No. 6 East river—Nearly the whole of this age! has been replanked, from four to seven inches in thickness, found fifty-three diferent places where the pier has been patched. The wharfinger of the pier and @ gentleman in an oitice on the pier showed me what work had been done. There has been new ranging timbers put in and a great deal of work done under tie deck, The old plank were used for levelling the deck m places where the pier had settled and the timbers have been blocked up in many places. The old timber must have been re- moved from the deck and relald. ‘Taking the new timber furnished and oid timber relaid together on this pier, the total measurement of work done is 63,443 feet. I find the quantity of new timber put in this work to be iuily up to the amount charged the Department.” FIFTH CHARGE. “On pier No. 1 East river the inspection showed mo more than 7,000 feet to have been la! while your records show that the city Was c for 17,278 feet.” ANSWER. “Pier No. 7 East river—This pier has been patched in fifty-eight different ecrrt the old deck taken up and three and four inch plank put in ita place; the deck of this pier is now in @ fair condition, and I find 17,218 feet of timber have been used.” SIXTH CHARGE. on pier No, 12 East river the inspection showed no more than 2,500 feet to have been used, while the city was charged for 3,936 feet." ANSWER. “pier No. 12, East river—One half of this pier be- longs to the city, and is now in splendid condition, and the way the pier has been repatred, so as not to interfere with the working of the pier, must have taken a great deal of labor. Upon this pier the men were still at work, and they were working under great disadvantages, as the pier was crowded with trucks and merchandise, “Mr. N. Briggs, lessee of the pier, who has an office on the pler, says that before you sent men to work on the pier he could not sign his lease or pay any rent for the pier, as it was entirely untit for use, and that he could not put twenty tons of freight on the pier, and that he now considers it to be in good con- dition, He says the men were as careful of the plank as could be wished, and put no plank where they were not needed; and that the Fed was ali broken down, and in many places the plank was Jatd three or four thicknesses; and that if there is a complaint about the work not being done, that it is ‘unjust, as the men did the best they could under the circumstances; and that if the work was being done for him he would be perfectiy satisfied. 1 measured 42,220 feet of timber and plank that had been put on this Bier, by your department, of which about 4,000 feet of new timber was shown me as having been Jaid during the year ending July 1, 1863.’" SEVENTH CHARGE. “On pier No. 22, East river, the inspection showed that 9,000 feet, and no more, had been used, while the city was charged with 25,902 feet.” ANSWER. “Pier 22, East river—This pier was in avery bad condition, and it must have taken a great deal of labor to put it in as good repair as it now isin. In one place pracace of thirty feet in length and seven- teen feet in width has been covered with three-inch plank; in another place, for 180 feet in length and twenty-two feet in width, three-inch plank has been laid on the ranging timbers; this has been sheathed over for ninety feet in length and twenty-two feet in width, with four-inch plank. Another spot fifteen feet in le! and twenty-two in width has been ae! with four-inch plank. In still another place ag been laid plank to cover thirty feet length ways of the pier and twenty-two feet in wid lank three inches thick. The old be Ge has been replaced for ninety-two lineal feet with new timber twelve inches square, making the total num- ber of feet used 25,7: ‘The pier has been raised and levelled up with old plank ; formerly the deck of the pier iaid upon the rangers, which is as eco- nomical an arrangement aa could possibly be wi-hed, ‘The captain of a steamboat lying at the pier told me he was greatly pleased with the way the work had been done, and that he was under obligations for the facilities afforded to work his boat while the pier ‘was belng repairea.” RIGHTH CHARGE. “On pier No. 30 Bast river, used a8 8 dumping board, the inspection showed that 4,600 feet at most were used, while the city was charged 4,217 feet.” 8 ANSWER. “Pier No. 80 East river.—This pier is used as @ dumping board, upon which most of the work has been done, The run is fifty-one feet long and ten 4 feet wide. The platform is twenty-four feet in lengt! and thirty feet in width, The whole of the platform and thirty-five feet im length of the run has been sheathed with three tach piank, making the number Of feet used 4,165." NINTH OFARGE, “On pier No. 31 Bast river, used as a damping board, the inspection showed not more than 3,500 feet of lumber to have been uxed, while the city was charged for 4,386 feet,” ANSWER, “Dumping board on pier 41 Basi river—The sur- face of the run, sixty feet in length and fifteen in width, and the platform of the dump, twenty-three feet in length and twenty-six feet in width, has been covered with three-inch plank, from the foot of ihe board to the buikhead. The pier has been patched in several places—in all fourteen feet in width and seven feet in jength—with three-inch plank, making the whole number of feet used 4,158,"" TENTH CHARGE. “on pler 40 Kast river the juspection «howed not over 2,000 feet of lumber to have been used, while the city was charged for 4,008 feet,"" * ANSWER. “Pier No. 40, East river, the block on the outer end of this pier is completely gone to iow water. am informed by the captain of one of the market boate that this was blanked with four tnch plank. The pier hasbeen patched and repatched from three to seven inches in thickness—in ail about 4,000 feet of piank and timber, taost of which bas been used on the laner portion. NTH CHARGE. “On pier No. 43, East river, the inspection showed 9,500 feet, at most, to have been aid, while the city waa Charged for 6,247." ANGWER. “pier No. 48 East river—; examining this pier I find that the whole pier been patched and Fepaired in places; the outer portion for about ninety feet from the end is in very bad condition now, the logs in the block being all rotted take and one side broken down. I found the quantity of tim- ber nsed on this to be as s ment”? r chartet'the depart “On pier No, 46 Hast neo vetarned Be ‘a the inspection showed not more than 2,500 feet 4) have been laid, while 6,000 feet were chatirag {% the city.” ~ ANSWER. Pler No. 4@ Bast river—This pier is now in good Almost the whole surface has been re- Moved and re] with four-inch plank, and in plank have lald upon four ined plank, thus making @ deck seven Pe in thickness, a met one of the Harbor Mas- ters on the pier and he showed me what he had done, aud was much pleased with the. prompt man- ner in which the pier had been completed by your department, | find there have been used on pier 5,931 feet of timber, FOURTEENTH OHARGE. “On pier No. 51 Bast river 4,000 feet at most were shown by the Inspector to have been laid, while 7,927 feet have been change | snd paid for.’