The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1870, Page 6

6 TUE STATE CAPITAL. Payment of the Ante-War & Debt in Coin. The Bill Abolishing the Court of Special Sessions Passed in the Assembly, Rotroduction of Bills for the Abolition of the Board of Supervisors of New York and the Police Commission. THE RAGGED SCHOOL QUESTIO ALBANY, Feb. 18, 1870, THE STATE ANTE-WAR DEBT. Im the discussion upon the report presented by Mr. Jacobs, from the Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Musved ofered @ minority report in the shape of a preamble, declaring, that in obedience to the late de- emion of the Supreme Court, the ante-war debt shall ve paid im coin, “Mr. Jacobs insisted that the ma- jority of the committee designed that the people of New York should order the payment of this debt in ‘coin, of their own free will, and not at the dictation ‘of any court. Mr, rields took the same view. Mr. Lattiejona sustained the amendment. Mr. Jacobs said that as the preambie made no difference in the ection of the committee they were willing to accept we amendment. Upon a reconsideration vote. upon whieh there was a good deal of fun, the preamble aud report were adopted. BEPHAL OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS BILL. The motion which Was adopted last night brought ep the bill in the Assembly to-day, at noon, repeal- ‘mg Wwe Court of Special Sessions law, giving to two police justices (he right to act as judges of Special Sesmous, with ap aduitional salary of $1,500 year. ‘There Was no further discussion upon it, and the law Was repeaied by a vote of ¥ yeas to only 6 nays. Amoug ‘he jaiter were the speaker and Mr. D. Baron. THUR POLICE COMMISSION AND BOARD OF SUPER- VISORS. Im the Senate the bills abolishing the Police Com- Mission ana Lae board Of Supervisors were the most Muporiant miroduced, and they ure fatal biows to WO Ol Mie lust UMportaal powers in the clly Of New York, They propose to e#iabhish a Commitiee oF tive Mmeubers, W be extoved, Lhe first al the eiecuon to bo eid im Ioiv for the purpose of electing the new Judge 91 the Court of Ap, eals, as provided by the new con- Suton, aaa wiver Lhal at Lue general election of Jol4, aud \uereaiter every five years. ‘The power @ ihe present commision to appoint ine tors, of ehechon Is taken away from the uew com- Mismon, and they shal possess none Of the rights @f the Election Bureau as now exercised by the lee magnates. fhe second Dill 1s a biOW at tie yervisors and abolishes Uiat body, giving w the Mayor, Alacemes aud Kevorder tie entire power of War board, aud requires @ majority vote to enact vhe bill was introduced by Mr. Creamer, and Woukd seem to Wwaroaie that Lenry omitu 18 we Biot dimicul) wan to aii that the democracy of New Yors save ever met with. THE KAGGED SCHOOL QUESTION. Senator Createer s acuca will regard lo the ap- Propracion of $200 Gov irow the ciy treasury for Wwe Support of Lhe ragged schools of New York has Made & stir out vf cae Senwte Chamber, These senouls Were erroneousiy Called sectarian schools, and as such were treated by tae opponents of the Bid, Bul every Oe Why KOOWS auyiuing avout ner character KuoWs that they are Wot “seccaman,” but Charkae msutuuicus. towever, it sulted te pure pose of the ragica! i: %abers vi Lue Senate Lo repra- fers we ker ib Cus Kglt, and at the sami uve & las Lo tte Fadieal jourtas here (0 aiack Mr. Creamer, Which Li dis WAU SO LOWER oItterdess aud Bo LW bagenuousuess Cr adherence ty We Senator's expremed yews (ust Mr. Creamer fait constra ned 0 WAke aD EXpacaon Of hus Teal position upoa Me Yuestion Of public eduCcauoN, Which Be did In a Baw aod straghtorward Manner that eft his enemies notuing to say. ile disdaiuea the con- Veurptinie asimuation that he advocated tac uppro- preuee because It Was Co go Lo Lhe support Of Catho- @ senools, and asserted that one-third of tae @mount Went Lo schools What Were Hut Catholic, bUL ‘Wey Were all dewigaed to proviae education ior a Class of poor callures, Who eitaer Would not, or at i] eveuts did not, go to the pubic schools, paruy be cause Wrough poverty they Were not clotued well euough to ge Where. That Was the reason he sus- tained \uis appropriation. Seoator Creamer spoke hiy Of (ue public school sysveu and disclaimed all tuteu¥on tuen or at any ovWer time to disregard the greal Value of that system. All te education he ay Was ootaimed in the public schools of New fork culy. Tbe atvemp to uusrepresent Lim on that 4 Must uave been Known (oO Lhe autor of It do be based Upon Whal Was not true, Tue money to be used lor these purposes of charity was not asked from Wwe treasury of tae Stave, but from the ta: payers of tue city, and be though’ that they bad a ect rigul w pay their own uiwney for the educa of ther owu poor, They asked uvothing from the benevorcuce of the gentiemen Who oppused tue Appropriauen on Uial Moor and appeared disposed to put bi aud the whole question in a false ught. t Would appear trom the whole tenor of the de- Date, and from the food of petitions wiich reoubi- can members im Wwe Assembly to-day presented against avy appropriation for “sectarian” schools, Wat is We oppouents of the appropriasion im Buih houses who aie waking a sectarian affair out of One Which is ater aii a mere mutter of charity in One seus BB Oi Hecessity tu auother; for it 1s evi- ent Uist us Wiese poor and ofea pareutiess children cangvt ve educated Iu One particular Way Lhey must hui ve let to groW Up husauces aud dangerous MEW ETS OF BYLIEL). THE RECESS. Tt is custowary (or tue Legisiature to take a recess for en das, Wuich Wil laciude tue 22d of February, Wusuiugiou's Birtaaay. This year the Assembiy Was disposed Wo carry out Lie rule, and passed @ Fesuuuen .o adjourn over [row Uns alvernooR Ui tue moruing oF Puekday Lue ist of hb. But the Devate Weud not concur. Tuey amended the resolu- tion Wo read (ue evening of Wednesday, tue 23d of Pevruar;. ive house, inaumg Wal the question Fesvlved ICs July OLE Ol Feeds OF NO recess, UA LO Agree Wiu We senate resolution. The advocates of Sue Lew Cua, Ler Were in iavor Oi a long adjuuroment fa cruer bu give ue jor furtier cousulaion, and the beulag up Of cerdu wte aidicuities, aud Making acovus..odal (Miations—iuat is, if tae PU KECKS Vu OULD sides Cua be LENE In buMt direc Mone NEW YORK LEG.SLATURE, ie SENAie ALBANY, Fob, 18, 1870, BU Ls INTROUULE By Mr. M. Noxro, vol luting the day for town Ld charter electiot ly Nr. URADLEX @ther siteeis in New by Mr. M. Nonrow ‘tog the Board of Supervisors of hew sors rf air. C sting the Metropolitan vy Posice Comu. 5 PASSED. tie Fireproot Ware Peacl ob cvs poreous Amenaing Bourg Co: (BO WO red @ bin for ine & of mar- n, by Insuring vee O1 (oe'T Husvauds. P BYSPLM UN CANAL the coatractiag board aud con- 1 CHLo!s Was LANGE M ByoLlat oruer od thi Wednesday evenig wext at haif- Pasi seven o'clock. ASSEMSLY ALBANY, Feb. 1%, ABOLITION OF THE COCRT OF SrPCtat The bil abolisituy tn New ork wae ve PAYMENT OF THE ANS