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4 GOULD-GORDON. Final Earnest and Fieree Open of the Legal Battle. ence ng | One Story as Told in Two Ways by Two Men, and Piles of Affidavits and Counter-Affidavits Stoutly Backing Up the Dual Story-Tell- ers—Confasing Contradictions, Making Confusion Worse Confounded—Hor- ace Greeley Has His Say and Wm. M. Tweed His—An Erie Railroad Pass and the Coronet of an Eng- lish “ Milord.”” The now famous Gould-Gordon case came up for hearing again yesterday in the Supreme Court, before Judge Brady. Jay Gould occupied a back neat in the court during the proceedings, but the soi-disant Lord Gordon did not put in an appear- ance, Messrs. David Dudley Field, Henry E. Knox and Elihu Root appeared for Jay Gould, and Messrs. Joun H, Strahan and ex-Judge Porter for Gordon. Mr. Strahan was about to commence reading the affidavit of Gordon, which bore on all three cases at issue—namely, in the case of Gordon against Gould, to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed, and in the two cases of Gould against Gordon, to show cause why an order of arrest granted against Gordon by the Court should not be vacated. Mr. Field asked if it was the intention of the Court to argue the three cases together. The Judge said that it was with that intention that he had set the case down for to-day. Mr. Strahan then proceeded to read the complaint in the case of Gould against Gordon, setting forth that Gould had delivered over to Gordon, on the Ist of last Murch, 600 shares of capital stock of the Srie Railroad, to enable him to purchase with the proceeds of such stock a@ farm of eighty acres in Chappaqua (opposite to Horace Greeley’s farm). Maving read the complaint he read AN AFFIDAVIT OF GORDON, the defendant, which went on to state that the always signed himself G, Gordon, That he ‘knew Gould ana had read his aMdavit. That ‘attidavit was in every particular wholly false. here never was anything said to defendant by Asould with regard to the purchase of any land, and {the defendant never had any such transaction with the plaintiff as was mentioned m Gould's affidavit. j}He never received any stock from Gould for such an yject. He never hud any such relations with ould except as follows :— On the 7th of ey last, at the Westminster Hotel, where the defendant Gordon was then stop- ping, Mr. Lewis Roberts and Mr. Horace Greeley were breakfasting with him. The couversation turned on where the defendant was to spend the summer. Mr. Koberts said that he had a house and grounds in Tarrytown and that he would be very happy to put it at his disposal. Mr. Greeley spoke very much of a farm which was opposite hts in Chippaqua and sald that the defendant ought to urchase it, After Greeley and Roberts left the hotel he revolved the project of buying the farm in Chap- pares over in his mind, andjon the 9th of February he resolved to buy it. He handed over $25,000 to Mr. Joha Y. Sears, of the New York Tribune, who was iu the room when the original conversation took place about the purchase of the land. He subse- quently instructed his counsel, Mr. Strahan, to make the purchase. All this time he did not even Know the plaintiff. He met him for the first time on March 2. 1872, Before that time the defendant was, and is now, an extensive stockholder in the Erie Raliroad, owns now sixty thousand shares of rie, aud is interested tn a much larger amount of atock. He formed a connection with other stock- holders and they entered into negotiations to pro- cure a change in the management of the road. On March 2 he procured an introduction to Jay Gould. Gould asked for an interview with him, which he | granted, We came to the Metropolitan Hotel, | where he was then stopping, The defendant in | that interview told Gould that a change in the management was demanded, that the line should | be given up to the stockholders, and that | the various aggressive law suits in which the | line was engaged should be stoppe Gould | said, in reply, that he would do ali thi: hat the | tine was in every branch in better condition than the stockholders imagined; that it was able to pay a dividend of seven per cedt, and that it was in as Prd condition as the y York Central. The de- fendant then said that if this were true Gould | had nothing: to fear. He added that he would | vote for Gould's re-election himself and he would ask his friends to do so, However, he told him that more than words were necessary to convince him that what Gould said was true, Gould said that he could give him proofs and that if Gordon would give him his assistance he | ‘would put his resignation in his (Gordon's) hands, On the Monday after he called on the defendant again, and remained for dinner. He there repeated ull the promises he nad made at the former meet- | ing. The defen it then told nim that the g satee must come from him. Gould said thi | balance sheet of the company would show that | what he had said was true. He proposed that | Gordon should join him in buying stock, as there was no doubt that there would be an immense rise in the price of stock when this state of things be- came known. Gordon refused at that time, and aubsequently Gould again asked him to buy stock with him, as there must bea rise. Gordon said, “That is testing my credulity and my pocket.”? On March 6 Gould again called on him and said that there was a | division in the Board of Directors, and he believed that Lane was at the head of it. He complained that everybody was going against him. He added, however, that he could vote on $30,000,000 worth of stock. Gordon then said he would speak to his Triends, and if Gould could vote on $30,000,000 worth of stock, between them they could very easily secure the majority. Gordon then spoke to Belden, with whom he was acquainted, about buying stock with Gould, and he said that if he had any transactions with Gould they ought to be in “puts and ‘calls.’ We then invested $10,000 cach in two “calls” and took “puts” for the same amounts. Just then Horace Greeley happened to come in, and the pro- | posed chunge in the administration of Erie was talked over and Gould and Gordon’s co-operation fully explained. Greeley congratulated Gould, told him that he ought to, as Gordon had latd out for him and “cat? Wall street. Mr. Greeley told Gor- don that he ought to inquire into the condi- tion of the questionable companies which were connected with Erie. Gould said he would afford facilities for such inquiries. Gould after- wards sent a package of shares of each of the com- panies connected with Erte, accompanied by a note | asking Gordon to take the shares as a guarantee of | good faith, and to show that “his credulity and his pocket were not being tested together.” Gordon wrote back a note of acknowledgment, and Gould wrote back in reply, saying that “it was the first time he had ever done anything for anybody for which he got an acknowledgement.” At their next meeting Gould said that rdon’s calla would be worth @ quarter of a million in a short time. Gordon said he hoped 80; and Gould, tn reply, said that he would give half a million for them. The aggregate value of the packages which Gould had sent to Gordon was $140,000. Gould said that he would give the rest ineurrency. Gouid then made a memorandum of the different values of the shares which he had sent to him in the packages. After Gould went away Gordon saw a mistake in the calculation ainst himself, and he wrote to Gould informing him of the error and telling him | that if he gave $200,000 instead of $140,000 the trans- action could be concluded. Gonld brought the | currency, Certain other shares and 600 shares | of Eric iustead = of the | $20,000 in currency. | Gordon then delivered ‘over to him $40,000 | worth of “puts and calls” in Erie. Gould | at once put his resignation in Gordon's hands. Gordon invited Gould for the next day to meet Horace Greeley. He came, and they spoke about | the farm adjoining Greeley’s, at Chappaqua. This was the only occasion on which he talked about the urchase of this farm in Gould's presence, He saw don the loth, 11th and 12th of March, and «id not see him in until the 26th of March the day on which Belden came into his room and | stated that Gould, Tweed, Judge Shandiey and "NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1872.