The New York Herald Newspaper, February 29, 1872, Page 5

"LANDMARKS PASSING AWAY, The Old North Dutch Church To Be Torn Down. The Ground Leased for Commercial Purposes— History of the Church—Its Pastors—What John Harpending, Tanner and Currier, Did—The Fulton Street Prayer Meeting. At noon Tuesday there gathered at one end of the extensive Exchange Salesroom, No. 111 Broadway, @round the piauorm and desk of well-known auctioneers, a throng of geatiemen who soon be- came deeply interested m the business" of the Moment, ‘This was none other than the sale of a Jease of the ground on which the old Nortn Dutch church stands, at the corners of Fulton, William and Ann streets, for the term of twenty-one years from the Ist of May next, with covenants for two renewals of twenty-one years each. Many old gentlemen, with hair like the driven snow and faces wrinkled with age, stood among taose with coun- Jenauces denoting the men of acuve pursuits in | Ufe, and exbtDited no lithe concern ag the condi- tugoe ied ik ti iaids wis te beset aes vihy to the assemblage. These were that the ola butlaing Qnd all its materials and turmiture, excepng the organ, cushions, pulpit, corner stone and property found therein, shouid belong Lo the lessee; that no church, charitable institution, theatre, restaurant, brewery, blacksmith shop, nor place to dispense in- toxicating liquors should be erected thereon; that, mm a word, business not a nuisance to the neighborhood should be there carried on, the lease to be signed and delivered on the 5th of March and possession given the 25th following. With this un- derstanding, aiter much delay on the part of the gentlemen, @ bid of $14,000 was made by the auc- tioneer for the trustees, which was followed by $14,100 by a large real estate owner. Thea $14,200, $14,300 quickly came from the bidders; but here it hung fire, and the auctioneer made his final bid tor the trustees, $14,400, Another long delay and no advance being vouchsated, the right to buy the lease at auction was withdrawn. Later in the day, however, it was ascertained that the trustees were PRIVATELY NEGOTIATING for the sale of the lease on their terms, and that it would be consummated before yesterday, This getues the fate of the old North Dutch church, one of the few relics left of our city’s early history, Nearly all the old landmarks con- temporaneous with It and the houses of worsnip built earlier by the same religious people have dis- appeared. The origimal, fort on the sattery; the first Stadt House, at the head of Coenues slip; the Cingie, or wall that shat out the Indians and gave the name to Wall street; the modest wooden churcen on the site of stately Trinity; the quaint old shops in Broad street, with their sitp-ladder gables and their five-by-s1x Giamond-shaped panes of glass—all these went long belore tt, and soon the Titanic strides of commerce will build up the depopulated district with SPLENDID MARTS OF BUSINESS, Early in the year 1767 measures were taken to build this church, and in June following it was re- solved that 1% “should he erected on the grounds of Mr. John Harpending; that it shoula be 100 feet in length and 70 feet in breadth; that it shouid front Horse and Cart lane, and be placed in the middle of the lot.” Mr. Harpending, or, a3 he wrote his name, Herbendineck, was a worthy currier and tanner of that day, and an exceilent and influential, though aged, member of the church, who frequently om- cigied as elder and deacon, He was a liveral beue- Jactor of this reugious society, botu in lie and at bis death. Horse and Cart lane, now known as Wiliam street, derived 4s name {rom a tavern built in the vicinity of the sacred edifice, having the sign embellished with @ norse and cart, and, probably, in its Ume cartmen were in the habit of resorting to this place. ‘fue population of the city was now pressing slowly towards the locality which became Sparsely settled, yet with a coutinual increase. ‘The corner stove was jaid Joly 2, 1767, by Mr. James Roosevelt, chairman of the Building Committee, and the work was vigorously prosecuted, Jo March of the next year it was found that funds were Wanting. ihe Consistory ordered a loan of £2,000 to be made, but this was not done until they had careiully examied and approved a calculation by which it Was showa that certain measures to be adopted would enable them to discharge principal id interest in the space of six years. lt would have been weil if all their successors im office had, when contracting a debt, used the same wise pre- cautions. Eight months afterwards it was ‘ound that £1,500 more were needed, and this sum was borrowed on the same couditious as the former. By the month of Marca, 1769, nowever, the building be nto approach completion. The pliiars, tis un- Herstoou, were erected by the special couribution of individuals, each of Whoin Was permitted to have nis Initials imscrived on the band uuder the capital, There are ten Of these, but seven only can be made out, viz;—John Zaricke, John De La Moutagne, Ste- phen Rapaiye, John De Peyster, Jr., John byvanck and Corneiia Walton, A copy of the Harpending arms was ordered w be mde and hung over the pulpit, where it now 1s. The mowWo Inscribed on this, “DANDO CONSERVAT,”? conveyed the seatiment that tne best means of se- curiog and giving permanence to their property was to devote It Lo Denelicent uses, OD Monday, May 22, 1769, a modest notice in ihe New York Gazetie, a weekly a, then published In tins city, ane nounced that on the ensuing Thursday, whe new edifice erected by tne Keiormed Provestant Dutch Church would be opened for pubic worslip, by the Rev. Archibald Laidie, Accordingly. on taat day, in the presence of a large audience, in which the civil authorities were coaspicuously represented, Dr, Laidiie pronounced a deaicatory discourse from the words, “But the hour cometh, and uow ts, when the true worshippers stall worship the Father in apirit and in uth, lor the Father seeketh sugh to wors: ip Him,” (John tv., 2 ‘The discourse 4: extant, buvone of the original hearers described it as uniolding iu @ very sauisiactory way “wherein the Gospel doctrine consista,’’ which we may well believe When We consider the iruitfulness of te text and the gifts and pioty of the preacher, ‘the houses of worship in the ctiy at the opening of the North Dutch church were the First Presby- terian, in Wall street, near Broadway, built in 1719; the Jewish synagogue, in Mill street, built tn 1729; the Episcopal St. George’s chapel, in Beekman street, built im 1752; the Moravian church, in {ule ton, bevween Nassau aad William streets, duilt im 1762; the Scotch Presbyierian church, in Ceaar Street, near Broadway, butt in 1768; the German Xeformed cliurca, in Nassau, bviow Jonn street, built im 1765; the German Lutheran church, corner of Withant and Frankiort streets, erected in 1767; St. Paul’s Kpiscopai churco, on Broadway, erecved in 1760; the Brick Presbyterian church, erected on & lot presented by the corporation of the city, “tne tields,” opened in 17 the bay list Church, in Gold, vetween Fulton and John sireets, builtin 1760; the rst Methodist church in Almerica, bulit in John street, In 176%. Besides these there was a suall Friends’, or Quaker, meeting house, ‘rhe old Duiding figured conspicuously during the Revolationary struggle. Not lony after the breaking out of the war the British gained possession of the city, and those who were favorabic to the American cause, Witi their families, sought retage and so- journed, during the war, in dierent places in the country. With almost soiitary exceptions, the con- gregation was strongly united in the CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE, and was scattered around. During the occupation by the writish several of the churcnes, espectaily where the congregatious generally espoused te cause of ireedom, were sadly desecrated and abused, Very