The New York Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1871, Page 4

4 THE CITY CRISIS. The Municipal Muddle Still Badly Mixed. ACTION OF THE COURTS YESTERDAY. Judge Ingraham to the Rescue. Funds Ordered for the Department of Parks — Ingersoll To Be Lrgally “Inter- viewed” cn Mond: The Board of Apportionment and the Excise Funds. ——— ie _< mie Discharge of Employes and Pay- ment of Laborers. THE MANDAMUS AGAINST DEPUTY comp. TROLLER GREEN, dudge ingrahem’s Order—The Department of Public Parks To Be Supplied with Funds. In the Supreme Court, Chambers, Judge Ingraham on the bench, the formal order upon the recent de- etsion oF the Court regarding the application of the Boara of Public Parks, that Deputy Comptrolier Green be required to raise money for its use, was entered yesterday. It will be remembered that the Dudge, in his derision, decided that assessment bonds should be issued, but reserved the other ques- ton, The latter question has now been settied, and the following is the ORDER OF ITS SETTLEMENT. ‘The people of the State of New York on the rela- tion of the Departnent of Public Parks in the city of New York, and Henry Milton, Treasurer thereof, against Richara B. Connolly, Comptroller of the city ot New York, and Andrew Hl. Green, Deputy Domptrotier, the order having heretotore peen made by D. P. Ingraham, one of the Justices of this Court, dated the 7th of October, 1871, whereby Richard B. Connolly, Comprrotier of the city of New York, and Androw H. Green, Deputy Comptroller of the city of New York, and each of them, were required to shOw cause why asuit of peremptory Mandamus shonld not be issued and directed to them, and commanding compliance with the several requisitions nerematter mentioned, with others, in so far as the same have not been complied with by the said Comptroller, by deposit. Ing to the credit of the Department of Public Parks, 1m the Tenth National Bank of the city of New York, the several sums.oi money hereinafter mentioned, with others, and the said order to show cause, with the affidavit of Henry Hilton, made the 7th of October, 1671, whereon it was granted, having been duly served on the said Kichard B. Connolly, the said Andrew H. Green, and the motion now coming on io be heard, and on read- mg and filing said oraer and affidavit in support of the motion and the aifidavit of Richard Hi. Storrs and Andrew H. Green, and the further afidavils of Henry Dilton and George Vad Nort on the part of the ‘relatora being nd Bed in Ghposi- tion, and Mr, A. J. Vanderpoel and T, C. T. Buckiey, As counsel for the relaiors, being héafd for the mo- tion, aud Mr. John espondents Wat the re e committee i for the re A to, re stead of by the Spondents In open Court w Nections to the lorm and sutlictency of sald several requistiions, lt ts ordercd and adjudged that a peremptory Piandamus issue out or and under the seai of Mis Court, directed to the Comptroiier of the city of New York, and And H. Green, Veputy Comptroller of the city of New Dork, directing and (peng | the coinpliance Wii its several requisitions made upon the said Comptrolier in writing by tue Departinent of Public Parks in the city of New York, so a3: fur ag (he said several reqnisitions have not been complied with by the said Comptroller, by arent and borrowing upon the fait and credit of the Mayor, Aldermea and Commonaity of tne city of New York the several sums hercing!ter mentioned for the purposes hereimatter mentioned respectively, and Enat the said Comptrolier and Depu.y Comptroller Jeposit jorthwith to the credit of the Department of rublic Parks, 10 the city of New York, tn the ‘Tenth National Bank of the city of New York. in so far as you have not already done so in compliance with said requisitions, the several sums following, for the purposes following, to wit:--The sum he $25,000 due on the requisition made June 15, 4571, for work on Avenue St. Nicholas, and the sum of $25,000 due on the requisition made June 14, In7l, for work on Seventh avenue, and rhe sum of $50,000 due on the requisition made J une i873, for work on the Boulevard, and the sum of $50,000 due on the requisition made July 17, 1871, fur work on SIXth avenue, and the sum of $75,000 due on the requisition made August 17, 1871, for work on Manhuttan street, and the sum of $100,000 due on the requisition made August 27, 1971, for | Taade by the Board the contractors would be obliged work on Tenth avenue, and that the decision on the application for a peremptory mandamas for the sams demanded under the requisitions set forth in schedule B, annexed to the affidavit, on which said order to show caus? Was granted. be and the same whereby reserved by the Court for further con- sideration. DANISL P. INGRAHAM, Justice Supreme Court, THE EXAMINATION OF INGERSOLL. Judye Ingraham Seitles Case—The Court Fixes the Exam Monday Next Unless an Appeal be Taken by Ingersoll. The order for the examination of Mr. James 1, Ingersoll, pursuant to the recent decision of Juage Ingranam, of the Supreme Court, was yesterday morning settled; or, in other words, the specific form of the order wae promuiguted by ine Court, | Tbe following ts the FORM OF THR ORDER. + Tis case coming on to be heard on the or- der granted by Mr. Justice Barnard for the ex amination of the defendant Ingersoll under section 491 of the Code, in order to enable the plaintitf to prepare lis complaint, and the defendant Ingersoll having previously appeared, in pursuance of such order and of a summons to #0 appear #nd be examimed, and after reading and filing the *oramons im the action, the affidavit of Win, FP. Havemeyer, the pisintid, on which the | order for the examination of the defendant Inger- i Was granted, aud on reading and fillng the am- its of Joseph bs. Young and Jon Hardy and the osition of Richard O'Gorman on the part of the defendant Ingersoll, and on reading and filimg the | order io sow cause why the order for the exarl- nation of the delendant Ingersoll should not be va- cated, ana on 1 i fling the adidavit of X fof the plainttl, and after hearing counsel tor plainud aud defendant, it is ordered :~ First—That the aforesats order to s why the order for the cxamination of tue ¢ Jogersoll should mot be vacated be and the same is hereby discharged Seoor mah the defendant Ingerso.l submit to an ¢¥amination, ihivd--That the said examination be and the same is hereby adjourned to the 234 day of October, ist, at eveyen o'clock A. M, of that day. Fourth—That the time of the plamtuf to serve @ compiaint be extended till twenty days alter te close of such examination. Fifth—That in care the defendant Ingersoll shall appeal {rom this order, aad shall do sointime to notice the said and place the same on the calendar of Uy einer general term of this de- partment for aftiment at such general term, tnat