The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1872, Page 5

ts and thi s rah and ie privilege now pot. ve ordeal he amended charter was submitted to the tod November 3, and rejected by tne following “VOTR ON THR CHARTER, NOVEMBER, 1846, For the amendments ... . 5,863 Against the amendments » 7,195 fs cap eg eo SE . +++ 1,333 week had e’apsed between the submitting of the amendments and the day of elec- on, the result was that only about Cg oe of ‘those who voted on that day cast a ballot for or oe it This 19 plainly exhipited when it is that at the same time 7,451 voted in the qaty for and 25,468 inst the amended State Constitution of that year, and 5,243. for and_ 29,940 t free suffrage to persons of color—the first of which received a majority in the total vote of the Brate, while the last was rejected. The people, it is @lear, had not had an opportunity to make them- Selves acquainted with Lhe provisions ol the sug- amendments. THE REJECTED CHARTER OF 1846, It ts Interesting to state some of the changes it ‘was pro) to make by the proposed amendments, especially a8 many of them subsequently forme: of amended charters that became law. ‘The of Aldermen was to have remained as before, jt the Board of Assistant Aldermen was to have Deen tncrease@d in numbers, one to represent each istrict of about ten thousand inhabitants, with vision for subsequently dividing the city into mmmon Council election districts, nearly equal in ulation, each to be represented by an alderman assistant alderman; the day of election to be hanged to that of the genera! State election 1u No- vember, and the official year to commence on the Gret Monday in January, the Common Council to hold only three stated sessions, of not exceed- one month eaeh, in the year, with power to the for oF a majority of the memb a to Convene the same in extra session when- ever occasion might require, but merely (or the con- ers elected to each | | | NEw YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBROARY 1, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET; latter, with al not succeed tn p; consequent Was again Foment, and passed By this charter the di election was ch: from that of tne State el to the 1st Tuesday in December, the term of office commencing in January, as before. The num- of was reduced to seven- teen, elected jor two years irom as many Alder- manic districts, and half retiring each year; the number of councilmen was reduced trom sixty to re- | twenty-four, six elected annually from each Sena- | torial district. The Mayor was to be elected as heretotore, for two years, the Corporation Counsel | for three and tne Comptroller for tour years, and | all three ee to removal by the Governor for | cause, while t eration of the special business for which it might , convened; the ra. of money by loan, except IM Gnticipation of the revenue for the year, to Fequire the sanction in each Board of a majority of all we members elected, and the approval of the eenes at any charter election; the issue by the mon Council of bills of credit or paper cur- Fency, subscription to the stock of any association @r corporation, and the tucrease of the fundea debt @f the city to require the approval of tne people at @ general election; a two-thirds vote o! all the mem- Ders elected to each Board to be required to over- Tule the veto of the Mayor, Aldermen to have the gole power of impeachment, ‘and the Board of Aldermen of trying unpeached e@Mciais, who, pending the proceedings, Were not to Forcine the ‘functions of their oitices, and a two- 8 Vote required to convict; members of the Common Council prohibited from holding any city or county office of emolument, the Aldermen eacty to receive a salary of $40u, and the Assistant Aldermen one of $250 a year; amendments passed by twoe thirds of the members elected toeach Board and apne by @ majority of the electors at any gene- or charter election to become a part of the city @barter; end provision was made for a police de- eee to be subject to the supervision and ction O1 the Mayor, and Jor departments for the Management of the municipal, finance, street, @rown aqueduct, almshouse, law and one of ro- and supples, and with power to the Com- Mon Council to osiavlish otuer departments when gecessary—the heads of each department to be elected every two years by the people, the Mayor end Oommon Council to be elected annually, as ire, The charter also provided for the election the people of the assistant justices and their ‘ks for terms of four years, and introduced man; ations aud restrictions tending to the faithfu a economical government of the city. OHARTER OF 1849, = Tt will thus be seen that on the tirst two occasions since the establishment of republican institutions, z= which any serious changes wer? proposed to made tn the city charter, tue plan of procedure ‘Was to decide upon the same in convention and obtai. the assent of the people to the suggested Seale: previous to submitting the same for lative sanction. The pro charter of 1846 having, under such process, failed to become law, pore plan ube a ado) ee ao 9, mmon Council appl wu islature for an amended charter, and iter amend eharter was provided for by an act passe April ff aa Ht that anna subject, however, aus re ry my of she a ors vouRg Rebeon te gtieect ning which the same should pecome null and . The vote was taken atthe regular Charter election, on the 10th of the same month, witn the following result:— VOTE ON AMENDED CHARTER, APRIL, 1849, For the amended charter....... + 25,245 Against the amended charter. « 1,902 Majority in favor ........ .. seveveses 23,343 These numbers, nowever, were only about two- thirds of those who voted for Mayor on the same Gay, Uf the provisions of the rejected charter of 1846 that were introduced into this charter were:— The changing of the day of election to November, with the term of oMfice to commence in January; three stated sessions of the Common Council of not exceeding one month cach, in January, May and September, with extra sessions for special business only at the call of the Mayor or of a inajority of the- members elected to each Board; the impeachment ‘and trjal of officers, ana the organization of various departments to ‘attend te executive duties of the city, tel had now greatly increased. As this ‘was the BBUINNING OF TUE DEPARTMENTAL SYSTEM, ander which the city affairs have since then prin- eipally been administered, it may be well to name the various departments then organized, with their pubordmate bureaus:—The Police Department, with she Mayor at i's head, with a bureau, under the oharge of a Chtef of Police; Finance Department, under & Comptrolicr, with three subordinate bu- reaus, in charge respectively of a Receiver of Taxes, GOollector of Ciiy Revenue and Chamberlain; Street Department, under the street Commissioner, with, two bureaus, presided over respectively by a Col- lector of Assessments and a Superintendent of Wharves; Department of Repairs and Supplies, un- @er a Commissioner, with fonr bureaus, presided over respectively Ly @ Superintendent of Roaus, a Buperintendent of Repairs to Public Buildings, a Superintendent of Pavements and a Chief Engineer | of tne rire Department; Department of Sireets and Lamps, under a Comuissioner, with three bureaus, in charge respectively of a Superintendent of Lamps and Gas, a Superintendent o! Streets and a Superin- vendent of Markets; tne Croton Aqueduct Board, ‘With its President, Eugineer and Assistant Commis- moner; City Inspector's Department, having charge of the public healih; Almshouse Department, under the Governors