conspicuous among nese were the Midale aud North Reformed butch churehes, ‘the Middle Church Was used a8 a prison, and alterwards as a riding school for tne Briusn officers and soldiers, and became the scene of habitual ribairy, projanity aud dissipation, ‘The whole of the iterior, galleries and ail, de- stroyed, leaving the bare walls and rool, The North church was used as a hospital and tor stor- age. ‘ihe Jower part was stripped of the pews, pul- pit, &G, and the walis were much delaced, but otherwise the buliding preserved the general char- acter and aspect It originally possessed, and which Mt suil retatus, Those acquainted with the annals of our Kevolutionary history vividiy recall to mind the atrocities and crucities coumitted by the British jorces while in possession of the city of New York. ‘The cuurches, tue sugar house, immediately belind tne Middle courch, the jau, te. Jersey prison suipand the thousands of Amer-+ cans who lel! victims 10 disease, hunger and cru- elty, laid buried or bleaching on the soores of Long Island, recur to We mind as afeciing memorials of this, Just previous to the Revoluliouary War a new and very neat puipit was placed in the North church, Aller it was taken away no traces of 1 id be found. Some tme after the close of the ar a citizen of New York was in Englaud, and, worshipping on @ Saboath day in a country church, bis attention was directed to (he pulpit as strongiy reminding nim of the pulpit taken irom this church. A gentjeman, to whom he stuiea this alter service, replied that it probably was the same, as It had been peng +) over irom America during the Revoluuon- bat 4 ‘ar in a British ship. he invaders evacuated New York in November, 1783, and in September, 1784, the church WAVING BEEN RESTORED by public subscription, was formally reopened by a sermon from the Rev. Dr. Livingston. In Novem- ber, 1786, Dr. Wiilam Long Was called to his assist- ace, and or twenty years this gentleman preached E this church, and’ there are many persons still iving Who can distinctly remember the wonderful effect of his eloquence. ‘wo of hi greatest ser- mons were delivered, one in 1800, a eulogy on General Washington, and the other ‘at the request of the Tammany Societe. Juiy 4. 1701, which was not | NEW YOUKK HERALD, THURSD Considered to have been a powerful appeal. Many Other celebrated divines have occupied the pulpit of the North Duten Church since that time, foremost among whom are the names of Dr. John Knox, Dr. Pagehal, Nelson Strong, and, of more recent days, Dra, De’Wist and Chambers, The two cannons Which now stand at either cor- ner of the church inc.osure on William street were fired when the British fleet attacked the city, but no record of the reason why they were put in the place they now occupy is known to exist, (One ol the cannon 18 surmounted by a cannon ball, whic has a singular history, It is said that auring THE BOMBAREMENT OF NEW YORK by some britisn vessels, a red-hot ball was thrown opposite the church into Cart Horse street, in which was @ biacksmith shop. ‘Ihe smith immediately seized the ball with a pair of tongs, and with a sieage hammer , Welded It into the mouth of the cannon, wher! ‘Still remains as @ relic of the past struggie of 61 forelatners, It was at this church that tne great revival of 1857 com- Menced and spread over a@ vast extent ol the civilized giobe, And here originated the services 01 world-wide name and influeuce, the Ful- ton Sireet Prayer Meeting, It was Mr. Jeremiah Lanpher who originaced these exercises Septem- ber 23, that year, aad he was graufed soon to sec immense results from a beginning Very sirall and unpretending. Receuuly no reguiar minister has Beeeatog within the walis of the Old North Church, unday services being conducted by Mr. M. CU, Julien, a theoicgical student, ‘Ihe reason assigned by the Consistory tor the removal of the edifice is, prgeipay. that the money which toe lease of the and will procure wiil be of great benefit in estabiish- ing Dew religions and fields 0: iavor for the Church. The steeple of the church was burned on the mort ing of October 27, 1869, the tire communicating from a large conflagration on the upper and opposiie side of Fulton street, aud was never rebuilt. So bright was the glare of the flames as they reduced the steeple that countiess swallows dé. ceived by the resemblance ie geyugat me from Soxs AA Corner wNU dew 1 tna sro in the neigh. borhood. ‘Ihe tearing down of the old church will cause many regrets, Tnese will not only come from those wno have attended worship there sunday aire Sunday, out irom those who look upon it Ww FEELINGS OF VENERATION, when they think of the scenes and changes it has witnessed, Really, these have been numerous and extraordinary, It lias seen the gradual demoraliza- ton of its city by the intrusion of barbarians from England, Scotland and Ireland, and worse tnan all, trom Yankee land; it has seen the fugitive Huguenot, and his colder brother, the Puritan, pass under its shadow on their weary way to and from witch-burning New Haven; it has seen the undisciplined troops of Washington flying across the iiand ter the wild hills of Brooklyn; it has seea the same Wasiungton, seven years later, ride down the oid Bowerle more like a Gemi-god than @ man; It has seen the bou- fires that prociaimed peace and independence, the farewells that hailed the man whom “Providence lett childless that his country might call him tather;’’ it has seen the crystallization of a wild people into @ great creation; it has seen freedom and happiness spreading over @ Continent; it has seen another “sharp, short and decisive: war,” and another pelic2 that brought glory to the couutry; it has seen a half century loilowing of such GROWTH AND GREATNESS as happens only now aad then in ages; It has seen the accursed cloud of ctvil war lowering up in the Southern sky, Then peace again came; then pros- perity again followed; the war cloud faved away; Une assurance of national permanence was mani. Jest, and the bones of old John Harpending rested more quietly In the grave, and all this time the Church was doing iis great work; but now ttis nearly done and 1s going the way of all the living. Bat the prayer meetings will continue; and even when walis of stone and columas of tron are going up on the consecrated ground, and rumbling coaches and mau’s profanity make the spot almost @ pandemontum, Goa’s name will sull there be ex- tolled in song and praise. APPLICATIONS FO! ME HAV The following communications have been received by the HERALD in relerence to the disposal of tne “Hawkins Mite.” A Voice from the Victimized, To THE EpiToR oF THE HERALD:— As you seem to have an elephant in the “Hawkins Mite” Ihave thought it possible that I can render you some assistance in disposing of the quadruped, I would suggest that the amount enclosed to you by Mr. Dexter A. Hawkins be divided pro rata among those of the stocknolders of a certain defunct sew- ing machine co.wpany, Koown as the “North Ameri can Manulacturing Company,” who were induced to Joan the said company. seventy-five cenis @ share on their stock upon a “iull and complete general statement of the present condition of the com- pany,” as lollows:— 4,127 sewing muchines, currency value. Machinery and sock at tactory, St, John, N. B. N3 MITE. jettcrs, afterward written, assuring them tnat tne Joan was a safe one, aud vy making it their stock would be worth $3 ashare. A large amount was loaned by parties relying entirely upon nese statements und advice. Very soon alter te bubbig burst; the assets, including the loan, disap- peared, and both the cost Ol stock and ioan had gone “where the woodbine twineth.” Uniess some stronger Claim 1s presented I shall consider my sug- gestion a good oae, although Iam not, in this mat- ter at least, a UNITARIAN, A Plea for a Sunday School. To THE EpITOR OF THE HERALD:— MORRISANIA, Feb. 27, 1872. Ifyou would send the $10 with which Mr. Haw- kins vainiy endeavored to present your faithful at- taché to the care cf the Rev. Joseph Woods, of the Church of St. Augustine, Morrisanta, in order to aid tne boys and girls of his Sunday sclrool in procur- ing cateclisms and useful reading, it would be grateiully received. Mr. Hawkins nas done much toward coaxing money from the pockets of our people for the schooling of other ana richer peopie’s children, and this $10 will be a mite of restitauion to them. We will offer up special prayers that he may be no longer @ slave of the Union League, that he may be converted from some or his practices and that he may become @ member of the Church butit upon @ rock, Hespocttally, ONE OF THE TEACHERS. A Teacher Out of Rooiw, NEw York, Feb. 26, 1872, To THB EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Sir—l am a poor scnool teacher. 