in such case all proceedings under sneh order for tue examination of the defendant Ingersoll shall bo and are hereby stayed tili the hearing and decisiog vf such appeal. - © eat a BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT, Excise Moneye—Appeals from Charitable astitutions—The Kemoval of “Night Seil” To Be Provided For. At about one o'clock yesterday “The Squire’— Mr. P. B. Sweeny—with his pecoliar smile and brisk step, waiked Into the Mayor's office, and, after nod- ding good-naturedly to everybody, took @ seat at che table in le Mayor's private room and immediately commenced to write a let- ter, Shortly after Deputy Comptroller Green entered the outer oMce with his new black hat on, ie made a bee line into the room, executed a right sugie, made another hee line and right angle to- ward the private room, and was about toenter, when he saw the Squire seated atthe table. fle started vack, as ithe had been hit or shot, and stood in the passageway until Mayor Mali came tn, The Mayor was dressed in au eure | uOW WEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, , and wore a now-fash- toned pair of eyeglasses. He entered the inner office, and Mr. Green followed him and took a seat in the far corner, a8 asual, Then came the Secre- tary, Mr. Corson, with his lock-up book of minutes under his arm. fle sat down at the table, unlocked (he book clasp, wrinkled nis forehead by raising his eyebrows, and gazed at Mr. Green and then at Mr. Sweeny, who sat beside Mr, Green, with his legs crossed, 80 as to show the boot on his lett leg. His brows were knit, his hair Scraggly, and he looked, by this time, as If he were much displeased at someth| Then Tim Golden cametn, Mr. Sweeny asked him if he haa seen Mr, Tweed, He said Mr, Tweed would be there in a few minutes. There was no use in waiting any longer, and 80 Mayor Hali asked the Secretary, Mr, Corson, to read the minutes, Mr, Corson com- menced to read. HIS VOIUR WAS 80 SWEET and mellifiuent that the bird by the window evi- dentiy envied him aud clurped with great gusto. While he was reading! Mr. Tweed came tn with hia right 10 ¢ r bandaged up. He 100k his seat beside “Squire” Sweeny. AS soon as the read. ing of the minutes bad been concluded, Mr Green offered @ resolution ag roflows:— Resolved, That there be and hereby {8 appropriated from the Excise Mund the sum of #16217 86 for the payment of bilts dite September 3, 1871, by the chy ana county of Now York to the following uaincd institutions, and the Comp- troller ts hereby authorize! to pay to thera the amounts due we respectively, to wit: New York Tnstitulion for eat wud Dumb. rr Mayorflau. took the paper and gazed at it awhne, He remarked that there had been A PITROUS APPRAL from the Fomraling, As} 0:0 and from several other los:itutions, ana he thought tt was wrong fo givo such large sums to those tnstituuoas named in the Tesotution which had the right to raise funds by tax, aud thereby deprive other wortny institutions which had as strong appeals in their favor, Mr. GRREN read the law covering the point of making appropriations to charitable institutions, Then Mr. Green and Mayor Hall conversed together quetiy about the matter, while the “Squire” and the “Boss'’ whispered on other matters, Finally Mayor Hall said the resuit of passing this resolution would be (0 deprive what might be called discre- tionary charities of what they might need in favor of others tor which provision had been made by the law authorizing them to raise money by taxation, Then tt might be said very troly that there Was no mouey for the discretionary charities, Mr. Green—“Weil, if you have paid ont the money, o1 course there 1s NO Money to give. If the practicable fund ts used up, and we have this fund ‘om the excise receipts, by applying it in this way ‘we will be carrying out the obligations of the city government." “But,” said Mayor Hall, “this looks very mach like giving & DONATION TO TAXATION, These tustitations are authorized to raise money by tax, It is Just the same as if we were to donate money to the Department of Parks or Fire Depari- Is it note? »,"? said Mr, Green, ‘it is not, These institre tions are allowed so mucn per head, It is an ob.iga- tion on the part of the city. They are in ber want of money. They have a large number of chil- dren to provide for, and should be carea tor. Lad- mit that the appeals from others are just, but THERS 38 NO MONEY for them. The money raised by licenses for the sale Oi intoxicating liquors is devoted by :aw to the sup- pore of oharitable institutions, and as these iustitu- 1008 have presented their claims and the claims have been ail carefully examined they should have the meney. Mr. SwRENY thought the effect of the resoluiion would be,to use up all the fund iu favor of these few institutions, and that i¢ would be more just to ascertain the wants of ail the institutious and then glve pro rata to all. Mr. TWEED moved that the resolution be referred to the Mayor, Com; troller and President of the De- partment of Public Parks, to examine into and re- poi Mv, SWEeNy amended by referring the entire mat.er of the distribution of the excise moneys to ie ob imitter ap J, Tre amendment was ac- eépied aid the Fesofaiton carried. A commuatcation from ex-Deputy Comptrolier Storrs was read by the Mayor. This Was in rejation | oO THE REMOVAL OP NIGAT SOIL, from which it appeared that but about $4.000 bal- ance was left for this purpose, which would ail be used by Novernber 9 and that at least $4,000 would be needed to satky on the work until January, i872, ana that unless the necessary appropriation were to withdraw fneir boats and stop te work, Alter Some discas:fon on the importance of the work to the heaith of the city the matter was referred to the Deputy Comptroller to examine and report at the peting. After some little further unimport- scussion the meeting adjourned, ARGUSD THE CITY HALL. The Pipe Mea After Their Fay Again—Dis- missal of Employer. At the great marble tomb tn the City Mall Park yesterday there was about noontime a great deal of apparent excitement. A large number of the labor- ers employed in laying pipes for the Department of Public Works, who have not received any pay for several weeks, waited upon tne Camptrolier and asked when, if ever, tuey would te paid. They were referred to ex-Deputy Comptroller Storrs, who assured the men that if they would come on Monday next they might find out whetner they could be paid or not, The poor men will therefore have a chance to lose a day or two more, which, at $2 50 9 day, is an item of no small moment to them, A large number of attachés of tho Buréau of Mer- kers, comprising clerks, sweepers and cartmen, were dismissed yesterday by Veputy Comptroller Green, The fact of the dismissal was not generally koown until late in the rene