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CONGRESS. of the Tariff Bill by Both Heuses. Passage $63,000,000 REVENUE REDUCTION. to Animals in Transita. "The Custom House Report in the Senate. Oruelty SENATE. ‘Wasninaton, June 4, 1872. , ‘THE EIGHT HOUR LAW. Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) Of Mass., presented a petition of the International Grand Lodge of the Knights of St. Crispin protesting in the name of 100,000 shoe- makers against the repeal of the Eight Hour law. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, from the Commit- ‘tee on Privileges and Elections, reported a resolu- tien providing that the pay of Senator Ransom, of orth Carolina, shall commence March 4, 1871. THB CONFERENCE TARIFF REPORT. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Obio, called up the con- ference report on the Tariff bill, and stated that the reduction made by the bill as agreed in Wos $53,000.000, ir, THURMAN said the Dill was not what he de- sired, but it seemed to be the best we could get . bg and, therefore, he would vote for the report. r , SooTT, (rep.) Of Pa., belleved that the ten cent reduction was 8 mistake, but as tho bill had been discussed in both houses and had gone to a conference committee the was disposed fo accent thig report as an earnest of stability, and in the hopethat Congress would not be again called upon to consider the question either reducing or raising duties for years to come. ALCORN, (rep.) of Miss., complained that the bill was unjust to the people of the South in the duties imposed on cotton and quinine. Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., criticised the re- Port for its omissions, Mr. SuMNER sald he would vote for the bill be- cause it was the best, if not the only tariff bill, that could be had at this time, and because it wasa me in the reduction of taxation, @ report was concurred in. THE CUSTOM HOUSE REPORT. Mr, Hows (rep.), of Wis., submitted the majority report of the Committee of Investigation and Re- trenchment on the New York Custom House. Mr, Bayarp (dem,), of Del., submitted a state- ment signed by himself and Mr. Casserly, as the minority of the committee, stating that the major- ity report had been made unexpectedly to them, and before all the testimony on the subject had been eanuaned and asking that in view of this fact the minority be allowed to present their views during the recess, and that there would be published as many con es of their report as of the majority report ir. Hows sald the diMeuities of dealing with so beats G @ mass of testimony and preparing a repgrt Within so short a time had been as great for the Majority as forthe minority, and he understood that all the members of the committee had been notified as carly as Wednesday or ‘Thursday of last week that the report was to be made. Messrs, BAYARD and CASsERLY (dem.), of Cal., said they had not heard of the report until Satur- ss morning, when it was read in committee. ir. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) of Conn., said he was willing that the minority should have a reasonable time, if there could be an understanding that the Tegoa of oa majority report should not be de- re ereby. . EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., objected to grantin; the request of the minority, upon the ground that id would make their report a mere review of the-re- port of the majority, and alse because if was im- qeenet to allow the of the report of a commit- at a time when the Senate would not be in ses- _—— reagan Whether it waa ‘a document fit to be received, Mr. BUCKINGHAM said he was willing that an order should be entered that the minority should have untihthe 25th of June to file their report. Mr. EDMUNDS moved to amend s0 as to require them to report du: the present session. Mr, THURMAN—That is stinpl a refusal. well; it be a refusal. the preparation of the re- would necessitate the reading over of some ro thousand closely printed pages of testimony besides the other labor, and as BYESIGHT WAS A GOOD DEAL BROKEN DOWN, he wished to have a tew days’ rest before beginning the work. However, if the majority of the Senate choose to refuse the request of the minority of the committee of course they could do so. Mr. EpaunDs said he would be happy to accom- modate the Senator from Delaware Me? login. Mate way, but he could not consent to do it by a sacrificing a principle. Mr. Pratt (rep.) of Ind., said that six or seven ‘weeks had passed since the last testimony was taken by the committee, and asked whether the Tujority vo prepare tote report since that tue, jority Ir report since that time, Mr. THURMAN asked how there could be a major- ity or a minority of the committee until the report ‘was read and assented to by a majority. When the report was read to the committee and assented to by the majority it then became the majority report, andinthe natare of things the minority report being based upon dissent from the report of the ma- jority, could not be prepared until the views of the sagority were known. er further discussion, without acti on the proposition, the Senate, on motion of Mi LING- HUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J., took up the bill prevent CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN TRANSITO. “ Messrs. CASSERLY and THUsMAN argued against some of its provisions as unconstitutional, and Mr. Thurman moved to postpone its consideration until December, Lost. Mr. CASSERLY offered an amendment providing that the act shall not take effect for one year aiter its passage, and that it shall not take effect in any Btate having suficient iegal provisions for the pre- —— my cruelty to animais within the meaning of the act Senators STockTon (dem,), of N. J., and BAYARD slso argued that the bill was unconstitutional in assuming for Congress a power which belongs to the States. . Senator Casserly’s amendment was rejected. Senator SHERMAN moved an amendment provid- ing that the bill shall take effect on the Ist of Oc- r. Agreed to. MAN AND BEAST. Mr, CassERLY Offered an amendment designed to compel railroad companies to provide better ac- commodations for immigrants, and in advocating it he described some of the hardships and ill treat- ment he had seen immigrants subjected to on the great railroad lines of the West. The amendment ‘was lost—yeas 15, na} The bill was ied, and the Senate then took a recess until half-past seven P. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WAsHINGTON, June 4, 1872. Mr. Witson, (rep.) of Ind., from the Com. mittee on the Judiciary, reported the bill providing for United States District Courts at St. Joseph and Springfield, Mo., and moved its passage. Re- Jected. Mr. TeRRY, (dom.) of Va., from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill to distribute to the late insurrectionary States their quota of arms and equipments for the years from 1862 to 1869. Passed. THR FISH CATCHERS’ NATURAL ENEMIES. Mr. BUTLER, ) of Mass., presented reso- lations of the New England ishery Associa- tion Varn er course of the government in re- rd the aty of Washington, and urging tho Importance of rooane. the necessary laws to carry the fishing clause of the treaty into effect. He re- marked that the members of the association were the natural enemles of the fish catchers and fisher- = Referred to the Committee on Forelgn Re- lations. A bill introduced by Mr. Speer, of Georgia, to remove political disabilities was amended and assed, 80 asto comprise the names of Lucius J. artrell and Martin H. Crawford, of Georgia; David apton, of Alabama, | ia Martin L. Kimmell, of Missourl, Aq a wr “THR APRARER'S TABLE. ‘The House then went to the beens on the Speaker's tabie, and disposed thereof as follows H+ The Senate amendments to the House bill for fies vacancies in certain territorial offices agreed ‘hee Lata ae tba a re asag0 from the Senate having annou guinea ginnaregh gas souece (os eo House by Mr. Dawes, Weenie iii tor fated the Houne t this importane, bit was fa Its portant bill was in last atage. The report presented the. gratifyiny spectacle of sta ele unanimous, and it had jus been adopted Ls the ‘senate ‘without a division. He did not Satter himself that the bill would satis! sveaynedy ; indeed, there were some things in it wit which he was himself far being satisfied. The reductions effected by the bill in the tax and taritf Tevenues were estimated at $43,663,778, reduo- po AE Tah ry the free list, $ ju pee oS appeal ATE REDU! FP $53,057, for both houses. He went on to aaswer questions ut to him by various members. He inform . Barden that books in bg by languages were ao put on the free list. He informed Mr. Beck and Others that the tax on tobacco was uniform at 20 cents a pound, and that that would Into effect on the 1st of July, 1872, He regretted that the tax on friction matches was restored. In reply to Mr. he said he had Kellogg, of Connecticut, no objection to having the sense of the tested ip regard to friction matches in \ } the together with the stamps Bi of Pee eet Peres. betes come of the proj jon to receive one- betne ‘customs duties gage Mr. Dawes replied on investigation of the bearings of that project on the currency of the coun ey it became evident that it would draw from ‘est hoarded up in banke of the cities, thus causing a stringency in the West and everywhere. Mr, BuTLER—Where did you get that information? Mr. Dawgs—I donot know. It came when we looked into it. Jn reply to a question of Mr. Randall Mr, Dawes said that the reduction which this bill would make in the number of collectors and assessors of revenue a oan two hundred and seventy to two hundred eighty. Mr. Kerr, (dem.) of Ind., another member of the Conference Committee, remarked that his views of certain matters in the bill and his reasons for sign- ing the conference report were suiliciently known to render it unnecessary for him to enter into an explanation. On the whole, however, he REGARDED THE BILL AS AN EXCELLENT ONE, 88 compared with recent legislation on the same subject. He expreased regret that the tax on fric- House provision. in. regard to’ copper’ had to be louse provision re; per Yielded to the Senate. ers Mr, KELLEY, (rep.) of Pa., the third member of the Conference ittee, gave the report his commendation and support as a matter of compro- mise and yielding all grounds, Mr. Brooks, (dem.) of N. Y., gave the report his assent because, and only , it made & reduc- tion of taxes, He said he had never seen a bill go in- niously bandied to preventall discussion of itede- fais, He ventured to that when the bill to-day there jay would not twenty members who comprehended it, and t Congreas would soon have to make alteration after alteration in the tariff 't Of It, ‘80 as to satisfy the demands of the coun- » Still he congratulated the country on the re- duction of the taxation which this bill would effect. That reduction would be some $63,000,000, and the country would DEMAND A YET FURTHER REDUCTION. Mr, Dawks, at the conclusion of the discussion, said that he some interest which he would have printed in the Glove, and which showed that ye Te nals hte anes, eee ae ears een ne 54,000,000 reduction ‘in’ this bill, ‘would make 110,000,000. The expenditures of 1871, when re- duced toa gold basis and to a peace basis, were only $6,500,000 more than in 1860. The rate of ex- ae ture per capita in 1860 was $1 95, in 1871 The conference report was then agreed to with- outa division, and the House, at ferty minutes page ay one o'clock, be M., adjourned to meet on Fr! next, HOOKER’S ATTACK ON HOWARD. New York, June 3, 1872, To Tae Epiror or THE HERALD:— The HERALD of this morning contains, copled from the San Francisco Chronicle, what purports to be a report of an interview with General Joseph Hooker. As to General Hooker's opinion that Grant “has got no more moral sense than a dog,’ and that Sherman was “crazy,” they are of a piece with his whole utterances respecting other generals. In his testimony before the Committee on the Conduct of the War he attributes the failure of McClellan's campaign on the Peninsula to the incompetency of the commanding general, and of Halleck he says, “If the General-in-Chief had been in the rebel interest it would have been impossible for him to have added to the embarrassment he caused me froin the moment I took command of the Army of the Potomac.” ‘The Galaxy tor May, 1871, contained a paper by me on the campaigns of General R. E. Lee, in which, of course, mention was made of the affair at Chanceilorsville, I received from General Hooker a note, of which the following ig the essential part:— In that part of your article several inaccuracies. There are only one or two of them thatTeare for. You state that I declared that I fought Ro battle at Chancellorsville, because I could not get. my men into position. Will you have the goodness to inform me what authority you have for making that statement ? J. HOOKER Major General. Srp direct implication of falsification re- led :— My authority for this statement is to be found in the report of the Joint Committce on the Conduct of the War, bey 142, 080) relating to myself I find vol. L, where the sworn testimony of General ph Hooker reads as follows :—‘‘When I returned from Chancellorsville I felt that I had fought no battle; in fact Thad more men than I could use, and fought no’ general battle for tho reason that I could not get my men into position to do so.” I think that you will not hereafter uestion my authority for that statement. You imply which youspeeliy. IC you will mention them i shall be which you 3 0 mention them I shal very glad to adduce my’authorities. To this General Hooker replied :— ‘On turning to your authority for your statement in the May nuunbot of the Galaxy’ Tam giad fo hnd lt periecdy satl Thad not seen my testimony before the Committee on the Conduct of the War since I delivered it until this morn! I need not that it had passed from my mind entirely. J. HOOKER, Major Genoral. General Hooker went on to except to one or two other points, closing. “But I will not mention at bl bern the pe 9 carte ay ba becmiroes may be wrong and you may be ri fe 00 short to be bothered with these matters.” I re- plied, justifying my averments in the further points specified, and renewing my offer to do the same in relation to any others, Assuming the report of the Chronicle to be correct, General Hooker's present, recollection of what took place at the council of war before the final retreat from Chancellorsville varies considerably from his recollection seven aos ago, when he gave his testimony. le now says, “At the council of war that was held Howard voted to stay; but his opinion was good for nothing. He was sore and wanted to retrieve himself.” io evident implica- tion here is that Howard was the only commander of @ corps who was in favor of staying. But in March, 1865, General Hooker testified under oath :— “{ called upon them individually for their opinions. General Meade stated that he was for an advance, for the reason that he did not believe that we could recross the river in the presence of the enemy. General Reynolds had thrown himself on a, bed, being very tired that night from hard work, an had a to sleep, saying before he did so that his infon would be the same as General Meade’s. meral Howard voted for an advance, assignit as @ reason that ho felt aa shoagh the army had been placed in the position in which it was by the conduct of his corps, and he had to vote for an ad- vance under any circumstances. His opinion was received for what it was worth. General Couch was of the opinion that the army should recross the river.’ us, instead of Howard being the only one in favor of “staying,” three out of five of the corps commanders, a8 sworn to by General Hooker, were in favor of an advance. Hooker, in- decd, ay nite Meade’s opinion, and, consequently, that of es for an advance was based upon the impossibility of Kang thd river in face of the enemy. But he goes on to testify :—“Subsequently, on learning that General Meade was saying that he was unconditionally for an advance, and that ke wished the bridges had been carried away 80 a8 to have prevented our return, I sent for him and asked if he had made such @ report. He told me that he had.” Meade then, at the request of Hooker, wrote to the other coi commanders, asking their recol- lection of what took place at-the council. Hooker gives the replies of Howard, which he wished to be considered as a part of his own bom on How- oe pene re aie Mente thought it best to attack, but, after Hooker ven opinio: made no further objection. General Hooker w: eg all doubt, a thor- oughly brave man, and I havo given him every credit for pis nod aetna Nothing could have been better than his reorganization of the a1 when, the command devolved upon him; nothing better than tho beginning of the affair at Shancelioraville; noth- ET Meg 2 than his action at Lookout Mountain; nothing better, indeed, than his conduct after Chancellorsville until he was superseded, though he is not warranted in the real merit of the battle of Gettysburg, for tt action was a chance encounter, neither Meade nor ing until it was over that they would come in ion within a score of miles, if at all, of Gettys- burg. Hooker is aman of that high-strung, ner- vous temperament which is physically incapable of enduring pain. At Antietam he received a wonnd in the foot, and was borne insensible from the ficld, At Chancellorsville he was simply stunned by the a of a piliar, @ shock from which most men would have rallied in two houre, but which rendered him for days heigl incapable of clear action, To this, ogg a | to be re- motely attributed his present condition, But a man Whose se yf 80 ere ought to be cautious in rushing {nto print A. H. GUERNSEY. JUDGE HOGEBOOM AND THE ALLEGED OUSTOM ~.., IQUE ABUSER, To The Error or Toe HeRaLp:— My attention has just been directed (for the firat time) toa communication over the signature of “The Secretary” in your datly issue of the 20th ult. If all public service has not become wholly dishon- orable the open administration of an office like the mulgn inauenee of Guouymous Sorscepsudente, e mal ue: non mite: and I do not be gees = ray Nah columns to to what is quite evident the real writer. But (while suggesting that never masks itself under lest importer or home manufacturer m! the innuendo of the communication, assure the public, as well as col- valuation, can be sustain this office will promptty’ act upon any fi tion from any re- table sonrce. The public, however, haa a right also to feel tho assurance that this office, created for the protection of an honest commerce, shall be administered efficiently, as wellas honestly, and can neither be diverted from its purpose of im- Partial justice by the influence of dishonest im- rane be sebriree ra duty of judgment by clamor rests, | aE Leas JOUN F, HOGEROOM, Dalted sturca Genera! Anpraiaer, THE CUSTOM HOUSE. Majority Report of the Senate In- vestigating Committee. Twenty-two Hundred Pages of Conflicting Evi- dence—The General Order Business—Leet and Stocking Acquitted—Moieties and Com- promises—Extra Pay—The Custom House in Politics—Reoom- mendations for a Reform. Wasnineron, June 4, 1872. Senators Buckingham, Pratt, Howe and Stewart to-day made a report from the Committee of Inves- tigation and Retrenchment, to which was referred the examination into the New York Custom House and other subjects, In New York and Washington ONE HUNDRED AND FIPTY WITNESSES were examined. The testimony, oral and docu- mentary, comprises more than twenty-two hundred pages of print. The sources of information are ex- hausted, The testimony is conflicting, It could hardly have been expected to be otherwise, as com- paratively few witnesses were examined who did not appear more or leas in the character of parti- sans, The committee submit, first, that no mon- strous abuse has been discovered in connection with THE “GENERAL ORDER” BUSINESS, ‘unless it be the misrepresentation, not to say the mendacity, which has been piled upon it. The com- mittee say that Mr. Murphy was appointed by Presl- dent Grant, whose appointments have been habitu- ally somewhat distasteful to the democratic party. Mr. Murphy’s own appointment proved distasteful to a portion of the republican party, and so it hap- pened, perhaps not very logically, but not very un- naturally, that Messrs, Leet and Stocking fell heirs to all the malice which the cupidity, the wealth or the influence of two great trading companies could engender, as well as that the enemies of Thomas Murphy, the President and the republican party could inspire, A storm of obloquy and reproach burst upon their head, In September, 1870, MESSRS, LEET AND STOCKING were quite unknown to fame. In twenty months they acquired @ notoriety never by the greatest genius and only rarely by the greatest heroes or greatest criminals achieved in so brief a period. Twenty months ago it is probable that these young men had but seldom seen either of thelr own names in the newspapers, There are now probably but few names more widely known to the readers of American newspapers than those of Leet and Stocking. There is not in the testimony or out- |, side of it the faintest suggestion that Colonel Leet was indebted to any kimd of favoritism, political or personal, for his employment on the stafY of General Grant. The President, in his letter to Grinnell, merely attested the fitness of Colonel Leet for business. “He did not ask any appointment for him, Still less did he ask for any sare of the general order business. The fact of preferment in the case of Leet upon the ground of personal merit is too well attested to be denied, even though that theory should be exploded by it. Rumor (perhaps it should be said scandal) has pointed to General Horace Porter and to General Babcock as the par- oe likely to be interested with Leet, and by whom ie Was UPHELD IN THE FAVOR OF MR. GRINNELL. The testimony wholly fails to disclose any founda- tion for such a suspicion; on the contrary, it proves a8 conclnst’ as human testimony can prove any- thing that nelther Porter nor Babcock*had any in- terest whatever with Leet. The committee cannot accept the avowed beliefof Mr. Greeley and Mr, Mudgett against the testimony of Porter, Babcock, Stocking and Grinnelk It