1 am obliged to deny myself ail luxuries and many necessities of life. ail winter 1 have been trying to save money enough to buy myself a pair of new boots, but so far have been unsuccessful I need them, and, although I beiong to no society of seligious sects, neither am 1 | semi-barbarian, yet may 1 not be quite as deserving of charity ? Wouid you, sir, suffer any compunctions of conscience by giving me the “Hawkins mite?” I assure you it would not be sowing upon stony ground. Yours, hopeiutly, RD A Paternal Suggesiion, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Sirn—I suggest that the “Hawkins mite” be sent to the Hospital for Foundlings, and in doing so it miay stiti remain io the family. Yeurs truiy, HARRY, of the Reiorin Party, A Good Word for the Sisters of Charity. New York, Fev. 27, 1872. To Tae EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— As the Sisters of Charity, in thelr communication of the 26th inst., deny that Mr. Dexter A. Hawsins has ever contriouted to the support oi the St, Vin- cent Llospital, 1 think it would not go much against the conscience of the gentieman.if the editor of the H&RALD should enclose the $10 received from him to the Sisters of Charity for the use of said hospital, A$ (ne editor himseif appears to have no pressing need lor it, Frou one who has been there. J.B. MILLER, MR, DEXTER A. HAWKINS’ “FIGURES AND INFORMATION.” HURCH OF ST. MICHAEL, New Yor«k, Fev. 28, 1872. } To Taz Epitor OF THe HERALD:— In the statement of Mr. Hawkins in lust Friday's HERALD of money received by Catholic schools, &c., he has St. Michael's Parochial School, 1869, $2,500; 1870, $2,000; 1871, $8,566. So far, all right; a total Of $8,056, Butin addition to the avove figures he has “St. Michaei’s chureb, atd of school attached sto, $5,000," and again, “St, Michael's school, $5.000."" Neither oi these sums or any part thereof Was ever received by this churen from ciiy or State. sReing in Sunday’s HeRaLD tbat Mr. Hawkins stated to your reporier thut he “obtained the Qgures aud information irom the Comptrolier's books, by order of the Comptroier,"? I dropped in to-day at the Comptrolier’s office, showed the deputy, Mr. Storrs, the above two “figures” of $5,000 each, and hoagie hin to examine the books. Mr. Storrs 80, and reported to me that there were ho such entries on the books of that oilice. So much for Mr, Hawkins’ “dgures and in- formation,” {will now give mine, ‘The total re- ceived by this church of pubic funds for schools or any other purpose 9 $8,066, It nas expended nearly $200,000 on three schoul buildings that will accommodate 2,000 children; the principal of these bulidings (corner Ninth avenue and Thirty-first atreet) 18 more of an ‘educational paiace” than any of the public schools, These dulidings will effect, at least, one saving to the city of the usual quarter of @ million tat is nowadays “abstracted public treasury’’ to build an “educational Ce. ARTHUR J. DONNELLY, Pastor Church o1 St. Michael. NEW ARRIVALS AT STATE PRISON, NEW JERSE Essex county hus contributed four more scholars:—Alexanon Matthews, grand larceny, one year; Theodore Kaup, grand larceny, one year: jam herty, assault and battery, one yea Reynolds, assault aud battery and breakii |. ear and & hail, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE The Hudson Grand Jury Plead for Jersey City. The Document Smothered by a Mean Subter- fuge—Disgraceful tcenes in the Assembly— Bumsted Directing Operations—The New York Herald in the House—A Blow at the Grand Jury System. The unseemly exntbition witnessed in the Assem- bly Chamber at Trepton yesterday will not soon be forgotten, ‘rhe following document was pre- tented by Mr. Gaede, of Hudson:— Hupson County Covrr fouse, JERSEY CrTy, Feb. 27, 1872. To Tne HONOnAPLE THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY NERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GENTTLEMEN—The Grand Inquest, about to close its labors in the county of Hudson, respect(ully appeals to the Btate pnt in bebaif of the people of this county, and especially of | the eltizens of Jersey City. tor relief ¢ fpaudulent and burdensome charter folaied “ypon, the. ally op Teapectfully fepFasemted that they 408 of focal self-govergment under the peal Department, the Fire Department, tue Wa't? Department, the grading, ' Opening and improvment of atrce, the con- Rzstloa of sewers, the repairing agd cleaning ot <treets and é garbage, all mauers relano¥ , to the the appointment of Boiled | dint election ollicers, and the management! levying and collecting of iments; the ilicrease of the city debt, the issue of the city bonds at will, the management of the siakiny fucd and all the legislative, executive abd financial affairs o! the city government are placed tn the hands of iFreapouslble commissions, in the appointment of whom the citizens of Jersey City have had no voice, the commissioners themselves having +been created agains the Una of the most promi- nent citizens and taxpayers, without any distinction of party, and againat the wishes of the community at large, and we believe aguinst the best interesta of the whole people. ¢ people teel that they are utterly helpless and hope! lees unless your honorable body shall grant them relief by re- moving the commission or by modifying and ching Were now Apparently Loundiess for evil. New and use- leas Oflices fave been sealed with salaries never before heard of in this community, ‘The functions of local government are performed by means of pon- derous machi mana; by mexperienced and biundering persons, and great mistakes, If not positive frauds, are the constant result, The charter itself, ast fe, 1 violated with impunity, and the people have no redreas. ‘This Grand Inquest has found i almost impossible to ferret out aud prepare for punishment even palpable frauds, and we are convinced thas the true remedy jie in ac: mplete restora- tion of local government to the bands the peopie inter- ent ‘There should be 1n all cities a Mayor as an executive head, well paid for his services, clothed with liberal powers and held atrictiy accountable for all his official acts, ‘The ma- ebtnery of the government of Jersey City should be gret tly simplived and the expense of carrying it on iargely reduced. Police Justices shoulu be shorn of apart of the power they now have, t of having more power granted, as it is reported (o this Grand inquest they now demand from the Legislature. They now commit for a longterm for very trivial offences, burdening the county with toe supyort of @ great number of prisoners, depriving thelr families of their Support, oftentimes causing great and unnecessary misery, and throwing the families upon the authorities for assist- ‘ance. ‘There should be as few departments in a city government asa due regard for the rapid and coirect transaction of the Public business will permit, and the head of each department should be elected by the people or appointed by the Mayor, Tn giving out contracts {or public work, the