The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1871, Page 4

? 4 “MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENTS. The Manhattan Club Breakfast Story Denied by the Mayor. Meeting of the Board of A portionment. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars More Wanted for the New Court House. Is the Police Commission To Be Changed? What Mr, John Foley Knows About the New Charter. At the Mayor’s Office. The Mayor was at his office eariy yesterday and received a number of callers, prominent among whom were Colonel Stepbins, Mr. Jonn Cochrane and several literary Irisumen who were editors or sub-editors of democratic newspapers. In a con- versatiou with a HERALD 1eporter the Mayor stated that @ sonsationaily written story In a morning contemporary about his break’asting at the Man- hattan Club with Colonel Stebbins, and also the gossip at the Union Ciud, published in the same journal, were good as fictions, butas narratives of actual events there was not a particle of truth to sustain them, At one o'clock the Board of Apportionment met at the Mayor's ofice. There were preseat the Mayor, in the chair; Mr. Steboins, who takes the place of Mr. Sweeny; Mr. Comptroller Green and Mr. Tweed, Mr. Cornelius Corson acting as secretary. ‘The Mayor read the extracts from the laws passed relating to the building of the Court House, im which there was an appropriation of $750,000 for the completion of the building. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars had been already authorized to be spent, and the object of the meeting was to consider the. authorizing of the remaining $500,009, The Mayor stated that he believed the $250,000 had not been raised by the issuing of bonds, but nad been taken from trust funds. Two hundred thou- sand dol'ars had pore pend. out on the assumption, he supposed, that bonds would be issued. ‘Tne de- mand how of the Court House Commissioners was that the remaining appropriatuen be converted tao addiiional stock, Mr. WALSH, the contractor, tn reply (o the Mayor, gaid tat it was exceediugiy Gesiravie Wai We work shouid go ou, as tue marble could now be | furnishe.i in about sixty days. | ER Said ‘that he Mad not been | served with a lotice, and that he had been busily | engaged in examining into ihe Corneil case and had not compieted the investigation yet, He would move tuat this matter etand over. Mr. TWeup—Does the Coraeti case affect this, do The CoMPrRoL! you think ‘the ComPTROLLER—Yes; and as the President of | Parks was not present wien the call was read, it | Wonld be more regular for the matter to stand over. The Mayor—Let it stand over unl Monday, then. Sere ee Tthink 1 shal be ready | en. The Mayor—1 second the Comptroller's motion. ‘The Loard then adjourned wail Monday at two | o'clock, and mmediately went into Executive Session. H Mr. John Foley on the Situaticn. Since the election troubles Mr. Johp Foley has been on the move, and seems, if possipie, more earnest than ever in his commendavle pursult of evil-doers. It 18 not surprising, therefore, tat the | Fenticman meationed should keep himself posted upon municipal affairs generally. In order to ascer- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. im toe Board of Police Commissioners to which, as You are aware, Madame Rumor has spneet you.’ “Weill, well, take @ seat; sit down, ie lady to whom you allade—Madame Rumor—is very Kin: deed; but 1 incline to the belief thaw sue 13 a trifle hastv in tuis matter. My attention has been called by some of my friends to @ paragraph in the papers in relation to the subject, which she evtiently in- dicted; but further than this Lhave no knowieuge whatever with regard to such a change.” “Then Jam to understand, Mr. Acton, that there have NOgpeenany OVERTURES MADE you which would lead you to suppose thatyou are wanted to fi! @ vacancy in the Board, should one be occasioned py the removal of eftuer Mr. arr or Judge Bosworth 2” "i oxactly,’? ‘Do you think Mr. Kennedy. whose name ts also mentioned in reiation to the mauier, Kuows any- thing about it?” ‘1 don’t see how he should know anything more about it than I do. Tho lact 1s the whole story {3 made up trom whole cloth, and 18 not worthy a Moment’s serious thought. fat there will be some changes made in the Board of Police Commis. sioners I have no doubt; but R THIS CHANGE CANNOT BE MADE until the isiature icets, aud 1 have no reason Whatever to think that eliner Mr. Kenacdy or my- self will be mentioped as the successors of either of the present Commissioners who may go by the board wien the Change does come.” Here the conversation turned upon matters and things m general, and after continuing it @ few minutes the reporter witharew, and peut his steps up town 10 search of Air. Kennedy. But the searca was barren o! any good result, ani aiter an hour or two spent in the vain endeavor the scribe gave up wie chase and returned to the HERALD establish- en THE STOLEN VOUCHERS. Tfagerty and Baulch Bofore Jadge Bed- ford in the General Sessions. Argument of Counsel to Quash the Indictments, REPLY CF DISTRICE ATTORNEY GARVIN, The City Judge Reserves His Decision. Pursuant to an arrangement between District Attorney Garvin and counsel for Edwin M. Hagerty and James Baulch, who have been 1adicted for bur- | glary and grand larceny, an argument was made belore Judge Beaford, in the General sessions, yes- terday. The court room was crowded with inter- ested spectators tnroughout the day. Before pro- ceeding with the discassion counsel for defendants | quoted @ senteuce trom the City Judge's charge to | the Grand Jury a few days since in refereuce to the condiilon of things counected with the city governs meat, where His Honor stated that the grand in- quest was “omntipoteat.” Lie counsel endorsed that sentiment with the quaitication -provided they act withia the scope or the ligiits of the jaw.’ C_unsel also alluded to the erroneous conviction of Rullod in 1858 for the alleged :nurder of his wite and chiid, tne Judge belore whoin he was tried not daring to do bis duty on account of the prejudice against the accused in the community. ‘The Court im the midst of a prejudiced community might unwillingly and unintentionally defer to an intiuence which was no offspring of its oath and Which was not justified by its duty, The office of the Comptroller of the city of New York is clalmed, by the prosecution, to have been robbed on the morning of September 10, 1871, and “vouchers” to the amount of $1,900,000 and upwards a leged to huve been stolen from the County Auditor’s Department. We use the words “claimed” and ‘alleged’ because it is the firm belief ofthe counsel for the defence that the tain some of the more important facts In connection with city matters a representative of the HenaLD visited Mr. Foley yesterday, and after @ few casual remarks on both sides the following conversauon took place:. “Mr. Foley, I would like to get your opinion in re- Jation to sume of the changes that have occurred in our city government, in wuich, by the Way, you seem lo have taken an active part For instance, what do yuu think of ine Muyor’s recent appoiat- menis?” “AU are good men,” replied Mr. Foley; “Colonel Svebbius Ls specialiy fitted for the position that ne 80 long filled with credit to himsell and to the city."