and there was jou: much gnashing of teeth and id compiauing against the powers that be. =< nh ay OR STR! YLBANING, It pe si ned thE tie Tot ee he street clean- ing contractor, presented to the Commissioners on ‘“huraday, was for “street cleaning under contract,” from September 1 to vetober 15,- 1571, and “extra strect cleaning,’ under requirements of Board of ; Health, trom July 1 to September 50, 1871. NEW YORK CITY, A dew diamond drili has been placed at Hallett's Point to aid in the work of excavation, The tunnel is rapidly deepened, and it may be now settled in the public mind that the obstructions of Hell Gate will soon be removed, Yesterday afternoon Willte S. Anderson, a child four years of age, fell into a barrel of water that was sunk into the ground of Messrs. Warren & Ward’s lumber yard, 403 West Twelfth street, and was drowned. The body was removed to the residence of the parents, 467 Kame street, aud Coroner Kecnan notified, Ann Fliza Reynolds, a little girl six years of age, of No, 542 Eleventh avenue, was yesterday run over on the corner of Forty-second street and Eleventh avenue by a team of horses attached toa lager beer wagon, driven by John Duself, tiving In Gutvenbs N. J., and almost instantly killed. ‘The driver w: arrested and detained t awalt au investigation be- fore Coroner Scuirmer. Professor Ogden Doremus will commence a conrse of scientific lectures before the Young Men’s Chris- tan Association November 21. His subject ts “The Blessings of Modern Science." The series will be epecial, and the proceeds will go to the free 1ecture fuud, Professo r Doremus is too well known to need any extended commendation. The course | will be iMusirated by Drittiant experiments, Wm. Koach, a lad twelve years of age, on the 26th ult, had one of his feet crushed at the corner of For- ty fifth street and Fourth avenue, by a cat of the New Haven Railroad Company passing over it, The limb was subsequently amputated at St. Luke's Hos- pital, whither t boy was taken after the accident, and Jeath ensned late on Thuraday night. Coroner THE NEW CAUTIONARY SIG) ALS, The Display of Storm Warnings to Begin Immediately. Rules for the Guidanee of Mariners and Lands- men in Interpreting the Signal. Late Researches in Meteoric Science. a From remoteat historio periods the agency of signals has played an important part in all military operations, Experience long ago demonstrated (heir utility and necessity in the movement of armics over any large region of country and in their strategic evolutions on the narrower scene of the battle eld. Bute contrivance ao useful nas been variously applied and made as subsidiary to the arts of peace as to the sclence of war, It is safe to say that in man’s battle with the elements—the storm, the tornado and the devastating eyclone—the signal Promises to gubserve a higher purpose than it has | éver dove io human warfare. The red fag, which, when seen flying over the Roman consal’s tent, Was tue ancient signal for action, is capable of | another and more benign office, to which modern Science bas assigned it, i With cautious, yet rapid progress, the Signal Ser- | vice of the United States, to whom a year ago was entrnsted the organization of a weather telegraphic and storm signal system, haa completed its arrange- ments for making known, by telegram and signal, both to the inariner and all interestea, the approach | and force of storms and violent gales of wind. The chief signal oMcer of the army has just issued from his office in Washington a small pamphiet entitied “Cautionary Signals,” which fully describes the signats to be employed by hia corps of observer- sergeants at the various stations and ports through the country. It ts the design of this pubiication to afford to tne | seaman, the merchant and every weather student the meteorologic information necessary to enable him rightly to improve the weather reports and oul- letins with which, in & few months, the eye of every American who roads the newspapers has become | familiar, and, consequently, to make an intelligent use of tne cautionary signal that fe may see displayed at any Point threatened by dangerous winds. The sctence of meteorology or meteorics has always struggled under the great disadvantage of having the whole worid to explore and being obliged to content tlselt with detached and fragmentary observations of the boundless aerial ocean, and tt is yet in its infancy. the winds aré expected to be as high as twenty-livo miles an hour aud to continue at that velocity for several hours, Within & radits of 100 mules of the station, It ts hoped that eventually it will be practicable to add @ second signal, giving Warning of severe gales. on gignal, as now used, Is expected to hold 00d for the space of eight hours from tho time at which it was hoisted, When no signal is displayed it indicates that the office has no know- 1g danger suiticient to justify the issue of a storm warning. But as this ts not only the case when really no danger oxen also, in many cases, may Do Lie consequence of the failtire of the telegraphic connection of the central office at Washington with outlying stations, the absence of the danger signal should not lead the | mariner to relax his watch{ulness of the weather | nor to neglect to obtain the latest and fullest 1afor- | matton from the station observer and elsewhere, To obtain the most exact information let him get the “Weather Bulletin’? or “Weather Map,” puo- ished by this office, and also the gener: Synopses and Probabilities,” or (ne so-called “Press Reports’ tarnished all newspapers free of cost. Higd WINDS. Ifthe mariner finds that high winds are prevall- ing within 200 miles of the port at which he ts he should = first ascertain what the dis. turbing cause that produces these high winds. According to meteoric laws well kuown, the cause of this severe disturbance of the atmos: phere is usually an excess of barometric pressure Byor some disiricl and a deficiency over some The ap nt ig iret yee a the aqueous o cannot for & mol cease to maintain an equilibrium, which ever eludes it, If the region of low barometer be very small th area of violent winds will be correspondingly con- tracted, as in tornadoes on tand, and especially such tornadoes a8 are seen in the Mississippi valley. Tt 18 a well established fact that all storms in- crease in severity ag they contract, and, op the con trary, lose thelr rotatory velocity and tangential violence as their area becomes larger. High above the earth both regular and abnormal alr curronts frequently blow with immense force and velocity, aud iake themsetves known by the furious speed they give Lo scud cloud, cirrus, clrro-stratus and other clouds. Thus at Mount Wasniagton the Signal Service observer frequently reports a violent southerly wind on its summit, when