Board having charge of the matter ahouid be required to advertise a day and hour at which proposals wiil ve received, and at the hour med the Board shou'd be required tu sit In open session, and allow all bidders to appear with their open bids, nn hand them fn at one time to the clerk, to read them at once, 80 that ail present can hear plainiy;'the bids to be entered upon and published with the minutes, For elections there should be @ means for compelling the judges to commence canvassing the baliots immediately on cloxing the polls, and citizens who desire to do ao should be allowed to be present and within plain sigbt of the canvassing, so that irregularl- ties or frauds in counting the baliots, it committed at ail committed in plain sight of citizens interested, the canvass should continue tll completed, withoay recess or juterval, — If persons e'ected to oflice are *-couuted out” by the judges in canvassing the ballots, elections are useless, and the power to appoint pubite officers may as well be given to the ju ges at once. It the Legislature of the State {nsists upon seizing upon the lands under water around t ely, and to dispose of them to persons for private at” a large price, the proceeds to go into the state Treasury to. save the rest of the State from taxn- and insists upon relteving about $5,000,000 uf railroad erty within the limits of the city irom local taxa‘ion in landed property justly entitled to be taxes by the city order that the State may tmpore a special tax npon the ro to further relieve the rest of the ate at the expense of th county, and of Jersey City especially, and if we quietly sub- mit to the wrongs from the State, we’ axk that there may be ‘at least the small return of allowing us to rovern ourvelves, within the imits of the State constitution, and according to the true spirit ot American institutions. sebone at the Grand Jury roow, the 2ith day of February, 87: Signed—Thomas Alaridg James M. Brann, Patrick Michael G. Lenton, Hugh, Stirling Voitock. |W lll Ranken, John Van Vorst, John Dwyer, 0. Cleveland, Jacob Hotmeuter, Daniel Lake, Henry Lembeck, L. budenbender, James vurran, David O'suliivan, The Assistant Clerk, Mr. Reeves, had hardiv en- tered upon the second sentence of the document when he suddenly paused and seemed unable to pursue it any further, at the same time casting a furtive glance at the Speaker dnd then at Bumsted, who was permitted to seat himself on the floor of the House, near the Jersey City members, contrary to the rales of the Assembly. This sudden pause ‘Was not misinterpreted by those lexislators who will cling to the fortunes of tne Jersey City Ring at all foreman), William Harney, onan, Alexander McDonneil, hazards. The situation was grave. It was not at all expedient for the interests of the party that Is responsible for the misrule in Jersey City that the reading of the document should be continued. The country members must not hear it, Joy, of Newark, was equal to the occasion. He jabored might and day at the session last year to overthrow the iberties of the people of Jersey City, and he succeeded. As one of the sponsors of the Ring he will maintain it 1n power, despite all protests, even from @ Grand Jury, composed though 11 be of twelve republicans, eight democrats and four inde- pendents, He jumped from his seat and moved that the document be referred to the Committee on Miscellaneous Business, which woult in effect be a suspension of the reading of It. Patterson seemed confounded for once, and tn his anxiety to have the document circulated as widely a8 possible he offered @ motion, wich was con- strued into & motion for reference, and it was finally 8o ordered, His motion was really intended for tne printing of a certain number of copies for the use of the members, Gaede, of Jersey City, became so excited atthe outrageous attempt to smotier the document that he took the floor in reply to-day, but cid not make himself quite understood for a few moments. He demanded that even ordinary courtesy shouid be extended to a respectful communication trom snon @ body as the Grand Jury. The House could not in- sult the Grand Jury by taking the action proposed py the genleman trom Essex, but would cover itself with disgrace. If the gentieman irom Essex or any of the friends of the Ring did not wish to hear the truth let him or them leave, so that other members, at ali events, could hear it. The unseemly exhibi- tion just witnessed furnished evidence which might well arouse the suspicion of the country members, The works of the Ring are works of darkness and shan the light, Several members were on their feet claiming the floor, and by the time the Speaker lia’ succeeded in eniorcing order the document had passed to the committee unread. So the representations of the grand inquest were flang tu the winds. No one ex- pects the committee will ever act upon thei. I was a glorious achievement for the Ring, anc Reeves was congratuiated on thé subter- fuge- He left nis desk and passed througn tné members from desk to desk, for he would never adinit that his position as Clerk should interfere with his operations as a lobbyist. — It should be added that the document was not only Tete but very plainly written, jurmsted was all smiles, It was victory No. 1 for the Ring. But honest Henry Gaede was not satis- fled, He renewed the following preamble and reso- lution offered by him on the previous evenin, Wherens by an act entitled an act to reorganize the local government of Jereey City, passed March 6, [*71, a Board of ubiic Works was established, and the members thereof ap- pointed by the Legislature to perform the duties described in said act; and wherens there is good gr ‘and formed their duties honestly and taitatully, and that, they have spent the money of the taxpayers unlawtully, eapeciali in the purchase of land for the new reservoir: therefore be it That a commit ee of tive ppointed to mv gate the oficial actions of aad Board oF Works, and said committee shall have power to summon wit jay before this House the result of their investigatiot He pressed tits resolution vigorously, determined to put the dominant party to the tesi, and 1 was adopted, The great body of the repub- licans could not with any show of decency oppose it. The Speaker did not appoint me committee till the afternoon session, During the recess he was found in close consultation with Bumsted, and the complexion of the committee shows that the interests of the laiter were not overlooked, It is to be regretted that a gentiewan who bore himself so honorabiy last ses- sion as Mr. Niles, the present Speaker, aud on whose record conscicntiousness and honesty were stamped, siiould descend to the arena of facuion and carry oub the will of men whose designs are not by any means stamped with Tigtteousness, very member of the House ex- pected that Mr, Gaede, the mover of the resoiution, Would occupy at least @ secondary place on te committee, but, contrary not merely to precedent, but to courtesy, lie was unceremoniously turust aside. The following are the committee who are to repair to Jersey City and take testi. mony on the municipal frauds:—Messrs, Williams, of Essex; Rogers, of Mercer; Willetts, of Cumberland; Haight, of Monmouth, and Dutener, of Union, tne Jatter two are democrats, the others republican. if @ whitewasiing report Le the result few wiil be dis- appointed. During the morning session the joint resoiu- tion in favor ol urging Congress’ w provide for @ proper survey Of the coast at Cape May and to erect @ breakwater thereat was taken up in the House, Several members spoke ia opposition to some terms of the resolution. Mr. Leaming, of Cape May, sent to the Clerk's desk copy of the New York Herawp, of Monda; the 19th. inst, and had read therefrom an entitied “Hydrographic Researches Revival of American Commerce.” Mr. penning stated that after the reading of the