The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1871, Page 4

4 ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DELEMBER 7, 1871.~THIPL#' SARE. GOVERNOR HOFFMAN, Has the Governor Declared Against the Democratic Party? The Sensation the Statement Made, What Was Said About It and How the Demo- crats Took It, THE GCVERNOR'S SECRETARY'S VIEWS, ‘The statement made by an Albany correspondent {to one of the evening papers on Monday, and which was republished in several of the morning papers yesterday, to the effect that Governor Hoffman had tarned tis back on the demotratic party as a party, and had determined to throw the fu!l weight of his iffluence into the political scale tn favor of a “new party,” created a decided sensation in the city. The wire-pulling politicians of tne vartous factions, who, despite every effort made to conceal the fact, are secretly working against one another, while claiming to be soiely in the Interest of @ general reformation of the democratic party, Were astounded at the report, and in localities where the “positivists” and the other “ists” are wont to congregate the hubbul was incessant, the consternation universal. Itis true that the Gover- nor was kuown to be AN INVETERATE RNEMY of the men who are responsible for having saddled ‘the frauds on the city, and that ever since the 12th of July, whea he openly made war agaist the clique which had endeavored to conciliate a certain voting population in the city by yielding to the demands of ‘whe mob, he refused to have anything more to do with the “Ring” leaders; but even the most san- guine of the ‘new departurists’ have had no sus- Picion whatever of the Governor's ever “weaken- ing’ as a good democrat. He certainly lost a great many triends by standing by, or rather not coming out against the men with whom he had been associated politically for 80 long @ time; but the reform democrats, and, in fact, ali good democrats who were enemies to corruption, yet unwilling that tne democratic party should be put under foot solely on account of certain bad members of it, have all along considered him, through good and wi report, to be just the man to lead the party on to victory, once It Was shorn of all 11s bad elements, To this clasa, then, the unqualified staiemont that the Governor had given it as his opinion that the democratic party was a thing of the past, that the corpse should not now be dug up to trouvle the dream of the men who had vuce upon a time been its stead- fast friends, and that THE ONLY HOPE YOR THE FUTURE as against (he administration party as represented by Geueral Grant, was for good men of all parues to join hands and form anew party, strack home | with ail the force of a sudden misfortune. But tne extremists alone expressed their disgust. The dem- ocratgs who can see aliead further than their nose, and who cannot be biinded to actual facts by having dust thrown im | their eyes, at first shrugged thelr shouiuers with | “it ean't’ ve uelped” sort of expresston on | their countenauces When they heard of the report and diatiy came to the conciusion wat aiter all the Governor was right, and that tho ouly hope the democrats had for the future was to break up their old party ines ané make common cause with the Conservalives against the party in power. ludeed, the stand the Governor had taken, according te Teport, was the clief topic of conversation on ine Streets and ia the barrooms, as weil as at Ue various. laces where the poliliclans most do congregate, owever, there seemed io be amons men of all parties a general unwillingness Lo pu. much falta in the report, although it seemiugly bore upon its face the stamp o: iruiifulness. ‘i do not believe it,” sald a well-known reformer to an extreme domocrat, as they sipped their toddy together at Deimonico’s last evening. “I do not believe it is true, for the reason that It 1s now too soon for the big’ men in the democratic party to come out for a vty at the same Uine that they ceciare the i party gone to the dogs, aud you know HOVFMAN IS A SLY FELLOW. fe can tell as gute the next man which way the popular wind 1s biowing, dud Kuows just when and how Lo trim bis sails to suit the “eo; bat f toll you What tt is, he doesn't make ius policy for the future Known ‘to everybody. Whatl mean 1s, that he never springs iorwWard to lead. ie pregers. wo go along with ihe current, anu it ts ouly when the wide runs higo and all sorts of big reform logs oo ashore that Hodgman ts found among the | ‘ol ! AHgExatp reporter, anxious to ascertain from | some authoritative source waeiber the Governor pad realiy iaken the stand he was reported as having taken, paid @ visit during the day to tie headquarc- era and ofilces of the various luaders or go-calied head-lights of the party. Bul they were not to ve founa, Every one ol them seemed to have gone just where he couldn't be got at, and uo one knew ex- acuy where that was. Mr. Tilden was spoken to op the subject, ior 1 so buppened that Mr, Tildeu was at his otice yesterday for a short time, However, be was dumb as an oyster as to Governor Hoffman's ‘‘stand.”” He knew nothing aoout It The reporter pext weut in search of Mr. U'Couor, but that gentleman was not at his office, and so he wended fis way up Wall stret toward roadway, determined to get hod of the very biggest and wisest democrat in the city i he cou:d be lound at all. With this patriouc purpose in his heart he dashed ajong (hrough the crowds that were hurry- ing along, up, down, across and every way in the thoroughfare and suddenly coliided with THE GOVERNOR'S SECRETARY bimseli—OColonel Van Buren. Could anything have been wore fortunate. There was ine smiling Colonel, arm tn arm with a friend wio looked as smiling a8 bimself, and the reporter for a second gazed xx: upon (he two to see If tlicy bore any imarks of the “sensauon" the Governor's aileged depariure had created on their pleasant cousienances; for the fe- | porter knew they were both uncompromising demo- crate, were the Colonel und tis friend. “Well, Colonel,” sald the reporter, “you do not look as Uhough the Governor hat turned lis back on the party.” “What do you mean?’ inquired Colonel, gazing Meanwhile at tne Trinity church steeple though he was endeavoring to calculate (he exact number of inches the top of the tower was irom the ground. “Why, you must have read that statement which | has been published in the papers concerning the stand the Governor has takcu against the democratic party” ‘AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIO PARTY |"? ejaculated the Colonel, now aparently bewtldered, as he turned his gaz¢ from the church steeple and looked at the reporter straight in the face. “L really do not know what you are talking avout,” he | finally remarked, after a short pause. ‘whe reporter ‘then reiated in substance what had been published ro‘ative to the Governor's ideas of the democrauc party and the necessity there was to have a new party butit upou the ruins of the old, The Colonel listened attentively, and, when tne rer got through, buttoned his great coat ughuy up under tis chin, stuffed bis gloved hunds tnto his ample pockets and burst out into a loud laugh. When he had composed nis features sufficiently to enable hitw to speak so as to be distinctly under- stood he emphatically delivered himseli of te fol- lowing speech :— “Bosh? “Then, 80 far as you know, there is no trath in the statement?" “None whatever.” “As W the Governor's being in favor of a new arty t"’ ‘The Coionei paused a second before replying, and finally remarked, rather burriediy, for the wind was learing round the corner in anything but a pleasant mood, aud tue Culonel wanted to get to warmer quarters:— “The Governor 19 against corruption and wrong doing, and has always set his face agalust corrup- | ton io or vat Oo! the party: butl have not beard that he has, a8 you put It, ‘declared against the | democratic party.’ " “Well, at any rate, Colonel, the statement I allude to gives out that the Governor is wiiling to join haods with such men as Sumner, Schurz and Hor- ace Greeiey in form'!ng a new party.’ “Bah | there 18 nota word of truth in tt 1 feel The Coming Bemonstration on Sunday—A Red Republican Muster—The Programme of Procession—Memories of the Honors to Orsini. ‘Tne execution of Rossel has been so unexpected that i has arouse: all the sympatutes of the red Tepublicans who have made New York their home, The intercession of his father, the expressed hopes of alt France, pointed, as plainly as the needie to the pole, to the pardon of the Communtst gen- eral. Bat M. Thiers, after melting into tears at the entreaties made to him to spare the life of ove of the most useful Frenchmen of his day decided to add nis bloon to the long black list of political crimes with which his administration has already been stained. To celebrate thia judicial murder and to prove that it has boen detested by the entire clyilized world the advanced political thinkers of New York—many of whom have been drtvan by per sevution from tue land of their birth—have deter- mined to celebrate in a fitting manner the obsequies of the latest martyr to tue cause of free institu. tions, The International already bezins to exerts pal- pable influence upon our politics, Thirty sections of the society have been formed up to the present. time in the United Statea, and new organizations are reported every day ‘as the knowledge of the object and aims of the society begins to spread among the working men of the country. In New York greater advance yet has been made. One section (No. 12) has been formed of which the members are of the softer sex; and this promises to be the fruitful example of many similar organiza- tons. Ivhas been determined to have a procession next Sunday in honor of the men who have been recently executed by the Thiers government—Blanquin, Ros- sel and Ferre. Each one was a tried and true friend of the republican and social movement in Europe, ana each is regretted, not aloné by thousands of personal iriends, but ago by millions of political Oleg les, Debarred by the infamous insults of a merciless government from the expressed sympathy Of thew own countrymen, they have been awarded pone honors at the hands of their American friends, Sanday next there will be a public procession in ter nonor by all who hold the principles for which they died. Assembilng at the Cooper Institute at two o'clock, the congregated sections of tho International will fecure down the Bowery to Canal street, thenc? up Broadway to Fourteenth street, thence across to Filth avenue, thence up to Thirty-fourth street, thence down Sixth avenue to Eigith street, thence across to Fourth avenue, and then, lastly, to Unton square. It is only expected that two thousand men will be present, but bly the number may be. Bee Provably every section will be repre- ented but the fwelfth, whicn consists chiefy of women, and of this all the men will be present as guests of other sections, ‘Ihe red fag will be ex- hibited, as in the recent eight nours demonstra- tion, but the demonstration will be as quiet as poz. sible. ‘There will ve @ band, but it wili be composed only of afew drums and fites. This demonstration wil remind old New Yorkers very forcibly of the Orsini procession some “years ago. Wheu Orsini had been executed the red re- pubdiicans of New York resolved to honor him with funeral rites, One evening nearly seven thousand men, many of them the refugees of Karopean po.iticul persecution, met together in procession, and paraded along the Bowery and Canal street in honor of the filustrious dead. The Most nOtceable feature 0: the demonstrauon was a catafaique, of enormous height, escorted on either side by u body guard of men bearing torches. The dirge In “irovatore” was constantly played, aud the general effect of the demonstrauon is described as singulariy impressive and imposing, The pro- cession met with oo interruption, and the whole gemonstration was looked at with simple wonder by Americans, who have little sympathy ana stilt less, eoaw ledge, of the poiltical wronga of European peoples. NEW YORK CITY, The body of a mate infant, apparently but a few hours od, was yesterday morning found in an ash barrel in front of the premises 69 Dey street. The body Was seutto the Morgue and Coroner Keenan notifed. Hooper C. Van Vorst, Commissioner of the De- partment of Pubic Instruction, will deliver a lecture on Friday evening, 8th inst., at eight o’clock, in Male Evening School No. 36, Ninth street, near aveuue A. Subject—Benjainin Franklin.’’ The cighth annual reuniou of the alumni of Dartmouth College will be held this evening at Dei- monico's, corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue. It is expected that Mr. Bichard B, Kim- bail, President of the Alumai Assoctation, Attorney General Akerman, Senator Patterson, and many other ditstinguished graduates of Dartmouth, will be present. The Young Men’s Ohristtan Association have a very inviting programme of lectures for the season, which was recentiy inaugurated by the brilliant oratory and experiments of Professor Doremus. The Professor is to be followed now by Dr. Lord, Whose historical lectures last, wiuiter to tlie ladies of New York won such popuiarity- The first of a course of four wlil be given on Fi evening or subject be bis week at Association Hall. The “Mahommed.” The newly elected board of diréctors of the Via- duct Railway met at two o'clock yesterday after- Boon at the ofice of the company. The president, John Taylor. Johnston, made a& brief adaress, depreeating a obiind adherence to any ove plan ior obtain! Tapid transit. An executive committee, whose duty it shall be to ex. azine not only tbe plans adopt by the late board of directors, put all other feasible plans whioh have been or may be submitted, was appointed. A Gnance committees was also appointed. Coroner Keanan was yesterday called to the | Morgue to hold an inquest on the body of Richard Delahay, a laborer. thirty-nine years of age. Un Monday last deceased was at work at 185th street and St. Nicholas avenue, whea A keg of powder whicn stood near was accidentally exploded, and get fire to hia clothes and burned him on the ‘head, face, arms and body ina horrible manner. Delahay was taken to the Reception Hospitat, in Ninety- ninth street, where death subsequently ensued. !)e- ceased lived in 142d street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues. The annual session of the American Protestant Association, State of New York, was convenea in this city on Monday. A iarge delegation of repre- sentatives were present from all parts of the