The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1868, Page 8

8 NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS, hema WUTED STATES CIRCLIT COURT—EQUITY BRANCH A Question of River Navigation, Before Judges Nelson and Shipman. Wm. M. Baird vs. The Connecticut Shore Line Ratl- ‘way.—This was a motion for a provisional injunction ‘¥e restrain the above entitled railway company from erocting a draw-bridge over the Connecticut river ‘ou the ltue of their road, near Lyan, below Hartford. The case was brought into this district to con- epience sags Nelson, who is obliged to leave ior Wasi mn Saturday morning next. Counsel for jamtidt read a number of ailldavits made,by mas- fe of vessels navigating the Connecticut river, set- forth that the gtreain at the point described is (Bail a mile wide and the tide always strong and dan- ous, aud the bridge, if erected at that point, Froaia seriously Obstruct Navigation, and it would be pmetimes impossible to pass the draw; that it fwould be, tapoemibles, % a oui an pow Me Hartford, which run from iew York to Hartford, would be unable to run jar trips continuously, Other statements were ‘Made in support of the plaintiff in the case. A series ‘wf ailldavits were read on the other side, setting ‘Forth that the erection of a drawbridge at the point (¢dicated would be no impediment to the navigation of the river by any of the boats at present running thereon. The reading of these aMdayits occupied the court Ui the adjournment, UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Appeal in Bankraptcy—Discharge from Atrest aud Judgment. Before Judge Nelson, In the Matter of Ward BE. Robinson, Bankerupt.— ‘The following decision has been rendered by Judge Nelsop:— ‘The petition in this case seeks @ review of the de- ision of the court below, refusing to discharge the ‘bankrupt from arrest and the bali, and also refusing Codirect satisfaction of a judgwent obtained in the Court of Common Pleas of this city against bim by Ann Walter for some $154 60. ‘This judgment was re- eovered 2th May, 1868. The petition in bank- Fuptcy was presented on the 30th May, the me month. The application for the diacharge mm the arrest and for satisfaction of the judg- ent is founded upon section twenty-one of the krupt act, which provides ‘that no creditor, gerine his debt or claim, shail be allowed to main- in any suit at law or in equity therefor against the aukrupt, but shall be deemed to have waived all Tight of action and suit against the bankrupt; and all proceedings alre: commenced, or unsatistied adgmeuts already obtained thereon, shall be deemed be discharged and surrendered thereby,” ann ‘Walter has proved her dét or judgment in the pre- gent bankrupt proceedings, and, upon the words of ‘this section, there would seem to be an end of the ease. The remainder of the section provides that “no creditor whose debt is provable under this act shail be allowed to prosecute to tina) judgment any Suit at law or in equity therefor against the bank- Tupt until the question of the debtor’s discharge shall have been determined; and any such suit or Fg shall, upon application of the bankrupt, be stayed to await the determination ‘of the Court in Bankruptcy on the question of the harge.” It will thus be seen that a manifest Gistinction is made between a creditor having B hha his debt and one holding a provable debt, e reason for it is not a8 manifest. ‘The judgment of Ann Walter ts claimed to be founded upon a debt created by the fraud of the bankrupt; and if this be 80, then, according to the thirty-third section of the act, the discharge, if obtained by the bankrupt, will not affect it. Such a debt is expressly excepted from its operation; and the same section provides that notwithstanding this he may come in and prove his debt and take his dividend. “Now, Ann Walter hav- ing proved her judgment as thus authorized, would Bnd that judgment, taking this twenty-first section, Dteraily “discharged and surrendered,” notwith- standing the thirty-third section provides expressly that, if created by fraud, the discharge under the @ct would not affect it. We think no such in- tent or meaning can be reasouably imputed to the law makers, and, therefore, the thirty-third Bection must be regarded at least as taking a debt of ‘this character out of the first clause of the twenty- first section: and hence that the judgment in ques- tion is not “discharged or surrendered,” nor is the Dankrupt entitied wo be released from the arrest, or Lis bail from the bail bond, if the debt was one oreated by iraud. The court below held that the proceedings and judgment iu the Common Pleas, the record of which was produced before it according to the practice and course of proceeding in that court, under the New York law, carried on the face of em that the suit was one to recover a debt created by the fraud of tie debtor; and that tt would Rot go behind that record to cail in question Its verity the Bankrupt Court We concur in tus view. it Was argued on belialf of the petitioner that it Should appear from the record itself—that is, trom ‘The declaration in the case—that the sult m the Com- pen Pleas proceeded ia that court on the ground of raud. Bul the question is one of practice rather line of of New York ean of principle. The mode of proceeding in the MOL Pieas in a case where the debt is claimed to have been created by tie fraud and deceit of the debior may be ular and differ from the practice the courts of other States; bat it ts understood to (be warranted by the New York law, and, if 80, we jo not see but that tt is eutitvied to as muck verity as Mf the proceedings were more formal and specific. The last clause of the twenty-sixth section was re- Ted to on the argument, but we Go notace that it a8 any application to the case, The other question raised aud urged—namely, aa to the force and etfect Of the order to slow cause before the Register way the discharge should not be granted—is so much & mextion of practice that we are not inclined \o terfere With the judgment of the court below in ‘the matter. The compiainé is that the Register post- poned the day for the creditors to come lu and Siow cause. Any abuse by the Kegister in this matter will be corrected by the court below, which has power to supervise this proceeding. Petition denied, wiio costs, , UNITED STATES OISTRICT eguaT, Condemnation of Whiskey. Before Judge Blateht The United States vs. @ Barrels af Distilled frits.—A jury Was empanetied and the above en- led case cailed op. No claimant, however, ap- red, and the property, wiich had been seized at i Beaver sweet, was condemned by default. Mr. Rollins, Agsisiant Cuited States District Attorney, for the government. