The New York Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1872, Page 8

Ss SMALLPOX. An Increase of Eleven Cases Dur- ing the Past Week. DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE The Present System of Build- ing Dwellings. Importation of Contagious Diseases from Neighboring States. BOARD OF HEALTH. At a meeting of the Board of Health yesterday afternoon the following reports from the several bureaus were received and adopted:— ‘The Sanitary Committee respectfully submit the following Feport on the work of the diiferent bureaus tur the week end- February 17, 1872:— 6 Uity, Sanitary Inspector reports a total of 1,960 inspec tons by the Health Inspectors, as follows, viz:—9 pie buildings, 657 tenement houses, 47 private dwellings, 28 other dwellings, 5 manufactories and workshops, 15 stores and warcbouses, 46 yards, courts and areas, 208 stables, 5 fat Fendering estubiishments, 62 slaughter houses, 1 gas works, 29 CELLARS AND NASEMENTS, Bi waste pipes and crains, 127 privies and water closets, 7 Streets, gutters and sidewalks; 3 piggeries, 28 sunken and vacant lots, 7 dangerous stairways, 518 stayes and care, 16 other nuisances aud 111 visits to contagious diseases. ‘the number of reports received from the Health Inspectors was During the week 43 complaints have been received from citizens and referred to the Health Inspectors for in- vestigation and report, His report shows that during the week the Disinfecting Corps have visited 71 ‘contagious diseases were found and have FUMIGATED BIXTY-THREE MOUS? $3 sinks, together with clothing, bedding, &c.; 53 cases of sinallpox were removed to the ‘hospital by the ambulance eorps aud one dead body to the Murgue. shows that 66 sioks and cesspools have been cleaned and disinfected by the night scavengers, under permitsot the Beard, and 188 ious of night soil’ removed trom the cit Permits have veen granted to 15 vessels to discharge carg ‘om vouchers from the Health Officer of the Port, ‘The v1 cfinating corps have visited 11,%5 families aud. performed 10,298 (vaccinations, of whlch 667, were primary and 10,125 secondary, ‘There have aiso been 2,:71 cattie inspected at the parker yards, of which 20,were found bruised and 10 badly ed. following is acomparative statement of contagious @tueases reported for the two weeks ending February 10 and 4, 1872:— eau Fevers, Diphe Smalt- Typhw. Typhoid. Survie. Meastess theria. poste February 1... 7 74 23 ly 70 February 17. 1 6 103 7 $1 ‘The Register of Records repo During the week there were reais: tess than for the previous week aud hh” correspond- fing week of if71. Zymotic ai ed 149 deaths eonstitutional, 1,9; local, 231; deveopmental, 46, and violent eauses, 16, ‘The number of fuial cases of smallpox dimin- febed from 32 to 25 those of DIPHTHERIA AND CROUP together from 20 to 11, tose of remitient fever from 5 to 4, and those of diarriceal complaints, from 26 to 15; measles saused 11 deaths and typus fever 1, tue same number as in the preceding week. The mortality of scarlatina rose trom $B to bu, of whooping cough -rom 2 to 2, an of typhold fever from Sto7. There were three deaths attributed to iratory affections, against 77 and 91 ‘The’ following were the principal fn the preceding weak. Metcorological features of the week as record :d for this de- iment at the Cooper Union :—Maximum temperature, 51 ;_mintmum temperature, 12 degrees; mean vempera- ture, 81.27 degrees, belux 1.32 degrees lower than that of the corresponding period during the past ten years; mean burometsr, 29.080; inches; mean degree of hu- 3 Faintall,’| inch, ‘The ‘attorney reports as follows:—Number cf jud, ebtained in pending actions, 13; number of actions tinued upon evidence of abatement of all cause of plaint, 17; number of complaints by inspectors examined nd form of order endorsed thereon, 112; number of such complaints examined aud returned for further examination | and report, 29, H ‘The captain of the sanitary company of police reports the following as the amount of cneat, fish, &c., seized and coniis- | cated as unit for human food :—Cat heep, 35; ho, veal (“bob”), 60; fiah, 60) pounds, j Toe slaughier houses of the city are reported as being in good sanitary condition. The City Sanitory Insnector presented the follow- {ng report upon the new system of erecting dwelk tugs in the city and the mauner 12 which the con. | tractors and proprietors provide for house sewage ‘and drainage :— BUREAU OF SANITARY IsrEcTION, Feb. 21, 1872. ¥o THE Boaxp OF HEALTH, EMMONS CLARK, 5 The subject of defective ‘house drainage and sewerag Dears so cirectly upon the heaith of all classes of our citizens, and the dangers facurrea by a neglect of these conditions is 90 great that it becomes a public duty to enlighten and warn the public, through ollicial sources, that each in bis own household may cause such examinaiion of the condition of bis system of drainage ae wii discover any defects. The sanitary officers of this Rureau bave iong been w angers to hfe and bealta trom devective waste and drain pipes im private as well as tenement houses But from the NATURE OF THE HPALTH LAWS the examination of private dwellings is not systematically ade, as is the case with tenement houses. The former are only examined when some complaint is made concerning thelr conditions, while under the Tene- ment House act it becomes the duiy of the Health Depart- ment to keep up a constant inspection as to all conditions that may affect the health or lives of their occupants. By the largest proportion of the orders of the Hoard of jealth are made upon the complaints of the health inspec- tora concerning detective sewerace and drainage: and it these very orders which we find the most difficult to have executed in « proper manner. ‘They are complied with by owners with the utmost re- Iuctance and in a spirit of economy, even parsimony, rather than for effectiveness, being satisiied {1 the technicality of the law is overcome rather than to institute a permanent and vadical remedy. Indeed, such is the spirit of evasion in many Instances that only’ the most supericial remedy fs a) plied, necessitating frequent inspections und orders upon the same. ‘The origin of these evils, however, has generally been be- yond the present owner in most justances. It 's in detective construction and inferior workinanauip originall the introduction of that inestimable boon, Crotou wi pliances of Fesuited, These have caused new SOURORS OF DANGER TO HRALTH among our citizens, not by reason of their introduction alto- gether, but by reason of thelr faulty construction and meth of appiicat: Uf late years « system ol building has been introduced m this city by speculative operators which, under the pressure competitive contracts and sub-coniracts, has produced a universal tendency to cheapen construction, and as a conse- quence accept inferior workmanship, Under this system ‘whoie blocks of dwellings are constructed at one time, the various parts being farmed out or sub-let to various parties under contracts, which, by competition, are taken at the lowest prices, ‘and which, in most ‘instances, if lit- e ents liscon- re of the ince ‘er, the so-called “modern improvements” (7) have erally, complied with, would ruin the contractor, the from sigh temptation, therefore, 1s to do the work most superficial manner, to employ nd most indifferent labor to cover ngs available as soon as possible in order to avold miulative