The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1870, Page 4

Matters the Senate. Fenton Overhauling the Cus- tom House. New York fhe Tax on the Forty-five Million of New York Central Serip, FRUSDOMS CHNTUNARY. Materesting Discussion of the Proposed Centennial Exhibition in 1876, The Claims of New York and Philadel- phia to the Honor. A Fine Opportunity for the Spread Eagle. BUTLER’S DISABILITY BILL. eneral Amnesty, with Ten Exceptions. A Full and G FORTY-FIRSI CONGRES3, roN, Dee. 14, 1570. Memorials were pr {rep,) of N. ¥. senting that many of the v are now inmates of poor houses # uy, and praying nted by Mes and Sherman, qrep.) of Ohi jects of char- p.) of N. Y.—Praying Congre e3 of interuatioual to define the regulation of ¢ TUE HOLIDAY RE. The Honee resolution fora he 22d of December to January | THE TAX ON TH present consi leration of a resolution requesting the Sccretary of the Treasury to communi Senate proceedings the collection of the scrip dividenc Company, and ive millions of Centra! Railroad od a resolution ENE OF The cost of transportation of yslits of every descrip a tO Line Pacific coa-t also the expenses of te overland route trom the forma agaust indians n service on ¢ dbjection the resol, a resolution, which Was agreed to, insiructing Ue Committee on structing and 1 under the exclusiv 1 the Mississippi river, atoruvear Fort st. P Island, on the Gulf of ) to all comme Mississippi river. ‘A CUSTOM HOt Mr. FENTON submitted the iollowlag resolution, which was adopted:— Resolved, That the structed to furnish a © sost of collecting the « xtvo, the canal Lo be open or departing IVERTIAULING. Committee on Retrenchinent be in- tautement of tae interest of the panli goods while in ustody of the govern: ¥ also submitied the following, to furpish "for t | of of Buch seizures an named, aud to informe period, with the na molevics have beon exacte pach ia ail cases where e also the names of those to amouute chereo of the parties at the ufiferesit j vieved snd punished theresore taunt of money. PKAUDS IN 1 Mr. Ross, (re Indian Afiair: sideration of ‘the reply to his cojleague, bad no deuvt of the cor the sale of lands in ye a suspen Issuance of evidences Of Utie WLU waiter au iny The bill to provide w veliei 1 the Executive Le; reported, with the Finance Committee, ‘the bill Was taken up, on motion of Mr. Drak (rep.) of No,, and di Davis, (dem.) of ky.; Mot ind.: Drake, ‘fipton, (vep.) ef Neb.; liewe, ‘re Wis., and Howell, (rep.) of lowa. ‘Tue que turned upon contributions To aefray innerai expenses of deceased associates and fer other pur proposes legislation vo and Was beiittituy te the ¢ edits ky Bh Nett by securing greater ; such eftices, nd for employés in artinent of ibe mimvent was / uuuendiwents, by Mi Sherman, frou; e hour by Messrs, hae no binding edi Jn aygr of obviating vario in the terms ot | the establishment of : to relieve all acinal detalied the orabie Cas? O! de: Ais notice in W ib Was a buruing sh wrtof some one n the shadow of the | Want in the District of Com circumstances attending & dep tuhen recently coming unde: ington, and sen and a hideous « actual Want sould exist Mr, Hown said the continued clamor by govern. | ment cierxs about insufllciency sons daily mu r compensation here wan He went ou to show ti. had been scandaiousiy s reports as to extra cis His own exp of livmg Were very ressonadl Mr. Davis olered an amendment prohibiting political assessments in atl of Mr. WILSON, (rep. duced py liiin Of Thé same subj AkE good humoredly Lau ica Davis’ amendment (@ the effect that the vase as SOOM U8 Lhe democraue abled te realize iary Washington ciyy | cd by unwarrante ce was that the » submnitted asa sub- | ménl the bill previous} ted a modifica- prohibition shouik party came ito po Mr. SAULSBURY, lesson (aight tue > (deu.) of Del., remarked that the ena ior from Missouri is bis own d bis eyes to the fact that wae so distiuguisied a mem + Of existence to Inake ways Which, though tempora- Was again about nored flag above @ reunited ® hiserrieud (Mr. Drake) w return, like the prodigal mene tu jus lather’s nouse, con- worthy to be called @ son. iustOR LO tie eee ‘oun power sony In! response to Mr. had enly to say that the ving bis Jather’s house riotous living, alter, party of which be ber was abeut penne oo the great national party, ny ted by fraua aud violence, to unfola its time hon He would adv. while yet in time, toned in the Scripture, himseif no more Brephed by an ai in of uae democracy fr day in the fuure. redigal rhe hg NEW YOKK HEKALV, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1870.--TRIPLE SHEET. stance tn riotous living, treason and rebellion against the sove:nment, and when by reason of their course they had been reauced to feeding on husks and had repented, he woul: receive them back; never would he go back to thein. Mr. SAULSBUKY sald the parallel of the prodigal son did not hold good in one particular i relerence to Mr. Drake, for while the former, after leaving bis father's house, had fed on husks, like swine, the late ter, since be becaine a prodigal, had fared more sumptuously than ever. AN ErFICIENT NAVY. Mr. DRake then wiiherew his amendment, and Upon his motion, In order tO economize time, the je and the bul of the last session O promote the securing of efficient seamen tor the avy of the Uvited States,” Was substituted, ‘Phe bili provides ti in widition to the number of men and boys now authorized in the navy, there shall be received annuaily from all parts of the country not more than ¥00 boys from fifteen to seventeen years of age, Who, after passing a moral and physical examination, shall serve as navy ap- prentices untit Wwenty-one years old, to be known as Unon apprentice. 8 and to receive such pay as xed by the President. Upon arriving at their majorly Said appren..ces, If passing the proper ex- amination, shill be promoted to the grade of Union alors, either of the ciass of seauen or ordi- naty seamen. ‘fhe Union seamen shall be eligib.e to promotion to petty offices, rating and position of warrent ofiicers. Seamen now in the navy may, after fe years) service, upon procuring certificates of good conduct from Wier commanding om and passing examination, be entitied to receive an appointinent as Union seamen, ‘Tue bill passed as umended by aba «ditional see- tion, giving to non-commissioned oficers, seamen, ordinary seamen, é&e., berealter enhsing in the naval service the same allowauce for clothing as 18 or may be allowed to non commissioned oilivers and privates in Ue army aud marine cerps, UNION CLALMS IN THE SOUTH, The Senate took up the calendar ef general and special ers, the first in order beg the bill appropriatiag $25,000 Lo compensate J, Miller Best, of Paducah, Ky., @ Union surgeon, for the destrac- tion of his dweilins house, in 1804, by orders ef the t 2 commander, during the rebel attack upon the phi The general questions of the disauiity of the government to pay for private property taken fer public use; Whether the destruction of tne pre- mises in