The New York Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1872, Page 8

NEW TORK’ HERALD ‘TUESDAY. FEBRUARY ©, 1672—TRIELE. SHERT HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 6, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. TH BOARD OF AUDIT. Phe Adjourned: Meeting Yesterday—Another Large Appropriation to Pay Claims, Commissioner’ Van Nort Cheered ‘by the Audience, COMPTROLLER GREEN SLOW BUT SURE. A Supplementary Audit Bill Sent to the Legislature. Pay Rolls of the Fire and Police Departments. ‘The adjourned meeting of the Board of Appor- Mionment and Audit was helc yesterday afternoon, atthe Comptroller’s office. The attendance of the public was larger than at any previous meeting, As @omimissioner Van Nort passed through to the omptrolier’s ofice he was loudiy cheered by the audience. ‘There were present, also, Presi- dent Bell, of the Department of Charities; Presi- dent Hitchman and Vomuissioner Hennessy, of the Pire Department. There was considerable feeling throughout the whole proceedings by the members ‘of the Board, and at the conciusion of several of the speeches of the Commissioner of the Depart- ment of Public Works, he was loudly applauded, Tbe Comptrotier put his views forward very calinly an@seemed only desirous of ‘making haste slowiy.”” a will be seen that he has forwarded another audit bi for the approval of the Legislature. {[t will, Rowever, not delay the payment of the claims. @aptain Thorne and a body of police were again wo altendance, ‘The minutes of the previous meeting were read by the Clerk and approved, ‘The CoMprROLLER—I present, in accordance with the reqnirements of law, the pay rolls of the large pipe men for audit, 1 think that the Board should Jook at'the Jaw and see what Its provistons in this respect are. The Comptroller read:—‘‘Every bill, account and claim presented to said Board, except for salaries and wages, shali be read aloud by tne Wlerk of said Board at the time of presentation, and the same shall he on the table for five days theré- after for opjections.”” Commissioner VAN Nort said that he would move that the nature of the pay rolls, the amount re- quired and by whom certified, and this be read aloud by the Clerk. This motion was agreed to, and the Clerk read aloud the following pay rolls, giving the summaries as comprised within the above motion:— OLAIMS, Pays oll of engineers and laborers up to Decem- Pay rolls, zmount of which bas been advanced by Tappen ‘and Williams: Pipe layers, August. Fipe layers, Seprembar. Pipe layers, Octover- of E fy se 32 i 2 ngineers and Axemet 12,307 61 ‘Men on line of Croton Aqu Pay roll, August 7,865 26 Pay roll, September, + 1624 94 Pay roll, October 1465 93 Pay roll, November. 6,689 68 Sleating public olllee, August. 81738 U0 Pay rolls August. 1,069 00 Pay roll, Septem! 8,600 00 Pay rol), November 4,091 66 Pay roll, December. 7,087 60 ‘Advanced for street cleaning 2 403000 00 Commissioner VAN Nort—Mr. Comptroller, these rolis are properly certufie.t ? ne COMPTROLLER—They have been properly cer- ufled, but these are a ciass of pay rolis that are out- side Of the audit of the Board, Commissioner VAN NorT—I move that the rolis, if properly certified by the Comptroller, be paid. Agreed to. FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. Commissioner VAN NoRT—I have the pleasure of presentivg the pay rolls of the Department of Police for \he month of December, and if jound correct I move that they be allowed. I presented a similar elaim from the Fire Department. The ComPrROLLER—Il the claims are to be exam- med by this oitice the Board will probably commu- Ricate tome some method by Which they are to be certifed, Lf Lunderstand the meaning of the mo- tion of the Commissioner of Public Works, It is that the claims be audited by the Comptrolier aad paid. , Commissioner VAN NoRT—I mean that if there 1s certain evidence of these rolls of the Departments of ¥ire and Police being correct that the Comptroller pay under tne requisition these rolls. The COMPTROLLER—It Das Hot been the custom of the Comptroller to pay these rolls, A deposit was placed co thelr credit at the bauk. Commissioner VaN Nort—I make @ motion only fas to the claims 0! 1871. I merely desire to provide the means ior the payment of the Fire and Police Departments, for the city 18 dependent upon these for protection from fre and crime. If possible, t should like to see these clauns audited and allowed to-day. (Applause.) The CoMPrROLLER—1 presume that the Board has a duty to perform in the auditing and allowing of these Claims, and therefore I still desire that the Board should prescribe some metnod as to the au- ding and allowing of these claims, on a subsequent examination, aud thus ascertain whetuer they are corrector not. The proposal imposes upon a third person the duty of auditing and allowing these clauns. I havé po idea as to their correctness, but 1 have no desire to throw any question upon them, It has not been usual for this Department to audit and pay theze claims. I should muca prefer tliat the claims be laid upon the table, and let them be properly audited, Then let the Board pass finally upon them. Jt seems to me thal this course 13 more in accordance with the way in which business has been done here. Our audit 13 merely a conditional audit now. Until the Board decides upon some method of audit it will not be possible ior these claims to be satisfactorily passed upon. Commissioner VAN Nort—We have passed upon claims aireauy of a similar character. The COMPTROLLER—If tue Comnnssioner of Pub- he Works bad understood what had been done he Would see that there 18 an essential difference. The rolls that are subinitted have been duly examined beivre they were paid by this Department. Ii we ‘are to have an audit { prefer that It be done accord- ing to law. I think we had better do it in some de- fined way. Commissioner STERBINS—Has the Compwroller any suggestion to make, Or any mode of audit in Bis mind that he could tell the board about? The OoMprROLLER—I (nink the law defines some method by which these claims should be audited and allowed, Commissioner Van Nort—I take it that the Comp. troller would not pay anything that he did not find correct. That vefore he paid this he would consult the Hoard again. I would suggest that the Comp- troller devote one-tweltth of the appropriation due W these departments to the payment of these pay rolls, What 1 desire 18 that these men should have It the Comptroller desires that the lay over one day I have no objection The CoMPTROLLER still pressed for the Board to define some meinod of audit. Commissioner VAN Nort—IJ would like to ask the Comptrolier whether there has not been a requisi- Uon [rom these departments presented to the Ve- partment of Finance tor the payment of these rolls, The CLERK—T!bere Was no appropriation tor last year, and, theretore, no requisition could be made. Commissioner VaN Nowr—1 press my motion that the Clerk read the particulars of these rolls, id that the Board proceed (o pass upou them. The CoMPYROLLER— Ai the last meeting it was de- cided that the claims be sent in tothe Board, Now, we have twenty or thirty pay rolis put im at this meeting and are asked to pass on them now, I don’t think that isthe way t do our business, 1 move that we puss upon them 0a another day, after they have been audited. Com jonet STEBBINS—We are all destrous of discharging our duty faithfully. I think they shoud reierred for examination, and then the Board should decide. 