The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1872, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, ~ TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. fhe Atenement—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. be. Osborn. ‘The Rev. Dr, Osborn, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church, corner of Hicks and Rapelyea streets, South Brooklyn, having announced that tne @rainance of baptism would ve administered at the Atonement, taking his text from I. Corinthians, xv. 8—“Christ died for our sins.” That was an awfal @ay as Well a9 a glorious one, on which Christ died, fhe sold foundations of we earth tremble; the burst asunder as if even inauimate natare ‘Were convulsed with agony; impenetrable darkness @overs the earth, Corruption and decay suddenly @ease; mould and ashes become again bone ana @inew. ‘The principle of Jiereturns and the dead ome forth living and are seen of men. Why ou this? Jt was because ‘“Ubrist died for eur sina,’ We have recently. considered the sinfulness of sin, how it was a violation @f tudnive obligations, anda hence an infinite crime, bow the innocent sulfers im piace of the gailty, that was intioite in holiness and ia every divine recon, voluntarily subjects Himself to bear the ment of le did not commit, Thus was toe vindicated, the law of God against sin satts- and the sin of the sianer atoned for, Tae con- wiction ot the human mind that the sip ana guilt of goul against eternal justice, against a higher holier power to which tne soul is accountabie, £0 great that it can only ke removed by the expla- and vicarrious sacrifice of another, has ever and bere prevailed the human mind. Not ay Nave criminals and captives taken In war, as as slaves, been dragged to the altar to pro- gies the Deity, but fathers nave offered the fruit Vheir dodies for the sins of their souls, Not onl, ‘were sacrifices by pagans, but the law of Go @anctiongd them. ‘Without the snedding of blood ‘Shere was no remission.” Every beast that was Mein, every olfering that was made, proclaimed en kably that the sin of the soul was so great unless suffered for and atoned for by an inno- @ent one in the place of the guilty the guilty must without hope. All these sacrifices were but preparation fora type and a shadow which was “pocome. Atonement was possible, But it must be & the voluntary suifering of one who was tue equal erior of the transgressor and who had not if sinned. But the life ef a man’s own makor as superior to bim «£8 the infinite is to the finite, as holiness 1s to sin; tne life of one wiio had trans- no law, and had no punishment to bear, could be received. The exceeding sinfulnessy @fsin when punished in Ins person would stand forth in al) its enormity and offensiveness to God, Onrist thus becomes the sinners Saviour, = who of all tho fallen and the sinful can jp but praise God for His unspeaxabie grit, Let us contemplate some or the characters and rela- tions in which Christ 18 represented to us in the accomplisiiment of this work for man:—First, a3 @ frond offering for sinful man a suilicient sacrifices nd, He 18 Himself the sacrifice stain; tulrd, as @ scapegoat beariug away our sins; fourth, as a Medium paying Is own blood for our rapsom; mate a Sa bearing punishment for us; mit @ixth, as washing us in His own blood. The pastor, having eloquently considered at Mength each and every one of the foregoing propo- altions, concluded his sermon by the lollowing ree Eegions upon the great work of atonement:—i'irst, ig the groundwork and substance of the Gospel; second, it occasions the deepest humiliation; third, % givos occasion of confident assurance of salva- Gon; fourth, none need for a moment be in a state eondemned, it was subsequently announced that een nine ten thousand dollars had neon collected by the th school duriny the past fifteen montis to- Wards dielraying te Cost of the lots upon which the ew church edilice Is to be erected. 8% PETER AND ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, BROOKLY®, St. Agnes by the Matone. Atthe solemn high mass in Sts. Peter and Paul's @aurch, Brooklyn, the pastor, Rev. 9. Malone, Qscended the altar alter the Gospel and said:—The @ospe) which I will read for you this morning is taken from Matthew xxv., l4and following verses, @e then reat the Gospel on the wise and foolish virgins, This ts the Gospel, said tne reverend speaker, which tne Church reads on the third Sua- @ay after the Epiphany. It corresponds with the Seast of St. Agnes; the Gospel of the Sunday is read ‘6 the end of mass, instead of tho Gospel of St, John. %& points out the great truth that faith itself is not eumlicient to salvation. We must have oll in our temps; we must have charity, This distinguishes the wise from the foolish virgins, according 10 the Church of God and the aocirine of Jesus Obrist, The doctrine of the blessed Saviour 13 ee et Se irgio wi eye peauturaicand Holy” virtue is dear tor tmose on earth, and will be recorded by the angel of Goa mm the Look of Life, 1t assimilates us to the angela @f God and makes us follow the Lamb whitherso- r he goeth. St. Agnes is an exumple of the a. ae bres! Angelica ane ‘stood Selore prefects aud laid down theu lives, pros Sisiwed—in te of flesh and biood—the beauty of , #esaa Christ’s instructions, Old and young, in all lasses of society, have shown ip a manner beau- ~ @ful and heavenly their love of caastity. Agnes had the accomplishments of life—all the beauties of -—an God, furthermore, graced her bigh in position, son vo the Prefect of , offered ber hou: jands, pleasure, to win Bosc, ogered tie may have ioett a cere, with the Sermon on Rev. 8 ity of a an. Agnes saw no beauty but the it and a ss ay eet iis byte in us fan mau an r eruciiixh could conceive of noth. ion, and superior, She sald to the young man:— re is one in whom you do not believe, and'He bas my affections.” No wonder that the Church should revere her simplicity, her youth her beautifu faith, ‘This light and love for our Jesus Unrist ate excluded and sct aside to-day By maoy, young and old, The prefect bad power in b city, iu the town and in the country over the ulprit as well as the innocent. Ho warned 168, Bow be could punish ber. She said she had but Jove, and that for ner Lord Jesus Christ. She ta faith, He ordered her to offer sacrifice before the shrine of the Vesial Virgin, Though. there is @omething grand and conovling in the holy virtue ‘@f Virgioity, which even pagans reverenved, as we infer irom the Vestal Virgins, the Brahmins the priests of Egypt, yet Agnes, at the begiu- of the fourii century, would not 1 hand to offer incense. How was ie Site We learn from the acts of Agnes, and whe people should know it for their jastruc- that iy What outrage! What mifamy! Yet a wwatiAl child because she loves God and knows t God is true despises her persecutors and “God will protect me.” See what lath, what want of fear, what an example to those tu the perils Of every day life! Jt is principle that gives