The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1872, Page 5

PIGEON SHOOTING, ‘Match Between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Bennett. ‘They Shoot on the Jerome Park Grounds—Mr, * Bergh Again Doing Duty by Deputy—He Sends » Mild-Mannered Man, Who is Left on the Wrong Side of the Gate—Mr, Douglas the Winner, ‘A Second Match and Sweep-. stakes Shot. Conclusion of the Matches Between Bogardus ‘and Paine in Canada. BOGARDUS THE WINNER IN'SOTH It Mr, ‘Henry Bergh, who has the honor of being President of the Soctety for the Prevention of Sruelty to Animals, ever antended to resort to ex- measures, or really ever meant to.act other ban-in a bravado spirit toward the pigeon shooters this vicinity, yesterday was his opportunity, He missed an occasion that might have immortalized mim. He had the chance ol trespassing upon pri- ‘vate grounds with a ection of police and arresting @‘number of gentlemen engaged in this amuse- ment; but he de not, and his friends, those ever-zealous a3 he, must jament that his ‘courage is failing. It will be remembered that one weeks ago, when the professional shots, Paine cand Bogardus, endeavored to quietly settle tneir . Matches at Bersholi’s, tais insane-interrupter of lo- gitimate sport appeared on the seene and suceeeded ’m causing a postponement, after the words of both fhe and his deputies had been given that they ‘would threw no obstacle in the way of dts quiet termination. There is but one in- terpretation of such action. At that time the @eputy, Hatfield, who had the misfortune to be ompelied to do the work of interference, and which, by the way, he has*since been heartily ‘ashamed of, was notified wat Mr. Bennett and Mr. Douglas would shoot a private match at Jerome Park yesterday, and the opportunity would be pre- wented his: master to arrest-and take them before ‘the Courts to answer for the- misdemeanor, Heartily @lad would these gentlemen have been to legally ‘test Mr, Bergh’s authority in the matter, a3 one and ll of them consider his iutermeddling in no other Lught than trespassing. But while the Jerome Park Shooting Club desired ‘this legal test to take place, and only wished Mr. Bergh to have the moral-eourage to bring it.about, its members Yosterday fell back upon thelr privle leges, and did 60 much as-to vindicate what private rights they had left to taem under the reign of this mtleman., They expected a visit, because Mr, eb had said, through his man Friday, he desired arrest just such gentlemen, aud because there had been ‘sent to one of the contestants in the match Gesigned to be shot on private grouads the following Mogiest letver:— THE AMERICAN SOGIETY FOR THE PREVENTION; Skin Fat, SA a an, 9, #aurs G. Bennett, Jr., Ee. :— S1n—I have reported to Mr. Bergh the substance of the sonversation which we hed ‘on Saturday in relation to a igeon match which you proposed to shoot on Friday next at jerome Park. Mr. Bergh requests me to say that he prefers prevent, rather than suppress, these violations of law, but as this day given instructions io the counsel. of the soctety prepare immediately an iudictment against, tue parties ‘who shot the match at Bertholt’s on Saturday last. Yours, Fespectiully, THOS. W. HARTFIELD, Superiatendent. St-was rather diMicult to understand thts missive, but Mr. Bergn’s superintendent had sent it, and. 16 must be considered, and it was as tt deserved. ‘Th club then, in view of all the threats made, yester- simply closed the gate to the entrance of the jerome Park groundé, and Mr. Wheatley, .the genial gecreiary and overseer of the placc, in company with an officer aud a few gentlemen, took their ag by it, that no interlopers—none but members and their guests—should pass fret bo aa th agate pnders cea rt pect. jour, and the onde! in to sus) that Mr. ' ih mean Dusiness in that sece Bergh didn’ Et and really he ai not, although after tae match been in progress-eome time there appeared and Gesired admittance an agent of the Mumane So- stety who called himscli Mr. Conklin. ‘This. indi- vidual had no search warrant, neither had he police at his back, as did Hertfield, bui only ina quiet way gid be seek to enter. “Mr. Bergh sent me out, not to do anything, only to see that the birds were killed,’’ said he. “Thats all provided for; Mr. Bergh need not be spree on this account,” was returned; and Mr. Klin, solitary and alone, rematned on the out- @ide until tired, when he sought to gain an entrance 88 an individual, pleading:— “I won’t say or do.anything; I'll keep.quict.” Mr. Wheatley, alive to the fact that gentle- men pelonging to Mr. Bergh’s Jurisdiction haa larned very sharp corners lately, peremptorily re- fused the request, and Mr. Conklin soon departed down the lune, disconsolate and unhappy. That Was all the difticulty experienced. FRE MATCH BETWEEN MR. DOUGLAS .AND MR. BENNETT. The agreement between these gentlemen was that they shoot at twenty-five birds eacu, fora cup of $250, ucder the usualconditions, excepting that Mr. Bennett snould give Mr. Douglas the advantage of pne yard og alent @ distance of twenty-two ards to Mr. Dougias’ twenty-one. The boundary ras.eighty yards, and one and a quarter ounce of was used. Among those on the grounds were . Deforest, President of the Jorome Park Shooting lub; Judge Hackett, Mr. Foulke, Mr. Heckshel Mr. Lowry, Mr. Monson, Mr. dafirey, Mayor Hal nd -cther noted tlemen. Both contestants shot: with Grant’s (London) muzzie ioader, uble barrel. Mr. Hecksher acted as judge for ir, Douglas and Mr. Deforest for Mr. Bennett. Judge Hackett was chosen referee and also acted as ko There was no betting. Mr. Douglas won toss for first shot, end, thongh he imissed his ag was fortunate throughout the contest, winning match by three birds, kuling twenty-three out of twenty-five to Mr. Kennett’s twenty. DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING. DOUGLAS. BENNETT, 1—A wheciing bird; missed. pers crossing bird. dead sto 2—A towering bira; ‘killed “2—A ‘driving bird; toanuiy. - kilted, ‘Atowering bitd; shot 8—A quarterin: bied to the 5 eateatin eens right, A fine shot, killed. . Another crossing bird; Guattering bird to the well shot 6—A qnartering bird to the sights winged and gathered. ae crossing bird. Dead fg00d etot. Gniving bird. Missed. se mip, slow crossing bird; 7—A strong driver; well bit, 8—A drivipa bird; hit he wings’ and. boty, ‘nad attorea, NO” TMB bind. Batbered justia bounds. shod Werine bird; eastly 9-4 strone crossing bird: 10—AD incoming bird, An ‘wheeler; gathored. TPA quartering bird tothe I-A quarter a well killed artering eth, ae picts inj -. nother ‘Aine shot. © sind; bit hard and dead = od eA nooming bird; kill. - 45-~A streamer; well kitted, M—A driver and strong; 14—A trong driver; ut, \eveil killed, bet got away, 15—A quartering ani 15—An incoming bird ; sill. Me Y wisn atcong | wheel wand dead shot. tahoe grid: 17—A towering bird; hit not hit and in ieee driver; bit, and, when ff almost out of bounds, iuroed beer ia eh rb jand fell dead near trap. , MeAarivers well killed, = 18--A quartering birds 6% 0—A slow quartering bird — 20. arte: Mpirint; anally Ried. ight; Killed wane ee S1—A strong towering bird; 21—A aire: ‘ piakgi sizong towering amer; bit hard, -An incoming bird; kil!