owen Mr. J400! irom se € Meas, repuried vee loivwing Resolvad, if the Sean's eo ” ferent oi tue -Biate webs, viuer 't Bouuty Lona Debt, «cept r Compiroder or the Comiamsoverm + ¥ der itv ovesions N COIN Ways aud Jaws O° ian clase, be anew Ne *“ ‘ u Lecennary mp'y wick Lob Ar. HOSTED, row the BumeRKy Af ¥ amittee, reported the following prea bie, precede the ree talon of ivy Me. -acous:— ° went deciaise o tof Hct Aves, hvch pore ore Humaive |, & majority of the Ways and Wabived 16 audorstoud Lust bag A act ol jms vat gard Ww we te puaelto Mir. i 4 the minority wanted this preamie « wr the reatom Una, tae party te @hicd ne Lex wd wiready When is p fused So pay eo, Sow, alter gue docmicn referre © give we roasou of iis chang asia juvor of paying she debt ta com. Le eb \ Maat t ieneut of UNS Qtestion shoud saad Bpou tue decatou of me court, to prot Against thousands of cla fos Which w 1a tthe ecole ties 1g atlopted Wilk \ue preamuie. MOVE: Ww iMy Ihe PelatlOnON the eVed (he LiguBs Was ud Yrepared Ww ibe Wotioy Was eared by Uke lolowiug ‘vou on It dole: - Feae~ Mepre Alyorp, Larges, Bowis, Begry. Bjgpgoay mre NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, Pre bate fenagin, Frankit lennon, Hull, Hyatt, Jonnsop, Kilham, Littejohu, Lowery, Lyon, Maddox, Mies ltehel, Mtely, Nulfond Nacht Norte: rup, Oatman, O'Keet arker, nou Sanborn, Seward, ‘Sniper, Sievcuson, eft, Walker, ‘Wiisva, ud Wi Uy i. Navt.-Messi#, Ainsworth, Baldwin, Banker, Bennett, Bergen, Biatr, J. Brown, Burae, Campvel!, Carey, Cavanagh, Coot, Decker, Dodge ‘imple, Field Ry ian ignn, a rear, Fuller, Hathaw! feunessey, Horton, Jacovs, Jerre, Jonson Jouga Kernaiy Krack, Lanabas, Lawreuee, artine, Mooney, MC. Murphy, O. Murphy, W. Nelwou, Patrick, Payne, Peateal, Piuakett, Rane tom, Konan, Seikreg, Shanahan, ‘sleight, Suow, Speaker, Stecle, Sweet, Tighe, Young—O4, Mr. Jacop stated that the committee was willtn: to accept the preamole, as 1 did not affect the re Jution at all, aud it Was necessary Lo adopt tuis reso- lution before the recess. The preambie was then adopted, as was also the Tesolution, ‘The vote on adopting the resolution StOOd 85 Lo 20, as follows;— YEAS.—Messra, Ainsworth, Alvord, Baker, Baldwin, rnki, Bergen, Berry ny, Phy Bradford, 8 Banker, Bak: 1. Brown, V. P, Brown, Campbell, Carey, Clark, Couk, Coon, Cullen, J.T. Davis, De Lune, Deiing, Dimmie, ye, Dro} Empie,’ Fields, C.'N. Fienagio, Piya Franklin, Frear, Fuller, Gleason, ‘Hail, Hathaway,’ } Hennessey, Howe, Hull, Husted, Hyatt, J Johnson, Jones, Kiernan, Krac naban, Lawrens Littlejohn, Lowery, Maddox, Martina, Merchant, Minei Mooney, dulford, M,C. Murphy, Nelson, Northup, Oatinao, Patrick, Payne, Vearaall, Pierce, Plunkett, Kans Ronan, Sanborn, Seikreg, Seward, Shanahan, Sielght, So! OW, Speaker, Steveasou, Tell, Walker, ‘Wilson,’ Winans, Wood, ng: Wroght and yo NAys,—Mesars. Bamler, Bennett, Blair, J. Brown, Burns, Decker, Fianugan, Green, Husbrouck, Horton, Irving. Lyon, Moseby, O. Murphy, W. D. Murphy, Natchman, O'Keeife, Palmer, Ray and Tighe—20, THE RECESS, The resolution adopted yesterday to adjourn to March 1 was amended so a8 to adjourn to the 2d inst, at hali-past seven P.M. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. NacnTMAN—To charter tne House of Evan- gelists of New York. By Mr. Cook—-Vor the further protection of em- ploys iu New York, ly Mr. ALVoRD—Regulating the carriage of freight and fixing the rates on certain railroads. By Mr. CuLLEN—Conleriing jurisdiction on New York courts in actions against foreign corporauons, By Mr. DxoLi—Yo alter the map of Brooklyn. By Mr. CAVANAGH.—Extending the time to collect excise fees in tue Metropolitan district. By Mr. ULARK—In relation to widening Coney Istand plank road. BILLS REPOR' By Mr. Parrick—the Brook! road bill. mitted, By Mr. Lirrhesonn—Authorizing towns to take stock 10 the Roudout and Uswego Railroad, By Mr, MireHsLL—t le 125th street New York Rall- ed, C1 D. and Jamaica Rail- On notion Of Mr. Jacobs 13 was recom: road bill, By Mr. LitrLesouN—Relative to express com- panies, requiring them to deliver packages within twelve bours alter their arrival in New York, wuere twenty-iour hours are now allowed, By Mr. Fintos—Amending the charter of the Work .ng Women’s Vrotective Union of New York; also to lacilttaie t yinent of iaxes by railroads. © establish @ court of civil juris- ania; also providing for election lnspectors and cunvassers of election in Brookiva. A large nuniber of bills chartering charitable and other societies In New York were reported. Adjourned uniil Wednesday evening uext. THE SHERIDAN UXOBICIDE. Inquest on the Body of Margaret Sheridan— Demeanor of the Prisuner—Tho Evi- dence and the Verdic‘. A murder in New York 18 no novelty. Man- slaughter is looked upoa as a casual matter; suc- cessful robbery 18 no mean recommendation to political preferment. Bus while the large portion of the population—the same which in other countries is properly designated the dangerous class—exult in the feebleness of the judges, the laxity of those charged wit the execution of the law and the apathy of public men, the people, properly so calied, .00k upon those frequent violations of the laws of the State and of society with watenful scrutiny. Violence 18 regarded by them as the best remedy for violence, and law and its execution 1s, in popular esLiation, at adiscouat. “Marder made easy” 1s the primer of the New York rough. That ‘“‘bang- ing for murder is played out” is the creed of the lawless; that murder can be rewarded with death ts the hope of tie well conducted, When, therefore, atragedy startling in is natare, horrible in its de- tails, but lacking the foul interest of political inter- ference is brought to light, generat alarm 1s awakened and pardcular attention 1s directed to the crime, ‘The murder of Margaret Sheridan by her husband ‘was hot of the category of New York crimes. It was a tragedy born of New England teaciing, bred by Beecher aud fostered by the Tribune. It was ‘avur- der made easy” from a religious point of view. The facts 12 this extraordinary case huve been already jaid bffore the public and but uti? more remains to be tod. The evideuce given below, which was taken yesterday befure Corvuer Fiyuu, a the iwen- Geth precluct stauon house, turows a litite more light upon the matter tuan has beeu furnished, but nO New tacts are given. ‘The story of the trayedy as already beea weil Lold, ‘Te staiemeuts to Curo- ners and juries are generally anucipaicd im the HERALD. THE TESTIMONY. ‘Tue first witness called at tue inquest yesterday Was alicoucl Yowers, His testimony Was ay 1oi- jows:—l am a iaborer aud live at 617 Wes Porty-first street; last Wednesday, abuut eiphi o'clock Im the eveniug, 1 was situng in tue rovm reading & LeWsp.per; vased Was in her bedivom, and her niece, Jane Weop, was in tue jrout room with me when the prisoner cane wito ie rou; her nicce Went aud told ber be Was there, sed cume out and asked him it he gud evalle