The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1872, Page 5

ANOTHER CONFLAGRATION. Destruction of the Catholic Female Protectory at Westchester. Narrow Escape of Six Hun- dred Children. Heroism of the Good Sisters in the Rescue of the Inmates. THE BUILDING ERTIRELY DESTROYED The Loss Estimated at a Quarter of a Million and Partially Insured, History of the Origin and Progress of the Institution. The female department of the Catholic Protectory wWinruins, This splendid edifice was utlterly con- sumed by dre at an carly hour yesterday morning, yet, thanke to a beneficent Providence, no oue of the youthul inmates perished in the flames, The Protectory is situate near the villuge of West Farms, Westchester, and im close proximity to the male department of the Protectory. The fire was frst discovered about a quarter to one, at which hour nearly tive hundred and eighty-one children, ~togetiier with thirteen sisters, who were in charge of them, were PEACEFULLY SLEEPING. The remainder of the hdisters connected with the esiavlishment ‘were at the Mount St. Vincent an- mual retreat. The night-watchman noticing the fire gave the alarm, and the custodians of the chil- dren, assisted by the brothers from the adjacent institution aud the workmen from the buildings mear at hand, succeeded in safely removing all the dittle inmates, though the time between the alarm being given and that at which the building was ENVELOPED IN FLAMES was brief indved, The fire broke out upon the seoond “oor, and, as no lizhts or fires were then in use within the Protectory, it is at present impossi- ‘bie even to surmise how the conflagration origina- ‘ted. The Westchester fire engine, the one belong- ing to West Farms and also two from Morrisania, were speedily upon the ground, and the workers -of them certainly rendered most efficient service. But these engines are only worked by manual power, and, though the men attached to them did their utmost to quell the advance of tne fire fiend, their efforts were unavailing—the building being doomed ‘to destraction. On iirst discovering the fire, the watchman, who was promenading one of the piazzas, rapped ana hallaced lustily, awakeaing the Sisters from their weet repose. At first these ladies did not deem the incident of such consequence asit proved to be, aad, as oye of the Sisters expressed herself to a Heravp reporter, “1 only GENTLY AROUSED THE CIILDREN and told them not to be frightend; that there was a fire, but ! did not think it would amount to any- thing serious.” z But, in less time than the recital of it ocoupies, it became palpably evident that no human agency could save the edifice from total immolation. The floors were of pine, the partitions dry as tinder, and great waves of flame came sweeping down, the torrent lapping up with greedy tongue every- thing inflammable that essayed to arrest its prog- ress. It was at this epoch that the heroism inke- rent in the nature of womankind displayed itself to its fullest advantage. In the hospital were thirty little ones SICK AND PROSTRATE. Their devoted custodians heeded not the risk they ran, but, willing to yield up their lives, if necessary, fm fulfilling the sacred trust reposed in them, dashed through the scorching heat, the flames hissing and glowing about their sombre robes, and | rescued from an awful fate the timid innocents. The Brothers, workmen and larger boys from the adjacent Institute, were quickly upon the spot of the disaster, and lent valuable aid as life-savers. The task imposed upon all was a-herculean one, but it was bravely completed, and the painfal record of the disaster is rendered less dark by the fact that there was no loss of life. True to her faith, ready for a dreadful martyrdom, if it was God's good will, one of the sisters, even at this hour of dire peril, remembered the holy sacrament in the chapel and rushed forward to preserve it from the polluting touch of the sacrilegious flames. It was an undertaking accompanied by no small amount of danger ; but it was GALLANTLY ACCOMPLISHED, as was also the rescue of a very valuable painting presented to the institution by Dr. Anderson. The sewing machines were also preserved from the meral wreck; but it was found abso- jutely impossible to save any of the fur- niture or effects either of the Sisters or the children. Had the snows of winter mantled ‘the earth, or the chilly winds of March been blow- ing, the calamity would have been augmented to a frightful extent; but the wind was tempered to the shorn lambs, and, though nearly naked and homeless, they were not subjected to the pains and Side ye inclement weather would have pro- juced, The smaller buildings in the rear of the main one caught tire several times; but the firemen, by great exertions, managed to extinguish the flames and retard the advance of THE DEVOURING ELEMENT. These buildiugs--wooden edifices, mostly—now | oh aad @ temporary home for the Sisters and a w of the iittie ones whom the Society is obliged to maintain. The floors of the Protectory were of pine, and the fire swept over these with wonder- ful rapidity, consuming the partitions and furni- ture, turning in flexuous folds around the middle tower, enwrappiug everything, eager to cause a periect holocaust. The scene presented by the burning edifice was grand but’ painful to beuold. High towards the star-spangied sky Mashed crimson forks of flame, while showers of glowing sparks scattered them- selves around, searing the gnarled trunks of tue virent trees in the orchard near at hand, Le ie the fruit pensile from the moss-clad branches an wilting the pinnate leaves which embowered it. Silently and encrgeticaily the good Sisters worked, but ever and aon the fall of some ponderous por- tion of re building would create terror in the o minds THE LITTLE ONES whom their angelic cdorts bud rescued from the flames, aud sirilly shrieks of fear‘ and dismay would fili the calid air, The spire and cross uy, the fine square tower soon toppled aud fell; the piazzas were swept away in a whirlwind of fame, and an outhouse, in which were stored 300 tons of coal, was ablaze beiore the fire engines reached the spot. To any one used to witness the Tapid progress aiire wakes when it has once ob- tained full headway, it was by that time clearly ap- parent that no human exertions could save the Stately pile from complete demolition. Work hard and pluckily as they would, the de- vastating element had tle upper hand, and held supremacy until tt wancd and died for lack of further fuel. Fortunately the night was calm, or there is no doubt that the magnificent building occupied by the Brothers, and connected with the game Protectory, would have been demoiished. THE WATER = A Hn A aoebtel 4 ee and quell the fames ‘01 ‘ells, e BU) of the limpid fuld held