The New York Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1872, Page 8

“BOARD OF AUD IT. Weekly Meeting of, the Board. Th Submitted Claims from the Fire, Department, | Board of Public Instruction and Court Attendants. Payment of Evening School Teachers. ‘Long ‘and Heavy Pay-Rol's Audited, Al- Bowed and Ordered To Be Paid. “be Board of Audit held thelr weekly meeting | ‘yesterday at the Comptrolier’s office. The audt- fice was as large as usual, and order was preservea " py a budy of police, There were no demonstrations ‘ef discontent, and the proceedings were of a more Shan usually orderly character, The fullowing re- + port will show that a large amount of business was @isposed Of, and that many city creditors will be Fejoicea on finding that their claims are ordered for immediate payment. SUBMITTED CLAIMS. ‘The following claims were presented to the Board by the Comptroller aud ordered to le over, under ‘wae rules:— Peter Bocy—ills for labor and material furnished under the order o1 the Superintendent of Lamps and Gas, trom July B to December 30, 1871, $418 25. Baker, Voorhis & Co.—Bill for law books furnished ofice ef Counsel to the Corporation, from January 13, 1871, to No- vember 21, 1871, 503 42. ‘A. Beach, couusel—A case of People vs, Darias D, er Brandon, for washing street lamps, repairing, DS ‘, ji; Sigerson, cleaning sewers from April 1 to April 21, me from May 1 to May 30, $4,057 60, me from Jane 1 to June 30, $3,977.50, ne from July 1 to July #1, 84,947 60, me from August 1 to August #1, 184,292 60, Stgerson, same trom September 1 to Sepiember 30, 84,202 bi, ¥. 4. Sigerson, same from October to October BL, 84.145, Julite Mack aud Bernard Smyth, plumbing in law olfice, November 27, 825. Renben Smith, rent, $1,750, J. Molloy, carpentering, 2,008 67. DEPARTMENT. $18 00 18 00 18 00 Marphy Nesvit, ) J. A. Horsier. 18 0) Morgan Iron W'ks, 1,172 61 M. Lenitan .. 18 00 Daniel Berrier 4 Villian Owens. Tron . Torp + 11150 M, Meavoy W813 Kirk & 1 Le ,730 20 Denis Hayes. James Conway. 1,560 93 Lacteman & Di 1,796 76 “erty 2.W Josep! Wilis 2 Seesseeesee ny @ommercial Adver- tiser Association... ests KERKESHELSS! si Baker, Voorhis&Go 8 00 Jol 00 MB. brown t Co. 1000 Ow 65 00 Bratsted & hell = 23. 4B Ro! 108 v0 ry 0M. ‘lyman. 318 15, 8100 Gitta Perc 4010 Belling and Tack- 77:00 ling 4,220 00 85 00 Aajustabie iron 25 00 in. - Yommeubacner d& iy Segiin Bros.. a a fs Wariem Gas Co. ay W. J. Séraidi 288 23 Amoskeag 2,852 50 facturing Co 697 00 198 00 R. J. Gould. 3,147 70 1,140 76 Gi M27 73 3.004 28 3,107 35 Est 12.00 Lovell 506 00 17.35 William 250 00 18 0 SUPPLIFS. $16 W) Travendale & Co... $3,132 50 300) LG. Tilson & Go 'S1T 78 a ¢ J. Chester, 1 85 iy 4. T. Bloomie! Total... .... OTHER C1 Anson Herrick & Son. Andrew Miller, July. Andrew Miller, Au,ust ‘Andrew Miller, Sepiember. Andrew Miller, Vc in T. Wrady. Rew York Leader, May t New York Leader, January The World & Co., trom June to @rant and petit juries, from s r ‘The Comptroller pres Dartnent of Public Inst Ties for December, 18° Public schoo's (day)... High schools (evenin, for ALARIES AND WA Statement ot claims of Court auter Douglass, services as armorer to December 81, 1 August to ‘or kalary oitice, for September to Nov- - sti Frank A.’ Conelly, ior salary as’ ‘Assistant "Cleric, County Burexu, Comptrotier's oilice, tor Uctober to L T, 18:1, and twent Ji our days in cl th etober to December, 1871. 4 . for services as Hayiuaster for months iy aod August, 1871, aud traveliiag ex- penses.... artis Peck, for servict ber, 157 Sawe’s Byrne, for atten Park, from J! otlice. « ae a s cleatier for December, it7i. ‘vices as cleaner for Noven and De- ‘cember, sil B. G. Clark, servi ber, 1871 ices as messeng AUDITED CLAIMS—EV On mouon the pay rolls of teachers and assistants @f evening schools, for the montis of October, No- vember and December, 1571, duiy presented to the Board and rejerrea to anu examined by the Finance Department and certifed by the Auditor of that Depariment as correct, were declared audited and allowed, amounting in the aggregate to $52,600 46, THE CROTON AQUEDUCT. A like resolution was adopted as to the pay roll of | engineers and assistants and laborcrs employed on the Croton Aqueduct reservoirs, for the month of December, 187i, amouuling in the aggregate to $5,401 58, THE CITY SURVEYOR. The claims of U. V. Smath, City Surveyor, amount- ‘Mg in the aggregate to $4488 24, which were pre- feated to the Koard at a public meeting heid on the 47th revruary, and having been eniered in tue Book of Record of Claims jor puvlic inspection and evjections, and Pn five days having elapsed since ‘the p: niauion thereof, and no objection being Made to the payment thereof, and having been ‘operly certified to by the Acting Auditor of the nance Department, Were deciared audited and allowed. DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION, The ciaim of the Instituuon tor tne Deaf and Dumb tor board, tuition and clothing of three apf for one year, 1u amount $ 20, was referred the Finance Department. THOMAS DUNLOP. Claim of the above for wages for ber, November and December, 1571, as Coliector of City Kevenue, one and one-yuay per cent com- mivsion, amounting to $4,682 14, were audited and allowed. MORAN & ARMSTRONG. The claim of Moran & Armstrong for balance on contract and extra work atthe New York Asylmn for Insane and balance on contract and extra work at Be.levue Hospital, and materials furnisied tu the prosecution of such work during the year 1871, hay. tng been duly examined and certified as correct, ‘Wus audited and allowed at $29,426 96. DOLFAX & OVERTON. The claim of Messrs, Colfax « Overton for rent of mises 264 and 235 Broadway, oceupted by the parunent of Pubuc Works, lor the quarter end- ing November 1, 187i, amounting to $4,260, was allowed, James R. Byrne, services as bookbinder, for tools and materials, November 18 to Decomber 24, 1871, $288 Yi; audited, allowed and ordered to be paid. 4 WITNESS FEES. The claim of Moses Weiler Lor fees as a witness, ssited in benali of the State m the case entitied ihe People of the State of New York vs. William Rich (indicted for grand larceny), presented ab bie Meeting held om loth February, 1572, aud entered on the book of record of claims for public inspec. won and objections, were declared audited and slowed at $10, there being no objection. HIRAM DILTS. The clatm of Hiram Diits tor services as farmer for December, 1871, amounting to $75, Was audited, allowed aud ordered w be paths AY ROLLS, ing tor August to Novem: services, Octo 8 ermeiver, eclinnlen and laborers in Buren ot o December, Weleveese - +. Olivers avs appottters of Di sang iment of Buia Ondobsr jo Decomabep, 17}. ne OF Bulan wt, as og | ee | Plished and the great improvements they had (Qerns and senographeryt Genera) Sessions... .. 3,875 00 ; Ralaries of clerks Brand ot ‘Supervisors for Sep- temiver to setae ++ 9,166 06 Oficers and Board of Assessors for Octo- ber to Decemper, £671. Mary M. Closky, F County Clerk's offee for + 1224 y Septem Salaries paid by National Sroadway Ban! Oficers and attaches of the ofices of the Mayoralty for October, November and December, 1871,...... 