The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1872, Page 8

THE BOARD OF AUDIT. important Meeting of the Board Yesterday. A PEACEFUL SESSION. A Large Amount of Claims of City Creditors Audited, Allowed and Ordered To Be Paid, Tho Debts of the Late Park Commission. Payment of the Engineers, Lamp Men, Street Inspectors and Water Police. Aldermanic Pay Rolls Or- dered To Be Paid. A meeting of the Board of Audit was held yester- @ay ut the oMces of the Department of Finance, in the room of the County Auditor, There was a large | atrendance of the public, but the proceedings were | very orderly, and the services of the police in at- Yendance were scarcely required, it will be seen that an unusually large number of clains were passed upon and ordered to be paid, | and among these were the claims of the employ¢s of the Department of Puplic Works, Cady and Lawrence in their reports recom- mended the payment of several payrolls, but 4 is desirable that it should be understood that those recommended are only a selection from alarge number of names submitted for their examl- nation, Those not recommended are laid over for further consideration. The announcement of the decision of the Board as to these payments was re- | eelved evidently with great satisfaction by the audience, who left the room peaceably and con- gratuiating each other on the termination of their agony. Mr, J. J. Bradley attended before the Board and Biated, in reierence to a disallowed claim of Catha- rine Bradley's, reported at the last meeting, that the premises were leased by the late Comptroller wiihont bis knowledge and without any ap- Plication to the Comptroller on his part In relation thereto, That the objection that was made to this claim, that tt was a contract entered Mmto by hin while he was Chambertain, was untrue, and ho wished to vindicate his character before the Public, and not to make any claim for the $1,250. ‘The claimant was in attendance, he said, If the Board wished to bear her statement. The Comp- troller ropiied that the claim would come up im tts | pay roll sent before the committee, The examiners | they did not | stated that they have performed such services, Tegular course, and we Board said Wish to sear any stateinent from Mrs. Bradley, The tollowing 1s a list of claims acted on:— DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Tne following resolution was agreed to on the motion of Commissioner VAN NorT:— Resolved That the pay rolls received trom the Commis- sions of Public Charities and Corrections, bere! particularly gpecited, having been prenented to the Board on the 10 lay of February, 1872, and having been referred to the F1- nance Vepartnient for examination, aud being now proper! cartitied, ‘are hereby severally audited and allowed, as ful. | AY ROLL FOR DECEMEER, 1571. warden, clerk, &c., Luuatic Asv- Resident phi lum, Black we Assistant physte Faralytic Hospita Buperintendents, c ‘comber, Warden, Resident physictan a all's Island Hospital ; For warden, clerks, chapiain, c., Almshous Inmates pospital.. ~ Asylum Todigent ‘Biind. Messrs, | 2 8. by gm 200th J.D. a eer an st, Fourth U OF MARKETS. ney payment of e bureau were 821 99 Ni a "101 3 Desemper: REAU OF ARREARS, A resolution ordering the payment of the follow- ing amounts lor the above bureau was approved:— BUREA' Resolutions orderi! ing amouuts for the be patd:— the follow. ordered to Pay roll for three mouths ending Decem! 1871.. Pay roll for four months ending Deeeeater Bl iail. ©2489 60 Pay roll for four mouths ending December 81; 1671, $868 58 Toral.. STENOGRAPHERS’ SALARIES. ‘The following stenographers’ pay rolls were or- dered to be paid by @ resoluuon of the Board:— stenographer, October te Decem- $883 24 $33 4 Fi my fs3 38 | Charles B. Colles 883 18 James N, Powel $833 33 Joneph I, Blundell. 58 £3 | Joba J, Cummings... bse 833 oS Yay roll of Clerk of Supreme Court trom October to an Oakey Hall naiaey aa ida ican’ Naptaabas io comber, Wilvsssiersescreon veswessse 1,668 68 see «$13,683 83 RECEIVER OF TAXES, ‘The pay rolls for the Bureau of Receiver of Taxes for October, November and December, 1871, amount- ing to $4,000, were ordered to be paid, AUDITING BUREAU. Pay roils of oMcers and appointees in the above bureau for the undermentioned amounts were ordered to be paid:— October, 1871. 1,816 64 December, seeeee November, Iti iste of per nrc PAY ROLLS OF ENGINEERS, ASSISTANTS AND LABOR> Ens. The report of Messrs. Cady and Lawrence on this Pay roll stated that the undersigned persons ap- eared before the examiners and made oath as to heir employments, and have been certitied by the engineers in Charge as entitled to the compensation claimed, which 1s set opposite to their names as fol- lows, for the months of September, October, Novem- ber aud December: Ot, Nor, Stevenson Tart $233 83 $033 43 BAIS Dewitt C. Grabai 333 Gorm "as oe "un 3 | Charien Ti, Meyer 205 BS 8 BR DNB | John Avery... 208 83 208 D208 34 Rovert New Qos 33-408 BS BOS BE lenry J, K Du8 3S 208 B08 BS } William’ H.C Bus Bs 208 fy eH | | M. E. Nobi 20333 BOR BB UB Feilx Arms 90383 20883 Bos 84 | Robert J. Brown 203 53 208 RS B08 | Witiiam MeConkey: 208 34 BUR BB 08 208 | Robert J, Leary, ageount. 30K 33908 208 44 | Michael Cnmley 84 20833 AB SOK BF pa $3 208 83 By 34 0 00 126-00 425 00 - 00 125.00 125 09 =~ 15500 15009 165 00 00 18) 0018000130 00 00 48000 © 0.00 130 00 | 00 180.00 Zn 00 180 00 | — 14 130 0 125 09 | _ 65 00 65 00 65 00 5.00 103 5010500108 500 Michael Hickey.. 00 103 60 105.00 108 60 Owen Loomen 00 6500 0 0065. 00 00 BR 60 ~ ped 00 = 63.00 = ah 65.00 | — 6900 65 00 —| 6500 65 00 | - — 84.00 Thomas Degnan. - = — 10000 | This report, which was signed by the Fxaminiag ! Committee and recommended to be paid, was so | ordered, in accordance with the report, THE DUREAU OF MBTER REGISTERS, | ‘Tho pay roll of mspectors examining meters and clerks at the Bureau of Meter Register of | | tite Department of Public Works was pext brought | before the Hoard, together with the report of the Examining Committee, ‘the report stated that the following persons, names and employments were set forth on the and in consideration thereof the city is fadebted to them In the amounts set opposite their names, and the payment thereof was recommended for the months of August, September and October: August, Siptember, O-tober. Engene White. S166 Boone Site's fumes J, Wei 185 65 500 196 65 | Ely 50 40 150 00 Robert 150 00 450 150 v0 George W. 10) 00 B00 10) 00 U.N Parker, 00 B00 do 00 James Riley. , 800 duo Peter H. Keeian 125 00 B75 135 0) 15000450 Jo 60 | 2100 00 800 300 00 100 300 100 0u 215 819 1:5 00 ‘Thomas K, Keating. 