The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1872, Page 8

NU STRIKES. SPREADING. The Iron and Metal Workers Joing in the Movement. Threatened Disturbance at Stcin- way’s Factory. The Sewing Machine Makers Stull Hold Out, Mectings of the Coach Painters, Wheelwright, Blacksmiths, Pianoforte Makers, Bricklayers, Iron and Metal Workers and Housesmiths. There was more than the usual excitement among the strikers yesterday, occasioned by the Mhreatened disturbance at Steinway’s factory and ‘the strike of the iron and metal workers, who, on yesterday, took sides with the eight-hour men. As the duration of the various strikes lengthen the ‘were appointed, for some reason the old ones not? be! te ‘tory to the majority of the-men. ‘ ‘cominittee of five was appointed to go to i Bridgport, Conn., in conjunction with the men of Towels firm, to induce the men of Howe's and) i Whecler Wilson’s to sustain the strike. Not- withstanding the reports to the contrary the sew- ing machine makers are confident of success, and assert that nothing is requisite for complete suc- FI fa cess but patience and perseverance. The employés of Howe & Co,, sewing machine manufacturers, also struck on yesterday for the Licivlt. houre and held @ meeting. They number 2,100 men, and are determined to stand together! FJ unill success is assured, The Brass Work Manufacturers. Ata meeting of the brass work manufacturers, ba held at the office of Messre, William 8. Carr & Co., on Thursday, June 18, 1872, to take action on the Ny fia day's work, and for an advance of twenty per mcent on piece work, {t was unanimously resoly/ a! mi that this demand be not acceded to, and the Fiec- retary was instructed to report the following ¥ rma as Coy ere declining to change honrs of tab or ;— Adee & Deleree, Edw A Bartholomew: & Co., A. ps Brownell & Co., vames Conity, James Yoleman & Co., oghe- w.8. A. Failes, Gillis & Ge fehieon tk G Murda, “Mayor & Lane: McNab Hamlin Manufacturing Company, a. &Co., Nathan & Dre} A. sulci, a Btorry Heney ©. Msymr, Secretary. The Iron and Metal Workers. A general strike in this branch of trade was in- fortunes of the different trades are more or less #jangurared yesterday in New York, Williamsburg, wavering. Among some of the workmen & pe Mi Hoboken and Brooklyn. The Object of the men is ‘The plati werseness and want of unanimity has seriously Mito bring the eight-hour system into vogue. Ma-fM for a breach of fiductary trust and for individualacts. Militated against their success, and the employers chingsts recetve good pay, and consequently their wery naturaily are not siow to take advan-organization (which numbers nearly fifteen thou- tage of the dissensions, and in some instances fj sand in itsranks) has plenty of funds at its di The fm Consequently the employers will, in Rave turned it to thelr own profit. and the tempora: men Is being ra iri movement by a demonstration which bun; f, mismanagement alone prevented from bein, ‘complete success. ‘The reports which are bein; geived from other parts of the Union and the effect of spurring on the workin ‘creased efforts to secure their to persevere until success Is certain. yemain on strike, and these seem to be clos heir ranks and making preparations for a fin struggle. ‘The pencil makers, ome time, have eu @t therold rates. upon them by the bosses proved too. stron; them, and they thought it better to yield. dlety men in consequence of the strike. v all such procecdings. ‘week, is out ina card stating that he ha been an eight-hour man and has worked a ‘to the rules of the Carpenters’ Union, penters have repudiated all connection with the tached to them. Bowery. The report previously made turned to work on the ten- favestigate the matter. rted as having yield that was being made. ‘The men declare, howe: Seat they are Confident of ultimate succes, Pear to be firmly united, De} Inted to go to Ne’ induce the coach painters to go on strike. ‘was no difficulty in procurin; sumber of men volunteered % the committees, as for the work. employers. 14 Berd The Cabinet Makers. The German cabinet the principal opponents the; and, as there are only a few small shops leit, tall onthe workingmen on the t Ee us il out movement, as we nty of success, The cabinet makers are con: Meability of establishing a dally newsp cate the interests of the German w they do not consider they were fa the German press in their strik to work. Fesult eutisfactory to the men. The Pianoforte Makers. Getermined to make another demonstr: © strike. of them marched up to the f time of opening with the above purpose in vie The firm, however, had been warned of their vis and fifty men, under Captain Gunner, were dra ap in frovt of the buildi unpt further Uban a few i) down (he building in case tions ai the biddingof Captain Gunner. tenis and purposes the demonstintion prov complete failure. By actual connt : ‘work in Stele ¢ sing their determination to lave all heir demands what they considered thelh just Tights, There are two sections of the sewing LMA Mee Cm Plosés—the German and the Engligh——ayd the proceedings had to be t » benef! OF either, but on nd for eight hours--tney aren ug With the greatest hatmouy, Aoe mente at the meeting yesterday th 36,000 men empioye emore thes in the tron and metait strike, and If they act Ww animity they , act with -unan Gre almost certain to succeed, A pone hind Yas received from the iron and Metal Workuoe Salon offering to ear the expenses of the men on ike, which Was accepted, aud @ deputat uted to conier with tie Union, witch horse Sitliogs at the Germanta Assembly Rooms, Hower ‘The metal workers have $10,000 In the trevsiee ay pues Of the strike than th rest of the other es. OL MOON w ew HELIetary wud DreBdenL Fee om England, detailing the cheering progress that is veing made in the demand tor the reduction of the f hours of labor and an increase of pay has had® men to lemanda, and a firm determination is entertained by all, ex- cept the minority who have given in to the hosses, p Except one ‘or two of the smailer trades, who have returned to work on the ten-hour aystem, those who have not Deen succesaful in the demand’ for eight hours still who have been on etrike forts umbed and returned to work hy The pressure brought to bear i for ed Threats are being used relative to all non-eociety Men Who continue to Work on jobs vacated by so They are Py being warned in the daily papers to abstain from James Bramler, the carpenter, who was shut ypal As the car- cumstance the blame caunot be reasonably a Below will be found a detailed account of the va- pose Sec oee held yesterday and the results that ky re reached, A crowded and enthusiastic meeting of the each painters was held yesterday at Military Hall, that Brewster’# men, on Twenty-tifth street, had re- All of Brewster's painters py wero on strike, although bis trimmers and smiths were stiliat work. No additional firms were re- 1, and a feellng of disappoint- ent pervaded tie meeting at the slow progress ey No com- munication is being held with the bosses, and mat- ‘ters