The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1872, Page 8

8 ns HE INN IN DANCER. or ‘What Seventh Ward Qbildren Are Exposed To—Dangerous Oondition of Grammar School No. 2—Dark Stairs, Pall- ing Ocilings and Horri- ble Ventilation. / é Bow Children Are Herded Together in*trowded Class Rooms Hly Ventilates. a A School Building that Ought To Be Depopulated. A few days ago Mr. Lemon, the well “known pen- efi manufacturer, called at The HERAYD office and wepresented thet the Seventh Ward Grammar School, situate in Henry #treet, near Rutgers, is in a@ condition dangerous to the lives‘ef the fourtcen er fifteen hundred chilfren in @rily ‘attendance. ‘This gentieman stated that it was notorious that ‘the ceilings were very dangerous, large patches Jraving fiten at times, but fovtunately at an hour when 'the school was not im ecssion; thet in tie wear Was a dark wooden narrow stairs not sum- wient to afford safe egresain the event of a panic ‘eaused by fire or other exeilement, and that the w@tructure asa Whole wae unfit for’ the purposes @or which itis used, and EXCEERDINGLY DARGEROUS, A reporterof the HERALD ‘was instructed to visit the building and make cafeful inspection, with a ‘iew of consing no alarm among the parents by qpremature publication, Yesterday he made a critl- ‘eal examination of al ‘parts of the structure, and ‘while it is to be regretted that there should be «given any cause for concern the condition of the epohool certainly cal's for A FAXTHFUL STATEMENT ~ef its appearance and actual condition yesterday. Before visiting the schoo} the representative of the ERALD called at the Board of Education and was toformed that, reports of its dangerous condition + waving reached the Commissioners, they had caused an examination to be made by the Department of ‘Buildings, and the report showed it tobe IN A SAFE CONDITION. ‘The reporter called at Mr. Macgregor’s office, and was assured by the chief clerk that on the 21st in- Mant,’ at the instigation of the President of the * Board, the inspectors reported the structure safe. with the exception of the plaster ceiling of the ‘boys’ play ground in the basement and the pri- tary and malé Wepartments, On calling at the school Mr. Haggarty, the Prin- ipa), was informed of the character of the re- eft) visit, and that gentleman kindly escorted through the edifice, of which the following is.a th diagram. The building has a frontage of ¥5 feet on Henry street, and the main structure extends 100 feet. It 1s three stories above the base- ‘ment, built of brick upon a stone foundation. The ‘gain structure is probably forty or fifty years old, ut the wings shown on THE DIAGRAM fare of more recent construction and are about ‘“wenty feet square. Below is the diagram of the * main floor:— rig Sa Do Class Rooms. RF; 5 2 a3 A EUle i 3 zg iluce Syl e| 2a Ww Ww idk Woe we Henry street. EXPLANATIONS OF DIAGRAM, D—Doors between connecting rooms. Windows. Stairs; those in front winding to the left from the in or front hall, being well lighted and about three feet four inches wide. ‘Those.on the rear quite dark, and about two feet six inches wide. Under the front of the main building and ex- tending bacx to the line of the assembly room is the janitor’s room. Under the assembly room are TWO “PLAYGROUNDS,” as they are called, for the children. They are divided by a partition running from the front to rear into male and female departments, and are about twenty by fifty tect in dimensions, They are simply large rooms, with low ceilings and smooth, ea floors, where the children can romp to eir hearts’ content when the weather is too in- clement for them touse the yards. The general arrangements of the other stories are on the same nas the diagram. On cither side of the main ding are enclosed staire, extending from the female and mule yards to the first story class rooms. ‘The reporter first examined THE FIRST FLOOR, ‘and found, by a critical inspection of the ceiling, that Mr. Leman’s reports were fully sustainc The plastering of the assembly room is cracked badly, and large patches where others have fallen down at various times are looge or so badly cracked that large portions of the ceiling are liable to TUMBLE WITH 4 CRASH AT ANY TIME, with sufticient force to seriously maim if not kill the children who may be under it. The ceilings of the class rooms on the right and leit of the ball and stairs are also cracked badly and the lathing weems to be giving away fromthe beams. The Class rooms at the extreme ends of the wings seem to be safe for the present, although the plaster pots. seems cracked slightly in CLASS ROOMS AT the plastering of the cracked and loose. THE SECOND STORY is comparatively @afe, only small cracks. bein, visible, and the lathing seems to retein a firm hold upon the beams, An inspection of the upper story Proved it to be DECIDEDLY UNSAFE FOR OCCUPANCY. The ceiling here, like that of the lewer story, {8 Dadly cracked, and portions that have fallen ara again giving evidence of a desire te come dowa ‘with @ rush and BRAIN THE LITTLE 12 who are crowded into the illy ventiieted class Tooms., Indeed, with the exception of the rooms in the corners of the wings, the ceiling of this Moor is as bad as that of the first story. But the Ganger does not stop here, play reom, any vieit ‘The rear OT SAFE, lings being more o1 less The ceiling of OCENTS oe is cnough to alarm | the PLASTE! UE CEILING If LOOSE, and only a short time ago a paich many yerds in me down with a rush, fortanately on a » when the boys were ont in the yard, Mad the day been wet the children would have been within, and few would bave escaped x 3, if NOT DBATH, | K lditional | #pace of loose ceiling x ) ate. One | evening While the Janitor was in bed in a room of his parlor about seventy-five squa: feet of | plaster fell from the parlor ceiling, breaking his stove and furpiture aud inflicting other damage. | Had his tamily happened to be in the parler at the time they would have doubiiess sustained severe Anjuries, ere are in deily attendance about FOURTBEN HUNDRED CHILDREN, early all of whom are exposed tu these dangers, 4p addition to TAE IMPURE AIR created by herding more than double the ap- | pointed number in the close rooms, Mr, Haggerty feports that while the usual limit shouid be fifty to each class, #0 great le the demand for admission | that there are in many of the cla high a6 one bundred and twenty. This number of children are contined in roo nty feet square, aud yet they live education under dificuities, ‘The management and discipline of the pc Td of # high order, and all the | play