1 would suggest to the Commissioner of Public. Works that he so modity his resolution that this be the construction of it, If it is pressed that we pass upon them to-day I shall vou againstit The ident, f am sure, will ac- comphish tbe audit with as much expedition as pos- Bivie. Commissioner VAN NoRT—I have no objection to the claims being audited, and that they He over for @ Cay to enable this to be done, 1 intend to move that when this Board adjourns it does so wo meet again to-morrow, (Cheers) ‘he motion that the pay rolls of the Fire and Po- lice Departments lie over for audit for one day was cari Co umissioner VAN Nort—I move that when this ara adjourn it meet to-morrow at tree o'clock. am quite ready to sit here until twelve o'clock to- night, if needial, (Cheers.) Commissioner STEBBINS spoke at length of his de sire to do his dui this Board. He was quite as anxloup as the Commissione. of Public Works and Was qwite a8 zealous in his desire to do the business of this Board, It was @ business that was ren- dered very difficult -by the law that had been tes and he did mot think that meeting on the ollowing day would afford the Comptroller sumi- tient tme to examine Mese claims, He. would Move as an amendment \hat when the Board ad- Journ It does so to meet again at the call of the Chair. Commissioner Van Now said that he had no wish to show any extraordinary zeal, He was not there for that. What he was there for was, in his numbie way, to expedite the business of the Board. ite was w, O bib Wexe aud work ab thege clauma, 414 not wish to inconvenience the President o! R eure if the Comptrolier desired any assist ence te the ondiins ¢ Ce om Con oe provale 1ako ne them an mn. acquiesce in she m ‘that we meet at the call of the chair. whese men, he thougat, ought te have thelr money. ‘The Motion was put and Contmissioner Van Nort voted ‘no,’ that the next meeting pe ai the call of the chair.’ Two votes were in the affirmaiive, and the President declared the amendment of Commis- sioner Stebbins carried. Commissioner VAN NoBT protested against the decision and said that the law required a concurrent vote. THE COMPIROLLER’S LETTER. ‘The COMPTROLLER submitted the following corres- pondence:— To Hon. JouN K, Porter and Hon Epwanne Prenck- PONT, Counsel of Board of Apportionment ana Audit :— GENTLEMEN—The Board of Ay pportionment and Audit de- sires your opinion on various: questions relating to the con- miructlon of chapter ¥, af the Taws of 1872, and fa 2 order that there & a po asia a oe execution of its peeeas De, aes form me as to tl req oF any bill, uceount oF eae, Ciedgirty for salaries ne under this act; ere ree yy [agenda are to be performed or don e Board can proceed to audit these bila Itrust en will favor oie joard with ZOOE euanion on this and olier pointe tavolvedin the act ss as practicable, and am yours respectful y asp petty, GREEN, Comptrolier of the city of ye reek and f Oanirmen of the 'd 01 Apportionment and Audi OPINION OF JUDGES P ERE AND PORTER. NEW Youu, Feb, 5, 1872. 7 THE HONORABLE THE BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT AND uD i Teply to the questions reo) in_your letter of this date (of which the above. ry copy) we, the undersigned, counsel to said Board, ant First—That public mote Of the the and place of ever ‘4 meeting of the Board of Audit must be given, and auch pul Ue patios must be given a reasonable time before Sach meeting. ‘S-crnd—That every bill, account and claim (except for salaries and wages) must be read aloud in full by the Clerk of the Board at the time of presentation, and that each bill so read must lie upon the table for # aay after auch presentar tion before the same Is acted upon by the Board of Audit, Third—That the statute also requires that the Clerk shall, on the day of the presentation of any claim, enter in a sutt- able book’ a minuteot the general nature of the bil or claims (except for salaries and wages), specifying the amounts thereof and the items of the, same when practicable; but ‘ull copy of the bill, account or claims need no ooh EDWARD 8, PIERRPONT, JOHN K, PORTER, SPECIAL LEGISLATION. The CLERK read the following letter of counsel a3 To special legisiauon:— To THE HONORABLE THE BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT AND AUDIT:— We, the undersigned, counsel to your honorable Boards, after examination of the bill draft, passed January 30, 1872, are ‘of opinion that grave questions may arise as to ihe ‘construc tion und effect of said act, the effect of which may be to em- ‘Darrass and delay its execution, Special matters may arise which will make 1t necessary to 6 appiy the Leginlatiire for & supplementary act, Dé PIERREPOINT, JOUN K PORTE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTARY AUDIT BILL. Commissioner VAN Nor? said that he had re ceived a draitof the above bill that day from the Comptroller. He desirea that in the clause “tne such book, Comptrolier may pay”? that the word “shall” be substituted for the word to:— “may.” This was agreed an act entitled “An Vdeficiencies in the olty and cou ‘and the audit and payment of salaries a1 i oiaimas ts said city and county,” passed January 30, 18! ‘The people of the State ot New York represented in Senato and Assembly do enact as follows :— SKOTION I,—The estimate authorized by the first section of the act hereby amended may be at made one oF, more times in seh forin sa the Board therein mentioned ‘may provide, and nothing in this or in said section contained shall affect the power of any department of the said city or other body to proceed with and execute works of a permanent cha- racter which it is authorized by laws now In force to proceed with and execute, nor prevent the said Comptroller from raising the moneys required for the payment for such per- manent works under existing laws. SKo, 2.—It ia hereby provided and declared that the second section of sald act shail uot apply to. any claim for which & sutticlent appropriation remained unexpended at the date of the passage ‘act; and further, that the sald Board Tay wucitand allow and the sald Comptroller sball pay the Glaitas npectiied in, the said second section, notwithstan dig they may be in excess of any sum or sums appropriated and set apart to any of the dopartments or for any of the purposes of the ania city or county, under and pursuant to chapter 543 of the Laws of 1871. Nothing In this act con- tained shall be construed to require the, sald Comptrolier to pay out of the proceeds of bonds authorized by said second section any claima or amounts that may lawfully be pald ont of che avails of bonds or stocks heretofore by any law authorized, or out of the avails of taxation, or from any special or trust funds, ‘SE. 8&—The third section of the said act is hereby re- raced, bas bxo. 4.—This act shall take effect immediately, Commissioner STEBBINS moved the following resolution, aud it was adopted 2 Whereas this Board ie advised by tte counsel that grave questions may,arise as to the construotion and effect of some ofthe provisions of t the ‘act relating to np at and deficiencies in the city and county of fork (ch. 9 Laws of 1872), the ellect of which may be to embarrass and delay its execution, and that the speediest metho to obtain the ends Apparently intended to be secured by the act will be to apply to the Legislature for a supplementary therefore, jolved, That the Board do approve the’ draft act, amendatory of sald chapter % herewith subinitted, and re- speetfully reeammend its passage by the Legislature of the DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Commissioner BELL addressed the Board as to the legality of the Board of Audit repaying any ad. vances for out-door relief to those parties who might advance the money until the Comptroller was in a Position to pay It. In reply to tuis the COMPTROLLER sald he could no doubt arrange it satisfactorily with Commissioner Beil In the course of the day. THE CROTON WATER POLICE. A memorial from the above police was read, ask- ing ior awards of pay. {It appeared that the pay rolls were yet with the Departament of Public Works, but Commissioner VAN Nort promised that they should be sent to the Comptroller in the course of a Tew days. ‘The CLERK then began to read, item by item, all charitable institution claims, reading the name of each child aod other particulars. ‘The COMPTROLLER Sald this was required by