The New York Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1869, Page 5

NEW YORK CITY. Important Proceedings in the Courts. COMMITMENT OF COUNTERFEITERS, THE DOWLING-WCLELLAN IMBROGLIO. THE GREAT FENIAN FUND CASE. Rights and Liabilities of MZarried ‘Women. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. ‘The Late Haul of Couuterfelters—Four of the Accused Waive Examination—Testimony in the Case of the Defendant Lareen—AH the Parties Committed to Await the Action of the Grand Jury. Before Commissioner Shields, Fhe Untied States vs. Nicholas P. Larsen, Paul Bernone, Martin Frank, John J. Chavann ana Actite Poty.—The defendants in this case are French- men, the particulars of whose arrest and the serious charges against them were exclu- siyely given at iength im yesterday morning’s HERALD. They are charged with counterfeit- ing and using counterfeit tobacco and cigar stamps to a very large extent and thereby de- frauding the government of considerable amounts Of taxes, which the principal defendant, Frank, ‘would have otherwise had to pay on his business as a tobacco and cigar manufacturer. ‘The modus op- erandi of the production of the counterfeit stamps, the extent to which they were used, the paruculars of the capture of alleged defauiters, are already fur- nished to the readers of the HERALD. Yesterday the deiendants were brought up from Ludlow Street Jaii for examination belore Com- missioner Shields. When caled upon to plead, four of them, Martin, gi rank, .Cha- vann, Poty and Bornone watved an _ ex- amination, and were therefore commitied to await the action of the Grand Jury m default of $2,500 bail each, with the exception in the case of Paul Bernone, the alleged engraver of tae counter. feit plates and dies, whose bail was set down at $6,000, ‘The parties were then removed, EXAMINATION OF LARSEN. Nicholas P. Larsen, included in the afidavits sworn Qgainst the other parties, claumed an eXanination, he being represented by counsei, 4t was then pro- ceeded with. H. ©. Whiteley, Chief of Secret Service Division, examined—I Know wie defendant for some days past; first saw him oa Friday last; on that day 1 went w the Summit House, corner of Canal and Bowery in my official capacity; while 1 was there, and probably in the course of half an hoar, I saw Mr. Oberworth and another person come in together; Oberworth and the detendant then entered into conversation, which they Kept up for some tme somewhat excitedly, Larsen then left the house and going into the sireet jumped into a Second avenue car on its way down town. He re- turned in about half an hour and again joined and entered into conversation with Oberwortn. On the evening of the same day, from iniormation I had received, I went to Seventeenth street and Lexing- ton place, within sight of the prisoner's residence. Alter watching him a short time | saw Oberworth and Larsen near the door of Larsen’s house; they Waiked away from the house side by side and pro- ceeded bt Eighteenth street to and then down Broadway. I tollowed and, on a sign from Ober- Worth, rushed upon the defendant and arrested him. While I thus had him im charge I told him to tell ail the truth about the stamps ana tne operations in which he had been engaged. He denied having any knowledge of forged stamps or other illegal opera- ons, or having been engaged with any parties in counterfeiting | stamps or having. any complicity therein; 1let him then go for a bitnd; sent for him on Sunday; he came to my room; I agai asked him ail he knew, and he then told me he was selling these counterfeit stamps at fifteen cents on the dollar; he said also that when he met Oberworth he had them done up in @ package in the shape of a bottle and slip, them into his um- brelia, and that he left the umbrella behind him in the car; 1 toid him thatI did not beileve his story, and that he had better return the stamps to me; he raisted in saying that he was not able to do so— at they were in the umbrella, and that he would advertise for the recovery of the umbrella and the slamps; an udvertisement Was put in the HERALD, one areward of $100 for the umbrella; when asked who eons Bey, the reward, if claimed, he Bh his shoulders, but said nothing. In the cross examination witness said that the de- fendant had told nim that he had the counterfeit stamps upon him at the time of his arrest; that he had dropped tuem in the umbrella, and then left the umbrella purposely behind him on the cars. De- Jendant also said this was lite first deal and that he ‘was driven to it through poverty. J. L, Oberworth, a detective officer, examined:— ‘This witness was the party whom the chief had se- lected to bring the suspicions entertained against ail the defendants home agaiust them. He entered into; @ negotiation with Larsen, by which he was to recelve from the latter $5,700 worth of counterfeit stuf, apd which he was to for at the rate of tif- teen cents on jhe dollar. ‘The story of the umbrella as told by the previous witness was confirmed by ‘the witness. Aiter the prisoner was arrested they entered a car to proceed with him towards head- quarters; the defendant had then ap umbrella with him; noticed a bottie and the umbrella; when they left the cars and proceeded some distance it was found that the ambrella was missing. The umbreila or the bottle coutaiming the stumps has not been recovered. At the conclusion of the examination the defendant Was compitted to await the action of the Grand Jury in défault of $5,000 bail. The defendant was at on moved to Ludlow street jail, whither his al- toute actor) ices had been previously taken. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The Dowling-McClelland Imbroglio Case Continuation of Argument of Counsel, Before Judge Cardozo. MoClelland v3. Dowling and Kelly, Justices.— ‘This case, which is exciiing a considerable amount of interest among the legal profession and among our citizens generally, was resumed yesterday. The court room was crowded from tie opening to the close of the session, which was consuined by the closing argument of counsel on either side, Jvdges Dowling and Keliy were present in court during the day. Shortly alter twelve o'clock counsel for the re- spondent resumed his argument from the previous day. He commenced by reading a large placard which was posted in Judge Dowling’s court caution- ing persons having business In that court against employing what are called “Tombs skin- ners”, Cliqnes of these skinners had got ‘up articles of impeachment treqaently against se! justices, because of the vigilance exercised by hem in protecting parties from these unprincipied men, These practices nave now almost entirely dis- appeared from the Vombs, owing to the course pursued by Judge Dowling. Now, the jewelry case wag @ distinct breach of professional conduct on the part of McClelland, The ailidavits showed that one year ago he picolensnd) Was placed in discredit in the Court of Special Sessions, It circumstances had clustered around McClelland, in an adversé manner, and ff he were innoceni, it was due to the barlof New York that he should produce testimonials of character from Judges or lawyers, and he now offered lim the opportunity to do so, Cownsel then read several authorities showing that the Special Ses- sions was a court of record. The great principle underlying the application was that it was an appeal to the sound discretion of the Court. He next referred to the relation of attorneys to the courts of this State, and how that reiation could be forfeited, and read from the books to show that the Supreme Court, Special Term, was invested with power to remove an attorney and deprive him of his