10,374 87 Ali the above claims were ordered to be paid. CLAIMS FOR CONSIDERATION, Commissioner VAN NoRT moved that the foliow- ing claims be considered at the next meeting:— Holland & Poster, Surrogate’s Oilice; genera) pay | roils of County Clerk’s Ofllce; pay rolls of tne Bu- reau of Clerk of Assessments, The resoiution was ‘eed to. CLAIM REFERRED, Commissioner Van Norv moved that the pay rolls of (he engrossing clerks in the oftice of the Curpora- on Attorney be reported to the Chairman, and that he be authorized to obtain the opinion of Judge Porter in relauion thereto, and to report at the next | meeting. ‘The resolution was agreed to. Pp bal adjourned until Ihursday next, at three CHEA! BR GAS, ‘The following communication has been sent to the New York Mutual Gas Light Company, with a view to obtam a lower rate than has been hitherto charged for the lighting of the public lamps :— DeraRTMENT OF Puntic Works, COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, 237 BROADWAY, ) ‘ New York, Feb. 29, 1872, ©. K. Gannison, Esq., President New York Mutual Gas | Company:— Sim. -Ascertaining that the New York Mutual Gas Light Company will ve furnish gas to the cliy of New York in at least a limited extent by the firat day of April, and in an increased amoant continually thereafter, and inasmuch as it is the ardent desire of tment of Public Works | to economize the expenditures of the city wherever | the same will be consistent with the public in- teres, and believing the. amounts now ._ paid pa by the several gas companies to be excessive, especially i the prices paid for lanor and do- meatic and imported coal at the present day are compared with those pai) during the period of our late civil war, whi the prices were so raised, and more especially where, con: ering the important. privileges enjoyed Vy all the compat in the right to lay their mains m the public streets, cc, which no allowance is made the city over and above. the charge per thousand feet exacted of private consumers, lead me to solicit from your company, through you, a consultation asto whether some iutuaily beneficial result to your new company and the city, which in this case I represent, can- | not be obtained. Please, therefore, at an eariy date ‘com- had, Re- | |. VAN NORT, Commissioner of Public Works, BOONOMY IN THE DEPARTMENTS, to be Cut Off— All Something to be Saved from the Appropri- ations. The following reanest was yesterday sent by Comptrolier Green to the different departments of Needloss Expenditur: the municipal government:— Crry OF NEw York, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. COMPTROLLER’S OFFICR, Feb, 29, 1872. he Board of Apportionment and Audit consti- tuted under chapters 9 and 29 of the Laws of 1872, at & meeting heid on the 17th instant, apportioned to for the period commencing with January 1, 1872, and terminating with the 30th of April, 1872, the sum of . ‘The Comptroiler respectfully calls special attention to the following extract from | Une act (chapter 9, 1872):— Anj the said Comptroller shall, once in each week, furnish a atatement to exch of the departments in said city, and to the Ofticers of said county, showing the appropriations so made for carrying on such department during the period aforesaid, | and the sums patd up to the date of such statement, for oF ‘on account of each appropriation ; an all be the duty of To 4 | | such department and officers to regulate expenditures 10 that they anal! not exceed the appropriation so made for the | period aforesaid; and no Mabiiity for any purvose.whatever | shall, during the period aforesaid, be incurred by any ofticer or department within said city aud county beyond the appro- | priation so made. It is exceedingly important, in the present con- dition of the fiscal aiairs of the city, that each de- partment and officer of the government should, by cutting off all needless expenditures, bring its out- lays within the least sum copsistent with eficient administration, and itis hoped that of the liberal | apportionment made to your department a consider- able portion may retain uneXpended at the termi- nation of the period above mentioned, which may be available towards reducing the expenditures for the remainder o! the year. Wath very great respect, ANDREW H. GREEN, Comptroller, PAYMENTS BY THE COMPTROLLER. The Comptroller will pay to-day to the Depart- ment of Public Parks the sum of $50,000, for wages ot laborers employed in vuhe parks and on the Boulevard, DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. ‘The Board of Docks met yesterday afternoon at | their rooms, Leonard street and Broadway, John T. Agnew presiding. The Executive Committee reported favorably on the petitioa of John H, Starim that the siip between piers Nos. 4and 5 East River be dredged to a depth Of two feet at low water ai bulkhead. The Board adopted the commiitee’s recommendation, and or- dered the secretary to nouly Henry Sinith, the les- see, that the work wouid be done by the Board and the bill sent to him for payment, ‘The same committee recommeaded that repairs be made on pier 40 East River, and the New York Balance Dry Dock Company, lessee of the pier, was | therefore ordered to place six new piles on the west side of the pler and replace the backing pieces | Where necessary, A petition of W. S. Klotz, that the Board, at its | ) Own expense, dredge the slip adjacent to the bulk- , head foot of Rivington street, was denied by the Executive Commitee, and the Board endorsed the deuial, Mr. Klota appeared before the Board to explain why ne bad made the fh Two years ao he procured the lease, but had verbal promises irom the then Comptroller that the ship would be dredged vy tne Board of Docks, and though he ad- mitteu that by the terms Of the lease he was bonud to dredge the sip, yet, a8 a matier of equity, he thougat he was not. The Board advised him to dredge the slip and then send in a bill. Commtssioaer HUNT reported that he had investi- gated the case ol the New York and ‘Troy Sveam- voat Company in regard to the leasing of the laod / under che water at part of pier No. 44 North River, The improvement a! the pier covered au area of | 6,977 superticial feet of land, which was valued at $25,000, and be recommended that his agreement With the company to lease to them the land at an annual rental of $1,750 be adopied. The recom- mendation was adopted, and the Chairman, on cail- ing for the vote, stated that the Commissioners | having secured from the Commissioner of Lanas certain rignts over the land wader the water of the rivers, had addea a very considerable amount of | property to tne city. The Auatting Committee submitted their report, recommending the payment of sundry bills, amount ing In the aggregate to $2v,797 41, the largest item being $3,750 for omce rent, and of the total sum $4,750 had been already paid, ‘The repurt was adopted, | | street around to fourleensh street | Broadway had started a scheme; but after a con | was sent to