article he thought it unnecessary to offer any fur- ‘ther remarks on the subject. ‘The resolution was Pekar. Aslight amendment £x-Untied States Cattell and Downes Edmonds are wuthor- nu Congress, ‘ne action of the present Grand Jury at Jersey City nas not been at all beneficial to the municipal robbers, and it is now proposed to make one step toward the abolition of the Grand Jury system altogether. A bill was introduced in the House on Tuesday evening by Mr. Wandle, of Jersey City, whieh authorizes the Jud of the Supreme Soares wae on : Agia the Hndace. an ; Cire Ppolat three persons, who not all be of the same _poiltical ; who shall be styled “Commissioners of Jurors,” who shali draw all grand and petit juries required in the different courts which may ve holden :n Hud- son county; said Commissioners to hold their office during the pleasure of said Justice, and shall receive for their services such reasonable compensation as the Justice may direct. In drawing a grand jury of twenty-four persons the names of minety-six persons qualified shall be placed in a box, and each of said Commissiovers are then #0 draw out eight names, who shail constitute the Grand Jury. In the selection of petit jurors four times as many naings a8 May be necessary to constitute a petit jury of persons qualified shall be placed in a fox. Hach of the Commissioners are then to draw out one-third of the number necessary. No person who has served as a petit or grand juror for the two preceding terms to the passage Of this act shall be eligible at the first drawing, and no person shall serve-as @ grand or petit juror oftener than once in three successive years, ‘The passage of such an act as this may well pre- bare the people fora state of things which seems not far atstant—the nuilificauon of the popular vote altogether, MUNICIPAL CHARTERS, Fhe Future Government of Jersey City. Three Charters Before the Legislature—Outline and Important Features of Each—iho Argu- ments To Be Heard at Trenton—Ihe Ring A’raid of the People—Tho ‘Pavonia Club Member Again ‘There 18 no greater problem to be solved by the present Legisiature of New Jersey thun the settle- ment of the Jersey City dimiculties, Taat hapless municipality has not only been robbed but ab- solutely demoralized by a corrupt ring which owes its existence to the Legislature of last year. It Would not be correct to state that that Legislature was corrupt, Many members of the dominant party were thoroughly honest, but they su/fered themselves to be whipped into the political kennel, better known as a caucus, when the passage of the Jersey City charter was made a party meagure. Uther members of that party were ‘on the make,’? and they postponed the caucus to 80 late @ day of the session that the’ contractors’ Ring had to plank down $75,000 before final action was taken. ‘This sum may appear large for such a locality as Jersey City, and afew of the King members: grum- bled against the price; but they yiclded to the per- suastve power of the “head centre,” who assured them that there was ‘a power 0’ money into It,’? And he was right. In the SEVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS wrung from the people of Jersey City during the reign of the Ring, not to mention the very liberal commissions which contractors have to yield on im- provement certificates, his expectations uave been more than realized. ‘The least the present Legislature can do for the people of Jersey City 1s to loose the hands of the robbers from their throats. Even then it will pe a small reparation for the wrongs inflicted on a pa- Uent peopie, Waose cliilaren will have to share the burden of the heavy debt imposed on the city, ‘The first measure of relief can be afforded by the pas- sage of the CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION CHARTER, now pending in the State Senate, It was prepared by Messrs. Ransom and Fleming at the request of the association. Instead of demanJing such a radl- cal change as the repeal of the existing charter they simply propose such amendments as will render the “commissions” practically harm- less, This small instalment of justice they believe the Legislature will not undertake to refuse. Iu the first place the Mayor end Board of Alder- men will be elected as under the present system, Secondly, the existing Boards of Finance, Public Works, Police and Fire Commissioners will be con- Uunued; but the present members thereof must RETURN TO PRIVATE LIFE, if they be not elected in the manner specified at the commencement of the ensuing municipal year. The members of these commissions shall be nom ated by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. In this way A HEALTHY CONSERVATIVE MEDIUM is attained between an Irresponsible legislative come mission on the one hand and a@ conspiracy of gin- mill pouticlans at the ballot box on the other, Thirdly, the Board of Public Works will become a purely executive board, so that they shal! carry out such improvements only as the Board of Aldermen, the direct representatives of the people, may order, ‘The other boards shall be subject in ike manner to the legislative departipent, on tue good old principle that these men are the PEUPLB'S SERVANTS, NOT THEIR MASTERS, a8 at present. The salaries of tne memvers of the commission shail be reduced. The salary of the Chief Kogimeer and Surveyor will be fixed at $5,0v0, aud that 0: Dis assistants, not to exceed four, ab $2,000 each. The expenses of the surveying and engineering department must not exceed $25,000 a year, aud Wil be kept down as hear as possibie to $20,000. I the stat! employed by the Ring rendered an equivalent for bali tne enormous sum of $300,000 pata Lo them during the past year there | will be very litte work left lor any surveyor for the next three years. Ihe foregoing are the cardinal points of Wie amendments, Wich are numerous, covering tie enure Charter, Next tn order comes MR. WEAKI’S CHARIER, @ plan of municipal government 'Waich was adopted by the New York Committee o} Seventy, and 1s nuw penuing in the New York Legislature. A glance at its leading features will reveal the great ineriis of the scheme. 1b provides that the city goverament shall be vested in the Mayor, tweive Aldermen, and an Executive Board, to consist of 31x commission. ers, viz, Finance and Taxauon, Water and Sewer age, Police, Public Works, Fire aud Kducation. The Mayor shail be elected annually, and shail receive a salary of $5,000: the Aldermen are to be elected annually, two from each Aidermante district, und shall receive a8 compeugation $10 lor eacn session, tye sessions not to exceed twenty In any one year, IN V.TING FOR ALDERMEN each elector shail be at liberty to place upon his UckEeL /WO ames for Aldermen, or he may put tne same name on twice, and in canvassing the votes for Aldermen every ticket upon which the name for Alderman is written or printed twice shall be counted and canvassed as two voles for that person, and the two persons receiving the highest number Ol votes in each uistrict shall be aeclared elected. THE SIX COMMISSIONERS above named stall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen, and shall each hoid ofice for the term of seven years, and sali each receive au annual salary of $6,000 aud devote their time to the interests of the city. And any member who shall fall to attend ane sexsions of the Board of Aldermen during the first twenty sessions shall have deducted from, ais com- pensation the per diem allowance of $14 a session. The second section of this charter sets forth in sVery specitic yet pmsl terms the manuer in which the duties of the Executive sara shai! be dis- Charged, and 1s as follows:— That the Commissioner of Fiance and Taxation. the Com. missioner of Volice, the Oommisstouer of Fire, the Comal sioner of Pabiie Works, the Commissioner of Water Sewerage and the Commisstoner oi Kaueation shall be known THE