seems altogether more rational to conelude that Mr. Greeley or even Mr, Mudgett was mistaken in an opinion borrowed only from the SCANDAL OF A GREAT BRAWLING CITY than that Leet, Stocking, Porter, Babcock, ayy and Grinnell have committed wilful perjury. n- eral Porter and General Babcock must stand ac- quitted of all participation in the profits of sharing in unclaimed goods. Colonel Leet and Mr. Stocking must stand acquitted of all blame for seeking that trust, as well as for accepting it when assigned to them. It is evident merchandise has been very secure in the store of Leet and Stocking. Heavy losses have at t.mes occurred to goods in other buildings, but ‘the evidence does not war- rant the conclusion that of all the millions in value which have passed through the stores of Leet & Stocking not a dollar has been lost from them. In the judgment of the committee, for the reasons they give, the government ought not to perm TH AMSHIP COMPANIES TO HAVE CONTROL of the general order stores under the present ware- house system. The government mands and should have double security for the payment of its duties, first, the possession of the is, to be re- sorted to if not lost or destroyed; and, second, a bond of the importer, to be resorted to if the goods are lost or destroyed. There is no cyidence of presents having been ten- dered to or accepted by ofMicers of the Custom House from their subo' tes, and no evidence of Breterencs, given to one of such subordinates over she others in the dischat ofateamships, A good deal of testimony was submitted on THE SUBJECT OF BRIBES AND PRESENTS to officers connected with the Customs. That tes- timony only made clear one fact, that there was no necessity nor any apol: for ever making such Presents. It was in evidence by the agents, who confess to making sucl payments, tnat the present Secretary of the easury made an effort to abolish that practice. He sent an agent to New York to investigate the practice, and he issued a circular prohibiting all such pay- ments, but in spite of the known wishes of the Secretary and of his known commands the practice phen has continued. The testimony shows pretty clearly the practice would not be condemned good morals ff it were not condemned by law; that the money is paid, NOT TO SECURE A VIOLATION OF LAW, but as a compensation for services rendered in ad- dition to the services required by law. The usage is not of recent date, but has come down from a former generation. With reference to connivance on the part of the officers of the Custom House at frauds aL jd practices in passing the baggage of traders, the testimony left but little reason to doubt that the officers formerly in the service of the Custom House had permitted bagi to pass without the poymens of duty and had received a consideration for doing so. The testimony gives some grounds for believing that OFFICERS STILL IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE service are guilty of Ka i dt in passin the of passengers, committee regre' to find inthe testimony too much assurance that articles of merchandise are occasionally abstracted while under control of oficers of the customs, There is no evidence that any such abstracted ong are ever returned, nor is there any evidence that there has been any failure to dismiss officers when detected in such practice, Such abstractions are not pabeavy, as to be very damaging, but are so irequent ds to be very Lhe A ey are the more scandalous because they indicate SHIFTLESSNESS MORE THAN GUILT. Men seem to be betrayed into such abstractions Not s0 much by a sense of cupidity as by a sense of impunity. The committee suggest that unclaimed is should be received at the pier by the general order man and by, him carted to the warehouse, and when ordered to the public stores should be delivered to the contractor. COMPROMISES. The committee say it would seem the revenues must have profited, Tather than have lost, by com- romises. It does not appear the officers of the justoms derived any pecuniary benefit from these compromises, except [n the way of such moieties ag the law awards to them. It is not dented, but ad- mitted, oficers of the customs, many of them, attend political conventions, and that they have al- ways done so, It is not admitted, nor Is It averred, that the employés are drafted into that service. On the contrary, Mr. Cornell, Mr. Murpny, Mr. Lafiin and Mr. O'Belrne stated that in 1871 efforts were made to discourage the attendance of officers at the Convention. It is very positively denied that the ittendance of customs officers upon conventions of jate years is greater than it formerly was. The com- mittee feel compelled to reject Mr. Greeley’s view of THE INFLUENCE OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE over the politics of New York. If that view does not distort the character of the Custom House ofictals it must dishonor the people of New York. It does not seem at all probable that the people of New York are made of that clay which a few weighers from the Custom House can fashion into hey pleadé. such vessels ag y mit an ree ett cal par of religious denominations, Shodep We dotiecimes enodede hers cate eat that the members of tie party, as well as mem- bers of the Church, are often asked to contribute tosuch needs, The committee see no reason why those who draw salaries By, not as properly CONT! as those who do ni They have no ane he hension that either the members of the republican party or the members of Co td Ana Ohurch will often contribute beyond thelr ability or beyond the requirements of the public good; and when ft shall s petty ig Ol ee shall be dismissed @ government or a worthy member shall be dismissed the service of the ohare for net submitting to an unreasonable exaction it will be time enough to restrain such contributions, It is proper to add that from the testimony it would ap- ate! that all the collections are made either tor dis- irsement out of the State or for the ald of cam- paigns organized within the State, and not to control primary meetings or the election of delegates. THR REAL BONE OF CONTENTION. A specific charge urged ewinat the litical action of the New York Custom House is that its patronage is Pontrolled ip the interest of a faction NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. im the republican party. Political events which have by sg mittee. that charge was made have gone far to refute it. So farasis known to the committee every individual who urged that accusa- tion is now in open opposition to the re- yblican party. There no ogee any known Riction in the republican party. It fs not yet quite certain whether those who in January last aspired to that character are now a party by themselves or are only A FACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, But inJanuary last and later it was asserted by Mr. Greeley, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, Mr. Van Cleft and others that the employés of the New York Castom Rome were habitually removed because they ad- ered to the so-called Fenton faction, or to make A for the adherents of the so-called Conkling faction. a an Se ag z GOING TO TAMMANY, “e Thd Committee Feport the result of th iostl- mony in regard to these remoyaig, saying, among other things, that a number of persons who were removed from the Custom House were subse- quently provided with places under the city goy- ernment, under vhe infinence of Tammany. The repost