State. ‘The session, Which lasted two days, was very har- monious, and encouraging reports were given the different Disirict Deputy Grand the prosperity of the Order throughout the Stato, The following oficers were elected for the ensuing year:—W. G. M., Lewis B, Halsey, Star Sp lea Bauner Lodge, No. 38; W. D. G. M., James Kelley, Columbia Lodge, No. 8; W. G. Secretary, William Stewart, ‘Prentice Lodge, No, 7; W. G._ Trea: surer, Morgan Gray, Long isiand Lodge, No. 40; W. G. Chaplain, William Sharkey, Washington Loage, New’ 2 W. G., Conductor, overt Kirke, Washington Lodge, No. 2 W. G. A, Conductor, John Hanna, Trne Sons of Liberty Lodge, No. 22, W. G, 1, Tyler, Willtam Davies, reo: joe Lodge. No. 2, W. G, OU, ‘Tyler, James Moore, Washington Lodge, No. 2. A resolution was adopted ordering a parade of the Order on the 22d of February next. OLD BILL TOVEB, A small, yet not inappropriate, throng assembled at Professor Bul Clark’s, West Houston street, last evening to assist for the hundredth time this yet- eran in what he is pleased to term “the hour of his need.” The occasion assumed the form of @ sparring exhibition, but for some cause not stated; the boxers usually noted at places of this character were not on hand, and the amuse- certain," “Lf there was any truth in It you would be sure to know, wouldn't your” “] think 80," said the confidential adviser of the Governor, as he bowed politely to the reporter and hurried alovg up Broadway, leaving the scribe to Meditate upon the alleged desection of the Gov- emnor and what a diderence of opinion there was v MELANOHOLY DROWNING DISASTER. Three Children Sink Beneath the Ice la Weate ster County. At Kensico, Westchester county, on Tuesday morntug, a melancnoly accident occurred, by which tbree chilaren, named respectively Alvertina Mont fora, aged five; Caroline Patterson, aged six, and Edward Patterson, brother of the jaiter, a boy ten ears Old, lost their lives. Jt scems that the three ule Ones Were enjoying Lhemseives ‘coasting’ on @ mui pond wiev the ice gave = way, precipitatiug them into the chiilmg element beneath, u¢ jovmg band being near to render assistance. The jost vues having been missed shortly after (heir d sappearance search was made fn the poud, which resuited 1 ail three of the budies bei reoovered. Coroner Mecks having been noufled id an ipguest, when a verdict was rendered in accordance With jhe above sacta The Patterson children resided with their parents in New York, and were on @ visit uv their cousia, Who shared their sad fate. ment was of a mediocre nature. After much delay, howe: Henry Clark and John Anderson, Young B ton and John Grady, Patsey Hogan and Jerry Mahoney, George Syius and Steve Taylor, McCiéllan and McGinnis appeared and kept the audience in good humor by jumping about and pygotin eaoh other Lh fists that looked like Miblal fe mail bags. jogan and Mahoney's little turn up was the best of the evening; and old James Seddons not appearing to wind up with Tove, Hogan agam put onthe mittens with bim. biiy Edwards, looking well pleased with everybody, ap- pearea at the hall during the evening. NAVIGATION OF THE M88 1s81PPI RiVeR.—The navi- gation of the Upper Mississippi hae closed for the seacon, The first tceim the river at St. Paul made 1ts appearance on the 2ist ult, and om the 2d the Mississippi was frozen over soludly. The length of the boating season was 225 days, or a littie over seven caleudar months. The low stage of water which has prevatied since early 1n August has very greatly curtailed the usuallarge business. The sea- bon of 1sv4 was similar to the preseut, but notbing like {t has been experienced since, and probably wil) not again jor years to come, Just at tae busiest season low water prevented large steamers from plying, and @ deci iedly unsausfactory season's basiness has been the result, The season of 1872, n compensation for this, is expected to increase i has decreased; and, as tt is unlikely re Will be twosuccessive years of low water, the expectations Will provaviy be realised. CITY COMPLICATIONS. The Unpaid Demanding Their Pay in Rough and Angry Tonés—What the Comptroller Says— Ho is Not Responsible for the Impeocu- nious Condition of the City—Dick Tweed Kicked Out of a Directors’ Meeting. A delegation of discharged inspectors of buildings Waited upon Comptrotier Green yesterday to re cetve their pay, which had been owing vo them since October. They wore told that warrants for the Oc- tober pay had been sent to the Mayor for his signa- ture, and on application at the Mayor's office they Probably would Gnd what they required. The war- rants had been received by His Honor, but he had been unexpectedly catled away before he had an opportunity of signing them, They therefore will fot be pata until to-day. As there 1s sufficient money, tt 13 alleged, remaining of the appropriation for the Department of Bulidings the men thought that they were not welt used in not receiving & check forthe three months’ pay instead of one moath. Forty of the Inspectors were discharged on the Istof December, and the loss of employment and the withholdiug of money due to them have placed them in a very impecunious condition. The Comptroller is made responsible for all the misery consequent upon the alleged inability or indisposl- tion to pay the Claims that are brought against the city. Notably is this the case*with the death of 3 prisoner at Jefferson Market Police Court, All this public indignation is founded upon a misapprehen- ston of the Comptroller's prerogative, In the above case of alleged death by exposure the Oomp- troller staves that he is no more responsibie for it than any one of the thousands of nis fellow citizens. If Jefferson Market Police Court, or Yorkville, or any other ovurt, or any pud- lic office require fuel the routine course 1s for the applicant represent! the publi offic: to atcend at ‘he Department of iolic Works and present a re- quisition to the Deputy Superintendent of Kepairs and Suppites, and he 13 authorized to give an order on the contractor supplying fuel, and the charge for that requisition will, when sent to tue Department ol nance, be honored by the Comptroller. It 13 alleged, however, that tradesmen will not furnish supplies on credit on *~ order except that of the Comptrolier. hey have 8 large number of unpaid claims already, and as to the ultl- mate payment of which they are very doubtful. The Comptroller says he is not responsible for this Andisposition to give credit. He has onty to do with the Department of Finance, and cannot ve the chief of all the aepartments 1n the city. The Comptrolier gives a similar answer to the employés in the pubiic offices who have not received their since September. Acknowledging the justice of their claim, he says that he cannot draw the line as to who, is to be paid and who is not to be paid. To pay all Would oblige him to become personally responsible for millions of dollars. This 4s an obligation that the Comptroller does not see fig to incur, and there- fore he intenas to withhold bis hand ta the direction of any illegal payment until the Legts‘ature pass & Deficiency bill or Tere some other measure by which he will be justided in paying all the legitimate cred- itors of the city. [i 18 only those whose duty it is to come 1n contact with city officials, and who daily witness tue long line of city creditors every day in the public offices, who can form anything approach- Ing to an adequate idea Of the misery and discom- fort that this suspension of payment has caused to thousands of men who bave honestly earned every cent they are asking the city to pay them. Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday, at two o'clock, the President, Thomas Coman, 1n the chair, The following resolution was presented by Alder- man Woltman:— Resolved, That the Foport of ‘thé special committee ap- Ir. poluted to devise a plan tor the vrotestion of life aud prop erty endangered by the use locomotives on that portion of Fourth avenue north of Forty-second street be referred back to the committee, with instructions to hold one or more public meetings, and that invitations be given by advertise- ment or otherwise to all pariies interested to appear before the committee for a fulland free Interchange of views and optmions before recommending that final action be taken b the Common Ccuncil’ on the subject of excavating Fourt avenue above Forty-second street to a depth sufficient to ad- mit of covering the tracks of the New York and Harem Rall- road Company. After adopting this resolution tne Board adjourned until Monday at two o'clock. The New York State @as Company. The was alively scene yesterday, arising out of Ring complications, at the offices of the above com- pany, 60 Broadway. It appears that Mr. Richard M. Tweed, a son of Mr. William Tweed, and also a. E. Jones, & captatn connected with the harbor, were elected directors some time ago, without any a qualification to hold office. A meet- ing of the new Board of Directors was called yesterday, when Tweed and Jones presented themselves and attempted to 1ove an entrance into the meeting by violence, although they were quietly informed that trey were no longer directors, and, having no rignt to be present, Were requested to withdraw. They, however, forced an entrance, and the-potice were eventually calied in to remove these ex directors, alter which the ordinary of the meeting proceede: Money to Prevent Spread of Smallpox in the City. The Board of Health passed a resolution last month calling upon the Comptroller for money to be used for preventing the spread of smallpox in the city. Unfortunately there was no money in the City Treasury which could be applied to that pur }os0, and there was no authority for raising tt der the circumstances the Comptroller, on his own responsibility, has made a special arrange- ment with bankers to advance the money, and suf- fictent: means has been placed at the disposal of the Board of Health to enable it to enter upon the ac- complishment of this purpose, Employes at Croton Aqueduct Stations to be Paid. Comptroller Green has made arrangements tor an advance from bankers of a sum euficient to pay the laborers and empioyés at the different stations on the aqueduct from the city reservoirs to Croton gam, to whom is due several months! arrears. The payment of these men will be carried into effect in a few days. THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY. Operations of the Organization—The New Charter. Without mach ostentatious display the work of the Committee of Seventy is pruveeding with great earnestness, and it would seem that the members of that body are determined to leave nothing undone in order that their objects should be completed in every detail, The chief matter now engaging their attention is the preparation of the new charter to be submitted to the Legislature next Jatu- ary. Meetings are constanuy held, and aocument ia being drawn with great care a with tne view that it will meet all the necessary requirements. It is not expected to be finished for at jeast a fortnight. The preparation oj this char- ter bas been entrusted to a committee of eighteen, of which Mr. Edward Salomon 18 chairman. charter will of course Le submitted from time to tume to the Committee of Seventy for any sugges. tions or amendments that may be deemed adv! bie. Itis thought tere wilt be little dificulty in having it endorsed by the Legislature. The new charcer provides for the election of Mayor on the fires Tuesday of <Aprit next, the elected candidate to hold oMce for one year. Ac cording to its provisions there will he but one Board of Aldermen, to consist of nine represeutatives from each Senatorial district, which will make the enure number forty-five, As previously announced, the Mayor will bave the power to appoint or re- move, not only the heads of departments, but also civil and police justices. At the meeting held on Tuesday the various features of the charter were discussed at length, the matter ag finally refer- red to the committee of eighicen, who will report progress at tne meoting to be held next week at the Tous in Union square, The members of the sub- committee mect almost tos ay and show much atzention to the successful carrying out of the work Su auspiciously commenced. COMPTROLLER CONNOLLY. Ne Changes In the Situation at Ludlow Street. The county bastile on Ludlow street wears still the same lugubrious aspect, and no change of any kind is Visible in regard to ite inmates, except that they are somewhat more comfortable now than they were a few days ago. The windows were broken and the county had negiecied to furnts) coal, 80 that the cold snap whch came ao suddenly bade fair to give dentists and doctors a brisk run of trade from tue County Jail. Warden Tracey had applied time er time for the requisite means to remedy the existing evil’, bat the spirit of SPIGOT ECONOMY whioh has overtaken the Finance Department would not permit tie purchase of fuci or window glass, 80 the Warden had the necessities furnisned at his own expense. In regard to the prisoner of State— Vomptrotier Connolly—tere 18 nuthing new t Bay. He was visited yester 3 usual, Ly & largo Dum. ver of friends, promi mong whom was Rev, Dr Wy A. Braun, of Washington Hetghts, Lost evening his counsel, paving returued from Albany, were closeted with him for some hours, prepariog the questions to be presented on Saturday next on the return of the order to slow cause why the batt bould nut be reduced, The vigilant extra veputy Shertt® bas not yet been withdrawn, and Mr. Con- nolly has not made any attempt io cut to (ue roof or burst Une bari MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Grand Opera House—“The Three Guards- mon.” In the dramatization of works of fiction the late Alexandre Dumas has laid open a rich field, which bas been zealously takon advantage of by the horde of modern adapters. Dumas always wrote with a dramatio purpose, which left his works uuencum- berea by thé perpiextng aiMiculties which have met those who attempted todramatize Dickens. In hr briluant recital of the adventures of «Les Trots Mousquetaires”’ he has left a clear narrative which, romantic and unreal to the tast degree, yet has tn it the elements of a play calculated to-stir up the sympathies of an audience to 8 high de- gree. The dashing DArtagnan, with his bravery, obivalry and gentlemanly gasconade, is naturally the central figure of the'drams, and the King, Queen and Cardinal de Richetleu, while they form the motive of interest im the play, subserve the heroism of the, Gascon gentieman, through bis Quixotic