law. At six o’clock Mr. Storrs gave in by weakness of voice, and the Board adjourned until! Wednesday, at tree o'clock, WRECK OF OF | THE | WAND). relating to Apora. The Last of a Neten 1 Blockade Reaner—The Steamer Wando Waterlogaed and Ab doned by Her Crew off Chesapenke Bay. On Sunday morning last, as the steamer Cham- pion, of the New York and Oharleston line, was passing Chesapeake, about forty miles south of the Delaware lightship, the crew signted a low- rigged steamer, apparently waterlogged, lying off the coast. A high wind prevailed at the tame, and In consequence there was a very heavy sea, but Captain Lockwood bore down to the sinking vegsel to render any assistance that might be necessary, On coming ,nearer he found he had been anticipated, for she’ steamer Cleopatra, of the Alexandre line, bound south, had already come ito the rescue and taken on board the crew of the disabled ship, When the Champion came alongside a line was made fast to the Wando, which was found to be the name of the vessel. Not asoul was on board, the crew having abandoned her, and not a moment too soon, for the water was pouring in upon the decks and cabins, so that she was llabie to sink at any moment, apd Captain Lockwood thinks she must have ioundered immediately aiter the Champion bore away. The Wando was a low, rakish steamer, of English build, witn every facuity for speed, and the captain and mate of tae Champion bot agreed that she had been a blockade run- ner, judging from her general appearance. No in- dication could be found explaining her sudden de- struction. Yesterday a HERALD reporter learned some inter- esting particulars relative to her past history and her present ownership. She was one of the numer- ous steamers built upon the Clyde during the civil war Ww run the blockade of the Sournern poris. After making one or two very successiul trips, and having gained a reputation asa noted runner, she was captured by a United States man-oi- -war and taken to this port. Alter lying in the Navy Yara some time work was found for the Wando to du; but at the close of the War she was again sent to the Navy Yard, where she was sold to Mr. Wella, Presi- dent of the Western Transportation Company. For some unaccountable reason Mr. Welis, after purchasing the vessel, allowed her to remain idle, and for more than five yeara she has not made a single trip or been employed upon service of any kind. About @ month ago Mr. Wells sold the Wando to the Spanish house of Rivera & Co., who Were looking out for a switt steamer to ply between New York anu Havana and carry a general cargo. When Kivera & Co, procured the vessel she was Subjected to a thorough overhauling, and on being examtned by'a government engineer, preparatory to her Orst trip, was protounced to be sound in every particular arc in good order and condition. On Friday last she started from pier No, 2 with her first Cargo. consisting of 80,000 feet of lumber and a& large quanuty of miscellancous goods, ‘The crew consisted Of the captain, A, D. Lozier, and thirty men all told, Rivera & Co, had every confidence 1n the vessel, and were considerably astonished yes- terday morning when the purser of the Champion brought them the news of the loss, The Wando was of 682 tons burden, lying low in the water, as block- ade runners generally do, and was one of the best vessels Of her class. The loss upon the cargo and or is fully covered by insurance, and tue owners Will sustain no further damage vban a temporary interfgrence with their trade, {tis more than prob. able that the vessel has sunk ere this; aud sv ends the career of a noted blockade runner. LONG ISLAND SPORTSMAN’S CLUB, The Sportsman’s Club of Long Island held their regular annual meeting last evening, at O’Counor’s rooms, 66 East Fourteenth street, the President, Recorder John K. Hackett, presiding. ‘The Treasurer’s report, which was embodied ta that of ihe bLxecutive Committee, showed te Minanciat condition cf the cluo to be in @ Most favoral.e condition. After the nomination of the folowing gentiemen to fill the various offices of the organization for the ensuing year the mee? ing adjourned:—For President, Jonn K, Hackett; for Vice President, George a. Wilmerding; for Treasurer, Wiliam M. Jehus; for Secretary, W. K. Beebe; for Counsel, John E. Develin; lor Executive Committee, George G, Wilmerding, Charlies Banks aud A. ?. Montaut A WINDOW SMASHER CAUGHT, The HERALD of the 1st inst. contained an account of the breaking in of a show window In the jewelry store No. 170 Bowery by two daring thieves, who plole therefrom jn broad dayilght Jewelry Ww the | twenty-one yards rise, value of $275 and then made their escape, Since the occurrence the detectives have been in cee of the offenders, and yesterday Oificers Dunlap and no grabbed, the Jacticlen Tom the window alter 1 who rom the wins had been trocen-—and took him to the Tombs Po- Itee Court, where he gave the name of Jolin Tully. Alter an a the prisoney was com milted in default of bail. THE PANORMO MURDER. The Inquest Remumed Before ‘Corencr Jones— Testimouy of Miller, ‘the Man With the Light Coat,” and Others. The inquest touching the mysterious manner of the taking off of Professor Panormo, who was robbed and mortally wounded on Park avenue, corner of Oxford street, on the night of January 23, Was resumed before Coroner Jones and a jury in the County Court House, Brooklyn, yesterday. THE TESTIMONY. ‘The first witness calied was John MeGuinness, who de- posed tuat be was e driver on, the V jan erbllt sven ue line of 4 the comer of Oxford sireet, near where Panormo was struck, at twelve minutes before ten o'clock on the night of the murder, but did not see anything to bis attention on the trip. George Miller, who was arrested on suspicion, was then called to the stand, and teatitied as follow 1 am @ pedler of vegetables and fruit, and worked for John Lelb; have been in his employ for fourteen years off und on; on the might of aid Bl at half-past elght o'clock, Iwas in hman’s, events near Navy street; I auked Mr. —Beechman' son; the clock the boy sala the clock was too fast by his wate was on the wall in the barroom; could not say whether he said it was ten o’clock or it wanted five minutes of ten; wit- ness thanked him then and went off; went right down Navy sireet to Park avenue; there was’ no one with him at the time; wentup Park Svinte on the right hand going east; amet ouly one, man, om she way, iad was on (he corner ton street ; the man was or anything about h him: alice aut Tea came to p Orland, street, when | saw man trying to Iit another ap, who asked me 10 assist him; Taai dud 40; thought the man who was Bleeding was tgt at brat} helped bim to lead she injured man over to the drug store of Ur. Marvin, whom we aaked if Bevcoud ‘do angising for, Bling Be said. had better go form policeman’ and a do eat ehé treat had ‘Mr?Pagormo ta’hand ten, left and T started for home; I left behind me the wounded man, the druggist and a third person, who came at that moment in frontot tne drug store; xolng on a iutle, way I met » you fetiow standing ina doorway, who sald where are you going 7” Tain ‘golog home," aaid 1; 1 told him there was # man hurt down rhe fatreet, and 1 then went t home and then went home; Temoked a ipe when I bed; I left the house al va seven o'clock on pS morning to go to work; between seven and eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, witness Coutinued, I visited the ‘stable corner of Marcy and Myrile avenues, and went to New York, and took the borse and wagon with me; George aud Edward Hart came down with me, @ young man who worked with me also got in the wagon aud went to New York with me; the Hurt brothers got off Gorner of York and ‘lary streets; 1 went to place in Pike street, near the river, and bought some produce, Suaucn (iiWessinmon Markets then t care, homaior desta the Fulton ferry about twelve o'clock; driving home I went down Raymond street, Park