- 22—A strong crossing bird; od jasianty. killed instantiy. aA strong crossing bird 238A whe missed. eee hesler; missed, mizAn {meoming bird; 26—A crossing bird to the 26—A river; well killed, deft; weil killed. THE SOORE. Douglas—9, 1, 1,1, 1,1, 4, 1,1, 1, 11,1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 41,1, 1s 1, 4, 0, 1—Total, 25: cored, 23. Henneu—t, 1, '1, 1, 1, 0,1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1,1, 1, 4, 1,1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1—Total, 25;' acored, 20, After the match it Was ascertained that Judge Barpard, on the application of Mr. Deforest, had ‘anted an injunction restraining Mr. Bergh from interfering with the progress of te match, but there was no jon to use it, A SWEEPSTAKES. Following the match as above six of the gentlemen ahot a sweepstakes of ten birds cach. They were Mr, ray ort ir. Douglas, Mr. Hecksher, Mr. Bennett, Mr. pone aud Mr, Jaifrey. ‘The latter made a clean sagt nded ts the story:— - I, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1, 1—Total, 10; scored, Dov; 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1~Total,” 10; scored, 7. Hecksher—1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 0—Total, 10; *PoUlke--1, 1,1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0—Totat, 10 a, 7, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, O—" 3 Scored, 7. Bennett—ty 1, 4,'i, 1,0, 0, 1, 1, Omtotal, 10; ar 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 (withdrawp)—Total, Second Match Between Mr. Douglas and Mr, Bennett, As there was an hour or two of bright sunshine get Mr. Donwlag aya Mr, Bennett agreed to soot J ‘another match, VY twelve ‘each. The same paar leg asm acted oh re, This contest mas oat he ater, of The, twenty-one, arty ded :— nett—O, 0, 1, 3,1, 1, 1,3, 1, 1, 1, 1—Total, Miougias—t, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0 1, 0 0, 0—Total, is r A ) 9%, 1, j ‘Thursday at Jerome Park. On Thursday Mr. Howard Jaffrey and a friena toox & ult OG pigeon shooting at Jerome Park, shooting fret at fifty single and then at ten double birds. Mr. Jaffrey was in shooting condition, beating his Sriend very ei ‘The score is appended :— Jemey—1, 1, be Gh hk 3 4% ‘nae " ie ip ay Ay Lee RASL OLE. LL Lt hk PEELE EE ae Et LY tototat’s0; — —l1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1.1, 1,1, 1, 9 1, 91, OREN OL G4 hao Lon to 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 0 0, 1, 4, 1, 6, 2, 0, 1, 1—Lotal 60; scored, 52. DOUBLE BIRDS, Jaffrey—11, 01, 12, 10, 11, 11, 1, 11, se es NO 1d, 00, 1, 12, 00, 11, 1 Total, 20; scored, 9 BOGARDUS VS. PAINE. 10, u— o— Gut of the Reach of Bergh—The Profcestonals Shoot Their Matches at Fort Erie, Canada— Large Attendance—Bogardus the Winuer of Both. BuFFAa.o, Jan, 12, 1872 The pigeon matches between Captain Bogardus, of Iltnois, and Ira A. Paine, of New York, came off at Fort. Erie, Canada, to-day, Bogardus being the winner of both, He scored forty biras in the first match to Paine’s thirty-five, amd in the second match he shot twenty-six out of fifty, and Paine twenty-five, The day was very cold, and on the ving over the Niagara River, where the matches were shot, a strong westerly gale prevailed guring the time of shooting, causing it to be very difficult for the men to make a great score, Under the circumstances the shooting of Paine and bogardus was considered by all who witnessed it as remarkably good. Bets were made previous to the second match that neither of the-men would shoot twenty-five birds, These bets were lost. Bogardus shot ‘with his usua} caution, while Paine seemed at times to be hasty, particularly ‘With incoming birds, when, by waiting a moment ‘or so longer, the birds would have come to him, as they did to Bogardus, and he would have scored them all, The matches were witnessed by a large number of the Forester Shooting Club, of this city, who seemed to take great Interest in the affalr, and they in a body afforded Paine and Bogardus every facility witnin thelr power w bring the shooting to @ successful termination. ATTEMPTED INTERFERENCE OF BERGH. Bergh had sent to this city to stop the shooting, but the Forester: Club members saw tile officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and were promised by them that Paine and Bogar- dus should not:be interfered with, notwithstanding the instruction of Mr. Bergh, and this cluo were desirous, a3 @® rebuke to Mr, Bergh, to have the match shot in Buffalo, Ex-Mayor Wells offered to lease the trotting track to the Forester Club for the day ior $1, and he was disappointed when he learned thut Paime and Bogardus had determined to shoot their Matches in Canada. These shooting matches have created great excitement in this city, and Bergh’s conduct is generally condemned, as fears are felt by members of that’ society that he will do great mischief if he is not stopped in his mad career, ‘There was no betting on the first match, which was begun in New York on last Saturday, and twenty-two. Dirds shot at before it was stopped by Bergh’s a es; but on the second match Hogar. aus was the favorite. at 100 to 8 Mr, Newall acted as judgefor Paine and Mr. Doxey for Bogar- dus, “Paine trapped and gathered all his birds, while Miles Johnson and Doxey assiated Bogardus, The birds generally were kilied outright or escayod. There was ‘little time spent in gathering the wounded birds by either party. CONDITIONS OF THE MATCHES, The first matth was fitvy pigeons each, for $250a side, twenty-five yards rise, eighty yards boundary, oné and. aguarter ounce shot. The second match was fifty birds each, tor $250 a side, thiriy yards rise, eighty yards boundary, one ounce shot. lowing are ‘The £0) THE DETAILS OF THE FIRST MATCH, twenty-two biras of which had been shot at last Saturday at Jerome Park, when the men were in- terfere ith by ’s emissaries and the match stopped. Wo append the fullscore. Bogardus shot av only forty-eight birds:— PAINE. ba noaarvus. 1 Sago Bones kiied = 1—An incoming bird; killed easily. A dead shot, tantly. 2A driviog bird mused. | —A quartering bird to the left ; Killed instant! 8—A driving bird; missed, raised fro a 4--A driving bird ; bit hard, 4—A towering bird; hit put ihe bird escaped. Scored hard, but ‘escaned, “A ‘mies a iniss. scored. BX driving bird; missed,“ 6—-A'n incoming bird; killed easily, 6—A driving bird; missed, eA tegen} bird to the killed instantiy, 8—A towerlug bird; killed he m the trap. 7—A quartering bird tothe —7—An easily kilied bird, left. A dead shot, while quartering, to the left, eA driving bird, well bit, | 6 Bird hit as he quartered wing broken, A fine shot. to the right, put : ‘The bird gathered, the right, but got away. A m! 9—A quartering bird, well —A driving bird splendidly hi ja! shot, kilied. | A fine shot killed, A capit: 10—A quartering bird tothe — 10—A qu bird to the right; missed. ft; hit hard. A dead shot ise ; |. Adi yt. 1—A driving bird; was — 11—A quartering bird to the killed by 9 capital shot close left; killed easily. to the trap. 32—An incoming bird;-Kil- 12—A quartering bird to the ed instantly. right; killed instantly. 18—A driving bird; splen- 13—A driving bird ; missed, didly killed, 14—A rapid quartering bird to the right: missed. 