The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1872, Page 8

18 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. Whe Investigation by the Leg- islative Committee. ‘The Finger Marks of Tweed and Norton—The Tricks of the Purchasing Agent, King— Wines and Liquors for Junksting Parties and Free Lunches Reach $12,000 Per Year—A Large Decrease in Expenses Last Year. ‘The Assembly Sub-Committee on Commerce and Navigation, composed of Messrs. Benuett and Geib, ayain met at the Castle Garden yesterday to inquire duro the alleged abuses in the Bureau of Emigration, THE EVIDENCE. Mr. Bernard Casserly, who, upon being called, gaid—Thomas Canary, of the firm of Norton & Canary, bas the carting contract; he makes the eontract; the Commissioners fx the rate at forty cents delow Fiftieth street and filty cents per pack- age above that; the gross amount will run about $20,000 per year; there is no competition for it ex- cept that the Commissioners fix the rate; no other persons are allowed to come inside; others siand outside and compete, but their charges are bigier; wis a protection to emigrants, who If they choose can employ their own friends; the emigrant goes | outmde before he gets his baggage, when he 1s ap- proached by an ouisiler, who tells him he can do it cheaper; no one fs allowed to take out baggage but the emigrants; the city recetves arent of $12,000 ® year for the ground and we pay for water; we own 120 acres on Ward’s Island; there are no taxes paid to the chy; the amount paid to the New York Printing Company, from May, 1870, 18 $64,207 to mate; to others we have made payments for work; were were larger sums paid for printing than pre- viously, but the work was inferiorly done; the Com- missioners allow four money brokers the privilege ef the Garden to exchange gold at within one per sent of the market vaiue; the emigrant is allowed to change as mucn or as lite as he likes; the brekers are compelled to give him @ memo- randum of the sales; they are Hagan & Billing, De Yonge & Co., Scully & Dewitt and J. Murtager; ‘Were is not much competitton; they pay nothing Jor the privilege now; a year ago the amount of coin exchanged in a year was between $800,000 and $1,000,000; can’t estimate the amount of money brought over by emigrants; we estimate the amount @t $75 cach, In currency; runners of boarding house keepers somelimes are allowed to come into the Garden, but uM they are guilty of any misconduct the badge is taken away; | have not seen One-eyed Daiey about here for @ year; never was myself in- Jorested in whe emigrant forwarding business; the boarding house keepers first make an application; Buch house is then inspected, and, if ail is satasiac- tory, the permit is granted; the tariff of prices must be on the card given the emigrant when he is solicited; never knew emigrants charged ten cenis each ior passing through the Gardea; arter the establishing of the cliy baggage delivery by Canary, people would come back aud dewand their checks to enable outsiders to take their baggage; the oid Commission established @ rule that tea cents be paid to Canary for surrendering the checks after put | fm possesston of them, but it was abolished; some of the Commissioners come here every day. Smanvel B. Hart sworu—I aim one of the Commis- sioners, and was appointed in May, 1870; I did not geek the office; I am President of Mount Sinai Hos- | tal; am chairman of Caste Garden Cominitiee, to ‘ich there are bo emoluments; have recommended | per year; [ have Unree men under me; | could not ‘Ward’s Isiand each winter with nothing to ao; it encourages loafing and idleness, and | suggested that alter two years, instead of five, the Commis- sion be relieved of tneir care; pnsy £0, out in the summer, roam tl ih Jersey, New York and Penn- a7\vene begging, and return in the fall for winter quarters, ston 18 a gradual decrease; tlrat last year it was $6: jess than In 1870; $32,209 53 less than 1a 1809, and $47,703 68 less than in’ 1568, James Lynch swora—I am President of the Insh Emigrant society, and ex oficio member of this Commission; I coucur to almost all that Mr. has said; 1 was too open in my Tone to the policv when 1came Into the Board, aua they paid but little attepuon to me; 1 think 1 could cut down expenses; I have objected to the number ef clerks; some Commissioners do not attend very much, but they may satisfy their own consciences; 1 have re- monstrated the burial of the peopie who «ue; put they are not buried as paupers: they are cofined and buried in consecratea ground on Ward's Island (Mr. Nicholson here admitted that they were buried in trenches) Wivness resumed— a think the sick are well cared for on Ward’s island; the children of emigrant mothers, I think, alter two years, are not sorcivly taken from them aud laced with the Commissioners of Charities and Correction; at least I never heard of a case; at one time a firm of grocers purchased everyting lor us on a brokerage Oi tWo per cent; | thouxht Ae could be done cheaper, and nence I voted for a purchasiug agent; this diverts all the emigration to ts port; the Cunard line runs @ tine to Boston, to avoid arrive here by rail we can give them no proteciion; I think the trausier of vaggage is cueap enough; in ; the trauster of passengers w toe West, Ii an ei. grant applies for a uicket they pay the scheduie rate; if the ucket is bougnt by an a there, there is an abatement of ten per cent; in and outside tae Garden ten per cent is allowed as commission on passenger uckets; had heard that tne employs were taxed for political purposes, and I did uot approve of it; $150916 not guillctent head money; we are losing now about thirty cents per itead. Mr. Nicholson recalled—We nad about four hun. dred doilars deposited in the Bowing Greeu Sav- ings Bank; 1 think wey Will make these fellows dis- , jorge. Nirart Jackson sworn—{ am Treasurer of the | Commission; have been since July, 1870; get $4,000 | dispense with any ol them, aud in business umes | we have not enough employés to properly do tho duty in the various departments, Mr, Casserly recalled—{ think all previous Com- | missions tried to Wo Well; in the carly days of tae | Commission—in Verplanck’s tine—it was managed more economically; but business has increased im-~- Tensely siuce when, and very important bureaus have been added; between late Cominissions and the present I wish to draw no parailels; there are avout seventy employés in the Garden at the pre- sent Ume; there Nave been about fiiteen changes in | the last two years. Mr. Casserly gave an interest. | dng avcouat of One-Byed Daley, now of the Custom House, who had made charges of Pi aie Kinds Te. garding the management of ti uniintssion, Mir, Bennett expressed & desire to find Doley, bus no one preseat was able to locate hun, Mr. Casserly was questioned as to moneys spent to effect legislation. He admitted that avout six | thousand doliars was spent in Washington by | General Hillyer in 1571, about three thousand dol- | lars by General Patrick Jones and Nelson J. Water- bury at Aloany last’ year, and avout three thousand | dollars by Wateroury in 136), making totai ex- penses for liquidations in three years $1,000, Stace 1547 the Commission has accumulated prop- erty worth $1,010,000 out of this head money; tne | assets, iuciuding real estate, are $1,102,000; the | Habiities, avtaal and contingent, do not exceed $50,000; Uuis Includes O*Netli’s claim. ‘The commiti¢e then adjourned, having completed their tabors, THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. The Judiciary Commitiece held its second session yesterday, at the Filth Avenue Hotel, all the mem. | bers being present. The proceedings were con- ducied with the greatest secrecy, representatives of | the press being excluded, A number of witnesses | called to the fact that the Willlam