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8 THE COURTS. — Anteresting Proceedings in the Ne York and Brooklyn Courts. Bn Rae The Bankers’ and Brokers’ Cases in the United States Circnit Court—Advertising Claims Against the City—The New County Court House Commissioners in Court—A Man- damus Suit Against Comptroller Green—The Hogan Will 8uit-— Decisions—Business in the Court of General Ses- sions, Parts 1 and 2. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. The Bankers’ and Brokers’ Cases—Argu- ment on the Legal Points Involved. Before Judge Woodrui!, ‘The old “Bangers’ and Brokers’ ”’ cases, in which bankers who paid internal revenue tax as brokers sought to recover the amounts which were under protest, on the ground that the taxes hed been illegally assessed on sales which they had a right to make under their licenses as bankers doing business as brokers, came on for hearing in the United States Circuit Court yesterday morning. ‘The suits in which the questions are raised are the three known as “Edward Morrison and others against Sheridan Shook, Collector,” which, repre- senting seventy-seven siuts, are test cases. ‘The taxes, which were all paid m the Thirty-second dis- tries to Collector Shook, amount to between nes R. Dooitttle, ex-Attor- ney FP. W, Bartley and William | H. Scott ay the bankers, and United | States Distr Noah Davis and his assist- | ant, Luther W. Emerson, appeared for Collector | Shook. | ‘The leading points in the case are well under- | stood in financial circles, the whole matter having | been freely discussed when the protests were made against the assesaments Imposed hy Erastus D. Webster, Assessor in the Thirty-second district, when th? assessments were mad Mr. Doolittle opened the cases by reciting the grounds on which the protests were made and on which the sults to recover were based, which were | that fhe plaintifs had the legal right under their ticense ag bunkers to transact business as follows, | withoutypaying tax as brokers Firt—To make sales of their own property on their own acoannt. Second—To receive ri the usual course of bas tomers abroad, and ti ved trom Said sal Third—To purchase and carry stocks on margins and to sell sueh st realize the money advanced as bankers, | and to place balances to the credit of customers. | On all these transactions counsel claimed that taxes had been assessed and collected illegally. e arguments Will take several days, and it is understood that a written opinion will be give by dudge Woodruff, SUPREME. COURT—CHAMBERS. Newspaper Claims Against the City fer Advertising. Before Judge Barrett. In re Mark M, Pomeroy.—Application was made yesterday on behalf of the relator for a mandamus to the Board of Andit for the payment of $39,194 79 for advertising in the daily and weekly Democrat, His aMdavit sct forth the appointment of the daily Democrat as ® Corporation paper, specified the advertisements published and recited the act passed April 25, 1372, by the Legislature, requiring | the Board of Audit and Apportionment to pass bills | of this character, and the Comptroller within thirty | days thereafter to pay them out of funds raised by | revenue bonds, Mr, Strahan read In answer an aMdavit of Richard A. Storrs, Deputy Comptroller, stating that for the three years over which the claim of the relator ex. | tended the amount appropriated for city and county | advertising was $443,278 33, while the amount ex. | pended in this time was $2,703,308 49, Out of this sum there had been paid to the relator $17 eT. | It was stated further that there were some eighty | newspapers having similar claims against the city, | and that the aggregate of their bills was over $1,500,000, In some of the papers matter published a8 news was charged ag advertisements, He speel- fed an instance where the report of the county canvassers Was published at the cost of a few hun- dred dollars in a Honpleny ntal sheet, and a bill sub- mitted against the city for ¢ 8 87, He aiso read | an afidavit of Mr, Whitte that an ex. | amination into these accounts is being made and | not yet comple | Mr. Law just read were tn- | e old stere ype fons in progress was repeated. | d that the Board of Audit do what | the them todo as made obligatory upon them by the act of the Legislature. They | asked for no particular amount. [t was the duty of the Comptroller, within thirty days after the audit, to pay the sums allowed, 'y presented thelr bilis on May 11, and the investigation as claimed is | still in p The whole tion of the Board of | ittancer forwarded to them in banks and ens: the amounts mutters, Mdavits ttt and Andit Was setting at defiance the aet of the Legis- lature. The act Wa: ‘missive, but mandatory. If the adve t $10,000,000 it made ent claim. They had been publish the advertise- ments for whi e made and payment sought. He argued this point at length, and in- sisted that if the claims were not legal the statute | required the Board to examine them, He strenu- | ously insisted that all the facts clearly demanded a | mandamus, The work had been actually done, and | pay was justly due for it, Mr. Pierrepont, on behalfof the Board of Andit and Apportionment, asked for a specification on the order asked Sor, Mr. Lawrence said they wished a mandamus directing the Board of Audit aud Apportionment to audit and allow the claim. Judge Barrett stated that to incorporate the word “allow” in the order would be directing the | Board to pay the bill. He regarded this aa going beyond the functions of the Court, The Board of Audit had certain judicial fanctions, and it was not his province to assume these functions. Mr, O'Gorman said that the Law Department had put Into their answer to a suit brought for these cians by Mr, Pomeroy a dental that the rate was legally authorized to publish these advertisements, As to the work being done and pay due he insisted that anybody might do any sort of work and put in a bill agains city. Judge Bi t sald he saw no objection to a man- dumus, the eect of which would be toset the Board of Audit in motion, Mr. Pierrepont said that was only ordering the Board todo just what it was wil to do. He wave as a reason why this claim had not been passed upon the illness of Mr. Van Nort. Mr. Lawrence expressed hits willingness to accept in the form suggested by His Honor, and r to this effect Was accordingly made. An Item of Expense for Building the New Court House, Tenth National Bank vs, A. H. Green,—Appltea- tion was made yesterday on behalf of the plaintiits for 4 mandamus against Comptroiler Green to com- pel payment of $246,000 alleged to have been loaned by them to the County Court House Com- mission. It was stated by connsel that the appli- cation was made under the provisions of the act of January , 1872, authorizing and requiring the Comp- troller to jssue bonds to raise money for the pur- no differe: NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, to Wm. J. Stewart, with leave to renew upon fur- i] Murray and Coulter tn reference to the Police ther proof as to his death within the last year past. James OBrien, late Sherif, va. Daniel ne et. al.—Motion denied upon the merits. ©. 0. Jones et al. v8. John P. Arins.