Mig threats on her; he asked “woul tureats;” suv repued thas lie last Lue he was tuere ue had Wola ver wee dooul Was Sealed and pointed a pistol at ber; be sald, “1 don’s beieve 1,” aud sie said, “Ask your licue giti Who Js here; ne did su, waid, “Yes, you did;” they call the gir sue 18 eleven years Old; the prisoner sav. “You are voy aud of @ pistol,” aud sue said “ie 5 got,” wud te ured; IT taen jumped ap and seized hima, aod We Led the second snoi Over my suouluer, he Was ubuui a yard and a bai from wer when Le dred whe first suct, Wale 1 tink entered her cin, it wil occurred witita five mmu.es afier ne entered the rooui; 1 never saw the prisoner unt the nigui ot the murder; 1 held on to bm until the police e came, aud gave tle prisoaer lw Cus- way; I slept in the kitciuen, sometimes un the door, souetmes with the chiuren; never cohabited Will Wie deceased; ava’t Kuow the age Of tie buoy; fave lived there siace last. Mav, aud paid decewed ve dodars ® Week for my vourd, ever wsked who Was tbe facoer of the vavy, ua- derswou her husband was In the aruiy; deceased sept in the back room wsth her weice, irsy KDEW deceased iu \s esteuescer county; did uo: board wih her there; Was avi nome When Lhe baby Was DULL; did HOV use Ker av0at the faiher o1 tue baby, Chougit Ll was HOt my VUSINESS; Never heard tat L Was accusea of belo the lataer of tue cuud, might Gave bec laned BoUlL OY the Delghvu daue Weub, of No. ol? West Poriy-licst sireet, testiifed that sie 1s niece of Une deceased aud ais lived With Wer suace jast May; last Weauesday eveu- jug, MP. Sueridua cameian and sat aown uear the door; Mrs, oneidan Was in tue bedroom Wie the She Came vul aud satdown Dear Lue prisouer, feu “woud evening.” (vitaess Ccorrobu- rated tue testuuoay of the previous wituess as to What occured previous Wo tue shooting und alter be aad dred) Aster the fi hot acceased ouGed Wesstag Were wad exciauned, puting wae, “2h0 Lord Rave mercy on ma; Wick prisoner caied velore, ber doomt was sealed; ne with wim and she ced Wikies If sae Foc tae Davy, and gue ough’ Sy Uecause ae Oavy; it was culled auy caudue faaiitarity jaw @ud teasd ilu say askeu Ur Luda bo + Peidood; a Buut epb every katry wll fs Wee liv iag Wtd bor ds her bus. ban ce even years old, teat:fed that the nue ww te House & t he came a weex Was Washtig, aud ne Nas, aid drew & pistol er and Powers; toe murder; ouee had i bave Guue 1S HUNSLIg 18 caer us Laguta street dor marks the face, wriace ea the thorax aud of the leit ung. he second ower jaw, passed thronga ue siaadueotwa dpwards aud ou Wards, aod Was coond lodged, in the of the Sach. Death Was caused uy BeMOrrhage, tie result 0. & platul sH06 WOW SraTBays. The privoa T Was winston of wv TOMAS STLCORID. © cool ama collected dering @ Wiluewe:, and eXpressed fecence ty the proceedings. ¥ Uneousclous of what bo ~ dove 1, was wilting to @. Uelut called upon to tuake ) agical atau be sant that he Was tu tly-fivey ‘ Weea he caiuled upon his Wire lue Woe. beiure the murder ke Rounsed uer of her connec. svowers. Sue said le was not @irobs OF wn her; asKed by come with ata, ad " Oe rr oil sve begaa to abuse him. Hie hate owers from We house, Sue Calird Wis @ Fascol and sewed one of the lids of tue # ove, See Jroppes 4, however, and he Gred two sud ID GuiwK Succession. IL Mw eight years since loey Lived towethes o@ mau and wite, Stie bad lad soveral ray Powers was ove of them. fe was ue ngs Vuhy i Wewieuenier couuiy, first street four or Ove times. A week ago she maid had no shoes. and be gave ber three dol- lars to buy @ pair for her. Soe has had one chiid, he koows, since their separation, besides the present . They were married sixteen years ago. This concluded the evidence. The jury were then ebarged very brie@y by the Coroner, after which Qnd in 4 short time nt dict that Margaret Sheridan wet her from pistel shot wouad at the hands of Thomas Sheridan, er husband, at No. 617 West Porty-first street, on the 16th of Febrgary, 1870. The prisoner was then fully Committed Mise Tombs vo await the action of Whe Graud jury. at “COURTS. THE The Clarke-Bininger Litigation—Decision in Ad- miralty—Allegod Whiskey Frauds—Privi- loges of Railroad Travellers—In- teresting Cotton Case. UNITED STATES DISTRICT CeyaT. The Bininger Case. Before Judge Biatenford. Clarke vs. Bininger-—This terribly muddled case has now avsumed another phase in regard to some points raised by the assignee in bankrupicy. dudge Blatchford holds tat a8 aii tue rights of action which Clarke Was seeking to enforce were vested in the assignee the assignee should be allowed to prosecute the action im (ue State court 10 his ow Dulne, and ihalad order now be entered that Clarke execute and aeiiver to the assienee the proper papers to sacilitate the substitution of the assignee as suitor in the piace of Clarke; tuat Claree Yetrain Irom prosecuting the action; taat the bank- rupts be cujolaed frum iaterferiag wilh ihe property, In Admiralty. Jonn Hanson vs, The Schooner A.W. Thompson. — ‘The libel in this case was filed by the owner of the sloop George Seaman to recover from defendant certain damages for a collision between the two vessels on the 30th November, iy the year 1896, of the eee in consequence of which (he sloop was sunk. Judge Biatehford in rendering judgment holds that the scboouer Was in fauit, as Sue Could easily have avoided the sloop, aud he orders a decree for the dibellant, With a rejerence LO @ COMmMissiouer WO as- certain and report damages. Alleged Jilicit Transportation of Cunks. “assistant District Attorney Emerson having begun a suit against the New Haven Steamboat Company to recover penalties for transporting empty whiskey barrels with stamps on, In violation of the provisions of the internal revenue laws, the matter vas Leen se:ticd by the company conlessing Judgment for $0, Whiskey UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT, Charges of Smuggling. Before Commissioner Stueida, The United States vs. Thomas Ryan.—The ae- fendants were charged with removing whiskey on which the tax tad nos been paid. The hearing of the case was adjourned, The United States vs. Thomas Jeferson.—in this case the defendant, who was arrested some time agu, Was purser of the ship Helvetia, He 13 charged with smuggilng & quantity of silks to this port in November last. [he goods were seized at the ume, gue the accused 18 noW brought up to answer the crimival churge. OD the case being called yester- day, Captain Taompson, of the He:veua, was ex- amined, and gave the accused a good cuaracier. ‘dhe case Was then adjourned tl Mouday next, when @ aecision will be reudeced. Alleged Revenue Frauds. Before Commissioner Osborne, The United States vs. H, P. Ciarke,—The defendant, carryig on businesg in Dey street, was charged with domg business a8 a compounder and recilfles with- out payment of special tax, and with not making the entries as such compounder apd recufer required by law, hag been discharged on the tirse charge, the Comuissioner holding ‘that the evidence did not skew thi.t Clarke was a rectifler or com- poonder whiklin the meaning of we law, it being suuply shown that he had on several occasions mixed various yrades of wiiskey. ‘The second charge 18 u separate one, and Will not be disposed of until the Gay set lor its hearing. Adjournment of the Cook Case. Before Corinissioner Betts, The United Siates v3, M. R. Coox.