F. QUARANTINE INVESTIGATION. javigation at Work. ing According to Law—Dr. Carnochan’sAn- swer to Charles H. Marshall’s Charge. Schaick | Testimony of Witnesses—The Health Officer Act- The sub-co:amittee of the Committee on Com- | merce and Navigation, appointed to investigate the members of the committee. affairs of Quarantine, continued tts labors yesterday at the St, Nicholas Hotel, with Mr. alberger as Chairman. Messrs, Campbell and Judd are the other Mr. George W. White, late @ Quarantine officer; Mr. H. G. Quinan, Treasurer of the Atlantic Mail | Steamship Company: Mr. Marshall, of Charles #1, Marshall & Co.; Mr. John F, Williams and others lor the detenuon, The main fault, the majority of the witnesses saul, was with the law and not with | the executivn of 1% by the Health OMicer, Mr. Mar- shall gave testimony in THE CASE OF THK WILLIAM FP. STORER, in which he stated that the ships of tus Ime were generally healthy. He was reminded of the case of the notorious James Foster, Jr, and had his attention Storer had forty persons on board sick with fever, of whom eight or ten died. It was for detaining this shup at Quarantine and charging the usual fees for attend- | ing patients, fumigation, &c., that the Messrs, Mar- shall principally complained to the Commissioners of Quaranune and through them to the Governor. As the cbjeciions to the present administation of Quar- antine have already been puvlished the repetition of them, as given im the lengtyy testimony taken yesterday, seems unnecessary, ‘Tue only matter of importance before the commit- Lee Bey) ae cuarag LS ht of the Health Otticer 8 charges preferred against ty waich handed in as evidence 3 wid iba ANSWER TO ODARGRS. Hx) Orricrn’s Depanti T, QUARANTINE, 8. J., Dec. 18, 1871, To, Mis Excellency youn T. HOvyANy Governor of New i 5 tk—Hetug advised in the month of September last that = complaint had been made to Your Kxeallency by Alesse: Char.es H. Marshall & Co,, respecting certain charge fo! vices under quarantine, ana that such complaint hid been referred by you to the Gommissioners of (aarantine for investigation, T addressed them ® communication in answer thereto, a copy of which 38 herewith enclosed. Upon its re- ce\p', a: Taw advised, the Commissioners reduced the bill to Which it related to a sum which was sulistactory to the complainants, and the same was paid. 1 am informed that such reduction was made in gross, amount of both biils, and without any investigation in d to the partictilar items of which they were com- posed. I deemed this an act of injustice, not only. to myeel! of the Commissioners, but for the sake of harmony with them, I acquiesced in their action, I did so in the full expec- tation and belief that that would be the end of the matter. I heard nothin; cation of the 1th iostantto you, and which upon its face snows that Itisnot called forth by any new occurrence oF complaint 1 cannot withhold an expression of astonishment that a document #0 extraordinary in fs character nia is shoud at this particuiar time be xent to the outive the State. ever of grievance or of wrong which is therein speciiied existed at the ime of their action, and should there have been made the basis of a report to who had been subpanaed were in attendance, but no one was exumined except County Clerk Loew, and lis tesumony consistoa mm handing in docume: tary evidence, which it 8 believed will bear on the | charges preierrea against Judge Cardozo, It was undersiood by the HERALD reporver that the par- ticular case under investigation yesterday was that | which bad reference to the appointment of Auguse | tus L. Brown ag receiyer of ihe Gold Exchange | Bauk, a few years fince, when that mstiviicn was notoriously tn trouble. The committee adjourned co | meet this morning at ten o'clock. Judge Cardozo | peopie to the Board in case of vacancy; | know Dr. Kessler; 1 recommended bim, and ne was in our service about three mouths; there were no charges against him for incompetency;1 believe him to be competent and trustworthy; 1 was excited at his re- moval, but it was doue because the Board preierred another man; 1 think all the Commissioners but wayself Voted for his removal; he was succeeded by wr. Betzell, Who Was m turn removed for 1ucompe- . Mency; meetings Of the committee are heid weekly and Of tue Commissioners semi-monthly; I gene- rally attend them; it has not occurred to me that there are more employ¢s here than are necessary ; I have reflected upon the expense of the Commis. sion; i648 Lecessary lo expend fliveen cents out of every $1 received if \he exigencies demand it; I Rave endeavored to have purchases as low as pos. mb.e; had the appoinunent of the purchasing clerk, one King; don’t know hé was recommended by Mr. weed; he was by the Commissioners of Charities; he made purchases Of ail supplies in Open market; ‘whenever he made large purciases the committee | Was consulted; we found Le was paying two nigh ee and he was removed; 1 have heard King's other is a relative of Tweed; no cumulssions are allowed to be ae by railroads to agents in our em- ploy, acd tickets are as low as possivie; we hire steamers to run to Ward’s Island by the year at $25 per hey are the Burveck and Wm, Fietcher; employ them only six days in the week; never em: ploy these steamers for pleasure parties, dames B, Nicholson, sworn—I am one of the Com- missioners: this 13 Wy second year; did not seek tue appointment; there are no emoluments attached to my office; am a member of the Finance Commi We bo audit bills, &c.; have seut back bills to the uifferent committees on account of excessive cnarges; have audited bilis for liquors, cigars and Junches (ounce per mouth probably) for the comunit- We and their friends; these buis haye beea incurred vy the Ward’s Isiand Committee: do not know how much has been paid per year for liquors, &c.; the ‘Treasurer tells me wines, liquors and cigars amount | to about tweive thousand dollars per year; my salary in the Caarity Coramission 18 $7,600 per year; | Mt wakes up nearly ail my ime; would be ziad to be relieved on this Commission; my idea of tak- me me place in the Emigration Bureau was 6 beuelit my feliow men; — never had but ove appointment ta this bureau; | win aWare that Of $372,000 received in 1870 $168, Wus spent in salaries, board, &c., of employés; iis miyht have been requirea; was not aware that men were appointed tor poiitical purposes, or that Tam- many tevied a tax upon the employés; I think there are More persons empioyed than are needed in some cases; think the bureau has been run as ecouomically as possible; there may have been errors committed, however; Mr. King did very weil “ws purehasing agent, but he was discharged on gecount of some prices being too hign; don’t think he ever stole @ dollar, bat merely neglected a part ‘of his duties; beef and milk are nOW under contract; a@il otHer supplies are bought in open market by Mr. Shack, of the committee, and the warden of Wara’s island; I am now sausited with the manner dn which (he bureau is run; the treasurer bas & ready cash account of about a thousand dollars; pays the bilis by check: don’t think the treasurer’s daues could be performed by Mr. Casserly in addl- Uon to is present duties, Frederick Schaick sworn—I am President of the German Society of the city of New York and ex oficco Member of this Board; | atvend all meetings; am on the Ward’s Isiand and Fiance Committee: { draw no salary as president or any emolument as member Of tnis Commission; I purchased supplies Fometimes whtie King was away; King paid twenty. five cents ior poultry and I only paid eleven ceats for the best; I recommended he be discharged and at was Jone; Witness described the nature of the contracts now existing showing a decrease of the expenses; In my opinion there was much movey squandered in the