—This judg- ment cannot be granted, See rule 34. In the matter of the application of Emeline A. West, &c.—Report confirmed and order granted. In the matter of W. G. Hopper, an infant, &o.—The provesaings are approved ef.—The report is con- lirmed and order granted, M, 8. Poole vs. J. A. Shelborg.—Motion granted use referred to hear and determine, |. E. Shelborg va, J. A. Shelborg.—Same. In the matter of the application of the Depart- ment of Public Parks.—Report confirmed and order granted, In the matter of Maria Kane.—The amended re- torn is sufficient and the demurrer must be over- ruled. By Judge Leonard. The People ex rel. F, A. Connolly vs. The Board of Apportionment and Audit.—Order for mandamus granted, With $10 costs, at The People, &c., Charles L. Fletcher, vs. Sime,— ame. SUPREME COURT—SENERAL TERM. Removing Snow and Ice from Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Before Judges Ingraham, Leonard and Gilbert. John B. Leverich, appellant, vs. Andrew HL Green, respondent.—It will be remembered that an appli- cation was recently made to Judge Brady at Su- preme Court, Chambers, for a mandamus to compel the Comptroller to draw a warrant for $31,800, in fas vor of John B. Leverich, this sum alleged to be due , him for removing, in the winter of 1870-71, snow and jee from Broadway and Fifth avenue. Judge Brady refused to grant the mandamus-on the ground that such a writ could not be granted if an adequate remedy existed to enforce the claim by action, On the case being brought before this Court on appeal from this decision the case was reargued at length, and the Court afirmed the opinion of Judge Brady. Rights of Administrators. In the Matter of the North Shore (Staten Island) Ferry Company.—Mortimer L. Fowler, adminis- trator of George W. Wilson, at the May election of lrectors in the ferry company named, offered to vote on account of shares formerly owned by Wil- son, The vote was refused on the ground that the shares did not stand in his name, Judge Leonard, at Chambers, decided that there should be a new election, The case was carried to this Court and argued to-day. Decision was reserved, The Hogan WII Case. Sarah ©. Match vs, Clara M. Peugnet et al.—A motion was made by Edwards Pierrepont, the coun- sel of the plaintiff, to strike this case from the calendar and affirm the order made by Judge Sutherland, denying a motion for a new trial, the defendants having failed to print the case for the Court. Yesterday the order was granted, unless the de- fendants, Peugnets, presented the case iu time for the next General Term. The suit was tried about a year ago on a motion to set aside a will and two de the exclusion of the plaintiff and her sister, which it was charged were obtained by the undue infin- ence and fraud of the defendants, Clara M, Peuguet and her husband, Dr. Pengnet, and a verdict was rendered to that effect by the jury before whem it was tried. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decision. Ry Judge William E, Curtis. Dempsey vs. Hull.—Order settled. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. a Judge Larremore. Schroder va, Murphy.—The merits involved in this motion having been passed upon by the judges of this Court, any further application fora stay should be denied to them. In the matter of J, M. Webit.—There is no proof of signature of special guardian, Donnor vs. McUarton.—Motion to dismiss appeal denied, with leave to defendant to file undertaking within ten days; $10 costs to plaintiff to abide the event, 3 Locke vs. Kelmer,—Motion granted. In the matter of S. Rapael.—Discharge ordered, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS—PART 1, One of the Gang of Forty Thieves Con- vieted of Garroting—Judge Bedford | Sends Him to the State Prison for Twenty Years. Reforo City Judge Beafora, Michael Rogers, who was jointly indicted with George Riley, was placed at the bar charged with robbery in the first degree, Ritey was tried and convicted at the last term of the Court and sen- tenced by the Recorder to twenty years’ im- prisonment in the State Prison, The co plainant was a young man named Dan- jel Kerrison, who testified that on the evening of Friday, the 10th of May, about ten o'clock, he went down Forty-third street to see a girl, to give her money to purchase opium. After leaving her he walked up Forty-tifth street and saw Rogers and other young men on the corner. The prisoner (Rogers) went behind him and held him by the throat, so that he conld not speak, ‘and, addressing Riley and the other boys on the corner, exclaimed, “Come on, boys;” Riley and two others then rifled his pockets, taking twenty-seven cents, that being all the money he had; Kerrison said he knew Rogers by sight about a’ year and never had any dific ity with him, Upon. his cross- examination the complainant said that after he left the girl he gave the prisoner and his companions a drink at the ner of Forty-third street and Tenth avenn that on one oceasion he was sent from the Special Sessions to Hart's Island for three months upon a charge of stealing boots. Officer O'fialloran testifled that he arrested Rogers upon Kerrison’s complaint that night. That being the case for the feople, Michael Rogers testifed in his own behalf. He said that he was a dock builder, and that on the evening in question Kerrison treated him and his compauions, after which they were all skylarking; that Kerrison was the nearest to him, and whether he put his arm around his neck or got he did pot know; but if he did, thé arms of tWo or the fellows were around his (Rogers’) neck at the same time; he did not know that Riley took any money from thg complainant. Assistant District Attorney Stewart cross-exam- ined the prisoner at length. He admitted that he was arrested several times for being drank and dis- orderly, but never for stealing. He said there was | a_crowd np in his neighborhood known as the | “Forty Thieves,” but denied that he was connected with the gang. Omcer Timons testified that he knew Rogers to be arrested for being drunk, but never heard any- | thing against his r honesty. OMcer O'Halloran was recalled and said that the prisoner's character was bad, and that he went ‘orty Thieves” around Eleventh avenue, ‘itch, the Warden of the Penitent , swore | that Rogers had been to the Penitentiary more than once. | ore jury brought in a verdict of guilty, witha recommendation to mercy. District Attorney Stewart moved for sentence, and informed the Judge that Rogers was a dan- gerous member of the community, Judge Bedford said that, as a matter of courtesy to the jury, he always heeded their recommenda- tion, but he sat there to ea the community against desperadocs, and when he was officially in- formed by the police, as in this case, that Rogers was one of the desperadoes known as the “Forty Thieves,” he wished toask the jury, representing the respectable portion of this conimunity, if they still adhered to their recommendation to mercy. Mr. McClelland, counsel for the prisoner, made an | earnest appeal to the Court in his behalf, asserting that Rogers was not@ thief and challenging the fullest investigation, The foreman, after consulting with the other por of paying banks, insurance companies and | jurors, withdrew the recommendation