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Another Erie Muddie—Result of » Let of Judicial Torpedoes. Before conflicting Judges. Aust Belmont vs. The Brie Raviioay Company. — It wil be remembered that Judge Sutherland, after adjournment, at the regular chambers, in the Belmont action against the Brie directora, appointed ex-Judge Henry &. Davies receiver, with limited and defined powers over the property of the Erie Railway Oompauy. This was about a week since, An appeal was taken from this order by the defendants, Judge Sutherland had, rior to the appointment of Davies, set aside Judge ard’s «¢ parte order ee Jay Goud trustee of the ee age ithin ® few hours at most after Judge Sutherland's appolntmeat of Davies, Judge Cardozo granted an order et parle Staying proceedings under Judge Sutherland’s orders, aud notice of motion for rei ment was subsequently served by defendants, returnable on the Orst Nonday of December, Judge Cardozo will then be holding the regular Special Term at Cham. bers by doe assignment, and the motion would necessarity come before him. ‘The Belmont party then obtained from Jndge Butherland ag ex purte order requiring the detend- ante to show cause why the order of Juage Cardozo Staying Judge Sutherland’+ proceedings should vot be set azide. This was to be ueard at eieven o'clock yesterday morning. In the rneantime the Erie party obtained another ex Parte order returnable at ten o’c) before Judge Cardono at Special Term, in the new Court House, Fequiring the piaintlif (Relmont) to show canse Why the order of Judge Sutherland, citing the defen Gants to appear and show cause why Judge Car. dovo’s order should not be vacated, slowid uot itself be eet aside. Counsel of conrae appeared in response to Judge Cardozo’s mandais and an arguinent wok plac were heard, tie respondents, ¢ claiming that. the order of* Jad; irrerularly iesued, not being grauy to bold ‘the regular Spa Belmont party, Cardozo was 1 t did not conform ¢ alone of the code 1 the other aide re- while in @ measure | did not consorm it me recognized in tls county by almost universa! practice. Judge Canlozo tock the papers, tevorving his SiON, “ali bands” then “went for" Jndge Sutherland, in Ne brown stone building, at.Special Term urmable at eleven of ing aside of Judge aniMportant diveusston, on selon benall of the Pet. ‘Bad postpone o'clock noon, Ning Cardozo Weaning, SUPTEME COU;RT—SPCGIL TERM—-BROOME COUNTY. Judge Kelcoa's Opinion tn the Erle Reiiwuy ikeceiverchip. The People of re 16 the Bete Rathoay Gomporny.——Phis is au section brought by4Be Attorney General, upon leave grante by # justice pf this court, pursuant to section 450 of (ae Code of Pre cedare, for the purpose of yaoating or annaitiag the existence of the defeniaut as & corporation. Motion by piaintiis (apov an Order %o @how cage) fOr ap ls uueow @yd receiver , Slate of New York a NEW: YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1868—TRIPLE ‘seer. Mr. Hammond, Deputy Attorney ‘apd Mr. Redtleid for the ie, General, Mr. Shearman and others for di te Judge Uaicom—This action is brought by the Attorney Ceneraiin the name ef the people of the State, on leave granted by @ justice of this court, ‘the place of trial is Broome county. ‘The action ts authorized by section 430 of the code, wich provided, among other Uh that an action may he brought by the Attorney General, In the name of the people of the State, on leave granted by the Supreme Court or a judge the! for the pur- pose of vacating the charier or amnuliing the exist- ence of a corporation, other than municipal, when- ever Bach corporation shall do or omit to do certain acts, among which are these:—First, offend against creating, ry proteome acawing such ‘corpora, cl |, alter! or ton; or second, violate the visions of phn w by which such corporauion shall have for- feited its charter by abuse of its powers; or, third, whenever it shall exercise @ franchise or Bae not conferred upon tt by law. ‘This section makes it the duty of the Attorney General, whenever he shall have reason to believe that any of the acta or omis- Rona apecified oo” tae ae ee ry proof, ve, W leave granted, to ori e action is cline manner I have for the purpose of vacating or annolling the existence of @ corpora- of interest, SuMcient tacts of the action, and they hat verted by aMdavits or an angwer. The complaint shows that actions A ge commenced against the defendant ahd directors by stock- holders of the def¢ in which actions two different receivers have been appointed at Special Terms of this court in ie tirst district; and one of such receivers has also been ap- pointed receiver in @ similar action brought by a stockholder in the Circuit Court of the United States, sitting in the city of New York. The General ‘term of this court im the First district, beid in Howe va. Devel and others (43 Barbour, 504), that the visitorial powers conferred upon the Court of prcmiged A by ihe Revised Statutes, relative to proceedings against corporations im equity, can only be exer: cised by the Supreme Court on an application made at the instance of the Attorney General, or of @ creditor of the corporation, or of a director or other officer having 4 generai superin- tendence of its concerns, and that an action cannot be brought under the statute by a stockholder against corporation and ita trustees to restrain the trustees from exercising any powers as trustees and for the appointment of a receiver of the property and effects of the corporation. That case holds that trustees may be restrained in such an action from doing illegal acta, but that the Supreme Court can- not entertain such an action brought by a Stockholder and appoint @ receiver therein under ita gel wers, I take it to be clear that no itor of @ corporation can have a receiver appointed until he has a judgment and an execution returned unsatisfied. I regard the decision in Howe vs. Deuel and others (Supra) con- troling authority that no receiver of the defendant or of its property and effecta should be appointed in an action brought by @ stockholder or si holders of the company, and I cannot avoid the conclusion that the orders appointing receivers in such actions astily made and that they the General Term of ‘appeals have been taken. 1am, therefore, of the opinion it is iy Sey to enjoin the lamer its directors, oilicers, trustees and agents from delivering to any such re- ceiver possession of the Erie Railway or of any of the property and effects of the Erie Railway Com- pany; but they will be Ge raed to deliver possession to any receiver who shall be appointed in this action. ‘fhe interests involved in this action are of the greatest magnitude, and the ge est care should be exercised in respect to them. I therefore hesitate about appointing a receiver in this action at the present time. An order for that pl would imply that the de- fendant’s charter should be vacated and the exist- ence of the defendant as a corporation annulled. [ thmk the court should have more specific informa- tion than is contained in the ‘complaint before making an absolute order appointing a recetver in the action. I shali, therefore, appoint a referee to thoroughly examine into the transactions, affairs and condition of the defendant, the cha- racter and condition of all actions affecting the Erie Railway Company and the directors thereof, with instructions to report to this court with all conven- ient speed. But the directors of the defendant should be forbidden and enjomed in the meantime irom exercising any doubtiul powers or authority without the sanction of this court and from issuing any new convertible bonds of the Railway Company and from converting any bonds of the company into stock thereof, 1 ought to add another reason which influences me to refuse at present to appoint a recetver in this action; and that am the enormous fees, costs and expenses that would be incurred by a receiver taking pos- session of the Erie Railway and