concludes as follows:—The instrue- tions of this committee seem to be lmited to the sexing of testimony and reported facts. It is per- haps hardly authorized to suggest changes in the custom service. The committee feel also that much of the testimony submitted is of a kind too partial and partisan to be the foundation of well co! lered reform. The committee, cannot, however, refrain from Gere} attention to the very valuable sugges- tions contained in the report submitted to the New York Chamber of Commerce by 9 committee, of which Hon. F. N. Conkling was chairman, Some of the recommendations contained in that paper the committee would not be inclined to approve. We are not satisfied that it would be wise to ex- empt the merchant from giving bonds for the duties on his warehoused goods, or to remit the interest on goods which have been in the ware- honse for a year, but this committee concurs in the suggestion of a commission to be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury TO REVISE THE WHOLE SERVICH and remodel it so far as shall be found necessary. From the investigation by such a commission re- forms might be confidently expected which could not be rationally hoped for from the inquiry re- ferred to this committee. When such an inves- a is had it is believed that all the questions ralsed touching compromises, the seizure of goods, the. geizure of vessels, the seizure of books and papers, the sale of un- claimed goods, damage allowances, the extra re- turns of Weighers, night permits, the extension of time for paying duties to the cashier, the Mability of warehousemen for goods lost from their custody and the propriety of Custom House oaths may be satisiactorily adjusted; but, without waiting for such investigation, the committce venture two re- commendations :— MOIETIES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OFFICERS of the customs, except in the case of a smuggled goods seizure. It is the duty of those oficers to assess and collect the duties on imposts. It is their business not to permit any frauds upon the revenue. Attempts will be made to introduce merchandise ap en our markets without payment of duty at all, Whoever defeats an seems at smuggling should be allowed at least one-half of the net proceeds of the goods condemned, But when goods are entered at the Custom House there should be. no cheating in quantities or values, It is the duty of the officers of customs to prevent that, Their salaties should be adequate to all the labor they perform and ali the responsibility they assume, Still, In spite of diligence and fidelity, they will be sometimes circumvented. But THB GOVERNMEN! SHOULD NOT BRIBE THEM tobe defrauded by holding up to them great fortunes for detecting the frauds, ‘The husbandman who pays his harvester a meagre salary for gather- ing grain, but offers him one-half for gieaning all that his own rake passes over, should not be surprised to learn that. his servant rakes slovenly. It, in spite of all the vigilance and fidelity that can be secured tn the Custom House, fraudsare perpetrated other agents of the govern- ment should be stimulated to ferret them out and expose them: and if they do not always uncover their heads while investigating such alleged frauds, as it is complained some of the special agents of the Treasury do not, it is better, probably, to tolerate even that outrage upon good manners rather than allow the frauds to go unpunished. ASSISTANT APPRAISERS AND EXAMINERS in the public stores should be experts. That is manifest. It is quite as manifest that to be experts they not only must have studied, but they must not cease to study. The longer they practice their pro- fession the more expert they will become. In order to adjust the values of many commodities imported a life time of study is none too much; and it is unquestionably true that every year added to one’s experience adds to his competency. They should be appointed only upon fall written eae eee of unexceptionable character and of @ certain acquaintance with the commodities which they are called upon to ap- praise. When appointed they should have a salary adequate to their support, and they should be con- tinued in office until convicted of misconduct or until mentally or physically disabled. THE GRAND LODGE OF FREEMASONS. ‘The Grand Lodge of Masons of this State opened yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, the M. W. Grand Master presiding. The following Grand OfMicers were in their places:—Right Worshipful Christopher G, Fox, Deputy Grand Master; Edmund L, Judson and James W. Husted, Grand Wardens; John W. Simons, Grand Treasurer ; James M. Austin, M. D., Grand Secretary ; Right Worshipful and Revs. R. L, Schoonmaker, Ferdinand C. Ewer and John G. Webster, Grand Chaplains; General Charles Roome, Grand Marshal; Cornelius Essel- styn, Grand Standard Bearer; William R, Brown, Grand Sword Bearer; Philip Merkle, Joseph Koch, De W. Tallcott and Isaac H. Brown, Grand Stewards; John D, Serviss and Charles E. Young, Grand Deacons; Worshipful Johnston Foun- tain, Grand Pursuivant; Worshipful John Hoole, Grand Tiler, and Right Worshipful George H. Ray- mond, Grand Lecturer, together with twenty-seven District Deputy Grand Masters and Past Grand Masters Jenkinson, Jonnston, Gibson, Evans, Lewis, Phillips, and Past Deputy Grand Masters Macoy and several other Past Grand Oficers. The procession entered, preceded by the Grand Marshal, the entire body standing to receive them, while the organ played @ march, The Gran Honors were then given, the Grand Marshal givin, the foe when the oficers repaired to their seve: stations, The Right Worshipful and Rev. R. L, ScHoon- MAKER then offered ‘The Lord’s Prayer,” the whole body senondae “So mote it be." The GRAND MARSHAL then proclaimed the Grand Lodge open in ample form, GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS. The GRAND MASTER then delivered his address, The GRAND SECRETARY then submitted his annual report, showing the total cash received to be $63,403 33, of which $61,476 68 was from lodge dues, Nine dispensations for new lodges were granted, a8 follows:—Iroquois, Essex, Essex county; Wieland, Morrisania; Hobasco, ithaca; Orion, Brooklyn; Adonai, ‘Highland, ’ Ulster ’ county; Acanthus, Brooklyn, jugs _ county; Pisgah, Granville, Jefferson county; Jerusalem Temple, Cornwall, Orange county; Germania, of Rochester, Monroe county. Number of lodges paying dues, 631; initiations during the year, 6,142; afiilations, 812; total, 6,054. Demitted, 1,760; expelled, 65; suspended, a4; stricken from roll for non-payment of dues, 3225; restored to membership, 862; dled, 857; total in good standing, 77,079. Eighteen lodges Legit incorporate under the general law within the year. The GRAND TREASURER reported as follows:— Balance last year, $3,632 40; received from Grand sees taey, $63,404 33; interest on deposits, $287 67; total, gona 40; expenses, $66,380 78; balance, $3,632 40; leaving $100 to meet an ppropriation pee paid and $25,439 51 since received from Grand cretary. The report of the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund was then read by the Grand Secretary. It showed that the Right Worshipful Isaac H. Brown (sexton of Grace paral} hi made large collec- tions in aid of the fund, including $1,835, the pro- ceeds of a musical entertainment, the whole amounting to $2,741. The announcement was re- ceived bh immense applause. Total received, $258,981 21; paid out, $251,000. Debt, $50,000 to Union Trust Company and $146,500 in bonds. ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS. On motion of Right Worshipful William Sinclair, amended by Worshipful Levi J. Isaacs, the election of Grand OMcers was made the special order for Thursday, at 10 A. M. STANDING COMMITTEES. Grievances.—Right Worshipful Samuel Jones, John D, Lewis, John _L. Staats, Jr., Willlam A. | She led catiay 8. Marshall, Worshipful George bCOock. Finance.—Right Worshipful Edward L. Judson, Charles EB. Young, Joun Cowdrey, Robert H, Thomas, John 0. Boak. Constitiution.—R, W. A. T, Goodwin, John A. Fos- Pe os Suffern, W. John P, P. White, William P. aran Charity.—R. W. John W. Simohs, R. W. Philip Merkle, Joseph Koch, Daniel W, Talicott, Isaac H, WHE, Ns.—R. W. Andrew, E. Suffern, M. Van Val- a B, Manning, Thomas kenburgh, Bolivar Ellis, Jo! L, Higgins. yriened, Dustnest Ww Alexander Hays, Nor- man J. Baker, Geo ne. Work ana Lachuvee Right Worshipful Elwood E. Thorne, Worshipfal Henry D. Walker, Right Wor- slitprul Aug. ©. Gregory, M. D.; Worshipful Albert Parker, Gideon W. conteld, George A. it Credenttais.—Right Worshipful James M. Austin, M. D.; George Van Vieet, Worshipful William Shaw. Jt .—Most Worshipful James Gibson, Joseph D. Evans, John J. Crane, Stephen H. John- ht- Worshipful Christ. G, Fox, Cornelius Esselstyn, Daniel W. Talcott. Warrants.—Right Worshipful George Van Vieet, Isaac Teichman, James » Husted Worshipful Horace M. Barnes, Charles B. Hand, George Davis, John D. Williams, ht Worshipful L. A. Waldo, Worshipful Wm. ©, Zimmermann, Right Worshipful Charles B. Wade, Worshipful Edwin M, Hamilton, Worshipful Wm. A. Fish. Exemplification of Work.—The twenty-seven Dis- trict Deputy Grand Masters, The Grand Lodge was called off till nine o'clock this mornins, THE TAMMANY RING. Tweed, Connolly, and Fields. Ingersoll Charles O’Conor’s Spirited Address for the Prosé- cution—Judge Hogebeom’s Close Question- ing—To Whom Does the Money Be- long, and if Collected What Will Become of It!~The Formal Demurrer by Curtis, nner’ ic iil aaa ALBANY, June 4, 1872, The Court met at half-past ten o'clock. Mr. O’Conor resumed his argument, he having discussed only the first point yesterday, As to Tweed being culpanle in the matter of the division of the money, he said that he ought to have said it was in evi- dence that these moneys were received and divided from day today, and that it wasall embraced in the conspiracy, He did not know as he had said this yesterday, but he should have done so, and Would now dismiss further allusion to that point. He then proceeded to say that it was the common resort of the defendants to put in demurrers, and it Was not surprising that it should be put in here; therefore he claimed that it should not be received with any special favor. He sald these Moneys belonged to the public—and he used the word public in its broadest sense—and the offence was against the people of the whole St: not alone those who would be obliged to make up the stolen amount, but all the people. Besides, there were many who owned the property taxed to make up this money who did not live in the city; many of them never saw the city, and perhaps never would see it, This was the case, and the question as to who should prosecute for the recov- ery of this ill-gotten money was merely one of prac- tice or procedure. He then read from an act pro- viding for an auditing board, and said it was like letters testamentary. The old Board of Supervisors was abolished and a new Board appointed; but the President of the old Board, who was Tweed, was made @ member of the Board of Audit, which was to consist of the Mayor, Comptroller and President of the then Board of Su- pervisors. Thus the Board of Supervisors was a new special commission to ascertain the indebt- edness of the city and county, to issue bonds and to levy a tax to pay the bonds, THE INJURED PARTIES, “Now,” said he, “Iam called upen to say who by reason of the injuries happening by the malversa- tion are the parties injured. Why, nobody but those who are to be taxed; and would like to know who representsthem. It has been decided fully and clearly that a taxpayer cannot bring an action to protect himself from taxation. Somebody else must sue for him, or else there would be no end to lawsuits. There would be millions of taxpayers to bring suits. The Board of Supervisors, under the act, have nothing to do with this Gare further than to specify how it shall be assesse The money is to be collected and paid over to a specified officer. The Super- visors have nothing to do with spending it. ey are therefore in no sense the representatives of the people. There were anumber of decisions by the courts denying that these local bodies represented the individual citizens, Therefore we fiud citizens cannot come into court as taxpayers, neither can the Board of Supervisors come in as their repre- sentatives.’? TO WHOM DID THE MONEY BELONG? He then calcd the attention of the Court to the question whether this money petotgets to the city or county of New York. These bonds, he said, were not issued by the Board of Supervisors nor any other officers representing the cityand county of New York. They were made by certain specified oMicials designatea by the act of the Legislature, Then who did the money belong to? Why, to the State or the individual bondholders. The money was not raised by the city or county, nor by any of the ofti- cers of either. It was raised by the coercive power of the State Legislature in the passage of an act providing the requisite machinery for the pal - pose. He declared the suits commenced by the Cor- poration Counsel for the recovery of these moneys ‘were collusive with this roguery, as it was certain he could not recover, for the very reason that this money does not velong either to the city or the county. * AN ANALOGY. It is claimed that New York, which 1s only a small sectior the State, being the injured party, only | could bitng these sults, Why, said he, you might as well say in the case of man who has a leg cut otf by the rallroad down here that itis the leg only which can bring a suit for damages, It was the leg thay was damaged, not the man; the man is the whole, and it was only the re injured, Judge Hogeboom inquired of the counsel if the — received this money what would it do with ? t Mr. O’Conor said undoubtedly it would do with it what was right and proper, and that it was un- necessary for us here to Ingulre into this matter. Judge Hogeboom—That true; but would it not be possible to get this money back to the tax- payers in some way, say in lessening the taxes? ir, O'Conor—Yes, sir. Judge Hogeboom—Then the Board of Supervisors, as representatives of the county, would be the ones to do this, they being the most appropriate trustees of the affairs of the people. Mr. O'Conor replied to this that the course would be long and tedious, Judge Hogeboom then referred to the proceed- ings instituted by the local authorities, and called attention to the Criticism of the intention and the motive of the proceedings, THE DUTY OF THE STATE. Mr. O’Conor then speke with much warmth of the duty of the State to step in and act in behalf of the people when their rights and interests are being overborne and trodden under foot by corrupt omMicials. It was the State's duty to represent all unrepresented interests, The counsel then read his point at length covering this branch of his