The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1871, Page 9

DESTRUCTIVE CONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE, waa eae stfoots wast badly damaged by watery k on the west side of the Exchange lost a and, St one o'clock yesterday hour hand was trying to eatin people time of day was twenty-five minutes to geven O’olock. ‘This was one of the vagaries of the storm. ca batteanx were sunk along the vat ious arves, and some of the shipping in port received plight damage by chafing, ‘The ventilator on the roof of the Custom House ‘was blown into Bay lane, and rendered unfit for Surther use. About one o'clock yesterday morning the United States surveying schooner Bache, which was an- chored across the river, opposite Habersham’ got adrift and was discovered headli 6 Fiver by Andrew MoGreai and a watenm: Jatter getting aboard, McGreal and the watchman, aiter great exertions, succecded in making the schooner fast at the Charleston wharf, she sustain- 4 dami ing adrift, ine oid foundry Bnet ‘oad street, ened on River street, near West treet, of Rose & Arkwright, was tumbled to he goon and lies amass of broken timber and rr. 4 Cone saree sme Ss Se Bache: got atts aie rk Torryburn, tying at Kin: ‘3 mi mi ca, ed two anchors afd drifted to the market dook, where she was secured. She sus- tained very suight damage, but carried away the mokestack of the 3, W. Linn and broke the lagstaf and carried the forward awning of the tug +A. Getty overdo: A portion of the shed of the Upper Uotton Press gasbiown down, but the damage will be speedily al! . Pepe conatderable pmoant of ground around the Janding at the foot of Lincoln street was washea nd leaving a dangerous hole for man or beast to 1 into. ‘ On Friday night last the water washed away the ‘tones and sand around the drain, which could not Aischarge the flow of water fast enough at the foot of. t Broad street. The result 18 a large hole, which needs immediately filling up. The sand around the stairs of the government boat house 1s also pjeered away, rendering a plank necessary to reach r Ps. { It was a noticeable fact that the syoamores suffered meee in proportion to any other Kina of trees, the { Ve Oaks sustaining little or no injury. THR UNLITY OF THE SIGNAL BUREAU. The violent storm which prevailed in Florida on Thursday last was brediote from the office of the lef Signal Officer to extend northwest, with strong it winds and rain on the South Atlantic coast. he storm arrived at one P. M. Friday, accompa- lod with @ very heavy rain, doing considerable damage to property, &c. . The signal service reports show that at nineteen Es past seven A.M. yesterday morning, when 6 Storm about leaving us, it gave the city of narieston a visit and threatened Wilmington. La- x reports show that it is leaving Charleston, and t now remains for the Signa! Bureau to contiriue to race it. The correct predictions of the bureau have ved a great many lives and an immense amount a property. etween seven o'clock on Friday morning last and the same hour yesterday morning raio fell to the @epth of over eignt inches. BROOKLYN AFFAIRS, Drowning Casualty. A boy named William McLaughiin, residing at 97 Work street, fel! overboard at the Fulton ferry last pvening and was drowned before assistance could Seach him. His body was soon alter recovered. Denth gt the Dinner Table. Mrs. Briaget Burrell, after partaking of a sub- Stantial dinner yesterday, at her residence No, 33 uth Third street, Williamsburg, suddenly fell off er chair and expired. Heart disease caused death. Accident on Shipboard. Hewlett Allen. residing in Albany, fell from the ‘bow of the ship George Hurlbert at the atlantic Dock yesterday, and landing upon a canal boat he- ie broke both his wrists and one of his legs, He as taken to the hospital. Clearing Out au Absentee’s How The residence of Daniel Van Voorhles, 391 Bridge fre was burglariously entered on Tuesday night, ‘ne family are out of town, and the thieves, having 10 one to interfere with them, ransacked the house nd took everything of value. Attempted Suicide. Richard Cli, a shoemaker, residing at 470 Green- Wich street, New York, attempted to commit sul- bide yesterday by drowning himself at the foot o! foralemon street. He was rescued by officer Harris, ‘Of the First precinct, and as he was belteved to be Seranged he was detained at the station house. An Unfortunate Kelly. James Keliy, twenty years of age and employed in emoving an embankment at the Sackett street ulevard, was crushed to death yesterday by the paying in of a quantity of earth. When dug out his iy was shockingly mutilated, the flesh being torn m his face, his arms cages Into his aide and the 3 legs. mes protruding from Boarding House Robberies. Aman, giving his name as J. H. Osborne, engaged poardgat the house of Mrs. Hoogland, No. 39 Pierre- pont street, on Tuesday, and embraced the oppor- ‘Wunlty of robbing it of $170 worth of property. -io man engaged board yesterday 160 Franklin avenue, and shorty © disappeared ith $100 wogth of clothing belonging to William arrington, of: of the voarders. ‘Pestival of the Eastern District Scheutzen Corps. The Eastern District Scheutzen Corps, Captain William Kohimeyer, commenced their Oftn annual Jest at Myrtle Avenue Park yesterday, but owing to fhe unfavorable weather very little pleasure was experienced. The fest will be concluded this even- dng by the crowning as Konig him whois skilful enough to make the most successful shot. Christian ‘unker was crowned Konig last year, but he will ve to abdicate this evening. The Evergreen Cemetery Troubles. ‘William O. Kneeland, Michael Schmidt and Wil- fiam H. Cowenhoven were arraigned before Justice Noorhies, Williamsburg, yesterday, charged with ¥raudulently disposing of lots iu the Cemetery of he Evergreens. The complainants im the case were lements W. Bichter, of No. 394 Court street, and iohn Frost, of No. 90 Boerum street. James Meyers, dr. was the principal witness, !Kneeland and ®chmidt were formerly employed hy the Cemetery Buthorities and were dismissed, it 18 said, on charges now before the Grand Jury. Cowenhoven $s a notary public, and his alleged participation in the fraudulent sale of lots was in certifying that one Augustus F. Mead was the legitimate owner of a lot Zhere, for a quarter of which Mr. Richter paid $50. All the parties waived examination and entered into éonds to appear before the Grand Jury. Death’s Doings. The death record from the Brooklyn Board of ‘Health show the number of deaths last week to have fpeen 248, an increase of ten over the mortuary of the revious week and twenty-five less than recorded ‘or the corresponding week in 1870. The highest aeath was attained in the Sixteenth ward, ‘where the number was twenty-seven, against one in the First ward. Of the deceased there were forty- ‘one men, forty-nine women, cighty-six boys and seventy-two