purchase of supplies in former years; the milk contract we reduced $1,200 per Jear, the meat contract $18,000 per year and other Purchases $1,000 per month; King purchased about @ year and a half; | called the attention of the Board to these facts ueally; i have no knowl. tre: edge that King divided with his patrons; the emigrants are treated very weil, indeea; no ad- Vantage is taken them by employés, and | Ue sick are kindly teaied; twink the salaries | of the nurses, orderiies, &c., on Ward’s Island Bhould be raised; some only now get $5 per | monih; some empioyés do not earn their money; | Dr. Schelling, consulting physician, gets $1,200 r vear, aud Dr. Curnochan, consulting sur- ge’ n, $1,500 per year; don’t tink his services ure | re,uired; he as offered to serve without salary and his offer was accepted before the meeting of the Legislature, so that now he receives no salary; it ‘Was tue opinion that politics had too much to do ‘with the Board; apy benevolent Institution, | ti ould be run PY non-politicians; have mended a single one as an employe Deen appointed; the present Lunatic Asylum | @ nuisance; it is an unfit piace; the Board had plans made and put aside to erect a new one, but the new Board rejected the plans; the plans of one O'Neill were accepted; is estt was for $250,000, and the lowest esti- mate was about $760,000; O'Neill bas received $1.0) for his plans; he sues the Commission for about 000 for his plans, whicn were rejected after we ound out we probable cost; I consulted with @ Jonatic, who is an architect, on the isiand: got up a pavilion plan, which was adopted; we commenced one of the six pavilions by days work, ulating te Whole wou'! cust about $35,000; these are one- story paylione, while I was in the country the chatr- man ofthe committee and Mr. Frear altered the plans (6 three stories, without any authority from Was present at the investigation until the close. CITY AFFAIRS. City Oreditors Still Importunate—Further Payments of Money— Meeting of the Old Board of Apportionment. The excitement around the City Hall and the Court House conunues. Large groups of men stand | idly around ali day; many Oo! these are importunate | Rangers-on at the Department of Finance, who are | ‘waiting to,be paid their overdue claims. They seem wo be very impatient with the needful routine that their claims must go through betore they ultimate | in actual cash, There was a uroup of inspectors of | Auditor a3 to their clatms. [t 18 alleged that some or | these are lilegai, and the opinion of the Corporauon Counsel has been sougnt in relation thereto, | ‘The following payments were made by the Comp- | trolier yesterday :— | Department of Public Charities and Correction. ...8200,000 00 Health Department -for expenses ‘BU,000 00 Department of Public Instruction. + 10,000 0 Sweepers of markets—salaries from September to December, 1871... pase + 87 5 | Clerks Bureau of lection of | Taxes—saigries | from September to December, 1871... ase 15,889 98 | inent Public Charities—salaries for Deoem- | es 13,971 62 | assisiants, Ac, 01 eas, Superior Court and sions and of District Attorney's oilice ‘Total... In addition the Comptrolier is paying the inspec- tors on various works whose claims have been dited and found correct, Ail o1 the rolls for labor are in rapid progress of adjustment and ti can be | but a short time before the entire number are dis- | posed ot. i A meeting of the old Board of Apportionment Was held yesterday in the Comptrpiler's office, Mayor Halil in the ctair, at which a Tesoin- | tion was adopted authorizing the issue of stock | 1o the amount of $200,000 for the Croton Aqueduct work. ‘fhe new Board of Audit has not power to issue city stock. The Mayor's Office. The following appointees qualified yesterday in the necessary oaths before Mayor Hall:—Edward Downey, General Clerk Board of Assistant Alder- men; Horatio W. Sherwoou, Water Register, De- partment of Public Werks, and Alexander 38, Hausted, Reader of the Board of Aldermen. BROOKLYN REFORMERS. i -—————- | the use of tie hospital was not required for any other Agree and the Consequence Thereof. The trouble in obtaining that unanimity of senti- ment so essential to all measures of reform in muni- cipal affairs has been experienced of late to a patn- ful degree among the members of the Academy and Rink Committees respectively, the former composed of seventy-five and the latter of filty prominent citi- zens, The bone of contention between the malcon- tents appears to be lack of confidence in the judgment and law-giving qualifications of one another. The charter prepared by the Commitiee o! Seventy-five, after weeks of weary discussion and & muitipiicity of amendments, was taken to Albany (two weeks ago and laid before the Committee of the House on Cities by the Chairman of the Academy reformers, Mr. W. Goodrich, That gentleman was not of the opinion that the charter should pass im its present condition, but discharged his duly in compliance With the will of the organization. Mr. Tracey, Mr. ey Can’t | doctment was prepared by | with patients, ao aa to fearfully you, if any was to be made. 1am now informed that this i the present counsel of the Board, Mr. Sewell, under the advice and supervision of Dr. Bell, one’ of the Commissioners, From him I ‘expected no other treatment, as I have never been avle to harmonize with his vi either heoretically or practically, My relations with his associates have aiways been of @ friendly character, and from them T ly had a right to expect that they would not see arratgn my oiliclai conduct before Your at least an opportunity of being heard. 1 assume, however, | that owing to the pressure of other enxgemeute they have taken the word of their associate that the document was a proper one, and that they therefore signed it without due consideration of the real import of what it states, The mo- tive of Dr. Bell in causing tt to be prepared may be inierred trom a fact which has recently come to my knowiedye, and that is that he fs actively canvassing among te merchants were examined, The evidence was voluminous, bat the head money, | of little importance, The witnesses complained of | and the congequence 18 that when the emigrants | ine getention of vessels at Quarantine, but the wit- | nesses whuse ships were detained adiitred cause | missioners of aod citizens generally to supplant me ia the position L now | oceupy. ‘The entire document {s.such a mixture of innuendo and perverted facts thatdt 18 directly calculated, and, I douvt not, Was directly intended for misculet. It is dhe to. myself that At should be answered at length, and that such facis should be given, and that such references to the law should be made ‘a8 will satisty Your Exceliency not only that I have not been guilty either of violating law, shtrking official duty or exer- Gising the powers of my office opprestivel t, on the con- trary, that the auth ingly distorted fact & view to disparac The character and ‘THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOOUMENT tood if I take up and answer ite state- mentain detail in the order in which they occur. 