The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1871, Page 5

Ness Rumors and Futile Attempts | to Create a Panic. YUN ON THE COMMONWEALTH, Statement of Mr. Davis, Re- biver of the Ocean Bank. nation Meeting the Depositors. Square National Bank—The Officers Yet Ready with Their Statement. N OF THE SHOE AND LEATUE2 BANK, ~ of ‘The Feeling in Wall Strcet. - nancial filibusters who prowl in the vicinity street tn hopes of gain are occasionally suc- ‘in their effurta to create a panic. Itis a lopg ever, thathas no turning, and since all gtided endeavors have recently been re with general suspicion put litte importance ed to thelr miserable intrigues, <A Atting ion of thelr futile conspiracies occurred yes- _ Atanmearly hour rumors were actively cir- that several well-kuown and prominent fere about to follow in the wake of those ions whose insolvency excited ~ such on, and the money market waa ime . staggered by the conflicting which ingenious speculators had con- for geveral circulation, For an hour or so the lag starving, and a feeltug of uneasiness and , even among well-iniormed classes of the Fclal community, Prevgiied. Jt was a pretty me from the commencement, but, as events the atlair resuited in the complete fallure of hemacand the restoration of a more conf. d satisiactory tone to monetary affairs, The attempt \o injure what was gen- Pfegarded as & very substantial estab. at was severely commentea upon by the able brokers and merchants of the metropo- as nothing came of it the matter engaged tule of the attention of men accustomed founded rumors every day in the week. Lit was stated that the Tenth National nd the Bank of the Commonwealth were in & ous condition, the effect belng that an anx- vestivation was set on foot to ascertain the /e falsity of the report, As was generally ex- there was uot the slightest foundation for a wy and the only inference to be drawn was ww stock speculatora had been ear- at work to turn a penny, their bemg partially aided by =the hat one or two banks had to the walla day or two before. Inquiries Ol lena d House showed that the Bank of the onweaith, notwithstanding some losses twelve Was 10 & comparatively prosperous gp, that ali its payments were promptly met, ts affairs were very carefully manage. story was told at the Tenth National Bank, fact, very little was requirea to demonstrate Tumors so rapidly get afloat were altogether ttrath. ‘when there was added the story that nk ot North America was debtor at the ng House to the extent of nearly two millions prs, but that was very satisfactorily accounted she fact that large deposits of current notes Owithdrawo. All balances were promptly hile @ preity large margin of greenbacks was ia reference to the drafts upon Liat institu. Chicago trom insurance losses, 1t Waa statea G Pine ~ Ses | < October until the be- resent month a great many draits om the Kast, but that at the present time w Grafts of this kind were presented. Alto- the effort yesterday to create an excitement urely futile. To he sure, it had its effect, soon asthe report was started about the of the Commonwealth a run was made, and pekiy paid, “But notwithstanding ‘alle pil notw! all the tg that prevailed the checks of tie Bank of jonwealth were taken as deposits in all d banks o/ the city. At noon the Presi- the Bie and Leather Bank went down to ation iu question and proferred any assist- is power. Officers of other banks subse- followe: his example; but their generous re declined, as no security was required by pers of Lhe Commonwealth for the faithiul e of all abilities, in fine, the general fecl- being that of uneasiness, wound up with confidence in the establishments that bad Miciously assailed. pam = Bank—Indiznation Depositors. ¢reditors of the Ocean Bank coniinue to rail % its management, as will be seen from the ot a meeting of depositors reported The appointment of Mr. Davis as re seems especially to have exasperated them, wis yesterday made to reporters the devia- that ne was never the counsel of the bank. d that his only connection with , about the time of the burglary in At that time Mr. Fancher was the el; but, being out of towa, his firm (Davis & was applied to, and he commenced work eceeded in securing $160,000 of the stolen Irty. The receiver denicd that he had more Meeting of [OUSAND BIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ON DEPOSIT IN THE BANK, nding his statement to a HERALD reporter ‘ that he had $5,000 in the institution, Was questioned as to the statement of mig paper that nearly $400,000 of protested washeld. Heestimated 1% at $300,000, but ed that a portion of the protested paper had ed the bauk & return. Whea asked how he thought ihat ¥ THOUSAND DOLLARS OF IT WAS BAD, m, reierring to his books, he called off the fol- ‘items of the protested paper, which he be- Of those that goto make 3 3 es AE Twill thus be secu thal . Da’ QOOKS dO not agree exactly, but he ex, e books Were in such @ confused je that D not, until later in the day, asce: any- definite. Rele:ring to the ttem oi real estate yin the assets, the reeeiver stated that It a Central Park tots, the old bank building on per of Greenwich and Fuiton streets, and nds in Iilinois that on an average cost the per acre. For @ lurge portion of the latter was recently o'fered $16 per acre, and eentiy received from their agent says it is per acre. it haif-past two o'clock Mr. Davis was again 0. He was found > WITH COMPTROLLER HULBURD AND CHARLES CALLENDER, k examiner, and Netective' Flynn, of the aa guarding’ the (oor to prevent imtrusion. ‘oralock Callender made iis exit by a st and thus stole a march upon the reporters, fore watching for him, and about the same Mr. Bolburd came out and had a long inter with Assistant Disirict Attorney Tracy, of lyn, it ig rumored, relative to one of the Brook- inks. , Davis at once admitted the reporters, and in er tO questions siated that the charge that BE WAS MIXRO UP WITH OALLENDER c: with him in the Portage Canal bonds 3 that he never owned a bond of the com- et he believed tley were to-day worth 100 He explainea, in answer to th how he came to tell the reporters on ‘Tuesdi it when he 2 a foe hat the reporters at Bl actual deposit in rn Was but $1,600, but that the bank owed p38, 000 Jor I services rendered in connection he com in 1869, He iurther stated that House, was yesterday en- lained f oa of Clearin; CALLENDER’S RELATIONS W) iN! BANK, ITH THR 4 he, ‘there were gentlemen here to-\la: it uke going down there and putting a head jan.” He requesied the announcement to de that pe had never borrowed a cert from and jelt that thero were no grounds for tors objecting to him as @ receiver. reports that he 18 also investigating securities, and will be ready with his WHAT MR. CALLENDRR BAYS, inesday evoulng & re) xr Of the Ney coed on Mr. Galtenden: who ives ty a and an indebtedness incurred Withis the last Wo Months, and @ iailure to realize ae vecurities which are not immediately availa- It was revorted.in