argument, which was that the real and immediate ones to be injured were those unknown persons who were to be the taxpayers when the money Js raised to make good this stolen money. It was, after all, the tax- Leste and those to be such in the future, and at this time unknown, who were to be the sufferers by this ip daa p It was not the Corporation autho- ities of New York city or county, Therefore it be- came the duty of the State, representing the peo- le—the taxpayers—to take the part of protector. Jounsel de dd =the history of the or- anization of the city and county of lew York to show that there was no such thing as a county government asin other counties; that the Board of Supervisors was merely @ tax-levying commission, appointed for that pur- pose only, and it has been conceded that they could not be sued as boards of supervisors in other coun- ties are snable, Therefore we find no suits brought against them. They had no treasury. But during the existence of this Board, for the purpose of carrying out the schemes of THE RING OF PLUNDERERS, its powers and duties were enlarged, and William M. Tweed was made its President, The minutes of this Board for 1868 made a book of 1,400 pages, and there was a very large number printed, more than ‘was ever wanted; but it made avery nice job for their printer. “But,” he said, ‘during this—what he woud. call middie age—the Board of Supervisors ‘was ng$a corporate entity. Now, howoyer, since 1870 Board has been put back to what it origi- nally was, and still it has functions which entitle it to ‘being @ representative body.” He de- nied that the Board of Supervisors of New Yor! had now or ever had vested in it powers or duties such as are vested in other boards of supervisors. He referred to this to show that at the time of this robbery there was no local governing body in the city and county of New York. The counsel then proceeded at some length to point out the relation of municipal corporations with the State, to show that such corporations possessed no property what- ever in their own right. These corporations were mere civil divisions of the State, nd go to make up the State, which is uperior organization. The counsel, in reply to the clalin that two suits have been brought by different par- ties for the same purpose in this case, said that was nothing. New cases of this sort were numerous, and the fact was never in one case pleaded in the bar of the other case. For instance, his agent could bring @ suit to redress a wrong or injury, and he could do the same at the same time. D. D. FIELD POR THE DEFENCE. Here Mr. O’Conor concluded, and David Dudtey Field followed, sustaining the demurser. He commenced saying there were- three points presented. si there a cause of action here? nd, if there be, is that cause of action in favor People of the State ? third, if in favor of the ple of the State, can the counsel ignore the city and county of New York? Now, he had listened atten- tively to the ar; it of the counsel, but failed to hear him say what this cause of action was. If it was malfeasance in office then no action would lie. The duties of Tweed were official. This action was left to his judgment, and ifhe erred or did wron, where was the authority for an action? A defend- ant it a6 well bring an action against Judge for de & case against him, Now, the next mt ae can the pring | eait for he recovery of this money? Four suits have been brought to recover this very money—one tA the State, one by ataxpayer, one by the city an one by the county. It was true more a bd arty can bring suits for the same ag in i not @ case im which that can be done. ee ee did this money belong? Suppose when the Honus were lying on the table unissued some one shou steal them, could they not be sued for? Of course whom—by the State? Now this La} Coe nae been ‘decided, and that very recently, and he referred to the caso of the issue of town bonds in behalf of the Utica and Chenango Rail- road, in which Judge Mullin decided that the fomisstions-~emene others the act By ON ie en MERE gt Ee a Oe ee 8 Attorney General of the State had no aut pe | bring a suit im the name of the people of the State, as they had ne manner of interest tn the case at ally In thi case a town was about to issue the cision, WHY SHOULD THIS SUIT BE BROUGHT? } Besides, are not the Deople of the city of New York capable of bringing this suit? We have bad men there, he said, grieved for it; but the: were enough good men to attend to th properly, Counsel then asked whether the county: Of New York was a corporate body, with power sue, and said the Revised Statutes settled question, They provide that each a4 may su aud be sued, But counsel says there camnot be two, corporations on the same territory. This is not 80.) We have stiikiug iustration of the fact tha Wo corporations vai: ,"d do Occupy tue ter ratory tp ate, gungral government Tv author in ey of, in the Union. Counsel cited au ities to sustain this position. {t has been said that the county has no } aig Why, this very court house in question 1s county property, and the pon which it stands had'to be bought u thet city before it could proceed with the rae (Counsel produced the ordinance showing thj jact.) Suppose the courthouse was burned who would bring suit for the insurance? W the people, through a State officer? Would not that e absurd and preposterous, when the Revised Statutes say a county sue—and this is county property? Counsel quote various acts to show that the Legislature in the city and county two distinct corpo or- at tho! roviding for pay ing Charles O’Conor for his services as these cases, The Court here took a recess till half past o'clook P, M. » AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. Pm On the reassembling of the Court, Mr. D. D. Fleldt Tose to resume his argument, when Judge boom repeated his qhestion :—' it this money if it is collected of Tweed and He regarded this as a very important question in. matter, and what he wanted bey at was, would the Court be advantaged by hav! money collected either by the State or by pervisors, and this could only be determined Showing what would become of the money after was collected. Mr. Field responded that, asa matter of it would go into into the county treasury fer benefit of the county, just the same as 4 of the county's gponey. Counsel pursued thi int show that the county officers did everyt required for raising means for county govel mental purposes, and then proceeded to ahowl that this money, if recovered, could 0¢ used for deeming the nds already issued to raise money which has been wrongfully ween td tween 't session, which counsel ret He maintained that the only diterence county of New York and the other counties of th State was that, the former was required dnnually to come to the Legislature for authority to levy @ tax, and this was the source of ull our troubles, Ht said a tax levy Was made up in New York and, af. ter it was brought here, all the known mean: corruption were made use of to increase that levy, until We were ground down in the dust by tax: tion, It was a reat hardship—i worse—it was a cruel injustice on the part of tl State to require this of New York. the Stat would leave that county to do as other counties ai allowed to do, and give it the opportunity to hol its local oMcers responsible for their action, thing: would be much better in that county. Counse! read an act of 1864, in which the Supervisors of th