the prosecution of an act of war was, in a constitutional sense, their appropriaiton for pub- he use, and the pecuilar features of the case were a ed during the remainder of the session by rs. Willey, Scott and Morton, repubiicans, in faver of the claim, and by Messrs. Conkliag and Chandler, republicans, in opposition. Mr. CHANPLER said the principle of the bill In- volved the payment of claims, of which this was @ representative, amounting in the aygregate to one thow ne aeilions ef dollars, ane Cae Conners would b6 to make the Treasu AK CUP, aud tg re- pautale te ¢ ae 2p! iat debe Soe Mr. WILLFY argaicd that the practical operation, during the war, Of tie principle adverted to by the opponen's of the bul would have prevented the ercation of any national deot. It was a virtual ac- know)-dguient of the right ef the Union armics to jay violent hands upon ail private property, wuether in New York, Pennsyivanta or Michigan, Which was needed for eévernment use, without any obligations upon the governivent to make restitution therefor, Mt. MOKPON, 10 advocacy of the claim, argued that il differed in principle from the great batch of shulac claus for iudemnity, Without dispesing of tbe bill the Senate at hall-past three P. M. went into ¢ sion, and ten minutes later ad- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 1870. MEMORIALS, &C. Mr. 30N, (vep.) of Glo, presented a resoiu- tion of the Nationaal Board of Trade in favor of an approprietion for the improvement of Des Moimes svilie canai and the mouth of the protsung againsi railroad bridges avigation, and asking us be made Mississippi r.ve being so built as to obstruct that ail bridges over mavigabie su highway, (dom.) of N. Y., presented a petition of envelope manufacturers, printers and stationers of New York agaiust interference with their business by the Post Oilive Department. Mr. Kuiuny, (rep. of Pa., from the Committee on Mines aad Mintug, reported back the bi to provide for the redemption of copper and other token coins, ordered to be printed and recoimimitied, THB AMERIOAN CENTENNIAL. ) of Pa,, from tie Committee a bill to provide fe «itn aumiversary of America dence hoidiug an international exhibi- rts, 1 actures and products of the soil i mines, In the cliy of Philadelpiila, in the year He dsked tat lt be postponed and madé the 1 order ior the fourth ihursday in Januar, njeetion to ils betug made a specta! order was made by Mr. ALitson, (rep.) of Iowa, and the House ng the procecued Ww cousider the bill. A SINE CHANCE FOR BUNCOMBE. Mr. MOERELL addressed the House, adverting to the greai pistorical facts which rendered such a eele- Drauion highly appropriate and Vhiladelphia the er place to hold tin, He said he was autho- zed to state that if Cr ave to the celebra- tion a nat.onal chars age of the bill Ihe aulloriides at a’hiiudelphia Would put up all the nec vy butidings in Fairmount Park and make all the prope: angeineuts, Without wy expense to the geueras goverament. Mr. CLEVELAND, dem.) ef N, admit ail that had been said in and its Character and position as while willing to x of Philadelphia the great manu. | \ u facturin,s city of tue count udas tue Mecca of Am an liber » beverihel: opposed to ihe bill, as a great scicme, greater tian could be developed in the ussion to-day. | He himself had heen the first to the subject to 2 altention of ihe House ina resoiuuon wincl he had offered at the last sion, directing tne Commities on Manufacture nd report whether the Internaiicnal Tndusinal Exhibition proposed to be held in New Yors in 176, under the auspices of the American Lusuuute, ould ree porence oi the A Lihat instead of the m: left under its conuol all sorts of latigg propositions of the same we wrung up all over the cou this as One ol them. He calcul we issiopers Whose appot.tment is pro- | vided for m biu would amount to becween oue and a laif and two ang ¢ mullions of dotlars, Mynrs, (dew,) of Pa, addressed the House in support of te itl M.. Dawys, (vep.) of M moved to amend the ¢ lor the should be pvision for Mab ab Uh bul by striking out ine p commissioners aud imserung | paid their actual travelling dir. epted th ed to the large number of com- in the biui—three trom each l moved to redu them tory. Agreed to, HR, (vep.) of Olio, moved wa amend- Hing that uo expease shal be incurred ted States wader the Dill. to 1d by previding the commissioners shall be ors OF tie several States, in- Patt : xpense anent. Me. C1 de by tae ge stead of the Presi: Ast tWe ameudments Were considered pend- ing whic nt over til (O-morrow. A FULL AMNESTY, £0 CALLED, WITH TEN EXCEPTIONS. The House theu proce-ded, at haif-past one, to the consideration of tle bill fer ‘full aad general grace, aiunesty ant oblivion of ail wrongful acis, doings or emissious of all person ed in the war of the late rebellion, The exceptions are contained in the Unird secuion, Which reads as follow Srov10N 3. And be tt further enacted. That the following classes of persons and t hts, titles 2nd cnuses of action and matters heretnafter set torth'shall be excepted from all provisions of the uct and none other. Hirt—Whoever, having been educated at the Military Academy at West Voint or the Naval School at Annapolis, shail have engaged in cho rebelliun and Insurreetion against, the United bates or given ald OF comfort to the enemies exeo!, Secont-—Whoever, having been a member of elther House of Congress of the United States, shall have engaged m the rebellion against the same, or yiven ald and comfort to the enemies thereof, and whoever was @ member of the Bo- culled Confederate Congress. Thivd—\ boever shail bave held the office of head of one of the executive departments of the government of oy ME, Yulled | Btaier, | or Minister Piontpoten- finfy OF Minfeter Pesident or Judge of any court of the — United states, and sual have engaged im rebellion or insurrection against the same | oF given aid or cowort to the enemies thereof, and whoever ahall bave held either of the like oices under the so-called Cont te States. Fn t—Whoever, as a member of a convention, ah Voied for op signed any ord: nance of secession of any Bi or whoever ce vf Governor of suck Siate whive the same was in reveliion. Fifth—W fe Bervice of the wi derate State with cruelty oF her riding to the War any prisoner of war ki ates. custody of th not Gul er shall i jores, ezzied oF secreted pt: ebattelt, Moneys, provisivus ur military and naval property of the United States Nonenth- All deserters from the ariny and navy of the United | States and ali bounty jumpers. ighth—-All property ana rights of property accrued by nt oF extent made and execat 8 and thiog y sale or fo 3 weation or taxa thon whereby any rights or tiles have become either in the United States or in third persona. Ninth very piece and p described or bu led, which now is or has been uses | cemetery in which the bodies of the soniers~ot tue United States are interred, which i in the oecupation of the United Flaca for the purpose of a cemetery, which parcels of lan are bereby decinrea the property of the United States In tee by capture in war, and sorever dedicated to the uses and urposes of cemeteries for the soldiers of the United States ereiocore inwrred or bereafver to be interred therein, and be under the sole jurisdietfon of the United States, for such purposes inaienabie forever; provided that nothing Fuubned shall ailvet, or tmpatt the validity of any oviug the political disapiitsies of any pted from the Lenent of the provisions of all persoua whose volitical disabilities have heretofore been removed shail be eutivied to all the benefits ot red by this act. Coe ee ay nauk of action and Nabllity arising on any ordinance, iaw or coatract In aid of the rebellion, and every such right shall be deemed invaibd. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Masa, Who reported the bill from the Committee on Reconstraction, proceeded to explain and advocate it, He said that It was drawn, mutatis mufandts, from the amnesty bill passed by the Enghsi Parliament alter the Scoteh rebellion of 1745. He quoted from the preamble and body of the act and referred to the excep- ny upon any lands ‘of land, however it may be which were all persons ain, Mat a Seat, te Wi kere ei the state of the country. War, @ther by vhose who warred in beh: United States or by those who warred agal threw the mantle of charity over all. ‘I! cepted the leaders of the rebellion; but why should and jost, and should now take the penaity of the Phed to those military and naval ofiicers of the United States who had received thelr education at West Point or Annapolis. It did not anpiy to om. ecrs Who had not been so educated. As to the provis- jon referrmg to national cemeteries, he sain he thought it time, after hearing @ eulogy in the senate on General Lee, that the idea that these cemeteries could be in any way tampered with sbould be put an end to If the Union soldiers did anyihing during the war they certainly conquered land enough to be buried in. He wanted this bil passed, if for no other reasen so that the question might be settled forever, An ob- jection had been inade to the bill thatit was not a geueral amnesty. He was not the most forgiving of nen and he trusted he Was not the most vindicuve, He could remain unforgiving a8 long as his neigh- bors and he could forgive an honorable opponent quite as early a8 his neighbor; but when he uid tor- give he forgave all over, and when he did not for- give he reaembered all over. Mr. LAWRENCE, (rep,.) of Obio, asked how many persons the bill wouid relieve, Mr. BUTLER replicd that 1¢ would relieve every- body in the South who was uacer legal trouble or vexation, It would relieve every man who heid a jority it would be contended it was possible to obtain further testimony Coroner mer submitted the case to the jury, who rend verdict to the effect that deceased came to his deauh from wounds inflicted by some person or persons unknown. Preparations for the Annual of Mr. Joseph H. Choate, pe place of the annual demonstration and banquet and the election of officers to serve on the board of the society for the ensuing year, post Oflice or WhO Was @ sheriif or constable belore the war and who had taken the oath to support the eonsiituiion, As to the ¢xcepted classes, all they had to do was to come to Congress hereafter and petition for the removal of their disabilities, A DEMOOKATIO SUBST:TUTE. Mr. BECK, (dem.) of Ky., offered a substitute for the bill, as foliows:— That all persons other than those herein exce| now disqualities to hold ollce ‘oy the third secon oF the fowteenth arsicie of the ameudment to the constitution of the United States are bereby relieved from such disavt'ities, and the ame is hereby removed from and after the passage of this act, except from the following classes of persona :. First-Whoever having been educated at the Mili Academy at Weat Point, or Naval School at Annapolis, shall have engaged In the rebellion and insurrection against Lmtet States, or given ald and comfort to the tuemies ereof. ‘Seo uid-—Whoever having been a member of either house of Congress of the United Siates shall have engaged in the re- Delton against the same, or given ald or comfort to the enemies thereof. 1, ir..—W hoever shail have held the office of head of one of the executive departments of the government of the United States, or Miuiater leatpotensiar , or Minister Re: dent, or Judge of any court under the United States, and gpatl haye eagaged fn the rebelion and insurrection against e dam, oF fiven aid or comfort to the enemies thereol. mag REPYBLICAN SUBSTITUTES, Mr, FARNSWORTH, (rep.) of Til, offered a sub- stitute for the whole bill, as follows:—That all polltt- cal disabilities imposed by the third section of the Jourieenth amendment of the constitution of the United States are hereby removed, Mr. BinGHaM, (rep.) of Ohio, moved a substitute for the first section, removing all political disabui- ies irom all persons except such as were Senators or Representatives in Congress in the years 1850 or 1:61, or were in either of such years Oilgers in the army or nuvy ofthe United States, heids of depart. menis, United States Judges, United States Minis- ters, ang except sears who, in violation of that ae ment, have held oftice since the ist of Juae, Mr. BUTLER announced his purpose to have the vote taken on the bill at three o’ciock. Mr. Beck opposed the bill, He said he woulda have offered such a substitute as that offered by Mr. Farnsworth, but that he feared that the House migit bot be prepared to voie for a general re- moral of disabilities. but might do so when certain e3 were excepted. Tie noped the House would. acopt the substitute offered by Mr. Farns- worth, but if not, then he hoped that his own substitute would be agreed to, He argued that mine-tenths of the matter in the bill was matter over which the Keconstruction ; Conumittee had no jurisdiction, but belonsed pro- perly to the Judiciary Commuttee, and ine expressed the iear that if the bill were passed by a simple ma- n Hid 1 refer- to all subjects in it that did not require a two- majority; while in reference to the removal e vin. of political disabilities it would not be valid. He deciared t instead of iis being @ bill granting genera nuesiy it was a bil Of pains and penal- ues—a bill for making var.ous discriminations, He had never seen a bill that was further from car- rying out the object» which it professed to carry out. dt was a bili addiog imsult to injury. He believed tne repablican party and the republican press de- sired to have eral amnesty extended, He thonzht that party had lest State alter State by Congress reiusing to pass such a bill, and that it Wouid continue to lose state a‘ter Stale so iong as Congress maintained that position. Mr. Porrer, (dem) of N. Y., advocated the adop- tion ot Mr. Farnsworth’s substituve, He believed That that proposition would be found to be not only Mie most generous, but the most patriotic and the Wisest proposition m that report before the House, He argued at length