all around tne base of the mountain there are brisk northerly winds, and vice versa. Itis evident that this upper air ourrent has an tafluence upon the aerial strata below tt, ven if no fall in the barometer be noticed brisk winds nay be expertenced, owing to the fact thatthe air in rapid motion overhead may along with It that on the surface of the ground; Dut in general it may be stated that ninety per cent of the winds that are dangerous to navigators are accompamed by areas of notably high ana low barometer, Now, when the barometer falls over any region the inertia of the surrounding air causes some time ¢o elapse before It 18 set in motion, and similarly a large mass of air moving with rapaly preserves its motion after the exciting cause is re- moved. ‘Thus it may happen that strong winas exist in regions at whicn no barometric disturbance exists atthe moment, but has existed a short tame pre- viously. ee the space enciosing the partial vacnum, | | | | | ! into whict the wind tends to rush, itself moves slowly over the earth, and thus the wind at any point appears still longer to delay to follow the arometric disturbance, ‘This delay will, of course, vary with the motion of the central area of low pressure or that or the neiguboring high pressure, ‘The general consequence of the preceding consid- erations ts that the area covered by the weather chart presents to our view one, two or three regions of low pressure and one or two of high, and that between these, but much nearer to the low than the lngh barometer, we find the strongest winds, As regards the direction of the winds they may bo described as not tending directly to the centre of It cannot, therefore, be expected that the precision ofthe more favored sciences shall be at once at- | tained, and the Pnoutd shou (Red Flag, with thatmay possibly occur between all wea- ther prog- nosticy == and the weather follow. ing. The Chief Signal omicer, aware of the im. mense ai metl- ty of ob- Vaining uner- mingand unilorin accura- cy inthe display of citizen a8 Mitch as possible in forming a cor- rect estimate of coming changes, takes great pains to state clearly that whenever # signal Is hoisted it ta ota t and solely cautionary, and designed to call forth the dtligent study, especially of the experienced and endangered seaman. In A Country $0 vast as ours, with so mauy ports to watch, when tn the beginning of the nnder- taking and in the iwfancy of meteoric science the prudence and propriety of speaking guardedly and luniting the announcement to @ mere probability of ri must be munilest to all, It is hardly ®& conceivable case, and certainly not one known ever to’ have occurred, in which any disastrous storm failed to give its own Vet ten to every one who carefully ob- jerved the daily rise and fall of the quickstiver in the rometer. The cantionary signal, combined with the weather reports from which it was deduced, caunot fail (o convey to ail who are really concerned to know the futare weather every essential fact con- nected with the Leber berturbations of the at- mosphere, and, we were about to say, 98 mich 80 88 it the warning were jegibly inscribed by an oracle on the very face of the heavens, ‘The signal decided upon by General Myer ta 4 square red flag, With a square centre of black, for denoting danger by day, audared lantern to de- | note danger by night. Itis highly important for the hublic to fully ua- deratand and at once know that the signal Ofico =. will display only one signal, and thatone signal will pe elevated oaly 1a the case of prob- abie danger. There will be no safety signal.” To prevent all misapprehension we give below the offical text, which, it carefully weign- ed apd pondered, can leave no ane certainty In the mind of any one as to tne meaning and use of the sig: nal:— TUR CAUTIONARY at United Btates red fag with aquare in the centre by day and © red light by nigh! —rle played at the oflice of the observer aud ter prominent pi throughout any ciy aigaties:— 7 That from the fn. formation hed at the central office in Wasia- ington a probability of stormy or danger one weather haa vero deduced for the port oF place at which (ie cwuljonary signal is Gteplayed, of tw victaity, 2 That the da Schiriver will hold an taquest. Deceased lived at 145 Third avenue. On Thursday night Mra, Mary Yoote, late of 417 Pearl street, died in Centre Street Hospital. On Pri- day of last week deceased was run over, corner ol Queer gireet.and East Broadway, by a horse at. jsced {oa truck belonging to Messrs, Rosendale & May, doing bnsginess in Chatham square. it 1s stated the horse became restiess while Mr. May hela him by the wit and reared and pirched so that the owner released his grasp and the animai ran away, thus injuring deceased about the head and body, Coroner Scairmer was notified and will told an Inquest in the case to- day. The relatives of deceased conveyed tue re- mains to her late home by permission of the Coroner. Jemes Conneu, a man forty-five years of age, em- ployed as foreman in the American Tract Society's Baliding, corner of Spruce and Nasean streets, met with a horrible death early yesterday afternoon. fe was on the steata dummy at the fifth floor, taking aboard @ load of paper for removal below, when the ciuain of the camey broke and precipitated him to the and causing injuries which resnited in death soon afterwards, re were intimations that the duinmy was considered unsafe, and that an ac dent had occarred there before, Coroner Kee has charge of the matter, wiil through investigation, The remaina of Mr. Conneli were conveyed to hia late residence, No, 9 Mangia sireet, Ho wad & native Of New Yorks ation of veasala or other | the study of (oral Figus of 1 her, By this meana those who are expert may v/teu be cou od a8 to the nerd of the precantion ty whfeb the exution- ar; attention, or may dete in over entiinated or past. roa sfc arion DANGER ON LAKES AND ON EMR BORK. This red fag or red light, known as te cautionary signal, is displayed when the information tu the Possesvion of the office induces the bellef that dan- werous Winds are approaching. This term dangerons winds asa meaning varying somewhat with the locaiity in which the winds | occur, Thus, the severe gales of the Atiantic Ocean, which sometimes attain the horricane velocity of | Atty, sixty or seventy miles an hour, are scldom | equalled on the lakes, But, on the lakes, where the #ea room 18 limited, winds hat are reported from the lake coast aa ‘brisk’? from fifteen to | twenty-five iniics an hour, tn which @ ship on the ocean would carry all her cauvay—frequently be- angerous to navigation. Moreover, it is lin. portant to remeraver also tat the direction of the | wind often determines whether It 1s to os dreaded. | Experience demonstrates that most danger ts | to be