The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1872, Page 4

CONGRESS. THE ARMS SOLD TO FRANCE. Varlan “Bringing Down” the Sumner Argu- ments—Frelinghuysen “Potting” at Opposition—Conkling How Carl Spiked. the German Voters’ Guns. ‘Parson Brownlow in an Old Time Fury. Naval Appropriation Bill Passed by the House. ‘OUR OLD TUBS TO BE SOLD. ‘Slocum Again After the Brook- lyn Navy Yard. WAsutxaroy, Feb. 15, 1872, ‘Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Mass., introduced a bill authorizing men in place of clothing de the issue of clothing to en'ist stroyed by accident, Mr. COLE, (rep.) of Cal., submitted a resoluuion, which was Agreed to, instructing the Committes on Education and La- Dor to inquire into the expediency of an amendment to the constitution providing some educational test in the exercise Of the electoral franchise. BERGH AND THE BUFFALO, ‘Also a resolution directing the Committee on Territories to Teport on the expedieacy of enacting a law to prevent the fnuiscriminate slaushier and extermination of autelope and jullalo, BILLS PASSED, Bills were passed extending the patent right of Levi W. Pond & Co., and constituting Shreveport, La, a port of A VERY PERSONAL EXPLANATION, ROWNLOW, (rep.) of Tenn., proposed to make a per- sonai explanation 'in writing ia reply to the remarks made jeck, of Kentucky, about him in the House on the Mr. Beck, on that occasior, said that Mr. Brown- jow, whlie Governor of Tennessee, made that State a pande- monium; that he and the other reconstruction Governors were hated and despised, and that their only refuge conld escape the Penitentiary, seemed to be in the Mr. Brownlow began by saying that there ‘Was a tine when Mr. Beck would not the United States, dared to put this Snsult upon him, jest he (Hrownlow) should take Mr. Beck's ‘everseer's whip from his band and lay itover his back. He also said that when Mr. Beck abandoned the respectable busi- ness of a hostier and became a siavedriver he sank beneath ‘the notice of all decent m« CALL ‘The VIO PRESIDENT 8: ROE ald this language was improper moved that Mr. Brownlow Mr. CASSERLY, (dem) of Cal., asked the Vice President if ho knew of any precedent for the utterance of such language in the Senate Chamber. ‘The VICE PRESIDENT said he did recollect several in- stances when such language had been uttered, but, of course, Bot ia accordance with Mr, BLATR, (dem.) of ‘Was appropriate to the m and hoped he would be allowed to proceed. lerk then read the expl Brownlow’s career as Governor of that his dealings with the State Treasury had’ been strictly honest, and further said tbat (Governor Brownlow) was hated and despised by the people rliamentary law. said Mr. Brown low's language by which he obtained bis seat, It reviewed Mr, ‘ennessee, and asserted ‘Mr. Beck's statement that he as ELL. In conclusion he said he left Beck ip the worst possible company—namely, with himself. the consideration of the resoiution to inquire inio the sales of arms to French agents durin J Mr, HARLAN, ( from time to time to the records of the War He said that since 1865 our d on hand a creat quantity of The Senate then Franco-German war. sumed his statement of the overnment had eres, peer at public and private sale and had been purchased largely by our own citizens, as well as b; the war broke out bet ment refused to known agents of eit our own citizens, and it was not in their these arms belog resold to one or the other claimed that there was not the slightest particie of evidence to show that our authorities were cognizant that apy of the ned for the Frencb. sed of he would proceed to re- received on account foreigners, When ‘ussia the govern- arms to either belilgerent or to the Of course they continued to sel! to arms sold were d ‘The tirat charge bi ply to the intimation that a of the arms sold was not paid into the ‘ from the report of the Chief of Ordnanc armsand claimed that the discrepancies alleged by Mr, In reply to the intimation that Sumner did not exist. certain sales of arma had not been included Teport. of the Chier to support which ociated Press despate je, Mr. Harian exp ids having been rejected, stating that such sales had been m: that no such sales were made, the and in proof of this he produce ent. He then reviewed 1 jumper's resolution, and argued tbat the leviers and docu- ments cited or referred to therein showed clearly that some one ip the country must be in non-ofiicial and unauthorized communication with because several of thi preamble of Mr. FRENCH LEGATION, could uot have been got in an He believed, therefore, that the whole proc resent French government, ielently adroit to draw {nto it a member The French government wanted evidence to prosecute some of Its own agents suspected of dishonesty, and ft had been able to find some person here who the records of egation, in the hope of tnding something that could be used against a department of his own ‘The preamble compared the records of the War Of the amounts received for arms and the French records of what had been paid by that government. tion was, where cifd the author of the preamble get access to the French record ? Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass.—Why, I held that record in yy. It will be found in the been incited by the ents had been su: Now, the aues- in my band while “Journal ot the French Repubi! HARLAN—Another new: ere it is, in the New York . ) Mr. SUMNER—TIt is the report of a French offictal,, published fn the French official journal. copied into the Sw people to decide. itself, and asked why it proposed to LIMIT THE INVESTIGATION to the period of the Franco-Prussian war if the only motive from unjust sus- Was to vindieate our own g i Again, why was the committee What rain what sums were actual fn interest? The explanation was that the French govern- Ment wanted this information to be used against their ft wi ine real parties legitimate tor the Americal French Legation for such a purpose, and ft Franc ceived any wrong at our bands jet her resort to the FRELINOHUYEEN, i of N. J., sald he could not vote for the preamble, and he did not see how any Senator Conid, and the resolution itseit was wholly unnecessary. The Preamble and resolution tovether were a very anomalous production, and if they had not veen introduced by one jam he could not question (Mr. Sumner) he would be forced to believe that they were introduced in The events to be cCompiainton the absence of such com Senator introduced a preatnble asserting that the good name of our government was seriously compromised, and a resolu- roposing an investigation. Mr. the paragraphs of the preamble one by one and argued that ted in it were plainiy fal relinghuysen reviewed some of the statements that none of them furni e! that the good name of our government was seriously compro- mised, The investigation must now go on, hoped it would be made, not by the committee proposed in this resolution, because by parliamentary usage man of that committee (Mr. Sumner) would be one who bad already assumed in this preamble the trath of the cl be investigated. He hopea the matter would be re gation and Retrenchment—t mittee created for the purpose of investigating. This was an ‘They were ordered on almost every pretext, and many of them, like this one, were yuite unneces- sary, but they would coutinue until after the Philadelphia Mr. SCHURZ, (rep.) of seemed to bo ‘ver the Committee on Invest! era of investizations, ve Senator from Mass Aiways passed for a good American Was suddenly made to appear in the character of an agent of France or a person PUY UP TO A J0B, by somebody for the benefit of the French government. The