out capitally; but hand pumps do hot force water very far, and this fact, added to the combustible uature of the building, accounts in Brent measure ior the ‘otal demolition of the When the last lambent sheet of fame had waned and faded from sheer inanition, and only the smoke issuing trom some portions of the dcbris tainted ‘the air, the Sisters gathered in little throt and discussed the events of the past night. It hag been a night oftrontie and woe most direful. To the pure and tender hearted woman there is no sound More paiuiui than the wailing of A HORKOR STRICKEN CHILD, But these Sisters had strong hearts, and were will- fag to run any riak for the salvation of the littie ones confided to their care. m the moment the first alarm was given untii all hope orchance of saving anything beyond the articles above mentioned was gone, they labored hard and well, and then, un- paw one ‘ie tani themselves in mal jng provision tor le irightened ones, whom they sticlded beneath their wings of holiness, TUR PROTECTORY, Gaunt, werd and grim stood out against azure sky of yesterday the ruins of that A ‘ew bare remnants of walls, the sk noble tower and a pile of suvenaering, charred timbers and bricks were on ing ushes, that rat NEW YORK HERALD. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1872—TRIPLK SHEET, mained 2 memento of one of the noblest Institutions that true home charity ever gave birth to. THE INMATES, ‘Most of the 681 children who were nurtured and educated within the Protectory had been commiited to the care of the institution by the police magis- trates of the city of*New York; some were sent thither by their Fam ipek and guardians, in cont — oF thelr tute condition; afew entru MATERNAL CARE of the Sisters by erring mothers, and some sent by the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, the society, by ita charter, being enabled to take children from these several sources, provided they are Dot younger than seven years of age or older than fourteen, After remaining in the institution | for such a length of time as deemed necessary ior their improvement, it was customury to again enu- trust them to their families; but in the event of their not having per loried ios relatives they were Pavey with suitable homes or situatious by the society. : Father Quinn, the pastor of St. Peter's church, Barclay street, Was upon the scene of the disast at an early hour yesterday morning, and renmic: every aid in bis P dsksd vo procure for the i representative ots relating to the institution worthy to be recounted. ‘The directors of the Pro- tectory wish the friends of all children who were inmates of the destroyed building at the time of | the contiagration to take such measures as they deem most necessary for providing ta future fur their offspring. At present they will be cared for | in the Brothers’ Protectory and the houses of friends in tue nelghbo:hood, Any iurther intorma- tion required can be obtalued af the oillce of whe oe of the institute, No. 9 Reade strect, New ork. 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING. The girls’ ¢epartment, which at the time of the fire contained 495 females, thirty of whom were sick in the intirmary, and eighty-six boys, is four stories high, with the addition ‘of @ Mansard :oof and a bese. | ment. itis located fourteen iniles irom the City | Hall, in the midst of a fertile and charming rurai district of Westchester county, and is a moumuent alike of the bounty of private citizens, who sirb- scribed liberally, and the Common Conncil, which, in 1560, appropriated 000 towards the erection of it, and the Boys’ Protectory, tocate on the same ground, The s ty OWes its Organi- zation and sucerssssial establishment to L. sifliman ives, D. D., an ex-pisvopal bishop, of Nort Cavo- lina, who Jor eleven years had been a convert to Catholicity, and who died in 1867, This prelate met a number of Catholic clergymen at a dinuer given by Archbishop Huwhes in tuis city, aud there the propriety of founding the Protectory was gene- rously supported by the clergy. The Archbisiop duriug his iife gave it all the encouragement in his power, and the Protectory eventu became a grand success, In April, 1868, the Legislature incorporated the | “Society for the Protection of Destitute Roman Catholic Onildren oi the City of New York,” mal it the duty of the Courts that whenever the pare guardian or next of kin of any Catiolie cuild, al to be finally committed by the magistrate, s.: quest that the child be committed to a Catia institution, the magistrate shall grant the reque The children sent here consist of two classe: those who have been guilty of no crime ercc vagrancy and destitution, and those wio hi been commited for petit larceny, to which they have generally been driven by want. The House of the Holy Angels is an immense structure, builtin the modern Fren Style, with imposing exterior, On the first and second hours were the workrooms, a few apartments ou the first floor being reservod for reception rooms and oilices, ‘The third Noor was devoted entirely to the chapel and class rooms, 80 arranged as to be tirown .nio one large apartment by removing sliding parit- tions, by this means no change of positiou or movement was necessary on th? part of tie in- mates when religious services were held. On the fourth and filth tloors were the dormitories, the cell-like sleeping apartments for the Sisters being placed ateach end of the immense apartments, separated from them only by shifting curtains, In the basement were the kitchens, laundries, refec- tories and steam engines which drive the washing machines and mangles, aud supply the steam pire that heat the house throughout. ‘There we:e in the building three grand staircases—one through the centre and one at cither end of the builuing— atfording ample means of eacape in case of tire. ‘The cost ot the wing burned wag $139,000, upon which there is an insurance of $125,000, Tle total cost of the building, with its appurtenances, ma- clinery and furniture, was $250,000, Upon the cou- tents was the following insurance:—Furuiture, $6,000; sewing machines, $3,000; chapel furnitu $1,200, The estimated loss over insurance is $60,000. THE FOUNDER, It was owing principally vo the energy and exer- tions of Dr. ives that the institution came to be one | of almost indispensable utility and extraordinary service, A brief history of this charitable prelate may be added here. He was an Episcopal Bishop oi North Carolina, who, though his ministerial career in- clined more or less to Catholicity, until he finally shook off the Episcopal palium and became @ faithful attaché to its doctrines. ,As a Catholic layman he then took upon himself a@ most charitable undertaking. Having rented two adjoming houses in_ this city, one in ‘Thirty-sixth and another in Thirty-seventh street, he began to recsive destitute children, whom he saw instructed and cared for. The number of re- cipients growing larger it became necessary to rent @ more spacious house on Lighty-sixth street and Fifth avenue, where he still presided over his little abandoned delinquents. mires § this time the institution so existing was supported by voluntary subscriptions alone. ’ In 1466 Dr. Ives succeeded in placing it on a par with other institutions of a similar character. Meanwhile a farm was purchased in Westchester for $40,000 and a legislative grant obtained by him for $50,000 to assist in putting up a building tor boys. In 1866@ mammoth fair was held in Union square, the proceeds of which—over one hundred thousand dollars—were devoted to the com- pletion of the building which is now smoul- dering in ruins, and over which Dr. Siliman Ives was the first President. Dr. Ives died at his residence in Manhattanville, in October, 1867, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He was univer- sally beloved as a great private, unassuming ee lanthropist. After the demise of Dr.” Ives, Mr. Henry James Anderson was made President of the Protectory, with Eugene id and James Slevin Vice Presidents, and John O’Brien Treasurer, The following comprise the other officers of the Pro- tectory, viz.:— &xecutive Committee.—Henry L. Hoquet, James Slevin, D. O’Conor, Franklin H. Churchill and James R. Floyd. Legal Adviser.—John E. Develin. Advisory Chaplain.—Rey. William Quinn. Actuary.—H. J, Anderson. ‘Accountant.—ioun J. Rodrigue. Assistant to President.—Rovert W. Bowyer. Clerk.—William Coddington. Here follows a list of thirty-six man: ing of the most prominent Catholic citi York. The officers of the institution for the present year are:— President—H. J. Anderson. Vice Presidents—Eugene Kelly and James Slevin. Treasurer—Jonn O'brien, Secretary—James Lynch. Executive Committee—H. L. Hoquet, James Slevin, Bg Cte Franklin H. Churchill and James Floyd. "Legal Adviser—John K. Develin. Advisory Chaplain—Kev, William Quinn. DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION IN ROCH- ESTER, RocusgsteEr, N. Y., Inly 25, 1872. A fire was discovered early this morning in the planing mill of Joseph Lovecraft, on Warehouse street. The flames made rapid progress, and the building was speedily consumed, together wiih the large stone building directly opposite, owned by F. G. King, and occupied by Schautz, Mings, Shale & Co. as a cabinet furniture factory and H, N. Peck & Co. as a grape and berry box factory. The large brick building adjoining on the south, also owned by Mr. King, was Gamaged by water and the occu- pants suffered losses by removing their effects. Adjoining this building were large piles of lumber, and at ten o'clock this morning the lumber took fire, and the contest between the flames and the firemen was a desperate one. The losses are about as follows:—F, G. King, $15,000, on building; insurance, $2,000, Schautz, Mings, Shale & Co., $18,000; insurance, $8,000, N, Peck & Co., $3,000; no insurance. Van Hense: sash, door and blind factory, $3,000; insurance, 1,000. Joseph Lovecraft, $15,000; insurance, 000. Jacobs & Hughes, children’s carriage fac- tory, $500; insured. Wiliam Emmerson, batten factory, loss light; insured. A Schrick & Co., axle factory, loss light. Two firemen were injured, bnt not dangerously, by the fall of tue smoke stack of the planing mill. THE FIRE FIEND IN PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 25, 1872. The blacksmith shop and carpenter shop of Alli- son & Co.'s car works, in West Philadeiphia, were destroyed by fire this marning. The tube works adjoining were saved. The loss is estimated at $200,000, The insurance amounts to $297,000, including $15,000 in the Im- 1, $12,600 in the Queen's, and $10,000 each in lip Recher London and Globe and Andes; the balance in New York and Eastern companies. CHURCH CONSECRATION IN NEWARK, The handsome little edifice of St. John’s Episcopal chareh im Woodside, Newark, N. J., recently com- pleted and relieved entirely from debt by the inde- fatigable efforts of the rector, Rev. Samuel Hail, ‘was consecrated yesterday, by Bishop Odenheimer, in presence of a large congregation. The interior of the church—a neat Gottic structure—was taste- fully and protuacly decorated with flowers and ever- greens. Assisting the Bishot in the lovely and simple consecratory service of the Episcopal ritual were Rey. Dr. Boggs, Rector Hall, Rev. Dr. Den- nison, Rev. sonre |. Smith and several others, The ae dea from St, John ti., 13, and Rey, Xx1., a, ‘Was listened to with deev interest. | | L Ts, consist- ens of New J THE ERIE FIRE. The Loss Reduced to a Quarter Million of Dollare—Silonce and Mystery Rezarding the Insuranco—What an Erie Director Says—The Fate of Poor hicCarthy. Now that the smoke has cleared away from the smouldering rains of the Erie Railway bufldings in Jersey City, a more accurate estimate of the losses i can be made, The fotiowing figures were given | yesterday by a genticman’ connected with the Erie:—Machinery, $80,000; ‘locomotives, $110,0.0; bulidings, $80,000; drawings, $10,000, ‘Total, $1,000,000, in this estimate no account is made of the tools belonging to Lhe men employed in the sliops. With regard to the insurance the officials were silent. Some of the oulcials assert that three months ago the whole property of the road was insuwied in London and Liverpool com- panies, and that vie insurance on the property burut down on Wednesday night was insared for $500,000, They add that no American companies are involved, and tiiis latter statement is, perhaps, neerer the truth than any other givenin connection | with this case, No action has yet been taken by the directors, Who met last evening to hear the preliminary re- port of Mr, Brown, superintendent of the ma- chine department. It is not at all likely that the shops will fe rebuilt on the present site, It was stated yesterday on good authority | that the shops will be erected in the broad | space at the west of the Bergen aa The “0 at the disposal of the company around the depot in Jersey City ts too sinall ior the accomuno- dulion of passenger and freight trains, and {t was the intention of the late Mr, Fisk at the time of the surike, two to have all the machine shops removed froin Je rity if the troubles continued for any serious icn-th of time. The early termination of the strike led to tie abandonment of the project. fhe removal of the slops to any piace beyond the Hackensack would entail great suilering ou the hundreds employed in J oy City, and would work destitution iu the districts Kaowo as the Seventh and Bighth wards, ‘Yhe cause of the fire will be investigated by the Board of Directors as soon as the superin- where