The New York Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1871, Page 4

~_— aS & “GITY AND COUNTY. The Rumor of Revelations on the Ring by the Great Garvey. MAYOR HALL ON THE SUBJECT. His First Public and Determined Answer ¢o the Insults and Imputations Against Him—No Man, Living or Dead, Can or Could impeach Him. Comptroller Green and the Complications. No Incompetent Officials Nor “Dummies” To Be Recognized or Paid—New Ap- pointments—Continuation of the Salo of Property for Arrears. Meeting of the Board of Supervisors—Bills for Repairs to Armories and Drill Rooms and Advertising in the Papers. “fas Mra. Garvey returned?’ “why?” «Midn't you see what the morning papers said? Bhe had come back and bad made an offer to Charles O’Conor that if her husband, Andy, would not be punished he would squeal on the ‘Ring?’ '” “No, I didn’t see it, and 1 don’t believe it,” Such was the purport of 8 conversation between two of the minor oMiciaisin the new Court House yesterday morning, and it may be taken 4s an index of the opinions generally expressed on what was the all-absorbing topic of yesterday. The cause of this absorption was the following paragraph, which appeared is one of the morning papers:— ‘We are informed on apparently good authority that Mrs. J. Garvey arrived jn this city yeste: 1m Switeerland, Mrs. Garvey is mstructed by her b id to Say that, on condition of bis not being prosecuted, he will disclose ali that he knows concerning the Rin frauds. Mrs. Garvey intimates that the revelations which her husband ‘opoaes to make wil impicate Hall, Sweeny and Henry ‘Mrs. Garvey wrote to Mr. Charles O'Conor vesterday, making known her husband's proposition, but had n Tecsived any reply up to last evening. It will be seen that there 1s an intimation to the effect that certain prominent men who have thus far escaped are directly interested in the heavy frands. Mayor Hall being among those implicated in the statement, a HERALD reporter called on him yesterday moraing and iound him at the time se- lecting names of appointees for school inspectors Bnd trustees. The reporter handed him the para- graph above quoted. The Mayor read it carefully and slowly, aud then, turning to the reporter, said, in the biandest and most non-cormittal style pos- mobic, “Well!” Rgporter—Is it well, Mr. Mayor? Mayor—Well enongh for a sensation. ReErorTEK—W bat have you to say about tt? Mayonr—i have sala, well enough. ReronTeR—But you have not sald enough to Satisfy tne public generally on the subject. Mayor—No! What do you want me to say? REPoxTER—Why, whatevet you know about it, Mayor—I don’t know anything about it; nor uo 1 care. RerorTER—Don’t care! Why, it says Mr. Garvey’s revelations wili implicate you. _ Mayon—li that be so he ought to make his revela- tions, (Here Mr. Hall suddenly changed his expres- sion from tue usual styie Of vadinage to one of = seriousness.) He held the sip in his lett hand, wrist of which rested on his desk, gazca through ‘his new-fashionea porter and saia:—-My fair haired young iriend, ican Tell youand 1 cau vell anybody—tell the ‘entire ‘world—there docs not live a man, nor has any man ied, who can or ever could make any revelation Which would implicate me im any dishonorable pro- fessional or Officiai act, nor impugn my professional or official integrii ‘Decome really solemn before cuvcluding this staie- ‘ment, and for a moment or two no words were ex- changed.) Air, Hall seemed sowewhat annoyed, Errget more so than usual He «pit his brows, bib uppe! lasses (Without ris) at the re- | ‘ne Mayor's expression iad | r lip aud gave his head a slight osci:lation wash overea the following report from the Com- PRINTING AND 6TATIONBRY: erred many Sie of neapupare for pt te. were referred sun‘iry hills re apecttully report oat these bill have, accum ets time vO referred to the on ee hatie ctttiadae naan esc pa them all. They are a 4 rendered for as ge oy Geierataes inder ail the “ Hosolve ‘That the oh f all apers now in the pos scasion of the Board be referred. with’ power’ to Ure. Comp- troller to take such action as he may think proper. This report and the accompanying resolution were adopted by unanimous vote. This inciudes the dilis of some sixty or more pews) rs Jor pily: for which the Comptroller Tihs inde ee He will shoulder the responsivity, a0 doubt, and do the proper amount of weeding. Aiter transacting some further unimportant busi- ness the Board adjourned, dered somewnat ively yesterday by partie ‘Was rendered somew yest ry 8 calling for information im regard to the seizure of the establishments of the New York Printing Com- pany, and as to whether order been Teceived from Albany in relation to. Comptroller Connolly's trial, Nothing new in regard to the situation in either particular was to be In the establisnment of the Printing Company, on Centre street, a few men are still at work, and the business generally bus been suspended. to Comptroller Vontolly no new developments Dave been made, although the parties more Qlrectiy interested have been anxtously expecting some word favorabie either to discharging the order of arrest or ordering @ reduction of the bail. NBWS FROM ANDREW GARVEY, Return of Mrs. Garvey to the City. Bumors of a Proposed Compromise with His Pro- secutors—Revelations Expected by Which Prominent Ring Politicians Will Be Brought to Justis. The city was startied yesterday by the rumored return of Mrs, A.J. Garvey, the wife of the famous plasterer. It may be remembered that at the time of Garvey’s disappearance it was asserted he had gone to Switzerland, with the intention of making Eu- Tope his home untal the trials of the Ring had blown over and the Tammany troubles become matters of history. But thoughts of WOMB AND COUNTRY filled his patriotic soul, aud weary of pining In a foreign land his desires and wishes were longingly fixed toward the fair city of Gotham, But nis ap- pearance among usat the present time would be rather dangerous, so his wife bas come on in his | Stead; for the rumor is true that Mrs, Garvey has returned to her residence in | this city. When the report was put in circulation the public generally was incredulous, belleving the story to be a canard; but a visit patd by a HERALD reporter to the residence of the Garveys, on Forty. seventh strect, solved ali doubts, as it was imme- diately admitted that Mra. Garvey got back from {| Europe on Thursaay. Fatigued by a long journey and the cares incident to it, she was somewhat in- disposed yesterday, and unable to see any one but { her moat intimate iriends. If report speak true, the mission that has brought her back WILL CAUSE CONSTERNATION and dismay to some of the Ring thieves, who as yet have come off unscathed, and who were vainly flat. tering themselves that the crisis was past and the danger over, Mrs. Garvey has, it is asserted, re. ceived instructions from her husband to say that, in the event of the prosecution against him being stopped aad further proceedings stayed, he will make a OLEAN BREAST OF ALL HE KNOWS concerning the Ring frauds and fuily disclose the names of the principal actors in the shameless rob- beries that have Jong disgraced the city, She inti- mates that the revelations which Mr. Garvey pro- poses to make will IMPLICATE MAYOR HALL, PETER B. SWEENY AND SENRY SMITH. If this be true—and there is no reason to doubt ; the presence of the lady~ts“a weil fact—the pabiic may . ~ EXPECT STARTLING DISCLOSURES, Which will doubtless throw complete light on trans- enticated while gazing at the slip. Altera while the Gonver- | actions which have hitherto baffled the persistent —— was any a = EPORTER—Well, Mrt.