interest on borrowed capital, It { by this syate: that defective sewerage and house drainage becomes so ual- |. The plumbing, when the house is finished, is neces- out of sight, no examination cam easily be r there are proper TRAPS TO WASTE PIPES, whether joints are properly cemented or leaded, whether their connections with the sewer are perfect, naving traps to Baril; whe Drevent the escape of sewer gases through the waste pad soil pives into the dwelings. In this particular branch of business the greatest frauds are dai Brretrateds sad from the active competition among is class’ of mechanics manufacturers of plumbia materials have of late produced what may be termed “shodiy” of all kinds, Jead pipe that will bardly sustain weight, much le the force of Croton waver pressure; that always leak, leaden and fron traps that 7 water, much His report also | | and Mercer streets, by Detectives Dusenberry and NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET) after three weeks near Thirty-ninth street, to the plaintiff, and was og : re tetas | THE COURTS, | ria sao ox ine conrscr me detondane wile THE CAR-HOOK MURDER. fai co eight doe Sy tye ° subsequently refused to sign the contract, w Splooeited by She peneenss Wer, Ry In trate the plain broaghe' fut or snerease ia Foster Sentenced Te Be Hanged on the 234 of fork street ants building, after two sudden Sieuch wea involeratie frees bad’ Sowers toe | Fire Insurance Companies in Bankruptoy—Im- | Tract. ‘the cave was tried yesterday, and the court | ®&rch—-Hils Impassive Coolness During the an hb street —t cases spotted fever were reported during the past week, like con- ditions ot bad drainage and sewerage were found present, exhititing much the same conditions—al of tri in waste pipes connected with the sewers veing one o the direct causes of the disease. ‘These are but a few of the instances we are cognizant of, and this matter ts becoming of so serious an import to all of our citizens that timely warning must be heeded, At becomes the interest of every person to look after these matters on his own premises, and not rely upon bis own in- ry in ‘Matters, It reauires the experience 'o Investigate and examine and sewer cinnetion: fe. see and where it is possible (and it should be made possible in every dwelling, even at the expense of de- facing some rooma for a time) the soll Pipesbould be carried unobstructed out through the roof, affording an open, all sewer gases above beyond direct inbalation, Dif- aimouphare and largely dituied these gases, be- el they are poisonous in the highest ‘be vision of a tiyend sewer pipe extending above the roof of the house affords a free escape for aren enna ‘where this dilution can take place without danger to health or iife, and at the same time obviates another condition that frequently occurs in the following manner:—Probably very many hav beerved in thi lings that at cer- ve ol lr di is a very offensive odor, which usually oc- re after in, The explanation of wi thi eo leader from the roof is usually connected with the sewer pipe at its lowest point; whenever {t rains this leader becomes filled with water, which, rang downward through the soil Fie causes an exhaustion of or several of the traps im the various house connections from the waste pipes of these openings thus created into the various rooms of the | use, This subject is by no means exhausted, but fearing to tres- | pass further upon the time of the Board, I beg leave to sub- | mit the forezoing remarks upon the practical difiiculties that | are constantly met with tn applying remedies to those condi. | tions which are constant sources of complaint. An of | inspectors would be necessary to inspect and report to your | exists at the present moutent Board inatance tl yy calling attention to these hixhiy interest ing and most important facts each person in his own house | ply auch Femedies a8 may be necessary, Ke- tet, MOKEAU MORHIM, M. Ds, City Sanitary Inspector, The following communication was received from the Board of Aldermen asking the co-operation of the Board of Health towards inaugurating a re- form in the present system of cleanmg the streets:— Whereas the streets of this city have been for a long time and are still in a most horrible and filthy condition, so much so that the dirt and filth in many, and especially the narrow, streets have taken the proportion of large heaps, emitting an insufferable stench, and tending to produce sickness and contagious diseases of the worst kind, and being exceedingly unpleasant to pedestrians, and whereas the people of thia wll be able to ap spectiully subm! city bave elected us on the platform of reform, and, there- | came atotal loss, The cotton had been insured | fore, justly expect from this Board to correct all existing evils, of which the aforesaid 1s one of the greatest and most dangerous; therefore, That the Commissioners of Public Works be, and the same hereby is, requested to furnish to this Board a copy of the contract or contracts_now in force for the clean- ing of the streets and sewers of this city, together with tha Teasons why sued contract or contracts are not complied with on the part of the contractor or contractors, Resolved, That the Health Department of this city be re- | quesied to co-operate with this Board, to secure the so much eoaulseg reform in the cleaning of the streets and sewers of is city, | ‘The subjoined communication and statement of the case was received from the President of the Board of Commissioners of Charities and Correc- | tron, and it was resolved to send the letter, with | the other papers relating to the matter, to the uov- ernor, With 9 view to having the importation of Smallpox irom other States to this city stopped:— | Sin—The Commissioners of Public Charities and Correc- | tlon respect(uily call the attertion of the Board of Health to | the enclosed papers, establishing the fact that a person sick | | Of sualipox was seat to this city by the author! lex of New Jersey. There Is reason to believe that, with the spread of | | i} smallpox in the adjacent States, the practice will obtain of it of that disease ito this city. Two the above were found in the ince, It {a respectfully suggested That the “Board of Hea'th shoud adopt such’ preventive | measures as, 1a their judgment, may ve eifective against the | surreptitious introduction of smallpox patients Into this city. | Very reapecttully, ISAAC BELL, President. Robert Scott, colored, aged twenty-one, single rmer, | says he was taken sick in New Brunswick’ week the house of @ farmer namod 0, at for und whom he was working. This man, him to be sick, ordered him the He then went to the city of New Branswick, applied veraeer of the poor in Nelson street, who told him to clear out or he would shoot him, He ‘next spvlied toa colored man in the nelgabornood, who went with him to the same overseer, who then gave bim some money and told him to ship him to Jersey City. From there he went to New York, and, ubsequently, to the oflice of the Commissioners , iu Of Charities and Vorrection. This 1s but @ single case, but numbers of @ sim- ilar character have beea reported to the officers of the Koard of Lealtn, BROOKLYN HEALTH AND MORTALITY, There were 223 deaths in Brooklyn during the | week ending Saturday last, Smallpox carried off twenty-five victims. This disease 1s spreading in certain sections of the city, and many cases are j suppressed