—The hearing of this case, in whicn sone important revenue matters are involved, was adjourned till Monday next. SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART 2. Ejecting a Passenger Without a Ticket from a Hudson River Railroad Train, Before Judge Jones and a jury. Joseph S. Priest vs, the Hudson River Railroad Com- pany.—it appears that the Hudson River Railroad Company bave a regulation to the eifect that no per- son shall get on their cars without having a ucket, and they have instructed their employés to resist any violation of this rule. ‘The plaintiff undertook to get on one of thetr trains at Troy, N. Y., aud one of the employes of the company attempted to prevent him, but, being @ powerful man, Mr. Priest suc- ceeaed in retuning his piace in the car. He now Claims that the company’s employé kicked him, knucked Lin down aid bruised hin to tne extent of $0,000, Which he seeks to recover. Tne evidence did nou ciearly develop such @ violent assauit as the plains comp.amed of, but only @ necessary excr- tion ob the part of the employe to,eject him from ine car. ‘Lhe jury, however, found for tne plainugr 1m the sum of $2,000. : COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—PART 1 Interesting Cotton Case. Before Judge Daly and a Jury. Marcus f. Woodruff et al vs, The Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company.— duis Was an acuon Jor the sum of $32,000, the value of forty-two bules of cotvon, transported to New York by the defendants on account of the plaintiff, and which were destroyed by fire while lying at the pier in thiscity. ‘The complaint alleges that in July; 1864, ut Puiladeipnia, the defendants agreed saie.y to carry to the ciiy Of New York and there deliver to wie planus 143 bales of covlon, which were placed iM Lae bands Of defgndants, under an avreement for Liausporauon wo New York, The piuimuits now charges that the contract Was mot duiy carried out, fuu ia forty-two bales of the cottoa were never a ered. ue defendant set up that the billof lading con- tamed # clause protecting therm from responsiblity tor Joss caused by fire, uulesw it resuited trom care iessuess on then part or by reason of Lie negiigcuce of weir agents. ‘Haat tue agreement was wade wit @noluer company und not with wueu, aud that by vue terms of neu charter, if lable at wil, the lwbility is iMuaied to $100 for every 10) pounds weit, and ut tue sume rate for more OF less quauuiy, according to Which the Joss Wowid DOL amount to the Buu) clued, Judge Daly delivered an able and exhausiive Charge to we jury, in woich he reviewed the voliumi- uous te-tuony given on the trial and expialagd tas iaw in alucid manner to them, and aver quite a joug absence it was found there was uo prospect of tueir agreeing, and the Judge ordered a sewicu vei- dict. The Twelve ‘emptations Difficulty. It appears that the litigations bota in the Common Pleas and Supreme Courts in regard to the piay of “The twelve Temptations” have beeu settied aud discontinued, * COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, Before Recorder Hackett, ‘The trial of Jeremiah Slatteriy, charged with stad, bing Jobo Curran with a small knife on the 2isto January, was concluded yesterday. A nutaber of witnesses was sworn for the defence, showiig that the prisoner acved in self-defence. ‘ue jury rendered. @ verdict of not guilty without leaving tuelr seats, SRNTENCES. Willtam W. Summers, who was convictea eariy in the term of obtaining $200 from Martiu Lyach, was seatenced to the State Prison for turee years, Captain Jourdan brought Bartio\cuew Donohue into court, he having been indicted for shooting John Burke on ciection day. ie was committed 1g efit of $5,000 bail. A DISHONEST TAILOR SENT TO STA 150%. Wolf Micheais Was tried and convicied of g'and jarceuy in steaiog Rinety-six dollars’ worth of Ciwrhing Iaveriais, which Le procured from the Wholesale establisumeat of Werner & Co. to ma. up. tie pledised sb aud falled to make and reit tie Coats, Mr. Lweed stated that he had Ave ower jodiciments against hia for suuilar offenc Revorder said he was a confirmed thies a ‘was the DUMNeSS O! Ls Coury to pit hin out of iho rar Michee!s Was seat to the State Prison for Hye ars. Patrick Saxton pleaded guilty to burgiary in ty third degree, Hie was chained Sith caning tate tie store and dwolliug Nouse of dames Muiculy, Catuerine street, ou vue ioth of January anda teuspted to steal $1,000 Work of silks aud shawis, Hig Honor remarked that if the prisoner nad deen, indicved for burgiary mm the first degree he wo have sent him to tie State Prison fur twenty years, The highest penalty which the Court could linpose Was meted ous, ViZ:—Pive years? Imprisonment at Sing bing. i Francisco Zepeda, a Chinaman, was tried upon a charge Of iclowlous assauit and batiery. ‘tne com pidiuant, Blizabeto Lewis, Lesiiied Wat ou the sin of Jauuary the prisoner visited her place iu Baxter Street and followed Ler, She told hin not to do so rewarking that ie bad dowe her enough harm al ready by altompting to steal her husband’s watch. He tuen drew a kue and etavbed her in te eye, She arm ARY we ugk, Apodico game uD at the time and saw them on the floor, the prisoner having the knife 1m his hand and the complainant bleeding. ‘Tue jory convicted Zepeda of an assault with intent to do bodily harm, and the Recorder gent bim to the State Prigon for five years. Michae) De! pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larce! ie was charged with stealing thirty dollars’ worth of clothing on the 9th inst., the pro- Ee of John McLaughlin. He was sent to the Prison for two years and six months, ALLEGED BURGLARY. ‘Theodore Greenwaid was placed on trial, charged with burglary. It seemed that on the 5th or Novem- ber, poe store of Peter Totan’s, 89 Fulton street, was broken tmto and $100 worth of billiard balla stolen; that ubout two weeks ago @ man offerea eight large ivory balls for sale at Totans’ place, Molen properos (Mk: spenose tnd '& dozen wit stolen property. jpencer nesses in court to show that Mr. Greenwald owned the bails. Mr. Tweed abandoned tne prosecution and the oy, promptly acquittea the accused. ‘Thomas Lyons was charged with breaking into the distulery of Albert Blum in East Twenty-fifth street, on the 2d inst,, and stealing ten empty hoga- beads. It was shown that the accused was @ Car man and bad been employed to cart them away. BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Seizure. Before Judge Benedict. Thirty-two casks of “melado” which ha@ been brought into this port in the steamer Cleopatra from Havana under the Dame of molasses were seized by the United States Marshal under an attachment issued Revghneri 7 se ation La beg) en- tering 0 roperty under nau 0 was in violadon of ins act of June 30, 1854, and a jivei had been filed by the District Attorney sor its coudemaation, Bankruptcy Petith Robert Tucker, of Brooklyn, filed a petition yester- day, his principal creattors being @ Dumber of New York merchants. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. Decisions. By Judge Gilbert. Calvin Burr vs, Adam Zimmerman.—Motion granted, with $10 costa. kilen 'M. O'Grady vs. Lawrence 0'Grady.—Motion denied, with $10 costs to abide the event. By Juage iappen. Slav vs, Greene. —Veiault opened, COURT OF SESSIONS. Righteous Sentence—A Burglar Sent to the State Prison for Ten Years. Before Judge Troy and Justices Voorhees and Jounson, Thomas Johnson, a bard looking character, about thirty years of age, was piacea on trial yesterday morning for burglary in the first degree, in having, on the 29th of December last, entered the resiaence of Mr. Charles 8. Buuce, at 342 Dean street, Tne prisoner was aiso mdicted for committing three other burglaries in the same vicinity. rhe evideuce yesterday showed that Johnson had eflected an entrance to Mr. Bunce’s house through a rear basement Window and ransacked tne kitchen, stealing Laerefrom avout Aity dollars ’ worth of pro- perty. Mr. Bunce and faumiy were asleep in the house at the ime, but did not hear the scoundrel! at work, Johnson was arrested early oa the following morning, 1p Fiaibusa avenue, by officer Sheridan, of the Fiftieth precinct, who j1ound the proceeds of owner burgiaries in his possession and sudsequentl recovered tne property stolen from Mr, Bunc house. ‘The prisoner offered no detence, and the jury con- victed him without leaving their seats. Judge ‘Troy thereupon senienced him to the Stave Prison for ten years. SENTENCE OF A FEMALE RECEIVER, Ann Clements, of No. 61 laiman stxeet, who was convicted of having received proyerty stolen by her two lite waters from MckKibinney & Stewart’s store, on Fulton street, was igned for sentence yesterday. In passing sentence, Judge /'roy strougiy animadverted upon the conduct of the woman in teaching her chiiaren 10 become thieves, a8 she cvi- denuy had, and characterized her as an unuatural mother under the circumstances. His Honor sen- ‘Venced her vo the Penitentiary for four years, eleven mouths aud twenty-nine days. A nolle piosequ was cutered in the cave o: the womau’s busband, Who was also indicted on a similar charge. The daughiers are now in tac House of Kefuge, CHRISTIAN MUSCLE. “Return With Your Shield or On It”—'Wrest- ling with the Spirit” and Fighting with the Sexton—Disgraceful Proceed- ings at the Fulton Street Prayer Meetings. There is @ shield on the ancient church on the corner of Fulton and Wiliam atreets, an- nouncing daily prayer meetings, beginning just as the sun crosses the meridian, Those who, during hours of business, desire to testify thelr devotion— not perhaps ag business Christians, though 1t has often been said that en whose credit is but indif- ferent consider this resort a8 @ precious bit of capi- tal—gather e venerable pile, and, if possible, bagish what f¥secular trom their minds and bathe their souis in the sottly spiritual ether within, Every one has heard of the Fuiton street prayer meetings—some believing in them and others not— and every one has seen the shield referred to which bears the announcement of dally prayer meetings. Now, this shield has a peculiar significance, which was ouly discovered yesterday at noon. We have it as one of the maxims of the heroic Spartau mothers, “Return with your shield or on it,” thus telling thelr bold warrior sons to conquer or die, ‘the sexton of the Fulton street prayer meetings, doubtless remembering this heirloom of mistory, determined at least to make the shield in question call back the hardy courage of the Lacedwmong, It was in this wise:— The sinners were gatifered yesterday in the pure atmosphere ef the church, aad prayers were ascend- jag im accenis which bore tie crisp Intouations of mid-day Merchagutss, Each told the story of his omissions and commis- sious as far as it Was Considered politic 80 w do. en with soul@ pouring oat hmplorations in bori- ntal fluency would irequently have erpendicuiar interigrences of thought, a3 “Cut meats, dali;” “yoo hubas. Of extra C at 15%4¢.;"’ “20,000 bisuels for Ant werp;” “1,600 do, mait."’ These sluguiar and incon- gruous mental aberrations continued during the services, In their midst # sirauger entered. ‘The sgield proclaimed, ‘seals free, Surungers invited.” bo there was nothing irreguiar 1a bisconduct, He listenea to the pelllions be.ug presented by his breth- ne Here was a lull. ‘The stranger descended—but only to his knees, He began Ww pray. Me grew in- terested, Wari, fervid, excited. Words of deeply reagious eloquence flew from his lips, He was ear- nest, powerluily earnest. A prayer such ag tne Fulton street prayer meeting had uever heard belore siiook the edifice. Ina voice tat trembled with emotion he sought the throne of heavenly grace. Tie sceue was tutensely suiemn, It was no mock- ery—no manuactured zeal. Hypocrisy and love for gold bad no vaiue with him in the aeep fervor of the hour. Sinple, straightionward snd outepoxeu, his prayer weut on. {ere interposes a cold formula, There isa rule thet prayers shail not exceed five minutes. ‘ue petitioner knew oot that salvaiou—that wadresses to his Maker are the work of five minutes, and that ail. he had the spirit, He still prayed 1a fervor of grend excitement that wade all admire, ‘he con- ductor, Mr. Lamphier, grew impatient. He listened with discomiture. At last patience vecame ex- hausted. ‘Phe gguducios procesded ty read the fol- jow!ng hyinh: ae * From every stormy wind that blows, From Welling tide of wows, There law caim, a sure retreat, ‘Lis Found beneatt the mercy The stranger gave no heed to the monotonous voice of the reader, He vurued in the Sires of us ttrange iniatuation. lis prayer Sill presided over the Gonfusion, ‘The meeting sung the Lymp, At list Nr. Lamplier told him to quit, He aid not ovey the manuate, but sull prayed, aud so fervently as to appear aiioost abstracted, The sexton, or an attead- @ht WHO appeared to fli that Capacity, was ordered to put him out, as tue Spartan motners cold their sous to “retura with your shicld or on it.” ‘ite bore the sexton’s name—the shield on the ide of the chu ‘rhe xton thougat he mugat put the stranger in the same atmosphere wits the shield. dhe sexton, therclore, assutied ine eivanger, There was astruggie, ‘The man resisted. There was @ git; the sexton prevailed. The sirauy tr Was ejected irom tue church, falling heavily on tie Stone steps and bruising his head terribly. Was ia prayer rejected at the inrone of God? Mavgled and maltreated aiter the assault the man was conquered, Tne meeting became chaos and expired, “Rewura with your sileld or on It.’ ‘The sextou returned with his slueld. ‘The ring that bought the Quarantine property in Staten Island at such @ ridtculousiy smalt ngure hive got mto some troubie with the trastees of Cas- tuetoa ig regard to their streets boundaries, and are thereby deterred from bringing their pro: pert Into tho market. The ring claims that the whole of Asictta street, according 10 tue deed received from ihe Siate authorities, belongs: vo them. The trustees of Castieton thougit vlier- wise, This streews runs up ina diagonal direction, and the ring wisi to straignten it and retain tac property made vy ihe change, ‘three streeis are being laid out, aud these new Btreets wil not be Opened to public Wavel Unt the dispute petwean {She ring aud bho trustees iw wettiod, " 1870. BRITISH ARISTOCRACY. The London Season—Sale of the Duke of Hamilton’s Effeets—The Earl of Jersey— The Divorce Case of Mordaunt vs. Mordaunt—Another Romance in High Life—How a Countess Will Have to Change Places. LonpoN, Feb. 5, 1870. A week hence, or even less, we shall have fairly commenced what may bettermed the frst, or work- ing portion of the London season, Untli Easter is over and people have returned to town afver their short run to the country at that period tae “London season,” as regards pleasure —if daily large dinner partfes, nightly balls, parties and operas can be called “pleasures,” when people have so much of them that they long for the end of the season—can hardly be said to have commenced. But enough of the day ts the evil thereof. We shall now, that is on the 8th of this month, commence the Parliamentary season, and real earnest work in Parliament will be the order of the day. I need hardly say that although those who are merely pleasure seekers have not yet come to town, those who have arrived form a pretty numerous body. To begin with, every member of the House of Peers, and, also of the House of Commons—more Particularly the latter—either have or are about to come to London. On the minjaterial side the Ear! of Granville, for the liberal peers, and Mr. Gladstone, for his followers in the Howse of Commons, have jasued their mandates, requesting—which means ordering—every one to be i his place by the 8th of this month, It is the same with the conservatives, Their chiefs —Lord Cairns in the Lords and Mr. Dis- raeli in the Commons—have sounded the trumpets which call men trom pleasure in the country to work In town, aud the call has been, as usual, pretty well responded to. In a word London ts certainly full, although not go full as it will be some weeks hence, SUll the working men, with few exceptions, are in their places, and | never recollect a seemingly more decided prospect of real work being got througn than will be the case during this session. Let us, then, take it as an accompl isned fact that the London season has commenced, and with It we begin to witness many of those extraordinary things which are only to be seen in England, and which seem peculiar to the state of society in this country. For Mmatance, you have no doubt heard on your side of the Atlantic of the youag Duke of Hamiiton, This nobleman, seven or eignt years ago, when he came of age, inherited a princely fortune and almost royal name (as heis @ lineal descendent of the kings of Scotland), several magnificent estates and every- thing that ought to make life happy. His income from landed property was better than £200,000 ster- ling. During hia minority the accumulations of ready money amounicd to nearly halt a million sterling. He had bad every advantage of education, both abroad and at home, and ought to have been @ man of influence in the country und to have taken @ good position among tte governing classes. His mother was of the royal ducal family of Baden, a beautiful woman, a first cousin of the French Emperor, and as good as she was good looking and high Lorn. His father, the late Duke, was one of those men who carry on thetr person the marks of evident good breeding and @cuitivatea mind, ‘the sisters ol tne present Duke took aiter their parents. Two of them are nuns (their mother being a Koman Catholic the giris were Drought up in thas faith) and one is married to the Prince of Mouace, But the two sons, viz, the present Duke and us brother, Lord Caurch Hamii- to have been quite differeut, ‘The elder 1n iar, from wis very Outset In life, seems to ye ikem pleasure in no society but that of low “horsey,” broken dowa turf men, or of the most ordinary among the ‘untortuuates” of the otner sex. in @ year alter be came of age he had ran through ali bis ready money, and had, besides, reared & crop of debts umounting to about £100,000. From the very trst he seems to have been the mark for every swindler in Engiand to make money of. He avoided the company of his equals. When he was passing through Paris some years ago the Emyerorseut an oificer of his house- hold tu ask ihe Duke to dine ut tie Tuileries. His Grace rewurned # curt Vervul auswer to wis imperial relative, that he could not accept the invitation, “ior he bad neither ciothes uor manners 1a Which to appear at the Emperor's taole.” ‘hat same eventing ue appeared ib a private box at the opera dressed 2a a shor double breasted shuoilag jacket and in com- pany with two or tarce of the turites (broken down betung men, who iung on to him tor what they could yet), and alterwards presided at asupper of which tie less thas 1s said the better conce! the ‘sadies,”” Wao Composed one-half of the tweuty-four who sat down to table. Now in Englaud @ man, and particularly a Welsh- mad, Mey sil a8 uci aud as Olen as 1 Buy otoer country 1n the world, peruaps more than in most, But he inust Bot do so i @ Way that violates certain conventional ruies of what is called “society.” For @ time the Duke of Hamilton wus laughed at aud, joked about. it Was thuughs that altera ume, as e got oluer, even Mb be did not give up his pet vices, he would at uny rate cover theui with a good, Shick veil, But it wuined eut otherwise. As ie lo- creused in years he secmed more and more wedded to iow society. His race horses were under the en- Ure control of @ yeuticman Wao more vhaa once dragged the Duke’s nume toroucd a very great deal Of dirt, AL last his 1euOoW peers Lega Lo Le dis- gusted Witu li, abd determined to read iin w ies- son, tls halne Was put up for the Jockey Club, to which none but men of wealvh, tiie or respectabiilly belong, and lor the iirst tuue ln the eiguiy years’ history O1 tial cluy @ Wediny Lobieiwau was black bailed, ‘lis was, Of Liscil, sullcient to cust a sug ida upon the Duse’s Lame witich could hardly ever be removed, aid from tuat moment bis Grace de- eae vo leave ugivnd aud reside exciusiveiy abroad, 3 . REMINISCENCES. When he left Loudon his piaus were unsettled, and he, a3 & matter of Course, lef veitiud hin a bu. ber of odds aud vlids—pide, saddiery, iuruilure, clothes, aud Luings of wuich fe Gouid Wake Do use and