The New York Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1872, Page 6

Abrupt Dissolution of the ‘Cham- pers After a Short Sesgion, ——_+--———— / WANT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE MANISTRY. ice gedit Action of tho Bragitian Masons Against the Jesuits and Witramontancs. AVPALUING COST OF THE PARAGUA YAN WAR. Rio Janviro, May 25, 1972. The spssion ‘of the Genera) Assembly has been of phort duration this year. Hardly was it opened than it became evident that the Cabinet of the Vis- sonde do Ria. Branco would encounter an uncom- promising hostility from the opposition of last year, and that the ministerial changes, induced by the bope Of conciitating one or more sections, were un- availing for the purpose, aud very soon it became plain that some of the former supporters of the gov- erpment had passed over, bag and baggage, to the ranks of tia opposers, On the 16th Conselkeiro Paulino de Souza, the leader of the opposition, at- tempted'to obtain a direct vote of want of confi- ence, but the government staved it off by exhaust- tng the scesion with the reading of the depert- wental reports, In the expectation that the north” ern packet, expected next day, would bring it-a re- ‘forcement of it friends. However, only tnree or four deputies arrived by it, among whom was the mow Minister of War, Consciheiro J. J. de Oliveira @angucira, and the Cabinet was further weakened ‘by the refusal of the Minister of Marine elect, Dr. Augusto Olimpio Gomes de Castro, Deputy for Ma- Fanbaw, to accept the post, which was thereon given $0 Dr. Joaquin Deifino Ribelro da Luz, Senator for Minas Gerres. On the 2lat the Chamber of Deputies met again, ‘and the Visconde do Rio Byanco announced the in- tention of his Cabinet to meet the issue squarely, Dut without declaring what course it would pur- gue in case of the vote of want of contidence being carried. After a short debate the division on Senhor Paulino de Souza’s motion was made, and the re- Suit was 60 for It and 49 against it, the govern- swent being thus ic(t in a minority of one. Next @ay the President of the Councfl of Ministers read to the Chamber a decree dissolving it, and an- nounced the intention of the Cabinet to appeal to the country. For this purpbse the primary elec- ions will take place August 18, the secondary in Beptember, and the opening of the General Assem- ‘ly on the iat of December next. DHE OPPOSITION PEMORALWED. The opposition members are very crestfallen at the dissolving of the Chamber of Deputies, for they had confidently counted on the resignation of the Rio Branco Cabinet and on the formation of the ew one from their own ranks as the only alterna- tivo, & liberal Cabinet being an impossibility at this time. But it was clear to disinterested lookers-on that no Cabinet with a prospect of life sould be formed from it; for, although wnited against the Rio Branco Cabinet, there was mo cohesion in the opposition; it was a tempo- tary conglomeration of heterogeneous elements, @ivergent upon the most pressing measures, such as slavery and the reform of the elections, the bill for the latter, introduced by Senhor Paulino fe Souza, whilo Minister of the Empire, Peing obnoxious to the majority of both ouses, and believed unconstitutional by many ef the leading statesmen, The Emperor was perfectly aware of this condition of ‘union in the conservative party, and, on the other hand, he was morally bound to support the Vis- eonde do Rio Branco against that opposition which fad raised itself furiously against the President of she Council, chleNy because of his pressing the anti- ®avery law of last year to its consummation, in ebedience to the wishes of the monarch. To have allowed him to fall would have given the triumph to ‘the pro-slavery party, and perhaps undone much ‘of the work achieved with so much diMculty and pacrifice last year. It appears, however, that the Emperor was very reluctant to resort to the measure of dissolvin, Chamber and thus staying the legislation of mutry. He had comé back from his European Saver full of ideas for the promotion of the ad- vancment of t ation, and he kad hopes for the realization of some of them in the session of 1872. Foremost in his desires was reform of the elections, to give come genuineness to the popular representa- tion, and this was the more urgent because the life of | the Chamber of Deputies would have naturally ex- jired this year, and the new Chamber might have en elected under the prov isions of tue reform. As it however, the next Chamber will be chosen under the the oid forms and subjected to the old visitations | lady of one of the of the representation, which will be all to the ad- ‘vantage of the present Cubinet. ONS OF BRAZIL r financial disputes in pres- ence of their common en the Jesuits and uitramontanism, and on the 20th the two Grand Orients effected a fusion under the title of the Waited Grand Orient of Brazil, amid a general ex- pansion of hearts and arms and great rejoicing. ‘Union and Force” is now the Brazilian Masonic motto, and it foretelis {ll to ultramontanism. The manifesto of the Masons of Brazil has been pub- ed in all the journais, except those of the shop party, and is an eloquent and well- weighed @efence of the Masons as Christians, citizens and Catholics, and a clear exposé of the motives ‘which have ted them to take up the open fight with the ultramontanism now strugeling for supremacy 4m Brazil, as it is in all other countries, ever, free from personalitics; but while expressing the utmost deference for the Bishop of Rio, in re- gard to all matters within his just attributes, it de- ciares that as citizens of Brazil and Christians, re- sponsible personally to their God, they will not com- mit the moral suicide required ‘from them by the Jesuits and other advocates of ultramontanism, and will struggle steadfastly for liverty of cc science for all men, as the inherent right of man, Ht would seem that the views of the leading Masonsare turned towards the establishment of Sr entirely independent of clerical rule, est means Of combating the efforts of th It is, how- | NEW YORK placed the mate in comnrand becanse thelr captain would not pot into ‘Pernambuco, altnougi the vessel was Making Water badiy. As the yeasel, though manned envirciy by. Americans, sails’ under the Argenting Mag, the Argentine consul caused him to be retased and brought ashore. An inquiry ‘was to be licld, but an account of tis nob yet to band, Captain to Pernambuco, silt put the captain of the German ie 4 Commundeur has been foreed to remain there, his vessel, anchored in the roadstead, «disappesting while he was ashore getting his papers, and not having been heard of for nine days. It is supposed its moorings parted and that the current carried it off to sea. YELLOW FRVER stint coutinned in Pernambuco at last dates, and vessels from that port are put in “obser®ation” here. Prom December t6th, 1871, to April 22d jast, 215 persous died of yellow fever, 110 of whom were Bug- Tish, and only two Americans. In Montevideo the last aecounts say the disease was on the point uf bs coming extinct, but the packets thence are placed ip observation for a day, a measure witich delayed the departure of the neh packet te the léth, Like that one, the Prench packet due on the 14th broke down beyond Pernambuco aiso, and the Mer- vunack had to tow her te Bahia to repair the con- nections of her screw, WHAT THE VARAGUAYAN WAR COST IN BLOOD AND TREASURE. The Dalancing ef