strength to the beautiful Agnes, saying, “God will be my pro- teotor.” When men went with impure hearts pe her the light of tne Lord sbone round her, young mau who sought her in marriage iaugned @t others and dared to penetrate this light, but was struck viind, or, according to some, dead, Hisfather ‘gake this daugiiter o! purity how site was saved, and her prayers ynd intercession. God’s ways fo His sainis are worthy our consideration. jd though Agnes restores the son to the r she 18 condemned to die as @ sor- ooress. God who rules the elements prevented she fire from burning her beautifai body. One more cruel than the rest ended the days of Agnes by the €word. Now, Chrisan irtend, what a lesson! Have we been chaste and huly? Have we prayed to God in the Blessed Sacrament? Remember that Shey who leave father and mother and house and Some and [riends jor my sake shall receive an hun- red fold. Be faithful to rule, to law; be faithiul in mind as well as outwardly, Whether in married or Single life remember rule and law. Agnes, reared emong sg ee 1s @ model to all. She says:—"I Bave vowed my virginity to God; ho can defead 1t.’” While pagaus pass away the iife and acts and aame end jame of Agnes will be remembered forever; ‘will be revered by the Church, and will be a source @f holy. thoughts and congolations, Qld men, young men, old women, young women, remember e3, ‘Lat the father speak \o the son, the mother to the inter, the brother to the sister in the words of Go forth {rom this temple to-day aud re- member the exampic of Agnes, and may the grace God be with you all, in the name of the Father, So'ana Holy Ghost. Amen. — NEW JERSEY CHURCH4S. @RACE CHURCH (EPISCOPAL) JERSEY CITY. she was confined to a den of @ermon by the Rev. & M. Rice—The Men Brought to the Surface by Socinl Up- benvals. At the morning service in Grace church, Jersey Oy, the pastor, Rev. 8. M. Rice, preached from Matthew xvi, 15—“And Jesus saidunto them, Bus whom say ye that Iam?’ In these words yon and Jand all of us are asked what we have to say of Jesus Christ. Tho expression of our faith is de- manded. When we look back throngh the long line of history and see the names of men who have fig- ured prominently we must come to the canclusion ‘Seat they were the product and outgrowth pf the fumes and places in which they appeared. NAPOLEON Was the vroauct of tha / | city or county, from any ‘The Jews knew (0d a4 uo other people had known them the bat” Him, God made deposi- tories of They were the descend- ants of Abraham ‘and Jsaac and Jacob, Whea Moses presented wem with the tablets of stone which contained the law tmey found that the very first sentence was a declaration of whe jodness of God, ‘1 am the Lori thy God; thou shalt have no other God before me,” And 6o well did they keep this commandment, that when their city was environed by the Roman soldiers, and an attempt was made to set up the statue of the Roman emperor in the temple, the whole people rose up as one maa, and thes ty, hagas eae Mod on the spears and pikes of the soldiers, perrshing by thousav/ts Tather than it the desecration o! tne holy place. ‘Such were the people to whom Christ came. ‘The wide world offered no such improbable or impossi- [thon pe tp Lid pg mi nag Hits Leong al try among peopie is, sandy ti eee MYSTERY. When the moral philosopher: desires to under- stand the charaoter of a people in any particular community he selects those Women, Whose names are most on the Mps People, whose sayings and dolugs the public jour- Dalg record most frequently, He wili acccpt such ¥ Ne? nase to the moral health of the community, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT SEIZED by men for the purpose of plunder he will ask, what must be the parversien, of the moral seusi- ment, what the corruption of the judiciary ? When the woman taken in adult was brought before Christ He sala to the crowd “Let him who 18 {ree from sin cast the frst stone,” and presenviy they all stole away ignominiously. This conveys to our minds the state of morals among the Jews at this time. Jesus Christ and John the Baptisc Were not the outgrowth of those times. it was such men ag Herod and Pilate and Annas apd Calphas, Let us approach Napoleon, for jastance, and ask him, im the language of the text, Wnat say you qt Yourseli—what do youdemand? And he answers, ‘ “I DEMAND EMPIRES, ? ‘Ask Mohammed, and he will answer, ‘I demand tho keys of your city; I aemand tribute; take the Koran or death.” Gregory the Sevenih will tell you that he demands the eipe crown, the keys of tne king- dom of heaven and sapremacy over this world and tue next, Owsar demands the dominion of the World, But when we ask Jesus, He says, “I demand your love.” A most touching, unspeskabie love of our God, which stoops down to poor, weak man, Men do not demand love, but they seek rer power. Ci ied Christ, on vhe other hand, solicita only our love, and the least we can do is to. tender it to Him with our whole hearts and our whole souls. MUSIC IN WORSHIP. Lecture by Professor Tourjec, of Boston—A Praise Meetiag of Curistian Song. An immense audience asscmbled yesterday after- noon in the Alanson Methodist Episcopal church, Norfolk street, near Grand, for the purpose of hear- ing Professor Even Tourjec, of Boston, deliver his lecture on “Music in Worship,” The Professor began his remarks by. an allusion to the manner in which the MUSICAL PORTION OF THE CfURCH SERVIOB is conducted in the great majority of churches at the present time. We go to church and hear the minister give outa hymn, the words of which are as familiar to our ears as ourown name, and we naturally think, “Well, now, I shall have a chen-? to sing this, surely; but aim--+ velore these thoughts have had te ¢v creep through our brains the choir -«<€8 Up @ tune we never heard of hoste, and, a8 & rule, never care to hear again. By all means the congregation should be afforded AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE im the musical portion of the worship, It 1s true that in some churches the congregation are allowed an opportunity to sing once during the service; in others once a month. The Professor would not dis- nse With the choir by any means; but he woula fashion of aslowing the choir to jz. Tunes should be selected that le and familiar to the people, and should never be written higher than Dor fh. He HAD ATTENDED CHURCH IN BRRLIN during the Rae, 1863, and was never s0 much im- ed with the power of congregational singing ore. There was inthe church @ choir of 100 singers, but they did not monopolize the whole of the musical worship by any means. When the in Was giveu out and thé monster organ haa sounded the prelude ‘the choir sang the first verse by themselves, and were afterwards joined by the congregation and about FIFTEEN OB TWENTY BRASS INSTRUMENT@, Such music as was made there the speaker, declared he had never dreamed of bef 6 Could Dot re- tain bis seat, but rose to ni! ee while the cold contig streamed down his back and