100 300 100 00 | John J. Retily 300 100 00 Joho 8, Rurth 135 = The Board ordered the above amounts to be paid, SURGEONS TO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. The following was ordered to be paid :— . house physician, matron, &c., infants pital, for December, 1871... Kositent physician, clerk, engineer, & Asylum, lor Deceiver, 1871 Pay roll, ‘captain, pilot, engineer, & jecemiber.e... ss Warden, clerks, farmer, Buperiniendent, clerk, ensincers, &c., workbouas, Buperintencent and foreman of bakery.. General storekeeper, assistant keeper, ardener. Resaseetces 490 28 fardens, voys’ superintendent, teachers, Tvdustrial Scwool.. 5465 89 Resident physician, steward, & Asylum for Insane, Ward's faland. Chief of stall, steward, engineer, nurses, cook, wal ‘man. and orderly Charity Hospital. Chiet of sia end resident physicing pital, for quarter of vear ending Decen Orderly and nurses at Fever Hospital Matron aud steward of Smallpox Ho: Total. P1G,423 48 CLAIMS ORDERED TO BE LAID OVER, P,P. MeMorray, material and lavor for County Jail, ‘Ludiow street. Sine aes: ‘Oliver 8. Strong, President of Society’ for ‘iieforma- to f $523 65 of Juvenile Delinquents, for House of Ketuge, es aee 2,000 90 it Storm, bil for meals. 63 00 brew Leader, advertying In do, for Depart- tof Zublic Works. Jeremia, Fellows & Mc’ amount advanced to Fire Mei. 1,60 90 For na ; v2 67 Math Brevnad, ‘Avs 30 to May 31, 1571 as 842 00 Matiew T. Brennan, dill for commitment May 31 to June 80, 1871..... 6,615 60 Matthew T. Brennan, bili for commitments from June W to Juiy BL, We The same, from July to Augaai ai, 187i The same, from August 31 to Sept ‘The same, from September to Octover 31, ‘The kame, from October to Novem ver 30, 157 N, i The same, from November 80 to Decemver #0, Bit for official ser for the quarter endin tumber 3u, 1 . « The same, for quai , Wiliam Nelson, Jr.—Biil ing vi stoneware drain to sewer pipe, December 7, 1571. .18,083 43 #'cre & Janes~ Bill for stationéry, vooks, &e sted to the elly....... Blote & Janes—Bill for statwvery, boo Boa, .C, Sparin, transp ‘Byun, tool sharpene OFFICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, Commissioner VaN Nort proposed the following Fesolution, wuich was adoptea:— Resolved, That the pay rolls of officers and appointees of pod Law Depariment in the o of Public Administrator for September to December, 1871, having been presented to ‘mance Department for examimation Board on the itn of February, I nd referred to the id being properly THE BOARD OF HEALTH Commissioner STEBBINS mover Whicn was adopted :— Resolved, That the consolidated pay roll for September to December, 1871, of Commissioners, officers and appointees of the Health Department having been presented to this Board op the 10th of February, and being properly ceriiied And audited ure atiowed at B24,078 U3, BURBAU OF CITY REVENUR Aresolution was approved that the pay rolls of the Bureau of City Revenue from Octover to Decem- ber, 1871, be audited and allowed, amounting as follows:— ine following, +++ +882,007 76 October -£2,018 68 Decembe: Bovember + 1,890 53 THE PAY ROLL OF THE ALDERMEN, Aresolution approving of the pay roils of the Board of Aldermen and ordering nose rolls to be aliowed as foliows was adopted :— Qctover $4,099 95 December ..... ...85,000 55 November $4,999 95 PAY ROLLS OF DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, ‘The pay rolis of the above Department tor Uctober, November and December, 1871, were, by resulution, adopted and allowed: — 5,196 01 December ....... «$4,804 03, 4,ba4d 61 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIO Works. Messrs. Cady & Lawrence recommenied the pay: ment of a pay roll of ihe above Department, whicr coutained the names of 68 employés and included payments for Oc\over, November aud December, in Swounts varying from $393 to $100, The Board or- dered the payment of the respective amounts. FLOUR BILL. Theciaim of James M. Wattney for 3,600 barrels of four, amounting to $27,238, was ordered to be id. wf BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. Resolutions ordering the pay roilsof the above Board, as iollows, were ordered to be paid: 15,909 93 December. 6,908 93 000 77 1, STRUET INSPRCTOR! Btreet Inspectors—Reguiating aud Grading—Months August, septemper, October, November aud December, 1571. Messrs. Cady and Lawrence reported that they had examined the pay rotis of the Bureau of Street Improvements, and recommended payment to the following paries, Wiich was approved and ordered to be palit, viz.— Viret av., Thirty third and Thirty-fourth sta. . $00 nt—Lexington av., Sisty-sixth and Sixty Lexington” vT.Y i, Hels, Jr, fay. 1580 st of e—riginn av. Fifty niniy aid Ber ‘ ey a) od A. T, Joseph Hi}ton, for services as Surgeon for the Depart- | , sup salling trom Copenhagen the morning of the { he understand that the courts, such as” officers, ; the poor, and they have ths, Whereas ‘This 1s a base siting to bring up os under the Tulefor a'wee the rolls of the again, when these are perchance a fortnight, when paid ¢ ‘unworthy of any man or of the various the orest of ent in i uy be paid wrong. Supposing the discharged man should re- juire to leave the city to look for work elsewhere, le could not go without his money, consequently, ne, with his famuy, must beg starve in this city, family, consis cold stove and ‘This is horribie. How many @ of a sick child and mother and a oodiess house, are to-day waiting | Green's pleasure! In @ word, we want no more uch huckstering. If we are not wanted discharge yusatonce, It is worse than fatulty to such men as Cady and others to examine our claims. We are entitled to our pay and we want to get paid the day after the next of Anas meets, We can not stand it any longer, pat of again we will sue. This may be taken asa united determination, Mr. Editor, you have done | much for us already, and by giving this an insertion in your paper you wul be addiog another favor to the many conferred. If Mr. Green is uot apie to proceed ‘and grasp the situation more appropriately it ham resign. UsTIUE, THE QUARANTINE QUIBBLES. te Betore the Committee of r id Navigatioo—The Firm That Lost $10,000 Because Dr. Cai bau Wouldn't Trust th “piticulties at Quarantine” Caused Them. The Committee on Commerce and Navigation of the Legislature met yesterday, in defiance of the popular prejudice in favor of a holiday on the 22d of February—not on Staten Island, however, but at their comfortable quarters in the St. Nicholas Hotel, Mr. Alberger was in the chair, and little Mr, Judd was around and about the chair, indefatigably con- spicuous. The testimony was of a mulk-and-water character, with more water than milk, ‘This, of course, 13 inevitable where but one side of a story is heard, James F, Pendergast, a shipping merchant, was the first witness called, He