its property and etfects. Of course if anything new should at any time be developed absolutely requiring the immedi- ate appointment of a receiver herein the court would not hesitate to appoint one. [ trast the adoption of the See riies in an order in Unis action will protect the interests of the public and of all persons who have an interest in a faithtul and economical management of the Erie Railway Company, d bring to light the transactions of tho directors: the company, so whatever of biame or dishonesty may exist will rest upon the individuals guilty of it, and not be shared by any who have so conducted themselves as to be worthy of the trust confided to them by the stockholders, INJUNCTION ORDER OF JUDGE BALCOM. At a special term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held at the Court House in the city of Binghamton, in the county of Broome, this Ist day of December, 1868. Present—Kansom’ Bal- com, justice. The People of the State of New York vs. The Erie Railway Company. On reading and a the compiaint in this action duly verified, the order of a justice of this court, granting leave to the Attorney General to bring tis action, au order upon the defendants to show cause why an injunction should not be granted and a receiver appointed; and after hearing the Attorney General for the motion and Mr. Sherman, of counsel jor the defendants, in opposition thereto, itis ordered that the defendant, its trustees, agents ana servants, the president, directors and other officers of said defendant, are and each and every of them is preby enjoined and forbidden from transferring and slivering possession of the defendant's railroad, or ay of the property, books, papers or effects of the dejendant, or heid in trust for It, to any receiver or avy person claiming to be a receiver, other than sucit recelver a3 May be appotuted in this action; and the directors of te defendant, the Erie Ratlway Com- pany, are hereby enjoined from refusing or neg- jecting safely to keep sald property and effects tor the luterests of all concerned until # receiver be ap- pointed in this action, or until the determination of this action, And said directors are enjoined from neglecting or omitting to run the Erie Ratlway and controi and manage the property, concerns and af- fara of the Erie Railway Company until a receiver be appointed in this action or un- tii the determination of this action. But said Directors are forbidden and enjoined in the mean- time from exercising any doubtful powers or au- thority withont the sanction of this Court, and from issuing any new convertible bonds of the company, au® from converting any bonds of the company into stock thorefor, And to enable the Court to decide tntelll- gently whether the rie Railway Company ehall be put under the control of a re ceiver, Giies W. Hotchkiss, Esq. of the city of Binghamton, ff hereby appointed a referee to thoroughly examine into the transactions, afairs and condition of said company, and the chi acter and condition of ail actions ting the Brie Railway Company and the directors thereof, and to report to thia court with all convenient and file bta report, with the evidence taken by him, fn the ofloe of the clerk of this court in thé city of Bing- And said referee is authorized and em wo exsioine the books and papers of the Railway Company, and to examine on eath any person or persons Whom he may believe to possess knowledge of matters material to the Tate referred to hin, A true copy, |: M. JOHNSON, Clerk, COURT CALENDAR—THIS BAY. Svrnexe Covrt—Cree 1643, 1646, 1847, 1640, 1651, 1 1665, 1671, 1873," 1686, 1677, lo79, 1 pMARINE CounT—Tiian | 1657, 1660, 1661, 1, 168, st. —Nos. 4, 892, 025, 1003, 807, #05, 1025, 1026, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1045, 1047, 1068, 1040, 1060, 1051, 1052, i052, '1055, 1059," 1068, 1060, 1087, 16, 071, 1072, 1079, lore, 1077. GiTY INTELLIGENCE, ‘THe WraTHER YESTERDAY.—The following record will how the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudout’s pharmacy, 213 Broadway, Sym Buiiding:— Average temperature 055 Tom Fine Commrsstovees.—A moeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners was held yesterday, but bg business of an twporiant character was trans- acted Acapetr is Frery-piner Steeet.—John Mooney, aged sixty-six years, was yesterday knocked down by an embankment of earth in Fifty-first street, be- Pirsi and Second avenues, apd had both of his legs fractared, He was taken to Bellevue Hospital Fie iN Poery-einst STRBBT.—At eleven o'clock on Tuesday evening a stable situate on Firty-lirst rect, between Tenth and Twelfth avenues, wae seomed, It was owned by the Carman estate and coupled by Charies Kiiloté and John 8, Sampson. Joss $3,000, npon which there is no inaurance. Fiuew Leorvne » Join P, Gerrish will this evening deliver toe frat of @ series of free lectures on Op \thnlinic nod aural medicine and surgery at the Gosmopoitan Howat roora, 66 West Thirty fourta eireot ‘Tie eubject Will be particularly inverestiag iO studeuss of tuedicias and the profession geuT- rally. Free my Taree at eigntirecioek yesterday morning # one, Owned and occupied by Mr, ’ AkCUQOl SHOW, Head on Socoud pyenue Detwoen 112th and 113th streets, took fire. Loss ¢500; insured = Vy tn the Nora eg een seemmee Coane. 4 Sdioinitis frame OUBE, OW! occur pied by Catharine Low, was damaged about $209. Fike IN Fiver Staret.—Between two and three o’elock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the Tear house, No, 628 Fifth street, It was owned by Samuel Fold and occupied by Frank Martin as a shoe tg A Loss on buiiding $800; insured for $: im the Merchants’ Mmeurance Co yj on stock 600, which was insured in the ehef Insurance mpany for $3,000 and im various other companies for a similar amount. OntLD BurNED To DEaTH.—Coroner Schirmer held an inquest yesterday at 66 Market street over the re- mains of Annle H. Kerr, aged elght years, whose death was the resuit of burns accidentally received. ‘The deceased avas rocking an infant to sleep on ‘Tucs- day, when a brother of hers pointed a blazing stick ‘at her in play and thereby set her dress on fire, and she was so severely burned before ail reached her that death ensued yesterday, A verdict of accl- dental death was rendered. New YORK CALEDONIAN CLUB.—At the annual Meeting»of this association, held at their club rooms, 118 Sullivan street, on Tuesday evening, the ist inst., the following gentlemen were elected the om- cers for the year 1869:—John Goldie, Chief; George Giliuly, First’ Chieftain; George Mitchell, Second Ghiefidin; John Wait, Third Chieftam; Henry G. ‘Thomson, Fourth Chieftain. Fmance mittee— Willa idanson, John a Thomas Barclay. ecinaty A Committee—andrew F, Dykes, William Deans, Matnew Goldie. THE INTERNATIONAL OCEAN TELEGRAPH (ox- ARREST OF SUPERINTENDENT SErEEDE , ls gmotion for the discharge of Biting before Inde | side—the Fort Hamilton side; hefore taking Coroner Fiyna Claims Mrs. Gutewood’s Pro- | perty from Mr. Kennedy and FalleHe | Issues a Warrant for the Arrest of the Poliv Superintendent. A very singular state of affairs occurred yeate when Coroner Flynn caused the arrest of Mr adonn A. Kennedy, the Superintendent of the Metr opoltian Police, because he refused to surrender pr sperty left by Mrs. Gatewood, who committed Buic’ Ae g day or two since at 44 Washington aquare, I* ‘that the Coroner, who has charge of tly case of Mrs. Gatewood, considered that be had, g right to the temporary custody of the three trunks which be- longed to Mrs. Gatewood and “#hich had been taken possession of by ths ‘police, ‘as alleged stolen pro- perty. He yesterdy’ call upon Mr. Kennedy at Police Headquar¥irs and, made his demand for the trunks in due form, The Superintendent informed him that he property had been seized as stolen prope sty. and asa portion of it had already been iden¥.fied ag. such he could not consent to sur- reader tle game unui some further inquiry had been mae, Anes. words then ensued between the Coro- ner By ie rintendent, when Coroner Flynn left Ke Central OMfice inno amiable mood, having Eee deeloren his intention to try a decided course in matter, Soon after two o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr. Kennedy was walted on at his oflice by Deputy fan, who rather abruptly 1n- that they had a warrant PaNY.