The New York Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1872, Page 10

» BOARD OF AUDIT. Proceedings at the Weekly Meeting of} Te Ex the Board Yesterday. Payments to the Departments--Long List of Submitted Claims—Counse]’s Opinion To Be Taken as to the Payment o/ Com- mon Council Employes, The weekly meeting of the Board of Audit was held yesterday in the office of the County Auditor, The attendance of the public was large, chiefly con- sisting of employés of the Department of Public Works and the clerks of the Common Council. My, Storrs, Clerk to the Board, read the minutes 1 the previous meeting, which were confirmed, ° - AUDITED CLAIMS, ‘The following claims were allowed, audited and ‘ordered to ve pald COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES AND ‘ORREOTIONS. 36 Brunjes, Ockershan & Co., f $1,0 Delaware, Lackawanna a | road Company, for coal .. « 53,271 25 Lane & Son, ior tour, 71. WO Joseph LH. Thomps B.S. Wyckoll, groceries. Powers & Wightman, for drugs. Colgate & LO., 80aP..... Hawleyville ased Mik’ Works Gom- + 5,480 86 were a ner claims also allowed under $1,009 ea amount of the claims DEPARTMENT OF ©, Ryan, salary. PUBLIC WORKS, $458 83 Seven laborers 43 13 Peter O. Keet pairs, September to Decemb 450 00 Thomas McGuire, Inspector of ber to December. 368 00 Willtam Donerty, Tn: n 14 00 John Barclay, luspector of Regulaung Seventy-seventn street, August to Decem- ber..... se seeeene 886 00 James Waddell, axeman, October... Rereeccreserccreccccrres + 130 00 Robert G, R. Green, axeman, September to November seve 195 00 Joseph Furgiet iice, September to December. 875 00 @ames McDonnell, Water Police, § r. 83:83 A. W. Mariort, Inspector of Sewers, Sev- enty-second street, 416 00 Robert McGill, Eighty-ninth street outle! 308 00 Joho Kirnan, Inspector of Pavements..... 129 50 Thomas McCawkey, Second avenue and Bighvy-sixth sireet. eoesee 91 00 DEPARUMBNT OF PUBLIC WORKS, A list of ciaims were allowed, audited and ordered to be paid. The claims were submitted by Isaac Evans, pur- chasing agent, temporarily assigned to the service of the Couptroller, and amounted to $4,080 Patrick Conolly, might watchman, Comp- troiler’s oftice,’ September, 1871... - 95 00 J. W. Kisher, September, 1871, mght service 95 00 liam ‘I. Black, balauce of salary, 1871, Surveyor of Commissioners of Ta 800 00 Jobn T. ‘Toal, salary us Clerk to Board of Coroaers, Seprcinber to December 31, 1871 1,166 66 Expenses of Committee of Speciat Investi- tion of citizens. bikes 820 00 c. W. Lawrence, expenses of mptrotler’s oft August 28 to vecemb 1871... 146 00 SUBMITTED CLAIMS. The following claims were presented and Jaid over under the rule:— Knickerbocker Ice Company; ice for Connty Courts. ea eis soe +» $2,060 60 Ninth Reginent Band for services at Wood- lawn Cemetery, July 16 to 20, 1871 «e+ 1,088 10 Deimonico for rauioas to Ninth regiment, TUNY 12, UST. rerccvccccerssecessecececees 1,619 00 Porter Brothers — tor Twenty ond regiment Novemt» 1871. + seteseceseses 1,250 00 Nathaniel Backlee tor rations furnished Sixty-ninth regiment, July 12, 187 ++. 14125 00 Harry Rockafeller, Colonel Seventy-tirst regiment, amount claimed for services duly 12-18 and November 7, 1871... - 1,521 00 George W. Sauer for repairs and 0 armory of Ninety-stxtn regiment......... 1,430 00 ‘Nhe remainder of these claims were under $1,000 each, and wi mainly for expenses of armortes ud the Natioual Guard, amounting to about $15,000, James Muldoon, armorer to Washington elcction day, Grays, 1871. ..... 730 00 Christan Tasch, at ment, May 1, 1871 490 09 Robert Snannon, pi 3 December, 1871. ...esreee- sae . 73 00 Jonn Reed, painter of lumps, December, 387 as f 78 00 Richard Quinn, pain ber, ISTL.... 78 00 James Heffernan, paint ber, 1571,.... os ‘T. Brady, painter of lamps, De Wiliam B. Rockwell, compiting Annual Re- port of City Champerlatn tor 1870. National Broadway Bank as assign painters of lamps of Public Works, trom 15 1 August 1 to August 15, 1871... ¥ ugust 16 to Au 31, 187 1,745 60 Heury Vaudews SS inter of s r Jamps ior Department of Public Wor August, 1STL Commissione! for scloois cont house. Gills & ratu Sieam Mung and repai August Nammer, for cleaning stoves and grates and painting for various scuvols.. Thomas Angell, repairing heallug appa- Tratus for Kchools........ Blmonas Manufacturing ¢ 8, 3,585 00 tion, the atns- of Charities and Corr nected wit 7,280 00 590 00 1,459 21 168 29 1,122 64 mpany, for re- patripg furnaces in various schools 1,501 86 P. Puillips, for cieaning stoves and fu ing grates in schools a i mas Angell, heating aratus for senools .... rat 8, BO Woodward Pup Com vans ratus..... o = +» o¢ 2125 00 Alonzo Dutch, carpenter work in schools.. 2,100 00 National Schoot Furaiture mpany, furat ture for schools,.... 6,504 70 M. Fitzsimmons, repair AS a fi Ss phemnnicie Kt 1,066 00 George W. Xpenses incurred at Juneral of Watson, late County Auditor, . eee * ++ 1,085 00 George W. ‘Room penses Incurred at review of the military aad civic societies, April 10, 1871. ssoceveres + 1,225 00 George W. Roome, expenses for reception of socheties on 17th of Marci, A871........ 825 00 George W. Koome, expenses for reception of Fenian exiles. eee 80 00 Frank E. Towle, City Surveyor, for survey of streets... <paiak sesseeee 2793 25 Frank &. Towle, City Surveyor, for survey of strecis, irom Fourteenth to 126th strect. digavupeeice SOF 40 ‘or, for survey + 4,227 00 Fravk E. Towle, Ciiy Surv Ol Various streets, wis Barker, delivering g! + 2,463 60 ewis Barker, delivering gravel 8,963 GO egbert L. Vieie, sanitary survey and draiue age map of the city and repor «++ 1,000 00 Croton Aqueduct property—Taxes assessed therevg for i871..... + 4,736 61 SALARIES OF COMMON COUNCIL EMPLOY Commissioner VAN Nowr moved that thi submitted to the Comptrolier for clerks aud others of the Common Council be reterred ene Counsel the Bourd for tis opinion thereon. 0 Board adjourned untli Saturday next at three O'CLOCK. p claims saiaries due wo ELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Tandii assassins tn the Argentine Confedera- tion far as caught, to the nnmber of thirty-eight, have veen tne Fourteen have been condemned Vo death, and the majority of the rest have been ‘Pentenced to fifteen years imprisonment with hard aabor, 1018 to be hoped that tals eXample will con. Vince the gaucho populace and their bigoted Spirivu al advisers that the lives or foreigners have So be respected as weil as those of “Christians.” A couple of weeks since the Italian police fished @ut of the Tiber the body of a youn Woman, evidently veic Nglng to one of the first fam. dies, An ivory-hanled dagger, piungea to the bilt fn the leit breast, was left in the wound by the assassin, and under it was tattooed in skin the terrible word “vendetia,” with 1st The victim 13 supposed to have belonged to one of the oldest and noblest fainilies of uy te dat Roman aris« Zocracy, but the papers have not yet ventured vo | eitsion t The affair ts of course, tor the publish the name, present shrouded in mystery. We