1 -A anving bird; missed, 16—A driving bird; head hit; gathered righty killed instantly, 14—A capital shot; the bird — 17—The bird quartered to quartered to the right, and the right and was instantiy Was iostantiy kiled. | | kngcke down, A driving bird; we -A driving bird; splen- killed soon aitet leaving the didly willed. Ki trap. 19—A well killed driving 19—The bird quartered to bird. A dead shot. the right and was Killed tn- stantly. 20—A hard hit; game bird: — 20-—The bird was hard hit he was gathered. ‘The bird while diving; the bird tow quartered to the right, out of bounds. A miss, A righ: hand quartering — ¥i—A quartering bird to the easily Killed. right; easily Idlled. 2u—A driving bird;bithard; = %2—A he flow out-of bounds, Scored right; k a miss, 14—An fncoming bird: misses 15—A well killed driving 16—A quartering bird to the ariving bird to the filed iustanty. ™° 23—A driving bira; hit — 23—A quartering pled ty th hard, but he flew with the right; killed imateatiy. rd high’ wind out of bounas, Scored a mins. A driving bird; killed | 24—A driving bird; hit Instantly, a; wings broken; gath- ered and kilied. 25—A quartering bird tothe — 25—A quartering bint to the right; shot through the wings, left; well killed, but Ke ssruagled in mid air until out of bounds, Scored a mise. 25--A quartering bird tothe — 26--A quartering bird to the right ; shot throng! ‘A capital shot, 27- A quartering bird to the the body, left; killed instantly. 27—A driving bird; svell lied. fe Ab incoming birds wo “'wsA misect degli marterin killed, rs leit; well killed. ig bird tothe 29-A quartering bird to 29—An incoming bird; right; knocked over us soon killed close to the shooter. “0. ad Mt ind; 30-A 0—A ‘driving bird; in- —A quartering bird to th stantly shot. right; hit hard ang fell dent out ef the bounds. A miss seo) A Lente tothe — S1—A quertering bird to the ae. right} {ngantiy ri bird; kitled "83" ',"anartening oon aller leaving thet 3 ink er leaving the trap, 3 13—A quartering bird to the Caren Timht; killed quickly, ET ait, iran dpb 4 juartering bird to the M—A quart: bas Tied. tard to th lef welled? Lette . uarjering br righ filed ule be | tiled lontaser ‘a Satond quartering bird to the ‘A driving bird; bit Tight; well killed, ard; gathered and killed, park, ess crels ed ues 4 ae birds hounds before he fell, ‘A “ued sPlendidig. MA Univing ied; killed 38. riving A --A quartering bird to the instantly. A beautlinl shot. left; Killed quickly. “4 bolts he eee to 4 (aa quartering bird to the segue ee right; well killed. — A ing bird to the —, . iM left; ied very quickly, -& instant ne Oa Kived shot, H—An incoming bird; well 41 —A quartering bird to the killed, lett; well Killed, mi 42—A driving bird; bit, but —42—A quartering bird to the flew out of bounds. wean fi ‘rd 5 wel ~An incoming bird; well killed, 4 A mies right; hit bard, but few cut bounde. 43-A driving bird; bit hard, but flew out of bounds, wheh a dog gathered bin. Scored a miss, tai driving birds killed quickly, 45-A. driving bird; 44—A quartering bird to rights filled instantly. | the ~A drivin; Ce low to well wtering bird Uo the 48—A quartering bird to the" . right; led instantly. birdy tiled "47" 'aauatvering pied to the leaving then at Ul ards bit flew out in jee, atk auarterng bird to tbe 48g artering bird to the 49—A driving bird, ot eee the ground; mi! very soon after tray bird; killed shot. Score--Bogardus, 40; Paine, 3 The folowing is’? Bogarpvs—1 1 de pom] 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4141, 1 6," 4 4,33 3) 1, 4, ar 1, 4,14, 4, yh yy," 4), 6, A PAINT, 0, 0; 0, 0 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1 eh by bbb bbb 44, Ae OSE , + 1,93; 1 1, 1, 3, 1, 0, I~ Killed, '96} The Kecond tol. The sepond match wos thep broveht on, Mp, Mant dieton acting as referee, and the gentlemen judges in the Srovitus ‘macen were again Shosen. DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING. BOGARDUSB, 1—An incoming bird; killed qui PAINE. 1—A driving bird; missed. * 2A, quartering bird to the 2—A quartering bird to the right well ki right ; mised, —An incoming bird ; killed ‘A driving bird: missed, POY) cekitering Wiaitote enh driving bird; missed. right: Hiled quickly. A cap! 5A quartering bird to the mght; killed prettily. eke incoming bird; well 7—A driving bird; missed. Ly driving bird; missed. 5—A quartering bird to the right; misse?. ‘@—A driving bird; missed, 1—A driving bird; missed. A driving bird; well uilled, 9—A driving bird; hit hard, 9A driving bird; missed. ut flew over the ‘boundary "GA quartering Pird to the 10—A quartering bird to the right; a dead +hot left; killed splendisty, TEA ‘quartering rd to the 11am incoming bird; wos mi . a 12—Anguartering bird tothe — 13—A quartering bird to the ee lefty kha Inetantiye right; wounded, gathered and kthea: 13—An incoming bird; miss- ed. A 18—A quartering bird to the Hight well killed. quartering bird to the j—A Carita bene! to the led instantly. A fine right; splendidly killed, oMIS-A driving bird hit hard, 15--A quartering bird to the but escaped. left; wounded, gathered and 16—A quartering bird to the 16—A driving bird; instant- right; missed, ly _killes ‘A quartering bird to the ased. 1. nk quartering bird to the fert; mt Jett; misze 18—A driving bird; mised —18—A driving bird; welt by malting too long before Killed ng. TSA quartering bird tothe 19—A driving bira; missed. left; missed, A quartering bird tothe — 20-—A driving bird; missed, Jett; killed, The bird tell ike @ stone. 2l—A driving bird; missed, & 21—A driving bird; well * led. 2A quastering Dirdtothe 22—A driving bir right; missed. quartering bird tothe | 23.-A driving bird; wing ae ; wounded, gathered aud broken; gathered and killed, le de ‘U—A driving bird; well _2%4—A quartering birdto the killed, ht; well killed, 26—A quartering bird to the 6 -An incoming bird; right; bit, but escaped qut of nearly torn to pieces. A dead bounds with the wid of the shot, high wind. $6-"A driving bird; missed, 126; Aquartering bird to the " but escaped. juartering bird to the missed. 2A Aan” tneoming — birdy righty killea iP ay ne Paeniotantieres and killed. "A quartering bird tothe — 28—A driving bird; missed. ht 5, weil killed. C rama birdtothe 29—A driving bird; missed. A right; killed quickly. ‘ERY Marivisig bird; hit, but — 90— An incoming bird; well itescaped, Armias scored. killed. ‘San Incoming bird; well 8A driving bird; wound- killea. ed, gathered and killed. BFA quartering bird to the Ad An incoming bird; well cee i ericttering birt to the “ASA driving bird; instant! quartering bird to the $8-—A driving bird; instantly leit; minted, xilled. M—An incoming bird; splendidly killed. 85—A driving bird; missed, 96—A driving bird; missed. #4—A quartering bird to the left; wounded, but was gath- ered and killed. =A yuarlering birdto the right; missed, An ineoming bira ; hiton the wing, gathered and killed, 37—A q ing bird to the — 87—A quartering bird tothe right; well killed. sizht; well killed, An incoming bird; hit, 38—A driving bird; hit, but but not fatally; it escaped. escaped. miss, ‘34—A quartering bira tothe 39—-A driving bird; missed, left; hit hard, but escaped, miss scored, 40—A driving bird; missed, — 40—A quartering bird to the right; wounded In tie wing; gathored and killed, 4i—An incoming bird; well 42—A driving bird; splen- didly kille tering bird to the t; iced quickiy. A driving bird; missed, 41—-A driving bird; well killed. 49—A quartering bird to the right; instantly killed. B—A driving bird; missed. righ 44—A driving bird; well 4. killed. 