a most eligible site can pe obtained. Fy tendent’s report 1s submitted, There is no use in disguising the fact that while, as was stited tn yesterday's Heranp, 1,100 Tands—men and boys—atre thrown out of employ- | ew who consider themselves untairiy uperiutendent of the shops iee! in- ‘the Hexatp reporter encoun- tered several of the latter class on Wednesday and yesterday, death o1 poor McCarthy was the chief tople of couversation yesterday. A subscription list | was set on Joot for the benefit of his lamily, and the list was headed by Mr. W. J. brown, followed by Mr. Smith Mead, Mr. Miller, City Surveyor; Mr. William Taylor, Mr. Thomas Keily and many others, who subscribed generously. “fls cali wili be uberaliy responded to tm consideration of tee circumstances surrounding the death of the brave fellow, Everybody had a sympathetic expression when his name was men- tioned, Pubic opinion is directed against the Chiet Engineer of the Fire Department, and he feit coustrained to call for au investigation into | his conduct, A gentieman connected with one of | tae insurance companies calied out to him when Mccarthy was rushing into the breach, “lor God's sake, Chief, send that engine out of there; that Wall will fall; it is toppling already.” The reply was, “Well, let it go.” MEETING OF THE ERIE RAILROAD DIRECTORS Se Action of the Finance Committee ‘as to the Re- cent Fire—The Loss Fully Insured. At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the Finance Committee of the Erie board of Directors a state- ment was made that the losses sustained by the recent fire would amount to $510,000, less from $200,000 to $300,000 sulvage, This estimate ad been mae after a careful inspection of the burnt district and consultation with insurance ex- perts on the subject. Mr. Mcllenry stated to the writer that within the last eight weeks the Board had effected gn insurance for $13,000,000 in fifteen companies, as they have found that no policies had previous to that been taken out on aby part of the property, and if the fire had occurred under the Fisk-Gould administration there would have been a loss of $300,000. The damage done consists of the destruction of twelve locomotives, the machinery in the shop and the buildings. The report published in the morning press was not correct in some of its details, and it was some time before the officers of the company could ascertain the true state of affairs, THE SALVAGE is necessarily large on account of the indestruct- ible nature of the machinery, which, with a little repairing wil be as good as ever. The President, when the report of the examining committee was laid before the Board, gave immediate orders ior the erection of repairing shops on the same plan as those destroyed, and to-day work- men Will be empioyed clearing away the debris, preparatory to erecting shops two stories high, with brick walls. BUSINESS 18 NOT INTERRUPTED on the line, as the destruction of twelve locomotives makes little ditference to a company that have five hundred at command. Orders have also been sent to the shops along the line to place on @ double force, and as the services of several foundries and manufactories in Paterson and elsewhere have been promptly secured, in less than three months the valuable repairing ma- chinery will be replaced, As the shops are now working under increased pressure the workingmen will ALL FIND EMPLOYMENT and no suffering among them will, ensue from the disaster, The President and his subordinates have shown an energetic promptness in making the best of the calamity, and by a little | skilful management, neither interruption to traffic nor loss to the employés will occur. The shops be- long entirely to the company and no speculators have anything to do with them, It was stated thst all the fraudulent contracts made under the Fisk-Gould administration will be abrogated, as the law does not permit the oficers of a: company to be participators in any contract in which the company is in- terested, and, therefore, the new board are under no obligations to continue contracts that are detrimental to Erie interests. A thor- ough investigation is to be made, and a goodly | number of contractors «nd speculators, who are | reaping a harvest, will find their golden goose killed, NARROW GAUGES. The new Board have been for some time consider- ing the narrow gauge question, and 1t has been virtually determined to narrow the road to the three and a half feet gauge, and aiso to build a double track along its entire route. WHAT THE COMPANY HAVE TO SAY. The Losses Fully Covered by Insurance, and No Financial Scare Possible in Consequence of the Fire—The Daniel Drew Suit Hoax and its Absardity. A HERALD reporter yesterday paid a visit to the Erie Raliway offices, with a view of ascertaining from ‘the fountainhead” just what the losses in- curred by the Jersey fire really were, and what the “indirect damage” was likely to be to the com- pany, The grand mogul, of small stature and Rip Van Winkle mien, who was met at the entrance to the President’s sacred quarters, was on hand dutifully when the reporter put in an appearance, To the question whether or not the President could be seen he answered rather equivocaliy, and aiter being questioned rather stoutly, replied that he would endeavor to find out. The result of his search was the non-finding of the President. Then came the next move. Was any one of the directors in? The reply, after aseemingly active search, was “No, sir.” Convinéed that the Grand Opera House was aban- doned by ail THE ERIE FOLKS, who might have, had they been at their desks, been able to give a little iuformation about matters and things concerning the fire in Jersey, the reporter ensconced himself in. a Twenty-third street stage, and shortly afterwards arrived in Wall street. He felt reasonably certain that If no other portion of the mammon worshippers must be. Sure enough, on dropping into an office near the Board of Bro- kers, he came across one of the most geutal wem- bers of the Board, Was the reporter determined to “interview” him? That was his great and only fear. He was full to the brim of ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION, but he would give it on one condition, and that was that the knight of the quill would not make men- tion of his name. The condition was accepted und @ confab ensued, “Are you aware, sir,” began the reporter, “that iosses of the company by the fire in Jersey City Jas} night are set down at about if not above turge ini lions of dotars 9" “Tam,” was the curt reply. “And 1s that set down statement correct “Very fac irom if.” “Do you 8, eak ftom bellef only?” “Tspeck from what I kaow. ‘ihe losses meurred will not at the maximum go beyond $700,000," “Do you put that in round figures as oiticial “Ido not; but mean to say that [have consulted with several of our people, and we know that the losses will not reach a higher figure than that.’ Was the total loss covered by insurance 7’? ‘It waa (ully covered and to spare,”” In what way 1? “Well, thanks to the good management of the board which was oar immediate predecessor all VHB PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY was insured in a proper manner.” “But in what way were the siuops that have been burned and their contents insured ?”” “They were fully insured under @ general ollcy.?? “But isn’t a general policy 9 rather indefinite thing #?” “Not necessarily.” “Let me explain. I hear that the company in- sures the property of the road for $140,000 and that only $9,v00 Of taal covers the shops destroyed, Is that the general proportion ¢” “Oh, ¢ tO; your information may be good as to that one insurance company, but 1 beg leave to doubt it. Yoo can rely upon this: the losses are fuily covered by insurance,” “bid the company insure itself?” “Noting of the kiad, ‘The late management, mnder General Dix, insured ail the property wader agen ral policy.’”? “Cun you give me the names of the insurance companies interested “1 cannot; hor can any other director, for the reason tuat 1b fs deemed a8 yet Unadvisaule to MAKE THM PARTICULARS PUBLIO.” “And wiy, pray?? “Well, Fdo not see that we are obliged to make the matter public, but it has been deemed best ior awhile not to make a public exhibit of tue in- surances, The company has nothing to fear, but the insurance companies Interested, 1 waderstand, e requested that for the time being we should not publish anything about the matter.” st 0 the company any idea how the fire origin- f 'y have their opinion about the thing.” “Does that opmmion suspect any person or persons of ineendiarismy? “Ido not know; you had better wait awhile before Jumping to any conclusion about the matter.” “43 it suspected that the men living in Jersey City formerly in the employ of the company at the shops did THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION?” “It is not; for the reason that the majority of the men working in the shop lived ia Jersey City and iis immediate neighborhood.” ‘sation about the fire not eliciting any- stiticular the reporter rose to take his » but was suddenly reminded of an article which appeared in @ morning paper relative to the proposed prosecution of Danie! brew for the recoy- ery of 100,000 shares of Erie, whith were in Jitiga- thon some years ugo, when ‘the great coutest be- tween Vanderbilt and the Erie was at its height, Taking a “clipping” of the’ article from his vest pocket the reporter handed it to the director, who tose it attentively and then burst out into a loud gh. What ts there In it?’ asked the reporter, ‘Notuing whatever. It is CUY OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH.” “Would you be likely to know if there was any such suit in view?? “I think I would; in tact I know I would, for lam one 0; the special committee whose business it | would be to arrange matters before a suit would be | begun of this cl ter." “Then you assert that it is all bosh?? “4 do; to tell you Me truth, I think somebody has | ‘put up a job,’ as the slang is, to scare old man | Drew; but {don’t think he will scare much on such Mimsy ground,”’ This ended the conversation, when the reporter | withdrew. STREET CONTRACT COMMISSIONERS. | + The Street Contract Commissioners met yester- day afternoon in the chamber of the Board of Al- dermen. The following cases were considered :— John L. Brown, to regulate, grade, curb, gut" ter and fiag Tenth avenue, between Man- hattan and 155th streets. Mr. Witherall, Mr. Brown’é partner, testified to the | work being now nearly finished, and to its having been done under the supervision of an inspector, The contract was got without any bidding, it being @ special one, A lengthy cross-examination en- sued, going over the entire work done. In paying $8 60 # yard for the work, on the rocks a dollar ex- tra was given, because the contractors had to as- sume the responsibility of damages, there being great danger to the Croton water pipes at the tunnel. Counsel opposing the claim asked for an adjourn- ment until Monday, in order that his witnesses may be present. An injunction has been issued by the Supreme Court against the Comptroller's pay- ing this claim, ‘The further hearing of the case was adjourned to Monday next. ‘The case of Mr. Eschbach, who belongs to Balti- more, and who took the contract for paving Twenty-sixth street with stone block, from Third avenue to East River, was opened, and Mr. Esch: bach’s statement received. He did the work, he said, properly. Two contractors had previously- had the contract, but resigned it over to him, The case is to come on again. Christopher Keyes, for regulating, grading and setting curb and gutter in 112th street, from Second avenue to Harlem River. in this contract the curb was charged for at a rate that would cover the cost of tagging, Which Was not placed in the contract. ‘The amount of the contract was about twenty-two thousand dollars, of which $16,000 had been re- ceived. Case closed and reserved for consideration. Christopher Keyes, jor paving Macdougal stret With stoue biock, from Spring to Kighth stree This case had been before tie Commissioners al- ready, but was adjourned, owing to the existence of a sand bank which, it was said, Was an obstacie in one of the streets. The sand bank having been since removed by Mr. Keyes the claim was now ad- mitted. ‘The claim amounted to about twelve thousand dollars. Smith and Noonan, J, H. Moore bores Sep Eighty- eighth street, sewer between Second and Thid avenues, and in Ninety-first street, between Second and Fourth avenues, This claim, about $30,000, was allowed, Michael Noonan, fora sewer in Fourth avenue, between Fiiteenth and Sixteenth streets, The con- tract had been tirst given to a Mr. O’Brien, but Mr. Tweed took it from him and got an injunction against his continuing the contract, Noonan then utract by bid. This claim, about $4,000, e ‘thomas Hayden, David Hayden being assignee, for a sewer in Hudson street, ‘This claim, amounting to a little over three thousand dollars, was certified to, The Commissioners then adjourned to Monday next. . THE MAYOR OF JEDDO AND MAYOR HALL, The following telegraphic correspondence took place yesterday between the Mayor of Jeddo and Mayor Hall. So significant a desire as that ex- pressed in the despatch of the Mayor of Jeddo finds a characteristic response in the despatch of the Mayor of the Empire City:— SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 1872, To THe Mayor OF New York :— The Mayor of Jeddo sends his respects to the Mayor of New York, the metropolis of America, the sails of whose