The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1872, Page 8

“THE REFORM HOROSCOPE, The Committee of Seventy’s Past and Future. owing How Havemeyer and Dix Were Nominated. q A Republican New Charter—The Seventy’y* Blection Bille—Private Meetingsto “Lay Ont” Candidates—The January ‘Besigna-_“ tions—John Foley Sweeps the Horizon. * With a view to gleaming some points regarding the future life and action of the Committee of Seventy and the probabilities as to th?; revival 6F Whe chayter question by that body before the next Ucgisiature @ HERALD reporter cafied yesterday pon Mr. John Foley, Chairman of the Exegutive Vommittee of the great reform, conclavey‘at his establishment, No. 2 Astor Hause, Mr.’ Foley’s armorial motto, “The Pen is /Mightier in the Sword,” literally and by expé-riment ‘as proved im full accord with his cowvictions, ‘and he be- Aa MWeves it as devoutly a8 ever Riche- fieu, or Bulwer, who put ity into the Cardinal's mouth, Mr. Foley “was sented 4n a neatly carpeted and furnisted office at the sear of bis store, and was busily swinging one of his own glittering iridium points, In front of him, on his desk, stood a superb miniature portrait in vil of Mayor elect William H. Havemeyer, set ina handsome velvet gilt frame. The reporter wes invited to a seat, and at once opened the conver- sation by saying :— “Mr. Foley, Ihave come to learn your views.and pbtain some POINTS FOR THE PUBLIC ‘regarding the future course of city affairs, the late election, the new charter, Gencral Dix, Mayor Wavemeyer and all other reform topics that will interest the public of regenerated New York.” “Well, -sir,” replied Mr. Foley, laying down his pen, “if I can furnish the desired information I shall be ‘pleased to de s0, but the HeRaLp has always opposed every important movement in- Bugurated by me, and in fact all the press of the tity, with two or three exceptions, took strong grounds against my candidate for Mayor, Mr. Havemeyer. Even Mr. Samuel J, Tilden, Mr. Green, Senator Tiemann, and nearly all of Mr. Havemeyer’s old friends, aided by several thou- gand Tammany office-holders ,did their utmost to elect Mr. Lawrence and defeat Mr. Havemcyer. But I was convinced that Mr, Havemeyer was the best, most competent and the strongest man for the race, and for twelve months past I left nothin; andone to secure his election. The election o. ur. Havemeyer does great honor to the people of ome tty and sustains perfectly the good work of reform. RePORTER—It i9 said that the republicans, after Serecing to nominate Mr. Havemeyer, decided a Jew days before their Convention met to drop him and pominate a republican. Mr. FoLEY—I was so informed, and after advising with General Dix an arrangement was made by which the republicans were COMPELLED TO STAND BY HAVEMEYER. Reronren—Is it true that General Dix threat- ened to withdraw as candidate for Governor unless Havemeyer was nominted for Mayor? Mr. FoLey—It was understood at the time that Genera! Dix accepted his nomination that Mr. Havemeyer should be nominated for Mayor, and I can only say that General Dix acted nobly in the matter and stood by the people's interest. He, as weilas myself, was convinced that unless Have- meyer was elected the whole work of reform would have been defeated. Rerorrer—Did you send this telegraphic de- | patch to the Republican State Convention last August/— New Yone, Avgnst 21, 1872. se yt ene bales Republican State Convention, ork : With Dix for Governor and Mavemcyer for Mayor Grant will have nearly eighty thousand votes {n this city. Any other nomination will drive all our people over to Greeley and the Tammany ring swindlers. Will your Convention save our State? Mr. Forey—Yes; I sent it. General Dix was down in Long Island at the time shooting wood- cock, and knew nothing about the matter till he was nominated. He, like Mr. Havemeyer, did not want office, and it was dificult to get either of them to accept. Rerorter—Then, Mr. Foley, you supported the whole winning trio— GRANT, DIX AND HAVEMEYER, Mr. FoLry—Yes, I am a democrat; but when the corrupt Tammany power deceived that noble, honest and good man, Horace Greeley, by inducing tim to accept their nomination, i could not etand it. RerortER—Is it true that the Committee of Sev- enty spent ¥IFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CARRY THE ELECTION ? Mr. FoLRY—It {8 not. I paid out all the money for the Committee, Here are the items, and I see = objection to my giving them to you if you want | em :— COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY ELECTION EXPEN: J 1872, } $3,845 00 | 3 2,000 posters...0°00°00.22 120,000 extra Daliota. 