45—An incoming bird; 45—A driving bird; hit killed instantly. A splendid hard, but" escaped out of shot. bounds, A miss, 46—A driving bird; missed. — 46—A driving bird; missed. —An incoming bird; well 47—-A driving bird; the gun killed, snapped and bird “es- caped. A malas 48—An incoming bird ; killed 3—A quartering bird to the lett; missed. incoming bird; mine driving Vird; well i . Le “A quartering bird to the —60--A quartering bird to the right; missed. loft; missed, The following is THE SCORB. BOGaRDUS—1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0 1, % 1, 1, 1,1, 1,2, 1, 0, 1, 0 % 1, % 1, 1, 1,00, 1, 0 0 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0% 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, O—Kitled, 265. missed, 2 PainE—0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, @ 1, 0 0, 1, 1, 0,0, 1, 1, 1,.0,.0.6 1, 1, 99% 1. G3 missed, 25, PEPPERY LETTER FROM MAYOR BALL TO MR, BERGH. IRASCIBLE AND ILLOGICAL BeraH—I have just seen your note floating oa a Sun-beam. You are illogical because you biunder, as T-did last summer. You attempt to draw fire away from yourself by at tacking the adversary. The issue is not what I am, but what you are, I cliarge you, first, with Me Fe Me a a © i, 0, "0-Kitiea, '265 changing your name in Russia; . second, with using your office for oppressing your social enemies; third, with illegal acts; fourth, with not daring to bring your views to a legal test. None of these do youdeny. Do not con- gratulate yourself, I shall remain @ New Yorker and live down all slanders and expose all humbugs like yourself, There cannot be punnimg with you. Your face of saturniue malice and the serious nut- sance you prove to be toward ladies and gentlemen forbids all jocularity. ‘vyed-in-the-woolt dema- gogue” was a plirase [appued to you. Yon did not resent it; nor do you dare bring yourself into a court of law, except against those too poor in purge to expose your cowardice and maiice or the methods by which youand yonr agents made philanthropy pa A. OAKEY HALL ‘UE MANMATTAN CLUB, 98 FIFTH AVENUE, New York, Jaa, 1, 1872—5 P.M. f NOVA SCOTIA. Detiberate Murder—A Sure Way of Prevent ing an Unple: nt Marriage. Hawirax, Jan. 12, 1872. A shocking murder was committed at Grand Grave, Richmond county. A young man, named William Butler, was found on tho evening of che 5th inst. inan exhausved condition near his resi- dence with agunsnot wound between his shoulders, Dr. McDougall, of St Peters, was sent for imme- diately and prononnced the wound fatal, A de- position was taken to the effect that while Butier Was sitting near the fence of Wililam Laford’s field Alexander Lajord, son of the owner, approached Butler !rom behind with a gun unexpectedly, and when within six yards, fired, and without a word ran away. it appears that Butler was engaged to Laford’s sister, aud the family ‘iisapproved of the match, Butier had arranged for an elopement and expecied to mect Miss Laford clandestinely thatevening. Ue died in twenty-eight hours after, Af the post. mortem examination it was found that the shet or slugs had penetrated the lungs, The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilfal murder against Alexander Laford, and he has been Cominitted to jail to await trial, He is only twenty years of age. THE WAASS MYSTERY, Deceased Wentificd as a Newark Jeweller. Charles I. T. Maass, the man whose death is a mystery to the police of this city, has at jast neen identified asa resident of Newark, N. J. He lett his boarding place, Fingado’s Cosmopolitan Hotel, on Market street, last Tuesday morning, to visit kowe York in queat of employment. He was a (Ne de) jeweller by trade; but work was dull. He left a oard bill unpaid of $20, Mr, Fingado and several respectable German citizens of Newark speak of Maass a3 & man of excellent habits and very steady. A picture of his parents, who now reside in Hamburg, was found in his room. He was a fine looking man, thirty-turce years of age, and sald to have been unmarried. He was born in Hamburg. He was well educatol aud a good penman, as nis handwriting shows. A Bible was found in the room containing the name of “Adolph ag 1 and two letters matied from New Orieans last November by a cousin, William Witte, wio fave ls address, “Care of John Reinhardt, 162 choupitoulas street.” hr. do gent Constable Geerkee and Mr. Godeke, & druggist on Market street, to New York, and they identified the remains as those of their late iriend Cuarles Henry Theodore jaass, Which name was found engrossed on a cer- tificate of baptism ana also on deceased's passport yesterday, His effects were placed in a basket to await tue action of the anthorities. PET HALSTED'S MURDEBER'3 MARRIAGE, There are etill a good many sceptics in Newark as to the real truth of the alleged marriage eight years ago of the murderer Botts and the woman Wilson, ‘The certificate in possession of Botts’ iriends, a copy of which is subjoined, 1s not regarded as conclu. sive, the point being open as tothe identity of tne woman Wilson With the one named. The certiticate ds 28 follows:— Thin certifies that George Rotts, of Newark, and Julia Jen- khos, of New York, git) uolted together tn holy matrimon: on 16ts Of Reptember, 1864, al Little Fails, Vassaic county, N J, Dy me (bi ng. Ume pastor of the Methodist Ept pal deurch at that place.) 1. H. LANDON, now pastor of Methodist Epiecopai church, Montclais, Am, N. Ja J ) Record of lie above ja my Pastor memoranda. ARREST OP A SWINDLER. Frederick Mochring, @ well-dressed “young man Of the period,” was arrested in Williamsburg yes- terday and locked up in the Stagg street station house for selling tickets to the honest Germans of that section for @ benefit bail at Gross’ gall that had no existence. Lhe fellow when arrested had a& Jarge packuge of the bogus tickets in hig posses9iom itis believed that No hay victimized pondreda of Persons on this new dolce, THE BROADWAY WIDENING. The Supreme Court, General Term, Affirms the Decision of Judge Cardozo Appointing New Commissioners—Grounds of the Deci- si as Set Forth in the Opinion of Judge Learned— New Assessments. At length the last legal stambling block—uniless the motion is carried to the Court of Appeals, which 13 thoaght very doubtful—has been removed, in the way Of settling the diMculty as to the assessments and awards for carrying out the Broadway widen- Ing project. The report of the old commissioners, it will be remembered, was made the subject of the special attention of last winter’s Legislature, and that in consequence cf the numerous complaints made an act was passed directing inquiry into the matter by the Supreme Court, and em- powerlug the Court, if it thought pubilc and private interests demanded It, to set aside the oli report and direct a new one w be made, Applica- tion was made under this act to Judge Cardozo, who did set aside the old report and appointed new commissioners, An appeal was taken from this order to this Court, A decision upon this appeal was rendered yesterday, Judge Learned giving the opinion of the Court affirming Judge Cardozo’s de- cision, and Judge Barnard dissenting. We give below, in full, THE OPINION, This is an appeal by J. Watts Depeyster, from an ing 1818, passes on the report. Stitl Ido not think thi in the language of the acis is very sudstantial, when Wo consider the