Bellevue fHospital, ‘The Commissioners did not seem to be very much discomfited by the probaple dissolution of the Board. Some of them, beiore the meeting formally opened, ireely stated that they did not fear criticism of their | official acts, and that the work they had accom. effected were plain to all to be seen. The city would jose mach more by their removal than it coud easily regaip. Their familiarity with the de- ° partment Was 1 itseli a serious consideration, and | the pians «hey had laid for further improvements | | might tong remain undeveloped in new and inex- | | periencea hands, The deparsment had been ail aiong aliming to make the docks and piers of the city second Lo those Of no other city in the world. SHOOTING AFFRAY IN THE WHITNEY HOUSE. James F. Randall, a cosored waiter employed at the Whitney House, charges that at an early hour yesterday morning Paul EB. Lowe, aged twenty-two, | of 10 East Tweitth street, came to the novel and in- | quired if a certain lady was in the hotel. As the walter hesitated to reply he states Lowe seized him by the coilar and shook fim violeatiy, Alter being liberated Randall started down stairs, and when about hail way down te looked around und saw | Lowe presenting a revolver at ium. tte claims that | when he put fis foot on the step below he heard a& | pistol snot anu jetta bail whizzing over his heal. He secured the services of Ollcer Brady of the File teenth preciuet, avd Nad Lowe arrested. ‘Phe pris- | oner was arraigned before Justice Cox at Jerferson | Market yesterday moraing and demed the charge, but was Committed in defaale of $1,000 bail to ane swer, ANOTHER FATAL CAR CASUALTY. Serions Char, Ag ta Driver. Amen named Michael Finnegan, late of Mott | Maven, Westchester county, died yesterday in the Ninety-pinth Street Hospital from tne efects of in- juries, 4 lew days ago deceased was riding on the frone platiori of a Third avenue car in the upper part of tbe city, When he eliner fel or was pusaed off, and Was run Over vy one of the car wheels. Aller admission to toe hospita! kinnegan told seve- ralof his jriends that the driver pushed him irom the car and ine ieli belore wwe wheel. Coroner Keenan Will make an investigauon, LECTURE ON IRELAND AND THE IRISH, A large audience embled leet evening at Cooper Union to listen to a lecture by Rev. George W. Pepper, late chaplain Uniced States Army, who took for his eubject the Irish uprisings of 1793, 1848 and 1867, Tke chair was occupied by General ‘nomas Burke, and the Jecture, as @ matter of course was enthusiastic ig praise of the heroic Celts who lave so Jong pasied ae the British Protestans throne, ‘The jact thet Mer. i . Whose heart beats dor the an case, largely contribured to i} sue ba Sith wis Jrke LeLOW-CiUZOD Hs UNDER BROADWAY. Progress oi the Underground Uailway Scheme 1,150,000 subscribed—Proposed Amendments Asked For—All the Property Owners but 4. T. Stewart Yield to the Clamor for Rapid Transit, A meeting of the Sub-Committee of Ninety to secure rapid uransit between the extremes of the island took place at 49 New street yesterday, ‘he committoe are Edgar F, Brown, John J, Daley, John MeDonald, W. H. Cheesbrough, A. J. Deraie, E. N. Tailer, Jr., and Robert H, Strahan. The committee, whose ovject is to consider and report upon the best of the many underground scuemes, listened to several gentlemen who had suggestions to offer In support of the central underground plan. Mr, A. A. SRLOVER Stated that before the war in Europe negotiations were opened in Europe to se- cure money to build the central underground, bat On account of the struggle proved futile, Sincethen another effort has been made, and $3,150,000 cash subscripuons have been made, subject to certain amendments to the bill being emboaled, The bill | now proposes to run from City Hall up Mulverry hrough the blocks to Madison avenue and to the Harlem River, The amendments proposed 18 to run from the City Hall on Broadway to the Battery, and up Broadway to fwenty-tuird street, thus avoiding avout $3,000,000 land aamage, Mr. A, T, stewart, he said, had been conterred with on Wednesday, but de- clared tuat he would never consent to any road being built upon the street s0 long as he lived, Le said he would figniit tothe bitter end, If the amendments now beiore the Levislature 80 as to prevent other companies bemg authorized to work under Broaaway passed, there would, he said, be no difficulty In scearing ali the capital necessary. Mr. Selover further stated that Messrs, Giisey, Meyer and otner large property owners on | ference ubey had accepted of the underground plan and taken stock, and pow A. T, Stewartappeared to be the only property owner who had deciared his intention to oppose it. Mr, Seligman, m answer to questions, stated that | there were already subscribed $1,150,000, and the total cost for coustrucuon and equipment would be about seventeen mistions of dollars, ‘Lhe proposed | amendments are to extend the road to tie Battery, | under Broadway, and across the Harlem Kiver, changing the present rouie from Madison square, EDWAKD MATHEWS, (he €X.ensive property owner on lower Broadway, strongly favored the scheme under Broadway, and deciared that he had taken stock fn it to a considerabie amount, and, as far as he could ascertain, all the property owners, with the exception of Mr, stewart, were disposed to do ail they couid in favor of the completion of tie work. The committee, alter listening Lo the remarks of ine advocates of the underground bill, adjourned, and will make their report next week. Mr, DALEY, of the committee, reported that the stockholders were genuemen O/ the highest dnan- cial standing in the city. A MOTHEX AT FIFTEEN. Death of the Iufant and the Mother, In the rear of No, 146 West Seventeenth street lives Mrs, Douglass, a respectable colored woman, and two or three daughters, all of whom in years past were slaves in Virgimia. President Lincoln’s | Proclamation set them free, and during the war they came North and located in this city. Mrs, Douglass was industrious and supported herself and children by taking in washing, cleaning house and doing any work which she was able to perform to the satisfaction of her employers, As the girls grew up two of them, not heeuing the advice of their mother, mingled too, freeiy with certain men of lighter hue toan tuemseives and became corrupted. A few days ago Matiiaa, one of tue girls, fliteen years of age, became the mother of an illegitmate child, which died toar days | subsequently, aud an laquest was held over the re- mains, waich were buried at the public expense, ‘The young mother was attended with as much care as the limited means at command would admit of. Maulda, however, sank gradually till yesterday morning, When death ensued, robably trom puerperal fever, Rev, Willtam F, Mitchell, of the New York Colored Mission, 135 West ‘Thir- tieth street, wno hud veen assisting the family a@t intervals in their distress, reported the deatn to Coroner Herrman, a$ he thought tt a fit subject for investigation. Mr. Mitchell had listened to the whimsical