the Pararuayan war accounts show that the total cost of the Paragnayan war to Brazil was not less than 488,720,644 $000 ($244.360,322) , @ heavy price to pay for the crushing of the ambi: tion of one despotic ruler of & country of 1,000,000 inhabitants, now reduced te 251,196 souls, luckading 5,196 foreigners. The werst is that it has lefta leg 4 of quarrel with the Argentine Repubdtic be- hind it whiten may at Any moment produce a fresh he with the pugnackous people Of that grasping tate. Two American famities—the Lanes and Mortons— setiled at Campinas, St, Paulo, were nearly poisoned to death by the use ofpoda found to contein a large proportion of tartar emetic. For some time they had been subjected to symptoms of poisoning, but it was long before they traced them to the baking soda, oh had been Drought direct from Rio, Dr. Stuart, underyoing sentence for his explolts in raising money on forged letters of credit from Horace Greeley aud Raymond of the Times, peti- tioned recently for acommutation, but was refused. By a decree all transatlantic lines of steamers are to be put on the “packet” footing, being allowed to discharge and receive cargo simultaneously and at any hour, excused manitests from ports of call, ar- rests tor Anes, &¢,; and passengers are to be al- wed to land up to seven P, M., and to take ® ca bag or sniall trunk ashore, Passengers by any el are to be allowed tw do the same, ‘The news fom the River Plate teil of an Indian raid of 2,000 men and the carrying off of some cap- THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION, The President’s Message at the Opening of Con- gress—Difficulty with Bolivia—A Monument to Mazzini—Attempted Assassination of a Lady of Rank—A Spanish Priest on a Spree--Census of the Confederation. <a. Buenos AYRES, May 15, 1872, The Congress opencd on the 4th, The President's message dilates on the continued. progressive pros- perity of the country and says that the relations with foreign powers are good, he not assigning im- portance to the divergence from Brazil on the Para- g@nayan question, which he expects wiil fnd an early and altogether peaceable solution, This de- claration of good relations with all the foreign Powers has been largely criticised by the opposition papers, which point to the territorial dificulties existing with Chile, on account of Patagonia, and with Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, because of the Chaco question. Congress is now occupied prin- cipally with the bill for the authorization of the An- des Railroad, commencing with the prolongation of the Villa Maria and Rio Quarto line to San Luiz, and afterwards from San Luiz to Mendoza. The govern- ment is also urging several biils, one of which is for the establishment of an immigration department, to have the disposal of the lands, the charge and information of the immigrants, and the general promotion of immigration. The number of immi- grants last year reached nearly 40,000, notwith- | Standing the discouragement caused by the plague. | dis. | A report came down the river that a Bolivian army of 5,000 men was menacing the Oran terri- tory, north of the Bermejo, purposing to expel the Argentines from that newly-annexed Chaco Pro- vince. However, later accounts show that the Boliy- fan action has limited itself to moving troops and munitions towards the frontier, with the aim to guard it against supposed Intended annexations of the Argentines, Even this is not satisfactory, for the Bolivians seem determined to maintain ‘their claims to the Chaco north of the Bermejo; but it is | be aap that the bad relations grown up between olivia and Peru about a frontier question will be 2 the Bolivians quiet in their south, ‘Th \ wntanes to subordinate the minds of the Br ua to the doctrines of the Syllabus, and that the Means of affording entirely secular education to ‘the masses is under serious consideration, by legislative action, for which public opinion is hardly prepared in Brazil, mere for the masses appear unlikely tc the middie and wealthier classes, will be estat fished, wnder the auspices of the Masons, in all th: principal cities. THE CLERICALS NOT DISHEARTE The utramontane clerics, however not dis- heartened, and they keep up a raining five of abuse of \he treasons in the press and from the ulpit. tn Paulo the parish priest of France has en preachlag violenuy against the “excommunti- cated” and “infidel” Masons; has posted up a Notice refusing to accept Masons as godfathers in rok bd or Para, aud has forbidden Masons to the Church, declarin, enter have them driven from it by force. eral thing, the brazilian priests are not ultramon- tanes, and those who trouble themselves about Syllabuses and Masonry are almost all foreiga | hes to fill the numerous va- | rests, putin the pari cancles existin of native priests, ontanism in Brazil, in the main foreiguers, and patriotism, conse- area, demands suspicion and lukewarmness from ie Brazilian clergy and people, Bahia is the archbishopric of Brazil and the stronghold of devotion, and crosses and church Money boxes are as pleutiful in the stores as Ayers’ medical announcements are on the walls of pital. ‘The soil is fertile and the seed of devo- in the country owing to the lack la the goud Fathers have established 4 PIOUS POST OFFCE Unless | t | females y secular schools | while of the foreign population the males number be attained; but | 161, itis probable that secular schools for secondary | and education, or for the education of girls and boys of | namely—1 that if they do le will | But, a8 a gen | ‘This Is the Weak point of uitra- | Its priestiy supporters are | t the foot of the good St, Antonio, Who appears to | pe in liivh javor, both on earth beneath and in eaven above, for the reception of letters of con- essions which the devotees care not to trouble Gheir spiritual adyisers with. Posted with a fee of Hot legs than fifty cents, each letter fies to heaven, z Wherever St. Arthony may be, and a reply comes ack postpaid, filled With saintly chidings and Wie. eed it be\said that letters and dollars ng merrily in the @aintly post oilice, and that Piety is thriving. cbarch festival last Sunday in We had a grand he Acclamation square, put the rain fell im tore ardor of devotees aud ents and quenched th indsmen, One of the former, however, lost bis urse, and, 1am sorry to My, ngly, cursing, from sti Baint whose attractions aad led hin into the hands f the Philistines. But better thoughts supervened, ind, begging the apostroph Bud protection, he invested his rowaining ca ixty-two and @ half cents, in the twentiet lottery ticket, bof & It won the grand pri.