The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1871, Page 5

ok rered 420 deaths, being an increase of 7 over | were the only exceptions, Now comes in the curi- CONDITION OF THE CITY. Important Meeting of the Board of Health Yesterday. BAPID INCREASE OF SMALLPOX. Tho City Pronounced by the Health Authorities in Danger of a Widespread Epidemic. Dirty Streets and Filthy Tenements. The Uptown Mantrap—Trains from the Central Depot Endang-ring Life and Obstructing Travel—Depression of the Railroad and the Bridging of Intersecting Road- ways Recommended. President Bosworth presided at tne session of the Board of Healtn yestera: t which all the Com- @issioners were present except Mayor Hat, Dr. Carnocban and Mr. Henry Smith. OUR DIRTY STREETS, Dr. Ceccarini, chairman of the Sanitary Com- | mittee, presented a report showing tne foul condl- | tion of the streets, 1u whicn it 16 stated that in many eases the contractor has failed to clean them at @ll ducing the week, and where work has been done it has been imperfectly performed. It was also sald that street refuse and garbage are still Gumyed into open lots and river slips, contrary to law; but as these Were not specificd the report was | Sent back to the committee forthis addition, It will , thon be sent to the Street Cleaning Commission, “4 MODEL TENEMENT HOUSE.” Upon recommendation of the City Santtary In- @peotor it was oraerod that the tenement house in | fear of Nos, 6, 7 and 9 Muloerry street, in which the fire occurred on sunday, be | closed on December 2, at noon, and shalt not | be agam occupied as @ human habitation Without a permis from the Board. This house is ' forty by sixty fect, has five floors, contains ‘orty | families, has only fourteén feet between it and tne | high brick tenement in its front and but four feet | between it and the huge factory bebind. Tne mor- taitty among tne inmates has been a8 high as seventy-five in one thousand, and tho house fs de- soribed as being in every way unfit for the abode of human beings. Report of the Sanitary Committee, ‘The following reports were read and ordered to be fied:— The Sanitary Committee respectfuily reports the bd of the several bureaux for the week ending jovember 13, 1s71:— Sanitary Jnsp: ction,—Moreau Morris, M. D., City Santtary inspector, reports a totul of 1,977 inspec- by the Henith Inspectors as 10llows, viz.:—754 fenement houses, 1 public butlding, 136 private Gwellings, 117 other dwellin: 9 manufactories and works! rehouses, 29 Bla- ig establisumeuts, 2 bone and ead cleaning establishments, 0 slaughter houses, | Mmavure dumps, | rendering company, 68 sunken eS vacant lois, 57 yards, courts and areas, 65 cel- and Lascuients, 42 waste pipes and «traing, 125 brivies and water closets, 385 streets, gutters and sidewalks, 10 piggeries, 18 oiher nuisances, 3 dan- fasen stairways, 5 cisterns and cesspools and 64 of contagious diseases visited. The number reports received from the Healtn Inspectors was 202, During the week 57 complamts have heen eived fom citizens and rejerred to the Mealth | Inepecturs for investigation and report. His report | Algo shows that durtug the week the Disinfectin; rps have vixitca Os premises where contagion Glseases were found, anu havout-iniectea and fumt- ated 46 Louses, 46 privy sinks, together with cloth- Ing, bedding, &c. z4 cases of smallpox were re- moved to hospital vy tre Ambulance corps. His port also shows twat 01 sinks and cesspools have in cieape’l anu disiaiectod by the night scaven- ers under perutts ot the Board, and v0 loads of ight sotl removed trom the city; 17 permits have D grauted to vessieis lO discharge cargoes on youchers trom the lieaith Officer of the port. The following is a comparative stavement of { CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ported for the two weeks ending November 1) and : jovember 18, 1871;— Snati- Mere Diph mae age dey 6 WO 89 4 1 T would gain cail the attention ot the Board to fact of the raph increase of sulallpox during past week. Forty-three now cases were re- ted for the lasi week, und since Saturday tas cases additional, making a toial of 63 new cases the preseut date. te past three wecks have OWD @® rapid increase of this contagious disease | our midst, It Is now apparent that the city is | Wm danger of o wide-spread epidemic, which will | Rot only destroy many lives, but impoverish mauy No class is exempt from this foathsome and itcan only be controlies by tae most and effective measures. Every person who net undergone successial yviccination or re- Vaccination during the just six years should at once fesort to that means for protection. 1t is the only Breventire Against this disease, AS roof of its protective value (i may d) ja that of over 99,000 raons who were vaccwWated by the oflicers of the fesiin Departwent during the months from March | Uctober of this year there tias not one beta re- | { to this Bureau as having bad an attack of | x OF Varioluid, i} THE DEATH ROL. ' Dr. Oharies P, Russell, Register of Records, re- as follows:—Juring the past week there were the previous week, and 63 less than for the corre- ding week of 1870. Zymotic diseases occa. foned 102 deaths; oonstitutionul, 104; local, 162; de- velopmental, 20, and violent causes, 2%. ‘The fatal of smallpox almost doubled, having increased from ¢0 the bighest weekly number within @ | Gare he The mortality of measies rose {rom 1 to 3, | that of scarlatina irom 10 to 1% The diphtheria and croup _ together | diminished” diminished from 16 to 10, those by whooping . from, 16 to be) those by typhus | er from 2to0, those by typhoid fevet froms to | and those by intermittent lever from 6 to 1. Re- | mittent jever produced 6 deaths and diarrhoal dis- ; 26—an increase of 3 aul 4 respectively. The | Geaths by phthisis pulmonaiis decreased from 77 to | 31 and those by the locat respiratory anections froin | 0 to 62, One death was due to liydrophovia, The | lowing were the principal meteorological feu es of the week as recorded for Unis department at the Cooper Uniou:—Mean reading of barometer, 29.921 11.; maximum temperature, 63; minimum | temperattre, 22; mean temperature, 4.60, being 1.730 higher tan for the correspouding period dur- ing the pass tem years; mean degree of humidity, | The Uptown Man Trap. The following important report was read, and | after discussion was referred to the Sanitary com- mittee, with instructions to confer with the officers | of the raiiroads as to’ what measures of relie are | vlesirable sud feasible;x— | ~ BUREAU OF SANITARY INSPECTION, Nov. 22, 1871, | To THR BOARD OF HEALTH:— | GantLeMEN—Having already forwarded p " roation at the last meeting fopecting. | ia iife orty fr Ke nt oy ic amination with hiv the Mayor and Commonaity of this why tats alt Li ize eration of the grade of the ave- | Rue sud intersec. streets, it is r svecttully recom. | =; that the he voce \ t ard of Healt requ layor and Commonalty the aseage f eat and alter (he grade of intersecting streets, : tire work and cost thereof to be done and borne by | City Sanitary Inspector, | Pe