of the Almshouses, and tae Law De- ment, under the Counsel to the Corpora aud connected with it the Corporation Attor- Bey and the Public Administrator. The heads of 2 these departments, except the Croton Aqueduct |, to be elected by the people tor three years end the Croton officers to be appointed by the Mayor for five years; tne City Chamberlain and Keceiver of Taxos to be appolnied by the Mayor; the Chief of the Fire Department to be elected as heretotore, and the other subordinates in the vartous depart. ments to be appointed by the heads thereof respec- lavely, with the advice and consent of the Aldermen, Among the other provisions oi tae amended cnar- ter it was ordained taatthe Mayor and Aldermen juld hold their offices for two years and the As- stant Aldermen for one year, the quota of the two remaining, one representative in each Board from eact ward. : The cnarter, however, was further amended by a Supplementary uct, passed July 11, 1851, which d the stated sessions of the Common Council, @0 that they should be held monthly, coimmencing On the first Monday iu each month, but no member to be entitled to draw any per diem allowance fora longer perios than eight days, wnile a provi- was made to meet the case of vacancies in the 8 of departinents. CHARTER OF 1853, ‘The year 1862 was almost as memorable in the ¢ivic history ot New York as that of i871. Severai which were passed by the Common Council of shat year caused its members to be referred te as “The Forty Thieves,” that being the number in the two Boards, This ied to mass meetings being held im March, 1853, at which @ revision of the charter was demandes, and at which, amoung other sugges- tions, 1t was proposed that the two branches of the Common Counc!) should be unequal in the numbers of their members, wnoin the two Boards should nt diferent constituencies and hold oftice for unequal terms; that Ee eae power should be separated froin the legislative, and that the execuliPe power should be v in the Mayor, to Override Whose veto a two-thirds vote ot all the Members elected to such Board should ve required; that @ check should be placed upon the expendl- tures of public money, and that the Charter eiec- tion should be held on a different day to that ap- ted for tie State and national elections, The ult was the passage Of an amended char- ter by the Legislature on April 12, which, ac- cording to @ provision therein, was submitted to | and bar all progress. = eiectors of the city ata jai y non-political election, and tl favor of the new charter was greater than any that had ever then been polled. result;— VOTE ON THE AMENDED CHARTER, JUNE, 1853, For the amended charter... 36,472 Weeeeees seeeee cove 8,851 seeeeesesceesen SB 121 Majority in favor... Tu churter made no chauge in the Hoard of the Board of Assistant | other heads of departments were to be appointed for two years eacn by the Mayor, ‘ with the advice and consent of the Aldermen, The number of departments, however, was somewhat reduced, those of Repairs and Supplies and of Streeis and Lamps being abolished and the dues thereof transferred to other departments, The appoimt- ment of the Receiver of Taxes was transferred from the Mayor to the Comptrolier, city oMctals were Prohibited from holding or retaming any other office under the charter or under the government of the United States, and the two Boards of the Com- mon Council were permitted to regulate their own days of meeting, THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. But the most important innovation was the trans- fer of the Police Department from the city to the | State. By the Metropolitan Police act of April 15 a Police district was created, comprising the counties of New York, Westchester, Kings and Kichmond; and a Board of Fire Commissioners was instituted, to be apponated for five years by the Governor and Senate, and to be invested with the sole control, Management and appointment of the police force, which was not to oumumber two thousand. The auties of the department were to secure peace and protection, Insure quiet at elections and look after the public health. The the Board were Simeon Draper, General James W. Nye and Jacob Chauwell, of new York; James 8. T, Stranahap, of Kings county, and James bowen, of Westchester county, the Mayors ol New York and Brooklyn being members ex officio, Most of our readers will have a lively recollection of the ex- | chung contest that was waged by the old municipal police and the new force organized in accoraance ‘with the provisions of this act. Among other changes in cily management which took pluce at*this ume was that of removing the Mayor and Kecorder trom the Board of Super- their election, were intended to be of each politcal | Party. THB METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONS, Tn adaition to the Poltce Commisstoners, another board, also appointed by the State government, was laced in charge of the superiniendency oi the Cen- “al Park. These two Boaras formed the beginning of the system by whic aconsiderable portion of the administration of the municipality was given to separate boards controlled by the State government, ‘The excise was next piaced Jn the hands of commis sioners, and then, in 1665, the olfice of City In- spector was abolished, and the duties he per- formed placed m charge of a Board of Health. Fot- lowing tis came the paid Fire Department Commission, while schemes were proposed for a Dock Commission and for a Metropolitan Board of Commissioners of Education, which, like tne rest, | should be only responsible to the State government; but these two were not carried into effect. During this period, the charter of 1857 having proved to be anything but satisfactory, an attempt ‘Was made to remodel it in 1840, aud renewed in 1861, When a commission was appointed to frame a new charter; but ic failed to accomplish anything. However, in 1803, the Board of Aldermen was chang ‘as to constitute one alderman from each Assembly district, with the entire body to be elected wo years, commencing with the charter elec- tion of 1869; while the Board of Vouncilmen was abolished and the Bourd of Assistant Aldermen re- established, one member to be elect irom each Assembly district and to hold office for two years, commencing with the charter election of 1868 tor one year, and afterwards for two years; thus restor- ing two boards of equal numbers and terms and representing the same districts, which, in 1853, had been considered piyeconavie, aud was conse. quently taeh obviated. hs sees THE CHARTER OF 1870, Of the chartef of 1870 and its amendments of that and the following year it is scarcely necessary that we should speak. 