girls. There were eighty infanis funder twelve months old, and four were per- sons of over elghty years. The prin- diseases and causes of death were ‘Smallpox, 7; scarlatina, 4; diphtheria, 6; whooping cough, 4; dysentery, 4; diarrhea, 1 cholera morbus, 5; cholera infantum, 40; dropsy, 3; marasmus, 27; consumption, 23; disease of brain, @l; pneumonia, 10; disease of liver, 6, and in- les, 5. gurl BROGKLYN POLICE. Abstract of the Annual Re Thomas De Witt, Chief Clerk of the Board of Po. {ice: William Van Anden, Treasurer; Horace Holt, property clerk; Thomas Powers, examining engl- meer; and Police Surgeon Kissam submitted their annual reports to the Board yesterday. The total umber of the force is 449, which is shown to be in- gumMcient, inasmuch as some of the posts of the pa- trolmen extend from twelve to fifteen miles, and it 4s impossible to hear a call for assistance from one end tothe other, The Clerk says the citizens ought to congratulate themselves (nat there 1s so litte crime in Brooklyn. The force ts classed as follows:— sof tains... . 10 Seargeants.. 49 Rouudsmen, 32 Patrolmen doing patro! duty 303 Patroimen doing special duty. 89 Doormen ... seee 26 During the past year there 20,886 ar- rested. Among the number were § for murder, 1 for burglary, Lz for aison, 7 for forgery, 30 for hig ‘way robbery, 4 for infanticide, 8 for illegal voting, 4 tor kidnapping, 4 for perjury, 4 for prostitution and 16 for rape. Police Surgeon Kissam reports that there have been 666 policemen treated for various diseases. Me says thatthe station houses are in @ good sanitary coudition, The property cierk re- ports that there has been $69,972 97 worth of pro- perty recovered during the past year. Aji has heen reciaimed except $750. The inspector of boilers re- ports that during the past year 1,826 have been in- Bpected, and 166 of them were found defective and condemned. The report of the Treasurer of the Board shows the receipts to have been $557,902 26, and the dis- bursements $504,046 19, leaving a balance on hand Of $24,856 07. The loss to the city by street lamps not belng Ugbted amouats to $15,579 Gy STORM IN SAVANMAR |THE CITY ACCOUNTS. NEW YORK The Mayor's Messages to the Board of Super- "visors and the Board of Aldermen. The Accounts Not Yet Printed in a Complete State—Instalments To Be Presented Until the Whole Story is Told. It was expected by afew of the City Hall folks yesterday that there would be an anxious crowd on hand at the sessions of the Boaras of Supervisors and Aldermen, at which it had become known the Mayor would submit tne city and county accounts; but there was nothing of the kind. Wnen tho Supervisors met there was not a single “outsider” present. The Mayor's message to the Aldermen was referred to @ committee composed of Super- visors Hackett, Jerome and Schlichting, and that sent to the Supervisors was referred to Aldermen Irving, Dimond and Plunkett. These committees are to examine tlie city anda county accounts, and to co- operate with any committee or body of citizens who may manifest a desire to wade through. THE SEA OF FIGURES contained in the accounts. Owing to the hue and cry that has been made to have them hurried up, the Printing Company did their best to get through with their work in time to satisfy tne public.clamor, but the work has turned out to be such @ herculean task that they were unable to ‘come up to time.’ In order, however, to have something to show for the exertions made, and in compliance with a letter from the Mayor, asking for whatever sheets they had already printed and the manuscript of all the accounts sent to be printed, the company sent THE CITY accouNTs for 1869; but they are as yet mot sufficiently ar Tanged in order to cnll from accurately. 1t is sald that when the entire accounts shall have been all printed they will cover 8,000 closely printed octavo pages. It will thus be seen, to quote from them, or rather from that portion already completed, would be of little benefit to the general public, When the | big bundle of accounts marked “Quarterly, '69,’” ‘was laid upon the President's desk, one of tne old clerks in the Comptrolier’s oMce remarked, ‘Well, I declare, Pve seen our accounts for the past twenty years open for inspection, and this is the first time ever heard anybody cared to look at them.’’? There may have been a great deal of trath in the clerk’s remarks, Tne following are the messages. ‘The Message to the Board of Supervisor: Mayor’s OFFICE, August 16, 187 To THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS :— The Comptroller’s annual report for the munt- cipal year ending May i, 1871, was accompanied by statistical tables intended to furnish in detail lists of theexpenditures which that report merely aggre- gated. These tablea were being printed when it became evident that public sentiment demanded much more minuteness of statement than had been usual for the Finance Department to give or than the vables in process of printing supplied. The Mayor, therefore, with the hearty concurrence of the Comperoiier, recalled the tables, and in place of thom has provided the, budget herewith sent. They comprise accounts also of the additional quarter of the year tuat bas elapsed since the beets message was filed, and reprints for the year 1869 in the form selected. They make @ chronologi- cal collection of the warrants drawn upon the County Treasury from the 1st of lnc 1869, to the ist of July, 1871, and are substantially trans- scripts in current order from the warrant books of the Department of Finance, and necessarily include each, and every sum paid out from tt duting that period, with the name of the payee ana reference to the subject matter of payment. The printing of this Boge ‘budget was begun; but when the accounts of 1869 were ready -for publication it became apparent that the delays in completing the publication were used injurlously to the city credit. Therefore the Png | has been intermitted in order to afford to oth friends and enemies of the clty government ac- cess to the accounts, although they are partly in manuscript. Those which relate to the county are now sent to you, and those which relate to the oy have been transmitted to the Common Council. Jt is due to ‘our constituents and the public credit that two of- cial acts be done:—First, the Mayor should furnish ‘an accompanying statement of facts for illustration; second, that a committee of your body should be ap- potated (as the only legally appropriate committee) to investigate these and all county vouchers (if they need investigation), and at the same time to permit participation in your labors of any unbiassed, unex- Co no and unpartisan committee of taxpayers 0 desiring. * We are ail generally familiar with those legislative events which preceded or attended or followed the passage of acts poalanny: known as the City Charter and the