—M&y6r, do you suppose there is any truhan ae, story? e ” ~~ —=lGou't know. I can’t say whether Mrs. Garvey bas made any such statement or not; and as Lo those statements of my belng implicated 1 am certain no man can make any, Much less substan- Wate them. ‘Then, smilingly— If any such Zaccheus there be, Up a tree, iet Lim come down and soe. REPORTER—Do you know whether bir. Garvey is in Switzerland? Mayor—1 do not; I know nothing avout nis whereabouts, REPORTER--It might naturally have been sup- posed, from all the sensation stories that have gone About, that you would be likely to kuow something uboat it, Mayor -1 do not know anything about his where- sboutw. All 1 know in that regard is from the Dewspapers, aud -o many stories oi one Kind or an- other nave appeared iately tuat I have found to be epee that I take everytuing with an immense grain Of salt, REPoRTeR—You have seen the way Mr. O'Conor’s remarks at Albany have been interpreted in your regard? Mayor—Yes; but 1 don’t mind that, because there is evidently an error somewhere, either in Mr. O'vonor’s judgment or in the report of his remarks, Idon’tintend to be annoyed by such a frightfully negative statement that nothing has been found which does not show a ceitain thing. That attempt atinsinuation by using \we vegatives, with the in- tention of thereby cresting an afirmative idea, is not worth caring for. }] am doing my best to help the city out of the maddie it bas been throwa into, and have not the slightest sear as to the results of any laves! E ‘ds my acts, personal, pro- Jessioual Mcial, On any subject, Alter nscertaiuing !rom the Mayor that he would Provably take Lie full Une to appolut the inspectors Bud trusices of schools, which extends up to the Blat day of Vecemver, the reporter witndrew. THE CUMPTROLLER’S OFFICE ‘was besicved ax usual oy parties of ali sorts making a@pplicauon !or moneys due tiem va one account or another, trolier and reierred to his depaty, Mr. Storrs, to be examined lity, with the intention, i they be found legimate, io nave them audited und allowed as promptiy as tne finances of the cily and county will permit. It may hee be stated that Comptroller Green wili not allow payment to any persons who have uot themselves actually performed the duties Oi the offices to which they may have been ap- pointed. No assignments oi salaries will be recog- mized, and thereiore none of tie old style of “DIVVIES” between incompetent office-nolders and people who do the Work can be made, This will seriousiy affect some recent appointees who have oStained positions which they are notoriously unqualified to Oli, and who have ‘‘tarmed” the places out to others at @ much smaller be Siete be Cec Rg a Med We aaa securing to themselves henoravie pi mn aud parle sinecures, It is to be regretted that the Comptroller's efforts in regard to removing officials | Whu may be incompetent on account of the lack bs Me abilities necessary to the proper discharge 0} ‘Ueir duties, or incapacity Gn account of personal habits, cannot reach some who occupy seats on Judicial venches, Could they do so, there would, no doubt, be mach cause jor rejoicing among the legal enuémen and others who transact business in me of the minor courts. Mr. Green yesterday made the following APPOINTMENTS: Mr. Morris S. Miller, as Attorney to the Bureau of Arrears and Counsel to the Kieceiver of Taxes, and Mr. Thomas De Voe, Superintendent of Markets in Place of Jeremiah Feore. The weighty Brown who cleans (?) the streets and who was forinerty of the firm of Brown, De Voe & Knapp, haunted the office all day with his portly presence, lovking for money for the “good work” to on, Mr. Cady yeaterday continued the sale of property for arreats of taxes and water reuts. He got through several wards, commencing with the Eightii, and will to-day commence with the Fif- teonth and will probabiy complete the sale by Mon- day. * eee pene de Sx pOAKd OF SUPERVIN esterday MHOON in special session and i the absence of Mayor Hall Supervisor ‘Cowan was Salied to the chair, There was very littie aelay of aby kind after the usual preiimimary business had been ol, and the only business transacted Was the reports of committees. The Committee on ARMORIES AND DRILL ROOMS reported in iavor of paying the followiug bilis:— as roof of armory of Washington rey TOOP. ses teeeeerseee seseeees $33 28 Repairs and suppiles to armories in Twen- ty-fourth street, near Sixth avenue...... 1,611 06 and sappues to Excelsior regimen| #0 @PMOTY..+++.0+ seveeee 4 49 Repairs avd supplies to Bighty-fourin regi- Repairs anu supplies to Sev ment armory, eeerss Repairs to Twenty-second regiment armory 267 07 © Tweilth regiment ae ‘Their claus were heard py the Comp- | ‘labors of the most eminent lawyers in the city. | Immediately alter Mra, Garvey’s return it is said she | Wrote @ ietter to Mr. Charles O’Conor, making Known her husband’s propositions, the informa- ,Uon he was prepared to give, ana the | price he put upon it, No reply bas yet | been received, and what the fesult will | be it 1s impossible to say. The bail, it will be re- | membered, to which he would nave been subjected had he remained in the country was the same as | Tweed’s, and the magnitude of the sum made it an Impossibility for him to weather the storm. At the | ume of his disappearance speculation was busy as | to his whereabouts, the rumors were so confilct- | ing; but now that bis place of refage is known and | the chance of & VALUABLE CONFESSION POSSIBLE, | all the Interest in him, which had begun to die out, has been revived in an increased degree. Yesterday his return was au all-absorving voplo of conversa- ton, and inany were the opinions expressed rela- tive to his rumored proposition. The pievalitg opinion seemed to be that at ali hazaras should allowed to return, a8 the knowledge which he can impart would BE FAR MORE VALUABLE than the good which would result from his pro- longed exile or even from his conviction and pun- ishment. ‘The knowing ones asserted that