Newark that a Deputy Sherif had asummons for Mr Uailender, to -appear at to a for $40,000 held Trenton m on against him by the Merchants’ National Bank of that city: butif tuts be true the sammons has not been served, ag Mr, Callender was in this city yes- terday as usual. Mr. Davis that the Ocean Bank will not resume business, and it is not hkely that any ihe suspended institutions will do 60, Meeting of the Depositors. A meeting of the aepositors of the-Ocean National Bank was held yesterday at the office of Mr, Hod- Nout, on Church street, to consider what steps should be taken, in view of the suspension of the institution, There was @ very large attendance, the room in which the meeting was held being alto- gether insufficient to accommodate those who came together. The proceedings were opened vy Mr, Everett, one of the callers of the meeting, wno nominated Mr. Wandell for chairman, which was carried, Mr. 8, A. Walker was appointed secretary, Mr. EV&RETT said that, as the caller of the meet Ing, some statement of the position of affairs in connection with the bank would naturally be ex- pected from him, His sole object in calling the Meeting was to get the depositors together and decide upon some course of action to be immedi- ately taken, The first question tobe decided ts whether the depositors are satisied with the re- eelver who has been appointed, M. J, Davis, Personally he was assured there could be no fault found wih him, but as tne at tornes of the bank and an intimate friend of the President, his appointment was open to grave doubt. It is also strange that a lawyer should have been selected for the position; & business man, ope would think, from his knowl- edge of accounts, would be the proper person. It was understood Mr, Davis had given bonds in $100,000, but thai Was small security for the custody Of $2,000,000, However, tt the meeting was satisticd with the reectver, there Was notillng to be aid, and he would probably discharge his duties fairly. The hes inguiry 1s to ascertain how the accounts of the an HAVE BERN MUDDLED UP m such a way as they have been to mystify ‘the depositors. How the bank came to fall, if tha statement furnished by the officers to the press be true, 1s meconceivable. They assert that they have @>surpius of over ove milion dollars more than their liabluues, and yet the company went into banxruptcy for $17,000, We must see how the oill- cers of ‘the bank used the money for their own per- soval purposes.[f they have not, then what nas become of the cash? We have a right to know where our money has one to, and what purposes it has been applied, and if tae company has vio.ated its sacred trast, then, by all means, let proper punish- ment be dealt out TO THE GUILTY PARTIES. The way the busimess of the bank has been con- ducied recently has, upon investigation, turned cut to be very roprelionsivle. It 13 asserted that the slatements have been hashed up and made to suit the purposes of the officers; that the weekly reports to the Clearing House AVS BEEN FALSIFIED, and the spurious and worthless checks of other companies been represented as cash or greenbacks. It the company has been guilty of this base- ness it is most despicable, and we can ke- lteve any story told of it after such an assertion, The securities which appear in the statement ag good cannoé be guaranteed as such. For instance, the Canal Portage bonds. No one can tell anything avout what they are worth or whether they are worta anything; but it 13 surmised that they are of littie or no value, and the bank, by hold- ing them, has been false to iis trust. 1¢1s reported that Mr. Davis and Mr. Qollender boin hold the bonds, but the trath of this cannot be ascertained. Another instance of the manner iu Which things have been sfolng on:—A ieman made a large deposit on Monday in tne bank, being. ignorant, of course, that it was about to fall The money was recetved by the cashier, though he knew perfect ‘well Unat the bank was insolvent at the time. Logal advice has been taken and the act of the Ocean Bank pronounced 4 A CLEAR CASE OF FRAUD, $ Ma viey notes are poder Q the benk which. re) as every on knows them to be valueless, Many other securities were bonds of the New York Printing Uompany to the amount of $100,000. Mr. Tweed’s name appears a8 one of the directors, thongh it 1s asserted that he has never attended the meets of the Boatd; but we all know that he never joined a corporation without sucking the ar, ramet euai OF yang apo oe ir. RETT conclu ny upon depositors united action, ag they had a powerlul corporation to fight, Judge WHITE said his position was more humor- ous than otherwise. About ® month since he got Tid of an insolvent concern Ly its suspension, l~ teen days ago, On the advice of a friend, he opened a account with the Ocean Bank, and he is now in @ suspended state again. He would urge that no hasty action be taken in this important matter, as tuo spasmodic excitement which prevails 10 finan cial circles renders it very diMoult at sna true State of affairs. The action of an ‘was also, In @ certain sense, naar ie it enable the areat banks tn many instances, b swaliow up me amail He offered the following resolu. 2 :— That a committee of five, two of whom shall be the Chalnuan aud secrelarv of thie meeting, be appointed to Tepresent the d ut themselves in communica- on with the receiver, and that they make, with his consent, an examination of the securities and ‘condition of the Ocean Bank and report to this body of depositors at a future meeiiog. ‘The resolution of Jaage White was put to the meeting by the Chairman, and Ces eee. tently M. W 4H. Childs, as one of the jargest depositors of ti bank, Was added to it. It was expected Mr. Fanchar, one of the directors of the bank, would have been present to afford some information; but though he was several times called tor failed to put m an appearance. The meeting adjourned until Monday, at ten o'clock, when the commitiee is ex- core to by so The place of meeting will be the echanics’ Exchange, Park place. Colonel Storrs Was then appointed to wait upon Mr. Davis and ascertain if he would receive tne commiitee, He readily consented to do so, and tne debts Will take place to-morrow morning at ten o’cloo! The Union Square Bank. Everytning was quiet at this bank yesterday, do- positors feeling satisfied that at the proper time they would receive all that is due them. The directors and the receiver were busy all day examining the books, but 80 far can only form an approximate estimate of the indebtedness. Vice President Bixby last evening placed the bills receivable at $373,103, and Habilities at about $327,000, Aa Jet they have not received the sheet from tne “ lou: and cannot consequently get at exact figures, Tney have, however, other assets, in- ciuding $60,000 im currency and $62, in bonds, worth, with the premium, $70,000, Tnen they have in claims on real estate, as collateral security, and @ claim which is not zee adjusted, about twenty thousand dollars, an cash items, @ great deal of which is In currency. Mr. Bixby, therefore, believes the condition of tho bank ns about as follows:— LIABILITIES, ‘Total Havilities Ltvap + $327,000 00 s $973,103 01 60,000 00 Total.. ++0$627,103 OL Liabilities, seers 327,000 00 Assets OVEr Habiltties...