at present remain in a neutral state with the A constitution and bylaws will be ted for the Union at the secret session, to be fy this morning, at the same place (Military Hall). makers met yesterday at feutonia Hal), and continued in session all the day. Whey were greatly elated over their triumph over had to contend with, and adopted a resolution in substance as follows :— Stymers—the largest firm in our branch of the uriness—has given new vigor to our movement, ast side, Who are BS trike may now be pronounced almost at an end, By ae none bat a few small firms hold out against the men, the largest number of them having returned This week will probably see the nual The pianoforte makers who remain on strike were Pe «'Why:” Frank highly incensed yesterday morning when they dis- Dovered that Sieinway’s factory had been reopencd B anda number of the men had returned to wor Their indignation took an unfortunate turn, as they fapresented them with their diplomas. tion to in- @uce the recreant members of the Union to return fi Yesterday morning about ene hundred y shortly after the Ww, » The strikers, seeing fa @ formidable obstacle in thelr way, did’ not at ane threats of puling fe firm did not aecede Fo all tn- The Sewing Machine Maters. The sewing machine makers owtof employment ‘were more than usually \active yester a the Ral; all probabil! t; have to take water. The members of the ‘sseoclt failure of what wis intended to be the greatiition agsembled at the Germania Rooms, Bowery, @emonsiration of the workingmen on Monday, cloud under which It cast the ly recovered from, and it would ‘de unfair to Judge the success of the Ce yesterday morning, and continued in session wu @ late hour last night. Mr. M. Kane presided demands of the men. The Bricklayers. sion at 295 Third avenue last night. ei Was in the chair, Members of the press; consequently the proceed ings caunot be recorded. j i The Wheelwrights and Blacksmiths, Five more of the shops wherein these men pur- sue their avocations conceded to the eight-hour ar- Pathe men held a meeting last night in Military i ‘lowed by several other elocutionists. msweethearts, wives or families bj If the two firms Sebastian & Sall au Bros, were not 0 idiotic as to refuse to ¢ the demands of the men, and would retire fs the whole disagreement would soon terminate. The Houscsmiths, Pl recording transpired. THE FIRST CASE OF SUNSTROKE, Yesterday. yesterday about noon. passed by. walk, broken the fall. a geon. Every restorative was applied, but she re- mained unconscious up to yesterday afternoon, Fawhen she recov: and her address Fa strect. Late last night her afiiction assumed mto telegraph to her friends, young and of very prepossessing appearance, has been married only a few months. His a surgeon dentist. a very critical one. A during the night at the Centre street Hospital. NEWARE’S YOUNG IDEAS, Interesting School Commencements. HAcademy. On the stage sat ring the prac- Goll, “fhe Drama; James LH. Lyon, Sharle la Conrersatione;” Arthur D, ‘Temple, . Craven, “Opportunities,” ani qchandler W. Riker, “Purpose.” 1 Fyn tine soldierly style. was composed of Frank 8. Craven, rey Ly friends. resent also, expressions from Father Doane. Chrisuan brothers, who have charge of the school P were also complimented by the reverend gentic fmaan, to the demeud for the eight hous, They were not 0. SEY allowed to Plock up the sidewalks end were quictly oA at ee A dispersed by the police, hurrying off in all direc- Mi ‘The following deaths from smallpox occurred at TRE BROOKLYN ORPHAN £SYLUM, completed, was commemorated last employers of the different 4 com- iby a reception given bythe mavagers to the cit! i Panies held mectings at various pioces on the east fzens. fhe structure i sitnated on Aflan- eide of the city, The mectiayr most numevousty 4 tle avenue, between Brooklyn avenue and ed was that of the Singer Sewing Machine ngstor . stre is very commodions end Compuny, which was held at Walhalla Hail, on Or-fpadmirably\ adapted for the | comlort of chara street. ‘the re , vebeen inciren. Mite little’ ones, It was open to the i Soy eee Lhe Feporta whleh Wave been in ciron-Ml pute strom jfve uni ten P, M., aud during those lation for the past two or three Gays, stating 2 if irs it wad thronged by the lite of the City of we men were willing to return to York on the © lurches, Between eight and gar o'clock ad: terms, — acconn ‘ ually laroepadtesses Were delivered in one of the puriors -by attendances many ot the ery itive ky Rev. tienry Ward Becener, Rev. Dr. Storrs, Dr. that “they felt ar? . Chittenden. ‘The parlors could y felt" indignant that \ such — v¢ orte ehould be circuluted in conmection witha Wt Ate a Jinited number, aud uany hem. “An luvitation was extanded to ote men to pa Whe, Were desirobe of hearing the rewarkw were return to work on Monday on the old terms, ten Spee hours fora day's-work and no advance wh plece = - - work, but it was unauimously scouted, fie em GALLANT OARSMEN TO THE RESCUE, During the gate which passed over this section one Weduesday eveuing lust, and imperiled the can- vas-bearing craft in Our waters, a yacht containing a party of eleven persons, hailing trom Krookiyn Heights, was overturned of Sunke Cowanus tay. The position of the immersed, of whom were ladies, Was for several minutes peritons inf the extreme, Fortunately the members of Aleyone Hout Club, who had been out practicing for their race (which takes place Monday next), were wit nesses of the aBtrophe, and with promptitude§ and nue.) gallantry Paiaed tyo of their boats from § their bout house ahd put ont in the to the res. They eneceeded ii bringing o1 smling yachtists safely to terra firma, Mawere ree by other iaats which pot out from fore. ‘The boats ef the Aleyone Club are frail, and jon tm all (Ke more praise wortby op aecount jek, . . demand of employés that elght hours be considered f 4 and Mr. D. McColl acted as secretary, The principal system to lend their aid to their fellow laborers, Seventeen shops have already consented to the The Bricklayers’ Union No. 2 held a secret ses- David Henry Admittance was relnsed to! rangement yesterday; this makes, in all, seventeen, Hall, fq on the ground that there were rocks to be blasted, presided and Mr. E. Butler was secretary. After the primary business was finished Mr, Grifin made {some very Rensible and forcible remarks, being fol- f4 i gist off# dinances had not ‘been publ {i thefr avjuments seemed to be that the workingmen pM required by law; that the price of the pavement was} morning, on a charge of burglariously ente: should have @ chance to sometimes see their ‘aay! nsent tofFand testified that in 1843, to adepth of tw Gticld of opposition while they can do so grace/ully, ‘This body of tradesmen were in session last vight fy t Milleman’s Hall, Seventh avenue. There was a Z good deal of breath expended, but very little worth The first case of sunstroke this year occurred A young lady, named Mra, Theresa Owens was standing at the corner of Ful- ton street and Broadway as Mr. Bennett's