? “Colouel Stebbins is chairman of te Coumitiee of Seventy.” “Well, he has alread y inumated his intention to resign Lis chalrmaaship, 1regres 1, because he is a most excellent presiding vilicer. ‘the appolint- ment of Mr. Green as Comptroller was a foregone conclusion and has given general satisiacuon.”’ oe you know of any olwer appoimtments to be made “I know of several under consideration, but am not prepared to mention tiem at present.” “What is dolug in regard to the preparauon of the new charter?” “A great deal of attention has already been given to Wal sulrgct, and the charter will svou be ready and wui be asenved during the tirst week of the meeting oO! the Legislature in January. entirely alferent trou the ‘Ring charver.’ It pro- vides for tue election of Mayor to take place every | April. The Mayor will be empowered to uppoint all the Various heads of depariments aud to remove at pleasure. 4 will also provice that in case of any impropricty on the part of the Mayor tue Governor will Have power to remove him waiuug for any process of jaw what ever. The charter will likewise provide for the election of the clvil and police Justices to be voted lor va the geueral ba loc us a county uUcKet. There ure very many otler imiportant changes aod Improvements im the pew charter which will be made known at the proper time. Board of Assistant Aldermen, aud are to be elected on ie general Lickel as at present, the election to lake piace ai tue same me as Mat for Mayor.” “bo you know what action will be taken regard- ing Mr. ‘Tweca’s election to the Senaie?”” “As L have already stated in tie UikaLp, before the election, Mr. ‘Tweed Wii not be permitted to take bis seat im the Sevute, Beiore that time Mr, Tweed will disappear from both the city and State.” “ Whatdo you mean, Mr. Foley? “mean to say thut he wil leave the country, Mr. O'Couor’s proceediugs are well taken, ana it will be 1mposs:vie for Mr. Tweed to avoid punisie ment unless he forfeits bail aud leaves tue country, aud I belicve he will do that?” “By tue way, Mr. Foley, there ts a rumor abroad that bome developments have taken piace in regard to Ue sivlen voucners.’? “Jes, | tik that ts correct. Hagerty has be- come a Wiluess for tie State aud tas divdiged the whole plot, crimmaung still furwer tle King people.”* “You wouldn't mind a political oMce yourself, Mr. Foiey’ Your published card staves that you would not accept any.” “1 have deciiued huminations unt such time as the “iiing’’ is cleared out. When that ts accom. plished I might conseut to accept an ufice, After this the reporter took Lis ieave, THE PCLICE COMMISSIONE<S, is There To Be a Change t=—Mr. Thomas Actow’s Views Upoa tho subject—Madame Rumor Again at Fault. For several days past it has been currently ru- mored in political circles aud among others who are usually weil posted in such matters that the oMcial axe weuld ere long fall upou the devoted heads of Police Commissioners Barr—Ancillary Barr—aud Bosworth, in such a mauoer as to cause thelr capillary growth to assume the perpendicular and they themselves to recede into a political ob- fcurity to Wuich they have for some time past been Strangers, in close connection with this rumor 1s another to ine eect that Mr. Thomas Acton, who was 80 honorably connected with the Foard of Police for a period O1 nine years, seven consecutive years Of which he presided, to the eutire satisfaction of all, over the deliberations of that body, and MK. JOUN A, KENNEDY, 5 fate Superintendent of the Police Department, would be the two fortunate individuals to step into the oficial sandals vacated by the two gentlemen Dirst mentioned. To be sure it is somewhat early in the day for such rumors as these to gain any cou siderable degree of credence, secing that the Legis. lature will not meet at Albany util avout six weeks shall have elapsed, Nevertheless, for the pur- pose of ascertaining tucir views upon tle question, # representative of tne HERALD was yesterday after- noon despatebed in quest of Mr, Acton and bis pro- posed consrere. Calling at the United States Assay OMce in Wall street, of which Mr. Acton is the superiniendent, the reporter found that geaoticman quietly en seonced 11 his office and possessed of his PROVERBIAL SUAVITY AND AFFAUL jood day, Mr, Acton, 1 am from wie ti 0 have caed for the purpose of ascertaining Wel JOU WAU BsBUILE Lue SuuctioNs Of ike Lusiiion it will be | without | it abolieles the | tue Aldermen | papers, which ave alleged to Lave been stolen on \ that Sunday morning were either stolea before or alter that moraing (possibly a part belore aud a Part alter), and that they have veen falsely, but adroitly, crediied Lo the 1adicia of violence, claimed | by the prosecution to have been first discovered on ; that Sunday morning, which indicia the prosecu- iow may yet find it bas vainly attempted to work into the charge or crime of burglary. It is matter of bistory, and we suppose may be assumed asa (pretended) robbery A COMMITTEE OF S5VENTY OITIZENS, ; acting wilh a joint Comuittce of the Com:aoa Coun- cli of tus city aud the Board oj Supervisors of unis county, were engaged in investigating and dragging to Light abuses, as tuey Were called, in the expen- diture aud application of the moneys of the city and county, If figures are to be ac- credited, large amounts have been ab- | Stracted, for which some satisfactory account should be rendered by some person or persous. | On she 8in of September last these committees re- quested the Comptroller to exinb.t to them for exam- ination the audited accouuts on file in als office or departinent Which lad been paid from the funds of tne city and county. Here we extract a passage or two from the complaint lately exhibited in the name of the People of the State of New York | against certain parties alleged to be responsibie for | some $6,000,000 of the public money: — nat said audited accounts were then in the office of sald uptrolier, and Monday, the 1th day or said September, poluced for the production thereof, the morniuy of said ith vay of September, the Comptrolies's ofice, at tue usual bour of opening tue | same, was found to exhibit, m broken glass and tue ake, fume marks of @ burgiacious entry; and it was thereupon | konounced oy the persona in charge of satd office and ascer- act that such audited accouuts bad geverally ly all the so andited ace edule, marked “A.” t nose of the ald andiied accouuts 60 apparently us ce beca dis.overe. or fon, or any oi their Jicers OF agents, and the same are wholly | plainu Tut immediately upap the discovery of such apparent theft the seid Mayor, by writn denounced the sane as u circumstance txing suspicion of inidelity jn the premises on the oficers of sald city aud county ot New | York, or some of them, and demauced of the sai Cow/rroller that for this reason he should resign his sald tsaia Mayor had not, belore said apparent the‘t, ithe 1uth day of October, in the year last t y stop Or measure to recover stich stolen vouchers or any of them, or to correct or redress any actual ppesed