testified that he had had and What “DIFFICULTIES AT QUARANTINE,” His testimony was quite lengthy and disclosed the fact that the “difficulties” arose irom the trifing circumstance of his having tried on two occasions to evade quarantine with vessels from ports intecved with disease, The bark Wavelet, from Rio Janeiro, owned by the witness, was run into the “port? of Perth Amboy, to the itmmi- nent peril of the health of the city and country, although she carried “a clean bili | of health.” For this offence the Wavelet was seizéd by the Health Odlicer and turned back to quaran- tine. This ‘“diMiculty’’ cost Mr, Pendergast, or rather Pendergast Brothers & Co., altogether $320, which he thought was avout four times too much, ‘The kind of neaith that prevatied at Rio at the time the Wavelet salied Was shown in the ailidavit of the steward, wio made oath that yellow lover was prevalent in the city and among the sinpping. And | as to’ the value of cousular certificates Ww ship. | masters it foreign ports tue followtug atidavit was reac to the committee, Mr, Judd objected vo lis re- ception as evidence:— “a CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH)? Pout or New Yorm, ) ; LOWER QUARANTINE, August 17, 181.5 The undersigoed, masier of the British’ brig Victoria, being duly aworn, deposts and says that he arrived at Quarantiue from Cientuesos, Cuba, on the 16th inat, after a pase sage of twenty-six days; that the day p.evious to lus depart tire from Cleufuezos he received a clean bill_ uf health from the Onited States Vice Consul for that port; that at the time Such bil of health was granted one of lis crew was in hos ta! with yellow fever, and that he wasin consequence ob! to leave Ui belind; that during the pat 0 thia port the undersigned and six of the crew were attacked with yellow fever, aud that Jobn Olsen, seaman, died August 2 oe @ 10! ane. Among the grim Jokes of this kind that came up was a “clean bill of health’ given lo a captain of a day he died of cholera. Mr, Pendergast stated, when cross-examined by Mr. John G, Boyd, counsel of the Llealth Oficer, that his vessels were detamed at Quarantine because of heir coming from mtected ports; the bark Cam- panero might have vad disease on board on her ar- © ment of Parks, November, December, 1871, and January, 1672... $562 60 | R. D. Nesinity, for the same 682 60 | THY WATER POLICE. Rolls of water police recommended for payment | by the examiners and ordered to be paid for tho Months of October, November and Vecember, 1871, at asalary of $83 33 per month, ‘Total, $250 each:— D. Hogan, Andrew McIntyre, T. J. Hank E, O, Baker, James Mackey, J. 3, Conles M.P. Kennedy, Wm. Z. Ripley, —_L. Taylor, Joel Pike, beriy, George L. Lovelace, Fal. Kiern: John NeMutten, J v ‘Thomas Quinn, P. H. Stewart, Sohn Gilroy, James Ki i R. Gardner, Pat Hetternan, John Cornlsh, = 1, Bell, Chas. &. Hartehorn, | J. B. Horton, P, Mulligan, Nh Wiliam Pauger, Henry Kimble, hy M. P. Breen, Michael Hunt, —-M. H. Cooper, ©. Schmitt, Henry Komuel, HJ. Hanson, james Thompson, Jobn Keegan, Sates R, Couiter, Gvorge Kuster, James Leonard, A, P. Riker, E. L. Coffey, Michaet Latkin, FG. Pifenger, |" C.T. Kipp, 3 W. Kitch, Michael Haley, Adam Stock, chniteer, |. Galvin ‘Thomas Lennou, | M.A. Weeks, J, Sherdin, | James O'Hara, George Quizter, ¥ i John McKeever, |. E. Toerlin, | F. O'Brien, George Cuddy, THE PUBLIC PARKS. A large number of claims against the Department | of Public Parks for 1871 unpaid, amounting in the aggregate lo $164,081 48, were presented and laid over under the rule, Among them were the foilow- | ing claims, all of which were contracted by the | former Commission:— A. T. Stewart & Co,, gloves. Ww un Baird, for pavemet 960 David Baveock, for Battery 694 18 | Beli Brotners, iumber. 6072 BL Jawes C, Talcott... 2,139 BL Bigelow Biue Stone Compan; 21172 00 Ww. V. Crissey & Co.......... 360 389 }. H, Sullivan, Seventh aver pavement 21,285 60 c. fin, hardware. 86 ee Dutty, milk 43 50 | William Givson, stone boats, C. A. Harrington. ...... J. B. Midmer, broken sion an Jones, plumbing. Rockwood, photograpler: 08 52 71 stan Gaslight ht k Gaslighe € 9,577 24 Peekskili Gravel Company.. S283 7 ©. 8. Grafalin, ben Op New \ork Vrinting Company... “halt 62 J. G. AS. Bdge, firework 15,000 0d y te lron Works... 2 00 sis 24 2.600 00 3,00 00 1,796 85 CLAIMS, Commissioner Van Norr moved that the claims of U. B, Smith, City Surveyor, and Messrs. Colfax, Overton & Co., for rent, be taken up at the next meeviny This was agreed to. ‘The vast orn unul Thursday next at jock P, il, THE UNPAID C)TY EMPLOYES, To THe Eprron or THR HERALD. The people are at last aroused to a sense of their duty through the non-payment of the employés of the various departments of this city, The low and Unparalleled state of our safertngs 1s most horrible, There might have been some excuse for the Comp. troller ere this bill empowering him to pay the sala- | ries of the different departments passed, but since there 18 Hone. Ever since he came into office he has been from day to day promising to pay the poor men dependent on their solaries for support. He, or course, 18 very sweet and plausible, having an ex- cuse and a word for every one; put these excuses and polished lies are noexcuse why ourselves and our iittle families should starve ana pine away of hunger, as we have been doing for five or six montns it We are at | it ured ont of waiting on filmsy promises, and our tandiordy and grocers and others whom we hive de- pended upon for support for months past are Ured o1 our lying and promising, Now it 1s Ume this should ead, and this ts onty the wish and voice of the whole public. It 18 no use in Green or Van Nort or Stebbins to go ou as they have, tiring out the pauience of a law-abiding people; but hun- ger Will break through a stdéne wall. It 1s more than pitiable to be experienced in the poverty that exists in the liomes of the poor, This Board of Audit has only @ light idea, and all they possess trom what they have been tod 18 in Itself sufficient to animate them to better Action. Since the board sprang into existence it has done soe but pay of contractors and big vags, such fo» judges and clerks, Wo are generally rica and get large saiaries. He sas, of course, irq@m time 10 time paid of pipe men, policemen aud others, wio are very happy to receive ie ce a just reward of iteir jabor, He has pad off the Tax Ofice big bugs, but dues 41 63 | Wordy Tumpua ended, Tivalfor all ho knew; the Wavelet was brought back to Quarantine by the advice of the counsel of the Commissioners of Quarantine ; toe tseaitn O1l- cer's charges were tllegal, Mr. Boyd here read the law, which showed that | FEES CHARGED WERE LEGAL. The captains of the Wavelet and Campanero were | Imprigoned (put were afterwards let out ou ball) | for violating the Quarantine laws of the Stace, Mr. } Pendergast volunteered the statement that the best medical taient in the country could be procured to act as Health Omicer fora salary of $7,500 per ane num, at which everybody tried to look grave, ‘This was about ail Mr. Pendergast had to say, thougi he took an unconscionable ume in saying it—the whoat tn the heap of chair. Mr. Joseph R. Busk, a general commission mer- enant, had had a “difficulty” or two ai Quarantine also. Several of his vessels were detamed there when, in ‘tis opinion, they ought to have come dl. rect to the city. He considered thls an injustice, although te vessels were loaded al ports iniected with yellow fever, Then THE QUARANTINE PEOPLE would not let ordinary . hy £0 hear the ships; they had them unloaded by the New York Lighterage aud Steve loring Company; this sort of interfer- ence with the business of Mr, Busk’s firm cost for the season about ten thousand dollars; 10 would not. have cost quiie as much to have the vessels sail Tight up to the dock and unlvad; Mr, Boyd said he Was sorry about the $10,000, but glad that the health, and lives of milons of people Lad not been jeop- ardized. Captain Ed, Finnerty, Deputy Port Warden and captain of the Quarantine steamer Fenton, was ex- ainined asto WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT ABUSES. He didn’t know anything of the sort, and was allowed to go on his way rejoicing, Then Joan Decker testified; he got red in the face, and Mr, Jonuson, counsel for the Cowmissioners, got pale in the fave over a quesuon of veracity. Mr, Decker tought that the Quarantine grounds on tne island were soid too cheap, and Mr. Joinson kuew they soid for What they Were worth. Myr, Alberger had nis Bay, and Mr. Judd, of course, two the as the whole investigatiun seems llkely to end, tn smoke, THE NEW NANHAITAN MARKET, Laying the Corner Stone—“pecches by the Rev. Dr. Osgood and Mayor Hall—Extent of the Building. ‘The corner stone of the new Manhattan Marke was laid yesterday afternoon, at one o’ciock, with | appropriate ceremonies, The building, which is ; Situated at the foot of West Thirty-fourth street, | Was gayly decorated with the flags of all nationall- ties, and, despite the many attractions elsewhere, about five thousand people were present On the } platform, at the east end of the structure, were the speakers, OMcers of the company and invited guests. In front was a band of music, and shortly before two o'clock the assemblage was called to order by the President, Paul J, Armour, who, in a@ circumstantial speech, traced the progress of the building from its inception, explaining the neces. sity long felt tor market accommodation in the up- per portion of the city, where produce was most consumed, especially in the vicinity of the larger hotels, He expres sed hiinself logically confident in the success of the undertaking, more especially as é it had been projected by private enterprise, The speaker then went into the details, and mentioned that the ‘structure was 800 feet in length and 200 in width, which area is greater than that covered by Rome’s ancient Coltseum or the stately Cathedral of St. Peter's. He said the square bounded by Eleventh avenue, Thirty-Afth and Thiriy-sixth streets, wil be devoved exclusively to market wagons, aud various accom- modations have been made for the reception and delivery of produce on the bulknead 2v0 by 100 feet, with @ pler 600 by 100 feet, which General McClellan, | under the direction of the Department of Docks, is | now constructing. From this pier supply boats wil | run every hour in the day Ww furnish shipping. The ceremony of LAYING THE CORNER STONE {| infront of the grand stand took place on the con-° clusion of the Presideat’s speech, und after the box containing the documents usually deposited on such occasions was placed in its receptacic, Mayor fall made un exceedingly happy speech, drawing the — of bis address from the surrounding neigh- bornood. He said, as he pomted to a veneravie building opposite, “that New York, ancient and modern, has met on # feast day and that a strong contrast existed between the romavce of the past and the glowing, grand realittes of the present. There were the humbler cottages of older days, here ‘the palaces of industry ot the present, and there,” pointing to @ moving train of cars and the tele. graph, “the great civilizing influences of the present century, which had their initiative force im this city. = tls Pd pte a Loh ate hs the Commis- uid fout so mathematically tae upper part of the ctty, fora market, and, by ‘a napp on currence, the projectors of the present building | frosty weather, arise from the pues of Mlihy matter Lower Part of the City. SMALLPOX AND CHOLERA mid | The Street Contractor's Little Game and the Public Payment for It. Filth, Garbage and Refuse in the Streets—No Chance of Their Removal Until Summer— Startling Invitation to the Cholera: Why the Smallpox Spread—The People’s Opinions About the Streets, A “RELIC” OF THE “ G.” At the close of last summer considerable excite- ment was created in this city by the rapid travel of Yellow Fever=—Little | cholera trom the East to Europe and the devas- tating march of the disease through European | the Bowery. occur the condl- in all the downtown poruons of the community 18 suMciently familiar, and the sufferings endured from the siush are suilicientiy well remembered by all, But tn these poorer dis- Contractor 13 re- eved by privnie Street cleaners, who do all the work, with the consent of the Contractor, and re- celve compensation from the residents of the houses in each street. For cleaning Broadway atter & poo storm the Street Contractor gets a separate handsome annuity. Unaer these circumstances the public are natu. ‘lag indignant at the wretched manver in which the street cleaning 13 done, or left undone. During the recent few days of rain every one knows the inconveniences to which pedestrians were sub- Jected, at every block, for want of sweepers at the . crossiny This utier neglect haa already gone too far to borne with any longer, and the people’s ‘voice is ning to speak plainly. A number of communications have been received atthe HERALD ofilce daring the recent thaw in re- lation to this serious matter, among others being the Sollowing:— Dirty Condition of the Bowery. To THB EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— I wish to call your attention to the condition of Thave been liviag on the Bowery for cities, The cholera had scarcely ever appeared in | upwards of twelve years, and have never seer the the Old World with more certain premonitions of | Going most deadly work than it did last year, and