inetions for cause, {t had been weil settied that It ‘was the duty of a court of record to exercise its dis- cretion in determming who were to practice in the court and who were to be removed. A court of re- cord had, therefore, @ common law right to put a stay of proceedings on any attorney for cause wntit the question could be deliberately submitied to the Supreme Court. He read an opinion of the late Chief Justice io support of his position. But (counsel contmued) no order had been placed on we minutes in Judge Dowling’s court oxctuding Mr. Mc- Cledand from prat and therefore there was no- thing toact upon, The application of the promovant shonid therefore be for a prohibitory writ and not Jor amandamus, Suppose the contuctor of one of the city cars, should refuse to allow a person to ride on bis car should that apply to the Supreme Court fora mandamus? It was just the same with ‘this case. The promovant had not set forth in his papers that he desired or meant to practice in the Special Sessions, Was he to be sent there, then, under the protection of & mandamus to tantalize in the pos- and mock the court? No man session of his senses ‘would ever employ there, and if he consulted his own pro- that court. him priety he would never go into ‘The chances were that his application, if granted, could do him no goed. He had advertised the fac), in the most effectnal and pabitc manner, that he was in the worst odor there. At the most he could have it ood ith audience there. He knew that he was “E. ied with aversion and viewed with distrust, The relasor, in replying, said that the gentieman, in ) in bis own behalf he fg Ae Ce ree ye his part. He sentation of facts contained in the gentleman’s ad- A counsel on the other opted Judge Lynch's maxim tn disposi. of horse a et ge ary eo guilty until he was proved innocent. The tleman algo said that Judge Dowling should be supported in his efforts to secure @ decent bar. He wished to know who was to consider and decide as to the decency of the bar. Who was the functionary that Was to decide that? He had always understood that the Supreme Court ef the State passed on these matters. Judge Dowling uad turned lawyers out of hus court before him. He had seen fit to say to cer- tain members of the bar, “I will not hear you; clear out,” And this while gnage Dowling himself was doing an indecent act of public injustice. And was such @ juage to say whether they were or were not to have a decent bar? If that was not the most ex- jod ever used for ing @ de- cent bar then he did not know what decency was. Counsel then called the court's attention to the ad- missions upon the other side, and his assertions in his affidavit, which they had not attempted to dis- pute, The hour for adjournment having arrived before he concluded the court adjourned to this morning. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM, The Fenian War Fund Case—Proreedings Against August Belmont & Co. tor Con- tempt=Decisive Action of the Court—The Sum of $16,738 in Gold, on the Judge’s Order, Paid to Receiver Barr, and the Defendants Purged of Their Contempt— History of the Case. Before Judge McCunn. John O'Mahony vs. August Belmont, Ernest B. Lucke and John Lavwless,—Thia interesting litigation again came up before the court yesterday, on a mo- tion of counsel for the receiver appointed by the Court to be paid, to recelve and to retain possession of the sum of $16,738 70, in gold, Known as the Fenian fund, pending the order of the Court for its proper disposition, when the whole case shall have been heard and submitted, As has been betore reported, Judge McCunn. on the affidavits submitted to him im the case, issued an order on the 19th of the present month, directed to the defendants, Belmont and Lucke, to pay over to the receiver sonoma in the case, Mr. Thomas J. Barr, the funds, amounting to the sum as stated above and known asthe Fenian fund, which sum had been handed to them by Mr. O'Mahoney, at the time the chief executive of the Fenian organization. It may be here proper to state that in exchange for tnis sum, and for its due transmission to Ireland, Messrs, Belmont & Co, forwarded drafts for the amount to Ireland, which drafts fell into the hands of the British government and could not be honorea, and were consequently never paid, the money, as claimed, bemg still in the hands of the defendants. ‘There’ is a double suitat issue. The proceedi as originally instituted, and out of which mths present have sprung, were decided against Belmont and Lucke, in the interest of John Lawless, plaintt!, but now a party defendant in the present proceed- ings—a lawyer in Dublin—and who claims, through his counsel, Messrs. Rice, Wilson and Jones, of this city, the funds referred to as his due for professtonal services in the deferce of Fenian prisoners. The suit of Lawiess vs. He moni and Lucke originally was supposed to be a friendly suit, m the interest of what might be termed, as is alleged, armg. Mr. O'Mahoney at once instituted a suit in the interest of himself, aud to secure @ proper disposition of tne Fenian funds, making Lawless one of the de- fendants thereto. On Mr. O’Mahoney’s motion and on the aMaavits submitted the court appointed a receiver to whom the defendants Belmont and Lucke were ordered to pay over the funds in question until such time as the courts shall order a final disposition of the same, The case came up yesterday morning on a motion by counsel for Mr. Barr, the receiver, foran attach- ment against Belmont and Lucke to commit them for Fe dedie be of court in having refused to obey tne order of the court in the premises, SPICY DISCUSSION. Mr. James Henderson, counsel for the receiver, stated to the Court the grounds of the motion. Mr. William W. McFarland, counsel for Mr. Lucke, asked If there had not been a substitution of at- torney on behalf of the plaintift. Mr. Page (representing Mr. O’Mahoney)—There has been no substitution whatever. Mr. McFarlana—Did not Mr. Henderson, who. acts in the part of the receiver, act in procuring his appointment? judge McCunn—That 1s foreign to this issue. Mr. McFarland then craved indulgence of the court until to-morrow morni enable him to prepare Judge McCunn asked if Mr. Lucke was in court, and on being informed by his counsel that ne was pot, ag an adjournment was relied on, said he would hear no explanation in the matter until Mr. Lucke made his appearance in court. Counsel then dispatched a er for tbat gentleman, who soon after entered the court room. Mr. McFarland—I have entered into a stipulation with Mr. Tallmadge, who represented the plaintiff, that this matter should stand adjourned for the purpose of aliowing the defendant an opportunity to pre} affidavits. fr. Page (attorney of record for plaintiff)—I do not rec any stipulation entered into by Mr. Tallmadge in the matter. < Judge McCunn said he understood Mr. Tallmadge to be out of the case, und he therefore only recog- nized Mr. in the are caaie Mr. McFarland having detailed the 28 Ruperlor Courts, and which have already appeared Superior yu and whic! ve MJ fully Gs fgg HERALD, asked for time to send f0F some amday: Judge McCunn asked what in effect did the afMida- vits set forth. Mr. McFarland said he could not give the details. Judge McCunn remarked that it was eaay to state what the affidavit contained, because if counsel wanted time for any other purpose he would cer- tainly not grant it. Mr. McFarland was sorry that his motive was mis- construed. Judge McCunn—Counsel must have put the mis- construction upon it himself. Mr. McFarland had no object in view but that of sending forthe affidavits. He stood under the im- putation