The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1871, Page 10

See Se Ss oe a 4 0 QUICK TRANSIT. The Financial Aspects of the Problem. ‘The London City Railroads as a Frightful Example. WHAT WE DON’T WANT. The Viaduct and the Tunnel--- Will They Pay ? Greatness, whether of individuals or of commu. Poles, has its cares as well as its pleasures. In a short half a century New York has leaped into the front rank of mammoth cities ; and though Lon- om and Jeado, and peraps one or two other pieces, are still its superiors in numbers, it will | twentieth centary as the | probably begin the Jargest as well as the weaithiest and basiest of the great cities of me world. But even now, though we ure as yet only in a sort of embryo condition, we are brought face to face with the SAME GRAND DIFFICULTY \t for twenty years the civil engineers of London ve Deen trying to overcome. Our main avenues « Me are daily blockaded with @ hopeiess jam of velosles; and at has become a desperate ecierprise to cross Broadway at noon. Worse 1 Uns, as populatiun steadily merease large numbers of our people are, perforce, compelled to reside at distances of ever increasing remoteness from their business, and a full quarter of the active waking life of scores of thousands of our ciuzens is absoroed in the unproductive occupation of getting up and down town, Twenty or thirty thousand per- sous live at Hariem, and at the best of times, and mnder the most favorable circumstances, all of these who have to come down town and go home again give up \aree hours out of every twenty-four to the task. At is appalling to think of the WASTE OF HUMAN LIFE ‘at thus takes place, to say nothing of the discom- fort and filth of the horse cars in which these daily journeys have to be made. Some idea of it—though a very faint and feeble one—may perhaps be gleaned from the computation that a saving of five min- utes on each journey made by all the cur passengers in New York city during ‘ue year 18,0 would have made a grand total of wsore than eleven hundred years of waking e xist- ence, while an average saving of twenty minutes exact trip would have resulted in a clear gain of 4,00 years. We therefore lose about a hundred lives per annam—otl sevenzy years purchase at that. Abd yet We,boast of being a pracucal people. k “WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO sbou" itv? We Know what London has done, and we sedly recognize that she is in this, as in many otoer respects, merely a terrible Warning. She has beited herseli with @ Couple of rings of locomotive railroads, most of this distance On the surface, with ‘wo or three long stretches of tunnelling of three or four miles each. The tunnelling aas been a decided ure; ali the lives that have been saved by quick iraueit have been Jost by the unwholesome manner yn which the transit is made. The air 1s dreadfully te nd unhealthy, and no efforts to purity it have ween successiul. It is indeed established beyond ail Ayal that AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, worked with ordinary locomotives, or even with locomonves that consume their own smoke, is wimpy a new form of slow murder, Then again the London system of city railroads 18 almost useless, because AU 1s frigntfuily slow, and cannot be made to run quicker, Forty minutes 1s the time taken from Notwag Hull to the city, a distance of four miles and # bait, Which used to be accomplisied by fast stages ¥8 about three-quarters of an nour. And the same tung holds good with the rest of the lines. Taking toto sceount the fact that a railroad rarely deposits peupie exactly where they want to go W, and that generally passengers on such railroads lose five or sen nanutes in Walking from the station where they @re set down to the place they are bound for, it 18 cleat that the old system of vehicular traffic has not been pes muck improved upon. And, as a matter Of ta 1N LONDON the city railroad lines have scarcely affected at all une haes < ae a omnibuses, which are in Munuy Cases faster, cl T and vei patronized. ‘The London railroads tave Pere @reat deal cf passenger trafic, but itis very doubt fai they carry a third as many people a8 do the pabiie vehicles of the city—omnibuses, stages, hacks and cabs all included. A cockney, if he 1s in @ great Durry, still implicitly relies, ike @ sensible Demme, upon a Hansom cab. Jt should also be re- membered that only one small metropolitan lime in London has been a PECUNIARY SUCCESS. That ine for a time paid five per cent, Dut nas now, by rashly guaranteeing otuer simi: jar euterprises, thrown itsell into a hopeless abyss of ial despair, Taken as a whole, it may be said that the metropolitan system of London, though (=I it has had the advantage of counecting the great raliroaas of the country that for- meriy Tadiated towards each other, but did nor cjosely meet, has not paid one per cent upon its capital. The collapse oj the London, Chatham and Dover railroad and of its grand promoter, oar for- mer visitor, Sir Morton Peto, must be fresh in the recollection of New Yorkers; and this coliapse was entirely due to the incautious manner in which that great Corporation, though started with @ capital of near & hundred millions of dollars, engaged in the petriotic tisk of perfecting the civic communica- taons of London. Now we cau't afford in this vast country, with a snd undeveloped industries to absorb profita- every dollar we can save, to throw away our oney upon an IMPERFECT AND MISCHIEVOUS NUIS. seeh as onr London trends have compiacentiy constructed. We want @ city rativoad wat ‘Will sjve ume and be convenient and comfortable, Zou af the same time, from the very outset, yield a& fair rewrn upon its cost. If we cannot get that we had better have nothing at all for the present and epee the “civic raulroad of the future’ 1s dis- versd. ¢ Legisiature this year passed a couple of bills— THE BEACH PNEUMATIC TUNNEL end the viaduct—each of which has put its claims strougiy forward ag the “one thing neediul.”” The dormer has been vetoed by the Governor, vat it will fe doabt again be lobbied through at Albany next Year, and it is pretty certain, Wf it oniv has ine money and the courage to persevere, to gain an opportunity of showing what it 18 practically worta, Judging from the section aiready msiructed under Broadway, it would t certamly free from the disadvantage that damns the Wngiish vunnels—foul air. Worked by pneumatic power the cars are propeiled faster than by locomo- tives, and the gale that constantly sweeps the train #@Gug keeps the aif pure aud wholesome. People woul) in time get used to riding by gaslight, and woule cease to be nervous about running off the track und being smashed to pieces agaiust the ha: crnel walls of the rock between Which Wey are Se far so good; but, in truth, this whole question of rapid transit hinges on an altogether uiterent = of considerations. The great problem to ve el in regard to each one of the projected WILL IT PAY? Hleayily taxed as we are the city cannot shoulder pis e@citional burden; and even if It could 1t Would bee grave economic blunder in a community such as ols, Where capital is so sorely needed tu develop our resources, to waste such an enormous sum of money a8 would be invoive And millionnaires caunet, Of course, be expected to take the stock Unies It 1s going