have 1t from excellent authority that madness has increased in Frauce in proportion to the cons | @umption of alcholic drinks im Ulat disiracied | country, now in advance of ail others in thal which Is not j isely the Kind of progress a fassing about. for one person very 442 inhabitants; Sweden oue in 512; the United States one in 701; Belgium oue ; France one tn 410, | kingland, wwii be seen, 18 Hot much behind. During the Jast seventecn years the number of drinking pia Bas adout tripled in France, Ui course | At a sale of rare books on Saturday, tie loth of posed of @ lourteentn century, laminated, Gott eaition of the iin nud Clasps, et with ture qguoises and bound in hunian skin. There i wai, but one other such binding 10 be foun of @ copy of Whe Well-knowa “iinitation of Cliris:,” now in vie Carmelite Jibrary at Paris, Tho human skin 18 said to preserve its brillant whiteness for ever, while all other parcusments will t yellow. t possesses, besides, the advantage ul being easily dulooened the Bible In question being beauutully ornamented with fleurs de lys, sceptres, kc. On the o\uer hand, it absorbs Ink In 80 wonderiu) @ man- Der Wat ib 18 AMpossivie lo Wrile upou it, out is not tat jiberty nd manuscripts in Paris suruary, there Was dis- | $00 | sultation togetne: England | mination of Witness in Behalf of Judge Barnard—General Frank Blair on the Stand—Who Got the $50,000. There does not appear to be any prospect of the Judiciary Commitiee coming to the end of their labors for some me tocome, They are, however, indefatigable workers, and attend to the business in hand very closeiy, Mr, Prince is not supposed to sleep at ail, as he 1s perpetually on the move be- tween Albany and New York, Yesterday morning at ten o'clock Mr, Prince, Mr. Flammer and Mr, ‘Tilden were present, and com. | menced business by calling General Frank P. Biaur, Whe Was subponaed to testify to a remark made by Judge Barnard m his presence, Mr. Bushnell had testified that Judge Barnard stated in the dining room of the Astor House, before a party of genile- men, Speaking in reference to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, that he had turned one lot of damued scoundrels out of New Yerk and be waa ready to do so again, General Blair stated that he had heard Judge Bar- Dard make the remark alludea to, but without the use of the expletive before tie word scoundrel It ‘was done in the joking manner which Is so charac. terisuc of Judge Barnard, Judge Ingraham testified in relation to a divorce suit that had been brought before nim, but he had not had time to examine the papers before he lett the city; the papers waxe a'terwards hunted up and brought belore Judge Barnard, Wio decided the case, This evidence Was brought to show that there had been no fixed purpose of bringing suit before Judge Barnard, Mr. ©, F. Wetmore was then put on the stand and Gave testimony in relation to the suit of Bowles ve, Dui, The evidence of Mr. Compton,a couple of days ayo, stated that this case involved a sum of $150,000, Which witness denied, Mr. Joun A, Deviin, of tie trm of Devlin & Miller, was then examined in be to the suit of Joun Scott a Witness stated that he was employed as counsel for plaintll, and he procured the order of injunction to show caus roin Juage Barnard; at that time lie was not aware and did not Know that Judge Barnard was & member of the Tammany society, but he did not think that Would disqualify him from acting in the case, as he was not interested and received no emoluments from the property held by the Sachems, A lew days alter the order haa been granted he met Judge Barnard, and asked him it he was a member of the Society. Judge Barnard said, “1 did aot think of that at the time.” Wit- ness was also* examined in reference to the suit of Captain Samuels against the Evening Post. He contradicted the statement of Mr. Black, counsel for the plait, and said that his cient, Mr. Henderson, Of the Post, begged of hm to get the e decided as soon As possible. Consequently witness wrote to Juage Barnard at | Saratoga, asking for an early decision, Witne: added it ts a falsehood to state that bis cent asked for any extension ot Lime, Mr. nhart testified in conwradiction of the statement made Adolph Seeinger, Witness ed that Seeinger as counsel for nimself and Gen- ‘ai Funk had applied to Judge Barnard for an i junction to restrain the foreclosure of chattel mortgage; Steinhart stated Unat as Seeipger did not know enough to represent nis case properly, le asked him for his papers, telling him at the same time that he was no lawyer and better fit for te Junk shop than the bar, Witness said that he then wave the papers to J, K. Fellowes, who brought the matter up properly and the injunction was granied, W. W. Gulver, of the firm of Culver & Wrigut, was then called, Jt appears that Andrew Board- man siated that the above firms were madean | allowance of $1,500 in the suit of Elmendorf | against Savage and others, Witness testified that they never received any allowance on such suit; our firm were owners of half the equity in real estate in Which the ltugation arose, He also stated that In that case boardman received an allowance of $400 and $75 costs, Mr. J. . Strahan was then put on the stand, testified that ne was counsel to Comptroiler een. He was examined In relerence to the test mony given by Mr. Havemeyer, mm which it was the stated = that Judge Barnard granted injunction under pressure of public optnt and he irittered tt away by subsequent modill cations, Witness stated he’ was counsel for Join Foley, an’ alter the papers were drawn up he ac- companied his associate counsel to the residence of Judge Sutherland, who was then holding Chambers. ‘Ine Judge, after finding out tue object of thetr visit begged to xcused rom acting in the matte his lerm of ofice was about to expire and ne not wish to meddle In the matter. ‘whey then con cluded to try Judge Ingraham, and went to bis resl- dence in Harlem, but the Judge was nowhere to be found, and nobody coud tell where was gone or when he would be an fact, ne haa disappeared mysterious Manner, ‘The counsel then lad a con- and dectded that if any man had Lhe boldness to uct in the matter Judge Barnard would, They went to Juage Barnard, made appii- cation In open Court and the injunction was granted on the spot. Witness then said after it was signed he walked out of tue court with Judge Barrett, who made the remark, “Inat is @ bold, brave acc; 1 wouid not dave wo doit if Thad been the Judge’? This fion entirely stopped the domes of city = government, broke up the Tammany King ana forced Connolly to lake some decisive action immediately, as it ted up the Board of Apportionment and broughs things toa focus. Not a singie modification was made to this injunction except upon tue re mendation of Comptrolie: Judge B; made several valuable suggestions, whica were cided in the injunction and made 1h still stronger. The injunction was slightly moditied to enable ComptroJer Green to pay oif the laborers. Auzusius