—Ihe annual election of oMfcera of the In- ternational Ocean Telegraph Company was held yesterday. The hea officers were chosen:— General William F, Smith, President; Alex- ander Hamilton, Jr., Vice Prestdent; David H. Haight, Secretary and Treasurer. Directoys—Gen- erai W. F. Sinith, Alexander Hamilton, Jr., David H. Haight, Robert I, Livingston, Wiliam T, Blodgett, Oliver K. King, James J. 8: Israel Corse, Ed- ward §. Sanford, James A. Scrymser, ‘T. Bailey Myers, William G. Fargo, John J. Astor. MERTING OF BRICKLAYERS.—About 100 bricklayers, members of Unions Nos. 2, 4 and 12, assembled last evening in secret meeting, at Milleman’s Hall, cor- ner of Twenty-sixth strect and Seventh avenue, Mr. Frost presiding. A lively debate up on & motion to expel certain members who had contra- vened the rules of the society in re; to the eight- hour system, but the subject was ly tabled. A report was made that some of the 1 t builders and crap layers af Mr. Maro Eidiity, Mr. John 1. Conover, Mr. Silas M. Styles and others had reduced the time allowed their employés for dinner to thirty minutes, whereupon it was unanimously resolved that all bricklayers who had their time reduced in this manner be instructed to demand their full hour ee for rest, and strike in case the demand be refused. SuppEN DeaTus.—Alexander Oakley, aged forty- seven, & native of England, dropped dead yesterday at - East Twenty-second street from disease of the he: Annie Wilson, thirty-seven and a native of Ireland, died auddonly on Tuesday night at No.7 New Chambers street. John Hanafelt died suddenly at a late hour on Tuesday night in Sixth avenue, near Hariem lane. * Catharine Haskins was found sick in Fifty-fitth street and ‘third avenue and soon after her arrivai at a Luke’s Hospital, on Tuesday evening, death ensued, An unknown man who was lodging at 357 Fourth avenue was found dead in his bed yesterday morn- ‘The Coroners will hold inquests in each of these Cases a8 800D a8 possibile. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Tar Ninra Warp Arrray.—John Wing, whose skull was fractured during an altercation in a tene- ment house at No. 9 Weehawken street on Monday night, the particulars of which appeared in the HERALD of yesterday, it is reported, died im Bellevue Hospital at ten A, M. on Tuesday morning. ALLEGED LARcENY.—John Brown, of No.1 Fur- man strect, Brooklyn, took temporary lodgings on Tuesday night at 336 Water street, occupying the game room with Sarah Morre!l, He saw her yester- day morning take his pocketbook, containing forty- five doliars, from beneath the pillow where he had placed it, When Sarah was arraigned before Aider- oe Moore, at the Tombs, she was remanded for trial. ARRIVAL OF MARSH, THR ALLEGED BOND Ros- BER.—At five o'clock yesterday morning J. A. Marsh, late of the firm of Temple & Marsh, brokers, Wali street, who about a week ego secured $15,000 on the credit of the firm from Huasin’s Sons, Wali sirect, and was arrested in Megophis « few days after, ar- rived in this city in c of detectives McOlune and Hastings, of that city. Mr. Marsh returned vol- untarily, Without awaiting a requisition, CorrKcTiON.—In the account of the shooting of Patrick Kelly, reported in yesterday’s Hena.p, the statement was made that Dan Noble, the party charged with the crime, was arrested by roundsman Pickett, of the Eighth precinct. This informa- tion was obtained from the o/iicials at that station house, Noble was arrested by detectives Ticman and Smith, of the Central oMce, assisted by Pickett, pf was detailed by Captain Mills to accompany em, ‘Tue HOWeLT-COLBORN CasR.—The readers of the HERALD will remember that ou the 29th of August last William J. Howell, of No. 187 Sixth avenue, caused the arrest of Daniel K. Colborn, whom, he alleged, on the 7th day of Febrnary last, by means of false and fraudulent representations, defrauded him out of the sum of $1,000, Justice Dodge yesterday discharged the prisoner from custody, as there was not sufficient evidence produced on thé examination to substantiate the allegations set forth by Mr. Howell in his aM@davit. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.—William LL. Shaw and Charles L. Howe were arraigned at Jef ferson Market yesterday, by officer Heaney, of the Fifteenth precinct, upon complaint of Francis Chi- chester, of No. 676 Broadway, charged with bur- meg ny err his ee at the above pum- fer, on Tuesday yy means of forcing open a rear window, and attempting to steal a quantity of clothing, valued at $1,000. They pleaded not guilty to the charge, but were committed in default $1,600 ball each to answer at the General Sessions. THE ALLEGED Girt JEWELRY SwINDLE.—George Grifin, the proprietor of the gift jewelry store at 482 Broadway, was arraigned before Alderman Moore aged at the Tombs to answer a charge of swindling. It appears that a satior named Charics Fritz was induced to enter the premises kept by Griftin, and there staked $160 on the “envelope” game in hopes of obtaining a prize; but as the’end proved abortive he caused the arrest of Grimin and an alleged confederate named Moran. the case seemed a clear one of fraud the acting magistrate held Grifin for trial, though he reie; Moran for want ofevidence. The complainant was sent to the House of Detention. ALLEGED FororRry.—On the 16th ult. Charles L. Foxwell, a coal broker, appeared at the counter of the National Bank of Commerce and presented a check for $760, signed Josiah L. Levorett & Co., per James B. Davenport, and drawn in favor of Wiillam H. Talniage & Co., of No, 12 Pine stroet. The re ceiving teiler, Josiah A, Northrup, found the check endorsed with the name ‘of William A. Talmage & Co., and beiteving the same to be genuine, he accept- ed the check and placed the amount named to the that the check was s forgery and issued without the credit of Foxwell. Since then the teller has discovered knowledge of Messrs, Talmage & Co. Foxwell was arrested and arraigned before Alderman Moore, at the Tombs, yesterday, when he denied all fay knowl of the check. The Alderman held him for examination and allowed him to give bail in the suin of $2,000, ALLEGED BURGLARY.