against those provisions of the bill relating to legal proceedings and rights of ac- tion and property. At the conclusion of Mr, Potter’s remarks the blil went over till to-morrow. VHE GOVERNMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. Dawes, from the Appropriation Committee, reported the Legislative, Judicial and Execuuve Ap- propriacion bill, which Was made the special order for mulions of doliars, Tuesday next. 1% appropriates about twenty KER announced the following appoint- to committees:—On Mines and Mtaiuy, Mr, Manning; on Freedmen’s Affairs, a Baukiug and Currency, Mr. Holmes; on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Mr. Dixon of N. ©.; on tie District of Columbia, Mr, Darrall; on Milita: faus, Mr. Mor cle all yiution calling on the r for the report of the counnission Xumine the bridges over the Ohio river, whica adopied. ils were introduced and refe ule Of Zt aug Harbor, NSEND—To a uct ob the 4th clung the judicial system of the No Explanation of the Mystery—Close of the Inquisition, The mysiery surrounding the death of George Johnson, alias Patrick Vaughan, the yeung river une who and subsequently found at the cerner of Mujberry surcel and Chatham, bleeding bad being cleared up. Netwitistanding deceased, almost up to the time of his death, persisted in suying that he shot iv lieve it to be done 80, was tions soMe days ago a mai named Michael Kerrigan, alleged ‘as slo! on the morning o! the 28th ult, y, is far from , the surgeons who aitended him be- most lMpossible that fe could have The general opinion 18 that Vaughan While committing: some depreda- ihe gock; on’ the Bast river. shot about o lave been seen with deceased aiter he Was shot, Was arrested for higuway robber Yesierday morning Coroner Schirmer called the jury in the ease together again, and confronted Kerrigan with John McCarty and James Johnson, who stated positively that he was no, we Kerrigan they saw with deceased. On the morning ef the occurrence at Johnsen’s porter house, No 100 Mott street, Captain Kennedy, of the Sixth precinct, and his detyctives have lavored incessanily to clear up the mystery, but without success. As it seemed im. John McCarty, who has been confined in the House of Detention, was discharged bv the Coroner, with the understanding that Dolan aud Van Buskirk, of the Sixth preciuct, in securing the man Kerrigan. he should aid dete ves THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY. Glorification and Jollification. The New England Society, under the presidency met last night for the pur- of auditing accounts, determining the time and After routine business bad been disposed of 1t was ied to have the annual dianer ot the Society on 2ist of December, as usual, and that on the day previous to the banquet Mr. Raipa Waldo Emerson wo. ure before the society at Association Hal ‘rhe election for officers then took place, with the following result:—President, Joseph H. Choate; First Vice President, Elliot ©, Cowdin; Second Vice President, Isaac H. Bailey; Counsellors, nuel Ny Steobins, Cauries . Beebe, Colonet Willtam Borden, Colonel Frank K Bowe; | Assistant Counsellors, Wiliam H. Lee, Charles 8. Smith, George Cabot Ward, Damel Appicton, Willian T. Biodgett, Wiiltay H. Fory, Josiah M. Fiske, S. H. Wales; Trew: Luiner B. Wyman; Secretary, Le P ubow THE CITY OF RAGUSA, This gallant little craft, whese thrilling log, with the many entertaining incidents and hairbreadth escapes connected with her wonderful and tiume phaut voyage across the broad Atiantic, has created So much interest, will arrive in this city from New Haven In a few days. The City of Ragusa sailed from Liverpool, via Queenstown, for Boston on the Sd ef June last, and after a most extraordinary trip, during which the tiny craft behaved most novly, €ven in the foulest weather, she arrived at her destination September 9, having accomplished asplendid feat. ‘Te log is exceedingly interesting, and from it it wil be seen thai on the gigan- tie highway of the ocean there are genticmen and churls just as ina city. A great many vessels cheerfully responded to her signals and several others gruMy declined. So says the log. much adiniration from hardy seamen, gallant little vessel will doubtless be visited by they not be excepted? They had played for empire loss. It woud be seen that the first seciton only ap- BROOKLYN'S WATER SUPPLY. That New Storage Reservoir—Tho Self-Sus- Plan~Report of the Construction Committee—What is Now Proposed. Now that the Brookiyn Water and Sewerage Board have been authorized to construct the new storage 1s completed, The supply of water will be most abun- itself, The land which the Board proposes to take embraces an area of over one hundred acres, and most of this is already covered with water, though of very little depth. The work of removing muck and putting the ponds m shape will occupy some time. The estimated cost of the property and the construction of this large reservoir, as before stated, 4s $1,490,000, ‘The question of MAKING THE BOARD SELF-SUSTAINING has been pretly closely looked into by the Commis- sioners, and every effert to that end is now being maile. Ic 18 proposed as a reformatory measure to abolish the Regiatrar’s Department ef the Board, in which a large number of clerks are employed, and to have the water rates collected hereafter through the Tax Collector’s oMice. This will, of course, greatly lessen the expenses of the Board, A short time since the President of the Board, Mr. Wilham A, Fowler, submitted a plan to the con- sideration of the other members of the Board, whereby the expenses of tie Board might be lessened and the department made as near sell-supporting as possible. hgh rns was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs, Lawler and Bliss, and yester- day these gentlemen submitted the foliowing REPORT OF CONSLUCTION COMMITTEE OF BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, which will be of unterest to every property owner in the city, BROOKLYN, Dev, 14, 1870, ‘The committee, to whom was recerre! the communication of the President of the Board, recommending that an appil- cation be made to the Common Council for an increase of the Water rates, report that they have made # thoroush Ine vestigation into the annual resources and expenditures of the Department, and nd that the interest upon the boned debt and the necessary supplies and repairs considerably «x- coer! the revenue, as will be seen |y the following statement, which exhibite tie nctual expenditure and recipi: for the present year, excepting in the estimated income for the men:hs of November and December, which estimate the nc- {ual recerpts will not, tu the opinion of the committee, mate- ialiy vary, ‘There were purchased for the Department of Distri- bution and Kepaira in 1870 miscellaneous supplies anit repairs amounting to. For the Ridgewood engine house, ordinary repairs. to eng For Progpect engine hows conduits and $28,531 elusive of extra: ine, 1or coal, &e. $629 43. ity Recespt Deticieney 1 will be see deticieney of ealari The committee see no way to lessen this deficfency for the coming year if the present rates are roamntained, but on the contrary are of optaion that it will naunt b ol + The bonded debt is naw 85,2654 will be $495,5. 