a ambition to make ‘Weir Mode C.asser. asions of FIRE JN THE BUILDING “ ANjaeont structures, th iscipline ia 80 per- pf Bad all the en have been got out in the Md ce of three minutes without causia; any Perle a abecessary alarm to parents or children, he above js, the reporter eves, a faithful | pth Of the danger that threatens tne pupils int is School, and while there fe no desire to create alarm or concern to parents tf Is the duty of the press to point out the danger, that the ‘proper remedy may be empioyed by the Hoard of Public Instruction to avert 4 catastrophe that sooner or Jater must startle the residents of the ward unless the first and third Noors are AT GUCE DEPOPULATED SD0 the celings yeltyed wna wariored imypegi- | the childrep, ‘bre so densely packed within its walls, Woute eumitting the dangerous condition Of the ceilings, the principal stated that the Com- missioners of Education are aware of the danger, and he hoped nothing would published lest the apecn - the wi remove their children from 4e school, vepresented the omer and the inadequacy of the A. visit to the boys? | $lerk | ¥ ‘ourt.. | & ‘ond Distriet Civil Cour! ately, Until tts ts fone there can be no safety to i] ommes tamer the ee menes bred Ne val es in ears, ent ur the fast year, o 7 - 4 LOCAL BOARD BAS MADE REQUISITION upon the Commissieners for these repairs, and Wave personally, ag weil as through the teachers, accommodation, residents of t] the school (wi 0 relief has been given, The re , Who take an especial pride in ranks very high in our excellent common se! oe. eveicm), have endeavored to get either @ new school or have the present one put in orough repair, yet they lave been unsuccessful, ‘They charge Usat THE COMMISSIONERS ENDANGRR THE LIVES of their children by professed Menge B while they make lavish'expenditures for schools in more aris- tocratic neighborhoods where the population 19 very sparse, It Is to be hoped that te Commis- sioners wil at once see the necessity of spending & few thousand dollars in repairs upon this school, if not upon AN AULARGRMENT raat 18 CREATES, Ry viet a TheyRave suficient ground r wings in the rear (shown by the dofted lines in the diogrvam), at a small expense, that would give twelve additional class rooms and render*the crowding of 120 children into small and wretoh- edly ventilated class rooms unnecessary, The reporter, by invitation of President Hag- gerty, visited THE PRIMARY SCHOOL OF THE WARD (No. 86), over which Miss Raywood presides as principal, amd he found itin striking contraét to the one in Henry street, While the class rooms are crowded the schoo! building is a model ef neat- ness, and tha generat arrangements are excellent, while the order and decorum of Miss Raytvood’s pupils can searcely be' excelled by any primary Bchool in the city. What They Say at the Board of Educa- tion. Yesterday afternoon the reporter visited the rooms of the Board of Education with a view of ascertaining the Commissioners’ side of the story, and more especially that of President Smyth, who, one ofthe attache of the school yesterday stated, had recently inspected the building, and expressed his fears that the front stair, in the event ofa great strain upon it—such as occurs at every reception— mightgo down. Mr. Smyth and other members of the Commission were absent, but the polite Secre- tary of the Board, Mr. Lawrence D. Kiernan, was in his office. From hii it was ascertained that the building was erected about 1812; that requi- sitions have been made upon the Board for @ new building; but he did not rec- ollect that repairs had been asked for. He denied that the Commissioners had diserim! mated against downtown schovis and in favor of the more aristocratic ones up town in the disburse- ment of public moneys for schooi purposes, and stated that the records of the Board would show the facts to be the reverse. When informed of the dangerous condition of the plaster Mr, Kiernan ex- pressed no surprise, and remarked, in substance, that tis was a common complaint from the old 6choo} buildings—that the Reng of the ceilings ‘was @ common occurrence; and when asked why the Commissioners did not render them safe, he laughingly replied that it was probably owing to the fact that Comptroller Green had thrown obsta- cles in the way of the Board. Mr. Kiernan was anxious that the reporter should see President Smyth, and remarked that he feared that in the event of a publication of the condition of Grammar School No. 2 Principal Haggerty would find himself in afew days*without any pupils. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. THE CITY FATHERS, Meeting of the Board of Assistant Alder- men Yesterday—The Frantic Wire- Pulling of Outsiders to Gain the Clerke ship—The New Era of Economy=—Mr. Kelly’s Financial Reform—The Hys- terics of the Corruptionist Party— Payment of Bills—The Report on the Trial of Dammy Engines. A meeting of the above Board was held yester- day, There was just a quorum; and on the motion of Assistant Alderman Rowrnson it was decided that when the Board adjourn it should be until Wednesday next, at two o'clock. There was a large attendance of specta- tors, including some of the disaffected, who are unfriendly to the retrenchment movement of the Olerk of the Board. It was rumored in the Chamber that the candidature of Mr. Moloney (brother-in-law of Sherif Brennan) for the Clerk- ship of the Board is withdrawn, and that Mr. F. MeMullen, formerly of the Zranscript, is to be sub- stituted. The Mank movement of the Clerk in re- ducing the estimates has. DISCONCERTED THE CORRUPTIONIST PARTY, and it is diMeult now to conjecture what will be the result. Prior to the adjournment the following business was transacted :— A number of applications for payment of city claims were read and spproved, including a bill of rinting, $7,368 87, of Mr, Martin Brown, from arch to November, 1872. CLERK KELLY’S FINANCIAL REFORM. Assistant Alderman Robinson moved the follow- ing resolution :—"That the Clerk of this Board fur- nish at our next meeting an explanation of the items that he has sent as an estimate to the Board of Apportionment, for the expenses of the Board of Assistant Aldermen for the year.”” Assistant Alderi PINCKNEY Said he hoped that resolution would il, for the present Clerk had been the only one who had dared to send to the Board of Apportionment a moderate estimate, ‘The regolution was unanimously adopted, THE RAILROAD DUMMIES, Assistant Alderman Connor, as Chairmaa of the Committee on Railroads, presented an additional report in support of a resolution of the Board of Aldermen