oficial mdlvereation in this compiaut men. tioned, or any fraud tn (bis complaint mentioned, 1. wii be seen from (hese extracts that the people | of thts State, in this complaint (which was verilied October 24, 1871, by thelr Attorney Generali, con- siderably more than @ month after the occurre ace of the crimes charged agatnst the preseut decen d- aats), Were not willing to speak of the 133 of the vyoucuers In question as positively attributable, or as positively to be ascrived to tue burglary (if such it Was) mM = guestion, Are not the woids ‘some marks of burglartous entrance,” “the sald = audited accounts 80 apparently stolen,’’ “upon the discovery of such apparent weft," and other similar language m these extracts from the complaint, everytniug but a suD- port vo tie theory of Lhe present proseculon? Do they not strougly, ay, eiuphaticaliy, if not briefly and directly, charge that the Compirolier, who of ail ihe World Wasthe mos! julerested in We suppression | of these vouchers (if they Were What the puvic have been led to believe they Were), assixned @ reason for the Bun-production to these cummuiliees, Which Was @ mere cover, jooked upon as such, and not be. Leved in by them, Lf Luis 18 not the tue Bugiisu of this part of the complaint, Why did It not GIVB THE COMPTROLLER A CLEAN BILL, OF HEALTH At once and aver Unat (he Voucuers Were not pro. duced because his office was burgiarously entered between the Sth and Lith of September—the former the day ou which he was asked to pro- duce them; the latter, the day on which he was to have produced them? Still, the same people who | prosecute (nominally at least) the present defend- auts, are Ue same people Who are unwilling in a civil projeeding 10 adopt 4% true the ailegauon of thisOdicer, Uf be was willing to face the masic on tue Lith of Sep. rT, by producing the required documents, who else had cause to be afraid? No watter Who €ise Was implicated by them, he, as the | selected disbursing officer of the County--lls duties | conaued to thar, ani that aloue-—Was tie most cet taiu one (ofall if those papers saw ive gut. Wu: earthly mouve Can be estabilshed, on their part, for the commussion of the crimes with which these a Joudants are now charged What frieud of thers could Lave stood in greater danger than the Comp. troller, aud, if he Was Wilang to dely or court the Nght, Who wasobliged to seek safety in darkness? W ho Was or were obuged to lustigate the cominission of a burgiary, losecure and desiroy Wuese documents, MU he was not? TWO MEN WIGH IN OFFICK CANDIDATES FOR STATE PRISON, The Counsel sald—1 can pat my finger upon two men Ligh in oMtce Wo Would have been inthe State Prison if the vouchers had pot been made away Wit, because, Whovver cise may have been gully, by’ their own handwriting they had con- denied and convicted themseives. Tne real mean- ing of the compiaint of peopie in heir civ pro. ceesing 18 that the vouchers were not jen by tucaus of We Bo-calle) burMiary, bu Wat te ap- ; fact on this occasion, that shorty previous to this | ese of @ Durglary was resorted to to cover up ‘he tracks of those Who could and aid steal ihem, without naving to do it through another, a pre- liminary and independent crime. ‘the theory of the peemiies as to the defendaata is that the Comp- ‘oller’s office Was in charge of a watchman trom six o'clock of the afternoon of the Mth until six o'clock of tbe morping of the 10th of September hours, returning aout nine o’clo ck, and that during that time the ufice was telomously entered aad he vouchers stolen, There was not the least evidence yore the Couimirling magistrate, nor was the slightest tesumony furnished to the Grand Jury to prove thay the vouchers or documents in question were m the Comptroller's oMce at six o'clock ot the preceding tternoon, or six o'clock of the Jolluwing morning, go that they could have been stolen by the defendants tiad tney been so inclined, The only witnesses against them are ihis byrne ail beneficiary of the Comptroiler) and @ servant Mr. Haggerty, Who remaiued in his tamily until the saturday night lollowing, aud then ieft, she and the watchman baving both then beard of an intention to offer a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of the cruninais, Whoever they might be, and sne having béen threat- ened at the same thue by the Comptroller's spaniel (this Watchman) with arrest if she did nob accuse somebouy. In otier words, the watchman and the servant girl knew nothing about Uns matter until they heard that $1,000 would be paid for their knowledge. Ten matters wiuch they must have known for nearly a week, Wf their testimony 1s true, becane the groundwork of ihe present accusation. MOTION TO QUASH INDIC?MRNTS AND ADMIT TO BAIL. Under the advice of counsel the defendants make & double Mouon to the Court—first, to quasn the two ludictinents found against them in this Court on Octover 32, (871, for ourglary in the third degree and grand larceny, based upon the occur- rence in question, and secondly, to be admitted to bail, should the motion to quash be dented. Of course they expect and ask their discharge Irom imprisonment, U the ladictinents are quashed, The Moving papers show that they have not pleaded to the indicunenis; that vhey Nave never as yet asked to lc bailed; that they have Leen imprisoned from the time of thelr first arrest, on or about Sep: tember 21, 1871, to the present hour; that they were imprisoned more than five weeks beiore the Grand Jury acted upon the complaints; that they cannot prepare thelr defences to advantage Without the veneill of thei personal liverty, and that thew application i3 made in goo faith, and not for the purpose of deiay. Other matters are disclosed by the moving papers, Wiich will be allude ito ia some of the pomts urged hereatter, {! is not to te disguised that. the pre- sent state of our social Atmosphere 18 Such as pos. sibly to overawe or intimidate judges or courts, and almost deter them from granting or eve: entertain- tng fecnn.cal motions in matters alte. ting the public welfare, pavuiculaily when present-din a criminal court of justice. To a pure judge, however, one who fecis that he has ever observed his oficial oath and unficehingly per.ormed his public duty, tue soctal storm which prevaiis or howls out ide of the sanc- tuary over which he presides brings neither fear, disiay nor terror. That the public mind has been startled und aroused by the degeneracy and de- moralization of a portion of cur local judiciary is trae as weil as right. No person can deny that some of our Judges are far from being ornamental to the bench or paiatabie to the community, it 13 no arguinent against innocence that it 18 unwilling to be ouce precipitated beiore a petit jury. Story, who wrote for all this, and did pot indite simply ephemeral instructions or lessons of juridical wis- doi, In hts admiravle Work on the constitution of the \nited States descants upon the periecctions and imperfections, secufity and danger of a tral beiore @ jury of the country. The provision of our State coustiiution, whica was stmilar to ikat of tue fede: 13 also quoted, T uasel argued that under the constitution the