1tis that under which the affairs of the city are at present administered, and every Teader 18 pretty weil versed in lis provisions, in 1ts advantages and in its suortcomiugs, 1t will be remembered that when the State txecutive and both houses of the Legisiature were in unison it became evident that the government of New York cny would be once more placed under the control of the citizens thereof, and that State interference in Municipal matters would be abolished, Tne fight of the young democracy and of tne partisans of Tammany ior thelr respective schemes of municipal government, and the viciory Of the latter are events bus of yesterday, ‘The legis- due consideration was not given to the enactment and powers of removal for cause except by the slow process of impeachment, which ougnt to bave been introduced into it, were omitted; consequently the heads of departments who were appointed for eo term vecame perfectly mdepenaent and Irresponsible, ‘Tne result we have seen, and it 18 to be hoped that the lessons we have been taught in the school of experience will enable us to guard in the future against any repetiiion of tue serious diMiculues that nave beset ns in the past. ART MATTERS, Avimal Sculpture in Central Park. There is not, we believe, in all Gotham one human being who grudges the money spent in the embel- lsnment of the people’s recreation ground. Central Park belongs essentially to the people; it 1s at once the favorite resort of the poor and tne rich, who seek health and relaxation from care in its charm- log Walks and drives, As it velongs wo the whole society it has been Wisely resolved to offer sources of enjoyment to the most varied tastes and whether we wish to enjoy the beauty of sunny glades and flowers or the cool shadows of the wouds, we may follow the bent of our inclinations to the fullest. In order to add to the charm of nature art has been called in to ald, and though we cannot extend un- qualified approval to the taste displayed tm the se- lection of works, yet we must appiaud the efforts which have been made as the result of a desire to extend PATRONAGE TO ART. It 1s not given to every one to be able to appre- ciate what is really beautitul and eifective in sculp- wre. This power is tne result of patient training ‘and lengthened acquaintance with art; hence sculp- ture has never become a popular science, It is just branch of art attained something Itke popularity. We are inclined to velieve that is did, from the won- derful excellence of the Greek work, which could only have been autempted in an extremely critical age, It did not suffice in Athens to produce something in the shape of a statue; the refined and educated tastes of the peo- Be, rebelled against any but the highest art. ntortunately we have not yet reached anything approaching the Athenian tasve or skill, and we Must be content with whatever we can ovtain. Better have inferior art than none, ‘Time, no doubt, Will develop botn taste a id sklil among our peopie, Even where works by American artists are not quite equal to the best prucurabie eisewhere, it 1s .Whe duty of tnose who are charged with the outlay of public moneys to encourage native taieut in order that there may be cultivated AN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ART, Of course we do not mean that foreign art should be excludea; on the contrary, we want to ace the best examples that Europe can furnish brought among us, and honored as all true art deserves to be honored, but we would have this weicome ex- tended only to the vest examples, Whatever it 18 possible to produce creuitably sould be produced at home; otherwise we shall always re- main in the infancy of art. From patronage comes genius, There must be something more than post mortem honor to cheer the student on the paimiul path of art stady, and none but thuse who have travelled somewhat on the thorny path can realize Une difficulues and Moog foo which lie in the way get out with the intention pecial election held on | of writing a paragraph or two about some works of 7Tfollowing, On this occasion was given the | purely American interest upon wiicn @ young est vole up to,that date ever polled Jn the city | sculptor is at present at work, and we find ourseives majority in | wanueri into a long digression on tne future of art. Sculpture ts never so effective as when seen in Tue subjolned is the | @ pleasant landscape, and animal subjects possess a pecuhar interest Wien seeu in effect of trees and LITTLE SHADOWS about them. The surroundings lend to sculpture that which ts its great Want, color, and as we look at the figures shortly outiined in tne daylight there 18 Qn air Of ireedom and naturalness that we never Glades, With the Aldermen except that haif of them snould be elected | see in the studio or in the gallery. Mr. E. Kemeys 18 every year; but. it swept away che long standing |,engaged modellin, ind. rep tr Board the Assistant Aldermen and replaced hel by one of sixty Councilmen, one to be Snpually elected from each of as many Himanie districts, into which the city to be divided, thas introducing anotuer of 4. provisions of the rejected charter of 1846; the & intment of the police force, which had pre- ly been held by the Board of Aldermen, was oO vested im Commissiovers, consisting of tne Mayor, Recorder and City Judge—a provision which @d not coincide with the expressed desire of the reformers, that the judiclal power should be tirely distinct from the executive and legisialive; aldermen were prohibited from, in future, sitting 88 judges in the Court of Oyer and Terminer or in Hot restrictea from exercisin; it the powers of @ Mi if ¥ Souncil fa ‘one iJ restricted the Common , and added an Auditing made in vy Courts oi General or Special Sessions, but were Magistrate in certain cases. It also made a two- turds vote necessary to pass any ordinance, &c., over the vel ro) ; aisnmoene for sy and) of money; prescribed Brea Mg the Moan Cec Nba oy waa, however, election. act was piso passed the Legualatare om April 13, the day is ‘oup of wolves disputing over vody of @ deer, e artist has hived muen in the West, andis@ hunter, Know! the habits as well as the forms of the animal is groups are intended to iliustrate th ‘uliarities of the Am: cau animals WhO are fast disappearing before the ever-busy rifle, and he certainiy manages to throw @ great deal of spirit into the action of his animals, group ‘under consideration is well coms and expresses the intention of action Py, and = directly. Que wolf holds a jeg of the deer and fs in the act of dragging it Irom a Jemale wols who has placed both her paws on the deer's head, The-action of both animals is natural and STRONGLY coxvarao, it tease Wo like especially the vicious, snarling the female, wao 18 evidently resolved to noid her own. The artist is consctous of the importance of strict attention to anatomy in getting the form cor- iy not contenting himsel! with a merel: tudy of bis subject, From wi feen La ad present stage we expect @ really effec. tive and vigorous group of animals, and wish to see Jost such works as this promises to be adding vo the beau ‘and Jmportance of our delightful Pi . first members of | vigors and making the later to consist of twelve | members, half of whom, by the metiod adopted in | lation was, unfortunately, too precipitate, so that { Of the new char:er, and the salutary resiraints | possible that in the old Greek republics tnat this | “THE BALL IS UP.” Splendid Skating at Central Park—100,000 People on Skates, The Pond Illuminated with Calcium and Colored Lights Last Night—Fun and Flirtation Under the Modest Moon—“‘Laura Matilda,” “Ida Kathleen” and Their Beaux Enjoy- ing Themselves—The Poetry of Motion and the Music of the Spheres. “Nearly a hundrea thousand people, you say, were here to-day?" asks a HERALD reporter of one of the Central Park police last evening, as the latter stood on the verge of the frozen Lake, which was thickly covered with skaters of both sexes. “As near as Ican come to it, sir, there was a hundred thousand here to-day,and I think that there will be neariy haif as many here to-night,” remarked the policeman as he pulled his cap peak down over his eyes, drew the fingers of his buckskin gloves closer and tigntened the collar of his coat around his muscular neck, for the evening Was blowing up cold, and fierce gusts of wind came Bustling by from the Palisades, and battalions of opaque cirri and cumull marched together in the Jaden atmosphere, ‘To the right, in the direction of the East River, the