the tears burst irom his eyes, Unable to restrain himself—for the Music was moré like what one might expect in heaven than anything he could conceive of—he gathered =p his hat and leit the building. He Waited on the steps some minutes, but the singing being continued:be departed to his hotel, where he at once formed @ determination to batile in the fu. ture for @ reorganization of our syetem of musical worship. The children, the Professor said, must be taught to sng. They are in Germany, and we ali know what a land of song that 13 in consequence. {np this country, however, it did seem to him that the divine injunction, “FEED MY LAMBS,’’ had been almost wholly forgosten. And then, too, we are in need of betver tunes than we now have, He objected to very much Of the secular music now in vogue, saying that it was far more like.y 10 move @ boy’s hecls than hig heart, In most of our churches WE WANT MORE ORGAN, and besides this wo want, ay in Germany, the organ assisted by brass instruments. It is oniy prejudice which prevents our having brass instruments, and this prejudice should be overcome. Al the conclusion of the speakor’s remarks he an- nounced his intention of conducting for a few min- utes a praise meeting of Christian song, and to this end had circulated among the congregation small slips containing @ number of well kuowi songs, He first requested all to sing the familiar old hymn commencin, Nia, snstutin tats fs breaking, ‘The darkness disappears; and imagine the surprise of many when they were Jomed by five or six brass instrumenis, all veing “touted” on to the fullest extent of the ability of the blowers, but all blending most beautifully with the voices of the singers, Several hymns, including “Nearer to Thee,” . “Watchman,” “Jesus paid it all,” ‘‘ttebron,’’ “I love to tell the story” and others were sang in rapid succession and with most excel- lent eifect, the brass instruments and the organ ac- companying in each case, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CHARTER. Designation of the Trustees of City and County Property—Punishment of Trustees. The following has been proposed by the Commit- tee of Seventy, as supplementary to that alreauy published :— AN AOT concerning the responsibility of certain city and county oflicers of the city and county of New York. ‘The peopie of the State of New York, represented In Sen- ate and Assembly, do enact as follows :— SECTION 1.—Tne Mayor, the Board of Aldermen of the city of New York and’ the several members thereof, the Board of Supervisors of the county of New York and the several members thereof, and every oflicer or board of officers of the said ‘city or county, are hereby declared trustees of the property, funds and effects of the sald city or county respectively, 80 far as auch property, funds and effects are or may be com- mitted to their iy, management or control; and every ran residing 1m sald city, aud assessed to pay taxes erein, who has paid or shall be called upon to pay taxes er fs hereby declared to be & cetus que respect ‘sald property, funds and effects; and 4 co-trustees any such cestui que trust shall bo entitled, as against such trustees, and in regard #, to all the rights and on behalf of any co-trustee, or conus que trust of any trust whatsoever, to prosecute and maintain any «ction to prevent waste and iojury to any such property, funds and estato so hei trost, and to recover, for and on bebalf ot said person oF corporation, any such property, [unds and effects that may bave been fraudulently remedies provided by in Or without lawful authority disposed of or misapplied by avy such trustee, or through his negligen to be no dis- posed of and misapplied. Such t hereby made subject to all the duties and respo ed by law ‘on trustees, and sich duties an en force | by any co-trustes or erstui fd. In ‘and all such action or actions the trust, hall bring the same in of New York, in addition to his or thelr own nd, if necessary, he may make the Attorne: oh action, either as plaintiff or defendani he sald Attorney Danie or names General a party to au and the court may, of its own motion, or: general to be Feed @ party in alike manner when bis pres- ence is reqnisite id or complete determination of the es, involved jn such action; and the recovery therein, Wf in favor of the plaintit, shail be in favor of said city; and all such actions when at fesue shall have preference 1 other actions om tbe calendar the Cor be same may, be pending; provided y action instle tuted by authority of this ‘on motion of defendant or defendants 11 Coste be not fled with the Clerk of ake” Oourt bythe plateCie ater ihe service of the suminons, ‘pay and fect! except ihe Revised is “t with the provisior tue ‘pa deterienntd fe paymnent of latory of the same, so tat as te declared to be w trustee of the fects of such oF count; it Any, Htabiliy oF cbilgation cf or county 4 Ad oF count se Oe ete +m Degligent obligation to pe person shall for the purposes of (hia fo ugice, and sball be subject to the provision as if frat 1y, and without lawful author- ity, disposed of or mi OF nogligentiy suffered to ai agoard of or misappll '¥, funds or effects of aad city or gouniy, tionasy times whion_| “deo. if the tp tion math din Hine i detclesdaannty defenses sc fetes, shall be recovered ist the ing! lainiia or ve whose instance such action or act! ft or are bro it no coats gained city oF 60 iy) nor ‘guinat the "people oft ie Staten 4 This act aball jake offeot immediatedy, THE LEGISLATIVE «PRINTING. ee AN ALBANY TAMMANYISM. The State Organ of the Moral Re- formers Taking a Dip Into the Public Treasury. How the People are Robbed by the Saints. A Steal of $180,000 for Extra Printing in One Session by a Single Firm. Nearly Half a Million a Year for State Printing. ALBANY, Jan. 19, 1872, The Legislative printing business has been for a bamber of years one of the ‘biggest things” to be found at the State capital, and the secrecy and se- curity with which so maguificent a swindie has been carried on will, no doubt, be a matter of sur- prige to those who are unacquainted with the man- ner 1a which it-is worked, As the present Legisia- ture was elected on reform principles, and as tne Assembly, at least, has been orgamized under tue espectal banner of honesty and economy, it 1s de- desirable that the members in general, and the Speaker in particular, should be afforded some in- sight into as barefaced a robbery of the State Treas- ury as any ever committed by the Tammany thieves upon thy Treasury of the city ot New York. THE MODUS OPERANDI is simple enough and can ‘be readily explained. The rival political organs in Albany occasionally abuse each other ina Pichwickian manner, but on the subject of the public printing they are as amiable and as loving as turtie doves in the spring, It has deen @ matter of surprise to the uninitiated thatthey never quarrél over the spoils or charge each other with extortion, avarice or corruption in Teference to the jobs which one or the other manages to get through the Legislature, according as the complexion of the Houses may be demo- cratic or republican, The reason ts that they have @ perfect understanding, and satisfy themselves with their several shares in the stealings, Thus, when one gets the contract for printing—for tne printing is nominally done by contract—the other goes in for the “extras,” and in the end the spotis are said to be about equalized between them. with @ sop to the other Albany papers to au "4st suvuLns ANd stop ADV H=wieenamt ansurIUS, THE EXTRA OR OUTSIDE JOBS are managed as follows:—The Legisiative printing is done by contract, but the contract is made to read that the work done shall be for the use of the Legislature, A long billis introduced, and a mem- ber rises and moves that two or three hundred coptes bo printed “for the information of members.’ That is regaraed as outside the cositract. A report, au investigation, or petitions or testimony accom- panying a billis ordered printed for the use or ine formation of Stave officers or any other parties, and all this 1s outside the contract. In a bundred dif ferent ways these jobs are got up and members vote for them, and for ali mapner of useless books and stupid reports—some without any thought that they are throwing away thousands of dollars of the pub- lic money, others out of friendliness to the printer, who 18 certain to cover all the members of the printing committees with thick layers of soft soap, and others from more questionable motives, THE AMOUNT OF PLUNDER thus secured is inconceivable to those who are not familiar with the barefaced greediness engenderea by contact with the State Legislature. Tne Albany Evening Journal 1s naturally and legitimately a lobby concern, since its originator was the Father of the Lobby, and its columns were used in its earliest days vo foster that now powerful institution into existence, The practice of selling to the Staie year after year old worthless books, printed irom lithograpned plates, with a few pages added, und charging for them year after year as new publica- tions, originated with that concern, and has been 4 PROLIFIC SOURCE OF PROFIT to ita proprietors for years, Red Books, clerks’ manuals, civil liste, Oroswell’s manuais, super- visors’ manuals, Jefferson’s manuals, poor law manuals, town clerks’ manuals, worn out law books and numerous other rubpishing old swindles come under this head of stealings session after ses- sion in the most shameless manner, while every year some such outrageous robbery as a digest of claims for the last haif century, meteorological ob- servations for twenty years back, or something else of a similar character, 1s ordered ly the Legislature, ana away go twenty or thirty thousand dollars at a slap out of the public Treasary into the pockets of an Albany publisher. THE REGULAR CONTRACT for Legislative printing is now held by the Argus Company, and the amount is $60,000 for the session. The contract for department printing 1s held by the Evening Journal proprietors, Wee, Parsons, Daw- son and Ten Eyck. But outside these, inthe sup- ply bill of inst year, 1871, the latter firm received from the State through the medium of that useful omnibus nearly ONE HUNDRED AND RIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for printing and worthless books 10 a single session. ‘The items ag they appear in the supply bill _to the credit of Weed, Parsons & Co., (the “Co.” being George Dawson, who runs the Legislature, and Philp Ten Eyck) or under the name of John D, Parsons, Jr. (which is the same frm under a film- sy disguise fo cover up the whole amount of plun- der irom the prying eye of the public), are as Jol- lows:— SUMS PAID TO WEED, PARSONS & CO. UNDER THE SUPILY BILL OF 1871. d maps Printing nnd binding schoo. regiata Punts and binding proceedings of University Convo- ¥ For tnirty-two extra ma (a ateal of $64 over the regular price). For 1,00) copies report of Superintendent Insurance... Printing and binding 1,000 copies of meteorological ob- servations wave slace 1860 (over. $11 apiec Printing and binding 80 copies in to Dui scripts tn Secretary of State's ofl Two thousand five hundred and twenty cop Insurance Reports (about $6 apiece), Printing for St. Commission on Prison Labor, Three bundred and ninety-five Legislative M clerks and messengers For Wade's Poor Laws Printing and binding 1, port. Legisiative Manual For deduction made on thelr account tion, extra corrections, stereoiyp vraphing (n steal out of whole cloth). ai soin'D. Parsons, Jr. (ame firm, under covery for ‘Supervisors’ and Town Clerks’ Manuals, 1,985 copies of 4 number no! copies Auditor’ For 1,983 Supervis each, 1871... For 1,468 Cook's Highway Laws.. Total. 17,822 These items. 1t will be understood, are patd in the Supply Bill, the refuge for the destitute, where ouly claims of a certain claracter and of no character at all are huddled together and crowded tarouga in the last hours of the session. Jn addition to these the Compiroiler's report shows that Weed, Parsons & Co. received tor Manuals, &c., $50,674, making the whole amount of sveaiings, mainly for vid rubbish, OVER TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS in a single session. But this 13 only an item in the mount of which the people of ine State are de- frauded under the head of public printing, books and documents. In addition, the war ala tive printing, Which is now done by the Argus Vom- pany, amounts on an average for the last three years to $150,000 @ year, which, it 18 just to say, 1g @ saving of $100,000 @ year from prior years, when the contract was in other hands. The regular department printing, done by the same firm of Weed, Parsons & Co., averages in the neighbor- hood of $76,0008 year. "Hence we have tne euor- mous amount of OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND FIPTY THOUSAND DOL- LARS drawn from the State Treasury for books and print. ing in @ single year. Competent judges decia that the eutiro State departmental and leg! lative printing 1s not honestiy worth over $175,000 a rear, leaving & handsome profit to tho printers. We ave, therefore, A-OLBAR STBaL of about $275,000 a yecr finding its way mainly into the pockets of Weed (tue venergbie Thurlow’, Par- sons, Dawson and Ten iy hi In addition to tne amounts contained ya ihe Hupply bill of last year to the credit of ibis firm there 18 aiso an apparently OPEN LICENSE YOR FURTHER PLUNDER, which, Uf not am intentions) jrand. at loast nepds , actual value was recel ‘planation. Some time ago, on the 7th of April 1871, the princes estublishment of Weed, Parsons & Co. was destroyed by 0 in the supply bill of year appears the following Loree nd eel ance In adjusting the account between me said Wi ® Ce Ce allow apd pay fret for ail complerad’ wore” which they bave notited the Secretary of State op cee ollicers who was for ‘very, by fire thelr Taoa is ‘had eon delivered Weed, Parmus y Co. aro. here to dnpiloate all Stata work, arresied or desiroyed