apprehended when the wind is blowing on to | wlee shore. The cautionary signal might, there. | fore, be properly expected only for ports thus threat- ened. For iniand and well sheltered poinia, aa Valtimore and Vhiadeiphia, Chis disti ve cali (ume, Lt lad, Uierclore, been degited | ¢ vat DAY SIGNAL. NIGHT SIGNAL. (Red Laniera.) nction CANNOL | jai the aroa of tow pressure, ‘but as circulating around aud in upon it in a sinuous spiral tn a direction con- trary to the movernents of the hands of a watch (when it is laid down with its face up. Wards) 5 thus there ar foun a norther> ty winds Black Squaryv.) avound. OF these wind those trom the north west aod south. Yj j/f Westare ipmore Jif wiorent , / on the average than he south. eastand north. east, but : taller may be more dangerous, and when they Suver smoother ground may be even stronger at the immediate surface of the earth. THR TRI-DALLY PRESS REPORT. The general tri-datly press report (to be had at he Signal Service observers’ offices or stations) tains always a statement of the positions and of the targer areas of high and low ‘ometer_of cold apd warm weather or of stormy, cloudy and clear weather. In the absence of a weather 1 theref eral way whether th re Approaching towards his neighborhood or departing from him, and knowledge leads to several practical and important conctusions:— If the barometer ts very low at the centre ory ted over @ Lar 209 my b smaller cireie, eax than 10) miles, September. Areas of low barometer when first perceived iu Minne. fota may be expected to move eastward (n the summer montus, with westerly winds on Lake Superior, and to nova to the southeast nud east-southeast in the fall, with cast and erior and Michigai Territory they @ Ontario, wit perceived in Texas of anywhere on the Gulf ay be expected to move northward to the tat: degrees or 49 degrees, and there begin to move ortheastward, with northeast, north and vorthweat_ winds on the Takes and aubso- quently —_southerly winds on the middie and East Atlantic const 5. When pere on the aoaat of I da or of the Si Attuntic they, In Fall, winter and spring, may be ex- pected to move siow!: Up tie ‘coast, preced- ed by northeasterly winds and rain. 6. While these con- moe always hold good and ‘wil correctly Indicate most age a const they general phenor urd low ceveure, Ht inuat be fie @ ih miud that hut very rarely will the evervarying at- © aa of course Over auy p: of the earth. = TAR — DISTURKING. AGENCY OF AQUE- 3 OUR VAPOR, The most {mpor- it condition dis- rogular of a storm presence of moist avr, or air near- ly saturated with vapor. Su found in great ntities over exte: in the A warm win or A warm oF hese f hrouded Cy es are power- tity ‘iran, Todeod, it ts 4 se ae pe ey mate husvicane fushes into the chanwel of ractiod wi tepid uni Stren Mae why the wiads seok tho rarified contre f the burrtes oF When the 1ow barometer on the wost of the Appalachian tains causes easterly wi on the Atlantic oem mage of alr up the western thia, aa it rises, becomes more ‘ated, so that the low preasure ‘west of tains muy be expected to be rapidly ‘over aod event rrod as it were to th ’ ren of low f wu be transferred across th caren B mM i inay ve expecte: y cloud storm o ancy OF SANDY PLAINS AND DRYN RAB, turbing. agency of large, quantities ot ore trary "and those exerted yrarena of wane reas are found. on nies nd im Western the moun. the range Ndes the vapor-laden air it ia jnunences of dry alr and thor soi), and but litte rainfall slopes of the din the fall 0 the West and N polled (nt (nei for the storia ia orm itself aoutes, ™ ll gradually die ou 1h MALCOM CRORE. moving castwardiy, or of towards the towards the iH revolve but alowly y may to passing (ho olatus aad soqiogs Of weil 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. wa Koon ae they that the cauttonary signal stall be hoisted whenever | begin to fes! the proximity of erate, they resume their origt- ‘ba! force and often a INFLUENOR OF AREAS OF HIOH NAROMBTER, Besides the forces aitracting the areas of low pressure we also to consider the ure of any area of high barometer; this, by causing @ system of decidedly stroug Wind to circulate around tt tn the ant!-cyclonie direction, may drive the storia centre (whether it be 4 small toraado or an extensive cyclone) before It, so as to undergo quite change in its ‘Thus we tind tit there tsa somewhat circular area of manently — hii rometer in the North Atlantic the contre of which may be located in latitude U5 de; north and longitude 85 dezreca went and with @ diameter of 800 miles. Around this ares of high barometer observation shows that the storms and Ei ctganen generated a jittle north of the equatorial calm belt, continually circulate with the movon of ¢he sun clock toward from left'to right—i. ¢, with the Lands of @ whose face we ure looking, THE DETERMINATION OF THE STORM PATH. ‘The general path pean lay after day by a storm indeed the resultant of system of pressures, some of which arise from the pressures of areas of high and low barometer, some from areas of moist or heated air, some from winds and others from the rotation of the earth’ on its axis—these aro the important contro.ling intlucnces; such See 8 may Ste, from lunar Stee one air, £0, AC. RIO ‘at present as of Or 0 in conkection Mita te wal fo nolleeta ‘an important genorallzation recently published by the London Meteorolog!- Bee iag erate oh ae banat mag tar ead the i ween New York ai Lirerbety x: Uns et setial chat te the watwnal vitae advancing areas of low his barometer falls wi a would were he on shore, while an observer php. bound to the ootrant has just the reverse 61 Instances ocour im which steamers bound from New to Liverpool overtake se nd atrip the eastwi whioh, taki dicates that a number of a1 ve metrical alons, cach with its own cyclonic’ wind system, are marae across the some! atter the manner in whi-! eudies pursue each other one current of # river. The movement of these areas of pressure, for both beml- soherens bee been observed, on the ocean, to be eastward be- tween the latitudes of thirty-fiveand fifty ‘The controlling influeaces which deteriine course of ‘a given storm centre, or, fn fact, any area, whether of clear, or wart or ati rh maybe considered as er a verse for areas of hich barometer. These tendencies are re spectively strongest in the latitude of forty-tive de; This principle, whtoh is # deduction from the Tmathomatieal theory of the atmospheric currents, is confirmed by observation. ‘Storms of consideradie extent disturb the atmosphere to a suflictent height to have thor course determined by that of the uy currents of air—i. ¢., the “southwest current in the North Temperate Zone. Storms of less extent, for instance, the level summer thun- dor storms, are carried along by the general winds of the lower states of air; these, however, are dotermined existence of the continental and oceanic areas of hi low pressure, whose changes frot goen tn the charts of monthiy lsobarometric tines. Thus it that with but ene exceptions the storms that have be: traced to a. distance, from April to October, are found ‘areas of high barometer in the At- Tantio and Pacific Oceans in the direction corresponding to the movement of the ds of # watch, and in the contrary direction about the area of low barometer in the interior of traced Cai the winter months move about the area of high barometer in the interior of the con- tinent, in the direction of the movement ol the watch hands, iS 1 Maree, ak Ly ard ae ewes OTe vai in outline and posi us giving ‘rive to changes {othe storm paths? > bs THE BAROMETER'S WARNING. 