? A “Pier No, 51 East river—One-half of this pier be- longs to the Corporation. | find that in one place sixty-six feet in length, twenty feet in width, three- inch plank have been laid. 1n another place there is a surface of twenty-four feet in length and fourteen feet in width covered with three inch plank, In still a@notner place 18 @ space fighienn feet long and six- teen feet wide covered with three-inch R lank, On another portion of the pier 1s a surface y. feet in length and ten feet in width covered with four-inch plank, making thegtotal number of feet used 7,832.’" FIRERENTH CHARGE, “On pier foot of Twenty-sixth street East river 10,550 t were charged and paid for, while it ap- ears from the inspection that not more than 6,000 feet were used.” ANSWER. “On the pler at the foot of Twenty-sixth street, East river—lhe men were still at work on this pier, aud I measured only what they had completed; they are laying the plank in two courses; first, a course of four-inch plank, laid crossways of the pier, upon the top of this they lay three-inch plank, lengthways of the pier, as sheathing. The crosscaps have been pees out with timber twelve inches square; new ore and aft caps, ranging timners and backing-pleces have been taid and turee new mooring posts set up. ‘This pier was in bad condition and now is in good repair. I find the work charged for as being done prior to July 1 entirely correct.” SIXTEENTH CHARGE. “On the dumping board foot of Fifth street, East river, not over 2,500 feet apy to have been laid, while 4,038 feet were charged aud paid for.” ANSWER, “Pier at foot of Fifth street, East river—Most of the work on this pier has been done on the cumping board. I am informed by police oilicer H. N, Warren, of the Eleventh precinct, who is regular! ‘stationed on this pier, that the inshore portion of the pier has been patched with plank within a year, This portion was #0 completely cover with dirt and ashes that it was impossible to measure or see, The fact of the eae being put there was also vouched for by Mr. Wiillam Lord, clerk of the dumping board. Itind the greater portion of the dumping board has been replanked and that there have been about 4,000 feet, board measurement, of pas used, ‘This pier ts in a very bad condition and entirely unfit for use, excepting thas portion from tue damping board inshore.” SEVENTEENTH CHARGR. “On pier No, 13 North river 6,000 Jeet appear from the inspection to have been used, while 7,045 feet were cluarged for.” ANSWER. “Pier No. 13 North river—This pier was in very bad condition and is now in good ery “lL met Mr. Russeil Sturges, one of the Pilot Com- Missioners, on this pier, and his agent, who has Cuarge of the pier, showed me what had been done. 1 found eleven places that had been rawed, repaired and resheathed; seventeen lineal feet of backing piece, twelve inches square, been put on in lace of the old backing piece and fifty feet of four- ch plank have been laid upon the rangers for the Purpose of levelling the pier. The full quantity of ‘work charged for has been performed.” EIGHTEENTH CHARGE. “On pier No. 63 North river not over 6,000 feet ap- pear by inspection to have been laid, while 12,280 vet are charged for.” ANBWER. “Pier No. 53 North river—This pier has been eta and repaired in several piaces; the oid plank has been taken up and replaced with new plank, On the bulkhead, north of pier No. 63 a stick fifty fect long, twelve by twelve, has been placed, I make the total number of feet about 12,000,”” NINETEENTH CHARGE. “On the dumping board foot of Vesey street 6,116 feet were charged for, and the inspection showed that only 4,000 Jeet at most were laid.” ANSWER. “Pier No, 23, foot of Vesey street—This is used as adumping board. The platform and both runs have been replanked and new stringers have been put uuder the piatform. J measured 5,975 feet of timber aud plank.” TWENTIETH CHARGE. “On the dumping board foot of Laight street, not More than 6,000 feet of lumber appeared to have been laid, while 9,227 feet were charged for.” ANSWER. Dumping board foot of Laight street, North river—'his pier is used entirely for dumping ground. ‘The pler is 106 feet long and 61 feet wide, and has been patched in places. I make the total number Of feet used on thi ae 9,105, TW! -FIRST CHARGE. “On the Christopher street bulkhead 980 feet of Jumber were charged for, and 500 feet found to have ‘been laid.” ANSWER. “Foot of Christopher street—!I find the pier has been patched and repaired in places, and that about ,000 leet of timber have been used.” I have thus gone through these sertatim in the order in which they are presented in the docu- ment signed by the venerable Mr. Cooper. I have thought it best to give the charges and answers verbatim, that the public may form its own judg- ment. tt As the thirteenth charge, omitted in the report, as follows:— “On pier No. 48 East river, not over 2,500 feet were shown by inspection to have been laid, while 4,425 feet were charged and patd for.”’ There is evidently a gross mistake or intentional misstatement here. No charge whatever has been made for repairs on pier No 48 East river. Work has been done on pier No, 43 North river. Since the work has been done the pier has been leased by the Morris and Essex Railroad Company aud entirely rebuilt, so that no measurement is practicabie. I Would also remark that the communication signed by Mr. Cooper does not give all the piers which have been repaired, but omits several on which the largest amount of labor has been performed, for the obvious object of misieading the public ag to the proportion of fabor charged. The republican press have been clamoring for my reply. Itrust I have given enough for one day. | shail take an early opportunity to reply to the other charges, 1t would embrace too much s; to do #0 at length in this communication. | think that enough has been snown to give the general character of these “charges.”” I wili, however, briefly notice one other point hav- ing relation to the subject under consideration. Com- plaint is made in the paper signed by Mr. Cooper of gross overcharges in the payment for lumber, | have calied on the lumber merchant, Mr. James E. Miller, to furnish his statement on this point, He reports that he cannot afford to furnish the lumber at any lower price. He goes on to say:—“in fur an order of timber as used in buildings tne sizeof the pieces differ in k from two to thirty feet and in width from five to fourteen inches and in ‘thickness three or four inches, thereby enabiing us, even with a reduced stock, to furnish almost any or- der and to reduce our stock eveniy, which aiso re- duces the ave! of the price at which we can al- ford to sell, as we can send in Je! 6 cut the or- to suit our stock; but in furn! for your piers we have no La gee but are obi to send plank all of one length, of the widest kind and iu all respecta perfect throughout; and in delivering 80 much of one length (as the piers differ very little i{ any tm width) we reduce our stock very unevenly, which interferes with our trade very materially. And in some instances it has cost us more to repair breaches in our stock than ‘the profits made iu furnishing for your wharves and piers. It is a well Known fact in Our business that any Fa] large amount of timber of any size, even the smallest, is worth to farnish from five to ten dol- more to furnish promiscuous desirable lengths and sizes, and we are furnishing to you very large See eee of the most desirable inaterial. Again, it is understood that we are to furnish pine tinber, square timber, re and backing pieces, and in some cases oak plank is required for fenders, &c., which is worth in the market from $60 up, all of which, when ig we are to charge the same as for planking and no more. And to furnish mate- rials for repairing your piers at any lower figures would not pay us, and rather than do sg we would prefer to discontinue.’? _ This communication of Mr, Miller is unhesitatingly endorsed by Mr, Abrabam Duryea, corver of Jeiier- fon and Cherry streets. On the general subject of the manner in which the officer who has charge of repairing the wharves and piers has performed duty I have received many communications since the charges under considera- tion were made, These come from some of our most valued citizens and largest taxpayers, who are directly interested in the subject, I annex some of these communications, without comment, that the public may have the impartial and reliable testi- mony thus profered and form their judgment for themselves. The document to which the venerable Mr. Cooper been induced to put his name atates—“While our jlroads are being extended to the Pacific, and our steamship lines to China, your department, which t# authorized and required by law to make adequate provision for cheristing our commerce, by keoping the wharves and piers in ir, is driving it frou our city to seek accommodations in otler ports where bh mismanagement is unknown’? This is an exceedingly characteristic specimen of the unprincipied assurance of the “manager” of this pretended “association,” He would have the public to believe that 1 have unlimited Means 10 place the wharves and piers of our city in such condition as would keep pace with the progress of ‘the world, and equal to the maritime cities of Fu. rope; when, in fact, the appropriations are limited to amounts designed to patch up and partially re- pair our Worn out wharves and piers, until a syste! of rebuilding them on @ scale commensurate with the commercial necessities and greatness of our city shall be adopted by the Legisiature. Why haa not this ystem been adopted and our water front made equal in its commercial facilities to the best provided maritime cities ef the world? imap! it hi gs} from ition and inter- erence, of ibanager" a wee myrnteal aRsocia- tion, At Alfany, clairoti t all the to represen! wealth and Teapeciabliity of our city, he baa op- posed every pian which) has been prescaied that did not give him the fingering and control of the Vast expenditures which were required. Last year Mayor Hoifman presented the plan of a commission for the entire rebuilding of the wharves and plers on the best approved system, with capital to be raised loan, and to be as the improvement would relmburse its cost. whole plan was to be car- @ commission of the Commis- stoners of the Sinking Fund and an equal number of merchants to be by the Chamber of Com- Merce, But this comprehensive, wise and safe plan ‘was defeated by the b> ng Peng to, in the name of the taxpayers of New York, because a ny could not have the naming of the commissioners an: a Tp of the money. 13 communication has reached to such length that I'am compelled to forego treating on the sub- jects presented by Mr. Cooper and his “ms re”? unul another day. I shall take an early Sogerinky to continue these answers, aud shall endeavor to make them as thorough ag the patience of the press will allow; but the public will recollect, and even the venerable Mr. Sooper might comprehend, that it takes somewhat from the time belonging to my pub- lic duties, and entails some small cost, to investigate such random*and wanton charges as those which have engaged my attention in the present communi- lon. With the promise of an early continuation of this reply, I have the honor to subscribe myself your obedient servant, * GLORGE W. McLEAN, Street Commissioner. Affidavits, The following are the affidavits of William K. Nt- ver, Wharfinger of piers Nos. 5 and 6, and George W. Lynch, lessee of pier No. 7, showing how the “sw veys and measurements” were made by the ‘Cit zeus’ Association” ;— City and County of New Fork, w.