provision of the United States consti- San hey Near tad ces ere 1G WBE With in the view of the case which I have thus taken the act of the Legisiature authorizing this Court, on ood cause shown, to open the order of confirma- jon and to cause the question of valuation to be re-examined was constitutional. I have not re- ferred to many authorities, because they are so fully and ably set forth in.the opmion of the learned Judge whose order is appealed from; but I nave simply stated the princtple which 1 supposed gov- erned the case. The order should be adirmed, THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA The Case of Gensral Thomas Jordan—A Nolle Frosequi Entered—Spanish Detectives and Their Affidavits. Remarkable Address of District Attorney Davis. Yesterday, in the United States Circult Court, be- fore Judge Benedict, the case of General Thomas Jordan—who had been tndicted for an alleged vio- lation of the neutrality law, in reference to the re- bellion in Cuba—was called up by District Attorney Davis, who consented that a nolle prosequi should be eutered on the two indictments that haa been order made at Special Term on the 3d of April 1871, setting aside the order of confirnration in these pro- ceedings entered on the 28th of vecember, 1870, aud appointing new commissioners. The Speciait Term tound that there nad been error, mistake, irregular. ity and illegal acts in these proceedings and thatthe assessments tor benefits and the awards for dam- ages had been unfair, unjust, inequitavle and op- ressive us respecied the city of New York. ‘here 18 no occasion for the General ‘Yerm to re-examine at any length the conclu. sions of the Special Term on this question of Jact. The learned Judge who held that term has found upon it, and the evidence appears to be ample to sustain bis views. indeed, the points Taised Here by the appellant seem to be in substance only two. ‘The first is that, as the Court below round the assessments and awards unfair, &c., a3 to the bon and made no findings as to thelr claims 1m respect to other persons, he should, at the most, have set aside the proceedings only as to the city. But in vacating the order generaily, and referring the matter to new commissions, the Court seems to have followed the direction of the statute. (Section 4, chapter 57, Senate Laws, aes And now, as- suming that it were within the discretion of the Special Term to vacate the order and conjunction in part, still there may have been (and we are in- clined to think that there was) good reasons for Vacating it ailogether, We ought not to review the order in that respect, The second point is undoubtedly the important one, The appeliant insists that the act of the Legis- Jawre (Senate Laws, 1871, chapter 57) by authority of which this motion was made and this order was granted was unconstitutional— first, a8 imposing the obilgation of a contract; second, as detining a person of property without due process of law. in ratsing this ques- tion 1t 1s important to consider what the order was which was set azide ‘The act of 1569, chapter 800, found against the General. The remarks of the District Attorney—which we print below in full— present but another instance of how charges aro trumped up agatnst iodividuals when our own or any foreign government resorts to the practice of employing would-be detectives to hint dowa thelr victims, REMARKS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVIS, District Attorney Davis said:— May it please the Court—There are two indict- ments peiiding on thetiles of this Court, one of which Is against Thomas Jordan, and the other against Thomas Jordan and Dominigo Ruez. They are both framed under the neutrality laws for a breach of these laws by setting on foot in the State of New York an expedition against THE GOVERNMENT OJ SPAIN, ® foreign State, by enlisting persons to serve as soldiers in the service of a foreign peonle, meaning the people of Coe who are alleged to be in a state of revolt against the Kiog. of Spain, ‘These indictments were found December 5, 1870, or about that time. They were brought into Court and filed on that day, On behait of the gov- ornment at cach term of the Court [ have endea- vored to procure the attendance of the witnesses upon whose testimony nese several indictments were found. Affidavits were presented to me before the case was presented to the Grand Jury, sworn or purporting to bo sworn by vartous parties, which, if true, made a clear and strong case of yio- lation of the statute under which these indictments are framed. ‘The case represented by these attida- vits was such a one asl could not overlook in the roper discharge of my duty or refrain from send- authorizes the Commissioners of the Central Park to lay out that part of Broadway, between ‘hirty- fourth and Fitty-nmth streets, and to locate aud establish the easterly and westeriy lines thereof so that the street be 10) feet wide, aud also to widen certain otwer parts of the street. They are to file certificates and maps defining the lines aud namiug the boundaries of tus part of Broadway, and the fillog of such certificates and maps 13 to be final and conclusive as to the extent and boundaries of said improvements, Aiter the filing of these cer- llcates the Corporation Counsel, in behalf of the city, is directed to acquire title to the land required, and for that purpose to apply Lo the Supreme Court at Special Lerm for the appceitinent of three com- missioners Of estimate and assessment. These com- Mlasioners are Lo Make an assessment of the loss gad damage, and of the benefit and’ advan- tage of the persons interested in the lauds required for and affected by said proceei- ings. The act further provides that ail acts now in force relative to opemng, &c., streets and avenues shail apply 10 all proceedings uader this act, 80 lar as the same are appilcable. There has been some disagreement on the question whether in contirming reports of commissioners in such cases the Judge or Judges acted as a Court or in @ quasi judiciai character, buitue language of the constitution, article 4, section 7, requiring that the commissioners shall be appointed by a Court of Record, would seem to put the matter beyond dis- pote, and with this accords the case of Oanal and ulker etreets (12 N. Y., 406). Jam aware that it Nas been hela m this Court (Brown, extension 12; Howard, 9i) that an appeal does not lie to the @eperal Terin irom an order of the Special Yerin irming the report of the Commissioners. Bat if this were an open question here i should think that the Court of Appeals had setiied the, doctrine other- wise. The case of Canal ana Walker streets was dismissed on appeal to the Court of Appeals from an order of the Generali Term, made on appeal from the Special Term, on the ground that the decision by the General Term was under tho statute final and conciusive, ‘This seems to me to be arecognition of tie principle that the order could be appeaied to the General Term. The janguage of Judge Davies in King vs. Mayor, 86 .N. Y., 182, 18 decided on this pot, [a case of the Rensseiaer and Saratoga Railroad Company vs. Davis, 43 N. Y., 137, 1b was hela that an appeal lay to the General Term and aiso to the Court of Ap- peals from au order condemaing lands under the Ratlroad act, It is true that the order there ap- peaied from was