defendants had the right to ve batied, and main- tatned that the Court should not uphold the LYING AND LLASPHEMOUS PLEADING OF THE GRAND JuR' when they alleged that the bur; tendants were guilty of ary. Whea tue Comptrolicrs rooms were inter Aparuaeats Of aa outer buiding, ‘ihe counsel said he would be airaid to ake tits Motion be.ore some Judges, whose only salvauon Was in pandering to tie public will, but when ne addressed a judge chat he Kuew could aot be AURckKed, bat who enjoyed ine approval of the press and the a; plause of the com- munity, he felt he bad aright to speak with conil- dence as to the result of that part of tits motion. The eviden ciore te comnutting magi trate relative bo jeged larceny of the vouchers door! read at dn conciusion the ‘counsel sald:— THE LE°SON OF THE LATE ELECTION. We again respectfully urge upon the Court to steel itse!f xgaimst the impressions naturally resulting from the feeitug and nor of tae community, exciied and iermevted as it now confessedly is. ‘the unprecedented, almost feariul, up- rising of our ciuizens which na3 just been wit. nessed vindicates and exempliies the theory of our tnsutiuions that man was born and 4s fit for seli-guveraim: Sucn a lesson was designed only for those who have been uniaililul or corrupt in ue sphere of gillciai duty. Lt was not intended for ter- Tor, but reforn, Who can close nis cyes to what has appeared in the press of our city lor months past as to tne avuses which have crept mto and exist in the administrative, legisiatve and, last but by lar the most important, judicial deparc- UiCHts, at icast, Of our local government? We may bave been prevarest for the discovery Of evils in the Other branches vl governinent, for that woukl seem to be history, or consistent with history, for all thine past, out who woud Look for sacn tatngs in the Judiciary, or on Uic Beuch? fhe profession know, aud the public ought lo Know, U they do not, wat we have yel 12 our midst Juages of purity, tree from suspicion, Without taint and above reproach, A wiolesule conuemuation must not be tudulged, It 1s not meant to be Hauery when we say that this Court, as 101s BOW consuiuled, enjoys the contidence aud has over aud over again received Lor is acts the approval und sanction of the puulic, if the press 1s an midex ty or is to be taken as authority tor the truth of the remark. DEFINITION OF A COURT OF JUSTICE, has been happily dedued to be “@ place Wherein jusuce is ju ally admimistered,”? ‘The aliributes of ‘those who should oficiate there a comprehend.d in the divine mandate to tne lites. udges and officers shait tuou make im all thy gates, which the Lé thy God giveth thee, throughout tny tribes; aud they Shuil judge ue people with just judgment. Thow | shait’ hot wrest judgment; thou Shalt not respect persons, neiher take a gle; for a gilt doin blind tue eyes of the Wise and pervert tue words of tue righteous.” ‘Tue cuustant, unalteres, unalterabie aspiration of a minister of the jaw should be to see cure for himseli the walversal concession or ackaowl- edgment, Relpubitee salutem pratullt sus ¢ mmodis— he sacrliived his private interest to cue public good, ‘Judes numimarves” 13 @ characier iat ougut Bot to be tolerated—nay, tuat ougit not to be ound, DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARVIN'S REPLY. District Attorney Garvia replied to the argument. In its introductory observativos he referred to We excited siate of the public mind tn reterence to the alleged misapproyriation OL We puolic funds by ofti- clais, aud said toatl just as the committees were about instiwuung @ Investigation mto the mait sucdenly ihere came, like a clap of thunder 1 clear sky, tne deeiaration that the vouchers ha | disappeared. Bat nowwitistanding the investiga- | tion or committees of citizens the Charges of fraud were continually rluging in the public ear that some- body was guuiy Of a great crime, whicu undoub- ediy was tive to @ Certuin extent; but what had been done and who did ft still remamed a mystery to be revealed, for none of these com- mitiees Nad appeared yet before the Grand Jury, ‘he cleciion wach occurred ts mouth was an overwhelming upheaving, @ groundswell among the community, age whoever was responsible lor this resutt must take te consequences. He (tie District Attorney) did not suppose wat the prison. ers liad a vill among thoze vor ‘3 Which they Wished to cover up, but Ine question was, did they puc unholy hauds vpon those vouchers winch be | jonged to the public and carry them away! The only light ihe prosecution bad on that sulject, ex. ol p cept ine act ttseli, was the statewent ot Hagerty, who said, “Banich aid tt for me and I did at for another man.” Mr. Garvin argued) jm iis characiersiic emphatic manner Gat the testimouy proved beyond guilt of accused, aud therelore tie acted properly und legally iu dnuing indictment’ agaist Wen, The Disirict Attorney saul that Hf the counse! or anybouy tu the comunu- | nity could furnisi suilicient evidence to show that | these prisoucrs were employed by otuer men to commit this nefarious crime jie (Mr. Garvin) would dio ail mm bis power Lo send Ukem to the State Prison, because they were just aS wuilly a8 Hagerty and “Baulcn, He (the District Attorvey) Was opposed to admitting We prisouers to bau, siating that he was realy and willing to uy thew upou any day Lhe counsel might name, CLOSING ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL, The counsel made a ref rejoinder, saying that It Would uot be prudent to try these men ab the pre- | sept time, for ihe community meant just now to | have a victim. He sail that his programme was, it His Honor admitted tiem to bail, which Would we given i any amount, lie ithe counsel woaid wen ask the Court to suimmon Richard B Couvlly to testify in relerence ww tue joss of the youchers, Without the testimony of Connolly no Grand Jury, properly justrucied, woul ever indict the defendants, Tue couusel -aid that he made the motion to bail in god falih, aud in the course of his remarks aniwadveried im scathing terms upon the practice of some of the Judges of the Supreme Court, who released properly convicted persons on straw ball—a practice which be hoped Would soon be stopped, Wily Was not Connolly sum- moned before the Grand Jury Who found the Indict ment against Hagerty and Baul as i Will FP. Havemeyer’s arm around him that torn of from the State Prisoay Then let tt be kbown, 80 that the community could see that the greatest maleiactor ot all was bemg saved for the purpose of punishing those who were less guilty whan himself, Do not Kill the Ay when you have got the elepuant, These defendacts are mere worms In this matter, and why not pounce upon larger prey Af the Jaw is impartial begin by strike jug at the king, and pot leveling the subject, ‘Yhe counsel closed by saying that he could expect nothing irom certain Judges who were trembling in their shoes, but he was now before a map Whose past career bears scrutiny and examina tion, WhO has @ver held Ms pudiic Oath vetore Is eyes, who has hever swerved irom the path which 1t incited him to pursue, and, like @ true, honest and reliabie lawyer, Whatever might have been his feel- ings moraily, he bent aad submited himseif to tue aictates of stern legal duty, JUDGE BEDFORD'S RULING. Judge BEDrOR», in addressing the counse!, sald:— Thave listened with great attention aud pleasure to your exhaustive erguinent, and aiso to that of the Disirict Atiorney. 