++es+.+++0++++ ++ $200,108 O1 “Assuming,” said Mr. Bixoy, ‘that i any proba- ble event £40,000 of our paper should not ve pald— an eventuality I do not look for and I do not apprehend that all of it should not be paid—I do not see why we cannot pay every depositor all that is due him and each stockholder seventy-five per cent on his present stock, That is allowing for the fact that onr business is being wound up by a stranger, who has not the facilities for realizing as Much as the directors, A gentleman, a capitalist to-day stated that if we resumed basiness he woul put in $100,000, so satisfied was he with the caution exercised in ite management.” The reporter was informed that Mr. Hulburd authorized the receiver cea ‘out and publish a statement of the bank's atrairs, The Eighth Nationa! Bank. No further developments were made yesterday at this bank, The receiver (Mr. A. Man) is busily en- gaged upon an examination of its affairs, He has not yet been able to arrive at any satistactory estt- mate of the liabilities of the bank, but says that, 80 Jar as he has gone, he finds no on to douht the assertion of the officers that the depositors will be paid tn tuil. He believed that a large amount of the funds of the bank had been imvosted in real ostate, but was not 4d to say whether or not the arbitrary sale of the property would cause serious loss, He knew nothing about the romors of specu- lations by the President, and expressed his anwill- ingness to answer questions until he made himeelf more conversant with ail tie facts in the case, What Comptroilor Hucibard says. A BERALD reporter about noon yesterday met Comptroller of the Ourrenoy Hurlburt at the oMce of the Ocean National Bank and made inquiries as to the rumor that he 18 @ brother-in-law of Examt- ner Callender, ‘He ia not @ relative of mine,” said the Oomptrol- ler; “but he was long @ clerk in the Washington oMce, and there proved to be a most trasted and Geserving oficial, The events that have transpired mm tats city and his connection with the banks Is as much @ surprise to me as to the Clearing House and circles, I think, though, that the press are too severe in’ sheir criticisms of Callender. J am not 4 politician, and my office 48 one entirely removed from poiltics,”” “I bave heard,’’ said tne reporter, big? you have appointed a committee to aire into Mr. n- der’s relations to the banka When will tueir re or have ont appelated ittee, but the Clear- “ nted & comm! \. ing House will “‘By your suggestion?” “Yes, at my request, Ifelt that it was proper that the most thorough inquiry be instituted, and — the Clearing House to make it by a commie “Have there been any further suspensions to-day 1”” “None, I think they are all rignt now.” “How about the Tenth National ?”’ “Well, it is pretty certain that @ ran can’t affect “You, doubtless, read in the HERALD this morn- ing the statement of the directors of tue Union uare National Bank. Is it ourrect?” ‘It is, probably. The bank was @ g@o0d one, but when it was unable to meet its obligations through its clearing agents [ had no alternative but to ap- point a receiver. ‘This is the case with all. When & bank 1s unable to meet its from what- lied to put in a receiver.” y opi of the condition of the beara far a8 you have investigated their “That the trouble 1s over, and no more suspen- sions are Hkely to occur. I leave for Washington to-night in consequenve.’? “How far does Mr, Callender's district extend— Merely New ‘ork city, or is Brooklyn included ?” vor covers the banks of brooklyn and New rie The Action of the Shoe and Lenther Bank, Mr, Stout, the President of the Shoe and Leather Bank, states that the directory of the Union Square National Bank have somewhat misstated to the HBRALD the actual facts in reference to the action Of the Shoe and Leather Bank. Mr, Stout says thas the night previous to the suspension of the bank he Was applied to to clear for them vy the Unton, After certain inquiries he told them that If tuey would deposit $100,000 he would clear for them; they gave him $24,000 then and on the jollowing morning (Wednesday) they sent him $23,000 more, making $47,000, Tue run was coptinulog, and he Weat to the Union Bank and saw the President and one of the directors, Mr, Stout made some in- quities of these gentlemen, and, having received What he thougnt were satisfactory answers, he told them that if taey would give him thelr individual responsibility he would carry them through, ‘These geutiemon declined to do Mr, Stout expressed Dis great surprise that ener. would not guarantee their own bank, and declined to render any assist- ance, except on full and satisfaciory guarantees, The Clearing House and the National Bank of the Commonwealth, Negw York, Dec, 14, 1671, ‘The uaderstghed have this afternoon, at the close of business, Made a thorough examination of the affairs and condition of the National Bank of the . Commonwealth and find said bank to be perfectly soivent, and have entire confidence in the avilily of the bank ve pay all of its Habilities. HARLES P, LEVERICH,) Clearing F. D. LAPPEN, House P. 0, CALHUUN, Committee. J, D, VERMILY 1, Ohalrman of Clearing House Association. CALLENDER’S CASE. Excitement in Newark Saukizg and Buel. nese Circlee—Wio Exaggincr Callender In— A $40,000 Sulit Agniusl Him. The excitement in Newark banking and business circles over the association of Mr, Vallender’s name ‘with the burst-up Ocean bank is much greater than in New York, tor the simple reason that not only is he a well-known and heretofore highly respected resident, but 1s Just now implicated In an importans financial trespass suis in the Supreme Court of the State, He 1s comparatively young and resides at No. 88 Fulton street, Newark, and is Superintendent of the First Baptist Bunday School, During the war he served as major on the staff of General Weitzel, and at ita close se- cured the position of bank examiner for New York and New Jersey. Five years ago he became exami- ner for New York alone, deriving his autuonty from the Secretary of the Treasury. Since the Ocean Bank dénouement it has leaked ont in New- ark that he was in some way liable to the Mer- chants’ National Bank of that When applied to for information on the subject py a reporter tho ident, Mr. James 1. Hay at firat said he knew nothing about the matter, but finally admitted that there might be something in it, thongh he believed it was grossly ex- eggerated and misstated. Subsequently Courtlana Parker, & lawyer, wlio is also a director o/ the bank, ‘Was applied ‘to for information, but he became greatly agitated ana declared it was a subject wuich the press had no right to inquire into; it