Cuuid not curly aWay. . ilese were suid by auc: tion lust Thursday, add i happeucd to be ‘Mt ut Ue Baie, ‘Lue prices wikien Liuse tuiugs realized you would hardly uci.eve; cervauly LWo wud turce uu red per Coat Overaad above tueir feai Vain, even when aew. ‘ihe purchasers were neariy ail mep or the middie ciass, Who seewed 4s aoxious to have & memorial of the departed Duke, as any Catholic would be to possess a relic O some favorite sacl. Pipes, cuues, riding whips, cigar cases, greatcuus, suorl jackets, clolues Of ait Kinds RO sorts, gloves, bovis and everyining it 13 pussibis to imagine 2 young man Who does not care What He speaus or what he owes, to posses, Butine number of these articles was Multiplied ceria. two fold over those 1 or aay over living betug ever saw La tae possessiva of even the most CXtravawant ol spenaturilts. Picuures there were, tuo—pictures, I weed hardly say, wich were not suited to ve witar pieces of any cHurch, un- Jess it wigat be ia we privace Chapel of sume new Mormon sect, Bat to see ine picasure aud delight of the “snobs”-—for a mau Who thus Worslhips un- worthy pooiliity is a #nOb— Wien aay lot Was Knocked down to thei was worth golay teu miles for. 1 saw one ste “cad” —be 1ooked like the articled clerk of au aitorney—wuo bid five pounds steriug for a short weerschaum pipe, Very mucu used, Which he Ave DOUgDI uo LWeoly yards of for thirty Nyx. But Wis pape had beea smoked by aua Carried in the pocket of @ reai duke, aud go ie poor litte auiiwal Was delighied with ius purchase, AWAY, HUE A DRAIN ON THR LAND, ‘This Was (he last scene, 1 lMagine, Of the Duke of Hamilton's life ia Engiand. ie has elected to reside in byance, Aud Will ka Un ture draw iis reals fro Scotiaud gad Eygiaud, py speud thew oa tue Conit- ° peu. ANOT! PRER, Following n bis tovisteps, as U bear, is anower Young xobiewan, the bari uf Jerwey, who, althouga oly aly-Ave years of age, Was Very meurly run turongh @ fopiune uv) avv,euy steriuag a year, aud is deepl, indebt. ‘ditts yourh was even more proco- cleus tau bie fovuw peor, the Vike of Mamiiton; for when at aclu jure We Wal #ixteeu years of age, he OWued race “horses, HL Lad BoLroWwed sometulog Like 224,000 Jrom te Jews. tie w stil om tie sur, wid weld holds oUt in London; bat 1 fancy bt race muse be nearly run. Very shorty We MUSE take lis piace witt the Duke of stuutivon, Duke OF New. the Pari of Westmorelaud, tie of Winett Aud the Pest OF those Brikisa uc WhO, NOVIE AB LO CITE, wre SOU Made HARK CUpE as LO imeane aud eblived Wy reste val of the send for wien they help to make tue laws, “ine adjudica- tion of tie Duke cf Neweastic to be a baukrapt uy the highest of the law courte (Luue lAyMg down Lhe Tule tuat a peer Way Le eae bankrupt) must Work ® Chauge lor tue Peter An Wwe slLuwALIUS OL Lie House of Lords, MARRIA\ ‘Ims day week tie famous divorce case of Mord@unt v4. Aiordaunt wail cumimeuce. Tne plamadd is a arvuet, Sir Charies Mordaurt, who seeks a divorce irom iis wie on tie pica of ine ‘The outuue of tae story is bial wien Lauy rdaUnt Was custived of ber Urgt Culld sue conessed Wo ibe wile Of @ clergyinan Wie Wad with ber that sho bad drogen the Severin Cou mandment, hot ony wits one bas with about atx differcut Wdividuals, Lier Ulends @ay tust Lady Mordaunt was tusane Whea sme made that cun- fession; her enemies say Khe Was Hut. W: @ neediul precaution, ox wheiher w give iS bat she Nas corauny to her deienee, | ximw no for some months vee the muate of a private lunatic asylum. Sf Char MOUTH seut lor wna urged by her Majesty tue Queen hot to bring about that great scaadal, permits ia carrymg tue alien Mnrouga, even to Lae bitter end, aid We baits WO go on, Lt will Cost, Lo mailer Wikeh Wil carry Luoday, @ DO VOIy WAN Jyrtuae, Tp very wany Auiericaus r it will be interesting on account of the evidence-+ very much of which will be taken from the manager, waiters, chambermaids and others of the Langham Hotel, where so many Americans put up when they come to London, ‘There i another scandal tn high life which will ere long come before the public. At present I shall not mention names, but merely give a short sketch of what I hear concerning 1t Irom the best authority. It seems that @ certain peer, a a about six! years of age, Who married more than thirty yeai ago the daughter of another noble lord, was in point of fact and in the eyes of the law a married man when he contracted this marriage. His first wife has a large family; for, so rumor says, he was ormonlike in his procliviti and supported a mistress while he had a legal wife. It now turns out’that the mistreas is the wife and the wife is the mistress. The humble born girl, who has for twenty years been in obscurity, 13 in the sight of the law thé Countess of —, an the Countess of —— 13 no wife at all What makes matters worse 1s that by the noble wife he has @ family—some in the Church, the law, the army and the civil service, and daughters, several of them married. When very young—so the tale goes—he had performed o marriage ceremony with the girl, whom he believed to be his mistress, simply to quiet her conscience. He believed, as she after’ belteved, the ceremony to be null and void: bat the Jawyers say otherwise, and it seems that the union ‘was perfectly legal. For two or three years his for- mer mistress has wanted to fight the legal battle— she wished to establisn the legitimacy of her own children, But lawin England ia not to de had for nothing, and the sinews of war were wanting. Lat- terly, however, her brother has rewurned from Aus> \alla with a very large fortune mace in sheep farm- ing, and 18 anxious to see his sister @ countess rather than the kept mistres@ of an earl. He has provided large sum of money wherewith to fight the battle, and the matter 1g very shortly to be opened up. As yet none of the English papers have uttered @ hint respecting the business, although many people Know privately the facts of the case. But every one pities the poor lady who, until now, and who is yet, called the Countess of —. THE SONS OF TOIL. Gloomy Reports from Workiugmen—Numbers Out of Employment and Europeans Imported to Fill Their Places—Politics and the Worke ingmen. A meeting of the members comprising the Worke ingmen’s Union of New York, was heid last nigbt at their headquarters, Early Closing Halli, 267 Bowery, the president, Mr. Nelson W. Young, in the chair, Mr. CONNELLY, on behalf of the committee ap» pointed to look after the bills sent to Aihany by the Workingmen’s Union, reported progress, Mr. YOUNG, the president, reported thata day or two subsequent to the adjournment of the last meeting of the Union he was visited by a committee of the umbrella and parasol makers of this city, who had refused to accede to the aemands of their employers for a reduction of from Miteen to thirty per cent on the rate of wages formerly paid them, The girls stated to bim distinctly that on no consid- eration would they consent to work for the establish