to mercy, other iustitulions the sums they had re- | whereupon Judge Bedford proceeded to sentence spectively advanced to any department or | Rogers. commission of the city, 1 reply to this THE SENTENCE. an affidavit was read that this money He said: st term your associate (Riley) was was drawn by J. H. Ingersoll and was notallap- | tried for this daring robbery, the jury p lied towards the completion of the County Court cted, and my colleague, the House. act referred to was amended by a subsequent a #0 a8 not to apply to funds which were authori to be raised by other statutes, It was furt stated that the act of 1871 authorized the Board of Apportionment to issue County Court yonds to the extent of $760,000, and that it was out of th fund the money should have been patd to the bank. | ‘The Comptroller, it Was contended, could not issue these bonds until the Board of Apportionment acted. The Commissioners had made one requi- itio! was paid, but when they made t requisition the Board of Appor- | tionment had insisted on its being shown to them that the previous money had been rightly applied before giving them any farther sum, The Commissioners, it was orged, failea vo do this, and until they did so the Board of Ap- portionment ought not to issue the cards, and the Comptrolier could not. In answer to this it i in- sisted that in the amended act referred to was an express iso that nothing in it should be constroed 84 as to delay or prevent the payment of the moneys advanced by loans, &c. In this case the Comptroiier yad delayed payment. They could not, aitned, be called upon to inquire into the disposition of tie money made by Mr. Ingersoll. They did not know him in the transactions, but Mostly knew the offictal acts of this Court House Commission and the drafts of ite treasurer. The Court took the papers, reserving its decision. M. T. Brennan, tion granted, The Auantlc Mutual Insurance Company va. Sig- ismund Funk.—Motion denied, with, $10 costs, Dat without prey to a renewal upon proof that the testimony returned to the commission was to e8- capRah ons ot the facts set up in the answer, y J. Meyer vs. George Puncke et al.—T \- tions aro approver Weoree Funcke et al.—The mo: Wm. J. Stewart et al. va, A. Graham.—Motion denied »baolutely as Wo James Gralau, denied also ierif, vs, John Hilleret al—Mo- It was also contended that the legistative | ent him to the State Prison for twenty 3 you are convicted, and I shall send Me institution for twenty years. 7 is determined to punish rudanism in every form and at all hazards to protect law-abiding citizens | | when they happen to be out at night against prowl- | Ing ruMiais, garroters and assassins of the char. acter of the gang of “forty thieves," of which you are @& notorious leader, in the Twenty-second wards of this city. Grand Larcenies. James Kent pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny, the charge being that, on the 2ist | of May, he stole a diamond ring, valued at $118, the | property of James D. Murphy, Penitentiary one year was the sentence, Daniel Noble, charged with stealing @ siiver watch, worth $20, from James Carroll while riding upon an Elghth avenue car,on the 28th of last month, pleaded guilty to petit larceny from the per- son, and was sent to the Penitentiary for two years. Julius Jacobs pleaded guilty to “an attempt to steal $46 worth of clothing from Moses Rosenburg, on the 27th May. Mary Leonard gave 4 similar plea, the indict- ment Charging her with stealing $88 from Esther Young. Ww fam Brown, who also gave the same plea, was charged with stealing, on the 19th of May, $100 from William Dimon. The above prisoners were each sent to the Peni- tentiary for three months. ’ Prisoners Discharged.” | On motion of Mr. Howe James Miskell, one of the parties who were charged, some time ago, with escaping from the Penitentiary, was discharged, his conviction being illegal. On motion of Mr. Price James Carroll, indicted for perjury, growing out of the controversy between Twentieth and is, giving the estate | to the youngest daughter of the late Mrs. Hogan, to | ‘ee other | } | proper and abundant security free of risk a | allegations of the complaint. Justiceship, was also discharged. Mr. Mott stated that there was no evidence against the accused. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS—PART 2. The Wanton Use of Wenpons to Be Stopped—His Honor Sends Newman to Sing Sing for Five Years. Before Recorder Hackett. The trtal of John Newman for felonious assault ‘and battery was continued Wednesday. Mr. Howe, who appeared for the accused, stated that at this stage of the case he had advised his client to plead guilty to the charge. Ex-Judge Barrett, in whose service the complainant ts, appealed to the Recorder to show all the leniency in his power to the prisoner, as, from what he understood, he had received great provocation. Mr. Howe also pleaded for him; but the Recorder said that shooting was becoming 80 freqnent that he was determined to puta pay bo it, and sentenced the prisoner to five years in § g Sing. Michael O'Neil, & heavy -looking man, was next placed at the bar, charged with Grand Larceny. Tt appeared, from the statement of complainant, that the prigpner, on the 13th day of May, as le was walking up Broadway, snatched a gold watch and chain from lis vest, valned at $100, and then bolted. Mr. Henlen, the complainant, ran after the thief and captured him, Officer Haley stated that he saw the prisoner attempt to steal the watch; he also ran after him with Mr. Henlen and arrested him. The prisoner, who is an Englishman, and only three weeks in this country, denied the eharge in toto, The jury found a verdict of guilty of an at- te it at grand larceny from the rson. Sent to the State Prison for two years and six months. Felonious Assault in a Lager Beer Sa- loon—The Recorder Sends the Prisoner to the State Prison for Ten Years, Henry Gustova was indicted for assault and bat- tery on one Charlies Gunkle, by stabbing him with & knife, in @ lager beer sxloon tn Greenwich strect, on the 224 of April. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Hammel, who subjected the complainant toa searching cross-examination and elicited the fact that the parties on both sides were drunk. Com- ad also plainant “onvckrD” prisoner out of the saloon, and afterward ackeut him to have a “stile.” Mr. Tyler corroborated the statement of the witness. Oficer Burt proved the arrest of the prisoner. The prisoner stated that it was in self-defence that he assauited the complain- | ant. ,The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of as- sault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill. He was sent by the Recorder to the State Prison for ten years at hard labor, Two Burgtars Sent to Sing Sing. Thomas Morton and Joseph McKeon pleaded guilty toan attempt to commit burgiary in the third degree, the allegation being that on the 29ch of May they broke into the premises of Jacob Klec- haas, 122 Spring street, and stole $249 worth of parasols and Mmbrellas. ‘The highest penalty which the Recorder could infict was given, which was two years and six months in the State Prison. COURT CALENOARS—THIS DAY. SUPREME CourtT—CiKt Van Brunt.