ana somewhat superstitious stories re- lated by the tamily, and so common among the be- nighted blacks that he imagined that possibly there might be something wrong connected with ne death of the young woman, althougii there were no tangible facts to warrant such a conclusion. Last evening the remains of Matilda Douglass, which are to be buried py the city, were sent to the Morgue, where Dr. John Beach will make @ post-mortem ex- amination, after which Coroner Herrman will bold an inquest, NEW YORK CITY. Dr. Holland, so well known to us through his con- tributions to literature as ‘Timothy Titcomve,” will leciure this (Friday) evening, under the aus- pices of the Young Men’s Christian Associauon, on “The social Undertow.” Henry Hines, of Williamaburg, fell down the hatchway of the schooner Ia Beller, lying at the foot of Bethune street, and was fatally injured about the head: He was atuended to by the Surgeon of the Ninth prectuct and sent home, Edward Zeiger was found in Twenty-sixth street yesterday afternoon by Officer Nealis, of tne ‘Twenty-first precinct, suffering from smalipox. le ' and trom there to the Sinalipox Hospital on Blackwell's Island, The canary birds of the Narragansett line of | ty, Steamers Were auctioned off yesterday by Mr. D. A. | Mathews, 587 Broadway. The birds were sold ag art of the personal estate of the late Mr. James isk, Jt, and realized, with the musical box of the steamer Providence, bout three thousand dollars, A meeting of the Eighth Ward Council of Reform was heid last evening in the rooms on the north west corner of King and Hudson streets, at which there were avout flity gentiemen preseut, exclusive ol eight reporters, Mr. Bourne addressed the ass sembly a considerable lengta as to the corruption of the Tammany Ring. At a quarter-past seven o'clock last evening James Lynch, seventeen years of age, of 308 East Twenty. sixth street, was stabbed in the breast while pass- ing through Twenty-fourta street, near Third ave- nue, by Edward Callahan, who then ran away, but Was afterwards arrested by the police of the Eighteenth precinct. The wounded man was sent to Bellevue Hospitai. Acommittee of the Produce Exchange met yes- terday to decide upon the advisability of changing the locality of the Exchange building; but some of the members being absent, the committee ad- journed without acuon to Monday next. ‘Phe ques- tion 1s Wuether the present buliding suall be pought or a& new one erected in some otner part of the city, and it 18 thought tuac the propositiou for an Oi Exchange may delay its settiement for some weeas yet. Company D of the First regiment National Guard State of Pennsylvania, one of the crack military companies of Philadelphia, have accepted an invit tion to visit Albany in June next, and will be re- ceived by the Seventh regiment on their way to Alvany. This company were particularly lavish’ ta their attentions to the Seventh wh deiphia two years ago, and the York wiil doubtless be a grand atfar epiion im New At half-past four o’ciock yesterday afternoon an unknown man committed suicide by hangmg him- self in a new buildiag tn Seventy-fourch street, be- tween Third and Fourth avenues. The body was sent to We Nineteenta precinct station house aud tue Coroner notified. He was about five feet six inches tigh, Wita sandy complexion, goatee ana mus he, mixed coat and Waistcoat, green neck- | A, Yes, sir. tie, gray striped trowsers, boots and a brown feit Mr. ton—I hope the triers will oblige you. hat. ‘The tiers sustained the challenge. A Meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the New York Iniirmary, 123 Second avenue, to ald tn rebuilding the hospital for women and children in Chicago, which is now being tempo- rarily supped by the Cuicago Relief Commitee, | | | | Dr. Mary Thompson addressed the audience at some length on the need of efMicient assistance being rendered jor tnis onject by New York. After this address Dr, Bellows, Who presided, suggested that ‘ Joilyer should deliver @ lecvure im this city, the proceeds of waich should be devoted to the vdject of tae meeting. Seven nundrea ana fifty u 14 were promised to be taken, and it was slated | 1 ! < subscriptions could be sent to Mr. Join E. Wiis liams, President of the Metropoittan Bank, or Dr, Le M. Avpowl, 210 Kast Fourteenth street, NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT. Opmions were delivered ‘Yesterday in the matter of Qnarry street, Trenton, which was opened a year ago from Warren street across Willow, and im- Drovements stopped by an appeal of parties as- sessed, who had been the petitioners for the tm- provement. The assessment was confirmed. The Hnprovements will now go on, tne State, the Mavor and Aldermen of Jersey City vs. the Montclair Ravroad Company.—The Sppolntneat of Commissioners get aside, Without Tue Jersey City Insurance Company va. Morris ace ean ie aes Company, on Vdemmarret.—Ap- mandal to © collevt taxes, Writ refused. peatrtracise iiss et al. va, the Mayor aud Aiderapc of Jetaey O¥ec erg OF Jersey O19, 0; payee Y OS, Proceedings MINKE De | it visited Phila- | MAYOR HALL. Another Day Spent in Empanel- ling a Jury. The Twelfth Man Found— The Jury Complete. ‘Tne selection of a Jury to try Mayor Hall, which has been the work of the Court of General Sessions | for the past four days, was resumed yesterday morning. Eleven had been obtained 1n three days, two being accepted by Mayor Hall notwithstanding their avowal of a bias against him. There were about a hundréd names on the panel to be drawn NEW YURK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. sons agate, ine Mn ? A. Yes, if Ihave s tise as River) or, To Mr. Ciintoa—I suppose I have a little bias, de rived srom what I read in the papers. A LEGAL TILT, Mr. Shafer urged on the triers the acceptance of pd pt, notwithstanding the {ack cod ae as . 1 OF Lhe opposite political y, coasts Sele Aan te ee g some other ney believ posed juror honest and fair-minded. He insistea that, except so far ag the deience had the right to Waive them, there was no objection to this juror. He charved that the effort to Keep this inan off the jury resuited from the private feelings which were Co- trolling the prosecution, Mr. Lyman Tremain answered, conaemning earnestly the attack on Mr. Clinton a3 unauthorized, unjust and unfiited to the solemnity and impor- tance: of this proceeding, He urnestly hoped that this trial wonld be raisea above al! personal ques- Uons, so that the verdict, however given, would 1n- spire confideace in the community. ‘Mr, Shafer said tus allusions were simply to Mr. Temain’s associate, Mr. incon, Mr. Tremain asked what was meant by private interest. Who here was personally opposed to Mayor Hall? Mr. Shafer—Mr. Clinton; be has not spoken to when the proceedings were opened yesterday, ‘The jury was, however, completed about four O'clock, by the obtaining of the twelfth man, who was considered by ull parties very ciegibie. Except that the attendance was decidedly less than yesterday (a0 many of the panel having been | called and got if), the assemblage was