1 shai! taxe ail the papers home aud take some days to consider the case, and What- ever conclusion | shall arrice at J wii (eel in my own. cousclence tat T have eudeavored to do what is niga last; that he then lett it fora pe mod of some three | THE SiALLPOX. Growing Alarm in the City-The Epidemic in the Suburbs. The public is beginning to get aroused at last about vie threatened epidemic in the city, People were entirely unaware, until reading yesterday's | HeRanp, of the great danger which was tMmpending ! over them. They had had little idea of the extra- | orainary position in which the Board of Health was placed by the want of money to protect the health of the city and to prevent the spread of contagious | diseases, But it 1s now probable that, the ex- isting state of affairs being laid bare, pub. ite opinion will be so strong that the Comptrolier shall be forced to provide money some, how, though up to the present nour that oficial has been unable to grapple successfully with the dif. culty. ‘The disease sttil eontannes to spread, though not to a very alarming extent, except. in tar us tno numbers are almost dally doubling. ‘The Board of Health is fighting pravely to stay the progress of the calamity. Though the number of cases reported “to the City Sanitary Inspector since .Thursday is only six, yet it is well known tnat many cases in various forms exist in the city which the Health OMice, owing to the diminution in the Damber of its officers, has not the ume to look after, ‘his may prove ono great means ol the spread of the smalipox, for it has been the custom of the Health Ofllcers immediately to remove sufferers to placss where there could be no fears of the contagion spreading, In Brook- | lyn the disease continues to spread, and the people of that clry are as GrOnIGE danger than even here. Some cases of th Brooklyn. In Long Island City several cases have occurred, but so negligent are the police and other authorities that children suffering iroin the disease are allowed to play around the streets, and the tears | City also the contagion is spreading, so that cvery- where around us tiere is a cordon 01 smallpox, ‘The Heaith Onicers of this city, having 60 much experl- ence in regard to this disease, would undoubtedly, if untrammeiied, be able to subdue 1b, TAE CHILE2A iN TRE BAY. ‘Tho total number of deitihs from cholera that have occurred among the sicerage passengers of the steamsmp franklin, since her arrival in tuts port, i but eight, Of these five died at the West_ Bank Hosptial, two on tne receiving ship Delaware and one on the unfortunate vessel. The fatal cases on the Delaware were no doubt the effect of closing the hatches during @ svormy night, depriving the passengers of fresn air, ay the victims of the pestl- lence did not complain of tilness im the evening, but in the morning were dead, its development and fatal termination occurring in twelve hours. In this connection it were well to state that nearly the entire number of deaths that marked the course of the disease on the Frank- lm’s voyage was among the passengers stowed away on a lower, or orlop deck, where there is generally plenty of darkness, plenty of heat, but very little ventilation; and not. withstanding the cry of parties interested, that this dcck Was not the provable cause of the virulence of was a great agency in causing it to assume a more malignant type taan it would otherwise bave done, Fuly-seven pussengers tn all have been reccived atthe West Bank Huspitat and the aivantages of tne medical treaument which tuey have received are peculiarly iustraied by the few deaths goted, and these were mor.buad whenaamitted. Nineteen nave been sent Away as convalescent and the re. main.ug wurtysthreé patiems are getting along remarkably wel, and will, no doubt, all recover, ‘The occasion sould not pass without the proper ac- kKnowledgmeat of the valuable serv.ces of the Deputy | Health Gdicers—Drs, Reid and Mosher—in ims crisis that threatened the metropolitan health, dis- trict, ag they have been unmiudful of thelr own comiort, and have been at ail hours at their posts in the discharge of the arduous and responsible duties enirasted to tem, Although a litte impatient at their long but neces- sary detention, the passensers On the Delaware are nt spirits, aud pass the tune pleas | in quite ex: antly in playing cars, reading, singing and writlag ‘rhey have organized a very cred- ilavle band among tie cabin passengers, which | tends to miuse a pleasurable excitenicul among the enire lot of quarantined mortals. ] to them iriends. THE HERALDS ADVICE. Combination of Great Artists in Opera. We have urged repeatedly on the management of the Liahan opera at the Academy of Music the ne- cessity of combining in one company during the spring scason all tue available talent at present in this country, of which the principal names are Nilsson, Kellogg, Parepa-Rosa, Van Zaadt, Capoul, | Wachtel and Santley. Our contemporaries are fol- lowing in the same path, aud, a3 may be seen from the subjoined article, they are eatirely in accord with our ideas:— {From the New York Evening Mail.) NILSSON AND KELLOGG, ghuly congratulates New York on the very cal culture among our people and cr lu proof thereol, success of Mr, Stra. Kosch’s company in the presentation of *atiwgaon.’” 30 hints aL @ Nei Opera season, In Wich Miss Kellogg, Wachtel and Santley are to be tue stars, and urges Ulat it would ve wise for Mr. Strakosea to alternate Kellogg with Niussou, Undoubiedly the mauager i question has had troupie enough in cousequence of the imability of Miss Nilsson to sing at every perlurmance and thereby The S'ar great growth of mu satisly the dewands of exacung holders of season tickets, and perhaps he may feel inciined to relieve an _ over-worked prima douna. But that 1s is own business, aut we dou't propose to add to bis worriments by trying to inter- Jere with his arrangements, It 1s true that Miss Nilsson is asked to do more than she ought. 