1 mus> crave Your ixcellenoy’s indulgence if I shall thereby eatend the length of this reply beyond what may seem to be reason- 1, The document fn question states at the omset that “the Dil rendered Messrs. Charles H. Marshall « Co., in bebalt of the Quarantine Department, 3 weil as the act of receiving x patients In the Quarantine Hospital on which ac- it was incurred, was without our knowledge or con- suitation,”” § How far this is trne the following facts will show :— Atthe tine ot the arrival of the Wiliam F. Storer the smallpox hospital on Blackwell's Island was overcrowded nd misstated the provisions of law with ne in the estimation of Your &xcellency. | election, yesterday, trying to imterview the County | adie limis. disease, ‘The prinetpal authorities were much embarrassed in view of the want of proper facilities for taking care ot those sick with this disoane within the limits of the city. On my reporting to ‘he Board of H ival ot this vessel wih “a number of smallpox on board the: urged that as the city hosp: re full, and suitable factli- tes existed for the care oF ick at tile Weat Bank Hospi- tal, they should be sent there for treatment. as 8 of patients, audas the law expressiy provided that when not required for the reception of yellow tever or cholera pa- tients it night be appropristed to the reception of persons Sick with otier contagious diseases (chapter 751, Laws of 1888, section 5), I could see no objection to its being used for the reception of these patients, On the contrary, 1 deemed that not only the atety of the public. but the welfure of the sick, demanded that tuey should be sent there. ‘The propriety Of using the hospital for this purpose was accordingly discussed between myself and the Comm Lasivised that it should be opened for the x sick from this vessel. They expressed no dissent, and 1, therefore, assumed that an act so maniveatly imperative Would meet their hearty coneurrence, That it did meet tacir Approval ip evident from the fact that they met without hesl- tation ail requ jong heeessary for the care and mainte- ance of these patients during the time they were were de- ned. ‘As to the bill for the expense of their maintenance, ft is sufficient for me to say & it was made out without any suggestion from me by the hospital superin- tendent, according to the usual practice ot. the department, at rates which had been establisued by the for- the presentone. It was sent for collection througa the usual channel of coiléction of Quarantine bilis, and none of 1 was c.aimed or expected by me, 2. Itis next alleged that “the charges in the bill to the Health Oilicer’« Department, except for fumigation and vac- eination, although, as we are in ording to custom, have never received our sanction, For an expianation of the nature and propriety of the charges in this bili refer your Excellency to the enclosed comunnication hereinvetore reterred to, It Is conceded that these charges were “accordi tom.” Tam informed that they were not oniy a custom, but that they were according to rates expre by the former Commissioner® aud sanctioned and re-estab- Ushed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 492 of the laws of 18.0, From a copy of # certificate made woder that act and signed by ali the present Commissioners, and now before me, ikappears that they expressly sanctioned these charges ia the tollowing words:—"The compensation and charges for all other services rendered under quarantine shall be the same as heretofore fixed and allowed by tae Com- missioners of Quarantine.” ‘This certificate Is dated July 8 I8i0. It fixes the rates of certain speciled services, aud then wses the above general language. In view of thess facts, comment as to the truthfulness of the allegation above quoted seems to me unnecessary, % The document next states that ou the receipt of Your Excelleacy’s communication the Commissioners requeste the Health Oflicer to submit « stayement of the cireumstan: attending the receptioh of smallpox patients in the quara fine hospitals, and that hie statement was therewith trans- I bave no recollection of making any other statement to them than that contained im my reply to Messra. Marshall & Co,, and to which L have never received any answer. If the Siulement enciosed to Your Excelieacy 1 any other than a copy of that reply I shail be pleased to. be ‘urnished with it. E the document next proceeds to siate that in compliance with Your Excellency’s desire the Commissioners have in- quired generaily into alleged existing a| mote partion Dutcher and others were not i favor of the pro- posed charier in the sbape in which ft had gone to Albany. The consequence of this strong republican Opposition was that the city charter was not urged very strongly before the Assembly Committee, and | It was taken back to Brooklyn to revamped, The compromise sought was that the Comptroiler, | Collector of Taxes, Auditor and City Treasurer | should Ue retained in oflice unui the expiration of their terms. ‘These oMewis are elected for two pars each, And as they happen to be republicans, Who were elected by small majorities over tho democracy last jatl, the leaders ot the Reform Com- mittee were loath to part with their friends who bad reached the goal of office. The amendment desired has been effected, but by a Very close yote on the part of the Reiorm Commuitiee, who de in Javor of sinking all partigan ines im their work. ‘This latter division of the committee are of te that the preseut heads of departinents go oul, under the new charter, and thetr Should ve filed by appoimtment of the at subject to the approval of the Conumon council. Mr. Esciwege, one of the most active members of the committee in framing the ciarier, resigned ou Monday evening, In consequence of tie change of base in tie shape of the amendinents alluded to, TAR FIFTY COMMITTER, ¢The following note of resiguation on behalf of | wwe Cominission or the committee; ther action ‘was approved by tue Board; while King «was purchasing at high prices there were constant complaints about the miserable stuff iurnisied on Ward’s island; I am not posted as to the transier oO! emigrauts ana packages through the city; t Piices are reasonabie, but I have heard many con Plaints; don’t think it can be done less tuan, forty ents; there used to be a contract with Canaty, by Which it cost us about $25 a head Lo bring 810 eM rants from tneir boarding houges to te Ward's Sand boat; itis now doue at # ess rate, I believe 1,500 per year; 1 am satisied that tue exchange Dusiness in we Garden is carefully managed; L Tink the emigranis bring to this country, tu gold, AWiiv $49,000,000; at Lie esiimate of Mr. Young, o1 Wusiington, $66 per head would ve abont $80,000; Whexe wre” #HOUt One Thousand avie-bodied men On Was suomitied to that body on Monday evening: BROOKLYN, Feb. 19, 197: COMMICTER AND COMNITTRE oF To Tar Exrovrive MEN—Upon mature reflection we see nothing in ‘of the 12th inst,, addressed, as We deemed in jus- to the Water Board, regarding their accounts, vouchers, ‘&c., that does not meet with our consclentions convictions of What is right in tue matter, Had you taken the vsua, course of presenting our report and permitting its publication trusting to the public to judge asta Us accuracy, there wou have been no miaundersianding. ae the sub-commitiee of the Fifty Xeform Organizavion | \ lariy in complaints offered, €c., and it then submits tor your consideration certain general siatements. ‘What complaints were offered does not appear, nor am T aware when or in what manner thelr javestigations were mace. In fact; the “general atatements” sub jo. not appear to be based upon any specific complaints, but bear evidence on their face that they are conciusy ‘awn from AN ASSUMED STATE OF FACTS. It as dificult to answer ali of these general statements withogt going Into e lenghiy discussion both ae to the law put 1 wil and the general administration of quarantine submit for the consideration of your Excetlency observations, with brief references to facts which I think cannot {nll to satisfy you that th on not only misstates the law, but suppressey facts to wecomplish the purposes to which ‘ed, wred. or--—-Ligherage:—The impression is sought tobe conveyed that tho rates of lighterage established under the act ot 1870, nuder which the certificate hereinbefore mentioned was kiven. did not meet the approval of the present Commis- sioners of Quarantine, Their names wore all signed to this certifiont nd, #0 far as my knowledge extends, not one of ever