%e, and the re- ntant devotee was thus rewarded ,r bis faith | d Compensated fully for his loss. AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN IN TRONS. Sccounts from Pernambuco tell u® of the of the Eliza Henriette, bound from Nonte- ‘ for the British Channel, with Captain b Gib- 900 10 irons, the ciyw Lying thug trested hup “yd | The Dlasphemed shock- | past fiscal year. per bo suver radiant, the | most of the etildren tn clotiiing and provision f Mark’ | ¢ Italians and their sympathizers are subscrib- ing for a monument to be erected in Buenos Ayres the | to Joseph Mazzini, and some $3,000 are already given. Another subseription is open for one to Ad- miral Brown. During last year fifty-two tramroad concessions were granted by the provincial government, fift of which were for car lines in Buenos Ayres. railroad to Eusenada is determined on, though the concession is not yet given, and it seems very probable that the inlet will become the port of the packets, at least, as well as of the packers, A LADY STABBED IN THE BACK, The city is greatly excited still over the at- tempted assassination of Donna de Castellanos, a first native families, who, while going out of a store, In company with her daughter, was stabbed im the back by man, who nade Of and has not been dis ed. The two 4 rushed into an apothecar store close by and into the back room, 10 the astonishment of the and the daughter rapidly undressed mother and began tostop the blood, A surgeon Was called, and after examination declared that the wound was not mortal, a8, fortunately for the lady, her adipose development had caused the knife, which was sclentifically directed at her heart, to come short of its aim, No reason is known for so daripg an attempt at murder in daylight in one of the most frequented streets of the city, but the fact is that murders are of alarming frequency in this city, and generally with an impunity which encour- ages their repetition. A Spanish priest has been sent to prison for elght. days for getting drunk and pocketing spoons and forks at a restaurant. In March last he was arrested for @ similar act and was found armed with a loaded pistol, evidently being a member of the Chureh ilitant. A raid of 2,0 this provinc 100 Indians has been again made into of Buenos Ayres, and a number of | cattle and many captives have been carried off into the wilds, THE POPULATION OF THE C A résumé of the census of 1869 n published. The entire popwiation of the confederation com- | prises 1,877,490 souls, including 41,000 residing or temporarily in foreign countries. The Argentine provinces contain 897,780 males and 845,572 females, thore thus being an excess of 52,208 males, But, akin the native Argentines alone, there are 745,793 males and %85,567 fermales, the thus being 89,774 in excess; 703 and the females only 60,0 thirty-four Two hundred ersons are over 100 years of age, tines and 42 foreigners, and out Africans 10 are over that age. One Argen- 1 Argentine female aud 1 African fe- male were returned at over 130, Comparing Ar- gentines with some other countries it has 1 person over 100 years in each 7,450 persons; Chile bas 1 to 5,288, the United States 1 to 10,658 and Spain 1 to 71,654, But, to say the least, absolute credit must not be given In South America to the asserted ages, accuracy in the cases of the blacks especially not being attainable, Still it is undeniable that the cli- mate of the coo! regions is favorable to extreme old age. In St. Nicolao a noted veteran, El Viego Defa Pat had died at 135 years, jent of the manufacture of silks. bank Is also being promoted, THE JUVENILE GUARDIAN SOCIETY, ew York Juvenile Guardian Society yester- day gave Its annual festival to each of the schools of the society, at 101 St. Mark's place and 207 Bowery. The occasion gave great delight to the seven hun- dred children present and under the society's care. ‘rhe exercises at 207 Bowery commenced at two o'clock. Rev. George R, Crooks, D. D., editor New A Belgian thrives, and in the Hospicio da Piedade of | York Methodist, delivered an address to the school, and was followed by Rey. D. F. Robertson, the Sec- retary of the society, The exercises at St. Mark's commenced at four™ o'clock, Addresses were made by Rev. W. A. Ster- ling, Ke Wesley Krumer, of Grace church, and by the ‘tary, all of which were highly practical ad well received. singing at both schools was fine, and reflected great credit upou teachers and the scholars, This society doing a very praiseworthy work (in an unpretend- ing way) among the Poor, neglected children of the destitute neighborhoods in which the schools are located. During the past year 1,400 warm meals were served to the poorer children and their the parents, and 8,029 children have attended the in- | dustrial week on and mission schools during the Besides aid has been afforded to 8, and place, a few cared for at the Home, 101 c forsaken With increased means many more of these d :NUnt's forgiveness | ttle ones could he sheltered, fed and tauglt, and ital, | ultimately introduged into good business positions and to Christian homes, Several of the directors and iy ot friends of the society Were present at the festival, and ali seemed to take the Iveliest intéxest in the affairs of the society, ; named gen . M. Bundy, The followin the societ Noah Davis, v. D, nacher Wiliam H. Glover, tlemen are directors of Carey, A Roverigon, dobb mpany has been formed in this city for the de- | unusually | is | ALEWS IV BRAZIL, His Reception by the Dons and Donnas. een Courtesies Between the Russion Fleet and the United States South Atlantie Squadron—Tho Emperor and Imperial Family on Board tho Svetiana—The Grand Duke at the Ball of Welcome to Dom Pedro— Comments on Alexis’ Visits to a Free-and-Easy Concert Hall—The Departare of the Russian Fleet. Rio JanerRo, Brazil, May 25, 1872. The young scion of the Russism Jmpertal family, whose protracted voyage across the Atlantic was 4 subject of anxiety In two continents, and whose sojourn in America was an incessant ovation and feast, where statesmen, and princely merchants, and authors, and artists and Inventors—represen- tutives of the talent and genius of America—tricr to do him honor, is now within the domains of Dom Pedro 1., and his coming and sojourn have been in most marked contrast with the American visit; and inasmneh as he speaks in most enthusicstic terms of his experiences In the Great Republic, it is fair to presume that he would not have ob- Jected to a continuance of the same attentions here ; and yet, now that he has examined the fleld here, I doubt if tt would have been possible to the people or acceptable to him; for it 1s not in the composi- tion of Brazilian humanity to make demonstrations of the same kind; the cold formal presence of man or woman here would have been so chilling at first as to have prevented any cordial greeting, or sincera courtsies, which in other lands might have resulted from the thaw of a closer acquaintance or more intimate relationship. COLD RECEPTION OF THE GRAND DUKE. And co he came, and 60 he remains a short time longer, with no more attention than many civilians would have rr ved. From the people thems: there has been not a particle of manifestation of in- terest, and except the few boatmen and loafers around the landing who see him as he comes ashore I question if there is one in @ hundred of the inhab- itants of this city of Rio who knows that there is any such individual here as the Grand Dul Russia. Perhaps, however, as he comes here on Ls way to the Cape of Good Hope and the Fast In- dies, China and Japan, simply filling the post of a Mentenant in the Russian navy, it may be more be- coming that he should waive all those attentions which as Grand Duke were heaped upon him tn America, | MEETING OF THE Ay AN AND AMERICAN WAR The Russian frigate Svetlana, upon which the Grand Duke is serving asa Heutenant, accompanied by the corvette Bogatir, came into this harbor on the morning of Monday, April 29. Soon after com- ingto anchor the Brazilian flag was salnted from the Svetiana, and returned by fortress Santa Cruz. The American flagship Lancaster was iv port, and Admiral Joseph Lanman, commanding the South Atlantic fleet, was saluted from the Svetlana, The same courtesies were exchanged between the Svet- lana and the French