was en- tirely @ private matter, a civil suit, He prepared 4 statement, which was published in the local papers , to the following effect:—Mr. Callender yestel ‘4a sued a8 one of tive several parties who endorsed a note yy the Merchants’ jorser, and it is largely and abundantly secured by collaterals. The ut ‘which isin the Supreme Court, happened to be brought contemporanecously with the failure of the Ocean Bank, but has no connection with its charter. Nor 4g it brought to recover any euch amount as stated, If any such sum is named in @ writ it issimple jormality. ‘That such sim is named in a writ seems to be peyond peradventure, as the following copy of a document served on Mrs. Caliender on rece nignt by a sheriffs oficer snows. Tho original on file in ‘Trenton:— Neo J “The Slate of Now Jersey to the Sheriff of few Jersey 0t—Th® of Now Jersey to of the Oounty of Essex, ereeting:— = ‘We command you to summon Charles Callendar to be and appear before the Supreme Court of the State of New anny to be held at Trenton, in and for said State, on the 20th dav of December, to answer unto the Merchants’ Na- tional Bank tn plea of’ trespass in the case upon promises to their ¢: forty thousaud dollars ($40,000), and have you ‘eritness, Meroer Beasioy, Require, Chief Sustt ness, Meroor Beasiey, Eequire, Chief Justice, at Tren Non aforesaid, tbe Isth uay pf December, in ihe year ous thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, CHARLES P. SMITH, Clerk. PaRKER & KEAaspry, Attorneys. BARON GEROLT. A Handsome Testimonial Presented by. Amerie can Friends to the Late Respected Ambuse sador of Germany. Wasuineton, D. C., Dec. 14, 1871. ‘The friends of Baron Gerolt, late German Mmuster to the United Siates, have made a fitting testimony of the respect of Inveral Americans for a purer minded diplomat and amiable gentleman whose official relations with us continued uninterupted fora quarter of a century, during which time he enjoyed, without a jar, the respectof our govern- ment ana people, The present, which is com. plimentary to the taste of the donors wil,l doubtiess be accepiabie to the Baron, consists of a very elegant epergne of solid sterling silver, thirty-eight inches high and very massive, ‘The case is of plain burnished silver; from it rise three richly chased standards supportil @ central shaft, on which, atthe heightof about twenty-eight inches,is a richly ornamented disk fliteen an a half inches in diameter, lined with gold. On the wide border of this disk at regular intervals are three round medal- lions, On one eenaecey, chased in relief) is the coat of arms of the United Germany; on another the coat of arms of the United States, while the third bears the following mscription:— ‘To Baron Froderich Von Gerolt, the faithful representa‘ive of his sovereign and people, whore moral exeelicnce and un- wavering friend for the United States commana the re- spect and esteem of American citizens. From the centre of the frutt bowl there rises a candelabrum with three branches, while just beiow the large bowl there projects three richly orna- mented branches, each one bearing agold lined dish, corresponding in style with ‘he Jarge central one, The most artistic part of the whole aitair, dud that requiring most care ana labor in the execu- tion, remains to be described. On the base are three full tength statuettes of solid sliver, each six inches high and most beautifully modelled, One represents the Goddess of Liberty, one a United States soldier, fully armed and equipped, and the other a Prussian soldier, also fully armed and equipped, THE FEMALE BROKERS. The Father and Mother Iuvited Their House. Yesterday aftergoon Miss Tennte 0. Clafin, of No. 16 East Thirty-eighth street, a member of tho frm of Woodhull & Claflin, the Broad street female brokers, appeared before Justice Shandley, at Jeffer~ son Market, and made complaint against her father, Buckman Claflin, and her mother, Anna Olafin, charging that yesterday morning they were in the above bouse disturbing the peace; that she had Faget @ suminons from Justice Shandiey in the morning compelling thein to appear before nim, which tnoy refused vo obey. she further stated they were so annoying to hersolf and other residents of the house a3 ‘to be no longer en- durable, She atated while In Court that ail she ae- Sired was to lave them removed from the house And she would willingly pay $25 per week for their rd, A Warrant was issued for thelr arrost and placed in the hands of Sergeant McComb, who de- spatched Orficer Carry, of the Court squad, after the aged couple, ‘Tennie see to imagine that upon the serving of the summons they would leave the house and give her no furtner annoyance or interfore in her ;ians, Up’ tothe hour of closing the Court tne oficer haa nol returned, TRE DISASTER 10 THE BARK BREAMISH, . Hauirax, N. 8., Dee, 14, 1871. ‘The bark Breamish isa total loss. It was acar- Mter and seaman that were drowned, instead of ‘ne Captain and steward, to Vacate CITY AND COUNTY. Tho Public Offices and Depart- ments Yesterday. Sale of Property for Arrears of Taxes— Payments by the Comptroller—Tho Genuine Workingmen All Paid. The Common Council and Vander- bilt’s Slaughter House. Protection for Life and Limb on Fourth Ave- pue—The Streets To Be Bridged Over. COMPTSOLLER C.NNOLLY’S Case The public offices yesterday presented a much more tively appearance than they did during some few days past. The pleasant, bracing weather may have had sometning to do with bringing about this change, and then it was known that the special committee of the Board of Aldermen would present & = report i relation to the railroad running on rourth ave- hue, above the Grand Central depot; also that Mr. Cady, Clerk of Arrears in tho Department of Finance, was to sell property on account of arreara ol taxes and water rents outstanding since 1965, and also that a number of employ¢s in various de- partments would be pald off. Before noontide the flow of callers was toward THB COMPTROLLER’S OFFIVE, as here the sales of property for arreara and the payment of employées were to take place, Many of those who owned property on which arrearages had been allowed to accumulate hurried to the offive at “the eleventh hour,” paid up tne amounts charged against them, and thus saved their properiy from going under the hammer. Jnst at noon Mr. Cady commenced THB BALE, ‘The terms of sale were such as are usually made in similar casee—for the lowest term of years all arrearages, cosis and charges on the property; the buyer to take possession in six months, Commenc- ing at the First ward Mr. Cady sold all tho property noticed for sale in the seven lower waris— some 487 pieces in all—witn arrears on them from $5 to $800. Among the owners of property sold appear the names of Fernando Wood, Terence Faricy, John T. Henry, R.L.