—TRIPLE was present. He had cen and known that Gordon was watched through the streets of York, AFVIDAVIT OF HENRY MARSH. Next in or was read the aMdavit of ed Marsh, the room clerk of the Metropolitan Hotel, He knew Belden, and saw him at the hotel on the 23d of March. Belden then told him that Gordon was a fraud. He said that Gould found out that it was so, He said that Gould was then in the billiard room of the hotel, Belden asked the deponent to send the detective of the hotel to Superintendent Kelso and ask him to come over without being seen_by Gor- don, The deponent then went to room No. 112. Beiden’s card was sent up to Gordon’s room at one ‘kK. In haifan hour he came back to the office, aid that it was all fixed, Marsh asked him and he said that Gordon had given | back the stocks and the money, amounting in all to $500,000, He added :— “Youshould have seen Tweed aud Gould when they saw it. They looked surprised. They never expected to succeed.” In the evening Marsh went to Gordon's room, and to his surprise saw Belden there. Belden then said that theyin the next room never expected the money, and that Gordon ought to have some one in his room with him, as it was not the first time that a man had been put out of the way by the “Ring” or knocked down and disabled, AFFIDAVIT OF SUPERINTENDENT KELSO. Superintendent Kelso's affidavit stated that he was at dinner in the hotel when he was summoned to room Ne. 112, where he had often been betore. Seeing Judge Shandley he belleved they had a war- rant for Gordon's arrest, and he told Officer Kerch to arrest him if required. AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN STEERS. The aMdavit of the Clerk of the Essex Market Police Court, John Steers, showed that no warrant for Gordon’s arrest had been fasued from that Court. Warrants were only issued on sworn com- plaints. OPYOSING AFFIDAVITS. In opposition to the above, Mr. Root read a lar; number of afidavits, occupying several. hours ue the reading. Of course it would be out of the question to give them all, First in importance is au additional AFFIDAVIT OF JAY GOULD, denying positively the accuracy or general truth of the averments of Gordon's ‘afidavit as to the transactions between them, and denying positively any transactions with him in puts and calls, and states that the securities and money—the latter being more than Gordon stated—were a deposit only, His answer, read as an aMdavit, sets out that Gor- don represented himself as owning more than 60,000 shares of Erie: that he asked Mr. Gould informa- tion as to the collateral companies; that he there- upon sent the note and stocks mentioned by Gordon; that he does not occurred between Belden and Gordon; that Gordon represented himself as Lord Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, absolute owner of thirty millions of Erie stock and controlling other twenty millions, thus controlling a majority of the stock, and further controlling all novements of the English stockhold- ers in Court and before the Legislature; that he rep- resented that he was satistled with his (Gould's) manage: nt, that it was upright and eficient, but that it would be for the interest of the stockholders | to change the remainder of the Board; that, relying on his statements, entered into negotiations with him for a reorganization of the management, and that, as acondition of co-operating, Gordon say ing that he had been at an expense of about a mil lion on behalf of the English stockholders, re- quested at least one-half should be advanced to him, Gordon insisting that said sum was a legiti- mate expense; that he represented that arrang: ments had already been made by him that a ma- jority of the directors shonld resign and their laces filed by men to be named by himself and jorace Gres that thirty millions of certificates: Were on th way from Heath & ‘Raphael, they having been acting as his agents; that on th | arrival the Heath & Raphael suits would be disc | tinned, and the legislation would be witddrawn. Gordon therefore requested him to advance him in stocks and money $500,000, as a pledge of his | Gould’s) good faith, promising not to use them, | and return them on the completion of the settle- ment, and that he (Gould) on this understanding, delivered the stocks named and $200,000 in curren- cy—and that on discovering how he had been de- ceived he at once took legal stepa for the recovery of his property. AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM BELDEN. We give the aitidavit of this gentleman in fall:— “William Belden, being first duly sworn, says as follows :—I know the parties to thls action; Ihave known the defendant for nearly four imonths last past; he was introduced to me as Lord Gordon, and alterward represented himself to be the Karl of Aberdeen, a Scottish bieman, and one of the peers of Great Britain; he told me that he had taken his seat as a member of the House of Lords ofGreat Britain when he was only twenty-two years of age, then being the youngest member of that body; during an acquaintance, which has con- tinued until his true character was revealed, as narrated by Mr. Jay Gould in his foregoing arida- vita which [have read, I sawagreat deal of him; | atone time he passed about a month with me as my guest in this city; he was always known to me and addressed by mie as Lord Gordc id has thus: been constantly addressed in my presence by others, who were either in his employ or who happened to be visiting him, when I have been with him; in the | course of my acquaintance with him he has talked with me by the hour concerning his titles, his ac- tions and speeches in the Honse of Lords, his ser- vice for his country on most ditiicult and delicate missions on the Continent and elsewhere, and con- cerning his vast estates, which had descended to | lim as the-Earl of Aberdeen, in Scotland and in England; his vast wealth, which he represented as producing for him an annual income of be Mpc and his investments and transactions in this country; he has frequently made to me the state Gould’ ents and representations set forth in Mr. aMdavit, and a great many others of the suppose, and they did lead me to suppose, that he was a man not only of vast wealth, but of character, and possessed of great influence; soon vr omy first acquaintance with him, he began to talk of the Erie Railway, of his own great intrest therein, which he repr 10 be of the stock, which he owned in his right, and he said that he represented nd controlled the interest of the other English