Senator from New Jersey (Mr. charged him with doing that which would incive the Prussian Fnment to make claims against the United States. red, therefore, that Mr. Prussian agent also, 110 were united’ in this one thing. fér, Sumner), wh jamner must be regarded as a and that the two great beliigerents of (Laughter) But abuses of the New York Custom House hi ‘and that the men who moved and urged it be very doubtful characters compared with pending resolution estigation of certain facts, and the ques. the investigation necessary? ied that it was not, bad gone over ti were to Leet and Stockin; contemplated the tion for the Senate was, is Senators who ar; yy example, which was no ground w! of the French government. that covernmeut bad ordere: e ‘el d certain investigations, and had iscovered difiiculties and also reasons for believing that the government of the United States was aware of the practices bf @ questionable character having top with the sale of arma. the United States government seemed to have been that BOLD TO A KNOWN AGENT of elther belligerent, and if this rule had been observed no arma would have been sold, when these going at once into bi rent was a matter of ordinary prob- d to individuals who with any de- Gree of probability could be presumed to trans: reut, then it was a ove on bere in connec e laid down for itself by ni arms should be bands of either belli russia Was Taging ft was & fair presumption that every man o' ye lot of arms wanted them for one or other A mau who applied for artillery, the presun Bot pret (vem to scaty ter.) When Mr ‘Kets wod 7,000,000 cartridges it was w ad taken place in the market for arma, and it the duw of vue goyerument to be more ordi 60,000 muskets il geese ip a pond. ied for 6,000 mus- least certain that © NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET, THE JERSEY CITY FRAUDS. sived a ed degree of respect, and Mae nyar, thomas We Pit ested the | The ce, Mr, CONKLING, (rep.) of N. ¥., demed this, and said that De ead et oeatiime tise ao autaeet russia or even for arms in Christendom at that time, Mr, SCHUBZ sald would show that at least anovdrwheliniog taajority of tue arma went to France, Mr, CONKLING—' @ dite between all and an “overwhelming majority.” Mr. SCHURZ . Rem!ngton's letter of Decem- York (Mr, Con! away his statements in this sa} that be was frying to magn ify ble aportanoe in the eyee at the French Mr, CONKLING said be haa not endorsed Mr. Reming- ton as a gentieman of peed ey bomey 09 that he might do go if it should become necessary. Mr. SCHURZ thought that the circumstances to which he was calling attention seemed to make it necessary. tmnly tok Me te asked Hogg Schurz meant - rad , Remington’ meant that had ‘made the purchases tn. person ? The Tang ‘of the letter would be just as true and aporopriate if he had done the business through agents, and we had tne word of the Secretary of War that no arms were sold to Mr. Remington by the department after about the middle of October, 187 ‘Mr. SCUURZ was willing to let the letter go before the country without further comment. He then discussed the sales to Mr. Richardson, the alleged attorney of Messrs. Remington & Sons, Mr. ‘Richardson, he said, was a law. of Ihon, N. ¥, He orgered 50,000 muskets. What « lawyer! (Laghter,} “What did a little country lawy with 60,000 mu Here surely was exceedingiy Found for suspicion on the part of the War Department. lainly there had been blindness compared with which the Dlindness of a mole would be clairvoyance—(laugnter)—or else there/had been transparent jugglery, and in elther case investigation was necessary. Mr. Renitogton himself hud since gone to France, carrying A OFRTIFIGATE OF OHARACTER from the Secretary of War, endorsed, ay he (Mr. Schurz) was informed, by the Senator from New York (Mr. Conk- ling). ‘ ie ConwLING denied that he had endorsed any letter written by anybody else for Mi mington, but stated that he had written a letter himself, saying that so far as he had ever known the character of the Remington Brothers com- mercinily and personally was good, and thelr standing en- viably high in the community in ‘which they had always lived. He had written the letter ac the request of Mr. Kem- ington, who had told bim that lis character bad been ques- tioned abroad. Mr. Remington also stated that insteal of having iid facilities given him by the government of the United siates, he had been questioned, impeded and bailed in his transactions in arms in a manner and to an extent far beyond anything to which had ever known a citizen of any other country to be jected; and that when his character was questioned abroad, and applied to the offl- cials of the War Department tor a letter certilying to tacts Which appeared oa their records, they declined to give it on the grouud that they did not want to be dragged into m: 3 of that kind, and would only consent to certify that he bad had large transactiobs in arms wich the Department and had been found trastworthy, Mr. SOHUKZ thoughi it very odd that a gentleman who ranted a certificate of good character to enable him to get Into good society abroad should apply for it atthe War De- partwnent. (Laughter,) Mr, CONKLING—Did the Senator understand me to say that Mr, Remington wanted a certificate to introduce him into good society abroad ? Mr. Scuunz—No, sir! So far from supposing that he wanted that certificate to get him into good society I believe that he wanted it to help bia tn SETTLING HI8 ACCOUNTS i with the French government; further, {t was an act of very questionable propriety for the Chief of Ordnance or the Sec- retary of War to give a certificate of character to a man who had been virtuully turned out of the Department us a French agent a shor: time berore. ir, CONKLING sald the certificate was given this winter, Jong after the end of the wa! ‘ifr: ScuUnz—Yes! It wae given after the first trial of M. luce had ended, and after Mr. Remington had got into dsfll- culties with the French goverument about his army con- tracts, Mr, Schurz then spoke of the difference between the amount paid. by the French for the arms ahd that received by the War Department, and asked where the money had gone. After the endorsement of Mr. Remington by Such’ high authorities, ik would not do “to mup- pose that he had stained his bands with it. He (Mr. Schurz) did not know where it bad gone, but tne investigation would probably show. It w: 0 use to attempt to ignore the suspicions excited on this subject at home and abroad. ‘The honor of the nation required that the matter should be investigated, A year ago he had bad this subject forced upon his attention Wer, resolutions an REMONGTRANOES FROM GERMAN-DORN CITIZENS, who belleved that the government was selling arms to the French, and urged him to attack the government for it in the Senate; but he had forborne to do so because he did not think it prudent to introduce the subject at that time lest the friends of the aaministration might be driven to justify its action, and might thereby distur the good feeling exist- ing between it and the German element, He had, however, done all he could in private to stop the sules, The secretary of War, when applied to, said that the government "had = a right to'sell arms to American citizens, and that he did not know the arma went into the hands of the French, and that he no reason to stop the sales. For a while the sales were to have been suspended, but after the November clec- jon in that year they were resumed, if, indeed, they had been stopped. ‘The Se.retary, of State then promised to interfere, and Snally they were stopped. When ha (Mr. Schurz), saw the oiliciais