L. Brown, of ine frm of Brown, Hall & Vauderpoel, was examined in reference toa ques+ tion of allowance 10 ine suit of Bowles va. Dut. Jay Gould testified thathe had ne paid any to Juage ‘d either directly or in- No check for $8,000 haa been given to Barnard by him. He had oace gt 4 plece ron the occasion of the chrisiening of one of Judge Barnard’s chitdren. W. A. Beach stated he had been counsel for the Erie Railroad Company and testified m relation to the granting of certaia orders la the Meath and Raphael suit, r. J. U, Bushnell, one of the directors of the Company, stated that in con- versation with tne late James Hisk, Jr, the latter had stated that le ne received one cent of the aid by the Union Pacitic Katiroad Company ullerton. i will be remembered that Judge Fullerton testified the other day that he had Paid the $60,000 to James Fisk, Jr. ‘The Judietary Committee are now very anxious to Know where that $50,000 went to, Mr. Charies K. Milter, of the firm of Devlin & Mil- ler, corroborated Nis partner's testimony. The examination adjourned at six ¥. M. until Monday, at en A. M. r Union Pacitic Ratiroa THE REGIS’ 9S OFFICE. An Open Session and Exciting Comedy—A Threatened Breach of the Peace. Yesterday morning, while the serious and solemn melodrama of the judicial inquiry was being ca- acted in secret session, Mr. Niles, one of the mem- vers of the company, played the principal role in an exciting comedy, to which the public were ad- mitted gratis, The dialogue in this play was cou- fined to Mr. Nues and Mr. Higginbotham. It ap- pears that the latter gentleman was subpunaed to appear at the Fifth Avenue Hotel at ten o'clock yesterday morning to testify im referenve to the alleged abuses of the Register’s office, The above named gentieman, however, did not appear unnl one P. M., and by that ume the other witnesses bad jeft im disgust. Mr. MMigginbotham sent in for Mr. Niles, and the latter gentieman agreed to hear his testimony in tue reading room. Mr, Niles then took occasion to call Mr, Higgin- botham to task for his negligence In wasting we time cf the committee, and Mr. Higginbotham an- swered somewhat hastily, whereupon lr. Niles made use of some language of a rather strong and na beautiful | forcible nature, which resulied in Mr, Higginbotham | taking \an aggressive attitude and threatentng to break us which only a quiet remark from DAUNTED VICTIM, vo the conclusion that uf the gentieman of sanguin- ary intent carmed ont his threat, it would be the last cane he would ever have the satisiaction of breaking. Mr. Higginbotham then came to the con- at peace Wa: y thao war wiih a gen. Ueinaa of Mr. Niles? ph made an atrempt to apologise. Mr Niies th Inded hii that he Was prepared to hear lis testimony and it would be | be € the ocher account On some fuLure to balan 1 oc ; Higginbotham thought so, 690, but y without a ographer peng Present to take down his evidence. Mr, Nues thei Bakl thal the steno; fapher of the Committee had ed. Mr. Jig | ren, where tue | Mm Of $15 95 Was 1 gin in testl Ke 402, the « 1 that there I ‘© might be some {DAL alowed th » He also added Una present Register were lower than | by his predecessor, He D alluded to the dimcuity of gettmg some gentlemen to come out and testity 8o far up town, Q Are they Mr. —— and Mr, —~? A, They are the persons ref ed to; but Tvold that the action and janguage of Cre committee fas been ofeusive to me, lustead Of thetr lending me their assistance in redressing a pubic Wrong. I have simply stated that those gentiemen feel annoyed at veimg re- Quesied 10 icaye ei places Of buswmess and brn e over Mr. Niles’ head, ® movement | 0 tor the | his leg against th alreaily Wasted two hours waiting for the arrival of Mr. Higginboviam and he hal becn sent aWay. Mr. | j Hivginvotham then suid he would giv services Of w stenog t Sent lor @ gentienan ¢ are PEACE UE: | the business of tue dy Nalnavlo Papers to such an out-of-the-way place as Q Do you think the committee are not justified tn e demand to produce such documents at this house, when their ei ements are so numerous as toiorce them to break up into sub-committees ? Wale a portion are bearing evidence against the Juages the others can receive further complaints, ‘The committee are aiso working incessantly day and night for @ compensation that does not amount | toone third of thetr own private business, A, The gentlemen have undertaken the business of repre- , Senting the people im the public Legislature and | assumed the honors Saperreining to the postdon. | If they come to New York to investigate alleged | frauds in public offices and do not find the people | come forward they should seek out the evidence, \enscives and the committee would better serve the interest of the public py holding their exami- nation in the places of business of the men whose evidence 18 sought, than by demanding their presence, bearing large bundles of valuable docu- ments, in such an out-of-the-way place as thls. @ Wave you anything further to state in regard to the Register’s officer A. have. I buve simply to state— Q. [decline to hear—— A. | ask you— © Well, goon? A, I believe that the charges in | the Register’s ofice are much reduced of tate, but there 13 sUll plenty of rooin for improvement; I have said the same avout the County Clerk as 1 have sant about the Register; J am also told that & | bumber ot well-known lawyers, who, have con- siderable interest in the Register’s office, are to | Appear belore the commitice and to certify that the charges are consideraply less, Q. We do not want suppositions, but facts, A, I suppose such testimony, however, will have con- siderable weight, Q. [cannot stop to hear anything not pertinent to the case and have it printed at the expense of the State, A. Phis is my testimony; I am paying for | Uhe stenographer; you appear vo be making !resh aineuiues every minute; the fact 1s that at present | 16 costs from $3) to $150 to examine a deed, and ee otner fees making a disbursement o1 $50 0 $60. Mr, NILES—My committee 13 sitting, and I can’t stop—— WITNESS—This 18 @ proper fact, Mr. NILes—I can’t hear i wr 8—I desire to recall what I may have said to you and to apol— Mr, Nites—I don’t want any apologies; but I ask you if the committee could ascertain the amount of illegal (oes by examination of the documents with- out mathemat computation 1n each case? Ay ‘They cannot; but Tintended, with the assistance of some clerks, to draw up a written statement, NiLES—I asked tor that a week ago. #SS—I shall take this testumony, 1LES—1 do not Know. ! ESS ~Do you pay tor it or do 1? You pay for it and you shall have it. SPENOGRAPHER—It 18 yours, Mr. Higginbotham, Thave been taking it for you. Exit Mr. Niles, Curtain falls as witness and spectators quietly disperse, THE CGUNTY CLERKS OFFICE. The Sub-Committee Hold Open Sessious— What County Clerk Loew Had to Say—The Ofice Worth Twenty-five Thousand Dol- Ines Per Annum. The sub-committee appointe to investigate com: Plaints against the office of the County Clerk met jast evening in the