thé roadway of the New York and udsou and the Central roads, and aubmit the ion Of these roads, there are passenger and Sha the local remoenneing UP of the various trains Which 18 the doubling of the transit of nue, from Forty-Aiin to Pie ree youre te the transit vl vehicles oF Lprnd barca rs it Fourth aveune, between 1 D) ci ay ch hte ‘coucur, alter a per | AS it is Sapir | gary Ordinance granting permission to the railroad mpany int to make the excavation he } to meet the necessities of the alterations, and row bridges across the Fourth avenue, the e the railroad companies. Respectfully, your ovedt- nt servant, MOREAU MORRIS, \ BXGINRER HASWELL’S REPORT. | compliance With your request | lave visited | “Harlem Railroad within tie Hunt's of the city, and pA @fe run the trains of we New Haven, | lowing:—KFrom the depot, terminating at Forty. Beoond street, esigned for the combined. accommo- ight trains arrivini 7 fo this there be the seg And departing daily. Added he cars by the agency of | ee Mg Switch engines, as they are raed the ' jocomotives and cars over fe limita of the exter wat the ume trains within street, Under | this condition of o:cupaton | @nd of adjacent portions of the eg events atree! across or upon the Fourth avenue, from Peer arn | to about Fifty-second street, 18 pot aniy staaita. | obstructed for the greater ia ae of the Led mat | at Ms positively rie to life and limb 1 tim end so manifest Is his that the parties in control this depot have recognized the necessity of some salutary action by thus piscine ‘posts ‘and chains | ‘ the Health Ofiicer, called upon the captain of tho { weeks, and 1t is this class of cases reported well ; street, dicd on July 12, 1869. He left abont twenty NEW YORK, HERALD THURSDAY, NUVEMBER 23, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh ana thus actuaily arresting travel except at such instants of charge of these obstructions in effect, the right of ‘BUFeCts 18 BUb;Eect to the conve> ofa nder. matter of the night ves! anles referred in the comp to occupy & certain portion of the Fourth avenue and w lay any = such number of racks: aa their convenience may dictate 1s not one to be questioned or discussed by us, we have to confine ourselves to the matter under our observalion and an expression of our views as to the best measure of meeting the legitimate requirements of the com- consistent with the demand of the public. ‘he grade O/ this road trom the cepot to the Harlem River, with the exception of the depressions com- mencing at SLXty-sixth street, and again at Seventy- gecond strect, aud the elevation over Harlem valley, | 1s the same as that of the avenue upon which itis located, and consequently public travel throu. h the transverse strecta for the entire length of this por. tion of the road ts subjected to the risk of lie and limb by the rapid transit of so greata number of trains, In consideration, then, oi this condition of the vase we submit— First—That ws roadway, commencing at tne Mno of Forty-fourth street (which is within the ae] BN be depressed with the greatest practicable rate of depression untilit reaches a depression ef elght feet, and that it be continued at this limit to the deep cut at Sixty-sixth cirect. Seeond—Ibat the roadway at the Intersection of all streets that cross it below the tunnel be bridged 4m such manner as will afford ali. proper convenience for the transit of foot passengers and veliictes. Third—Thot this roadway lor its entire length from Forty-fith street, where not tunnelled or bridged or running above the grade of the avenue, as over Harlem valley, be walled tn lateraliy for a height of five icet. #ourti—That the line of the roadway irom where it runs five tect above tio grade of the avenue at about —— e@treet to Harlem Kiver be fitted with Jateral walls between the line of streets, und at the Btreets traversing the road there shail be gates 60 | arranged that when open the transit of tho road- way across the sireet is obstructed, and contrart- wise, when the roadway 18 open the transit through the street will be obstracted, ‘Tue line of depth of elght 1o>t for the depreazion of tle roud is assigned for the triple purpose of not tnteriering with the sewers through the transverse streets, of leaving suiliciept space above to afford lant and air to the Ppasseugers ip the care ard to renter the hojght and consequent length of the transverse vridges we Jeast practicable consistent witn the other condl- uons, ‘Tne width of the depression between Forty- fifth and Fiftieth streets where the requirements of the road exceed that of a doubie line of rails should be ject to @ decision when tie plais of the pro- | posed rangement have vecn fuily deiineated, and he width of the roadway above Fity-tntra street to be coniined to that required for a doubie liae of Wacks alone. CHAS. H. HASWELL, Eugineer, CHULERA, Ite Appearance at Halifax aud the Condi of the Sick in the Lower Bay. In order to ascertain if ihe report that a deserter from the steamehip Franklin was the traceable cause of the appearance of the cholera at Hali/ax, @ AERALD reporter, after receiving permission trom quarantined vessel yesterday, and found as fol. lows:—That the telegraplic message attributing the disease to the desertion of the cook of the Franklin was faise in every particular, as but one person, & cabla passenger, named Neumann, was Janded at that “point, and, as the epidemic was confined to the stecrage, it is haraly poasivie his golug ashore was the cause of the manifestation of the pestilence; yet it is well known by medical men that choleraic and intectiohs diarrhoea may last for days, if not for i which escape the vig‘iance of inferior health officers and carry with them the seeds of a poison which ouly requires the vitiated atmosphere of large cities for development, aud this may have been iue case Haitlax. fhe Health Odicer allowed Neumann, | ter full examimation, to go ashore. and to him aloue is the blame o! the transmission of the dis- ease, No new cases have been developed on’ board the Delaware since jast report, and last evening, at eight o'clock, the detained iadies aud gentiemen Were happy as possivle, Cards and music were the Pastimes, and Lo ove could infer from the hilarity of lhe majoruy that death @ short time belore had stalked roughshod among them, At tne West Bank Hospital, trough the judicious treatment of the ofa tn charge, there have been but three devths since last report, making but six in ali that have died at that hospital, aud these being Mmarkev victims before reachiug there, The fs cent deatits wéres—Dorothea stupbs, aged jour. nine; Joachime Duising, twenty-lour; Veciil Nieiseu, two aud a half years; but agamat this list of deaths there is the pleasant exhivit that yester- day there were sent on buard the Delaware as con- valescents ten acuits, @¢ follows:—Liansinea Poul- sen, Lag Peter ’oulsen, Hans Poul-en, Antoa Niel- sen, Andreas Niclseu, Auva Nicisen, Peer Chris- tianson, Carl Labs, Bertha Molin and Fredricka | livim. Tiere now remains at the hospital yet