expericuce pointed in this country to at least some share of the direful calamities the dread contagion carries with tt, Fortunately the winter season soon approached, and all fears of the approach of the disease were al- layed; but before the cold season set in the tocatn of alarm was sounded in ail the principal cities of the Union, and nowhere more forcibly or loudly than bere in New York. But, as usual in this city whenan imminent danger passes away, the city oMicials breathe more freely, and soon relapse into utter forgetfulness of duty, both present and iuture, The horrible scourge of the smallpox though credited to uncontrollable causes, must necessarily have been induced by the wretched hygienic in- Nuences to which the greater part of the city is doomed. ‘The rapid increase and steady hold of the smalipox cannot otherwise ve accounted for than by seeking for tne impure air, the filthy surroundings and the partioular noxious vapors wiiich abound in the iower wards of the city, That with, a fully or- been stayed and Killed off months ago the medical profession afirmed most unmistakably, OF the spread of the disease was tue inability to em- ploy doctors, and thts again was caused by the un- the Health Board from obtaining mouey tn tue ordl- nary way. Llence, we see the city filled wiih the most loathesome of all diseases aud are compelled to acknowledge that not so much to a visitation of Providence 18 tnis misfortune due as to the corrup- tion of individuals who have been in charge of the city government, It ts therefore of importance to be prepared for the recurrence of an eptaemo such as that with which ali (ois winter we have been aillicted, There can be no doubt but that the cholera which last year subsided on the European shores still lingers in its hidcoas life ready to spread itself again when the first sunshine of summer warms the air. Expe- rience has proved this, and even more. The imper- fect knowledge which medical sctence has of the causes of this disease only renders tne more impera- uve the necessity of beins always prepared for it Prevention becomes @ duty, and this prevention rests with the rulers of the city fn all governmental departments, and with the people it becomes a duty to see Laat their lives are not left exposed to a pes- tileuce that scatters heath vroadcast, In view of tue escape oi New York and the whole of this Con Unent iroin the threatened cholera of ast year, It becomes DOW & Most serious question What suould be done, upon the approach of the coming summer, to meet the Impending danger. ‘The rec- ords of tae Heaith Departinent show that in the two great epidemics Whica rasaed over thts city In for- mer years the death rate kept about even pace with the death rate of great European cities, and with thia fact before us, li may be judged what isin store for the community should the cholera find its path- way next across tne Atlantic. ‘The horrtvie detaus of death from cholera in Europe were only too la- Lilliar to American readers last sumer, ‘The question then recurs, what 1s to be done to prepare lor (he scourge should it come? Naturally, 1t might be answered tat the Board of Heaith would be able to save the city trom any impending epidemic. Butthe recent experience of the spread 01 the smallpox proves (nat such Is not the case, and the only answer is that the people must save them- selves. ‘he head of tho Health Bureau Jailed han- dreds of times to save the city In the early part of the winter. He knew bow the people's heaith mignt be preserved; but, as has been sald, politics inter- fered, and the result was @ Weekly death roi appail- ing Lo nak Of =Now, the natural causes which ied, to say tne least, to a continuance of the smallpox are the very causes which cholera teeds upon. ruth 1 houses, accumulated garoage aud ashes in the streets, Want of veutilauion, &c., &c., are iuvitatory to cholera, And yet there is not, perhaps, in this country, or in any great city of Europe, a city.8o fall of fith, go detestaviy repulsive in its poorer parts or so utterly nhegiecied in even an attempt to procure cleanliness as New York. This, too, is altogether fo be at- tribated to politics and to corruption, even when tue very lives of the people are at stake, Taere can be no excuse for oilicials in thls particular. The amount ol money patd to the strect contractor 1s something enormous. It would seemas if in pro- portion to the largeness of (he expenditures tor cleanliness so has been the negiect of the cliy’s health. 1¢ does not imake avy dilference whatever by what species of argument the street contrac- tor might undertake to defend Nimseli from the verlous charge of leaving te city im a conditioa ready for pestileace. ‘Tue truth ts that at tue present moment all the downtown wards are full of filth, Knowingly and wilruily allowed to remain in the sireets. Tiere 18 scarcely @ cross street from the Battery to Fourteenth gcreet, especialiy on the east side, which 18 not full of mounds of garoage, ashes and refuse of all sorts. The street contractor would call ail this rotting matter $0 many heaps of snow. The First, Second, ‘third, Fourth, 5ixth, Fourteenth and part of the Ninth wards, and especiaily the rver irouis, are particu- jarly abandoned, Most offensive odors, even in this in the streets Of these localities. It 1s weil Known iu the teneinent house localities that the barrels for | reluse iu front of houses are leit unvouched for days; again, they are being constantly filled during the day with refuse of ali Kinds. Apart, how- ever, from domesuc raatters, it 13 the rigat of the public to have the streets preperly and thorouguly cieaged. Now, the iact 1s, that since the begianing ot winter the street contractor has not had, uutil very lately, & single man employed to clean the streets, aud whe result is, as hag been said, the accurmujation for montns of all softs of reiuse matter. Qi course, this refuse matter must finally be removed, but the street coutractor has nO notion of ‘expending the amount of money required for the purpose uutil the very last moment, which generally comes some time in Marcn, Most old New Yorkers wili remember the time, beiore the appointment of a street cleaning com- mission, When the street cleaning of each ward was done by some of the residents of the ward. The cleansing of the Ward Was ao official busivess, and | any person was at liberty to bid tor the job, the | highest bidaer getting the office. Then came the era of commissions, and ol course tuere was ap- | pointed a street cleaning commission, Who gave the | Job of cleantng the entre city to three coutractors— Davoe, Brown and Knapp. ‘The contract was made with these gentiemen for len years, at $500,000 per year, besides