—AN €X-policeman named James Hefferon, who is now proprietor of @ satlors’ boarding house at No. 96 Madison street, appcared ‘at the Essex Market Police Court yesterday, charged with burgiartousiy entering the liquor store of Brien Reilly, Assistant Alderman, at No, 41 Market strect, and stealing therefrom $3,000 in currency and some cigars, valued at $7.60, About one o'clock yes- terday morning Het was found on the upper Goor of the building, baving in his possesion a jiminy, skeleton keys and @ quantity of cigars, A receipt from tue New York Gas Company, which Mr. Reilly's bartender ized as one of the papers left in the dewk from Which the money was en, ‘was found beside the prisoner. Two wen, supposed to be accomplices, were seen to leave the premises jus} defore the police entered; but neither of them have been arrested yet, None of the money has been recovered. Hefferon accounte) for his appear- ance in the house oy saying that a womaa took him there. Justice Mansfeld committed (ue prisouer to ane ALLacEep TLLRGaL Votm™a.—The following per- sons were held at the Jefferson: Market Police Court yesterday charged with illegal voting on Tnesday:— Somes Moran, Twentieth disteft, Fighteonth ward. daines Pierson, Firs} district, Ninth ward. Pernard Nock, Eighth district, Bighteonth ward. oun Watson, Pirst district, Fifteenth ward, jnristopher Brown, Sixth district, Eighteenth ward. Timothy Conian, Twentieth district, Righteentu ward. gad Merrifield, Sixteenth district, Bighth ward. Péter Trainor, Tenth district, Mighteenth ward, Rovert Black, Fourteenth district, Ninth ward. George Wilcox, Fifteenth district, Ninth ward. John M, Boyd, Sixteeath district, Kighth ward. Wililam Darting, Sixth district, Sixieenth ward. John Reader, Ninth district, Sixteenth ward, Thow. Mecormack, Filth district, Sixteentu ward. Alexander McDonald, Sixth district, Sixteenth | ‘ward. ’ distriet, th ward, whtecnth ward, Famcel Morrison, Fifteenth distri, Nuts ward, John Keating, Sixth district, Sixteenth ward, Charles Buisk, Karst Qetrigh Mighty ward from Coroner Flynn for his arrest, The warrant was exhibited for his information and read as followsa:— Coroners’ Offer, State New York, City ant of New yhoo wie Sent of toe chy sid counly ‘of New Yorks oF ‘constabie or policeman of the cfty of New York)— hereas John A, Kennedy, Superintendent, &c., stands charged before me, one of the coroners in and for the sai city, wich naving taken the property of the late Mary A. Gale- wood from her nce, fon square, without authority under the law, the coroners of the. ci not having viewed the body of dece: or Hon for any action by the pollee in, the prem therefor in the name of of York,to a you, the said osustable fy and county and forth’ ‘me, or some other coro- ner for the olty and county of New York, at the Coroners’ office, in the said clty, to answer the said charge and to be iegirea unger may Band and this 24 day of Decemb ven an er, meee US Puvis, Coroner CORN! Mr. Kennedy expressed his surprise at the hasty and harsh course taken by the Coroner, as it was & mere matter of dispute and ought to be easily under- stood and arran; He made no objection to the arrest, however, and accompanied the deputies to a carriage at the door and was taken to the Coroners’ oilice, where Coroner Rollins happened to be. The deputies seemed to consider that they ought to take Mr. Kennedy before the Coroner granting the war- Tant, though Mr. Flynn was not to be found ashe was absent at Bellevue Hospital takin; ante-mortem statement of the man shot on Tuc the Twenty-first ward. The Superintendent sent for Mr. Bookstaver, @ member of the firm of Brown, Hall and Vanderpoel, to act as his counsel, that firm beimg the regularly retained counsel for the Board of As the same firm are aiso counsel for the Board of Coroners and the Sheriff, Mr. Bookstaver ‘was somewhat nonplussed how to act in the pre- mises. He went away for a few minutes, and on his return announced that Coroner Flynn could with propriety assume Page 4 of the case, so the latter decided to allow Mr. Kennedy to go on his parole until to-day, when an examimation will be held at the office of Brown, Hall & Vanderpoel, corner of Broadway and Reade street. The inquest on the remains of Mrs. Gatewood has been indeiinitely postponed. TBE NINTH AVENUE FRE, Acknowledgment by tho Incendiary of the Commission of the Crime of Arson. Some further developments have recently come to light showing the course and operations of the in- cendiary in the case of the Ninth avenue and Fiftieth street fire, and the very arduous task the officers of the law undertook in capturing him, and establishes the fact that with the present system of police duty a criminal has rare chances of ecaping justice. The fire broke out at abouta quarter past one o’clock on the morving of the 2¢th inst., and was first discovered by the Twenty-second precinct po- lice issuing from the:weather boards of the buiiding fronting on Fiftieth street. Diligent exertions of firemen and police succeeded in putting out the fire, which, however, had previously communicated to the only stairway by which the occupants of the house could escape. The police rescued a family named Taylor from the burning building, in which they would surely have perished had not such assist- ance béen rendered, Mrs. Taylor stated before the Fire Marshal that the first intimation she had of the fire was the breaking of glass in a window through which the flames were bursting, within two feet of the pillow on which herself and children’were sleeping. The body of the fire was raging furlously in the apartment beneath Mrs, ‘taylor’s bedchamber, and to this room the fire was malaly confined. After the flames bad been extin- guished Fire Marshal .Bra ckett proceeded to take a view of the ‘‘situation.” The liquor store was occu- pied by Frederick Baden and Frederick Eling as his barkeeper. Ona counter shelf the marshal dis- covered a quantity of kindling wood saturated with kerosene oil, which established at once the fact that the fire was of incendiary origin. Au inquiry revealed the fact that Baden and his barkeeper wi at @ bali In Fifty-third street, and officers McLaughiin and Cottrell, of toe Twenty-second pre- cmet, were sent there to arrest them. An investiga- tion of Marshal Brackett developed the fact that kerosene Of! had been very freely used on the premises, and a gallon demijohn containing a few drops of oil was found near a pile of kindling wood on @ counter shelf. Baden was subjected to a careful exauination, during which he stated that he left the store before twelve o’clocs, in com with two friends, and had not left the ballroom until ar- rested. The following morning Baden and Eling were taken before Justice Connolly, at the Yorkville Police Court, and there remanded to the station house, at the request of Marshal Brackett, who waa proceeding with an investigation. Baven’s exami- natton revealed the fact that one of his friends, nameg Joseph Roll, who was at the ball with,him, wi ‘ated tn the burning of the buliding. A care(al search was made for Roil, but he had left the city. Marshal Brackett to himself thence to Gui- Officers McLaugh- traced him to Le aro 3 saloon between avenues B and O, but ne was gone before they could him, hav! escaped through @ back door and leaving his coat behind. At this saloon all trace of Roli was lost. Marshal Brackett gave the matter his personal at- scouring the east side of New York city he learacd that Roll had secreted himseit in the neighborhood of