and not de, ey Ea bs 8 ‘And the account terefor. shall be fetiieds adjusted and paid tary to pay the amse'seall Getakes Trent ave opprepristion mai@or to be made for Logisiative priouing. ver ‘This appears to open the door for an unlimited amount of oxtra claims, and as the present Comp- troller 19 @ political assoclate of the Albany firm it will be well to waicu the appro riauuons of the present year closely for further spolla- tion under thie head, im addition the amounts set forn tn last year’s Supply bill— A BOLD ATTEMPY AT ANOTHER BIO JOB— was made at the close of tne session, which for- tunately tated in consequence of @ quarrel in the ing.” Aresolution was concocted between cer- tam persons in interest, ordering @ vast nOt- ber of copies of an old law book to be distri. buted among the school districts of the State. It was a “big thing,” in which a well known law »ook firm and Weed, Parsons & Vo. were in ‘‘cahoot,’? and would have made a fresh dip into the Treasur; to the amount of forty or fifty thousaud dollars. It only fated, finally, about @ quarter of av bour be- fore the tinal adjourament. The members—or at least the new ones—may not be aware of one artful dodge by which the no- twrious MANUAL AND CIVIL LIST SWINDLES are enormously Increased in a very quict manner, When the members ot the Senate and Assembly vote themscives @ certain numoer of manuals and civil lats the same number are held to be appro» Priated to every State oficer. Under this Fong the State officers are made to in- clude all the canal oficei appraisers, &c., and hence the Legislature actually votes away nearly double the number that many of the members sup- Pore, There ts a general belief among the initiated ‘hat in many inetaaces, both with memoers, viticers, reporiers, &c., the books are not received at all Lom the printer, but a CONSIDERATION IN MONEY accepted instead. ‘rus a person entitled to afty Red Books receives say $25 instead from the printer, and the State is charged $60 or $100, as the case may be, for the same, hether this rumor be true or false, it 18 certain that tne publishers make @t lcast titty per cont clear profit ont of ali the books, prinied from old stereotype plates, that are supplied by Legislative order. The excuse generally made on the floor for the ordering of manuals and Civil lists 18 that they contain information cheap at the price and valuable tor school district libraries, &c. But, considering that the books contain the same information over and over agata, and that MILLIONS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO THE STATE since tne job was first concocted, every school dis- trict horary and every junk shop in the State 1s now compietely flooded with them. ‘The present reform Legisiature may be expected to put its foot down on these rascally jobs, and the Speaker in spectal, who 13 regarded as a warm partisan and proiegé of the republican State paper, the Avening Journal, belonging 10 realty to Weed, Parsons & Co., will have an opportunliy to show his inde. pendence and honesty by ruling all resolations ordering extra prinuing or books out of order. He has already taken this groaud upop the smail ial .BPERS AND PAGES, EATRA CLERKS, DOORKE slavet duc rae Legisiature has ne And has declare Ot expense I tie wor eee ployés beyond the amount to which the law limits them. Now the Leyisia:ive printing is supposed to be done under contract, ‘Ine contract is held by the Argus Company at £55,000 a year. Under Speaker Smith's ruling the Legisiature has no right to order @ dollar’s worth of printing or a single book not covered by this contract, aud, of course, he will not decide one way in the case of the poor messenger boys aad another in the instance of the weaithy printing firm who have received hundreds of thou- sands oi dollars from the State already for their worthless trash, It would be well for AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTER to be raised at once to inquire what amount of ved by the State for the $190,000 appropriated to Weed, Parsons & Co. in the Supply bill of last year, and also to adopi a resolu- ton without delay deciaring that NO MOTIONS T) ORDER BOOKS or pamphlets or for any extra prinung whatsoever shall be received from members or irom the Print. ing Committee this session. Already one manual resolution has been introduced, and this will no doubt be the entering wedge for the old scheme of plunder unless the honest reformers take a siand Against tt at once. IMPORTANT TO DRUGGISTS AND PRESORIP- TION CLERKS, To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— Would you have any objection to calling the atten- tion of the seven hundred to eight hundred drag- gists and prescription clerks of this city who have Just complied with the recent law by passing examinations, obtaining lcenses and paying their Jees, to the fact that a few disaifected ones are vigorously pressing tor a new law, involving new payments and re-examinations, and that wiiess ‘they bestir themselves it will be passed in the Senate this week? R New Yons, Jan. 20, 1872. To He EDIroR OF THE HERALD:— Lateiy there havé appeared in several of the pa- pers 10 this city some few notices concerning the druggists and drug clerks, It is a subject that the public shoulda be more fully posted on than they are, as nons in the community are not interested in it, The Legislature of this State passed a law last ses- sion authorizing the appointment of a Board of Ex- amination for the druggists aud drug clerks for the city of New York. The appointment of this Boara was confided to the Mayor of the city, and a most excellent and unexceptional selection he made, The gentlemen who accepied the onerous positions are:—Professor Doremus, Theobald Frowhein, Wil- liam Graham and ©, M. O'Leary, with Louis G. Branda a3 secretary. Certainly tne pubiic cannot deny the competency of the four first named gen- Uemen who composed the Board of Examination in the different branches necessary for an applicant to be fitted as a dispenser of drugs No one can doubt that the Board is composed of as bigh talent as any in the city. As soon as the Board was organized and the druggists and drug clerks were notified of the fact and the time appolutea for tne examination to take place a large proportion of these gentlemen #0 notified ane themseivese and passea the examination imposed upon them, These gentlemen so examined have now their certificates authorizing them to seil drugs under the provisions of the law. In the hands of any of these it is sate for tho pnbiic to entrust the compounding of their prescriptions, and these are the ones who should be protected by the public at large. There is, however, an attempt being made by @ number of persons in the eame business, who have either failed to pass the required examination or were doubtful if they could pass or not, and others who, for some reasons best known to themselves, were prejudiced against the law, that have petitioned the Legisiature to repeal the