practically an order condemntn the lands, and not siuply an order lor appolutmen of comtaissioners; that i3, whe Court of Appeals held that the Special Term had jurisdiction to conustuer whether the lands were neces-ary for the corporate purposes of the railroad; while in the case now under consideration the anwogous point seems to ivave been determined by tiie Commissioners of the Central Park. While, therefore, my own view is that the order of confirmation was appeaiable, I prefer to examine tie question on @ diferent ground. Supposing, then, tuat the order of con- Trmation, when made, was not appeaiable, can the Court entertuia & motion to vacate it for errcr, mgstake, irregularity or ilegatity? Assum- mg that the language of the tormer statute as to opening streets applies to the proceedings an- der this act, the order of the Court is said to be “final and conclusive.” ‘The meaniog of these Court, So they are pustrued im 12 N, 496. Ido not see tiat these words give to tue order of confirmation any greater validity or more sacred character than any ju: nent of the Supreme Court which has been atfirm om appeaito iue Court of Apbeals, Or in respect to Wiich the time tor appeal- expired, very such judgmenc is final sive UPON All persons Interested Whatsoe This order of coniirmation, as | have shown, is an order Of the Supreme Court, not of any quasi-judicial tribuaal possessiag limited powers, It ts a tinal order, wade in a special pro- cecuing, The Court tas appointed certain officers to ascertain and report upon certain disputed facts, viz., the value of the property taken anu the benefit accruing. These officers nave reported to the Court, and the Court has conirmed thereport. In wnat way does this order of coniirmation differ as to its finality {ron & judgment of the same Court entered on the reporé of commisstoners for interest in parti+ uon? And itis to be observed that the comiis- sioners were not to decide wnat 1and should be taken, That had already been decided by the Central Park Commissioners, This proceeding might be compared to an action on account quantum vale bani, These commissioners are to ascertain the value of property taken and of benefits conferred, lt is imsisted by te appellant ihat the award of the commussiovers, a8 Compared with the prior pro- edings, Cunstitated a contract and is within the protection of the constitution of the United states. But what is the contract, uw there be one? it is on the part of the owner of the lana to sell and on the part of the city 10 buy certain land at such ppice as the same 18 worth. This, as lt appears to me, 13 the utmost effect that.can Le given lu the procecuing, assuming that 1s to be the actual value of the premises. 10 ascer- tain that vaine commissioners are appointed. They make @ report which the Court confirms. Is there any principle of law which prevents tne Court on | good cause, sown on proof, for instance, of error, Injustice and the like, rom openiug the question as to the actual value, and waving it tried again before another and similar commission’ It 18 not neces- sary to inquire whether without ihe act of 1871 the Conrt could guve dove this, for the question is simply a# to the constiintionality Of that act. And looking upon wie action of these commissioners as a proceeding to inquire what compensation the owners shall have for their property, 1 do not seo any constitutional objection that should prevent the Legislature from authoriziug the Court (u it have not already the power), on good cause shown, to | open the question, and cause a re-examination of | the question of value, And here, it seems to me, is i the diflerence Letween (he present case and that | of the People ys. Supervisors, 4 Baroour, 64, | and other = sintili cases, In that csse the Legistature, by & repeal of the act hat Is © attempied to annal Ww! alled the contract pe- tween the owners of lands taken for public pur. poses ond the commissioucrs who bad so takeu It, und (he act of tue Legislature was held unconstivu- | in the prevent case the Legislature has | passed no act of appeal, no act attempting to annul the sovcailed contract by Which the city purchases and the owners sell the land taken. But, on the | contrary, afirming the contrac;, the Legislature only provides for another inquiry as to the value of | the land, Nordo the Legisiature even enact that | another inquiry shalt take place, They only autho- i rige the Court, on proof that the former inquiry was | Nlegal, unjust, &¢, to bave anew inquiry made as to the question of fact—namely, the question of value, ‘The case of the Baltimore and Susquenanna Railroad Company vs, Nesbit, 10 How. 395, 19 sely analogous. In that case an act of the Legis- Jature of Maryland directed a Court to set aside an imjuncton condemning ings, and to cause al unetion de wovo to be taken. ‘the former Joameiion had been ratified ana conirmed by thy Court, and the act of the Lewsiarare was pe- rome lory, Yori was heid to bg constitutional. A words can only be, chat no appeal les to @ higher | nd} it is # contract. There is no absolute price tixed between the parties as to this | Supposed contract, but che — compensation | ng wo the Grand Jury. ‘The witnesses were sent to the Grand Jury, and thelr afidavits were presented by counsel acting, as understood, on behall of the Spanish government— the Spanisn Conasul—in tims city. 1 was assured, because I required that assurance, that at any time those witnesses should be required on the trial they snould be forthcoming. A part of them were repre- Seated to me fo be in the employmeut of the Span- ish government AS DETECTIVES, and in that capacity they had become familiar with the facts stated in the affidavits, and which they proposed to prove before the Grand Jury and on the triai oa the indictment. Althougn L have on various Occasions since the finding of the indictments requested counsel to furnish me with the witnesses for the trial, and although I aave {| Said to counsel thas the defence Was pressing We case each term to trial, yet no witness has been produced to me, At the commencement of the present Circutt counsel for the defendant was ready aud urged the trial of the case. Ihave written notices 1u the form of letters directed to the counsel of the Spanish Consul, asking them to furnish me With the names and residences of those parties, In order that we might be abie to serve process upon them. L was furnished with a list of names in pursuance of that request, specifying the resi cences of the alleged witnesses—ot several witnesses who were scattered, according to the statement made to me, through several States—Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and Llinois. I immediately caused process of the Court to be issued, to be served on these several witnesses, Isent the Mar- shal and his deputy to the places of residence of those several witnesses—that ts to say, those Witnesses whose residences weré given in those States to which I have referrea except one, hare ‘was said to be in Uhicago, but whose residence 18 here, NOT ONE OF THOSE WITNESSES COULD BE FOUND by the Marshal, Not one could ve found to have re- sided at any of the places mentioned at any time within the knowledge of divers individuals of wom he says he made various inquiries, { became satis- fiea that the witnesses did not reside at those sev- eral places. 