tuneral ‘ A crowd had collected at the corner, K 8 sible for her to pass . ‘and ap: & and it was impossib! he pass on. She was putations were ap- and other outlying cities There seen to fall suddenly, and would have fractured her & skull had not a man, who was standing on the side- 9 An OMicer ran across to the Park Hospital and she was removed by Dr. Bruce, the ambulance sur- ‘ed su@Mctenuy to give her namey No. 127 West Twenty-seventh M more serious aspect, and it was deemed necessary fy Court. Mrs. Owens 1s quite fl she Her husband It is feared that her case is Her friends remained with her The Newark Opera House was filed to overfow- ing yesterday forenoon with a brilliant audience, chiefly elaborately dressed ladies, the occasion® partly working on the old system, to come and Ki being the annual commencement of the Newark p have now @ cer- ex-Governor Ward gof Seton Hall College, and Messrs, A. S, Hubbell, received with generous warmth by the audience, Their names and subjects are as follows:—Lonis K. ‘Differ. ’ James 8. Dickerson, “Self-Government ;" H. Crow, French declamation, “Z’Esprit de} oration, d ‘The Academy Guards went through the manualB After an address to the 7 creduating class by Major Hopkins, Dr. Pennington fa The classi James 8, Dick- In the hall of the Catholic Institute the annual yeXamination of St. Patrick's School took place inj Zpresence of a large assemblage of the scholars’ Father Doane and a number of, The youngsters & 380 as to win warm congratu- The the hospital in Jersey City on Wednesday night:— E John Callaghan, 75 Steuben street; Henry Roden, & F 20 Railroud avenue, and Patrick Mahony, of Rer- The Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, having juet been evening Binember of the firm of ©, Lovkwood & Co,, willow NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. + firm be! mavens of his brother ‘ Defoe shea ae ae Pian fr ~~) Bagh c= sequence of the ill health of his brother THE COURTS. by mutual consent, was dissolved on tne 20th sume. court—euamnes rears SOrtare Cour wt secalvar co A ointe reme - oe al aD he athirs of the concern, Subsequent! art al Action for @ Ysreach of Fiduciary Trastefp caused to be printed these two circulars, Which he§ A Question of Removal Under the fy?! to the creditors of the firm: me - 4 IHELS. saan RM ALLNGBD. Oy Yous, March}, 2871, The case of Wolf against the Northern Pacific} Dran Sin—You have a — —— against C, Lock-F Railroad “Company et al. came up yesterday in the "994 ‘ing is dissolved by mutual consent, and T have} Supreme Court, Chambers, before Judge Barrett, Bl been, by order of the Supreme Court, appoinied ates On @7 gotton to restrain the company from wslDE Me appointment of receiver became aT | g tho“ runds obtained by the sale of bonds in the pur- fA the verroua} hablis of A.W; Leekwood aha tis pate case of stock of other railroad companies. The s# order that the frm mint not be ruined by the improve ‘ing member, A. W. Lockwood. # rgument was, however, on the question of Its re- ty in five nd have “abvindany Dropert : to pay * the de! it cegeary that a moval to the United States Courts, claiming thatit Hct eect on mainthp obligations of the asm in order ad under the statute regulating Fi tut he make. collect charge the same. Itherefore, as tine of payment, ‘and gales, so that he may ‘ou will extend the jin which time the by filing of a bond and peti- ¢ ed that the plaintiff? could tio elver, ask that not contest tl ninety days, will bond or petition by affidavits, BB receiver is confident the same can be pald without inter- and asked the Court for an order approvin! of Facet. Yours, very res} truly, ¥ ‘the bond. Proceeding as they were tater aa ted f° hi TY respectNAMES EDSALL, Recelver. States statute it was proper that the case should ‘TAB SECOND CIRCULAR. Draz 8: ceiver ia re of the A Lockiod Uo iho in dmiorm hele ggeditors had ie WI be prepared to pay o remaini Fa their clatmalon and after Monday. the 26¢h inst. ‘be heard in the United States Court, and to prove his rights in the premises counsel cited the cases of tohell va. Dix, Fisk va, Pacific Railroad Company, i and Osborn vs. Bank of the United states. The Court desired to know how it would be with TI Iapecttully requested to serve oF! those defendants who did not join in the petition t0 Bl present‘a statement of the balances of Ihe day indicated remove ‘without delay. In consideration of the said condition to which the pay- ment of these debts have reduced the almost wnconse\ Cornelius Lockwood and. family many of the gq the cage. Counsel replied by citing Justice Nelson's deci sion that such defendants were subordinate, and F Ons ot tuo’ counsel for 39 Cooke, who ts. im- pairs nave, generously, waived, any charge, for tuieree ‘pleaded, states that the defence arises under the! may sey, without justly incurring the charge of egoti ‘constitution and laws of the United States, and @ that but for the prompt ‘and active measures tal on asked that Jay Cooke be included in the order off lim at the right time the creditors would! i —— removal. hardly a moiety of their claims: Respectinlly your intiare counsel replied that the action WES MH piaintif declares that by reason of the publica- tion and distribution of these circulars his reputa- tlon and credit were greatly injured. He gives& ist of about one hundred firms: with whom Lock- wood & Co, used to deal, but who, after the dig- ribution of these circulars, refused to give him credit or deal with him. ALLEGED SLANDER. 3 Mr. Lockwood further alleges that Edsall, in the resence and hearing of a number of persons, sald hat he (plainti™) had robbed his brother; that he had obtained a bill of sale from his brother of Cor. #% ty nellus Lockwood's interest in the business and had never intended to pay; that he had appropriated to his own use the money belonging to the iirm of 4 Lockwood & Co.; that he had many times robbed bq his brother, and had discounted the notes of the & firm of 0. Lockwood & Co., and had appropriated b 4 they proceeds of fhe ners Ho hs dpdlriaua 606. pri, t fi vate use, and that he had cheated his ee ce ele eee! Ie of $20,000, was a tricky and unsafe man to do bust. Jallus Crevier, Jr., against the Mayor, Xc., 1s the ki ness with, and would have swindled «ll creditors of title of a suit brought in the Court of Common fy the firm of Cornelius Lockwood & Co. if the defend- Pleas {0 prevent the assessment of property fq ea ene aot ae ae ie ee ncver Bol owners for paving Seventh avenue with Sta‘ford Mj coucerning plaintit’ whieh was not true or was not pavement, which was inld two years ago. Counsel fe Justited by the condition he found the fairy of the f for the plaintit sata the original ordinance of the fy /7m aud by pluintid's own acts. Common Council seftled the price at $5 per yard, pa but that afterwards the rate was raised to $6 50a petition was filed June 1 by the President and ‘Treasurer of the company asking for a removal off the suit to the United States Court, but the bond §; fa filed was not approved, fe, The plaintif’ was allowed to put in an amended complaint, which was done, and which does not ask for relief as against said corporation, or individ uals as members of said corporation, but against individual trustees. These were sued aa trusto under their ordinary Mlabilities, but not as menbei of a corporation or stockholders of a company. za 'The case did not, therefore, come under the statute pof removal. ‘The Court took the papers and re- served its decision. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. MLitigation in Regard to the Stafford Ks occupy to-day and to-morrow, COURT OF SESSIONS. House Breakit Before Judge Moore. James Daley was arraigned before the Court of Sessions, Judge Moore pre 5 and the ordinance was recalled to allow of an 2d- vertisement for bids not to exceed $6 50 per yard, 4 notwithstanding the fact that only the owuer of the (4 patent for that kind of pavement, Mr. Monheimer, He states, further, that the or- hed in the Leader, 9s fey could put in a bid. ring By extravagant, aud that the avenue had been once Ri the dwelling house of Samuel I, Swalm, 167 Duftteld before paved at the property Owners’ expense. Witness, on behalf of the plaintl, was examined, f ity fa by a confederate, who is not in custody. famclies below the grado, the'rock had been removed and that at mostit would not take over.a day's Work to remove all that remained, Other witnesses} OTR In Ireland and has been here about elght yyears. The occupant of the house, Dr. Swalm, tes- ified to his having been in the house, and the police py stated that it was not safe to drive over the pres-f Seen roe eA ee water got onicer testified to having arrested him in the base- : y {iment of Dr. Swalm’s house. ‘The prisoner testified Ff that all tla ovidence was finmaterici ant that the gd iat he was indueed to go with the otter mun, who 4 only real point in the caso was whether the con-'418 not in charge, and it was he who had entered the y tract was made in accordance w q V, 4 house, ‘The jury found the prisoner guilty, and re- whether it had been Droaneeraal we jaw, and commended him to the mercy of the Court. ‘The iy Court sentenced him to five years In the State Hf vostponed until today, when counsel on both alien Prien, , Assistant District vAtorney Cullen cone will address the Court. fa ducted the prosecution and Mr. A. M. Cunningham defended the prisoner. Bogus Bids. A prominent Sixth ward politician, messenger for Mayor Powell—Patrick Keenan— was last February Kjindicted for forgery and misdemeanor in office ag) known in the annals of the Gold Board as “Black pq Commissioner of Deeds. Andrew McKean made a} fy Friday.” Tones piaten that Spcyers made fal bid for cleaning the streets of the Sixth ward, and iit agreement with Peabody to take $40,000 gold, Wir was charged that he had forged the names of, delivery to be made September 24, 1869, but that hg a ns Sane 7 diy Fe saek afiidavits ap- he refased to accept the gold, by which breach of fq Charles Gibney and Peter Fogarty ih Mm pended to the bid of McKean, whereby it appeared contract Peabody claims to have lost $3,600, The defence is that under the statute of frands Speyers BA that Gibney and Fogarty offered themselves as wasuretics for the fulfilment of the contract by ig not Mable for damages, and it is alleged that there never was a tender of the gold made to the McKean, and swore that they were worth several| thousands of dollars. defendant. Several witnesses were exainined on both sides, and testimony was given that during ‘The charge of malfeasance in office, as Commis- sioner of Deeds, consisted in K¥enan's certifyin, that Friday Speyers purchased over five millions wold for Belden'& Co. The case is still before the that the men Gibney and Fogarty appeared before him and swore to the aildavit. To these indictments Mr. 8. D. Morris, Keenan's counsel, interposed Wemurrers, which ‘have been Boverruled. ‘This morning Keenan was arraigned, J and pleaded not guilty to the indictment for for ry. To the indictment for malfeasance in office, Commissioner of Deeds, he pleaded guilty, and sentence 1s deferred until Monday upon that indict- Another Black Friday Case. be Augustus 8, Peabody has brought a suit in the Kt Court of Common Pleas against Albert 8. Speyera to recover $3,600 on a contract for gold mode dur- iq ing the excitement on Friday, September 24, 1869, SE COUNT CALENDANS—THIS DAY. Sopreme CoURT—GHNERAL TERM.—Nos, 184, 185, 186, 137, 188, 142, 143, 74, 144, 80, 100. SUPREME CouRT—CHamBrRs—Held Tett.—Nos. 79, 100, 103, 106, 120, 8, 167, 171, 186, 198, 202, 217, 2 121, 124, by Judge Bar- fa ty 182, 136, 188, 156, 167, 414, '215,' 316, 29," 293 5 Cail, 350. 1 Ey ment. 4 x —O! oT—] eh " PRD TD Judge Van ‘Brunt—Short. eatses Nee gly B COURT OF APPEALS DAY CALENDAR. 439, 5 2004, 2008," 24S, SIT, ans, Sond ALBANY, N. Y., June 18, 1872, Etart 2—Wela by ‘Judge Rrndy’—Short cotate aoe I The following ts the Court of Appebls day calendar Ld, 115%, 3162, 1192, 2606, 2640, S022, 24d, aire, py Ce LUBE H—Nos, B86, 852, 402, 408, ¥81, 411, 415, 415. Pa 1402) 2414, 2630, 2720, 01445," 08s," 3120) 140 sates oS 66, 8170, 8246, 3268, 32 286, 4288, 8204, 8512, Gene ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL SESSIONS. oa calendar—Nos, 2633; R, Superior CouRtT—TRIUL » 3343, R.C., 24314 TERM—Part " In the Court of Special Sessions yesterday morn- 1.—Ad- ff ing, after a few of the cases had been disposed of, M.; Joseph Riker, of Clinton; Mr. War-P¥jourued until Saturday, June 20. Part 2—ield by bel ¢ 3 Pri iF : 17 > € sell i . Pric and addr en, of Montclair; John Hartshorn, Joseph S. Noa erie 1808 60k, Oa reek 1H es ocutt keane SEP iakoee BRE RADE EREES Bic 3, ; PH 106, 1072, 1078, O64, 44, , 560, et os Dickinson and Dr. Samuel H. Pennington. Bl io4b, 968, 862, 1784." May {t please the Court, we are but too painfally The efforts of the young orators weref# Court oF CoMMON PLRAS—FquiTY Tenm—Held fy aware of the fact that James Gordon Bennett, one 8 fof America’s most distinguished citizens, and a, Cousr OF COMMON ‘TRIAL Tkim—Part §§ man who is untversaliy acknowledged to have stood 1—Heid by Judge J. F. Daly.—Nos, 1050, 606, 68, 374, fat the head of the greatest of all professions—jour- 429, 1607, 1803, 865, 1054, 1597, 2050, fe Nalism—has gone to that bourne from whence no 8, 659, 1051, 1092, 1549," 1410,” 1649, fu traveller returns. To-day the mortal remains of, WW, 885, 1885, 164i, 138i, 1543, 1o45, 97 1508, @i this great man are being conveyed to their last >, UO, 97, 1631, 1256. Part by @ resting place, and I hold it but just and fitting that —Nos. 1665, 1182, 92, 178, 1 109, i this Court do now adjourn until Saturday next. 1404, 1659, 245, 1481, ‘15s Judge Shandley replied tnat the motion was: 1058, 1004, 1517, 10 timely and would be granted. He therefore ordered Making CouRt—Part 1—Held by Judge Tracy.—fM the cases on the calendar to stand over till Satur- 9687, 9964, OUTS, 8788, 8949, 9960, 8503, 8853, J day Morning at ten o'clock. 8854, 8051, 9054, 0095, 9154, 9489,’ 0552, 9557." Part anaconda, 4 3—ield by Judge Spaulding.