the lawers would manage, by their arts, TO MUDDLE THE CASE and tle Garvey’s mouth by threats and Pecsapaions, as it is by ali means particularly desirable to THE MAGNATES OF TAB RING that he should keep silence. The action which Charles O’Conor will be likely to take in the matter | was also discussed, the Manne opinion being that he wonld tn ali probability accept Garvey’s offer, a8 his testimony Would be invaluable in rurther Prosecutions of those who have destroyed the tair name and record of the city. Many said that | Whether the proposition was accepted or not Garvey should make a clean breast of \it and trust the people of New | York for his reward. At alate hour yesterday al- ; ternoon Mrs. Garvey stlll remained indisposed, but 1t | 18 to be hoped her illness willbe brief, both for her | own sake and also for the sake of the public. As will be seen further on, Mr. O’Conor 18 very reticent relative to the matter, but as he has not denied at there ix uothing to prove the rumor false. The story has caused considerable excitement, and the inie- rest in the Tammany disclosures, which had begun to dte out, is likely Ww receive a new impetus from the disclosures which will publicley be made, A “ or two Will test its truth; but until Mr. O’conor is heard from nothing definite can be stated, The visit of @ HERALD reporter to Mr. O’Conor esterday was not producuve of much satisfaction fo an inquiring public. Mr. O’Conor was very reu- cent as to the Garvey arrival. ‘It is one of those subjects on which I ought not to say anything. | am sorry I cannot say anything more satisfactory: ; bac 1 cannot heip it,” replied Mr. U’Conor to the in- quiries of the reporter, if it had been as the friends and family of Mr. Garvey say, that there is no trutn fu the rumor that Mrs. Garvey nad returned, it is ulte certain that Mr. U’Couor would have said so. 48 silence appeared to be contirmation of the ru- mor. HIGHWAY ROBBERY iv TRENTON. Jonathan T. Kelly, a second lieutenant under Gen- erai Meade, drew his pension—$90—in Phtadelphia on Monday, and on arriving in Trenton, where he Tesides, went on a soldier's pension spree, which he continued until $45 were spent. Late on Tuesday night he was attacked near the rolling mill, Trenton, his life threatened, a knife four- iesbed over his heaa and his cap cut. He had been on @ drunk with James Keenan, Joseph Warh Jonn Yopway gnd Josepn Dear, wat whsiine im fetacne 8 eabeloth Tet tater ‘was inquired into. Yesterday three of the parties Were arrested in Trenton ana taken before Justice Sitee: for @ hearing. Jonn Conway, taking the alarm, cleared from the city. James Keenan was alleged to be the man who shreatened to kill Kelly, wna Warburton is said {6 fave threateuel to take — the of — cowplainant he took any legal measures to recover the money. Pension papers, the property of Mary Ann Scott, Gnd $45 were taken, and when Warburton was charged with being concerned in the robbery he said that the papers would turn up all rigit. Jo- seph Dean, it was alleged, was too drunk to take part in (he robbery, and it appeared to be understood that wile Keenan id Kelly by whe throat and flourished the knife Conway aid the stealing, Warburton prevaricated consider- ably betore the Justice, and showed that he knew something of the dastardly outrage. Among these men Kelly had spent $46, and the retura was to rob him and threaten to kill him. Dean, Kelly and Mary Ano Scott were bound over aa witnesses, ana Keenan and Warburion were committed for without ball 1ts accuracy, as the important element of the case,- More Time Wanted hy the Grand Jury for the Investigation of the Bing Delinquencies. Earnest and Determined Action of the Jury— Valuable and Active Co-operation of the District Attorney—A Legal Difficulty Foreseen and Prevented. Yesterday morning the Grand Jury entered the Court of General Sessions, and, after presenting a large batch of indictmonss tor larceny agd burglary the foreman read the subdjoimed acatément, After be had concluded the reading Recorder Hackett sald that it would bo submutved to Judge Bedford, ‘who woald come into Court on Monday :— BEASONS WH THR GRAND JURY OF THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF THEIR TIME, This jury was empanelled on the first Monday of November last, That being eleotion week, by advice of the Court the jury did no duty until Monday, the 13th of November. In about four days,tne jury having passed upon about seventy cases of ordinary character, they were on the —— day of Novemver called into Court by His Honor Judge sedford and specially cnarged to take up, examine and act upon the alleged immense frauds upon the public treasury of the cityand county. Im deference to that charge the jury immediately.commenced such investigations and nave pursued them with geal and alligence irom that date to this, Thoy began with the case aavised by the dé sacto . Attorney General, Mr. Obarles O’Conor, as recommended by His Honor Judge Bedford. The first resolution adopted by the jury was vhat all bills of indictment ordered by them in the fraud cases should pe preparea by the Discrict Attorney, aided by Mr. O’Conor and Mr, Tuden. Tus was done with the expressed hearty concurrence of the District Attorney, and the ob- ject was to secure the correct technical accuracy of the bills of indictment tnat might be finally passed by the jury and signed by the foreman, and to make all inese gen- tlemen equally respoasibie for such accuracy. ir many days of continued jabor 11 was found that it would be quite impossible to complete any Proper {Investigation before the close of the term of the Court, when the disposal of the motion would be a matter ofcourse, On a representation of these facta Judge Bedford oxtended the term to the 18th inst., and afterwards stated that farther time would be given if the jury reyuired it. The jury have now @ very considerable number of cases 10 tie hands of the District Attorney ani Mr. O'Conor, and are waiting the return of the proper papers for the final action of tue jury, but have not time to finish those and others ready to submit. Another and further reason why they desire more time is:—To the neglect of their private affairs many of them nave pursued this invesiiga- tion as a watter of duty, and they are all unwilliug that their work should be lost and thei acts made vou by any unforeseen technical dificulties, Tney desire that this Court and thelr iellow citizens should understand that they do not surink from the Tesponsibilities ol action. The attention of the jury has been called to the following statute of the Laws Of the State, to be found in section7, chapter 539, Laws of 1870, volume 2 page 1,300;— A grand may be empanelied in the Court of Oyer and ers ines ssf captver ta tte Ooertet Gensel heuieaeran! may meet at and during the