dangers and Jopoeriple escupea, The ver- sion played on Monitay night at the Grand Opera House Was the old one, wich as, to tue writer's knowledge, been on the London boards for the last eleven years, dleaplie the assumption on the piay- Duis that it is the handiwork of Mr. Frank Mayo. Of this gentiemun’s playing in the part there is mien to be said. It has all more than (he gecessary dash of the original, out those woo have loved the gentieman in the novel will not tnd much Of toat ;art of the character in Mr. Mayo’s impersonation. It is & mistake vn his pait to think that the brave D’Ariagnan 1s only Boucicault’s Badger, with the addition of a sword. alr. I. 2. Morris, who Was to'play thecralty Cardival, was oviiged to hand. over the part to Mr. Whaley, and those who have any idea of the his- toric prime minister’ would have smiled at the actor, but as we cannot criticise Mr. Morris in tue part, We shall jet Mr, Whalicy charitably alone, Louis XII!. was passably plaved by Mr. W. H. ope, not that the part dewands wueh, but that those who heard Pope read wouid expect @ more kingly won- arch. Mr. Ihorne’s Duke of Buckingham was too young a picture of the iather of Constance, wnich heis as'weil'as the lover of the Queen, Win the exception of Athos (Mr. J. F. Wheel & pare caretully played, (he musketeers were shadows, One or the dititcuities that attend such parts 18 that people wave long ago formed her ideal regarding them, and it 18 alinost unpossibic for second class actors to fill tem. Bontface, the husband of Constance, was weil played. Miss Ada Gray, as Aun of Austria, exmbited a great: deal of Womanly force, aud some, but not enough, of esty. sme has asympathet's voice, and with a lile more coldness in tier moments of haughty diguity would do excellenuly well, Toe ungraieful part of Lady de Winter was periermed wita consid, erable Torce aud judgment by Miss Osvorne. Con- siauce, the iaithfal maid of ‘the yaeen, was played With @ preity naiveld by Miss ia Cline, ‘Tae “Three Guardsmen” ts well mounted and has that wealth of incident and situation which bed toa heuse, it 18 jus> to say that it Was weil received, but let Mir. Mayo adi more pulish to lis exuberance MU De cannos toue it down. Almee’s French Opera Bouffe. Brightest, gayest, liveliest among the opéra douse compantes that have been naturalized among us during the past few years is Aim¢e’s sprigntly troupe at Lina Edwin's. “Le Pont des Soupirs,’’ too, gives 1% aa admirabie opportunity of displaying ts strength. The music, though perhaps at times re- minding one of older and better known operas, 13 tne very incarnation of the fun and spirit and exu- berant gayety that constitute the grand merit of Of- fenbach ada composer. ‘take for example the petit com scene in the secon’ act. What can be imagined more pretty and sparkling than the air and where else could we find such exquisitely ansurd drollery— drollery, too, Wuich uever Outrages good Laste—as the dauce which wortnuy tinishes it, Aimce 1s, of course, the Strongest ieature of the company. She seems especially Loge by nature jor a great opéra bouge arust she throws intu these brilitant trifes a grace und Vilality and spirit such as charm and carry away with a resistless speil the» minds .of her audiense. She has ‘every- thing m_ her favor—great oeauty, a face wat legs with ease irom seniiment into mirta, a pleas- jug voice, thoroughly trained and kept well under control, a perfect familiarity with the stage and its business, and no mean skill in that most wonderful of all arts, the art of dressing. ter company begins now to show traces, too, of thorough and rigorous drill. There are no slips; the piece runs through 1s brilliant course with the regularity ana ‘‘navural- ness” of a maciine. Grcat taste has been displayed in the “make-up” of the sccae. ‘The horoloxe scene, to which we have already reerred, 18 @ marvel of good taste; dresses and funiture barmouize in tints and even shape with wonderful periection, and the siightmess and apparent uncostiiness of the ma- terials employed add to the charm. Of “Le Pons des Soupirs” We have previously spoken at lengtn, We cau only say turther tat, like ail other operas that are worth anything, it grows upon the ear at every repetition, and one likes it bewer every ume he hears 1. With all who have any taste for or ap- preciation of the bright frivolities of opéra bouge Mile. Aimée’s elforts entitle her to the most enthu- slastic applause. ihe new tenor, M. Cavilte, has au ps and will appear for the urst time next wee! MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, Home Chit-Chat. A man Ip Cincinnati Is organizing a brass band of twenty young women, Mr. F. 5. Chantrau appears to be the leading attraction in San Francisco at present. The Chapmen Sisters commenced a brief engage- ment at Savannah, Ga., November 27. The Titusville Herald depicts the “Lydian melo- dies talling from the lips of the blondes hke pearls from the month of 9 Tuscaloosa clam.” L, Thomp- son 1s there, ‘The next rehearsai of the Brooklyn Philnarmontoe Society will be given to-day at three, The orches- tral selections are Spohr’s Symphony, ‘The Dedt- cation of Sound;'’ Liszt’s “Tasso” (poem sym- phoutane). and Weber's Jubel Overture. Miss Annie uise Cary has been engaged for the next concert. Mesars, McKee Rankin & A, L, Parkes have leased the Fifta Street Opera House, St. Louis, for a period of three years. and propose to establish a theatre there on tue plan of Aislaak's, of New York. Toe played at the Olympic last week will company th: be remodetied—tne vest members to be retained and Other goud comedians to be se The bwiding will ut jo many internal chi and the jirst anges performance by the new company will be given on the ist of January. Mra. Macready, whose impersonation of Shylock 1s said to be artistic in (he highest sense of the ‘word, starts on @ tour, Commencing at Poughkeep- sie January 3, uniter the management of Mr. Sam- uel T. Cary. The following is her route:—Pough- koepsie, Albany, Utica, Watertown, Os' ) Syra- cuse, Binghamton, Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, Corry, Titusvilie, Oli City, Cleveland, Akron, Sandusky, To. ledo, Detroit, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Fort Wayne, In- dianapolis, ‘terre Haute, Louisville, Cincinnati, Day- ton, Columbus, Pitts Harrisburg, Wulham; So Scranton, Newark, Paterson and Regarding Rullman’s Vienna Lady Orchestra— which 1s now divided into two troupes—we have heard the et age abe TEM oe Female Orches- tra, Canandaigua, Y., 4th; Geneva, 5th; Water- loo, 6th; Seneca s, 7th; Auburn, sth; Ith: 9th; Binghamton, 11th; Scrauton, Pa., 12th; Wilkes- barre, 13th and 14th; ‘Elmira, N.'Y., 16th and 16th; Williemsport, Pa., 18th; Harrisburg, 19th; Reading, 20th; Allentown, 2ist; Easton, 22d; Newark, pir Seceaed section of Viena Female Orchestra, a closed at = Milwaukee November 25, opened in Watertown, Wis., 30s; thence to Fond du Lac, Sheboy, Oshkosn, Green Bay, Appleton, La Yinona, Minn.; Minneapol! seta Maatson, Zanesville, Beloit and Racine Carl Scherustein, musical director; Bai advance agent. Anna Mehilg, pianist, sailed No- vember 25 from Bremen. She has been engaged by both the New York and Brooklyn Philharmonic societies for the winter, Drittings Abrona. Herr Flotow’s ‘Ombre’ has been produced at Vienna, at the An aer Wien Theatre, witn great success, A Vermont girl, now Mra. B, V. N. Hitchcock, has risen to the musica: height of prima donna of the grand opera at Brussels. ‘The cast for Signor Verdi’s ‘‘Aida,! to be pro- duced in Milan after the first representation in Cairo, comprises Mesdames Stolz and Waldman; the tenor. Signor Cappout; the baritone, Signor Pan- doit, and the bass, Signor Maint, Frau Pauline Lucca has made her first appearance in the German titie part of Auher’s “Carlo i”? known as the “Port du Diavle" im Paris, at the im- perial Opera House in Berlin, and was enthusiasti- cally applauded by the audience, M. Capoul. the tenor, 18 engaged for two years for Kussia, after his season 19 London next year, Madame /’atll appeared im Moscow on the 4th of November as Din and was called for twenty- one umes! The receipts were $5,250, Madame Aravella Goddard is engaged for a con. cert tour in the United States in ibe autumn of 1872, Herr Grau, of New York, has signed a con- tract with Herr Antoine Ruoimstetn, the piaimst, tor a series of concerts this winter in America, the terms bethg $40,000 ror the tour, An English traveller describes 9 “Mystery” called the “Creation,’’ whica be saw performed at bam- berg, in Germany, in 1763, Accuraing to his ac. count it Wag a grolesque atfair, Young priests had tue wings of geese ted on their shoulders to per. syuate angels Adam appeared ou the scene in a ig curled wig and a brocade morning gown. Among the animals that passed betore tin to re- Weli-shod horse, pigs with rings im (heir pose: od amastiff with & brass collar, A cow's rib bone liad veen provided for the formation of Hive, but Lhe mastliT spied tt oys, arab- Ved tt and carried jt of. The angels triea to whistie him back, but, not succesaing, they chased him, gave him a kicking and recovered the bone, which they placed under @ ‘rapsloor by the side of the f disal yh od whence there soon emerged @ lanky uriest, loose rove, vo porsouate Kve ART MATTERS. TUMBLING TRNEWIATR. ‘The Wioter Exhibirioss at the Academy ef Desian. In the’ brief notice we nave already given of the winter exhibitions we expressed our sense of re- gret and disappointment at the inferior class of works which for the most part make up the present collections, and while making every allowance for the diMculties against which the academicians have to struggle, we are forced to the conclusion that if some Improvement cannot be effected the winter exhibitions had better come to an end. We have before pointed out that the primary use and object of an academy ts to instruct the people by placing before them none but works Which snall possess a reasonable amount of merit, and, by removing from view tnfe- rior works, correct public taste. The sophism by which some gentlemen attempt to defend the ad- mission of bad pictures, on the ground that bad artists are by this means brought to see the evil of thetr way, does not merit serious refutation. If we want to destroy sympathy witn what is vicious or bad in art we must remove it completely from view and present nothmg put what possesses real merit— that 1s to say, beauty and! trath—to the puoiio, and after’ a few: years it will be impossiole to obtain patronage for thé rubish that’ in too many in stances ‘wassés under the’ name’ of art, and redetves @ lntge share of patronage from people whose notions of att are rendered confused by meeting Works-of merit and works of none jumblea up in an incongruous manner on the walls of the Academy of Design. The present exhibition 13 composed of about one hundred and fifty pictures, whose average merit is very iow, and most of the ‘Works whicn have élaims to consideration have al- ready been seen by the pubiie, No.3.—A Sunset,’ without any of the sentl- ment of ‘the twilight hour. The cold, dark fore- ground appears to have no connection with the flat, formless hills bathed in the sunlight, which, by special agreement with the artist, stops short be- hind some trees. that were originally intended, no doubt, to stand in the middie dis! but have appeueaieg Snspiciousiy close to the foreground. In addition to those draw oacks the sky ts unnatural. No. 5.—In this pretty littie picture the figures are grouped wish ease and naturalness. and are ‘ull of the feeling of the incident they represent—a group of traveliera at sea. The artist has been appy ianis color treatment; but tne execution, though bold, 13 wanting in. finish.. Nos. Tand 9.—Two old hatte pieces, full of spirit a Leyes Laie The sittin ba horsemen No. 0.18 especially happy aud vigorou: No. 10,—A scene tn Alrica, We sce a group of natives about a well with the inevitable horse. It 1s naturally composed, and the artist nas well con- voyeu the picturesque sentiment of cheruined walls, ‘The tone ig quiet and suits the air of desolation of the old Moorish houses rapidly falling to decay. Nos. 11 and 12 are crnde and without merit. No, 14.—*The Wounded Dove.” By Satterlee, This artist possesses much nice feeling, but is too ambi- tious.” He passes beyona his powers, or rather nis’ knowledge, In the present picture a peasant girt holus a wounded uove against ner bosom. The idea is pretty, but though the expression O1 the girl's face 18 gentle, 18 13 not sympatuetio. Her look 13 too abstracted, and she does not appear to be sul. ciently occupied with the suffering of the bird, Were the blood marks removed from the dove’s head there would be nothing in the figure to suggeat the story or give an idea of the compassionate ten- derness which we suppose the artist intended to convey. The drawing 18 not characterized by any strength, and tue color is crude and unp‘easant. , No, 145.—Next to Mr, Satierlee’s picture the hanging committee have placed a very pretentious landscabe. On @ glance av tne foreground of the work we conless we are at sometning of a loss to decide at what,time of the day and under what condition of atmosphere this picture was painted. in the sky we appear to nave evidence of the , @Nd 1b is dificult to decide whether the mild-:ooking Juminary whico sheds a sickly light over the canvas is intended for asun or & moon, ‘The shadows in the foreground cast by some trees are dark and. welt defined, and the atmosphere appears quite clear, so that we are more Luan ever uzzied ty know what to think about the logey Sky. Rave painting claims to be a scene ou a Western lake, and no doubt has many points of resemblance, but hills never appear in navure as & masa of a sin- ie hne. On the contrary, the color, like the form, a ever changing, Sometimes gradually, with the most tender nuances, and at oilers suddenly and. forctoly; it does not require very close observation to learn this fact, and yet painters will insist on ignoring it. The water painting is also very poor, capecial ly Where the light effect occurs 1n the mid- di tans ce. No. 19 displays some right feciing, but 1s weakly drawn. Tne lett hand is very bad. ‘The hat on which the girl 1s trying the Nuwers could not remain 1n its present position unless 1. were pinned to the girl’s dress, as the left hand does not hold tt, though the artist intended thatit suould. Tne textures are painted with force, but the color 4s crude, No. 21,—A fresh-colored portrait, in which the drawing of the'shoulders is incorrect. ‘No. 23.