avenue, and from there to my house, where remained ’ about & quarter of an hour, after which 1 drove the cart to the “bosses” and unloaded it; then took the Myrtle ave nue car and went over to New York and toox the £ighth avenue cara to Twenty-eighth street, where I got out; I walked to Ninth avenue up the latter sureet, passing through Ninth avenue a couple of blocks; passed duwn to Kighth avenue, where 1 toog the cara and rode down to Barclay street; then waiked to the mie ard which I crossed; rode home then, and remained in the house that night; 1 Dought the “suit”? on Wednesiay to sell, but did not dis- Pose of teas tue day was cold snd 1° was afraid it would cexe; It was avout a quirtenpast eight o'clock in the in; when 1 got home; my wife was no business in making that vo New York; just went over there for exercise, to away the time; had not been there for some time; Rot atop to take a drink; am not in the habit of drinking 5 did not speak to anybody, nor see anybody that 1 knew while traveling ta, New York: did not hand anybody anything from the time I went until 1 came back, nor did take Savin from me; don’t recollect whether L pies je wounded imaa;T had no’ watch about ine evening i iL had $22 aud some odd cents oi my own money. ‘Abram Stuitz testitied that he was a driver on the Vander- bilt avenue line, aiid that he pusued the corner of Park ave: Rue and Cumberland street du the night Iu question, at about ten o'clock; neither heard nor saw auy disturbance. Detective Uharies Videts teatitied that he had made an in- spection of the ground where l'anormo was supposed to have been assanited; on Park avenue, near the corner of Oxford street, he found blood stains alongside of @ tree and upon the opposite sidewalk; then he went through the avenue to Cumberland street, and about tifty feet up that street, on the west side of Cumberland street, where ull further trace of blood was lost, Miss Annie A. Miller testified, that she lived with the last witness, but was nut married io him; he ad told her that he had seen a man lying on the curbstone wounded, and re- marked that “drink js an awful thiug.” Her testimony was otherwise unimportant. The inquest was then adjourned until this morning at ten o'clock. Among the witnesses sworn was Henry. Bowen, of the Daily Union, wio Was questioned as to what information he haa on the subject, when he ad- Initted that he had no tulormation that would throw light upon the case, and he did not designate the Words that appeared upon bis bulletin, connecting the name of Register McLaughiin with the murder. Register Hug MCLAUGHLIN, Who Was present duriug the inquest, arose at this point and salu he would like, “as @ gentleman and citizen,” to ask the witness (Mr. Bowen) what person was referred to “when the name of McLaughlin was placed on the bulletm’ or published in the Union on Satur- day last? ‘rhe reply was, “I supone it referred to you.”” “Then, will you be kind el ” asked the Boss, “to state What reasons you for mixing my name up in Connection with the Panormo murder? State what Thad to do with 1,’ “Uan’t,” was the rejoinder of the witness. Mr. MCLAUGBLIN then addressed the Court in ae- nunciation of the course of the Brooklyn press in coupling respectable nawés with the tr “asl " PIGHON SHOOTING. A pigeon ination; $100, at swantnone birds, be- tween Philip »chindler and David Robinson, eighty yards boundary, find and trap for each other, Long Island rules to govern, came off yescerday afternoon at Fort Ham- luton, Which was won by Schindler, who beat his opponent four birds. The shooting was stopped at the nineteenth pigeon, as it was impossible at that time for Robinson to make a tie, winning being impossible. ‘The weather was very favorable for the sport, there being little wind, and for so fine a day the shooting was poor. Robinson ‘out-birded’’ Schindier, but the latier Was lar the best murksmap, and dis win- ning gave great satisfaction to his backers and the majority Of the lookers-on, ‘he brother of Robin. son trapped for him, and nis manner and language during the Match were not at all admired by the spectators, There wus a great deal more wrang- ing on both sides than was necessary or pleasant, and we would advise these gentlemen not to make any (urther matches unui they have better control Of their tempers. The shooting took place im a field 1mmediately m the rear of tne fort and alongside of tne stables of Captain Graham’s flying artillery, Company K. ‘Tue piace is admirably suited for sports of tus charac- ter, The betiing was very small on the match, as Schindier’s friends were not disposed to lay 80 against 100 when oifered by the Robinson party, Humphrey Hartshorn was reieree, and Daniel Greene and Jonn Tester judyes—the former for Sentindler and tne latter for Robinson. ‘the spectators numbered about oue hundred and fifty, comprising “ail sorts,’ The Brooklyn Buss was there, in company with Brown and several other prominent politicians; then there were publi+ caus and their patrons, a few of the fying artillery, some drummer boys ana buglers, together with the indispensavie ornament to all such promiscuous gatherings—the bummer. The boundary of eighty yards was recognized by # Score or more of “pot Dunters,” who surrounded the grounds at equal aistances, gun In hand, and they did not let a bird escape. A missed bird from the trap was fired at by half a dozen of the outsiders, fy in what direction he would; and there was more amusement afforded by these lellows than there was in Witnessing the match, The toilowing are the details of THE SHOOTING. ROBINSON. . SCHINDLER. 1—A slow incoming 1—A driving bird; mit, bird; missed, This was oe owt of bounds. miss, 2—A fast driving bird; missed, ‘The bird was white and bard to hit while ying close to the an easy bird, 2—A quartering bird to the Jeft; hit hurd, but escaped, sDOW. 3—A quartering birdto | 3—A driving bird; hit the right; well killed. hard, buc fell out of bounds, A miss, 4—A_ driving _ bird; 4—A_ ariving bird; kilied instantly. A yood killed weil, A capital shot. slot. 5—A quartering bird to 5—A quartering bird to the leit; missed, the rigut; wing broke; gathered and killed, 6—A driving bird; In- stantly kiled, A good shot 7—A quartering bird to Nhe right; hit hard, gath- ered and killed. S—A quartering bird to the right; well killed, eA driving bird; missed. 10—A — drivt bird; killed instantly. A capi- ‘tal suot, 1l—A quartering bird vo the rignt; well kied, 12—A quartering bird right; 6—A “isead driving bird; misse ... 7—A quarteriny the right; m: 8—A_ slow, Lahti bird; prez et 9A riving bird; mise: ray quartering bird to the right; kilied very nicely. 11—A ed, ; hut, bird to to the quickiy killed. 13—A_ driving bird; knocked down; it got up again and afterwards Pode and was retrieved by tht driving bird; to the right; inmancly killed. 