of the United States thug persisting in a course #0 erous and so likely to compromise the country with foreign Powers his suspicions were awakened, and as their conduct could not be explained upon any ground of reason or patriotism, he was driven to the suspicion that there was & job at the vottom of it, He did not, however, suspect the Secretary of War. He believed him to be rather a victim than aco-actor, In conclusion Mr. Schurz said the people had an impression that somewhere in this country there ex- fisted A MILITARY BING, which was exerting a corrupt and dangerous influence on the administration; and if the proposed investigation should elther show that this impression was unfounded or should discover the guilty and bring them to punishment, it would render a very important service to the best interests of the American peoole, Without reaching a vote the Senate, at half-past tour, went into executive session, and soon after adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WasutneTon, Feb. 15, 1872. The bili reported yesterday for the erection of a govern- ment buliding at Quincy, Ill., came up in the morning hour, and on @ vote by yeas and nays was passed. ‘THE HOUSE CLERKSHIPS, Mr. WILLARD, (rep.) of Vt, frdm the Committee on the Reorganization of tne Civil Service, reported a bill to regu- late the employment and compensation of clerks to the com- miitees of the House, After some discussion the bill went over without action until the morning hour of id the House at half Whole, Mr. BLaIs .. in the chair, on the NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILT, Mr, SLOCUM, (dem.) of N. Y., moved to strike out the item for the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, and spoke of the immense cost of keoping up that establishment, and of the foily of re- taining land there which was worth $l, He said it would be cheaver to send every sick sailor {n that hospital with an attendant physician, to the Fifth Avenue Hotel and keep tbe sailor and the physician there, than it 1s to keep up he Naval Hospital. Kvery sick sailor there costs more a@ Cabinet officer costs in Washington, Mr. HALE, (rep.) of Me., believed that the Brooklyn Na’ Yard and Naval Hospital had better be sold and the pros Treasury ; bub this was not the bili in which to nestion. Mr. W. i ROBERTS, (dem.) of N. ¥.—Do you want the Brooklyn Navy Yard abolished ? Mr. HAL am in favor of gelling ft, Mr. ROBERTS—Ana establishing another elsewhere 7? Mr. HALE But that question is not now before the House, He proceeded to reply to Mr. Siocum’s charges of extrava- gance Jn connection with the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Mr. BANKS deciared himself opposed to all sales of gov- ernment property as it became valuable, thus making the government a miserable speculator in lands. Inasmuch as a | hospital was necessary and was tn the neighborhood of a are maritime port, ie government Ought to keep it The only society that bad exercised wisdom in that regard was the Catholic Church, which sometimes BOUGHT PROPERTY, BUT NEVER 8OLD ANY. The government of the United States should pursue the same course. this Property bad become valuable let it remain $0. If it become the polly of the goverament to have its naval work done in private yards, of contract, he would have no objection to the sale of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; but he regarded it as in the last degree unwise to sell a naval estab- lishment where the government had expended ten or fifteen mulliion dollars, merely cecause the land -was worth some- thing, and thea to establish a navy yard somewhere else only to be’ sold ont again when tbe iand there became valuable, He hoped the propositiun to selj the land at Brookiyn would not be considered fora moment, because such @ course was in the last degree unprofitable and unwise.* Mr. SL00UM replied to Mr. Banks, and sald that half the interest of the money for which the Brooklyn Navy Yard could be sold woula repair all the vessels of the navy, If he owned that Navy Yard and bospital and bad fifty or slaty men to take care of he would not think of 1o- jing them where land was worth $100,010 an acre, and be had too much respect for the good sense of the gentieman ree: to beileve that he would do anything of e kind. Mr. BaNKS—Certainly not, as an individual; but asa gov- ernment which {s to last fora thousand years I would not change my nest from time to time, Mr. SLOCUM—I would act for a government as I would for an individual. Mr. Banks—Certainly not. The rule is very different. Mr. SLocUM—You can sell that Naval Hospital, and with half the interest of the proceeds you can take care of the sick of your waole navy. Mr. Porren, (aem.) of N. Y., said he would only consent to the removal of the Brooklyn Navy Yard on condition of a hew navy yard being eatabllaned at some point fn the Imme- diate vicinity of New York, for he was firmly convinced that that great city could oniy be protected by a navy yard in its immediate vicinity, Mr. NiBLAOK, dem.) of Ind., spoke in favor of disposing of ali the naval hospitals, Mr. 8Lo0UM withdrew his motion, saying that he bad ac- —- his object, which was to call attention to the Mr. HOLMAN, (dem.) of Tnd., moved to strike out the item for @ naval establishment at Mound City, Ill., and supported bis motion by an argument as to the inutllity of that esuab- lishment, His motion was rejected. Mr. L. Myers, (rep.) of Pa. offered an amendment for supplying sailors with clothing “at the ex; ‘of the govern- ment, and argued in support of his propositio Alver some discussion be withdrew the amendment, say- agg he would emvouy { in & vill which be wouid Intro- ja Mr, HALE moved to add a new section to the bill direct! the Secretary ot the Navy to sell at public sale, after J tisement, such vessels und materials as are not auitavie or pabie df prouta Tepair oF fitting ont, rT. Woop, (dem.) of N.Y. Suggesied that no vessels should be sold éxcept after coudemuation by a board of Baval oflcers. HISTORIO RELIOS, Mr. MAYNARD, (rop.) of Tenn., sugges should be made of such bistorlenl ve Hon, the Macedonian, the Kearsarge and the y: whicd should be always maintained by the be pet “HATE objected to Mr. Wood's aug nfo king the ponsibility from the Secretary of ay; 4 ou @ board of naval oficers, bc amiaphrnionty Mr. Woon argued in support of his proposition, and sug- gested that the objection to it arose from the feur that naval officers would condemn all the vessels in the navy. The discussion on this port was continued by Mes GARFIELD, Fep.) of Ohio, and SWANN, (dem.) of Md., against Mr. Wood's proposition. In the course of his ro: marke Mr, Swann that in case of war there were not cs xoeptions ii vy that could be relied on, and be felt convinced that ii was at present IMMINENT DANGER OF WAR, Mr. MAYNARD offered his amendment excepting from such vessels as had been iy distinguisbed a the b history of the conntry. (OKKY, (rep.) of Pa., suggented that that would in- all the vessels that were eminently distinguiaued for Inespacity, (Li rare UTLER, of Maas. questioned th ey clu their ii M good policy nomy of selling navai vesse! d had som nce of that kind, They had sold for a cay jockade ch had since been known as ti tured Hornet, and it b he government $150,000 to watch her and to convo Some of those ver might be con- verted into privateers against other governments, and put this country in the same predicament as England bad be put in by the Alabi nd other privateers, He would pied. ‘The committee then rose and the bill was passed, The owe then, at Cour o'clock, adjourned, TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA. Closing