--Short ¢ 3, , 1969, 1921, 3163, 3273, 2169, 2301, 2% » 8116, 220, 32 3413, 3431, 3435, 3200, 283, 3309, 3311, 3365, 3379, 3405 3355. Part 2—Held by Judge Brady—Short canses.—Nos, 2962, (44, 2366, 154655, 2188, 8, b, 2952, 2958, 3134, 31504, , 3158," 3168, 145646, 2802, 2800, 2840, 3022, 2042, 3140, 3142, 8174, 3176, Supreme Court— ERAL TERM—Held by Judges Ingraham, Gilbert and Leonard,.—Nos, 74, 7 77, 78, 90, 91, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 124, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 182, Supreme Court—CuamBers—Held by Judge Bar- rett.—Nos. 79, 86, 104, 118, 120, 121, 125, 129, 130, 138, 154, 159, Call 163, ScprRion Court—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge McCunn,—Nos. 1835, 1429, J. RK. 531, 1813, 1699, 1743, 20, 1505, 1641, 1165, 1567, 1575, 1161, 4—Ileld by Judge Barbour.—The same, Court’ oF CoMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TeRM—Part 1—Held by Judge Loew.—Oase on. Part 2—Held by Judge Daly.—Cuse on. CouRT OF COMMON PLEAS—EQuity TERM—Held by Jigige Robinson.—Nos. 50, 54. Maine CourtT—TriaL TeRM—Part 1—Held by Judge Tracy,—Nos. 8375, 9094, 9197, 9597, 8624, 8798, 8854, 8897, 8051, 8974, 9100, 9367, 9376, 9426, 9489, 9692, 9693, 9726. Part 2—Held by Judge Spaulding.—Nos. S714, 9565, 9702, 9873, 9160, 9148, 9230, 9698, 9370, 9309, 9236, 9954, 9965, BROOKLYN COURTS. oS Part SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The Pacttic Mail Steamship Company in Court—Kestraining the Officers from Loaning the Company’s Moncy—The Company to Produce a Full Tabular Statement of Call and Time Loans. Before Judge Tappen. James B. Bach ys. The Pacitic Mail Steamship , A. B, Stockwell, Joseph D, Smith and {his case, which was reported in the HERALD last week, was before the Court yesterday again, Itis an action to obtain judgment, as fol- and each of them, be re- ding the m pe funds or tt trom Ie} strained by injunetle securities of the sai erninent or N 6 ond and mortgage of real property in this Stat y depositing the same in some responsible (rust com of the city of New York. Second —Thut the de ‘ strained by injunction from expending ox plus funds and securities of the company thereof, for any purpose other than to ibe thergencle niting expenditures for the pr the said ’ —That the strained by injui pi nants, and each of jon from expending ort ) 1 securities of th y there uy purpose other tha: ‘Hts and liabilities of the said company, in legitimate business, according to the terms of ils charter, Fowth—That the detendants may be required to call in and collect the said loans as atoresaid, and invest. the : government or’ New York State zes of real estate in this State, sponsible trust company of The piaiiti? charged that it has always been the policy of the company to keep on hand ‘a large sur- plus fand to provide against any unexpected disas- ter to the vessels or property of the company, which surplus fund, on the isth of November, amounted to more than three millions of dollars, This large surplus fund the defendants have been using on Wall street purely for their own advantage and personal interest, lending it to themselves on time loans and insuMcient securities, using It in discounting paper in other banking business and in private speculat Judge Pratt ing gra tion, the case came up yest make the injunction permanent, 8. W. Stoughton, David Dudley Field and Mr, Bergen appeared for the plaintif, and Homer A. Nelson and Levi A, Fuiler for the defence, Mr, Bergen read the complaint and aMdavit of Mr. Bach, embodying a great portion of the testi- mony of Alden f pckwell, the President, before the Feferce, in a suit. similar to the present one, brought some time ago by Mr. Arthur C. Challis. Judge Nelson read in reply an affidavit of Alden B. Stockwell, denying most of the material allega- tions of the complaint, charging the directors with transactions not consistent with the best interests of the company. Appended to this amidavit is a quarterly statement of the affairs and assets of the company, dated May 1, 18 Mr, Stockwell sin his amMfidavit “that all the loans made by said company since November 15, isi, except the item of $242,100 mentioned as time loans, are loans of money not required for imme- diate use by said com Y, payable on call or de- mand, with interest and secured at all times by dd hag ard, the cash value of such securities being at all times from ten to twenty per cent more than the loan secured thereby.” He denies “that the oMcers or directors of the company have sold any of the securities of the com- pany, or converted the same into money without sion or necessity on the part of the com- pi the use of the said company.” Mr. Bergen argued that the affidavit of Mr. Stock - Well was insuficient and that it did not meet the He asked for the ap- pointment of a referee to take testimony, that the plaintiY might discover in what the company had the surplus funds invested, He insisted that the stockholders had a perfect right to such krowl- edge and whether the directors were improperly using the funds of the company. Mr. Nelson, on behalf of the company, said the in- junction was not properly granted, and they op- posed the appointment of a referee, ‘This was all the plaintiff wanted, merely to hold the injunction over the company and depress the stock in the market. an auxiliary to the schemes of stock speculators, Mr, Stoughton said that there was no such desire on the part of the plaintif, and most certainly not on his part. He read Mr, Stockwell’s aMdavit and criticised it at length, pointing out wherein it did not meet the iene of the complaint, He claimed that the directors of the company were trustees of the stockholders, and should not be al- lowed to invest the funds of the company in other securities than such as a court of equity would allow any other trustees to invest in. Mr. Nelson insisted that there should not be a reference, He desired to meet the legal points in the case upon the papers, and argue for the ques- tion as to whether the plaintiif was entitled to’ an injunction. He claimed that the directors had a perfect right to act ag they were doing, and fers was no case shown why the Court should in- terfere. dudge Tappen issued the following order in the case — y injune- on a motion to First—Thatthe motion to continue the injunction be and iy adjourned until June 7, at one P. M., at the Court House of the elty of Brooklyn, Counsel for defendant ob- ectiny vad—That the defendants produce at that time a full tabula ementunder oath of the call and time loans made by the said Pacitle Mail Steamship Compa were outstanding when the injunction in Wis, It was an effort to. make a court of equity | | granted, to wit, the 27th day of May, charges therein, and the particntars o: each charges, or haines of debtors. oF persons to whom, loans were inade, and the particular kind of such securities in cach case. And the question as to whether a reference shall be ordered upon this motion, and all other ques- tious arising ‘thereon, ure reserved until the ad- journed time, SUPREME COUAT—CIRCU'T. Suit Against a Raliroad Company. Before Judge Gilbert. Daniel H, Frawley va. The Fiushing and North Side Railroad Company.