expressed his dissent from the’ rates then ed. whom I assume to be the author of the document joxed the very achedule of rates oy the board of officers by whom . This fact affords a ent answer lo auy suggestion, at this time, that the rates of hghterage cil not meet bis concurrence. ‘n connection with abject of lignterage, the document uses this reraurkable alludes to the vetentio Janguave:—"Detention, in the mind of merchants, means ge, and the equivceal exercise of this prerogative of d corrupt exercise of the era Justily the ase of this ter id that nitely detaine or in suspense, in violation of law and with Out aby apparent cause, and without any report to the Com: missioners, and Keveral’ provisions of sualuce are reterred tO 1 jastificalion of the coarge, These I will uotice in thelr Feeling that we cannot jurtuer act In harmony with men who desire to suyoress what rightiully belongs to the people, we hereby whbdraw from, the Commitive of Filty. Respect! wily, MAROUS C. RIGGS. JOUY G, JOHNBON, JAMES B. WHEATLEY, JOUN B, WOODWARD. P. 8. -Mr, Kalpfeisch ta pot in the city, order: 1 lo the detention of certain vessel mv time requisite for due examination. “I's manifec tro. the Janguage of the wat 16 to have @ rea sonable time for deter of every ve: examied by bini, only to detain for ig the condition It gives him power 1 of this communication have know: | increase the fatailty of the | Nr Hurt stated that the expenses of the Commis: | LHe Committee on Commerce and the total | but to the State, whose interests were in the keeping | & more of thelr action until the receipt of your | note of the Ith instant, enclosiag acopy of their commual- | i i} | i ee am informed — thi Dr, Bell that » stated decision be delivered to the master of the vessel at the time of examl nation. If the statute required that construction, my own experience teaches me that it would be practically impossible {in all instances to carry it on ‘THR UNIFORM PRACTIOR has been for the Health Onicer to mace an entry in his own records, as he may from time to time receive reports from his deputies, and furnish a transcript to the muster of the vessel when required. ‘That practice I have followad, and the mas- | term each instance has been immediately Informed of my to 4. I do not recollect a single instance in which & Vessel bas been detained under tne provisions of section 15 of the act of 1%63, and 1am not aware that I ever violated that provision of law, ‘The requirements of Jaw in reference to reports to Com- ‘Quarantine, under the sections referred to in the document fh question, have been practically complied with by me by my persons! atiendance before them, oF oy & written report, whenever any information was, in ‘my juts ment, necessary for thelr guidance or for the use of the pud- have complied with the statue in «tetail more than T havo done would have greatly Inter‘ered with, more lmpor- tant duiles, and would have required @ burdensome and Uuaeless clerloal force: ainst me, that al: though the Commissioners conatute, by law, an appellate tribunal, a fact we.l known to the mercantile community, only two appeals have been made to them during ty term 0! ollige, and fa both of them my action was sustalner, ‘S-cond—Tinoig’, G.—During toy term neither of the State boats have been ‘used for purposes of towage, and nut a dollar has been ‘received ‘by me trom that source. They have been used, when necessary, 10 the burial of the dead and the transfer of the sick, a service Mich fs only occasional ly require aqd is Of short duration, The charges for buriais of the dead embrace the expense of the purchase of the cofln and the digging of the grave, all of which aré paid for by the Health Onicer: The rai charged by him for all of these services are those fixed by the Com missioners, and have uniiormly been collected aud received by hin, But very few persons have been iransported in the fein steamers during my term. The amount coilected rom this sounoe ihe ‘Heal aa but age it may be i | clearly belongs to the Health Ollicer under the provisions of th talitteth geeatan OF the act OF TEAK nection with what is said by the Commissioners upon the subject of tow: burials, &c., they state that they are advised by their present couasel that as the runciug expenses: ofthe quarantine boats aud the pay of the emploves havo Deen devoived upon the State, the charges and collections heretofore made by the Heaith Officer should be made and Teosived by the Commisdioners of Quarantin searched in yain for any provision justifyiog an clusion, and I am advise! taat uo authority whatever exiate to reimburse the State througn them for way expense in- cured in the administration of quarantine, except it be m- curred in the care of the sick in the Quarantine Huspital, In conclusion, it 18 due’ to myself to way that Thuve at all times sought to give all necessary information to the Com- missioners and to harmonize with their views and action, If I have in any respeet failed in this, it has not been for the want of eiforton my part. My duties have been of an arduous and responsible characer, and tue public had a Tight to expect froin me such an exercise of the powers vested in me by law as would. protect them from the sinportation of disease, As an evidence that I have siceveded fn dong this, I need only refer to the fact that daring my term of otiice both yellow fever and cholera have been brought to our shores and have been suocesacully confined to the limita of To be now assafied and have my official acuon d motives arraigned as they bave been fn this document is a matier of which [think 1 havea right to complain, and I most cordially thank \our Exceileney for the opportunit; you have afforded me to unmask the motive for the artack ‘an! to anawer the statements upon which it 1s based, Very respectfully, your obedient servant J. M. CARNOCHAN, Health OMcer. The committee adjourned to meet this morning. STOKES’ GRAND JURY. Another Uninteresting Day’s Proccedinus— ‘he Farce Near Ended. Yesterany the trial by a petit jury of Stokes’ in- dicting Grand Jury was resumed. Public interest has fallen compietely off, aad the principal actors are now periorming before a beggariy array of empty benches, The Judge opens Court regularly, the jury are prompt in their attendance, and Sheriff Brennan sees that Stokes 1s in nis place up to time, After him comes in his counsel, aud the proceedings of the day commence and drag thelr slow length along up to the hour of adjournment. Tne first witness examined yesterday was RECORDER KACKETT, | .who testified that tn 1871 I signed‘the lst of jurors; carot say how many people I put on at theirown Yequest during the seven years of my oficial career; may have put on three or four last September; I thought that we of the Board had aright to dele- gave to any member the power to select persons to serve; I think my eye glanced over every name on the list on the day on which the list was presented. Q. You know thirty-seven names out of 146 on the list. Now how many of these do you know to be persons of good character? A. They are all gentlemen of gooa character whom I knew ol, al- though 1 am not personally acquainted with several of the other gentlemen whose names are on the list; my understanding of my duties made me think that if I had suMicient confidence in any of my asso- clates | could delegate to taem the power of pre- | Paring the hast. Casper C. Childs, being recailed, testified that the name of Edward Barker was not on the list of hable petit jurors; Robert ‘g’s name was on the list, with the mark “KE, R.,’? ineaning exempt register; mer Board of Commissioners and expressiy mentioned by | ret name of Stephen Corneil ts not on the petit jury he 1s a clerk in the Street Department; Wil- | hams. Copeland, clerk in the Comptrolier’s oMce, 1s not on the