neighing of a solitary horse and the barking of a brace of shivering dogs- could pe heard, mingled with the quick, brittle reports of | blooded horses’ feet on the byroads of the Park, as the animals dashed forward, urged by the hallooing | of haif-drunken riders, The might came down on the quiet fields of the ventral Park as they lay covered with snow, and the sky above was hung witha filmy face, Below every approach and byroad and bridle path was thronged witn young people, hurrying, with skates in hand, to the grand rendezvous where the ice was massed on the waters of the Lake ten inches thick. ‘There the restaurants and coffee shops show their bright-burning lights to all who are hungry or cold after a day’s skating, and as the moving stands, with white lights, are shoved along the splendidly solid surface of the | pond by the ready policemen, and here and there a Ted light shines to warn those who may venture near broken holes that danger 1s éver present. even when frolic is gt the Ighast, she little Lake lying nestled in the bosom of the Central Park, like a diamond in 9 fair woman’s bosom, begins to have the appearance of a gorgeous bail room dark- ened for a “shadow dance.”? pwifter and switter they glide, dashing under the silvery stars and waving to and fro, bending and unbending, and rocking like a clipper in a gentle swell at sca. How graceful and noble some women look when on skates, with a bright moon above them! How sinuous are the lines made by the cutters fastened to their tiny feet, and then the utter helplessness which they betray wnen about to fall on the ice! See, here a score of young men and fair, fash- fonably attired girls are gliding over the ice in Poetic attitudes in & group! Five or six youn girls are hanging to each other, struggling gra n rieking ea a ponte fasnion, | tearin a ey may tymble nin heal and web their elezait alk dine ab peglekin muffs Gfid collars, Ali these girls are of he best society in New York and will to-night undoubtedly fe the Charity Ball at the Academy. You can see by their well-bred air and by tneir clear-cut faces, and by the way which they poise those beauteously shaped heads on such columnar, white throats that these young giris are born to fortune and ease ani ailluence, and that the paths whicn they have trod in iife as yet have been paths of roses without ® bramble or @ briar to scratch their leet, There is one noble-looking woman among them all who stauds forth promtnent for her beauty and race, Her fair companions all her “Ida Kath- leen,”? a name which she answers to with a loud, silvery, ringing laugh. This woman is the cynosure of alieyes on the pond, and the patier and clang of her little feet sound ike long-forgotten home Music to a returned traveller, “Ida” 1s a tall, finely proportioned blonde, with lustrous biue eyes, which swim in a roguish languor, and her face might be likened to that of winsome Annie Laurie, The fairest that e'er the sun shone on, The merrv party have gone under the bridge just now, and can be heard afar off as they burst forin im the merry chorus trom “Lurline,”? As in the cun the bead flies ap, Joy and delight, ascending, Rise to the brain, in one bright chain, Life with glad rapture biending. ig oh! what rapture— ‘bat biisa! tial this, i885 arth can equal this, As through the glass the sunbeams pa Like golden bubbles fowng; jespair wine chases care, ita glow bestowing. ing, de, The rich, merry voices of the young men and the carolling silvery tones of the fresh notes from the girls’ throats, as they are heard like music on the waters, make this crowded skating pond a scene of | enchautmeat for the tume being, There is such @ | delighviul uncertamty about one’s movements here, as we elide by cold gray rovks and clumps of fir | and New England pine transplanted to the garden spot of this metropolis, that many collisions occur, which only serve as occasions for nilarity, merriment and harmiess uproar. And out of the hundred thousand people who have visited tms skating pond w-ay, and who are still potiring in as the nignt into its gladsome hours slips forward, there is hardly one man, woman, voy or hoyden girl who is not the better for this peasnrable excitement. And how many rosy cheeks have had their color pot popetoaas uy the unusual glow of the Par& winds, and how many careworn faces have brighten up as thelr owners have left the skating pond to hasten homeward after the afternoon’s sport! Go, by all means, to the Central Park and skate as jong as possible. Go often and go early to skate, Go in the morning and go in the evening. If it is only to help the im- poverished finances of the horse railroad com- anies, whose lines are parallel with the Central Park Skating Pond, by all means let them have an | additional five cents’ fare to help their depieted bank accounts, And then think of the Park police- | men, Who have to exist on ice, without any com- pany, during the tong winter nights, unless peopie will jrequent the Skating Pond. Go often and early, aud skate unui you are sick, and then get weil again, SKATING IN BROOKLYN. Yesterday was a first class day for the skating public, The rinks and lakes were in a condition not often seen in this iatitude, and the air was clear ana pure, The intense blue of the sky was softened by floating clouas of white, that betokened a rising of the mercury at no very distant periud, and earth, heaven and ice all conspired to give pleasure to those who find pleasure on skates, "That thisclasa is large anybody can prove to his own satisfaction by visiting the various places provided for this amusement. Young men and maidens, middie-aged men. and small boys muingie in the chilly fun, wil toa looker-on they seom an indistinguishabie mass of human beings perpevually sliding towards some point which they are never destined to reach, The sombre appearance of @ skating pond, appro- priated by THE SOMBRE SEX alone is happily @ thing almost out of memory. Among the boys in their blacks and grays fash the scarlet-jacketed little misses, their pretty heads covered with jaunty seal caps. There a bright biue costume, coquettishly looped to show the graceful ankie and = the petite foot, is thr oWn out by the dark background of her_part- ner’s attire, Ah! the skating pond 1s a diferent affair, Wich the girls darting about; and the retresh- ment rooms and retiring rooms might (eli many stories of innocent firtation, when the dear crea- ture and her partier stop skating to take coffee and cake by the fire. ‘There were no busier places in the two cities than the Capitoline and the Prospect Park skating lake yesterday. AT THE CAPITOLINE one would suppose that there had been an exodus of all the children in Brooklyn from home and school, and that skating was the end and aim of iite, Five thousand children on the ie, buckling on ther skates, rushing about, as noisy as if the winning boy was the one who inade best use of his ory gepsien Jungs. “What are all these children here for?’ inquired the representative of the HERALD. beg public schools have been invited to a free ‘There they were, Nos. 3, 11, 21, 26 and 26, The schools are all to be given in their turn each aaimilar cool reception, notice being given pre- oy that citizens who do not go to school may eep away. On Fridays there are _matin¢es at the Capitoline for iadies and children, when from two to tiree thousand are usually present. The social status of these ice-bouna individuals 1s said to be highly commendable, as the 6,000 children do not show any disposftion to sears but one would scarcely Na very hot blood under such