1 have pressed that laquiry, proposing to pay the expenses of any one who kuew those residences that might be approved by the Spanish authorities to find them out. On two occasions, ale Wwough the time and place of meeting the Marshal had beea fixed upon, the party who was designated to accompany the Marshal for that purpose failed to make lls appearance, Since thon {have made diligent independent efforts to find those witnesses. One ot them has been subpcenaed before the present term. He came to my oflice and tuformed me—and his information seems to be of such @ character that I feel constrained to believe it—that tnose witnesses who were before the Grand Jury, and most relied on to find those indictments, came here UNDER FEIGNED NAMES, and for that reason I have been unabie to find them aby waere, because the names given me are not ihe names under which they pass in the com- munity where they live, and their residences are incorrecily given. By stratagem soiely | have succeeaed in procuring service on three witnesses who were before the Grand Jury. Since that ser- vice they have falied to appear in answer to three several attachments issued by Your Hooor against them for contempt, and | oelieve that, in contempt of the order of the Court, they have fed beyond its Jurisdiction, More than that, the one witness | am enabled to pring here declares, in tie most solema form, that the 1ustrument purporting to have neen } issued vy Thomas Jordan WAS A FORGERY, | resuit of a concerted conspiracy between tose W. sses, by means of which afiaua Was practised oa my PRRIURY COMMITTED BEPORZ THE GRAND JURY. ! I now ‘eel it my duty, under ali tiese clreumstances, to-ask that a nolle prosequi ve entered on the Indictinents, I think these charges are based upon falsehood and are tle result of ® A GROSS CONSPIRACY; | and ulthough the defendant has heretofore, to some ; extent, been conuected with the msui tion ia Cuba, nevertuciess, in these pariicular tustances he has been made the victim, I judge trom tie Tacts before me that this is @ conspiracy of @ vil- lanous set of persons, whose opject, doubtiess, was to obtain a large sum of money out of the Svanish authorities on the pretext of furnishing them with valnabie Information to prevent the Mmsurrection in Cuba, Under these circumstances, I feel 1t my duty to enter a nolle proseyui on both indictuents, Mr. BENJAMIN K. PHELPS, counsel for General Jordan, said that a trial of the defendant would go absolutcly to show fis innocence. While he ad- mitted that this gentieman had been engaged in the service of the rebellion 1n Cuba, he bad not at any time, within the jurisdiction of the United States, commitred any act to bring him ander the ! punishment of the law. This was but another in- | stance of the misrepresentations by wiilch the rep- | resentative of a foreiga government endeavored to interfere with the expression Ol symputhy for | A PEOPLE STRUGGLING FOR THBIR INDRPENDENCE, a sentungni that was uative to the American heart. Gencral Jordan had been put to great exvense avd subjected to outrage by being brought here day alter day to answer those charges, based, as they were, on perjured testimony. Not one of those charges bore the light of ‘day. He (Mr. Phelps) did not mean to cast any reflection on the District At- torney, who, pe deceived and having discovered the deception and tne fraud, would, he hoped, do ail in his power to find out the authors of it, Judge BuNEDICT—The order will be entered, of course, and the bonds of the defendants discharged. i suggeat to the District Atioraey tie propriety of haying INDICTHENTS FOUND against those witnesses for perjury, and communt- cating to the State Department those facts, so that the connection, if any, of (ne Spanish Consul with the matter may be known. District Attorney Vavis—I have communicated With the State Department oo this subject, ana will communicate to It the result at waicn I have arrived. ‘The matter then dropped, General Jordan and the other defendant being merely obiiged to personal recognizance before the Grand 4 WCC Ks | ary nex¢ of violation of our neutrality laws, under which General Jordan has suffered for over a year. THE END OF A NIGHT'S SPREE, About ‘our o'clock yesterday morning James Fer- guson, of 502 West Sixteenth street, and Henry Hirkle, reatding on the corner of Fourteenth street and Tenth avenue, were on their way home; they stopped in a lager beer satoon to get a parung drink. While tn the place they became engaged in & dispute, which ended by Ferguson taking @ tumbler trom the counter and dealng his friend @ Powertul blow on the tewple, feiling him imsensible Ww the floor, He was conveyed to lis home in this condition, and 18 at present confined to his bed. Ferguson was arrested by Ofticer Kiver, of the Ninth precinct, and arraigned before Justice Led- with, at Jefferson Market, As the complainant was unabte to appear aganst nim he was remanded to the siation hawsa of all of | That the testimony, instead of “being trne, was the | ive thei | thus ended the long and basely supported charge | THE FOURTH AVENUB TRACK, How Commodore Vanderbilt Was Interviewed. The Committee from the Railroad Relief Associa tions at the Harlem Depot—Long and Der. tory Conversation—Vanderbilt with an Eye to Business—Plan and Resolu- tion of the Committes Submitted for the Examination of the Company’s Engineers. Pursuant to a resolution a committee, consist ing of representatives trom the yartous assocla~ tions at present agitating the question of sinking the railroad track on the Fourth avenue yesterday waited on Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, President of the Harlem Railroad Company, to ascertain his views as to the proposed relief atid improvements contemplated, The committee consisted of W. Pecks ham, Asher Barnett, Hooper 0, Van Voorst, Charles Creary, Benjamin A. Willis, John McCoo', Williaim HL. Colwell, Dr, A. Kessler, Henry Waterman and W. R. Martin, Commodore Vanderbilt received the committee at the offices of the company, Fourth avenue ani Forty-second street, the officers present being William H. Vanderblit, Mr, Wetmore and Me. Schell. Mr. PECKaAM, in explaining the object of the committee in thus coming forward to confer witn the raulroaa company, staced that the general plan upon which ali the associations had agreed was @ sunken road to the southern terminus of the Hur- lem flats,*near Ninety-seventh street. The main idea of the committee was to obtain from the com- pany some idea of the action they were disposed to adopt in order to carry out the plan, which included the sinking the inside of the depot, It was gen- erally supposed that under the ctrcumstances the company should pay all the expenses; yet othera were of vpinion that @ portion should be borne by the public as well as by those whose property should be benefited. > Mr. VANDERBILT, after listening attentively to the suggestions made by the chairman of the com+ mittee, sald that the great question was ag to the best method of carrying out this proposed object. Mr. PECKHAM considered that the company should suggest some plan and give some expres sion to the views they entertatued, Mr, VANDERHILT observed that the matter must be looked at very carefully. Engineers should bo employed to survey the route and report as to what Was