Exercises at the Male and Female Even- ing Schools—Distribution of Certifi- cates of Merit, &c. The Fifth Ward Evening School. The closing exercises of the Fifth Ward Evening School were gone through with last evening in the lecture room of the school building, situated at the corner of North Moore and Varick streets, This in- sticution commenced its session on the first Monday in October, and nas continued on through the winter, instructing im the mean- tame an average of four hundred and twenty boys and adults daily. During the session there Were admitted to the school upwards of eight hun- dred scholars, nearly one-nalf of whom were men, of all ages from twenty-one to sixty. Nearly all of the adults are of German, French or Irish nation- ality—tne majority of them the former—wno are de- sirous of vecoming proficient in Englisa, The French attended to the average number of fifty throughout the whole winter. MR. THOMAS W. CONKLIN, who has for sixteen years been connected with the school, 15 still the energetic ana eMcient Principal of the institntion, and is seconded in tis noole eforts by a corps of thirteen able assistants The closing exercises—of which this: report deals—were presided over by Mr. William H. Burros, who had the satisfaction of seeing before him no less than 450 scholars. He introduced Mr. H. W. Legget, who, atter a few Jelicitous and well-timed remarks, in turn pre- sented Mr. Wm. Oland Bourne, the orator of the evening. Mr. Bourne began nis remarks by at- tempting to impress upon tae boys the great neces: sity of doing well whatever they attemptto do at all. He knew a gentleman in this city who is now very wealthy, but who when a small boy blacked boots tor a living, A short time ago he became en- gaged in @ controversy with another man, who, thinking to hurt mus feelings, said to him, “Now, you needn't put on so many airs; 1 knew you when you used to BLACK MY FATHER’S BOOTS,”? “Well, suppose you did,” replied this self-made man, “didn’t I do it well?” ‘Yhis, the speaker urged, was tne proper spirit to evince if we would become anything or anybody in the great life struggle. If any of the boys before him sold papers he should sell them well. If any black boo let him black them well, and so on in every department of life they may be engaged in, the speaker urged the necossity of doing. their work thorough and well. Beside do- ing their work well, Mr. Bourne said the boys must learn to “aim,high, + to be “honest and truthful,” to “mind their own business” and to be always “prompt and punctual,” and it they do this he woulu guarantee success in life tor all of them. Dr. Kennedy, an old ex-school officer of the Fifth ward, followed Mr. Bourne in a few well-chosen re- marks, and when he had done the distributton of certificates was gone through with, Mr. Conklin do- ing the honors, The number of certificates given out was 20%, more by about thirty than dave ever been given out inthe school before, The Seventh Ward Evening School. The Seventh ward male evening school, No, 31, of which John J, Deianey is principal, gave a reception last evening—closing the winter term—with appro- priate exercises, This school has averaged in attend- ance through the winter 225 pupils, and ranks high among the evening schools of the city, The boys are mainly from fifteen to six- teen years old, and ‘a large proportion are foreign hora, the Irish element predominating. ‘These voys all work during the day at various trades and occupations, and have only their evenings for study. ‘They are said to compare favorably in de- portment and general teachableness with the pupils of the day schools, and this term the number of boys entering the school witnout any former teach- ing 1s far tess than 1n previous terms, The evening's programme consisted of musio, declamations and readings, and was carried out in @ manner exceedingly creditable to the boys. The “Opening Address,” by J. A. Cronin, was Well written and well spoken. A duet, by J. O’Brien and 8. West, was so well ren- dered that an encore was enthusiastically demande ‘he Quack,” @ declamation by 0, Drinnion, Kept ule boys in a storm of laugeter; and “Alter uie patie,’ read by Jonn O'Keefe, made some of tiem ‘at least feel very much like crying. ‘Tuis piece and “fhe Vagabonds,” re- cited by J, A. Cromm, equalled in execu. tion many move aspiring performances, The choruses by tne entire scnool were very pleasant to listen to, and the solos well performed, After the programme Mr. Hagerty, principal ot No, 2, addressed the boys, calling them diamonds of enius and amethysts of perseverance. He re- erred {a an ailecting manner to the Roman matron who said to a lady acquaintance, ilere are my jewels’’—polnting to her boys. The boys of No 31 were in Ike manner _pro- nounced to be the jewels of the Seveatn ward, ‘The boys were advised to go down to Printing House square and look at the statue of Franklin, and re- soive in ils shadow to do great things—to strike out Dew paths aua carve their way to fortune and fame. A large number of certificates were awarded for general excellence, afver which Mr. Fanning, Assiste ant Superintendent of Public Scnools, dressed the school He spoke in terms of high praise of the exercises of the evenin; and congratulaied the boys upon the excellence the school, the avility of the teachers and the thor- oughness of their work. Mr. Fanuing presented five medals—one or gold and four of silver—given for presentation by Thomas Shells, Chairman of the Board of School Officers of the Seventh ward. The gold medai was won by James Early, the four sliver ones by John Slattery, Frank Green, John Mcuill, and George Adrian. Silver medais were also pre- sented to Edward Dugan by Miss McMann, and to James Donohue by Miss O’Brien. Books were resented to several boys by tne principal and other eachers, A get of resolutions were presented to Mr. Shelis by the boys, through J. A. Croain, with many peeie and complimentary words, ‘I'he resolutions ndered to Mr. Sneile the thanks of tne pupils of No. 31 for constant efiorts iu their behalf and for his Kinuffess expressed in many guts and good offices. Mr. Sheils recetved the resolutions with expres- sions of pleasure and surprise at the uuexpected recognitioa, After other speaking by schoo! oiti- cers and a \ parting song by the school, the pleasant exercises closed. The Twentieth Ward Female Evening Scuoo!. Last evening the closing exercises of the Twen- tieth Ward Femaie Evening School, No, 33, took place in the school house, in Twenty-eighth street, near Ninth avenue, In consequence of the absence of Mr. Peter Trainer, the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr, Michael Roche presided. ‘The exer+ cises were inaugurated by the scholars singing an anthem, after which Miss Sarah Scan- lon cleverly recited @ humorous sketch which appeared in one of the monthly magazines a short time ago, entitled “The Heathen Chinee.”” Two classes then sang “Home to Our Mountains’ in @ manner that merited much com. mendation, and this was followed by a comical three-part dialogué, called upon the programme “A Matrimonial Tif.’ Miss Sarah Heywood, a little maiden with nut-brown ringlets ana a very sweet voice, then sang the pathetic ballad, “Forsaken,” after which came another three-part dialogue, “The Wonderful Scholar,” Witty compusition that elicited roars of aughter irom the number of visitors pres- ent. The next part of the performance was the resentation of two gold medals by the principal jor punctuality in attending school during the past session of ninety days. Mr. Roche, while decorat- ing Miss Hannah McEiger with the tirst medal, took occasion to state that that young lady had won the same badge of distinction last year, while lots had to be drawn for the second, as sixty-five giris had not Leen absent a single nignt during the entre session. A scene from heridan’s ‘school for Scandal” foilowed, in which Miss Kate Myers a3 Lady Teazie showed marked ability as an actress. Miss Mary Flynn, a neat little girl with @& most melodious voice then sang, “Come to Me, Angel of Sleep,’! some of her school- mates acting as chorus. This was succeeded by a sentimental dialogue, entiied “Zhe Unfortunate Scholar.” Unfortunate sne might be, but she never. theless was @ very fascinating young lady and played her part well, though the dialogue was stupid. In ‘1776 and 1876’? Miss Fannie Muldoon made ® capital Mrs, Rip Van Winkle, her get-up exciting considerable risibility, Miss Flynn then sang @ pretty solo, “Under the Daisies,” very nicely, aud then tne great feature of the evening’s entertainment came upon the ‘apis, This Was a modernized edition of “Cinderella,” and in it ho jess than six young ladies, en costume, took parts, They were warmly applauded for their etforts at the termination of the piece, ‘‘All Things are Beautiful,” was then ey Ae] @ selected chorus, and Was certainly rendered in @ more perfect man- ner than any of tne other part-melodies, ‘the President then devoted himself to the task of distribuang prizes to the successful competitors of the past session. They consisted of books, writing cases, bijouterie, &c., and, judging by the number of them, all the pupils must have totled hard for proficiency. After a closing address had beeu read the choras sung “The Ivy Green,” and the exercises were brought to @ conclusion. The First Ward Male Evening School. The closing exercises of the First ward evening School, held at Grammar School No, 29, took place on Wednesday evening of this week. The exercises were quite varied and exceedingly Interesting, con- sisting 01 dialogues, declamations and singing, Most of the scholars pertormed the parts allotted to them with great credit. ‘ine discipline of the School seemed to be excellent. In the course of the evening premiums were awarded by the teachers to the pop and many of those who were thus re- membered were men be? aAvanced in years, ‘The #hool opened in the early part of ctoper ale ee rea ee a I OR RE A a BS Ae RR ATO CAE TEE TAI s99¢ and has continued aninterraptedly since that time. The average attendance of the school was about 317, and most of those who attended were grown men who have to work in the day ime, ‘Addreases were delivered by Judge Bedford, who sat eg engi ohn pont scheal ot upus with & of the fom in Great Britain and Germany; ‘and also by Francis V. 8. Oliver. The school bas been under the miauagemens of Cornelius Sullivan, the Princi- pal, who been ably assisted by eleven efficient cal College at Association Hall Last Even. ing~six Lady Graduates. The Eclectic. Medical College, No, 223 East Twenty-sixth street, held their annaal Commence- ment exercises at Association Hall last evening. As this 18 the only college in which women and men are taught in the same classes, a large proportion of the graquates were women, and a large propor- tion of the audience sympathizing lady friends. A great part of the ladies present wore glasses, and were evidently, from general appearances, people of Sphynolenee and psychological turn of mind, Throughout all the proceedings their attention was riveted on the lady graduates, who vore their biush- ing honors very bravely. ‘he eXercises opened with an overture from “William Tell,” after which Rev. Mr. Goss made @ short and effective prayer. Professor P. W. Allen, M. D., read the report of the session, which was highly satisfactory, concise and congratulatory. ‘The President, Alex. Wilder, M. D., then conferred the degrees on the Le ott Ape ed and gentlemen:— Mrs. Serapbina Pratt, of Counecticut; Mr. ncls M. Rich, of New York: Mr. Eber kK, Davis, of New York; Miss Hurriet KE. Cody (Miss Cody took the first prize in the examination in physiology), Mrs. Mary L. W. Liege 2 Miss Anna poner of Counecticut; Mr. Richard Gaudern, of Onio; ir Wiliam # A. Young, of _ Ver- mont; Mrs. Alice De Baun, of New Jersey; Mrs. Jennie Ensign, of New York, and Miss Martha Dickinson, of New York. Alter the conterring of degrees the President made a sliort address to the graduates, tebling them of the noble profession into which they had just been admitted, and how they should go forth in the world to battle for the right and ,the truth, He sald he was proud of them as _ scholars, and he should always feel proua of thei as practising physicians of that school, which had oeen his aim and study through life. Rev. Mr. Goss then addressed the audience, the juates still standing on the stage, alter which the female portion of them were each presented with a bouquet, Richard Gaudern delivered the valedictory, a very feeling and impressive effort, and Prolessor R, A, Guta, M. D., made the address to the graduates, Rey. Mr. Goss then gave a benediction, and the exercises were over. FOUNDERED AT SEA. ‘The Loss of the Steamer Wanda Within Thirty Miles of Sandy Hook—Particulars of -the Disaster to the Ship and Rescue of the Passengers and Crew. HAVANA, Feb. 10, 1872. ‘The steamer Cleopatra arrived yesterday morning from New York, and brought the captain and crew of the steamer Wanda, which- foundered on the morning of the 4th inst., in latitude 33 20 north, longitude 74 15 west, between the Capes Virginia and Delaware, The following succinct account of the disaster has been furnished me by the Captain, Mr. E. A. Lozier:— We left New York, bound to Havana, on the 2d of this month and experienced very pleasant weather, Stopped once to key up the engiae, Walch was mak- img about twenty-seven revolutions and carrying twelve to fifteen pounds of steam. We were going at the rate of about nine Knots an hour, the vessel and everything in apparent good order. Un tne next day, however—the 3d—after a heavy swell, Which had been rolling all night, the wind set in very strong {rum the southeast. We set jib to wind- ward and hauled the saip’s head oi shore. After- ward reversed the engines and hove the ship to, heading up to east by north, En- ines Were then making about nine revolutions aud ae ship riding comfortably and making no water ot any consequence. Later on the weather in- creased in severity and we shipped a quantity of water, Whichran down the main hold piates into the coal bunkers; put on canvas and vatiens, which STOPPED THE LEAK from the decks. The wind still increasing; pumps were well attended; discovered taat what water Was made was principally in the main compart ment, which was kept free by the steam biige pumps, About eight o'clock this evening the wind suddealy changed 10 east, east-northeast and northeast, blowing ® sirong gale, with a very heavy cross sea on, causing ship to work and strain badly. We then put the siip’s head to the southeast, On the port tack, the engines makin, about nine revolutions, At ten o'clock the Chie! Engineer reportea that the vessel was making wa- ter; started une donkey pump aud called all hands; ship Popabe | heavily and heavy cross sea running, causing the decks to work and the upper part of the vessel to strain forward of the windlass, coer in large quantities of water in ine torwar compariment; kept bape working fore and aft and took in the jib, engines turning as slowly a3 possible. Stil continued to ship water, and finding that she wouid not lay to easy in one position but with the jip set and sneet hauled to windward, therefore at twelve we set the jib and