from the Health authorities, Dr. Coch- ran is of the opinion that the continuance of the | | services of the vaccinating corps for one month at | least would have been judicious. There were 31 deaths from consumpéion, 19 Of pneumonia, 9 of scarlatina, 6 of croup, 4 of typhoid fever and 6 of | Whooping congh durig the past week. Of the de- | ceased 67 were men, 40 women, 64 boys and 62 | girls; 45 were infants uuder 12 months, and 6 were | persons of upwards of etguty years of e. he | nationalities were:—United States, 152; Ireland, 26; | Germany, 18; England, 9; Scotland, 5; Canada, 9; Newieundland, 1. PICKPOCKET ARRESTED. An Exciting Chase. A notorious pickpocket named Hughey Darrigon ‘Was arrested last evening, on the corner of Houston \ Eustace, This man was arrested fhree months ago for stealing a diamond pin from the shirt bosom of @ gentieman on one of the cars of tne Third avenue line, At that time he was taken before Justice Coulter and bailed by John Burns, of 671 Second | avenue, in the sum of $2,000, the bail and leit the city, He has since been travel- ling through tue provigclal citi operating in his , line to a large extent About six weeks ago le made his appearance in New York, and Captain Irving saw him one day SANDING IN BROADWAY, Knowing the man was wanted at the Yorkville police station CUsptain Irving went up there and obtainea & warrant irom the Judge for the arrest of Darrigon. search was then begun = for the person of the thief, but he wisely kept as much out of the way as Vhe peculiar necessities of his life would permit. | On Monday week iast information was brought to | the detective oifice by one of the parties detailed to * look after tne matter t! Darrigon was hiding ata | place in the Eightn avenue, Captain Irving went up to the house and watched it for some time, but no sign of Darrigon was apparent. Just as the detective captaia was leaving his point of observation the thief went out at the basement, and after looking avout cautiously for a ew moments sauntered down the street, The Captain then started in purrult, and Darrigon, catcning a glimpse of the well-known face of the detective as he was crossing the avenue, MADE A DASH DOWN a side street, but Captaim Irving was at his gas; stoneware and cement drain pipes that make such ta perfect jomnts and . re so porous and brittie that po skill in | workmanship can make them tight; aud when we add to this the unworkmaniike methods of /aying them, can we ‘wonder at the resuits’ Again, in order to economize ex- nae, several houses are connected together by one drain Feading to the street sewer, und by & pipe whore capelty te scarcely suflicient for a single house. Uf these we have seen freque:t examples. The eifeet of this is that the moment ‘any obstruction takes vlace in THE MAIN COMMON DRAIN ‘ali the houses connected therewith su‘ler [rom the poisonous sewer gases, waich have no other outlet, In the construction @f traps there are also radical defects. ‘Some fl pipes have shallow a bend t & very small quantity ot water ts ined in them ; others are Gtted with an iron eap, which fastened by car pieces working on a shoulder ; others, again, bave simply fat iron cup, without any means of fastening, b retained in place only by thelr own weight ; in the examination of these two latter a prevent the escape of the gases directly from. the ve er Into the dwelling. Often we find the loose cap entirely off from the pipe, and not unfrequentiy the screw cap is found ‘unscrewed and merely set upon the o Iron sewer | pen pipe. at le: ipes are found to b ints and without a ints, Cement or ints securely cemented. ‘Again we {frequently find in the cellar bottom a small cess pool, without stench trap connected directly with the sewer ” There generally have either an open pipe or a flagsions erforaved with one or more holes tor the purpows of ullow- 4 any accumulation of water that may occur in the cellar bottom from joined w king in the leeve to cov holder of the loneware pipes are rarely lound with the te rings or otherwike to flow off into the sewer. erous openings, Through these the poisoner Of the street sewer constantly emanate, and gradually, idiously permeate the the cold air for the f or heater supply $8 taken only from the cellar, having no sha‘t or box leading to the external atmosphere, and through this source not only the foul air of the cellar, but the sewer gases escaping trom the c openings, are carried directly Into the sieeping rome. The dapgers incurred from these sources cannot be over- @stimated. The inhalation of hese insidious and actively isonous gases which enter the sleeping rooms at night rough the defective sewer pipes, uncovered trap in soil pipe, untrapped wash basin waste pipe, defective water Closet and bath tub water pipe, cannot vut produce such re- suits as may be observed In many Jamilies, when compiaint Sr'made of sleepless nixhts, aches, languor, lassi- tude, want of appetite, 1 ess, as nome of the ailghter symptoms may be descri HL of ‘which may pans o coming in contact with ® , pure atmosphere, but rn may, if continned too long, result in a prostrat w OF Fapid fever, which will be called typhoid, typhus, remittent, intermittent or spotted fever, as the poison Smbibed may elect to produce. Inueed, there are good reusons for bel) Ing that through these channels contagie unas e ready trane- mission. ‘Since the commutation forwarded at a PREVIOUS MEETING OF YOUR BOARD hus couviueed us that careful in Weeks since aud later were caused hy uevective sewerage. Apasiriking instance It may be mentioned that in @ Private vrown mone dweiling In West Forty-tbird street, ited from spotted having direct pipe connection with the i ut a ver, being In fact @ Yootllating fue for the pe oi newer rectly into the Ouse, 1h the fame Louse wae fouud aD open Jomt, where ‘the #oil pipe from the water cionet entered the sewer pipe, and in the 4inch sewer pipe itself an open hole 14 ineb in ter. examination of anothe: Forty-elunth weet ai iron sewer pipe, ving Lue main Waste pipe, of ne abd & bail inch diameter, @mply eolering Mt without cinsing the inal Le this houge dwelling in Bant heels, Darngon, finding he was closeiy pressed, turned sudden! into @ Mquor store, and | Captain Irving was at the threshold , lollowing up the fiying thief, when three rough. | looking fellows rushed against him with alt tncir ¢ upper dwelling rooms, Sometimes | ume tis snip arrived at’ this por. On 1 Sunday night last they were in company together in the cavin of his snip, and he welling, sitting and | | might, staggering him for a moment. He soon re- | covered his equilibrium, however, and taking the biggest ruffan by the throat he dashed him on tne ground, and was @ second time following up the Chase, when the two remaining rafMians closed to- ether, determined to bar the passage. One of these fellows Captain Irving dealt a powerral blow, and the other, becoming demoralized, fled from tis com~- | Panions, who did not seem to relish the idea of a second encounter, Captain Irving got into the | liquor store only to find the thief had also disap- | peared. A careiul search o1 the premises was made, | but nothing of Mr. Darrigon conld be discovered, g | Since that time Detectives Dusenverry and Enstace have been anxivusiy un the waten for Darrigon, and | Yesterday afternoon their arduous labors were re- warded. He will be tasen to the Yorkville Pouce art this morning. A