Stockholders, certainly controiling — $20,000,000 more of the stock, and that he controlled all the proceedings which had been or would be taken by the English stockholders, or any persons ostensibly acting for them in the Courts, the Legislature or elsewhere in relation to said Company; I obtained for him a free pass from Mr. Gould and presented it to him; a copy of the pass is contained in Mr. Gould’s affidavit; he wrote it in my pres- ence—the bill acknowledging the receipt of the pass, a copy of which is also in Mr. Gould's affidavit; I rst led to distrust him by noticing that he was in the habit of making irreconcilable and contra- dictory statements at different times concerning the same matter; after[ began to make inquiries concerning him I learned that he was an impostor, and that his statements and representations con- cerning himself, his estate, his wealth, his influence, his interest in and control over the Erie Railway stocks were false and had been made for the pur- pose of misleading and defrauding Mr. Gould; in short, I learned that the man Gordon was a most con- summate Ilar and an accomplished swindler; he has recently stated tome that he held the stocks placed in his hands by Mr. Gould, and the $200,000 for Mr. Gould, and that they were to be and would be re turned to him; he returned the $200,000 in money to me, remarking to me that it was the same money which he had received from Mr. Gould, and some of the securities; he promised to return balance, and gave an order for them on persons whom he said had them; he has since counter- manded said order. AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM M. TWEED. From the list of sworn statements we also give that of William M. Tweed in full. It 1s as follows :— W. M. Tweed, of the city and county of New York, being duly sworn, says:—On Saturday, March 23, 1872, Jay Gould and Wm. Belden called on me at my office, No. 8 Duane street, in the city of New York, as Mr. Gould especially was in the habit of doing quite Mequently 5 in the course of conver- sation on other inatters Mr. Gould mentioned to me that he had about made up his mind that he had been swindied by & man named or called Gordon, of whom | had heard before casually in connection with recent transactions relating to the Erie Rail- way, but of whom I knew nothing, and he said that he thought he wonld have to arrest him. 1 told Mr. Gould that if he wanted to make an arrest he might as well speak about it to Judge Shandley, who was in the next room waiting to see me on business. conversation, and I paid no attention to what they said, and no further attention to the matter, They soon left. They didn’t ask me to go, and I didn’t go. Nothing further, as far as I can remember, ‘Was said either by or tome about the matter. So far as 1 was concerned and as far as | have any knowledge the meeting of Messrs. Gould and Belden with Judge Shandiey was entirely acci- Kelso were in room No. 112, Tweed's room, at the Metropolitan Hotel, and that they had a warrant | for his (Gordon’s) arrest. He handed over to Bel- | den the $200,000 in currency and the other stock | dental, and resulted solely from the idea’ which occurred to me at the moment when Mr, Gould *poke of an arrest. When I had finished my busi- hess at my oflice T went, as is my daily custom, to which he had got from Gould, and he gave an order | the Metropolitan Hotel. I think’ this must have on his ant ee brokers to give up the Atle. | been nearly three o'clock in the afternoon. I found ghany and Otl Creek stock which they were about | in my room at the hotel Messrs. Gould, Belden and to sell for him. He submitted to this extortion be- | Shandley. Ax 1 first entered the room I saw use he feared outrage. In the evening Belden | lying the sofa two packages, which came to his room and apologized. He told Gordon | Mr. Helden told me — contained $100,000 in that the parties in the next room were surprised | greenbacks each, and had been returned 7 and stock had been so easily given up ‘He "was! afterwards watched and followed up. an the streets. Ob the 9th of April he was arres d by Deputy Sheriff Jarvis, who immediately him in the charge of specials. went away and onid herift Mr. Roberts came to go ball for him, but Jarvis hot ve found. ‘They searched for Under Stevens, but he would not take one name on the bond, but after midgight Mr. Horace F. Clark came and Went his bail. subsequently telegraphed his Philadelphia brokers not to give the stuck to Gould. He now hag some one always with hint, ag he is in fear of his life. APYIDAYIT OF JOMXN ¥. SEARS. The aMdavit of Johm V. Sears, of the Tribune, Was then read. It wtuted that he had received $26,000 from Gordon, which he gave to Mr, Stralian for the purchase of the farm adjoloing on ua. His relations were such with Gordon that he would know if there was any such arrangement about the Poteet me hee) between Gould and Gordon, as id's ailldavit, He ¢ pa arrangement, it, He did not hear of such AFFIDAVIT OF HORACE GREELEY. An aMdavit of Horace Greeie be e 'Y, which has alread, Published in full in the HERALD, was then | by Gordon, with the statement that he was willing | | todo whatever was right. I knew nothing about what was right in the matter and paid very little attention to it. { stayed at my room about half an hour and leit. Superintendent Kelso was not at my room while I was there, [neither saw nor had any communication with him on that day. WILLIAM M. TWEED, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of May, 1872—Guo. T, HaNsino, Notary Public New York county, LORD GORDON'S COMPLIMENTS. In connection with the above, aud as forming part of the case on Mr. Gould's side, was submitted the following letter addressed to Gould by Gordon, with the monogram “G. H. H.” and a coronet on the seal:— Lord Gordon presents compliments and begs to acknowledge receipt of complimentary pass on the Erie road, of which he will be happy to avai! him- self in the event of his passing over the line. WESTMINSTER HOTEL, TIME FOR RESPONSIVE AFFIDAVITS. Upon Mr. Root concluding the reading of his afidavits, Judge Porter asked time to put in re- sponsive aMdavits. Some considerable discussion 1. He corroborated the amdavit fy she conversations which took mie he followed this request. Mr. Gould's counsel asked that Mr, Gordon be examined in open court. which know what | same general character, all calculated to lead me to | a most distinguished social position and of high | the | 1 then called Judge Shandley in and told | him that Mr. Gould had a matter | which he would explain; they entered into the latter's counsel strenuously objected to. Judge Brady granted a week's time in which to submit counter aiidavits, on the condition that at the end | of this time, bovh Gould and Gordon be examined in open court, but not in the presence of one another. | | With this understanding, to the great relief of all parties, the Court having been in session five hour an adjournment of the case was ordered for 01 THE COURTS. -—_——. The Russian Princess’ Lost Laces—Defaulting Sureties—Custom House Undervaluation Suit— Charge of Dealing in Counterfeit Money— Alleged Smuggling—The Mandamus Against the Board of Education— A Lesson to Absenting Jurors— Decisions—Business in the Court of General Sessions, | ie UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. The Russian Princess’ Lost Laces—Ac- tion Against Two