—Nos, 9870, 8879, 903, BUSINESS SUSPENDED AT THE TOMBS. Yesterday morning at the Tombs, when the watch 9976, 9970, 0676, 9702, O54, ¥O6R, 996, vod2, 206, Bi had been disposed of, Justice Dowling, on motion fof one of the learned counsel in attendance, ad- BROOKLYN COURTS. : =i journed the Court, ont of respect to the memory of [varreneny es f Jamies Gordon Bennett. THIND DISTRICT POLICE COURT—ADJOUANMENT. Suing for » Shave of Over $50,000. & =a Before Judge Pratt, At the Third District Police Court, Justice Shana- Gustave Sussdorf brings suit agalust Henry @ yey Presiding, on motion of ex-Judge Osborne, it B Schmidt and Emil Kunts for $50,425, alleged to be fa] W#5 ordered that out of respect for the late James e Gordon Bennett the Court be adjourned until afte due him under the following circumstances:—He fq Al after the funeral obsequies of the deceased. HW alleges that in May, 1867, he was authorized by the by Judge Robinson. —Nos, 8, 61, 5, 46, 53, 15, 47. PLEas—T) SUPREME COURT—CliCUiT. {HA Transaction in Heal EstatemA Broker 4 DIAMOND OUT DIAMOND. <FOAe OVET GR FUMADEE, cena ae ‘ : a H widow of the late John A. Mecke, of Queens county, \ Hat of Smiths men are Rect. The following persons aflicted with this dis-HMl to gett or dispose of a farm in Quecns county, con-fll etoksters Beaten at Thelr Own Ga 1 part of the workmen in theppease Were romoved to the hospital yesterday sisting of about 110 acres, in which she was inter: ae employ Steak & Co. have wiso retwened, Bymorming:—Jolin Dolan, 18 — Morris” street ;pHested, as the Widow of the deceased. A Profitable Investment. Qaly Me coummuwve of the strikers were in dol Jills, ii First treet; Frederick Hecker, fq “The plaintin told the defendants that this farmi™ Andrew Jacobs, lives in Williamsburg, and 88100, ‘terday, and it is net preposed to id ayme = = street, — and Jharle Boesser, 20Bwas jor sale, and represented to them that th rT ww Ye ye vele! QDy genet) meerhng loalay. The Mander tia Henderson street, A” physician stated toll coma make e good speculation out of it, 1: pene, GYEF oa FOR. veerenseg WO. colabrane are firmly convinced that tlie strike wi!) eventuaily litaaLp reporter yesterday that in addition toffinto lots and seli it again, and in September, 1867, Ue Holidays. He saw one of the “Alexis Per meme fo ayare an tals belt strongis encomragosgg the liWected localities mentioned In yesterdays they purchased it for tile sum of $10,000, paying fume” estabiishments tn South street, near Catha 0 hold toxether against the men, If it be fe HERAGD Clark place may be get down as the worst only $10,000 cesh, The farmis on the Jamuies turin Pie proprietors. tried var comes prenerit] In otuer chiles they say We Bi of ull, - The disease has thade fearfal ravages Io this pike, wbout tires miles from Hunters Pages ee Be rIne, and went in, ‘The proprietors tried various their ac nation; bat at present they sce no in- In view of the continued negligence of theg ‘The defendants, after making the purchase, re-fej WAYS to Ket Jacobs to lay out his money, and at last ication that puch 18 pine case, oven if the jg Police Coummtasioners, who are cutrusted with this quested the plaintut to take charge of the propersy they proposed to sell three boxes of the stuff for Should prove a success they say it could not most important department, it is proposed by sev- Baud sell ft (or them, as he lived near the procer 4 rhe . be maintained for six months without ruining the feral prominent citizens to. form a clu and by t vas well ucquatnted with it, and hud superror-tacii Ae shee eat te $6 Ret Wien Won ores he eee entire trade. bvents at prosent scem. rather (ald of pravate subscrtptione use disinfectants pten- for disposing of tt. Gof un “innocent bystander.” Mr. Jacobs Invested inst the piano makers. and the demonstration Rl Gilully in every locality whore the disease exists. The plamtid undertook to scll the property, puts ss, aeuretiod boxes, but failed to find the of yerterday did no! lp them: but as there are «py Asis Measure Wil be resorted to wt the beginning me up signs pou itat dierent places, lald 1 ON intope Wess yegaTeted te boxes once snatched. the Jarze vumber of tham el Ment’ fB OF the enaainy week # the clty anthorities still per-MB lois, and pit up maps at various public places on kay bh ont of” the handed fhe 10 gay how the afau am bi aiwi in folding their 3 Long Island and iu New York city. i ‘s He attended before the asseasor and had theP ie cite Te assessinent on the property reduced $4,000, which and gtaried on arun down e “Alexis Perfume’ men ran after k, him and caught him by the nape of the ne services were Worth $00. He collected t util refused to give up the’ poe eas for some time, for which he charged $75. Tie aleofM outere. that” the ee Hnegotiated, In the fall of 1863, a loan for $30,000, Which he thinks was worth $800, Iu the fail of 1868 or the spking of 18¢9 it was! agreed upon between the platatiN and the defend- brought before Judge Jacobs preferred a chi Bwith intent to steal, against Wiliam 1 Thomas Bernard, the two preprietors, But the auits thet it the plainti would procure a purchaser IM Judge told hin (iat he ou : i 1 i re F wht to de satisfied as long E for the property at $5,000 an acre they Would pay Mas he was $15 the better of the arrangement, Lynen plaintf as his Share ef the profits $50,090. and Bernard were heid in $600 bail io keep the On the isth of Maved, 1869, the property was sold I peace. to Lhe Bricklayers’ Uo-operative Butlding Asgocia- tion for tue sum Of $420,000, or more than £5,600 perg acre, the plainti? having, by reason of bis’ maps, services, Ac., Introduced the asaociation to ihe defendants. As besore staced, the plaintitt now sues 40 recover $60,000 a8 his share of the profiis, aud $425 ior pis services, ‘The defendants admit that they agreed to pay the plajutit a commission it he would sell the prop- erty, but they depy that he procured a purchaser ond that the property Was éver conveyed to t 3 ALLEGED WATCH THILVES, Wiiliam Farrell, employed as porter in a hotel, was arrested Weduesday night by OMcer Foley, of} the Twentyninth precinct, upon eomplaint of Jessie Ray, of 4 Sixth avenue, who charges that while out walking Wilt her he stole her gold watch, valued at $125. He was arraigned belore Justice layers’ Co-operative Association. ‘They claim MR KOCH, at the Jefferson Narket Police Court, yester- that the sale was a conditional ove, and thei Julius fmeeay Morning, and denied the charge, but Was com- Eckersdorf! obtained the purchaser, aud they have mitted in defwult of $1,400 ball to answer. As the his commlasion tx fatl. complainant was intoxicated at the tme of the y algo produce $400 of the notes of Mr, Suss- (Mp aTkest DY the officer she Was also locked up. orf, which they clal 7 > plain: Robert Noble, residing at the corner of Twenty ES ee nes eee en ees MEANS the Vlaln- aren stract and’ Eleventh avenue, also appeared at g weeatewter the aboye Court sod charged that Samuel M. Mur- CITY COURT. fay took n silver wateh from his vest pocket on Nu Wednesday, while the latter was hanging in his A Merchant Suing for Thirty Thousand | Dollars Da oumAlleged Libel and employer's shop. He denied the charge, but was fuly committed for trial, Slander by a stefereceInjuring a Mer- cantiic Reputation. HE HOUSION STREET TRAGEDY, Befor ulge Nejison. Charles G. Mangary, the Ifailan who was shot om . 