0, an ins ar 0. as the ton growlag the running expenses must be correspond ‘he receipts should and would keep pace xpenditures but Yor the unaccessary and enormot waste oF water by the consumer, which the department, all 6 vigilance, cannot prevent, and which must be supplied ata larg» cost without any return of revenue. Conls the waste Le stopped and the deparsment recetve a fair compensation for the water used to extinguish fires, there 13 no doubt that the works would be sei How this waste fect the ob- Ject, but no cheap and reliable meter has as yet been fn- ented. so {ar as the committee are informed, and even bad we such a moter we seriously doubt whetier the juhabitunts would submit to such a restriction of the use of aa clement in their dwellings that many believe shonid be almost as tree as air, but who are willing to pay any amount necessary to support the works 1 economically aud eftciently manayed, he reductien of the current expenses shouid be the tirst consideration of the Hoard, and every change in the depart- t should be made tending to that end that would not the ellicien: management ot the works, That the public sentiment and convenience require that all of the taxes should be collected in one department, and at has given the subject the slightest consideration, While the transfer of the duties of the Registrar to those of the Tax Colector must be attended with considerable difi- will require legislation, in the opinion of the com- t can be done wituout materiaily afecung the man- ageine the Legistature for the necessary power to make the tansrer. Wi.h te changes proposed eflected the pay-roll can be re- duced to about 3/5,000 per annum, While committes fully concur with the President that an Increase of the rates is absolutely necessary to make the de- partment soltaustaining, they are not prepared to recom. Inend the chanze as proposed by him. ‘The change shoud be -made with as little objection and annoyance to the consumer 48 compatil.e with the object sought. The amount that would be realized by taxing each washbasin and washiub would hardly justify the excessive annoyance the consumer would be subjected to by the inspectors running all over his premises to ascertain their number. ‘The committee are clearly of the opinion that the privi- leges now and which for many years past have been ac- corded to the consumer should be disturbed as little as pos- Ad suffictent revenue to meet the interest on the bonds is- with the interest on the bonds to be fasued for the proposed storage reservoir, when the changes @contemplated are made, We would recommend no other alteration of rates at this time, ana we beileve that the consumer will readily ay support of these great works, Which have done 6» much to auvance the prosperity and weltare of our city. We therefore recommend that an ordinance be drawn in accordance with the rates submitted, and that it be presented to the Common Council for their ac.fon:— Front With. Stories in Height —— 16" fect and under... $5 $8 48) 49 BIL 18 feet and over 15 6 8 9 i I 20 feet and over 18, iL 13 14 224 feet and over 20 Bo 15 2 feet and ov M156 16 20 feet and over 25 4g feet and over 20 50" feet and over Reape subinitied, 19 P 21 33 4 LOWBER, A. ti, BLISS. TERFE.TER, BROCKWAY, ToE € A Chapter in His History. [From the New Haven Journal, Dec. 13.) Brockway was net an engraver, but had, under the mstruciions of a relative, since deceased, learned the business of letter press printing. ‘ibe printing of bank noves, Which had previously been carried on here to @ considerable extent, nad mostly been trausterred to New York: but two or three of the banks stil patronized the home establishment, provide a safe and other precautions against acct- dents. ‘The plates trom which bank notes were printed were treated the same as ochers—that is, when an order was “worked off’? tney wero cieaned gud sct aside in the most convenient part of ‘the room. Brockway was at work in the office, and had the printing ot notes when called for. Some tme in 1846, we tink, it was discovered that there were too many of the New Ha' bank bilis afloat, aud a specimen of the “over issue,” as such things are Rowadays termed, was shown our informant, an expert im such matters, He pro- pluie, he signatures were admirably executed, and the blll was a very dangerous one, Brockway Was suspected and taken into custody, and sub- jected to arigid private examination by the bank ollicers, Justice Gennett and others; but be was per- fectly seli-posses-ed, and baMed every effort to en- trap him. He had covered pis tracks completely, audit was found necessary to release im. He Continued to Work in the same place, and the bank took extra precautions against @ recurrence ol the accident. At iirst the work was done im New York for awhile, and a new naii-plate Was engraved; but svon, for reasons of ecx and convenience, the plates were brought buci the work given to the same concern. ‘ne bank kept the plates, except when they were actually re- quired for the work, when they were passed over to out vo hin, and one of the bank olficers stood by wile the work was in pr primied sheets uud the unished, ‘his programme Was ca Brintuail hapening to be the director selected to Watch, and li seeued that by no manner of means could a fraud be perpetrated, But the handier of the press Was Krock way, and he was allogetner too smart to be bound under ordinary precautions. 1t was not long before the bank received froin the Sufulk Bank jof Boston—in tose days the redeeming agent for ail the New Eng- and = banks—a ote which Was pronounced bogus. ‘The signatures were alinost perfect, and the only perceptible difference in the printing was that some of tie finer lines of the engraving did not appear quite so clear and perfect as 1 the genuine, Gur ined was again consulted, and xguin pro- nounced the bill an impression Nam the genuine plate. The officers of the bank deemed this impos- sible, for they knew their plates had been locked up im the bank’ vault except witile on the press, and under the eye ot one of the most careful and trusty ol their number. ‘he expert adhered to hits opin- jon, and soon he was reinforced by Mr. Zubei Brad- ley, one of the directors, who being & jewetier aud something of au engraver, had put a privat mark ‘on the plite, and that mark was distinctly disceroa- bie on this bogus bul. But how had the muscniel been done? The bapk officers were nouplussed, but the gentleman whom they had taken into consultation surmised and proceeded to unfold the theory that Brockway had taken an impression lead of the plates while pretending to be “making ready” on the press, and that irom that impression had pro- vided himself with a stereotype eee trom which this bogus issue had been worked. This theo roved correct. As near ag could be asceriain Brockway played nis —_ right before the eyes of tne bank director, and having learned from aman xt out, Captain It was alt er & dar exploit and one that has tele i The nue seokers When ale auchgrs Ln the in town, skilied in the art, hew vo make a piate had cast ene from his lead impression, Which was per- fect except in the Miner lines. 