—A bit of landscape, with some nice feel- ing; the want of form in tue hills and the 1ucorrect- neas of the cloud treatment deprive it of much of its feeling. No. 26,—Here is # painting that ought not to have been admitted. In addiuon to its faulty execution it is unspeakably vulgar ana gross in conception, and has not a particle of merit to redeem its coarse- ness. ‘the torso 18 short aud stumpy, the head 1s too large and the arm very poorly drawn. ‘No. 30 has the usual det ‘of portraits. The genueman 1s sitting to be painted, with a stid, for- mai expression, Ww! makes him as unnatural. ovkug as possible. Art Sale, A collection of about one hundred and fifty Pictures, which have been selected with care, will beoftered for sale to-morrow at Scnenck’s auction room. Many well-known European and most of our favorite American. arusts are re presented, and, though tnere are no works of the very highest order, there 13 an, unusual number of paintings of merit. The most considerable work is Shattuck’s “Harvesting,” No, 114, which was lately on: exhibition in the Art Association in Brooklyn. It is patural and pleasing and possesses much of the sentiment of country life, A marine painting by EB. Moraa, ‘Riaing Out a Gale,” is full of force. We have seldom seen such @ trathfal sea atady; the motion and form of the heaving sea has been reproduced with marvei- lous fidelity, while the atmosphere in the distance and the; white spray breaking over the ships aro absolutely true to nature, This 18 @ gem of a pic- ture, William Hart, is represented by @ pleasing water color landscape of Gorham, N.Y. There are several examples after J. R. Brevoort, the most important of which is a large landscape in the neighborhood of Leeds, N. Y. Gifford contributes scenes on the sacramento River treated in his usual poetic manner. Among the: fore artists whose works are in the collection we meet examples after Verselmury Festlolis, Fockns., It will be seen from the lew works we have mentioned almost ha, hazard how well the selection of the works has been made, Certainly there are fewer bad works among these 160 onipiiogs, than we usually find gz. auction rooms, The exclusion of works which Nave not a certain repsectable merit ts astep m the right direction and well calculated to advance the interest of art by increasiag vhe con- fidence of the purchasers who are patrons witout being connoisseurs in art. The sate will be con- Uunued on Friday. CONFESSING A MURDER, Last evening @ despatch was received at Police Headquarters from the Second precinct, setting forth that the gateman at the Bridge street ferry had found a pair of men’s drawers in the river, with a piece of paper attached, bearing the fol- lowing " Put this in the iT, 80 MF uncle Will know T dead. ve then a nine them.—Under tne Bridge street ferry, New York ride.——Mother and three children —— last, September sth, and hid them under the bridge. On the reverse side was written:— 1 killed them m a dranken fit. Forgt 18 ving pit ve me are i! H. F. McULANE. ECEMBEK 5, 1871, Upon the band of the drawers was the folluw- ings God saw me under the Bridge street dock, New York side. No. 5 Bowery, 1 kilied them. H. F. MCCLANE. An oMcer was sent to No. 6 Bowery, butno one there had ever néard of H. F. McClane, nor had any woman with thiee children been missed from that locality. MEETING OF THE FIRB COMMISSIONERS. ‘The Board of Firc Commissioners met yesterday, With the following Commiasioners présent:—Plair, Shaler, Galway and Hennessey, The report of tho Chief Engineer of tné Department for the past month was read, showing as follows:—No- vember, 1870, 108 fires; 1098, $183,745, No- vember, 1871, 123 fires; loss, $180,740, The Committee on Apparatus presented @ com- munication, made at the instance of President Hitehman, saggesting that an increas in the re. serve foree of the department ve made. In case of Qhy such conagration as destroyed Chicago Wwe present reserve force would be inadequate to the emergency, It was thought that te following ad- ditional apparatus should be purchased :—Twelve first class engines, 10,000 combination hose and four complete seis of laddera, The communication was laid on the anle, aad tue Board went into executive Frightful Condition of the Habits tions of the Poor. DWELLINGS. eee Turning Out the Tenents—The Dangor,to Health * and Life—Terrible Sources of Revenue— Contagious Diseasea—State of the Streets—lhe Yellow Fever titine Case— Important A fildavit. BOARD OF HEALTH: CONDEMNED At the regular meeting of the Board of Health yesterday, President Bosworth in the ehatr, the fol- lowing reports were received from the several bureaus of the Gepartment and adopted: — . The Sanitary Committee {ale wing submit for the tm. e format sean ines ce comer pose © < GANITARY Nei . The City Sanitary Inspector reporia e total of 3,798 tn spections by the Health a8 follows, v.lz—% pub- houses, 129 private dweliiny Mo buildings, 1 162 other dwelilags, 92 manufactories and. workaho} Liat siores and warehouses, 58 stables, 1 distillery, 4 Ouses, 3 fatrenlering’ tntablishclente, Af snakes ‘and vacant lots, 93 yarda, courts and areas, 127 - ORLLARS AND BABES EN’ and drains, 123 privies and guticts and slacwalks; 3 biggerics, <claterns. and cosspeais, dangerous stairways, 16 otber nuisances, and 62 cases of CONTAGIOUS DISRASRS visited, The namber of reports received from the Health In- spectore was 306... Duriag.the week 25 complaints: have beem reoelved frum citizens, and refepred to the Health Inapectare for Investigation and revort. His report shows that during the week the disinfe have visi 63 where contagious diseases were found, and have disinfected lonets, 16 street, and fumigated 49 honses, 49 privy sinks, together with clotk- Ing, bedding, £0,; 22 cases of wore removed to hospital. by th ort hows that rt cleaned ant disinfectea by the \t scavengers, der per- nite of che Board, and loads of taoil removed: from the city. Permita have been granted to #4 vessels to di on vouchers from the Health Oficer of the" cargoes, Two complaints concerning STREET PAVENENTS, rei per departments, The families, and ‘which 884 were primary and 7 on rf. also veen 1,679 cattle i at market yards, of which 24 were found bruised and 10 bi bruised. The Ciy Sanitary Inspector also’ reports rv. Het bouses of the city in good sanitary condition, ‘he following is a comparative statement of contagious jecem diseases for the twoweeks ending November 25 and Ui aw eet Be-* Meas Diphe Swale renin UM Fig yi The Rex f flecords reporta_as follows:_—Doring ihe. were registered 427 deaths, week of 180, ‘ ; developmental, 38, ana viglent causes, ‘atal culses of sinalipox from 10 to 18, those of seariatina from 1% to 19, those diphtheria and croup togetuer from 20 to 27, those of WHOOPING UOUGIL from 9 to 10 and those of typhoid fever from 5to7. The m measies ued from 3 to lythat of fever trom § to 1 andthat of remittent fever from Diarrnceal diseaves catised 15 deaths against 15 ta the pre- Pouiag week, pithiste palmonatls 74 against 73 an local respiratory aifections 57 agaist 58, "The following were the: prinel ro ogical Teutnres of the week, as're- corded tor this Department at thi per Union :—Meaa reading of barometer, 29.833 inches; maximum temperature, 50. degrees; minimum temperature, 13 degrees; mean perature, 29,680, being 10.2 degrees iess than for the corre: sponding ertod during ihe past ten years; mean degree of junmidity, 55.05. The attorney reports forthe week ending Decembe: 1871:—Number of actions commenced for non-complian with orders or violations of health laws or ordinan 153, umber of judgments obtained In pending actions, 80; ‘num: ber of actions discontinued upon evidence of abatement ‘of all cause of compiaint, 12; number of complains exazl and form of order endorsed thereon, 208; number of 6 Consplaiute' exantined and returned for ‘additiousl stale meu' ‘The Sanitary Committee of Police reports the follow. r the «mount uf fish, ment &c., setze confiscated: Tie Gautes 2! shen veal ONG boot Cgc at ths, being 10" tess Rise: fon ahewpreviovs week, ead $B ie than’ for the ao spon Z pases occasioned a @ week ending Decemver hogs, 90; veal (“carcass’ Troipemy luwing report In respect nmittee a 4 to the report of the pulice ou street cl for the week ending December 2, 1871. 