4 4 a Monday night while attempting to murder his vah W v4, dames W. Edsall. —This Fe ely epsilon iie-enieerocd. waa MW) wife in sropt of 410 Vast Houston street by 8. " iii pt terndassee- ig ro Louis Margraf,the brother of the latter, died yeater- day at Bellevue Hospital. An inguest wil be heid ib a few dave by Coroner Young, Ware dealers op Fulton stra. Corner of Water, 4 appeared for the people, and a combination of legal f ba the signature attached is mine; Mr. Taylor wrote gj Pa witness and Mrs. Taylor. ke a word Thomas; Mr. Taylor paid me ‘The trial was begun yesterday and will probably p,8nd afte fe Premises corner of Prospect and Jay streets, Brook- Hi strcet, on the night of the 17th of April last, assisted f : ‘The PM he had placed his mark over his name, 4 prisonor Is about twenty-one years of age. He waayh RIVERSIDE PARK. om the Stand—Testimony of Ness end Malligan—The pigning of ‘eR crosING DAY FOR COMPLAINTS. e ti irial of Alexanger H. Reavy, lawyer, andy nek ne fy Nearly Seven Million Dollars Involved—Charges of Unfairness Against Both the Commission- ers—Bing and Anti-Ring Declarations. George H, Thomas, charged with forgery ip t first degree, was resumed at noon yesterday in t General Sessions Court before Recorder Hackett. § The case thus far has @xcited a great deal of inter- est, and the gourt room was filled with interested spectators. Assistant District Attorney Sullivan Yesterday afternoon, the time fixed for ending” talent for the defence. Reavy wore an air of im-fyjthe reception of complaints against the further perturbability, and wandered leisurely from coun-fg)progress in, or completion of, Riverside Park, gel to counsel, holding conference with each. Mi closed, and though there are etill many who dééire Mr, Sullivan asked for a bench warrant to bring f¥ to be heard, both for and against the park, for ang Mr. Thomas into Court, while one of the counsel for ff against the awards for the land taken, and for the defence begged that no undue haste be exer- fy against the assessments laid againet the landed in- clsed, The Recorder was very stern, and thought @terests which have been judged to be sure of im- the absence of Mr. Thomas extraordinary, when {t@™ provement through the location and completion of. was well understood on Wednesday that the case the park, they are now too late, gnd the decision was set down for resumption yesterday at twelve M. 7M will be arrived at on the facts and opinions which It was subsequently ascertained that Judge In- Jj had been Placed before the new Commissioners be graham had sent for Thomas, and he would be sent iM fore four o'clock P. i SNR pens 4 after. The missing defendant walked into the ju- ‘When the commission, consisting of Judge Sather> dictal presence at the time effective measures were land, W. 0. Traphagen and 0. K. Graham, met yes- about being taken to compel his atte ndance. uterday morning, additional statements were re- 5 West forgo street, mm ceived in writin er noon they prox a William Ness, of ve e elye Writin soon plasterer, was dirst placed on the atand by Couriael Geeded again to the ground selected for ine park, for Reavy. He testified that he had done some—#with a view to familiarizing their minds with the work for Mre. Elizabeth Taylor in January, 1870, and & during that time had heard her say that she inten- Bf ded leaving her property to Thomas; got paid for his work by Mr. Thomas, Cross-examined by Mr. Sullivan—Mrs, Taylor had employed me before, but the last work I did was by Dorder of Mr. Thomas; I can’t tell the date upon which I first commenced to work on the house; I) did the first work for Mrs. Taylor under a written) contract. (Witness was here shown a paper, and asked ff it ‘was the contract referred to.) Witness—Cannot say much about the paper, but B work proposed, and with the surrounding interests ‘which are called upon to pay a very large portion. of the cost. The purely money interest involved. may be estimated from the fact that the awards made by the new Commissioners amount in’ the Aggregate to $5,573,528, and the cost assessed m the owners of property in the neighbor! ie $6,553,552, The ground selected for the park, as: may be known to many readers of the HBRALD, ip located on the border of the Hudson filver bank, from Seventy-second to 129th street, and having m the road to be known as West Side avenue as tts in- land boundary. This land was selected by the firat Board of Commisstoners, consisting of William M. 1 Tweed, Jr., Hugh Smith and James M. Sweeny, and ss the form of the park was completely drawn In 1867.. AS now noted by the new Commissioners thete comparatively, very little opposition M the w proposed until the reakin; gout of the “Ring ditficulties,” soon after whic! 4 complaints poured in, not only from the parties a against Whom assessments were to be laid, but also from those who were to receive awards for the land taken, These manifold complainings commanded the attention of the authorities, for among the charges most vigorously made was one to the effect fal that William M. Tweod, Sr., had caused the Legisla- fy ture to enlarge the powers of the Park Commis- Fy sion with a view to speculative gain on the part of himself and friends, and the resu!t was the appoint- a ment of a new commission for Riverstde Park, Hy lyn; had done work on Tilty-third street and re-—% composed of the men first named. 'The amount fq ceived the pay from Mr. ‘Thomas; would not work eq awarded by the first commission for the property ej for Mrs. Taylor; she did not ask me; the work was fd taken was $5,123,417; the award by the new Com- fyione for Mr. Thomas in Junuary, 1870, or some fd mission is $5,573,928. The first award was, by di- fa tie or other; never received a cent from Mrs. rection of Judge Barnard, reduced more than “Taylor; ehe could not pay anything because shofd two hundred thousand dollars, q had not got anything to pay. Under the new commission there was added to Mr. Sullivan here showed the witness a receipt hy the assessments, on property to be benefited. the by for $1325 paid hin by Mrs. Taylor, and to which Bi cost for the two commissions, collectors’ fees and other expenses, making in all’ $6,553,502 It ig on these awards aud assessments that complaints lave of late been received, and the voluminous record is now undergoing & careful examination, in order that the stronger features may be brought ut to the eyes of the commission bejore they con- clude their report, make their decision and present @ scrap of a dirty newspaper 4 the result to the Court. The clerks, who are now at work, night and day, eX-Bion the voluminous and multitudinous letters re- Mi ceived, up to four