to pay a remunerative dividend. N it is admitied, even vy the promoters, that the covet a tunnel vored through the hard rock of Manhattan would be $3,000,000 a mile. And when Wes «railroad built at its estimated cost! Never, hor would this road be. Men who have hada large | €sperence in public Works of the claracter say ihe cst would be $5,000,000 a mile. And eight iuiles, ‘ever at $3,000,000, come Lo $24,000,000. TEN PER CENT © fhet 18 $2,400,000, Now, such a line could scarcely expect to take more tratiic than do the Third and Bighth avenve railroad lines combined at tie ent Ume. They carry 40,000,00) passengers per aud ut five cent lares tis would give The operating expenses of the wd Avenue line have averaged seventy-fve per eutot the receipts, and the Tunnel Railroad could scaperiy hope to do beter. They would therefore Have $500,000 to puy aividends—about two per cent on the capital. The only way the income could be made larger would be by BAISING THE FAKRS; and (Rat would be an outrageous injustice to the OOF, 28 Well as suicidal to the ratiroud in cutting jowh the umber of passengers, Let tt be borne tu inind that this is te most favorable estumeze that can be made. A really fair estimate Would provably give ihe cost of the road at | $40,007,000, Whiie the Working expenses would be much tigher than the horse car railroads, and tne pol oor Of Passengers very many less than the live- Pu) wl wance given, And ail Uns Is in addition to the eogineermyg difticuities of such a road and the song. long years that must elapse before be - eapleted, and during which the capital Invested Would probably double itself if left in dividend- ying enterprises. cored at irom the same Dnancial standpoint, the VIADUCT RAILROAD, which it may be presumed will be at once vigorously rewed forward, jares evea worse, Its general fea- mes are suMcientiy familiar to the public by this Sime. Jt passes through some of the most valuavie roperty in the cil and the owners are to ye 7d cor pons Probably the proprie- a tie how on the entire blocks the ¢ of which it passes O5 Wel) As thowe Whose property is tuken, Will cial Se opehsalon for she mispuel dove to thelr pro- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1871--QUADRUPLE SHEET. Porey, anq morally fey would have, beyond all joubt, a valli claiin, Noone will care to hive in @ house constantly shaken by the vibration of tng ratlway train ang notsy with the shrill w! of the locomotive. But take the eost as before, at the figure suggested by the promoters—85, 000,000 a mile; 000,000, which means for a ten per cent dividend ae profit per annum, And, granting that the viaduct could carry Japs more than the tunnel, it can readily be seen that tt cannot But even if they carried every passenger now carried by the horse car and gained as large a percentage of profit, the enterprise would still be unremunerative. The total number of pas- sengers on ali the city rauroads in 1869 was 114,019,326, The rest of the calculation is seli-appa- rent. As to the general character of the viaduct road, the charge frequently Mude againsi it that it would be unsightly and clumsy, and would be a public eyesore, does not seem to amount to very much. The frequent arches might be light ornamental tronwork with handsome lamps, and, perhaps, also tgures and statue’, Asto the further charge that the noise of the locomotives would Irighten passil horses, that objection amounts to still less. First o: all the rails would be set im rubber, and the line would be worked with as little screaming and Whistling as possible—perhaps with none at ail. But, more than this, in London there are number- less bridges, passing over the most Irequented parts of the city, over which the locomotives thunder without the slightest precaution being taken to deaden the noise, and yet there are scarceiy acckients from horses running away. Indeed, so accustomed have the city horses become to the | no.se that they may be seen standing perfectly still | under the arches While the trains pass over head, and many of the arches are even used us stables, Ivis not likely that American horses will be any more troubiesome. After ali, as before stated, tae whole thing hinges upon a, pecuniary considerauons. Something must be done, aud done quickly. If, theresore, the Viaduct prospectus can 0! draw up & satisfactory fuancial scheine, and can tempt suiticlent money | into the enterprise to carry it Shooes Ty througa, ; the clty willenter upon a@ new stage of its career. | The enhanced vaiue of real estate up town would pay four umes over for the entire cost of the under- Taking, and in a generation Manbattan Island woud become @ solid mass of buildings. eight miles, HORSE NOTES. ‘The roads have been in fair condition for the past ten days, April showers having fallen and kept the ; Gustin subjection, The new wooden pavements of the uptown avenues are really dangerous after a rain, being very silppery for most horses and re- quiring great caution from those who use fine horses to prevent serious accidents. Mr. James McKee’s four-year old mahogany bay stallion Grandee, by Rysdyck’s Hambletonian, dam @ Star mare, is one of the most promising young horses in the State. He is fifteen and a half hands hugh, perfect in form, and hasa@ quick, slashing gait that promises to carry him very {ast aftera hittle work, The brown mare Lydia Thompson has arrived from Puiladelphia and is 19 Ben Mace’s stable at Fleet- wood Park. The stallion George Wilkes has been put in double harness with Honest Allen during the week, and it 1s said that they make a very fast team. Mr. George King, of New York, purchased on Friday last, of Mr. Wilham Jorolemon, of Luca, the finest horse ever seen in these parts. je is by Black Blucher, stands sixteen hands and an inch high, of arich dappie brown, black mane and tall, and has fine trots action. He was raised iu Oneida county, N, Y., and is in every way pronounced by unpetent judges entitied to the champlouship. the trotting horse Keystone, the property of Mr. R, J. Anderson, has just returned from Ohio. He 1s in good fix, aud is matched to trot in a sweepstakes for $1,000 at Fleetwood May 30 against Hickey, Bris- Lee and a black gelding belonging to Mr. Har- beek. Mr. Charles H. Haswell, the eminent engineer, has been engaged to measure the diferent tracks of the National Association to ascertaiu the exact length ofeach. A certificate of measurement over his sig- nature will be conclusive evidence to all North, south, East and West, and settle beyond cavil all disputes about short tracks, Mr, David Bonner recently purchased a geld- ing, five years old, by Edwara Everett, dam the dam of Lottery, which is very promising. He is fast, good gaited, and bids fair to make a slasher. Mr. Charles Carman has purchased the gray geld- ing Gray Mac to drive with his splendid stallion Kirkwood. Kirkwvod’s record 18 2:24; Gray Mac's, 2:2534 in harness, aad they both have ba id records of 2:30 or better. For beauty and speed they cannot be excelled. ‘They will be driven on the road by their owner. The spring Weather has caused an active move- ment m the horse market. Fine horses are eagerly bought up, and prices paid seem to be larger than ever. Three-minute roadsters of good appearance, young and re bring from $800 to $1,000; two- itty ones, from $800 to $1,200; two-forty animais, from $1,500 to $2,500, and below that, down to two- vhirty, ali the Way from $3,000 to $12,000, providing they have youth and promise. Carriage teams bring from $1,000 to $2,500; Rang Pes Irom er to $1,500, le colors preferred for carriage an horace are Drown vancy Yor S cross match team—a gray and bay, jack and bay or a gray and black. The real novoy Park rig is @ landaulet or coupe drawn by a fine brown sixteen band horse, with silver mounted harness, Agreat many “bang” or square off the tall just above the hocks, but most American horsemen decidedly object to this, justly regarding a full tait on @ horse as a great adornment and viewing it as a beautiiul woman does her fine head of hair—one of nature's richest gifts. Among those whe use horses for Park driving exclusively foreign fashions prevail in carriages, and some of these are most wonderiui to an Ameri- can eye. American carriage builders aim at light- ness and symmetry, and their vehicles contrast strikingly with those of foreign make. The trotting stalion Commodore Vanderbilt will make another season at Stamford, Coun., at the farm of James E. Adams. The Commodore was very successiul last year, the youngsters that have come this spring being unexceptional in appearance. it will be remembered that Commodore Vanderbilt has a record of 2:25, and, being well bred himself, he should mate well with Hambletonian and other Messenger mares, EiUiott’s ambletonian trotting stallion Young Dexter will make @ season at the lari of his owner, Salisbury, Conn. BASE BALL NOTES. A correspondent writing from New Orleans says the White Stockings do not play any better, if, in- deed as well, this season as they did atthe com- | Meneement of the last. They had another very | closeshave with the Lone Stars last sunday, te score standing at the close of the game 9 to 7. Leach, Coughlin, Bielaski, Hollingshead, Gold- smith, Doyle, Worthington, Studley and Martin will compose the nine of the Nationals, of Washington, D. C., this season. “How are the mighty falien |" ‘Quill Drivers” is the suggestive appellation by which a nine, to be composed wholly of reporters | o: the various papers of tins clty and Brooklyn, is to | be known this summer. The editors threaten, in retaliation, to organize one under the title of “Ink Slingers.” If they do won’t it be Greek meeting Greek? Guess not! George Hall, Cuapman and McDonald have finally decided to remain with the Atianucs and will play their old positions. dhelly, lategoi the “Unions, of Morrsania, has | joimed tne Eckfords, and will play ceptre field, James Snyder going to right, and W. Ailison acting as tenth man. Fred, Malone, the catcher for the Philadelphia Athietics, is very sick, consequently the ciub will be unable to play any games inside of three or four weeks. Cal. Evans is wanted by the Brooklyn Club (late Tattle & Baily). ‘To-morrow the Mutual professional and amateur nines have a set-to on the Union grounds. A fine game may be expected. The first series of matches between the Married and Single men of the Good-for-Nothing Club came off to-day at their grounds, at 123d street and Fifth avenue, resulting in the defeat of the Singles by the score of 46 to 17, WASHINGTON, April 22. The first reguiar base bail maich game of the Season came of to-day between the Olymptes and Nationals of this city. A northeast wind prevailed during the game, which was the cause of some joose play on both sides. The Olympics won easily by the following score National: 0 3 20 4 0 1 0-12 Olympics. 6286106 3 #36 Runs earned, 16 to 3. BINDING BOHEMIANS, Interesting Naptial Ceremonies at Essex Mur- ket Court. An interesting wedding took place yesterday at Essex Market Police Court. Judge Ledwith, m his most elegant and impressive manner, performed the marriage ceremony. Henzei Rafker, a blonde of Bohemia, was united in the sacred bonds to Mrs, Caroline Shiesmick, aiso of Bohemia, @ sparkiing brunette of some forty-fve sum- | mers. Mr. George Walsh, ef Sixth avenue, delivered the naptial address, Judge W. J. Kane and Senator P. Malone, of the Sixteenth ward, were attesting Witnesses, After the ceremony ‘the customary pridaly salutations followed, and the bride was escorted as faras the portals of tie Essex Street ‘Temple by all the attending officials, ATTEMPTED SAFE ROBBERY. George Quinn, aged seventeen, who gave his resi- dence as 218 West Forty-first street, New York, was arraigned before Police Justice Baird, at Yonkers, Westchester county, yesterday, on @ charge of hav- Ing attempted to rob a safe in the oMice of George Frazier, on Wetls avenue, during the previous aiter- noun. ‘The accused, Who said he had come up to participate in the Norton reception, having been caught in he act of breaking open the sate, was porsned and captured after a short chase by officer Woodruf™ Atier the testimony had been given Quinn was ordered to find bati In the sam of $700, or in defaylt be commuted Jor tie achon of the Gyand Juryd c YACHTING, ‘The New Sloop Yacht Sappho—Her Dimes- sions and Canvas—The Stapleton (Staten Asland) Yacht Club and Its Officers. Mr. James Garretson, of Staten Island, nas had constructed for him by the Messrs. Poillon Bros., of Brooklyn, @ centreboard sloop yacbt, which for beauty of model and completeness of construction 1s 80 superior in @ little pleasure boat of her class that requires notice. More than the usual care bas been exercised in her construction, ag she will be one of the pioneer boats of the recently organ- izeq Stapleton Yacht Club, of Staten Island, already umbering aMong its members many enthusiastic yachtmen, ‘The Sappho, for thus she has been named, is 31 feet in length on keel, 35 feet over all, 13 leet breadth of beam and 3 feet 6 inches depth of hold, Her frame ts of white oak and her planking of cedar, Her mast 1s 40 feet long, topmast 20 feet, bowsprit outboard 15 feet, boom 36 feet and gait 19 feet. Her rigging is of we most approved character of materials, and when in her racing clothes the Sappho will spread 1,874 square feet of canvas, Mr. Garretson intends to try this little boat to-morrow, and feels that unless he 18 altogether mistaken she will bother many of the yachts of her alze and rig the coming season. THR STAPLETON YACHT CLUB, of which mention is made above, has already upon. its roll eight or ten vessels of a character sunilar to the Sappho, and within the present week will make arrangements for procuring at a suitable place in Stapleton a club house, commodious and con- venrent, Every encouragement has been offered the club to go forward in this good work, and its members already feel there is a picasant future for them. The officers recently elected to direct their movements the coming season are as [ollows:— Commodore—M. C. 