of having said something he could not mean. Judge McCunn—Yon certainly promised at your interview with me ip the other court room that you would consent to Mr. Barr’s appoiutment, and that you should arrange also to have him appointed re- ceiver in the other suit. Did you or did you not? Mr. McFarland—Beyond the slightest doubt I did, J MCunn—Why was not such a course pur- sued then? I want to know the reason and I will listen to no other, The disputes and bickerings of counsel I will not listen to, Mr. Lucxe is under con- tempt of this % If he is not here to pay these funds that don’t belong to bim, and adinitted by himself not to belong co him, I will lis'en to no other excuse, Is there any order of attachment drawn in this case? Mr. MoFarland—I desire to introduce aMdavits, 1 only want time to send to my office ior them, to show that Mr. Lucke cannot be required to pay this money and to show that he is notincomempi. On these questions [ must insist, standing as I do, repre- senting my client, under the threat of an atiach- ment, apparently for the purpose of beneilting te receiver and nobody else. Therefore 1 musi as« yo i dAgygt 0 determine the matter.” Te one adgé MeCunii—I think you should have brought those affidavits with you. Mr, Page—W hen We came into court this morning it was definitely and distinctly understood between counsel on both sides that there was notiing to be done here except to nd the money over to the re- ceiver, And now the bickerings and arguments which have taken place, the statements of counsel ‘on the one side and on the other, and even the state- ments between the counsel and the Judge are, I contend, entirely foreign to the cage at issue, Mr. McFarland psec ra ty arrange- ment ia one thing. am always ready to concede to anything having @ due regard to the interests of client; but when wrong is threatened, nothing short of God Almighty can move me one inch, Judge McCunn—I think without any divine inter- poston. ‘Whatever I will move you one inch or more in thie hatter. Mr. Page—We are here upon our legal bY and we are taking them. I am ready and willing to carry out the understanding entered into, Mr. Mc¥arland—Do | understand the Judge will allow you? Mr. Page—He will allow it. Judge MeCunn—What is tar? Mr. Page—Whether your Honor will allow the understanding to be carried out. i cadet es ; anything that is reasonable, fair and just. THE FUNDS PATD OVER. The following order was then prepared and sub- mitted to the Court: At w special term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, held at the Court House in sald efty o July, 186%. ‘Present, John H. MeCnan, Jistive a aay ot John O' Mahoney vs. August Belmont and Brnest B. Lucke.—On Feading and ling the adldavit of Thomas J. Hatt, the re- ceiver fn this wcsiony showing cue personal service on the de- fendant, trnest H. Lucke, of the order made at Spectal Term of this court on the 16th day of July, 1889, requiring the suid Emest B. Lucke and August Belmont to pay over and ce- liver certain personal property therein. specitind to such re- celver, and avo showing a demand of said property of the said defendants and thei lect and refusal to deliver the same or any part t juni on motion of James, Hender- fon, counsel [or the recelver, to punish said defendants for disobedience w sald order; now, after hearing Wiliam W. MoFarland, of counsel for the defendants, aud Roger J. Page, for the plaintf, it is hereby ordered foutante forcnwith comply! Yr ar the or madete Court on the 16th day of J i 1889, appointin, herein, by pevingte, said receiver the sum of to ore oie OF ie hips: Doenannt that the sald defendants be purged of and from And the sald. receiver ta hereby directed to pay the sum of $2,600 in United States currency to the defendants’ attorne; herein out of said fund ae Counsel feee and disbursements {n- curred herein, ‘And that in'defautt thereof on the part of the defendants anid Ernest B, Lucke stand committed to the common jail of the county of New York until the aad sum be paid to sald receiver, and thats warrant issue to oi this: order int effect. (Entered. ) JOHN H. MoOUNS, Mr. Page—Is that order gop to counsel? Mr. McFarland—The order ts the order of the Court, to which we are bound to conform; but I a want ae saan wood that We are volunta- con Judge Moouan NOt at all, The litigation can go On, of course. Mr. McFariand—It stands like any other order, Toe funds in dispute were then paid over to the receiver, by which the defendants purged themselves of their contempt. The motion standing over will be heard on the 27th inst., to which date the case was adjourned. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TEAM. Liability of Married Women—{mportant Opin- fon by Judge Brady. Hudson & Menet vs. Huyler.—In this action, brought against a married woman on a contract which, per se, is of a business character, 16 is no Jonger necessary to allege that it relates to her sepa- rate estate. The statute of 1860 (Laws, page 157) and the amendments thereto passed in 1862 (Laws, page 343) have conferred upon a mairied woman the power to carry on business on her own account as if she were femme sole, and have declared that the husband shall not be liable for any debts con- tracted her in such business. The effect of these enactments is to change entirely the legal status of a married woman, and to invest her in reference to any business which she may carr on on her own account with all the rights and privi- leges of a Jemme sole, and to subject her to the same penis asif she were unmarried. When, there- fore, she 18 sued upon @ business transaction the Presumption Is she contracted on her own account ‘with reference to her own business; and if such be not the fact she must make it apparent if she desires vo avoid habiitty. Having the right to make a con- ‘act, when one 1s made by her the presumptions mast be in favor of its legality and her consequent obligation according to its terms. For these reasons the motion to strike out demurrer and answer must be granted, with hberty to defendant to answer anew tn ten days, and with ten dollars costs to plain- tu, to abide event. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Floating Pen Case. Elward 8, Hidden vs, George Litle.—This case, Which has been pending before the court for some time, and which was referred finally to Mr. George Gifford, has at length been definitively settled. The Teferee has reported in favor of the plaintift and judgment has accordingly been entered in bis favor. For plaintuif—Mr, Henry R. Cummings. For defeudant—Mr. Edwin James, COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. A Man of Inexhaustible Humor Diverting Himself Upon Somnolent Passengers in City Cars—Meeting an Old Acquaintance and the Pleasing Reminiscences that Followed—A Gentleman of Various Residences and Alinses and Excessive Fondness for New Clothes Omnium Gatherum. Before Judges Dowling and Kelly. Midsummer and the general exodus to the country cause no diminution in the number of cases tried ia this court, Abundant spectators also remain to fill the court room, and the Jawyers continue as thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. There were fifty cases on yesterday’s calendar, comprising twenty-six charges of assault and battery, twenty-three of petit larceny and one of an attempt at picking pockets. A CITY CAR PICKPOCKET. First summoned before the tribunal of justice was Thomas Lully, @ young man, exceedingly weil dressed and of prepossessing appearance, accused of trying the little game of relieving a passenger on a Tenth avenue car of his gold watch and chain. The passenger whom he selected as the object of his manipulating attentions was in a semi-somnolent condition. Mrs. Harris, the witness against the ac- cused, saw him endeavoring to transfer to his own possession the timepiece of tne somnolent passenger, and at once called the attention of the conductor to the fact, who caused his arrest. ‘What have you w say to this?’ Judge Dowling asked the prisoner at the bar. “I was only joking,’’ he answered, with refreshing audacity. “I was going toshow the man how dan- gerous it was not to keep himself wide awake while riding in @ city car, and would have given back the watch and chain.” “Your fund of humor, Ihave no doubt, is exhaust- Jess,” said the Judge, ‘and the way you would have given him back his watch and chain would have been the height of tne humorous.” “1 am telling you the truth,” persisted the teacher of practical joking in one lesson. going to tell you the truth, too,” spoke up the Judge. “You ought to be ashamed of your- self for offering such a mendacious prevext. You are areguiar pickpocket, and you know it. Those nice clothes are the earnings of your profession. Car pickpockets are @ dangerous Class, and I intend to make an example of all who are brought before me. i shall send you six months to the Peniten- uary. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE, There ts a depth of poetic tenderness words can- not express in that aged song “Auld Lang Syne,’’ and so in meeting old acquaintances are warmed up and ail the finer feelings of the soul are intensitied into new life and beauty. The next prisoner proved to be an old acquaintance of Judge Dowling’s, and though at sight of this old juaintance scenes of auid lang syne presented themselves in rapid view to the mental vision of the Judge, there was nothing of poetic tenderness in it. Tne chords of memory of mnd—which, perhaps. may account for it. ‘This old acquaintance a peared under the name of John McNamara. Mrs. Norton, of No. 192 Hester street, who keeps furnished aodgings, re- cently rented him a room in her house, je brought no with him. 1n a day or two she saw him come in with an empty ; Soon she saw him leave with the vag which was now iull. Thinking it strange she examined his room, and found missing a pair of blankets and some plated spoons and forks. “Have you counsel?” the Judge asked the pri- soner, after the woman had told her story. “| will act as my own counsel, your Honor, with your permission,”’ he answered. ‘Certainly. You were educated for the bar, 1 be- lieve?” rep! the Judge. “T'was, sir.’? “Well, what is your line of defence 1” “An alibi.’” “Go on—call up your witnesses.’’ Miss Kate Smith, a remarkably ee looking young lady, was first called. She testified that she was with the Poser) on the day aud hour specified as the time the alleged larceny was committed. She told her story very straight, and could not be shaken on cross-examinauon. Mrs. Edwards, a washwo- man, testified to bringing the accused some washing at the time, She, too, stuck to her sort “Any more witnesses?’ asked the Judge. “No, gir; T think I have clearly proven an alibi.” “You think you have, Weil, I don’t,” said the Judge. ‘These witnesses ha’ it, and you know it. You are an tance mine; I find you guilty of this charge; you are an old offender; it is not many years ago since you com- mitted forgery and were sent three years to the State Prison; you es from prison; I took a complaint against you helping prisoners escape from Blackwell's Island; you were tried on this charge im the General Sessions and sentenced one year to the Penitentiary; it is unnécessary to go through your history; you see I know you, but you thought L would not; you are @ man of edugation and ability; you schooled your ‘ritnebsss in the tes- timony they were to give; 1 send you six months to tue Penitentary.”? “FONDNRSS FOR NEW CLOTHES, Another well dressed and young looking man was Hg at the bar charged with assaulting Anna Wal- ace, He was arraigned under the name of George Wison, but Judge Dowling, who never forgets faces, at ouce recognized him, as he asterwards stated, as an imported English thief. ‘The assault was of the most aggravating kind, and he pleaded guiity, “Where do you live?’ the Judge asked him. “Ato4 Bleecker street,” was the immediate re- U8 a private residence,” said the Judge, “and I happen to know the family living there.” “1 did live there.’? “You never did.”? “Well, call it No. 49 Crosby street.’” “Or any ovher street or numper (”? “Yes, anywhere you please.’? ae have aiven your right name?” “Yes, ' Mea you get your name changed by the Legts- jatyye ? ©No. What do you mean?” “| knew you ,ast as Bill English. You can change your name and dress as oiten as you please, but you cannot change that face of yours. I accept your pa of guilty and sentence you six montns to the Penitentiary.’? ‘Thaws rongb, Judge.” ‘How 80?” “Rough to prevent my wearing out my new clothes. I have a fondness for new clothes and have only just got chis harness,’’ MISCELLANEOUS CASES. William Rassel! was found guilty of an aggravated assauli on Alice Shaw, The Judge suid in view of his being @ notorious pane! thief ne would send him #ix monvhs to the Pénlientiary. Mary Sullivan was charged by Margaret McGinniss With biting off one of her pippies. Some women in court were requested to examine and see if the statement as to the alleged mayhem was correct, and on their coniirmation of the com- plainan’’s statement the accused was sent six months to the Workhouse. ‘William Clancy, a large strapping fellow, was found guilty of assaulting a small mao with one art who undertook to prevent kis stealing some coiten on pier No. 8, North river. Hie was sentenced two months to the Penitentiary, and fined flity doitars, John Harold was sent two months to Biackwell’s Island for beating his wile. John Fisher, who pieaded gutlty of the larceny of a coat, was sent four months to the same institution. dames Hahn gave oMfcer Clinton a lesson in the nugiliatic art. He was given ten days in the City rison to rest his muscles, COURT GALENDARS—THIS DAY. SuPREME COURT CAHAMBERS.—UCourt opens haif- past nine A.M. Calkof calendar at quarter to ten A. M. Chambers will be held during the residue of the month by Mr. Justice Cardozo; on and after July 21, 1869, during the month the calendar will be called at a quarter to ten A. M. By order of the Court. CHARLES B. LOEW, Clerk. CHAMBBRS.—Reserved cases—Nos, 3, C4 83, 37, 39, beg en Bed 66, 75, 84, 99, 116. Call 123. |ARINE Le oy: Mon Court—' RM.—No calendar. BR AND TERMINER.—The People vs. Cornelius , felonious assault and battery; Same ve. Same, fclonious assan't and battery; Same vs. Same, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. Matthew Campbell, murder, CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tar WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record ‘will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-lour hours, in comparison with the cor- responding day of last year, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, corner of Abn street:— 1868. 1869. 81 8 70 16 3 13 8 72 Average temperature yesterday.. aocccest Average temperature for corresponding date iast FaTAaL Lamp Exriosion,—Coroner Flynn was yes- terday called to the Morge to hold an inquest on the body of Patrick Doran, whose death was the result of burns received on the 27th ult. by the explosion of a fluid lamp at No, 187 Franklin street, SERIOUs AccIpENT.—John Gorman, employed as driver for Dixon & Brothers, No. 120 Gregory street, Jersey City, yesterday fell off his truck, and, receiv- ing severe injuries on the ieft shoulder and back, was sent to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. FounD DEAp.