ments who wished for this reduction, and they called on him, a8 President of the Workingmen’s Union, to take the matter in hand for them and see what could be done, They did not want money, but only the moral aid of the Workingmen’s Union, They also state that, whether the employer’s would give them regular wages or not, they were determined to form @ Work- ingwomen’s Union, of the city of New York, properly organized. <A few days subsequentiy he (Mr. Young) attended @ meeting of those girls at Military Hall and found five huadred present. At Unis meeting the giris subscrived three huodred dol- lars lor the purpose o1 forming a permanent organi- zation, and atthe next meeting he hoped to be able to report that they had done so, The planomakers at Steinway & Sons’ were rée- orted to be On @ strike, as wages were re- juced from $15 to $10 a week. ‘The plasterers aiso reported the extréme duiness of times, as did aiso the-brickiayers, masons and other classes of tradesmen, It was stated that Were entertained that the eight nour syatrm wi prove @ failure; that numbers of imen were waiking the stceets without employment, and that men were imported in numbers from Xurope to work for longer hours and at lower wages. ‘The regular order of business was then for the of taking up & offered ea series Of ations: ir. Taylor to the effect tnat the W. men’s Union deemed it unwise to continue what known as the “Joint Committee” and do recall such members of this body as have been hit erto connected therewith; and that the Chair be not instructed to request such representatives from trade here represented as are willing to enter such @ work will assemble ee | and im concert with the German représentatives from Arbeiter Union and such other workinginem as as may ieci disposed to assist in the labor, create, organize and set up such a political organtation as in their wisdom they may consider necessary for tl carrying out of the purposes of labor reform, and des termine the issues of such questions as may from time to time and become politically of vital ime portance to the workingmen. * A motion was made to indefinitely pone the above, on which @ discussion arose, during which the decision of the chair ruling it out of order was sppealed from, and YOUNG took the floor to expiain his position. He said that individ he was 10 favor of workingmen forming themselves imto a tical organization for their own pro! His organization, however, wus opposed to this, he was there to represent the organization’s v; and not his own. He would wish, therefore, to Rave the resoluions taken up and disposed of at this meeting 1n order Wo throw this pol:ucal matier ous of the organization altogether. The Ohair was finally sustained and the resol tions adopted. LITERATURE, Criticisms of New isooks. HENRY J. RAYMOND AND THE NeW YORK PRESS For THIRTY YEARS. By A, Maverick, A. 8. Hale & Co.: Hartford, Conn, Several weeks ago it was announced, with a great flourish of trympets, that the avove book would be sold only by subscription, 1t has, however, ap peared on the counters of tie booksellers, an@ even om the shelves of those Nassau sireet scavengers of liverature who deal in secoad hand books, Conse+ quently we fancy that this volume is destined to have a@ short life and a merry oue—merry in ite effect upon the reader. The principal pame which strikeg the beholder of this bcok, ag it stands 19 purple and gold, is the woru “Maverick.” On the utle page it is more deiaite, ‘There it is “‘& Maverick.” Ig there a the Maverick? Any one who wades through tue tortuous yolu! will lind that, although tuis is osteasibly written te. glorify Air, Raymond, its iuteat aod mas purpose is lo giortly Maverick. Tne ouly autograph teiter from the lamented Raymoud 13 Oue tat pulls & Maverick, Prova the very birttiiplace of Kaymoud—Lima—there staris up, Characterisiic o/ tue awe, an earthquakt cracking everything arouad with tae throes of Maverick, One-{ith of tie book is occupied with biography Of Mr. Kaymond, Another ifth 19 gi to bis speeches and addresies, The other three Uithé are nade up of the opimions, sayings, Mol aud deductions of a Maver.cx, or the Maveriox. ia said that) =6Goldsuilih wrote big) “Ants. mated Nature” giver undergoing @ sol cal cram from a bovkselier’s ~ ibrary: Wrote tue book to sell, Aud it did sel, A Mae verick has undoubtediy wrlsicu this book to sell {tis nxell, The friends of Raymond ciearly dog’ like the book; because, before it bad hardly Bevona cold irom its parturition, they sud ibe compiler bat fallen to quarrelling im priniet notes and advertiser qments, A Maverick nas evideally no aiscriminalon and It 13, of course, no part of au assumed biograp! to gloss over the faults of 9 Gead, and sucre Uo reason why tt suouid open old wounds or paradt foibles or italicize failus ‘LWO little sentences, “which we will quoie, wil tilestrate Wuat We mean. “With peace came Raymoud’s political fatiure” ( 16, * * * “iad Raymond remamed a journals rat untouched by the corruptipg ingyegcus of party Shicanery and unsullied oy avil aatddl (yt cord of liis life Wowd have dad ue geép snddow3. Wil the friends of Mir. Kaymoud Approve of a Verivk's assertio, (aay ius ignition had any poitical Tali ur that La Wes toucked by corarptl wee ces or =ullied GY aseOciatloi Wile in the latter part of tle book We are told tna! General Wehd avtod ag pail bearer for Ube lament Raymond, aud that their dicuities Aad, before tn@ decease, Deen happily adjusted, in the earice park of Ge boow ail these dificuities ave Latended to bo revived, anda Maverick tells Chew as a beadsmag lelig his beads, wiih Sull precision and panini rega> larity; aud they arc nov iuja correctly, either. and they are told 1a tue harshest kiad of rhetoric ward General Weed. A Maverick bu » 8180, & vahiety of lociteniai privats maviors sifeclng nun of spore the oer Individuais, He doee nol even BEX, wid It cori ig nok appropriacc ior ® compiler tO wii avous domes reations Who has himself so jisse to brag of it ‘te pleasant to know that iit. «Raymond's irienda muplave pubiisWing auocerand faler blograpay ae His meuory fom Cie jackal cluwhos of & Vhe late iwiaeated Jun Van Berea used tty sulle public MeL Lhe pangs vi dentiz Ue iecllog tab then acts ang ww corumou property ofsou@ inj mioad, ad he iived to reag to say were heightened vy Sayings Might becoue liverary seaveager, what Maverick hus sac avout mgs have prayed to be saved fiom ais iriends, A GENERAL Hisvoay oF MovEenN Eurora (Now York; T, W. etrong, Cataol.c Publisaiag Mouse) 13 @ brief record of noteworthy eveuts occurring im Burope trom the begiuiug of tho sixteenth ceatnry: Councti of Mie Vauiean. it is tceaded Tor Jools, aud seeuas to Us & Worg. Tae NATIONAL Sruaken w York: D. Appleton & Co.) J & Look coutaumuy seivctious “Lo ald the student tn acquiring a siuplo, Natural, businesslike Style Of spe@akiag.”” We cau recommend it as an ade witabic Gowmpiuetion, Well adapted to Jue purpose. Slava, "