Railroad Compa- nies. Before Judge Siipman. Yesterday an action waa brought by a Russian Princess—Oiga de Maluta Fraloif—against the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Compa- nies to recover damages for the loss of valuable laces. [t appeared that the Princess, who is wife of Colonel Fraloff, of the Rnssian service, travelled in this io = 1864 for Som the benefit of her health, She was accompa- nied by an attendant and brought with her a large quantity ef laces which she claimed had been heir- looms in her family for many years, These articles the lady had in her trunk onthe journey between | New York and Niagara Falls; but after her arrival at the Falls she discovered that the trunk had been broken open and the laces—which are valued by the lainti” at $100,000—entirely abstracted. hese faces, it is further alleged, were in the trunk when checked at Albany and were therein in good order. The trial of this case, all the particulars of which as to the loss of the valuable property in question | has been published at full in the HeRaLp, is ereating great interest, inasmuch as one phase of the defence is that the laces were not of the value they were represented to be by the plaintiff. In nddition, all the averments of the plaintiff are de- nied, A number of experts in laces are subpenaed on the trial. Baron Osten Sacken, the Bussian Consul at this port, will be among the witnesses ex- amined, The case will be resumed this morning. Messrs Buckley and Gerard for plaintiff; Messrs. Strong and Walber for defendants, Suit Against Defaulting Suretics. The United States vs. The Sureties of Moritz | Gutt.—The defendant, who is In the tobacco trade, | had given a bond in the sum of $3,000 for the pur- pose of securing the payment to the government of all taxes and assessments that might be due them in regard to the defendants’ transactions. He did not comply with the provisions of the bond, and the result Was u suit against his sureties, When the case was called yesterday the sureties were not forthcoming, and a judgment was rendered by de- fault for the government, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. The Jute Bag Case. Before Judge Blatchford. Iy the case of the United States vs, Williamson & Goodhue, for alleged undervaluation on imported jute bags, the jury returned a verdict for the gov- ernment for $59,700, Condemnations of Goods. On the return of process, aud no claimants ap- pearing, 745 pounds of black silk, imported by John Coleman, were condemned by default, as were also two bottles of cognac, five bottles of mustard and forty-six cases of absinthe, imported by Payne Brothers. The goods in question had been seized at the Custom House. UNITED STATES. COMMISSIONERS’ OFFICE. Charge of Dealing in Counterfeit Money. Before Commissioner Shiclds, ‘The United States vs. Patrick Kelly.—The de- fendant is charged with dealing in counterfeit money. It ts alleged that he is an old offender, and not long since was arrested on a charge similar to the above, when, as report stated, he attempted to cut his throat. He is understood to be the owner of 2 brown stone house and a person of con- siderable means. ‘The Commissioner held him in | defauit of $10,000 bail to await examination. Charge of Attempted Rape. John Walters, who had been a steerage passenger on board the British steamer Idaho, was brought before Commissioner Shields on a charge of having attempted to violate the person of Bothilda Nilson, @ fellow passeng The Commissioner said he had no jurisdiction in the case, and told the woman that she must look to the British Consul for redress, Alleged Smuggling of Lace Shawls. The United States vs. Isaac Park.—The defendant, who had been arrested by Samuel Barclay, a Cus- tom House officer, on a charge of having smuggled | on shore lace shawls, supposed to have been brought from England on board the steamship City of Washington, was held in $3,000 for examination. ‘SUPREME “COURT—CHAMBERS. The Mandamus Against the Board of Ed. | ucation, Before Judge Ingraham. Ex rel. John Hogan.—This motion came on to be heard yesterday. Mr. James M. Sheehan, who ap- peared for the relator, showed by the affidavit of Mr. Hogan that he was a freeholder worth $50,000 above all his liabilities, and a dealer in granite; that he bid for the granite work of the new City College, according to the advertisement of toe Board—was the lowest responsible bidder—that he tendered his bid in proper form, with sufficient sureties; that the defendants ignored his offered contract, giving the contract to a bidder who was some $850 higher than the relator, thus robbing the taxpayers of the city and imputing to a responsi- ble citizen the suspicion that he could not be | trusted to do the necessary work. ‘To make the | question short,” said Mr. Sheehan, ‘the time is past | When officials can extract from the citizens | with impunity one cent above their well paid sala- Ties.” Mr. Vanderpoel, who appeared for the defendants, insisted that the mandamus cannot lie, because, he said, there was a lower bidder than Mr, Hogan, and the defendants reserved the “right to reject all and any bids" under their notice, elator’s counsel as strenuously insisted that that notice was wholly illegal and not worth the paper it was written on, and boldly took the ground that no reason could be shown by the defendants why the relator should not have his mandamus except that the difference was to be expended for somebody's benefit. He deprecated the attempt to cheat the city ont of over $1,000, because some irresponsible Fan in the interest of the defendants putin a ogus lower bid than the relator. The Court took the papers. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions. | By Judge Ingraham. J. B. Tallman vs. Charles Breslin.—Motion granted, if Essex County National Bank vs. Frank B. Hill et a],—Same. Amelia Levy et al. vs. Virginia Levy.—Same. Thomas Varney vs. United States Blasting Oi) | | | | Company.—Same. | Man & Wilcox Co, vs, Edward L. Wilson,—Same. Wm. H. J. Wood Willard Hansee,—sSame, Charles A. Pangerbiter vs. John H. Nagdell.— Same. | | HL D. Townsend vs. C. H. Well.—Same. | Atlantic National Bank of New York vs. Alonzo G, Armstrong.—Same. Alvin L, Decamp v Morritz Uges.—Same. Oliver Farren vs. Willlam L. Wilbour.—Same. Peter Smith vs. A. C. Brownell.—Same, David Frost et al. vs, Conrad Hubner.—Same. | John Vasteen vs. Jolin T. Barwic! ame. Sherman Parris vs. Oscar T. Earle.—Same. Theodore M. Davis vs. Charles C, Katon.—Same. Gustavus Isaacs vs Albert G, Lawson.—Same, William O’Brien vs Jacob Pecare.—Same. H. B. ClaMin vs, Phillip Fisher.—Same. | John W. Day et ei. vs. John B. Monnt.—Same. } | E.R. Kirk vs. Clemens Dicks et al.—Same. | W. H. Arnoux ys. John O'Conuell.—same. | res Roe et al. vs. Jeremiah T. Smith.—Same, . Lane ys, Theodore Losee.—Motion denice. Kendrick va, Douner.—Same, Jones vs, Selden et al.—Memoranda for counsel. | Thomas Varney et al. vs. New Jersey Blasting Oil | Company,—Same, | The Freehold National Banking Company vs. Samuel T. Corlies et al.—Motion denied, with leave pais to pliintit, $10. | Samuel Stevens.—Motion | ch M. L. Se Dovarin vs, granted, with $10 costs, Eleazer M. Couse ¥! granted for third Friday in ny Lewis Perrins vs, Williain H. Andrews.—Motion granted ond allowance of five per cent, Cag 7 F, Cropsey.