—Mrs, Rignev, a woman 85 years of age, who lived alone ina rear room on the second floor of premises 260 Firat avenue, was found dead at half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning. Cor- one Flynn was called to hold an inquest on the ye PICNIC PROUIBITED.—St. Bridget’s (Roman Cath- olic) Temperance Society were to hold a picnic to- day at one of the up town parks, but late last eve- ning Father Thomas J. Mooney, the parish priest. notified the members of his congregation that the affair, for certain reasons, 1s prohibited, SuppEN Deatn.—Yesterday morning Patrick Mur- ray, employed as bottle washer in @ saloon corner of Broadway and Reade street, was seized with con- vulsions and died soon afterwards. Deeeased was about forty-eight years of age, and a@ native of Ire- land. His body was removed tothe Morgue, and Coroner Schirmer notified to hold an inquest, ImpoRTANT TO Liquon DEALERS.—The clerks at Treasurer Manierre’s office complain of the neglect of liquor dealers to call for their checks on licenses, About one-fourth of the entire number entitled to nave money refunded to them have failed to call for it. after the 23d, rriday of each week will be the pay days, and applicants need not call at other times. { THE ECUADORIAN CoNsULSHIP.—Mr. Gregorio Do- minguez, who was deprived of the consulship of Ecuador at this port, by reason of his unjust incar- ceration about a year ago, has been reappointed thereto, the complete vindication of his character before Judge Blatchford having had its due weight with the government of Ecuador, He has been fully recognized by President Grant. FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—Some days ago Mat- thew Water, a laborer in the employ of the Harlem Railroad Company, while engaged in coupling cars at Bronxville, Westchester county, was caught be- tween the cars and terribly crushed. He was brought down to the city and placed under treat- ment in the Bellevue Hospital, where he died on Monday. Coroner Flynn was notified. DeaTH FROM INJURIBS.—Louis Rothschilds, a butcher, died in Bellevue Hospital on Monday from the effects of injuries. Ou the 16th ultimo deceased attempted to drive his horse and cart under a shed in Forty-eighth street, near the East river, when, by coming in contact with a portion of the shed be- neath the roof, was knocked backwards from his seat with great violence and fractured his spine. Death was the result. Deceased was thirty-two years of age and a natfve of Germany. He lived in First avenue. OnSEQUIES OF MR. HENRY GRUBE.—The obsequies of thelate Henry Grube of the German New Yorker Demokrat, took place yesterday from the German- American Academy in Market street. About ten o’clock A. M., the teachers and pupils met at the in- stitution, as did also a number of friends of the de- ceased, chiefly from the German-American press of this city and several German singing and other soci- eties, After a funeral hymn had been one e by the Arion Maennerahor, the corpse was taken from the academy by the way of Catharine ferry to Green- wood Cemetery where Dr. R. Hirzely, director of the academy, pronounced a eulogy at the grave, and @ short hymn was sung by the singers present. A Very Lance Merzor.—At twenty-five minutes to ten o’clock last evening a splendid meieor of an emerald color, apparently as large as one-half of the diameter of the moon (then shining serene and clear on the southern meridian), moved slowly into the atmosphere at a point about forty-five degrees above the north-northeast horizon, or ten degrees north of Deneb or Alpha, in the constellation of Cygnus After moving for five seconds, with its train of red, yellow and blue, over an arc of thirty degrees, in a direction north by west, it suddenly disappeared, This was a remarkable meteor. It cast a deep shadow eveo under @ moonlit sky. Mention will no doubt be made of this meteor from points 100 miles around New York. A MEN«GERIE OF SHYSTER LAWYeERS.—During the proceedings in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Judge Cardozo, in tne case of McClellan vs. Judge Dowling, there was seen among the spectators an immense gathering of wnat are known as “shyster” lawyers, usually found prowling about the police courts, and who gain @ precarious livelihood by preying upon the misfortunes of the lower class of criminals. It 1s authoritatively stated that any of these harptes will plead a case for a fee, from the price of a driak to the taking of the coats of their clients. A movement is now in progress to get an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court to strike the names of some twenty or more of these fellows from the roll of honorable counsellors. Toe DeATH OF Miss CaRLISLE.—Coroner Schir- mer yesterday concluded the inquisition, previously commenced, in the case of Miss Margaret Carlisle, whose death resulted from injuries received on board one of the Weehawken ferryboats, on the 28th ult., by being Kicked on the head by one of the carriage horses belonging to Judge 8S. D. Phelps, living at Teaneck, N. J. The particulars of the case have heretofore been fully reported in the HERALD. Judge Phelps deposed that the horse which ki de- ceased was perfectly gentile and tractabie, and was never known to kick before, The jury, after hearin all the testimony, rendered a verdict of accidental death, Miss Carlisle, it will be remembered, was a teacher in the Thirteenth street School, near Sixth avenue. ACCIDENT ON THE NEW Haven RAILRoAD.—The New Haven Railroad uses ‘‘double-ender” engines 4t Noy Haven to run cars into the yard, About six o’olock yesterday morning one of these engines ran a train into the depot which was to come to this city. The engineer then ran the engine down into the yard, where he found a@ freight train backing towards him. To avoid a collision he reversed the action of his engine. He was not quick enough, and saw that the freight train would strike his engine. The engineer therefore leaped to the ground. Ashe dtdso his hand was on the throttle valve, and in jumping he uninten- tionally opened the valve. This started the engine toward the depot, and itran into the postal car with great force, damaging both the engine and car. Mr. Butler, the postel agent, who was in the car, fortunately escaped with sight injury. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ASSUCIATION.—A stated week- ly meeting of the above organization was held yes- terday afternoon at the Women’s Bureau, No, 49 East Twenty-third street. In the main the business was of routine character, Miss Susan B. Anthony presiding. The most important matter brought be- fore the meeting Was introduced by the lady presi- dent, Who, after referring to the mtion at Saratoga, uavelt atsome length upon the necessity of thoroughly working the St of New York in the interest of the woman suffrage question, To this end Miss Anthony appointea ‘e. Gage, of Fayette- ville, to take charge of the State, instructing her to proceet at once in organizing women’s suffrage con- ventions in the various counties in the State of New York. Miss Anthony also stated to the meeting that it was Intended during the fall months to endeavor to organize the Western States. In September Miss Anthony aad Mra. Livermore will start for (he West, and will occupy three or four months in jog and holding coaveotions in that part of the country, POLICE INTELLIGENUE. ASSAULT UPON AN OFFIOER-—Two young men, Henry Mirtzell and Michaei Gill, were yesterday ar- raigned before Alderman McQuade, at the York- ville Police Court, on a charge of assaulting officer Marchey, of the Nineteenth precinct, while he was in diseh of his duty. It appears that some trou- ble occufred on Monday at a picnic in Jones’ Wood, and the officer, while trying to quell the disturbance, was set upon by the prisoners, Both prisoners gave ball to answer, ALLEGED DISHONEST BaRTENDER.