nearly the | same. Sherif Brennan was the most prominent | among the new attendants yesterday. Mr. A, Duncan, of No, 44 Lexington avenue, who was the first witness who took the stand, said that he knew the navure of the charges, had expressed opinion on them, and was excused, to be followed ummediately by John 8, Tuttle, for the same reason. Edward M, Duncan, @ brother of the frat man catled, nad expressed his opinion on the general charges. Mr, liaton inquired, however, whether he had {formed any opinions as to the willul neglect | of the Mayor to audit these claims, and was answered that on those points he had formed no opinion. The principal chalienge was not sustained, He was caailenged to the savor and examined by Mr. Suaier. He had read the repeated charges against the Mayor, and had an impression in bis mind which might require some evidence to remove, but did not tink he had any bias which would interiere with Dis doing his duty In the jury box. To Mr. Uitnton—He had no impression as to whether the Mayor had intentionally or willully neglected to audit claims, Q By Mr. Snafer—Do you think having, as you say, an impression on your mind, you could do Justice as between the accused and the people? A. Atnink I couid; it might need some evidence or ex- planation to remove that impression; I have talked to my brother about this, but not to any great ex- tent; 1 don’t know his positive views, nor do 1 think he knows mine; lam a voter; I belong wono po litical association ; I know Mr. Jackson 8. Schultz, Mr, Cunton, continuing, said:—You have heard | the testimony of the juror, and Ii you think that his mind is perfectly tree and: unbiassed, so that in re- spect (o the Only question that will probably come before you, to wit, whether the Mayor wiltully and intentionally neglected his duty in the particulars specified he ts free from bias, taen it will be your duty to accept him; otherwise, to reject him, Yhis in- dictment charges that the deiendant wilfully ana intentionally neglected his duty. An omission to perform his duty, through mistake or inadvertence, which was entirely unintentional, in my juagment, Would not be a wilful neglect of 1t under the siatate upon which he ts indicted; so that, as I view this case, the only point at issue is not whether the Mayor omitted his duty in the particulars specified, but whether be wiifuily and incentionally omitted to peitorm ais duty oa that sudject, Ex-Recorder Smith addressed the triers, contend- ing that tue answers which the proposed juror made showed that he was incompeteat, ‘the gentleman said that the matter of tuese general Charges against the city Officials Was frequenuiy talked about by Bim and his brower, in whose house he resiied, aud they had made an impres- sion upon his miad, ‘The triers asked a question of the juror whether he aud lus brother ate togetner, to wich Mr. Dun- cau answered, occasionally. ‘The triers could not agree, and the prosecution consented that the Chaileage be sustained. George W. Millar, paper seller, of 10 Sprace street, had expressed an opinioa about the Mayor’s guilt Or npocence and was alowed Lo go. James Adair, an undertaker, of 359 Fourth ave- nue, got away for the same reasou. isaac Van Beuschoten, of 51 Cannon street, gro- cer, had been in Court the last taree days, bul bis | Opinion allowed fim togo at last, | Wiiitam #, skidd, of Washington Market, was in | Just the same position gud lett very qui |" Jacob August, Of 42 Lispenard street, knew the charges aud hud expressed an opinion, Excused, Wuiiain HH, Breeden, dealer in rubver géous—Is » ; MOL one of the Comsuittee of Seventy; ne resides at | No. so Kast Twenueth street and should think he had formed an opinion tor or against ine Mayor, ‘fo Mr, Clinton—He had no opinion as to lus guilt or innocence on the specific Charge or class of charges of which this was one. To Mr. Suith—1 spoke of an impression rather than an opinion; Lam not @ member of the Union | League Club; Lhave read the charges against the | Mayor for some tine past; 1 cannot say how much | creuit 1 gave to the staremenis of the papers; I ; Tead them and vwook them for granted—that Is, that there Were some grounds for wem; notwing has occurred to change thas impression, Mr. Clinton consented that the challenge be found ‘ue, William B, Askins, Mquor dealer, of 947 Sixth ave- ue, had jormed opinions, and got off, Richard H. Kelty, of 724 Broadway, in furnitare business, knew the nature of the charges, and, having an opinion, alter three days’ waiting was allowed bu go. Philemon Canfield, of the Twenty-sixtn ward, was calied. Mr, Gunton asked waoere tiat ward was. | Hada Westcnester been already annexed? The wit- ness 13 @ Mason, and does business at 325 West Tweity-fith street, but bad opinions of his owa, and Was excused, Joseph Strauss, of 72 Leonard street, shirt maker, had been in Court long enouga to flad out the charges against the Mayor and express an opinion. He was allowed to leave. | strect, was also excused for the same reason. Abraliam Boum, liquor dealer, of 30 Liberty street, had formed an opiuion in general on the charges against the Mayor; he had not formed an opinion on tuts parvicular charge, bat had sormed an opinion last fall, He was excused, Moses Strasburger, importer of watches, 29 Maiden lane, got away witl three answers. Edwin G, Gorton, dealer in straw goods, of 482 Broadway, had formed and expressed decided Opliions on the subject. Charles Corn, hatter, of 489 Canal street, had nov formed any decided opmion; could not say he had formed any opinion; ne might have formed an opinion When the charges came out; couldn’t now say whether reaaing the reports made any imores- S100 OF DIS Mind; CoUldA’t say Whetaer he believed the reports to be true; some of them might be true and some not; it never bothered him much; he tuougnt he could go 10 the jary box without bias. I Q. Do you belong to any Kefurm Association? A, don't. Q. You attend to your business and let politicians attend to theirs; is that ity A. Yes, sir. Challenge withdrawn and chalieage renewed by the prosecution, Juror—i don't delieve I have read the charges all the way through; Idon’t remember anything at ail abou them; tuey were something about fraud; [ principally noticed about Counuily; | don’t know what kind of fraud; I suppose they were frauds against the city; something about (his Court House, 1 velieve; Ldido’s know whether the Mayor had to | sign toe warrants; | supposed the Comptroller had | bosign them; I have no linpression as Ww the charge now, either against the Mayor or the Comptrotier: | L didn’t think any more of toese cnarges atter I | read them; the jast time Il read about them was when Connolly was arrested, Q. You would like to be excused, wouldn't you? Samuel Bernhard Shaw, of No. 32 Greenwich aves nue, manulacwurer of ladies’ clothes, got off with @ few questions. Mr. 5. Livingstone having answered once inaudl- bly, shouted out bis “Here!” to the second, to the amusement of the Court, and gave a decided attirm- ative Lo the stereotyped questions, and was allowed w