authorizing the Mayor to issue licenses for the use of dummy engines on the city railroads, The report stated that there was no delegation from the public to oppose this at the meeting of the committee, and they therefore recommended that permission be given for a period not excced- ing three months, The report was received and ordered to bo printed, CITY REFORM, The Assistant Aldermanic Reirench. ment. The statement published in the papers of yester- day showing the estimate made by Mr. M. J. Kelly, Cierk of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, has created much comment. All, however, seems to be favorable to Mr. Kelly. The appropriations for sal $s referred to in the estimate were as iol- lows :— 1s7l. 1871. re Per Annum, $7,000 Index Clerk General Ol OMicial Repo Messenger. Assistant Messen; Messenger to Clerk Deputy First Assistant... Second Assistar Third Acsistant Fourth Assistant. Fitth Assistant. Sixth Assistant Engrosing Cler! Journal Clerk. Record Clerk Total... This “modest Board of Ap) which the tah . 700 estimate was rr “1 by the jonment in 1872 to $24,400, on > was made as follows :— Per Annum. 1800 Assistant d ater Messeng¢ @enerai C 00 Messenger to Pres’ Engrossing Total Mr. Kelly's*estimate shoavs that the work can be done by a clerit, $4,000; a deputy, $2,000; Lwo as- sistants, $1,s00q@nd $1,600; a doorkeeper, $1,200; a sergeant-atari $1,600, axd two messengers, $1,600, The only requisite being that the clerks be able to Write andgfll attend regularly co business. NEXT YEAR'S MUNICIPAL EXPENSES, The Millions Raéquired to Run the City and County Governments During 1873— Estimates from Various Departments Others Still to be Heard From. The following ts a table of the estimates received by the Comptroller trom different departments of the city and county government of the expeadi- tures considesgd necessary for the coming year-of 1873 CITY’ EXPENSES FOR 1873, Board of Aldermen... spbectertns Board of Assistant Aidernien: : Deparément ot ie Works Health Department.... a. Department of Buildings Police Department... Police Street Cleaning Department Department of Public Instriction. College of the City of New Youk ‘ourt ‘ourth District Civil Cour Fifth District Civil Court. 23,100, ” 23,10 23 ‘Third District Police Court. Total... $10,659,455 No estimates have yet been received from the Mayor, the Fire Department, the Departmex’t of Public Charities and Correction, the Department the Ninth District Civil Court, the Fourth District Police Court or the Fifth District Police Court, COUNTY EXPENSES FOR 1873, Board of Corone: $91,000 Board of Super S400 County Clerk. + 40, Clerk of Supreme Court. . 3an.742 rk of 2 167,590 Clerk of Court of + 170,709 Clerk of Marine Court 300 Clerk of Court of Gene! ‘Terminer. 55,300 Clerk of Surrogate’s OMCO..... va. Asylums and Charitable institutions. mat ave been received from €ommis- sioner of Taxes aud Assessment, or from the Dis- trict Attormey andthe City Judge. REAL ESTATE AFFAains. The Banks Nstate Under the Hammer— Rates of Mortgages—Property Around the Proposed Crystal Palace—Important ‘and High-Priced Leaso of the Sampson Estate, Broadway, Corner Bond Street Broadway Property Valacd by the Million—Dr. Hall’s Church in the Mar- kkeet—Bosms = Tweed’s Purchase-Ouat of Town Saks. With the exception of some few private transfers there was vory little business of any importance transacted inreal estate yesterday. Great preparations are being made for the dis- posal of property to come off to-day at the change, which is expected to roalize high pric The sale comprises forty-two parcels of valuable city property belonging to the estate of the late David Banks, and is heid by Muller, Wilkins «& Co., auctioneers, A number of other sales by other auctioneers are advertised to come off to-day at the same place, some of the property being well located and quite valuable, Last weck’s transactions in Wall street and other causes, some of which have been mentioned in our article of the 24th inst., have conspired to cause a stringency in the money market, so far as invest- ments in property are concerned, This state of affairs has had the greatest influence on the rates of placing mortgages, ‘The ruling prices yesterday at which property could be hypothecated was as fcilows:—First Mortgages on first class real evtate, 3 to 5 per cent; second class (tenemsu.) property, first mort- gage, 5 to 73g per cen.. Secopd mortgages in pro- partion, tothe above. There was, however, very little done at these rates, and the tendency late in the day was towards a moderation in the demand for bonus on mortgages—concessions to this end being made by lenders, During the present week there will be offered large plots of property from Nincty-second to 116th street, between Third and Filth avenues, at private sales, This locality is rapidly being built up with fine residences, and, being complete as far as grading, curbing, sewering, &c., is concerned, purchasers can at once enter upon building; whereas in other regions of the city the state of the streets is not as propitious for immediate improve- ments, Should the Crystal Palace scheme become a reality the property just quoted will be enhanced manifold in its present value, Messrs, E. H. Ludlow & Co. yesterday concluded @ lease of ten yearg on the property Known as the estate of the late Josep Sampson, corner of Broad- way and Bond street, with Messrs. Brooks Bro- thers, for $60,000 per’ annum. A new building, which is to be erected, will be of brick ana iron, with a full frontage of eighty-four feet on Broad- way and 135 on Bond street. This firm could have purchased the property on Union square now oc- cupied by them at the comparative low figure of $375,000, They offered $350,000, which was refused, when a prominent sewing machine company stepped in, paid the first named sum, and next May takes possession of this well-located editice an? lot, having made a young fortune by their in- vestment. For business purposes Broadway, from Union to Madison square, is the most sought after and | highest priced spot in the city. One piece of prop- erty in this locality was purchased for $100,000 in 1864; two years alter it Was sold lor $200,000, Last. week the present owner refused $600,000 for the same plot, and expects beiore a great while to realize $1,000,000 therefor, A rumor has for along time been in circulation that Dr. Hall’s church, corner of Fifth aveune and t, adjoining the establishment of stable & Co., had been purehi d by Mr. A, Stewart. ch is not the fact. Mr. Homer Morgan, of No, 2 Pine street, has this same