MARINER OHARGED WITA ABDUCTION, Sidney Belliste, first omicer of the bark City of New York, now lying in the Washington Basin, was arraigned before Justice Voorhies, Williamsburg, yesterday, to answer a charge of abducting Mrs, Kate Slate, of No. 103 Cherry street, New York. The complainant wis Mra, McCarthy, mother of tae al- leged abducted woman, ‘The prisoner said that he Was acquainted with Mrs. Siate, and saw ner every ¢ offered (o escort her home. ‘This offer she declined, saying that she would remaia in the cabin ail night. A short time alterwards she went on shore, | and when the prisoner went in search of her he ascertained that she had been found by the police in @ nude state, acting tn an insane manner, and that she was then in the Fourth precinct station house, On reaching the station house Mrs, Slate was found by lim, and she expressed a desire to go away with him. ‘Ine sergeant in charge allowed them to depart, and since that time Mrs. Slate, 1 18 said, has not been seen by her mother. Hence the charge of avduction, The Justice remanded the prisoner to give the police a chance to investigate the case- ONE OF THE WAREHOUSE ROBBERS, ‘Tuesday afternoon Uficer Brosnan, of the Twen- ty-seventh precinct, discovered’ a party of men down in Battery place acting in a very suspicious manner, and, on approaching them, recognized one of them as having been of tne party who ran sq precipitately from in frdnt of 32 Rector stivet, ou tie night of the 14th inst, at which time and piace the Ottoer captared a large quantity of the sik which had that uignt been stolen trom the bonded ware- house 486 Wasnington street. The man was ar- | question portant Order in Bankruptcy—A Collision Case—No Observance of Washington's Birthday in the United States Courts— Foster Resentenced—The Justh Di- vorce Suit—A Wife Asserting Her Legal Rights—Moore, the Al- leged Swindler, Convicted— Heavy Sentences in the General Sessions. UNITED STATES SUPREME COUBT. lose rooms and concentrated | An Attempt te ‘‘Double”? a Land Agent—A Nete Based on the Transfer of a Slave. WasHinaTon D. O,, Feb. 21, 1872. | of real estate in Chicago made to Derby in March, the water closets, w: ins, &c., and until these exhaust theke ie really Ao obstruction whatever to tho cacape of the ired with the plaintifs’ agents to buy the e1 no obstruction wi ' conspired wi e plaintifis’ agen’ uy prop- sicredtaratiua ice gpa areiaetytgeteene | rit im is name, but seerouy Yor als and Lael Yo fete a ‘ate forced unusuaily backward through | beueflt at a grossly inadequate price. ‘the deiend- ants were required to answer the bill under oath, and met the plaintiffs’ charges with a direct and positive denial, anu the Court, after a full examina- tion of all the tacts, found for the deiendants and dismissed the bill, erred in admitting the testimony of certain wit- nesses for the delence, and particmarly that of Derby and of ore Munroe; and it ts contended that Without the testimony of these witnesses the decree | Would have been, upon uncontroverted, facts, in favor ol the compiainants, as it ought to have been, even with such evidence, P. Phillips for appel- | lanta; C. Beckwith tor appellee, No, 111, Hall etal. for Use of Certain Kentucky | Insurance Companies vs, The Nashville and Chatta- | nooga Ratlroad Company—Error to the Circuit Court forthe Middle District of Tennessee.—This } action was brought to recover the value of cotto: j Shipped by Halt & Long at Chattanooga, on the rail. | | road, a3 @ common carrier and which was accl- directed a verdici of $650 06 for the platotd. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Monell. John J. Philbrick va, Henry ©. Dailett et. al.—Case and amendments to stand as already settled, John J. granted in both actions. Samuel V. Hoffman vs, Abraham Harmens.— Same. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. wictl ler—Highmaymen Sentenced. Before Recoraer Hackett. ‘The trial of Charles Moore, charged with swind- Question of the Liability of Railroad Come | jing an emigrant named anton Kornack, was re- panies, the Destruction of Property and Iu- | sumed yesteraay in the General Sessions, It would aurance—A Relic of the Past—A Promissory | seem that all the pot-house politicians of the aown- town wards were present, for the room was densely growded. The Reoorder gave the counsel for the No, 109. Walker et al. vs. Derby et al.—Appeal | defence the privilege of calling another witness, trom the Circuit Court for the Northern District of | aitnough, at the adjournment of the Court op Tues- Ultaols.—This suit was brought to rescind the sale | day, it was understood that the case wasclosed. A lawyer named Sweat was sworn tocontradict Mr, | 1887, for the alleged reason that he fraudulently | gonwab, who testified that John Moore, the pnis- Tr, paid him oe to be given to he paid the money @ccompar Mr. Chnton then proceeded to sum up, and in his said that this prosecution was 10- oner’s brothe: Kornack. The lawger said which he received from John Moore, who nied him to Mr. Schwab's office, opent auitate remarks against Charles Moore because Jonn Moore, itis here urged that the Court | 9x-Alderman of the First ward, voted the reform ticket against the corrupt canal that had disgraced New York in the eyes of the civilized world. His Honor called the counsel to order, and said that as- ore Was nothing in the evidence to jus! sertion, Assistant Dis‘rict Attorney Fellows made a pow- eriul but fair argument upon the evidence adduced for the prosecution, which he believed pointed to the guilt of the accused, RECORDER HACKETI’S CHARGE. The Recorder delivered @ orief and impartial charge, giving & condensed statement of the testi | mony, | | Steal and take trom tbe the 6th of June last, his money, Rockwell vs, Emii ©, Conen.—Order ef Moore, the Emigrant Swind- in conciusion he said:—If after a careful n | Teview of all the testimony in this case it leads you to the conclusion tree jrom any and ail reasonable doubt, that the prisoner with @ felumous inient did ossession of Kornack, on the amount in Delivery of the Sentence—The Case To Be Carried to the Court of Appeals. The application on benalf of William Foster, the alleged murderer of avery D, Putnam, to the Su- preme Court, General Term, for a new trial, having been dented, the Court yesterday sentenced bim to be hanged, in confirmation of the same sentence passed upon him by Judge Cardozo in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, It being known that he was to be brought before the Court for sentence the court room was densely crowded—s fact showing conclusively that, notwithstanding the intervention of the law’s delay in this case, and the occurrence Of other tragedies since of no less astonishing and absorbing interest, the atrocious circumstances of the carhook murder nave not yet wholly passed from the publie memory. ‘ THE PRISONER, Judging from appearances, the most uncon- cerned person among tne dense crowd <hrong- ing the court room was Foster, He was neatly dressed, and the careful curling of nis hair showed that he nad evidently just been subjected to the furbishing care of an expert tonsorial artist, Nearly ten months’ copfinement in prison seems to have made very littie impression on him. He looked as robust and hearty as when first recoans wial. His iron nerves were unshaken, and his countenance wore the same immobile expression. Having gone thro the