commerce whiten the sea of the Orient, long isolated from Western, civilization. Jeddo now desires to learn and profit from the wisdom gained by the experience of other cities. K. YURI, Mayor of Jeddo. New York, July 25, 1872, K. Yurt, Mayor of Jeddo, San Francisco, Cal. :— A great citizen of New York, Commodore Perry, nade us first and best acquainted with lon, Jeados Since his death civilization, aided by her many servants, among whom 1s the Western Union Telegraph, has made Jeddo our valued neighbor and esteemed civic friend. The Atlantic metropo- lis joins with the Pacitic one in congratulations on this pleasant meeting, either face to face, by the sunlight or the light of electricity. New York city wishes the Mayor of Jeddo a life long enough to see his city the perfect lan of @ great empire, A. OAKEY HALL, or of New York, NEW DRINKING POUNTAINS, | ment is not imit BARNARD'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, AES ERI Counsel Tilt Over the Question of Levity and Vulgarity on the Bench. THE JUDGE'S “GRATZ” REFEREE. How Scoundrels Were To Be Driven Out of New York. = ae * THOSE G. G. B. ERYE CHAIRS. Barnard Riding Roughshod Over the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Sanaroca, N. Y., July 25, 1972. The Court met at ten o'clock A.M, ‘Thirty-three members were present, Arthur Joins resumed the witness stand, Witness said:—While the As- | sembly Judiciary Commitice was in session I heard Judge Barnard feequent'y say, referring to their session, “That, Tauppose, will form tae hundred and fiftieth article of impeechment,” referring to something transpiring in his Court. | Mr. Beach objected on the ground that the evi- | dence was immaterial, frivolous and trifidg. | Mr. Parsons said the evidence had reference to | one of the specifications in the thirty-seventh ar- ticle, Mr. Van Cott said he was not disposed to argue the qnestion; still, he was bound to notce the ob- jection, as it touches a part of the charge the prose- cution were bound to support with evidence. ‘The question raised here was tue one lad up yesterday— whether a judge could be imyeached for oitences | not indictable at law. ‘That question reaches, im fuct, all the charges, for there was not one charge which was indictable at law. Counsel then cited several English authorities to show that the tenure of office of a judge was based on good behavior, Now we charge, said he, bud behavior on the part of Judge Barnard, You may not indict a judge for being drunk on the bench nor for using bad language, nor for many other like acts, Webster said you could not Impeach a judge except he violated alaw. Now, what law must he violate—the common law or the parliamentary law? He maintained that unless a judge conducted himself in a becoming manner he violates the law. If he is partial instead of im- isameénable. He claimed that this was the usage of England, and we had taken our usage prece- depts from ngland, He asked counsel on the | otifer side if he knew of a case in which a judge had ever been indicted for an oficial act; but, on the other hand, we found JUDGES IMPEACHED FOR BAD MANNERS and corruption in oitice, for all manner of otfences, except indictable ones, A {idge 18 not sueabie at law lor any suit or tor any decision, no matter how clearly it may be proven Cat it was partial or cor- rupt. Why is this?’ It 18 because he should be sale and secure in the discharge of his duties. | Were it otherwise his whole time would be taken up in defending himseli wugainst such suits. Coun- sel argued these points at lenyth, citing additional authorities to s ain bis postion that impeach to midic olfences, J. HH. Reynoids, of coun for the defence, re- sponded, Aiter reading the speciicaiion, waich Was to the effect Mat the said Judge barnacd, wale | situng as Court, while sc.atening huusel, reinarked, | “Tam gulag to seaitch my sl, and buat, £ suppose, | Wil make the one Uousaadth ov one thousand and | first article of impe ui ut against me,’ counsel said that it was Claimed that tuis Was undiznited. ‘They do not say that the act Of scratching was in peachable, but that the remark accompanyt the scratching was impeachable, As to the English precedents, counsel raid they were not, at all applicable here, aad proceeded to “discuss = an explain them in order to show that they were inapplicable, The counsel Says judges hold their onices during their guod be- havior. ‘That is so in some of States, but itis not so here, ‘Their term of oiics uaxed by the con- stitution and by statute. He maintained that our system provides for the very evil wiich the prose- cution seek to reach through this Court, They ad- mit that Judge Barnard has not committed an in- dictabie offence, He has been guilty of notuimg except, if you please, LEVITY OR VULGARITY ON THE BENCH, but nothing which amounts to a crime; and then, counsel said, We come to the question as to the power ol impeachment, and that vrings tue whole question belure us. He read tae coustitution on the point, and said, if this Court will hold tuat no charge shall be entertained except what reaches the dignity of a crime, then such charges as this cannot be considered. It is left to the discretion of the Court, a8 the constitution is silent as to upon what cause a judge shail be impeached or upon What cause he may be removed; taicreiore the pre- cedents cited go lor nothing. Counsel read irom Story on what constitutes uopeachment, and who declares that the common law cannot govern cases of impeachment, and to ascertain what are and what are not high crimes for impeachment recourse must be had to that great busis of American juris- Tea Counsel cited a number of other author- ties sustaiming his position. He said whatever ma; be the opinions, precedents or rules as to the Unite: States senate which militate ainst proceeding according to common law; or if there is, then, no common law to govern cases in the United States, we have in our state a common law which compels us to proceed in such cases and punish accordin; to the statute. ‘The constitution ot the United States provides, in so many words, that the trial ot all crimes, except of impeachment, shall be by jury. Judge Story maintained that impeachment shall be for the violation of some law, that is common law, or some statute law. Now there is no law, common or statutory, requiring a Judge to conduct himself in any particular manner, ‘This Judge is charged with a breach of decorum, and that is wade a crime for impeachment.” The President put the question—“ghall the objec- tion be sustained?” aud it was decided in the amMrmative, Senators Benedict and McGowan only voting in the negative. DRIVING SCOUNDRELS. FROM NEW YORK. Mr. Parsous then proposed to examine the wit- ness as to Judge Barnard’s saying in a public lunch