Supervisor's law of 1870, These laws could not have been enacted unless some compromise of posminal, onicial .nd political differences between islators or be../een them and county or city Officials had been first made, The recovery of supreme local government by the city and county appeared, to a large majority of the commonality, to be of vital importance. It would-have been incon- sistent in the hest di e to retain an elective and tndependent Board of Supervisors, as some legis- lators wished. Besides, the existing Board was com- posed of both republicans and democrats, and the effect of the mooted change would be to make its ‘new members entirely of one party—demo- cratic—and to legislate out of office all who were republicans. Many legislators were found prepared to vote for the Charter who would not vote for the aboiltion of the Board of Supervisors unless some means could be devised whereby all existing contracts and claims then pending before the old Board should be paid. Suffice it to say that as one of the means of compromise the fdllow- ing section of the county tax levy was agreed to, It was one which received the votes or leaders in both parties, and it was understood to be a legisla- tive direction to pay off the claims aforesaid:— SECTION 4. All liabilities againat the county ot New York Incurred previous to the passage of this act, shall be audited by the Mayor, Comptroller and present President of the Board of Bupervisoré, and the amounts which are found to be due shall be provided for by the issue of revenue bonds of the county of New York, payable during the year 1871, and the Board of Supervisdrs shall. include, in the ordinance levying the taxes for the year 1871, an amount suficient to pay sald bonds and the interest, thereon, Such claims shalt ¢ paid by the Comptroller to the party or parties entitled to Feceive the aame upon the certificate of the oflcers named erein. In this section are used two words of broad signi- ficance~“iiabilities,” “claims.” They were only limited by the sentence ‘incurred previous to the passage ofthis act.” The word “incurrea” was also of extensive relation. The same may be said of the phrase, “found to be due.” It was clear tnat the du- ties of the officers who were to give the “certificate? Were merely ministeria), and that when liabilities had_ been Teeny incurred, and precise amounts upon them haa beep previously determined as, aud found, due under engagements or contract, ‘they were to be paid accoi tothe intent and wording of the legislative mandate, and that the oMicers named did not constitute a court for claims, but sim- ply a ministerial board for imspection and certifica- tion. Soon after the passage of the act the omicers named in the section met and adopted the following resolution:— COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, May 5, 1870. - The undersigued meet as a commission under and by virtue of section 4 of chapter 382 of tne Laws of 1870. On motion of the Mayor tt is Yhe County Auditor coltect_ from the appro- 0) es of the Bord of Supervisors ail bilis aud against the county insured prior to April 36, ounts now dus thereon ; that the evidence of the same authorization for the same by the said Board or ite appropriate committees on certificate of Clerk or President, and that thereupon the said County Aditor anaex the voucher fo the appropriate blanks for our signature as directed by the section aforesaid, and payment. ‘Signed by the officers named. They reposed the utmost confidence in the County Auditor, ag indeed they were justified in doing, be- cause for a great number of years, a8 Treasurer of Sheriffs Orser, Willett, Kelly and’ Lynch, and as County Auditor for two terms in the Comptroiler’s oMice, he had given satisfaction and inspired confl- dence. The claims and labilities contemplated by the spirit and letier of the legislative mandate were found by himto consist almost wholly of empioyments and purchases made and for services performed during several years in and about the court house and armortes—subjects which prior legisiatures, not of democratic majority, bad exclusively and pecu- Marly put under control of the Supervisors as sub- antial commissioners and which the Supervisors nad acted upon. ‘The Mayor, speaking for himself, was impressed witu the magitude of the liabilities, claims and amounts found to be due, and especially by the enormous interest that had already accrued upon them; but, in addition to the tnterpretation of the Jaw making him @ ministerial agent of the Legisia- ture to pay ef the claims found due, it was aiso his oMctal desire to extinguish all debt legacies of the old county governtient, large though they might be, 80 as to noLencumber the operations of the new one, nor to embarrass tts treasury with the clamor or claimants yearly at Albany, or wita additional costs, charges and interest. There was, and is, notoing upon the face of the bilis as they were col- jected from the custody of the Cierk of the Super- visors and adjusted by the County Auditor wo sug: gest suspicion of bad faith toany one, ana especialy Dot to one fi ‘ar with the history of the provisions of the legis! section, even if inquiry into the in. curring and progress of the liabilities had been tecnnicaliy legal. Neher was there anything to suggest that the charges were more exorbitant than ‘the Generality of deierred ciaims of years’ standing alwys are against national, State or local treas- by creditors whu are driven to sweil thetr bills Ofte®, as is said, to provide against the conungency f @ public debtor possibly postponing and piteres- in@fing payment. At all eventa they were, and aro to J, considered matters of express contracts and ha@ been (in the language of the act) ‘Incurrei,”” je Comotroiter lagyed Me revenue bonds ugder the section as commen ded, and thus liquidated, ac. cording to legisiative mandate, the old by ogee of liabilities, Ordinarily, and according to the com- mand of the section, ‘those bonds must have been In- cluded in the taxes of this year. They would then, of course, have largely swelled the taxes of 1871. Sabsequent legislation directed that these revenue bonds should rovided for by the issue of long bonds, so ag to distribute upon the future the burden of the taxation meurred under operation of the legislative direction in the section quoted. (In the same Manner the lature of 1871, instead of com- peiling the county of New York to raise nearly two Tullious of taxes to pay off the county proportion of the State bounty debt which falls due this year, ordered tts amount to be funded for future care, and thus further dimimished present taxation.) The pee 4 of the federal government claim applause for a reduction of the volume of the debt incurred to promote the prosperity of the Union, or to pay enormous legacies tn alleged past mismanagement of federal affairs. Tne