property—eighty-four feet on Fiith avenue and 150 lect on Nineteenth street—for sale, and the price demanded 18 $600,000, Mr. Homer Morgan likewise controls the south- east corner of Broadway and Twenty-second feet, which is offered on a lease of years at $20,000 per annum ground | The present lessee, however, demanas a rent. bonus of $100,000 to induce him to part with his This property adjoins and forms one-halé of sormerly Owned by the estate of the late lease. the bloc A ,000, but is really Worth more money according to the price at Which surrounding property is held. The above merely illustrates to what high value Broadw: real estate, between Union square and Twenty-sixth street, has risen within a lew years. One hundred feet front on Broadway, between the two lust mentioned squares, at present well rented, is held at $1,000,000 by Mr. Morgan, Messrs, Winans, Sands & Garrettson, 55 Liberty street, sold last week eighty acres of ground on Central avenue, White Plains, at $400 an acre, This plot of ground is to be laid out in villa sites and built upon next Spring. Jere Johnson, Jr., held a sale last Saturday at North Kingston, Ulster county, where he disposed of 1060 lots, 100, at $7,000—an immense price, considering that the property is located one mile and a half from Kingston. THE METHODIST PREACHERS. ne Gabel A disenssion on “ yer—Theories and Facts— Little Known About It, or About God’s Metiods of Answering ‘Tyndal’s Test,’ was again in- dulged in by the Methodist preachers yester- day. The idea has taken a far wider range than that proposed by Mr. Galton or Professor Tyndal, and prayer in general, both as a theory anda fact, has been putinto the crucible and pounded and mixed until what was designed to become a homogeneous compound has resulted in a mixture ofacontrary kind, About two monttis have becn spent debating on this subject, and several emi- nent ministers have spoken, but a greater diver- sity of views could Hardly be produced by any proposition which might be intio- duced than has been brought ‘out by this. | The main question has been left where it was, be- cause no man knoweth the mind of the Lord and none can become His counsellor, No man can say positively whether God answers prayers for physi- | cal benefits on the line of natural laws or other- wise, and hence it is idie to speculate. Proofs exist that God has answered prayer for physical | blessings by granting such blessings to the seekers, But God's ways are not as our ways, neither are His | thoughts as our thoughts, and some of the debaters on this subject, as wellas the propounders of the text, have made the mistake of LIMITING THE HOLY ONE, and binding Him down to certain limits and grooves of their own. Rev. A. D. Vail yesterday Went over the ground very exhaustively, He Maintained that we cannot properly separate natural from moral laws nor God from either in certain sense, And that the physical and the moral nd toward the spiritual, aud the higher was the con- trolling thought in the mind aud wii of God, and ence provision is made in the order of the uni- for prayer. From God's will a3 a railroad | contre there radiates divers lines of natural, moral or spiritual laws, upon any one of which God as engineer can run his trains of blessing to the hearts and homes of mankina, Mr. Dickinson protested against the ¢ God from matter as the eng! om hisengine, Nature is the o: ring | ought and will-nower of God, and by his yolition it $s kept in being and in motion. “And the true idea must bring God into every atom of matter and into every attrib of mind, Mr, Henson could uot understand why we should wray for some things and not for others, when wWhrist says, a SD YE SHALL RECHIVE, ard all things wh er ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye suclireceive.* A flood ol water breaks | over an embankment twenty feet high and carries death and destruction with it, yet nobody thinks of praying to Goo to dam up th or pr t its destructive flow. And why not, when Cl hag said ask ¢ Mr, Whately restated more acc’ tely Professor Tyndal’s view, of pra; AS put jorth at yeare ago in relation to the cattle plague in Engiand, and showed that Dr. Tyn@4! makes a iarked distine tion between “changing” and “luteriering with’ natural Jaws. And Mr. Whately could seo iow, in the case of the sick for instance, God as a Spirit | acting on other spirits might suggest medicines or | treatment which, if adopted, would effect cures, Hut if not heeded the patient mi die, But he did not think that God auswers prayer by interfer+ euce with natural laws, | The death of Rev, Mr. Hadley, of Warren street Metwodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, was an- nounced, and a committee of eight Was appomted to attend the funeral. Another committee of three was appointed to drait suitable resolutions on the evant. ae er PIGKING A POCKET ON A CAR. George SauiMcrs, Who gave his residence as 190 Orchard streef, was charged with picking the pocket of Henrictl Godeke on a Third avenue car on Sunday evening, relieyipg him of his watch and pocketbook. He leaped froim the car and ran to- wards pi Medals fi but was stopped and arrested THE POLICE. The Flag Presentation and: Pa- rade Yesterday.» SCENES IN THE STREETS. a Assembling in tke Square—The Address and Re- ply—The Flag—Passing in Review Down Brosdway and the Dismissal. An embroidered silk flag was presented by George W. Savage, on behalf of the citizens of New York,. to the police yesterday afternoon, About fifteen minutes past two o’clock some twelve hun- dred men of the force, witb their officers, reported to Captain Copeland in Madison square, They were formed into line and marched across Twenty-sixth street to Fifth avenue, headed by Superintendent Kelso, The ine on the avenue was continued as far as Fourteenth street, where the column was turned into Union square, and to Seventeenth street, where the presentation took place. Along the route taken by the parade the police were greeted by hearty plaudits from the populace. The mar- tial air of the Superintendent appeared to be very taking with the multitude, for on several occa- sions during the march to Seventeenth street the people expressed their approbation of his STATELY AND YONDEROUS MOVEMENT. Captain Copeland, as next in command, received a fair share of the popular open-moutiied atten- tion, But Inspector Dilks, who crept along behind him, was completely swallowed up by the magnificence of Major General Ulman. This officer was particularly distinguishable by the brilliancy of & new coat, which, it was whispered, was made expressly