go. award A. Newell, of No. 10 Barrow street, fur- nishing goods, thought he nad formed an opinion as to the weneral charges, but as to the particular class of charges for not auditing or examining accounts he aid not think ne had an opinion; be did not think he had any impression as to whetner Mr. Hail wil- fully or corruptly audited these claims; he had voted agamst the Mayor, that is he had voied the Tepublican ticket; he supposed that was against bim, ‘The defence agreed to accept him, To Mr. Clinton’s challenge he said his opinion was as to the general charges of oficial corruption, but not against the Mayor; | do not know that he’ was included in those charges; | meant in my answer vo counsel that | had @ vague impression that in some respects the Mayor had been deretict of his Samuel Rosner, shoe dealer, of 116 Chatham | Mayor Hail for two years. Mr. Ciinton—That 1s not true; I have had no per- sonal animosity to Mayor Hall. If he has toward me | am not aware of it. Judge Waly aaid he should not hereafter permit @ny such allusious or remarks, Mr. ‘lremain, thanking the Court for its an- nouncement, proceeded to argue that the willing- ness of the other side seemed to them like tie Greek’s gift, and made them suspicious, He claimed that this suspicion was confirmed by the witness’ apparent setf-contradiction and by his apparent ad- Vocacy of the theory of the defence. ‘The triers found the challenge true, A recess was here had, ‘The Court having reassembled, the culling of the jurors continaed. George Kk. Lunsing, svorn—Know the nature of the charge azainst the Mayor and have expressed an opinion in rezard to the same, Set aside, Bennett Wilhams, sworn—Was tn the lace busi- ness, at 773 Broadway; had not expressed an opinion for or agaiost the Mayor, Challenged as to lavor—Took the HenaLp, Times and frivun:, and sometimes the Sun; recoliect the articles in regard to the Mayor, but generally read them hastily; manv days he had not time wo read the editorials; never read Sunday papers or had them in his house; the perusal of what he haa seen | had not produced an impression upon nis mind; Tead them so hastily that pe did not pretend to judge whether the charges were true or not; the facts were ou his mind—that 18, he recollected the facts as stated; did not understand wheter the charges called tor explanation or not; did not know whether or not they were merely a squabble among pulitictans; we have sometiing siml- Jar Washington such as selling arms to the government; ing the truth; Knew, of course, that the articles contained charges against the Mayor; could not say that they prouuced @ favorable or unfavorable impression about the Mayor; was not a member of any political association; nad not contributed to the cause of reform or attended any meetings for reform, and was not acquainted with the members of the Committee of Seventy: had oiten been in contact with persons who talked about these charges, but had always sald that he did not pre- vend to say who was right and who was wrong; if he had formed any impression it was not ot a char- acter to require evidence to remove it, ‘To the prosecution—Remembered an article in the Times about what was paid on account of the County Court House; was not quite sure that the Mayor was reflected upon in those articies; had not read the articles thoroughly; thoughs he had read editorials in the HERALD and Kvening Post avout these matters, By conseat of both sides the juror was excused, James White, sworn—Was a job printer at the cor- ner of Pearl and Pine streets; had tormed an opin- jon as to the charges against ‘the Mayor. Set aside, Joseph Whittield, sworn—Was out of business at present; had been in the fancy goods busivess; had formed ‘an opiuion im regard to tue charges. Set aside, Allan J. Cumming, sworn—Was a merchant; had formed an opinion in relerence to the charges against the Mayor, Set aside Charles J. Cook, sworn—Was in the tobacco busi- ness; had iormed an opinion about the charges. Set aside. James Turner, sworn—Was a banker; had formed @D Opinion about the charges. Set aside, Bartholomew Smith, sworn—Was a manufacturer of grates and fenders at 213 Grana street; ad lived in tne city since 1885; had not tormed or expressed any opinion for or against the Mayor. Challenged as to favor—Had no bias against the Mayor; had not read anything at all avout the charges, except the headings in the papers; had not discussed them; had not talked avout the Mayor; there was nothing on his mind, one way or the other; coutd go into the jury box and deliver a ver- dict according to the evidence. ‘To the prosecution—vid not ‘read any articles in papers that be did not like; voted for honest men when he knew them—voted for Jimmy O’Brien because he thought him honest; had never taken any interest in politics except to vote for honest men; people might nave said something io him about Mayor Hail; some one had spoken about nim once; might have been im connection with the fing; thero was Bill ayes, mentioned and Andy Garvey; he knew Andy arvey. Q. How jong have you known Garvey? A. Oh, Garvey 1s a plasterer, on Third avenue: [ will teil you how I Know him; he owes me $12 and I can’t } get it; I made him some fire screeus for his country house last summer; do not Know I'weed personally; had neard ot him; delieye he was once ioreman of the sixth. By consent of both sides the juror was excused, Benjamm ¥, Wheelwright, Jr., sworn—Had no business or employment; was formeriy in the dry 8 business; resided at 12 West Seventeenth street; had lived there nineteen years; nad not formed an optnion for or against the Mayor. Chatlenged as to favor, Had ye an impression, but could banish it on taking hits seat; thought ne had an impression now, lounded on what he had heard discussed; was not connected with eal re. form commitiee; read ali the morntag papers; liked the Times and 77 iOune best, bur saw the Tribune oftenest. To the prosecution—Was the son of Mr. Wheel- wright the President of one of the banks, e juror was excused by consent or both sides, Thomas Wheen, sworn—Was formerly a grocer, but was out of business now; did not look at news- papers except to read the price current; had not. Tread much in the papers since tne rebeillon; had no impression on his min from what he had read; had resided in New York since 1833, except e1gnt years, ‘when he was In the South, BY consent the juror was excused. Joho H. Frers, sworn—Had tormed an opinion about the charges, Set aside, Alexander W. Hume, sworn—Was a tailor, at 847 br Ah had not tormed an opinion for or against e Mayor. Chailenged as to favor, Had had some discus- sion wita customers and acquaintances about these Matters; had read some lew articies against the Mayor, but it was some time ago; that pernsal created sume sligut impression, which still existed; it would reqaire somewhat of testimony to re- move it. By consent the juror was set aside. Abram C, Bean, sworn--Kept a boarding house; had formed no opiaion for or against the Mayor. Challenge as to favor—Did not Kuow,that these charges iad been