—On this 294 day of Sep- tember, 1868, personally appeared before me William K, Ni- ver, of the city of New York, who, being by me duly sworn, doth depose and say that heis whariiajer of piers Nos. 5 an 6 East river and bas been such for the past tive yeara; that ho was in charge of the piers during tue time the repairs were being made on said pier; that he had ample opportunity of observing the work done thereon, This de nent further says that while such repairs were in prog two persons, representing themselves as being connected w the corporation of the city of New York, came to this depo- nent and desired him to point out wnat work had. been done on the pier; this deponent thereupon did point out the work on the pler, which was from the inner to the outer end; that said persona, whom thie deponeut subsequently learned to bo agents of the “Citizens’ Association,” denied that such work as pointed out by this depovent had been done, and declined any further information from this deponent in the matter. M, K, NIVER, Wharinger. Sworn to before me this 234 day of ‘September, 1868.—J o1N J. DyMonD, Commiastoner of Deeds. City and County of New York, #.—On the 23d day of ember, 1888, personally appeared before me ceorge W. Lynch, who being by me duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is leasee of pier No. 7 East river, and was such during the time the repairs were being made, This deponent further Says that three persons came for the purpose of measuring the work done on anid pier; that said persons desired to be shown,the work done; that this deponeut thereupon did show such id been dono; that «ald persons in fork as he knes measurii id work only measured the surface, and that a great dei work had been done under the pier, which said raons omitted to measure; and further this deponent says that at the time the sald measurement was made it was tmn- oasible to make a correct measurement from observation, @ only means being trom information of parties on the pler, for the reason that the sa{d pler is in coustant use with very heavy trucking. GEO, W, LYNCH. ‘Sworn to before me this 28d day of September, 1808—JouN J. Druonp, Commissioner of Deeds. New Youx, Sept, 11, 1868. Groncr W. MoLran, Exq., Street Commissioner :— Drak Sim—In anawer to’ the inquiries of your Superin- fendent, Mr. Cook, as to my knowledge of the quantity of lumber used in repairs of pler 13 North river during the early part of the summer, I beg leave to hand you a copy of a statement made me by Mr, Potter, the person who fs in eral charge of the pier and who seldom leaves it during day. This statement conforms very closely with my own views and ideas of the work, having ‘been myself on the pier Very much of the time while the repairs were going on. The in bad condition, requiring two thicknesses of and much of it a yet in very bad order, Tia work nd to my satisfaction. 1 her add that sudsequent repairs to the end of the ler, 80 immediately requiring it, were well and promptly ne by the person {n charge of the work, and I think that would have je undone, feel sure that public generally will be t dawning upon our city RUSSELL STURGIS. Pire 13 Nontit River, Sept. 9, 1868, R. S1uRais, Esq. :— Duar Siv—In reply to your inquiries as to my knowledge of the quantity of lumber used on the repaira to our pier by the Street Department prior to July, I can inform you that by deaire of the person in charge of the work in bis absence I re- ceived a parcel of 7,100 fect, which stands on my memoran- dum book; and I should think that much more than twice that quantity was used on other parts of the pier, Twas at all Limes ducing the day on the pier and noticed all that came, Your obedient servant, WM. A. POTTER. New Yori, Sept. 10, 1868, Ww. H. Coox, Faq. Superintendent Wharves and Piers Drak Sim—Your prompt attention to the repairs of several of my Jumping boards deserves, and I with pleasure thank a, both for the promptness and manner with which it has eh done, Ithas not been my good tortune since holding this contract to bave work so promptly and satisfactorily done.2 I consider {t due to you to make this acknowiedgment, at as I do, Meg fs Hien bli 9 will continue as monlous as they have begun. Yours, £c., é SAMES’R, WHITING, Nuw York, Sept. 18, 1363. T notice several of the piers unde the mercantile community and tl lad to kee anew erain that ret rom. Respectfully, &, &c., Wa, Coox, Esa. : Drax Sik—I am aware thero are some people mi some talk about the repairs of the piers, more for a pol than for the benefit of commerce. was dingrace to ae city and the men that bad cl of the repairs Yn regard to plers 2 61 and 62 Kast river, they were east to go on; one person fe through on pier 2 and was drowned a year before you had charge of the plera. I think the shipping interest ‘of New Fork will give you credit for the benetit they have received from whatyoubave done to the piers. "So far as my Kiow: is concerned it has been entirely satisfactory, Yours with respect, F. CUSHMAN, pler No. 4E, R. Hon. Gronag W. MCLEAN, Street Commissioner, 237 Broad- way, New York city :— Dra 8n—It atfo manner. The pler has been in a, moat. da: useless condition, the shipping Interest sulferi thereby, We have made frequent efforts to have same re- paired, but without avail, until at present, throngh the kind- Ress and energetic superintendence of your Mr. entire pler from the street to near the outward end ia be But tn good condition, "The suriace of pler haa been With “double thickness, with the best of stringers and “aay pieces, and lank, and great quantity of four-inch k= ing used underneath to supply the ‘space "made Uy" the bottom rotten planks and timbers, and to bring up the surface of pier to the proper level, In many sn- stances three thicknesses have been used, and upon tho whole, as far as completed, ft seems to be very satia(uctory, and we felt it our duty to communicate to you the thorough condition. “Your gentlemanly superintendent, Mr. Cook, repairing the surface personally attends to the same, a accomplishing the long sought for object which sought for in vain heretofore. fe, the lessees, have been occupants of the west half of pier 12 for the last thirty years in the transportation business, and the improvement, wo assure you, 1a very perceivable ana acceptable, und we hereby thank you and your energetic u- perintendent, Mr. Caok, for the repairs made and veing made, We remain yours truly, |. & N. BRIGGS, Lessces west haif pier 13 . R., New York city. New York, Bept. 15, 1868. 