—This case has been twice tried heretofere. It is an action brought to recover $20,000 damages for injuries plaintiff saye he re- ceived oy. being run over by a train at Winfield, L. L, in ber, 1869. The company denied all negligence, and produced witnesses who swore that Frawley walked into the train. This trial is not yet coneluded, On the first trial the jury disagreed, but on the second @ verdict was rendered for the defendant. An appeal being taken, the case was sent back, and is now on trial jor the third time. BROOKLYN COURT CALENDAR. Crry Count.—Nos. 103, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 128, 124, 125,126, 127, 128, 129, °130,' 131, 182, 133, COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. ALBANY, N, Y., June 6, 1872. ‘The following is the Court of Appeals Day Calen- dar for June :—Nos, 109, 360, 303, 364, 382, 385, , zs COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S COACHMAN, pt The Stable Fracas—How the Police At- tacked the Coachman—The Dark Ames and the Fair Carrie Love—The Commo- dore’s Testimony—Case Dismissed—Dis- charge of Carrie. The case of James Ames, Mr, Vanderbilt's colored coachman, indicted for assautt and battery com- mitted on OMicer Timothy Grogan, of the Fifteenth precinct, was called for trial yesterday before City Judge Bediord, in General Sessions, Partl. The venerabie Cornelius Vanderbilt was present and seemed to enjoy the situation hugely. THE TESTIMONY. OMcer Grogan testified that he had cause to visit Mr. Vanderbilt's stables, Fourth street, on the night of the 24th of May, in search of a woman who, he understood, had been dragged in there by the defendant; Knocked at the door and asked for uduittance; was refused by the prisoner; WENT TO MR. VANDERBILI’S HOUSE, by Instructions recetved at the station house, and Mr. Vanderbilt and his brother-in-law, Mr. Craw- ford, opened the way from the house to the stable; saw the prisoner there and asked him where the woman was; prisoner said he had no woman, and at was none of his (witness’) business; insisted on fiuding the woman, and proceeded to seareh for her, when Ames struck him on the shoulder with a bottle; OMicer Brennan then joimed in the search; the otticers still continued their search, when Ames again struck witness In the neck with his fist; Officer Brennan took the bottle away, when he again struck witness; Mr. Vanderbilt told him not to resist, when NLOCKED THE DOOR of his sleeping apartment, and let the woman ont; ‘OROSS Mr. William F, Howe, who, with ex-Recorder Smith, appeared for the defence, cross-examined the witnesses in an able manner, OMicer Brennan told substantially the same story, and was subjected to the same severity of cross- examination as the previous witness, without, how- Srey anything materially important being brought out. Miss Hattie Adams was called, and was about to state something which she told the officer, when counsel objected, on the ground that it had nothing todo with the charge of assault aud battery, The objection was sustained. THE COMMODORE ON THE STAND, Cornelius Vanderbilt was the next witness, and when his name was called ky Mr. Howe there was quite a stir in the court room among the nume- rous audience, He gave a minute statement of the atair, stating that about a quarter-past twelve on the nignt in question he was at ned by @ noise at the front door by an oficer demanding ad- mittance, and who subsequently stated that bis (the Commodore's) couchman had drag; into his stable and was committing an outrage upon her; he hastily dressed himself and aroused MR. CRAWFORD, whom he‘requested to accompany him down stairs; they went round to the stable door, and at that time everything was quiet there; just then the “nigger” (meaning the coachman) came down and stood in the doorway : the officers made for the “nig- ger,”? who put his hand up and said in the way that adrunken man would, “You cannot come in her you have no business Here: go where you belong;’ the witness told the “nigger,” Jim, to be quiet; thi omceers asked if there was a woman in there; Ames replied it was none of their business whether there was a woman there or not; he (witness) saw that the oflicers were determined to rash in, and he keptall the time saying to the coachman “Jim, don’t resist,” and to the officers, “Don't hort that man; there is no necessity to hurt him; they rushed him around a big out of his (Mr. Vanderbilt's) sight, and what happened there he could not tell, but very soon the coachman came from behind the door bleeding; Mr, Crawford went into the house for some liniment; he (witness) had | some curiosity to sce if the coachman had a woman in there, and went round to the door, which was dd, the key being inside; he knocked, and Miss Love presented herself to the gallant Commodore, exclaiming, “Iam here, all right,” and turning to the onicers, said, “You have no business with me; let me go; I HAVE NO COMPLAINT TO MAKE." Mr. Vanderbilt said she was then about as drunk as the “nigger.” (Laughter) CRAWFORD ON 'THE STAND. Robert Crawford was called and entered the wit- ess chair, but he was not sworn, Mr. Howe re- ‘king that it would be a waste of time to go on further with the case,’as the evidence of the pro- ecution developed the fact that the officers were the aggressors. ounsel On both sides declined to address the jury, being content to leave the matter under the Judge's charge, His Honor Judge Bedford ro- ceeded to briefly recapitulate the testimony, calling the attention of the jury to Mr, Vanderbilt's state- ment that the coachman only threw up his hands when the officers entered the stable, and that he (the Commodore) did_ not believe the defendant struck either of the officers. After deliberating for a few moments the jury ren- dered a verdict of not guilty. When the verdict was given Mr. Howe rose and informed the Judge that the woman in the ease re- joiced in the amorous name of Carrie Love, and that she was sent to the Island for disorderly con- duct, although there was no evidence against her. ‘She was then brought forward upon a writ of habeas corpus, when Mr. Howe asked for her discharge. Miss Love, a white lady, who was anything but pre- possessing in appearance, awaited calmly the de- cision of the Court in her case. District Attorne; Stewart said that he agreed with His Honor that she should be discharged, Mr. Howe to the Judge—May Ames take his Love with him ¢ Judge Bedford—They had better go out separately ; I think he has had enongh of her, ‘The partics left the bar amid the laughter of the spectators, CHAUNCEY JOHNSON AGAIN IN TROUBLE. Yesterday afternoon Chauncey Johnson and a companion, named Theodore Wildey, alias Henry Van Dugen, entered the store of Edmond Debuck, at the corner of Fourteenth street and University place, and desired to look at some picture frames, While they engaged the attention of Mr. Debuck an accomplice entered and proceeded to the rear of the store. A short time after Mr. Debuck missed the accomplice, and proceeding to his money drawer found over one hundred dollars had been carried om, Surmising the two “customers” were acting in collusion with the third party, Oficer Faifls, of the Twenty-tifth precinct, was called in and ar- rested them, Johnson, upon