ordeal of @ death sen- tence once probably. some! to do with his impassiveness on this occasion; but that probably Cry ae most to his seeming unconcern was the fact of regarding the sentence as a mere for- mality, it being a foregone conclusion that the case Would be carried 10 the Court of Appeals. ASKING THE COURT TO PAS; SENTENCE. Upon the opening of the Court, Judges Ingraham and Barnard being on the bench, District Attorney Garvin stated tnat Foster had been brought into Court by the Sheriff under the usual writ of nabeas corpus. He then briefly recited the tacts of nis trial and conviction in the Court of Uyer and Ter- miner of the murder of Avery D. Putnam. Upon Foster being found guilvy of murder 1n the first de- gree the Court sentenced him to be hanged on tae 14th of July. ‘This sentence was not curried to effect, Owing to a stay Of proceedings upon a writ of error having been granted by a Judge of tue Su- preme Court, Upon this stay of proceedings the case had been brought vefore the General terin and jot fully argued, ana the decision of the Court was In | dentally destroyed by fire wile in transit and be- | excess of $75, then you will Ond’him guilty of the | condrmation of the convicuion and sentence in the charge. It 1s immaterial whether others were | Court of Oyer and lermimer. He wow moved sen | agatnst loss by fire in the companies lor whose use H concerned in the larceny or no If | tence of tne prisoner by the Vourt, in pursuance of suit was brought, and the companies have ree | You have @ reasonable douot as to tne pris- | its recent decision. spectively pald the amount of their policies. Tho Was raised on demurrer whether an un- derwriier who insures personal property against loss by tre and pays the insurance oa the | total 1035 by accinental burntug while in transition, can bring an action Lu the Name of the owuer tor his use against tne common carrier, based upon the comuioa iaw lability ol the jatter, The Court decided that the Insurers Were not enutiet to ve subrogated to the rights of the shippers against the road, and the Judgment was for defendai it is here inwintained tat carriers, without some co: tract of exewption, ar: responsible for losses aris- ing from aceideutal fires, aud that the aaderwriters | Who pay tue loss lo the ass .red are entitled (0 be | Subiogated to all Mis rights against the carrier. Wiiiain Atwood tor plaintuf in error; Henry Cooper | for deiendant. No. 112. Worthy vs. Marston—Error to tne Su- preme Court of Louisiana,—Tnis cause presents the general question of liability on a promissory note given in purt for the price of sieves, which ts in- volved in other cases now before the Court. Tne | only features in whica this disters from otner cases of the class, are these:—Firs:—Neither tne payee of the note nor the subsequent hulders ever owned the slave forming @ part of the consideration of the note, the delendant alone having Lad owuership in the negro, Second—Under che decision below the provisiva of the new constitution of the State against the enforcement of coatracts fur tue sare of persons, wus so ealorced ay to dupa the whole obligation of the note, although the answer did nut preiend that more tuau $Jvs Out ol the 1,60, for whica Lue note was given, was lor the price clasiave. ipird—As tae law of tue con. tract 18 & part Ol tue contract Lself the Contract has provided lor the special Case Made, as Much so as if MW had been writes in tue vote, tbat Me iuture emancipat on of tne slave shouid not ve deemed a | | Jasiure of the consideration. tis here argued tat this clause of Lhe state coustitution contraveucs and Wolaes that provision ol tue federal constivul.oa Which prouibits a state from macing aay law Waich Shall impaic the obligation of contracts —that it tine ais the Obligation Oi the contract of the note in MMs case, and ts null and void. J. Merrics, i Pplainuif in error; H. Marston, defen sant, in person. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUAT—IN BANARUPTCY. The Chicago Fire—ihe Insolvent Companies—Proceedings to inte Involuntary Bankraptey. Before Judge Blatchford, Proceedings have been commenced to throw all the fire insurance companies ta the Southein dis- trict of New York which were unabie to pay their losses occasioned by the Chicago Ore into involun- tary bankruptcy, for the purpose of ovlainiug an equitaole distripation of their assets among tuuse to whom they are indeoted, it 18 belivved tuat nO serious vpposition wul be made in any of the cases to wn adjudication of bankruptcy, as the companies to be proceeded asainst are all amenabie to adjadi Losurance cation uider the Bankrupicy act, aud it is fel. that | such adjudications will best tend to insure an | equitable distribution ot assets, The Bark Raea and steamship Hansa Cole Mston Case. Judge Blatchford rendered @ decision yesterday in the case of Harold F, Hessing, owner of the bark Darngon jumped | Rhea, against the steamship Hansa, being an action | to recover $150,000 damages for injuries arisin; is from a collision between che vessels, |*, toe Judge granted a decree jor the libellant on | the grouud that tne steamer, altuougu tue uccideat | occurred in a fog, Was runuing at a greater speed than 1s allowed, A New Baukiuptcy Rule—Important Notices to Crealtors, Notices addressed to the creditors of bankrupts having trequently failed to reach thew destination, and mach inconvenience having been therevy oc- casioned, Judge Biatcnford bas promulgated the lollowing new rule:— Hereaiter, in cases of voluntary bankruptcy Where the scuedules filed by the petitiouer sual give the address of a creditor as “New York city,’? they shuil in addition state the street and number, and the same rule shall apply to lists 0: creditors in proceedings in ivoiuntary bankrupicy. io ail proofs oi debt, Where the uddress of the creditor 18 given as “New York city,’ the street and number shall be given. All notices matied by Wwe Marshal or the Clerk co Creditors residing in the city of New York shail be direcved Lo the sireet address of the creditor, and the Marshal, in making return of the execution of & Warraat, and tue Clerk, in making retura of the maiiiug Of Lotices to creditors under an Crier to show cause wiy a bankrupt’s discharge should not be granied, shall in addiuon certuy vo | the Register a list of those creditors Whose notices | have been returned rum the Post Ofice, Held tor the Grand Jury. James T. Brady, the clerk in the Post OMice, at the “Erie Rauiway Bagging Table,” woo was charged before Commissioner Snrelds with naving emvezzied Jetters, has waived an examination and been Leld Wo await we action of tue Grand Jury. NO OBSERVANCE GF WASHING TON'S BIRTHDAY iN THE UNITED STATES GWUATS, The United States . Remain Open. Notwithstanding the general opinion that Wash- ington’s Birthday 1s a legal national holiday, which ail tne Uuited States officials are bound to observe by ceasing, as far as practicaple, to transact ordi- Offices Will nary business, tnis opiuion 18 not shared by the | Judges and officiais im the United stutes court buildings in this city, who Say that they know of holiday, and they shall, therefore, conuaue vusi- ness a8 usual on the 22d, CCURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, The Stokes Case Adjourned. Judge Cardozo not being able to attend Court yesterday morning @n adjourament of the Stokes jury trial was necessitated, and, by consent of counsel on botn sides, Judge lograham aujourned the proceedings Over untu next Monday Morning, at eleven o'clock, SUPREME COURT—CHAM3ER3. The Justh Divorce Suit. Before Judge Barnard, Emil Justh vs. Virginia Jurth.