city debt has necessarily en- la to promote and meet metropolitan growth or extingaish old liabilities. Yet how does the federal government reduce the debt? Why, by levyin, enormous, direct or indirect, taxes on the presen! eneration, If our city government pursued the ike policy and levied even the high rates of taxation ‘whic! common to most cities (uot two or ae er cent, but four, five and six), it could, like federal government, make the present genera- tion materially diminish our own debt and all its necessary accretions, instead of putting that burden on posterity. By levying taxes we could pay now for permanent improvements which will jast through Years to come, and which will, by in- creasing the value of property, render it easy for the next generation to extinguish the permanent debt, For instanice, New York could by taxution pay now the whole cost of taking and laying out atks and boulevaras; but would this be wise or air? {n conjunction with these accounts the Mayor also takes opportunity to file with you the valuation of the resources of city and county made by Messrs. Courtlandt Palmer, Anthony J. Bleecker and Adrian H. Muller, Their schedules are minute tn infor- mation. They have beem several months engaged in the work, omploying assistants and examininj experts. They have almed at a conservative mini- mum valuation rather than one amenable to the criticism of an overestimate, Their schedules are aggregated as follows, but the full details deserve to be published at length:— SCHEDULE A, Miscellaneous property...........+0+ $4,863,740 SCHEDULE B, Sundry lots «2,719,307 Pubiic Charities and Correction. + 13,583,000 Scuepups D. Board of Education..........+. see 6,098,570 SCHEDULE E. Fire Department............. ... 1,100,175 Scngpuy F, Police Department... ss» 1,619,440 SCHEDULE G. MArkets.......cecseeeeees ceeeeseeceesees 4,267,374 SCHEDULE H. Public squares ana jeden vee sees 106,416,460 CHEDULE I. ‘Wharves and piers, North River......... 7,698,000 cs Somepute J. Wharves and plers, Rast River........... 5,624,433 Scurpuup K. Croton Aqueduct Department......... 90,000,000 + $248,985,499 it local vounty legislature, In auy mode just to our resources, should adopt some method (if the oné herein first advised be not selected) of scrutinizing the accounts and put to confusion the evident partisan conspl- racy which has been formed agatnst the credit of ‘tae city and county at home as weil as abroad. A. OAKEY HALL, Mayor, The Messnge to the Board of Aldermen. Mayor's Orrice, August 16, 1371, To THE Common CouncrL:— The Comptroller's Annual Report for the munt- cipal year ending May 1, 1871, was accompanied by Statistical tables intended to furnish in detail lists of the expenditures which that report merely aggre- gated. These tables were being printed when it became evident that public sentiment demanded much more mninuteness of statement than had been usual for the Finance Department to give or than the tables dn process of printung supplied. The Mayor, therefore, with the hearty concurrence of the Comptroller, recaWed the tables and in place of them has provided the budget herewith sent. They comprise accounts also of the additional quarter of the year that has elapsed since the Mayor’s message Was filed, and reprints for the year 1869 in the form selected, They make @ chronological collection of the warrants drawn upon the City Treasury from tne ist of January, 1869, to the 1st of July, 1871, and are substantially transcripts in current order from the warrant books of the Department of Finance, and necessarily include each and every sum pald out from it during that period, with the name of the payee and reference to the subject matter of ayment. The printing of this huge budget was egun, but, when the accounts of 1869 were ready for publication, 1t became apparent that the delays in completing tue publication were used injuriously to the city credit. Thereupon the printing has been intermitted in order to afford to both friends and enemies of the city government access to the ac- counts, although they are partly in manuscript. Those which relate to the city are now sent to you, and those which relate to the county have been transmitted to the Board of Supervisors. Il ts due to our constituents and the public credit that two oficial acts be done:—First, the Mayor should fur- nish an accompanying statement of facts for illus- tration; second, that a committee of your body should be appointed (as the only legally appropriaie committee) to investigate these and all city vouch- ers (if they neeu investigation), and, at the same time, to permit participation tn your labors of any unbiassed, unexceptional and unpartisan commit- tee of taxpayers 80 ‘desiring. A very large proportion of the payments embraced by these city accounts arise out of the following sec- jons:— Skov1ox 7. The Comptroller of the city of New York hereby authorized and directed to pay the claims which have been found to be due to the members of Engine Companies Nos. 36, 37, 3%, 39 and 40, and Hook and Ladder Companies Nos. 13, 14'and 15, under the provisions of section 7, chapter 876, Laws of 1868, and to raise the additional autount re. wired for such purpose by the tssue of stock of the city of jew York in like manner as provided by said section 7 of chapter 876, Laws of 1889, and the interest and principal thereof to be raised also in the manner therein provided. SRO. & For the payment of the obligations incurred by the late Metropolitan Fire Commissioners in constructing and erecting a new and perfected system of fire alarm telegraph fand telegraphic apparatus and appliances therewith con- nected, and for the purpose of completin, curing the use thereof tothe Fire Dep: " fe artment of the city of New York, the Comptroller of the city of New York is hereby authorized and directed to borrow, upon the faith and credit f the city of New to issue bonds legraph Bonds of 01 signed by the Comptroller and the Mayo: Ollicral sval of the Corporation, atte and transferable in the usual manner, according to the rnles prescribed by the Comptroller, and ‘to bear interest not ex- ceeding seven per cent per anniim, payable half yearly—to wit, on the first nay of May and November in each year—and the principal thereof shall be redeemable within fifteen years from the passage of this act, The Board of Supervisors of the county of New York are ‘hereby authorized and directed to order and cause to be raised, by tax upon the estates by Jaw subject to taxation within the city and county of New York, an amount sufticient in each year to puy the Interest on the bonds herein authorized, and also an amount suficient to pay and redeem the sald bonds at their maturity. SEC. 10. ‘The authority given by section sevan, chapter 853, Jaws of 1868, to the Comptroller of the city of New York, to adjust claims, put mto sult against