5: e8e% fae BEE an te bi 2s fH . 5: i New York, Sept. 16, 1968. GEO. W. MOLEAN, Faq., Street pital arly Cad Sin—I have the gratification of presenting to you the fol- lowing statement in felation to pler 23 completely broken down, andy {in fact in s dangerous condi. ton. It was with great risk that any One used the pler. The fod ad remem had rotted away; the fore and aft timvers were badly deca; To renhey the at all fit for service it became necensary to as the entire surface, which was done with doubie thick- ‘plank, most of ft four inch lumber, which also wae used under the pler to level up the same. In order to make ® | ager me foundation for planking it was necessary to build in new backing pieces, &c. To do thin it was essentia! that = labor should be given to fx the under portion of the er. Piftie length of time this plor (No. 22) was left to decay, re- quired careful and eerie. na and the Street De- 10 work. East river, which was partment certainly most thoroughly did Respectfully, 4c. LEWIS WATERBURY, Captain er Shippam To THR BTRERT COMMISEIONER :— GENTLEMAN-—Belng aware that numerous complat ni have been » ‘ing seen in = ferent and the newspapers mention made of the condition of tur piers, and among them pler No. & North river, 1 deem it propet that I should address you a few lines, as said pier comes ‘under my 60: ‘observation. It waa for a time fo a dilapt- dated and dangerous condition and almost useless; but it ie Eraifying (ata that ‘upon “application wo the Superinens lent of Wharves and I’ters to have it repaired ft was hema 4 done in & most substantial and workmaniike manner, ‘Speak more particularly of the north side and bulkhead. The Principal part of the work was tin. en Covered with ,ood sound plank, weil fastened, and making in ‘ail @ good job. Since fts completion it 1s much used. and the Cartmen eapecially express their satisfaction at the condition of tt. Tthink your Superintencent should receive the praise aute A OR for the U5 spe and shows fp Very res) JOUN Ge HAVILAND, Nw Youx, Sept. 14, 1868, Gronae W. MoLRAn, Street Commissioi 3 Sth hembrace the present opportunity of a.¢dreasing you ing in wo manner in which the work of re; plore Nos. 4 and 6 Last river bas been performed, I wi present aad kept constant watch of tbe work as it pro- ane. The repairing of the plers, from the inner to the mainly with 4 double thickness, four inches underneath ay three on », besides the oe of new stringers and back- particularily noticed—the large amount of four inch timber used under the plersto ili up the sunken made by the piles which had given way from decay and sunk, besides the rotting of the stringers and ranging timber, caus” ing unusual labor for the repairs. nasmuch as these pters were in fo dilapidated as condition, @imost useless to commerce and dangerous to draught ani mals which were compelled to draw tl heavy loads on Lcannot refrain from stating facta to you, ‘The man: ner in which the work was done, the material used and the very compiete and satisfactory condition in which your super fntendent left it is deserving of commendation, ant your de- ratment has and should receive the thanks of (he shipping Interests of t thon of the etty, Thave bad charge of these piers for many years and clotely watched the progress of the work referred to, and, therefore, oan assure youasto the quantity aud quailty of the work done, Very respectfully, uve GOEMEY. New Yok, Sept. 12, 1868. Hon, Oxo, W. MoLRAN, Btrost Comminsioutt sn Sie [take pleasore in commanteating with ‘work done on pliers Nos. 6and7 East river. the labor oughness 01 ou as to t ‘All who xpeuded and material used remarked the thor. he work and the durability of the repairs. With regard to pler No. 6 do I apectally allude. ‘The extent of the repairs needed was very large, and It would be imposalbie for any set of workmen to make @ more complete and Unisued | dod. | ‘4m particular in the matter of these piers, aa it has been | subject of remark with the merobants of this iocaltty. It cannot he questioned that the work done on these piers be more thorough, and uniess the material used should be changed to e (which would ir the benefit of the city and ite commerce) the durability and permanency of the piers could not be improved. The amount of material twed and ths thorough manner of ‘ing the same was remarked by those whose business is in that.oortion of the city. Va Fespeot{ uly WILLIAM K. NIVLE, Whartinger. New Yous, Sept. 16, 1664, ane D js us much pleasure, as lessees west nal : Py ‘The loss on the building No. 68, owned by Mr. Nesclaed ignore wea teraton we toe aoe cont White, will amount to about $7,000; insured in the - 5 the election of Grant and Colfax assembled at White . ie mal ta sat fe ere eralted to gras igs, Plains yesterday, under command of Colonel FE. phy vy many peal es Ine dilapidated | ‘Travis, and eld ‘8 mass meeting in a vacant lot near ceasary pepeire, ‘much loas and inconvenience were occasion. | the depot, where stands were erected for the accom- ed thereby; but under your administration necessary repairs | 0 of the speakers. The Boys in Blue, wear- have been made immediately after your attention was di- | ing blue caps and capes, formed in line and paraded rected to thelr necesslt the principal with their banners and artillery, definitely as to the number of feet of timber that wags used to sepeiring said pier since July, 1467, very lar, the said pier is in constant use for the discharge of heavy car oes, mostly Liverpool, and the wear {s heavy and constant “We' can say yt ery en PR tg ry au of it two or three Lad over, with a double thickness of planking from end to ens We cannot close this hurried note without availing ourselves f the opportunity of retarning, thi you, our thanks to and then proceeded to the place of meeting, where Major General Frank Sigel