EXECUTIVE HOARD euided over by the Mayor of the discuss all matter sot 100 1 ice and Taxation, a Board of Com- a Board of Commissioners of Fire, loners of Public Works, a Board ot Commissioners of and Sewerage, a Board of Commis. siovers of Education, That each of ‘sald Commiasioners abaiibave the general supervision of the particular depart- ment of which ne is the bead and of all the subordinate ofl. cers of his particular department, subject w the control and order: bxecutive Buar iting a6 @ Board for that the’ city when ound 10 ‘dof Finance aud Taxation they shail perform ail the duties under the charter required. to be done by suid Board; and when in Session as a Board of Police Commissioners they shail th under the charter required to be done en in session a8 @ Board of Fire Com- perform uil the duties under the charter Fequired to be done oy said Board; and when in session Board of Public Works they shall perform ail the charter fed in the Worl that portion to the water supply, the construction and re- construction of sewers; and woen iu seasion asa Board of Water and, Sewerage Com: hey shall perform all the duties herevo‘ore vested in dof Public Work: relation to the supply of water from the Passaie River, extension of the water works, the supply and use of water, the construction and reconstruction of sewers, and assessments to be made therefor, and ti Said city, to be denominated On their fact roment, and asa Bi Water sctip;" and when in session as a Board of Cornrats- ‘ f #ducation they aball perform aii t the charter, to be performed by the Board of Education tyre, vided, tat said Board shall not be obliged to nold sessions during the month of August in any year, unieas the publie at any time by tue proclamation of the 3 aan ee The office of clerks to the various Boards existence is abolished, and that of Clerk of the ex: ecutive Board is created, He shall record the pro- ceedings of each Board in a we] é Journal, and he 4s empowered to hire the requisite number of clerks, The Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall make. all Qbbroprisvons for the various departments. ay! oa \ Washington and orge the matter | Genartnens shal expend more tn ai AY, ®EBKUAKY ZY, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. | tzea to proceed one vear than jhe amount set forth in the tax ordinance for thas year. A monthly Quancial statement will be pube ed, and NO FURTHRR BONDED DEBT en be created except by authority of the Legisia- It is expected that under the foregoing provision Which convey the outlines of the charter, some of the honest and intelligent business men of the city May be induced to take office, SENATOR M’PHERSON’S BILL. McPherson, the Senator irom Hucson county, has a smail bill on the subject which is very simple And Contains but one section, with the usual enact- ing clause, ‘This bill, if passea, would in itself prove an exceilent remedy for tne municipal troubles, for the present year at all events. It provides that all the exisung commissioners shall ve continued, but that the term of the members thereof shail expire on the ist of May next, and that commissioners ve elected to tll their places at the ensuimg Charter election, Tais simpie expedient would restcre to tne people the principle of seif-goverument, and 16 1s hardly to be supposed that the republican pari would dare to fignt against the elective principle. Such an kee Would \erminate their supremacy in the State, THE OFFICE-HOLDERS! CHARTER 1s a document characteristic of a ring that clings fast to power, however unjustly acquired, The ob- Ject of this charter 18 mauiiestly to confuse and ve- fog the Legisluture, that by raising an eadless discussion on amendments the last week of the ses- | sion will flud notning accomplished and matters will remain m statu quo, A iew extracts would sufice to show the iusidious character of tne | measure, Whenever a vacaucy may occur in any of the Boards ol the present city goverument such len shail ve Hiled iy the following very smguiar Within one month next preceding the expiration of the term of oflice of any incumbent of any of said Boards, the Board of Aldermen of sald city shall, at a regular meeting, by a piurality of votes, nominate three per- Sons for each vacancy #0 thea abeat to occur; within ten ‘cays thereaiter the Mayor of said city shall appoint one of sald three persons to fill such vucaney, and ile a notice of ‘such appoinin 2nt with the Cierk of said’ city; the person #0 appointed #hal’ thereupon be entitled to succeed the incum- bent whose term was about to expire. In case the M. jh {Iso to appoint and tile notice 4s aioresal athe said Board of Aldermen shall forthwith, regi mecting, by & plurality of votes, appoint one of three persons, and the person #0 appointed shall there- id incumbent, anid upon be entitled to succee Such a proceeding is in perfect accord with the SPIRIT OF THE PRESENT CHARTER, Why not reverse the process, giving the Mayor the power to nommate and the Koard of Aldermen to select? A tew very erous (*) concessions are Made, No more Wooden pavement is to be put down. ‘The powers of the Board of Aldermen are enlarged, The taxes for 1872 for city purposes shall not exceed two per cent on the valuation of Is7l. But it is also provided tat the number of men on the police force may be increased ten per cent in any one year, It 18 also proposed that A BUREAU OF SURVEYING and engineering shall be estabiished, the expenses of which shall not exceed $50,000 per annua. ‘This 1s certainly very liberal compared with the cost of the department for the past year. But the people can engage a staf of emment surveyors tor halt the amount proposed in the Ring chart It is further roposed to legislate into office a Beard of Finance, p that instead of abousning commissions, or limit. ing the operations Of those already appointed, it is | proposed that a new one shall Le established, Mr, Plympton, the representative of VHE BUMSTED-PAVONIA CLU! in the Assembly, has another bill to legislate into oilice a Board of Education tor Jersey City. Tue bill is now in the Senate, and there it will remain, It 18 bad enough to have the commissions ap- | pointed by the Legislature, but to have one | @ppointed by a ward political junta, representing @ small section oO: the city, is intolerable, Senator McPherson's bill, providing for the appointment of @ board of Education by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen ot Jersey City, has been received with such favor by the Senate that its passage is certain, dur. Plympton’s indisereel utterances in the Assem- bly about THE EXIGENCIES OF PARTY in Hoboken was the first periormance which brought him into notorigsy, und it 1s likely to be nis last this session, ‘The Committee on Municipal Corporations of the Legislature will hold 3 session this witernoon in the Assembly Chamber, to hear arguments for and auainst the foregoing charters, so that they may be able Lo report a bulla; an early day, Mr, Wandle, one of the Jersey City memoers, 18 a member of this SpE OR and i his capacity a8 such he under- 00k to ERASE SOME IMPORTANT FEATURES of the Ciuzens’ Association charter, Mr, Ransom promptly informed him that sucn alterations would not pe submitted to by the Association. If the Com- mittee should endorse Mr. Wandie’s action the asso- ciation will appeal directly to the Legisiature when | the bill is reported. The fight will in all probability | commence next week in either branch of the Legis- | lature. ‘Thus Jar the legislauon has been of little account, REFORM IN RICHMOND COUNTY, ‘The Voucher Robbery Uractised by the Ring. The corrupt officials on Staten Island are in a | very precarious condition at the present time, The annual term of the County Sessions opened on ‘Tuesday last at Richmond, where warrants and summonses were issued by Judge Metcalf for the ap- arance Of alarge number of