the Mayor, Aldermen and Sommonaity of ue city of New York annulled, and no greater amount of f the corporation of the city of New York” shall be than will be sufictent to provide for the payment of jatever claims may bave been fed by the Comptroller of the clty of New York previous to the passage of this act, except that the Comptroller shall adjust and pay, under tke aforesaid authority, the abilities incurred by the tate Street and Croton Aqueduct Departments, (o the time of the aboll- departments and the outstanding claims for wich adjustment to be made within @ of this act, The Board of Super- Yisors of the county of New York are hereby authorized and directed to order, and cause to be raised by tax upon the subject to taxation, within the city and county of New York, an amount suflicent in eaob year to pay the interest on the accumulated debt bonds of tie Cor- ity of New York, and also an amount rufll- crent to pay a jeem said bonds in the years in which tne sume, by the terms thereof, will mature. These sections were passed by the Legislature as integral parts of the charter scheme, by which hybrid, dislocated and conficting municipal and metropolitan departments were abolished and a uniform system of city government estabiished. It Will be observed by section 10 that the adjusted claim enactment of 1868 was repeaied, except as to existing Ilabilities im the Jate Street and Croton Aqueduct Departments and outstanding cialins for printing and advertising. These okt city claims were large; but they all reached the Cemptroiler correctly certified, audtied and put into suit. They were ail incurred under departments which had been legisiatively made independent of the Mayor and Common Counc! It may be reievant to add that the Comptroller, like every other fiscal executive officer, 1s dependent to a large extent upon the judgment ana action of various and appropriate bureaus, and espectaliy of the Audit Bureau, and to remember in such connec- tion that the fnanctai decails of the demit and credit accounts of the Department of Finance of our city government are in maguitude second only to that of the federal government. It Is also pertinent to un- derstand that when a department certifies to a debt and thas been thus audited 9 mandamus can issue and sealed with the by the Clerk thereof, to compel payment, Enlarged criticisin has been made upon the pay- ment of those Habiiues, Even im view of it the Mayor is of opinion tuat he wouid teel compelied to perform at this time precisely the oMlcial services Which he performet at the dates of the criticised warrants iu countersiguing them. The Mayor re- gards his countersigning of all warranis to be no more than vestitying to the verity of the paper called a warrant; that It is an oMcial document, is drawn correctly in form and comes from the proper sources, With the endorsements of the proper bureaux and departments, The departments ether make general requisitions upog the Comptroller for aggregate sums (holding their own responsibility for the integrity of Vouchers), or for particular amcunts upon specitic contracts or vouchers in duplicate, whitch they send to him doubly certifed by the head of the appropriate bureau and by the head of the departinent wherein the expense has been incarret. It ts utveriy im- possible in an immense government such as this of he city of New York, that ttsexeoutive head, or even the head of the Finance Department, should become personally acquainved with every detail and incident of 1s fiscal accouni#, Indeed & large pro- portion of the vouchars are legally on file among various departmenss—sach as Heaita, Fire, Police, Public Instruction, and Parks. 4. OAKEY BALL. Maror. Pia tees ' - HERALD, THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 187.—WITH SUPPLEMENT, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. WALL STREET, 1 WEDNESpay, August 23—6 P. M.f On ‘Change to-day wheat was 4 little more active at @ slight concession in prices. The cotton market advanced 3c, on the reports of injury to the crop from the army worm and closed steady at the im- provement, THE NEW LOAN. Wail street was visited to-day by a large number ofoficers from the out-of-town national banks, ‘whose presence is explained by the announcement of the American Syndicate that the addi- tional subscriptions to the new loan on domestic account, representing the conver- sion of five-twenties by about fifty national banks, were tn this city and Philadetpnia nearly $5,000,000. Cable despatches confirm yesterday's telegrams that the subscriptions in Great Britain and on the Continent exceed the amount offered by the agents Of the loan. The books closed this afternoon, the right to close them having been reserved. Tne bonds in London are quoted at a premium of i a % percent. In thls market they are not offered at less than par in gold, THE GOVERNMENT GOLD SALE. The government sold two millions of gold to the highest bidders. Tho bids were 34in number for a total of $6,936,000, at prices ranging from 111 to 112.3834. The sale was effected at 112.17 a 112.3834. TMHE GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF BONDS, The Assistant Treasurer next opened the pro- Posals to sell bonds to the government and tound seventeen offers, empractug a total of $3,374,350 five-twenties at prices ranging from 111.88 to 112.48, The supply at below par in gold was suMctent to enable @ purchase of the entire million, which was obtained at 111.88 a 112.23—goid at the same time being 112% alla. MONBY TWO TO FOUR PER CENT. Money was less active, and, while four per cent ‘Was quoted as an exceptional rate among the stock houses, {) was also extreme. Among the govern- ment dealers there were also a few transactions in the other direction at two per cent. The rates are best quoted as 234 a 3 per cent on govern- ment bonds and 234 a 334 on stock collaterals, Loans on time were made at 53g per vent, with pledge of the usual securities of the street, The paper market is becoming inactive at current rates, which for prime range from 53g to 734 per cent. Foreign exchange was dull, but rates advanced in response to the relaxation in the gold loan market and closed on the basis of 1094s for prime sixty-day sterling and 109% for sight bills, GOLD UNSETTLED—11234 A 112! The goid market opened weak, in anticipation of the government sale, which, being capable of ex- tension to the amount of all the bids submitted, Served to depress the premium, a decline to 112% ensuing during the forenoon, despite the corre- sponding relaxation of the rates for cash gold, which, after opening at 1-16 a 3s, fell to fat, and eventually changed to the other siae of the account, so that owners of gold were compelled to pay a consideration of $a4 per ceat to havé their bal- ances carned over. In fact, the market was entirely manipulated by the clique, who played the game of