0.0.10. ‘Total for printing Cash paix Cash Gash paid clerk hire Cash paid 1,200 muslin fae Cash paid distributing 100,000 ¢ircul Advertsing, rent, sundries, &¢. MOM cbesesboncentscatcoxy 2,200 00 + $18,073 15, come & permahent organiza present organization and course o! sity for their existence, that the Committee of die and resolve itself iato his legis) Thia POINTS OF INSIDE HISTORY. | "”*°*™ foley ano-witnarew. NEW YOKK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4% 187¥,—TRIPLE SHEET. ton of the Committee of Seventy to maintain a perpetual organization for the direction, super- Viatou oF a8 f Ds r. local government’ . FOLEY—It is not; they have no desire to be- on. PORTER—How long will eet Maintain they CODtevi?- hal neces- Uetiy, however, wilh puourn ee ve seasici:, ery at the close closed the interview, and the reporter Mr, FOLEY—As long as there is *7, It i very Scvent; _ THE ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, ‘The Board of Assistant Aldermen met yesterday, Wat, there being no quorum, adjourned until Mon- day next, The following letter has been prepared by Mr. M. J. Kelly, the Clerk of the Board, in refer- ‘ence to the “explanation” demanded of him by the pant and will be presented at the next meet- 1g: Ovrice oF CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Assistant ALDERMEN, No. 10 Orry Hath, Nuw York, Nov. 27, 1872 bi ne Honoratue roe Boanp oF Assistant ALDER- (EN im In response tothe resolution adopted hy your henorable word se your i meetit aired ret po “farnish an expla jon of the items” I had sent to the Board of Ap- Porttonment for the expenses of the Board of Assistant Aldermen for 1873, I woutd state First—That I do not acknowledge that ir honorable Board, or any individual member thereoi,has any right to demand of expect that | must “furnish an explanation” of any of my private correspondence ; and, Second—That the sabject matter of ‘the estimate trans- mitted by me to the Comptrolter In nowtse concerns the resent: of Assistant Aldermen, and cannot, there- ore, be made by said Board a subject for either “expla- ation” or investigation ; but, as a master of courtesy and condescension to the gentlemen elected In the interests of “reform,” I will state that the estimate made by me Was in answer to a request from the honorable Comp- troller to “limit these estimates to ihe least amount picts with the proper administration of the depart- ent.” complied with that request in estimating the number ofofticers and attendants that should be employed in do- ing the work of the department, at the same. time esti mating the salaries ata fair rate. As stated in my co munteation {9 the Comptrolier, 1 am firmly convineed that the “work” can be done bya clerk, with adeput and two assistant clerks, a doorkeeper, a sergeant-ai arms and two messengers, and at an expense of Lot more than $13,800 for the year. In con¢lusion, I will state that what I have done T have done solely in the interest of right, and from the pesition Lhave taken in the matter I cannot and will not swerve, Respecttully submitted, M. J. KELLY, Olerk. THE CITY GAS LARPS. Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, makes the following statement of expenditures for maintaming public lamps, exclu- sive of the cost of gas, for the two months ending October 31 last, showing a saving of $369,000, as compared with the expenditures for the same 534,762 in ten ment! IMPORTANT RAILROAD CLAIM, Meeting of the Trustees of the Erie and Atlantic and Great Western Kail- roads. a The Boards of Trustees of the Erie and the Atlan- tic and Great Western Railroads held an impor- tant meeting yesterday afternoon at the office of Mr. S.L. M. Barlow. Both companies were’ repre- sented by counsel. ‘The object of the meeting was for the purpose of arriving at some means of sct- tlement of an outstanding claim between the two roads, and in which the Atlantic and Great Western road is the claimant to an amount rangiug between eleven and twelve hundred thousand dollars, incurred by the former manage- Ment of the Erie road. Judge Hitchcock was charged by the meeting to draw up a lease pending a foreclosure; and ® committee was then ap- pointed, consisting