1t 1s not remembered Hate abehate oaited war aatug an‘ le is now said to Rew 10 Pot iy eg wee eet wvanaoned D iu ad. bs at ‘our present peaceiul state of ‘ ha inks In the chain of evi hered te his fortunes and once sequred his pard trem a New York penitentiary. New Yo wicks, reservoir at Hempstead Valley, the citizens of Brook- lyn will have no cause to complain when the work Crime in the Household~A Wife Poisoned with dant unless some unforeseen failure should present same tie, there can be no doubt iu the mind of any one | of the works, and a bill should be drawn asking | sibie, and as the annexed schedule of rates on dwellings will | sued and the current expenses of the department, together | sent to ihis, and will cheerfully contribute his share to the | THE GALLOWS. Execution of Two Murderers at Kingston, Canada. Strzchnine—An idiot Paramour and an Un- faithful Husband—The Doom of a Horse Thief and Murderer—A Family of Rob- bers—Both Criminals Confess their Guilt-Scenes on the Scaf- fold—The Last of Earth. K1nasrov, Ontario, Dec. 14, 1870, Two murderera, Daniel Mann and James Deacon, demned had during the past week expressed themselves sincerely penitent and fully prepared to meet their fate. Their spiritual by all denominations in Kingston, more particularly creed both men expressed themselves as having formerly belonged. assizes heid in Kingston, Deacon being found guilty o1 : KILLING HIS WIFE BY POISON. The evidence at the trial was most conclusive, and proved that he had for two months prior to her death been in the regular habit of dosing her with strychnine, The amount given, however, each time proved an overdose, and only tended to sicken her, The cause of Deacon's dia- bolical sacrifice of his wile’s life was an Llicit inter- course existing between himself and a haif idiotic Dutch girl living in the house in capacity of servant girl. Tis girl, according to the prisoner’s statement, urged him to the commission of the deed. The last and fatal dose was administered in Epsom sa)ts in the evening of the 5th of July last, and death en- sued in a few hours. On the following day the body was buried in a hurried manner, and the neighbors’ suspicions being aroused a coroner's warrant was issued to resirrect the body and hold an inquest on the same. When lifting the body from the grave the prisoner, who had not then been arrested, made some brutal remark about THE STENCY AKISING FROM THE WIFE'S CORPSE. At the inquest the medical testimony conclusively proved the presence of strychnine in the stomach, The prisoner was immediately arrested, conveyed to Kingston jail and stood his trial with the before mentioned result, Daiiel Mann, the second murderer, executed side by side with Deacon this morning, has been from youth up a desperate character. His father, mother and himself were members of* a gang of thieves known as Malahide Rangers, which some threo years ago infested the county of Middlesex, in the Western section of Ontario. HORSE STEALING AND GENERAL PLUNDER ofeverything they could get hold of was the motto of the band. Their acts at last became so bold that vigilance committees were appointed in different sections to ferret them out. The arrest and break up ofa band was brought apnout in the following Mmanner:—The band attackoa the house of a wealthy farmer suspected of having a large amount of money on hand. Etfecting an entrance, they pin- foned the litabs of the man and wife and stared to search the premises. The noise made by them awoke a hired boy who slept in the gar who Was so much afraid that he would be Kiiled by the desperadoes that be jymped from his window and and roused the neighbors with news of the outrage, In a very short time a band of men well armed started for the dwelling, which was then being ran- sacked by the raiders. The latter, secing their ap- proach, fired several shots to intimidate their pur- suers, but finding their course of no avail, fled to the woods. A few days afterwards several of the gang were arrested while endeavoring to arrang: a crossing of the river Into the State of Michigan, Among the pumber was a young man, his father and hali-brother. At fheit tnal evidence somewhat IMPLICATED THE MOTHER, who. was put on trial, and, with all the others, found guilty, the parents receiving five years in the Provincial ‘Penitentiary and Daniel Mann ten years. While serving out this term of imprisonment he committed the deed which to-day brought bim to the galiows. Himself and a fellow convict named Smith were outdoor workers at the lime kilns ad- joining tne Penitentiary. While engaged at this the workmen planned their escape. Alter weary weeks of waiting for an opportunity to make the attempt, a chance at last presented itself. All the conyicts but Mann and Smith were marched back to the Penitentiary for dinner, the two former being left, under charge of a guard, to keep the kiln fir burning. The guard, unconscious of danger, was | sitting on the edge of & wheelbarrow, his loaded | aided also by a company of military. ' of age, an undersized man, five feet six inches high, | with dark eyes, heavy black beard and mustac which, having little of the work, could not aiford to | nounced the bill an impression from the genuine | the printer, the paper for the bills required counted | ress, to carry away the | tes when the job was | musket leaning against his arms. Mann whispered | to Smith to step infront of their intended vicum | and | Poor ‘fraile was struck with | of wood across the back of the necktby Mann, kt!l- which was done. a heavy stick draw his attention, ing him instantly. Both men then escaped to tae woous and for eleven days averted the pursuit at once instituted by at least fifty-five emcent men, Several suers were within times during the pursuit the pul a few treet of the murder but falled to th them. For nine days the fugitives subsisted on reeds end herbs. At last, driven by hunger, they emerged from the woods to § ek something to eat. They were soon again followed, finally hunted down avd captured, On trial Srath got off with ten years’ imprisonment, Mann, how ever, was found’ gulity of wiilul wurder, aod ceived the sentence carried out to-day. ‘fe iollow- ing 1s the result of INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH OF THE CONDEMNED. James Deacon, first visited, Is about thirty yea rs aquiline nose, forehead low but broad; general e pression of his face anything but repulsive and not Indicative of a naturally bad nature. ‘The mouth, chin and lower part of the face bear ‘strong proof of a weakness, and rather portray an indecision irreconctiable with the bloodhound ferocity with which for months her