was chosen to preside, Ou taking the chair, General Sigel made a short, but effective speech on the importance of electing Gene- Grant to the Presidency, as the only means of securing peace and prosperity to the country. He was followed by Major General Pleasanton, Briga- dier Genera! Clarke, of Texas, Major W. W Bullard, of Gener’l Hinks, of Massachusetts, Colonel! Morgan Mr, Willlam H. Cook, your superintendent, for the faithful | and Major Haggerty. manner in aoe be oe ee a forioorth a4 for bia A series of resolutions setting forth the emineut courteous nto interests our " poy OELER t CONGLG | abilities of General Grant and ‘Schuyler Colfax and ee ee, their fitness for the high ontsione. Shes haa been selected to fill were read by Kev. J. H, Shepherd anc BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. unanimously adopted by the assemblage. ‘The Union da ue: Ue Saek Gtee Club favored the meeting with some of their campaign thusiasiic 4 SuizuRE oF Topacco.—The tobacco in a factory in | bilan {Ue* and drew forth enshugiastic ap: Pacific street, near Columbia, was seized yesterday by the officers of the Internal Revenue department because the owner had failed to pay the license. FELONIOUS AssauLT.—John Padden and Hugh Rielly were sent to jail yesterday by Justice Delmar for committing a fetonious assault on William Fer- rill, who keeps @ porter house at No. 440 Columbia Street, Ferrill is still at the hospital. SraBBED HIS WirR.—August Gunther was con- victed in the Court of Sessions yesterday of stabbing his wife Caroline on the stoop of her mother’s resl- dence, in Cook street. She had not lived with him fora year before the oflence was committed. He Was remanded to jail for sentence, ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.—Mr. 8, T, Le Fort, & diamond broker, doing business in New York, was arrested yesterday by detective Corwin on a charge of false pretences, preferred by Mr. ©. A, Cambell, a E i I f AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. The Richmond County Fair. The second day of the third annual fair of the Richmond County Agricultural Society was, on- fortunately for the people of Staten Island, dark, cloudy and in the afternoon even rainy. ‘The weather deterred many from attending, and a num ber of those who had reached the fair grounds made ready to depart at three o’clock P. M., as the heavy mist began to fall, very aoon taking the form of « drizzling, piercing rain, Many others who were ot the road thither, turned back and went home again, postponing their visit to a fairer day. The grounds are beautifully situated, on an almost level plain. Jeweler in Fulton street. The accused, ag alleged, | about @ mile and a half from New Dory obtained $150 from the complainant. station; ed eg a Boone peripteg 10 _ house containin, n ccommodation BURGLARY.—The dry goods store of O’Riclly for visitora, there is @ trotting course Brothers, No. 267 Fulton street, was broken into by burglars some time during Tuesday night, and the sum of $172 was stolen from the safe. How the key to the latter was procured by the rogues appears to be a matter of considerable mystery, SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY.—The Board of Examiners appointed by the Board of Su- Pervisors met yesterday afternoon for the purpose of entertaining the applications of candidates for scholarsaips in the Cornell University at Ithaca, Several candidates presented themselves, but the examiners decided upon an adjournment, which was had until Monday week, at three o'clock, in order to acquaint all public schools and academies under the supervision of the Regency of the University of New York that they are each entitled to send one com- petitor, The university in question will be opened on the 7th of October, ‘The Board of Examiners |s composed of the following sg read ar hp ha in good condition and the usual balconies, platforms and outbuildings. Inside of the course large teats have been erected, within which are spread the arti cles on exhibition; and one tent, the frst oue reached from the entrance, is the president’s tenf, uzed by the officers of the society and also by the several Judges as a consultation room, ‘The articles on exhibition in the agricultnral and domestic departments are, it can with truth be said, an honor both to the progressive busbundry and the domestic industry of the “good people” inhabiting the island. Eggplants, pumpkins, turnips, beets, corn of immense size, beautiful bunches of ripe grapes, splendid crab apples, potatoes of marvel Tous dimensions, were exhibited by different gen- tuemen, proprietors and cultivators of farm- on the island, and were all duly commended by the visitors. Among the handiwerk of tie ladies, who had kept thetr tiny fingers indust) employed to add to this exhibiion sp: Smith and Sprague; Drs. Wright, Cochran, Thorn, | their art, the most noticeable was a ta Conkling, Messrs. Pierson and Field, worsted work of beautiiul workmanship, foggan mca ing in the centre a white Arab horse, with ia! DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN BROOKLYN, keeper, the proportions and coloring of which are exact and faultiess; its yellow bordering, however, it of $40,000 Cone | detracts from the beanty of the whole, Another table cover, also in worsted work, having @King Charles dog for its cone ace is also a handsome testimonial of the skill and taste of the lady tron whose hands it came, the whole ensemble of the colors employed being pleasing to the eye, A bed cover, in crochet work, from the hands of the same lady, ‘speaks well for the industry and hou lishments, But of greater interpst to tie + large is a selection of silk, contributed by [he s: young lady—who is still a Miss, by the by—first Property to the Am sumed—Insurance. IN MYRTLE AVENUE. ‘Three fires occurred in Brooklyn yesterday, and consequently the firemen were kept pretty busy. ‘The first took place between twelve and one o'clock, when three buildings on Myrtle avenue, between Lawrence and Jay streets, were destroyed. As near as can be ascertained, it omginated in a stable situ- | the cocoons, then silk then k hose kpit ated in the rear of No. 68 Myrtle avenue, The two | of silk, the worms being ed by he