of gentlemen from both sides, for the purpose of amicabiy settling the matter and taking It from the jurisdiction of the Court In Ohio, where proceedings have been begun, but which will remain in abeyance until it is known positivel! whether anything tending towards a correct a justment of the matter can be arrived at. Should this amicable settlement not be consummated the foreclosure will take elect, ALLEGED ASSAULT BY RUFFIANS AND BOBBERS, Ante-Mortem Statement, Coroner Young on Tuesday night was cailed to Bellevue Hospital to take the ante-mortem state- ment of Anthony Eaton, aman sixty years of age, whose home is in Hunter’s Point, L. 1, who had been badly beaten by highwaymen, Eaton said that at about nine o'clock on last Saturday morn- ing, as he was passing the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street with a carpet bag in bis hand, he met three or four men, who tried to take his bag from him. Resisting with all his wer, the highwaymen knocked him sense- less from behind. Subsequently, he was re- stored to consciousness in the station house. Afterwards he was taken to Hunter's Point, L. 1, and from there to Bellevue Hospital on Monday night. Mr. Eaton has no recollection of the parties who assaulted him, The jury found “that Mr. Eaton came to his injuries by being struck on the back of the head, at the hands of some person or persons unknown, on Saturday evening, November 28, 1872." Three or four men have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the assault on Mr. Eaton, who was brought over to this city from his home, that his complaint might be taken, to the effect that the accused parties may be held to await an examination, TOM FIELDS AND THE SHERITF, ReroxTER—Did you nyt expect a larger for Havemeyer? Mr. FoLeY—No, sir; my figures were from nine to fifteen thousand, The result shows about nine thonsand majority, RerorTeR—Mr. Lawrence polled a large vote. Mr. FoLEY—Oh, yes; but he is youthiul and can wait. I never knew so many first class candidates for an office as wanted to be Mayor. We reformers had much trouble to get them out of the way for Havemeyer. We were compelled to call over fifty private meetings to “lay them out” one after an- other, The Executive Committee of the Reform Association did the business successfully, Here are the names of the Executive Committee—Os- Wald Ottendorfer, John % John H. Strahan, Meyer Stern, R. C. Root, J. D. Williamson, William F. Havemeyer, Robert B. Roosevelt, J. M. Bundy, Henry Clausen, Jr.; Patrick McElroy, Henry Nicoll, | Thomas C. Freeborn, C. A. Flammer; Johi Foley, Chairman. RerorrerR—Can you inform me what is in con- templation about securing A NEW CITY CHARTER ? Mr. Fo.ry—There is a disposition among the reformers to leave the whole matter to the repub- Means and the Legislature—it being understood that a good practical charter for our city will be passed—investing the Mayor with full power and control over the city government so as to hold him responsible for a faithful administration thereof. In the meantime it is said that all heads of depart- ments will tender their resignations so ae to leave the incoming Mayor sree wo make such changes only as the public interest may demand, Governor Dix and Mayor Havemeyer are in perfect accord, and no doubt what- ever legislation is necessary will be effected promptly by the Legisiature. Honesty and capacity ‘wil then snpersede fraud and extravagance, and | our city will begin a career of progress never be- fore anticipated. Real estate will advance twenty recent, The city will pay its debts promptly, | onest contractors and all other creditors of the city who are frequently compelled to pay two to three per cent a month for money will not be forced | into the Courts to compel payments of just bills, Wiiie the city has millions of dollars lying idle in bank. |All this will be remedied under Mr. Mave- | mieyer’s administration, faa ER—Mr. Foley, you stated that very many of Mr. HAVEMEYER'S FRIENBS DID NOT SUPPORT HIM at the recent election, Will you state why? Mr. Fouey.