13—A_ driving bird; well killed, As soon a8 he flew he was knocked nearly to pieces. M—A driving bird; wel: killed, killed quickly, 15—A driving bird; hit 16—A quartering bird kg but escaped. to the rigut; missed. aie driving bird; 16—A Guartering bira ints tonne right; missed, ign driving bird; juartering bird ine ne rights missed, 18—A quartering bird quickly killea, jot A capital om low ariving bird; yet to the lett; qyekly killed, ena auartering bird 19—A quattering vird to the Figat; missed, to the mght; instanuy killed, ‘The following is THE Score, ROBINSON—0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, Killed, 8 alas 4, binge dia he Misses SCHINDLER—0, 0, 0, 1, 1 1 ty 1 0, 0; Jy Lo—Kusled 32; ilsnsed’ 3° 9 sh JUDGE BEDFORD'S GRAND JURY. Two of the Friends of the People | Si Indicted and Arrested, Ex-Senator Genet and Tom C. Fields in the Same Boat with the Ex-Boss, THE BEGINNING OF THE END ‘The proceedings of the Court of General Sessions on Saturday last—Judge Bedford presiding—were fully reported in the HERALD of the following day. Twenty-three indictments, it was stated, haa been found by the Grand Jury, the same having been handed to the Court and record made, The proper legal proceeaings for the arrest of the parties so indicted were promptly taken, the partial result of which is seen in the arrest of Harry Genet, the erst “boss” on the small scale of the uptown ring of small-beer politicians, and of the uncorrupted and incorruptible Tom , Fields. The mdictment against HARRY GENET, charges that gentleman with forgery in the third degree, The warrant for bis arrest was issued im- mediately after the presentments in court of Judge Bedford’s Grand Jury on Saturday last; but justice ‘Was tempered with mercy on that occasion and the Sheriff refrained trom causing his arrest on Satur- day for the reason set forth in the HERALD’s report of the proceedings referred to, Mr. Genet, soon alter his arrest, early in the afternoon of yesterday, by the Sheriff, was brought into court on habeas core pus, applied for by his counsel, Nelson J. Water- bury. On application, Juage Barnard admitted the ex-Senator to bail in $10,000—$5,000 on each indict- ment. Oliver Charlick was bondsman. TOM , FIELDS. Next in the order of Grand Jury presentment and arrest by the Sheriff was presented to Judge Bar- nard immediately after the new departure of his fellow patriot and friend, Genet, Thomas ©. Fields. He ts charged on two indictments—one for felony the other for bribery. The same process was gone through to bring him into Court as that pursued in the case of Genet, and Judge Barnard was still present, but in’a private room, to admit him to bail in $5,000 on the charge of felony and $2,500 on that of bribery, Billy Florence and Hawley B. Clapp became Fields) bondsmen, and, after justify- ing, the prisoner.was discharged to await trial, ‘THE INDICTMENT AGAINST GENET, ‘The following is a copy of the indictment found by Judge Bedford’s Grand Jury against Henry W. Genet:— INDICTMENT FOR FORGERY AGAINST HENRY W. GENET. Clty anit County of Neve Yorks, ss. ~Thv Jurore af the People of le Stats of New Yorks in und for wre body of the etty anc tounty of Wars York, sapon thete baths resent ‘That Henry W. G late of the First ward of the cit New York, 13 ine county or Now York atorenala, on ie Tdit day of July, in the year of our Lord Is7l,, at tne ward, city and county’ aforesaid, having in his custody and possession a certain order for the payment of money, which said order ia. as follows, that is 10 aa3 4 “New York, July ty ith te 7a CHAMBERLAIN OF ritR Ciry OF New Yorks at EY KA McB. Davi widaot aC a $4,802, for it “Pay inc OF order 64,802 for ironwork 4c., for Ninth Dine Court Hour Soin ony, iy ji 0} (, Com trolier, “mn OAKEY HALL, M: i! DORBEMENT. ieee a District Court House Fund, L. OC. Bruns, Register. ‘The said Henry W. Genet afterwards, to wit, on the day and year last aforesaid, with force and arma, at the ward, city ‘and count, aforesaid, feloniously did Saunas 8 make, forge and counterfeit, and did cause and procure to be falsely made, forged and counterfeited, and dia willing) aid and assist in the false making, forging and counterfeiting on the back of the said order a certain instrament and writing commonly called an endorsement, which said false, f¢ feited instrument and writing, comma! hole as foliows, that is to say, J. Intent to injure and defraud the Mavor, Aicermen ana Com monalty of of New York, and diverg other persons to the jurors pple id unknown, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, ana Inst the peace of the people of the State of New York, and dignity. aforesaid, do And the jurors n thelr fu . Genet, late of the or upo hor present :=That the acid” Heury W. city and county aforesaid, on the day and year last Roresa at the ward, city and’ county aforesaid, having 1n iy and posseunion a certain order for the payment of Taomey, wlich suid order las Tollowe, Ura ta eee “NEW YORK, July a « Tie, “To the CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CiTy OF NEw YORK, at the Pay seat ce Davidgon cr order 94,802 f “Pay J, Med Daviaton or order jor iron work, &e., of Ninth Distriot Court Hox . ij IGHARD B. CONNOLLY, Comptrolier. “A. OAKEY HALL, Mayor.” and on the back of which sald order was then and there written «certain feloniously false, forged and counterfeited dnstrument and writing, commonly called an endorsement, of the sald last mentioned order, which said feloniously false, forged and counterfeited instrument and writing, com- monly called an endorsement, is as follows, that Isto say, J. MoB, Davidson; the said Henry W. Genet then and there welt knowing the premises last aforesaid, and that the said endorsement was faige, feloniously forge id counter- feited, afterwards, to wit, onthe day and year last afore- said, ‘with force and arms, at the ward, city and county aforesaid, felontously did utter and publish astroe the said felonto: false, for and counterfeited endorsem my of the said jast mentioned order, wih intention to inlurs and defraud the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, and divers, other, nersout, to the Jurors aforesaid unknown ; he WwW. ut the time he so uttered and abltahed the rd fusaioniy, ‘Taleo, forged and 'counterteited endorsement of the said last me tioned order, then and there well knowing the sal ment to false, torged and gh tae against the form of the statute in such case id pro~ vided, and against the peace of the people of mine State of New York and their dignity. 8. B. GARVIN, District Attorney, THE WRIT gs HABEAS CoRTUS, Subjoined is a copy of the petition for the writ of habeas corpus upon Which the prisoner Genet was brought beiore Judge Barnard. To rue SurnraR CouRT oF THE Stay oF NEW YORE The petition of Henry W. Genet shows that privoner confined in tie ‘custody ot Matthew heriff of the city and county of New York, for criminal offence—to wit: forgery; and that he is no unite ted or detained by virtue of any process igsued by an , court of the United States or by any judge thereof, nor is he com mitted or detained ab virtue of the final judgment or decree of any competent tribunal of civil or crtintaat jurisdiction, any execution bh & by virtue of ‘upon sucl Judgment’ or’ decree that “the ‘cause ‘or prevence “of such imprisonment, according to the best knowiedgo und be- ef of your petitioner, is au alleged indictment found agatust him in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the elty and county of New York, whereupon your petition- er prays that an order issue directed to the sald Matthew T. Brennan, Sheriff of the city and coubty of New York, com. manding’ him to produce your petitioner before one of the Justices of sald Supreme Court, at Chambers tnerent, forth- With, 20 the end that your pelitioner may be vhiled or ts. charged H.W. GENET, Dire Lh hare City vind Cnunty of New York, #0:—Henry W. Genet being duly sworn doth depose and say that the | facts set forth is {he above petition subscribed by nim are true. GENET, Sworn before me this ith day of Bebraary| Wn bon oO. Sv£VENS, Notary Public, New York county, MR. GENET IN CouRT. Shortly after tne grantipg of the above writ Mr. Genet was brought before Jadge Barnard. Mr. Nel- son J. Waterbury appeared as his counsel; District Attorney Garvin appeared for the people, ir. Peck- ham, counsel for the Committee of Seventy, was also in Court to assist tu the prosecution. Mr. Genet’s counsel satd he was ready to give ball in agy sum the Court might think proper to fix. ‘Mr. GARVIN insisted that the case should go be- fore the Court of Oyer ana Terminer, Judge BARNARD, after examuning the indictment, overruled the objection and fixed the bail at $5,000, Mr, Oliver Charlock became Mr. Genet’s bondsman, and then the parties left the court room. INDICIMENT AGAINST THOMAS C. FIELDS, State of New York, Cily and County of New York &.:—The Jurors the People of Uw’ State of Weve York, tw and for the, borly of the Chiy and County of Nee Kori upon resent — Thd at the general election’ held. throughout the, St te of New York on the Tuesday succeeding the tirst Mon r, In the year 186% Thomas. Fields, late or the ward of the city df New York, in the county of ‘oreraid, was duly elected by the electors of the Nineteenth Assembly. district ‘of the county of New York to of member of Assembly for said Nine- teenth Assembly. district, and at the time” bereine after mentioned the said ‘Thomas ©. Fields had the sald ofliee and bad duly qualitied and taken his seat as member of the Assembly of the Slate of New York, reore: senting the Assembly district aforesaid, and at the same lime hereinafter mentioned was auch member of the Assem- bly of New York, and that the session of the Legislature for 1570 was begun at che oy of Albany on the first Tuesday of January, in ine year 1870, and at the time hereina(ter men- tioned tte said Gegisiature had nox terminated its sittings, and of which Legisinture the said Thomas Fields was then a member as storeeai, And the ‘& claim against the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York for services ai pertermed by nim, the said George Keller, as & member Ihe Metropoftan as by him alleged, and aod that the amount aE the P+ claim of’ the naid Georg for the ali services aforesaid or ‘the value or more, And the jurors afores: the year last foveal, id. Shere bed bee oduced, Mareh, in jast afoi and there oy then ding in the said Legiah iy of the Btate of New York, and in ibe ,tatd Assembly, « certain bill isin for thé gevern- ment of the city of New ¥ ore in the ninth section of whieh aid billeo introduced and pending in the said Assembly it was provided that the Comptroiler of the city of New York was authorized and ey the claims found to be due to bers of the about to action and put upon its passage, and that ti ¢ wuld George Keller was one of the claims referred to in said last mentioned section ot the sald bil, which the sald Comptroller of the city of New York was authorised and dt. Feoted to pay should bill become a law, and that the Bald bill wp pending in the auld. Assombly, bout to be brought before it for its at upon ite might be. bro brongit be t betore ‘iim, the sald Thomas U. Fields, Tile oftelal gapactty as such. member of Assombly ns Aioresaid’ andthe jurors aforesaldy upon thelr oath atore- said, do further present that the sald Thomas (, Fields, be- Ing such member of tue Assembiy oF the State of New York, and holding auch office as aforesaid, ‘On the aaid 6th day of h, in the year ast sforesalds the said cit, county aforesaid, feloniousiy, wiry receive of and from the said George Ken and of personal advantage to bi Fielas, (0 rit: Aseignments made Uy the said George Ke whereby he, George Keller, assigned, tranaferre Sid bet” over vo bm, ‘Tbumas C. Fields, a0 Coual moveur . he alt and amount is to way, aeertelf et de wall of such ry ta abould oud be oll the ne , Aldermen and Conon ot ‘Or which should be paid by of the city of New York, should he be re- ‘same by the said bill so’ pending as afore- alaw, Amore particular description of said Lx jurors aforesaid unknown and the ‘personal advantage—to wit, the C4 oe su ® ite aid “Moma” o.. fii, an o a art of oe uy such member © tn oe ‘nforesala and about to he fore the said ‘Assombl as aforesaid and put upon in some degree influenced said Thomas ©. Fields, as a as gence toed ry RESTON OM NET Ki NT A ahd Sy MMMM SEE yk CAR Es SEP R RAR Sy +a grt a oged me made and provide of the pi of the State or Nev a ak avis, District Attorney. The second indictment a eins Fields is almost the counterpart of the above, in this latter indict- ment it 18 chat that one Garret B, Tunison, mnrnhea of the Metropolitan Fire Department, as- im one-half of a claim for $600 against 3 an ia consideration of his services in mereting of a law by the State Legislature of 187. authoring its payment, MR, FIELDS AVERSE TO BEING TRIED AT GENERAL SESSIONS. Mr. Fields applied, after his discharge, for the re- moval of the trial of nis cage trom the Court of Gen- eral Sessions to the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Exbloinea 1s 18 a copy of the application and tne order i Court granting the gis any Justice of the Su; any Circult Judge or Supreme Court Comm! sioner of the trate of New York oe sppiieation of Thomas C. Wied tfully shows that h ha ie 9 resident of the ‘of New York; wurt of General yunty, an indictment against your petitioner have been bad upon sai to said Court of General islacure fect and for a felony; proce fndletment elnce te geen y ; that your petitioner is a member of the Of the State of ixew York, and such indictments related to oda petitioner when heretofore a ember 9 rot f sald ody ;- that the questions to be raised by the der not only appertain to your t their decision, as construing the are ire dane det r wey the Toprosentative. poal a ereafter occupy the representative posi- tion aforesat seca R Your petitioner, therefore, in view of the importance of the queltions lavolved, ant for the purposeof having the decisions upon bis trial rendered by a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, prays forthe removal, by order, of the indictment aforesaid now pending in said Court of General Sessions, to the Court of Uyer and Ter. miner of the eounty of New York. And your petitioner will ever pray, &c- AS O. FIELD! City und County of New York—Thomaa G. Fickducot anid sity and county, being duly sworn, says that he Is ihe peti- tlover in the foregoing petition, and. that the facts therein set forth are true. HOMAS C. FLELDS, Sworn to before me, February 6, Is2—EDWARD Bis. BELL, Notary Public. JUDGE BARNARD TO THE RESCU ‘The order of the Court removing the matter into the Court of Oyer and Terminer 13 as follows:— In the Generai Sesion City ind Vounty of New York—The People of the State of Nae York ve, Thms Yale iv cepenre tng by the application of the defendant ‘above nained that the same was imade in due season, and that no injuri- ous delay will be produced by the granting thereof, and thereby the due prosecution of the indict: ment mentioned in the sald application, will vot in any way be prevented; and the facts and clreumstances sot forth in said application rendering such removal expedient, it is herety ordered that the indictment for a felony, now pendin; fm the gaid Court of General Sessions. against Tuomas C: Fields, ame is hereby removed from the said Gourt’of General Sessions tothe Court of Oyer and termainer of the county of New York, GEORGE U, BARNARD. Copies of these orders and also copies of similar orders in the indictment for briber; the Clerk’s oilice of the General Sessioi were filed in Mr, Sweeny’s Rerarn. It was rumored yesterday that Mr. Peter B. Sweeny had returned to town. The HERALD re- porter was informed of it as a fact by a very promi- nent politician, who stated that just as soon as Mr. Sweeny heard in Montreal of the mdictment against him he hurried on to New York, coming by the Erie Ratiway. Mr. Sweeny then went straight to his offices, in Nassau where he remained during the day, seelng @ few persons—his intimate acquaintances, Last evening the HERALD reporter called at the house of Mr. Sweeny, at 140 West Thirty-fourth street. The reporter was shown into the parior, id Mrs. J. J. Bradley saw him. She neither aftirmed nor denied Mr. Sweeny's arrival, but stated that he did not wish to be annoyea by reporters, which somewhat confirmed the report. The proml- nent politician above referred to stated that Mr. Sweeney’s arrival in town was caused by his desire not to appear to run away from justice, and that he would give bail immediately on his arrival. Sueriff Brennan yesterday afternoon expressed assurance of Mr. Sweeny's whereabouts. street, THE KILIAN-FREAR CONTEST. Opening of the Case for Frear—How He Manipulates the Votes—A Poll Clerk Who Wanted a “Rake”—Was Kilian’s ounsel Anxious To Buy Up Inspectors ?