—A middle aged German namea Emanuel Dixunt was yesterday ar- rained at the Essex Market Police Court, before Justice Shandiey, charged with grand larceny. Mrs. Genevieve Stoftieth, of No. 187 Seventh strect, stated that Emanuel tended bar in her lager beer saloon at the above number, and that during her temporary absence from home on Monday afternoon she lost a watch and chain and other jewelry of the total value of $116, A lady who lives in thé same house, Mrs. Gunter, deposed that she saw Emanuel go Wo @ bu- reau in Mrs, Stofleth’s room and take a quantity of Jewelry from one of the drawers. Held for trial. FORGED ORDRR OF RELEASE FROM BLACKWELL'S ISLAND.—A man giving bis name as Solomon Free- man, and @ woman giving her name as , Flora Mora- shanty, were yesterday arraigned at the Tombs Police Court on a charge of atvempting to effect the ORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. release of a prisoner from Blackwell's Island through forging the name of J Dowling vo an order of discharge, Captain Jor ‘of the Sixth precinct, happened to be present when the order was present- ed, and detecting the forgery at once the parties named above who offerét The accused were committed in default of $1,000 each to auswer the charge. A Desperate NecREss,—About half-past eleven o’clock on Monday night officer Michael F, Powers, of the Eighth precinct, heard a great uproar in Wooster street, and proceeding there discovered a notorious negress, named Eliza Willis, drunk and disorderly. He tried vo arrest her, but she escaped. A time short afterwards he encountered her on the corner of the street and at once laid hold of her. Suddenly, and when he was not expecting violence, the maddened creature produced a razor and made three attempts to cut his throat, but was eventually overpowered and secured. She was brought before Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday morning and arraigned on @ charge of felonious assauit, which she did not attempt to deny, but, on the contrary, declared her iatention of taking the officer’s iMe the first favorable oppor- tunity. She was committed for trial. ALLEGED RIVER THIEVES.—Some of the harbor police accomplished yesterday the arrest of quite a gang of supposed river thieves. At half-past three A. M., officer Menard came across two men in a small boat in ssuttermilk channe! hav- ing seven bales of wool in their possession, to which they were unable to establish claims of rigntful own- ership. Two hours laver Sergeant O’Brien and offl- eer Doyle came upon two more smali boats in the bi about midway between Red Hook Point aad Be loe’s Island. In one boat was found fifteen sacks of barley and in the other three bags of sugar, the ion of which could not be accounted for on @ le basis. Ineach of these boats were two }, all of Whom were arrested. The prisoners gave their names as James Burns, James White, James Fuley, Thomas Clements, Timothy Mahoney and Daniel Burns. They were taken to the Tombs Police Court when Judge Kelly, eeareny occupying the bench, committed them for trial. PLAYING THE OFFICER.—Excited by ramors of the extensive business done by policemen in “knocking down,” a man named John Corcoran, has lately as- sumed the réle of Metropolitan detective, and has detailed himself to “work up” cases among the street walkers of Broadway. From the complaint of Mary Reilly, who appeared at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesteraay morning to prefer a charge against him, It would seem that he has been moderately suc- cessful ta his speculation. It is alleged that he has been in the habit of blackmailing unfortunate women, representing himself as an ofiicer of the Metropolitan police. He tried 1t once too often on Monday night, and had the misfortune to excite the wraih of an oficer, whose gorge rose at such a fla- grant infringement of legicimate rights, and he was arrested, The proposition he made to Mary Reilly Was not considered unusual, but as he could only exhibit a policeman’s club when requested to display his shield lus bogus character became apparent, He was committed to answer at the Special Sessions. THE CITY HALL PARK. Contemplated Improvements. I8 does not require a very great stretch of memory to any of the old residents of the metropolis to bring again to their minds the City Hall Park as a plea- sant down-town resort—when the Battery was the great lounging place for old and young who wished to enjoy good air and a taste of the rural in the urbal. The City Hall Park sufMiced for those who lived at a little distance from the iower end of the town asa pleasant promenade. The children and the old folks enjoyed the shade of tne trees in the gay time, admired the play and spray and dash and splash of the fountam, while the gamins, by the ex- ploits with pebbles of hardened putty, known as marbles, achieved reputations of ‘Park shooters.’’ The inroaas of business on the dwellings down town gradually drove the residents away, and the Battery and City Hall Park became deserted, deso- late and 4 . The Battery appears to be almost beyond the possibility of reclamation, and the City Hall Park, although form- ing a sort of oasis in the great desert of trade and business down town, has been falling away in the estimation of the people, and has assumed, to a at extent, the appearance of a demesne uncared for by its owner and fast going to decay. The mar- gin around the fences hag been monopolized by dealers in cholera-breeding fruit, Washington pies, cheap oyster soup, tough waffies, questionable li - ture, stinkadora cigars, ice cream (a penny glass, with two spoons), seaweed for chewing and other delectable refreshments, including pink lemonade. Inside the Park has been mainly given up tO boot blacks as a “gambling” place. loafers, “bumimers,’”” politicians, policemen and other disreputable charic- ters. It has been growing ‘‘no better very fast,” and Co epemped people frequented it only as a means of making short cuts to and from their business places. It 1s, indeed, an almost worthless lot. At length, however, there is a prospect of improve- ment. The erection of the new Post Office building at the lower end will make a@ great change in the general appearance of the place, and stilt further improvements about to be inaugurated will add to its beauty and utility, The city surveyors, under the direction of the Street Commissioner, have already commenced making the neces sary surveys for the purposed alterations, which, as far as Known, will be somewhat as follows:—That sidewalks on either side between the northern boundary of the United States government propert, and the City Hall, together with the fences, i be removed, and some twenty feet on each side be thereby added to the roadways. The portion mea- sured off will be neatly and substantially paved, and form thus @ handsome plaza, The more sub- stantial of the trees will be allowed to rewain and will be protected by necessary fixtures from being injured by passers-by. The paving will be conun- ued up at each side of the City Hail and Register's office, and between these buildmgs and the Court House the ground will be laid outin neat garden plots, wita spacious walks neatly concreted. It 1s intended to push the work forward with all due promptness. It is to be hoped that no truck- ling, trickery or jobbery will be permitted to inter- fere with or delay the completion of this much- needed improvement, and there can be no doubt that the citizens of the metropolis will thank those by whom the alterations were conceived and carried out. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Ithas come to the knowledge of the sanitary in- spectors in their travels through the city that hy- drophebia is on the increase. Dr. Motris reports that a woman residing in Harlem lane is now at the point of death from the effects of a bite from a mad dog. In the upper portion of the island a large number of rabid dogs are ranning at large, and the police will not take the responsibility of executing them. Between the Mayor, Mr. Bergh and the Board of Health, the dogs are permitted to run at large to the great danger of the public. The coun- sel of the Board some time ago gave it as his opinion tnat the Board had jurisdiction of the dog question, and submitted an ordinance for the destruction of plebian curs that were found roaming about without a master. This ordinance was refer- red to the Sanitary (Committee, whogreferred it back to the Board with their report on the subject of rabies, The Board, with their usual timi|'ty when litigation is in prospect, failed to take anv oiher ac- tion than to recommit it jto the committee where it lies as dead as poor old dog Tray, as far as Wie action of the Board is concerned. GENERAL HBALTH. The Sanitary Superintendent reports nothing new yesterday, with the exception of the death, sud- denly, of @ male negro from what was reported to be cholera, He immediately notified the Coroner's oflice, With @ view of baving an inquestheld. The Sanitary Committee again met yesterday, but nothing was learned as to their session, which was had with «losed doors. The subject of: street clean- liness is stiil the exciting one in sanitary circies, and various gentlemen have offered suggestions on the subj Some, clatin that the great cause of the filthy condition’of the thoroughfares is the neglect to separate the slops from kitchens from the ashes, In Boston, Providence and other cities parties con- tract for the removal eT oe and make handsome sums Pet year out of it, The ashes, wiuch are kept for fillmg in purposes, and which in themsel re somewhat of a disinfectant charac ter, are never permitted to be mixed with other débris of the kitchen, Which ig kept in close vessels for deliver, ) the cats. It 18 argued that the adop- tion of that plan heré would largely contribute to Keep the stveet# clean, and is certainly worthy of the attention of the Board of Health, A HEAVY DAY'S WORK, The streets of the entire territory lyiug between East Houston and Twenty-seventh sirects, from First avenue to the East river, with the exception of Seventh street, were yesterday cleaned and disin- fected by the Board, as also were West Broadway, ‘Thomas, Desbrosses, Watts, Hoboken, Laurens, Leouerd, Franklin, Uherry and Hamiiton streets. GREEN FRUIT. one of the greatest dangers to health which the authorities have to contend against in the sammer time is the green frurt business. Contend against tt | they do, as far a8 advice and learned digests on the yurchasers of green fruit are children, who do not fhow any better than to staff themselves with ae ever new article in the way of fruit the merchants at the stands lay their hands on, and parents should consequently take warning and put the little ones on their guard against the unwholesome stuff. Just now apples seem to be the only green frait that nas made its appearance to any cron extent; although, in their eagerness to be first in the fleld and make a few pennies extra profit by taking advantage of the popular hankering after the latest productions from the orchards, some of the apple men have got in a stock of very small peaches, the eating of any of which is quite enough to endanger a man’s life. ‘The apples that are being sold are all unripe, and those that allow their love for frait to get the better of them may have occasion before the summer 1s over to rue their imprudence. It will be quite time enough several weeks hence to indulge in “fresh” fruit, The stock of some of the dealers is so unripe that it is downright murder for them to offer it for sale for eating purposes. It may be all very well to sell t dished up in some way thet the pastry folks Know best about, but to scatter it over the city to the various stands and allow it to be given out to little children is criminal in the extreme. The health authorities never fail to make @ great pow-wow when they find a butcher or@ fish dealer selling tainted meat or decayed fish, and always make short work of the man’s stock by throwing it into the gar’ heap. The law which authorizes them to protect the public health in this way gives them full authority to protect it by pre- venting the sale of any article of food or relish t they may consider detrimental to health; and tl should see to it that the sale of green fruit is stop! at once. A learned dissertation on the thickness of the rind of a green apple as compared with that of a ripe one is hot the thing that will prevent sick- ness from the eating of green fruit, but a seizure of all the Seath-deality stuff that can be found by the Board of Health is the only means to head off deaths from diarrhwa or something; worse, “What saya. Mrs. ’Arris’—of Mulberry street? THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 1f the eagacious and much-enduring beast that carried the prophet Baalam were alive now—and the supposition is not altogether preposterous—for who ever saw a dead donkey?—Hf that famous animal were alive then, and still possessed its miraculously acquired power of speech, it would in all probability have trotted forward long ere this and thanked Mr. Bergh in the most feeting manner, in the name of the brute creation, for his generous and untiring ef- forts to punish, and by punishing prevent, everything in the shape of cruelty to animals. Butalas! Baa lam’s assis dead, The fact of its not having put in an appearance ere this is proof conclusive that the beatified beast which saved the prophet’s life exists no jonger in the flesh. The Wandering Jew still waiks the earth with nis funeral expenses, consist- ing of a handful of antique silver pieces, struck from the same die as those in which Judas was paid, jingling in his wallet, and the wandering Jew may prove a “dead beat” to the undertakers of all coming generations, down to the crack of doom; but Baalam’s ass is dead—dead as old Marley, or the proverbial door navl—and no other member of the brute creation being gifted as was that sagacious creature, Mr. Bergh must content himself with the thanks of the less brutal members of his own species for the indefatigable manner in which he prosecutes the noble task he has undertaken. Thanks are also due and will doubtless be liberally awarded to those who have assisted Mr. Bergh in the good work which he so bravely inaugurated. The third annual report of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which has effects of atoo hearty meal of unmpe apples are concerned, but further than this they do not go to protect the unwary. Itisa weil known fact that every diarrhova or cholera morbus breaks out almost | like an epidemic in the city at the same time, and it has been noticed that the diseases first begin to rage with more than visual violence exactiy at the when green fruit is first brought to During the past few days the business in unripe | fruit has been carried on quite extensively by the | merchants, male and female, whose warehouses are contined t% the shaky stands erected along the curbstones, and no one need be sur. ised, therefore, to hear of cholera