P. M. yesterday, find the following Ato be the leading features of complaint on the mipart of those who are . assessed for = fa the improvement, as well as those whose awards Mr. Sullivan—There ts no trick about it, sir, unless 4 have been placed below their estimate of value for it is on your side. A storm was brewing, when FA the land taken. EjJudge Fowler was oalled to testify, He said:—IH{ A general complatat on the part of many of those know Mrs. Taylor, slightly, from her having ap-f4 who have been placed on the list of the assessed 18 peared in my Court; was acting as committing BY that the extent of the land upon which assessment Py magistrate in the gase of one Sproull, charged with Mis threatened to be made is entirely too large. The fl grand larceny at the time Mrs. Taylor was in court. {4 more outlying victims declare pointedly that there Counsel for the defence here wished the witness #4 will be no advantage derived by any property not. to testifyas to the mental derangement or Incom-fin the immediate vicinity of the boundary line of petency of Mrs, Taylor, Mr. Sullivan objected, and BAthe park. ‘They claim that the Central abd three bg 8 discussion ensued, which was terminated by the f4 other modern parks lie near, and that noadditional Recorder disallowing the question put inits original M advantage can be gained from the Riverside Park beyond the Eleventh avenue line, between Seventy- Pa Second and 130th streets. In enforcing this claim fad many of the recently received letters declare that what she said or did at the time Justice Fowler saw #4 between the Riverside line and Centrai Park there her. is but little more than half a mile that can be de- Again objected to and argued. Objection sus-B} voted to building purposes, and that beyond the tained. The counsellor rend a paper which stated frontage line of the Hiversiae itis most unfair to fa What thev had to prove as to the complainant's Mijay an additional assessment for such improve- capacity as a witness. It was stated that at the Minents. Those who are among the assessed also—at fq trial of Sproule, before Judge Fowler, Mrs, ‘Ta: least very generally—declare that the land taken fq Jumped up in Conrt and said she saw a halo of giory § for the park Would not sell for building or any other about the witness’ head, aud a dove descending BM purpose for the amount which the awards have heaven. {iauenter) By placed upon it, and of which the assessed will have xander H. Reavy was next sworn—Knew i to pay a very large portion, the rate now declared Mrs. ‘Taylor; knew also Mr. Thomas; about the fl being—upon the land lying between Nighth avenne month of November, 1870, 1 for the first time saw and tho river, from Forty-second to 165th street, A Mr. George H. Thomas; was passing through City #4 $3,520,408, and upon the city at large, $3,053,004, Hall Park, when he hailed me and sald he wanted ‘They also declare that if the property taken were to employ me in some cases as his counsel; said he Bj to be graded and levelled the owners who are now mj had heard of me in some other cases alluded to; [FAto receive the awards of value would gladly give by Was engaged in three cases for Mr, Thomas in t Mthe land they have for what it woulé receding the week of the 7th of January, B cost to fitit for building purposes. ‘Te awards, Thomas called at my office and wanted to Bi thoy claim, are entively too large, and they persist, know what it would cost to draw a deed; told him Mf even to the latest letters received, in the declara- by $10; he said he wanted me to draw up a deed trans- ff tion that the awards ina very large number of cases gferring some property from Mrs, Taylor to hint; Bought to be reduced at least one-half; and they pros g called with him at the house of Mrs. Taylor and Rf test against the present valuation of the land taken. the contract. Mr. Sullivan then offered the document in cvi- dence. It was merely a contract for the perform- ance of certain plastering work, and signed by the Witness, In continuation—I had not performed all the work called for in the contract; did the al- siteration work and received rel pay from Mr. $140; put a me- fy chanics’ lien on the house before the last agree- iment with Mr. Thomas; saw in the newspapers s that Thomas had put @ Hen on the house himself § rwards bonght the property himself for fig $10,000; I had always heard avout the house that ‘Thomas was Mrs, ‘Taylor's son. Willlam Mulligan, of Fulty-cighth street, carpen- Biter, knew Mrs. Taylor; had done work for ker on e Witness said Mr. Thomas gave Mrs. Taylor the (t money to pay him, as he was going away, and she By gave it to witness. Mr. Sullivan here exhibited another receipt with fj the mark of the witness, and the latter said in this case also Thomas had given Mrs, Taylor the money, BJ The witness, pointin, B ie at the Assistant District Attorney, sald, “Do ye Ry want me to tell about Brooklyn now, do ye?” ky citedly. Ia “No, no,” sald counsel for the defence; “don’t kgcetangry. That’s a trick of the trade to get you gj excited.” form. fy Counsel then asked, with a view to show whether Mrs. Taylor is a competent witness or the contrary, 4 from Al was introduced as the lawyer b; homas ; Bi being ilxed at what the probable value of the bor- fjshe wanted me to draw the deed there Mdering land may become when the Park shall have Rand then, but as it was a very cold nightM#been completed. And, in proof that the latter estl- and the room uncomfortable I dechined; asked the by Value of the property, and Thomas and Mrs. Tay- @ lor said about $10,000; took the deed to my office my after telling her that revenue stamps correspond!n, to the value of the property would have to b Ri placed on the deed; prepared the deed and on the f ovening of the 7th of Jannary, 1871, took the docu- ment, accompanied by Mr. Thomas, to Mrs. Ta’ i lor’s house, and there had it executed; Mrs. 'Tay- lor was having an altercation with two men about fisome work; they were calling her some very y hard names and IT took her part; they left and T told Mrs, Taylor that had the deed; @ Indy was: present, and Mrs. Taylor in an extreme corner of, the room; went in to read the deed, and then handed it to her; she said, ‘Let me see it;" said 1, “Ts that all right”? “Yes,” she replied; then you will have to sign it, I rejoined; she did sign it, and sof did Mr. Taylo. ; Mra. yior put her arms sround g ‘Thomas’ neck and kissed him, saying he was then a’ mate has been the basis for fixing awards for land taken for the purchase of the park, it is stated in @ communication received some time ago, that iote which were last sold for €1,200 have beca valued in the awards at $5,000, And again it ts stated that glands which the first commissioners valued at only $1,000 are now set down at from $3,500 to $4,000, Similar fignves appear in many communications, and the same 1s declared by those Who make oral declarations. There js aiso a mass of complaints against the specific increases aud reductions which have been made by the new commissioners upon the estl- mates made by the first commission; and also in relation to the revocation of assessments a8 well as to the increase of the area of assessment to Kighth. avenue. In the first assessment estimate the Hud- son River Railroad interest Was assessed $101,803, and the Post estate, Palmer, Paine, Wittha Browning, Whiting, Howland, Forrest, White an fi sonto her, and if ft had not been for him she Mothers were d from $20,009 to $2,000, ig Would have starved during the winter; the decd #)Tiese propertics are contiguous to | the fin the meantime got very much solied, and we con-€4 proposed improvement, and yet their assess cluded to make another one; Mrs. Taylor acknow!