Centreville, N. J, (his infor- mation he obtained at seven o’clock P. M,, and it was then too late to comm with the authori- ties at i The directed his two ofMfoers, Miller and Retnisch, to take the train for New Brunswick and there obtain a conveyance to Keyport aud make inquiries concerning the where- abouts of Roll, Very soon after these officers -had jone the Marshal learned from Cottrell and Me- ughlin that they had recetved information corres- ponding with his. Cer ey disadvan- tages his oMficers might moet the called upon Police Inspector Leonard and related to him the or of the aifair and asked that tue harbor police py eg a The inspector at once no- led Captain Hi to convey Marshal Brackett to oyport and in cor with officers McLaugh- lin’ and Cottrell, arrived there a$ half-past tweive P.M. The Marshal learned that Roll would probably be found at the saloon of Mrs. Bornhauser, which he ascertained from a watchman on. Loard the steamer Matteawan, ‘The house was situated about four miles back of Keyport, on the Middletown road, After Mapes delay the eo penn ccom veyance an vr ona of nearly an hour, Just back ‘of the main toad, on the border of a piece of dense woods, the house was found. They drove some distapce beyond the house. alighted and made asurvey of the premises. Officers were stationed around the house to prevent i eacape of their prisoner, and the Marshal knocked for admittance, Mrs. Bornhauser opened the door, and in reply to the Marshai’s inquiries showed him where Roll was sleeping. ‘The Mar- shal’s “man” was found in bed and at once arrested, Mrs, Bornhauser seemed to know nothing of the aifair, and stated that Roll had been inviced to the house by & Companion, Who is one of ber gnests, to remain until morning. Roll was taken to the police boat at Keyport and the party arrived tn this city on ‘Tuesday morning, After juts arrest Roll preserved a dogged silence, and Was indifferent to the operations of lis captors, He signified bis willingness to te turn to New York and on arriving here was locked up in the Trey second precinct The Fire Marshal here played trategy. He placed officer Reinisch in a cell located between the two ia which the prisoners Roll and Barten were confined, The two latter kept up a lively conversa- tion, not awere of the fact that an officer was listea- ing.’ For nearly two bours Reinisch listened to their criminations and recriminavons, and at the expira ton Of that time the prisouers were taken to the captain's room, Where they were conironted by nisch, Who told them what he had heard. Denial was useless and Roll made a fall confession volun- tarily, in which he stated that be lad been indaced to set fire to the place of Buden in consideration of $200, wuich sum he Was to receive as soon as Baden in Third 8 ained his imsarance. He farther acknowl having oe” aed teree)«o quarts =«of ene oil, and detaied where and when purchase Was mardi how the wood had ben saturated with che oil and placed behind the bar. From one tw two quarts bad deen Lairown om tie bed clothes in the bedroom, and then the fires were lighted. He then left and joined Naden at the bailrooia, where the latter was arrested, In com iuding his confession Roll stated, aad was cor yoboreved by Baden, that the barkeeper had nothing to do with and Was wholly free fron*auy partictpa rein, ‘Chis fact, froin the te Was aypareat to the Mire | the aden, were taken before the Justice at Yorkville Police Court , where they were committed for examination, Ajtogether the entire story ts one of considerabie interest, and will form quite a marked feature in the annals of exciting criminal delinquency in this metropolis. m THE FORT LAFAYETTE FIRE. Additional Particulare—The Fortification a Totul Ruin—Incidents, &c. The conflagration at Fort Lafayette, which was 80 fully and accurately reported in the HEKALD on Wednesday morning, ceased its devastating work shortly after nine o'clock yesterday morning, by which time the last remnant of combustible material accessible to the devouring element was absorbed, and naught save the crumbling, charred and black- ened walls of that which in 1812 was regarded as one of our fineat specimens of engineering skill re- mained to tell the tale of former prowess and glory, It is not, indeed, to be wou- dered, then, that many a sigh of regret should be heaved by the gallent men of our army throughout the country wo have spent many hours within its precincts in the course of their term of service; nor, on the other hand, is it strange if the many hundreds who have lingered in captivity within the confines of its casemated cham- bers for their sins of disloyalty should rejoice at the wreck and ruin of their prison house, In the South there is many anexultant aspiration breatned to-day, upon the receipt of the news of the demolition of Fort Lafayette, by the erring sons of the nation who were forced to make themselves at home at the “Motel de Burke,” which latter title it gained from the urbane Colonel Martin Burke, whose name was 80 widely known as the jailer of the ‘“mgdern Bas- tlie” during tue war. THE RUIN presented to view on entering the fort yesterday was one of much grandeur. The fire still smoul- dering in the southwest angle of the structure, be- neath the débris of mortar, stone and iron, over which the wind swept in a constant and strong cur- rent, fresh from ‘Old Ocean,” through the port holes and crevices of the work, fanned afresh the dormant spark and bore evidence of the great heat which had so recently pervaded the confines of the place. The arches supporting the second tier of guns in battery being of timber succumbed readily to the flames, and,the immense weight of metal contained in tne heavy guns mounted thereon soon bore down and fell through to the lower tier. Parrot 100-pounders, ten in number, and the twenty-three ten-inch Co- lumbiads of the_casemates, being where they fell in Magnificent confusion, with iron bolts, bars and ap- purtenances scattered about. Shot and shell, ex- ploded and otherwise, lay strewn around on the sea side front, portions of the broken shells being scat- tered in every direction, resembling in some respects the interior of Fort Sumter after an engagement. The flooring, window frames, <c., cers’ and prisoners’ quarters, with the exteption of three casemated apartments on the southeast side (those oconpied by 8. R. lory, Cole, the pirate of Lake and that of the rebel Attorney General) were destroyed. ‘These escaped, the doors being tron and there was no lum- ber in the vicinity. The joists and heavy timbers being prepared for the new roof which qas in course of construction were consumed. The jhe magazine was cel in warm quarters, but the danger of explosion, upon close inspection, does not seem to have been so imminent as was ally supposed. ‘The powder is kept in @ bombproof apartment, the arches of which are of solid mason work. The outer apartment, against the door of which was piled 180 bundles of shingles, was used as 8 shell room. Then on the inside and on the right of this apartment was a door of heavy wood, lined with copper, the base of which was Stone work. A space of three feet or 80 inter- vened between this latter door and the inner one in which the dreaded powder was stored. ‘he fire burned the door leading to the shell room, set fire to the floor and ed the