same time; but in suca case the grand jury in the Court of General Sessions shall only act Upon such matters us shali have been heard belore s com- mitung magistrate aud shall have been submitted by the dis- trict attoruey. The District Attorney expresses his readincs: to submit these and all other cases the jury wisn, but the fraud cases on which the jury ave engaged have not been heard before @ committing magistrate. The contingeucy relerred to in the statute now exists. Doubtless the crowded condition of the prisons rendered the empaneiling of the new jury a necessity, aud especially as this jury had suspended hearing prison Cases in order to hear the fraud cases, as réquested by the Court, In this state of affairs the fut asked the advice of the District Attorney and Mr. O'Conor as to the effect of this act upon their Official decisions upon the complaints belore them, and although those gentlemen think jary, if taken during the session of the other Grand Jury, would not be thereby renderea nul) and void, Bull the jury think 1 would of course raise questions that might and doubtless would take the cases to Courts of last resort for decision, and thus deiay, if not defeat, the course O1 justice. Under these circumstances the Jury respectiully ask that their term may be so extended that they may ‘puss upon ihe cases now being prepared for acuon flex the discharge oi the Other Grand Jury, aud to litate such results propose..to aa ppon prison, cases at the same tyne with the erGrand Jury unti! such cases be all Ky raed of. To this amendment the trict Attorney gives his approval, and has already sept to this jury uumer- us prison cases on which they are now acting, and have passed upon some one hundred and seventy causes. LUCIEN J, COMSTOUK, Foreman. THE ELECTION FRAUDS. the action of this Trial of Ynspectors at Yorkville Police Court— Further Adjournment of the Exemination. At the Yorkville Police Court yesterday the ex- amination into alleged frauds by the mspectors of. the Seventh ward was commenced, A large number of persons interested in the case filled the Court room, among them being several poilticians of the Seventh ward. ‘he first called was that of William J. O'vonnor, one of the inspectors of the Sixth election austrict. William J. McMahon, candidate for Assembly irom the Fourth Assembly district, charged that the votes for Blair, one of the opposition candidates, were not counted. The canvassers merely counted those cast for witness and the other candidate, Bilair’s vote was 158, wit- ness’ 107, and Hecker’s 28 The canvassera sala it Would only be wasting time to count Blair's vote. The total number of votes cast was 203, which tal- lied with the votes in the clerks’ books. After some contradictory swearing by “ watchers,” canvassers and otners, the case was finally permitted to stand over until the arrival of one Mcvane, who was a “ watcher?’ for one McMahon, but who had failed to appearand give his testimony. ‘The next case called was that of Edward H. Heard, @ former witness against Bernard C. Ryan, one of the inspectors of the Eleventh district. He swore that a voter gave a ticket to Ryan to put into the box—for Assemblyman—but the latter was observed to place im the box another ticket instead, having a / different name on it, This case, also, was allowed to stand over. The case of James Reilly, one of the inspectors of the Second election district, came next. After hear- ing some evidence in the case the Court took a re- cess for iwenty-five minutes, AFTER THE RECESS Phillip Darrel was called, and testified he was one of the inspectors of this district; countea a por- uon of the votes cast for Blair: the other canvassers counted the other portion between them; my por- tion was ninety-three, Reilly's seventy-two amd Mr. Young’s eighty-one; the total vote was not then counted up; we counted Mr. Hecker's vote and found it to be twenty-six; McMahon’s was 171, ana three scattering votes; the total cast was 446; Mr. Reilly told Mr.’ McMabon he must get outside the railing, a8 there had been one or two quarrels already there; 1 did not hear Mr, Carroll ordered mb hd apelin ce, Cross-exainined—We counted the ballots by ten; we only gd to fina fs what the wwole maesver If votes ¢ ass pl at WE OVER ed the ballots; fay Were opened Ss, one, faking them from the common plie; 1 counted Blair's as 1 went 9) if was understood between us that I a the counting m that way; F told the others I should count Blair’s vote; 1 do not know whether Mr, Car- roll, the *watcber’’ heard me or not; I whispered it to Mr. Reiliy and Mr. Young; had no partucuiar rea- son for doing so: Reilly said, “All right; knew Mr, Carroll was a “watcher? and cand- date for alderman; did not speak loua enough for him to hear; did nov hear Bry Knig comand Ne Rrossn dor did 4 Lead ry any fi 0 ere, knew be hi re alitah atihent 3 We refused Mr. Carroll the right to come inside the railing as we did others who were present; we did not r nise Dis au. thority to come inside; do not know it Mr. Carroll could read the tickets from where he stood; told Mr, Reilly in a Jow tone how many votes I had counted for Blatn; can’t say why | spoke in a whisper; had a0 partioajer reason for doing 80; when we an- nounced to each other the resuit of the first vount we did 60 in @ whisper—a loud whlaper ADnOL ay jt ny one except une ately fou tht tai 2 heard us, or could navé d6ié fo; fi fet counting te voles by tens, cast for Hecker and McMahon, and deductiag {he sum from the volal number, Mr. MoManon dématiaea that the votes cast tor Biair be counted separately; Reiily refused; tlo other candidates’ youn were counted in the ordisary way; Blair dia not, ox course, get the three scattering Votes; did not think it necessary to tell Mr. MeMahon how Biair’s vote was counted; can give no explanation why we made the private arrangement to count Blair's vote and why We did not allow any “watcher’’ to ve in- the railing. john Young, another inspevtot of that district, ‘Was sword, and testified as to tic manner of count- fag the votes; counted eighty-one for Blair, the inside my. Mr. McMahon of the can- got pre aa -* alia, gasine, ® portion and wi v*james Reilly, an of the Board of Canvas- sera and the defendant tu this case, was next sworn, He testitiod—I allowed Mr. Carroll to be pres?nt at the canvass; laid not say that no one should come insider the railing; there was a dt Mcuity during the canvass and three or (our men jumped over the rail- ing; Was afraid that somethi might happen aud direct the officer to ciear the room inside the railing, said no one else should be allowed Mr. McMahon was then behind the railing; Mr. Carroll, after the vote had been counted, did nol make any complaint, The examination of this case was here closed on both sides, wher it was agreed to between counsel that the further examination be postponed until some day week alter next, ‘The case of Thomas Bogan, the Ins; Tenth Election district, Eighth wi called. John Hamiil, 81 King street, was the complainant, and charged that the prisoner refused to accept ctor of the ; Was next his vote on tig grounit that he is @ deserter, when, ag hé malnfiins, he isnot. The onty ques- tion for the Court im this ¢: was whether Hamul was or was not a deserter. Hamill testified that he applied to Bogan to bave his vote taken, but he (ogan) refused to accept it; witness insisted, and Bogan tovk the vote of the other in- spectors on the matter, and iney decided to 7 witness’ vote; witness said he wus @ soldier, but left ~ ary Ao permission ol his officers, a % un uy 3 Ginko wantel lo how the Court the law referring to the case and entitiing Hamill to the rivilege of voting, but Justice Bixby would not tien hear him, and adjourned the Court, it being already twenty-five minutes past five P, M. ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE iN PATERSON A Night of Terror—The Whole City Threatened— Destruction of a Church and a Portion of the Business Part of Paterson. Direotly after the excitement produced by the Franklin Mill fire, in Paterson, on Wednesday morn- ing, which was the largest conflagration in Paterson for years, comes another disastrous visit of the fre fiend, which has created in tne minds of the people almost a horrox at the very mention of fire. Ata quarter to eleven o’clock on Thursday night the frame building in Ellison street, Paterson, near the corner of Main street, was discovered to be in flames, which are believed to have started from 6 small stove in the back part of the stationery store of John F. Buckley. Tu an Instant this store and the shoe shop of James N. Harper, adjoming, were both in flames. The Tear of these buildings adjomed the rear of the First Reformed church, on Maw street, and in a few min- utes that was also in Names, | THE FIRB DARTRD UP the steeple, in which was the town clock, and asthe blaze burst out simultaneously along its whole length it made a roar iike an earthquake that caused the thousands of spectators to rush back in terror, Allthe buildings in the rear of these also took fire, and fora long time it seemed as though the efforts of the fremen would prove unavailing; but after a hard struggle of two hours the flames were temporarily subdued, and most ol the people went home, thinking it over. But about two o'clock the welling houses of C. Van Winkle and S.P. Van Winkle, adjoining the Ellison street part of tne fire, suddenly burst out in flames, again LIGHIING UP THE WHOLE CITY, ‘The firemen were exhausted, one of the steamers gave oul, a wind started up and the fire seemed to be getting a headway that could not ve controlled, All the pcopte in tie Liock-prepared to move their goods aud there was quite a panic. The First Na- tional Bank was lmprovised as a storehouse and for the relief of tne Jamilies burned out. 1t was pro- bably the most terrible moment ever experienced in Paterson. Until after taree o'clock yesterday morning ¢: result of the struggle between the denen iit # flames seemed douvtful, but at last the exertions of men covered with ice and risking their lives were triumphant, and by dasligat the danger of a furtner apread was entirely passed, ‘As the town clock steeple was burning apd the face licked by the flameg it struck eleven. Fifteen munutes later id the old town clock of Paterson, — whic! has stood there for forty-five years, was mo more, ‘the water com, les’ §=6 measurement = of the water ased to extin; tue flames is 3,500,010 sare or two anda hail times the capacity of the smailer reservoir. Hud taere been a wind prevaliing at the me, or had the fire started at # later nour, there bee not have been enough left of Pateraon to talk about THR LO38B3, DAMAGES AND INSURANCES | | ‘a are as follows:— First Reformed church, totally destroyed. Loss, $22,000; insured Jor $1,600 in the Imperial, of Lon- don; $3,509 im the Liverpool and London and Globe, and $5,000 in the Franklin, of Philadelphia, The front of the church was built into two stores, which were dam to the amount of $1,500; on which there is an insurance of $1,600 in the Liver- pool and London gud Globe, and $500 in tne Impe- rial, of London. The church organ was msured ior $1,500 in the Imperial of London. Seven hundred dollars damage was done to the adjoining lecture room, on which there was an insurance of $4,000 in the Liverpool and London and Globe, Two thousand five hundred dollars damage was done to 5. P. Van Winkie’s residence, 44 Bilson street, on which there Was $1,600 insurance in the Phoenix. Damage to turniture $1,600, which is in- sured for $1,000 1n the Imperial, of London. Cornelius Van Winkie’s residence, 46 Ellison street, damage $1,500; insured for that amount in the Phoemx. The furniture was insured for $1,500 in the Imperial, wnich will cover the loss. ‘The stores occupied by J. F. Buckley ana J, N. Harper, in Ellison street, were owned by Cornelius Me anes loss $2,600; insured for $2,000 inthe muperial. ‘ive hundred doliarsin the Newark Mutual will cover the damage to R. Van Houten’s cigar store, m Eilison street. A. Lyon, ciothier, on the Corner of Main and Eni- son streets, loses about $600—insured jor $6,000 in Newark companies aud $2,000 in the Hanover. L, A. Piaget, jeweller, Main street, loss about $400; insured for $2,000 in the Springfield. Tne watches and jewelry were all sately removed, To R. W. Borden’s msurance office, Drury’s ex. change, Feder’s clothing store, Doremus’ livery stable and Harper’s shoe store the damage done was trifing; Mra, Bootn’s millinery store was dam- aged about $1,500; not insured. Buckley’s loss, in Ue stationery store, about $700; not insured. VU. 8. Sharpe, agent of the Oceanic Steamship Company; had fus Office burned out, with sinall loss, however, DURING THE FIRB Sergeant Harry Karkiey, of the police force, was quite seriously imjured by veing knocked down from the top of @ buraing stairway. The rumor that three firemen were buried beneath the ruins of the destroyed church fortunately proved without Fait p oe ae json of or cnn ene ih ee most mpor art of the busi centre of Paterson. renter iota ng ie streets Jor blocks around Were flied with solid ice from the water yi the pre to @ level with the curbstonés. The excitemént la the city auring the conflagration was intense. ANOTHER CONFLAGRATION, tusnes the above fire was Lig cg eevee oe 5 " rventer shop, iu Matlock streei, wad Speed estilo bor mgings. This 13 believed to by; HH ee hg jj aed game oecurrence took place the night previous. ‘The calaMty ds aia guch @ pu her thal yesteruay asa A af the nits Ye eS 6. raphed for tuture reference. ‘The icicles hanging fr im the ruins presented @ beautiful