circum. stances, iv windy day the three iceboats make voyages for the benefit of the ladies and ohildren. and races besween these aueer apecimens of water crait are the rule, To-morrow there 1s to GRAND REGATTA ome meek Bice OSheting lake was Ccov- 6] I. yesterday with merry ered skaters of both sexes, while crowas of spectators Watcned the fun, kept warm by imvisible apparatus, no doubt well known some ters of skating Ae ous enters skal ponds. The nt, noisy throng fitting about so full of life made a pretty ‘winter picture, with the snowy hills and bare trees for a fit frame. Skaters coming and going flied the slopimg walks, and the gay music floated out & welcome to all. ie ice Was in splendid condition, never better, said the offictais, during the thirty- four days of this season’s skating. .. Between five and six thousand people visit the Park lake every day. At the Brooklyn Rink, on Clermont avenue, there was @ gay scene last event! ‘The enclosure 18 275 feet long by 125 wide, is brilliantly diuminated and tne ice is glorious, What better chance for muscle skates is needed? Mr. John he king of the skaters, was present and | showed his wonderful feats, There have been six- teen skating days at the Rink, with an average of 500 visitors a day. Last Saturday there were 1,000 present. Refreshments, music and pleasant re- cane rooms make this @ perfect rendezvous for the re, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Mr, ADAM BLACK, Edinburg, and a noted publisher, memoirs of his life and times, ANTHONY TROLLOPE was, at last accounts, among the miners in New South Wales, His son lives in the Tuning district pear Sidney, Tue LITERARY JOURNALS are complaining, and with some reason, of tne almost unparelleled dul- | ness of the book publishing market in the United States at present, Hardly asingle notable book in literature has recently appeared, and, what is worse, none are promised for speedy issue, Mr. WILIIAM CHAMBERS Will publish in February his memonr of his brother, the late eminent Robert Champers. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE “VILLAGER BUILDER,” containing eighteen modern designs for country and suburoan houses, with elevations, plans, sections and a variety of interesting de- talls drawn to scale, has been published by A. J. Bicknell & Co., of New York, Each design 1s accompanied by full specificauons and estimates of cost, which gives the work @ real value to such as desire to build, A NEW PUBLISHING UNDERTAKING, with several features of interest both to authors and the public, 18 announced by D. Appleton & Co, Professor E. L. Youmans, wno has been in Europe for several months past, has made arrangements for bringing out a series of monographs, or compressed hand- books, on a wide range of topics, to be prepared by the most eminent scientifc men of different countries, and to be known as the “International scientific sertes.” The topics treated in this series Will be those of equal interest to all reading com- munities; ita general atm being to give authentio yet popular expression to the latest and growing thought on the leading subjects of progressive in- quiry. The various branches of physical, biological, psychological and social science, which have under- gone marked revision within.a recent period, will be so presented as to help to a betier understanding of the phenomena of human nature and the econo- my of human iife. It hag been ® main purpose in arranging tnis series to give ttan authentic char- acter, Each book will be from a recognized master of bistheme, To secure tnis object a committee of three of the most eminent scientiic mea of London will decide upon the English contributions to the series, and corresponding committees have been formed in Paris ana Berlin to determine upon the | French ana German contrtbutions. Ett Pexrxins, of the Commercial Advertiser,, whose real name is M. D. Landon, 1s about to pub- lish his “Biography of Artemas Wara” thrdugh Messrs, Carieton & Co., of New York. A NEw AMERICAN MONTHLY is announced under the titie of “The Fine Arts,” which will be devoted to art in all its branches, but will embrace the whole field of intellectual culture. Especial atten- tion is promised to art criucisms. There is plenty of room for such a work, but in view of the rivairy 1t will have to sustain with the Engiisn art journals it behooves the publishers to secure the best talent within reach for the various departments. ‘he only condition upon Which the enterprise can be successful. THE JANUARY NUMBER OF ART has a remarkable article on “The Vague Notions Peopie [ave About Progress,” in which Mr. Charles Burton undertakes to prove that the vulgar notion of indefinite prog- ress is Incorrect, and that it'ls questionable whether or not the increased development of the knowledge of physical scicnee 1s making mankind generally either better or wiser. Everything essential to the moral and physical development of man was known belore the steam engine, and, as the writer jusuy remarks, moder progress has not yet been able to produce a Shakspeare, a Titian or an Angelo. The ilusirations by the heliotype process are remarka- bly beauuful, They inciude & “wadoona and Child,” alter Corregio; “By the Sea Snore,” aiter J. D. crittenden, one of the rising Kn glist scuiptors, | and a tine portrait of Prince Rupert, trom @ paint. tg aturivuted to Velasquez, MUSIC AND THE DRAMA, Echoes from Other Lands, The Tonic Sol-Fa College, England, has held its annual Congress, the proceedings lasting three days, , Mr. Curwen presiding, Some twenty lectures und papers on musical topics were read and discussed, The principal point referred to was tne modus operandi as regards the new minute on music in elementary schools, ‘The Sol-Faists are earnest and enthusiastic, and they are practical too in carrying out their system. The jmale of the meeting was the singing of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” with- out the notes, trusting to memory. The syndic of Bologna is in treaty for the per- formance of Tannhauser’’ during the autumn; and, to follow, “Rienzi” in 1873, the “Flying Dutch man” in 1874, “Tristan and IJsolt’’ in 1875, the “Meistersinger” in 1376, and ‘Niebelungen’” in 1877. After that, saya the 7rovatore, the syndic mm 1878 Will request Wagner to compose a special work | for Bologna, and all the journals will applaud tne new Heilin, ‘The Trovafore adds that this syndic deserves well of Italian art. Aleiter from Lisbon gives rather an amusing a count of operatic affairs in that city, Wuere Verdi's “Macbeth” is being performed wita great success, not, however, as @ matter of choice, but of neces- sity. It has proved impossivle to tind a tenor for Lisbon; 16 18, consequently, necessary to find an opera without @ tenor part, and ‘Macbeth,’? not remarkable for any other merit, perfectly answers the purpose. The piece is principally sustained OF Mile. Friccl and una gentil ¢ mimosa Anwricana, iss Laura arris, formerly at Her Majesty’s Theatre. An old work of Donizetti's, entitled “Emilia dt Liverpool,” has been exhumed and performed at the Jeatro Nuovo of Milan, itis said successiuily. Here is a hint for Messrs, Gye and Mapleson. m- ily of Liverpool’ on the llalian stage—responsibie Liverpudiiaus flaunting about in operatic garp— would prove an attraction. The busy dwellers on the Mersey, thus removed from the atmosphere of cotton-wool, petroleum, valonia. watch committees and burial boards, and transferred to the wether of Italian sentiment, would hardiy know themselves. Marschner’s opera ot “Hans Heiling” has been re- vived in Vienna, with Miss Hauck, the American pos donna, in the principal part. Herr Keck ad the basso character, un artist well worth A special visit to the Austrian capital to sce im Herr Wagner's “Flying Dutchman.’ Herr Watier was the tenor, Mr. Muldex will projuce Marschner’s | “Jempiar and Jewess” (“Ivanhoe”) at the Stadt | next montn, The monument to the memory of the composer, to ve erected in Hanover, has veen for- gotten for yeara, and, like that of Balle, in London, seems to have been postponed sine die. Hert Eduard Remé¢nyl, the violln virtuoso, has resigned his post at the Mungarian Naitonal Theatre, Pesth, on account of a “scandalous scene"? hich occurred there on the 2ith November. The said scandalous scene was, according to the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, enacted by @ Russian Prin- cess—the Princess Matchinsky. Thts lady, 1t ap- pears, made her appearance in opera, but had not sung More than a few bara before she was obliged to retire amid the indignation of the audience. if we mistake not, this was (he princess who figured ‘on the bills of the Globe Theatre some time since, ‘Then, nowever, if again we mistake not, she was supposed to be a Georgian princess, A London paper is responsible for the following:— An unsuccessful candidate for the honor of the of “Mus Bac.” ate woiversity about Ofty miles from London has just calle! wt our oiice, in & state of vewilderment, ‘amd given us the following remarkable particulars of the examination—ae weil as be can Neck. of the questions put to him:—1. Can you ‘8 root from which a tonic is extr ? 2 Exp! “oblique” in ite reference to reading at slaht, music first printed tn tpanusorigt write a fugue for the bagnlpes triangie in bis organ concertos When was 1 4 Did Mendelssuhn ever 5. Did Handel ever use the 16, What animal’ akin cov. ered tbe first drum on record? 7. Are bi tuned with a hammer ? yidiiie ise tem #. How many first violins are xen Can! trombones play “pia. ‘hyord is used for “au all the Spmpositigns xnbwn which terminate with the common chord. 15. Describe minutely all the masical instruments ever known. 16, Under whom did Orpheus aiudy when be learnad the ule? 10, How many sigue are there 0 ay Orgen sometime Lord Provost of ; is writing | ‘This 1s | m: | ah | {n order that there might be a precedent which wo against the delendants in a large number of suits which had { for jefence, but not one cent for tribute,” and propose to | notto exceed 1 ; December and present sales ALL ABOUT A BULL'S BAD, Action of New York Merchants Against the Blackmatiing Attacks of an English Dealer in Mustard—“Millions for Defence, but Net One Cent for Tribute.” A meeting of grocers and others was held in the rooms of the Board of Trade yesterday afvernoon, at three o'clock, the object of which was to organ- 1Ze & Movement for defence against the action of J. & J. Colman, of London, who have instituted a large number of suits against American merchants for damages which they claim to have sustained through the use by the latter of a label bearing & picture of a buil’s head upon BOTTLES OF PREPARED MUSTARD. Mr. Frank B, Thurber, of the firm of H, K. Thur- ber & Co., presided, and Mr, J, H. Kirby acted aa Secretary. The Chairman read a statement of the claims of J. & J. Colman, as jollows:— About four months since we noticed in the newspapers that the firm of J. & man, of Loudon, had besun an action at law againat Samuel Crump, @ label manulacturel York, for manufacturing mustard head," which it seems the above tirm Pn . During the progress of the above amit a report was published that the attorneys tor the afore-+ said firm had had prepared a larce number of suits aginst a great number of manufacturers, dealers and grocers for fcliing cans of mustard Dearing @ bull's head, wich sults i As THE DEVIOR OF A BULL'S HRAD had been in use fn this country for many years in conneetion with the manufacture and sale of mustard, and the trade had never received any notice that the Colmans claimed the desicn as their exclusive property, it was thought ; by the trado generally that they were to be sued at ai But when durmg the progreas of the sult agi Crump testimony was given to the effect that Col- ttorneys bad made proposals to Crump that hi mit to a formal Judgment being taken against him, operate been prepared against grocers and other dealers who sold mustard, and that a portion of the proceeds of these suits were to be given to said Cramp for said services, the trade began to think that there nught be some truth in the report that they were to be sued. During the trial of this awit, however, unimpeachable testimony was furnished that the tevice ofa bull's head had been used in this country feventeen yeara before the Colmans first claimed it asa | trademark ; in fact, Mr. Stickney, one of our most respected manofacturers, testified that he oriinated «uch a device for @ mustard label {rom the photograph of a heifer owned by him years ago. Yet the Judge (Jones) decided in favor of the Colmans on the ground, Jt is understoo althoush the device had undoubtedly been in use as an “em! previous to the period it was claimed by the Colmans as thor property. they were the firs were therefore entitled to Whatever significanc Ine the emblem or trademark may have possessed in England it was esteemed of no par- tetlar value or significance to tho American trade, who would as quickly use any other device, and in most’ cases have used some other device or emblem ; but some mani turers had continued to use jabels bearing a bull's bea’, more from force of habit than any other cause, and without the remotest idea that they were imitating or injuring any- body. Under the decision of Judy begiin to carry out their programme of suing all dealers who may have sold mustard, of American manufacture, hearme this device, and have already issued sam: monses. to a large number of merchants, laying Gamngee in ench case at from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. From information reeelved by the underaigned we believe that the evidence upon which the Colmans base their sutt optained « long time since by sending their agents ar among the trade to purchase cans of mustara bearing a bull's head; and §n one inatance where a dealer had no goods instock bearing this device he was requested to procure it for sald agent, and hinking to oblige a customer did so. We are informed and lieve that evidence has thus been obtained and suits pre- pared against more than eight hundred wholesale and retail dealera in the city of New York aud a large number throuh- out the country; that a portion of these suite have been commenced, that others will be commenced as noon as they are to do that no aealer who bas sold any mustard tor the past few vears can feel safe against these operations, which are evidently the result of ‘A DEEP LAID PLOT by foreign manufacturers to lay the Amencan trade under contribution, As an evidence of this, their mode of pro- ceeding has been to serve the papers, claming enormous damages, and then to propose a compromise. In one case, where $250,000 was clarmed, $250 was accepted 1n full settle- ment. We believe, however, in the principle of “millions to use it asa trademark, and exclusive use. form an association for self-defence, to be calied “The man Mustard Protectlye Association,” and pledge ourselv to the following TONG. ‘acturers in the use of proper trademarks, and will aid and assiat in their protection by discouraging the use of all imitations and sivv-siniioy we claim that the pretensions of J. &J. Colman’ to the exciusive use in the nited States of the device or