for the oceasion. He wore a gold shield, presented to him by himself, for which he subscribed all the money himself, and for which the presentation ad- dress was written by himself—all unusual circum. stances in the department. The giant of the Fourth was followed by the lamb of the Sixth. Captain Kennedy is known as the straightest man in the department and the smailest, The men of the Sixth, no doubt anxious to sustain the reputation of the precinct, marched splendidly. The men of the Fifteenth followed the Sixth, Supermtendent Kelso was evidently determined to show the public what kind of material he possessed yesterday. ALL THE CRACK COMPANIES were placed at the head of the column, and the men composing them understooa they were to do their best. They looked like veterans and marched like men who, when they set their feet upon the ground, were determined to stand there on duty. Captain Byrne headed his men with the same grave dignity with which he would lead them into a fight. ‘The discipline of his force was peareck Captain Walsh, of the Seventeenth, with his force, was next in line, and he was followed by Captain Tynon and the men of the Tenth, who showed to better advantage yester- day than those of any other precinct in’ the column. Their marching was simply perfection and the thorough training of the men ‘was most particularly noticeable in wheeling and manceuveriog. Winding iuvo Union square, where several of the other companies broke at the ends and in the middie of the line, turning all in a heap, the Tenth turned as if on a pivot and in a solid mass, ‘They were rewarded by a hearty burst of Applause from the surrounding thousands. The First battalion was preceeded by the band of the Seventh regiment, and these excellent mu- sicians stirred up the hearts of the citizens with appropriate strains along the route. The Second battalion was also cheered on the way with music, Inspector Walling headed this division, He was the recipient of many compliments along the march, but the veteran held steadily on, neither looking to the right nor the left—“Duty first’ being his great maxim. MAYOR HAVEMEYER AND COMPTROLLER GREEN sat in a window in Fifth avenue with a number of ladies and they warmly applauded the undaunted Chief as he went by, At half-past two @ number of carriages made their appearance, Ga letated Inspec- tor McDermot (who was acting as chief of the escort), the Commissioners, Barr, Bosworth and Manierre, and the gentlemen who represented the citizens and who were to act as a committee of presentation, ‘These carriages got to Nineteenth street a few minutes after the force was drawn up in Jine ready to receive the occupants, and every- thing so far worked to a charm, The committee and the Police Commissioners then got on the stand, Among the gentlemen who accompanied the committee were Mr. A, T, Stewart, Thomas N. Hall, General Shaler, 4. A. Diamonds and several others. ‘The square DURING THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION hore an aspect of unusual brilliancy and attrac. tiveness. Flags floated from the principal hotels in the neighborhood and from the stai! surmount- ing the Arcadian Club House, very window was filled with ladies, and an interest in the proceedings was mani- fJested that made the ceremony really en- joyable. When Superintendent Kelso had ail his arrangements perfected, Mr. Savage advanced to the front of the platiorm, and, addressing Jud Bosworth and the Commissioners, delivered the presentation address, At the proper moment he fanded over the flag, anddt was passed to the standard bearer from the Twentieth precinct. ‘The address was no doubt very flattering to the force, who never heard a word of it, and gave proper and intended prommence and praise to the organizers of the undertaking. With a gener- osity and attention that really deserve especial ncouragement proofs were provided for the containing not only the speeches de- yesterday but exquisite laudations of the gentiemen who figured iu this fag business and & glowing description of the banner itself, which, with the exception of the embroidery, is really a poor aftair. The taste, too, that suggested the presentation Is very questionable, and great num- bers of the policemen who looked upon the folds of ae ne yesterday for the first time are of the same opinion. Commissioner Bosworth delivered an appropri- ate reply, at the conclusion of which the force per- formed some very dificult evolutions and passed in review before the stand. An exceedingly pretty picture was made by the marching in ditrer- ent directions of the two division of the column and the wheeling outintoFourthavenue, The marching down Broadway was remarkably well done by some of the companies, those of the Fourth, Sixth, Fiiteeuth, Tenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth being the best. The men of the Twentieth, Eighth, Four- teenth and Sixteenth were the worst. Captain McCullogh’s manner of saluting isa new.one, The meu marched down to Police Headquarters and were there dismissed. A WOMAN'S PERJURY. fig Snatched from Worse Than Death—The Case of Gustave Wasmuth in Newark— The Verdict Set AsidemA She-Wolf in Sneep’s Clothing. i The very extraordinary turn the case of Gustave Wasmuth in Newark has taken makes it a metter of deep interest and importance to the general public. As has already been detalied in the Henatp, Mr. Wasmuth 1s a@ resident of Newark and has long been the keeper of a vile den, the resort of debauched people of both sexes. At the last session of the Grend Jury he was indicted for five diferent offences, the most serious being on complaint of a girl named Rosa Moosdorf, who is likewise possessed of a string of other names as long as a European princess’, Wasmuth’s trial lasted five days, the principal witness being Roza, who related on the stand the same story she had previously rehearsed in tie Police Court and Grand Jury room, Pruned of its disgusting and debasing features, THE STORY SBT FORTH been but ‘arin the country, went or ip with Wastnuth, and that ere she hai been warm jn his house he essayed an indecent assault on her person, and finally, ou the faith night of ker stay in his house, he succeeded, with The facts had been proved in Wasinuth was a man ot very vio- Jont teuiper, by no means a model of virtue; and whe on the stand Rosa told her story with an air of arftiessness and modest demeanor that cap- tivated the hearts of Court and Jury and all, le was unanimously voted the greatest monster in New Jerseys Incredible as seemed the facts, Rosa's story*was believed and Wasmuth