prominent oiliclais jourt, he proceedings are instituted by the Reform Cowmitiee from the diferent townships. On Tuesday evening last a young man of respect- able appearance called at tie residence of Mr. Van Name, in Castleton, in Whose charge the records of the village were left by tne Clerk, and asked tor the village books, stating that he was sent for them by the Clerk. Mr. Van Name, not doubting the statement of the “young gent,’? gave him the records, which con- tained (he names and Dbilis of vilcials throughout the eutire village for years. Since then nothing has been heard of them, and the name of the tndl- vidual 18 not known, ‘There 1s no doubt but he was. the hired tool of certain persons who were awaiting invesdgation, and wisned to have all evidences detrimental to themselves destroyed, They are, however, “euchred in their little game.” for the accounts were previously duplicated and are now 1n the hands of the Couuty Clerk. ‘To-day four jus- Uces will ve arraigned at Richmond on various charges. THE GERMAN IMMIGRATION SOCIETY—AN- NUAL MEETING, The German Immigration Society heid its eighty- eighth annual meeting at Liederkranz Hall last night, when the election of members tora new Bourd of Directors resuited in the elecuon of Messrs. Frederick Schack, Theodore E. Buek, Dr. Johannes Roes#ing, Carl Rose, Willy Waliach. William A, Schimitinenner and L. A. Dellus, who, with tne ex- ceptivn of the Jast named, were members of the old board, and, with seven members of the old board holding over, having been elected tast year, will form the new board for the ensuing year. An amendment was adopted providing for the appoint- ment Of salaried physicians to attend to the sick under the care of the society, im place of tne volunteer system i age m use, The annual peper, jad ad, showing that the society aehehey during ite ear $7,200 1n ald of poor German Linmigrants, The assets of the sociely ammount to $36,000, ‘The German imumigra- Uon at this port during the jast year amounted to 83,609 persons, an increase of 12,829 ay compared. witn the preceding year. The tidqof the Gertgafy Immigration 18 al present mainly wirected to the States of lnois, Pennsy:vianla, ‘atonigan aud Mis- sour, ARREST OF A M4N-EATER Peter McHugh, a tall, owertul man, residig at No, 230 West Sixteent’ street, and Willlam McFar- laud, aged twenty, of No. 129 West Nineteenth street, about he) the size of McHugh, on Tuesday night met 01, Seventh avenue, near Sixteenth street, both beSag under the influence of liquor, While they “#ére engaged in conversation a dispute arose, ang which McFarland knocked McHugh on the pavement, and, falling on him, succeeded ta getting ‘McHugt’s nose ta his mouth and biting the end om, McFarland was arresied by olficer Buck, of the Sixteenth precinct, and locked up on acharge of mayhem. McHugh was conveyed to the station in Twentieth street, where his wounds were dressed by a police pry eee! alter whieh ne was jocked up Ou @ Charge Of intoxication. Yester- aay morning they were conveyed belore Justice Cox, at Jeflersou Market, where McHugh reused to make a compiatnt, stating “it Was ali over now." A complaint of disorderly conduct being preterred against McFarland he was comiitted to the tsli for sIX montis in default Of $1,000 ball, McHuga was uischarged With a reprimand, SEWER GiS—A GOOD SUGGESTION. To THE Epirork oF THE HERALD:— Having read in your paper lately a number of com. | munications in regard to the cause of fever in our aweilings, and especially the one prepared by Dr. Morris, in which he states that they are caused vy the escape of foul odor from the street or main sewer into our dwellings, Ihave made the avove | subject a study forthe last four or five years, and | have come to the Conclusion, long since, of the ne- | cessity of @ law which would compel the owners of | buildings to continue the drains now connected | With the street sewer to the roof of their butidings | without @ trap intervening. Any person may read- | ily see how pertect the ventilation of our sireet sewers would then be, for we should then have Lwo | openings for every twenty-five feet of our street sewer for the escape of foul gases, to tue | rool of buildings on each side of tue | Street, thereby relieving the sewer of that strong pressure ol foul gas which we now flad pressing its Way through shaliow traps and joimts made by in- ferior workmen, eacouraged by unscrupulous em- ployers,, with putty or mortar instead of suider or ead, ‘This t8 @ suvject which vitally concerns us all, Ihave irequenily found this odor quite strong wuen visiting in Cifflerent parts of the city; while | the occupants of the house have not perceived it When it has been escaping some eight or ten mouths previous, gradually increusing 48 tue crevice in the pipe becomes larger, until it has been uiscoveredt by some one Jamiliar with the cause, I propose to Prepare @ paper in @ lew days snowing How the ‘waste pipes can be go arrauged that it will be utterly impossibie for any gas Whatever to escape into our oneun H. RICHARDS, Nuew YoR®. Fan. 22, 1872, | three cars were ins} the docks, They Were locked up vo answer. 5 CHOLERA COMING. Important Meeting of the Board of Health. CONDITION OF THE CITY THE FILTEY How Loathsome and Disgusting Diseases Are Distributed, by Street Cars. s On the conciusion of the usual routine business of the Board of Health yesterday afternoon Presi- dent Bosworth called the attention of the Commis- sioners to the immense heaps of manure that were now lying around the borders of the island. He said the medica! gentlemen of the Board were ap- prehensive of THE ARRIVAL OF CHOLERA during the coming summer; and if such should be, the case they were afraid the consequences might be terribie unless proper precautions were taken to thorougbly cleanse the city before the warm weather set In, During the winter months, the President said, manure was dumped on the east and west sides of the city, until it became a very dangerous enemy to the health of the people, He had caused an inspec- tion of those places where the manure was dumped to be made by one of the assistant health inspectors, and the report sent in by that gentleman shows the danger to which the community 1s exposed in the event of hot weather coming prematurely. If tnere is any duty thac we owe to the peopie, said Mr. Bos~ worth, itis to have this manure removed, A gen- eral discussion ensued upon the question, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS FEARED the manure could not be taken away as quickly as the Bourd wished, while others thought the 1st of May would be soon enough to clear oif the manure. An order of the Board was finaily determined upon, and it will be issued immediately, tustracting the owners of these he ps of manure to have them re+ moved before the tirst day in May or April. The following eee of the City Sanitary Inspector on the condivton of the street cars was read and ree ferred to the Sanitary Committee:— In forwarding the special reports of the Heaith Inspector upon the sanitary condition of the city horse railroad cars there seems to be an almost unanimous expression of opin: Jon that the cushioued seata and backs ure not and cannot b kept in a cleanly and wholesome condition; that the meamt proviied for ventilation are not adequate or weil managed y that the offensive conditions of the cars, as a rule, are owing’ more tothe over-crowding and to the'class ot people who ride in them, as {s weil filustrated i one of the reports thas speaks of the difference of the condition of the cars which traverses the central portions of the city compared with those which skirt ite borders, ‘The latter, being largely patronized: by LABORERS AND MECILANTCB, i who enter the cara just ax they quit thelr day's work, reek- with perspiration, begrimed with dirt, smoke or grease to h they have been exposed during’ the day, This