trademark of a bull's head | are unjust, and should not be sustained. Resolved, That the action of sald firm in not giving notice to the trade of their claim to the exclusive use of the device yn question, and the under-handed manner in which they ob- tained evidence and the summary way in which they brought res against the trade are deserving of our severest condem- nation. Kesoived, That concerted a defend the smts brought by fon is nec 4 Colmans mbined action will be m if each of the persons sued fend, and that an Executive , with power to employ competent counsel to defend any suits brougnt by said Col- Mans against any members of this association, the expense to be divided among the members of this association, and OO for each member until further autno- rized. ved, That the press he requested to publish these Proceedings, and that we now adjourn, subject to the call of the Executive Committee, at any time. Shortly after adopting these resolutions the meet- ing adjourned. An Exe Chair, composed of the following gentieme: Frank 8. Thurber, John F, Puckey and s. H. Kirby Arrangements are to be made [for a large erent Ms The aggregate amount of the damage alreac claimed at 1aw ts over $1,000,000. this sum would swell to about $50,000,000, LARGE SALE OF COAL. News for Consumers=QDecline in Prices— 120,000 Tons of Scranton Conl at Auc- tion. Yesterday the Delaware, Lackawanna and,West- ern Coa Company sold 120,000 tons of Scranton coal at their satesroom in Exchange place. Messrs, John H. Draper & Co. offered at auction yesterday 120,000 tons of Scranton coal. There was avery large attendance, and the bidding was more than usually spirited, but in every description of coal there was a marked falling off from tne prices ob- tained at the previous month’s sale, and they were considered to be remarkably low. The prices fell steadily throughout, and few pur- chases exceeded tive hundred tons. ‘was chiefly attributed to the mulcness of the winter and the quantity of coal in the market, the supply having for some time exceeded the demand. The fact Wat much severe weather may be expected | | during the next two months had little weight ap- parently In the minds of the dealers, several of whom to-day said that a further deciine in the price of coal next month would not surprise them, Lump Was first sold at $3 35, then rose to $3 4214, and receded to $3 40, The first lot of steamboat went for $3 85, the balance for $3 70. Grate sold at $3 75, $3 65 and erably, $3 60 being the highest price obtained, aud it gradually went down to 33 45, but agalu went up to $3 50, Stove also fluctuated consideraply: $4 10 was obtained for the first lot, then it touched $4 15 and $4 17%, and then graduaily descended to $4 0744. Chestnut first sold for $3 45, went down | to 5 30, and finally sold for $5 3234. ‘ne following shows the comparative rates at the Tins Devembers January. Lump... 8000 BAZ a #3 175 «8 Steamboat.....: 9.000 8 92)g a 4 U0 Grate 0” a 405 a 500 B8ing a 406 FOURTH AVENUE RAILROAD MORTUARY STATISTICS, New York, Jan, 31, 1872. To rug Eprror ov THE HeRALD:— ‘At@ meeting of o committee representing persons opposed to the present condition of the railroad tracks in Fourth avenue, held by invitation of the | Harlem Rallroad Company on Friday Jast, at the new depot in Forty-second street, it was privately | stated by one of the law counsel of the company that only about two fatal accidents had oc- By inquiry at the jureau of Sanitary Inspection it ap- pears that twelve deaths were occasioned by injuries | received on the Fourth Avenue Railroad during Of these a certified table in detail is During the months of Octover, No- curred puss, the year 1871, omce of tne the year 1871. now before me. vember and December eight deaths are reported trom January 1 to October 15 tour occurred—mak- Tank, but who held ing for the last three months of the year 187la death rate twice a8 great as for the nine preceding months, The Chief of Sanitary Inspection adds:— “How many others may have been injured by such 8 bove mentioned action was de- | Jones the Colmann have | ready to recognize and protect , ve Committee was appointed by the It is stated that if all those who haa used the label were prosecuted The aecline | Egg fluctuated consid. | 5 MUNICIPAL MOVEMENTS. ‘Commissioner Van Nort on the Beorganisation, of the Department and the Water Supply— The Complaint of the Laborers—The Comp. troller and the New Audit Bill—Meeting of the Audit Board To-Day—What is Expected To Be Done, t ‘The Department of Public Works. This department 1s assuming somewhat, exter+ nally, the characteristics of the days when the “Boss” was the presiding genius, Yesterday the corridors and entrance rooms were crowded with callers, many of whom were of the “small cone | tractor” class, The kind of people who were con- | Spicuous by their absence were the “Tammany ward politicians.’ Commissioner Van Nort 18 | gradually reducing the staff of tie department, and \ also changing its personnel, In this latter respect | the entire personnel will in course of time be | changed. This 13 done in the interests of the proper | working of the department, and without any | politicat bias whatever. Mr. Van Nort has reduced the pay of the men employed on pipe laying, and who may be denominated as laborers, This hes | been done for reasons that must commend them- selves to the common sense of the people. The De- partment of Public Works has been paying for labor | twenty-five per cent more than Is paid by any other chy = deparii kor example, Department of 1 gan obtain all the Jaborers it = requir at $2 per day; “Works” have pid $2 62 Commuisstoner Vam Nort sees no reason why the rate of remuneration shouid not be uniform in all tue departments, and | has therefore reduced it to the ratethat the prin= ciples of supply acd demand have brought It to. | Tas policy saves the eity about one hundred and | flity thousand dotiars per year, and tuis large same Would positively be wasted by allowing one of the | public departinents to pay a price that was beyond | the reguiar market price of lavpor, The laborers tmnk that some injustice hus been done them by (nis policy of the Commussioner, and one of their uon:— To rm" Eprroz ov Tur HrraLp:— " | number has iorwarded the loliowing tor publicae | { pi | the 1th of January, 1X72, Com: | the pay of the workinen! empioyed on the large pipes o | Tenth avenue from #2 40 to #2 per day, and, on the 29h of | January, ne reduced the pay of the smail pipe men from $3 60 to $1 #7's per day, thereby conferring @ great injustice upon ths workmen employed at the | exe pense of the city, Now, sir, we would like to know if it is fa the power of G joner Van Nort or any one man to ree Have we not a Hoard of Apportions ais of our municipal government rom the freasury of the city, or mi dot Aldermen or Assistant Alde: are wal not vested in the Bo: en, to reduce the workmen's pay who are empluyed by the elty I wish to state for the bevelit of the public and Commisaioner: | Van Nort that out of our small pay we have to pay to the \ companies of New York city $1.20 | week for riding in their cars morning ! evening, and some weeks we only make four an and five days—on an average trom eighteen to twenty-two days per month, Now, sir, how do you think Commissioner ‘Van Nort would feel it’ he had his Kalury reduced twenty-live percent, as he hag reduced our pay! Now, sir, out of per month we pay $5 20 to the horse raliroad compaules, ‘A LABORER ON TENTH AVENUE, The Water Supply. The attempt by @ section of the State Legislature to obtain the repeal of “An act