re- ceiving treatment thircy-four persons, apd should noting wulooked-for occur Doctors. Ken) aud dio- gher, with the assistance of Captain O'Rourke, ex- pect losave them all. The good résulia of the work of our quarantine are thus made apparent, and wheu it is stated that bul niwe deatus have oOcourred in all since the Frank!.u co ce wituin our waters witti the dread disease, it slows what @ graud senitary cordon Dr. Carnochan las Woven avout ux ‘Tho method of wits oilicer aud his assistants in treating infec- uous dinenaee uch a9 10 prevent any stich iutro- duotion Of thém in our city aa seems to have befalien lialifax, through the stupidity or ignorance of ther port oficial. ANOTHER INTERFSTING WILL CAS2, Romarkable Discovery of a Will—What o Docter’s Poetry and a Printer’s Investigation Led To—The McAdam Property in Lit! tion, Mr. Hugh McAdam, of No. 339 West Forticth | thousand dollars worth of property behind him, Le | ‘was childlike, and bequeathed a life tnverest 1n his | estate to his widow, almost the entire property, after her death, being devised to (he Roman Cath- j olic Orphan Asylum and tne Church of the Holy | Cross, Some trifiing legacies to @ few relatives ous part of tne transaction, which was yesterday evolved before Surrogate Hutchings, TUE DISCOVERY of the will, Atthe time Mr. MoAdam died it was not known by any of bis reluuves that he had made a will, It was for a long time believed that he had died intestate. Mis regular medical attenrlant was Dr. Johu brady. of East Twelith street, who, how- ever, died belore Air, Hoadam. Dr. Brady was 4 PO! a8 we)l a8 a physician. Ile wooed the Muses, thongh he did not, like Rolus, run the risk of poisoning nis patients by writing his prescriptions in verse. Tiow- | ever, he wrote ral poems Which, after bis death, | were (thought \ y 10 be printed, A printer was sent for to examme the doctor's manuscript and appraise the cost of having the poetry published, In woking among the papers the typographical an accidentally came across ® aocument which seemed to be A WILL On examination it proved to be the will of Mr. Hugh McAdam, deceased. The suvscribing wit- nesses to the will were Dr, John Brady, at this time also deceased, and Dr. Brady's son, Who was away at the Franco-Prussian war. Whea he returned his attention was called to tis signature on the docu. ment, and then he remembered that Mr. McAaam had actually made a will, to which Dr. Brady and Nimself had both aMxed their names as suvscribing witnesses, The son of Dr, Brady, having his whole attention engrossed in bis duues, had forgotien all AROTEANG WHY MRE He toe neguaegd. of At alter coming Dome, Be wm CLLS PronddMedu We wus to be A GENUINE DOCUMENT, and then there was much commotion among Mr, McAdam’s relatives on fin«ting the nature of its pro- visions. Mr. McAdam had many relatives both in this country and Ireland, and they were rather dis Mayed to find that they were not remembered. They did not like the idea of Mr. MoAdam's property golig out of their hands to charitavie imstitatios,s, A number of them, therefore, disputed the yi1, de- Glaring It to be at E A FORGS: . mf The case Was junces(Gd before Surro; « ings, ont Ay ertitheness of tue will Se periies 1 NOW the contestants shift thelr ground, and combat the will on the ground that the law proliivits a man from devising more than halt of his tate to euaritable institutions whlle any near relatives are IVing. A Witness named James Maguire was on the wit- ness sland in tie Surrogate’s Court yesteruay, and testified to several relatives of the late Mr, McAdam living in this country, The summin, up of counsel and the Surrogate’s decision are all that rematn to terminate this re- markabie case, John H. Bird is counsel for the proponent of the Will, the widow of deceased; Mr. Seribner acts for | the contestants; Mr. Thomas Glover represents the religious institutions. BROOKLYN MORTALITY, There were 204 deaths in Brooxlyn during the past week. Of the deceased 42 were men, 60 wo- men,,72 boys and 40 girls; 4 were under one year and 24 were between the ages of 60 and 80 years, ‘Tne nationalities of the deceased were as follow: United states, 149; Ireland, 29; Germany, 15; Eng- Jand, 8; Scotland, 2; Kussia and Austria, 1 each, Bearlatina carried of 17, consumption 31, disease of the brain 19, diphtheria 5, BMApOX 4 cronp 7, ‘Whooping cough and bronchitis 3 each, typhoid fe- yer 2, diarrhoea 2, remittent fever 5. The highest death rate was attained In the Sixteenth ward, ‘Where the number of victims was 21. There wi Qmiy 2 Goaths in the First apd Third wi ' grants | Stuyvesant vs. John B, Fogarty 1 miss the complaint, THE COURTS. Suit Against a Telegraph Compeny—Trial of Jim Irving~A Miltiaman in Court—Decision in Admiralty—A Horse Car Accident— The Black Friday Suit UNITED STATES SUPREME COUAT. the Commercial Statutes in Mary= land—Judgment Against Accommodating Endorsers. WastINGTon, Nov. 22, 1871, No, 204, Ward ws. State 0/ Maryland.—Error to the Court of Appeals of Maryland. The plaintf tn | error was indicted in the Criminal Court of Baltl- more for violating the statute of Maryland by sell- ing by sample in the city of Baltimore certain merchandise (harness Oxtures) without a license, he being a non-resident of the State, ‘The court below held that the statute under which the indict. ment was found was not repugnant to that clause of the constitation which entilies the citizens of each stale to all privileges and unmuaities of cit zens of the several States, nor to the clause which to Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes, | “ that clause confers upon Congress no power of regulation or of direct control over the in- ternal commerce or domestic trade of tie States, Upon these views the indictment was sustained, aad the cause is brougut here, Where -tie reveras 19 maintained by the piaintiff in error, and it is con. tended tht this attempted reguiauion by 4 State of the manuer in which trading within it way be car- ried on by citizens of ovher States, and in respect of merchandise to be introduced from other States, Yeaches the main ailirmative power oj ordinary active commerce between the States, comfided to Congress, aud in this case 1s @ direct discrimination between citizens o! Maryland and citizens of other States im respect of im ordinary and extensive brancn uf mercantile dealing, On tie part of the Srate the view of the Court below is adopted and claboraied at grease length. No, 265. Yeager et al, vs, Farwelt et al.—Error to the Circuit Court for Miszouri.