the most advisable mode of proceeding. Mr. PECKAAM urged that the company knew all avout the matter, ‘They had doubtless very compe- tent engineers at thelr disposal, The committee present also represented Harlem, and they desired a@ sunken road below the flats, Mr. WETMORg Observed that suck a method would involve a very large outlay. Mr. VANDERBIL? Considered that the matter was one that required) very careful consideration. It wou'd certainly cost a heap of money, and the engineers would doubtiess charge a good deal tor their sex- vices. Mr. ProknaM said he had understood that the company would examine the matter, Mr. VANDERBIL? replied in the negative. He said the compa ny had got their own men and the engl- neers of the road. He thought 1t was & very tm- portant matcer, Mr. W. I, VANDERBILT entered largely into the conversation, and gave it a5 his opinion that thore could not be a great many plans. A very loug and desultory discussion ensued, in which the President of the railroad, Mr. Wetmore, Mr. Peckham and several other members of the committee took part. ‘he subject matter of the conversation was principally timited to the various character of he planus that should be adopted, ir, VANDERBILT remarked that It Would be a good idea to emp!oy Mr, Allen Campbell and Mr. Craven, engineers, to submit some plan which, in their judgment, after examination, they would de- clare practicable and us the most desirable im ove to carry out the work and remedy all the evils com- planed of, Mr. PECKIAM eeepc it was evident that some- this year. cotucided with that opinion, bus considered that the cost of the work siouly be taken into consideration, Now, for instance, if the plan Cost $5,000,000, the company certainly would not adopt it. In fact, they could not do 80. Mr. PeckHamM—Well, suppose it said $2,000,000? Mr. VANDERBILI—I dou’t believe you coula do anything for any $2,000,000. Mr. PECKHAM—You don’t believe anything could be done for $2,000,000, but if 1 cost $5,000,000 tie road would not do ity Mr. VaNpgrsiit—! couldn’t doit. Now, if these operations entirely beneiited the road, why, of course, the road would pay it; but If they benefited the owners of the road and did not benefit the road anything, that was another thing, Mr, PeckKHaM—Then you put it substantially as in the case of openiag a street, were assessmeaia would be made, Mr. VaNpEeRDILT—When we geta piece of prop- erty, and we want to improve that piece of property, why, let each of us pay our proporéion, Mr. PECKHAM again urged what were considered the wishes of the several associations tn refer tothe sinking of the track, and desired that the company should take taeir views into consideration tosee whether they could be carried out; what would be the cost, and upon what terms tne com- pany would de willing to carry out the work, Mr. VANDERBILT said he could not tell anything about it until the enginecrs reported what it was going to cost. Ii anything in point of reason were asked, why, of course the company would enaeayor te do it; but if the committee asked something the company couldn't do, why of course it couidn’t be done, and that was all about it, A member of the committee strongly urged the propriety of having the tracks underground, claim- Ing that the surface could be used for parks, Mr. W. H. VANDERBILT inquired whether it would not be just ag well to have all the advantages asked for under the track. ‘The member of the committee replied that the dificutty could never be removed so long as this highway was occupied by the railroad track, ft would every year become worse, and something must flually be done to abate the nutsance, Mr. VANDERBILT had no doubt that there would be half a dozen railreads runuing Ln the same direc: tion a few years Lence. After a great deal of discussion Mr, Peokuam | said the committee had @ plau which they proposed the engineers of the company should examine and pass upon. All the committee desired was to know what action the raliroad company would adopt, ‘The committee asked that their plan should be ex- amined. if the company liked It let it be adopted, but if a better one were suggested the public would undoubtedly agree to 1t; but so far as the commitice knew the plan they proposed was practicable. A member of the committee observed that the public wanted to have the road out of sight, and he thought no plan that would not carry that Into c& fect Would be acceptabie. A member of the.committee contended that the great quesiion with regard to any plau was a3 to whether it would secure the safety of human life. The cost of the undertaking mast, of course, be taken into consideration; but It was not a question Cf aa since the work must finally be accom- ished a Mr. PeckHAM then presented a plan, which, now- ever, was not examined, and which, it was claimed by several me.nbers of the commitiee, did not repre- sent the views of the several associations, 'T! Secretary of the association submited that the f lowing resolution passed by the committee repre- sented the ideas of ali parties concerned:— Resolved, That the general plan of a viaduct ratlway from Harlem River over the flats or the sinking of the track arched and covered over from the tero:ination of the fats to Forty-secont street, Including the sinking of the present depot and all premisev in the “nelguborhood ocenpled by 1 company, and the moving of all trams by signals, and givin, to the company the exclusive possession Of their whole ra ray, wi In the opinion of this meeting, reasouable, practca- bie, and should be adopted, Some discussion followed, but it was finaily agreed upon to leave the plan and the resolution adopted by tue committee im favor of a sanken track with the company, who ate to employ engineers to cxamine into the entire subject and give estimates of the cost at aneariy day, Tius -brought tie interview to a close. MISSOURI. A Bill Lo Encourage the Construction of Broad Gauge Railroads in the State, Sr. Lours, Me., Jan. 12, 1872 A bill has been introduced in the Legislature to facilitate the construction of rallroads in this State, The principal feature of tue provision is to issue to all new broad gauge raitroads $10,000 per mile, in State bonds, and $5,000 per mile to narrow gauge roads. All the roads receiving this ald are to pay tuto the State Treasury two per cent annually of their gross carntngs, to be applied to pay the Intercss on the bonas aud to create a sinking fund to pay oi the bonds, After the interest and bonds are paid, this two per cent ts to go into the State Treasury and bea eric source of revenue, Counties ara prohibited taking Stock In railroads except by a two- thirds vote of the legal voters of the county. The oar ri ew} ore issued wader this bi Will not exceed eighteen millions. Mr. Leper, the author of the bill, intinfates thas under this law the State will havo tn ten years two thousand additional miles of ratiroad, and that the interest on the bonds will ali be paid om The roads are to be under full conirol of the Legislature, THE TRENTON JACK SHEPPARD, Williain Kurta, the youthful burglar, who pleaded guilty yesterday, in Trenton, to stealing a brace and bit and with attempting to enter the premises of Kaward Kane, Perry street, after having bored six- teon holes.in order Co smash the door, Was sentenced $0 31x months La the Monnty Jail