'rynan, Vice Commodore—s, C. Hall. Secretary—George MeCread) Launch of Mr. Ashbury’s New Yacht, the Livonia. On Thursday morning, at high water, was launched from Ratsey’s building yard the Livonia, the new yacht built by Mr. Ratsey for Mr, J. Ash- bury, the owner of the Cambria, whose perform- ances have Jong been a household word among all interested in yachtung events. The new yacht has a very beautiful prow-shaped bow, forming the seg- ment of a circle. Her figurehead is the Russian eagle, with the imperial crown on its head. Her name i$ taxen from a province in the Muascovite empire, where her owner assisted in commencing a railway. The yacht has no head rails, as in old- fashioned vessels; she has a very beautiful and it stern, with a semi-elliptic taffrail. On her quarter badges 18 a shght scrollwork of gold, with @ continuous gold line to her head. Her channel pieces are filled up solid underneath, so as to offer no resistance to the water. Such are her distinguisn- Ing features. Her dimensions are as under:—Ex- treme breadth of beam on deck, 28 feet 7 inches, narrowing to about half that width at the stern: this feature 1s more marked in the Livonia than is usually the case, and gives her great lightness and buoyancy, while at the same time her bearing is suficient to support her enormous maimboom. Her length 1s 188 feet over all; her water line mea- sures about 99 feet, Her bowsprit is 35 feet long out- side; her foremast, from hounds to deck, measures 60 feet; her foremast head, 8 feet 6 inches; fore- topmast, 88 ieet; maimmast, hounds to aeck, 66 feet; masthead, 9 feet; maintopmast, 44 feet, Her matn- boom 1s 66 feet long, a foot longer than the Witch- craft's; maingaff, 37 feet 6 inches; balloon topsai yard, 48 feet; jackyard, 25 feet; foregail, 25 feet: loretopsailyard, 28 feet. ’ These figures will serve to show the great mount of canvas the Livonia will spread. Hersatls, we may mention, are being made by Mr, ©. Ratsey, of Cowes; her entire suit wiil be of American cotton. Her masts are laced closer together than is usual in Eng- lish yachts, somewhat after the Scotch fashion. Her interior accommodations are all that can be desired. Her buiwarks are exceedingly low for a vessel of her size; they are not much higher than is the case wilh some thirty-five ton racers. Her tonnage is 260, while that of the Cambria 1s 188 only. She 1s to be commanded by Captain Wood, late of the Egeria, The Cambria has not been sold; she still remains Mr. Ashbury’s property, and we hear that he lutends fittung her out to cruise about with the Livonia, 80 as to get her ballast properly adjusted and thorouguly test her sailing qualities before en- gaging in any matches. It will be remembered that by her trial trips with the Dauntless the Sappho last spring ootained a decided advantage over the Cam- bria im the international matches between the two yachts.—The Times, THE PRIZE RING. ‘The Heavy and Light Weight Championships— Mace and Coburs, Edwards and Col'ius—La- teat Incidents of Note—Foot Race Between Mace and Pennock. Since the RERALD’s last announcement matters Neve progressed sauxtactoriy with the principals in the all-absorbing forthcoming battles for the championship of the heavy and light weights in the fistic arena, The weather of late has been greatly in favor of Mace and Coburn, the giants to contend for the first-named honor, in assisting them to put the finishing touches to their training for the event, Both have taken advantage of the gental sunshine and bracing atmosphere, and length- ened walks, with all incident preparations have been taken and had that attention the serious business demands. Many friends have callea upon the respective principals at their training quarters tocheer them on in their work, and many have visited them out of mere curiosity; put one and all seem satisfied that their physical condition is ex- cellent, and well worth a long journey to note, These aspirants for fistic honors will each appear in public but once more prior to their great battle. in a@ measure their ‘respective iriends have demanded such exhibitions, and to gratify a thousand and one of such they have con- ciuded to accept of complimentary testimonials. ‘To this end the friends of Mace have arranged a farewell exhibition in his behalf, which will take place to-morrow night, at the New York Casino, Mott and Houston streets. ‘sne entertainment promises vo be of much interest in its way, as Mace will not only appear in conjunction with Pooley Mace, but he will wind up in ring costume with Johnny Dwyer, the Brooklyn boxer. George Roorke, Billy Ed wards, Chambers and Seddons will also be on hand. The benefit of Coburn, of a like nature, wili take place Masonic Hall, Thirteenth street, on which occasion @ grand variety show will be given, and Joe wili set to with Billy Clarke, and have the assistance of many professionals and amateurs, Yesterday morning a select few of the gymnastic brotherhoed met at Maher's Gymnasium, St. Mark’s place, to witness a running competition between the training gladiator and Homer Pennock, the amateur runner, The stakes were $200 a siue. Pennock, fushed with his one mile success of a few nights ago, offered Mace the odds of half a lap round the track out of a race of eight saps, or nearly @ third of a mile. Jem stripped like a statue. His rival looked splendidly also, At the word “Go!”’ they started vigorously, and att ve fifth lap Pennock gained about a quarter on ius antago- nist, but did not improve his position further, giv- ing aoe the vicwwry in one minute and forty seconds, As the work goes on satisfactorily in the match between the light weights, kily Edwards and Tim Collins, the excitement incident thereto is sensibly increasing. This is due to the known abilities of each and their excellent respective records. Each is training hard—Billy, under the tutorship of Dooney Harris, in East: New York, and Coiiins, with m Smith, near this city. The latter will appear in public on the evening of Saturday, 29th inat., after which he will settle down to finish the work neces sary for such an important occasion. WITH THE GLOVES. Marry Hicken Among His Friends—An Excel- lent Boxing Entertainment. Harry Hicken, long known as a quiet member of the pugilistic fraternity, was tendered a complimen- tary exhibition last night at Professor William Clark’s, West Houston street, as a recognition of his many services of a friendly nature and decorous «emeanor at all times. The hall was weli filled, ana Harry has good reason to feel proud of the mani- festations in his favor. Many boxing celebrities were present, and many who only attend the better Class of these entertainments, The preceding por- tion of the event was first class in every respect, the several sets-to being between those who are ac- quaintea with manipulating the gloves in the fullest selentific sense. Dan Wharton and Young Cronen, little ‘uns, opened the ball, and without ceremony knocked away at each other in snc a slap-dash style that the audience were weil pleased with the introductory demonstration. Then, after a litle music by a wandering band, came Young Smith and Young Madden, who'were more affective, causing much applause. Young Smith promises well, and wiil one day make his mark in this cha- racter of work if he follows it. A song and dance then entertained the spectators, when considerable excitement was produced by George Seddons, the English fighter, and Patsey Hogan, who ts anxious VW get on & maich with any novice at stated weight, putting on the gloves. The benches were filed in a twinkling, and it was evident that the boxers meant business. Hard, elective, sioaging plows came quick and fast,’ aud it was ere Soa e, “anu the audience felt that in this meenng of two such good men they iad alone fun enough for their money. Then were preseutea two “boneless” men, who went through a variety