pere sistentiy administered poison to his wife, till at last he succeeded in murdering both her and the unborn life she bore within her. RErORTER—I! am truly sorry, Deacon, to see you in the awlul position you occupy. DEAcoN—-God knows 1 am equally suffering anguish for my crimes. HEPoRTER—W bat forced the crime with which you are charged ? eee resistless passions and the influence of the other women, . REPORTER—What have been your thoughts since your condemnation in regard to your murdered wife? DEACON—My suffering has been at times fearful when I thought of it, but now my earher love tor her has returned, and | honestly aiiirm I long to meet ner, I hope, in a better world. Rerorrex—Have you any brothers or sisters? DEAvoN—Yes, 1 am one of a family of twenty- three children, ail alive at the present time. REPoRT! Did you receive any education while young, or experience the beneiits of religious train- ing? eacox—No. When I was a mere boy I was allowed to rnu wild, according to my own whim and Was never caused Ww my parents to pay any attention to religion. The example was never set me of going to church, and | fear 1 was but too well ea aseg with the Liberty of the life 1 was allowed to your correspondent. REPORTEA—Vid you and Smith, when concerting your plan of escape (rom the PenitenUary, meditate the murder of the guard, Trail? Mannx—God knows I did not. When T struck Trail I never intended to do more than stan him, Thad no idea that I had killed him, or 1 sould not have remained to bind his limb. * KEPORTER—What thought Was uppermost in your mind when you approacied the guard, Traill, to strike him? Masn—A Gesire for liberty—a hope that 1 might be abie to make my escape. I attacked the guard us a necessary proceeding to further my chances of getting away, [call God to witness f did not have the sightest wish in my heart to kill hun. REPORTER—What Was your treatment while in the Penitentiary? MANN—I do ‘not desire in these my last moments to say anything against any ian, but 1 do say that these long hours of imprisonment are the surest and certain moral ruin of the convicts, ‘ REPORTER—What ure your reasons for so think- ingr Saxw—Becanse & man loses all heart when he lay before him, and gradually he comes to that himself an injured man, and brooding over his posi- tion he becomes morose and savage In his temper. REPORTER—Do you feel that you are fully pre- pared to meet your fature? MANN—Thanik the Lord Jesus, Tao. I feel that 1 have been a great sinner, yes dof iecl that my sins are forgiven me. In my own mind I feel guiitiess of premeditated intention to kill; yet I aumit the jusimess of my sentence, for in “he who sheddeth man’s bicod ness; tbat blood be shed," ptepared to meet my fate, of my they shall be made white as snow. REPORTER—Goodby. and hs . Of @ taway brown, frered the extreme penalty of the law this morn- ing, at eight c’ciock, such being the hour appointed by an order in council regulating the execution of criminals under new regulations, Both the con- welfare had been most attentively cared for by clergymen of the Methodist Church, to which Both men were convicted at the last sitting of the appeared to suffer but iittte. beat at the expiratien of ten ininutes; but with Mann 1t was Uhiriecn minutes and some seconds be- fore It stopped. of the law. are a Fene He lish Duck wi in the whole are show? than are there it would be dificult to find. game bantams the same owner is exhibiting several ‘Mann gave ready replies to all questions asked by | reflects upon the loug, weary years of waitiag that | Kelso to supermmeendis reading my Bible 1 read and fully believe in its ives Dy m shall his I thank my Aimgnty Father that through the assistance of tne many kind friends wuo have prayed with me I feel trust In the promixe, Saviour that though my gims be as scarles I wish you a continuation to i RRR meen talent | that the state of the country was such that all of the exceptions could be suruck out, but such was nob ‘The bill swept out every- thing that had been dene wiong on one side as well i ( hk and here that ne ee salts con rou; or ac joue or CO! “rir d eo alt Oo} ie - It bill ex- straight, was rushed back from his forehead, which 1s browd and high. tw faoo, destitute of hair, is ir in ayem dark ie cook eit nn roe in colo} ean markably brigat aud piercing, iy hy ~ 0 Of at expression, as evinced sever tunes uring the mterview. His. every appearance denotes au intellectual person; but “unfortunatel: for Ube early career of Daniel Mann, the due natar abilities with which he is evideutly giited have been smothered throuch Une influence of bad example and his parental training. With eariy cuiture and ret- gious training there exists not @ doubt in the minds of all who have visited Daniel Mann that his mae turer years would have proved him & good citizen and a useful member of society: but Wi-h a fathe) adinitted himself a thief and leading member of a notorious gan, mingling with scoundrels, who almost highly rendezvoused at his own Louse—with a daily exampie such as this before him, 1 is litte to be wondered at that the young, uncultivated mind bore evil Impressions, and early received the 8 es Which bas since ripened to such a tragic har- veo! FIRST MEBTING OF THE CONDEMNED. Ata few minutes after seven o'clock the two con- demned ones were brought together in the debtors’ room, thus allowing tuem to join their voices in mental appeals fer mercy. ‘this was the first time that tue two men bad met one another to engage in conversation, and ihe sad meeting, but such a short presage to the tragic parting, 580 soon to take place, was most alfecting. With arms around each —_otlier’s ~~ necks they _—_ saluted one another, the wile uttering words of prayer and trust that each felt himself prepared to mees his God. Both men shuddered percepubly, but Mann, the soonest to recover composure, settled himself firm asa rock, aud without auy further vis- ible tremor submitted'to the operation, Deacon, om ek tee br srenihled visibly during the opera- on, ‘played more ner than his fortunate companion. Zs INN =e STARTING FOR THE GALLOWS. After the pintoning had been completed the Sherif! notifled theta that the hour had arrived for their exe ecuuon, After shaking hauds wich all present the sorrowful procession starved for the scattold, the corridors, up several flights of stairs and celis from whose grated bars and gunless interions an occasional prisoner stood with nervous fright, ull at length is reached the ena of tie last corridor, Passing through the open doorway both men were under the drop, and invol- uniarily, as it were, the eyes of each glanced up. wards and rested fera second on the iron bar which supported the drop, A winding, worn and steep stairway of perhaps a dozen steps 18 now ali that remains before reaching the actual sceae of the Jast act in the tragedy. With firm and steady step, with no outward sign of tear, yet no appearance oi bravado, both men mounted, step by siep, tul they reached the chamber of death. ON DHE