—Yes, Mr. Tiiden and good men like him ciaimed that “parvy” and Tammany were of greater impertance, and insisted that Mr. Have- | meyer Couldnot be elected. My idea has been ‘that politicians must understand that the people of this city will never again permit either Tam- many or Apollo Hall or the poaeae to control | thelr local atairs. I am satisfied that a large Diajority of our people voted solid against Tam- many for the last ten years; but the fearful elec- tion frauds of the Ring managers made it appear just the reverse, Thanks to the energy and ability Of Commissioner Davenport aud the United States iene an honest and just canvass of the | ReEPoRTER—Have you any otjection to say what eepoun seat eens ineurred and paid by you c juccessful contest: | City ofMclain, tests with the late Mr. FoLEY—I must decline; but this I can say, that I have for the last three years given a great | dea) of money and time to put down the Tammany “Ring” and to promote the reform Movement, and aim quite satisfied with the result, ReroaTER—What is THE NEXT MOVE? Mr. Fo.ey—Mayor Havemeyer will be next Goy- ernor after General Dix. Karosrea—Ie it, 60 Jar ae you kuow, the inten- majority | ing for the adoption of such an act, is now The House of Thomas C. Ficlhis in the Hands of the Sheriff, It was rumored last evening that an attachment had been issued upon the property of Assembly- man T. 0, Fields, one of the Park Commissioners, and that his house had been seized by Deputy Sheriff Seebacher, to be held until the debts of Mr, Fields were paid, The suit is brought by Messrs, Quigg & Banker; contractors, and the amount claimed is for work done by them on Mr. Field's residence. The furniture, it is said, has also been seized, and the house has been placed in the hands of a keeper, ANOTHER BROOKLYN ARMORY. Ut will doubtless be gratifying to the taxpayers to learn that a project is on foot to obtain from the Legislature the passage of an act author- izing the construction of a new armory for the Thirteenth regiment, N.G.8.N.Y. A petition, pray- eing circulated extensively in Kings county for signa- tures. The Twenty-third regiment was success- ful in obtaining an appropriation of $100,000 for a Dew armory last year, and their comrades of the ‘Thirteenth claim to be equally as well deserving of cousideration as their neighbors, ARMY RECRUITING SERVICE DETAILS. Assignments of Officers and Instructions for 1873-74. By @ general order just issued from the head- quarters of the army the following is the detail for recruiting service from January 1, 1873, to October 1, 1874:— Colonel J. 8. Gregg, Eighth cavalry, will relieve Colonel Edward Hatch, Ninth cavalry, as. superin- tendent of the mounted recruiting service station at the depot at St. Louis, Mo. Colonel John Gib- bons, Seventh infantry, will relieve Colonel J. D. Davis, Twenty-third infantry, as superintendent of the general recruiting service station at New ork, Major T. P, Roy, Sixth infantry, will relieve Major M. M. Blunt, Fourteenth infantry, In com- mand at the depot at Governor's Island, New York Harbor. Major J. N. G. Whistler; Twenty-second infantry, will report for duty at the sub-depot at Reve Barracks, Kentucky. Regimental officers will be selected by their colonels according to the usual rules, and ordered to report in person, on the former date, to the superintendents for their respective arms. De- tails will be made from cavalry regiments to re- port to the superintendent of the cavalry service at the St. Louls depot, and details from infantry regiments to report to the superintendent at New York. Officers of the colored cavairy regiments will reeruit especially for their regiments under the existing arrangements, and all officers on general and mounted recruiting service will con- tiune to enlist men for colored regiments as at present. Recruiting oflicers are expected to give their persewal attention to their duties and to ad- bere to the regulations governing them. The pro- hibition against the enlistment of minors and men of doubtful moral character will ve strictly enforced by the superintendents in accept- ing recruits at the rendezvous. eT aed Manual affords the requtred standard of qualifications, and it is in like ma@aner the standard for inspection aiter the recruits arrive at the depot. Recruiting for the Engineer bitttalion will be continued under f _ O_O OO EEE the instructions contelned in the letter from this oMice dated Gctober 6, 3871, subject to such changes in the detail of onicers of the corps as the Chieti of Eogincers may deqm expadjcnt, period in 1871; also an estimate of liabilities for as furnished the Ce showing a@ total saving of SANITARY SCIENCE. The Bepartment of Public Works and the Com- mon Council---Stagnant Streets. rae ed