performance, when Warwick, Edwards aud Hanley came in and did their share of the work. Others followed, and ihe event of the night took place— the wind-up between the beneticary ang Dooney Harris, It was skul_ and execution from the begin- ning, And impressed all present with their excel- Jency as boxers. ‘Tim Collins, Who 14 Lo fight Buy Edwards, was 8 lookurom bi THE MATHIAS-MELLEY MUSS. Finale of the Fourth Ward Police Clubbing Case—Statement of Ex-Officer Mathias. This case, it will be remembered, was tried in the Court of General Sessions a few days since, and was ended by sentence being suspended. Oficer Mat tmas on his own behalf makes the following state- ment:— In order to get at the facts and foundation of this aificulty I have to refer back to its origin; and have, therefore, prepared the following stutement, which 48 correct In every particuiar:— ‘This trouble was rst commenced by Roundsman Nash while under him on his platoon, On the morn of the 283d of December, while on post, someaeny caught him coming out of the math room of the Trivune oifice with a newspaper in his hand. On meeting him I saluted him as usnal, but he made no answer, which I thought rather strange. I again met him about five minutes later, when he accused me of not being found op post, when I told him that I hat just seen him at the Tribune office, He then accused me of leaning up there, but I able to prove that I was not, From this I expected he would report me, but there was no charge made, Previous to this afiair Nash and 1 had re been on good terms, and from this oc- currence he commenced persecuting me in the worst possible manner. When he found it dimicult to get @ fair charge against me he made a@ false one against me, I at opce applied to the captain for ®& transfer on to Ronundsman Meiley’s platoon. Nash had, previous to this, run three other men off his platoon in_ the same way as he did me. Melley commenced on me as if for retaliation, and made a false charge also against me. On the trial of these charges I had four good witnesses on each charge to prove clearly, a3 ithought, their falsity. ‘Ihe result was I was fined six days’ pay on these two charges. IJ saw tne cap- tain, told him how things were going against me; that it would be dangerous for me to ge on post; that If would not be left by Meliey to do my duty, and that one more charge would break me, according to alate general order to that effect, Tue captain at once realized my site uation, and placed me on certain stationary posts, where these roundsmen could not do me much harm. Being unable to be kept on these Posts was again subjected to the mer- cies of Melley and was made a victim’ to another false charge, which was the breaking one. 1 was at this time being driven to desperation, knowing, a8 I did, that I was being unjustly perse- cuted. and withoat any show of justice frum the Commissioners. My case seemed to ve hopeless, I wied to think of some legal means to show that these pharges brought agatust me were false, as my record at headquarters stood good. Soon after this ‘third charge was preferred I applied through a friend for an immediate transfer from the precinct to get from under this man. 1 was at the same time get- ting leave of absence whenever possipie and report- ing sick from the abuse of this roundsman, all to avoll him, if possible. J again reported for duty, and anxiously waited some days without success for this transfer. The roundsman was pressing me hard all this time, He seemed not to be satisfied with havu this breaking charge, but he must continue nd false charges against me before I would be tried on this supposed breaking charge. On the morning of the 23d of February. the day of the occurrence, I was on post on Cnatham street from six to eight o'clock. Near relieving time, on the corner of Pearl street, 1 met an ex-policeman with whom I was acquainted. He tola me that roundsman Melly was at the corner of New Bowery talking toanoid mao. I knew [ could not talk but a minute or two. Keeping my eye up the street, we exchanged but a very few words, when I saw the roundsman coming down Chatham street, We at once parted. My Iriend went his way, and I went mine. Meeting the roundsinan, he asked me what was the matter with that man I was talking to on the corner. I said there was nothing the mat- ter with him. He said, “You were talking too long.” Iasked him how much too long. He said, “You were talking too long,” repeating it as he walked away. I knew at once he would make a charge, and say 1 was talking ten or fifteen min- ‘utes, It being relieving time 1 went into the sta- tion house, and, to avoid further trouble, I got a sheet of paper and made out an application to the captain tor a leave of absence ot two and a haif days irom ihat night, which would extend to my trial day. Thinking, as I did, if | could steer clear of this roundsman one more tour of duty that on my trial day I would know how, things were going to be with me. 1 went On post again at one o'clock, in Oliver street. I kept constantly travelling untik about three o'clock, when I eame to the corner of Madison and Oliver streets, and on taking a look around saw the roundsman coming up Oliver, above Oak street. 1 thought 1 would not move off, as I bad un other oc- casions, but walt unt] be would come up, and ask him about the charge he accused me of in the morn- ing. Meeting him on the corner, he gave me a con- temptuous look and asked me if all was right. Judging from his actions and tnis unusual question, which he always asked when about to make out a charge, lasked him if he was looking for another charge. | then asked him if he had reported me in the morn- img. He said he had it on his book. lasked him bow much time he had made it, He replied, “I cannot recollect the minutes.’’ I told him it was his business to tell me; to which he replied I would dnd out soon enough. His telling me this, that he had me again on his book, and, together with his past per- secution, drove me to madness—my anger knew no bounds. Trying to look him full in the face, which be avoided, and asking him if he did not think he was carrying things @ little too far with me, his reply was, ‘| am not carrying things an; further with you than with any oue else.’’ I told him he was. A feeling of revenge at this time got the best of me, and I struck him with the stick that was put imto my hands to defénd myself with usa last resort. Be- cause, when justice was in my favor, the Commis- sioners refused to defend me, I looked upon myself as without protection. I was at the mercy of this man. To appeal to the Commissioners for redress, from the way I had been used, looked to be hopeless, and to allow this man to be robbing me of my earn- ings, my position and Teputation, was making a coward of me. THOMAS MATTHIAS, SUICIDE OF A COUSIN OF G NERAL HOOKER IN 8T. LOUIS, {From the St. Louls Times, April 19,] About ten o’clock yesterday moruing one of the ‘Walters at the Planters’ House observed a man ap- parently occupying @ cramped and distorted posi- tion in one oi the third story windows of the buila- ing on the northwest corner of Pine apa Fourth streets, dhe man’s peculiar posture aroused the curiosity of the waiter, who cailed to the porter of tae building opposite to go and see what was the matter. Upon opening the door of room No, 8 it Was found thatthe occupant had comiitted gui- cide, having deliberately hung himself, A PREMEDITATED ACT. The police were at once notified, and the door barred to intruders, so that when our reporter urrived all was just as when first discov- ered, The dead man and tus surroundings formed a scene not soon to be forgotten. The bed was undisturbed, and the appointments of the room just as the chambermaid had jeft them. In the Window casing, avout seven feet {rom the Noor, was @ stout iron stapie. To this had been atiacued an inch trunk strap, the loose end of which lad been made into @ noose and placed about his neck. HIS APVEARANCE. The man Was leaning forward, one hand resting on the window sili, and his feet, with the kuee bent, resting easily upon the floor.’ There was a quiet jook Of repose upon his fuavures, and the whole posi- Uon of the body showed that there was no tension of the muscles, He had dressed himself with care, having put on a clean shirt and stockings, a pair of pants and a vest. His hair was also neatly comped. A handkerchief was placed about his neck so that the stram cpm the strap might not cause it to cut into the flesh. WHO HE Was. The official investigaiion mare by the coroner brought to light the principal Iacts of the man’s nis- tory. Hisname ts J. Walcott Hooker. He has been occupying the room in which his body was found about two months. ony | @ portion of the time he bas boarded at Barnum’s Hotel. By the porter of tie buiiding it was* stated thathe was in strait- ened financial circumstances, hardly veing able to pay his room rent, itis not Known that he uas been employed at anytiung during his stay here. Of nis previous history the mam facts obtained were these:—During the war he was for some me con- nected with the Eighth New York cavalty, and after the close Went South and held some petty ofice in Mississippi. in 1865 he spept some weeks in St, Louis and had business connections with a proml- nent firm here dealing in agricultural implements, In 1566 and isé7 he Was in Detroit, Mich., Keoping a general machine depot, He afterwards removed to Chicago, and still later went back to Mississippi. Among his papers were found “specifications of a court house aud jatl for Issaquena county, Missis- sippi,” dated Octover 10, 1870, A MASON OF TUIRTY-THREE DEGREES. Upon his person were found Masonic badges and papers, indicating he had taken the thirty-third degree in Maseury. He had wita him rezuiations of the Chicugo Consistory, No. 1, of the Chicago Loage of Perfection, and of the Lodge of Princes of Jeru- salem. He had also three insurance policies upon his life, the first payments of which were made in 1866, One was for $1,000, in the Connecticut Mutnal, and was taken out May 15, 1864, in favor of nis wife, ‘The second was for $2,000, in the New 1 ork Mutnal, and the third for $3,000, in the same company, both tn favor of Belle Hooker, his daughter, and snowed that he was forty.three years of age. There was also found a Uckeb admittin, nim to the privileges of the Mercantile Library, Numerous conjectures were indulged in by we fe adiniited to the room as to how the deed was com- mitted, The composure ol the features and tne ab. sence of ail signs of a struggle lead many to suppose that the death was not simpiy the result of sirangu- lation, It was thought that he had frst saturated his bandkerchlef with chioroform and had died while iusensibie, An empty viai, labelled chluro- form, was jound, but the porter testified that this had been there for some weeks. Anotuer empty bottle was found on the bareau, but it Was impossi- ble to tell what the contents had heen. A large batch of business correspondence and miscelianeous papers lay open in his trunk, but nothing to afford a ciue to the present whereabouts of bis relatives. The porter states that he told him be was a cousin of General Joe Hoocer. A young man residing tn that city, Who knew the deceased when living In Detroit, testinied that Hooker tekd him recently that he was pecung Wenay POR. THE COURTS. The Jume) Will Case—Verdict for the Defend. ants—The Boston, Hartford and Erie Bank- ruptey Case—The Estate of Madame Jumel—Bounty Frauds—Stealing Money in the Post Office— John Mitchel’s Suit. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. The Jamel Estate Casr—Verdict for the De- fendants. Before Judge Woodruff. Champlain Bowen et al. vs, Nelson Chase et al.— ‘This case, which was contested during the week before Judge Woodruff and a jury, terminated in the defeat of the claimants, The session on Friday was & protracted one, Judge, counsel, jury and litigants desiring to conclude the case if possible, after able closing argument and due time for the fullest deliberation necessary to come to a just verdict. The jury were absent for about an hour and a nalf, ‘when they returned into court with @ verdict for the defendants, ‘This verdict will, no doubs, consign to the temb of all the Capniets the claim of these soi-disant grand nephews and grand nieces of the late Madame Jumel, who entered voluntarily or were involuntarily dragged into the contest. Who is to pay the piper ior the costs incurred is a question that may be fairly left to the consideration of the able counsel engaged to push tie case. If pushed to the wall they know how it is themselves, UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT—11 BANKRUPTCY. * The Boston, Hartford and Eric Railway Company. The affairs of this Company, as already reported Jn the HERALD, have been thrown into bankruptcy in this district, aud also in the districta of Connecti- cut and Massachusetts, Yesterday the matter came a for aeranate in the Circuit Court pefore Judge ‘ooar on the petition of Seth Adams for @ review of the proceedings that took place before Judge Blatchford. By agreement the hearing went over tor unree weeks, a8 also did a motion by Mr. Da Costa for a modifica- tion of Judge Blatchford’s order, so as to enable the creditors of the company to proceed with election of an assignee, Voluntary Petitions in Bankruptcy. Paul Falk and Charles 0’Neill. Discharges. Isaac Stern, Hndrew G. Norwood, Edmund P, Rogers, William H. Kern and Ephraim H. Cushman. ischarge Annulled, Charles K. Herrick. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Forged Bounty Claims. Before Commissioner Davenport. The United Slates vs, Henry Karpels.~The de- fendant, who had been employed as one of the late census takers, was arrested and brought before the Commissioner on a charge of presenting forged bounty claims to the Treasury Department, He was held in the sum of $10,000 to await an examina- tion to-morrow. Stealing Money Out of a Registered Letter. Before Commissioner Betts. The United States vs, John C, Berthof.—The defendant, who had been a clerk at Station L, Post oMce, Harlem, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Kehoe, on the complaint of M. Gaylor, special agent of the Post Office, on @ charge of stealing ten dollars out of a registered letter, He was held in the sum of $7,500 to appear for examiuation on Friday next. SUPERIOR COURT—CHAMBERS The Suit by Jobn Mitchel) Growing Out cf His Fort Monroe Imprisonment. Before Judge McCunn. John Mitchel vs, John A, Diz.