to provide a never- | failing supply of pure and wholesome water for the city of New York,’’ 13 causing tae Department of | Public Works some iittie aaxiety, inasmuch as its | redeal would be attended with consequences that | ought to excite jusuilable apprehension; for the repeal of this act would leave the city dependent upon an Insuflicient source for a supply of water at a time when a water famine would ;be very hard to endure. ‘The act was assed by the Legisiature in 1871, but in 1870 Mr, ‘Tweed had purchased several ponds and lakes In Puta and Westchester counties 10 order to secure them as @ source o! supply for the water for the ciy. ‘oat Mr. Tweeu did this atsinterestedly 18 showmrby the permission that he has given for the | elty to draw upon those lakes snould tt require the water, and also his desire to sell to the city to-day the lake#he secured for the saine price that he paid } for them. On the principle of givng the devil nis | due, Mr. Tweed is entitled to the credit of this ofter, | a8 wellas the foresight that enabled him to see the inevitable untimate water requirements of the city. The opposition to this Water Supply act is not caused by way suspicion on the part of Its op- onents that there is any “job” in the enactment, put Is promoied by the mhabitants in the netghbor+ \ hood of the lakes, Who are of an opinion that tf the lakes are drawn upon that the adjoining districts } will be rendered unhealthy thereby. Commisstoner Van Nort was enabled, when in Albany, to show the groundiessness of this anuicipation, and it ts bee Heved tnat the, Legislature Wil decline to repeal tis very uselul act. < The Comptroller’s Office. Great activity was manifested yesterday in the Depariment of Finance, The County Auditor’s Bu- reau and the Comptroller’s Department were busily at work preparing the statements needful to ve sub- mitted to the new Board of Audit, which will hold its first meewng to-day, at three o’ciock, at tho Comptroller's office. Mr. Green was unwilling to say what would be the action of tne Board; indeed, it 19 dillicult for the uninstructed mind to comprehend fits powers, aud to enable the city creditors to see for themselves what are the provisions of the Audit vill, tae Comptrolier has had: several, Luousand copies ‘of it prinied for distribution, ‘The payment of saiaries commenced yesterday, and will, Lo doubt, be contimued with- | out mterruption, day by day, until all who are en- titled to payment are paid. ‘Lue “contractors” it is however said, will have to watt. At tho Meeting to-vay the construction of the clauses! of the bill will be discussed, but there seemed( to be an opinion yesterday in the Comptroller's office that the “supplementary legislation’ 18 re- quisite for the payment of claims that exceed the aps | propr.aung powers of the charter, Tne meeting of. | the Board to-day is an all-tmportant one, and as its proceedings are public there wil be no aiiicalty im ascertaining its ultimate decision, The Comptrolier stated yesterday that the claims to be paid under this bili amounted to over $8,000,000, and that the particu of the bulk of thege claims would be sub- Mnitted to the Board at 18 meeting to-day. NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. Proceedings in Both Branches of the Legisiae ture—Bills Introduced und Passed—Appointe ments to the Governor’s Staff. Trenton, N, J., Jan, 31, 1872 ‘The following bills were introduced im the ' House:—To incorporate @ narrow gauge railroad | company to, construct @ road from ‘Camden to | Jersey City and from Camden to Egg Harbor, the ralls to be three feet six toches apart; capital, | $500,000, with the privilege of increasing it to $5,000,000, A suppicment to the charter of Hoboken utnoriziug the Common Councti to publista ces, &c., 10 any paper they may deem neces- ‘o incorporate the New Jersey Button Com- pany. ‘rhe bit! for the protection of fish in the Karitan River was ordered to a third reading. Bills were passed as follows:—A supplement to the act respecting foreign imsurance companies; & pplement to the act incorporating the Miliville Ine urance Company; to incorporate the Humboldt ny; relative to the compensation and chancery reporters, is were reported:—To Incorporate the Bound Brook and Easton Railroad Company; to incorpor- ate the Passaic and Peapack Railroad from Easton to the Hudson River, with a clause requiring pay- ment to the State for lands under water; a supple. ment to the act lacorporating Greeneville, in Hud- son county. ‘The following bilis were introduced in the Sen- | ate:—To imeorporate the Dime Savings Bank of | Woodbridge; supplementary to the act organizing | the National Guard of the State; allowing tne Gov- ernor to put on his staf certain persons without rank in the army during the ‘War; to faciiitate judicial proceedings in Hunterdon | county; to cede to Jersey City certain Jands here- | tolore under water in Communipaw Cove; supple- | mentary to the bill to consolidate the Midland Kail~ wing the company to bridge the Delaware | way, allo accidents of course we cannot ascertain—persons | WY. New York State line; to incorporate the Whose subsequent deaths may be attributed | to other causes by physicians who may not become aware of the fact that thelr pa tienta’ injuries were caused by the railroad,’ By the annual returo from the Coroners’ office (published in the HERALD) for January 1, 1872, near the Midiand Passenger ‘Transportation Company; two | revise and amend the charter of Atlantic City. Bills Were passed concerning the New York Steam Engine Company; supplementary to the bill incor+ porating the Englewood Horse Railroad Company, | and also supplementary to the bill incorporating * it is shown, however, that many other persons have Co + gupple- been Killed whose interments have not been reported | te Belleville Horse Kallway, Company; tine to the Bureau of Sanitary luspection, ‘Twenty-eight | mentary to the charter of Harrison; In Hudson Saris wm ea a ee | 8 8 city, a eso twelve arc pe jaye ocourred during the last three ; A FATAL JUMP. n 4 — ‘This increase of mortality corresponds with the _. Fearfui Leap trom a Trai of Cars. tables from the Health Bareau, and points out an Coroner Herrman was yesterday called to the pies Rie A ludson River | German Hospital, Seventy-seventh street and Fourth ange during the time the and Central trains nave been in} and this mortality is likely to increase. THE NINETEENTH WA RAILROAD COMMIITEE, “THE JUSTH DIVOROE SUIT.” In the HeRALp of the 26th Inst. appeared an arti- Over four, ONE OF cle under the above heading, purporting to be a report of the proceedings In the Supreme Court, be- fore Ju Cardozo, severely reflecting upon the iraoet of Mr. Justh, as regards his antece dents tered rooeedings, and only alter the adjouroment of John L. Bur- Bourt received the iran wie is Dad hav passing over Fourth avenue. Our monthly death rate by crushing is now avenue, to hold an inquest on the body of Louis Wolz, a German, twenty-one years of age, who died there the day previous. It appears that on the 19th ult, deceased entered a train of New Haven cara ta go to New Rochelle, Westchester county, but unfors tunately for him the train did not stop there. AS the train neared his stopping ify miles an an amrmative reply he, without hesitation, jum} off and, according to ‘report, was knocked avout twenty feet in the alr, Pane train being tmmedt- ately stop| Ww and tagen to 15 suster's teeade! ¢ if Now Roohelles nce where fe was found to have @ fraccure of the pe pe Wola was subsequeatly brought to thia Btalcds in the hoapital. where he died a8