corvette La Place, Calls of naval oficial etiquette were made by Admiral Lan- man and other senior naval oficers present upon Ad- mira! Possiet, commanding the Russian vessels, and Alexis was in each instance presented as the offi- cers representing the different nations made in- quiry concerning him, The duties of the Grand Duke, acting as he was at the time as first lieuten- ant of the Svetlana, 80 closely contined him to his Vessel that he made few calls upon the naval people. ROYAL VISITORS TO THE SVETLANA. On Tuesday, the 2d of May, the Conde d’£u and the Duke of Saxe, sons-n-law of the Emperor, called upon Alexis on board his ship, as Grand Duke, and they were received with royal salute. The following day the visit was returned by the Grand Duke, who met the Conde d’Eu and his wile, the Princess Imperial, and alse the Duke of Saxe, at the residence of the Conde WEu. ‘On Saturday, May 4, the Emperor Dom Pedro II, in his steam yacht, went off to the Svetlana, an was received with manning of yards and an im- erialsalute, and made a visit to the Grand Duke, His departure from the Russian irigate was marked by the same attention. ALEXIS BREAKFASTING WITH THE EMPEROR, On the 8th of May the Grand Duke breakfasted at the palace at San Christavas with the Emperor, Empress, Princess Imperial and her husband, tie Conde Eu, and the Duke of Saxe. On Saturday evening, May 11, an informal and unofficial Syd dey was given at the residence of Count Koskul, the Russian Ambassador, where the members of the diplomatic corps met Alexis, having expressed a desire to Count Koskul to mect him in this manner, This was the most notable of the receptions of the Graud Duke, as it was stripped of all formality and ceremony, and the representatives of foreign nations met him familiarly and were all much pleased with nis frank, manly and sincere manner, On the night of Thursday, May 16, the Ciub Casino gave A GKAND BALL OF WELCOME TO THE EMPEROR at thelr magnificent rooms, It was a very britiiant affair, and the wealth and nobility and aristocratic yoft Rio were largely represented, Among present Were the Emperor and Express, e883 Imperial, and her husband, Conde ju, the Duke of Saxe, the Grand Duke is, the Duke of Caxias, the Count and Countess Estrella, the Visconde and Viscondess da Silva, all the Foreign Ambassadors and members of the dipiomatic corps, with our own country most worthily represented by its Envoy and Minister, Hon, James R. Partridge. There were also present officers of the navy of Brazil, the United States, Russia, England, France and Italy. Among the oific naval service was h iT represented by Paymaster S, T. Browne, Lieuten- ant Haslett, Lieu! nt Tiley and Licutenant Mer cer of the Marine corps, THE FIRST QUADRILER | the Grand Duke Alexis danced with the Empress, and the Duke of Saxe with the Princess Imperial. The ball was a most brilliant affalr, and there was a very clegant display of dress and jewels. The rooms were beautifully and appropriately decor- ated; the wines and refreshments superb. The supper was given in the fine supper rooms above. The Grand Duke escorted the Empress to supper, and the Princess Imperial was conducted by her father, the Emperor. The Grand Duke was dressed in simple unife ofalieutenant of the Russian naval service. ‘the Emperor was in plain evening dress, and mingled freely with the guests, The Conde d’fu and Duke of Saxe were also in plain evening dress, ALEXIS AT A FRER-AND-EASY CONCERT HAL! The Casino Franco-Brésilien isa place of evening entertainment. It isa common, cheap theatrical room, the front of which ts entirely open to a cramped and limited garden, where are small tables and ts, and here can be procured cerveya, pted to the lati: The performances re are varied, embracing Portuguese farce, neh opéra boufe, Italian operatic sclections and | comic and sentimental songs in many languages. WHERE MODESTY MUST BLUS. The performances are certainly not of the highest grade, and ladies with marked modest tempera- | ment Would scarcely sit through an if per: formance, even if by any accident they should nap: pei r, there ts 11 to visit the place, of which, howeve | 8 ly any danger, There is a dearth of | entertainment in this metropolitan city, anda hence the Casino Franco-Brésiliien is the only establish- | ment at present with open doors; and here the Brazilian youth—and middle-aged, too, for that matter—do love to assemble and congregate, Now, Alexis finds that there is a degree of novelty | attending the performances here, and he has beena Visitor & number of tines, always in “mufti,” as | plain civilian clothing on a military man is fre- | quently called, And this simple fact has been the occasion of public comment, and the lynx-eyed re- | poiter of the journal The Republica seizes upon this | horsel of newspaperial aliment, and announces ; in the colamns of his Pret that the Grand Duke of | Russia is un habitud of this establishment of varied entertainment, and there passes the evening HOBNOBBING WITH FEMALES Whose reputation is not untainted, and warning | the ladies of Kio against him, and not to permit | their diesty to be shocked and their reputations | suilied by accepting his invitations to dance should they chance to meet him, This was a few days be- he Casino bali, and as he did dance at that with the finest ladies in the city, the extra- ofticious advice seems to have been entirely un- ; heeded, It is considered one of the most striking Instances extant of pot at, kettle black. So the tarry of His Russian Highness is passing | away here so quietly as to cause no notice, and with so little fuss or excitement as to be barren almost of f evening interest fo make them worthy of record. | Tlearned from Alexis that he remains here but a | few days longer, and then is off jor the Cape of | Good pe, and from thence to Mauritius, india, China aud dapau DROWNED FROM A SOUND STEAMER. Boston, June 19, 1872, Miss Josephine Heaton, of Boston, aged twenty- two, fell overboard from thé Stonington steamer on Henry Ciews, Jeremiah | Monday night, on tne passage from New York, It is Supposed that she lost her balance {u Jeaning out Of @ window in the ladies’ room while any incidents which have aboat them enough of | MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, THE BOARD OF AUDIT. The Board of Andit met yesterday at“noon, Mayor Hall presiding, Resolutions were, &kdopted to the following effect :— That the title contained m a resolution of this Board adopted Maj uv entitled ‘Jodgme: of 1872,” be amemled Dy sirlxing bab the words and flgures “of 1872,” Bo fe it read “Suduments $200,000. rising ho Comptrolter to transmit to the Board of Supervisors @ certified copy of the preamble and resolu tion adopted by thls Board Nay 1, 2, in relation to the amount of taxes to be raised in the’ city and county of New York in 1872, | which were redetermined and re- adopted at a meeting held May 23, i872. Regulating and fixing the salary of Louls Kazinsky, interpreter of the County Courts, at the rate of $3,500 per annun, for 1372, ‘and auchorizing the Controller to Bay him at’ that rate from September | to December 31, 1871. The first paragraph in the resolutions is designed especially to meet the case of judgmenis now pend- ing against the city, Donations were asked for as follows :—The Blind chanics’ Association, for $50 per year for every blind man in the city; the Ladies’ Depository, for 1,000; Yorkville Homeopathic Dispensary, for Northeastern