Fifth Avenue Hotel at six P. M. The committee comprises Messra, Fiammer, Tilden and Hays. Before they commenced to receive evi- dence Mr, Niles exammed Mr. Vedder Vandyck, of the firm of Alexander & Green, in reference to the omplaints against the Register’s office. Witness stated thar he had always been treated with courtesy and attentiondy the Register and his subordinates, and had never heard any complaints about over charges, Mr, Niles then said 1t has been stated be. fore him that morning that the sub-committee had been coarse and exacting in their treatment of the Register’s office, and asked witness if he had heard anything to that effect. Witness stated that he had heard so from Mr, Higginbotham, Mr. Flammer then took the testimony of Jullan T. Davies, of the firm of Davies & Work, In relation to the County Clerk’s office. Mr. Davies stated that his firm did business tor the Mutuai Life Insurance Company of New York, and they had occasioa to Make a great many examinations of deeds in the County Clerk’s office, and that he always found them prompt in thew attention to business, he did not think the charges were at all excessive; he had made a careful calcula tion of the legal charges and lound that he nad not been charged tea cents more than the legal fee on any of the deeds ou which he had calculated; the extra charges lor searches made Within twenty-four hours amounted to about fifty per cent of the legal fees; he did not think that an excessive charge; since January, 1, 1872, owing to the negotiauions of the Third Avenue Savings Bank, we hud lo examine a great many Utes, and all were put through under the Twenty-four hours; [thing the otlice 18 exceedingly well conducted, and has been much improved under the ciarge of Mr. Loew, who 1 have always found very anxious to reciily any of the trifling @rrors made by ts suvordinates; L ave ever lost. & paper In the county rk’s oilice since Mr. Loew assumed that office. Mr. Vedder Vandyck then testified to the same effect, adding that he nad uever heard of any com- plats and ever made a complaint avout the lees and extra charge: County Clerk Loew then stated that the oMfice was run partly on salary and partly by fe he clerks in the County Clerk’s ofice are paid salaries irom the county, and the searchers ana ail expenses of that department are paid by the County Clerk from the fees he receives; the fees th were not searching fees are paid monthly into the County ‘Lreasury under oath; te County Clerk and Clerk of the Supreme Court receive a salary of $3,000 per annum, The Search. lag Department costs ou an average from $20,000 to 000 per ANBUM, Which 18 paid out Ot th ave never kept any account, but from sta made in the newspapers and’ by peopie connected with the oifice | aim certain vhat the Jees are far less tian generally supposed, and = from what litte knowledge I have on the subject [ would be wilting to take $25,000 aller expenses were pald for the emoluments; T would nol pe willing to run the risks Of such a position lor a smatier salary; L take risk of searchers not levy. Ing on judgments or any other lien being searcued for—the risk of clerks making a mistake In entry or indexing oi liens; they Would be as Hable to leave judgment of $50,000 as one of $500, and in the eveul of such error the County Clerk is responsible for the amount and would e to pay 6; T give two sureties in the sum of $15,000, each quaiiiied mn donble the amount; it is Important that the County Clerk be a responsible man. ‘The commiiice thea adjourned sine die, * THE BOY MURDERER, The Coroner's Tuquiry Into the Stabbing of Calvert at the House of Kefuge—Duon Com- mitted for Trial. Coroner Young held an inquest yesterday on the body of Samuel Caivert, who died from a stab re- ceived at the hanas of Justus Dunn, at the House of Reluge, on Sunday evening. The following evidence was taken:—J. L., Colby, M. D., physician at the House of Refuge, was acquainted with deceased; he ‘was one of the Keepers; it Was his duty to lock the prisobers in the ceils at night; knew the prisoner; does not Know of any difficulty between him and the deceased; there were two wounds on the mght leg, above the kKuee; deceased was a capable officer; never beard of nis injuring any of the prisoners, Israel C, Jones, Superintendent of the House of Reinge, examimed:—Deceased had been em. ployed at the House since 1862; was overseer; prisoner was adimiited first in 1569 and aise | charged, and was again sent there nearly a year since for larceny; it was stated that when a small boy he had attempted to take the life of his uncle; deceased was a quiet, peaceavle man, and of akindly nature; did receive a compiaint some time since of his having injured a boy, but it Was proved Hot to be tne: the prisoner when first admitted was quiet, mild aud with no particularly | evil propensities; he has lately been morose and | sullen; in December last, in the school, he drew a knife on the Principal; the prisoner was in the fourth grade, incorrigible; at the time he said he got the knife from another boy, who said | he found 1t among some si ings m the shop; cannot say who the pri- soner must have concealed it. dames Brennan had been in the House of Refuge four months; was in another part of the hail when the stabbing took place, and heard Calverv cail out, ‘Brennan, come, | or Duna will kill me?’ as he got near, saw Dunn making planges at Calvert; Witness asked him to give lim the knie, and he sald, oO, Pi kill the —«=!? he afterwards gave it up; the boys are punished by bad marks; @ strap is sometimes usec | the boys are compelled to take off their pants first; ) Caivert did net punish, but reported voys jor pun. isument. ‘The prisoner’s statement was as foilows:—My | father 1s living; was sent there by my sister; am js Ts old; Worked in (he shoe shop; deceased me; had no diticulty with him worked ditring the weex packing shoes; on Friday | a poy struck me on the head, and we were both put | on Lie Hine Lo be reported; 1 had a knife and stabbed | deceased; L was standing inside and cated to Burns, and called him by his nickname, ‘Balky,” and de- ceased said, “Vil Balky you,’? and came to the cell and made for me; Lonly struck him once; pe struck knifé when trying to kick me; the knile Was given to me by a boy named bobbins; 1 wourd like to leave tie House and go to the Pent tentiary, for then you know when you are to get ow the treatment isn’t always good; you are punished for oflences you do not commit; did not intend to Kil Mr. Caivert; J used the knife lor my owu pro- tection. ‘The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the Wound was indicted with @ kuve la the hand of Justus Dunn ‘ue prisoner was then committed to await the ac. tion of the Grand Jury. NO GOAL IN HALIPAX. HALIPAX, N.S, March 23, 1872. The manufacturing establishments here have been ha eae Wo suspend work, owing to the scarcity of 1 do not know that I | NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAROH 24, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET, THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES. | MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Grand Opera House. The Ninth Regiment Band, Mile. Duval, M. Capoul, Miss Clara Perl, Herr Muller, Max Maretzek, Predi- gam, Senorita Filomena and ©, E. Pratt appear in concert this evening at the Grand Opera House, The following is the programme:—Overture, La Reine d’un Jour,” Adam; Wattz, “Morning Laves,” Strauss; Duetto, Garden Scene, second act of “Faust,” Gounod—Mile. Mane Leon Duval and M, Victor Capoul; Aria, “Non e’ Ver,” Tito Mattie—Mr. Jacob Muller; Aria, Valse, De Murielle—Mile. Du- val; Aria, “Kirchenied,” Mulder—Mile, Grand Selections, ‘Grnani,’? Verdi. Part ture, “La Fille du Regiment,” Donizett Grand Aria, “11 Balen,” second act ‘il Trevatore,” Verdi— Mr. Jacob Muller; Overture, “William Teli” (for piano), Rossin ferenaed tor four hands by Gotts- chalk)—Seaortta Fiiomena and Mr, C, E. Pratt; Ro- mapza, “M’Apparifuv’? Amor,’’** Martha,’? Flotow— M. Victor Capoul; Brindisi, ‘Lucrezia Borgia,’? Donizetit—Mile, Clara Perl; Duo, “Les Dragons de Villars,’? Millard—Mile, Duval and M. Capoul; Nar- ren Galop, Guug’l. Driftings Abroad. A French paper states that ‘* Kontski, the bravura Pianist, has had @ narrow escape from belng killed at an American tavern in London.” ‘The death 1s recorded of Miss Helen Lawson Gour- lay, professionally known as Miss Nelly Gordon, of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. “Lonengrin,” says tne MCnéstrel, 18 to be given at Covent Garden, Ifso, we recommend Mr. Gye to commence at ouce reliearsals with his chorus. The municipal authorities of Strasbourg have re- fused to organize a German theatre, notwithstand- ing the subvention oilered them by the Prussian government. Mile, Pauline Castro, of the Italian Opera, Paris, has recently been singing With great success at the Italian Opera, Metz, Where she created quite a Ju, rore in “Lucia”? aud ‘Lrovatore.’” An opera company, among whom are Messrs, Durand and Parkiuson, and who wave been per. forining at Limerick for some time, were denounced on Sunday in tue Hercest terms in the Roman Oath. olic chapels througnout the city, m consequence of the operas having been Continued during Lent. Aller the production of “Cymbeline’ at the Queen’s ‘Theatre, London, Mrs. Scott-siddons will playin @ new drama, by Mr. Richard Lee, eatitied “ordeal by Touch,’ ‘This will be the first: original Plece in which Airs, Siddons has appeared in Lon- don. M. Gounod’s cantata “Galita,” Sig. Marchetti's “Ruy Bias,” Sig. Verdi's “Yon Cartos’’ and Meyer. beer’s ‘*Alricaine” are the works to be produced at the Liceo Opera House, In Barcelona, Petween the 8th Of Apri and the idth of May, the chiei singers to be Mesdames briol-Nicolay, Filomena Lianes, Signori Steger, Bulteriue aad Varvara, The Wachtel-Canissa Tour. The king of tenors and the fasciaating ttle prima donna, Pauline Canissa, nave returned from their Western tour, which was closed abruptly in Chicago, owing to the indisposition of Wachtel. ‘the troupe has been very successtul im the provinces, as may be seen irom the tollowiug extracts The Washington Chronicle says:— “The Martha of Paultne Canissa, as sung and acted, Will be remembered as a gem. Sbe showed that by conscientious study she gad mastered the spirit and melody of her ré’e, and througuout the Opera her rich, sweet, pure tones evoked vdmiration and crit. ical acknowledgment of ner great merit, Plunkett was rendered 11 a manly styie, but, atter all, rather too broad; attempted effects rather than belug en- urely natural; aud Lord ‘Tristam, though meeting the requirements of lis part, Was not so altogether pleasing as ne might have been. We have written 80 much, hoping at last to be avie to say something wortuy of the Liouel of Herr Wachtel, His voice is the mortal echo of tie divine origin of music. It seems almost lit, encumoered as it is with human belongiugs, to lead in tue seraphic choruses of the Immortals, 1t1s splendid, demanding superiative Praise, and leaving but litte room and less inCliua- Won for critacism.’? Jn a Cincinuat journal we find the following: — “The début of Mile, Canissa Jn tre ‘Postilion’ Was an uaqualliied success, she sang that which the score had allotved to her with precision and spirit, greatly pleasing tue house witu her manner of execution and tie sweetness vf her voice. 4t nas been several years since she last (and first) appeared among ua, aud in this Interval the improvement in her deicious soprano has been almost Increaple, Jt is true, Nexible aud brilliant, and @ beter Made- leine could not have been Gesired, not even im the extremely diiticult impersonation of the two cnarac- ters—tne lady and her maid—which the prima donna 13 compelied to assume av one and Lhe same Ume in we flual scene, We are uniamiliar with tae score of tae ‘rostilion,’ but, Whether the praise 1s due to Adolph Aduin or to Wacniel timsell, no Music could have been selected to display more el- fectually tae delicate beauties and graces of his caitrs vation or the astonishing range ol nis nacural organ, trills and roulades and crescendo sweiling irow the faintest jaisecto mto tue richest, fullest ringing tenor upon the most marveliousiy bigh notes that ever thrilled au encuanted audience.’? SECRETED SILKS, The Proceeds of a Burglary in Philadelphia ound in New York—A Keceiver felé for Trial. A case which has excited no small amount of in- terest came up for tne thira time before Justuce Hogan at the Tembs Police Court yesterday morn- ing. It was that which turned upon the Identitica- tion of a quantity of goods found in the pos- session of &@ man named Frank R, Page, and which were alleged to be the proceeds of a burglary committed upon certain premises in Philadelphia, The complainant testilled that on the 29th of December his store in Phila- delpiia was robbed of forty-two pieces of suk; he had seen portions of these goods at Police Headquarters in this city; they were the same goods as those In Court; he Identifed them from certain marks upon them; the silks were gros grain; other houses imported the same silk, but with different brands, Detective Duan was called, and testified that he recovered the goods from Page’s place, No. 1 Wash- ington place; that the silks were in the showcase upon the counter in Chamberiain’s store, not im Page's oflice; he understood Page's business to be Uias Of & broker, @ aeaier in jewelry, silks, &c.; bas Khown fim as @ broker lor nine or ten years. Frank RK, Page was called, and testified—I ama general merchandise broker; have Leen in business jor filteen years; | have seen these goods before in my piace man, who gave his name as Edwards, came to me on the 7th of January with the silks; he sald that he had paper to meet on the following day, and was in Nope of receiving money for that purpose; but in casevhe failed to receive the money he wanted to Know what I would give him for the silk; 1 told bim $450; 0n the 8th of January he ree wurned, and said he fatied to meet his paper, and 1 paid higi $450 (or the si.K; Kdwards vrougne silk on the 24th and 29tn of February, which I aiso purchased; I purchased them out and out, and gave or took no bill of sale; in reterence to the bag containing the cloaks, a boy brought it to my office and said that a man would call and see avout them: ihe man did Call and took out three cloaks; Jtoid him that he had better take tae cloaks to a pawnbroker, as 1 cid not take ee he went away, Saying he would send for them, but did not beiore ihe ollicers seized the goods; tne laces were brought by @ young Man, Who aiso said a person would call and see wbdout then; my boy received them; | did not know the contents of the parcels until the officers seized and opened them; I loan money upon housenokt efects, pianos, mirrors, horses, Wagons, &c.; I never attempted to conceal goods purchased by me. Cross-examined by counsel—Have been in bust- Ness at Broadway and Houston street, 153 Fulton strect and 702 Broadway, nowhere else: have always transacted bustaess under my owu name; I have been agent for other parties, but always under my own bane; my sizos all bore the inscripuon *Dia~ mond broker,” except in Fulton street, where my Siunread “Diamend and Money Broker always had alicense as broker; there’ isa difference be- tween pawnbroker and loan office; I bought these Silks from asiranger; bought three pieces on Jan- uary §, one plece February 24 and one piece on the uvth of Febraary; f gave him $450 for siiks bough: January 8, and for the piece bougnt February 2 gave him $135; I gave him tor the entire jot $725 45 Jor five pieces; my cash boOK 18 In Court (bOOK ex- amined and entries found corresponaing with above dates and amounts); | know Chamberlain; have Known bim for several years; have been tn his building for two years; I do not rent the ofice of Chamberlain; do not pay for the office; am doing business for Chamberiain, Chamberiain’s bookkeeper and the ofice boy were examiued, but ther testimony was uniinportant. Mr. James M. Suuth, counsel for the defence, made an impassionate appeal tur the discharge of the prisoner, He admitted that the goods had been Juily identified as stolen property, but matotainea that Page was entirely tanvcent of complicity in the robbery. mr. Anthon, for the prosecution, followed with strong objecuons. Justice Hogan took tae papers ana reserved lis decision. POLICE PROMOTIONS. of Police Commissioners yesterday promoted the following roundsmen to full sergeants, and transferred them to the fol- lowing precincts:—Lyons, of the Thirteenth, to the Twenty-third; Schually from the Eignteenth to the Nineteenth, Sattie from the Nineteenth subs precinct to the Twenty-second, Eakins jrom the joth tothe Pith, Armstrong trom Nineteenth sub- precinct to the Nineteenth: Gaynor, of the Twenty- sixth precinct to same precinct; Sergeant Westervelt, of the Bighteenth, was transierred to the Twenty- first precincts, Sergeants Crotins of the Thiru pre- cint; Murphy and Grosa, of the Twenty-second pre- cinct, were retired from the force, Qficer Join, of the Twenty-first precinct, reeigued, The Board BROOKLYN AFFAIRS, Taking the Taxes. Tax Collector Samuel Burrows received $84,322 68 in taxes during the past week. A Fatal Fall. John McKenna, aged about sixty-six years, last evening accidentally {ell into the cellar of the resl- dence No. 230 North Seventh street, Williamsburg, and was instantly killed, Coroner Whitehill took charge of his remains. Health of Brooklyn. There were two deaths from spotted fever re- ported atthe Sunitary Bureau yesterday, and sev- eral cases of smallpox. The typhoid fever patients at the House of the Good Shepherd are progressing: favorably toward convalescence, Arrests by the Police. There were 361 persons arrested in this city dur mg the past week by the police, A bill is about to be introduced by Assemblyman Morton in the Legisiature this week to increase the pay of the patrolmen in Brookiyn from §$1,000—the present rate—to $1,200 per annum. A Deserter’s Mishap, Aseaman belonging to the crew of the United States steamer Froilc, lying at the Navy Yara, at- tempted to desert yesterday afternoon by climbing over the wall of the yard, The deserter, Willtam MeCiellan, fell and broke one of his legs, He was conveyed back to the ship and placed on the “binnacle list.” Upon nis recovery he wil be punished, Proposed Widening of Myrtle Avenue. The announcement made that a bill had been favorably reported in the Assembly, under the utle of “An act for the Improvement of Myrtle avenue, in the city of Brooklyn,’ Caused the utmost commo- tion on the part of the property owners along the Mne of tnat thoroughiare who are opposed to the measure proposed. The act provides for widening the avenue five feet and repaving it. Twoand a half feet is to be taken off cach sidewalk to effect thisend. A meeting of the dissaustied landholders of Myrtic avenue fas been held, at which a com- mittee was appointed to visit Albany and oppose the passage of the act as injustice. That Offal Dock. ‘The establishment of that offal dock, at the foot of Court street, continues to excite public comment and indignation among the residents of South Brooklyn and others, The carrion depot in question is also highly offensive to the yachtsmen whose boats le moored in the waters adjacent, as well a8 to the several amateur boat clubs that have tnetr boat houses near the dock. Meanwhile no effort 18 made by the Street Commissioner to remove the cause of complaint to some less objectionable locality, away from habitations, It has been pro- pesed to construct a dock on Newtown Creek, at a poimt tn Queens county where there are no houses, This would be agreeable to all concerned. But the authorities state there are Ho funds applicable tor that purpose, Mad Dogs and Hydrophobia. The latest addition to the maladies which have arisen to considerable extent in Brooklyn is hydro- Phobia. This, the most termbie of all known aifiic- lions, has carried off two human beings, a girl of eleven years and a boy of four, within the past two weeks, The victims alluded to were bitten by a litle black and tan dog on Park avenue in the month of February. ‘Three other children were bitten at the same time by the animal, and, of course, the danger of the appearance of the disease in their system has not yet passed away. On Wednesday last a police officer of the Ninth precinct shot a rabid dog that district, aiter it nad left the mark of its poisonous fangs in the legs and arms oi three boys, aged respectively nine, ten and eleven years, Other victims that have not come to light thus far may also have been gleaned by the destructive canine before he fell by the shot of the policeman. But that 1s not all. Yesterday a mad dog bit a boy in Herkimer street and then fastened its fangs in ihe legs of a forse and a cow. The fact thatso many rabid propagators of hydrophobia are rushing wudly, unmuzzled, through the streets, dispensing passports across the River Styx, should be suficient reason for the authori- ties to awaken to @ sense of their