& A. Stuart, J.B. & W. W. Cornell, Kdward Burke and the Gardner, Leggett aud W. E. Burton estates, ‘To-day the sale will commence with the Eighth ward, and will be continucd irom day to day until the entire bade aN! wards have been gone through with. In regard to the PAYMENT OF LABORERS, it 1s but fair tostate that Comptroller Green has provided all along for the paymeut of the poor men whose claims were just, who had actually done their work, aud that now there were none suffering for money except those whe nad beendepeuding on sinecures, and whose clatms could net be honestly audited or allowed. He has succeeded, further, 10 making arrangements by which the real working men in the several departments ry Ai enabl to receive their pay regularly and fully, and he has determined to cut of the drones woo have been feeding and fattening inthe public hives. Yesterday he transmitted to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of $170,000, to we De- partment of Parks $75,000, and had despatcaed the City Paymaster with the necessary funds to pay off the workmen empl on the Croton Aqteduct throughout the entire length of forty or more mics, IN THE COUNTY BUREAU consternation and trepidation still exist, Several of the attachés have already been dropped, anong others Mr. Moloney, who has beea in the de@art- ment for several years, Charles Underwood OVou- nell 18 Tetained, and Mr. Green has shown bis a, sense in announcing the fact that Mr. O'Connell will be retained at all events, inasmuch as he was not a partisan ap- pointee, and has steadily and conscienuousiy formed the duties assigned him. Some of the others may be continued tn office, but they wiil be trans. ferred, and the bureau iteelf abolished, so as lo place the auditing of accounts for both city aad county under one head. At the other departmens centred in the New Court House there was little ¢ no excitement, THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN met. yesterday alternvon pursuant to adjournment and for the first time in @ long walle there were evi- dences of a determination to do some work. Prest- dent voman was jn the chain, and prompt as usual. The natty Cuddy abandoued seat and hevered near the stove. Irving, the solid “Oastilian,”? was in his place smiling and unterrified, Hart looking lke @ sage philosopher, was present, ani 80 were Wolt- man, Schilcting, Mitchell, Plunkits, McKiever, Oharlock and Welch. Clerk Hardy and agsistan' sat at their desks, while Deputy Clerk Captain Twomey stood beside the desk, reaiy to do any*® reading, and occasionall: from mis forehead, wi nearly back to bis poll. After tne usual preliminary business had been dis- osed Of and a few unimportant papers from the ard of Assistant Aldermen had been properly re- ferred, Alderman MITCHELL stood up, stroked down his natty mustache, and then said that the special comunittee CY Seas mm relation to the running of trains on the Fourth avenue trom the new Sepot wished to report. After reierring to the fact that it was not only desirable but indispensable that some change should be made, that some corrective must be devised and applied, he wound up with tho following RESOLUTIONS :— Resolved, That for the purpose of avuidi able obstruction or impediment to the use of the Fourth ave- nue in the city of Now York, and the various streets crossing and intersecting sali avenue, by the New York and Harlem Keafiroad Company, said ‘oompany be and they aro hereby authorized, directed and required to constrnct two tron bridges for the accommodation of foot passengers and vehicles, one in Forty-sixih street and the other in Fi f= each of said bridges to extend from the cast e juc to a polat In euld stroets respectively, 0 feet eant of the ensterly ine of Fourth avenue, and to be feet in width anu not less than 16 feet above tre rhe: i extends over the Fourth avenue; and also to construct a brid es across the Fourth avenue for foot ere at Forty-cighth street and alike bridge for foot passengers at Forty-niat ‘each of sald bridges to be constructed of fron, id to be not less than ten feet wide and not levs than fifteen feet above the tracks where sald bridgo crosses the Tenth avenuo, And the aald New York and Huriem R:ilroad Company are hereby nuthor- {zed and required to contimus to tise the tracks now laid in and about the new depot at Forty-second street, between Forty- second and Foriy-ninth streets, aad nsed by sald company, upon the present grade of tho sald avenue, and to protect and the tween and brushing the Eon ae ich ig very nigh and runs any wnreason - crossings st the various etreets be- st thos point by fences, gates | oF chains, and to cover over such part of the tracks of exid compeny, between sail at as may be deemed necessary or desirable (or the convenient transac- {Jon of thetr business; and the sald company fa further an- thorized, directed and required to luwer or depress the tracks and roadway in the Fourth avenue, (rom Forty-ninth street to the south side of Kighty-second street, #0 that the anid track or roadway at the centre line, between Filty-fourth and Fifty-fitth st is, shall be eleven foet below tue pre. sent grade of the Fourth avenue, and at the contre line of Fifty-ninth street sba!l be thirtcen fest below tho sail grade of said Fourth avenue, and at the north side of Sixty-fourth street shall be twelve feet belo id ade of said and at the centre line of Bi eighteen feet six inc and at the centre I thirteen feet sald grea roadway shail be continued at the present yrade, thi the present cut and tunel, and over’ the’ pri Viaduot to Iitn street, and’ from that point Hariem River, the sait ‘track and roadway shall bo care riod at an elevation not Jess than sixteen feet above the Present grade of the, Fourth avenue, and over, viaduct (9 Constructed of solid masonry Between the streets, and With fron bri:tges over the streets, and so that the track and roadway so depresso', continued ot elevated shall be of & four tracks; widtn sufficient for and from Forty~ pinth to Kighty-eigbth street iron bridges shall be constructed across sald avenue, at the inlers Of every-cross street, where the grades will so permit iron briiges shall be'constracted at such distances, such points between those streets as the grades will permit, bat “such britees shail not ny fartner apa than 8 foet, and shall be not leas 80 feet wide, and the approaches thereto shall be mason work, and paraliel to the tracks, and between iC said’ Jase mentioned bridges au ifoa bridge sball the exclusive accommodation of foot passengers, and which II not be less than ten feet wide; and the eald company It also protect the roa poluts between Forty-nintit street and Righty-et;0th where the same remains lincovered, by a parapet wall on eacit side of the roadway, surmounted with a suitable fence, The work herein men: tioned, and such as may be necessary to carry out the object of this reaolution, to be done by the New York and Barlem Railroad Company and to be eryrored by the Engincer of the [epartment of Pubile Works; and one-half of the cost of sald work to be borne by the eafa railroad company and the other half to be borne by the city, and the portion to be borne by the city to be paid as the work pt sacs, and when such proportion ‘snail amount to fifteen shousam be commenced at once, and the lowering and depretsion of the tracks and roa-bed between Forty-ninth and Seventy-ninth sireote to be completed on or pefore Novem! 