—A motion was Made in this case yesterday on benalf of the plain- ‘i to admit certam matter as evidence, Tho Court ranted tue mouon. Decisions, Patrick Murray et al.—Motion D. Elston vs, granted, Jam denied, Aaron Clark va. R coudrmed, renee SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART I, A Wite Asserting Mer Rights. Belore Judge Freedman, Hurray vs. Jacob Truary et al.—Motion Coleman et al.—Report rested and takea to the Tombs Police Court yesier- day morning, Where he gave his name as Veter {| Weir, and was comumtted im default of $5,000 bai, Charles H. Harbug ve. Joseph Inrey. This was @ suit broaght on alleged breach of contract, The de. Jeudant agreed to sell a pouse on Secona avenue, i oner’s guut arisiug out of a Ot the nature of the testimony, thea the venelit of that doubt is ns property and you should acquit, I direct you in the matier Of the testimony oiered by the District attorney with reference to the prescrip- tion and change Of the same, that you should vot consider it in your deliberations as of any welgut Aginlust the prisoaer, aud unless the evidence shall Justify b.8 conviction outside Of that testimony you enould acquit. Ia priei, gentlemen, I charge you to It would nol nave been permitted nad { net misunderstood the District At- disregard it altogecher, torney in ais offer, VERDICT. ‘The jary retired at twenty minutes past two, and in two hours 1t was announced they had agreed Upon a verdict, There was the most iuten-e tnt: est mauiiested U;-0n tke part of the friends of Moore, wh» crowded the court room, when the toremao rouounced 1a ieenie Lunes the Word “Guiity.’? ‘tha curaer directed the prisoner to ve remanded tll Friday fur seutence, to which time the Court ad- Jouraed, TWO HIGHWAYMEN SENT TO THE STATE PRISON FOR FIF(EEN YEARS EACH. The Grand Jury o1 the yer aud Terminer found a large oatcn of indictinents yesterday jor lelonies of Various grades, Which were (ransterred to the Gen- eral Sessions, Where the prisoners were arraigned, most of WHow pleaded not guiity. James Kelly and Meury Brown pleaded guilty to robvery in the first degree, The evidence taken belore the mucistr.te showed that tls was a very Clear case aust the prisouers, On the iirst of tals month Jota Loy, residing at No. 90 Sixth uve- nue, was waiking aioug Sullivan street acd as- Sauijed oF te prisouers and ‘another man. One hetd him by the arms, another put bis hauus over his mouth, wuile a third stole $9 Irom his person. His Honor seutenced each of them to Lie State vrison cor iiteen years, ) A PROFESSIONAL HOTEL THIEF SENT TO THE STATE PRISON, Benton B. Bagley, was couvicted in January of perpetrating a grand larceny 10 the Sturievan’ consideration SENTENCE BY JUDGE INGRAHAM. ‘rhe Clerk having ordered the prisoner to rise, dudge Ingraham proceeued to pass seulence upon hiui as follows:- Foster, you have been tried, convicted and sen- tencea to be executed. Your appeal nas been de- Died; aud it only remains ior us to 1x tue tine for the carrying out of your seuience. We have examiued carefully the questions in tue case, nov of fact, but of law, and bave found nothing in them to Warrant an interierence with we verdict of the jury or the ruling of the Court. However we may sympathize with your family, It 1s out of our power to Change the course of events, aud the only duty Which tails on us 1s Lo designate (ue day Ou wich the sentence of the Court is Lo ve carrigu into elect. In order 10 give you time to prepare tur that day we | have set down the 22d day of Murch, between the hours of eight and two o'clock, Such wil be the order of the Court. HOW FOSTER RECEIVED THE SENTENCE. During the delivery oi the seateace Foster was | entirely unmoved, but on sitting dowa betrayed | slight emouon. The reading of the formal sea teuce by the Oierk followed, and thea the Court ad- journe THE APPEAL, An appeal is direcily to be taken by Foster's counsel to the Court of Appeals. As this Coart is in session sow it 1s not uniikely that the case may be brought speedily before it. An Ioterview with Foster—What Will His Future Course of Action. A HERALD reporter calied atthe Tombs yesterday \ afternvon to see Foster in regard to his sentence at / the General Term in the morning. There wasa watt of some time, Warden Stacom belug absent. But even with the Warden’s permission it is now nO more possible to go into the prison alter two o'clock In the afternoon, under the new order of the Com- Be i Throw ‘hem | no United States staiute making the day a iegal | Motel. Judge Bediord suspended Juagment by rea- | missioners of Charities and Correction which has Sou of certain represeniauious Whici Lis Honor Was | been passed since Stokes has been confined in the Invuced ty credit at the tme, bul Bagiey Dee | comps, ‘The reporter, however, was snown into the cuugit committing @ similar thelt in ths Westuta- ster Hotel aiew evemugs slice, Was arrested upon Toom where the counsel see their clients and Foster in five mimutes or so Foster slouched @vench warrant. The Recorder seutenccd Bayley | was sent for. | to the State Prison Jor five years upon We vluer yoong tne corner in the care of @ keeper. He was Cause, bi | Kubert Fenworth, against whom were two in- , dressed in a pea jacket and “Dervy” hat, and dictments, pleaded guilty toa caarge of burg.ary jooked somewhat careworn. No great change has | to tue tmird degree. He burg arioasiy entered the | taken place iu Foster's appearance im ail tie lon: basement of Cumimags Johnston, No. 1.255 Broad- | weeksot his weary confinement. His biack peard Way, on the 20th ol January, but only succeeded 10 | has grown longer, reacoing dowa upon his breast, getting $7 worta of property. ‘the extreme peually gna tuere ts a general appearauce of wan careiul- Was imposea, Wick Was live years in the Siave ness aud respectability, as Mone Of tnat dissipitated Prison. | look remains Which characterized nis appearance Enoch Sober pleaded guilty toa similar crime, he ~~ when tirst lie entered te prison. Foster walked into the room and stood in the being charged with breaking enteriug the pre:uises of James Deaae, West Seventeenth street, | doorway leading to the inner room, leaning against Ou the w4tn of January. No property Was takeo. | tue wall. ‘Toree years and six wonthsin the State Prion Was ‘Tue reporter walked forward and said:—“I came ‘ the sentence. | from the HERALD, Foster, and wish to ask you & Henry Baker, who, onthe night of the 18th of | few questions: Fosver straightened up immediately, “I don’t January, stole a cart and harness valued at $20, | ‘aut to see any reporters,” he ouserved, speaking the property of Edgar W. Youmans, peaded~feuiity | to the ouviice aud was sent to the State Prison ior ; ratuer excitediy, and at the same time he vegan to two years aud six mouths, love Oif as if desirous of getting away, Joau Kyau and Joua Brown pieaded guilty to an “l certainly don’t want to implicate you in any | attempi to burgiariously enter the haraware store | way, or dv you auy harm.” : | Of Hiram JeLur 277 Ninth avenue, on ihe 3ist of “Well,” said Foster, “80 Many reporters have January, Kyao was seat lo the State Prisua lor | gad tial about me aud have then gone and printed lues.?? two years and vrown lor one year. Louis Webuer. wilo, on the 27th of January, stole | «Tne only question I want to ask ls, what hope $45 worth of clothlug Mom John Jetier, picaued | pave you of auvuiher stay?” asked the HERALD man. “For that I must refer you to my counsel,’”’ he guity to petty larceay and was sent to the Peniten. | prvi impauently, and waiked away back to his ee lary for six mouths, | John Brooks, against whom were two cases of | he oak pleaded gulity to Ee ey ka Stren] | eI | him’ with aciempung to enter the house of Alvert } orter was leaving he saw Mr. McK Nauman, 113 First avenue, He was sent to tue plese ee Drison 40 see iskes, “tle said in te State Prison lor three years and six months, gard vo & ques*ion as to what will be Foster's tuture ba course that the case will go to the Court of Appeuls COURT CALENDAA—THIS DAY; if the counsel succeed in obtaimiug another stay of — proceedings irom any Judge of the Supreme Court~ SUPREME CounT—Cnambers--Held by Judge Bar- | in the «istrict. It was the lawyer’s opinion that we nard.