MEETING OF THE SOARD OF HEALTH. At the regular meeting of the Board of Health, “neld yesterday afternoon, 9 communication was received from Commissigner Van Nort in reply to one sent to him by the Board of Health respecting the paving of North Baxter, Mulberry and Park Streets. Mr. Van Nort explained that the only thing that could be done with these thoroughfares by his department was the filling of them in and grading. The power to order the paving, making ‘of gutters, £c., rested with the Common Council, and they bad not yet taken any action in the mat- ter. Coples of both letters were then ordered to be sent to the Common Council. Commissioner Barr offered a resolution that the Sanitary Inspector should be desired to made a thorough examination ot all the schoolhouses in the city and report their condition to the Beard, Commissioner GRoss immediately bristled up at this very necessary and truly ‘sanitary resolution. ‘rhe discussion on the subject lasted some time, but the measure was finally passed. Gommissioner Gross had some idea that Commissioner Barr was aggressive to the Board of Education, of which body the Jatter gentleman is a member; but if the schoolhouses are in a goed condition the Board of Education should have-no objection to the presence of the Board of Health within the walls. The fol- lowing is the renors of the Sanitary Committee on work done in the several bureaus under the Board duriag the past week:— REPORT OF ROREAUS. ‘Tho City, Seniery! ere reports a total of 1,512 in- spections by the Health Inspectors, as tollows'—One public building, 785 tenement houses, 4 |iugs, 22 other dwellings, 16 manutactories and work- shops, 42 stores and warchonses, 145 stables, 17 markets and market places, 3t slaughter houses, 6 fat and lavd rendering establisiments, | manure dump, 27 sunken and vacant lots, 54 yards, courts and areas: 21 cellars and basements, 38 waste pipes and wer 205 privics and water closdts, 23 street gutters and sidewalks, 4dunger- ous stairways, 18 other nuisances, and 19 visits of the Health Inspectors to cases of CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, The number of reports thereon received from the Health Inspectors was 649. During the week 40 com- plaints have been received from citizens, and referred to the Health Inspectors for fuvestigation and report. |The disintecting corpshayve visited 24 premises where conta- gious diseases were found. and have dislufected and tumi- ‘ private dwel- ‘ated 22 houses, 22 privy sinks, together with clothing, Decrease, | Herding. ae. leven cases of smallpox have been re: ‘ Jett, 1872, i872. | moved to the hospital by the ambulance corps and one Painting public lamps $57,196 $1711 $35,785 | dead body to the Morgue, Permits have been granted to Lighting markets. sc MOU ad 789 | 2s’ vessola to discharge caryocs on, voucliers irom the Reglazing and repairing i Health OMicer of this port. During the week vaccination 6.805 10.588 | hax been offered to 106 families, and 43 vaccinations per- 1,122 70,73 | formed, of which 12 were primary and 76 secondary. 'The 300 8 | following is @ comparative statement of contagious aig. 29,498 oz 127,396 | Cases reported for the two weeks ending November 23, Cocks and tubes: ‘908 825 “74 Pesto Repairing gas fixtures. 23,535 — — 23,435 ty Tye” Scar Meas Diph- Smale Glass street signs.. Und = tut OR, hus, phoid, tet, eles, theria. pox. Ss SST OL Naweas, i Seaiaa Chatce < aie saat 10 Total expenditures, exclu- 7 “J fs SE ie aa it Clusive of ga8...........2.. $81 $2116 $359,008 | NOV! Hac orda renner Ractonowe eDarice Liabilities tor gas for public the past week there were registered 439 deaths, being a DRG GER OLE ee ecrease of 5 from the previous week, and 9 more’ than for the corresponding period ot |. Zymotic diseases oc- offices. 16,115 13,053 8,062 easioned 1a) deaths; constitutional, 100; local, 162; deve!- 0%: ental, 30, an ‘Total expenditures. 