fast and loose to obviate the emects of Mr. Boutwell’s interference with their plans. They accordingly receded from any contest with him and left lim master of the field, They declined the battle offered by the enemy and executed a skilful retreat. By lending out all their gola they stopped the clamors about the “corner,” and by letting the premtum take care of itself Mr, Boutwell lowered the price of gold to112%, at which point tney began buying. The next few days will doubtless witness the results of their strategy. Inthe afternoon gould advanced to 112%, the loan market subsequent to three o’clock being very feverish, the rate frequently Muctuating between three per cent for carrying and 1-16 a i for borrowing, At the very close gold for to-morrow Was offered at 1-64 for its use, with two per cent bid. The course of the market is shown in the table:— 1PM. In the gold loan market the rates ranged from 44 per cent for borrowing to 4 per cent for carrying. ‘The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank were as follows:— Gold cleared $84,082,000 Gold balance 5,729,012 Currency balances. + 6,785,430 The European steamer took out $128,000 in specie, mostly silver. GOVERNMENTS FEVERISH AND LOWER. The decline in gold weakened the quotations for government bonds, especially as the negotiation of the new bonds makes the redeemable five-twenties halt at par in gold as the mit of their vaine, The recent demoralization of the foreign exchanges also contributed to reshipments from the European market. The probability of a formal redemption of the-five-twenties appears greatly modified by tne faets that the European subscriptions will be in effect simple conversions, and that at the end of the negotiation of the entire $200,000,000 of five per cents Mr. Boutwell will have no other resource on which to draw for such redemption than his susnal = Trea- sury coin balance, of which he has ever been so chary, Furthermore, tt would be the acme of folly to offer to redeem $20,000,000 in one sum at par In gold, when, by a continuance of the usual weekly programme, he can buy the bonds cheaper, as he did to-day. The following were the closing street prices:—United States currency sixes, 116}, a 11654; do. 1881, registered, 118 a 11834; do. do., conpon, 118% a 119; do. five-twenties, registered, May and November, 113% a 114%; do. do., 1862, coupon, do., 114 a& 114%; do. do, 1864, do. do., 114411444; do. do,, 1865, do. do., 114 @ 114%; do. do., registered, January and July, 113 a 1133;; do, do., 1865, cou- pon, do, 113% a 118%; do, do., 1867, do. do., 113g 113%; do. do., 1868, do, do., 14a 1144; do. ten- forties, registered, 110% a 110%; do. do., coupon, 1144 a 11445, RAILROAD BONDS, The following were the bids for railroad bonds» New York Cea 6's, 1843. Gt Weat 24 m, 189% 87 New York Con 6's, Sonia lowa Ist un. 6g Cen 6": extended. of 9 9 ro) Erie Ist m, end Erie 24 m 7s, ‘79.4. Mich Cen Int m 8's, "82. Chi Bur & Q,8 pc, ist m.1 Mich So 7 p Gd m. Mich S&Nlat7 pe Central Pacitie bond Union Pac Id grant 7 Ohio & Miss con Union Pac income 10' Dub & Sioux C Is StL & Iron Mt Lat Mil & St Pani Ist m 8 Ee e 358R3 Bos, Hart & Erie g 2 Cedar F & Mina Ist m,.. 64g THE CITY BANK SHARES. The following were the bids for the city bank stocks:—New York, 1333;; Manhattan, 147; Mer- chants’, 118; Mechanics’, 133; Union, 136; America, 148; gcity, 225; Phenix, 106; Tradesmen’s, 161; Mechanics and Traders’ 130; Gallatin National, 125; Merchants’, Exchange, 100; Sev- enth Ward, 106; State of New York, 111; Com. merce, 117; Mechanics’ Banking Association, 118; Mercantile, 1 American Exchange, 117; Metropolitan, 141; East River, 11245; Market, 128; Nassau, 10! Continental, 99%; Marine, 165; Commonwealth, 99; Importers and Traders’, 188; Mauufacturers and Merchants’, 101; New York Na- tional Exchange, 100; Second National, 180; Fourth National, 114; Ninth National, 116%; @old Ex- change, 79; Bankers afd Brokers’ Association, 90, SOUTHERN SECURITIES DULL, The Southern list was duli ana without tmpor- tant variation in prices. The following were the closing street quotations for the leading issues: Tonnessee, EX coupon, 75 a 754%; do. NEW, 75 a do, new, 255; © 27; ao. speciat tax, 1s a 20; Mis Sonrl sixes, 96 a 964;; do, Hannibal and St. Joseph, 9534 #96; Louisiana sixes, 67a 60; do. new, 605, @ 6132; do, levee sixes, 70 a 71; do. do. eights, 83 a 85; do, Penitentiary sevens, a 73%; do, railroad eights, 77 @ 80; Alabama fives, 67a 70; do. eights, 100 @ 101; do, railroad eights, 99.a95; South Caro- lina sixes, 73.476; do. new, January and Jury, 67 a 5744; do. do., April and October, 69a 60; Arkansas s1Xes8, 5334 & 545g; GO. sevens, issued to Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, 654, a 56; do, do Mewphis and Little Kock Rallroad, 6444 a 65, STOCKS DULL AND STRONG. ‘The stock market continued dull in face of what seemed an effort on the part of the cliques to start @ popular movement on the bull side based upon the enthusiasm connected with the negotiation of the new loan. The cliques gave the market o good “send-off,” as they would say at Saratoga about these times, and advanced Lake Shore to 111%, and the rest of the market 4% a % per cent, but it soon “balked” and finally came to ao stand-still, the dealings after midday being purely nominal, The success of @ government five per cent loan is extensively used aa an argu- ment in favor of the advantages presented vo tn- vestora by the dividend-paying stocks more especially, but the argument would have more force were not its expounders suspected of being largely interested in securing a market for many of the dividend-paying (and non-dividend-paying) securt- ties. Indeed, the success of the new loan was fully discounted in the great spring rive in stocks, The cliques knowing Mr. Boutwell’s plans bought heavy lines of stocks last winter, and would have marketed them at enormous profits had not the loan dragged so heavily throughout the interval slace May 1, Now, however, that the loan Is off, the cliques look for the advent of those influences which they counted upon earlier in the summer to float their loads. Indeed, it is facetiously intimated that if the pubito will not come in at this their last opportunity the cliques will make a contract with the great European and American Syndicate to undertake the negotiation of all thetr various securities and dispose of them to the residents of Amsterdam and to other citizens, and ¢o countries not so benighted asthe American community, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES, The following table shows the highest and lowest prices of the principal stocks during the day:— ri nest Lowest, New York Central consolidated 086 New York Central scrip 9434 Erle...... - BOM Reading m4 Lake shore 109% Wabash. 627 Northwestern»... 10% “Northwestern preferred. 91% Rook isiand, fs 108 % St. Paul..... OL St. Paul preferred.. 