73, and the whole of the work to be done within eighteén ino.the , That the New York and Harlem Ratiroad Com- any Le and itis herel'y authorize to lay down such addi- ronal temporary tracks on the Fourth avenue, above Forty. Second street, ae may bw negosanty fof (he transaction of their business’ «uring the progress of the work, and for the y proseca‘ion of aad work, as herein provided, and tracks shall be removed when sai: work sball be com- tod. Resolved, That for the purpose uf affording more rapid transit between Forty-second street and the Haricm River and intermediate potute, em road Vormpany ve, and are hereby authorized, re- quired and dircoted to lay two additional tracks on the Fourth avenue, from Forty-second street to the Harlem River, and to take such parts of the sald avenue as may be necessary for that purpose, at least fifteen trains daliy, ranzing each way. shall stop at intermediate inte between Forty-second street and the Harlem River for raise or alter Accommodation of passeagers, Resolved, That it 1 be tound advisab.e to radon of streets which cross the Fourin avenue above Forty-second street for the pur: pose of obviating am excavation of the said ave NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1871.—THIPLE SHEET. “im | the Bereta attr tatcas tmnt eprint | ‘@ authorized, upon @ tho assentof the owners oi as prorided Py law, to change the Eade of 8 said avenue, 20 ag not to interfere wn bat bad when the ai Me. pte said New, York and Har. Company shall ake and agroe t? do the by the foregoing resolutions aud ia then, and in and plied ith Mt the wi e re ements, restrictions and ouiltions contiined in any ordinances of the Common w of In auy agreement here- Jered into by the auld company, and shall and discharsed theraf Railroad Company abail deciared ited to use and operate ‘manner andto the extent and as hereia ved, That the said New York and Harlem Railroad Company {s hereby authorized to make such connection py De sewers oF (os city, Constructed or to be (ppg Necessary to secure any por hag pe By ha Fe or an an} IE Gy EA od ‘which aay const palred or renewed, shall be so constructe'!, renewed, repaired OF removed #0 as not to enuse any expense to the or interfere with the running of {ts trains; aud further, all gas maine and Croton pipes which may iaterfere with the execution of the work therein directed to bo made, spall be resumed to be removed by the city, and not at the expense of said company. The report was received and laid over for future consideration, after which the Board adjourned until Monday next, THE BOARD OF DOCKS met yesterday in stated session, with the Presi- dent. Mr. A, , in the chair, and Commission- ers Hunt, Wood and Henry present, A large amount of routine business was disposed of, after which the reports of the Exeoutive Com- mittee were taken up, and on being reported by Commissioner Wilson @. Hunt were severally agreed to. The petition of the Manhattan Boat Ciub for permission to build a boathouse on the pier foot of 1sist street, North River, was denied. and the application for renewal of lease aud the EXTENSION AND ENLARGEMENT on that | i % i and renewal of lease of pier 45 Norti River,"made by J. G. og tS the Inman line, was granted con- ditionally. The pier is to be widened on the south side some ten feet, and extended 137 feet, thus giv- ing a pier of 600 feet by 80 feet. ‘rhe cost of the addivion is estimated at $30,090, The company Is to pay seven per centon the entire cost of construc ion, including the bulkhead wall; seven per cent on the cost of siIX and two-thirds lots under water, tlre value of said lors to be determined pb: a pamamittes,.ane, member to be chosen by the Board one by Mr. Date and the third by these two; ty amount to be divided into fifteen diferent paris, of | which one-fifteenth part 1s to be put into a sort of | Sinking fund; the company to have also a lease or ten years furtier, with the privilege of four ree newals after that, the company to dredge the alps and keep the dock in repzir, The company aow we Fae and the addition, It ia sald, Will cost x A provision really IMPORTANT TO TRADERS in brick and lumber was disposed of. This was to provice that any importers or traders in lumber or rick who shall allow the materials consigaed to them to remain on the dock twenty-four hours shall be charged full wharface ratcs, and, if they be allowed to remain four days, then a fine of $6) per day to be imposed. ‘The resolution covering Uits determination was adopted, after which tbe Board went into execnitve session, COMPTROLLER CONNOLLY'S CASE as, a8 yet, assumed no new phases, [lis counsel and friends continue to visit him regniarly, and they almost hourly expect to hear from Aibany that an order has been issued ordering a reduction of ball or vacating the order of arrest. ‘Tne silly sensation story of a $1,000,000 arrangement is again positively denied, There is ‘nothing ia it,” HORRIBLE TRACEDY IN MA‘ SA- CHUSETTS, A Dravken Husband Shoots His Whe aud Then Attempts to Take Bis Own Life in tho Same Mauner—Vrobable Death of Both the Victims. Bostox, Dec, 18, 1871. Murders and suicides are not of very common occurrence in the quiet villages of New England, and when one such does ocour it 18 generally accome- panied by circumstances of suon a singular nature as to render it of more than common interest, Littleton, Mass., twenty-six miles north of this city, on the Fitchourg Railroad, was the scene yesterday afternoon of a fearful slaughter, combining murder witn suicide, and attended by such accessories and such flendigh brutality in its conception and execu- ton as tocurdie the biood with horror. News of the dreadful occurrence was brought to this city by passengers over the Fitchburg road this morning, and from their statements the following description of the fearfal tragedy and its circumstances are obtained:— Patrick Keating has for some years resided in the southern portion of Littleton, long enough to be the parent of four children and to have earned a very Jair reputation for good behavior among his friends aud associates, Patrick was aday laborer in the own, workiug steadily at Lis business and provid- ing, a8 well as bis limited means would allow, for the comfort of his family. Until witaln a few months, too, he has been 9 man of steady havits, seldom, If ever, induling 1 the use of mtoxicating tiquors aud generally beh ing nimself 43 a good husband and jatuer. Lately, huwever, bis conduct has chan, He became more and more addicted to strong drink, und was morose and irritable in his treatment of his ciildrea and his wife. ‘There wero HARD WORDS ON BOTH SIDES, frequent criminations