18, Whether the observer determines the probable move- ment of a given storm centre, by means of these general con- siderations or not, he cannot safely neglect the Indications of bis own barometer, experience of the past fifty years has borne uniform testi to the pre-eminent value of the fodications of this inp! taken im conjunction, of course, with the wind and weather. ‘As far as we know, it is a physical impossibility for storms of disastrous violence and magnitude to occur without serious fall or at least osciliation of the quicksilver in the barome- tric tube, “But It rend by itself and not connected with other fusiru- mental indications. for example, of thermometer, hygrome- ter, &¢., and also the natural signs of the heave ¢ baro- meier fails to reveal the meteor, HOW TO FIND THE LOW BAROMETER, 14, If it be suspected that a centro of low pressure is in the neighborhood of the observer, landsman or seamon, and he Stands facing it, he will Gnd the wind biowing (rom some point ‘on his left toward sume point on his right; and, vice vers, if he stands with nis left hand toward the direction from which the wind comes he will face the reion ot lowest barometer. It is better to use, however, not the direction of the local winds, but that from which the low clouds are moving. The very high clouds should not be ased. Hints rule ts practically deduced from Bays-Ballo’s “Law of tho Winds." Since, however, the centres of disturbance are fo ceatinoal motion, tt ts evider wat “we must not inter i the rule too strictly.", In investigations upon the applica- bility of this rule to the British weather reports, an allow- ance of about one bundret jlics was made for the move- ment of the center of disturbance, aiid thus it was deduced that, “oinety-four per cont of the gradients recorded were succeeded by winds in the direction indicated by tue law, ‘and in sixty-two per cent both the force and direction wel éorréctiy indicate, The fores of i Any moment ive barometric @ rapidity with the pressure bas been of at that moment i changing ; but the force and direction of the wind at auy station aro aino very materially iniluenced by the character of the ground in the immediate and distant neighborhood. ‘The wind which on the ocean would blow with @ certain velocity will have but one-half or ono-thit f that merely when blowing over billy country. This ts to the lesser Trictiou ou the ocean, and this (rictional resistance in two diferent ways disturbs the direction of the winJ. SERENGTH OF THE WIND, 15. If while facing the low pressure be jinds the wind pd and his barometer falling then the central area 1s a neing directly towards bim, and so long 2s this contioues le may expect the wind to increase until the barometer reaches its lowest; then a lull will take place, foliowea by ong winds fromthe opposite quarter, which ‘will continue while the barometer Is rapidly rising, Dut subsite as it ria more slowly, Tae strength of the wind may be expected to be in xencral proportioned to the rapidity of the fail or rise of the barometer, ‘The inteiiigent observer, however, wiil carefully consider the locallty and topouraphy of lus position, and will thas gaully arrive wba watisiaciory conclusion ea’ to hls safely oF langer. OTHER DAROMRTRIO CONCLUSIONS. 16. The storm centre has been spok: of as being fn front of the observer. general be somewhat Jeit to the wind. y gradually change tts direction, for iasiance, from noutheast to southwest, or In that order around the compaas), the storm centre is passing by on the north wide of the observer; @ it backs (vhunging, for instance, (rom southwest to southenst), the centre of lowest pressure i passing by ‘ou the sou.h side, and the dis- tance at which it is may be ronghiy estimated by the rapidity of the fall in the baror re 148, The severest winds ure those as before stated on the south and west side of the centre; those on the east side are tore frequently OqGMY. ee has bes eke In tie t iy ol r 2 eppoend wowtd 4 will affect ince ho may s he be {a motion, however, e ly his observauion of the barometer, easily rua into or away trom an area of low pressure, Es himseli must mentaily ailow (or tue influence of hi 10- ton. 3, In comparing the readings of his own barometer with those published on the bulletin and map of this offics, the mariner wil! God that th ‘tier have all been reduced to a wuiform sea-level and to a uniform temperature. Le, there- fore, wiil find it most convenient to bear ind the amount of these corrections and to mentally apply them to bis own barometer, sbould preserve his records and tranemit tuem to this office, however, the Nos ats nocorrected observa- tions only are desired. Tue follow ing tables show the general 4 ainount of these cor 41. An allowance for the temperature of the barometer is mado by noting the thermometer attached to that instrument, " For a temperature of 20 di ‘abrenhert add 0.02 inches; for a temperature of 80 ad for s losmperatare of 6 add 0.00 for a temperature of 40 mub- act 0.03, for a temperate: utract 1.06, for & terape- rature of 60 subtract 0,08, tora temperature of 70 suptrack 0.11, for a temperature of 8) subtract 0.13, for a temperature of 9 subtract U.16, form temperature ‘of 150 subtract 0.18, Thise numbers are appitcable to barometers baving brass scales, which are tho most -rel able; aueroid barometers ought not to require any temperature correction. ‘The correction fur aititude above the sea will vary with the annual lemperature, but may be avproximately mado as fol- lows Alttucte of Altitude gf Add to wot Bar” “BR Iuch, For tho ocean... 0.08 For Lake Champlain. old Fos Lal ow For Lal 0.66 For Lal 0.63 For Lal 0.068 For Lake Michig. 0.66 For Lake Superior 0.98 For the Ohio, at Pittsburg. 