list; Edward A. Moore, Superintendent of Roads, is not on the book; #rancis C. Wyncoop’s name is not on the list. Mr. MCKxon—These names are all of members of the Grand Jury woo found the indictment agatust my, chent. ir. CHILDS (to the District Attorney)—I have not looked over the “Directory” to find whether these names are on it. Look and see if they are in tt, Mr, MCKEON—I don’t think this 1s proper evideuce. Jadge Carpozo—I exclude it District ATToRNEY—I oifer to show that these persons are citizens and proper persons, Judge UaRDOZ0—I take tne offer and exclude it, Abraham F, Pruyn testified that he was a mem- ber of the Grand Jury; did not know who wrote tne minutes; the Grand Jury had two clerks—Eaward Vaikenberg and Barker; I do not know his first name; he replaced Mr. Vaikenberg, who wished to meant attendance, Mr. GERRY proposed to read the minutes of the Grand Jury, 0 which the District Attorney objected, Judge Carpozo ruled that they couia not travel outside the indictment, ‘The witness stated that the examination of any one witness did not occupy more than between iif- teen and twenty minutes, Mr. Pruyn also testified that he did not see Mr. Fullerton or Mr. Morgan in the Grand Jury room after the charge of murder; the examination lasted but one day, and he believed the bill was prepared before the examination; has heard outside the Grand Jury room that Fisk was armed; first read it inthe Albany Argus on the 7th, and has heard it subsequentiy. In reply 0 counsel Mr. Pruyn stated that they made inquiries whetner the wound of Colonel Fisk was necessarily fatal; couldn’t remember the name of the person Who gave evidence before them as to the condition of Fisk's clothing; does not think any one inquired whether money was found in iisk’s ocket. naire Did James Fisk, Jr., ever appear before you personally in the blackmailing case? (Question ruled out) Mr. Gerry (reading the list of witnesses in the blackmailing case, as entered on the Granda Jury minutes) proposed to show that it was impossible to examine the witnesses with proper care in one day; he proposed to show a motive for such haste, and that the Grand Jury, to Mr. Stokes’ prejudice, being men not legally qualitied, and being preju- diced against htm, they found that indictment for blackmailing. He wished to show that Fisk ap- peared before ‘the Grand Jury and impressed on them an idea of nis own Importance, and he wished to inquire whether otuer witnesses appeared In that case, not found in the minutes, and he offered to prove that without the six legal Grand Jurors the indictment for blackmatiing was found long after the tadictinent for homictie, ‘The Court hen adjourned to eleven this morning. ANOTHER OOTTON Pt maaan OFFICE ON in At about two o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the cotton prokerage office of Messrs. re; the marks beiore the names he supposed | | the Post Ofice; Hi B.C. Morris & Co., 134 Pearl street, which swept away several valuable lines of cotton samples and destroyed nearly all the woodwork of the room. general ¢onflagration. was for a while apprehended, owing to the combustible material, chiefly cotton, A heid in different poruons of the building, aud the neighborhood of the fire was the scene of consider. able excitement. Agood force of firemen, how- ever, were promptly'on hand and the flames were revented from spreading to any other pris of tae building. The books and docu- menis of damaging extent the coucern were saved, The origin of the fire was supposed to be in the careless use of fallen ou the floor of the oMce. TWO MEN KILLED IN A QUARRY, ‘The village of Yardieyvilie is about five miles from ‘Trenton, and near it 1s a atone quarry owned by Mr. ‘a Oiler ta the chief cause of complaint under this | explosive matches, some, it 18 thought, having Twining. On Monday afvernoon workmen were en- gaged in removing the guard, when an accident re- sulted which killed two men—Michael Holland and doin Devereux. ‘ihe stripping had been finished and the two men were at the base prying out the 'd when the tmimense welght fell, killing Hol- jand instantly and injuring Devereux so that he died after an hour and a nail. Gxamination, but for gbservatiow, I can sately chuilewge | Wile and lamily; Devereux was unmarried, Holland leaves a THE COURTS. Indictments by the Grand Jury in the United States Circuit Court—ihe Jumel Will Case— Proceedings in Bankruptcy—Alleged Con- spiracy—A Libel Suit—Trial of Mcore, the Alleged Emigrant Swindler, in the General Sessions. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. ‘The Grand Jury came into Court yesterday morn- ing and presented indictments against the follow- ing persons and for the offences charged, and were thereupon released from further attendance :— THE INDICTED PARTIES. Adolph Keep, perjury, in giving, as alleged, false vestimony in the Nicholas counterfeiting case; James J. Reilly and Joho srown, embezzling letters in the Post OMlc2; James A. Polhemus, aiding United States Paymaster Hodge in embezzling puviic moneys; Charles Caulendar, for receiving @ bribe to make @ false revura of the affairs of the Ocean Na- tonal Bank: John W. Norton, converting moneys of the Unitea States to his own use; Patrick J, Ban- non, sending prohibited letters and matter through lenry P. Cooper, selling washed stamps; James 0, Woodhouse, perjury. 4 UNITED STATES DISTSICT couRT. The Jumei Estate. Before Judge Shipman. In this protracted case, resumed yesterday, only one witness was exammed—Mr, 3, Trancul, a niece of Madame Jumel and sister of Mrs. Chase, Who testified to the circumstances under which | Mrs. Chase was adopted by her aunt, and her subse> quant marriage witn Mr. Chase, in so far as it re- ierred to Madame Jumel’s intentions as io the dis- Position Ol her property, A number of levers were read, written by Madame Jumel to her sister, Mrs. Jones, and from other parties in interest, in support of the siatement of tue Wiiness on these points, Proceedings in Baukruptey Against Nathaniel Sands. Before Judge Blatchford, Some time ago John Sedgwick, assignee of the es+ tates of A. H. Heatn and T. W. B. Hughes, bank- Tupts, commeaced a suit In the United States Dis- trict Court against Nathaniel Sands, Tax Commis. | sioner, to have him adjudicated an myoluntary bankrupt, The grounds on which the proceedings were based, as stated in the petition of the assignee, were, that Sands, who was alleged to be a debtor of the bankrupts, Heath and Hughes, and snowing bumseli Lo be insolvent, had converted shares of the Capital stock of the Chicago and Rock Islaud Kaitroad, aiso shares of the preferred stock of tue Cuicago ani Northwestern Ravroad, shares of the preferred stock of the New Jersey Central Raliroad aad $7,000 4a money to prevent this property irom beiug attached and taken on legal process, Mr. Sands flied an answer to the petition, denying all tne allegations therein, An order ot reference was granted vy Jnage Biatchiord to take testimony on the, points at issue, It 1s Stated, however, that a Compromise in tue muiter has been eifected. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Alleged Conspiracy. Before Commissioner Shields, Alexander Clapperton, charged with conspiring to defraud the United States by the presentation of | false paper at the Sub-Lreasury in tis city, las been indicted and gave $5,000 ball to appear for trial, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBEAS. A Lectorer Brines a Libel Suit. Before Judge Barnard. iu H. H. Shook vs. Proprietors Albany Evening Times. —'The plaintiff charges tae detendants with giving in their columns a notice of a lecture he de- livered in Albany on “Woman's Social Conaition’’ of alleged lvelious character. He sues for $10,000 damages. ‘The matter came up in this Court yesier- day ona motion to change the venue to Albany, which was granted. Decisions. J, Fuiler et al. vs. Hunt et al.