pickings, and tue bond was so framed as to render jt almost impossivie for the city to break 1¢ under any circumstanc ‘These three gentlemen did not pay a cent to secure the contract, ganized corps of surgeons the smallpox coud nave | The cause,; settled state of municipal affairs, which prevented | street so dirty and muddy asat present. { have not geen, nor has any oue else seen, the street cleaned for the last two months. Where has the moncy to clean the streets gone’ Yours, respectiuily AN ULD HERAL) READER. Where Does the Money Got To THE EpITOR OF THE HERALD: Did any one ever see such flithy, dirty streets in any other city but this? I venture to say no, What becomes of all the money that ts appropriated tor the cleaning of the same? The Americans consider them- selves such a smart people—at least guess su—and yet they allow themseives to be guiled by a parcel of dirty, loafing tnicves, 1 should say, instead of blowing what they could do if war was declared with England, if tney would take hold of brooms and purify (heir dirty streets, it would snit them bet. ter. Do more and talk less, AN AMERICAN, Broadway a Dumping Ground. To THE Eprron or THe HeRaLp:— Knowing your paper to be we best antidote for an evil, may Lask, 1f nob too much of a favor, is | there no way or law for preventing “ast men” Irom | emptying ashes on the Uioroughfares of our city at | the time when they are most crowded with peeple? ‘Thia morning on my way down town, on Broadway, between nine and ten o'clock, I saw no less than seveu or cight of these carts emptying ashea, and lke consequence Was, us the wind was blowing quite hard, that nearty everybody on the block was covered with cinders, and oitce 1 was nearly blinded. | Do not think that 1am over puvcuiliious apout my | appearance, but must say thas it ts not very pleas- ant to get down town looking something like aa “ash cloud,” and should think if there was a law requiring the “projession’* in this business to rise a ilitle earlier 1¢ Would vo much wiser. WitISK BROOM. Falling at the Cressings, To THE Epiror or Tuk Herap:— You would please me very much If you would call attention in your paper to the condition of the streets, and especially of Broadway. Hundreds of persons fall at the dornerof Broadway and John and Broadway and Fuiton streets and in Malden lane. If it was in my power 1 would send the Street Commissioners to the State Prison for life for not attending to their business, It 1s really a shame to see the streets as they are, even if you dia not baye to walk on them. 1 have fallen twice inside of one week and have totally destroyed my clothes. A VICTIM. What We Have to Suffer. New York, Feb, 16, 1872, To THB EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— What in the name of al! that 1s agonizing ts to be inQivted upon us next? We are choked with mud aud filtn, besides belng walled in. Yor humanity's sake Cannot some one commence the work of street cleaning’ 1t 1s usciess for women to keep vigilance over their houses and vestibuies when men are content to wallow tu mire, Tho work of laying pipes, so bravely begun by tae “New Gas Cowpany,’’ has fizzled, and the result is visible In huge piles of stone which have found & permanent lodging place on the sidewalk, while the replenishing of coal vaults 1s happily post- poned jor tueir accommodation, Is not our amta- bility @ questionable virtue? Everything which Im- parts bealthfuiness aud beauty to a city seems at a standstill im ours, and we are miserably aegeue- rating into @ passivity which will svon be our Tuin unless sme Lulane general comes to our rescue, A SUFFERER, THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF 80UTH AFRICA. To Tug EpITOR OF THE HERALD:— Almost every person goes tothe flelds with the idea of returning with a fortune, but some too san- guine minds even entertain the most preposterous ideas of finding fortunes immediately on arrival, as if @lamonds are to be obtaimed without trouble and Without hard and continuous labor, It requires no amonnt of intellect, but any amount of muscle. We caunot all expect to be successful in our undertak- ings, nor can ail expect to be successful diamond diggers; but this is no reason why men should not try. Those who have very lite or no means are best at home; those who have permaneat appoint- ments showd not go, aud only those who have $1,500 to $2,000 to spare may think of taking the journey. The success which wilt attend the labors of the digger wili greatly depend upon the cnarac- ter of tne person by whoin the search 1s undertaken, Some unquestionably will be more fortunate than others, bat “perseverance® 1s the most necessary quality in diamond seeking, and 1s also to a con- siderable extent Wantiag in many of the parties, Fortunes are 00t so easily found as many imagine. As a general rule, 1t takes not only money but Lime to find them. True, some lew have found fortunes wituout much time and labor, .but they are tne lucky and favored few, and they are few, indeed, when compared with the many seeking their for- tunes, and there are at present 30,000 diggers m the fields. Let no man go to the flelds unless he has the determination to work and to do his best. Let him ive the fields a lengthened trial, and I doubt not Sut mat he will receive Some remuneration tor his outlay and labor. It is not necessary for me to say anything of the passage by steamer, via Queenstown aud Liver- pool, to Algoa Bay, bort Elizabeth, but it may be Mentioned that @ line Of stages to tne fields will soon be running on tiis route, As these coaches will be drawn by borses, it is estimated they will run the entire 430 miles ia seven days at the most; bat for those Who cannot spare the necessary a more economical Way 1s by mule wagon, or stlll Jess by ox wagon. Wagon travelling, alter all 38 «said in ws favor, is monotonous, whether it be through an uninteresting country, or, sttit more 80, When it 18 over a flat, sandy plain—a scorching sun avove, heated sand below, withont a tree or even a single boulder to vary the scene— then it becomes intolerabie. As there ts more Wan one route from Port Elizabeth, 1 would propose that direction, via Cradock and Colesverg, 430 miles, to the fieids; and in returning, via Fauresmitn, Burguersdorp, Queensto*n and Grahamstown, 450 miles, to the bay, im Which the traveiler will meet wito a variety of sceaery and reine. gratificauons, ispiring @ secret delight and kindling a disinte- rested good will. Immigrants arriving from abroad Will meet With every assistance from the American merchants at Port Enzabec. It is only necessary to take a tent from here or England—as they are cheaper, better made and betver qualtly of canvas— «i @ Small outils of woollen articles. All