Homwopathic Dispensary, for 2,500; Children’s Fotd, No. 437 East Fifty-eighth street, for $1per week for each child during the week; Inflrinary of the New York College of Dentis- try, for $1,000; Hahnemann Hospital, East Fifty-fifth street, for $10,000, The applications were laid over whe acted on at & special meeting to be held in suly. Commnnications were received as follows:—Rrom the Fire Commissioners asking for an appropriation for the support of two additional tire companies in the upper part of the city; from the Board of Health, asking for $60,000 additional jor sanitary Pa a from the New York Bridge Company, asking for $300,000, being a ten per cent instalment of the snbseription by this ays from the Depart- meut of Public Instruction, asking $148,000 for ne- cessary repairs for buildings and other purposes, and from the Corporation Attorney, avking for an increased appropriation vo meet the expenses of bis onlce, all of which were laid over, The Board then adjourned. BOARD OP SUPERVISORS. The Cid “B’hoys” and the “Reformers” Have a Spicy Tilt—The “Reformers” Badly Beaten—Parliamentary Tricks and Tactics, The Board of Supervisors held a special meeting yesterday afternoon to consider the subject of the Present condition of the new County Court House and to adopt some measures whereby the building would be put in proper condition. Mayor Hal) pre- sided, THE COMMITTER'S REPORT. nera) Cochrane, chairman of the committee to ch the matter belonged, read an elaborate re- port, which may be summed up by saying that tt recommended the following appointments to be A janitor, with domicile in the build- | Ing, at a salary of $1,500 a year; two deputy janitors, one for the brown stone Court House and the other for the, Register’s Office, at a salary of $1,500 each; three assistant janitors, ata salary of $1,200 cach; an engineer, at a salary of $1,500; an assistant engineer, at a salary of $1,200, anda fireman, at a salary of $1,000, The report provided that persons who might be appointed to the above named positions should make ont a statement as to the number of persons they would need to assist them in keeping the building in proper order, sending in montily reports to the joard as to the duties performed. TUR “OLD B)HOYS’" CANDIDATES, The report was accepted and unanimously | adopted, There was a little storm brewing, how- ever, which all must have felt was certain to come, but which remained well pent up until one side of house handed ia a ticket of names for the as above stated, as follows:—Janitor, ‘bech; deputies, P. Rice and Thomas Higgins; assistant janitors, Peter Reynolds, Ed. Murtagh and Leaman Johnson; eugineer, Martin Murray; assistant engineer, ‘Thomas G, Galloway; fireman, John Murray. RELIEF BY RECESS, When the names were read out the gentlemen on the reform side of the house expressed themselves as desiring time to find out who the candidates were. Then began a wrangle in which almost every member of the Board had something to say. It was moved that a committee be appointed to find out who these men were and what were their qualifications; that the consideration of the sub- Ject be postponed; that the resolutions be printed and made the special order for Monday next; that a committee be appointea to ascertain tne capabill- ties of the nominees and report forthwith to the Board; that the whole question he on the table; that the Board adjourn; that the men who hereto- fore had charge ought to get a chance, &¢., with amendments to the amendments, At length some charitable gentleman moved that a recess be taken until five o’clock P. M., and this was carried unani- mously, the main question still pending, THE REFORMERS’ RECUSANCY. At five o'clock P. M. the Board again assembled, but Mayor Hall being absent General Cochrane was called to the chair. Mr. Conover again flaunted his paper fag, and in the Cpt way asked that the cundidates named in it be elected to the vacant positions in the new Court House and that a com- mittee be then appointed to test their qualitica- tions, One of the gentlemen on the opposite side, Mr. Vance, asked the Supervisor what was that he had said, and on Mr. Conover restating his proposi- tion the former rose in @ startled state of mind and said that that was the most extraordinary motion he had ever heard, though he had heard very ex- traordinary motions from some of the Supervisors, Mr. Conover said that was 80, but he thought his motion was very pertinent and eminently prorat) basing it, as he meant to do, on the fact that the sooner Oficers Ww appointed for the new Court House the better would it be for the pub- lic. Of course, the lection of the ticket had not the ghostof a chance, and then ensued a series Of parliamentary tricks end devices which exercised the reiorm gentlemen’s intelligence to the utmost to ward otf speedy defeat, Evidently the “oid b’hoys” were well knit togetner and were Auntton the question, and were bound to hold their grasp, The rmers,” it must be said, were ety united and very determined, but being in a minority they could only seek for admission to the committee which was to be appointed to find out the qualitications of the nominees, This was all they Wanted in the end, for they had so persistently de- manded to know all about the new men that they wei strained to accept ef this small consola- tion, The question then turned on the point to which of the standing committees the Investigation would be referred, The Civil Courts Committee was @ reform concern, but the Committee on County Otices was the genutue thing, and the ight now centred around this, The ‘reformers’ fought for a minority representation on this committee, and the ‘old b’hoys’? were willing to take in Supervisors Cochrane and Martin, and on this potnt for an hour and a half there was a continued rusi of motions, ainendments, amendments to the amendments, substitutes, motions to lay on the table, motions to reconsider, changing of names, changing of the number of names, and all the tricks that could be availed of under such circumstances, until finally stanch and honest Mr. Giisey declared indignantly that he would vote no more, and then, when his own name Was proposed as one to act with the commit- tee on county oificers, he with comical solemnity declared that before lhe would have anything to do with them he would take the next steamer for Europe. Then there was @ row about the caucuses tl ‘eformers”’ had been holding all last week, aud about how they wanted to settle this little mat- ter in their own way, if they happened to get the chance; and a few Supervisors were subjected to the sharp stick of their opponents as to the disap- pearance of acertain documeut some of them, as was alleged, had been hawking around, Finally, at twen- ty minutes to seven o'clock, Supervisor Mehrbach threw up the sponge and advised his iellow toilers to “let them have it,” meaning thereby to let the committee stand with only two of a minority ‘ep- resentation against four of the “old 1 the former, of course, only to loom up on Monday next to “tell the tale.’ The fight ended, theretore, b: the reference of the investigation as to the qualitl- cations of the nominees to tie Committee on County OMices, With Messys. Cochrane and Martin aiso to act on the committee In the present emergency. A resolution was then passed dirceting the Comptroller to pay Mr. Richard Flanigan his salary up to date as janitor of the new Court House, It is only right to say that when, during the diseussion, Mr. Flanigan’s name was mentioned for the post- tion of janitor, Supervisor Plunkitt announced that he was authorized to state that Mr. nigan did not desire the janitorship and would not accept it, ‘The Board then adjourned to meet on Monday next. THE CITY CONTRACT, Commissioners’ in a Number of Heavy Cases. Messrs. Sutherland, Van Vorat and Jaques, com- missioners to inquire into the facts and circum. | stances relating to the contracts made by the | Mayor, met at the St. James Hotel last evening, in | continuation of the investigation. In relation to the Third avenue (Saxon) contract, which was to have been considered, Judge Edmonds asked | | sition, His request was granted. The several Gearty cases were called, but he was not present, ‘ The Keys Macdougal street stone block paving case was called, but Mr. Keys declared that his case | had been closed, and there was nothing further done. The J. 8. Masterson case, Seventy-seventh street, regrading, was called, and at this time the Comp- troller appeared by one of his clerks, and the papers in the cases were presented. Mr. Masterson said the work on the contract was not yet com- plete; he had done about $1,500 worth of work on it and then stopped, because he under- stood the Comptroller declined to because af ome dillowly a4 to the ssvertising. wading, for an adjournment on account of his own indispo- | HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1 1872,~TRIPLE “SHEET. he thought, would bo all rock re Contract—which would cost about twenty thougand ‘and take about nine mouths to complete it, The representative knew of no ob- case, and it was declared Passed. The next ‘case called was that Of Soventy-third street, of which Mr. Masterson Was the assignee from Mr. Finfay. It was one of | the abandoned contracts given to Masterson to complete the work, and there was no duplicate tn the Comptroller's office, Mr. Masterson said he had alrcady done $23,000 worth of work by advice of the Comptroller. He produced his contract and war qualified as its correctness and also to the signatures of Messrs, Finlay 20d William M. Tweed, contract was a heavy ene, he said, and would reqnire about one year to complete it. ‘The price allowed for the rock excavation was $260 per yard, and | one-quarter the amount for earth excavation. ‘Lhe rock he declared to be the hardest he had met {ns | long time, and there Was now about £13,000 due on it, ‘The whole would cost about $60,000. He was Piocecdine: with the work under advice of the mptrolier, There was no ebdjection, and the case Was passed, subject to the Surveyor’s report, The name of the Comptroticr’s representative Was here declared to be Willam EB. Sacket. ‘The 133d street contract was next called, and Mr. Mas-, terson declared he had completed the work; there was no objection to the work, but he had not yet received a dollar for the work, which was worth $20,000, ‘There was no obj ion, and the contract Was passed, subject, like the others, to the Survey- or’s report. Mr. Key's Macdougal street je was again called, when he stated that he had received $21,009 on the contract and had about $12,000 due. Mr. Newman’s case, that of sewerage in Seven- teenth street, was called, and Mr, Newman said, under oath, that half the work had been done, He said he had-received $60,000, and was proceed- ing with the work, There was now about $69,000 due, The only objection was in relation to tie Plans, and the reason he did not proceed more rapidly was that he could not get his money to go on with, ‘There was no offensive matter, he de- clared, excepting what came through the 1 sewers, and he believed he could complete the work in about nine months if he could get his money to go on with it. The case was made to await investigation of the date of filing notice, ‘Thomas Gearty’s case, for stone block paving in Ninth avenue, was next called. He declared he had in all particulars conformed to the requiraments of the contract. It having been declared that the Comptroller was not present, the case was passed satisfactorily. M. J. Kannon’s case, regrading, &c., Ninety-aixth street, was called, and his iather, Patvick, appeared As the agsignee, The work, he said, was about one- juarter done, It would cost from $70,000 to 80,000, The next case of Mr. Bannon’s was the Kighty-tirst street regrading, &c. It would take about eight months to complete the work, and he would continue it ag soon a8 he could get money from the Comptroller, ‘There were no objections made by Mr. Strahan, who now appeared for the Comptroller, and the contract was passed. Mr. Bannon also Lo la for the Herman Polye con- tract for regrading, &c., Seventy-first street, of which he is the assignee. There had not been ‘and Were not any objections made. ‘The case was de- clared passed, and the Commissioners adjourned, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. A Special Meeting—Remodeling the Eve- The Board of Education held a special meeting yesterday afternoon at four o’clock, Mr. Bernard Smyth presiding. The following members were present :—Messrs, Brennan, Lewis, Duryea, Wood, Sands, Jarvis and Jenkins. An invitation from the Commissioners of Emt- gration to attend the examination of the* scholars of the School of Emigration, on Randall’s Island, | was red ig by a formal motion. A resolution appointing Mr. B, Oakey to the Fontes of teacher, made vacant by the death of r. William J. Malone, at an annual salary of $1,500, was adopted. Commissioner Woop offered a resolution for the remodeling of the Be oft the evening schools, No pupils were to admitted under fourteen ears ofage. The number of scholars registered ist year was as follows:—Boys, 12,361; giris, 6,129. The average attendance was as follows:—Boys, 4,783; girls, 3,445, making a per centage of 61% of absence of boys and 43% of the girls. Commissioner Wood said that when the total per centage of absence of scholars in the evening schools was so reat it was very easy to infer, and with perfect fistiee, that something should be done to improve the system of teaching. The resolution was given to the Committee on Normal and Evening Schools. The Alumni of the Normal College offered to the Board the sum of $87 for the purchase of scientific text books for the use of the coliege. On motion of Commissioner Wood this donation was accepted, with thanks to the munificent young ladies who Were its authors. Reports from the Finance Committee on several bills against the Board were received and their payment ordered, ir, Woop offered a resolution, which was adopted, to the effect that there be. two additional assistant Superintendents appointed, at the annual salary of $3,300, their terms of ofiice to begin on the Ast of September, 1872. On motion of Cominissioner Wood Mr. John Jasper, Jr., Principal of Grammar School No. 51, and Arthur McMullen, Principal of Grammar School No, 54, were unanimously elected to the newly created positions, to continue in them at the pleasure of the Board. A long string of resolutions of Surropra ron for the salaries of teachers were disposed of, and after other formal business the Board adjourned to meet on Wednesday of next week, for the last time before the summer vacation. CLASS DAY AT RUTGURS COLLEGE. | Se EE GAEL Essays, Music, Addresses—How “the Wo- man Question” is to Advance in the Future—A Prophetic Vision. College commencements and class days are regular institutions in this age of learning and in- | telligence, and