kept all the pumps golug, even baling water par ce the forepeak. At two o'clock it was reported a THE WATER WAS GAINING at all quarters, At haif-past four the wind hauled suddeniy north, and our only chance of saving the ship appeared to be to attempt to run before the wind and permit the engines to turn over rapidly, thereby pumping as mucn as possible with the piige Dumps. We kept tne ship «ff, with tue northeast wind on the starboard quarter; sea running very heavily, we managed to gain some on the water in the main compartment, but the water in the for- ward compartment seemed to gain on us, the shi rapidly becoming unmanageable, and the whee! flying around so as to make it dangerous to ap- proach it and impossible tu steer. At about ten o'clock we got the lorenatca off, and hove over- board a large portion of the cargo and coal; en- gineer reports the fire out in the forward fur- aces, We coatinued our best endeavors for the safety of the ship and lives. At two o’clock next morning (the 4th), engines turning very slowly, the steam nearly run down; got lumber irom the hold to burn in theturnaces when the coal got all wet. ‘The steam and smoke Lecame so dense in the fore- noon as to render it impossible to see. Engineer reporting every few minutes that the engine would soon cease turning. ‘Tne wind blowing @ gale from northwest, With suow apd siget; ail hands exhausied by convtant pumpin and exposure, At five o'clock the engines stopped. ALL HOPE WAS GONE, andall hands mustered to leave the ship inthe boats; told off intu four parties, under command of captain, mate, second mate and one of the men, Wiilam Olsen; gut life preservers up and attached to our persons, The waver by this time had gained 80 much as to render the sinking of the ship bura question of time. No suil 1a sight to respond to our signal of distress. A very heavy and dangerous sea running. Launched the first mate’s boat and the men got in, when a sea capsized the boat and threw her under the ship's counter, stove it and injured some of. the men, George E. Steadman, fireman, of New York, was lost—tne only life lost, He did not succeed in seizing any part of the rigging when the boat was~ capsized, and drifted rapidly to windward. We could hear his MOURNFUL OALLS ABOVE THR ROAR OF THE WINDS, bat it was impossible to render him any assistance. ‘The second boat was turown under the guard and stove in when we attempted iunching it. This oc- Cupied the morning until avout eight o'clock. We were about to trust our lives to the remaining sail was descried, which proved to tain Pniliips, from New York. Got ont a third boat, whicn stove against the bow. At this juncture two of the men—to whom too much praise cannot be given for their intrepidity—Willham Olsen and Duncan ae manaed the remain- ing boat and carried @ small line to ihe Cleopatra. This was effected by keeping to windward until the Cleopatra picked them up, the Wando drifting fast to the leeward, The line was hauled taut aad the boat joined the ship. Wil Ham Oisen and William Fisher manned, ana by re- peated trips from one ship to the otner by the aid | of the line succeeded in transferring all hands aud the two passengers to the Cleopatra, Upon LEAVING THE SHIP the water in the main compartment was within four feet of the deck, No personal Injaries beyond bruises were suffered by any one. Some of the men succeeded in saving their baggage. ‘The captain desires to state his obligations for the kind and generous treatment of Captain Phil- | lips, of the Cleopatra, to himself and crew, and also | to the steamer Champiom which came up during their rescue and afterwards reported their loss ia New York. Tho vessel at the time of tne iosa was scarcely more than thirty miles from Sandy Hook. ‘The c aptain was the last to leave the ship. STEAMER SUNK BY ICE. The Belle Vernon, at New Orleans, Struck by the Corner of Ice Field and sunk— Four Hundred Tons of Freight L OiNcINNaTI, Onio, Feb. 15, 1872, About two o’clock this morning the steamer Belle Vernon, loaded for New Orleans, lying at the mouth of Licking River, was struck by a large cake of ice and immediately sunk. She had onboard 400 tons of freight, much of it of @ perishable character. Yesterday she was moved across the river for safety under the direc- tion of the underwriters, The boat, valued at $30,000, was owned by tne Cincinnati, Louisville and New Orleans Packet Com. pany, and 1s folly insured, mostly in Cincinnatl companies, The total loss will probably reach $100,000, ASLIGHT REPUBLICAN. 1038, Brnanamron, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1972, ‘The town meetings of Broome county resulted in the choice of thirteen republican and six demo- cratic Supervisors, There 8 one vacancy, Last year there Were fourteen republicans and six dema- City Drifting to Bankruptcy and Buin. Three New Immense Jobe—A Charles 0’Conor Conferring of Degrees by the Eclectic Medl- | Wanted to Assist the Grand Jury—The Ring Relies on the Legislature—Indignation Meetings, Remonstrances and Pro- teste—Present Financial Condition of the City and the Prospects. ‘The long-expected crisis in Jersey City is fast Spproaching. The taxpayers will not have to The Board of Public Works Present * week watt much longer. is engaged during the consummating three additional immense jobs, consummation takes place there is no more hope for the people. ruptcy and ruin are inevitable. The Legislature has done nothing to relieve the citizens, or rather the subjects of the Bumsted Ring. the agents of the Ring in Trenton boast that they are certain to have supplements passed by which ° thelr power will be On the contrary, strengthened. can secure = ‘immunity from punishment by procuring the passage Tepealing any section of the charter under which indictments may be found by the Grand Jury now in session; and wt such a supplement should be passed the indictments” will fall with the repealea sections. Every effort that ingenuity can devise will be put torward to shield the municipal thieves from responsibility for all the lilegal acts they have commicted. This is EX POST FACTO LEGISLATION in the most odious form, and every prominent law- yer in Jersey City asserts nat it can be done. Even Judge Bedle, in his charge to the Grand Jury, re- minded them of this very possibility, and advised them to find indicuments under the common law whenever practicable, in preference to finding un- der tne statute, The Grand Jury are losing not an hour. magnitude of the work before them cannot be Their seasign will probably last the entire term of court, as previously stated in the HERALD, There is a growing feeling among tne people that a movement should be made to secure legal assistance for District Attorney Garretson, who, im ali fairness, should noc be ex- pected to shoulder so heavy a burden. Governor Hoffman gave New York the benefit of Charles O’Conor’s great legal ability, and Jersey City is now even more in need of a CHAELES O/CONOR, than New York, as it had been conclusively proved by the HERALD statistics that the Jersey City trauds exceed those of ‘iammany more than two hundred per cent. A deputation of Jersey City property exaggerated. Governor Parker next Tuesday in reference to the The District Attorney has no assistant and he is obliged to devote to the trial of criminals the time which would be very valuable to the Grand Jury in assisting them to ferret out oficial corrap- Furthermore, it is pretty cercain that the best . Wipes bonds, whica are adde@ pike vac a oF DEBT on, the city. the taxpayers exolalm, some and ‘nageosinents 1s esumaved a8 follows by Magentee' by Board of Public Works on old con- Expen: ropriations in the tax ordinance. of the city is now nearly $8,000, “ and, as the as Board of Finanoe and Taxation proposed to sue $3,000,000 of poe bonds, 1n addition to that amount, thr debt would then be swollen to $11,000,000, The assessed value Of our real estate at the last asseas- ment was $52,262,727, and of our personal estate $8,129,100, making $60,800,894, and the deduc~ tions lor property owned by corporations not tax~ able amount to $5,129,100. If that amount is ue- ducted from the amount upon which taxes are assessed, then our assessed vaiues are Soares and our bonded debt will be equal to one-frt the amount; so if @ man owns @ house and lot furniture assessed at $2,000 the public creditors have a mortgage on the same amounting to and a house and furniture assessed at $10,000, the pubite mortyg: would be $2,000, If the Board of Finance succeed in thelr project of adding $3,000,000 of thirty year gold bonds to the existing burdens the debt will then be $11,000,000, But under such financial management what ts to be done with the $3,500,000 wi collected? The truth is, the people are NOT ABLE TO PAY THE TAXES and assessments coming against them, One ef the Wealthiest men in the city deciares that he is un- able to pay the enormons assessments, and his only hope 1s lo sell his property subject to the assessments, This geutleman pays an annual tax of $12,000. ‘The prospect 18 indeed gloomy. It is highly proba- bie that im less than sixty days contracts will be given out and the city pledged therefor to tne amount of $1,000,000, The Citizens’ Association held a meeting last evening at Washington Hall, when the committee having charge of the charter amendments submit ted a report that the amendments are now before the Legisiature. THE PHILADELPHIA COLLECTORSHIP, Parker Jefferies Nominated as Colonel Forney’s Successor by the Board of Trade General Prevost Also Making a Scramble for the Spoils of the Custom House— Waiting tor the Presidential Command. PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 15, 1872, The scramble for the Custom House spoils has already begun in good earnest, The Board of Trade at an informal caucus have united upon Parker Jefferies as their candidate, and warmly pressed him for the position, That gentleman is now in Washington as Chairman of the Commerciaa isxchange Committee, who have visited that place for the purpose of urging the clatms of Philadelphia for a new Post Uillce, and he will doubtiess see Unaé tne petition of the Board of ‘rade reaches the hands of tue President. Another candidate 1s General Prevost, @ promi- nent business man of Philadelphia, and an ex- Deputy Coslector under General Wiliam D. Lewis. His qualuications Lor the ollice are probably quite ag good ag those of Mr. Jefferies, He 18 capable, intel- ligent and has @ reputation for integrity. Mr. Jel- feries 18 fully equal to nim in all toese points. Pree vost has for hs Iriends George H. Start, George W. Childs and A. J, Drexel, ail warm personal friends of the President, and it remains to be seen whether legal talent in Hudson county will be enzaged by the Ring in the defence of those officials who may be inuicted, so that in the furtherance of the ends of justice the State should be proportionately Besides the Attorney General and the District Attorney there should be at least one assist- ant on benallt of the State. Now for the new Jobs alluded to, which the Board of Public Works scems determined to push forward TEMERITY AND DEFIANCE, not merely of public opinion, but of public rights, absvlutely without a precedent either in this coun- try or the land of our forelathers, The first is the Hoboken avenue improvement, to which attention HERALD a few days ago. That in the contract was called in the “a little joker” it was awarded, The extraordinary feature in the business 18 toat the firm who have engaged to per- form the work had it knocked down to them at one cent a yard for earth filing, which in itself would entail a loss of $35,000 on the job. rofit somewhere, and In the specifications it was suipuiated thas the amount of rock to be excavated Within the past three the award of the contract, the Board of Public Works had anotber survey mad and now the figures are not So there must be appear presently. was 800 yards, days, and since “cent a yard” contractors are seoured, During the i week a new survey will be made of the length of the wall required, and 10 will in all proba- bilixy be extended by one half. So that there was poetry in the remark of a member of the successful firm of contractors. “I tell you that MY HEAD WAS LEVEL, when I bid for that. job; they will require a wall all icPherson and the other property owners now have an opportunity to re- deem Sign’ promises in stopping the work by an in- THE NEXT BIG JOB passage of a resolution at the latest meet- ing of the Board of Public Works authorizing the urchase by the city of the property known as the ‘ison estate, on the hill, forthe purpose of erect- ing a city hall and other public buildings, This ‘ty comprises 190 lots, and the prices fixed at lot, amounting to $380,000. ‘The resolution ident Gillett and Messrs, Bumsted, wersen and Welsh voting in favor, an fartin and Startup against. When M lett entered into this pubiic office for the first time through the favor not of the people but of the Le recent arrival being = atmost more truth ch: the way down,” om a Western State, unknown outside of nis immediate neighborhood, the most confident anticipations were entertained that he would prove a buiwark against the en- croachments of extravagant oilicials. have been very few meetings of the Board of Pub- Works in whicn he has not voted with two months vigorously every measure that savored of extravagance, excepting the wooden pavements, of whicb ne is a great ad~ His latest vote, however, has disappointed even those who still believe him to be an active, tte gna uselul public Oiticial, and who has hig pecullar views on the requirements o/ the peo No act of the Board las aroused public ind tion to such a pitch as this Job.. every quarter have TAKEN UP ARMS AGAINST If. ane following document is being signed in every ‘ward:— the majority. of his office he opposed The taxpayers in The tmprovident and uncalled for, and therefore unwar- ranted action of the Board of Public Works, in the purchase Of about ten acres of land, at a cost of the future public buildin the purchase money, at least #50, demands prompt aclion by the taxpayers of the city ‘to stay ,0U0 per acre, for City, invoiving, besides im the taxes of the city, ers, deem it our duty to sustain ve velo against auch hasty action oi prevent and make null and id proposed purchase and the fulfilment of the TY, Feb, 14, 1872. And in addition the following call was issued To THE TAXPAYERS OF JERSEY City :— ‘We observe that the Board of Pul to purchase the Harri cessary and legal measures C. biic Works have resolved json estate for City Hall pi " deem this am extravagant price—that prematare—that the city. i for the next five ie building required for the present. We therefore call upon our fellow eitizens and property owners to meet, protest and defei magniticent speculation. mn EDUAR B. WAKEMA JAMES M. BARKOW! now all the public D. VAN WINKLE, A. G, AVERY, Fronvany, 14, 1872. NEIL CAMPBELL. ‘This property was purchased Jast year from the heirs to the Harrison estate by Mahlon B. Cramp- ton, (or the sum of $200,000, so that the proposed purchase, if carried out, would bring the HANDSOME PROFIT OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, or nearly one hundred per cent, to the seller, who, of course, Would have to