1 aiso undeniable that there would be geucral rejoic- Ing over ihe announcement of Miss Keilogg’s reap- pearance in opera, for the laurels so fairly won by the gifted stwanger are freely awarded by those who regard with a pardonabiy peculiar and patriotic m- terest the career of our Own favorite prinra donna. New York can warmly appreciate ana nobly reward the genius of each of these quecus of soug, and we trust tat We Shall have the cuance belore the sea- son cluses. A OWE Its Influence on Criticism. The tenor, Wachtel, appeared in Providence, Kk. 1, on Weduesday evening, and @ local erlic was moved by the spirit (probably & “veeskey” cocktail, such as Alexis yearned aiter in Washington) to ex- press himself in tue following modest terms:— ‘To those who heard Wacntel there seems no need of demonstratioa of bis supreme majesty, and those Who have nol misset an apocalypse im song and may as well vell Weir faces and sit in Sackclotu aud ashes for ihe lost opportunity of a giant good. The fervid adimirauion of lis hearers made vocal our streets on Uuelr passage homeward, aud the vernac: ‘ular Was sacked 0; superlatives. Such torrid heat of pratse was Jusuiied; for never In this city, and nght Tarely in ally city, has there subdued the listening air a voice of more imperial nobiiity, an organ ht to Mingle with tie sublime song Of archangels, the choiring of Winged se:apuims aud cherabiue, and in all the ages of humanity not many umes vouchsaled to mortal, Not Wiat ibis periechion; what attribute Of man is? Neither doves it unite all excellences; tt Wants the seduction of Lefrauc, the luscious light of Mari, the final poush of Capoul, the silvery sheen of Brignoli, but in exaiteu novility of sound, m universal dominance, in an upsoaring and expand. ing—filting fleids of upper atr—(how 18 tbat for \} Mgu?) he overtops them ail and Jeaves straining competition betund. In the Titanic volume, the surg: ing swell, the vast sweet reaches of his gong he con- Jounds criticism, and seems to it the iealers from earti, borne onwatd Wilh @ rush resistiess, with every feeling broadened and deepened, and with infinite vistas of all fair visions and all majestic harmonies opening on every side. The final touch of nest «art is sometimes Wanting, pul Ms want ts hardly felt, the mind and soul are so full with the majestic magnetism, the elecirical possession, the victorious vehemence of this great enchanter, the Merlin of melody. Wachiel ts a Conqueror a3 mighty as Cwsar, and a ven, vidi, vici marks lis haughty progress through the world, lis way paved witi the hearts of men, Abt's * Good Mgiht, My Dearest Chiid,” brought out more fully tian hitherto we wondrous graceful tyranny of his yoice, Which 80 cnthralis and over- comes, but the culmination of power was in the Jinate from “ ti Trovavore.” Verdi seems to have ‘written that opera with a divine forekuowledge of Wachtel, jor he is the only singer who triumphs over its tremendous agonies of arias with supreme ease. The “Al! si ben mio” Was given with a certain strong reticence, the man seemingly saving him- self for the * Di quelia rira”’ immediately alter, ana searching the depths of being, bringing out nitherto tndreamed of forces to swell the subiliMe magaitl- cence of strain. THANKSGIVING DAY IN BROOKLYN, Proclamation of Mayor Kalbfleisch. The subjoined prociamation setting apart Thurs- day next asa day of thanksgiving was issued by mayor Kaibfeisch yesterday :— OPFICE, BROOKLYN, Nor nite, States and the Gi EY?) COCKTAIL. 24, 1871, nor of the Bt ‘New York having appointed Tuursday, the Both instant, as a day of thanksgiving und prayer 1 heartliy con- cur in the setting apart of that day for such purpone, and by our people, ‘and prosperous condition of our eitl- houid cause us to be grateful to the Great Ruler of the Universe. We have been greatly blessed, while oiber sec- tions of our country baye be vy feariul calamities, rendering thousands upou thousands homeless, and depriv- {ng tiem of the necessaries of ule. iL, tis Ue, Cheeriniiy une im rendering thanks to the Auuniinty tor tue beesings vestowed upon us during the past, end prav for @ Guuliouance thercof in the future, rs MARIN KALBYLLISCH. Mayor, recommend its obs ‘The continued hi 2 worst type have appeared in | of the residents are consequenily serious, In Jersey | the disease, It 13 almost conclusively proven tiat It | BROOKLYN'S TRIBULATIONS. After the Auditor’s and Comp- troller’s Accounts. COMMITTEE OF FIFIY AT WORK. “Boss” McLaughlin and Suvervisor Newman at Logeerheads. SCATHING DENUNCIATION OF FRAUD. Another Mandamus Applied For and Refused. The Committee of Fifty, known as the Rink Com- mittee, have now fairly entered upon their task of unravelling the accounts of the city departments, Their sub-committees made their first advance upon the citadel yesterday. Messrs. Frost and Roberts, of the Commitiee on Acounts of City Auditor, vis- ited the office of Auditor O’Brien, and were cour- teously received by tnat oficial and Deputy Auditor P, Keenan, who produced the books and expressed tuelr readiness to alford them every facility in their power. Tho chairman, Mr. Gideon Frost, then ran his eyes up ard down the long columns of the ledger placed be‘ore him, while Mr, Roberts looked placidly over his shoulder, Atter a brief examina- tion, Mr, Frost drew irom hls pocket @ list of the various accounts which he supposed were to be found in the Auditor’s books. These were chieily relating to street paving and repuiring streets. He was informed that such accounts were Kept In that department, As they appeared to be in a quandary as lo the proper way to begin their investigation, in face of the formidable array of tigures which stood out in long columns upon the great ledgers, tho Auditor suggested the propriety of firsi takin; the accounts for the ycar 1870,. a3 those ol 1871 Were not yet complete, The gentiemen of the commitiee conferred wogether upon the subject { before undertaking the by no means slight task, and aoe requested Deputy Keenan to do the work for em, Mr. Keenan replied that he was ready and willing to explain the accounts; that tuey were very simple, and that the committee make @ copy of thein if wey so desired. Mr. Frost sald that they desired him to make the copy. Pade +f I make a copy of them,’’ replied Mr. Kgenan, | “how would you know it Was a correct copy :”” Mr. O’Brien sail that, in his opinion, it would be better, if they desired to make copies of the ac- counts, to bring an expert with them. ‘Ine veputy | reiterated his willingness to go over the books with | the committee or any person Whom they might se- lect to take the figuses. It was resoived to employ an expert, and the committee thereupon withdrew. Anothor sub-committee of the Keform Association visited Comptroiler Johnson’s ofiice, and entered ‘upon their task of investigating tie accounts of that department. But little headway was made yester- day, however. Kings County Peniientiary Keepership. There are but few plums remaining to the democ- racy of Kings county since the pruning knife of re- form has been put in operation on election day; hence there are watering mouths for the few places which are at the alsposal of the Ring. This was shown at the last meeting of the Board of Supervi- sora, reported in yesterday’s HERALD, when there was considerable manceuvring upon the question of the appointment of Keeper of the Kings Couuty Penitentiary, in place of Joho Cunningham, de- ceasd, The race was between District Engineer Shevlin and Supervisor Newman. The former is the favorite and nominee of the ‘ring,’’ and the latter is a strong democratic opponent, who has been endorsed by such republican members of the Board of Super+ visors a8 Harman and Dwight Johnson, and Mr. Newman was urged to get out of the contest and give une choice of the * Boss” a snow, He de- clined to acquiesce and showed his strengih in the Board upon one or two votes taken, but the question of appointment was finally laid over until the meeuing which is to be held on the first Monday 1a January. Alter the meeting had