0.30 For the Onto, nt Cineinnatt, 0.60 For the Obio, at Louisville 047 i Oui 1.65 0.74 riety AT 0.08 THE THERMOMETER. The thermometric conditions of all parts of the earti’s guriace ure mainly dependent upon the ap- parent annual and daily motions of the sun, As fluids and gases are botn bad conductors of heat, the distribution of heat in the atmosphere ts effected most largely by the winds or by convec- tion, just as in the vcean itis effected by means of the ‘grand aqueous currents. Although the average temperatare is higher at the Southern stations than at the Northern ones, and hbugher in the day than at nuchttime, yet the weather ap Will dixclose Muumerabe departures from this law, and especially so if any great differences in the pressure or any extended cloudiness exist. Aqueous vapor visiviy suspended in the air, as haze oF cloud, serves as an edectual and. doubie shicid against the radiation Of heat from the earth, and also against the sun’s rays themselves. Even the mivistble particles of vapor Noating in the atmus- here, however rare, present an obstruction to the Tee passage of leat of low intensity much in the game way as haze and smoke obstruct the tight, or a3 stones in the bed of # water-conrse retard the flow of that fluid, On tne imest Alpine situations, where, on account of their loitiness, much seas Aqueous vapor 18 interposed between them aud the cold stellar regions, radiation is least disputed, and, consequently, When exposed to the direct rays Ol & serene inid-ay sun the heat is intolerable, while at night the unimpeded radtation produces a corre- nding extreme of cold. The temperature forbids the difterence between the heat given out and that received in definite intervals of time, The temperature of the tower air depends pri- marily, indeed, upon the amount of heat poured down upon the earth by the sua, and the amount absorbed by the air, as the carth radiates its neat Dack into space; bat, in addition to this, the teat heid latent in the vapor dufosed through the air is at times liberated by the condensation of the vapor futo fom, rain and now, and then it becomes sen- sible to the thermometer. During the day # moist atmosphere will become warmer than one that is dry, and during the pight the radiation of heat through & mots’ atmosphere will be less than that through a dry one. During clondy or hazy weather the radiation ts almost whoily ent off, 89 that a very uniform temperature prevails between the earth and the bottom of the layer of clouds, On the other hand, suMcient heat 13 absorbed (/. ¢, becomes latent) in the process of evaporation to Lee reduce the temperature of the air; thas itis th “drying winds" are also “cooling."’ An increase of barometric pressure, by increasing the capacity of the air for moisture, serves to stimulate evaporasion and temporarily reduce the temperature. A dimt- hution of pressure and consequent expansion of confined air produces @ lower temperature and dinunisued capacity for moisture, until the con- Gensing vapor gives out its latent heat, Again, the lower strata of air receive heat from the upper strata aod radiate baek to vhem, so that the tempcraturo on te earth's yurface 13 in part the result of (lus interohiat Iv the normal condition of a clear sky the temperatara above should be loas than that prevatiing below. The abnormat cond tion 43 mencraliy the Conseqhence of the elevation of moist air into the mgions high above ine earth and 4 te Condensation Ot as moisture C4 ent Upon 4 bho expansion Af the air, The undue HRA OUD 4 Gomslon Of (Ad 14) rated In the apper strata ts radiated down te earth, a8 well as vut into space, coreg te Examination of the weatacr charts Will show thas the temperature Varies much less over cloudy than Over clear districts; tirat it varies less in low th in olevated regions; that it is warmer on one ride of pe eon pd ine wd a Dressure than on the other, ry bs: a ee tn the fea ab apt ndeior y ‘eteorologist, in search of the confines of t! stor area and the path of its advance, will care. fully compare the reported temperature of contigue ous stations (ying 40 this path) both with eaca other and with the isothermal Ines for the season. nae Bie Lio spe position of the areas of ure he carly intimation of approaching storms, eee Sometimes 1% may "nap mal appen a hea’ or @ confused groundsweil may: Con oueeEred at laces Where not only is there no wind at the time, ut to whick the wind that caused these movements of the water will never reach, At the Capo Verde lands, Mauritius, the Cape of fia fluor placed thin swell of the see he ae iaee large feltona nd 18 due to tho rapid mor storm wave, errr ekl - the. centre of m marine of tae storm as it moves inte pert eB On the lakes this phenomenon Is observable, and ae iain arg mate cee an rises ‘bance may be looked tor. ‘ajuda NATIONAL INSURANCE CONVENTION, Third Day's Preceedings—Important Discussion on the Rate of Interest and Life Insu- rance Risks—Speeches by Actu- aries and Visitors The above Convention met again yesterday, an@ tho Committee on Permanent Organization reported through Mr, Alport W. Paine, of Maine. The con- stitution of the.Conventéon was submitted. It was decided that the Convention should consiat of mem- bera from the persons having charge of insurance Matters in the several States and Territories, ap- pointed by the Governor thereof. On motion of Mr. Reynolds, of Alabama, it was resolved to accept the report and lay it on the table for future discussion, The PRESIDENT nominated Messrs. Clarke, of Mas sachusetis, Wiliam E. Harvey and Henry ©. Kelsey 49 Committee on Vaiuation of Insolvent Companies. THE CONSTITUTION. First—The Convention shall be composed of the several oilicers having charge of insurance depars- ments in the States and Territories and District of Columbia, Where none exist the Governor has the Tight to sppoint a member, and any member may 08 by proxy OF appoint & substitute. Its officers shall consist ot President, Vice Prest- dent, Secretary and Executive Committee of three, of which the President snail be Chairman, The annual mecting shall be held on the thira Wednesday in May. * * Whenever the President ceases to be & member the Vive President takes his place and becomes a member ofthe Exeo- utive Committee, aud when both cease to be mem- bers the next in order of the Executive Commitiee becomes its Chairman, the remaining member or members having ail the powers of the committee until the vacancies are filed. * °* * AM om. cers are to be chosen by ballot at the annaal mee! q on THE REPORT preceding the above g¢onstitution, which recom. mended » permanent organization on the basis that each Siate and Terrivory snail be requested to sup- port the same by defraying the expenses of their delegates to the annual Ubavention every year, was read and adopted as the sense of tho Convention, On motion of Mr, Paine it was resolvod that the constitation offered should pe laid on the tapie, printed and dtsiributed to the members for perusal @nd consideration belore final action. On motion Of Mr. GAINES, of Louisiana, 1¢ was re- golved what gil the standiog commitees be tn- tructed Lo report un Monday next, éXcept that on, legislation. : Reports of the Committees on Rate of Intercat, Rate ol Mortality, Net Valuations, &c., was takeu up for consideration, Mr. Hakvey offered the following, which were adopted:— On maringang inland navigation risks the whole of the pre. miums received on ali unexpired risks should be charged as a liabillty and heid as an Insurance reserve. 