room—‘I have driven one set of scoundrels out of New York and am going to drive out another;” that he admitted he made this remark while on the bench, and that it had reierence to a suit between Fisk and the Union Pacitic Railroad. Counsel said they proposed to show that this was a threat made in the presence of Durant, a Witness in the case of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. W. 0. Bartlett, on the part of tne defence, ob- ent and proceeded to argue that # person Is not able to impeachment for this offence, because it is not liable to indictment. He read from the consti- tution to sustain his position, aud said he under- stood the qugstion was simply as to the admissi- bility of the eWdence and to its ettect. dudge Grover said he would vote for overruling would have belore the evidence in the cage of the Union Pacific Ratiroad. ‘The question was put to the Court, and the objew tion overruled unanimously, Witness then proceeded to say that he remem- bered the remark attributed to Judge Barnard, as made by him; there was a large number of persons present; Judge Barnard said, “1 have driven one set of robbers out of New York and I intend to drive another; the remark was made by Judge Barnard while he was sitting on the bench, holding Court; it was iu a room for nolding Chainbers. Counsel then proposed to examine the witness as to Barnard’s appointing a person a receiver be- cause he was his (Barnard’s) iriend, and that Bar- nard so satd, Mr. Beach objected, stating his reasons, but the Court overruled the objection by 28 to 1— (Senator Johnson). THE WITNESS PROCEEDED to state that he was in Court when there was an Sppliesden for a receiver in the case of a judgment debtor; Barnard said, ‘In such matters we always appoint a receiver; you are gone, counsellor ; there isa mani will ea ee he is @ friend of mine; I know him very well; and then said to the coun- sellor, “You will have to tell your client that Judge Barnard 18 such @ bad man that he will not grant this order.” Cross-examined by Mr. Beach:—I was employed to make these observations only as a reporter; a6 & reporter | am employed to make observations of the ig8 and doings of all the Judges; I do not remember any such imstances with regard to other ju 1 have noticed remarks on the part of Bar- ards i noticed his remark concerning H. J. Kay: mot Counsel—Do know, of your personal know- ledge, that Juuge Barnard Feterred toll J. Nay. moi Witness—I knew It as well as 1 know anything. Large drinking fountains have been ordered by Commissioner Van Nort to be placed on the line of the principal avenues. Four of these fountains are already in position, at the corners of avenue A and Sixteenth street, First avenue and Sixteenth street, Third avenue and Sixteenth street and Third avenue and izist street. Two more are now being put up, one at Sixth avenue and Sixteenth streetand one at Eighth avenue and sixteenth street, The sountains are for the use of man and the metropolis was at that particular time graced ‘with the presence oi an Erie director. tue resort of beast and will be found Linea 4 useful to truckmen and drivers of wagons, re of them are otill needed, Counsel and witness here passed words as to the ASaeral abt tean ue uae a Me ee oaks a ome nitty you an enemy of Judge Bar- itness—I was opposed to him. Wiunese=es, tir that te word nee you ever published anything itness—I have written, but it was not pub- lished ; cannot teil in what year the language about appointing a friend, instead of an enemy referee, was used by Ji Barnard; I remember the fact oniv from the laiguage used and from the order. partial; if he is corrupt instead of incorruptible, he | this ovjection, as he did not know what effect it | | | the cost of the chairs was $55 4 p. as I went and looked at the order; cannot tell the year in which the language about his «nemies being: Unfortunate was used; cannot tell what matter Was ponding; it was @ generai remark. ‘This witness was subjected to @ lengthy and Searching cross-examination, but nothing new or matertal was elicited, Witness said he could not give auy daves or facts by which reference could be made 80 that the papers in the case coulda be ob- tained; my impression is that Durant was not presentat the time; lcan swear that Judge Barnard Used the words, or similar words; that he used either the wo.d “robber” or “scoundrel.” _ PAVORITE REVEREB GRAIZ Judge William Mitchell was called and sworn, Mr sons suid he proposed to prove that when Gratz Nathan was proposed us a re} in the first Brie suit Barnard said he knew but one t% and that was Grutz Coleman; she is my Gratz,” or “he is wy seferee;”’ thereby allucing to a notorious Jact that said Nathan Was a perao.: usually selected by Judge Cardozo, and mieanin: thereby that he (pannard) had a like favorite in James H. Coleman. ‘The witness stated that he was present at the time reierrved to in the specification, and when ap- plication was made for a rejeree, and Gratz, Nathan was proposed, Barnard said, “Gratz wio? I know but one Grata aud that is Jam L. Coleman ;” the Judge may have said Gratz Colemun, but I think he said Jas man, ‘Oren ed by Mr, Beach—The remark was made in a jocose Way; { was oifended at the re- mnark. CHAIRS FROM THE ERIE RAILROAD, Adrian Herzig called and swor.—Aim a furniture dewler, with Marcott & Co.; heard the witness Kob- inson’s testimony concerning chairs at Judge bs hard’s yesterday ; Marcott & Co. made such cuairs; they made no furniture for Judge Barnard; they made furniture for the Erie Company; they mado such chairs as Ropinson saw wt Jude Barnard’s tor tie Erie Directors’ room; the cawirs for the trio Kailrond Company were made with the monogram BE. R.; those with G, G. B. were paid for by the Erie 1 Company, as also the othe: was paid for by the Erie Rail ce; we four revoiving chairs, they were $0 more a pi » ten or twelve chairs of both patt with the G. G. B, inonogram, Beach—The manufacture we are the only nuikers of this style of ch kuow that it has not been imitated by obher mauu~ ers; it is not unusual to have monograms on don't Know as we soid any chairs to the Erie Railroad Company warked G. G. old no chairs to Judge Barnard; we sold to the Brie Rail- yoad Company chairs not murked K.; don't know What monogram was on them; Judge Bar- nard never bougit chairs of us. Yo Mr. Parsons—l remember that there were chairs sold to the Brie Rairoad Company without any wouogram, To Senator Benedict—The monogram die “G, GL.) shown to me was made for our estav- Ushment, To Senator D. P. Wood—Our bill shows that there were two dies ordered tor the Erie itailroad; the bill does not tell what letters were on the die, To Mr, cli—Canuot say Wileucr one of those dies was “G. G. B.”” THE PACIFIC MAIL ORDER. James G, Lowery was