imple- ents and Vouls can be obtained at the diggings. it may not be out of piace to mention nere my acquaintance with an Airican traveller, an oid Ccolo- nist, who had deed Jar iato the interior and made | Aiter a While, however, they thought it advisable | to sell out thew interest in it, waten they did to | Juage Waiting, for $200,000, Whiting, at that time, had street cleaning “on the brain,” and, without muca credit tor his pains, eudeavored to clean tue streets thoroughly. But he, in turn, got ured of the job, aud soid out his interest to Mir. Brown, the present contractor, for $300,000, Davoe & Uo. held the contract for two years; Whiting jor about tne same time, and Brown has now veen avout two extensive explorations, and Who had seen and traveiled with Dr, Livingstone, and also believes him to be @ Living-stoue sill, ‘The climate Is not very much warmer at the fields ‘haa at Port Elizavetp, but persons working in quarries thirty feet deepin search of diamonds, and living under canvas naturally feel tt more, ' ‘The thermometer in the sumuer indicates eighty-four degrees in the shade and 115 degrees In the sun; generally in the winter it averages about eighiy years 10 ollice, thus leaving four years more of the ‘ume of the original contract yet to run. It ts said that the contract 1s to-day worth to the holder nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in income annually, iv 18 only @ few weeks since Contractor Brown sent in a vill to tae city for $117,000, and, strange to say, got it paid at once—all except $10,000, Knowing how littie expense the contractor is at, Weekly, In dolve the work undertaken by him, considerable comment has been occasioned by his so promptly receiving his pay tor supposed services, Every other department of the city government has been clam oring (or money; Cases of almost desuiiution have been of weekly cccurrence among Clerks and ower employés, and yet ail these, the poorer men of tne departments, were ignored, and in steps Contractor Brown with his little bul of $117,000 and gew $107,000 of the amount asked for. It is said tuat another handsome ttle amount, not far from fortunately chose (We same locaiity for their 2ew enterprise. The Rev. Dr, Ongood. then made a Speech appropriate to the day and eveut, Colonel Devoe, the Superintendent of Markets, then spoke im regard to the past and preseat taarket service and showed statistically iat uader municipal cont trol they yielded out 0 ud @ half per vent on the valaation. ‘the concourse benediction by the Rev. Dr. Useood, was dismissed with @ | right Away. $100,000, remains due to Mr. Brown since last year, and the whisper is around also that he has a some- thing of interest to him tn this year’s tax levy. But why, with all this extraordinary incoming of money, should Mr, Brown be anxious lo throw up the contraciorsnip? Because, itis said, he wants To Hell 1b to the City for $400,000, and Lo sell 11, too, ‘The street coatractor knows that the streets Of this city have Dot been swept this winter: degrees In day time, and at ast having ice hail an inca in thickness, with heavy dews, ‘The mornings and evenings are delignifuily cool, and the diggers at every camp are enjoying excetient nealtn, ‘ne pressure exercised by the diamond fielas in- creases in intensity, Goods, cola and populauon, all tend towards the banks of tho Vaal Kiver, in the neighborhood of which large towns are rapidiy rising. ‘There ts no doubé but that the diamond fields will be the making of the colony, tuasmuch as it will create ‘urther interest ail over the world, prospecting will be carrted on to a greaver degree, goid jound in paying quanuiies, as many minerals are Known to exist, but requiring the capital only to work for them, KR ILLNESS OF SENATOR SUCKINGHAM.—Senator Buckingham is lying i) at his nome in Norwich, Conn. — His disease is gastric fever, and lis friends throughout the country will wart with some anxiety for the good news of his convalescence, Senator Howe, his colleague on the New York In- vestigating Commitice, is also sick, aud the com- mittee has found itself oviiged to suspend its ses- sions, These Senators and theif assuctatos got through @ large quanuty of very exhausting labor wate in New York, but whether this is tie 1in- meniate cause of their indisposition we are not in- formed.—Sorinajleld Repudiivan, Fed. 22 THE SANGUINARY SIXTH. Frightfal Stabbing Case in Mulberry Street. One Italian Hacks Another with a Dirk Knife~ The “‘Raphaels” and the “Bovis” —The Se- cret Society of the Five Points—Dying Statement of the Victim—The Cause of the Quarrel The murderous disposition of the Italian found: another evidence ina horrible murder which was! added yesterday afternoon to the long record of crime in the “Bloody Sixth” ward. About two o'clock in the afternoon notice was received at the Centre Street Hospital that (he ambulance was re- quired immediately at the Sixth precinct station house, in Franklin street. In a short time Dr. Ama- bile, the ambulance surgeon, returned to the hospix tal with an Italian named Giovanni Patrilla, An immense crowd followed the ambulance to thé hospital and remained outside for a considerabid tune after Patrilla had been taken to the reception ward, When he was first seen by Dr. Amabile af the Franklin street station house TEN INCHES OF HIS ENTRAILS were protruding from a frightful wound in his abe domen, This wound was an inch anda nalf long. He had besides a wound tn the back three inches long, and a wound on the arm two inches long an@ @n inch deep. He had acut across the palm of his right hand, woich gimost severed his fingers from nis hana. ‘The doctor restored the entrails to THAI PROPER POSITION, i and the ambulance was slowly driven to the hos. pital, as, Dr. Amabile feared that he would expira on the way. Ou examination at the hospital by Dra Vandewater, the house surgeon, it was tound that Patrilla bad not very long w live. He was con- scious when brought to the hospital, and stated to @ HERALD reporter, Who was present when the @lmoulance arrived, that he had veen STABBED BY ANOTHER ITALIAN, named Micdel iiosa, at No. 37 Mulberry sireet. Pas: triila could speak but very litie English, aud wast unable at that time tO give @ disinct account of toe, Occurrence. At the Sixth preciuel station bag | the reporter received the ioliuwing account of th adalr {rom Offiver Dorcey, Who arrested Kosa, H ‘Was on duty in Muiberry street about one o'clock i the afternoon, Wien We Was iniormed that ® man had beeu stabbded at an Italian boirdiog house, No.