adjourned Super- visor Newman encountered Kegister McLaughiin, the * 77 in the vicinity of the Court House, | when the latter upbraided him tor his action in seeking the position, and he 1s reported to have asked, “When you were Deputy Keeper for iour years, were you not at the close of that number of ! years'dismissed for stealing?” Supervisor Newman quietly remarked, “You are exciled, Mr. McLaughlin, at the pre ent moment, and you kuow as well as Ido that that charge is fuise, When your passion subskics you will acknowledge Low rasb you have been.” i. New- man then took his departure. Supervisor Newman makes the following explana- tion of the charge of the ‘Boss:)—Avout tn ue alluded to in tue “Boss’” charge Mr, Demas tarnes , Came tothe late Frank McNeeley, then Keeper of the Penitentiary, and told’ him be an office under the general government which would be given to McNecicy if he so desired. ‘This was at the time tuat 1. C. Callicut was on trial. Mr. McNeeley declined the offer, put induced Mr, Barnes to confer the oMce upon his deputy, Newman. Mr. Baraes compiled with ne request, and soon after Mr. Newman ielt the Pent- tentiary to fill bis new appointment. was demanded py the government, and ‘Boss’ McLaughlin gave bonds as such in we sui of $10,000 for Mr, Newman's good behaviour while act- ing under the United States government. Tuls 1s his explanation ol! we charge of the “Boss,’? The Fines in the Police Courts. It is the custom of the Justices in the diferent Courts in Brooklyn to make returns of all tne fines once a mouth to the City Treasurer. The last returns, dated October 31, are as follows:— Police Court (Walsh). First District Police (Di Second District Potice Court (Buck | ‘Third District Police Court (Riley). Fourth District Police Court (Voorhies), Filth District Police Court (ames). Sixth District Police Court (Lypeh), 202 00 9 U0. S: 0 No returns to make seve 2085 Total fines per month... ‘Total tines per day (avout). If this be true the Reform Coin mittees will dowbt- less overhaul the records, so 60 $5 Kefuars to Issue a Man- damus. On Thursday an application was made to Juugo Gilbert, of the Supreme Court, for a mandamus compelling the Board of Canvassers to throw out and not canvass the returus from the First district of the Fourteenth ward. Judge Glivert refused to grant the mandamus, Mr, Wiliams, counsel for tne People’s Reform Committee, renewed the application on grounds which were not pal on Thursday, and argued that the Board of Canvassers must can- vass those returns only which were belore them on the second day’s session. He directed the atiention of the Court to the fourteenth section of the statute, which provides that the Board on that day must proceed to canvass tne returns then produc Judge Gilbert refused to issue the man aus On the ground that, in his opinioa, they were not re- stricted by the language of the statute to returns produced on that day, Judze Gilbert Again Swift Sulng the City. Frank Swift, the offal contractor, has brought a BUIL Against the city of Brooklyn to recover $i,00u for fervices rendered during September and October. Mr. Swift contracted with the city to re:nove the oifal for $600 per month, but the Aldermen, in April last, poiom la @ resolution giving but $500 per month. Swit sald he could not do it for that, whereupon oue Edward Clark oilerei to do the work for $450, Swit then offered to do it for nothing. Clark made a similar offer and received the contract for tie nominal sum of one dollar. Both partics have ocen doing the work, und now Swift, who apparentiy holds that the city is still bound by nis contract, sues to recover his money for Scptember and Octo- ber. The papers in tife case were yesterday serwed upon the Mayor, who delivered them to Corpora Uon Counsel William ©, De Witt, The Oficial Canvass Complcte. The Kings County Board of Canvassers yesterday afternoon completed its labors, of which the follow- ing is the result, showing the vote for each canul- date upon the county ticket:— Republican, Secretary of State. .Soribner . 300 Comptrolier . . Hopkin $),300 State Treasurer... Raine «80,813 Attorney General. .Bariow + 80,820 Champ iain Bate Engin ‘aylor saat Richmond Sanal Com'r. Barkley..... 30, Insp. State Prison. Kirkpasrick. $0.1 ra itd i as Soe yuo 24,958 25,083 Coroner: 24,807 J Just. of Session 30,683 Judge Sup, Courk.. Barnard ..., 67,279 County Judge Dott. 29,660 Benator, 2d ry Bes Senator, Ud dist... Van Si 0,014 a trict—Hupble, rep. 1,350; Metond dustrick—W nite, Fe ‘Third distuict—Vrecland, 79% Fourth district=y ASSEMBI. Aitken, dem., 6,120, 4,422; Bayliss, dom., 3,014, Fepy 1,011; Roche, Goud, had | A bondsinan | ; Mosley, dem., 5,048. Fifth dige ‘Tanner, rep., trict—Borry,'réb,, 4,453; Adams, oin,, 2,031, Sixth district—Pock. fep., 3.314; Richter, dem., 2,271. Seventh dis ‘Kurten, rep., 2,324; Wainwrighs, oe, 2,252, Eighth district Bennett, rep,, 4,015 roll, dem., 2, Ninth isirict—Leich, rep 263; Jacoos, 801. the Board Was about to adjourn Supervisor Johnson tntrow “ unanimously a nome: following, which was Whereas the evider of lection ¢ County and City Cleeks® a Oilice, for the ‘poxe Of screening from puuish> ment those who have conspired to rob our citizens of their sacred rights of sullrage, utrage to demand one nota, * fore of such magnitude as esolved, this of C1 ures for the prosecution of @ach anu every person suspecced of implication in these {1 jand when a guilty that sdequate punishment be at ence actuimetered FEMALE FIENDS FILED, Dra A Dark-Eyed Dauszhier of David Invelgie. from Her Home—Saved by Womauly Ine stinct. Rachel Joseph, a remarkably prepossessing Jew. ess, about /ourteen years of age, appeared im Essex Market Court yesterday, aud oharged one Carne Feeny, of 76 Allen street, with @nticing her irom her father’s home, at 137 Canal street, with tne ae- sign of inducing her to lead @ life of sin and shame. Rachel, it seems, made the acquaintance of the latier in her father’s store, where Carrie was im the nabit of having her dresses made, ‘The comeliness of her p2rson and wiunlag manner attracted the notice of Mrs, Feeny and inspired her ‘With the base purposes to carry out which “involved her in tie crime with whicn she stands Charged. The girl 1ound parental discipline rather ivksome, and, smarting under a sense of what she conceived to be unmerited chastisemeants, perhaps, poured the ae ae er real or fancied grievances into the ears TOO WILLING A LISTENER, Feigning sympathy with the confiding gtd and her unuuppy tot, she had le trouvle in persuading her to abandon her home and take refuse with herself, In the iull- ness Of her heartshe promised Racuel that no re- muneration would be asked for her voard, and she would be tenderiy cared tor until she could finda permauent ubode, where a father’s harshness would be unkuown aud her lite heucesorth be one of un- clouded hajfpiness. ‘The treacherous uaviser, how- ever, in the excess of her compassioa, dia not stop here, but suggested where such a PLEASANT HAVEN OF REST might be found for her protegé, und named & mate slou in Grecne street where Racnel would find re- munerative employment, good board and luxuri- 