discussed in hts boarding house; nad bever discussed them htinself; his health was not 80 seriously affected ag to interiere witn his being @ juror; had read the articles in the Times and /ytbune, and they had made an Impression, but go far as it Was against or for the Mayor it was re- moved; was not @ member of any political reform association, ‘To the prosecution -Nad no claims against the city; did not know Mr. Tweed or Mayor Hall per- supposed tne charges he read included the M 5 the triers found the challenge true, and the juror was set aside. Charles A. Edwards, sworn—Had formed an opin- jon about tne charges. Set aside. Henry Decker, sworn—Haad furmed an opinion about the charges. Set aside, Bernhard Bernhard, sworn—Had resided in the city twenly-live years; was a resident of the Seven- teenth ward; had not formed an opinion about the particular charge in this case, Chaileuged as to favor—Had read the articies in NT per ior breakiast; they sometimes gave nim a re ppeuuie; they produced an impression. By consent the juror stood aside, Bernard Bisig,sworn—Had formed a fixed and decided opinion fvout the charges. Set aside. ‘fheodore VY, Bacon sworn—Knew the charges pretty generally; understood what the charge was in this case, but had not jormed an opinion avout it Chalienged as to favor—Was @ banker and stock broker; read the cnarges last summer tn the Times; that peyusal did not create an impression as to the gullt of any of the parties; looked upon them as ex parte statements; formed no opinion as to their trath of falsehood ; nad no impression as to whetner the charges were true or untrue; had po interest im Poiltics, but voted; was not and never had been connected with any political organization; felt con- fident that ne could deciae on the evidence: be- | longed to the firm of Bacon Bros, & Starr, in Broad | street; had been in business since 1858, Mr. Bacon was then sworn as juror No. 12 and jast. The jurors then answered to their names. The full list is as foliows:—Foreman, James W. Jame: agent, 11 Orchard street; Mattnias Clark, president Of an insurance company, 393 Canal street; Ro- maine A, Lukomski, trunks, #30 Broadway; Lewis Kreuder, dry goous, 63 First avenue; Yooeph Ww. Simpson, laces, 609 Eighth avenue; Henry A, Van- ness, lurniture, 753 Third avenue; Horauio Reed, slaughterer, 512 West Fifty-fifth street; James Bar- ber, late liquors, 221 West fwenty-tlith street; Jacob S. Hutchings, wool, 237 Lexington avenae; William Robinson, piumber, 58 West Twenty-third street; Wiiham Bis, sail maker, 19 Ludiow street; Theo, D, Bacon, banker, 26 Kroad street, duty; | uad not in my mind any parucular charge of paying frauduient claims; 1 don’t see how any man could go through every paper presented to him, physically; in my own business | tell my cashier to setrié a certain claim and he brings me a check; | ask him if tt 1s correct, and if he says yes, I sign it. Q. Suppose any one brought you a pill for goods entirely out of your line of business, for horses say, ‘would you sign It? Alter some ciscnssion the question was with- drawn, and to a further question the witness said:— “If that was the ordiaary course of the Mayor's office I silould say it was proper lor him to sign the warrants; i 1¢ was not then I should say that it was improper in him; | don’t kaow the facts. y Mr. Sbafer-—Have you Uppressions or opin. | The Court then adjourned until eleven o'clock this mornings NEW YORK INPANT ASYLUM. Quite @ novel and inverestng entertainment will be held this (Friday) evening at Cooper Institute for the benefit of the Infant Asylam, in “Clinton place, over which Mrs, Commodore Garrison presides. Be- sides Dr, Colton’s lecture om “Laughing Gas,” tn- cluding Its effect on some js seiected from the aualenco, there Whi also be an exhibition of the new and brijiant one lid ich 18 DOW ive! atiracting such unl Bae aati Doremas has kindly | Daratus for the porvose. aid not pretend to say whether eitner side was tell- | STOKES’ GRAND JURY. Argument of Counsel Against and For the Legal Action of the Grand Jury. ANOTHER ADJOURNMEN The case in which the legality of the Grand Jury which indicted Edward 8, Stokes for the murder of | James Fisk, Jr., 18 being tried was resumed yester= | day morning in the Court of Oyer ana Terminer be- | fore Judge Cardozo. Tne District Attorney not having put in any evi- | dence contradicting the {acts proven by Stokes? , counsel, the argument on the law points which had | been instituted by defenaan’’s counsel was re sumed, Counsel for prisoner read from the constitution of | this State those portions referring to grand and petit | juries or giving power to tollow the common law in | reference to the sciections of those bodies, It had | been proven in this case that men other than those | on the petit jury lists had Leen placed on the Grand | Jury, some on their own svilcitation and some at { the instance of Judge Bediord, He quoted from Enghish statute law, which is now followed in this State in relerence to the selection of Grand Juries, to show that unless tne Grand Jurors were selected. | 4m strict conforilty in all respects with ibe require- | Ments of the statute, the Grand Jury, or so-called ; Grand Jury, could have no power to find av tadict- | ment. If there were upon tne Grand Jury that tn- | dicted Svokes any persou or persous uct selected | by the officers io whom it pertained by law to | selec grand jurors, the whole body of grand jurors was vitiaced, and the indictment pur- | porting to be tound by them was void, Be then quoted the dictuia of Lord Brougham | 1n relation to the sacred duty counsel vwed to a | client, and said be was thoroughly imbued with the | same spirit as Lord Rrouguam as to the sacred duty | of counsel to Kuow nune other than then clients, and to exhaust every legal process in their behall, | Lawyers who sald they knew nothing of criminal | law, and affected to be ashamed of veiug known as criminal lawyers, did not Kuow what Luey were uttering. ‘The knowledge of criminal law presup- posed the Knowledge of human rights, and the greatest lawyers in all Christendom were those who. thoroughiy understood the principles: underlying what is known as criminal law. ‘This was not sim- ply @ case affecting Stokes, bat it involved questions ofthe highest moment, relauing to consututional | law—alfecting the rights and lioerties of all citizens. fa Grand Jury could be iegally empunelied, as this one has been shown to be; if en could get on Grand Juries, as they had 01 tois one, who were not. eligible, and ‘simply 1or the askimg; if o.her men, Who hdd been drawn a3 grand jurors, could get ex- cused through favoritism, us they had tn this case, it was time for Lue peopie to Know it. If a man or any number of men could control or inruence & Grand Jury, a5 this one had, apparently, been con- trolied and influenced, aud ior the pu: pose of injur- ing Stokes, it was time the people siouid know 16 and understand the risk they rua trou such @ 1008e administration of the law. DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARVIN said that so mucu had been said on the ovher side that 1t was hard to kuow where to begin to answer, or what tosay. An able counsel on the other side had exhausted every poimt, and cited every possi+ bie authority, and le had the responsiblity of ans swering all this solitary an’ alone; but he nad the solace of Knowing that he was addressing a Judge who had given right decisions in cases 1a which authorities had been quoted and exhausted wo at- tack and demolish great iustituutons for trivial rea- sons, and that great iawyers had trequently faied in. such attacks Wien Made belore the present Judge, and the Judge’s decis:ons nad invarlavly been sus- tained by @ higher court. He said that altnvagh ne ‘Was opposed tu counsel on whe other side on the merits of tie case he coulu now and would not tind Jault with them tor exhausting every effort to de~ fend thelr cleut. The mudictineat charged Stokes with killing Fisk—— MR. M’KEON HERE SPRANG TO HIS FRET and said, in®& most energetic manner, that there ‘Was nO indictment, the so-cailed imdictment being only a piece of paper preseuted by # mob, aud he did not want the District Attorney to be permitted to assume that there was a legal indictment. Judge Cardozo suid that great lautuae had been given to counsel for Stokes, and the same courtesy should be exteuded to the District Attorney. Mr. McKeon resumeu his seat a3 quicaly as ne had arisen Irom tt. The District Attorney, resuming, said that the indictment ciiarged Stoxes wiih killing Fisk, and no one doubted the truth of the finding of the Grand Jury. The trouble was not that iniormaliies might have happened in the selecuon of this Graud Jury, but that they had jound a true bili against a mur- derer, That was where the shoe pinched. Nearly all the objections raised ugaiast this Grand Jury were of a cilaracier scarcely worth answering, and some of them that seemed of gravity at tirst sight, could easily be shown to be of ho welght. A great point had been mace that one of the grand jurore had not been assessed as @ property owner, and that | another had not exercisea tne privilege or te elective francnise. Authoriues were thes cited to show that these causes aid not reader these men disqualified from serving a8 grand jurors. Many mea Who were neither Astors nor Stewarts would make as good jurors, or perhaps be\ler than men as Wealthy as Astor or Stewari, and wou not be ag likely to ty to shirk tae duties appertauing unereto, Athad been objected that some of the grand urors were exempt, and, thereiore, not eligible. sxemption was no bar W service, I the party | exempted waived his privilege and volun~ teered to serve, and this haa been done im the present case, ‘There nas been no _ proof that any of the grand jurors were not men of good | Character, nor was there any laierial proof ol the fact charged that tne Board appointed to select the grand jurors knew that sume of those selecved were not qualified to serve. Au authority was them cited from the famous Morzau abduction case to show that as longus the grand jurors were sub- Stantiaily qualified as tne law airects trivial mat- ters, as (0 properly entering their names on the list, and simular matiers, such a8 the exact signing of the list, were not of vital importance, It nad been contended on the other side that the list of grand jurors in the present case was not signed by the Board appoited to select the Grand Jury, and that therefore, there was no legal list. 1t was undisput that Judge Baroour, the chairman of the and the Commissioner of Jurors who acted as Clerk of the Board had signed the list; and that, doubtiess, was a suustuntial couformity With the law directing tne seiection of grand jurors, which law, in fact, was mereiy directory, jeavil some latitude of judgment among the memoers of the Board, and was not pereuiptorily mandatory as to every littie detail. The list, so signe!, was @ Med in contormity with law, in the Vounty Clerk’s oifice, It had b-en endeavoret by tke over side to introduce evidence to ie eifect that Fisk, person- aily and otherwise, had eudeavored to 1aflueace the Grand Jury to find aninaiciment against Stokes and Mansfield, but such evidence had been properly ruled out. Alter 1urther argument the Cuurt adjourned. A POLICEMAN ARRESTED. i How He Engineered a Dog Fight Locked Up a Man He Assaulted. Yesterday afternoon a party of Tenta avenue roughs were congregated at the corner of Tenth avenue and Seventeenth street, enjoying a fignt be- tween two dogs. As the fight progressed each par- ty grew anxious in regard to his favorite qog. Among the spectators present was Officer Thomas Scullion, of the Twenty-eignth precinct, dressed in citizen's clothes, who took great interest ina yellow. bulldog which has already made arepatation. There was also present in the crowd a civilian named Hugi’ McCourt, residing at 446 West Seventeenth street, who was deeply interested in the opposing’ dog, @ brindle bull. McCourt made some remark at which Scullion took umbrage and, drawing vack his fist, it 1s alleged, planted a powerful biow on the Jelt cheek o1 McCourt, which nearly felled him to the pavement, A tree fight was now imminent, and but for the interference of the bystanders would probably have resulted fatally. Alter the parties wee separated McCourt proceeded beiore Justice Vox, at Jefferson Market, and got out a warrant lor Scullion, which, was placed in the hands of Sergeant McCoart, of the court squad, the handsome mauner in which McCourt’s head’ was frescoed and the testimony of & man who witnessed the aifray being sufti- cient evidence to guarantee the Justice in Ub ge 3 @ warrant, Alter McCourt left the court room an ‘was proceeding on his way home he was met on the street by Sculiion, who arrested him and conveyed him to the Sixteenth precinct station house, where he obtatned the assistunce of two officers and con- veyed him to the Twenty-eighto precinct station, where he was retained. McCourt will be conveyed vefore Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, when Scale lion will be placed under arrest. DEAD OR ALIVE? On Friday, last week, John PD. Blanchard, & prominent business man of Palmer, Mass, fell dead 1m his own door yard, from what was supposed to be disease of the heart. On Monday oi this week the funeral was held, the grave dug and prepara~ tions were making to convey the body from the house, when the life-like appearance of the face wag. remarked and donbis expressed as to the body bee. Ing dead. It was also discovered that the bl was limpid tn his veins and there were warm mom under his arms and on nis oack, The idea of burial was given up aud w gaivanic battery ap- fe by tne doctors,, without, however, restori fe, ‘The doctors give'tt as their opinion that he dead, yet they advise that interment be delayed unul “oe of decomposition are visible, It 1s now h day since his decease, and the face 18 an- chan; in life-like appearance; the piood fole lows the fi 4 ws itis pressea along a vein on tt arm or hand, and the warm spois continue, The: Js. Is Mr. Blanchard dead or alive?