-This was an acy tion of assumpsit on & promissory note for $25,000, executed in December, 1863, payable one year after date, ol which the plaints in error were endorsers, ‘Their defence was that they were eadorsers without consideration, at the request of the payees and for then accommodation, upon the express stipu.ation } the latter that the endorsement should do the en- dorsers no harm, It was also pleaded that the note Was no: presented for puymeut at the place of payment nor protested, nor was any notice of demand or non-payment eve: served on ‘Une endorsers. ‘the case turned upon guestions of fact, which went against the endorsers, who come here insisting that the Court erred in ita rolings. The case is submitted on tie printed brieis. G. PF. Strong for platnud in error. ‘Lt. I. Garite for defend- ani UNITED STATES CLigUIT GouRT. Alleged Malicious Prosceation. In the two cases of Marous Bro: vs. D, W. Ives, ‘Who 1s an officer of internal revenue under Supervi- for Dutcher, for alleged malicious prosecution, Judge Woodraf aas reduced the bail in each case Trom $23,000 to $9,000.. A Telegraph Suit. The case of Humeston vs. the American Telegraph Company, whic involves questions affecting the patent of the plaintiff 1n a telegraphic instrument aud mms claim to ceriuin payment tor the use of his machiue oy the de‘eudants, under @ contract in Writing, 19 stil ut tra’. It hus aiready occupied | seven days, and to all appearance will take up os many more. ‘The defendants have ten or tweive ex- | perils to examine, After the anpove case has been disposed of a The Trial of Jim irving will be brought en by the District Attorney. Jim Was around yesterday in the federal building with sume of his political friends and acquaintances, iis counsel, Charles S. Spencer, was alsu on hand; but there was nv need of jus services, as there was NOt the sughtest chance of the tial coming oD. UNITED STATES DISTAICT COURT. Decision in Admiralty. In the case of Thomas Dunham et al. vs, 1,265 Vitrified Pipes, Judge Blatchford has rendered a decree tor the livellanis, with an order of reference, SUPSEME COURT—CHAM3ER3. Avother Gallant Miitinmaa in Jail, ~~ Betore Judge Brady, The People ex vel. John A, Crandai? vs, John M. Tracy.—This is another Of those frequeatly recur- ring cases of Imprisonment of members of our gal- Jant militia regiments tor falling to pay Anes, Cran- dall was a member of the Thirty seventh regiment, Which, in September, 1570, was consolidated with ibe Seventy-Gesi regiment le reported jor duty ia the regiment as newly organized and ordered his nano. In July and 4 agdst he failed, iowever, to Dut nan appearance at three parades, and accord: ingly Was made the subject of a court martial in- vestigation, He put im the claim that the Court , had no jurisdiction by reason of bis not being a member of the regiment, inasmuch a3 he had not yet signed the by aws. lle ag flued $22, Aad, tail | ing to pay the apioutit, was given quarters in Lad. | Jow street Jail, the hospitalities of which historical ; hostelry he has been enjoying exghtdays Yeaster- day he was broughs betore (ais Court on a writ of nabeas corpus. His counsel entered upon a tecant- cal defence, claiming that the warraat was de- fective. “Is the relator able to pay the fine i’? interrupted the Judge, cucting this argument snort, “The presumption is that he is,’’ answered the legal repiesentative of the regiment, ‘as he has been able to pay counsel aud $1) a week for board ab the jail’? “This money May have been ftnrnished by ; friends,” continued the Judge; and then he added, | “The statute provides that @ discharge may ve | granted by the division commander upon repre- | ol ia that the soldier was unavdle to pay te | ne." ‘The JUDGE ADVOCATE stated that npon such rep- | Tesentation the man would have been promptly dis- charged by the brigade commander; hut when tnem- bers were contumacious, as in the present case, he wished the law to be enforced. Judge Bray said he thought the relator had been long enough in jatl, but he suggested as the pest course to lay the case before the division com- mander. In case the latter re‘used to discharge him the prisoner nughe be brought before him on Frie day, when he would decide the matier, The Bonrd of Canvassers? Mandamoy, Ex rel, Dantel D, Conover.—Mr, Conover, claiming to have been elected Alderman at the late election, it will be remembered, was the man who procured a peremptory mandamus from Judge Barnard, cora- pelung the Board to count the vote for AlJermen, The subsequent application to have this changed to an alternative mandamus was to have been argued yesterday morning, but was postponed ull ‘0-day. Decisions. Thomas M. Tyng vs. The Commercial Warehouse Company or New York. -Allowance granted, Columbia Fire Insurance Company vs. Levt Cook.—See opinion. Emanuel et al. vs. Ginmerman.— Motion granted, In Me Matter of David Levy, Execuior,—Granted, See opinion, Mins vs, Pinckney.—Motion denied, m the Matter af the Application of Thomas Featey.—same, In the Mauer of the Application of Thomas Rich- ardson.—Aascasment vacated. E'iza Crow/sord vs. Henry H. Waters, Receiver.—- Order settled. The Pacvic Fire Insurance Company vs. Philip Levy et al.—Same. Tn the Matty of the Anplication of Joseph R. See memoranda, Joseph Agate vs, Eugene Minder —Motiondenied, but with Iberty to defendanc to renew, if Yeisel vs, For.—Defauit opened on payment of $20 costs and on @xeouung an undertaking to be approved, Bass vs, ThE Home Insurance Company.—Appeal sustained, ts supesian COURT—TAIAL TERN—PART 1. pogn That Black Friday Case. J. 0. Davia et al, vs. Jay Gould, James Fisk, Jr, et al. nis case continues to drag its slow length along. All day was consume’ in lengtened arga- ment by the opposing counsel oi the MozioN to dis. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—PART |. A Black Friday Sw Before Judge Joseph F. Daly and & Jury, Frederick Cameron vs, Brena Deckheimer and O:rers,—This suit is brought to recover $33,880 85, the litigation wing out of the transactions of “ilacke Rida” Defendants acted as piaintift | drokers in thie purchase and sale of large amounts Qt gold, and on the 24th of September, 1869, ren. | dered a statement showing sales to the extent of $104,000, With margins to the extent of $664,217 05, On the same ( gota fell to 156, and plaintis ordered the purchase of $404,000, On the 30th for lowing, the 0 7 the Exchai did business after Friday, piaintif again ordered @ purchase of | $404,000, gold being at 130, Neither of these pur- chases were made, deiendants ¢! ing that the Margin had been exhausted through compromises made ata nigher rate with parties from whom they borrowed gold to carry lor plaintit, Plainud claims thatts the purchases had been made he would nave a balance im his iavor to the Amount he sues for. Case still on. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TRAL TERM PART 2. A Horse Car Accident. Before Judge Joseph F. Daly and a Jury, Mary Mckvoy va The Third Avenue Railroad Company.—In August, 1870, plaintit! was riding in i » Thiro avenue car, managed in Condodsor to - | 67, 587, U9, 511, 513, 515, 5: bly, nnd at Thirty-ninth street. claims that before she had tt! the car again, throwing her down and injuring her elbow aud shoulder, ‘Twenty-seven days atter she gave birtn to twins of only seven months, she pol shat these are unusually Saicens, See tess ature birth, with the supsequent tl hi of both her and them, 13 the resuit of her fall. For ped, but she Bony he atarted these injuries sne claimed $10,000 dainages. The | defence was, Ripsnie's negligence and a denial that the fall couid be the cause of a premature birth hap- pens “iat seven days after, Verdict for plain- COUT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TEAM. Dectsto By Judge Loew. Burnstead vs, Brinckerhof.