—Rich De- velopments Yesterday. The Committee on Privileges and Electtons, of which Mr. Strahan ts Chairman, renewed the in- vestigation yesterday in the contest between Fred Killan and Alexander Frear for the seat for the Fif- teenth Assembly district, The counsel for Kilian having last week sworn ninety-eight persons, who testified that they voted in the Twenty-fifth Election district for Kilian, who was given but sixty votes, he rested his case. When the committee met yes- terday Messrs, Strahan, Marcy, Mosley, Spruystea and Twombly were present, THE TESTIMONY, ‘Tne case was opened for Mr. Fréar by N. J. Water- bury, who called as the first witness James L. Martin, of 448 West Thirty-first street, Inspector of the First dirstrict of the Twentieth ward, and'a repnult can, testified that 491 persons of those entered on the resistr otéd at the lection, and two, who had not been registered He arrived there election morning about half-past six: there was a crowd outside in a hurry, and when one of the | inspec: tors and a pol clerk arrived thé poll clerk checked the votes on ‘the poll list; what he put on the poll lit witness enecked on the registry; he checked on the registry all who voted except those not registered. Cross-examined—Frear recelved 178, Harris 57, Kilian 78, and Logan 167; he did not vote for any body for Assembly at the Inst eleciton ; the poll book was given to the Chairman of Inspectors, William Doyle, when the votes had been cun- Doyle stated to nim that he took charge of he pectors were at Frear’s house lection ; each of the inspectors were ut half an hour; while witness was Sway a Mr_ Joseph checked, and: witness’ reliance for what was done ia that time ia’ upon bis Joseph's) statement; can't tell how many voted during witness’ absence. Re-direct—It was about the time of the county canvass witness visited Frear’s house to explain the discrepancy be- {ween the poll list and the registry. George Fendal, poll clerk of the same district, textined that he commenced Keeping poll st about ten A M. ; before at he checked the voters on the registry ; this registry pro- duced Is not the one checked upone yagi Gronexamihen This Ook (registry produced) ts ‘oas-examihen—This boo! (regu roduced) is the one on which Fendall checked the voters.” On cross examination by Mr. Li *h, counsel for Kilian, Conroy deciared that three men, named McGinnis, John Mur- ray and Feter O*Nelll, stuted him with liquor and asked bim to go to ang ise, to make a “rake ;” they revaired there, when they olferet to throw out the Firat district if pes b voy give $1,000; he refused, but offered $500; get an; ore Lavaugi—Did I offer 9500? WITNES8—You aid. LaPAUGH—Dia you call at my house again? Taravor— With your uncle? AP AUG! y WiTNR8s— No: with Pete Bedin, Laravon—Did 1 pay you any money WitnRss—No; the second time I came + of my own accord to,nee what you was going to do about it; [didn’t want mor Further Disclosures Regarding thé | Jersey Oligarchy. A Ripe Harvest for the Contractors—Another!| Stupendous Job and How It Was Managed— The Taxpayers on the Qui Vive—Ihe New Reservoir—No Responsibility Any- where— Waiting for the Grand Jury to Report. Just at the very time when the Grand Jury were commencing to investigate the frauds perpetratea by the ‘‘commissioners’’ on the people.of Jersey City the Board of Public Works had consummated a jol that promises to be as stupendons & swindle on people as the Newark avenue improvement, if the pi gress of it be not attentively watched, A resolalion! was adopted a few weeks ago ordering the improve-! ment of Hoboken avenue—an improvement long needed, a8 that thoroughfare extends from thé Hoboken boundary along tue crest of the hill to thé Five Corners, which may be regarded as the central point of the city. The usual advertisements for pros’ Posals were published. in order to give the an idea of the way the old thing works, and to ford a peep into one of THE MANY LOOPHOLES through which a contractor who has the good for-/ tune to be inthe Ring may escapefrom diMculties which no others couldjsurmouut the following ©x- tracts from the specifications are glyen:—Ten thou-~ sand cubic feet of earth excavation, 1,000 feet rock, 50,000 feet of earth filling, 11,000 feet of sana or gravel filling, 28,000 square feet of Belgian pave- ment, 76,000 feet of flagging, 1,750 cublo yards retaining wall, 12,500 yards ‘at flagging to be relaid, with many other requirements. THE LITTLE JOKER pops up in the award of the contract, Each com-/ peting contractor named @ certain price for eac specified portion of the work. Tne neaey Part o' the job is the filling. The bidaing on this varied from seventy Cents to one doliar per yard. But one; ‘firm stepped in and offered to do this part for on cent a yard, Now, putting ten sams on the worl each team drawing ten loads per day and each | being one yard on an average in heavy weather, thie entire earnings of the ten teams for one ai would be only $1, putting the cost ot the filling al gether aside. At this rate the firm would loge wards of forty thousand doilars on the contrac, In he view Of the case a Soluuion must be found expl THE IMMENSE PROFITS which the protégés of the Ring manage to obtain.} If the contract should be carried out to the letter the grade of the avenues would be at least three leet higher than that of Newark avenue in Ho~ boken at the junction of these thoroughfares. We may expect some morning two or three month: hence to tind a resolution adopted by the Board of Public Works (if the Board shouid,not be logisiated out by that time) altering the grade on the petition of the contractors, Another resolution wiil be very likely passed altering the specifications from 1,750 cubic yards of retatning wall to 5,000 or 6,000 yards,) and thus sn Immense i033 will be avoided on the one side by a decrease in tbe filling material and a heavy gain obtained we the other by a jod which will Day well. This is how THE TECHNICALITY of awarding. the contract to the lowest udder; according to law, 18 met by the Board or Pablig: orks, Mr. Michael Shannon, one of the competitors for’ the work, is also a property owner on the line of the avenue, and so cunvinced is he that the work if carried out to the letter of the contract would bankrupt any but a very wealthy contractor, that he THREATENS AN INJUNCTION from the courts the moment an attempt is made to alter the specifications by the Bo: of Worgs., Senator John R. McPherson, also a property owner) on that avenue, intormed the HERALD representa-! tive yesterday’ that he only withdrew his ob- jJections to the improvement on the wee Standing that not a singie yard retaining wall except in strict accordance with whe, ecitications as they now stand should be erected. ‘The moment apy alteration 1s attempted he will ap- peal to the courts, All this vigilance on the part of property owners has become necessary, The job, according to the spectiications, “will cost about $138,000, while on the ‘‘amended”’ pian Mr. McPher- son says 7 would cost at least $200,000. ‘The /EWARK AVENUE IMPROVEMENT has taught’ the people a lesson. Although Hage con- tractor to Whom tt was awarded obtained it atthe ei of $11,800 higher, than the bia of Mr. George: arke, of Hoboken,’ @ huge loophole was left cares which a large profit may be drawn out. ‘The speciticauions were altered, and on motion of Mr. Bumsted It was resolved that in aacisiom to the burden on the property owners the cost “straightening” the avenue at the foot of the bill be levied on the city at large. He justified thig resolution on the ground that the cost of this part ot the work would be far In excess of the benefita conferred on the adjoining property. Nor was any limit placed on the amount to be expended in this job. Worse than all, the retaining wall, for which the property owners are to be 80 heavily . taxed, 1s “gly ving out,” and @ row Of props has been ‘set to prevent it from suadenly falling. ‘This spectacle is presented to tho eyes of several members of the Grand Jury as the; C4 pass to and from the court to their residences. Yet no re- port has beeu presented by the Cuief Eogineer or any surveyor calling the attention of the Board of Public Works to the fact or suggesting a suspen- sion of ora en aie one ~ in embryo is the elevation of the grade of “Newark avenue, from Jersey avenue to the crest of the hill, an “improvemenv’? which wil! necessitate the raising. of the grade of the intersecting streets. fi the ri should proceea to the execution of this project if will find @ resistance which It does not now count upon, ‘The star-chamber meetings of the Board of Public Works have been more than once alluded to, Im- provements are now ordered aud carried out on the principle that it 18 no part of a taxpayer’s business to investigate, protect or remonstrate, but, like the faithful subject mentioned by Watty Cox, ‘pay the: bills and ASK NO QUESTIONS.”