203,554 $653,702 ———_, | OPmental, 0, feuceeeitiite ; Total saving in ten months. “++-854702 | 18 The fatal ences of xmalipox increased from 4 to 10: those of diphtheria and crow typhus fever from 1 to 2 from 4 to 5, and those of cerebro-spinal fever from 1 to 4 ‘he mortality of measles declined from 2 tol, and that of intermittent fever from 3 to 2. Scarlatina ‘caused 15 deaths, whooping cough 2 and typhoid tever 8—being in each instance the same number fis in the previous week. Phthisis pulmonalig produced 76 deaths and tho local respiratory affections against tively 69 and 81 in tho previous week; 4 deaths referred to Bright's diveaso and 11 to puerperal complaints; 79 deaths occurred in -hospitals and other in- stitutions; 38 deaths were certifled by coroners—2 were homicide, 1 suicide and 15 due to accident or negligence. There occurred 164 deaths among children less than flv years old and 31, among persons of seventy years of ag or upwards, ‘The accompanying tabular statement Presents the above points in detail ;— from 31 to 39; those of hose of remittent fever a ae 333) NaS Pele #/i 31835) g geist 21: 31/8 HPLC IRS Zymotic dices es. 19) 130) 7.23 Constitutional di: ‘99 100} §.20) 17] 152] 7:90) 26 By 1.16 1s] 18} [04 13 4] io} ‘a bi 2 1 05) 3.6 15] as} "78 14 Diphtheria an ce 148 Whooping cough p | 44 Typhus fever 26 ‘Typhoid fever. 64 Diarrhaal d sees, 163 Canc 6) 68 73] 73.2 61] 74.0 7] 2 \s 5] 8.6 Children under five years 19] 165.4 Persons 70 ycars and over 23) 21.6 Total deaths for week... 430] 408.4 The following were the principal metcorological fea- tures of the week as recorded for thisdepartment at the Cooper Union:—Maximum temperature, 62 degrees; minimum temperature, 22 degrees; mean’ temperature, 36.80 degrees, being 7.57 degrees less than that of the cor: responding period during the past year; mean reading gf barometer, 30.006 inches; mean degrees of humidity, 7. Attorney reports as follows:—Number of actions commenced for all causes, 75; number of actions discon- tinued upon evidence of abatement of all cause for com- plaint, 11; number of judgments obtained in pending ac- tions, 8; number of complaints by Health Inspectors ex- amined and form of order endorsed thereon, 174; naim- ber of such complaints examined and returned for further examination and report, 44 ‘The Captain ot Banitary Company following as the amouat of meat, ated ag unfit for hu ob), 10; ‘clams, 7,000} fish, of Police reports the fish, &c.,, serzed and an food Cattle, 2; sheep, 83 45 pounds; veal (cut). 28 ) pound: IMMORALITY IN OUR CITIES. oo The Great Evils of the Concert Saloons Why the Waiter Girls Shoulda Not Be Arrested While the Proprictors Are At Large—How We May Rescue the Fallen Women and Regencrate Them, Troy, N., Y., Noy. 25, 1872. To THE EpITOR OF THE HERALD: I read your excellent article of the 220 inst., on the subject of the women employed in the cafés chantants, and of the unjust manner in which the waiter girls are treated, while the sa- loon keepers live in peace and without fear of mo- lestation from the laws of the land I asked myself several times how it was that America, so generous and fearless in doing whatever is just, should permit the existence of such gross evils without making an effort to remedy them. You have a Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a society which has doubtless done a great deal of good, but would itnot be far nobler to estabiish a society for the prevention of cruelty to fallen women ? AS you say, with great justice, after having locked up the poor creatures for a night, where will they go now? In what corner of the city resume the same calling? f am aware there is in New York city a home for fallen women, but in order to make that institution etfec- tive and successful it requires the aid of brave hearts, who would not fear to go into the dens of immorality and seek out those who, for lack of courage, and smarting under the too iatal result of misplaced affection, fail to make application for admission to the worthy establishment so gener- ously provided, Among the group of women arrested you say that some of them presented a handsome appearance, I quite believe this; and I believe moreover that of the class of society whose members visit again and again the nests of vice and immorality there are some of the finest and most noble that exist on the face of the earth, Herein is true religion | How should women he drawn from a life of degradation, and how should they be saved from the first false step? for the surveillance established by soctety would put an end to that ignoble business adopted by the “‘madames” of these houses. The debauch- ing of young girls you well understand better than any idea of mine can explain, Continue to strike at this vice in the columns of your eet journah Put before the eyes of the peo- ple this—that we can show to the world if we will that America believes in