—Motion granted. (See memorandum for counsel), Abbot vs, Fun Winkle,—Metion to place Special calendar of short causes granted, Maran vs, Garvs,—Motion to vacate order of arrest denied, without costs and without prejudise to re- newing the motion, MARINE COURT—PART 3. Declsions. By Jaige Joachimsen. Hution vs, Bavon,—Action on note, Defence, counterclaim, ‘Trial by Court. Judgment for plain- Uff $171 61, and costs and $25 allowance. Siegel vs. Martn.—Action tor services, Defence, denia), Trial by Court, Judgment fer plainutt $768 50 and costs and $25 allowance, Jones vx. Carl,—Action for goods, &o, Trial by Court. ‘the only quesiton litigated’ was as to the ume when niterest commenced ragning. Judgment for plainu $05 aud costs aud $7 allowance, The Court refused to make the costs any more than if the action had been brought in a district court. Jones vs. Svyder Manufaciuring Company.—Trial continued and concluded, Judgment reserved. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. SuPREvE CourT—GENERAL TERM—Held by Judges ingrahsm, Barnard and Cardozo.—Nos, 173, 179, 180, 18:5, is4, 185, 157, 184, 192, 148, 104, 195, 196, 197, 109, 210, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 206, 20%, cause of SUPREME CoLT—CHAMREKS—ield by Judge Brady.-—Nos, 34, 5%, 6 Li, 112, 116. SUPREME OvU: 1—Held by Judge Van Drunt. Y1, 8251¢, 169, 473, 353, 73, 9, ‘S21, 623, 625, 627, ‘—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—fleld by 5 211, 12:35 Superior Cov 1235, L241, 21 , 877, 789, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL ‘TERM Held by Judge J. F, Duly.—Nos, 976, 1028, 1829, 68, 192, 514, 332, 403, 457, 11 1133, 959, 315, L080, 7 761, Pars 2—feld by Judge Larremore,—Nos. 1064, 1101,, 1102, 1103, 84i, 1dul, 1duz, 787, 1083}, 1034, 1042, 1052,'1033, B14 MARINE Count—TRiAL TeERw—Part 1—Held by Judge Joachimsen,—Nos, 7852, 655, G¥s8, 710 T2U1, 6840, O81, 6883, 7037, 7033, 7049, 7050. Part 2—Held by Judge Gross.—No: 886, O21, 6969, 7020, 7185, 7225, 7982, 7042, Tu 7046, 7087, 7043, 7061. Part 3—leid by, ¥ 7938, 7910, 7963, 7961, 7974, 8054, 126%, T2458, 7033. BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPREGIE COURT—SPECIAL TERM. A Divorced 0 and Seeking His Child—A mint Scene. Before Justice Gitbert. Rulif’ Bennet, Jr, vs. Isabela B. Bennett.—The Plaintit® broughi suit for an absolute divorce on the ground of auultery. Ine couple were married in 1861, and plairtuf alleged that in 18.9 his wife left Dum and weui to live with one Wilttam BP. Jack, at No, 601 Baltic street, The cuse wus sent to a rei- eree. No deleuce was made, and the reieiee re- ported 1M javor Ol granung tie divorce asked for, udge Gilbert confirmed we report, Yesterday Mrs, Kennett appeared tn Court, in obe- dience to an order Jor her to show cause why her son, & Loy Of eight years, should not be delivered Auto the cusiody of the. tauier,. Counsel for airs, Bennett produced afidavits setting forth that plain- ti Was Lot a it person to nave the care of the chiid, walle couasel lor Mr. Lennett submitted testimony showing that he was 4 man of exemplary babits and periecily able tu take care of the boy, Judge Gilvert avcideu to award the custody of the boy to the iather, who thereupon aitempted to kiss his sop. The livile itellow objected and toscream, “‘1latis not my papa; 1 don’t want 10 go With lim; f want to stay with mama.” He shipped away from his father aud Yad about vie cours room to escape irom lim, Mra, bennett inter- fered, and implored dir, Bennet to desist, when Judge Gilbert suggested that the parties should re- Ure to a private roouw With the boy, ‘lbis was doue, and shortly afterwards Mr, Kennett left with his $00, WO contmued to scream until tucy xeached the street. SUPREME COURT—ClacuiT. Alleged Untawsul Possession of Property. Keiore Jadge Gilbert. Witiam Johnson vs. John P, Elwelt et plaintlf sues to recover $1,6)), the value or eieven horse cars and eighi sels of haruess, whien he us Were (taken possession of unlaw,ully by the dant, about two years ago. in auswer tae claim titie 40 We property by virtue of @ sale made to (hem in Deceaiber, 1609, on | tie toveciusure of ® wortgage msde vy the Meiropoll- tau Katroad Company of tne Kastern district. upon Ms property to Willtam Peet and Willa H, Jal- mage, (eustees. Piawuli, on the otter hand, says that Lie property taken hever betonges Lu the com: pany, as While he was President he bought i with ii8 OWO money. He Jurther alleges that he never was urcluded in the mortgage, Case on Drouble Between Ccutor and Credi‘or. Before Judge Neilson, David H, Wagner vs charts Halstead,—This ‘Was an action to recover $2,000, which plaiutuf claimed was due him under the following circum- | stances. He swore that he owed the defendant $5,09, and transferred a house aud lot vo bim, to be soid by hiu vo the best advantage. The property was sold by delendant for $7,000, and he kept the surplus Of §2,v0) over the umount of his claim Halstead alleged that the piainttid owed him $2,000 miore than stated, and he therefore reiained the surplus. The jury rende.ed a verdict in favor of Plawitul for $2,404. JUDG: BEDFORD'S LEVEE. Disposing of Old Offenders in the General ‘es- sious—Aighway Robbery—The Demi- Monde and Our Veteran:—A Costly Round of Drinks. Hiram Hofman, an old and well kuown offender, | was convicted in the Court of General Sessions of stealing two rifles and two pouches, ali of te value of about forty dollars. Judge Bediord said it was necessary for whe salety of society to ria the city of such HARDENED CHARACTERS for as long a period as possible; he would thereiore send bim to State Prison tor five years, HIGHWAY ROBBERY. James Johnson, a vad fellow, well known to the Pouce as @ notorious Charactyy, on tie 22d of Oc tober Jast committed an assault on one Michael Dumy, of 323 East Twenty-first street, while the latver Was standing on (ue corner of Tiurty-secona street and Second avenue, and fons took irom bis vest pocket a siiver Watch oO. the Fal $16. prisoner having been assisted iu bie operauou by began ' ai.