duty and impose & heavy fine upon the owners of unmuzzied dogs. In Engiand a tax Is imposed upon the own. ers of canines, aud as a sequence the streets are Not so overrun by them as 1s the ease in this vicin- ity. Certain 1 Js that the lite of a singe human being 1s worth more than all the canine species put togetner, The Common Council may take cogni- zance of this fact wt tieir session to-morrow alter. noon, BROOKLYN'S BALLOT. The Frauds of 1869 and I871. At the recent reform meeting held at the Brook- lyn Academy of Music it was stated as a fact tnat there were 11,000 illegal votes cast at the last elec- tion, The speakers who addressed the meeting, meluding = ex-Lieutenant Governor Stewart I. Woodford, called upon District Autor. ney Britton to prosecute the frauds, to bring to trial the parties now under indictment, and also those parties who were indicted on the charge of committing frauds at the election in Kings county in the fall of 1869, This allusion to the frauds of 1869 revived a subject which had been forgotten by many people. Mr. Samuel D. Morris was District Attorney at that time, and immediately after the election, when it became evident that gross frauds had been com- mitted, that the ballot boxes had been tampered with to a very great extent, Mr. Morris laid the matter before the Grand Jury, which body found “true bills” of ins diciment against about sixty persons, including many inspectors and canvassers, Public indigna- ton ran very high in those days, and District At. torney Morris had the sympathy and support of the people. The indicted parties retained Mr. Winches- ter Britton (the preseat District Attorney) to de- fend them, and after some delay a num: ber of cases were tried and the accused convicted, ‘The cases were appealed to the Gen- eral Seri of the Supreme Court, which subse- quently convened at Pougnkeeps Toat wibu- nal uuanimousily affirmed the convicuons, Justice Daniel Smith delivering the op ion, A few months thereafter the Disirict Attorney entered a nollie prosequt in many of the other cases, being convinced that we evi- dence was insuflicient to secure convictions, and from that day the matter gradually faded from the public mind, until it was revived in the manner above stated. There are a lew of the old indictments yet in the Dis- trict Attorney's — oflice; ub iG was the opinion of Mr. Morris before he left oMce, and is still, that public interests and the ends of justice have been subserved by the convictions already haa. The Committee of Seventy-tive, however, de- mand that these old indictments spall be tried, and it said) that the accused — will be arraigned in the City Court next month, together with those persons indicted on the cnarge of com- mitting frauds last fall. District. Atlorney BRITTON, Who was present at the reform meeung, was called to the front after the other speakers, and said that it did not require those gentiemen to call upon him or to fix the limit they would give him to perform the duties of his office, Whatever the vote might have been, he believed he was tne recognized Dis. trict Attorney of Kmgs county. When he took the oath of office he meant to do his duty, and while he held that uilice, without fear or favor, polttictans or not, he would doit. It was easy for a man to decry against others, and ali he asked of the citizens of Brooklyn Was to judge of him as they judged of everybody else—by their acts, and not by their lips, Mr. britton’s speech was a very dignified oae, and ‘was received with approval by the meeting. The indictments procured last fall were some fifteen In numbes, and the public are waiting to see what action the District Attorney will take in Tegard to them. LABORERS AND LABOR REFORM, fhe Eight Hour League and the National Labor Reform Party in Opposition—The Reason Way. BosTON, March 22, 1872, The Boston Eight Hour League protests inst the platform of the National Labor party, adopted at Columbus, Onto, for the following reasons:—First, because it does not contain a statement of the underlying principles of the movement nor propose any measure that will remedy existing evils; second, because it deals mainly with finance, currency and taxation, ques- tions of little consequence to the laborer, Inasmuch as reducing taxavion or decreasing in- terest will result in a corresponding reduction of Wages, a3 Wages are everywhere reguiated by the cost of living; third, because tt did not demand tne enforcement of the Hight Hour law, and petition jor its further extension to the Patent laws, In- atead Of asking for a law already in existence; fourth, because jt did not denounce that bare barism of the Norta, tue factory system, that forces tens of thousands of children from seven to fitecn years of age to toil in overheated rooms eleven and twelve hours @ @ay—a = sys. tem that is dwarting their minds, crippling their forms, and rearing @ class Whose existence eu dangers the perpetuity of our government; ffin, because of its negiect to thank the Hon, George Fy. Hoar for Ins bili tor @ National Bureau oi Labor, and his demand for its passage by the senate and tie subsequent appointment by the Senate of @ majority of the Commissioners from ihe ranks of ‘we iriends of labor; sixth, because it failed to ex- Lend its irtendly greeting to our brothers in Europe, of every nal ity, struggiiog with us for lavor. redempuon, ; have anything whatever to do with the matter, A Quarrel Over the Rent of Apartments in Siz Avenue—“'Pay This Little Bill or I Will Expose You”—The Bill is Not Paid and the Expose is Made. Some time during the latter part of last sul & woman giving her name as Mrs. Hynes suit Ol rooms of Mr. Thomas Crawiord, of No, Sixtn avenue, She remained, in these apartm until about the 1st of December, when, having come insane, she Was removed to the Bloo Asylum. During her stay in Mr, Crawfora’s hou it 1s alleged, she Was upon several occasions visit by Mr. James W. Bell, of No. 172 Filth aven About the 10th of December Mr, Bell was at his place of business by Mr. Crawford, who that he had a bul of $40 against nim for the Month’s rent, which, he asserted, Mrs, Hynes B not paid; also A BILL OF TEN DOLLARS, which he claimed was due him for damage done tl premises by the fair occupant, Mr, Bell declined Ing that he did not pretend to pay anybody's b but hisown, According to his story Crawford th began threatening him with an exposure to (Beil’s) family of certain litte amours of his, Wh upon Bell ordered him out of avors, It seems that the lady in question, on being té to the asylum, left everything avout her 0 just as they had been during her occupancy them. Among other tiings she leit a large num! of letters of all sorts and descriptions in one of tranks, 1p some way ar auother Mr. Crawfo 8000 Came into possession of ghese, He asserts tl A WOMAN }AMEW SCOTT, who nursed Mrs. fiynes during her sickness, ga' them to him; while, on the other hand, Mr, Bq alleges that he purloined them, Be Unis a8 it mal there 1s no doubt but Mr. Crawlord did have th and, in fact, is