-A ment has — sine stricken out, In been ay company the claim for Striking out their ssment was that the road, running from here to distant cities, could derive no Fl edged the first deed to have been made of her own 2 free will and without compulsion from her husba: Pi brought the second deed with Mr. Taylor's ner Fy left out, as she had directed, to Mra, ‘Taylor on t nore additional Value from the construction of @ A nicht of the 9th of January; she took it and signe ark in the place proposed than from making of the gler name where told—oppostte the seal; shortly Mi locality either a forest or a sWamp, and the assess- BAiterwards my brother came in and he acted as@#ment was, therefore, released. That reductions f) hotary public; when they were about leaving Mrs. fM™were right in many of tho cases Is not B] Taylor took Thomas by the hand and said, “George, entirely dented; but the clatm ts held that a very M large proportion ave as fully entitled to pay as those Mj who are still retained on the assessment roll. In Hall there are about two hundred who down for awards and about fourteen hundred wio are down i for assessment, and the coiplaints are voluminous against both; and William B, Astor is noted among those whose assessuients have been iargely in- ased by the ncw commission, His hag been ie creased something over $30,000, to gver $47,000; while Mr. Patrick Callaghan, W. P. Furniss, Court+ Gilandt Palmer and others owning large amounts @have been decreased and their awards for land God you? fF} Mr. Reavy testified further, but nothing of im-§ portance in addition to what he had already said. Mr, Sullivan severely cross-examined the witness, but did not suceced in shaking his testimony. He was asked if he had ever before been arrested, and Bihe replied that he had, but only for contempt of| H Court. He was then asked if he was ever brov before Marshal Tooker, and he acknowiedge had, but denied the latter’s authority to ¢ py hin f Mr. Tooker was In Court and will be placed on the bless you! what would I have doue without taken increased Al n, numerous dispropor- when some impor elopments, it is Mi tionate awards and assessinents are conplatned 0% bled, wili come out. ie case fe still on. Sas are the estimates for various localities, Dieses however, are iu wany cases undersiood by the ANOTHER EXPRESS ROBBERY. One Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Goods Recovered, Yesterday morning Assistant Superintendent @ Hoey, of Adams Express Company, applied to Judge Dowling, at the Tombs Police Court, for a seareh warrant granting permission to search tie N ge cominission to ve complaints made by tuose who: are not likely to make ail by the fprovemen' which their excited fancies had induced: them look tor, and the declaration is that a very eareful scrutiny will be given. If deemed atall necessary to to be @ just conclusion’ the y tothe ground sct apart for the park, as well lund side surroundings, wilt bo repeated until a full Knowledge of both existing aud probable conditions shall have been obtained. visit mado yes promises No. 19 Peavi street, which are ocenpled ‘The cominissione:s, so far as they bay tact by henry Willis and his wife Mary, and Patrick ff definite conclusions after what was rday eon- v . 4 sideved a full h nf all the compiaiiits of con~ Wogan, who is a driver in the employ of the Bx f press Company. It appears that the company hav been for some time losing packages of goods en- trusted to their care, and it was not untii within iv dirst intention to cut down nd heavily cannot in jnstice slare it to be tueir deter wherever reduction is in their 1 by the testimony now before: Sequence, 18 tha By the awards yen be done, thougn t mination to reduc estimate warrant H the iast few days that any cine was obtained as tof@them, And they claim that they have no power to f tke whereabouts of the property or as to who had M@ change lines; that the property to be assessed can- been taking ft. not fail to receive muck greater benelit from the The search warrant wasgrauted by Judge Dowling and placed in the hands of Sergeant Quinn and OM cer Walsh, On instituting the search the oMcers were rewarded by finding about one thousand dol lars’ worth of miscellaneous articles all stowed away carefully. The parties—Willis, his wife and W were arrested and taken to the Messrs. Howe & Hummel appeared as their counsel. Mr. Hummel moved for the discharge of Willis and his wife, on the ground that they w igno- rant of the foods having been stolen, After a par- tial examination the motion was granted. Wogs was held for examination this morning a o'clock. apiated than its owners are at. improvement conte qd noWiedge, OF, perhaps, able t willing to wes porcelve. pre: able to SUICIDE OF A ORIPPLE, five Youth Glows Out His Bri In Williamsbarg. Acrippled youth, sixteen years of age, mamed Thomas Sisk, resiling at 352 Leonard street, Williamsburg, committed suicide yesterday morn- ing by blowing out his brains with a musket. He was found lying dead im a pool ef blood on the Noor of his bedroom at eleven o'clock by his motner, who had gone to call him to lunch. The rash act was committed at about nine o'clock, as at that hour the report of a musket shot was heard by some residents of the neighborhood, but does ne seem to have attracted the attention of any per- Bsonin the house, The unfortunate youth was of a BH pecullariy sensitive and sedentary disposition, and iy irequent. rene s on his crippled condition by dys on the street is believed to have so preyed on his mind as to have led him to end his sud’ existe MORTALITY IN BROOKLYN, There were 202 deaths in Brooklyn last week. Of the deceased 29 were men, 46 women, 79 boys and 49 girls; 57 were under the age of 1 year auds were over 80 years, 159 were natives of the United tates, 23 of Ireland, 10 of Germany, 6 of England, H 4 of Scotinnd, 1 of Switzerland, The principal cis eases were smalipox, 20; disease of brain, 24; con- sumption, 24; ecrofila,’7; pneumonia, 16; maras mu * Col stip, 6; cramp, 4; scar i ine, att Neen ton enanOns, 20; disease offence, He was persistent reader, intelligent and heart, & the highest. rate. Of ‘sMortality was MM highly gifted for his years, and seemed omly happy” veached in the Sixteenth ward, where the Lumbor fA When in the society of his books. His father 18 ab deaths yas 20, ane on one of the Williamsbura forrs