and recriminacions, until the Secial condition of the family had become degrad toa very low evb. livery day iucreased the sum 0 their unhappiness, until the mother, who was in.a delicate situation, felt that it woulda be impossibie for her to longer remam in the nouse. She broached the subject of @ separation to her husband a week ago, but was met in such a contrite manner that sbe did not press the matter to an issue. Patrick pledged himself immodiately to commence tho work of reformation in his nabits, and spoke pa- thetically of the sad condition of the children, who would thus be left to grow up without a mother’s care. Airs. Keating finally yicided to his entreaties, and promised \o remain, For a day or two Patrick was true to his pledge to relorm; Dut the temptations of a dissolute course of life were too strong for him to make a success. ful resistance, and he soon returned to his old habits, The poor wife was finally forced, in spite of herself, to obey the Instincts of sell-preservation and declare her intention to repair to her father’s house. This occurred yesterday morning. Mrs, Keating, stating the nuture of the case to her . jd that she could live with tim no lon. | THEY MUST SEPARATE atonce, This declaration was met with a torrent of reproaches and abuse. Patrick denied her right to eave him without the warrant of @ Court, and asserted that he would use force, if it were neces- sary, to prevent her departure, 'rhey Induiged in a wordy quarrel for a few moments, uuti!, very much incensed, Keating roshed out of tie house, Thence he repaired to the honse of a friend in the village, where he procared some liquor and dravk deeply, with tue vain intention of quiet- ing bis passions, But, as is usual in such cases, the liquor which he poured down his throat only served to intensify his rage, and caused him to be all the more firm in his determination thas his wife shouid not live away from his home. Here it is thought that he determined on the commission of the crime for which he ts now in custody. in the excited state of his feelings, with the recollection of his past miscondact crowding upon bis mind, and the dismal forebodings of the futare which be must have inevitably experienced, murder and suicide lost all their terrors to hs mind, and were looked upon only as tne speediest relief from his present trouvles, He. was jiterally half-crazed with rum and grew more and more desperate as he thought over the calumities which he had brought upon biin- selt by @ continued course of vicious conduct. At noon he returned to his house, , only to find tnat his wife nad packed up some of her clothes and was only waiting to bid him farewell before going awhy. TUR MURDER. He asked her I{ she was stili determined to leavo him and the children to take care of ilemselves. She replied that she had no otier alternative, Whereupon Patrica drew a revolver from his pocket, and, with the exclamation, “God forgive me’! he discharged tat her breast. The murdered woman fell unconsctous to the floor, while @ copious stream of blood rushed from the wound. Patrick gazed a Moment at the dreadful sight, and thén turning the Muzzle of the pistol towards his own body, dis- charged it sgain. An bour aflerwards a neignbor entered the hoase and iound boti upon the floor, weitering in gore. The floor was covered with pud- dies of blood, and the dying ones, although still breathing heavily, were in au unconscious state. About the bodies stood the afflicted children of the family, struck almost dump by the calamity, and scarcely realizing the extent of their loss, The body of Mrs, Keating was placed upon a bed in an adjoining room, and her husband was placed under arrest and removed to the Poor House im the town for safe keeping. It is scarcely possi- ble taat elther of them will recover. ‘There is a great deal of excitement In the villago concerning the tragedy, it being an event ultogetoer without precedent in that locality, and the com- ments are many and various. Although the parties connected therewith belonged to the jower classes of society, still there is a general feeling of sym. pathy with the children thus left without a natural rotector, which will probably assume a substantial form. The tragedy forms the sole subject of conver+ sation in Littleton. A MURDERER RESPITED, Greensporo, N. C., Dec. 14, 1871. Governor Caldwell yesterday commuted the deaih sentence im the case of the negro Alfred Gilmer, who is eighty years of age, to 1mprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary, He was.to have been executed, with Wm. B. Parker, @ white man, on the 20th of Novem»e.' last, for compucity in the murder of a negro, named Thomas Price, by blood. hounds, but was resptted to the Ist and then to the 16th inst, A petition to commute the sentence was gotten up hero a week since, signed by eighty rominent white citizens, thirty-six ladies and Bixty-eight colored men, which, tt will be seen, had the effect of saving Giimer trom tie gallows. ito will now spend bis short lease of bie in the Pent tenuiary os H. UTA HOW BRIGHAM ESCAPED ARREST. The New York Herald Vindi- cated in Court. The Prestdent’s Message Among the Mormons, A Probable Split in the Mormon Church Over Polygamy. The Apostle Pratt Opposed to Brigham. SALT LAKE Crry, Dec. 6, 1871, The failure of Brignam Young to appear ana answer to the charge of “lascivous conduct’? witm sixteen wives threw the business of the Third Dis- tries Court into confusion, How far Brignam may have triumpted in placing himself beyond the Jurladiction of this Court is not yet clearly seen, Be has, however, by a very: dangerous ruse, beeg successful for tho moment. The recent appointment of George CO. Bates, of Chicago, as United States District Attorney, was ®@ very fortunate and timely appointment, as 16 relteved the Court and the Acting Districé Attorney from the charge of “seeking to persecuta, the servant of the Lord.” Mr. Bates enters upon his duties perfectly free from all personal dias. 16 4s not surmised that he is either a Mormon worship- per or @ Mormon hater, as long residents of the Ter- ritory are usuaily aesignated, and so can enter upon his duties with aciear record, In belng admitted to the bar this afternoon he renounced allegiance to the Empire State that gave him birth, withdrew from Michigan ana Illinois and announeed bis dee termination of making Utah henceforth his nome, for better or for worse. So much for being burned out of Chicago, THE court. Tt is not a little funny that Brigham Young should find refage under the legal wing of Charles B. Hempstead, who was formerly regarded by “the head of the Church” as his worst cnemy; but sucn are the old man’s diMfcuittes that he ts glad enough to forget the past if the future can only be secured to him tin peace. Hempstead was formerly editor of the Unton Vederte,& paper that fought Brigham’s copperhead proclivities all through the war, and, remembering the keen, scathing exposure of Hemp- stead’s