—The | ue of | Jt Was # 1egular cuse uf lignway rovbery, ibe | TOMBS POLICE COURT, The Day of the ‘'Reception’—Mary Ann Scott Again Arrested—“‘Twenty-three Years Com- | ing to the Tombs"—The Pick } pockets Arraigned—Identify- | ing the Shoplifters. | The dull, heavy atmosphere of early morning yes- terday made the Tombs Police Court assume in extra strength its peculiarly forbiading aspect, The BUfiog stenches from the prison mixed with tne Poisonous alcoholic vapor created by the breathing of the crowds of bleared and bloated culprits and vagrants who thronged the pens at the side of the room. Windows were openod tu vain, The place was impregnated with stench, and sensitive stom- chs had no business in such @ place, On the : benches lacing the Judge’s desk were the ordinary | crowds of curiosity seekers, half-sleepy police omcers, who had been awakened {rom comfortable naps tw convey their prisoners to the Court, or wno had not yet had time to retire alter their early morning watches and arrests. At the side reserved tor females there | were several of the most miserable, dilapidated and degraded looking wretches that could well be brought together, Some nad come to see what fate was in store for compantons of their own kid- ; hey; others were there with baudaged heads or buuged-up eyes or Iresn, gaping wounus, to com. ; Plain of atectionate taps from loving nusbands or | | from some companion in arms, Aliogether the | fombs Court at early morning presents @ sickening, | ‘ bumillating sight. Among the many AMUSING CASES brought to the court yesterday was a woinan named Mary Ann Scott, Sho was brought i during the noon recess by two stalwart oMicers from tne Fifth | precinct. Mary did not come up smiling. She was | wriggling, yelling and swearing, und giving the two | guardians of tue peace as much as they coukl desire to get her aiong to tke pen, she is not an untidy- looking woman, and has little of the slattern in her appearance. When sue finally enteret the box she Jumped up on one of the Wooden forma and com- menced abusing the oficers in derce style, declaring that they had broken her arm. She ‘opened” on them with s foamed at the mouth, mingled with the degrees. Ye can’t. ao it, J’m coming to ts Tombs twenty-three years and yo cau’t Kill ine, ).00k at Wwe poor arm where they tried to break tt three umes, And look at me other haud where he bit it, dopnuny (to Judge Hogan’s clerk) look at me arm. donluy, wul lsing youalituesong’ Yes, li sing | # little Soug—Oh | once t Was Lappy, but pow I'm— | here sue broke down)—i’m getting oid.” Jumping * ‘0 the side of the box she suid, “Give we a drink of \ water aud I'll sing you a nice iittie song.” A drink o! water was handed ber. [aking the tincupin ber hand she sald, “Well, here’s God ; Dless-us, and God damn the 4 je water hissed dowa her th | resumed her j SPRECH AND SONG, | “What do you think, Johnny. They pat me in acar ‘Tuey wanted to call a dung cart. but I | wouldu’t have it, and they had to get an express agon—& great big express wagon. ‘Them two | able-bodiod pecicrs to lake me, pour old Mary Ano Scott, a played out ould woman, torty-tiree ycars of age. damn ye. When ye were twasing yer shins in ireland 1 was working hard i Blackwell's j Island making the buttons tor your coats, ye dirty spon bia t leads to Dublin; Here's the rocky road— Oh, bring me back the man L love.” This she sang through in maudlin style, bat giv- Ing evidences of having once had @ guod, vigorous voice, “WL, you Wiriy, thieving ——; blast ye, Wil ! pick the goose that ‘ll nibble the grass over ye’r roi- | ten bones, ye dirty ——” ; . ‘this fearlul urade was enjoyed by the crowds in | ! the court room, wuo were walling for the Judge's | retura. ‘Iwo mnserable looking wretches of men ! ; Wuo came under the denomination ‘‘vummers,’’ | ; Were brought in and placed in the male; i section of the cage, near where Mary Ann | was standing haranguing the crowd. in vain did the Court officers insist on the woman remain. | ing quet, AS soon as tbey threatened to send her down stairs without waiting for the Judge, she | ) Would ait down and gov about ber “poor avi’ that | thé peelers had tired to break. This was inter- | rapted by the entrance Of @ large sized police oil ‘With a poor, timid-looking inevriate, “Oh, Nell 1? cried out Mary Ann to the oficer; “you're a tine i man, you are, Were you out yesterday? Are you an Irishman, handsome; 1 think you are. You | ought ‘a been out; there was novouy bat Datchmen out on tat parade.” Then turning io the new | coer, in the box, sue says, “Missis, Waat aid you | , dor” “Tins was asked 10 such @ peculiar style-sue | | standing on the bench and leamng over to the und one. “J got drunk,’ was the meek reply. i “Drunk! You gov dunk! ion ougnt to be! ashamed of yuurseif to get dr Did your has. | band send you iere, ma'am?" j [ “Ou, no; he'd be very sorry to do that.” i “He woulu, would he—he’d be very sorry. Well, 5 you ousht to be ashamed of yoursel: to get drunk and come bere. This ig no place for drunken eop' ' i P Ths was received with another round of lanwhter, | whereupon Mary Aun lifted ber skirt coquettsnly | j With one band and stepped across from form wo | form, with the remark, “A person woud think ths + was the Bowery Tace-atur.” ‘Thus she weut on, | aliernately singing, calling Gown imprecaiions on | the peeicr8 and calling (or somebody to 8: Dan on the Mgor,”? until it Was iound n have ner removed to the celis. quieuy with any of the Court odicers provided they | wonld not put & hand on her, but she positively re- | fused to go with the ollicers Wno had arrested her, and had, as sue said, ed tO break her arm.’ | OTHER CURIOUS SPECIMENS of humanity were brought in from time to time. | ‘The majority of those brought tn were teimales and | they were generally possessed of good jungs and , vad tongues and gave the oficers “yieces of their mind” ip ne cnc language, A miseranie spect med O1 a Lhorougi African Was proughi up for beng | Oh, here's the ‘The road t urunk, He Was naturally one of che biackest and | Most stupid-!ooking ‘man apd brother” that could | pe met wiih, He had evidently been working In | Nour, jor bis Jace betow his forelead was waiiened in ouch a p x Way as io make Nis face LOOK Jike @ caricauure cut on a cocoanut sue: andthe s dipped } in four. He was very drunk and was accordingly | sent beiow, PICKPOCKETS had undoubiediy a lively time at the reception on | Tuesday, and twany, perhaps, escaped. The de j Vectives under Cuptain Irving, however, did some | good work, for, uncer the orders of their chief, tuey “ya. in? every suspicious character they come across im the crowds, Among these was oid «General Greentnal, a Hebrew of some Gity years of age, a well known expert. Charies tiarris, @ yousg customer, was also caugnt, but nothing could be proven against either of them, and Juage | Hoan, alter making the record of their arraigu. | ment, dismissea them. A young ie!low named Daniel Owens Was caugiit ou Church street, afier having picked a gentiemins pocket, ; ‘Dantel was caught with tne property, and was, therefore, commited to answer, | OMecer Quigley, of the Twenrty-seventh prectict, caught ‘a young man, who gave pis name | | as William ©. Gore, at the coruer ol Broadway aud | Falton street, with @ watch tn His hand, Tne officer | saw him moving ratuer susptctously, and when he ' attempted to put nts hand to his pocket the oMeer | Tabbed the hand and there fouad ihe waich, which ad been ‘rung’? om The watch 3 a medium size silver hudting caso, patent lever, made by Henrt + Mathey Locie, and js numbered 53,430, Judge Hogau | , Committea the prisoner Without ball unt! te owner Of the Watgnu could be fouad, TUE SHOPLIFIBRS | who were arrested by the o/licers of the Twenty. | sixth precinct ou Tuesday were brought