804g Oluo and MississippL 45M Union Pacific...... B1% Western Union Telegr: 61% Pacitle Mail........6. « OL SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, Wednesday, August 23—10:15 A. M. US 6's, '81, 50 shaN YC&HR R. 000 Us 6-20, 2000 NY C & HRefi O00 di 104 ‘do. 400 Reading ‘ Ls e MSR 5000 Afiaao 1000 NY Cen : 1000 Chi A NW con.--. 93 2000 Tol & Wab eq bds. 85 5000 U Pac RR tat 5 10) Mor & Baza 100 0, 0,0 & ind RR. W0 Union Pac RR. wo do - 2 RRS TO Ww) 5000 PFW & 100 Cht & re 4 © ng 100. NJ Central Ki 08 6 10 Chic & RT W0 “do,, 20 MM & St 100 Tol, W mw" du 20) a 200 do 600 Bost, I ‘254 100 Ohio’ & Miss RR.b'c 457 é 2 Ohi0d MRR pf..., 79 100 Han & St Jo RR22.2 704g 100 i370 200 do. 100 100 US Express Ci: 00 ONY OSHRR One o’Clock P. M. 20 shs Park Bank SOO LS&MSRR.. 14 StP 73-10con 965, 4a 5 3 3 4 ord he wheat marke\ fertal rier ‘slight conceanions had o be made, The receipts were arm esotterings were light. oad #12 8 8 consegue itly The 60,000 bushes at $126 0 B19 for ate spring, ata, B11 4 1 Se tor aor winler, 1 20g a Bt 7 oring held at #140 for prime; Michigan ‘at #1 4 wilh #1 47 id, A sample of s cae lot of pew ». 2 Lowa spring was offer: and held at #141. ‘The berry was 0 for No. 2 for red wi than last your's crop. Cora was fairly active, at duction, “The sules were about 170,000 bushels at 6640, w #70, for Western inixed, mostly at latter price. Other dee seriptions were. n AUP MS wore a shade igher am vile sales aggregae T3400 bushels at ‘or binck Western, 40, wane, ive and noml- wo-rowed State from Livingstom The berry was of ‘an quiet; Weatern heid at Bo., Frntonrs,—The limited supply of room available tends to strengthen the market and Keep rates for all goods firm. ‘There was « fair Log suitable vessels for both gram petroleum, Dut t ty of desirable ones interrupted The engagements were :—To Liverpool, by steam, ness, 41,000 bushels of grain, at 94. for corn and 94d. wheat; chose at 404. wad lard at 20s., and by sali, 50 bal cotton at 81 ‘To London, by bbls. flour at 2s. 9d. To Glasgow, by mm, 3,009 of grain, at 9d. o Wgd_ To Antwerp (siace last report), about 45,000 bushels of whoas at 10d. | To Bristol, by sali, 87,000 bushels of grain, at Bigd. w Sige. ‘The charters comprise:—A Norwegian bark, 000 quarters grain, to Cork for orders, 7s. 3d,, flat; am Ttaliam bark, hence to G ar for orders to the 8,100'pbia. and cases refined petroleum, Sa. 64 2740. per case. A British ship, from Philad continental port, 6,000 bbl. refined petroie: forms; a British brig, from Philadelphia to. f retiued petroleum, 6; a Norwegian bark to Cork or Falmouth for orders, on private terma, a German. ship, petroleum, to Bremen on private terms. MotAusies.—The market was quiet but steady. We have no sale al ur tons in small ba, cantrtfa- report aside from the muscovado,. Porto Rico, Orleans, abe. ity of spirits turpentine on the spot en in Soe, per gallon for 25 bbls. which were in store; to arrive Volunteer, 50 bbls. we sold ut 5idge. por gallo Rowin was firmer but quiet; strained t abont ti $2.90, with sains of 10 dbis. at the Iatter Sgure. Tar steady at #3 62'4 for Washingtom and $3 75 for Wilmington, without business aside trom small ota. ‘O1L8,-Linseed remained firm at Alo. a Bic. for cask and Bic. a Alc. for barrel. Crude # was dull at $125. Crna@ whale at 5c. a S60. for Northern and Guo. a Sic. for Southern, without transactions. FRTROLEBM.—The market for refined showed no change to-day, continuing dull and wé ‘There was di hk ion to buy, but considerable was offerii o sell freely @ furthor concewsion would hi made, whicl sellers wore reluctant to do. quiet and quoted nominally at 13%c. @ 14c. quiet at @ijc, The sales of refined were 2,000 ard white, for balance of month, at 24',c. There was @ ru- mored sale of 1,000 bia. at S40., and 2,000 bbis. at Mi¢e., for balance of month, but we were unable to trace It. At the ck the market remains quiet and_ pric ted al 4-276 «840 on upper and $4 7249 a 84 76 on ‘The Philadelphia market, after the mod rate: yesterday, nie, but prices remain ‘The onl, pi 000 bbis. refined atand- te, for balance of Suxec. Shipping crude quiet at 7a. month, PROVISIONS.—Recelpts—Pork, 175 buls.; cut meats, 190 pkgs.; lard, 443 pkgs. The” market for messpork was very steady, ‘There is very If doing in the spe business, tt demand ten but a fair jobbing p_ the market tirm. The sales h, at B13 70 a IN 75, and 20) bbla. for 214." In jobbing lots about 950 bbis. brought ) for rrime me d $10 60 for ex banged. Quoted at:— 0. 2 80, for long do. and short 3g. w Big. for hort c. a 6 for Cumberlund cut and 8c. a B40 irmingham, Lard showed considerable m 7 but ed very, aaulets OY for Western.” § the” asking last evening of 150 tlerces for October, y lard was urmer and in fs tlerces at 93gc. for steam Beef was dull and B15 for extra mew nominal, Cut meats meas ana | Beef hams reinala dull and enti oly Dressed hoga were quiet aud weak at 8c, u 7\¢. ‘There was very little demand except ne job! 10K was nteady, with a fair yobbing dei were 200 bags Rai ae, per Ib. at 6/40. a 7¢., und 85 Verces Carolina, at Bike. a 9gc. per Ty Algo 75 bags Rangoon in bond, at $3 20, gold, per 100 Iba, Sodan ‘The market was Without material change. | The sales reached 1,950 bhds, and 462 boxes, incinting 675 bhda. good refining at 9.44c. m Y3ge. per Ib., 500 bh 257 bhds. sod fair retinin; . al za, 8 9 to chore ‘M¢e. contri nha nr u ao, ‘end white, a ‘aden, Ce a lo, SrecDuteh standard, No: standard, Nos. 10 to 12, 93, and superior, 7c. a Ye, ‘Tal wi to Rico. Leyte grades, 4c. a to 14, 86, a ¥ig¢. Java—Duteta lye. Mantla—Current clayod ea of 130,000 Us market was WirskRY. — Ja were 150 bi DOMESTIC MARK BTS, NEW ORLRANS, August 23, 1871. 6:40. Net revolts, 173 balewt Cottun Grm ; gross, 527; sales, 1,600; stock, 2 Bay! a 100 3 200 0 63! 100 2 0 0: "6B Le 60Cdl, Bur &QRR.xd 140 STBEET QUOTATIONS, Half-past Five o’Clock P.M. 108; tiga ths Bea GK ox gine 63 bia. Bay Wy 3 a Frestern Union. G1 si 5 Rock Inland Slee S18 8c Paul ry uF os Pittsburg... Northwestern Northwest'o pf. COMMERCIAL REPORT. WEDNESDAY, August 23-6 P, M. CorreE.—The movement in Rio coffee continued active at full prices, the tendency of the market being decidedly favorable to holders. We note sales of 2,287 bags prime, per steamer North America, at 12%c., gold, 1m bond; two in- voices choice, 500 bags und 545 bags, reaps per same yensel, at 1b}gc., gold, in bond, and in Baitimore 3,000 baga, per Hecla, a good invoice, at 12 gold, in bond; 755 bags, per Redwing, on private terms, and 5,060 bags, per Warren Ordway, at 1ie., gold, in bond, and 3,200 bags at Hampton Roads, per Glympse. at 12%¢. Kinds were firm, but qui We. a Me.; fair do, Nye. a M%Ke.; good do., Wixe. rime do., We, a 13qc.; extreme range for lots, {c., nil gold, in bond, thirty to sixty daya’ credit: and t bags). 