1t appears from es the streets in many districts of the city were not during the week. moat warked omissions were in the Firat, Seoond, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Teath, Nine- teenth and Twenty-first precincts. ‘These are ‘the vrecinots where there is lar and thorcugh cleaniog, The Ines of the Sanitary Committee during the week contirm the report et the polos, The Vity Sanitary-Inspector reported on the con- dition of Mauison avenue, aud, said there was @ quantity of Croton water pipes lytag close to the sidewalk which materially interfered with the pudlic nignway. ‘There is aiso% new excavation of fifty feet at Forty-second street, to which the attention of the Board was called. Instructions were given the attorney to begins suit against. a physician, aamed Joseph Cornicher, for being in attenuance upon a number of patents, suffering from smaiipox and for not having made ® report to that effect to the Board. Upon the recommendation oi the City Sanitary {m- Spector & number of tenement houses were ordered to be vacated, Two double and one single tenement, Nos, 28, 25 and 27 Leonard street, were described by the Inspectors who hud visited them as being in ‘A DREADFUL CONDITION, The roofs, they suid, were broken through tn sev. eral places, and the rata poured tn; the statroases were old, dilapidated and ansafe; tne floors of the rooms in which the peupie lived were covered with filth, the woodwork was rotten and falling to pieces; the celiura of thess houses were literally gorged with the most offensive nuisance, and were consequently EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to the health of the people tn the locality; the yards were unpaved. and the gutters ran over with the liquid filta or the place. ‘The house No. 27 was de- scribed asa three story frame, a good deal sunken on one side, aud supported only by the adjoin- ing tenemeut and a few beams on southwest corner. The roof of this place was in o similar condition with the others, and as one Moved about im the rooms the whole structure seemed to vibrate; one side of the rooms was considerably lower than the other, and tt was only with great diMcuity a stranger could safely go - apoutin them. Sixteen families, making a po! tion of about ONE HUNDRED PERSONS, lived in these dens, and the amount of mortality among them, from the condition of the surroundings, may be vasily imagined. ‘The premises Nos. 8% York street and 162 West Broadway were also ordered to be vacated for similar reasons. These houses were used as tenements, and were, if possible, in a worse condition than those on Leonard street. me of the rooms were so low thata small man could not stand upin them, ana the inhabitants of the one on the corner were colored people of A MOST DISREPUTABLE charaoter. The cellar beneath this nouse ts used as * ajunk shop. It i very deep, running the entire” ~- length of the building, and 18 made the receptacie for all kinds of rubvish and dirt. In those places there were tourteen families, all of whom must find new homes before Saturday, the loth of December, Dr. CABNOCHAN, the ilealta Officer of the: port, calied the avtention of the Board of Health to the case of yellow fever said tu have been aiscovered at Bellevue Hospital. He said ne would like lo mot some information On the subject, as it was ove has materially affected the community at large. ‘The faculty at Bellevue Hospital nad pronounced this & case of yellow fever and sent fortne assistance of the Coroners, and Dr. NOCHAN said hie would be glad to tearn how the got into tho city, vt. STEPHEN SwITH repited that he had person- ally examined, the subject, and was of opinton thas the man died of yellow icver, aud when any such unnsual death occurred the Coroners were always catied, The man, he understood, had come from Havana by some ‘steamsuip, and that was an in fectet port. Dr. CaRNOcHAN explained that tt was not now an Infected port; a8 the authoritics there were giving clean bills. of health, He also said it was not,tmpos- sible a slugle case of this disease should slip inte the port, as m these days of steam the time of the my irom one port to another is much shorter than the period of tucuvation. Still, he did noe 3 the public mind should be suddenly al w A ORY OP YRLIOW FRVER ‘until it was established beyond all doubt that the terrible disease had really come among us, He cautioned the faculty at Bellevue to be careful In such important matters in future, and added the Man in quesuon caine to this city by the steamship Cleopatra, At the time of ner arrival here there was no sickness on board, and 1 have the nonor to pre sent to this Board a stacement to thas effect, sworn to by one of the owners of the vessel, Ue ten banded In the following aimdavit:— 4 New York, Deo. 5, 157L. J, J. Alexandre, boing duly sworn, deposes and says that he is & member of the firm ot ¥. Alexandre 4 Suns, aud hae charge of the unloading of tue ships after arriviog at the) Sets taao nt hor activa siclag the tene of ber Maga ‘at thd time of her arrival an tng, The crew of ald steamahip were all pal off on ihe Suh. of November, and ut that time there was no comp! sickness on the part of any of the cram, and. to the the knowledge aud bellef of devonent no sigh, person was a basis sth lie Ch a efore , ay. et ry cily or Now \ork. MEvnY CAMERDEN, Jt Notary Publie, The whole matter was referrel to the Sanitary Commitiee, a THE GROOERS' BOARD OF TRADE, ‘At the meeting of the Grocers’ Board of Trade yesterday, William A. Booth presiding, tho question of Harvor Masters’ exactions and quarantine abuses was fully discussed, and the following resolutton ‘was adopted :— Resolved, That tho President of this Roard ts thorized to'appolnt @ apevial cummittes (during the e recess), to cousist of than three members, who st have sibority Wo represent this Dowrd in aay proceesinges which may be deemed expedieut, looking to the recorm of U onerous afd unjast exictions Imposed upon commerce by ion with committees, te the awborities, either in of other similar organizations or In reference to storage of goods in bonded wares houses the following resoiation was a lopted!— ( Resolved, That the matter of atorege of gaots in Speers scr enti, ae 0 Congress to rem end cqvort (0 this Board ay ie Goat mootiay Lis wise.