up yester> | SHALL \ | | ich @ Werce tirade tuat se actually ; “Oh,” she cried, “you dirty | —, you want to kill me; you want to kill me by | eclers, Lhe dicty —,"? , roat, afer which she ; i as WE FLY OUR FLAGS? A Harrowing Tale of Consular Perplexities. Conclave of the Foreign Consuls of New York~ Unable to Solve the Question, “What Are We Going To Do About It¥’—The British Consular Mind Greatly Agitated. Rather Severa on the Russian Consul. The outside world knows but little of the deep perplexities which have agitated the forcign Uon- suls of this city for the past few days, And yet in looking at the canze of the (uss and perturbation one cannot help smiling atall this “tempcs: in a tee pot,” as will be seen by the followiug :— a Preparaiious were ripe for the reception of the | Grand Duke, yet the Consuls were kept in official ignorance even of the very existence of the distin. guished young Russian, ‘The qaestion to be \tecided was whether they shunid fy their several fags trom sunrise til] sunset in salutation of the young scion of the Imperta! Romanoffs, whom they would have Deen only too glad to honor, but about whom they had been studiously kept in the dark. In their utter helplessness they sald to each other and each to himself individually, “What are we going to do’” Shail we resent what seems a rudexess on the part of the Russian Consul in wot notifying us of the Grand Duke's arrival by keeping our flags enirely hidden trom public view, or shall we oniy mm part express our dissatisfaction?” The lass question Jatiered a lost of sub-questions, hall eaob of us hoist his fug when tue Prince passes vy ifs Official residence, and dip it thrice or twice or oaly once, or dip % not at ail, bat hoist it, and vo svoner than hoisted take it in again?” But the British Vonsul, of all others, was a prey to mental agony. In the attempt to solve ine vexed provlem it 18 said ne lost sleep, appetite and peace of mind, without arriving at-a definite culiclusion, Again ani again ie called his colleagues wgetner to confer upou the subject, At thvse conferences (it 1s as weil to rescue these proceedings from obli- » yion for the veneflt of contemporaries aad foture " generations) long-winded discussions arose, Dig- Pellied, unwholesome-looking volumes, bound im regulation calf, were taken from their dim secla- sion, and wiih all the minuteiess of diplomatic chicanery precedents sought po and conira, a8 ne individual opinion happenet to be, mn order to reconcile the contlicuny views, aud “so yrow OB to a@point.” But, not coatent with sdese discussions, Tetrers passed turning ou the various aspects of the case, and each contradicting the other in such & distressing Wy thal the gentleman moa. perturbed, Instezd 0. hosing bis tag, im sheer despair, thought of hoisting up tumseli bodily, and go make an end to this miserable existence, Where one can’t make up his otud whether to fy the fag or not In order Lo get at ihe pith and marrow of the con- troversy @ iI&ALD reporter calied on ve ltallan Consul, signor Luca, on ‘Tuesday morning, to find out what the loreigu irateruity had at last coa- cinded “to do about 14” He was coureously re- ceived by the Signor, @ vivaclous, loquacious gen- Ueman, who an-wered ail his questio.s with cheer ful alacrity. 1 AUON ran as follows:— v1 "ty your lug in honor » Is at true that neither you nor any of YOUr colleagues are going to Noist ity ITALIAN CONSUL—Well, We snall not fy our flag from sunrise Uli sunzet, as we suould have done If we had been properly notified of ihe Grand Duke's arrival, Now, 1 think the comunittee would bave been doing greater honor to the Grand Luke tit had invited us to take part in the recepuon. We should have yone ina body aod tn full uniiorm to y our respects to tue vince, This would have looked deckicdly more imposiug than the reception by @ small body of private gentiemen. Bat neither to the bali nor to the recepuon have we received any invitation? Besides, the Russian Consul, Who nas not even yet paid his customary visit to his colleagues, has given us uo imtimation Whatever of (ne Grand Dake’s arrival. Under the : abeusinaaies therefore, We dit not Know what to 0 Heeouawn Then) you are not going to fy your at al ALIAN CONSUL—Weil, we shall hoist our fag—at Jenst 1 shall mine—as tie Grand Duke passes by, aud dip it three times, aud thea draw i im agat 1 suppose a colleagues will do the same, We do not inieud tus asa sight ty the Price, be it well understood, bul we cannot show couriesy where it ts uncaLed lor, or Wil NOt be apnMreciated. Weill, to tell you the whoie truth of the utter, we have beep given W understand that we are not wanted at all, KePONTER--1b 18 Said Lhe Vousuls have had con- ferences on this sndjectai Ar Arciibad’s heuse, and that the decisions were a3 jolliows:—Decision No.1, “We shail not fy our fass.” On macurer cousideratioa decision No. 2 “We nad butter fy our Jars, because it might give offence to the “Hus sians.”” Upon tits, adjournmeat aud refreshments, to be iollowed vy decision No, 3 (bul not Huai), © “We shail not dy our tags, oifenve or no viience.’? IPALAAN CONSUL (deprecaungiy)—Weil, Mr. Arche bald has greaily agiiated the matter, and there have been some discussieus and letters passiog, but you had better notdweil on thas. All 1 can say is, that we have takeu no action in the watter, because ‘We did Lot KuOW What Lo d», ‘dhe next visil of the HERALD reporter was to Mr. sh Coasul, who, by tue Way, is@ Dervous hitie oid gentieman, and the folowing con. versation tuok plac: RErokTeER (disconcerted by the Consul’s restiess Manner)—! ain @ Feporie: Of ie Hsiao, sir. Are you gomg 'o fy your fag, sir? BRITISH OONSUL (abruplly)—W ho sent you’ AKRVORTER (yreauly embarrassed)— Well, the editor of the HrRALD? Ri11SH CONSOL (radely)—What basiness 1s that of nis? Keron vhere you take me at a disadvantage, sir, Burl ask youd civil questivn, will you give me a civil answer? Here Mr, Aretibald swiiched off Toow, mMruuring someting sounded like ‘botherauon’” ate his private Heigl Mave ome ia” The or Teporier preierred to tke tue Latier elation: and followed in Iolo the consular “tun, Fe- suing :— i “excuse me; will you fly your flag, sic, ur't— > Brir On, bother! No! Yes, There ts time enough to do that. The Prince won't land UNL Nall-pa t twelve. he woing lo laud? shall Borst it. Rerortek—-! have seen the Italian Consul. Britis Consc.