SCAFFOLD. Again their eyes wandered around for a second, Testing first on the beam overhead, next the ro} and last and longest ou the black squares paint upon the iloor for the purpose oi marking the stand. ing spot ofeach. ‘Thoinas stepped briskly forward with @ light, springing step and took his place directly under the first rope. Deacon, with slower movement, stepped to his. Now commenced @ prayer, both culprits joining in the devotions, Ever and ano, in the luli of verbal utterance, the solemn moaning the funeral Leh echoed through the room, ‘Tie band on the face of tie Sheriul’s watch now it one minute to the dreaded hour of eight. jon of the last second the fatal signal , was wivett, THE OULPRITS LAUNCHED INTO ETERNITY. A movement of the foot on the part of one of the nangmen and a dull thud announced the commence- iment of devil, At this moment the black flag was ho:sted over the prison, where it remained for one hour. Deacon dropped about five aud a half feet, but whe feet of Mann, whose repe was much longer, came within two inches of the floor. The struggles of ‘the latter were Jong and violent; a loud mowing sound issued from his jips and guve token of the strong vitality of the man. Deacon died the more easy of the two, and His pulse ceased to ‘thus was vindicated the majesty A “SOWL” SHOW. Opening of the Great Poultry Exhibition Five LLousand Keathered Bipeds in One Building. The third annual exhibition and fair of the New York State Poultry Society, which is being held at No. 696 Broadway, was formaily thrown open to the public last evening. perfect than Is this show of the feathered bipeds, in every point of view. being held is most admirably adapted to the pur- pose, the gentlemen of the society who have it per- sonally in charge have done and are still doing everything in their power to make it a success, amt the number of fowls being exhibited is unusually large. Nothing could be more ‘The building in which it is THE FOWLS ENTERED for exhivition in competition for premiums namber 2,700, which are not regularly entered upon their books, ‘The species of hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, &c., of both American and foreign production, and it is Saie to say that tluer birds, in every respect, were never raised. each of which contains from one to six or eight fowls, according to the kind, fowls, Brainas, Cochins and game bantams is quite large, the former very much predominating over all oilers, there being of these alone not leas than four hundred, besides. which thece are near a8 many more collection comprises almost every known They are ail confined in smail cages, The display of game The principal exhibitors of the GLADIATORIAL BIZEDS genticman of Kast Broomfield, Ontario Y., and another of Salem, Onie, the former n show1ug sixty-seven coopsand the latter Among ollers, the ieriner show: imens of Hays, 1 Dominigu t iso has a pure white pair of what are called the @ very handsome and a very these le has a very large white ‘Stone Fence” strain, wal kK as @ coal, and an n four first premiuins, four coops of very choice “Eng- one of “Sut ‘a,”’ two or three of y,? which she second white game one of spangies.’ He exhibiis am old biack-red cock wiich 1s a periect beauty, and bs, probabiy, THE HEAVIEST GAME BiRD how. Other exhibitors of game fowls some fine specimens of the “White orgizs,” the “Irish Tassels,” ‘Irlsh Mutis,’? “Roundheads,” and in fact’every strain and color of the pugiiistic biped known in the country, Another gentlet jan exitiblts twelve pairs ef as ine game bantams, including ginger or brown-breasted reds, black-breasved reds and dackwings, as were ever seen. would commoniy be styled ‘“Irisa Grays’ in color, whicu he pred from a duckwing cock and a brown- breasted red hen, and which. do not weigh more than eighteen or twenty ounces, if as much. Pret- uer and more saucy and He shows also two or three pairs of wnat JA 'Y LITTLE BIRDS Bestdes trios of Rouen ducks, among which is a drake weighing twelve pounds. In addition to the thirty coops of game fowls above mentioned the second gentleman alluded to has bantams of almost every color and description. Th the main rooin are five coops of pheasants, em- bracing the golden, the silver, the English and the Himalayan varieties. Near the door, on the left hand side, is a coop containing @ crested turkey, which ts one of the rarest things ever seen, and which, consequently, attracts a great deal of atven- tion. looking bird, which was In another part of the rooi is a very peculiar BRED FROM A GUINEA FOWL AND A TURKEY, and close beside it, in anether coop, is across ofa turkey with apeatowl. ‘There is also a coop con- taming a lot of capons from Philadelphia, whicti are traly ef enormous proportions. ine lot of Bratmas and a large lot of choice buff. Cochins, one of which weighs fourte here are also & n pounds and is aliaost large enough for a diray horse. In another Porton of the building are twelve coops of BUFF AND PARTRIDGE COCHINS, which are unsurpassed for beauty and size, several of the rentiy to admit of their putting themselves outside of a half bushel of corn at one feed. cocks being of sufficient proportions appa- there isa large asso! Chinas,” the “Bremen,” te UR DU KS, too, are well represented, and of ornamental water Nor cage fowls there is a great abundance of ail kinds. have the various kinds of pigeons, raboits, birds, owls and dressed pouliry been overlooked or neglected. . The ¢ tion is teresting and instructive, and Will repay a visit. sive, through the medium of your columns, puncement in the papers of this morning that Thave beon in any way, even by an houeat suspicion {u any scherge of fraud, Being at Boston on Sat~ y last, an matters of business, and while at tinner at the Revere Hose, 1 was shown # telegram fzom Superintendens Jones, of the Beaton poltee, ore ing, vi he req ition of the Governor of New wait the requisition of, the Govern athe ue. we ret Governor and came on! to New tn the charge of an officer, and having given bail for my ance | um sow prepared to ment the infainous charge » bs ong at me. To those who know ws bs has been ~ ee ay. position is necoae i c a nerabant, in the estimation of those who TY ot Nur ine, seains to Teqniire that | should say that this ‘ Dased upon my fatiure to deliver a certain nti, + niskey, which are hypothecated with me for the. payment ot wane or #120, due on the oh inst. On that haymie woiskey was ready for delivery, as it ever since haw ‘deen; DUE in my. kemporary ‘absence n0 one at my store teit wiley, without my authority, to deliver the same. The party holding my receipt for the whiskey was in¢ormed, how- Pith dat the note need uct be paid until my return, when. {he whiskey won'd bn deiivered, Insisting on paying the pote, she went before Judge Dowling and tinade the charge rererred to. ‘Leannot conceive a more flagrant outrage upon a citizen, andl trust that linay find some slight reparation at the the law for the wrong dong me. Wy YOSK, Dee. 1h, Itt MYLES O'DONNELL,