—This was a motion to strike this case from the calendar of this court, on the ground that it had been removed tothe United States courts in compliance with the special provi- sions of the act of Congress referring to such cases, ‘rhe facts connected with the bringing of the suit are well known to the public, it being an action brought by the plainti® to recover $25,000 damages for al- leged false imprisonment by General Dix in Fortress Monroe, in 1865, atthe close of the war. An ex- tended argument was made py the opposing coun- sel. Jt was insisted for the motion that the act of Congress 4 March 3, 1863, and the supplemen- tary act of May 11, 1866, compelled the removal of the case to the federal ceurts, aud that here was the end ofthe matter. On the other side it was urged that the acts were unconstitutional, and that if con- sututional they did not appiy te this case; and fur- ther that the parties to the action were and are citi zens of this State, and that therefore the State courts were the only courts having jurisdiction of the case. ‘The Court took the papers, reserving its decision. Dectaions. By Judge Brady. Roder vs. Greenfield.—Motion dented, Levin vs. Greenfeld,—Same. Gunther vs. Greenflela.—Same. Elston va, Murray.—Same. Mckihenry vs. Neher,—pame. Ludino vs. American Exchange Bank.—Same. Society for Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents vs, Deers.—Motion granted. Copeland vs. Martin,—Reference ordered. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Jndge Spencer. James Catniwell vs, Adolphus A. Schaefer.—Refer- ence ordered. Charles R. Broton vs, Charles H. denied, without costs, Rovert A. Wiliams vs, Josephine R. Wiliams.— Reference ordere Jan* Cockran vs, Wiliam Cockran,—Same. Frederick Rk. Scheitier vs. Lawrence Shuster Smith.—Order granted. Merrill vs. Merrul.—Order granted. Eliza 8, Donnell vs, Ezektel Donnell.—Same. Joseph Meeks vs, Margaret Krekel:r.—Same. Charles C. Rhodes vs. Wiliam Dynock.—Same. Pooler vs. McFariand.—Order extending time limited to fifteen days, or five days after service of the order making the change, COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. An Old Offender Recognized and Disposed of— The First Year Und ie New Law—st jog a Policeman—Kate Tirney’s Loss and Who Caused Ic. Before Judge Dowlng. ‘The calendar of this court yesterday was not a very large oe, but one or two small cases were really worth while listening to, For mstance:— David Jones is one of those irrepressibie rogues, of which there are many in this goodly city of ours that no amount of warning by the authorities will have the effect of deterring from conniving at and engaging in various LAWLESS TRANSACTIONS, He was a coach driver, and the police for some time back have entertained anything but a good opinion of him, a8 he was known to have certain relations with the gangs of swindling hackmen with which the city is infested. He, at one time, procured a license for his coach, but for some sufficient reason or reasons it was revoked by his Honor the Mayor, He has since then persistently endeavored to get another license, but his efforts were in vain; 80, out of pure desperation, he determined to drive bis vehicle without one, which is in direct opposition to the law. OMcer Francis Denning, percelving Jones enjoying the emoluments that accrue to HACK DRIVERS: in general, without having the sign on his coach that proves the owner to have pald to the city the requisite fee for such privilege, attempted to arrest him. The gentle (!) Jones to this put in a de- murrer, and by way of forcibly illustrating is pre- conceived notions of independence, 7. ¢ the right of doing as he pleased in spite of ail the d——d police- men in the city, hauled off his left and made a slight embrasure over the right optic of the oiticer, following it up by ANOTHER WELI-DIRECTED CARROM on the knowledge receptacle of the same individual, {he result of whieh arbitrary proceeding was that tue latter’s cranium became exactly one inch and a half larger in the particular spot where the fist of the law-breaker had descended. Jones was finally arrested and daly placed at the bar of justice to explain to his Honor the why and the wherefore of is presuming to redress his fancted wrongs to the ee of the servants of the law. ‘The clerk of e court Wells,—Motion WHISPERED A FEW WORDS {n the ear of the Judge, who immediately adaressed the accused im this wist “Jones, this 18 the third time you have been brought here on @ similar chatge. You have repeat- edly ined to get @ iicense, but the police, knowing that your mode of living 18 using your coach lor carrying the “swag” of thieves, fased to grant your request, You then determined to drive with- outa license, and aid your friends in their expedi- Hons, In deflance of the police."? “Judge, | was not driving the coach at the time, It was another man, 1 MUST RARN A LIVING I've got a chid and sister to take care + you're ap old offender, and some way, 1 of, and—" “2 can’t help thi Ought to know verter; and to Keep you off of harm’s have had no time to get witnesses ‘counsel to defend me; give a iellow court, sobbing tremendous te Vat nis enor a rate; usceptibie the influence of tears, and ne the Penttent for one year. THE TROUBLES OF Kate Tirney ts what mi female, with dimples in dark, sandy nue all spells her name bo get satiss: i. KATE TIRNEY. it be termed a blonde cheeks, but freckles of er her face. say she , but as to this there is no jactory proof, ie 18 a decent, poor, hard- working woman, and inhabits quarters at No. 60 Forsyth street, m thiscity, One day, lately, a8 KATE WAS BNGAGED hanging some recently scoured clothes on a line in the rear of her mansion, @ couple of unfeeling brutes. in the form of men, named Mike Bennett and Frank Keeley, entered her premi charming Katy busily engaged wit stracted from @ bureau drawer the following ar- ticles:—One silver watch and chain, two silver feces and the snug little sum of nineteen dollars in money, all of which was the lawful property of complainant, Kate, and which she had secreted in the bureau for safe Keeping. She entered the apart- ment BEFORE THE ROGUES LEFT, and attempted to detain them, but one of them, Keeley, threw @ rag saturated with chloroform in her face, and during the confusion both effected their escape. Bennett was, however, soon after captured, and had to pay dearly for his little adven- ture, as the Judge, with a flourish of satisfaction, ordered him to prison for six months and to committed until he paid a fine of $100, He will have an abundance of time to improve his morals before he raises the above amount, A BOY CHARGED WITH BEATING A POLICEMAN. Verily our valiant guardians of the peace are de- generating—certainly so far as their paysical qualt- tieations are concerned. This willbe @ cause of congratulation among our citizens, as clubbing cases, wherein unotfending New Yorkers are the victims, will be of less frequent occurrence, and re- taliation for past grievances be tne order of the day; supposing of course that the degeneracy only ex- tends to the members of the force, and not to the human race of Manhattan in general. Patrick Scanlan, A STRAPPING BIG POLICEMAN, accused & boy aged about nineteen, named Peter White, of having committed an assault upon him. “Where did he strike you, Scanian?” queried the Judge. “He struck me on the face, yer honor, and tore: me coat, here, where yer see it.” “What did