Jaw of March 28, 1871, and substitute another, which will have the tendency vf keeping in the profession a large class oi Incompetent persons and perpetu- ating that immense quantity of ignorance which this law was framed for the purpose of ridding the proiession of. It doubtiess will appear to the readers of this article that, Inasmuch as upwards of half the druggists and drug clerks came forward and were examined, paid the tax 1mposed upon them of $30 and $10 respectively, that the other Lalf must have had some good reason which was in all proba- bility, to say the least, @ very questionable knowl- edge of the business, Every one has occasion to trust Inmself to the apothecary more or less often, and when we consider how slight @ mistake couid bring grief m a family, it would seem that to keep the law in force would be a universal desire. The examination, moreover, of the soard, although suMicientiy thorough to insure com- petent men aloue the dispensing of drugs, sull it was not of that rigid nature to exclade men who had devoted some attention to the study of their profession; and not only this, but when an applicant presented himself and found unable to pass he was notified of tne fact, and also of the particular branch in which he failed, and given thirty days to study upon what he was defi- cient, and requested to appear again. In addition to these Dr. Doremus offered a free admission to his lectures on chemistry to aid them in the prosecution of studies so necessary to the pharmaceutist. ONE WHO HAS PASSED THE BOARD. GOURT CALENDAAS--THIS DAY. SurreMe CoURT—Caampens—Held by Juage Barrett. —a03. 9, 8 ot Ohh 69, 62, 72, 76, 78, 84, 87, 89, 9 » 97, 98, 99, 10% Soanenie ‘vanM—Held by, Judges Ingraham, Barnard and Cardozo,—Nos. 5, 60, 72, 234, 236, 237, 238, 280, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 260, 251, 262, ie | 254, 266, 36, 253, 269, 260, ‘cincuit—Part 1—Held by Judge Van Brant,— Nos, 6144, 217, 467, 76, 937, 281, 1013, 633, 1036, 1037, 1088, 1041, 1043, 1045, 1047, 1049, 1061, 1063, 1067, OUERRIOR CournT—TriaL TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Freedman.—Nos. 901, 903, 905, 907, 909, 11, 586, 979, 805, 1283, 1203, 707, 1877. 1409, 1411, 1413, 227, 619, 1675, 1077, 895, 969 Part 2—Held by Judge Monell:—Nos. 1008, 760, $32, 888, 960, 038, 1170, 874, 1072, 1078, 980, 244, 724, 1900, 782, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TeERM—Part 1—Held py Judge Larremore.—Nos. 1143, 689, 1144, FI, 108g, TORE Nhs 28%), S4Ny 10R, AE, Os 86t9 26Ny 1063, 369, MaRINE COURT—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Spaulding.—Nos, 7788, 7810, 7 1038, 7388, 7732, 7612, 7821, 7823, 7824, 7826,"1826, 1827, 7828, 7830. Part 2—Hela by Judge Grosy,—Nos, 7367, ', 8064, 8499, 7607, 7391, 7336, 7812, 7813, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817» 7818, 7819. Part 3—Held by Judge Joacnimsen.— Nos, 8263, 8619, 8620, 7309, 8624, 7407, 86.5, 8626, 8627. UNITAD. STraras DisTRIcT CouRT—IN ADMI- BALTY.—NOS, 94, 81, 43, 8, 90, 124, 127, WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. The Navy Department and the Southern Coast Defences. THE GOSPORT NAVY YARD. Converting the Yantie and Other Vessels. Fortress Monroe—Armament, &c., To Be Improved. RECONSTRUCTING THE RIP RAPS. Spanish War Fever Among the Officials, Hay- ing Its Inspiration in Washington. WHAT HAS YET TO BE DONE. PortsuouTH, Va., Jan, 19, 1872. Quite an unusual activity prevails at the navy Yard at this place at present; indeed, there seems more life about the establishment just now than at any time since the war, but whether 1¢ is due to any anticipated con fict upon the “high seas,” or is the resait of a prudential or economical policy of the administration to keep the navy in proper trim, 1s altogethér a matter of conjecture to everybody here. Certain of the highest officials in naval circies here aasure your correspondent, candidly and freely, that if there ia “‘anytbing in the wind” of a warlike nature it 1s kept moat scrupulously secret at the Naxy Department. Hundreds of workmen havo been taken in the yard recently, and the most encouraging hopes are indulged in for a busy season here for the next several months, A few days since certain of the principal officials of the yard were sammoned to Washington post haste, and while there every inquiry was made at the department concerning the general condition of the yard and the tmmediate necessity of having the large dry docks here vacated and made ready for any emergency that might arise. The suppost- lion is that the exigency siluded to respecting the dry docks meant the fitting of THE IRON-CLAD3 MONTAUK AND MAHOrAo for service In the waters of the West Indies, At all avanta, tha mins -—4 nowerfil Standish, belonging to the yard, was despatched t8 Washtuy- ton on Thursday, to tow the said tron-clads down Ohesapeake Bay, and thelr arrival here is now‘! hourly expected. Aseries of immense oaken chocks (technically called cradles) have been erected in the pit of the dry dock on which to rest the monitors, This precautionary arrangement is rendered neces. sary on account of their enormous top weight, Be- sides the monitors now on thelr way two others from League Island are expected here at an early day to. be repaired and fitted out for efMictent service in Cuban waters, Other vessels are also very soon expected on this station, The second class sixteen-gun ship Worcester, flagship of Adubiral 8. P, Lee, OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, will reach here from Bos‘on in a few days to reccive her coal and store supplies and awalt orders, The frigate’Guerrlere, of the European squadron, is now en route to Norfolk direct, and having been much damaged by @ disaster in the Mediterranean she will be laid up at the yard for very extensive re- pairs, if in the opinion of the Board of Survey sne is worth it, The frigate Congress, of the same class ‘aa the Worcester, has been ordered here from the West Indies to be inspected and overhauled and to Surgeon—N, L, Bator, Assistant Surgeon—Willlam B, Davis. Naval Constructor—J. W. Easby. Assistant Constructor—G, R, Boush, Civil Engineer—William M. Spear. Paymaster—George L. Lavis. Assistant Paymaster—George H. Baughman. f mn of Provisions and Clothing. —Paymaster, William A. Whatmore. p fenteeodean, McManus, Joho Odenhall andG. HL per. Apothecary—H, H. Dinning. bs Commander of Marines—Brevet Lieutenant Colo¢ nel Charles Hey wood. ,} wrt Lieutenants—N. L, Nokes and John 0% organ. (| Second Lieutenants—S, W. Quackenbush and Frank Scott. OFFICERS OF RECRIVING SHIP, Captain—Kilas K. Owen. paecutie Opicer—Lieutenant Commander C, He av Liewenant—J. E. Naell. Masier—B, 8. Richards, sw T, 0, Walton, Paymasier—L. Q, Billl is Males—W,. N. Smith, J. Potterand George Sands ¥ORT NORFOLK, Keeper of the Magazine—George Sirian. ' After an inspection of the navy yard here and Fort Norfol« 1 went to FORTRESS MONROR j and found that the Spantsh war fever had not yet reached that point, the