pen, he judged a prudent vo engage him at the head of the defeuce, ‘The first act of the District Attorney was to call up the case of The Peopie va. Brigham Young, and as he was not present, that his recognizance bo for- feited, The pleading of the defence was lame and ‘unsatisfactory; but, as the whole country was in- terested in fis tria), the Court exhibited a leniency that disarms the Mormon press and pulpit of everp semblance of pretext for their cry of persecation, It was finally agreed that the 9th day of January, 1872, be Axed for tis cense ofQdre, This was @ concession of the Court that no one expected; bus seeking to impress upon the-Mormon people that is was the determination of the goverment ta annibiiace polygamy, and not to seek revenge, Judge McKean was fortunate in giving the proceed- ings of the Court that interpretation, THE NEW YORK HERALD REPORTER SUSTAINED. Oh the 16th ult. the HERALD published tne Inter- view.of Mr, “Tom” Fitcn, in New York, one of the counsel for Brigham, in which your reporter was singularly fortuaate in i Ne pe a that gentie- man’s Kastern sentiments upon the proceedings of the Court. Qa the arrival of the HERALD here every one expected that there would be a “picasant row” on Mr, Fitch’s return, but it was Imposslbl for the Court to ignore it to-day. ‘The interview at one time threatened to despoil Brigham’s bondsmem Of $6,000, for no mercy could be expected after suctt’ unfounded charges against the Court; but Judge KeKean ook anoiner view of it and most unmercl- fully heaped “coals of fire’ upon the devoted head Oo! poor Hempstead, The tatter tried to impeach the correctness Of the HRRALD’s report, but tho Iao- guage was 80 entirely like the necessiues of the representation to be made by Mr. Fitch that: Hemp- stead, his assoctate, backed down and the HgRALD Feport was susutined, HOW BRIGHAM BSCAPED. ogthe Eastern pabie were informed in that interview the Court had detained the indictment from Sep- tember 28 to October 28, to aiford Brigham Young the opportunity of avsenuing himself and then to raise the cry of his fight. ‘The prosecuting attorney also announced this in Court to-day. He had placed the warrant for the arrest of Brigham fn the hands of the proper oficcr; but, as there were other parties on the same indictment tn alfferent and dia. Tunt parts of the Territory, It was deemed pradent to approhend those first, and it was only after thelr return to this city that it becaine Known that Drig- Nam was also indicted tr murder. By that time he had gono South for the benefit of lis heaitn, and Mr. Hempstead was forced to confess that Brigham had left without the Knowledge of the Court ant had forieited his bonds. WILL BRIGHAM RETURN ? This is the absorbing topic of conversation and discussion. ‘To auswer to the charge of luscivious conduct he should nave been here last Monday. He cares nothing for that charge; but on hts return he Knows that he will be apprehended for murder. Now what can he do? He has said scores of times before the people in the Tabernacle that he would never submit io any atrest upon “wumped up charges; that he would send the man ‘to hell” across lots’? ~=wio tried to arrest With such utterances he 18 now con- fronted, and, realy as ne might be to swallow his words, the dreadiul apprehension of confinement haunts him. ! the Kaown determina. on of the officers of jJusitce he 18 not ignorant; hence his trouble. The counsei of Brigham have at Jeast secured him @ month’s respite, and, daring that time, Delegate Hooper, with the aid of ex- Congressman Fitch, hopes to move Congress to some action in favor of creating Utah a State. If the usual appitances fail not Utah will vecome s State, Brigham Young its Governor, and with the ea of bis choice he ‘will triumph and take Kk Utah to tne barbarism of four aeons years ago, in the wilderness, under Mi ‘yhis will certainly be a magnificent wiumph for the Prophet. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE AND POLYGAMY, That sententious ‘aunouncement that “neither polygamy nor any other violation of existing sta- tutes will be permitted within tho territory of the United States’? has been heard like the death kavil of polygamy. The religious Mormons are rebeillous and maintain that polygamy has been preached to them as the commandment of God, and! essential to their salvation, and now for their leaders to con- sept to the abandonment of polygamy would be to prononnce their revelavions an impo- sition, The liberal press urge upon the Mormons the acceptance of tho situation, for the nation has resolved to erase the blot from the national record. [nail provabitity the urgency of President Grant’s determmation will spilt the Chureb, The political Mormons will join Brighaw Young in anything that promises tuem place and power; the religious ‘tay will probably rebel under the leaderslup of Orson Pratt. This apostle iv an honest, devoted follower of Joseph smith. Ho has unbounded iatth ia Joseph, and out very hte confidence in Brigham, and he privately charges the latter with seeking wis own political ascendency and safety at the price of the people's jah, His adherents, like Cannon, will do any- thing be wants, will submit to tie uemends of the nation, or wiil revel, wnichever}srizgham may elect. He has come to the worst page of his ulstory. BUSINESS, ‘There is an_ excellent feeling im _ bust ness circies. The action of ine govern. ment establishes confideace. The mining in. terests are very prosperous, Engush capital 18 making a | al change and promises tobe largely extended in the coming spring. Englisn capitalists Jn the mines west of tis city have organized and commenced operations to bulid forty miles of rail. road, in order to join the Utah Southern Ratiroad and thus connect with New York. The great mines will keep open the roads in the canyons ail winter by the constant transportation of ores. The southern line of railroad is now within two miles of Little Cottonwood, and at the Sandy Station there isan immense business growing up. At the station in this city one company has plied up 24) car loads Ot ore ready for transportation to Wales, The freight agent says that he has forwarded within two weeks 130 car loads to New York. ere are other mines springing into uotice promising to be as rich and as famous With ali tits looming up m Utah no one need be afraid of brigham abandemng the country. He has too good @ hold upon real es- late ever to desert it, He can much easier abandon faith than gold, THE LATE GENERAL ANDERSON. Order to the Army in Keference to the Odse- anies of the Grent Hero of Fort Sumter, Wasuineron, D, O., Dec. 14 1871. The War Department in general orders anuounces to the army the deatn of Brigadier General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter memory, and paye & handsome compliment to his military services aud private character. On the arrival of his remains, On the ship-of.war Guerrier, proper ordera will be twsued to do them hopor,