called and sworn—I was counsel for the Pacific Mail Steumsiip Company in the suit of Goddard against Stauwood, ‘the wit- ness proceeded to state the action taken to procure settlement of indebtedness agaiust tie Pacific Mail, Compiny, whi¢h culininated ta an order addressed to the Pacific Mail Company from Barnard, as tol- lows:— It'the money is not paid upon my order of this day f shall imprisoti the parties charged’ wiih contempt om Monday iorning, on the opening of the Court. There had been no other order served upon the company prior to this. ‘The cross-examination of this witness was sim- ply explauatory of the proceedings. Kutus Audrews was sworn and testified as to this charge; he was attorney for Stanwood, who was not intimate with Barnard, and did not know Bar- nard in California; think the Judge was sitting at Chambers when he granted the order, Witness stated the proceedings in the case. Cross-exumined by Mr. Beach— this case 1s still unsettled; as to the pa ening imprisonment, witness sald tiat Judge Nar- nard was under the impression that the Pactilc Mail Company had refused to obey an order he had issued; that they were in contempt, and had used insuiting language toward him in the matter; he (witness) told him he was mistaken; that the order he had issued previous!y was not a peremp- ‘The action in r threat- tory one; finding he was mistaken dc told Stan- wood to go aad get that paper back; Stanwood went alter it. ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA SUIT, John W. Sterling was called and sworn, Wit- ness tustined as tothe proceedings under the in- junction issued by defendant at the instance of David Wilbur against the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company. Witness suid thea order ap- pointing Fisk and Porter receivers was preferred ut the chambers in the house 313 Twenty-third Breet; the papers were reierred at the Opera House; Wilbur was never a client of our firm be- fore Uns case; first met him at the Kile railroad ofiice; when I got the pape #1 started for Judge Barnard’s house, on Twenty-first street; on the way Imet agentleman who tock me to No, 313 Twenty-third street, where we found Judge Bar- hard; this was in the evening, about ten o'clock; 413 Twenty-third street is two doors west of the entrance of the Erie Katlway Company. Adjourned until ten A. M, to-morrow, SUPPOSED SWINDLE. Personating a Custom House Officer to Frighten a Lady—The Accomplice and Friend— An Artistic Arrest. Two men, named Alexander Levy and Charles L, Brown, of No. 896 Grand street, were arrested yes- terday by detectives Farley and Simington, charged with having swindled Mrs. Jean Darcel, of No, 185 South Fifth avenue, out of $260. The facts in the case, as told by Mrs. Darcel, appear to be that on the 16th inst. Brown, who was an acquaintance, called at her house, and while he was there Levy walked in and represented that he was a Custom House officer. Mrs. Darcel was very much aston- ished at the announcement, and asked Levy what the object of his visit was. He explained that. from certain information received at the Custom House the authorities were confident Mrs. Darcel had been in the habit of receiving a certain kind of goods from Europe without paying any duty. The lady denied this emphatically, but Levy per- suaded her the Custom House: officials had sufll- cient evidence to send her to State Prison for ten years and cause the confiscation of allther property. This assertion so alarmed the lady that she begged the pretended officer to re- member she was only @ woman, and not strong enough to sustain such shocks as le had chosen to give her. Levy then asked her if she had any friends who would attend to the matter for her; but the lady answered, no, she had none. “Who is that in the back room ?"' asked Levy. “That is @ Mr. Brown, @ fricnd of the family,” answered the innocent woman, “Well, you had better call him,” suggested Levy,. and Mr. Brown was asked to come upon the scene, A long interview occurred between Brown and Levy, who in the presence of Mrs. Darcel looked as: if tey had never seen each other before. The result of the conference was that Brown told Mrs. Darcel that Levy, the Custom House olicer, would settle the: maiter for $260. The lady consented to pay thia money rather than have any trouble, and then started for the bank in which sie kept her savings, accompanied by THE TWO WORTHIES, They remained at the door while Mrs. Darcel drew the money, and when she arrived on the sidewalk the money was handed over to Levy, Brown im- mediately excused himself to the lady on the pre- teuce of going after Levy to tind out if he was really &@ custom officer, and the lady, glad to see Mr. Brown take such an interest in her concerns, Was happy to grant him per. mission, A few days afterwards Brown cailed at Mrs. Darcel’s house and comforted her with the assurance that everything was ail right, and she had no need to be solicitous for the future, at tie same time enjoining her for her life to say nothing Of the matter, Mrs. Darcel prounsed, bat in a moment of forgetfulness she told the whole story toa friend, This gentleman consulted with Superintendent Kelso, who studied tue case for & time, and then handed it over to Captain Irving, of the detective force, who had ouly just returned from Saratoga. Captain Irving gave the case to Detective Farley, and that oiicer immediately set to work to hf UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY. When Detective Farley set out to hunt np one of the men his associate, Detective Simington, started to look for the other, Neitherofiicer had anything more to guide him than a simple and insuilicienG description of the party, and yet, by @ strange coin- cidence, the detectives arrived at headquarters within a few hours of each other, each one having id each man the right one. Captaim complimented the ofticers hig! om work, aud Superintendent e180 seemed eee delighted at the success of the schemes he out for the capture of the sup~ posed offenders. The case ts one of cruel decep- tion, for Mrs. Darcel is a poor dressmaker, and her’ husbaud cripple, who is compelled to sell inflated’ india rubber balls on Broadway to gain a liveli- hood. There is no doubt in the minds of the police that the men were in collusion, and the manner of oa Leggy te Se cigeae a hago) of ie tear. ey taken bejore Judge at the Tombs morning. A Mechanic Censured. John Sullivan, a child five of age, whose parents. reside at 221 Chrystie street, died from the effects of injuries received bya wooden platform which stood against the fence opposite Joseph Smith's blacksmith shop, 75 Pike street, falling opon him. In their verdict the jury censured Mr. Smith for ing to make the platform secure, Coroner Schirmer held the inquests ~~ = ay