morbus or some Rieenee equally agreeabie making its appearance in certain parts of the city, AS @ general thing the just been issued in book form for gratuitous distri- bution throughout the length and breadth of the Jand, will do much toward promoting the ends of the parent society in this city and encouraging the members of the diiferent branch establishments to renewed exertion. At the last annual meeting of the society President Bergh, in the course of his eloquent address, congratulated the members on the vast amount of good which had resulted from their labors of the past three years, and said:— Our precocity has been and fs a theme for continued re- mark on the part of our foreign contemporaries in their pert- odical reports, and an honorable spirit of rivalry is thus en- ndered, which turns to the profit of those creatures which it is our mutual province to protect. In short, I think I may assert that our only enemies are those that are hostile to public and domestic peace and happiness; and were it not for whom this society would be unnecessary. Their cruelty and oppression called ft into being and furnishes it with the mournful material which perpetuates it, When I remember the pecullar crueities which three years ago disfigured the streets of the city—the binding of sheep ‘od calves and piling them on top of one another in cai like bags of grain or cobblestones; the unrebuked pounding and working of sore and disabled hortes, and the abusive language with which remonstrance was assailed by the per- petrators of these wrongs—and contrast the present altered circumstances with that period, I reali the importance of the work which has been achieved. jut when, on the otber hand, I retlect on the inhumanities which still meet my view, during my wanderings through the highways and bywavs of this great metropolis, I'am painfully conscious of the labor yet to be performed.’ But that Providence which takes note of every sparrow will surely complete the good work in His own good time. Mr. Bergh being considerable of an enthusiast in his way It is no wonder that, m view of the progress already made, he should be sanguine enough to an- ticipate the eariy advent of toat joyful era when the ans of the lower creation shall have an end, and, the language of the poet:— When lambs, with wolves, shall grace the verdant mead, And boys, in'fowery , the tiger lead— ‘The steer and lion at dne crib shail meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrims’ foet ; ing infant 1a bis hand, shall take ‘The crested basilisk and the spéckied snaxe; Pleased, the green lustre of the scales survey, Aud with their torked tongue and pointless sting shall play. LAST YEAR'S WORK. The third annual report opens with congratula- tions on “the gratifying progress the work of mercy is making in our city, State and country.’ Di the year ending May 6, 1869, 264 cases were prose- cuted, and those which were disposed of through the milder instrumentality of remonstrance and _re- buke are declared to be far too numerous to mention. The reports and other publications of the society which have been extensively disseminated in tns country and abroad have called forth the most em- phatic commendation of kindred iastitutions throughout the world, President Bergh, in addition to his.otber good works, delivered lectures on the working of the society*before the Farmer's Club at the rooms of the American Institute, and before the Pennsylvania, Albany and Massachusetts societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animais. The horse market has been in a 5; al degree under the surveillance of the society, the sales have been attended by special detectives, and the recur- rence of such revolting cruelties as were formerly practiced at this place has been effectually pre- vented. Between the months of August and Decem- ber over 300 horses unfit for use were destroyed through the bg prongs | ofthe society, and 150 animals were turned out of the market as uoft for sale. Between January and April ever 100 useless horses were put beyond further misery by the soct- ety’s agents. . ‘The society has protested against the reprehensible ractice of stabling horses and other animals ta cel- lars and upon the second and third floors of insecure buildings. A record has been kept of the number of horses which have perished by tlre during the last three years, and the total for this city alone is given at 1,200. In January Mr. Bergh made a visit to a “swill milk” manufactory in Williamsburg, and found 800 cows and oxen in one stable, each secured by a rope eighteen inches long, or, rather, eighteen inches short, and confined in stalls thirty inches narrow. The society has kept kindred establisuments in this county under salutary restraint, In investigating the quality of the feed sola for the consumption of horses, the astounding discovery was made that there are establishments in the city where plaster of Paris, marble dust and other foreiga and deleterious matvers are ground up and mixed with the feed im the proportion of thirty, forty and even fifty per cent. At the request of the soclety the reward for the delivery of dogs at the pound was reduced to twenty- five cents, and persons under eighteen years of age were forbidden to engage in the capture of the unfor- anines, The published report states that from to August 29, 1868—the period during which the dog pouad remained Opetr. tare were only 938 dogs killed, whereas during the same period the preceding year there were 6,763, showing a differ- nee Of 0,825, aud a ‘saving to the city treasury of 12,892 06. ‘Thanks to the persistent efforts of the members of the society, such cruel and demoralizing exhibitions as dog and cock fights are soon to be ranked among the barbarisms @f bygone days. ‘rhe inhuman practice of abandoning horses to perish of exposure and hunger when no os ser- Yiceable is happily not 80 frequent as formerly, Alb fe of with mach cases which have come to the knowl the officers of the society Lave been prosecut relentless severity, Of the 264 cases prosecuted by the society 100 re~ suited in convictions and sentences of tine or im- prisonment, ‘The case of P. V. Bowers, who was prosecuted for exposing to the pubiic a so-called “living headiess rooster’? was @ rather amusing as, on examining the fowl, Mr. Bergh discovel that its head was securely stowed away in an in- gentousiy contrive: artificial elongation of the neck, The repopt is tilastrated with carefully executed eng! ngs, and tie cover ts embellished with a pic~ ture of a fountain designed expressly for the society, A fluted shaft, surmonated by an elabo- rately carved capital, Mes gee @ basin m which horses end such like cactle can quench their thirst; | the pedestal forms a drinking trough for dons, he and at the top of the shaft are appliances for furnisiung Adam’s ale in unlimited quantities to all such thirsty souls a8 may choose to. imbibe. ‘Tl clety’s fountain las been approved and adopt tne Board of Health, and it ‘been decided to erect some filty Or sixty of them as soon a8 possible 11 as apy different parts of the city, The e sheet of the society atiords ample Proot of 1a touriaiting conddtion, a& withess:— i868, May 1—By balance nae cess eo $8y222 On hwia, five 5-20 U. 8. — . bon J On band, two 10-40 U. S$. bonds. 2000 The secretary, ia acknowledging the society's in+ deviedness to the press “for the continued support #0 geucrously accorded,” says: — If {t8 officers have occasionall; from a wellaimed and merry jarelig, ney have the cousoling ae flection that whenever the good cause itself has been its enemies bave been aterniy and promptly rebuked by it,