nad Gee stile manipulated and the hose woven by hands. large buildings in front—one a brick building, owned and occupied by Mr. Robt. White asa carpenter shop, and the other a frame structure, owned by ex-Mayor 8. W. Booth and ocouyied by him for the same busi- ness, were soon demolished, together with a large quantity of building material and machinery, The If tue example of this tadustrious and w energetic young lady be followed throu couniry the time may soon come when the tnpe tation of silk goods may be confined to the most costly and expensive qualities, Another intere ing article on exiibdition was iron ore m Staten Island, ti was said that some quall aia a tained yield a8 high as seventy per cent of pare iron, parsonage in the rear of the Moravian ciureh In Jay | While rione goes lower tian froin forty toriitty. per strect, which was occupied by the pastor, the Rev. | cent. ir. Rondt , took fire and was soon destroyed. In the tent occupied by the exhibitors of the pro alot ahah Dlr f | duct of the manufacturing interest of the island, The rear of the church and the roof also took fre and agricultural implements-—such as rakes, mowers, were damaged to the amount of $5,000 before the | plows—are fonnd doors, frames, blinds, sulkios. flames could be extinguished. The church | be ptrpe tl pred hanes eee - and parsonage were covered by imsurance D. -. E e de len im the Market, Montauk and Pheeulx Insurance Com- | Pements and tajunces Oh a peat A ane panies. ‘The Rev, Mr. Hondthaler sustained @ loss | jowis of pure and cross breeds are also on exhibi- of about $1,000 on furniture. ‘the occupants in the | tion in this tent, and for those desirous to see anom- threo story brick building No. oo Myrtic avenues | alles in nature ‘there is exhibited @ gray cat nursing Ree ee ee eeese ny damired by water,” the | tWo Dull terrier pups instead of, kittens, wintel se lost. The stock exhibition represents sone valua- damage to the building will probably amount to a % ite The first floor Was occupied ag a crockery and ble breeds of cattle and horses, of all of whoin qu e 4, ome valuabie toy store by Mr. Robert C. Tuomas, iis "stock was Sartre on ite Pap Suit alae some Te di to the amount o 5 insured in the Long | “To-day it Is intended to make the principal day of lees enunenes Compeny. “Ene sevind Seek wes | ne Tale, AL eleven, Ava, tee: ell OF grand occupied by Homer Wiltz as a tinware establish | )arade of all the premium stock on the track; a halt Ment. His loss ts estimated at on insured in the | hour later the premiums awarded on stock’ will be Mechanica’ Insurance Company. | ‘The third, f00r | read off from the main stand; at one P. M. a hurdie was occupied by Mrs. Van Dyke as & lence. | race wili come off for @ premium of $300; ut two P. eee eters go> insured in the Long Island | 44. the members’ running race will take pla Mr. Booth’s building covered lots Nos. 62, 64 and | Mium $200, and at three P.M. trotting, coms 66, and consisted of an office, workshop, stable, & Dreuuume pbseevn sip ‘His loss is estimated at $6,000; insured as follow: classes will be read oif on Saturday ne: Phoenix Insurance Company, $1,000; Beekman In- AM. bis 7 surance Company, $800, and Firemen's ‘Trust Coim- igre! pany, $300. Jolin Crowell, one of the journeymen, was almost suffocated in endeavoring to save his tools. He was taken to his home in an insensible condition. veral department The Westchester County £ In consequence of tie unfavorable stae of the Weather on Wednesday the fair of the Wesi- chester County Agricultural and Horticultural So ciety was # failure, with the exception of the de- livery of the annual address by Mr. Greeley aad the walking feat of Mr. Weston, Notwiths anding the prospect of another storm yesterday the aitendance was greater than on any previous occasion, Rohz and a paint shop, The buildings are owned about four thousand persons being prevent. the widow of Jerome Ryerson and were damaged to | The display of flowers was quiie Gne, the amount of $5,000, A but as regarce = froit and = vegetabies the w his og (or Baa ry as Vag Le per less sald the better, Dr, Heiximer had on exhibition jogs Of $1, pper Bc OC- | 125 varieties of potatoes: some One white and yellow cupied by the Turner and Sangerbund singing socie- ssortment of agricul tes, Who sustain a loss of $600 on furniture. Sa, wav tae Monte Nassau Insurance Company for $2,000, Mr. Wm. Shettield occupied a portion of the build- ing a8 & paint store. His loss was $300; not iim 72 were two low wooden structures, one known as Garibaldi Hall and occupied by Franz Naumer, and the other as a printing oitlee = fe y ~ oY tural implements wax very linited, but the display ‘ee Bere ore a saat No. 72, SUS | of carriages and sivighs waaufactured in the countty " was unusually fin indicated comuderable The jarge brick building No. 741s occupied asa furniture store by Mr. John Francis, damagef by water to the amount of $5,000, Insul in the Mechanics Insurance Company. The frame dwelling No. 60 Lawrence street, owned and occupied by Mr. Edward A, Hall, was damaged | ] The quantity of id Devon Cat- to tweive tr 4 His stack MAS | farm stock, tle, was quite large. F o'clock yesterday Wesvor waiked five miles in fifi seconds. The great feature of the to the amount of $1,000, Insured. ' 1.088 on furai- ny was @ trot ture, $600. = bel soe See were ent as follows: 2 prrel horse Ohariey, entered by 0. Nelson; brown by Mr EZimmermaun He sustains a toss of $ieon, | Horse Jim, entered Uy Jas. Sherwood: yray horse Insured for $7,000 in the Montauk Insurauce Com- | Harry, entered by A. D. Evans; bi horse Col. nristian; brown ma pany. Roberts, entered by Aud. No. 64 Lawrence street, also owned by Mr. zim. | California, entered by 1. Halliday; brown mare Gay ; ; i, | Deceiver, entered by Mr. Gedney, On the first heat } was damaged to the aoe Ti aa The | of one mile, made in 2:44, Charley and Jim eaine tu neck and neck, and it was declared a dead heat, under joa inasmuch as the ers merm: origin of the fire has not been ascertalt A fireman who wore the badge N who gave bi me as John Kodick and 4, was arrested by oitl- own- - of both horses were non-residents of the Sfeseaitan eine ehhitie meee the talsees county, The