boxes from around the shrapnel, which was plied up‘on the floor near the entrance. Here it , and “fortunately 0, too, without even heating the outside door of the magazine. So that after all the general alarm was not based on substantial Teasons, though there is something peculiarly ter- rible in the very possibility of an- expiosion of the nature which report and fear Ec ground to. In vistting the ruin yesterday the writer was acco! — by Major adier, Son Seng Shaw and eutenant Capon, of the Fort Hamilton garrison, all of whom were of the opinion that the fort Is utterly unavailable for further use in any shape usa fort, and that the walls have to be taken down and the whole structure reBuilt. Indeed at any time one of the modern projectiles would readily penetrate the walls on the one side and pass out at the other. Iv is to be regretted that wiile there were no less than four cisterns or reservoirs inside Fort La- fayette, each well fitied with water, there was not a ie fke apparatus avatlable in the place for use, there been an engine at hand the officers are of the opinion that the tire would not have gained much headway before they would have extinguished it. But these regrets are all unavailing now that the damage has been done and Uncie Sain’s loas, though somewhat difficult to estimate at present, cannot fuil to fall far short of $250,000. Alter all tt may y Pree, beneficial, ultimately, and be the means causing & more formidable fortification to be reared in its stead. Three years ago the snoal upon which Fort Ropar siands was surveyed by the government with the view towards enlarging and improving the work, but owing to the fatiure of Congress to make the necessary appropriation of funds (or the consamia- tion of this object the matter fell througa and so the Toatter rested. ‘Che fort in question was orurinally designed as a water battery to Fort Hamilton, and is situated about 600 yards from the shore. THE REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR’ connected with this work are “varied and entertatn- ing,” in the words of the piay bill. Here it was, as previously stated, that onel Burke presided as chief custodian and jailer of al! refractory prisoners of war and State during the memorable period of the rebellion, ever mindful of the trust reposed in hiin and earning for himseif a reputation at once enviable and unenviable in the performance of his disagree- A os the prisoners of note confined there me was Admira Buchanan, of the rebel navy, who iost his leg and was taken at the capture of Mobile, At. The Admiral t# said to have been “the heaviesi imbler ever borne on the prison roster of Fort S. R. Mallory, the Secretary of the Confederate navy, occupied # casemate here until the 10th of March, 1966, Charles James Faulkner, formerly Minister to France and for several successive terms member of Lo pool from | Martinsburg, A Hg confined here ib Surgeon W: M. Page, of Virglnia, aiso. ips James Branch, ot of Washit 3, James Hayde, Vs Baltimore, ; Senator Hil hg Boag eral Fitz Hugh Lee, son of Robert ie, of Lake Michigan—each dwelt for a term within the narrow limite of this celebrated work: en Ke New York hotel burner, Cir the last hou life here and lere fualiy paid the penaliy of his crime, His b= ad interred in the reserve a near Fort liton. Brigadier General ‘tone, of the United States Army, was also ined at this’ fort for several months for some reason or other, which was never divulged by the War Depart- ment. in 1863-4 the rations were full and ample that were tary or War eductuded to curtatl whe lighter materials, ‘ar conclu nome ais This gave rise to much complaint among the prison- ho could not Lo pede? for this course of economy on the part of thé “Nort v= ernment.” The ration was, noreres: aaa ‘in the substantiais, and Mr. Mallory frequent q gon we abies ca tes Sees A to w evidence on the pid of the Suthortties’ tse the others were well ono: "of Fort Hamilton, who 80 abrupt on ‘Tuesday afternoon and evening, rei to their homes yesterday, (Mach rejoiced at An every. the same order ag when they Jeit their eee in Gommiciles the day previous. An Invoatigntion. For the purpose of baving a full Investigation as to the origin of the fire ead the extent of the danger to which the people had been subjected,§Aasitiant Fire Marshal Keady proceeded to the place yester day Morning and took the following testimony :— William Lane, superintendent of repaira, sworn:— Ireside in New Jersey; am superintendent of the works at Fort Lafayotte, under General Joon New. ton; I had fourteen men at work patting @ shed over the casemates at Fort Carayette yesterday: the mon went to dinner at twelve o'clock, noon; I way not resent at tuat time, but it is the usnal custom for the men to go to dinner at tweive o'clock; J know nothing of the origin of the fire of my own know- ledge; I know that these fourteen men went there 1m the morning to work; I was there in the afternoon; I gave the men orders to warm their cores ia the guard room; all urdinaty precaution Was used against fire; the firepiave, where the fire was made, was @ regular fireplace, built of brick and consid- ered perfectiy safe. Joseph Minew, «worn:—tI reside at Fort Hamilton; I am employed in the Engineer department, and was at Fort Lafayetic yesterday when the fre brok, out; about ten minutes before twelve o'clock A. il. went in and suade a fire tn the large direplace on the first floor, on tue right hand side from the gate; the room was used for soldiers’ quarters; wien J made the fre & Jeft and rang the beli for (weve o'clock; all the men then went fo diner after the bell was Fong; after dinner we went out on the dock to amuse ourselves at pitching quouws; woe were pitoh- ing quoits about ten jaivutes when we saw the dire; after discovering the fire two of us, Simeon Web- ster and myself, pone into ® woat Rod came over aud’ alarmed the guerd® on this aad | boat we went up and looked at 1! when I lit the 6 fire to see how it broke out; it broke out over the camuen ane sparks from the chimney; | made the dre that my- self and other workmen might warm their comleé; ¥ had no idea that it was going to set fire to the roof at all; there was a fire in the same place on the day previous, but those are the only two days that fires have been made there; Ido not kuow that there is any rule which prohibits the men from making as in the fort; the guard have a coal fire there; 1b wax understood that the guard did not want us to warm our coffee on their fire; I made the are of 4 and logs, pine wood; it was not a large fire; J not notice anythin unusual about tie fireplace re; Thave stated above all the facts 1 fire. We OE sworn—I reside at Fort Hamilton, yesterday a3 carpenter on Lataretie: 1 was there at noon wie the fire nated: the first I saw of the fire was smoke the root nese the middle, of the le of made by the previous like shavings; we ourselves by ropes, because stairway; when we into full of smoke and fire ran through the me then got Foes aioe by the pacer re was danger of the magazine e: hands, ‘ofllcers ancluded, then left the ba ress, and sought safety on the shore; 1 think gin of the fire was Lge accidental. ‘The Assistant Fire hal made the fohomme statement in regard to the condition of the the time he left it yeaterday:—1he soldiers were en. gaged in the