yet there Is scarcely a new thought expressed or @ new idea advanced in any of the | numerous essays and compositions presented on those, to the graduates, memorable occasions. The sameness in them all is very remarkable, and not only is this remarkable in regard to the gradu- ating classes of different colleges, but it is also true in regard to successive graduates of the same insti- tution. The compositions are invariably either a string of “glittering generalities,” a collection of old saws and sayings, or most likely a grouping to- gether of college or class reminiscences and ex- | ploits, presented in a thoroughly hifalutin style. | There is scarcely an exception tothe rule. There | was certainly none yesterday in the alumna and class day exercises in Rutgers College. Miss Mary | A. Brown, A. B., of the class of 1871, presided at THK ALUMNAE EXERCISES, and after an anthem sung by the Senior class and | prayer by Rev. L. 8. Weed, Dr. Samson, President of the College, addressed a few words of greeting to the alumne and of advice and snggestion to tho graduating class, He gave thei the classic autho- rity for the adoption of the term “alumna,” and showed its appropriateness to the ladies, He sug- gested to the graduates and expectant graduates how much they might do hereafter, when they wed wealthy men, toward endowing the institution, and he saw with prophetic eye the day advancing when men of wealth and of power will do for their dangh- ters as nobly as they have done and are doing lor their sons, Female colleges are yet in their in- but they are exercising a very marked influ- 6 upon society wherever they exist. Miss Minnie A. M. Kipling, of tle class of 1948, sketched ‘The Days of Advance” through the vari- | ous stages of Greek, Latin and English literature to | the present day, when woman is beginning to take | her proper place in the world. She looked jorward | with bright hope to the future. Miss Minnie A. Ayres presided over the exer- | cises of the graduates of 1872 and Miss Sarah M. Wilbur delivered the salutatory. Miss Charlotte ©. | Hall sketched the ‘thistory” of her | | | CLASS EXCURSIONS AND PLEASURE “JUNKETINGS” from 1860 up to the present. The essay was remark- able for the choiceness and purity of its English, and the young Indy herself for the bold and inde- pendent manner in which sne read it—so like the | style of @ schoorboy stump orator. Miss Helen J. Aitken modestiy, but humorously, read her “prophecy” of what the young ladies, her asso- | ciates, shall be in the future. Placing the psycho- logical mirror before her, she saw one of them knocking at the doors of Congress as the repre- | sentative from Alaska; another # missionary in In- dia, China or Japan; another presiding over the des- tinies of the White House or the gubernatorial m e world better than they | The picture was, of course, a little extra. vagaut, but then there was a long time allowed for the development of those “improvements.” Miss Alice E, Stevens delivered thi arge” and the | | | MYSTBRIOUS KEY OF THE CLASSIC CABINET to the Juntor class, and intimated what the juniors might expect when they came to tread the classic halls which the sentors were about to vacate. Miss Pauline Seligman received the key on behalf of her class, and thanked the seniors for their suggestions and wished them success and prosperity in their future life. Interspersed between these essays were | selections of vocal and instrumental music, the pro- | gramme closing with @ class song, composed for the | occasion by Miss ©. ©. Hall, and sung with a chorus, | to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne.”’_ To-day the regu- lar commencement exercises of Rutgers will take | place at two o'clock. | TAKING AN OVER DOSE OF HYDRATE OF ' OHLORAL, Coroner Herrman held an inquest at No. 168 West Fiftieth street over the remains of Mr. Jacob F. Pecare, a lawyer, who died suddenly. An investi- tion showed that the nervous system of Mr. | ecare had been much disturbed of late and hydrate | mM had been prescribed by a physician. The dna Nor of Mr. Mecare ve nin @ dose of the oe mn Tose from his Ded and took An sired effect, he soon Additional quantity, death being the Fosult tn less thao half ag hour aftermanga. - sO i | of health laws or ordi | with which they work | watch from him | other TUE BURIAL OF THB DEAD, Dangerous Gases Arising from City Church Yards, MEBTING OF THE BOARD OF HEABTH. At the regular meeting of the Board of Health, held yesterday afternoon, the folowing Yeport wus handed in by the Sanitary Committee :— At a meeting of the Sanitary Committee Commtasione: Stephen Smith submited the following report om sens petitions against tho pr. of burying (he dead in the city cemeteries and vauil's, whieh was adopted as the Te. portof the litee:—I the disposal of the dead all Bations atall times have recognized the one universal fact, viz, that all the en ations from the decom tion’ of ‘the dead hum pody are detrimental, to health of the living. the vartous methods of din- Bost of the dend liv! to prevent the exposure of the ‘Ang to such eman: oh wi “! ach was TH DESI OF EMMALMING, Sorters (cremation, of burial in the sea, in eat ye Vauitsand int arth. 'e the burial of yes in the earth and in via wae believed to effuctnally se. emanations of the dead, still it dal at a dls. has been customary. tance from the livin THY NATORR OF THR 50) and the rapidity of decomrositions Bracco, alleged to be due to such gases, prevails winong those living in the ime mediate nelghborhood. It has, therefore, hoen estabe fished by all sanitary writers asa principle in public hygiene that all buryinz pvounds should be at » dietan se ii pert of a ea aye r D0. own chonld tepuentand gemoval ot sie dead pippienkedee Gog ere are in the ciiy of New York @ large number of burying grounds, all of which were original tance viotn the bast ioe ae meas cree n the extension of portation these buri: Ace have come to be sarre by buildings, and i. Lr * pla yy dweilings. In ‘some Winterred in’ the earth, in vaults, Filty yeari jing Interroents soul of Hy forbid interments within In “the oyinlon of the cow. Te TINY HAS COME when the burial of the ad in this city below 130th street. should cease, whether such burial la in the earth or in Vaults; and ho vauli shail be opened except during the colder months of the and then only for the tempo- i rary reception of thi ‘the committee off ‘olowing resolution :— Resolved, That no iis be issued from this dat this departinent for the burial of any dead human body in any vault, burying gi ound or cemetery of the elty of New York south of £):! ®t, nor shall any vault within suid lite be opened for the réception sand temporary de- posit o' lead body, except durin Rovomber to May fy liicingive, (Uuné ‘te months from ws sip Tollowing. bake Heads) of os work done in the various bureaus of the Health Department dari the past week :— i tei The Sanitary Inspect tlons by the Health in Duildhigs, 85 tenement nh andin many they aro. de: hgo & lAW Was Passed foi) G¥and street. This law virt the then lniig of the ciiy. mittee »v reports a total of 2,016 inspec. votors, tg follows, viz :—8 publi n ses, 58 private dwellings, 70 Wellings, 28 raanuierories and workshope, 4% stores and warehouse, 81 siabies, 12 lard rendering and pox packing establisiinents, 2 markets, 66 slaughter jouses, L gut Creer ogablishment, 4 cattle yards, 78 sunken and vi lary and baseme and water closets, b, 51 other nuisances, » nt