only indication of bene the fact that Major General Wiliam F. Barry, the Commantant, had been ordered to New Yor! to consult with the Boara of Engineers, as already, reported in the HERALD, on the subject of fortifica-| tions and coast detences, The General has just ree turned from that duty, and I understand there are to be some radical changes introduced here, and thé work ig to be commenced forth with and pushed to Tapld completion, All the old style CANNONS AND GUN CABRIAGES now mounted at the fort are to be taken down ang their places supplied with twelve-inch rifted guns and fifteen and twenty inch smooth bore, is class of ordnance is the largest manufactured In tha country, ana by repeated tests m conjunction with our best modern artillery been pro- nounced the most serviceable for the fort. It will cause a reat change in the gan carriages and iiorms, and although there may not be room for so many of this largem class of guns, yet they will be much more effectiva than the present guns mounted here, The € Department are building some platforms for fittee: inch guns, and they are models of engineering skills They are built of granite, carefully cemented, tha Pintle stone alone weighing twelve tons, ‘The carriages upou which ‘THESE VIFTEEN-INCH GUNS are mounted ure ponderons efairs, and have to bd constracved with the greatest micety je ce @ single weak poimt would spoil the whole jody When 1t ts stated that the gan weighs about tweaty< five tons the strength of the carriage and platioruy can be Imagined, one of these guns while the shot weighs pounds, When they are fired at an angle of thi or forty degrees it ig well calculated to teat tn qualities of the carriages and platforms, and unle: they are up to the standard something will give way. Although this fort has been built for over fifty yeara yet there has never been any permanent built for the men, ‘The buildings now occupied are long wooden ones, which were built in the early part of the war. Upon General Barry’s recommens dation, new barracks of brick and iron are to bé’ erected during the coming summer, ‘They will be built after the most improved style, and will pro» sent @ much better appearance than those now ia use. AT THE RIP RAPS Work ia ata standstill, an:t has been so for over. g Trak. Pineipally {rom MARMUGAMY dp (6 the stands urd by the Engineer Department, and 1t 1s thought that gome bei plan will be adopted in regard it before long. is oric fort 13 built entirely ol brick and grautcs, Which belore the war was con- sidered the best material in use; but sad experience has since shown Ils weakness, and on this aecoun’ the work was suspended, The entire force now om duty ot this most important coast defence is three men, who act as watchmen: sad commentat' upon tne liberality of @ government whic! daily squanders so muc' Tne lower row of casemates upon the channel front are almost cous, pleted, and in case of a war with Spain forty or flity guns could be placed in position there m a week, which, ether with the guns of Fortress Monroe, would make the passage of the Roads an extremeig aificult task. : , ARMAMENT AT FORT MONROBs / ‘There is but one 20-1nch gun at Fort Monroe, and it 13 hot mounted, It weighs 116,100 pounds, or about fifty-seven tons, and is the largest im tha United States, while there are over a dozen 15-inc guns, all mounted, In addition to thesa there is a@ large number of rifead and smooth-bore guns mouuted of the manand Parrot class, that would do fearful execution in case of ab emergency. Just outsid of the moat at Fortress Monroe ts one of the tines and most complete works, known as the water bai tery. It covers the tort om the seaside and mounted with 10-inch guus on the latest improved jron carrti There are forty of these guns in pox, sition, and the class is drilled on them every day., The accuracy of the firing and the rapt or) which the guns aro handled ts astonishing. await orders, ‘The Congress was last reported in Port au Prince, whither she went to convoy the steamer Hornet to the United states. She Is ex- pected in the Roads in a day or two. It is unques- tonably true that the before-mentioned vessels are ordered here, and it is asserted as very probable that the second class frigate Powhatan (sidewheel), | which has been laid up at the Philadelphia yard for the last two years, will be sent here to have her bottom overhauled and to compiete repairs which were projected a good while ago. THE RECONSTRUCTED YANTIC. Last week whe greatest imaginable hurry, in con- sequence of peremptory orders from Washington, ‘was manifested in urging forward work on the fourth-rate ship Yantic, which has been in process of reconstruction in the dry dock for the last six or seven months. This vessel is only the Yanuc in name, Ayearago, probably, the Yantic was con- demned as being no longer serviceable. Under the head of repairs she was broken up and her keel only reserved, and on this diminutive remnant a stately ship has been erected, and is now about half finished. The new Yantic is a superbly modelled ship, and in construction and rig will be so exactly like the Saco that I imagine it will bea matter of no little diMiculty to distinguish them apart. When orders were received to hurry up work on the Yan- tic the services of every available workman tn the city were obtained, and at the present time the scene of bustie and activity around the ship is a picture of incessant and laborious indugtry seldom if ever before witnessed in a navy yard. About five hundred workmen are variously employed around the vessel, and when her bottom is coppered she will be remcved to one of the yard wharves and the work of reconstruction completed afloat. I noticed Constructor Easby In the docks in person superintending operations on the Yantic. GOSPORT NAVY YARD, more familiarly known as Norfolk Navy Yard, al- though it 1s on the other side of the river a miie dis. tant ,has been steadily increasing in strength and Capacity since the war, and may now be ranked among the largest naval establishments of the coun- uy. Within the last year of two some of tie most powerful machinery inanufactured in this or any other country has been brought here and put up, ready to be used when necessary on the most colossal works. The spacious sliopy are ail in perieot trim, and every facility knowa to tne science Of mechanics 18 at hand to accelerate the construc. tion or repair of vessels. 