spectacle. A evidence that the spirit of American enter- prise is no more wanting in Paterson than in Chie cago ig the fact that many of the gentlemen whose places of business have been serlousiy damaged or entirely destroyed are already in readiness, but a few hours aiter the conflagration, to resume their affaira either at the same or other localities. Wille yet smoking the door of Mr. Piaget's establishment Yesterday morning displayed a sign anvouncing that he still lived, and was not inclined to accopt ruin as Inevitable. Depositors of the First National Bank had to climb over a chaos of débris irom an adjoining pera | to reach the counting room; bul they did it nevertheless, aud bravely, Papi. ar FATAL PALL, About three ovclock yesterday afternoon James Shatmun, #14 to have been & protuer of ex-Alder- man Shannoa, Wnie &t Work od @ building corner Park street and Mission place, fell frd70 a scaffold to the pavement, a distance of tuirty-fve ‘et, and ro- coved ‘Airacture of the spine and left arm. j1e Was removed to the Centre Street Hospital for treatment by Surgeon Vandewater, but died iminediately alter admission. Mr. Shannon, who wi bricklayer by trade, was forty yoars of a: d on the corner of Forty-second street aud second He nas left @ family. ‘ ~ Rg Words of Conselntion from the Visiting Phy- aiclan—“Who'll Pay tho Bill ?—“Beggars Are Not 4) The grand passion for money which has of ate brought politicians and business men to ruin scems to have crept into every department of human in- dustry; even the profession of medicine ts not free from its contamination, This profession devoted to the interests of suffering humanity has lately been perverted to serve the interests of the pockets of a few interlopers whose devotion to science ia proportional with their knowledge of 1 Our dispensaries, which are so much lauded for their interest in and devotiou to intirm humanity, have lavely been made the means whereby certain parties connected with them might slack their imor- dinate greed for lucre. To say that this ts the case im all our dispensaries would be untrae; but that is is the case with some, more especially the ‘i YORKVILLE DISPENSARY, cannot be denied, To this establishment must bo yielded tho palm of heartlessness and tnconsidera- tion. ita attachés, not satisfied with the wages they receive {rom the city, look also for ewolument from the pour people they attend, and if the required fce be not paid they will not even condescend to look at the pauent, Such inhumanity as this would not be tolerated in the Fiji Islands, and yet the devotees of science in our midst consider it as a legitimate means of making alortune, ‘‘Man’s inhumanity to man” ts prover- bial; but the following case is certainly witnout Parallel in the history of heartlessness, A poor woman, residing at Seventy-sixth street and avenue A, called on bee! at the dispensary, between Kighty-third and EBignty-fourth strects, on Third avenue, to ask to have a physician call and see her husband, who was down with the fever. she waited opraed for aday and a half, but, as the doctor failed to pul in an appearance, she decided togo to her brother-in-law, who had previously shown her much kindness, and ask him to send a doctor to see her husband, On Monday a doctor, who afterwards proved to be the one from the dis- pezsary, Walked in. What followed will be found in THE WOMAN'S OWN STORY. “On Monday morning a doctor came to the house and i thought it was ihe one my brother-in-law sent, so Lasked him who sent him, ‘Mysel!,’ said he, and witnout another word he asked, ‘Who'll pay the bill? [told bim Iwas poor and if the neighbors were not so kind I dido’t kaow what l'd do. ‘You can’t have my services for nothing,’ said he, and ‘was going to leave when I asked him if he wouldn't go in an noe a dest ya rey him I en rn nildren, and the ides; was only ten years gid; bu e diin’t wae to listen to ing and wis polog to go when | told him 1 wouid like him to go and see my husband and tell me what ailed him. ‘Beggars ‘are Rot ehoosers,’ said he, and out he went, slamming tne door behind him. When he was gone avout an hour or so the doctor from my brotner-in-law came. He told me my husband fad the typhoid fever and he could not live long; but said if he had uad a doc- tor a day or two before he miget have lived. I have the rheumatism so bad that 1 cannot move about, What will I do it be dies? 1 have four children, and I don't know how J’) support inem,’? The poor woman was very iuch affeciea durimg the recital of the latter part of her siory. She ts Qn intelligent, bright-looking Irish woman, and has rheumatism 80 bad that she cannot m.ve about Without the greatest pain. Tne Commissioners of Chartites and Corrections should look alter this case. A YOUNG MAN OF “GREAT EXPECTATIONS.» A Nove! Viow of the Matrimonial Contract— Au Indigaonat Bridegroom Calls Upou His Spouse to Share the Burden Financlatly. Matrimony, in the eyes of the law, is defined asa Civil contract, and, in some respecis, certainly par- takes of a mercantile partnership. The young and ro- Mantic, however, are not generally apt to take so sordid @ view, and scorn all that savorsa of aught save the purest and most unselfish love. It is only when the traditional honeymoon has elapsed and the stern realities of life stare the young couple in the face that they suffer the hign stanaard which they had at first set up to be debased by material considerations. Not 80, however, with Marx Mo- nash, Marx was a clothing merchant, and pursued his calling diligently, He exposed bis wares tn the upper part of Eighth avenue, and DROVE A FAIR TRADB. His capital, however, was limited, and he was naturally destrous of augmenting it. His ex- 1 perience of human nature caused him to distrust the integrity of @ mate partner. aud he thought that by securing one of the opposite sex as a cennubial partner of means commensurate with kis own he would not ouly obtain thé desired accession but | He accordingly cast | also @ guarantee of fidelity. about him in search of a lady, and considered that ne had found the object of his wishes in the hand- some person of a sprightly little damsel named Fanny Herman; one of his own race. fauny was reputed to be the ; 4 % “ ‘POSSKSSOR OF “SOME MONISH.' ‘The usual coufeahtp Gasded, and. Marx and Pan were joined together in the bonds of holy wedloci in the iatter part of June last. ‘hey b house- keeping immediateiy after at 662 West Forty-second street. Ima couple of monihs Marx, baviug made fis preparadiona to enlarge hits business, called upon his little wile for her pro rata contribation to the Joins tund. To his intense consternauon she was unable to respond. Marx, discomfited and indig- .