still the possessor of @ poruon them, as the sequel will demonstrate. A many of these letiers were signed “J, W. B.,’? ag Mr, Crawford asserts that “J. W. B.? is mond ot than James W, Bell, of No, 172 Filth avenue, Well, having been rather peremptorily shown door by Mr. Bell, Mr. Crawford on the 16th December fuiminaced an uittmatum of his ¢ peiion he enclosed to Bell, and op the strengta A CASE OF BLACKMAIL 1s made out against Crawford as the following ag davit will snow :— Finest Distriot Poricr Court,—State of Rix, n City and County of New York, as.:—Jumes W. Bell, 174 Fitth avenue, in waid city 1n” being duly sworn ‘and says that on or about the 16th day of Decemo the city and coucty of New York, one Thomas Cra\ feloniousiy and Knowingly send and deliver to James W. Bell, and did make and tor the purpose delivered and sent, aid part with the possession of @ 6 letter and writing with the name of Thomas Craw! a scribed thereto, threatening therein to accuse ht James W., Bel, of & certain offence, to wit -—adu tery 10 do an’Injury to the pera hi Harter tj ainea Webel, which ead letter aud writing ‘and is in the words and figures following to wit:— ‘MR. J. W. BELL:—You will find enclosed some papel they are a sample jome more | have, and unless you p me the rent that is due me and for the damage done tot rooms Twill send some of them re one that ought 4, knd ‘our conduct, but, Liear, Is badly deceived in you—that Your wite i ‘T. ORAW FORD ne month’s rent Repairing and cleaning rooms. 11 a Total., I will wait three days for an answer, ‘With the view and intent then and ti threatening letter, and writing #0 livered, made, parted with and subscri! EXTORT AND GAIN CERTAIN MOS and property belonging to him, the said James W. B against the form of tho statute in such case made andy vided. Wherefore deponent prays that the said Thomas Crawfo may be arrested and dealt with according to law. MES W, BEI Sworn to betore me, this 19th day of Mare, 187d, 3. DOWLING, Police Justice. On the strength of this Judge Dowling at on issued a warrant for Crawford’s arrest and C itin the hands of Sergeant Quina, of the squad. At ten o’clock yesterday morning the pap ‘Was served, and by cieven o'clock i 1 in court. The Judge heard Mr, Crawiord’s expian tion, and, not considering it a sufflctently god one, held him to bail in fhe sum of $2 000. At the conclusion of tne case Mr. Crawtord hand the HERALD representative a bundie of notes ao letters, some Of which were signed “YOUR DEAR LITLE GIRL”? | . W. B,” while others again wel without a signature of any kind, These, he C were a portion of those whicn passed between Bell and Mrs, Haynes. ‘I'he rest of them—abo) three hundred, be stated—ve had sent or takd to Mr. Bella wife for the purpose exciting a first class domestic feud. Durt conversation the HERALD representative had: Mr. Beli in relation to the matter, that geaulem said that what Crawford had boasted of was true that he bad reaily gone to see Mrs, Bell during 0 (Beil’s) absence im Europe, and had givea bh about & bushet of letters signed “J. W. B.,” n one of whica, however, he bad ever written knew anytuing about. NEW YORK CITY. and others The taxes patd atthe office of the Tax Recel last week were $75,268 20. ‘There were thirty-five fires in this clty last estimated loss, $10,750; Insurance, $165,950, Vital statistics for the week ending March 23: Deaths, 665; stillbirths, 43; marriages, 109; birt 880. John Hendrickson fell from the first floor to tl pavement yesterday afternoon, at Sixteenth str and Filth avenue, 1ajaring aimaself severely, Superintendent Donahue, of the Free Labor B Teau, received 946 applications for employment I: week. Situations were procured for 808 app cants, Marshal Hart granted 152 licenses the past wee) and received $290, Mr. G. D, Cardozo, of t Ordinance Bureau, received sixty-seven complain of violations of Corporation ordinances, all which were referred, Coroner Young will hold an inquest at No, 1 Forsyth street on the body of Garrett Smith, wi was employed as night watchman at Thu Hotel, At two o'clock yesterday he suddenly f down and expired, Also, at No, 209 Kast 127 street, on the body of Henry J. Howlana; at 10 Grove street, on the body of Thomas R. Ross, a at No, 471 Seventh avenue, on the body of R. Der! who all died suddenly, About ten o'clock on Friday evening Mr. E. | Shaffer, son of Rev. J. A. Shaffer, was ret} ing to the Mission House, when he was su assailed by robbers, at the corner of Worth and ue Water streets, and robbed of all the money ossessed, Which, fortunately, Was not & I Iie rufiaus knocked him down and rifled pockets so quickly that he had not time to call assistance, One hundred and five cases of smallpox were ported during the past week, a larger number any previous week tis season. Twenty-one were reported on Friday and ten deaths during ti twenty-four hours ending yesterday noon. Friday last there were 224 cases in the Small) Hospital, Inspector Jayne found @ man lying on Friday, [rom smalipox, on the third floor of 5 Clinton street, while lis wile and two cbid) Were Sick irom the same disease, The obsequtes of the late Colonel Eugene Le from St. Paul’s chapel, to-day, promise to be v imposing, Brigadier General J. M, Varian has tailed the Fifty-fiith regiment to act ag funeral cort, and the siait will also attend, ‘The follor omcers have been requested to oMeimte a8 bearers :—Colonci Siduey W. Cooper, First regime: Colonel Emmons Clark, Seventh; Colonel George Scott, Eighth; iteutenant Colonel G. R. Bra Ninth; Lieuteuant Colonel N. Gano Gunn, _ Lieutenant Colonel A. Py Baie an First, oilicers of the First division are tnvited. ‘The bodies of two unknown men were b; to the Morgue for identification yesterday, one the Battery and the otner from Sixty-ftth ba and Eleventh avenue. The first, about fiv eight inches in height, had on plaid panw al yest, blue woollen shirt, @ cloth cap and gatter: ‘The other was five feet six inches tn height about forty years old; dressed in brown sack c and pants, brown knit jacket, gray vest, white ton drawers, Woolea socks aad brogans, bro’ hair and sandy moustache, Tnis body has placed in the Morgue and @ photograph taken; other was too much decomposed, Mra, Frederika Mendelpaum, residing cori Citnton and Kivington streets, was arraign) before Judge Shandiey at Kasex Market yesterday, charged with receiving stolen On the 2th of February last the firm ot Kertrand & Leon, 466 Broome street, lost erg nine pieces of silk, valued at $10,00, Seven of this sik were traced to Cleveland, 0} aud foundin the possession of Mrs, Mary On the information of Mr. Hiller, also of Cievel who went bau for Mrs. Fuchs, it was that the goods were sent to Vieveiand by Mrs, delbaum, and a lever signed “M.” was produced evidence to that eMect, Mrs. Mendelbaum was under $1,000 Dall to awalt the arrival of @& from Cieveland. THE TAMMANY REFUGEES, Sr. Joun, N, B,, Maron 23, The Tammany refugees, who were reported ving 1 tously at the Victoria Hotel in Molnoe nave ot byen woo, or heard of ‘