—Motion MARINE COURT—PART It, | ines Imposed Upon Absent Jurors. Before Judge Joachimsen, In consequence of difficulties in obtaining the attendance of regularly summoned jurors in this Court, Judge Joachimsen, sitting for the present term, has directed jurymen to be fined $10 each day that they fail to answer to their names without being excused by the Court. The following named tou were fined for absence on Monday and yester- Joseph H. Doncourt, 828 Third Adelsdorfer, 51 Leonard avenue; Jose Greet and 66 West Fiftic! | of the family. | upon heart street ; Joshua Miner, 73 Fighth avenue and 554 Hud- son street; John M, Stuart, 144 East Thirtietn street and 144 Broadway ick Fallen, 208 West Thirty- second street; Oscar Varet, 181 West Eleventh street; E. Pouvert, Jr., 29 Thirty-eighth street and 45 South street; E. P. Fuller, 702 Third avenue and 418 West Forty-fourth street; A. G, Benniger, 473 Kast Nineteenth street; H. N, Taylor, | ecnwich street and 33 West Thirty-third street; William B, Viowery, 111 Broadway and 119 First avenue, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. A Notorious Young Criminal Sent to the Penitentiary for Five Years. Before Recorder Hackett. The first case disposed of by the jury yesterday was an indictment against Charles Brown, William ‘Thompson and Thomas Tracy, charging them with stealing a pocketbook containing $64, on the 10th of April, from the store of Magdalena Euscher, 24 Eldridge street. The money was found upon the person of Thompson by the ome: hortly after the Jarceny was committed, As th was not legal evidence against the youths Brown and Tracy they were acquitted, but Thompson wis pronounced uilty. ‘ Ls His counsel stated that Thompson's mother died the evening before and asked that the sentence be | aithough the League had to pay for the big hall, Peed eiys in order that he might attend the ‘uneral in the company of an officer, His Honor said that the officer informed him that Thompson's father tively refused to interfere in behalf of his errin, oy; that he was so bad that he had been mainly instrumental in causing his mother’s death. Thompson was arrested before for crime, and judg- ment was suspended by Judge Ingraham. ‘The Re- corder sent him to the Penitentiary for five years, A Dishonest Domestic Sent to Sing Sing Prison for Two Years. Bridget Doyle, a domestic in the employ of Mrs. Murphy, 541 Washington street, was tried upona charge of grand larceny. The complainant missed $1,200 in large bills, which she kept in a bolster slip, on the 15th of April, and for some reason or other suspected Bridget, who, when accused of the theft, firat denied it, but subsequently sald she had the money sewed. up in her dress, She was sworn in her own behalf and said that she found the money on the floor, and did not Know the real amount of the bills, The jury rendered a verdict of col witha recommendation to mercy. His Honor said he believed her to be a thief, but would respect the recommendation of the jury, and, instead of send- ing her to the State Prison for four years, sent her there for the period of two years, Whe Statute of Limitations Invoked to | Save a Prisoner Charged with Larceny. Thomas Peterson was arraigned, charged with stealing some property from Nelson J. Crawford, on the ith of February, 1868. The complainant tn- formed His Honor that he understood Peterson was out of the State during the last four years, but could not positively swear that he was. That being the the jury were Instructed to acquit the defend- on the ground that the Statute of Limitations debarred the prosecution front trying him. COURT CALENDARS—THIS OAY. Surrume Covrt—Orceit—Part 1—Held by Judge Van Brunt.—Nos. 395, 277, 1289, 241, 1531, 1059, 2698, 13: 4g, 855, 2787, 1734, 98044, 1281, 1905, 1291, 1455, 1457, 1491.’ Part 2—Ileld_ by Judge Bar: rett.—Nos, 656, 188, 176, 318, 690, 770, 604 R. C., 684,, 686, 688, 690, 602, 694, 696, 698, 700, TU21;, 704, 706, 708, SurneME Cor Brady.—Case 01 Jud No. 98. SPRCIAL TERM—Held by Jndge No calendar. Chambers—Held b Ingraham.—Nos. 64, 70, 90, 91, 92, 96, Call, SUPERIOR CourtT—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by 81, 1 1657, 1687, 1751, 1595, 1755, 1763, 1769, 1771. Judge Sedgwick.—Nos. 1265, 1661, 493, 1133, 1 Part 2—Held by Judge ti 1086, 1780, 1826, 47644, 1172, 1186, 12, 726, 862, 1264, 1266, 1268, Bt 1278, ’ Court OF CoMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—Held by Judge Loew.—Nos, 1015, 1855, 1858, 506, 421, 1268, 1614, 1090, 374, 659, MARINE CouRT—TRIAL Term—Part 1—Held by Judge Shea.—Nos, 8741, 8743, 8927, 8932, 9072, 7649, 8676, 8831, 8843, 8845, 8346, 8, $902, 8941, 8871, 8366, 6962, 8971, 8975, 9009. Part 2—Held by Judge Joachimsen.—Nos. 8558, 8881, 7913, 8882, 8495, 8996, 8920, 8925, 8926, 8949, 8963, 8969, 8997. Part 3—Held by Judge Tracey.—Nos.’ 7605, 8731, 8734, 9245, 0374, 9675, 9601, 9696, 9697, 9699. COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. New York, May 7, 1872. ‘The following is the calendar of the jon of Appeals for Wednesday, May 8:—Nos. 276, 28014, 2814, 286, 298, 300, 302, 305, 306, 30" 309 and 315. COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. The Threatened Jail Delivery Avoided— Resentence of Eleven of the Prisoners Recently Brought from the Island. The names of fourteen of the prisoners recently brought from Blackwell's Island by their coun- sel, Mr. William F. Howe, for a new trial under the late decision of Judge Brady, ap. peared on the calendar of the Court of Special Sessions yesterday morning, as follows:—Martin Schmidt, Charles Smith, Charles A. Hamilton, Charles Schultz, Charles Brown, Henry Furlong, Michael Roach, Walter Egan, George Thompson, James Howard, Peter McDonald, Thomas Ryan, Michael Murray and James O'Brien. Charles Smith was the first one called, and he pleaded not guilty to a charge o1 petit larceny. Mr. Howe said he wished to move for a discharge of not only this prisoner, but the whole fourteen, on the hare y that the present Court had no jurisdiction in the case, the prisoners having been tried and convicted once for the crimes they were alleged to have committed, The Court overruled the motion, whereupon Mr. Howe moved fer a stay of [ eats in the case; but this motion met with the same fate which ha¢ overtaken the other. The irrepressible counsel then requested that the stenographer make a note of his motion, which was done. Assistant District Attorney Stewart said he thought that if these prisoners came here and pleaded guilty, thereby saving the Court a deal of trouble, the fact of their having already served some time in prison should be taken into consideration by the Court in passing sentence, but if they pleaded not guilty and threw themselves back on their hes rights they should be sentenced re- ceo any former imprisonment for the same offence. Mr. Howe wanted to know if this sort of thing was to be done for the pur’ of terrifying the prisoners: if so he should most strenuously protest. After some little further sparring between coun- Sel the trials progressed, and resulted in the dis- charge, or rather suspension of sentence, on three of the prisoners, and the taking off of from one to | two months of the original sentence of the others. MARRYING A WHOLE ‘FAMILY. Trouble in the Smith Family—A Woman Charged With Marrying a Father, Son and Nephew. James Smith, a young man with hair cropped short, face covered with scratches, and wearing a blue flannel shirt, was arraigned before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, yesterday