—Motion denied, Reuthorn et al, vs, De Nolly.—Motion granted, Kissing vs. Schuze. et al.—Motion denied. Dailey va. Sein.—Motion granted. Young vs. Phenix Insurance Company, of Brook- lyn.—Mowlon granted on payment of $10 costs, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Devisions, By Judgo Monell, Louisa Wilson va. Augustus D, Wilson.—Motion denied, but wita leave torenew on affidavits con- travening the allegations in defendant's affidavits, especially as to the pecuniary Mability of the Plaintitt, James 8. Negley vs. Patrick ©. Devlin. granted, with $10 costs. Opinion with Clerk. C, Mahoney vs. Belmont,—Motion denied. ‘Motion See opinion. ‘Yhe Color Printing Company vs. Brown.—Motion granted. Merritt ye Chambers. —Order granted, COUAT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Moore, the Alleged Emigrant Swindler—Con- clusion of the Yestimony—The Cuse ‘vo Be Closed To-Day. Before Recorder Hackett. His Honor the Recorder having been summoned as a witness in the Stokes case, the trial of Charies Moore, the alleged emigrant swindler, was delayed for three-quarters of an hour yesterday in the Gene- Tal Sessions, ‘he court room was crowded by friends of the accused, who has been a leading poll- Ucian in the First ward, and said to be king of the emigrant swindiers. He is charged with grand lar- ceny in stealing $900 from Anton Kornack. Assistant District Attorney FELLOWS opened the case for the prosecution, stating what he expected to prove, and called the complaining witness, Anton Kornack, who gave # detailed narrative of what happened to him upon ius arrival in New York, and the manner in which he was swindled out of his money. He said he was born in Germany; came to this country in 1866; went to Illinois, and returned to New York on the 6th of June with $1,490 in greenbacks, intenling to return to Europe; winie crossing on the lerryboat from Jersey Uity to New York he meta man who asked him where he was going, and on being informed that it was to Europe, said he wanted to go along with him; this was on Tuesday, and he told the stranger that he did not want to sail ull Thursday; the man brought him to @ ticket office in Canal street to ect @ passage ticket for Europe; he saw Moore, the prisoner, there, but had no conversation with him then; he went to the | hotei and returned to the office; the other man gave a draft to Moore, and _ said he ‘wanted German gold and a ticket; the ship the man and Moore were talking about was to salt that day, and he (Kornack) toid them ne wanted to goon Thursday; Moore then sao, “if you want to go to Europe and have got any money give it to me and lL Will change it for you, because it is pretty near time for the steamer to go; Kornack gave him the $1,490, to have it “changed” into German goid; Moore said he would give it ail right to him; be need not be afraid; he gave @ kind of receipt for it aad went after the gold, and told them to go into the back room; in two hours he returned with the money and counted it first for the other man, who then told Moore to give him (Kornacx) a belt; the prisoner put the money in an envelope and afterwards in a belt, which Kornack ut upon his body; the other man fasteued it and Hoore was standing by at the time, Alter he was three ours out to sea he did not eel “right,” and upon examining the belt he found that he had only nety-one English soveremns and twenty-two Prussian doliars, He returned to New York and se- cured the arrest of Moore. ‘rhe witness was cross-examined at length and adhered to the statement that ne was positive Moore ‘was the man who swindled him out of his money. Onicers Keenan and Hay, of the City Hall pre- cinct, swore that they arrested Moore, took htin to the station house, and put two oiticers in citizens’ dress in a small room, and then brought Kornack tn, wh once identified the accused as the man who gave hifn the be!t with the money tn 1t, Gustav Schwab, the ageat of the Bremen Steam- Ship line, testified that at the suggestion of Mr. Wallach, one of the Commissioners of Emigration, gnu some other gentieman, wio paid him the money in the middle of November, he gave Kornack $1,039 on the 7th of December; he (Mr. Schwab) received the money from Jolin Moore, who represented him- self as the brother of the prisoner. The Recorder asked the witness tf he saw the man in court wno paid him the money, and he said he ald, polnting out John Moore (the brother of the prisoner), who stood up for identification. Mr. Howe opened the case for the accused, in- forming the jury that the prosecution was a diabol- Ical one, inspired by political animosity. ‘The first witness calied by the defence was Feilx Biomb, who said that in Jane last he was @ clerk in the office of James McArren, 503 Canal street; he re- membered the 6th ot June, when Kornack, the com- Piainant, came in and gave money to the clerk be- ind the counter, whose name was Koenig; they ail spoke in German; kornack went out and returned in an hour and a hall, and asked for his money and @ ucket; Moore was not there then, and he (the wit- ness) had not seen nim in fourteen days. On his cross-examination the witness said that Koenig did not resemble Moore in the sligitest (counsel in his opening said the: (oP McDermott ut the belt around Kornack; he (witness) did not ‘now that McDermott was seat from this Qourt to Be state icant for puting @ oelt around @ man in that same oilice, ‘At this juncture a recess was taken, after which Albert Rosenthal, a room mate of Koenig, testified that he was in ‘the office in Canal street when Kornack. came in; that Koenig was behind the counter wud received a lot of greeabucks /rom Kor- Rack, and he (the witness) was quite sure Moore ot there, Lindenatrought swore that he kept Yestaurant and wine saloon at No. § G street; that Koraack was in ms place about the 26th of August iast, and sald he went to certain office where he had been beaten out of some money; that he wanted $100 and got kicked vt, aad that he was told by the oflicer to mention Charile Moore’s name ba then he would money; not go toi Orville A. Ham sald that on the 6th of June last he visited Moore at His nor in State sireet aud found him suffering with a seen hin the day before on a Jersey City 1 William Stripp sald that he was with On the 5to of June last aud accompanied ynn drew a knife upon Jersey; @ man named Modgl: Moore and he spraiued hts angle; on the tollor day tue witness visited Moore at his house. and the preceding witness Were cross-examined by Mr. Fellows and sWore that they distincuy remem- bered the 6th of June, but could not ny Nia particular event that happened on any ovner Charles Moore, tie accused, Wad the last witness called by the counsel. He swore that he had no ofice at 508 Vanai street; did not see Kornack, and took no money trom him on the 6th ot June and was on that day sick at bis house, 18 street; Moore had a ditiiculty with Jonn MeGly: in Jersey, and spraimed his io0t; on the 17th June he went to Europe with Seuaiors vreamer and Norton, and returned in August; two days alter- wards he saw Kornack, when he was by | Oiticer Hay. Upon nis cross-examination Moore said he be~ lieved Dr. Fivucil gave & prescription to hie wite on the 5ti or 6th of June, and that, gene! ls (Moore’s) prescripuoas were made up at ttudnut’s, in the HEALD build- ing; he had heard that his bail for $10,000 was forletted 4uring his absence from New York, and did not know whether Kornack had leit he ane or not when he (Moore) Came back and delivered himsel! up to the Sherif, whes arrested he said to Ofticers Freeman and Hay, “This is a | snap game on me,” aud requested them to bring him to his brotier’s house to get bail, so that he would not e to be locked up. . ‘The prosecuung oilicer then presented rebutting evidence. - Willy Wallach, one of the Commissioners of Emt- gration, testiiied that tne witness Lindeastrougnt came to him and stated that ne Was seat by the rel- atives of Charles Moore to request him ; Wallach) to allow the man (Kornack) to take the money which he had lost; Mr. Wailacn told him he nad todo with that; if ne Wanted to make aay sucu proposition he would have to go to the District At Torney’s oftiee. Alfred Jacobs, a drug clerk in Hudnut’s, was | called, by whom Mr. Fellows offered to prove that | the prescription spoken of by Moore was received | av Hudnuv’s on the 16th of June; that i was taken | Jrom its page and pasted on the pase representing: the 6th of June, and to sdow the circumstances under which 1¢ was done be ‘This offer was objected to, and the Recorder ruled that the testimony was legally Inadimumote, ‘rhis closed the case on bot sides, aud the hour being late ine Court adjourned till Weduesday, COURT CALENDAR:—THIS DAY. SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM—Held by Judges Ingraham, Barnard and Catdozo.