was con- victed, The ov"imes of winch he was convicted would have wa) ranted the Court in dooming him to SEVENIY-FIVR’ YEARS IN THE STATE PRISON and to pay fines amounting to $6,000, So high ran the public feeling against him that one juror has since said that he would at the time have rejoiced 1 see him swong up: to the nearest lamp post. It appears Wasmuth's ca.unsel, Mr. W. B. Guild, alone refused to believe the [air Rosa’s fairly told, but, ag he belleved, impossithe story. He started on a mission to discover. the: antecedents of the girl, which had thus farbecn a Qurk leaf, His colleagué found in Williamsburg that. 08a was not a matd but a married woman, and thay in consequence of her loose and lewd conduct her husband had put her away. She was, in short, stown to be a of Public Parks, the Law Department, the ‘hire! DikiXlss CY Court, the Blath Diguiet Cy Gonre.) by an officer he Fifteenth prgciach, Me was eid vo omawer by Judge vox. | : rep she-wolf in sheep's mes, Her arrest foliewed On a charge of ary, Whio® she has auunipgeu to bg true, aud ae 1s upir In Jol walling PO eee ee ee ee ee ee NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. the meeting of the next Grand Jury. Meanwhile the Court has set aside the verdict against the man Wasmuth and granted ¢ * application for A TRIAL, but the Court did not conceal its lpeproasion that the cage would never be tried. In view of this turn a tidal wave of sympathy has set in for Wasmut! who will probably be released and let off with fine: in the other offences, But for the peeerernnce of his counsel he would certainly have been consigned to State Prison for at least twenty years. The Recansity af courts and juries not being carried away with a fair face and a fair story, under such weighty circumstances, is strikingly obvious. NEW YORK CITY. Morris Wittenberg, a youth of eighteen years, died in Mount Sinai Hospital, as alleged by his friends, from the effects of injuries received on one of the city railroad cars. Coroner Young has taken charge of the case, Frank Wagner was arrested and brought to the Tombs yesterday charged with striking Robert Han- lon, of 48 Harrison street, on the head witha slungshot. Hanion had his wounds dressed in the Park Hospital, and a.ter coming out he refused to make @ complaint, Coroner Herrman was yesterday notified to hold an inquest at the Emigrant Hospital, Ward’s Island, on the body of Francisco Pesca, an Italian, who died shortly after admission, The cause of death will be determined by @ post-mortem exami- nation to be made by Deputy Coroner Cushman, Miss Abbie CoMe corrects a statement in yester- day’s HERALD, in which it was said that she attend- ed bar, and was behind the same when the fracas occurred in her father’s place on Cherry street on Saturday night. She denies all knowledge of or acquaintance with theparties who raised the dis- turbance, and farther states that she never kept company with any of them. Henry Lynch, a laborer, forty-six years of age, and born in Ireland, late of No, 334 East Sixty- third street, died in Bellevue Hospital from the effects of injuries received on the 20th inst, by being run over, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Second avenue, by a car belonging to the Second Avenue Railroad Company. The-body was taken to the late residence of deceased, Where an inquest wii be held by Coroner herrman, ‘The Poles residing in New York and its vicinity intend to meet on the 29th of November to cele- brate the anniversary of their revolution of 1830, as well as the centennial and melancholy anni- versary of the criine perpetrated against them in the partition of their country. Speeches will be delivered in Polish, Czech, English, French, Ger- man and Italian, All Poles, a8 well as all their friends of other nationalities, are invited to unite with them next Friday, at cight o’clock P. M., in Harmony Rooms, 141 Essex street, New York. A young man, about eighteen years of age, good looking, well dressed and of a rather honest ap- pearance, was brought before Judge Dowling, at the Tombs Police Court, yesterday, charged with stealing a valuable gold watch from Jolin Me- Donald, of 246 East Thirty-third street. Mr. McDonald was in the eating saloon of the Putnam House, Twenty-sixth street and Fourth avenue, last Tuesday and fell asleep there. While in this condition his watch was stolen, Officer Gerard K. Beekman, attached to the house, worked up the case, and trom information arrested the defendant, who, he says, acknowledged his guilt. ‘The pris: oner was committed for trial under $2,000 bail, BROOKLYN AFFAIRS, Excise Licenses. A large batch of warrants was issued yesterday for the arrest of liquer and beer saloon keepers who have failed to renew their licenses to sell. The fine is $50. Z Fatal Fall, James Larkin, & mason, while engaged in re- pairing a chimney at No, 221 Tillary street, lost his balance and fell to the sidewalk. He was instantly killed. ‘The body was taken to the residence of deceased, No. 18 Carroll street, and the Coroner was notified, Charity Fair. The fair held by the ladies at the Academy of Musi¢ last week in aid of the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum was very successful. The receipts amounted to $9,427. In addition to this sum $2,500 have been subscribed, payable when $5,000 is given to meet bills which are due on the new building, Backing Overboard. Three hundred ana filty dellars worth of property ‘was lost in Gowanus Canal yesterday, owing to the mismanagement of John Davis, the driver of a horse attachea to a wagon, which he backed over- board at the Union street bridge, The horse w drowned, involving the loss set forth. escaped injury. The Williamsburg Policy Backers. Henry Lundy, Willif{m Lundy and Charles Mace, bill posters, were arraigned before Justice Elliott yesterday, to answer for circulating and posting a printed document accusing Robert Tuttle, of Lee avenue, of being a backer of swindling policy shops and faro banks. The prisoners expressed their readiness to cnter into an immediate exain- ination, but the complainant, Tuttle, not having been notified of their arrest, did not appear, and they were remanded until this morning. s The driver Transfer of Brooklyn Police. The following is a list of the sergeants and roundsmen of the Brooklyn city police recently transferred :—Sergeant Brennan, from the Fifth to the Sixth precinct; Sergeant Corr, from the Filth to the Fourth; Sergeant Bunce, from the Fifth to the Seventh ; Sergeant Colahan, from the Fifth to the Seventh; Sergeant O'brien, from the Fourth to the