—Nos. 83, 70. stay would be granted. COUT OF APPEALS CALENDAR, ALBANY, Feb. 21, 1872, The following 1s the Court os Appeais day. caien- a ae 22:—Nos. 124, 133, 179, 180, 143, 166, 63, 1 THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, The Judiciary Committee held its third session yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, beginning at eleven o'clock A, M, and concluding shortly after seven o'clock in the evening. ‘Tae same ridiculous determination to exclude the press was persevered in, the result being that the Suit to set Aside a Conveyance, ‘public can receive no trustworvhy information con- Before Juage Gilbert, cerning this important investigation. It is under- Harrison Cocks and George J. Barlow vs. Adelia | gtood that the older and wiser heads of the commit- 8. Robvins and Joho W. Travis.—This is a suit to | tee have been from the beginning in favor of afford. set aside @ conveyance made by Travis to Adelia | ing the public an opportunity to see what this com- Rovbins, A large quantity of real estate | mittee is doing, but the younger statesmen take so was purchased with money belonging to! great delight in attaching a mysterious importance Mrs, Ropoius ana the deeds made out to! to the committee’s deliberations that they have Travis, While the title was in Travis houses | overruled such men as Mr. Tilden aud succeeded in were erected and mortgages exccuted on these | establishing a “Star Chamber.” Jands by 1Tavis to secure is bonds, one of which ponds and mortgages Was purchased by the plain- | The examination in the “gold case” was con- gnd County Clerk Loew was again tits, Whey giving brick for it which was used in the | tinued yesterday, Pecreeaie grein 4 of the houses. | Lhe worugage | three hours on thé witness stand, swearing to docu- held ie plaints ecu c ia a judg. Inout lor-a delle.ency of $711 23 was obtained. Just | Mentary evidence, a file of which he has now handed beiore 16 was Obtained Travis conveyed all the prop- | in, The followed the testimony of Mr. Osborne, of erty Lo Mrs. Robbins, and tus action 18 now brougit | Ogporne & Chapin; E. K. Willard, of Willard, Mar- plamntutte may recover there eit 23. bapurdsacdbwedi Co.; District Attorney Garvin, David Dudiey ‘ine piainutts allege that the transaction between | Field, William Heath, of Willtam Heath & Co.: H. ‘Travis aud Mrs. kobvlus was merely & scheme by | M. Benedict, and Mr. Beamish, of ihe Suprome | which to deiraud her creditors, Travis receiving | Court, The testimony given by ail these witnesses | $luu to hold the ttle to the lands, execute deeds, | was, a3 usual, kept secret. &c., aud Mra. Kobbing reaping ail the protit of the | ‘The committee does not seem very anxious to , bonds and mortages, &c., which were executed, look aiter the com/ort of witnesses waiting to be ‘The ueiendants deny that there was any scheme | examined, each witness being obliged to remain or fraud on vheir part, and Claim tat ‘travis was, | standing 1a the corridor of the hovel until he is wile ine utle to the lands was im him, merely te | called. County Clerk Loew Jast evening, while trastee of Mrs. Rovvins, They claim also that the | waiting 10 present some docaments te hal been transaction was periectly legal, and that the piain- | sent for, had to walt three hours in this way before ulls cun have no claim against Mrs, Roobins, the adjournment of the committee; and Judge | Judge Gilvert took the papers, remarking that if | Garvin, notwithstanding his high oMcial ; he should decide as @ fact that Travis was tue | uon, was told also to wait about half an hoar | owner of the lands he should give judgment for | or so beiore being admitted, Warden Stacom aiso | the plaintiffs; if he decided that Travis was mereiy | bad an tneifectual “waiting to be called” in answer the trastee then ae should give judgment tor the | to a subpoena, thouga having handed in at an carly deiendants, hour all the papers in~ the Pearsall-O’Connor case. Judge Cardozo was in atendance tn the commitiee room during tne entire day. Late in the evemng Judge Barnard strolled into the barroom of the Action Against Kerosene Manufacturers. Fun ace oes ge a Yi 4 host of Iriends, wi 101 4 weed Caan on His counsel, Rufus F. Andrews, bad, in tne atter- William Mulholland broaght suit against Stephen | noon, presented a written application to the com- Jenny & Son to recover for the death of his child, | mittee to ascertain what specific rani dor who was killed by the explosion of a kerosene lamp, repent) we GOW, to adoeT ine the of! having been originally made and sold by the ” his ard agin the case of Judge dejendants, ‘The defendants showed that all olf | Galycourse In his red , which Jett their establishment was properly tested, ‘The committee adjourned to meet this moroing and that the quality of which the exploded oil | g¢ ejeven o'cioc: jormed @ part was tested and tound to be equal to ———$——— the jegal standard, Verdict for defendants, DROWNING OF A WELL KNOWN SEA CAPTAIN, BROOKLYN COURT CALENDAR, Capt, Isaac Hazel, of steamer Josephine Thomp. City Cour: Nos. 24, bt 125, 204, 232, 23234, 91, son, of Shriver’s New York and Baitimore"Iranspor- YA6, 261 jy and UO x bary’ jar’ | tation line, a widely known and highly esteemed gen- 16, 240, 261g, and the balance of January calendar. dleman, was drowned last Sunday morning, at an DANGER OF SMOKING IN BED, BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERY. CITY COURT—TAIAL TERM. early nour, between Pool’s Island and Turkey Point, and the body has not yet been recovered. eBid ol! otra ‘The Thompson became blockaded in the ice, and Coroner Young was yesterday called to 114 East | procured the assistance of the nger steamer 120th street to hold an Inquest on the vody of Mrs, | John H, Shriver to Lo a gy a Jig a ad Margaret W. Watson, an Englisn woman, eighty | tsk completed Captatoming. entangled iu the line years of age. Deceased had been in the habit of | and josing his footing wae thrown overboard aud smoking a pipe In bed, and yesterday morning while | under the lewheols and whirled under the indulging in her customary luxury the bed was set | mass o1 106. The Captain, Who was some on fire aud she was burned to death, the bed aiso | forty years Jeaves @ Wife aud two culldren to being nearly consumed by the ames, mourD pis lose. | Cod! O3t~ | THE CITY TREASURY. Clamorous City Creditors