county of New York were made the trustees of th property and funds of the county, and asked If therg was not ample provision made here for the custody ot the money. Counsel closed by saying that the se ed of New York wanted the privilege of prosecuting) these suits themselves. They demand this oppor-: tunity as a right, and they wiil prosecute them and recover, if tt ts possible to recover, and distribute! the money in a proper manner, * THE CASE OF THOMAS Q. FIELDS, ; The case of Thomas C. Fields, the Mayor, &c., was/ called, The complaint was that fields, as @ mem-, ber of the Assembly, promoted the passage of a bill providing for payment of fraudulent claims to‘ firemen, securing to himself a large per cent-i age ag fees. John H. Reynolds appeared fort the defendant, sustaining his demurrer. Coun-' sel detailed the charges and circumst on which it was based, and satd he could not seo, how a man could be sued for money appropriated’ in a bill passed by the Legislature because he, as a member of the Legislature, voted for it. Counsel’ argued this potnt at some length, and also sus- tained the demurrer to the right of the ete General, on behalf of tue State, to bring this suit. ; Mr. Reynolds having Sgncea an address pre- pared by George Ticknor Curtis on behalf of the: City Corporation was then reads The address: was’ mainly a demurrer-to making the city a party to to this action. Wheeler H, Peckham then addressed the Court on behalf of i DKOMeaa Hae detailing gli the cir- cumstances of the case. Court then adjourned until hatf-past ten A. Mi to- morrow, Mr. O’Conor is then to speak to the ques~ tion us to the right of the State to bring the suit, CURTI3' ADDRESS TO THE COURT. The following ts the paper which Mr. Cartis read to the Court on behalf ot the City Corporation :— ‘This is an action brought by the Attorney General in be~ halt of the people of tne State, against Thomas 0. Fleldsy fo recover certain moneys alleged, to pre, been wrong: ‘audulently ol The “Corporation ws been made Clty d patty ts this aetion appearson the face oF tie corn city a pa his action appears.o ‘of the com- jiaiatexcenting stich as is contained In the following al. jexution: That ever since the last-mentioned traudalent ent to the said Thomas ©. Fields, the Mayor, Alder- nd Commonalty of the city of New. York.'and several oflcers, {f any, who might oF any power or authorily in giprem Supervisors of the county of New Y eral cers, if any, who ‘or cou! exercise any power of authority in the premises, have with notice, and full knowledge of such payment, and {ts fraudulent nature, acqutesced and siill do; acquiesce in such fraudulent misapplication of said moneys, and at all times since such application were and still are colluding and conniving with the sald Thomas ©. Fields In the fraud aforesaid, and in protecting him from: responsibility for the samé by any judicial means or remedy. No judgment for any sum of money ts demand< ed by the coinpinint against the eity, amd itis not per. celved that judgment against the city ¢an be rendered in an action. CORPORATION COUNSEL'S DEMUREER. ‘The following demurrer has been interposed by the cor- poration counsclon bchulf of the city —the defendan he Mayor, Alderimen and Commonally of the City ot New, York hereby demur to the complaint herein, upon the fot« lowing grounds:—First that the plalntidy fave not legal’ capacity to suet second, that several causes of actloni have been improperly recited; third, that the complain does not state facts sufficient to constitute = cause of action against these defendants. It will be observed that the demurrer in no way cons tests the right of the people to deinand Judgment against, the defendant Fields Wether the people have a cause! of action against Fields uestion Which the Corpora- tion does not desire to litigate in this action. The demar-, sed by the Corporation 1 to be, understood tended to hat the State has any f action against the city. The counsel for nd county of New York will, at no distan& time, avall themselves of the prportuntty. afforded 0} several actions now pending in the First Judicial distric in behalf of both the city and county, against other do: fendants to make known thelr views respecting the ex. clusivo right of the city and county to receive money that hhay been fraudulently abstracted trom the public funds either of those bodies. In the present action we do wish to be Heard upon thatquestion. If it shall be or claimed on the part of the Attorney General that he demurrer of the ni tion of collusion and compltetty between the dec fendant Fields and tho Corporation or an: of its oMicers we have only to remind counsel that noth~ ing {s admitted by the demurrer that not wi pleaded. Itis denied that the alleged coll ion oF con- nivance ts well plc aded. The existence or non-e: of the fact of such collusion oF gusnlvance does not pose f to deny, ax we ae now ex- plicitly deny, the truth of ihe allegation in this behald mide In complaint, reserving to ourselves tl right here after to move to strike this allegation from the complaint if we shall be #0 advised. We submit the demurrer of ity fo, the Court without further comment. ICHARD O’GORMAN, Counsel to the Corporation. GEORGE TICKNOR OURTIS, JOuN kK PORTE, } Associate Counsel GOVERNOR HOFFMAN. How He Intends to Treat the Abusive Attacks Recently Made Upon Him. ALBANY, N. Y., June 4, 1872, Governor Hoffman, on being interrogated as ta the attacks made upon him vy @ aaily paper id New York city, said that, having been twice elected Recorder of the city, the last time almost unani- mously, and having been twice elected Mayor of the city, the last time by an anprecented vin and twice elected as Governor, the last time by largely-increased malority, and his official chara acter and integrity never having been questioned, he does not believe it necessary to answer attacks made upon him on the eve of an exciting Prest- dential noe Pen The Governor left Albany to< day oa an official visit to Clinton Prison, NORMAL COLLEGE. Examination of Students for Admissions ‘The examination of young ladies for admission into the Normal College began Monday, and terminated yesterday. Although Shp ans we dies 4 to be older, and the grade of scholarship re een raised, there were about fou hundred and fifty applications. Their attainments; seem to have increased with the new demand, President Hunter says that the beauty and ‘ curacy of their work 18 unprecedented, and show: very careful fraining. On Monday they were ex. amined in arithmetic and algebra, and yesterday im geometry, gram: spelling and reading. The re¢ suit of the examination will be communicated to the students next Saturday. THE NEW YORK HISTORIOAL SOCIETY, | The New York Historical Society held a stat meeting at the library, corner of Second aven and Eleventh street, last evening. The pth mse ment of the death of two old and valued me! George T. Trimble and John David Wolft— made and th to resolutions of lence passed. Vv. Dr. Potter, on behalf of sev. donors, of which Mr. Wolif was one, presen’ the society with a watch which originally be! to Colonel Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, and wai presented to him by General George Was! after which Dr. BE. B, O'Callaghan read a iF Ol “The First Public Library In New York.” He gal: it was in the first City Hall, corner of Wall and N: sau streets, and was a beqhest from Rev. Jena aM ington, an English clerzvinaa,