{ 87 Mulverry street. The ollicer Burried to the house: and jound Patrilla lying at the back of the ball and groantog piteously. He had lus baad to bis Btom~ ach aud was beni up as IL SUFFERING GREAT AGONY, from @ wound in tie aodomen. His coat was cut in the shoulder and on back, and te iront of his snirt was covered with bivod, ‘tue ouicer sume moned assistauce, and tae wounded man was re~ Moved on a streicner to ine station house. Oilicer Dorcey was tol at No. 37 that Patriila had been; stabbed in wie yurd of tue Rouse aud the assassig had made bis escape. Lue oulcer made A TKOROUGH SEARCH in tne neighborhood but was uaabdle to dnd Rosa. ‘The oficers oh duty were miormed of the occurs rence, and the specials started in pursuit, Some time alter Puirdla was brought to te stauon house Oillcer Dorcey thoughy he would go back to No. 37 and make thorough search of the premises. He went throug’ every room in the house and searched ti basement, Ue was avout to leave the house, whel he found that there Was wn old cellar in waieh wo Was stored which oe nad not yet searcned. Ti place was quite ars, dud the oilicer groped aboud With his club, Jn the furthest corner of the \ he struck SOMETHING SOFT, when a man start-d Lo lis leet. ‘The Othicer seized tum by We arm and drew him te the door of the cellar, waere he was ldentifled b; some Cf tne persous in Lae house a3 Xosa, the mai who had stabbed i’atrillu. Tue oMicer took him the Centre street Hospital, where he was iully tae! tified by Patrilia as iue man who nad stabbed hi ‘The scene at the ileutiication Was @ most extraor. dinary one, Both men COMMENCED TO ABUSE each other in Italian, aud finaly tke Doctor had toi order the removal o/ tue prisoner for lear of the eflect of the excitement on Patrilla, ‘The latter 1 back exhausted cn ius bed when Rosa was Moved. Neitier could speak much English, ane Dr. Amabile acted as iaterpreter, Rosa stated at that ume most positively that he Was not the man who had stavved Vatrila, aud! that he had pieuty Of witnesses to prove i He said that (ey had had some quarrel 10 the yard, but that he was not tue wan who bad staoved him.; The HERALyY reporter visited the Sixih preciacs station bouse during the evealny, and, through the courtesy of Captain Kennedy, was eaabied © take the following siatement Irom Rosa:— ROSA’S STATEMENT, Tlive at No. 37 Mulberry street and was m the, Yard of the bonse about Oue o'ciock Uts alterngon.. Patrilia and his wile caiue into the yard aud passedt me vy. AS Uicy did sv Patrilia Knocked ay: ne, and when !turued he struck me in che mou: with A PIECE OF STICK which he had in his band. (fhe prsoner her@, showed w wound on his lip, Wich he says he r ceived irom Patriilt.) His wile told ime not to get angry, as he would kul me, He was avout to strike me again wheo | stapved him, 1 did so in seli-de+ feuce, as I feared ne would kil me. There has been} an old dispuie between us avout Seventeen dollars,; ‘Which ne owed ie for seven months. We were for merly such goud irieuds taut we used to lead money to each other. Captain Kennedy showed the reporter the knife Which Koga used, lt 1s @ terribie ee instru- ment, with a blade eight iuches long. It has & lever at the back, vy whicu itcan be used as @ dirk: or with the blade in an enclosed positiog, It has & fork attached, aud the blade is So shaped a8 to Ine ict & Wound that could ve sewed up wiih aificulty by asurgeon, Kosa is @ young man, twenty-1Ve years of age, and in appearance has not much of ‘he murderer, aboub him. Captain Keunedy in~ Jormed the reporcer that siuce the murder of Joba Brown or ‘bean Joln” by Antoaio Aratra there are two factions of itatlans at the *Five Points,’ and that tue oilicers on duty HAVE 10 BB DOUBLED to keep them at peace wih each otner. The prise oner acknowledged this, aud said that one facuom ‘was called the “icapuaeis” and the other the bores, Jed by @ man nauied Jacinto Bovi, tle suid there 18 a regulariy organized secre* socie\y among all the Italians iu the city, and tuat the Bean Jouns have brokeu with the parent society and are cons sidered “outsiders.” At eight o’civck last night Patrilla’s condition became so bad that Dr. Vandewater deemed 16 necessary to send tor Corover Herrman to take his ante-moriem statement. The Coroner empanehed @ jury, aud alier Kosa was brought up to the bos pital Patrilia made the iollowlag statement:— “41, Giovanni Hatrilla, being duly sworn, say thaw I reside at No. 37 Muiverry street; about oue o' a Rosa this afternoon t was in the yard of house with my wile, when Michel caught her dress in an indecent manner and at- tempted to imsult her. 1 turned to remonstrare, with him, when he turned and stapbed me—1do not know how ozten. 1 now idenuty Michel Rosa as the man Who siavbed me.” The Kaife was iien shown to him, and he identi- fled that also, Coroner Herrman committed Rosa to the Tombs to await the resuit of the myuries. Peritonitis had set in, and at # lace hour last migh® Patrilla was in a dymg condition, The following Wituesses In the case have beem locked up:—Louls Cuvanjaro, Mareit Mosco, Raphael Bovi, Leona, Rosa wasa street laborer aud Patrila was a pedier. Un being carried to the: ‘Tombs Kosa suid when the woman comes sne Wik tell ail about it. NEW YORK CITY. Asecond reading will be given this evening be Mr. George Vandenuofd for the Young Meu’s Crise tian Association. The first of two lectures on the “Plain Engine’® was delivered last evening tu the Stevens Institute of Technology, ioboken, by Proiessor Kh. N. Hurston. Coroner Young wus yesterday called to Bellevue; Hospital vo bold an inquest on the body of George Colden, @ stevedore, lave of 79 Pike street, who died from the effects of tnyurtes received by failing into the hola of a sup tying at pier 36 Bast River, Dow ceased received a iracture of the skull, Jue acct dent occurred on Wednesday. @The voay of the man who died suddenly tm Cabill’s salcou, 19 Park row, on Wednesday even< ing, Was subsequently identified as that of mry William G. Spencer, formerly of 112 West Twenty. tird street. The body was taken to the Second recinct police station and Coroner Young called: Relatives took caarge of the remains. About one o'clock yesterday morning the body of an unknown man, forty years of age, was found by OMecer Eckersly, of the Thirty-second precinct, noat- ing in the Water of the foot of 143d street, North: Kiver, Deceased’ was five feet eight iuches in height, and wore @ vlack frock coat, biack vest, dark cloth pants and patent ieatner poots The body, Which Was much decomposed, Was sent to the Morgue aud Coroner Young notified, TEE TOBACCO TAX St. Louis, Mo., Feb, 22, 1972, The tobacco manufacturers of this cy bhava Adopted resolutions protesting against the decision of the Committee of Ways and Means tn recome mending @ tax of sixteen cents on smokit twenty-lour cunts on chewing tobacco, aud ign 8 wuOrm (aX On ai] manulactured tovacce, iB