? It is notorious, and yet to people living out- side Jersey City it seems'incredibie, that whenever the majority of property owners on the line of any street petition for any Pg A en their petition has been rejected in nine cases out of ten, while in every case save three in which the majority of. the property owners remonstraved against an improvement it was nevertheless carried. out. This system not only DESTROYS SELF-GOVERNMENT and ostablishes a government without the aid of the people, but it ig a system levelled directly against the people. ‘Among the recent illustrations may be mentioned the sewer now being constructed in Van Vorst street, where there was @ good sewer. It was con- demned on the ground that it was choked with mud, and a new one ts being substituted, The “good old rule’? prompted men to clean out in such & case; but in ihat age men were not altogether prompted to use the shears in fleecing the sheep of their neighbors for their own benefit. The majority of the property owners in Van Vorst street were not consulted at all in tnis matter, nor do they know whether the work was given out by contract, as required by the charter. At all events the work. ~ on done by Mr. Robertson, partner of Mr. jumster A sewer 18 also being constructed in Henderson street, between York and Grand; and here, too, the property owners are asking the questions, who. calied for this work?—was it given out by con- LAPAUGN—Did yon not tell me the fossectors were uae tn the day “or election they did not know what vowes | tact’ Mr. Robertson is also in unis case perforin were taken ? ing the work. Witness—I did not; you told all of us the first time you would give $500 to have the district thrown out ; also, you would. give, any man wha would swear t! frag penses, if they were #300, PEt eager all your conversation with Mr. oT ‘rx F98—T went to his house with a party on the evening of the 7th Mae these men; 1 didnot know what business they had; they sald, ierk up, there is a little rake in this!’ Caaght tt i erro gin they hi been there before and calied ‘at Lapaugh ald we would throw ont the dis- trict for cod: Lapaugh said he would not be willing to give more than 500 (aughter'; McGinnis said, “You don’t com- ply witn our wishes ;” Lapaugh said, while we were at the door, “I the duty of every man to come up if there ie fra would like to have Mr. Killan there anywat tye) xious to understand Fs" ‘the taings and after t! at ed Beden to go up with me to Lapaugh's; I sat down and idikea with Lapaugh, and be said be would bem witty if any one would swear there was fraud, if it Mr, LAPAUGU—I made no offer of mon mone. Thomas McConky. Inspector of Eighth district; M. shinewood. and Hugh O'Neul, inspector Eighth district, unimportant testimony, except that no frauds were perp: Lambert Hubbell, 482 West Thirty-fourth street, Inspector Twenty. diatrict and chairman, said he deposited balipte for aldermen and inspectors; need the others to Reilly; Barker moat of time check ¢ canvass Was made; once Barker in passing Frear’s ballots Jou said, ere was to pay we twelve in the ten THE MONTGOMERY STREET EXTENSION has been regarded as @ stupendous swindie on the: taxpayers, especially tle property owners along the line, whose real estate in the Swamp 1s rendered. almost worthless. The Grand Jury nave examined gome engineers and surveyors on this as well aa other jobs. One of these engineers stated to the HERALD representative that the lofty stone retain- ing walis on this street will soon “give ont,” in spite of the “needies’? which are set at short inter- vals for the purpose of bracing it together, If this shouid happen a large amount of the puvlic money ‘will have been squandered, THE NEW RESERVOIR 1s the largest job yet undertaken by the Ring. How tne original contract for $165,000 was virtually cancellea in star chamber, how it was first awarded, how certain officials hawked their shares into the market, how ihe additional land was purchased, and how many thousands a Bergen member ot the King pocketed thereby; how the specifica- tions were enlarged till the expeuse was stretched to nearly a million of Conary and finally how the contractors, borne NY ny by the load, shiited their burden gn the shoulders of the Atlas of the Ring, whois now the sole contractor, withoutincurring any ages id “Give the man a show,” and passed them ‘whatever, are questions which will, no ack; L swear the vote was correct; Harri A Bea eY engage the sertous attention of the Grand Hie as set Lima ghar autos | dur fie Pale aan aso Aon Hcketa once or twice, but landed them back to vote . ine he Fepat of thea 1 nye yeaerday was Mt, Jonni ‘no. interest for either party; count e ticket poll clerks kept a tally arty only wayl knew the vote was Univer, Chief Mariner orne. Board ot Public Works, ‘the announcement made by the republican poll clerk to the ‘Soper? poll clerk; {examined the tally {ist of both and ey agree red Barker, 162 Eighth avenue, inspector, on being sworn, ‘corroborated “tat bbe ire pouitively that Kilian only AL he wasa re- rabliong, end at the tia ‘on bad terms with th rear, hence opposed to his election; but he was positive ‘the vote in the district was as canvi aulties Reilly, another inspector, ‘confirmed the evidence of 1s assoc Mr, Barker the inspector, who used to be detec- tive in the Fitteenth ward, ' stated, rad the examt- nation, the HERALD Feporter, as @ reason for hinety-elght persons swearing tha ai they voted in the district for, and only sixty given to, Kian,” that after noon on election day ¢rear’s frionds ran his name upon the repuolican ticket, and that many voted it in good faitu, believing that Kian’s name was on the ticket, esse! on the Sioux City ond Pacific Rallrond, was “an Monday made the 000 government bond. ‘The Dap rece rts ie by Mr, Wells’ father, who she t ne " or tue Well-auown tir of Wells, Fargo aw | in throw some light on many of the fore- going quersions in reference to the reservoir. In the meantime tl® people are on the tiptoe of expectation for the result of the deliberations of the Grand Jury, and hopes are breathed in every quar- ter that the unscrupulous men who have c SRAMELED, cole COE the dearest 8 of & je and wi lave perpe~ trated rob! rouberies without @ precedent in this or any other country may at least meet their just deserts, The Legisiature proved false to the people of Jersey City and abandoned them wo pheir enemies when it passed what has gone into history as * THE “THIEVES’ CHARTER,” It {a not without good reason, therefore, that the Beagle look no Jonger to the Legisiature, but to the nd Jury. Hope as not taken farewell, even for @ season, while Judge Bedie—the terror of evii- doers—remains on the Bench, His masterly ar- raignment of the anicpal tuieves, & 1uil report of which appeared in the HERALD, was a blow jrom which the Ring will never recover. But the it. of the first blow must be awarded to Sherif Rein- hardt, Who empanelled & Grand Jury of honest men—a Grand Jury for which the peuple have beep ‘iting pauently for the past twelve montha