is Btrongly Wusirated In toe Tenth avenue ana weit Railroad ne. ‘The Seventh avenue Iine is spectally mentioned as having dirty, greasy cushions and backs and filthy straw, Thirty= don this line and ail were found to- ine in seventeen of the cars the ictent andl faulty, having only anged as to turn upol nin, 4 of the car of ab uehes In length by six inches in width. irty, being changed, it was said, Twenty-three cara we pectors, On the Forty-second and Grand streets line the straw on }e ear floora is described as very filthy, and those having cushioned bueks and weats were tii a very objectionable con ition, One hundred cars were examined on the Eighth Avenue Une and found insutliciently ventilated, having ouly an open- ing at each end over the door, in the Third Avenue caré 102 vehicles were inspected; twenty-two of, then were of the old pattera, low-rooled and badly ventilated. “Tue upholstering was in an uncleanly cou- ition, In the Harlem Bri ntila- amall* ch of the Third Avenue road forty- ed, Tn these the straw is removed emer necessity. edonthe Tenth ‘Avenue and Belt ported as having cushions thatare daily, and oftener when Fifly cars were exami es ina good cleanly conuition, owin the depot every evening the ci en, and the floor slats or matt then washed inside and outst No straw whatever is used on t . xth avenue line 18 reported iu good condition, No ei straw is used, Forty-nix cars ot the avenue © line were examined. They were found to be ail new and in a clean conaition, e straw was removed daily and the cars were swept every nizht, ‘The use of straw and the filthy conaition of the teats are the great grounds of complaint, a4 being conducive to, tue spread of divease and the discomfort of tue travelling public, The following reports from the various bureaus were received and adopted :— ‘The Sanitary Committee respectfully submit the folowing report on the Work of the different bureaus for the week end: ng February 1%, 1872: ‘The City sanflary Inspector reports « total of 1.458 inspec Hons by the Health Inspectors, as follows, viz.:—10. publid buildings, 716 tenement houses, 56 private dwellings, 17 other dweliings, 12 manufactories and workshops, 6 stores and warehouses, 131 stables, 2 markets, } brewery, gut-cleaning establishments, 6 fat rendering ments, 61 nousEs, courts and alleys; 65 ite pipes and drains, $1 closets, , 17 other nuisances, 4scars and 107 vieits to contagious diseases. The SLAUGHTER lots, 27 aD wage Inspected and number of reports received from the Health Inspectors was 193. During the week 44 complaints have been received from citizens and reterred to the Health Inspectors for in+ vestigation and report. His report shows that URING "1 clothing, bed- es of smisllpox were removed to the hospital ¢ corps and one dead body to the Morgue. ‘This repert iso shows that 67 sinks aud cesspools have been cleaned and disintected by the night. scavenyers under permits of the Hourd, and’ 209 loads of night soll removed from the city, Permits have been granted to 17 vessels to DISCHARGE CARGORS on vouchers from the Health Oficer of this port. ‘The vae+ cinnating corps haye visited 11,762 families, 14 factories, and performed 8,246 vaccinations, of which 623 were pri- mary and 7,623 secondary, There baye also been 2,220 cattle Inspected At the market yards, of which 23 were found bruised and 10 badty bruised, ‘The following comparative statement of contagious diseases reported for the two weeks ending February 17 and 2 a 24, 1872 7 ——— Fevers. ———, Diph- Smale Thu. Typhvide Searlete Measles. thes? 4, “mau 1 6 103, 16 ie Py 0 % February 17.. Febraary 24., 2 5 2 9 ‘The Register ot Records reports as foll- ey: During the red 621 «oaths, being an tn and an excess of 107 “ymotic di eases pro- leveloy 4; of scarlatina from + Of Whooping cough {rom 8 oll; of typhoid fever from 7 t0 1, and of nag It “eer from 4 tod. The deaths by measles at 3° "6 13; by diphtheria and croup ‘together, from 11 19 20; * ud Of tyvhus fever, from 1 to 4. ‘Lhere were reporved 3 .ditional deatus from potted fever, Diarrboral affection’, Caused 14 deaths. Phthisis pulmonglis exhibited an @Ucraordinary fatulity, its deaths amounu the fargest weekly number ever registered in this cl the next largest having been 102 in the week ending Mardh Is71, The local respiratory affections likewise appeared to ietpate im the same unfavorable influences, as they ccca- stoned 105 deaths, their average weekly mortality since Jan- 1 having been 85. The following were the principal meterorological feature of the week am recorded for this department at the Cooper Unioni—Maximum temperature, 58 degrees; minimum tem. Perature, 18 deurees; average datly range of temperatur 5.40 degrees; greatest daily range, 27 di mean tern: perature, 34.15 degrecs—being degree Jess thi tof the corresponding period during the pastten years, Mean Feading of the barometer, 29.776 inches} mean degree of bu- midity, 47.61. ‘The Attorney reports as follows :—Numoer of actions com: menced for non-compliance with orders or violations of health laws and ordinances, 37; number of judgments obs tained in pending actions, 4; number of actiona discontinued upon evidence of abatement of all onuse of complaint, 335 umber of complaints by inspectors examined and form of order endorsed thereon, 294; number of such complaints examined aud retcrned ‘for tuture examination and re- port, Tue Captain of the Sanitary Company of Police reports the following as the amount of meaty fish, “ke. seized and confiscated as unfit for human food :—Cattie, 1; sheep, 38; hogs, 26; veal (carcass, 1; veal (bob), 68; fishy 1,362 pounds, ¢ alaughter hoyses of the clty are reported ‘as being i good sanitary condition. pox di hed from 25 t s % The Attorney has been directed to prosecute M. Donohue & Co., 646 Ninth avenue, and P. H, rrin, 435 West Forty- first street, for violation of code, ‘The Sanitary Permit Inspector reports the following per- sons as still continuing business in violation of the viz, :—Birdaall & Reed, 285 Tenth avenue; J. E. 444 West Thirty sixth street; Mary Leonard, Fifth-eighth street, between Fitth and Sixth enues, and Jobn Martin, Fifty-seventh street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues, against whom the Attorney has been ordered to commence action. A OO8TLY SPREE. How Two Brooklyn Youths Robbed Their Aunt=$1,500 dered in Seeing the Elephant—From the Thentre to the Jail. Three Brooklyn youths, named John and James Kelley and Eaward Waish, determined upon see- ing the elephant in New York, having heard that the animal was on exhibition, and that it was only necessary to take along a few greenbacks in order to least their eyes upon his maguificent proportions. They accordingly riflel the trunk of their aunty, Mrs, Cailuhan, who resides at the corner of Navy and Prospect streets, two weeks since, of the suin Of $1,600 in greenbacks and $60 In silver, all the money she had, and Which was the resuit of many years’ savings. With tais sum they started out, dodging every shadow whicn fell across their pathway, in. the dread of capture, They irst took the cars’ and went to Trenton, N. con and they then returned to Greene street, New York, wiere they beheld the elephant as be is shown up ia the metropolis The wine flowed frecly, and auaty’s mouey likewise, They paid $10 per bottle, in tueir muorance, for Greene street wwe. ‘hey bought severat girls elegant silk dresses, rigged iheinseives out im the disguise of gentiemen, hired coaches and private boxes at the theatres, and wore kings for the day, Aunty’s $1,600 only lasted a few Gays, and the boys found themselves penailess. James Callahan, they say went to New Orieans, and yesierday Walsh and John Kelley were arrested by Devecuve Dunn, of New York, and brought to Brookiyn. Keiley says , they were airald to spend the $60 in silver which they took, and tuey Accordingly threw itaway along