afternoon, upon complaint of a woman giving her name as Eliza Brownell, of 238 Greene street, who charges he assaulted and beat her with his fists. George J. Smith, an attorney-at-law, also marshal of the First District Civil Court, and an ex-captain ofthe Sixth precinct, appeared and gave bonds for his son’s appearance for trial. The elder Smith stated in Court that about three years ago the woman, who formerly kept a “female boarding house,’ married his nephew, Alexander Orells, and went on a wedding tour to New Orleans with him, where they put up at a first ‘class hotel. The woman being recognized by some persons in that city, and her actions in the hotel, compelled the au- thorities to inform her they would allow her a cer- tain time to leave, She stood not upon the order of going, but immediately departed with her husband tor this city, They lived together but a short time as man and wife, in consequence of the woman’s obtaining a divorce’ from him. This so incensed the discarded lover that he visited the house of the woman one night and, producing a large knife, flourisyed it over her head and threatened to annihilate her in case she re- Jused to live with him again. Being afraid he would carry his threat into execution she consented, when he allowed her to roam about the house at leisure. She secured the services of an officer and had him arrested. At the codclusion of his trial he was sentenced to the Island for one year and to pay a fine of $500, While he was serving out his sentence she formed the acquaintance of George J. Smith, uncle to her first husband, and, after a few weeks’ Seale was married tohim. She remained with him only about three months, when she took a sudden fancy to his son (the prisoner) and proposed marriage to him. The couple, unbeknown to the trate Smith, one day suddenly started for New Haven, and she was again married to a member She soon fot tired of the son, and abandoning him succeeded through some means in procuring a divorce from him.« The elder Smith the facts of the case became greatly ie conduct of his son, and refused to countenance or assist him in any way as long as he remained with or had anything to do with his wife. The elder Smith is reported to be wealthy, id at the time of his marriage to the wo was a widower, He states he was anxious to purchase a hotel and start his son in business, but his infatuation tor the woman had completely unmanned him for any business, Upon his giving the required bonds the father and son lett the court room together, the former de- claring he had a good mind to send them both to State's Prison, incensed at | | EET. THE MAY ANNIVERSARIES. The Reform Leaguers at Steinway Hall—The Howard Mission and Home for Little Wan- derers at the Academy—Session of the Temperance Commission—The Society for the Relief of Cripples—May Anniversaries to Come Off. REFORM LEAGUE. Anniversary Meeting in Steinway Hall Yesterday Afternoon—Silim Attendance, but Spirited Speech-Making. The anniversary meeting of the Reform League was held yesterday afternoon at Steinway Hall. Weeks ago it had been hoped that Wendell Phillips and other stars of the iconoclastic school would be present, and under the influence of these expecta- tions the big hall had been engaged. These anticipa- tions, however, were disappointed,and consequently, they thought it best, in consideration of the small audience which they drew together, to assemble in the smaller chamber. Only about sixty or seventy persons were present. After the usual inaugural speech, in which the various social evils of the day—incinding the great- est of all, the evil of fallen women—were discussed with extreme freedom— Mra. Davis addressed the meeting on behalf of wo- man’s rights. She said that twenty-four years ago, in 1848, Lucretia Mott and E. Cady Stanton called the first Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, And nobly had those two women and their adherents since worked for the emancipation of womanhood, though they had been the target of abuse from all over the country, from the press, the pulpit and the stump. Sometimes the battle had seemed to be almost won; and yet, just at this crisis, there seemed to come up a new form of an- tagonism. This antagonism was threefold in its character—from the sclentific, —politi- cal and theological worlds. Professor Yon- mans had in a recent pamphlet argued against woman suffrage, basing his objection on the assumption that if women should give her at- tention to political questions it would remove her from her own peculiar sphere and detract from her usefulness as a mother. He had said that so soon fs this were successfully accomplished the race would certainly die out, That was one view, but all women who understood the history of woman would at once and utterly reject it. Both Mrs. Stanton and Mrs, Mott were mothers of large families, Another class of scientifle men took the po- sition that woman, in the very beginning of things, was made subordinate to man, This was what we were told in a wonderful book entitled “Univer- sology,’’ which said that the feminotd was by nature derived from the masculold and much more of the samo sort—among other things that man was the image of God and woman the image of the footstool, or the world, Then there were the positivists, many of whose doctrines were undoubtedly true and benevolent. About woman, however, they said that they should be treated in the old chivalric manner. She should not think of richts, but should employ herseif with her duties. The political world again, it was clear, was in the midst ofa a great crisis, When it was plain that the two great parties would break up, many women had taken heart, and, inspired by the adopted name of reformers, had hoped that justice would be done to their sex. A woman had, therefore, gone to Cin- cinnati—Mrs. Gordon, from California. The first day the Convention had listened paticntly to her until she used the phrase, “Grant her rights,” when she was overwhelmed with derision, and denied a seat as a delegate. The second day, a lady who had been one of the original’ laborers in the cause of woman's suffrage, Susan Anthony, had appeared on the platform, and atthongh she ‘ad merely whispered for a moment in the ear of the chairman, there was at once a general titter and _a storm of hisses. It was to be hoped for the credit of human nature that this was not true; but. if it were, what could be hoped for from political parties ? The third class of opponents were theo- logical. A noble, sweet Quakeress had so alarmed the Presbyterian Church by speaking in public, that they had required the General Assembly to forbid churches to license or ordain women to officiate in the churches under their supervision. They gave us their reason the mere assertion that it was not woman's function to officiate publicly in the Church, and that she was merely called upon to be a helper. They added :—‘‘God had made woman sub- ject to her husband, and, therefore, if a woman were a pastor her husband would be greater tnan the paston’'—a clear eee 8 Nothing could be more insulting, and she (the speaker) predicted that this action would drive out of the Presbyterian Church many of the noblest and best women in it. There were many objections brought against woman's suffrage se—for instance, that the exercise of political rights would break up the peace of families. Such