horse Harry came in third. Col, Newman, No, 267 Jay street. He was taken to Roberts fou while California and tay be- ceiver were distanced, The second heat made in 2:46, the third in 2:48 and the fourth in 2 Jim winning all three under protest—the horse Col nel Roberts coming in third in each of the lust heats, or ahead of all the country nags, The judges we Dr. Vanau, of South Yonkers; William Baily, of Somers, and H. Pardee, of North Salem. ‘The drexs Parade of the Alexander Cadets attracted much at- tention. The fair, as a whole, is considered a great Forty-first precinct station house and locked up to Avr answer. IN DEKALB AVENUE AND RAYMOND STREET. The alarm of fire given at half-past two o’clock yes- terday afternoon was caused by the burning of a wooden building, occupied as a stable by Patrick Donnelly, on the corner of DeKalb avenue and Ray- mond street, which together with tts contents, con- sis of hay, feed was entirely con- 5 and harness, cess; and Warren Leland, the President of th sumed, involving @ loss of ubout $2,500, There was | Ruccenss An en peer ane ety, was highly compli™ented for bis very abie no Insurance upon this structure or the property Cou- | management. liosea B. Perkins, of Fort Washing. A four story frame tenement atrncture, No. 194 b~) will deliver an address by iuvitatioa on Satus Raymond street, which adjoined the former building, ‘ caught fire and was completely destroyed. The loss 1 building, which was owned by Mr. Van Reus- selaer, amounts to $3,600, upon which there is an insurance for $2,000 fn the Nassau Company, Pat- rick Donnelly, the tenant on the first Moor, lost $300; insured. A Mr. Powell, who rented the third floor, The Datchess County Fair. POUGHKBEPSIE, Sept. 25, 1868, sue annual Dutchess County Fair commenced yes terday at Washington Holiow. Quite a namber estimates his loss at $500; no insurance. Tho occu- | Were in attendance and the entries of ail kinds thus ae vor, Mrs, Daley, lost $100; not | far are quite numerous, expecially horses, nearly three hundred being present, including fine Hamble. Pog Ry A cream, 0. fre ares fae a tonian stock, The fancy work department is also tit : property was owned and occupied by @ | full, There can be seen the choicest needle work of a ng od Dutchess county girls than whom none smarter exist. Pt fire h oloaay ahmed to bave been of | Quits aro there which make one sicepy to wane IN GOLD STREET. A party of archins playing with matebes ina stable in Goid street, near the corner of Myrtle avenue, about four o'clock, set fire to the building, which was owned by George Kliest, and caused a damage amounting to $200. The flames set fire toa tene- ment house in the rear, owned by Richard Kiernan, and Was extinguished after causing a loss of about $00. wom them because of their richness of make up the ir of comfort surrounding them. Tidys, cioaks, comforters and lace work hang in rich profasion ali about Floral Hali, One night robe made by a ti darling who was married only two week: the envy of ali the sweet maidens in att one goes into raptares almost to hear their o ‘tty lips talk about it, M was made by Mrs. Ida Bell herself the fairest of them all, ere The stock display ts good, but not extravagant tn 8 numbers, Perhaps the largest exhibitor is Mr. WESTCHESTER, INTELLIGES CE. George Ayrault, a well-to-do energetic farmer of TEPUBLICAN Nominatiox FOR ‘Aseemnny. Ata Dutchess, He shows healthy, fine looking short convention of republicans held at White Plains yes- horned Durhams, fine grade cows, bull caives, year- ling heifers, &c. Mred. G. Sands exbibite two year- terday Major James llaggerty was unanimously nom- inated to represent the Second Assembly district in ling heifers, which call forth admiration. 7. J. Storms has 4 short horned Durham, bred by Samuel the next session of the Legisiatare, REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION, ~The delegates Thorn, of Thorndale. D. B. Haight has three two year old heifers, very nice. The sheep here are very ne, lading os ee grade of Southdowns anit merinos. George Ayrault’s are deser: ol to the Republican County Convention assembled at | notice, as also 1s sfoar year chin ae Lafayette all, White Viains, yesterday, for the pur- | Stephen T. Duel; he was brought here from Cana pose of nominating candidates for county officers. D. 0. Bradicy, of Greenburg, was calied to the chair; ‘he old Fioral Hall is crowded with agricniturat Messrs. E. K. Travis, of Peekskill; Dr, Charles | implements of almost every di tion. Two im- William | Mense tables in this bullding are filed with dozen« a. costin, 150 in gold; last rf promities at the Bae ne ipsiomanet oe N. Norquist, of t Chester, and isles, of Yonkers, were chosen vice presi- | Of varieties of fruit, including thirty diterent spect- dents; Messrs J. Lally Piatt, M. F. Kowe and | mens of plums, twent; les and many W. i A iy following | @tades and brands of The rain last night Barker, grapes, aud this morning bas inueh to do with tie sim at- hecretaries, = Th nominations were made unanimously, viz.>--For Dis- triet Attorney, John 8. Bates, of Bedford; Superin- | tendance there to-day, but the rs are expect- dent of the Poor, Colonel B. Y. Morris, of’ Yonkers; | {ng better things to-morrow, On Friday (he Coroner, Dr. H. 1. Horton, of Morriasania; for | medal trot takes place, of which more anon. eo Justice of Sessions, Myron B. Silkmaa, of Hedford, | Teccipte for the first day reached $1,000. Mr. Herring, of Tremont, offered resolution in Last year there were m: scenes en- favor of changing the basis of representation in fu. | acted at the Fair, eaused by a free allowance of gam ture republican conventions of the county by regu- | Dil! d_ thereupon did the Grand Jury at iis s« lating according to the republican vote, instead | $100 following present the Lb ae of the total vote of republicans and democrats as | year Allow nothing of the ki heretofore, but allow one vote for each town, one | great is the disco of the rt for each hundred ‘an votes cast and gue for ed Abont fifteen had arri' fraction over fifty, which waa adopted. kind of ; hat they were met on MASH MEETING OF THR BOYA IN BioK—The aol. | DY the police Giere ane paliony Of Westchester county who favor