rds, courts and aroas ; 60 cel- pes and drains, 18k privies utters and sidewalks; M4 WAYS, \ sits of the Health Inspectors to cases of contagious iseases. The number of reporte received thereon Was &::). During the week 119 complaints have been received irom citizens and referred. to the Health Inspectors for investization and report. The Dis- Antecting corps have vi-it~1 5) premises where contagto diseases were found, wud have dismiected and tumigates 57 houses, 8 logether with clothing, bedding, cxises Olesinallpox Were removed to hoe dead bodies io the. Mo jue by the Aml Corps; 218 privy sinks and cesspools have been cleaned have becn cleaned and disinfected by ihe night scavengers, under permits of the Board, and 774 loads of night soll removed from the cits Permits have been granted to veascls to discharge ch on vouchers from t Oficer of this port ating Core have visite r Pp The Vaccinating Corps have visite 14,816 famlifes, and periornied 6,400 vucclnadions, o! Which 36) were primary and 5,105 secondary. ‘The following is. a comparative statement of contagions diseases Teported for the two weeks ending June & to June © © ———Fevers, thus, Typhoid, Scarlet. Measles, Dipth'a, Daye DN ton gg ar) ed 2 Boo pra 8s The Register of Records reports as follows:—During the ast week there were rogistered 632 deaths, being an increase of 72 upon the previous week and an excess of 183 over the correspouding period of 2871. Zymotic dis eases cansed 244 deachs, constitutional, 117; local, 205; des yelopmental, 8, and violent causes 32.’ The tatal casoe of smalipox increased tro 29 to 43, those of mé from 12, to 16, those of searlatina ‘01 26 to 29; those of diphtheria and Group from W to 12, those of typhus fever fram 4 nd those of diarrheal dis- ths by typhoid fever dimin- intermittent fever from 4 to 3, fever from 86 to 85. Whoop: those oferysipelas frou 5 to uses trom 43 to 62, The ished from 4 to 3, those and those by cer ing cough and ren THE SAME NUMBER OF DEATHS asin the previous week, viz:—8 and 2. One death occurs ring June 9th was due to hydrophobia, the victim ha Deen biiten about 3 woe viously ; phthisis pulmonali- produced 75 deaths, a le ud the local reapira. ry affections 56,'a decrease of L The mortality of pneumonia declined trom 12 (0 38. There were 81 deaths certified by coroners, 2/0! which were caused by acl dents and 7 by hoinicldes. 127 deaths took place im hos- itals and Mstituttons. 01 the total number of deat 1 occurred umong childcen undor 5 years-old and among persons 70 years old and upwards. The following were the principal met-or ological reatures of the week as recorded tor tiils depart ain at the Cooper Union :- Maze imum temperature, 93 degrees; minimum temperature, degrees; mean temperat 4.95 decrees, being Al degrees higher than for the corresponding period during the past ten years; mean reading of barometer 29.686 in, mean degree of humidity, 72.07. The Attorney repor commenced for non-c Xe Number of actions th orders or violatio td ; number of judgment obtained in pending actions, 21; number of actions dis- continued upon evidence or ahatement of all cause of complaint, 14; numberof complaints by Inspoctors ex: amined and form of order endorsed thereon, 267; number of such complaints exainined and returned for additional examination and teport, 37. The City Sanitary Ingpector reports the slaughter houses of the efty as being In good sanitary condition Ks Captain Yale, o Sanitary Company of Police, ro! ports the following as the amount of meat, fish, seized and confiscated as unit tor human tood Cattle, sheep, 1; hogs, 14; veal (bob), 8; lamb, 14 beef, 28 pound: poultry, 2% pounds; nls. Commissioner Mt .Y introduced a resolution asking that the engineer of the Board be instructed. to investigate the pc sent system ef constructin, tenement houses and report to the Board whut sanitary improvement it would be well, in hia opinion, ta igtroduce. ‘The Board then adjourned to one o’clock"n Friday next. phar inne ssh SEIN A OONFLICT IN TE CITY DEPARTMENTS, Under the recent law taking the jurisdiction ot we. Ww the Boulevard improvements out of the hands of the Park Commissioners and ving it to the Department of Public Works, the laborers engaged upon the roads were yeste Rua! Teady to go to work under the new direction. But the implements the — les, Wheelbarrows, derricks, &¢., Were retained by the Park Commis- sioners as part of the property ef the department, The work has ceased in consequence and wearisome legislation is threatened. he foree employed upon the Boulevard, Tenth avenue, north of 155th_ str Sixth and Seventh avenues, avenue St. iiolas, &¢., numbers up- ward of one thousand’ jour wundred men, including drivers of teams and carts. as appointed Mr. M. A, Commissioner Van Nort Kellogg engineer in charge of the works, Mr. Kel- joge having been associated with Mr. Van Nort in. a similar capacity upon that work, under the Park administration, for fourteen yea: HIGHWAYMEN IN THE EIGHTH WARD, Alfred Harris, residing ut No, 100 River Terrace, Hoboken, N. J., yesterday morning appeared before Justice Cox, at the Jevderson Market Police Court, as complainant against two old panel thieves named George Adams an) John W, Ridgeway, of 8 Christie street, 1 with stealing a gold Iued at $109 Harris, who gave his name as Alfred J of 30 Prospect street, Brooklyn, in the station house, testified that afew minutes before four o'clock yesterday morning, a8 he was passing down Grand street intoxicated, he met the prisoners «i the corner of Laurens street, one of whom pulled his watch from his vest pocket. and twisting the ri off, placed it in his own cket and marche down Grand street, followed by him, He kept them in sight until he met Ovi Martin, of the Kighth precinct, whom he informed of what had taken place. ‘The ofticer, upon coming up with the two men, found them in coaversation with a number of companions on the corner, and detected one of them in the act of passing the watch to one of his companions; but the latter, not caring to be im- plicated in the affair, r d to take it, and the watch fell to the sidewalk, where it was picked up vy the officer, The p:isoners denied the charge, but were committed in seiault of $2,000 bail each for trial. Harris, alias Jones, was locked up on & Shae of intoxication, but discharged with a repri- aa | manc LOCUSTS ON LONG ISLAND, Kuwoov, L, L, June 18, 1872 The seventeen-year locusts—so called from theit appearance once in that number of years—have again visited the island, and this time in immense numbers. The woods are swarming with them, every tree and bush and shrub literally bending with their weight. ‘Their peculiar scream, 80 strangely like the buzz of a mowing machine, can be heard everywhere, and sometimes so loud as to drown all other sounds. These locusts are very de- structive to grain and fruit, and, indeed, to all kinds of vegetation. y may be seen emerging from holes in the ground in the form of Ch te whence they undergo a mysterious transforma’ and are invested with wings. Their appearance this time is a matter of serious regret to man; farmers, who, of course, are unwilling that thet crops should’ suffer injury from these worthless pests, DROWNED WHILE BATHING, Charles Sharkey, aged fourteen, was drowned last evening while bathing at the foot of South Fourth street, Williamsburg. The boy was seen floating away on the tide by many, br attempted 4 rescue him. The Soay ob alg Grand TeCovered, FP Ravens reside