a statement was simply absurd. The justice of woman's suffrage, would, on the contrary, bring harmony, not discord, and would unite closer than ever before husband and wife and brother and sister. When woman was the equal of man, and the mother stood side by side with the father fn authority, family quarrels and bickerings would cease. It was also sometimes said that not only good women, but base women, would exercise the right of suffrage if it were granted. But sherejoiced that in the future these downtrodden sisters would be endowed with the Tights of citizenship—ay, even the basest and low- est—and commence the work of self-respect by knowing that she was recognized as an American citizen. So, too, the working women and the wives of drunkards would then be able to ask their brothers to protect them from the grinding hand of usury and the cruel hand of oppression, Just so long as women were held su- bordinate they would be ground = into the dust, The hand of injustice was laid Nightly upon women who were joined to nobie men, who were better than the laws; but when you went down into the lower classes of society man exer- cised these barbarous and unjust privileges with fearful frequency. There was a dark side of human | nature, and women should be protected from tt. Another objection was that woman did not want the ballot. No doubt there were, indeed, many women of whom that was true, but such women were either selfish or thoughtless. But if it were wholly true, did that show that she was to be al- lowed to remain in this ignorant and selfish condi- tion? A letter was read from Wendell Phillips, express- ing sympathy with the society and regret at his compulsory absence. The resolutions were next read. The planks were much the same as before, but especial stress was laid upon the Civil Rights bill, and Charles Sumner was applauded to the skies for his energetic advo- cacy of the right of negroes to use the same hotels and cars as white men, The resolutions are, how- ever, much too long to be given at length. Mr. Linton, of England, then addressed the meet- ing. He said that the Cincinnati fizzle had at least taught them how little was to be expected from politicians. The effect of this great reform move- ment was to give the American people the choice between Grant and Greeley. He hoped that no one was satisfied with Grant. In Greeley he recognized many personal excellencies, but his imbectle easiness of disposition was a fatal objection to his being a good President. He was not sure, however, that Grant was not a good representative of the political ignorance that marked our people, while Greeley was a fair repre- sentative of the numerous absurd crotchets in which so many of us indulged. Mr. Linton then de- nounced what he called the great conspiracy of constitutionalism, which was simply a scheme of men of wealth to oppress the masses by means of empty but unmeaning words. Mazzini died say- ing, “We have yet to begin our work; the’ republic has yet to be,” and all friends of liberty were at present discouraged at the political outlook. He was so utterly disgusted with universal suffrage that he was not sure that the ballot would be a blessing to woman. Mr. Linton then spoke of the International Workingmen's Union. He begged ail workingmen to distrust all political parties, The workingman should have his own party. Mr. CHANDLER next addressed the meeting, and after some more speechmaking the audience dis- persed. THE HOWARD MISSION AND HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS. The eleventh anniversary of this institution was celebrated at the Academy of Music last evening. ‘The vast theatre was filled with a fine audience, at fifty cents admission—enough to insure the success of the Mission for at least some time to come. About two hundred children—boys and girls—from the ages of five to fifteen, were ranged upon the stage and entertained the audience with singing and recitations. Grafulla'’s band composed the orchestra. Mr, A. 8. Hatch presided, and delivered an address, in which he said that the eleven years of the history of the Home for Little Wanderers did not need to justify itself to the people of New York. It had performed a three-fold work of convertin, children to the to aa educating them and ameli- orating their condition of erty. Itisshown that the regular churches and Sunday schools of the city fall short by 150,000 people of accommodating all who need them. There are 35,000 children notin any school, In the six lower wards there were, some years Ago, one church to every 15,700 souls. Now that popu- lation has doubled, and twenty-four churches have moved up town. ‘You can't draw that population up to sy! Hill to hear the Gospel. You must take the Gospel down to them. You must first give them food and clothes. You can’t get little children to school in the winter, when their little feet are bare, and you cannot put knowledge into thoir heads when the tiger is gnawing at their stomachs, The devil has day sehools and night schools and Sunday schools on every corner of the Fourth and Fifth and Sixth and Fourteenth wards. With one-tenth of the cost spent on his work Christianity can double his number of schools and verdo him in work. 4 ‘The Rev, Stevben H. Ting, Jr., also delivered an _— address, tn which, Algh Charchman as he ts, he’ claimed that the ‘true Church of Jesus Christ 'was not to be found in cathedrals, in the halls of bigoted codfish aristocratic pride, but in the successful ent of sachs mission as this. Re rer then read his report, an abstract o1 which is herewith attached: Balance May 1, 1871... : Pan ental butions from all sources ‘Total... at il ap i EXPENDITINIS, Superintendent, t ke: Foe ete aeeietaeiie and bookkeeper... Teachers of day school../).."."" Matron, steward, servants and mi house expenses... perintendent of wardrobe i ty othing mo neaes os - 4,161 00 Freight and expenses on donations of supplies. “50 44 ‘saat asap 4,602 99 nds, ren... Books, stationery and posta ee 1 Publishing Little Wanderer's Friei : Improvements and repairs. . urance and interes Paid on account of loan: alunce.. IOUT sis srsaant i, es l840,097 The following 1s the Superintendent's report Whole number received since Jane, 1861 Sent to homes and situations, Sent to homes during the last Missionary visits. ..... : Dally average. Garments and pairs of shoes and boots. Meals eaten in the building......... ei Al thousand pounds of beef and pork, loa of potatoes, supplies of flour, tea, coffee, other things for the needy, sick and suf: Superintendent Van Merer then made an address, biad: ne farewell to the pecnle, as he is going to Rome, Italy, to establish there a similar missio A and in closing he besoi it the people present to take each some of the little ones of the Mission under their care, It would cost for each child $1 week, A number of persons in the audience called out, taking for themselves, or for Sunday schools or churches to which they were attached, one or two, and in some cases three and four, of the children: he asain Brothers sang and the assemblage roke up. AMERICAN TEMPERANCE COMMISSION. Morning Session at Steinway Halle Evening Session at Union League Hall—Interesting Statements and Speeches. The American Temperance Commission celebrated its anniversary yesterday. Exercises were held in the morning at Steinway Hall. Aaron M. Powell, presiding. Mr. PoWELL opened the proceedings