being taken to the station house, gave his name as Henry Miller. They were conveyed before Justice Cox, at Jetferson Market, and committed with bail for examina- tion. A firm doing business next door to Mr. De- buck saw the prisoners and their accomplice hanging around the neighborhood of the store ail the morning, and could identify the third party should he ever be confronted before him. Johnson has just been discharged from the Penitentiary, after serving a sentence of one year. YOUTHFUL BURGLARS CAPTURED. Dennis Cushman, aged seventeen, residing at the corner of Jane and West streets; Michael Kyan, aged eighteen, of 528 West Twenty-ninth street, and George Carr, aged seventeen, of 424 West Twenty-eighth street, were arrested at an a hour yesterday morning by officers Fitzgerald, Fleminy and McGann, of the Twentieth precinct, on complaint of William Buchanan, Superintendent of the Hudson River Ratlroad machine shop, corner of Thirty-first street and Eleventh avenue. James McGuire, a watchman in the employ of the company, about twelve o’clock Wednesday night discovered three persons in the shop, in the act of taking a quantity of brass to the roof, which is only one story high. Giving an alarm, the above officers putin an ap- arance and captured the young men as they leaped from the building to the pavement, It was subsequently ascertained they had reached the roof of the house through the SOS ee }) and, smashing the skylight, had dey d about sixty aay } | the, THE REFORMED CHURCH. The General Synod in Brooklyn—Second Day’s Proceedings—Reports of the Chureh Work of the Past Ycar—In- creased Indebtedness and a Falling Of in Seminary Studente—An Impor- tame Union of the “Reformed Church in America” and the “Reformed Church im the United States”—A Voice from the West Urging the Union. A The General Synod of the Reformed Church In America met again yesterday morning in the Mid- die Reformed charch (Rev. Mr. Ingersou, pastor) in Harrison street, There was an increased attend- ance of delegates, but all were not present. The Synod was called to order about nine o’clock by the Assessor, Rev. Dr. Peltz, the President, Rev. Dr. Elmentorf, being absent. Dr. Elmendorf, however, subsequently appeared and took the chair. The minutes of Wednesday's session were read and ap- proved, and the following half hour was spent in devotional exercises, after which the minutes of the last regular session and those of the special session in September were read by Rev. Mr. Van Cleef, the stated clerk. The rules of order were likewise read, and the President then announced the standing committees. Below will be found the names of the chairmen and the committees:— Committee on Professorate, chairman, Rev. Dr. A. B. Van Zandt; on Overtures, Rev. H. D. Ganse; on Syndical Minutes, Rev. H. W. F. Jones; on Domestic Missions, Rev. C. H. Hartranft; on Foreign Mis- sions, Rey. C. Hart; on State of Religion, Rev. ©. L. Wells; on Education, Rev. Isaac Reilly; on Judicial Business, Rev. W. R. Gordon; on Widows’ and Disabled Ministers’ Fund, A. H. Van Branhen; on Publication, Rev. John A, Staats; on Nominations, Rev, J. McC. Holmes; on Corres- pondence, Rev. A. G, Vermilyea; on Board of Di- rectors, Dr. James Anderson; on Leave of Absence, Rev. James LeFevre; on Accounts, Rev. P. M. Doo- little. he Synod ratified the appointments. The Superintendent of the Hertzog Hall Seminary presented a satisfactory report, and the Council of Hope College also gave a gratifying account of last year’s work. The sum of $30,000 has already been realized for the endowment of the college. A DBCLINE IN STUDENTS. The report of the Committee on Professorships re- vealed the fact that there were but thirty young men studying in the seminaries, less than was in one of them ten years ago, The committce felt that this could only be accounted for on the ground that the ‘stem of theology is not so high as it should be. y suggested, therefore, the establishment in the seminaries of @ protessorsiip on the science of Christian apologetics, to be tiled by a man of repu- tation, The report was made the special order for this morning. The Committee on the Revision of the Liturgy reported progress, having partially completed their work; referred to a select committee, The Synod enh at twelve M,, adjourned until half-past two Afternoon Session, The Synod reconvened at hait-past two o'clock, the Assessor, Dr. Peltz, presiding. Dr. VERMILYEA introduced to the Synod Dr. Diehl, of the Lutheran Church, and moved that he be allowed to addtess the Synod before he left this morning. The motion prevailed, A communication was received from the classis of Schenectady in reference to the talked-of union with the German Reformed Church, warning the Synod to be careful lest disaffection should be cre- ated. Referred. 5 THE REPORT OF THR BOARD OF DIRECTION was read and showed that the Widows’ fund amounted to $34,515. The collections from churches, individuals and interest during the year amounted to $1,815. Annuities had been paid from the fund for six months ending May 1 and November, 1871, amounting to $1,920, and there had been received from the Hope College Endowment fand $30 (two delegates smiled) and a bond of the Sioux City and Pacifie Railroad of $1,000, and the fund now amounted to $22,300, Churches and individuals had donated $478 as centennial gifts. The amount received to May 1, on account of the asseasment of $20,000, made by’ General Synod June, 1864, to in- crease the permanent fund, was $17,680. The com- mittee, with regret, reported INCREASED INDEBTEDNESS during the past year, which produced embarrass- ment and rendered it almost impossible to defray current expenses. The expenditures exceeded the revenues in $7,547, making the advances for sala- ries, &c., on the 30th of April, $41,309. The outlay of the past three years was mainly the cause of these advances, ‘The expenses of the Seminary were $16,777. In the present condition of the treas- ury the committee report there were NDS TO PAY THE PROFESSORS’ SALARIES on the Ist instant, The report was referred. A number of other reports were referred. INTRODUCING CORRESPONDING DELEGATES. The CLERK read the credentials of Dra, Hogue and Wilson, who were appointed by the Presby- terian General Assembly of Richmond delegates to convey Christian salutation to the General Synod of ere the Reformed Church, On motion they were mitted to take thelr seats as corresponding d gates, The credentials of Revs. KE. F, Hatield_and Frazee (Presbyterians), of Detroit, and Br. Diehl (Lutheran) were also réad, and they were also re- ceived as corresponding delegates. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT, A copy of a series of resolutions, in reference to the union between the Reformed Church in America and the Reformed Church in the United States, adopted «by the Ohio Synod were read. The resolutions provided that the delegate from that Synod to this General Synod should request the appointment of a commissioner to their General Synod, with the view of furthering the ob- ject of union. The contemplated union met with the approval of the Ohto Synod, which earnestly re- quested the General Synod to adopt such measures as would be calculated to effect it as soon as pos- sible, upon such a basis as would be just and honor- able to all concerned, The resolution also requested the Northwestern Synod to consider the qnestion, and if it met their approval to unite in overturing the General Synod to that end. Referred to the Committee on Correspondence. WORK ABROAD. From the fortieth anuual report of the Board of Foreign Missions, which was presented to the Synod, it appeared that the receipts of the year have been :— From the churches, $40,925 58; Sabbath schools, $4,820 24; individuals, through the churches, $10,660 74; Individuals, not through the churches, $3,555 1; iniscellaneons sou $3,481 80; legacies, $1,759 88. Total, $65,273 26. Dedueting $8,262 73 of the amount recelved trom miscel- Janeous sources, and $1,799 93. reopved by legacies, in all e have $00,220 6) loft as the offering of the This is an increase of $5,132 07 mount received from the churches during the Year. ‘The receipia of the year from all sottrces Are $5,850 26 less than those of the previous year—the de- ficiency being in the amount recelved from legactes. ‘At the beginning of the year the notes of the Treasurer held by the bank amounted to $22,000. At the close ot the year they amounted to $33,000, Usually the receipts of the summer months are much less than the expenditures. During the present Yoer fle ciefctency in income continued, until the of December. The debt of the Board due atthe bank had by that time Increased to $12,000. As there was no reason to expect in succeeding onths an income suMictent to support the work on the scale then existing and decrease the debt to any cousiler- able extent, the Board reduced its appropriations to the Arcot Mission $4,000 in gold; to the Amoy Mission, $1,000, Nd: to the Japa Mission, $1,000, gold, and to the Home ent, about $3,000 in currency—making a total re- about $10,000 in currence: lations at present aire :—$20,000 to the Arcot 1, $9,000 to the Amoy Mission, anid. $3,000 to the Japan Mission; in all $32,000 in gold’ in Asia, equal, to nearly $40,000 in currency, Expenses to be charged to the missions for the travelling expenses of missionaries, for the support of the children of missionaries at home ind for some other items, will amount to about, $7,000, The cost of home administration will be about $5,000, and wiil be brought within a, smatier amount If possible. ° The debt is $233,000; thereforc@MY the necessary expenses of the year are io be met and the debt removed, the income of the treasury must be $85,000. The report further shows that there are 12 sta- tions, 49 outstations, 16 missionaries, 18 assistant missionaries, 28 schoolmasters, 12 schoolmis- tresses, 2 academies, 98 scholars in academies and 47 day schools, WORK AT TOME. The report of the Board of Domestic Missions showed that— During the year just closed the Board has had under its care elghty-eight missions, and has sustained, in whole or in part eighty-five missionaries. These missionary pas tors have had charge of 4.8% families and of 6,638 mem- pers of theirchurehes. They have received on confession of their faith 619 and added hy certificate 368, and, besides: this, the missionaries have had the supervision of 103 Sab- baill schools, in which there isan average attendance of 27 childreti repor' ‘The total debtof the Board atthe se of the fiscal year was $22,603. Contributions from sources to this find during the year have an 26 34; AMoUnt Of loans returned, $5,300, an Smaking the total income $22,04: ‘The total pay: Inchtshave been $1620 17: appropriated gifs, $0431 U8, leaving the account very nearly balanced. ‘The report of the Board of Education showed that had 79 young men under their care during the ear, 20 of whom were connected with the New Brunswick Seminary and 7 with the Holland; others were elsewhere. Six entered the ministry and are settled in pastoral charges. The receipts, exclusive of interest on bonds, were $14,263—-a decrease of $2,055—and the indebtedness is $8,527, according to the Treasnrer’s report. ‘This closed the business of the day. The sacra- ment of the Lord’s_ supper was dispensed oy Rev. ©. H, Hartranit. The Synod adjourned until this morning. DROWNED IN THE HUDSON. Yesterday afternoon a gentleman was observed atroggling feebly in the North River, near the Hobo- ken dry dock. The pilot of @ tugboat humanely sped to relieve him; but when the stranger was he soon breathed his last, despite a vere one ettorte to resuscitate him. The body ‘was taken in by Coroner Parsiow, in Hobo- pounds of brass on the roof, complaint of bur- lary being premesred againat them, before Justice Jox, at Jefferson Market, yesterday, they were locked up for trial without bail, charge cease ‘apparently a Frenchman, forty years ra, had ‘ack ir and mustache, wore a lack coat, mixed pants and vest, light shoes and white shirt THE LAST OF THE QU The Trinitarian Conference Dissolved—A National Conference To Be Held in December—A New Yearly Meeting in Kansas—The Growth of the Church—Giving Woman Her Rights in the Chureh—Victorig Woodhull’s Little Game of “Roping In” the Quakers—It Does Not Work— The Internationals Dis- owned as Brothers, At last nature has no longer the excuse which for two weeks has been her propitiation, The quiet, serious, unostentatious Quakers last night “lower limbs by broke up their solemn council, and, folding their umbrellas under their arms with particular care, they silently and humbly stole away. All the rail- Toad cars running from the city, east, west, north or south, bore some of them among the passengers toward distant homes, Umbrellas, carpet-bags, linen dusters and great coats have all departed, and the long troubled spirit of the city is at peace, in the happy anticipation of the return of summer skies and of smiles of sunshine. Yesterday after- noon Was & season of great interest at the meeting house in Gramrey square, both'on account of the closing of important business and of the multitu- dinous adieux that had to be said. TROUBLES OF A MINOR CONFERENCE. The morning session was very long, lasting from ten until two o’clock. The first business disposed of was the settling of a certain dispute among the Friends in Jefferson county regarding the Quarterly Conference. It had been proposed to discontinue it, because of the decrease of its membership; but. the motion was finally modified to the appointment of acommittee to proceed to the Quarter, investi- gate the matter and report at the next Convention of the Yearly Conference, The committee appointed to examine the treasurer's accounts also reported and was dis- charged. EQUAL RIGHTS TO WOMEN, The Representative Committee reported in regard. to the proposed revision of the Church discipline in favor of giving in the Church the same rights to the women as those exercised by the men. This change only has effect in a few minor points, as the principle which it embodies has been one of those most anciently advocated and practised by the Society of Friends. The remainder of the sub- ject of revision of the “queries” now rests with the Representative Committee for another year, THE INTERNATIONALS FOR PEACE. There has been haunting the meeting house for the last week a peculiar individual—a little