{ Rant and well nigh crazed with his disappointment, determined to sever at all hazards the conection he had so rashly formed. As she Was not pre- pa to saare the burden, he resotved that she should not participave im thé proiits, He proceeded to remove all his estate, stock aud Oxtures to lis Jatner’s domicile, who cordially sympathized with the anguisn-strickon son, His next step was to leave the city, leaving word with Fanny he would come back only wheu she woald raise the sum of $400, Fanuy, being unabie to com. ply packed up her nousehold goods, and furniture and repaired to HER PATERNAL MANSION. Marx, deeming this a fresh injury, did come back, and at once coumenced legul proceedings to re- plevin the furniture, and partially succeeded, also had the effrontery to sue bis wite’s father for damages for detention, witich he modestly esti- mated at the sum of $100, on payment of which ne was willing to release the old gentleman irom further molestation. Hostilities veing thus for- Matly maagurated, suits and cross-sults came ine order of the day. On the 30th of November Fanny had = Marx brought before Judge Ledwith, at Essex Market Court, on a charge of abandonment. Marx, on being arraigned before the magistrate, promised to support nis wife, and he was aliowea two weeks’ grace to PROVIDE BR WITH A HOME. Tuesday iast Fanny appeared again, and through her Jawyer represeuted to the Judge the mode in which the artfui Marx had sought to meet the law’s requirements, She alleged that he rented a room | and beuroom in a snanty in West Forty-sixtn street furnished with @ table, a three-legged chair, two siools, (WO, cracked cups and saucers, two Knives and forks, two damaged pewter plates, one rickety bedstead and veddiag W match. The ornamental and the wsthetic he entirely disregarded. Was nothing that could. by the strictest construc: uon, be deemed at all supertiuous., Into this SUMPTUOUSLY J'URNISHED ABODE Fanny was brougat Uke the “Lady of Lyons’? and Marx smilingty bade her welcome. She tarried not, however, but nied away once again to her fatuer’s house. Yesterday was set down ior tne hearing; at hall-past ten the case was called. Marx Moagash was there, and Monast pere was there, and | the iriend of his bosom, Levi Kuski, was there, and + many more Irieuds, They came like all tie tribes j of Juda in the ps VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. “Tr wisdom 13 to be found in @ multitude of coun- sellors’? 1t should have been discovered then, It momentous occasion. court room Was ip an Uproar, which Judge, ofMicers pad. plerks were alike powerless to quell. jausted by their own efforts they did fnally suoside, the clamor ceased, and all Was tranquil as the Dead Bea, save a few occasional ripples excited by Fanny aad Fatuer Monash, The Judge thea drew a long breath spd eydeutiy felt relieved, arties of the efore him the next day withows any of their re- jatives or friends, and he woul ihen try to settle the dispute fo their mutual satisfaction. Bey Nb the magisiraie fervently ejaculating Pati! PW ia bianeil STEP ono é tenn 5 THE OONVENT OF MERCY, HOUSTON STHEET. As this is the season for making and receiving Gills, perhaps some ot our readers would be glad to know where they can gratify their friends and please themselves by doing an act of charity. The young iadies connected with the different sodalities of the Convent ot Mercy, in Hotston street, are holding @ jestivai in the basement of the church, where they have & great variety of useful and orna- mental articies which they would be glad to dispose of to their iriends and others who feel mterested in @n institution which atforls relief to the sick and ‘ing, as it 1s well known that the House of Hevea the daly wants of tho homeless and Fiend a members at resent is very large. They are in great need of funds to carry the charitable work. Recont political troublee have deprived them of means jor carrying on tho work, They owe their Luteher and grocer large amount and are daily feoding from seventy- five toa hundred persons, Thisis @ charity that ts deserving of support, po aoe RAT | The next fecfite ia tne free course of aciéntitie Jectures for the people, at the Cooper Union, will take place thia ovening ateight o'clock, Sabject:— “The Btructare and Life of Coral ‘Tslauds.” by Dr. Adriaa J, Kbely He | be- | ‘There | , Was, however, sougnt in vain, for all were tuo eager | | to be heard; none Were disposed to be silent on this | | For fully five minutes the | ' Ex: | He told the | rat part, Marx and Fanny, to appear | A Cunningly Devised Judi- cial Scheme. ne New and Alarming Jurisdiction Given te the United States Supreme Court. Effect of the Fourteenth Amend. ment ané the Judiciary Act of 1867. Tho Supreme Court to Review the Decisions of the State Courts Upon State Legislation. Retirement of the Judges at Seventy Years of Age and the New Regime—Vastly Increased Business of the Court—Brief. Argu- ments, Short Opinions and Long Sessions—A “New Departure.” WASHINGTON, Deo. 11, 671. The Supreme Court of the United States com- menced the regular term for 1871 on Monday, the 4th inst., with a docket of unprecedented lengts and importance—a result of the late war, .trom which springs immense numbers of revenue, mill- tary, Lavy and pension cases, incalculably increas- ing the business of the federal courts and multiply- | Ing tucir duties, Besides these, the land grant and patent cases brought to adjust titles in the Weatern States, consiitute @ sufficient number of themselves to form a respectiblo docket. “Nearly all the titleg in the newer States rest on parents of the United States, whose validity and terms are determinable by the courts of the general govern- ment, and which will require generations to dispose of,. The Supreme Court, therefore, always a power- fal tribuoal, from the occurrences of the war and the rapidly progressing development of the country attendant upon the result of the strife, has beg: far more general and potential in ita aavh than ever before. Ten cases now come to this Court whero @ few years ago one came, But superadded to all this 13 another source of ap- peliate jurisdiction more prolific provably in its production of cases iiere in the future of the coun- try than all the other sources together, and that is the second section of the Judiciary act of 1867, the object of which 1s just beginning to appear as the cases coming here 1n pursuance ot its provisions are reached ou the docket. By the presence of this class of cases it 13 now discovered that oue certain ef- fect of the fourteenth amendment and the legislation unger it is to give this Court the power to control the State judiciary and to expound State legisiatt on nearly every subject, and certainly on questi never befofe considered reviewable uere; and it is strongly suspected that t0 accompilsn this end was the secret. purpose of tuose origiaating the mea- sures, and that they are put steps of an tnsidious series toward the ultimate.centralization of the gov- ernment by means of constitutional and legislative enactment undiscerned by the peopie until dualiy consummated. The amendment declares that ‘‘no State sna make or eniorce any law which shall abridge the privueges or immuauities of citizens of the United Stateg,’’ and the second section of the Judiciary act (enacted just after tne adoption of the amendmeny provides an appeal to the Supreme Court from the highest courts of the States in any case where ‘‘any privilege or immunity is claimed under the consth tution and the decision is against the privilege or immanity.” So that in any suit brought in any State, under any Stace law, the party has only to plead, whether truly or untruly, that hig “privueges or immunities” as a citizea of the United States are “apridged” by the statute of the Siate .