you do this tor, White?” an [gay a word or two in my own defence??? boldly asked tne little man; and, after receiving an acquiescent nod, sala:— “Twas returning home from work last Thursda: night, and meeting a little fellow | was acquaint with COMMENCED FOOLING WITH HIM in front of a lguor store. The owner of the place came to the door and threw a glass of water over me. I went up to him and asked him what he did it fur, when this oficer came along and told me to move on. Isaid I wanted that man arrested. The- officer then took hold of me and was pushing me along the sidewalk, when I caugnt his coatin my hand and accidentally tore it. 1 also struck him once. That’s all, sir.” ‘This was a clear case of aggravated asganit, 80 THR MANLY LITTLE FRLLOW was discharged with a reprimand. His accuser went out immediately before him, and appeared like a Hercules contrasted with the buud of the “furious assauiter.” James Daffy accused a stripling named Edward Anderson of STEALING A PIECE OF RAILROAD TRON. Anderson took the most convenient route toHart’s: Island. After the disposal of the remaming cases. on the calendar the court adjourned. ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. Highway Robbery of Ten Cents—A Poor Woe man’s Sad Story. On Friday night as Francis Tilter was enjoying the cool night alr on @ stoop in Stanton street two chevaliers Mindustrie, sympathizing with the lone- iness of his position, came with true knightly cour- teay to aid him in whiling away te tedious ‘hours, THE STILLNESS OF THE SCENE had its influence on the newly acquired friends, and they, perceiving that Tilter was not too well able: to take care of his property, undertook “to go through him.’ To this unlooked-for courtesy Titer opposed what resistance his state would allow, but was obliged to succumb to supertor physical force. Messrs, John and Lucius Clark were, however, some-- what disappointed when they discovered that the occupant of the stoop had wisely left his cash at: home, or philosophically invested it in whiskey. TEN CENTS and a shoemaker’s awl are rather a poor rewara for the trouble and danger attending highway rob- bery. The disgust of the operators who had counted: on adecent job can easily be imagined. The dite. comfture of the thieves was com,leted by the une expected appearance on the spot of oMcer,0’Cou- ner, who had been watching the manouvres of the highwaymen, and just arrived in time to secure them, tne:r protests of KINDLY INTENT being dis ed. Messrs. Clark have learned, from experience how true are the words of the old: poet, Who Warns ua that He who what fsn’t his'n, When he's cotched must go to prison, sublime lines that ought to be engraved on the hearts of our criminal population. Joba and the classic Lucius found themselves conducted, much. ee their wills, to the hospivatities of Essex larket police station. Arrived there another sur- prise Was prepared for Lucius, who was at once re- cogmzed as oue of THREE SCAMPS who had made their escape irom custody about fourteen days ago from the sane station house. The water closet for prisoners was only separated by a wooden partition trom a kind of hall which led to the basement of the building, and through this Partition Lucius and his companions had cut a large aperture, through which they gained the base- ment and trom there reached the street, One of the: escaped prisoners was rearrested in a few days, but Lucius and the other were still at large until THE LITTLE INDISCRETION in Stanton street got Luctus again into trouble. ‘The complainant, Tilter, stated that he was seated on the stoop when the two Clarks placed themselves. one on each side o° nim, and after a time seized him by the shoulders and robbed him forcitiy of ten cents. and ashoemaker's awl. The prisoners, who looked decidedly sold, had nothing to say for themselves, and were committed to answer. At this point @ poor German woman, named Phil- lipina Schaifer, came into court to complain of THE BRUTAL CONDUOT of Jonn Schaffner, who was only two days returned. from the Island, where he had spent six months, Yesterday morning he came to her house at No, 260 Rivington street and beat her in a cruel and savage manner with aniron pot, The poor woman bore the marks of the rafian’s violence, and presented A PITIABLE APPEARANCE. She stated to the Judge that a dead child lay at. home awaiting burial, and that it was to have been Interred this morning, but owing to the blackguard- ism of her busband she was obliged to put of the imterment and come to ask protection from the Court. BROOKLYN COURTS. SUAROGATE'S COURT. pal WHls Admitted, Letiers of Administration, &c. Before Surrogate Veeder, Surrogate Veeder during the past week admitted to probate the wills of Ann Vanderbilt, of Flatbnsh, and Thomas Murtagh, Helen L. Jackson, George: Coleman, Dennts Driscoll, David Donovan, James Hay, Gerritt Smith, Sybil H. M. Bristol, John Traver and Patrick Shannon, of Brooklyn. Letters of administration were granted on the estates of George fitzpatrick, of Flatbush, Margaret Scnneider, of Jersey City, and Gabrella Noble, David Aldrich, George E. Welch, Christiana Strube, Mar) L. Seaman, Bernara Hughes, Edward Howard, Joseph M, Schilling, Charles &. Folwell and fhomas- Roche, of Brooklyn. Letters of guardianship of the personal estate of E. Virginia, ,Carrie B, and Harry B, Smith were granted to Dennis E, Sinith, tueir father; of Thomas. and Nicholas McGuire to Patrick McGuire; of Henry Savage to Klien B. Savage; of John C. and Mella E. Hall, to Annie E, Hail; of Joseph Lyons to Jesse I. Wheeler; of Lucinda Woodhull to Henry D. Bird- sall; of Ellen Roach to Patrick Keyes, and of Uharles: F. Folwoll to Elma A, Folwell, all of Brooklyn. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD SEIZURES, [From the Rochester Democrat, April 21. The Suverior Court of Buttalo has issued an order to Sherif Campbell to stay the sale of the New York Cenwal Lighten od wat until April 26, when the case will be het before Judge Verplank ingthe Su- perior Court. The counsel for the contesting par- Ues had to make this stipulation before the court. could issue the stay. All tie eagines will be used until that time, The reicase does not, however, cover all the executions which the sheriff has in his. possession, The Builulo Lrpress, speaking of this Tailroad matter, says:—We give this moruing the names of the parttes for whom the recent executions. were made, together with the amounts:—William W. Bacon, $2,086; Peter Cook, $229; Robert Deve- reaux, $3,312; Chris. Scliwinger, $3,980; N. R. Acker, 801; G. F. Kittridge, $1,478; John’ Casey, Jr. 7,782; 5. 8. Bare, $1,482; M. H. Hazen, $535; H woyes. $506; H. B. Devereaux, $5,952; J. J. Bal 525 rihings $1119; A.W. Iryon, $4,028; 0. Long, $1,117; A. F. Raze, $760; . Holland, $866; K. Keiley, $1,608; A.M. Cole, $307; BE. P. Peugeot, 1,357; Peter Look. $1,060; EK. West, 876; J. P: mith, $016; D. G, Eastman, $789; 'T. Bulger, $2,346; wild, 446 N. W. Foot, $604; M. B, sinitn, $688; D. 8, 5,585; Mary Anu Norris, $26,787; J. Lester, . W. Notter, $6,018; W. J. nenedtot, $860 Fargo, $614; Theodove Snyder, $1,075} $1,025; 8, M, Jones, $8,745. The above j together with the cosis of having them sMrimed, Which was an average for each judgment of seventy: three dollars, made the total amount @ Ute over $104,000 |