—No caiendar, SUPREME COUR’ say ect os ae eel ne 38, 139). i i 140. 160. 151, 153, 154, 155, 166, i tontarre rs. bles Bar- 103, 25, 83, 84, 95, 107, 173, 183 REME CouRt—Cincurt—Part 1~Hela by Judge Van Brunt.—Nos. 14134, 963, 835, 467, 111%, 337, 1183, 118734, 1191, 1193, 1195, 1197, 1201, 1203, 1205, 1205 96 , 1211, 1217. Part 2—Heid vy Judge Brady,— Cane on. SUPER! \< COURT—/RIAL LERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Frecdman.—Nos. 129, 1531, 1340, 1077, 183, 1693, 1275, 1427, 1435, 1603, 101, 1395, 1455, 789, 395, Part 2—Held by Juage SedgwicK.—Same calendar as yesterday. Court OF COMMON PLEAS—1RIAL TEEM—Part 1— ¢ Held oy Judge J. ¥. Daly, ~Nos. 979, 68, 845, 1.74, 2107, 764, 467, 908, 1167444 980, 1270, 1066: 710. Part 2—Wleld’ by Judge Loew.—Nos. 1281, 1261, rete) reetniitoes 29 seat 1253, 1268, Liv, 186, 439, }, 645, 769, 1261, Marine Courr—IkiaL TeERM—Part 1—Hela by 7603, 7691, 7918, 2 art 2—Held by 6557, 7872, 8071, 8072, 7520, 8004, 8088, 79: 7938, 7725, 8911, 7760, 7301, Ro vs. L., 7185, 7838, 7986, 8032, 7814, 8030, $508. Pare 3—Held by Judge Curtis.— Nos, 8224, 8782, 3807, 8834, 8835, 8904, 8908, 8903, D. VS. B., M. V8. B., B. Vile Buy B, vs. G, 8. vs. B., 5. vs. T., Re vs M., J. ve By COURT OF APPEALS. ions. ALBANY, Feb. 20, 1872, The following decisions were rendered in the Court of Appeals to-day:— ', Judgments affirmed, with costs—Ferry vs. Wig- ins; Marx vs. Rotnan; Stone vs. Bargess; The Buf- falo Union Iron Works vs. The City of Heeney vs. ‘The Grand Trunk Railroad Company Riker vs, The fludson River Rauroad Company; Coolie vs. The Town of Guilford; Tne Peopie, ex rel, Davis, vs. The Cominissioaers of Taxes and Assess- ments for the City ot New York; The People, ex rel. Wate, vs. The Same: The People, ex rel. Coe, va. ‘The Same; The People, ex rel. Tne New York Real. Estate Association, vs. The Same; The People, ex rel. Banendale, vs, The Same, Judgment reversed and new trial granted; costs to abide event—Wihieeler vs, Warner, Motions denied, with $10 cosis—Tracy vs. Kuntz, Campbell vs. Page, Weich vs. Sage. Appeal dismissed, with costs—Dickson vs, The Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company. COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. The following is the Lourtof Appeals day calen- dar for Febraary 21:—Nos, 177, 39, 893g, 120, 124, 133, 9, 18366 A BELLIGERENT IEMALE S = Judge Shea. Theatrical Seene in the Court of Speciat Sessions—Macilda Heron on the Kumpage. Shortly after the Court of Special Sessions was opened yesterday, and while Judge Sbandley was. hearing & case of assault and battery, the numerous | occupants of the room were surprised at seeing a well-dressed and decidedly styiisa appearing lady | enter, accompanied by what afterwards appeared to be her walung maid. The lady moved down the broad aisle towards the space enclosed by the iron railing with a most majestic mien and a measured tread, ana took a seat among the female witnesses, in full view of the assemblage. Specula- lon at once became rife among the crowd on THE SEAS OUTSIDE THE RAN, as to who the evidently “distinguished” personage. could be, and they were not long in ascertaining that she was none other than Miss Matilda Heron, the actress, She had come there as a witness in @ case of assault and battery, in which an Intelligent and well appearing colored woman, named Fanme Williams, was plaintit, and Miss Heron’s agent, Mr. Herman Hernstein, was deiendant. The case ‘Was soon cated, and when the plainuff haa told her story of the affair, charging that Mr. Hernstein had. cruelly beaten her on tue 9th day of tue present month at the house 23 Upion square, where she is janitor, Miss Heron was cailed by the counsel for he defeace. Kusing im @ tragical manner, she moved across THE INTERVENING SPACE between her seat and thé witness’ stand with the same alr that had characterized her recent catranee- into the court room. Having been sworn she sank back gracefully into the cnair provided for wit- Nesses, and scanned the scene before her aftet the fashion of Alexander Selkirk, when he exclaimed, ; “£ am monarch of all isurvey.’? Counsel lor the | Gelence asked her to relate to the Court, in as con- cise a manner as possible, what took place under a in cohuection with the “anhappy affair.” Throwing her plaid shawl back, so that it hang | in folds across her shoulders, and straightenumg her- | self up im the chair, the late distinguisuca actress began her story, woica was as follows:— “Well,” and as she spoke she assumed @ still more tragic expression aud attitude than sne had | done before—'* Well, 1 had beea iil for sume weeks— partially paralyzed at times—and 1 WAS ON THE SOFA, and my maid was rubbing my limbs and arms, Ot course I was unable to speak in such @ state as that, and am scarcely abie vo speak now, but I have somewnat recovered. I was bolstered up there, and I had perfect consctoust but no power to use my limbs, amie opened the door and came: in, and I was quite surprised to see fe Kliza said, ‘Maaam, is very il ab >, Present, Dut seems most over it now, 80 don't to her.’ Fannie came to the head of the hola gnd rubbed my temples, while Elza was inbbing my hands; when Eliza nad diseagaged herseli trom me alitue Fanme took her place and said to me:— ‘Madame, Mr. Hernstem 18 @ bad mao and | am ‘our friend, and I never spoke tL of yon in all my ife; he is the worst I ever knew,’ she con- tinued; wh i wamperes, ‘he did not prove 80 to ? is al said. me ais Point the witness sank back Ip the chair in a Manner which indicated that she was very well ny ease THE MAGNIFICENT, MANNER she had acquitted herself, Suddenly starting ap again, however, and striking the old atiiude, sue oor fermstein enterea, and said: ‘Are you here? Go out of this room; you aren’t ft to staad in this orable lady’s presence. aoe Te replied. she your wife ?’ and | was natu- rally horrified at the question. Mr, Hernstein said, ‘Phat is none of your business: you shall not stand in this lady's nee,’ and again sh your wife? le repiier Shall not msuit her with your presen then got hoid of his coat with her leit hand—{uere the witness DEMONSTRATED THR ACTION of the belligerent negress): id hit him in the left eye avove the cheek bone and the tempic; | was more horrified than ever, but I could not inove, of course; 1 saw her knock him down, and oh | | have seen crucities aboard vessels, Mississippi sieamers, in bull rings and im many Janus, but i never saw ything like tnis; oh! believe me, 1 wou d rather see an execution, your Honor.” ‘rhe witness then explained how the figiit ended, and denied most positively that Mr. tiernsteia struck Fanny at ai. Miss Heron’s maid’s tesamony ‘Was substan tlialiv the same as tat BOVE giVels ‘The case was dismissed, = | |