liberal commission to the Ring. perty adjoining would be also greatly benefited, and it is the interest of the Secoud National Bank to have the purchase effected for this reason. Some Of the directors of this bank are working strenu- ously for this object. THE PAVONIA AVENUE EXTENSION now claims attention as the third heavy job. A. R, Corvin, of Elizabeth, and Mr. Bumsted are the prime movers in tus transaction. posed to extend this avenue so that it will run from the Pavonia ferry to the Hackensack Kiver, reatest benefit will accrue in the first instance Mr. Corbin, Who has some acres of property almost useless near the Hackensack River, and in the second, to certain members of the Ring who are buying up tne land on the line of the pro- The pretiminary report of the Commissioners of Assessment for this job shows that the cost to the city will be enormous, Nine- tenths of the PROPERTY OWNERS PROTES against it, but their protest will be certainly dis- im accordance With the custom of tne ignation meeting was held last evening at Tarner’s Hall, and the whole pr was de nounced a8 a swindle and a@ fraud. owners are determined to appeal though what relief can be granted 18 But this is not all, on Newark avenue, from the foot Five Corners, or near thereto, and i n ino” work was performed mi The same ts the case with the of the large pro! nue 18 @ mem! jay therefrom ® very ‘Lhe arsenal pro- pesed extension. 0} iene property to the courts, ment for $a sower which cost over than & year ago, perty omners oa men are relieted of money to pay for neous Works. And whi nels Just responsibilities he will consuit the wishes of the merchants or those of his social frieuds in the appointment of a Col- lector to succeed Forney. It would seem that this is an office that requires @ man who, brings the recommendation of mec- chants who know him, his qualitications and, in. tegrity; and the man on whom they unite will robably be the choice of tne President, for at this mportant juncture in national poiitics it seems hardly possible that he can afford to ignore th wishes of so strong a combination as the Board Trade. Itisnot supposed the appointment will be made immediately, as the influence that will be brought to bear by rival candidates will render immediate action impossible, There are other cane didates spoken of—among them Morton Mcfiicngel and E, A. Scuder, but their chances are considered 80 remote that the probabilities of success for eltnes are hardly discussed. EMIGRATION AFFAIRS. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners—Ree election of President 0’?Gorman—Thanks te Superintendent Casserly. ‘The Board of Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday at Castle Garden, the President( Richard O’Gorman) in the chair. Bills from the Finance Committee, amounting in the aggregate to $34,661 60, were audited and ordered to be paid. Mr. Husted, a member of the Board, sent his resig- nation, whica was accepted, Much discussion on trivial matters was indulged in, and finally the Board debated the propriety of favoring the claims of ‘Billy Milner,’ a dock own- er, and wound up by leaving the distracting affair in the hands of a) appropriate committee, on the understanding, however, thas Billy’s consequential damages should not excced five hundred dowars, ‘The President, Mr. O'Gorman, tendered his hation, which was accepted, The Board then pro- ceeded to ballot tor President for the ensuing year. Mr. O'Gorman got six votes and Mr. E. B. Hart one, Mr. O'Gorman was, on motion, declared elected unanimously, and thereupon made a gentle little silvery speech, A resolution was adopted abolishing the Commit tee on Repairs and Salaries of OMicers. On motion of Commissioner NICHOLSON the fole lowing resolution was unanimously adopted:— ‘That the thanks of this Board are due, and are here! tendered, to Mr. Bernara Casserly for the able and eilici manner in which he bas discharged the multifarious duties of Superintendent and Secretary of this Commission. The Board then went into executive session. ‘The report of the President of the Board to the Legislature was amended on motion of Commis- sioner LyNcn and then adopted and signed. 1t was withheld from the press. . MEETING OF DOOK COMMISSIONERS. The regular weekly meeting of the Department of » Docks was held yesterday afternoon at their rooms, corner of Broadway and Leonard street, Mr, Wilson G, Hunt presiding, in the abseyce of the President, Mr. Agnew. The Executive Committee reported in favor of allowimg Homer Raimsders to build a balknead, at his own expense, on the front of the pier at the foot of Nineveenth street, North Kiver, aud to allow the Harlem Navigation Company to build a whari for their steam@rs at the foot of 109ta atreet ae River, the cost of the same not to exc 000, The reports were adopted by the Board. Commissioner Kane informed the Board that in company with President Agnew and Commissioner Wood he had vis ited the Comptroller in regard to funds ior the use of the department, and had been intormed by nim that money would be spedily forthcoming. report of Superintendent Westerveit, stating that the fenders on pier No. 5 North River, had been washed away by the ice, anu that tt was absolutely necessary to replace them, was received and re- ferred to the Engineer-in-Chief with power to re- place them at a cost not to exceed $500. Tne Board then went into executive session, and shortly after- wards adjourned, A PEARFUL VERDIOT. A Coroner’s Jury Arraign the Police Come missioners of Long Island City for Marder— A Man Frozen to Death. Yesterday morning the body of Henry Planel, a German, resident of Long Island City, was found frozen to death on the corner of Fourth and Pierce avenues. The man had been laboring under @ fit of delirtum tremens, and application was made early on the preceding evening to the Police Commissioners, by his wife, for his arrest, for she feared he would either injure her or himself. Answer was made that a warrant must be obtained. which was promptiy secured from the Recorder. The wife of the unfortunate man then returned to the station, and one of the Commission- ers said that @ policeman should be im- mediately sent to make the arrest. Ma wile returned home and after a fear! night the mantac escaped Into the street. Rornias, further was seen of him until his ngs hogs 4 covered in the morning. No policeman came to uh house, as promised, An inquest Was pate Coroner Tewkabury and the above facts nocd ‘The following verdict was rendered: ——Decons was frozen to death whic yt pe er a temporary fit of delirium tremens, and = jary are of opimion that had the police authoritics taken measures to have deceased arrested he would not have met with guch a death. We, the jury, therefore hold the Police Commissioners guilty of a most grave neglect of duty; that they are indirectly the cause of this man’s acath and are incompetent to fill such @ position.” WEST VIRGINIA. Tho Constitutional Convention on the R Tack—Qualifications of Governors, Judges and Senators—A Bill to Prevent Duelling ia the State. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. 15, 1872, In the Constitutional Convention yesterday the Committee of tne Whole on the report of the Com- mitiee of Elections and Bill of Rights, fixed the aga and length of residence necessary to hold ofiice in the Stave. The Governor and judges are to be thirty-five years of age, Senators twenty-five years, and to have been residents of the State five years, ‘the elections for State and county officers and Members of the Legislature will be held on the second Tuesday in October. The anti-duciling clause wad unanimously adopted.