—You have’ le is goung to hoist bis da: when the Prince passes, isn’t be ¢ ReErOKTER—Y cs, @nu dip It turee times. Barvisn CONSUL—Vip? | shan’t dip mine, Reporrer-—I am told there has been a great deal Of discussion on the supject. There have been let. ters passing. Brivis CoNscL—Who told you so? [ don't care what they told you. Here tiie conversation, which was mutuaily disa- greeaplo, broke off and the reporter withdrew. ‘The Just visit Of the HBKALD representative wae to the Spanish Consul, who received nim with great couriesy, but Was somewhat reserved on tue sub- ject of the iags. ReroRTZK—L presume, sir, you have not been notified by your Kussian colleague or tue Comuit tee, of the Grand Duke's reception, aud conse- quently Wil not display your dug? SPanist ConsuL—As far as the gentlemen of the commitvee are concerned, they have a periect rigut to be hospitable or pot, just ag they Choose, That is Q private matter, Kegarding the fags, the same Tule is OUserved by consuls as by men OF war ot dif. ferent nations wo happen ty be in Wie same port. (Nervously) Wie. Ume is Hoist my flag? Why, certainly 1 lwo accomplives, He touk his depa:iure ior Sing | day morning for examination. Severaisiorekcepers | When one of trem futends to display nis bunting Sing to serve a term of five years, LUAGLAKY. John Moore on the iu o1 November, at nigi pled a (kause Ul (be premises of Jumes M, ialier, oP MT #3 Bibs ih street, by vreak- ing open tne fropt basement door, The come painant, Mr. Waiter, had bis atientfon at. (racted by an uhusaal dsa‘t ot alr as he was gittmg im the back patior, He proceeded to the lower portion of tue house, lit the gas and found things generally in & confasea state, and, upon farther ¢Xaminauon, the fact Was discovered | that @ quantity of silverware had been abstracted, amouuting lil value to $iv5 The prisoner was fouud coucealed under the table In his stocking fect, not having bad Ume toeffect iis escape. ie interposed @ plea of guilty, and was sent to the Siate rrison for two years aud six mouths. A VETERAN VICTIMIZED, On the night of the 8th of this month Richard Barton, 4 Veteran of the rate War, and living at the Sokuers’ Ketreal, on Ward's isiand, came to tue city and met one Neilie Grey, who asked lim if he wasn’t going w trea Rather a pretty cheeky pro- ceeding, and provaviy go novel tat ib struck our hero 1acher favorably, for he at once iaquirea where iney should go to procare the drinks. Ba:ton had a friend With bim, voth Of them pretty much under the influence of liqaut. Whiue the trio were in@ Roosevelt suet saloon @ little yirl came in pedaung Jead pencils, The complainant was about wo pute chas@ one, When Neine, Naving an eye to the in- veresta of her admirer, allecuionately threw her arms around him and said, ou don’t Want any, dari- ing.” Twenty minutes after this loving embrace Barton made tee melancholy discovery that nis pocketbook, Containing fi. was now esi, and @ pocket knile, Wor'h& dollar and a balf, was aiso not in iteaccustomed place, Neille was arrested, and gome $9 ound upon her, together with the pen- koile, ‘Tne complainant could not swear that Nellie ook his property, yeti was gone, and he had not been in the company of any other . Judge BevFoRd said at this #1 that as Barton could not swear the prisoner took his money it was @ pretty slim case, However, the accused was put on the stand to give HER VERSION of the affair, who, of course, dented tm foto the charge, after which the case wi jury, under the charme of the Courts fas submitted to the | | were present and ideniided one or inore of the trio | as persons who had visited their store lmmediately ty 1 pene the loss of some vaiuabie goods, Judge moran committed then for trial in delault of $5,000 | ali each. THE VIADUCT RAWROAD ths Old Divecwrs <4 foord Elvetod. A -ecret meeting of the Boar’ of Directors of the Viaduct Railroad was held yesterday at the omice of | the company, corner of Murvay streev and Broad- | way. A very impudent young person, either a clerk ora messeuger, watched the door of the Board room, and replied sauerly to the taquirles addressed | nim by representatives of the press In manuer, | Resisnation New ' appearance ani conduct, he was a fair type of a | Tammany rafian, The meeting lasted from two o'clock until after three. The result was imparted to (he reporters by the Secretary, Mr. Barker, | Mr. August Belmont was called to tue chair, and after reading the minutes of the last meeting aud the fnanei toment of the committee, resig- nations Were rece.vod from A, Oakey Hal, Ricnard O'Gorman, Hugh Smith, Peter #. Sweeny, Wiilam | M. Tweed, Join J. Bradley, Mency Hilton, John | Toyloy Jonuston, Joun ob Astor, Charles A. La- | mont, Wilam T. Blodgett, J. F. D, Lanier, August { Belmont, A. 'T, stewart, EB Wesley, Franklin Us- | good, Witham Butler Duncan, R. Travers, | Uharies L. Tiffany, Levi P. Morton, Joseph Selig. man, J. F. Navarro. ‘The new board is constituted as follows:—Alex- ander Ul, Stewart, didney Dillon, August Belmont, Charles’ A. Lamont, James FD. Lanter, Franklin Osgood, W, Butler Duncan, Oswald Ovendortter, | Charles L, Tiffany, William &. Travers, Willlam B, Ogden, Jonn Jacob Astor, Abranam 8. ltewict, Levi P. Moron D. pare Wilham £, Blougett, James B. fate, José F. Navarro, award B, Wes- | ley, John Taylor Jonnson, Andrew H. Green, William H. Appleton ani Joseph ‘betigman. John Taylor Johnston was elected President. The Secretary, Mr. Edward P. Barker, and the Treasurer, . Butier Duncaa, retain their positions, and fre a salute on a certain day, le sends timely ! notice to the of her men-of-War, And the ja.ter dress up the vessels of their respective commands on the appomted day, aud when gaiuie is fret by the man-ol-war that gave notice, repeat It, gun for gun. ‘This etiquetee holds good fox tue consuls Of dufereat nations, As the Censuis of New York bad received no notre from their Kusstan colleague of the expected arrival ol the Grand Duke it Was very Qatural that they did not know what to do, Revorten—! hear the Russian Coasul has pot yes Dati the Customa. y Visi to any of his colicagues, SPanisit € UL} Wave not the Ponor of bis ac- ance, because be never Called on me. 0 Grand Duke pasaed by the didterent Consul. | ates tue HewALD reporter observed thal tie Ltalan Cousul horsied Us tag and waved i turee tines, while every other Consul alinply hoisied nis and drew it inagatu. The sorely troubled Sritish Con- sul was however doomed to another mortification, His dag “Wweut Uy like @ rocket and came down like asuck.” Ne had It foisted, uy tte rope zave way, and as the Grand Dano by the British Con- sulate it fell irom & Second story window on the pavement, Me THE NEWARK ARMORY QUESTION. Alter all the talk and agttation indulged in on the suyjoct Newark 1s stil without that much-needed armory. ‘The City Fathers seom to be airaid of their lives to spend a single dollar of the peopie’s money for any necessary purpose like this, Wile not long ago they evinced mot the slightest serupte ta abso- tely throwing away some $40,000, Tuat amount Wes pat ‘out tor asewer. The “sewer,” mstead of being a sc wer, 18 or Was recently & pestience-breed- ing quagmire. The contractors were allowed to (to tie Work 1a any way they pleased, gnd they pleased to do it in a Way (hat creates instead of abated a Duisance. Thee 8 some erfort now being made to induce tle city to buy @ building ta Orange | street, It 13 said chat One colonel wws offered $1,009 if he would use his jofuence with the City Fathers to have it purchased. Each of the regiments, too, were to receive nice douc-urs. It is not Wkety that the place Will be bought, a3 i¢ 1s far from being ceniral, ani beside 18 pot suited for the purpowe®