0U3 @ppolntinents, che sole duty expected in return being to open the sront dvor for geutiemen visitors. Fatling 1n thus, she oifered the allernattve of a pas- sage to California and a LiF OF UNALLOYED BLISS im the American idorado, Kachel forthwith ac- companied her new friend to her house, but re- Matned one might only. ‘The next day becomn alarwed at the wouan’s advances, Wilt @ maiden’s insuunclive dread of ayproaching peri!, she returned to the arms of the adlicted fatier whose freside she had 1 an unxuarded moment abandoned. Judge Scott, on the foregoing complaint, s3sued a warrant for the arrest of Carrie Peeay, aud Sergeant Thompson, with commendame promptituds, pro- duceu the accused in the short space of Nall an hour, Mrs, Carrie Feeny 18 herseil a German, though mar nied to an trishman, which accounts lor the Celtie @ppeliation she bears, ‘On being arraigned she dented any intention of decoying the girl from the path of virtue, She said that Rackel had @ quarrel win her favher, occa stoned by her penchané for an ACTOR 1N THE LOWERY THEATRE, who is also an author of Considerabie pretensions and of remarkably fine appeurauce. She ran away from home im Cousequence, and (00k retuge In tae house of one Mis, Dittennotler, at 1) Bleecker streel and Mrs. Ditienhofer, fearing trouble, sent the gti toher, Mrs, Feeny thereupva advised tae girl wo Tetara, Walch counsel she iollowed. ‘This statement gives the case a peculiar compiex- 1on, as Mrs, Dittenhouer, who, rejvices in a numeer Of altases aud Is not unkuown to Lie police couris, bears a very questionabie reputation as a noted pro- curess, * ‘The farther examination ts set down for to-day before luis Honor Justice Scott, at Essex Market AN EXIUBITION OF CHINESE PAINTINGS. ‘There fs at present in one of the lower rooms of 8t. #rancls Xavier's College, in Fiftecnth, street, a free exhibition of Chinese painungs and drawings which wiil amply repay a visit. These specimens have beenexecuted by orphan children of China, under the direction of the Jesuit Missionary Fathers, at Zi-Ka- Wei, and are of surprising beauty aud rich- ness of coloring, and are remarkable for curious combinations and correctness of detail. — ‘Tho collection is illustrative of the customs‘and superstitions of the pagan Chinese, and 1s likewise designed to snow the manner 1a which the principal trutas of Christianity, by means of scenes from the New ‘Testament, are pre- scuted in the most engaging form to we pre- judiced minds of the Celesuais, ere one can see the horrors of hell and the joys of heaven depicted in tie manner best calculated to bring the knowledge and couviction of these truths home to Une Chinese masses, as the many dificulties in the way of direct communication between Ue mission- ary aud We peo; ythe use of idiguaye, oral or written, render every other means almost practl- cally usele: This easy and rapid method of propagating the faith was resorted to with immense success vy the Mmissiouay fathers lu Japan some tree hundred years ago, aud 1t was with the intention of raising the necessary means io establish 1c at tbe present Ume tn China that the Rev. Father Vasseur, 5. J after an absence of eleven years in the East, tenpo- rary left te scenes of nis labors, He proposes to found an tnsutution tn China for the purpose of teaching the orplins and converted cateclisis to decorate the churches in all tne Baste ern iissions wita these represeutations of religious truths, passages in the life of our Lord, &c., from models to be purchased in Europe; aud tne well- known aptness of the Ortentals in ali tue Lmitauve arts renders this 2 comparatively easy task. He estimates the total cost of the enterprise at only $3,000, Wuich Sum Lue good Father expecta to gan among the zealous Catholics of this commu nity. dic intends, however, to rely entirely on voluntary subscrpuons, ani exhibits the present collection of Paintings executed by Chinese orphans under bts charge to give assurance thal the contemplated work is practicable, AN €xamiuution of these specimens will conyince the most sceptical of tue entire feasibility of the underiaking, aud to those haviug the slightest im terest In Mhe spreading of tie saving truths of Christianity Luts veautisal testimony of the zeal and apiliy of We Chinese orphans of Zi-ka-wel will Appeal more powerfully than Words. ‘The Rey, Father Vasseur himselt will be im attend- ance every evening lo deceive visiturs and make all necessary @\planations of the paintings. The exhibition will close ou next Sunday evening. THE LONG ISLAND BIBLE Wait. Grent Excitemont in Long Island City—lose tities Commenced. Yesterday morning the current of excitement, which has been growing deeper and «aeeper in Long isiaud City, and especially 1n the Hunter's Point ward, culimmated in open hostulitics, At the meet Ing held last week a committee of ten were ap- pointed to conler with the trustees, but up to we present time nothing has been done. On the con- trary a job was evidently set up to force the prin- cipal of the schoo! to do something to cause public opinion to favor the agitators. Yesterday morning, on the opening of the ssiool, two young men, the sons of Joha Deaan, of the Committee of Ten, made their appearance and desired of the Principal to be adinited as scholars. The Principal, before assigu- ing them to a class, wished to examine them, and, consequenuy, asked them to be seated during the morning exercises, When the reading of the Scriptures was commenced a sister of the boys arose from her seat and, in a very excited mauper, refused to remain in the room, expressing her dis- belief in the Scriptures. and said its doctrines, If believed, wuld sen’ them to hell, Many of the other scholars applauded the action of the girl aud te greatest uproar ensued. ‘Tits act of Ingsubordina- uon the Principal determined to correct, and in ® firm, but quiet Manner he ordered the girl to retire toanother room. Immediately her two brothers jumped up and approached the Principal in @ threatening manner, and ordered him to let the girl aioue, and with ph: sical force compelled him w= retrea. The rincipal iminediateiy: left the school in charge of | his AsSiSLANLS and proceeded to the Recorder's oftic the Recorder was notin his office nor at nis house. In the meanume the police had arrived on the spox, and the two young men were wirested. | ‘Ihe witt- est excitement seemed, In the meantime, to have taken possession of the people of the Point, and cruwas flocked to the schoolhouse and cndeavored to gain entrance, but no one was admitted save trasvees or privileged characters, Superintendent Palmer Is reported wo Nave stated (hut he did vot care which version of the Bivie was read in tne school if they could only have peace. itis the gen eral impression that the whole aiwir was premeut- tated. THE COLLISION ON THE HUDSON, Lorenzo Andrews, Jacob Valmell and Charles Free ligh, the men arresied on suspicion of being con- cerned Im shooting James J, L111 on the North River, opposite Yonkers, were yesterday vrought vack to the city, and committed to the Tombs by Corouer Keenan, The Wesichester county authorives doubted thou JUrLsdiction 1 Le CaSO