'y ver cent of the premiums received on unexpired fire risks having oue year or Jessto runand a pro rut: of the premiums on policies having more than one year to run, sbould be char, ag a liability or rei uee reserve; proviued that the re remsurance reser i not forty per cent the prewiums recel uring the year; that Lré companies should, as rapldly as practicable, accum: ry fun To provide this extra reinsurance fund, in addition to that designated by law, it is recommended that no dividend greater than ten per cet for any one year shall bo made upon the full paid cash capital until after the femsurance fund is equal to the whoie amount of premtyms received om ‘all unexp-red fire risks, It fa recommended, tate examinations fire wnsurance companies bj supervisory oflcers, that the compantes be required booxs of expiration, 60 that at any time the unexpired risks gan be at once determined aud the legal reinaurance reserve Mr. HARVEY, Of finois, then offered tite follow- Ing resolution in relation to lite insurance: — ‘hat whenever {t shall appear that the sum of the assets of any life insurance company shail fall below the reserve as calculated upon the legal standard, a gross valuation should be inade as a test of solvency, taking into consideration the future fume receivable, doductiag therefrom fifteen per cent for expenses and continyencien and thal the company should declare oF pay any dividend fo either its stockholders oF policy holders, tuniess its net assets shalt equal in value ite Hhabilities, ealculated ‘yy the net method aud on the logal 8. Mr. HARVRyY also moved that Mr. Hewitt, editor ef the Jnsurance Chronicle, pe heard by the Cominittee. A nuwber of smendinents were sul jnently offered in favor of four and a half and #1x per cent rates, united with @ suggestion that several gentie- meno who were visitors to the Vonvention shoulda have the privilege of the Noor, Mr. Hewirr addressed the Convention in favor of the four and a half per cons rate, Mr. RuacLks recommended the adoption of the American experience table of mortality and four and @ half per cent interest per annum as the data now proper to be designaie?d by law in each of the Staies us the basis for caiculating net premium and net values of insurance policies. ‘Mr. CLARKK, Of Massachusette, sald that at this stage of proceedings he was not prepared to fully state his views. He came to the Convention open to conviction and strongly in favor of the practice of his own State, From ail that he had heard and read he had failed to discover any reason to justily any departure irom the standard of his own Siate. If tne American experience mortality stand- ard wero adopted it would be — cutting loose from .whut was known to be & safe basis to an = uncertam, immatured and untried standard, In Massachusetts the untyersal sentiment is in favor of the standard which they had. The companies of that State were @ unit in this regard. He believed it was to a large extent so in Connecticut. He had no doubt that other companies further West would take the same gronnd, Although he was satisfied that the severity Of the Massachuseits test had caused several of the companies to suifer, yet he suw nothing to jastily ® departure from this safe rule. Bot, at the same time, he wished to state that if he neard anything to change bis opinion he would be giad to do #0. He thought the application of the amendment, which would enabic companies who could sustaim themselves upon s four @ halt per cent reserve, was entitied to the publ nidence, Me. ON, of the Massachusetts Mutual, of Springfield, Was of an opinion that a four per cent rave of interest Was a4 large @ rate as could be safely given, because it was likely that in the progress of the years in civilized communities four per cens would be #8 inuch as would ever be obtat je. Aw to the mortaity table, he was of Au Opinion that the actuaries’ table was the most desirable to be adopted, because tt was based on a larger Cxpertence. ir, BRYANT, Actuary ofthe New York State Insur- ance Company, was not i a position to give an opin. fon as to the maximum rate of interest. That should be sought from the business and financial men of the country. The difference paid between the tour ee cent and sLx per cent interest ia paid for no other purpose than @3 @ reserve for the fall of interest. It should, he thought, be reserved for that purpose. Mr. Mon@ay, President of the North American Lile Insurance Rego sald that a weory bas been started that tue lity of the American citizea since the war of the rebellion has been greatly im- aired, and that nervous diseases and the mortality ‘herefrom had greatly increased. He thought that was of suMciont tmporiauce to anthorixe the ap- pointment of & medical committee, He beiueved that the standard of American health Dow was net equal to the ordinary vitality among aduits, and this necemsl tal careful alention to the mortality: table, It was cheer that it wae the anty 0 (searance com, en Lay enn large reserve, organ eat Mr. Harvey's cloned by offeting \uriher remerks upon resolution, The Couvention then adjourned until tute morn- ing. A VAMILY BROKEN UP.. A Well Kaowa Basker Accused of Larceapy aod Henorably Discharged, Emil Jnath, of te Girma of Juath & Oo,, bankers and brokers, 63 Exchange Piace, waa artoated hy Sergeant McComb and OMcer Tulley, of the Jefe fon Market Police Court sqnad, on ‘Thiradar afternoon, upon = complarit = of a som pte wn dot he pon ‘beng some tacts more sinned states. Burtel terms with and t ba Aa peck its: “te for several = mouths, eco had in Bie possession = several iclers. = his fo had written bin which ho desired to get in his possession, In onder to do this @ private detective Was employed ang $800 agrped upon as tho price to be pald for t let While Burleigh ) had the lettors in hts gamecahon Justh © urlolgh appeared before justices Shandley, Wt Joforac jarket, and made amtidgvit tnat the Acttors had bes nen from htt and were sigs OBSESMON OF as! Attor proout-) ing ® h ‘Warrant, Justo clams Bur oigh de> livered tho letiera to the detective, whe de livere4 the documents and received the promised mony, When the oiicers visited Jnath’s olga they forad tho letters th his possession and took charge of/them. Justice Shandiey, upon bearing Juste AMatement, prom, doscharged Ql, WAG ROLLA VORe alo loUlorn,