Fifth; Sergeant Keyser, irom the Sixth to the Fifth; Sergeant Fielding, from the Seventh to the Filth; Sergeant Clancy, from the Seventh to the Fifth; Roundsman Wormald, from the Fifth to the Sevenen Mi Roundsman Graham, from the Seventh to e Filth. Police Pvecautionary Measures. Two prisoners arrested for robbery escaped from the cells of the Fifth precinct station house last week by breaking the lock off the door. The doorman was arrested on suspicion of his having connived at their escape. He is under bail to answer. The Board of Police Commissioners being naturally desirous of preventing the possibility of a@ recurrence of such a disereditable reflection upon the police, have issued an order instructing tie captains to posta patrolman on duty in the cell corridor whenever a prisoner is confined for any serious offence at the station house, The locks in ‘use are regarded as unsafe, and patent locks are being supplied for the better security of prisoners Intemperance and Arson. Fire Marshal Keady yesterday appeared before Justice Delmar and preferred @ complaint of arson against Mary Norris, a woman of intemperate habits, who set fire to her apartments in the brick tenement house, 151 Douglas street. It appears | that the accused, who was taken into custody, was served with a notice of ejectment by a constable, and thia proceeding so enraged her that she pro- cured Saran of kerosene oil which she poured over kindling Wood and See and then set tire to the whole. Fortunately, the fire was discovered | by the neighbors, and was speedily extinguished betore any serious damage was occasioned. re accused, who is twenty-eight years of age and has two children, stated that She “made the fire because it pleased her to do so,” and that slie was quite sober when she set fire to the place. Mrs, Norris was held to await examination, Meeting of the Board of Aldermen, At the regular session of the Common Council, | held yesterday aiternoon, @ communication was received from Mayor Powell vetoing the resolution | passed by the Board last week to cancel certain ase | sessments on the property owned by the Industrial and Free schools on Willoughby avenue, near Graham street, The ground for objection to the resolution is based on the theory that the Alder. men have not the power to cancel such assess- ments. Street Commissioner Furey sent in & com. munication asking that the following upprovement assessments be confirmed :— Powers street, from Wyckoif to President MeDougalstréet, from Fulton to Broadw: Troy ic avenue to Crown street Butt 3 ‘ks place to city line Willowzhby avenne, from Grand to Clason avena Fitth street, from Fourth avenue to Prospect Park.” 61. A resolution was adopted in accordance with the request, A petition was received from the Orphan Asylum Society asking to have the assessment on their building, on Atlantic avenue, cancelled. The amount of assessment is $5,363. Alderman RicHarpson said that if they had not the legal power to cancel one assessment they cer- tainiy could have no greater latitude in another assessment of this kind, In his opinion, however, it was just as legal to help to lighten the burden of ese charitable institutions in the manner pro- posed as it was for them to vote $100,000 for the Yeket of suiferers by the Chicago fire, or $500 to the purehase of a stand of colors for the British steain- ship City of Brooklyn, After a debate upon the question of the legality of the resolution to cancel the ene the subject was laid over for one week. PAILURE OF FISH FIRMS IN BOSTON. “Boston, Nov. 25, 1872. is annonneed of Franklip, Snow ‘The suspenstoD | Bellevue Hospi | Tombs and the Essex Market & Co.; E. Snow & ;Merrish, French & Co. and Ball, Mytich b Oie Bd O5 ales. STABBING IN THE SEVENTA WARD. A Vile Gang at the Coroners’ Office Yesters day—The Oherry Street Banditti Ex- - amined Before Ooroner Herr- man—Several of Them Oom- mitted to the Tombs, ——_—_+—_——_ DEATH OF LEE, The prisoners arrested on Sunday charged with being engaged in the fightat William Coffey's grog. gery, 228 Cherry street, early on Sunday morning, which led to the DANGEROUS IF NOT FATAL STABBING of William H. Lee, alias Fenton, alias Baker, and’ ‘Thomas Donovan, were yesterday morning brought before Coroner Herrman by Captain Mount, of the Seventh precinct, assisted by Sergeant Thompson, Detective Jarboe and other members of Captain Mount’s command. The prisonera were followed down town by as villanous a gang of roughs as ever was seen out- side of State’s Prison, and besieged the Coroners’ office tosuch an extent that 1t was found necessary to expel them and guard the doors, Coroner Herrman then proceeded to examine the prisoners separately, and the first one called was Patrick Delany, of 216 Cherry street, the man who is suspected of stabbing both Lee and Dono- van. Delany said he was A? COFFEY’S GROGGERY on Saturday night, and was there assaulted, knocked down and beaten by some of the parties engaged in the fight, but he denied stabbing any one, and says he had no knife, } William Coffey, who keeps the rum shop, was next called, and said on Saturday some men met in his place to issue tickets for a target excursion of the Rutgers Musketeers, and a disturbance arose as to who should be tendered sompliuantary tickets; Lee and Welch got into a fight, in whic! others took part, and a. pistol was discharged, but Be whom he docs not.know; did not see the stap- ing. dohn Welch, of 62 York street, Brooklyn, says he was knocked down outside of Coifey’s door and lay there insensible until the police carried bim away; did not strike or stab any one. Patrick Golden, of 148 Cherry street, and em- ployed ag salesman at 261 Washington street, was in Coffey’s place when Lee and Welch came in and talked about tickets for 9 target company or the Rutgers Musketeers; Lee was FULL OF FIGHT and boasted that ne could whip any one about the house; Lee and Welch had a tight, and Golden, who was there, bad an old pistol in his possession. Patrick Roach, a villanous-looking youth living at No. 4 Pelham street, said ne knew nothing about the affair; but the trouble with Pat was that he told one story to Sergeant Thompson and a decidedly different one to Coroner Herrman, j John McTierney, of 221 Cherry street; Thomas Rodley, of No. 3 Pellam street, and Freeman Bran- nigan, of 214 Madison street, were discharged, as it was shown they took no active part in the bloody encounter. Wiliam Coffey and his daughter Abby, quite a - [ nice-appearing girl, who were brougit down as witnesses, were also released, DISPOSAL OF PRISONERS. Patrick Delany and John