@nd-he cag | have am appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States if the decision oi the State Court is adveree te hus plea, and the federal Court determines whether the citizen is oppressed by the laws of his owe State or whether in any Wanuer his priviieges, &Gy are “avridged;” and thus tie State Judiciary ceased to have final jurisdiction under the local vonstitue tion and iaws, and the judictal power of the State has Serith to an as a Lepr een ae ent the pal power. Nearly Severy eae or Agttte of a State ‘abrages in some form the natural rights of the cit veu; and whenever this occurs, as it must in alm every instance Of the exercise of State tyre or of prosecution or suit under State law, th? fed- eral Court bas appellate jurisdiction and final de- cision. If the pr aid who walks by night, ¢ gambler, Who tuveigies and destroys the youths 91 cities, or the Ring which plunders @ corporation, choose vo consitier their rights to-do any of those things “abridgea,’’ by the exercise of State author- ity w probivit them, they or either of them mi have an appeal to the supreme Court or the Unt! States to adjudicate and determine the question for ; the State authorities, and the latter must supmit to | Such revision. The resuit of ali this will be thas the Supreme Court will lay down the law tor all the people, as citizens of the United States, no longer uager ihe contro: and authority of the states in which they reside, except the federat Court shall by chance concur in the decision oi the State courts, and ali the consequences attend- ani upon a composi'e form of government wii fol- Jow, ‘The laws throughout the country will become j Uniform, and the decisions of une different States will no longer be at variance, because the final ae- termination 0/ all issues 01 importance will be had atthe hands of the same Judges, It was well enough, therefore, to turn the States ofthe Union over fo the actual governivent of the federal Kx- ecutive and federal law aiter they nad been de Prived of all but the semblance of domestic rights @nu remedies, 1t18 too clear for doubt that all these measures are concerted, and that thelr eifect was precon- ceived and predetermmed vy the masters of the programine, Appeals from the higher courts ot the States have become already unprecedented; and it was unquestionably the crowning act of this po! that (see Act of 1869 reorgauizing the Federal Judi- lary) retired the Judges of this Court upon full pay at seventy years of age. In tis way the Polk, Tyler and Buchanan judges must soon go, and their Piaves be filled by republican appointees whose views are in harmony with the theory underlying all this legislation. and who will afirm = the extraordluary jurisdiction takea from the State tri- banals and besiowed upon tits Court, I say the elder Judges must go, because by the decisions on such Paraseology in ali acts, the term “may” is construed as mandatory, and judicially interpreted meaus “must.” Hence, these Juuges “may” not only re- | tire at seventy yoars of age, bat they must retire. With the Court thus reconstructed and the Executive | im possession of its present powers the goverament | Ceases to be federal and is composite in its charac ter. State rights have vanished and the central power 1s direct, supreme and final. | , It was algo foreseen by Congress that tis new jurisdiction woud so crowd the docket of the Sa- ' ‘preme Court that its judges could no longer have Ume to sit at the Circuit, Heace @ score or 80 0 Cireult Judges were provided tor to attend to th business of the Circuit Courts and leave the Supreme Judges to sit mostly at Washington, and they may sit twelve mouths in the year and never caich up | with their docket, 1acreasing as it Is aban amazing | rate. ‘The Judges vhemselves appear to understand the vastly augmented spuere of their powers and work, | and Six of them have come to reside at the capital, Pat finan Muller, Fieid, Strong and Bradley, four of the youngest as well as four of the very ablest on the Bench, Justice Mipty the ee {| matning one of the junlor Juages, a Goliath in y | and mind, does not reside here, but in Onicago, ior whose rellet he recently gave one quarter's salary — $4,006, 4 : “ical The Chief Justice—a favorite with the Par, whos OE are always read bel le ~ their Sarning £4 conciseness —jy malt 10 on the res Au ine Hoe cout Wu Lo sdupteed | of young republicdd Jules for the venerabie | Jude Nelson, now near éxhiy, Who has not ap- | peared in his seat tois fall, only awalta itis sald, a short time to withdraw from active duty. By way of expediting business the Court hag | Adopted “the hour rule” in the argument oI causes, Formerly each counsel was allowed two hours, but under “ihe new departure” the gy of progress reigns, and short arguments and short opinions, too, it ig said, are to prevail. Indeed, under the press of business imposed by the new order ot things, the Court will not have time to write lengthy | opinions, nor has it in the past indulged in such, except, perhaps, in the case of Mr, Justice Clifora, who 18 thought by many to be rather tedious in some of his productions. 1% 1s greatly to be hoped, as the entire Bar unite in saying, that in the dect sion of all question of fact the Court will retrain irom writing opinions aitoyetier; for although they are bound to re-examine such cases, Wuen properly brought before thein, and must announce the judg ment of the Court on them, certainly they are not under a bg iain to deliver opinions in such tn- stances any tilore than where @ divided Court ts announced they are bound to go into @ long natra- tive Of What tle two sides thought or satd in con- ference, »7'9 or con, or to write opinions on both ides In justification of the opposing conclusions, ‘The system of the English Courts, tt ts gatd, watt come more into practice, and casos will generally be decided on the chief woint ineaiead 1a the woveray, ; t