man, with long hair, and weari rolling, Byronic collars, His coat was odd and eccentric in its cut, and had a different lustre from that which characterizes broadcloth when it is new. Altogether his aspect was a mixture of the clerical and the poetic. His tace was not re- cently shaven, and his whole make-up suggested self-forgetful but erratic genius of the spiritualistic order, This remarkable personage is a fervent ad- mirer of woman—a devotee, au adorer at the shrine of her beauty and her power, and withal an international, a member of the brotherhood of liberty—a thorough Jacobin or communist; but this latter character of his he keeps carefully con- cealed from the rich men for whose help he_politi- cally seeks, He is one of the ministers of Victoria Woodhull’s present privy council, a position to which his great capabilities and fidelity to Roce has alone raised him. He assidu- ously button-holed the dreary-looking Friends: as they came out from their sittings and drew their attention to himself. To the vice clerk of the male Conference, Augustus Tabor, he im- | anf 8 delivered a printed document, coming vm sections 9 and 12 of the International Associa- tion, but not signed by them, because of the fear of filling the affiuent and most influential Friends with monetary alarms. It declared that the Inter- nationals were “the truly International Peace So- ciety,” and asked the friends to join them, if not in form, at least in spirit. It said, “Let us extend the right band of fellowship to each other.” DISOWNED AS BRETHREN. The document was in charge of Mr. J. K. Ingols, and the celebrated Maddox, of Maine; but neither of these gentlemen accompanied it to the Council of the Friends, entrusting it in other hands. It was received by the clerk of the Conference with verp evident coldness, was referred to a standing com- mittee without being read, and so it dropped out of sight, and the long-haired personage in the Byronic collar went away chap-fallen, He was not squelched yet, however. Yesterday one of his underlings carried another memorial to the grave Synod. That body was informed of its character by the clerk and a committee was ap- po to take charge of it. Whatever becgme of , the committee apparently forgot to mafe a re- port, although they were seen between sessions shaking their heads over it very gravely, VICTORIA'S LITTLE GAME, The memorial calls the Friends “the spiritual parents” of the woman-suffragists, and after ad- ministering some gentle Christian reproof to them for hiding their humble light under a bushel, exhorts them, in a very {ndirect way, which ounts to the one thing, to endorse the “party of qual rights,” It is signed by J. Q. Sands, Chairman of the “National Central Committee.” The novel fdea of associating with that chaste we ny Victoria Woodhull, in the cause of “equal rights,” the modest and pare-hearted Quakeressea, was certainly an inspired one, and worthy ot Reorge Francis Train himself; and the only thing that can now possibly give regret to its originators is that it failed to meet with the success of which it was so deserving. Some malignant mortals may denounce it as an attempt to “rope in” the simple- minded Friends with the new political party, but, of course, such a thought ts not more ridiculous than it is preposterous. Oh! no, Some members of the committee yesterday acknowledged that the principles of the suffrage movement were identical with those which had actuated their treatment of the women of their Church, but protested that the Conference was not a political body. AFTERNOON SESSION. On reconvening the Conference the subject of a general national co ence was introduced and debated at length. This is to be composed of dele- gates from each fea, meeting in America, of which there are twelve. A delegation was ap- pointed and the time for the convention was fixed in December next. THE BROTHERLY EPISTLES. The consideration of the episties was then taken up, the committee reporting the essays prepared, Nine were to be sent to the nine American yearly meetings, one to the Conference in Dublin and one to that in London, A special epistle was addressed to the new yearly meet! ng recently established in Kansas, which is to hold its first session at the city of Lawrence in October. At this place an immense stone tabernacle has been erected. The denomina- tion in Kansas numbers over three thousand, and the Quakers are constantly settling in the State. A committee of men and women was appointed to attend this infantile Conference. The epistles touch upon all the subjects that have had the attention of the Conference, advocating peace, the continuation of the present Indian polcr and the abolition of slavery in Spain and razil, and hp (dene love and reiigious encour- agement for all brother conferences. The general, or “revival” meetings which were held last yea are also commented on, and their continuation in other States is favored. They had resulted in in- creasing the membership of the Church very largely, and other denominations had invited the holding of them in their churches. [In Rochester last winter Quaker preachers held forth in eight different temples of different sects on the same Sabbath. In reference to THE ALABAMA CLAIMS, they were sald to have been mentioned tn the dis cussion of mio but the subject was not thonght to have arrived at that stage when the influence of the Church would be of any value, A new committee was appointed to oversee the Union Springs Academy. The statistica of the membership of the Church were given, showing an increase in the limits of this Conference where the resent number of “Orthodox” Quakers is over four thousand, Dr. Epwakp C. YounG, of Ohio, arrived yesterday, and preached in both the Women’s and Men’s Con- ferences, He is quite noted as a minister, The closing session did not come to an end until about seven o'clock. Then all the crowd dispersed, the majority going towards the cars or the steam+ boats, There was much shaking of hands amon; the men, kissing and tears among the women, an egling and joking among the young folks. Thus it ended. ‘The next meeting of the Conference occurs in Rochester, on the 1st of June, 187: SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEM. Alleged Clubbing and Kicking. Late yesterday afternoon Coroner Herrman ree ceived information that Willlam Durfle, a lad fourteen years of age, was lying in a very danger- ous condition at the house of his uncle, Willianr Newhaus, Eighty-second street, near avenue A, from the effects of violence. The messenger who called at the Coroner's oMce could not givefa clear’ and comprehensive account of the occur- rence, he not appearing to know when, where nor under what circumstances the boy was beaten. From what was told, however, it would b toe that quite recently tne Injured lad was clubbed and kicked about the side, abdomen and an ofiicer in such a manner aa to Place his life in bodega a The name of the police- man was not known. Mr. Newhaus, it is claimed, was clubbed and beaten at the same time, but nob #0 seriously as the boy. Should it be deemed neces- sary Coroner Herrman will take the jad’s ante- mortem statement and cause the apprehension of the offending policeman ea