with an ade dress on the evils of intemperance. He regretted that this curse should still exist. Slavery was abolished, but intemperance still prevailed all over the country. This question was not a local one; it was national. Every year 80,000 lives were lost from the evil. The friends and foes of intemper- ance must array and stand out against each other, Protection is given to the distiller and the rum seller; consequently, agitation is almost in vain. At the Cincinnati Convention there was not a word about temperance; it should have been a strong Plank in the platform. Greeley was a temperance man; but it was said that Brown was not. We needed asylums for inebriates, The Fpl ed had a right to be protected from the evils of intemperance. The best thing to do was to put an end to the tempta- tion itself, The only way to do this was to close the rum shops. The inost fearful crimes, that were the result of intemperance, cried aloud for this, and yet the State made the sale of liquor legal, and is consequently responsible, Mr. Powell, after he had concluded his remarks, read three letters—from 8. C. Pomeroy, Wendell Phillips and Henry T. Cheever, in which these gen- tlemen stated their regrets at not being able to at- tend. A paper was next read in reference to the alarming increase of intemperance throughout the country. It stated that the time would soon come when diplomacy and religion would be more inter- ested in the cause of temperance, but said that it was a debatable question as whether the government can rightfully take upon itself the ea of settling the temperance question. ie law is at present administered in the interest of legalized intemperance. However, there is at. present in existence a powerful temperance Strength, which will soon declare itself in the politi- cal world. The watchword should be, ‘No iellow- ship, politically or religiously, with the dramshop. system, its supporters and apologists.” The an- nual report was next in order, in which the object of the Commissioners was stated, and also that a petition had been presented for national prohibitory legislattion, also a memorial proposing to exclude all persons addicted to the use of intoxicating my eee from public office. After the reading of the address the following resolutions were adopted :— Resolved, That we hereby call upon Congress and the States, by appropriate legislation, to make illegal throughout our national domain the manufacture, Impor- {atlon and sale of all intoxicating liquors to be used as a everay That the suffrazes of temperance voters should in no ¢ be cast for any candidate or party, national or State, not pledged to total abstinence for the’ individual, and to prohibition as a legislative policy. That we exhort the church members and clergymen of all denominations to “ery aloud and spare not” the liquor trafic; to banish wine, and substitute water therefor, at their communion service ; to see to it that no members of churches are engaged in ‘the, manufacture, importation, sale, of renting of premises for the vending of Intoxicat- ing ‘liquors to be used as a beverage; and to unite in a leclaration of “No fellowship, religiously or politically, vith the liquor traffic, its supporters and apologists. The Rev. T. Sergeant, Messrs. Davis and several others then addressed the meeting, after which the meeting adjourned, pth Festival at the Union League Hall Last Night. The American Temperance Commission held a “sabscription festival” last night at Union League Hall, Madison avenue and Twenty-sixth street. The Rev. John T. Sergent, who was ap- pointed chairman pro tem., introduced Mrs, Mary F. Davis, the Vice President of the Commission, as first speaker, who, in a lengthy address, pictured the ,evils of intemperance and the blessings of temperance, which she made more striking by comparison. She told an almost innumerable number of anecdotes, all of which, however, had a striking moral. She also related humerous stories, the facts and persons of which had come under her personal observation, When Mrs. Davis had finished her remarks, the President of the American Commission, Mr. Aaron Powell, in- troduced Mr. Sidney Woollett, who recited “Look at the clock,” to the entire satisiaction of the audience. Miss Freeman was next announced, and sang a song—“Away from the Shore,’ and later in the evening, “Nothing Else To Do.” Miss Ella Rietz Clymer recited a poem, and the Rev. Henry High- land Garnet addressed the audience, after which came the grand musical finale, SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE CRIPPLED. The New York Society for the Relief of the Rup- tured and Crippled heid its annual meeting at the new hospital, corner of Lexington avenue and Forty-second street, on Tuesday afternoon. The Corresponding Secretary read the report of the Board of Managers, giving a very favorable ac- count of the labors of the past year, with prospects for the future of not only relieving the indigent crippled, but of greatly lessening the amount of public expenditure for their support, Dr. James Knight, the surgeon in charge, read his annual report, in which it is stated that 3,306 patients have received treatment during the year. Of this number 236 crippled children were treated in the hospital, 99 of whom were relieved and dis- charged; 4, having been declared incurable, were removed; 7 died of intercurrent diseases, leaving 125 still under treatment. The remaining number, 3,178, received dispensary treatment, including mechanical bef waka and surgical bandages, the indigent receiving apparatus and the repairs thereof tree of charge. foara of Managers and officers The election of a for the ensuing year, resulted as follows:—John C. Green, President; James Lenox, George Griswold, John BD. Wolfe, Stewart Brown and A. R, Wetmore, VicePresidents; Jonathan Sturges, Treasurer; Robert M. Hartley, Corresponding Secretary; Otis D. Wan, Recording Secretary; George W. Abbe, H. K. Gorning, Robert Colgate, Thomas Denny; Edward 8, Jaffray, Wm. H. Macy, W. H. Osborn, Robert L. Stewart, Frederick Sturges, Henry 8. Terbell, Samuel Willets and Charles C. Colgate, Managers, ANNIVERSARIES TO TAKE PLACE, ‘The May yearly anniversaries, meetings and daily and evening services that are to come will take place at the places and hours designated as fol- lows:-~ WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, National Temperance Society, evening, Cooper Institute, American Tract Society, Association Hall; busi ness meeting, nine A. M. dress, half-past seven The Universal Peace Union, room 24 Cooper In- stitute, eleven A. M. and half-past two and half-past seven P. M. Annual Conference of the New York Association of Universalists in the Bleecker Street church. THURSDAY, MAY 9, American Bible Society, Association Hall, ten American Women’s Suffrage Association, all day and evening, Apollo Hall. American Female Guardian Association and Home for the Friendless, Home chapel, ten A. M. and half-past two P. M. American Congregational Music, Brooklyn. American Christian Mission, Association Hall, it aoe Women’s Suffrage Association, Steinway all. Union, Academy of FRIDAY, MAY 10, Victoria Woodhuil’s National Political Convention, Steinway Mati. Pe esata Mission, Brooklyn Division, Academy of usic. SUNDAY, MAY 12. Sermon in behalf of the American Female Guar- dian Society, tt the Rev. Dr. Ormiston. Churcly Fifth avenue Twenty-nint! te \ i |