gomewhat tedious mf extinguishing it with buckets, but producing any apparent effect. A the Tums are several unexploded shells, which & off atany time. The men are therefore stay too near the place, and wel they may be, judging from the effect of those shetia nat have Ploded. Some three or four of the shells exploded made sad havoc with the immenge doors, bursting large holes th them as if were paper, and passing far beyond the limits fire. One shell came clear over the wails aud lay in broken fragments on the docks. The intense heat may be imagined, when it ts stated that the wrought iron gun carriages on the lower tier were twisted and waryee in all imaginable shapes, a8 if they were so much wire rope. Tiere is no danger now RS it from the explosion of the maganine, as the in vicinity is entirely extinguished. The evidently a narrow escape last night. One of the outer doors protecting the magazine was burned through, but the sheet iron plating still protected the pl The building as it appears now is a ruined mass of brick dnd mortar. ‘There 1s scarcely a stick of wood anywhere to be seen. The ends ot the beams in the brick walla were - still burning at eleven o’clock, but beyond this there is no fire to be seen on the premises. As seen from Fort the ruins are black and desolate, The so) are still on guard there ss abi ith: - person pie nd without the proper authority. grou, - zens may be seen at intervals in the Tielnt of the fort, but the piercing winas make it unco. for them, and they depart after a hasty glance. if THE TWENTY-FIRST WARD SHOOTING AFFRAY. Ante-Mortem Examination. Coroner Flynn proceeded yesterday afternoon ty» Bellevue Hospital and obtained the ante-mortem statement of Patrick J. Kelly, of No. 410 West Forty- ninth street, who was shot on Tuesday afternoon in ‘Thirty-sixth street during a row over the election. The statement was as follows:— ‘ On the 1st instant, about half-past one o'clock P. M., I was standing in the Pens place on Second avenue, between ‘Tbirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth streets. I was there to challenge illegal voters .< challenj ® man whom i had seen before, but who Idon’t think lives in the district. The man attempted to vote and I challenged him, 1 then went outside the poiling place. Tie man whom —E had challenged and another man came up me and inade an offensive remark. T ia to them, “You need not expect anybody bere be scared.” I waiked away irom them towards Second avenue. When I got to the polling Boch een the Ninth district, in id avenue, Thirty-difth and T! ~2ixth streets, I saw a tall man, about six feet high, uilt, red features—a. bi rather ood looking young man, He and sheriff O'Briewt were ina crowd of about ten in number ranni towards us up Second avenue. Then | tried to sald. ‘You stand now,” and pulled open his coat, continued running down ‘Thirty-sixth street towards First avenue, aud cried out ‘Police, be- canse I thought he wus puiling out a revolver from his side pooket. Immediately 1 saw the tall man close to me. eard the report of a pistol and found myseif shot in the deft side, 1 out, “1 am shot,” cried then this man Goin: ing to Daniel Noble, the prisoner,) pal me down, but he is not the man who shot me. ‘Anotier shot was fired, which envered my on, the left side, @ littie above the lip, A crowd got around‘me and kicked and clubbed me. T amied out “Don’t murder me.” Two policemen soon after came up and carried we to a drug siore, and thence to Bellevue Hospital. The Coroner then adjourned the further bearing of evidence until to-day, aud in the meantime an- nounced that the prisoner (an Nollie) was released from the cus of the police, and that ie had been laced under the control of Deputy She®ur Peter icKnight ior the present. BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Trouble Between the Board and the ‘Trustees of the Twenty-first Ward. ‘This Roard met last evening at the hall of the Board, corner of Grand and Elm streets, with the President, Mr. R. L. Larremore, in the chalx The members were carly on hand, congratulating oy condoling, a4 circumstances prescribed, on the re sults of the recent election. Mr. Vance, who, during elght years past, has proved hinseif to be a most efficient member of the Board and an unflincing ad- vocate of the system and a firm friend of both teach- ers and scholars, having been obliged by the flat of the “unterrified” or the Sixteenth ward to retire from the position which he has bevet during his- term of office, was the recipient of many evidencer ana oo of regret at the result of the election When the roli_hed been called and a quoram was found to be to resent the usual routine was through with, and >= a few ‘matters of ‘inor im ‘a 2 rpc «the up the report on By-la Brections and caltdcouond ts regard to conflict aul tue Board of Education and the local Board of Twenty-first ward, which was referred to the e mittee at the previous meeting of the Board. is matter was one of more than ordinary im) which fact could be seen from the uni Sona cat aed de at a thcoe a the meeting. The report of the committee was guite tiusputs between the general ‘and toca oars feoume and local: mended the adoption of the following Resol' That this Board adheres to its action in to its dects' in cases hers tole lena carta ype py nebo eae oa of teacher the the orand ing the removal or in removi: malt Grammar. and in theft in of ‘that the cierk of this Board be of anid ward of U the trustees of er Netison offered to am the raso- the committee totane hart of a school.iinmediately, and to remain in contro: amuirs of the gchool mntil such time se the je performance Of heir Callen This amendinent rise to ® warm debate, ‘Messrs, Wetison aud Merrill contending that the oom. there armed with proper euthert there eS their ‘knees & motion amendment thd , Li son was lost and the report and resol Sage Eh comthittee were adopted and-ordered vi Lo After @ little further it business the Board adjourned, eTaacttigi THE CENTRAL PARK MUSEUM, ‘The following ere some of the donations to the: Contral Park Zoological and Mineralogical Depart ments stage those last acknowledged :— Qne Mexican ilon, captured near Lavado, on thr: Upper Rio Grande, Presented by Brevet Brigadier General N. B. McLaughicn, Captain Fourth United States cavalry. One grizzly bear, a rare and valuabte antmat, brought from the Rocky Mountains, and presented by Mr. T. C. Durant. Fifty-two Ponete of rare seeds, prevented by Mr. WW. i. Hall, United States Consul, Sydney, Austratia. One purple gailingle, presented vy iieury Balser, A specimen of granite used by the Mormons In- buliding thetr Templa at Utah. resented. by Rev Vincent Palen, United States Army. One pair Sebright baatams. Preeonted? by Mr James Tucker. ‘One duck, Prorentad by Colonel C. A.Johngon. rons ‘Tee-Tee imouxey. Presented by Mr. Henry ‘riedi@an. a One pair rabbita, Presented by Master ‘Theodor @ilman. is One pate prairie dogs. Presented by Mr.. Hoar? One, white Geo, B. #1 One rate da ond Looped ot the 28th ait # imatances of clopement of which we | occurred at Harrisonville in this county jast. Harrwon J. Whitetonse lett an Ww wife and six ebiidren and eloped with a won twelve years his #entor, "tag Mover Of oreo obtldtew and wire of lis brother; NOW an oid wan, bakiuge with him ome of his brother's norses. j oT