1t would be safe to assert that 1N TBE EVENT OF WAR ten thousand men couid be employed here and* worked to advantage. in point of territory the yard ts the largest in the world, except Greenwich, Engiand, and by the recommendauons to Congress, Teporied' by a board of inspection sent here by the Navy Department, a short time since, the limits of the yard are to be considerably amphfied and its capacity mcreased by the construction of rolling mills and additional dry docks. Opposite Gosport Navy Yard Is St. Helena, the ordnance depot, and uboit a mile distant on the north side of the Eliza: beth River 1s Fort Norfolk, where are iocated the gpacious powder magazines of the station, Fort jorfoik 18 @ beauusul place and well cured for vy the goverument. VESSELS AT THE YARD. The following vessels are now lying at the yard:— The New Hampshire, &@ ponderous, old-fashioned ship of the line, is very serviceable as the receiving emp of the station, The frigate st. Lawrence 1s used exclusively as the marine barracks, on board of which there are some seventy-five men quai- tered. The Swatara, fourth class (screw), laid up imordinary. ‘Ihe sioop-ofwar Savannah, last in service as schoolship, laid up in ordinary, The sloop-ol-war Macedonian, lately schoviship, laid up i ordigary. | The Saraioga, lately apprentice ship, laid op in ordinary. The fourth rate steamer Galena, of Fort Darling fame, 1s at present anchored ta the stream. The department has ordered the re- building of this vessel, but out of six cargoes of live Oak, shipped irom Mosquito inlet, Fla., to be used IM reconstructing her, only two have ever reached tnis yard. The skeleton of the Quinnebaug 1s on the ways, but a fragment of her timber was taken to Phuadelpnia several months since, and | learn sie is now being rebullt there. There are several large tugs lata up here, which, from their neat aud udy appearance, seein to be well preserved. . OFFICERS OF THR YARD. The following is a complete hist of the oMcers on duty here:— commandant—Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, Executive Oficer—Captain George H. Cooper, Inspector of Or dnance—Captain J. EB. Janett. Navigation Oficer—Commander Francis H. Baker. ween Opicer—Lieutenant Vommander Byron ison. Assisiam Lguipmens Oficer—Lieatenant Com- mander G. K, Haswell. cer of Tugs—Lieutenant O. W. Farenhott, aid to Execative. conics Engineers—Hi, H. Stewart; Francis 0, Wade, inspector of macbinery afloat. ‘Second assisiant Engincers—A, ©, Engard, Wil Mam L, Bailey and J. Q A, Ford. guns all have graduated sights, and the charge of. powder is #o fixed that they can tell to a nicety just where the shot will fall, ‘They have aiso a very nna instrument for testing the initial velocity of shot. I ig worked by electricity, Ou the same principle Benton's electro-palistlc machine, and determineg accurately just how fast the shot is travelling. THE RELIEF FOND FOR CHICAGO. Subecriptior Thro the Unfted States Legation at Madrid, Spain. Unitep States Legation, MaDBID, Dec. 20, 1871, Pape tows Esq., Treasurer Chicago Relief Fund, New ‘ork :— f S1R- On the 4th of this month a performance was given af the Royal Opera House in this city, under the patronage of the King and Queen, the Cabinet Ministers and many promi- nent persons, in aid of the Chicago Rellef Fund, The prompt manner in which Ge! I Sickles’ suggestion of the advisa- bility of undertaking such « benefit was responded to by this government and the influential portion of Madria society, makes it, to @ certain extent, national demonstration of sympathy. vowing. to asevere attack of illness, which confined me to my bed for two weeks, there has been ‘some delay in culiecte. ing all the contributions promised, and it was not until yesterday that the final payment of $300 on the part of ‘Couneil of Ministers was received, Gn the Iéth inst, 1 balanced accounts fp to that time, and! found a net result of 80,103 reales vellon, amounting, af ‘the exchange of fifty pence to the Spanish doilar, to £313 ‘ils. sterling, I accordingly sent you ® telegram by cable, which the following 1s a transcript :— A. A. Low, New York—Draw on Barings, London, £314, proceeds of Chicago concert here. ADEE: Charge d'Affaires, Madrid, ame date I advised Messra. Haring Brothére action and placed the sum of £3 at their disposal to meet your draft. ‘The furtuer and final contribution of 6,000 reals vellom yes terday reccived m: ao additional remittance necessary, T beg lo subjoin a sketch accouat showing receipts and penditares as per vouchers encioyed:— ‘eal eotP he ‘Total receipts at the oper: Sold by Aveo, 149 stalls. Soild by Adee, 37 boxes,.. Contributions recelved. Total..... Expenses as per voucher Thi Pi aidditional sum of £62 18, 3, aisposition of dessre, Baring Brothers & Co. to meet your draft upon them for that amount, and nere\)y authorize and request you to value upon them at three days’ sizbt for the above sum, in aadition tothe previous televraphic authorization, to draw for il4 sterimg. the re, this erling at In thus fullling the agreeable duty of making known the earnest response made by Madrid to Chicago's Appeal for aid L deem tt not improper to mention soine of the larger donations received by me. IIs Majesty gave $1,000, while ag contributed by each jgbt Cabinet Minias ters, General Sickles contributed a Mr. Sagai 3 the Duke of Valencia, $20; Mr. Sidiey W. Mason, of Phiiu- delphla, $20, ana various other donations of smaller sums, in tidition to’ the price of seats, were received from pur- rf. owners requested Mr. John W, (*Shea, banker, of this city, to examine and verify my accounts, anit take {his opportue nity to exprees.my erasiitie to him for Chia kind Asslatance, ir, Very respeetfully, evant deities Feet A. AUGUSTUS ADEE, United jen Charge d' Affaires, dl interim. Accounta examined and approved, Madrid, December 20, 1871, —Joun W, O'SBA, Mr. A. A. Low, treasurer cf the committee appointed by amber ot Coinmerce for the relief of the sulferers by @ Northwest, reporis the receipt of the following addistonal sasoriptions since January 5 up to and inclusive of Jan ry V7, Patrick Flayfalr, chairman of the Glaszow Relist Fund for the aulferera by fires fa Michigan, Wis. | consin and Minnesota, throngh i, D. Morgan & Co.85,316 81 From Amaterdam, tntoty ‘& W. Seligman & for Cificago, #65, go! fi the ¢ the fires at Chicago and ‘$300, gold, through’ same fir 41 77 Janu Vv. eir Royal Hig! Pi of the Netheriands, through Hie Minister resident at’ Washington, R. ge, 5M) guilders 218 20 ©. M. Weisted, London, thro pepe Re ne ‘& 00 Proceeds of concert at Madrid, of the King and Queen and Cabin other promine i persons, throu > Charge d’Aflacres, £37654—-at 109% a I Through J. & W. Sell 6, guld—at I Previously reported. tal by Chamber of Commerce Committee bay eztv so H023,640 72 A MELANCHOLY AFFAIR. Another Shooting Case ta Brooklyn. Mrs. Ann Backley, who resides at 139 Mrytle avenue, was accidentally enot by her son Alfred at one o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. John Buckley, Sr., keeps a saloon at the avove place, and his son ‘Alfred is employed as clerk, Shortly after he had closed the place yesterday morning Mrs, Buckley came into the saloon and was standing near the eounter, when a pistol which her son was examin- fr, and the ball entered ner eye, The phy- 10g mre endeavored to extract the bail, but were un- able to int it. It 1s beheved the wound will resuls fatally. The young man was deeply affecied, and went to the Fourth precinct station. where he stata the case and gave himeeit ap,