Welch were committed to tne Tombs by the Coroner, and Patrick Golden ang Patrick Roach were sent to the House of De- ntion, Delany is said to be an industrious and inoffen- sive man, wno has acquired & competency by honest labor, und not @ criminal who had served terms in the Penitentiary, as was stated by mistake. Thomas Donovan, one of the victims, bears an exceedingly bad record, having done service for one or more terms in the Penitentiary. Captain Mount, of the Seventh precinct, Is still in hot pursuit of the rowdy Rutgers Club, many of whom engaged in the \ SATURDAY NIGHT'S BLOODY AFFRAY J have made their escape and will remain out of sight till assured that it 1s safe for them to return, Late yesterday «tternoon information was) re- ceived at the Coroners’ ofice that Lee, alias Fen- ton, alias Baker, had died during Sunday night in from the effects of the wound, Post-Mortem Examination of Lee. ' Wooster Beach yesterday made a@ post-mortem examination on the body of Lee at tho Morgue, and found the vody well nourished and of rather slight muscular development, There were found no wounds externally, but one in the left groin, pencirating the abdomen, evidently made by a double thrust with a sharp instru- ment. One across the ball of the right thumb, merely dividing the skin. On opening the body the wound of the groin was found to extend from the point of entrance almost directly backwards, and in {ts course opened the intestines in four places. Escape oi their contents resulted im peritonitis, from which death was directly caused. Coroner Herrman will commence his formal in- vestigation on Mouday next. PUBLIC DISCUSSION HALLS, A Movement to Permit Public Meetings and Discussions To Be Held in the Civil, Police and District Courts of the City Atter Hours, bat no Political or Re- ligious Arguments To Be Allowed Letter From D>. Willard Parker. Early in the Spring of this year @ movement was originated by some of the most prominent citizens: of this city to apply for permission to the city authorities for the use of the public court rooms (civil, police aud district) in order that the people at large, who cannot defray the expenses of room. hive, might have a chance to meet and hold discus- sions on social and other questions of interest to the working and laboring classes, such as the regula- tion of wages, the sacredness of the marriage system, the folly of war in a republic, and the reduction of the taxes, municipal, State and national, Prom. inent among the gentlemen in this movement are two well known citizens, Hon. Theodore Tomlinson. and Dr. Willard S. Parker, the celebrated surgeon. Application was made to the Board of Aldermen, who have the authority to grant the privilege of the Courts to the people for these purposes, and on the 28th of March the kee report was made by a committee to the Board of Aldermen :—~ The Committee on Public Works, to whom was referred, the petitions of various associations for the use of public halls when not used hy the city, respectfully report that, after hearing arguments from ‘the members of these dif ferent organizations, they have arrived a to recommend that the Civil, District a houses be opened for the sé of the people for proper purposes other than political, free of charge, when tha convenience of the authorities will not be interfered with: nor the city property injured. The following resolutions are, therefore, respectiully offered for your adoption = Resolved, That the, use of the halis occupied by the Civil, District and Police Ccurts be and they are hereby granted to any portion of our fellow citizens desiring to tise the same tor public meetings to, discuss «nestions (other than political) that affect the interests of the gen- eral public; and be it farther Revolved, That the Judges of the several Civil and Po- lice District Courts be and they are hereby requested to grant permission to any respectable body of our fellow Citizeny to nse their court rooms for the purposes ex- pressed in the foregoing resolution, provided the business or stich Courts shall in ho case be'interrupted or inter- fered with, CONOVER, Committee R GILSEY, on JAMES McLAREN, § Public Works, Alderman Vance move.l to amend by inserting in the t and resolution afer the word “political” the words “or religious,” which was carried. The resolution was then adopted by the following vote :—AMrmative— The President, Aldermen Conover, Falconer, Fitzgerald, Gilsey, 1, McLaren, Mehrbach, Plunkitt, Radde, Vance, Van Scliaick and Wilder—1, The matter has been in abeyance some time, owing to the necessities of the political campaign, but as the Board of Aldermen have settled the af fair in compliance with the wishes of our citizens it is understood that committees will be appointed: and that semi-weekly meetings will be heid at the olice Courts a8 800m as the Police Magistrates have been notitied of the agtion of the Bo: of Aldermen, The ietter Ce r. Parker to Mr. Tomlinson on the necessity 0! opening the Couris to the people and edacating them by popular discussion is worthy of perusal, and is as follows :— — DK, PARKER'S OPINION, Naw Your, Nov. 16, 1872, Dear Sin—Yours of tho 13th inst, is before mv. Tho Proposition to empto; urt houses, when not other+ wise occupied, is wis racticable. 1 know That {ntelfecttial ani asveat instruction. diminishes Brite, In the report froin the Commissioners of Education for 1874, we find thateighty per cent of all the crimes in New Englana are cominitied by persons uneducated, In Ohio hty-one perceut of the criminals were wnedus Statistics show that education in labor has the same ins fuence in reducing ne that book education bas. Statistics show that over ninety per cent of offenders are furnished by houses in which tio regard is had to morals} where there is neither book Nor labor education; where the time is passod in idicncss and dissipation, Now, my dear sir, I hope our auth will look at this matter as it is; and ff they will exercise their power to prevent crime they will prove tiemselves worthy of the high position Shey. occupy. They will strike out a new coarse, Rane ctucasa(test Vota kame as Saas onor on sha appy to aid, York eltizen, 10 the goo enwrprisese Sih 48 & Ne Wishing you sticcess with especially onr municipal aus thorities iti every effort to extend Knowledge and diminish crime, Tremaln yours, Ue Turo. E. Towtrnsoyx, TLLARD 8. PARKER, econelusion Police Court THE PROPELLER I BERSTOHY ASHORE, MILWauKER, Wis., Nov. 25, 1872, The propeller J. Berstchy ran ashore of Kscanab last night and had eight feet of water in her bul yo fouled Mlb ce