Agalw on the Rampage. Some Things Not Generally Knowa—The Lasn ries of Paupers—Eight Weeks’ Consumption of Wines, Ale and Tobacco—More Large Pay’ ments Yesterday— Expenditure of For ty-two Millions Since September. The offices of the Department of Finance at Court House continues to be thronged by city creditors. A group of men who claim that city is indebted to them for the noadeacript duty, of inspecting lamps and gas became very boisterous in the County Auditor’s office yesterday when they! founda that their “pay” was not yet forthcoming. They, were very abusive, and one of their number one of the clerks by the throat and dragged hiny across the floor of the office. ‘This outrage resulted in the crowd being turned ignominieusly: out of the building. With men of this: class it 18 useless to reason oF to give! Them information that may be useful for future guidance, But to those wno are able it may be useful to restate, briefly but clearly, ,the procedure of the Board of Audit. The ance of these rules will prevent a useless waste time and temper in applying for money at the Comp, trolier’s office before it is ready to be pald:— When the Board of Audit have,passed upon claims and the report states that the claims Bers been “auuited, allowed and ordered to be traty yeen oayeaton will be made the sollowing day i 1b A ‘ea a resolution of the Board states that cer-! tain claims nave been received and are “ordered Ue over under the rule,’ then it means toat th claims have been transierred tu the Department of Finance for examinatioa, and will have to come before the Board again to be ‘auuited, allowed and ordered to be paid,’? Tuls exauinaion is not by) @ny means & lormal matter, put a real investiga+ tion, und consequently weeks must biapse before: many claims passed over \o (ue Department of Finance at recent meetings of the Boara of Andi can be reached. ‘fuat whe examination off apparently legitimate ciaims sadiid be tho~ rough will at once manifest itself oni looking at the under meauon selection, taken rom a long list of items sent iy for payment by the Commissioners of Cuurities aul Correct It will be seen thas paupers cau comuand laxur Which many tax-payiug ciuzeus fad |¢ dimoult, NOt Impossible, to luduige Iu. Lae arides tor wale these charges are made revresert aubverage Cot sumpUon Of about eight weeks, and taclude suc Necessaries of lie as pouliry, Wwiues,10bacco, an ale, witu potatoes, supplied ta large qantities a1 Charged $3 75 per bushel, ine credibrs of the partment of Charities named ere as Well a9 much larger number that appear as cipditora on thi books ol vae Comptrolier’s Ouics, wit find that 1 Wii be needful to give an explanaion as tot charges beiore the Board will auuprize the pay ment, Scales—Fairbanks & Co. bi] Rice—Charies K, Fowler. it Flaunel—Fauléner, P% by Soap—Peter Feeney 4 Suoe nai » Godin 40 Repairing bouler—Jobo P, Goniag. a Poultry—Heermaner & Manton 1,168 ‘Qwine—Wilard Harvey. tish—David Haraing. Kabber goous—D, tod syrup 5. H. How Belung-J. B. 3 Yowuer- Dental instruments--A. 4. Hemstein, Horses—U. & H. Harman, fur two horses... Drazs—Hind, Narmaa & Murpuy.. Furuiture—ingersoll, Watson & Vo. Di j. JONSON, IT eeee. hetchum.. 28s eeabgcent aSUnseukegcesestsscansenchcesnestesss OF. - = ~» = sGvetestGs 4, 8 Despite ail this labor and the largelemsuds mad upon tue ciericai capabuities of tae Keoulive of nance Vepartment, large paymals are bel daily made, and yesterday ine lolloAug Was adder to the long ust hitherto recorded, iu order that ni time may be lust in the examinada 01 the Clat the Comptrolier has desired all tagclerks vo be o1 duty to-day and dispense win wndoliday usu ovtained oa the anniversary Of Waf.ngtou’s Birth day. ‘This has been cheeriudy comued with, and the auditing of the pay roils wii y On throughout to-day, and the meeting of tne ird will be this alternood at turee 0’ olucK. Laborers on “big pipes" to February 1. 4+, sesees! Cleaners of public oilices, Uity dant, &cJ0 ganaary 1X Cleaners of city courts, &c., September /January 1.. Engineer's rolis of axemen, &c., in ae of Sewers, y SEREREE SG ‘aud of rolis of cleauers is Croton Dertment aod Kugiueer’s Ouice to January 1. gerd Empioyes of free floating baths S00 Statement showing the expen¢ures from Se tember 16, 1871, to Fevruary zu, /i2, mclusive, city and county account, a8 fullos:— ODtevecceresereces seercessereee Interest ou tue city and county On account of State tax. 5 feeteit ‘The Heaitn Department ‘whe Department of Pubii 8 5 lic Cuurities al Cor- i i Ex Bt i SSS8RsG BSSERe FER SR Total.... THE BOARD OF ALERMEN, The Board of Aldermen held special meetings yesterday afternoon at three o’clik, General Cochs, rane in the chair, Alderman Conover offered thefollowing resold! tion in regard to the opening f Lafayette place from Great Jones street to Bleeck! Resoived, That the Counsei to the herevy renpectiully requested to re earliest convenience, all the iniormat, elte place, parti awards for benelts and dama,es and area pro} to be included in the showing the proposed extensio.;, the eguse of the comma ston fo Conon and such other iufmation as he may Judge n fo give this Board ag the public @ ysopes, ing of the whoie auvjeut, Aldérman VAN ScHAICK opp as he thought an assessmeut property hoiders of the neishodfiood was an out rage when it was considered tft but two blocks were to beopened, Mr, Wiikanpcuart, one of thé commissioners, had told bin, 1u he presence ot five or six gentlemen, that in the Up years of the Ore ganization of the commissiva quiten as he hack attended he had never seen auofer memver of ine Commissioners present to attendo bustuess. Stuart is the well knowa thearig agent and critics Alderman CoNOvER deiendeujie proposed im- provement, and said that ie Jor the past sixteen years, anifiat it Was neces- sary, as the same meu whdopposed it and) otuer improvements uid Oppose 16 now. He knew @ wealth cannon i Bond was auxious to improvement roperty holders who ovjectea fayette place they should comporward and show themselves, the Commissfiers have dona wrong let us know it and invesifate their conduct. It might perhaps, make al newt Of $50,000 necessary against the vily, He the Corporation Counsel avd k@w the powers of the Board in relation to the pro General COCHRANE, Who liad Joilowed in the Same strain, aoe ‘Was not thoroughly acquainted nm the subject he suould await the toifuation which he hoped they coulu get [rom the Grpurauion Counsel at the next meeting, on Monda; There was some discussion (ng among the mem- bers of the Buard In relation Ww groposed em ment and alteration of the vidCily Hall building, in order that all the ofices of fhe departments of the city government might be gthered together in one building, thus saving greatpx pense to the city, It was proposed to raise 1 ity Hall a story J en Was useless as far ag investigation ay to thq municipal frauds was concerned, No aitempt pad been made py members of the Board who the State capital instead 10 vestigate the avuses of the citykovernment, and if 80, a hey were to be abvlified and legislated biped onice, Farur sav ame} kf ier a good deal of useless, [lly and trivial talk the Board then adjourned, is ba It is rumored that J. You Scammon, wh now owns tue Chicago Repudioan, nas concluded 4 that it will not to run tha concern as @ dally, and has concluded to devote ni weatih and abil to making it a frat class admiujivauon weekly, \ )