19¢ vse do, (uraee mata), 18icc, a le Laguayra. lioc. a Lie. Domingo (gold, in bond), Me. a 10 Manta, Ic. a lolge.; Mexican, Iie. @ wantlia, Me. aI oa, Mc. a 1bige., all uty paid, thirty tosixiy days’ credit. The market opened ce. per |b. higher under considerable excitement consequent upon adverse reports from the growing crop and fi ple market reports trom but the advance checked busin a We: Jam: jen; Cont ture deiiveries Age. a gc. per Ib, igorous. demand, paenuently. subsites aed ceded to 18 1-18c. for September, If L-lbe. for Octo" 14 1-I6e. for Novernber and 19 I-1éc. for December. Tire sales were as follows: — To vay, Last freening, ‘Tova, Export... & - a Consumption oe 7 Ci Specuiatton * : 80 Total 697 BS 57 764 _-For {uuiure delivery (basis low middling) the salea have been as follor — Last evening— pRioeye MM) at 17 %,c., 400 at 17 To-1be,, S00 at I8e., 300 ac 18 1-16e.; October, 60 . ut 17 ib-l6c., 500 at 150. ; October and N ber, 1Weach, at Isc, ; November and December, 10) at ide. December, 400,a 17 4c. 4 a To-day_—September, 100 at IAs., mat | 600 THO at 1B bel 00 at 18 5-16o, 21 10 exch Sepiember, Octobe: Decem| Tsige., together: 100’each Sejite Rovember anu Dechmber at ioig4c. tog at Tic. 100 at 13:y0., 500 at 18¢c., 500 at TR 5-18c., 2,500 at Thige., 100 at 18 f-16c., 600 at I84e., 700 at Lh b-18c., 20 at 18 B-Ibo. November at 184gc., together ; 100 each id Deceraber at iBiac., together: 68 at ls anvary at l8igec., 100" at is er, Dace ther th Nevembe apg th Ke at Toe., 100 at 18 1-16c., 700 at t V8igo, 100 at Higa. January, Bak 1ey4c, 18 & February, 100 at 18%0., 100 wt W8ige. ; March, 1 At 18 T-Lée., 100 at “18350. To rs 100 bales, of yenterd: gelivert imber, 17.880. ; Oeto- ver, 17.1 ry, 18. We quote Ordinary, 15% Gooa ordinars 16%, v Low miduitn 88, Ps Middling 15, 9g Good middling o. ie a — The quotations are based on cotton Funning in uallty. not below da 11805 is. Rates freight ae follows To Liverpoo). by aleam, “44.t by Mall ‘To Havre, by steam, Te. gold: wall, 9. ‘o Hames a, 6-164. ‘bo 1 Heam, '4c., gold, compressed Fo Bale ports, Dy eal, 4c." “4 eceipt for cotton i. ‘Tour, 9,921 bbi at 9, er grades, Rye four w il. ‘There wero small sales of superfine within the ran, ‘of our quotations, Corn meal was quiet, but steady for both barrels and elty sacked. We note sales of 75 vbis. Western yellow at $3 86, We quot o Sse: Round hoop Odio, snipoi Kound hoop Onto, trade brand 76; Virginia, ex coupon, 63 a 64; do. nam, 71 a 72; do. registered stock, old, 51% @ 6344; do, consols, 64 6644; do, deferred, 29 a veorgia sixes, 84 a 87; do. sevens, 91} 4924; North Carolina, ex conpon, 45 446; do, funding, 1565, 34.4 9: dy. dan 1963, 90 @ Ls SESSSE = Be sk nominal; middliny ouatwisa, 4; sales, 2 Lo » August 28, 1872, Tobacco excited and prices higher; lower grades advanced) sales, 165 bhds, 1 Petroleum heavy and weak; relined, 2a. = $9 40. CurvEtamD, August 28, pales eru sae MLOAGO, Au Fiour— Demand light; holders firm. | Whi Chicago spring advanced Axc., w eu seller September—$1 1834, seller Aug: tomber; Ju the afternoon quiet ; $1 1 lier September. Cora seller August te the afternoon quict; 46%c. & 4%, seller August; 44960, acller September.’ Oats declined —% 0. Bige, Rye weak; No. % and declining; No. 2 spring. 68. Whiske: rk easier and unsettled, $1225 a $13 37 felier September. Hogs declined 10c. m 1dc.'; $4 Cattle tarrly active, 83 «84 90. Frelghie active. Corn to Buffalo, 50. Receip bbis. tour, 82,000 bushels wheat, $51,000 "do. ‘cora, 16,600 do. oats, 27,000 do. rye and #,000 dow bariey. Shipments—6,000 bbie. flour, 44,000 bushels wheat, 00 do. corn, 14,000 do, oats, 10,000 Ho, Tye, 5,000 do. barley, and 5,000 bogs, Flour unchanged; sales, 1,800 bbis. spring, #7 25 for amber winter, 4 2S lor double extra. Whe: A el 2 oe ta ‘io an at Jorn uncl + Silos 3,000 bushots No. 2 lilinois at 60c.; 2300 do., in iota al 6le.; One car at Sic. Qats, barley, opal #1 cag ben ag S tor unboite: nged; aborts, eoiddings, $30. per td Myo. Canal freghts--Wheat, Be. to New York; lumber, $3 50 to the ‘i Nom, York. Maliroad freights—F1 to New York, 40, ; 5 bushels wheat, 1,000,000 feet of lumber, canul—23,000 bushela wheat, 4,200 bushels corn feet lumber, ‘and 649, BAD BROOKLYN BRAK! Singolar Car Accident—Going Down Hill Like a Race Horse—Miraculoas Escape of Pas sengers. Yesterday afternoon, as cas No. 42 of the crosm town line was descending the Atiantic sireet grade, the couplings of the brake gave way. Before the passengers were aware of the . acojdent they wero going down the Wil at even @ «more rapid rate than if there had been a loco motive attached. The driver, finding it impossible: to check the speed of the car, got his horses loose and let 1t go, and it was at the toot of the street Im a very few seconds. It ROUNCED FROM TAR TRACK at the corner of Furman street and, went smash against oue of the tran posts at the South ae 3 guie, breaking it off. Tne passengers were hel; from the wrecked car, and strange ag it may ap- pear, with the excepuon of & few ben bruises, they all escaped without injury. jany were 80 terrified that {twas sume moments before they were able to stand. They descriped the ride as: terrible, and said they expected to he killed. ‘Acar went down this grade in the same manner about @ year ago, and severul passengers were badly: bruised, ODD FELLOWSHIP. Lodge of the State of New York. A correspondent of the Albany Argus, writing from Uuca under «late of A it 21, Says: ‘The annual session of the Grand Lodge I. 0. of O. F, will convene in this city to-morrow. The attend~ ance of members wil) no doubt be large. ‘Telegraph, May anticipate something of this letter, yet there are some items wlitgh are worthy of especial note. ‘The most promineat is the steady increase of the Order. Since the last session of the Grand Lodge held a year ago at Rochester forty Oy ge for the charter of suborain: lodges have been issued, of which no less t! eleven are lodges tated. In addition to these ten Rebekah degree lodges have been chartered, ‘The footings of the reports of the subordinate lodges for the year ending March 31, 1871, are am Jotlows:— tiated . 5,135 Witndrawal by card. 1,@77 ‘panied by card. 6 Suspended. we Reinstated...... Total.. —Showing a net increase during the year of... Add mewsbership reported Maren 31, 1870. Total membership. .....-..+.+5 seagrane The fiscal Work of the Louges for the year Paid for relief of brothers.... Paid for relief of widows. . Paid for burial of the dead. Paid for education of orpnans. Total ‘Total revenue ot re ‘oh 31, 187 Special Deputy Grand Sire Morse, 0! Who has introduced the Order into German, Switzerland—uonder the jurisdiction of the Lodge of the Untted States—by Instituung Cer nate Lodges at Stattgarth, Wurtemburg, Berlin Dresden, in Germaay, and at Geneva in Switvers Jana, reachet New York om Friday, 1s of the Ge ke, GAN AUG TAL Re wre 4 BY He aesmbomA Ot. +