God, and will do its utmost to raise up its fallen children, and looks to the great future. You give large sums of money for the poor and go into the chamber of the dying, starvin; man, who has but a heap of straw for his bed; bu you have not periormed your highest and para- mmount duty—which your conscience lainly 1adi- cates is @ great sin of omtssion—that of a regener: tion ja the manners and habits of our worst society. Advance, therefore, with courage and there will be no further need of police raids in this direction, When one of these women makes her appearance before a court of justice 8ay, a8 you «fd to-day, “that woran should be saved,” that she shall not be able to fail lower, even if she desires, You will | have your asylum, you will have your Kociety, and the woman will be saved, Confidence would’ soon return jn the hearts of these people, whoge great- est crime has been, in many cases, that of “loving not wisely, but too weil’! I know this is Enclosed J send you @ dollar. Nothing, but if others will add to jt something may be done for these women, and the he ven veadily | is the right moment in which to begin, “She pen } 40 the City Hpspital, where sie vow remains, te pa tan the sword,” therefore scatter on 1 dur journal good counsel and advice, encours (che formution of another effective sock _-¢ the salvation of these creatures whom > « World, instead of taking them tenderly by the and, now repels, ‘Trusting you will pardon me for Thonoppicing eo much ot your valuable time and space, I am, sir, R THE FUTURE OF THE LIBERAL REPUBLI- CAN PARTY. a Letter trom the Chairman of the National Committee. The following letter in regard to the future of the liberal republican party, addressed to Jacob R. Freese, editor of the Trenton (N. J.) State Sentinel, 'é bas just been published :— i New York, Novy. 23, 1872,’ My Dear Sin—I have yours of the 8th inst., rask- ing from me the intentions of the "National (fom- uilttee” with reference to the future of the ldberal republican party. It seems to me that tidse only can fully answer your question. Circumatances must determine our future. In my own judg- ment we have made a gallant Bent, whic! may yet prove to be the skirmish preced- ing a great wictary. We were deieated because no great issues divided the political parties, and mere personal arguments were not sufficient to bring out the popular vote or to cauge a change of administration. We made a pkatform at Cina nati looking to certain reforms, At Baltimore the democracy took the liberal platform and the nominee. At Philadelphia the republicans adopted substantially the same platform and narrowed the fight to one of men, net principles. There being then nothing more important than individual political interests at stake the moneyed Interests of the country were thrown with the party in power and sent any change, and thus at the ‘beginning heaviest artillery was Placed against us. United to this the democ- racy were apathetic; first, because no vital principle awakened an interest in the con- Veet, and second, because years of hostility to Mr. Greeley begat inditrerence in an encounter merely personal between him and General Grant. We did not fail because our nominee was unpopu- lar, for I to-day believe that no man in the United States can boast of so many personal friends Horace Greeley, and no one lives who is more Db loved or esteemed than he is for a character princely in its unselfish record and its loyalty to every moral law which governs human conduct. It is true that in the heat of an angry contest he was calumpiated and misrepresented, but all such attacks were made only by the miserable gadfies that skim over the sound and healthy flesh of the body to find some festering pimple to assail and feed upon. We failed, because we were engaged in & combat not vitalized by any issue sufficient to make a distinct line between friends and foes. it is yet too soon to determine as to the future. If General Grant faithfully carries out the pledges of his party, which are substantially the same as those made by the liberals at Cincinnati, he may be the real, though not to us the accepted, agent ofreform. If General Grant carries out the meas- ures of our party, consistency, if nothing else, may Compel our approval. We cannot honestly assail him it he does for the nation that which we claim to be right. Itremains to be seen what General Grant will do in this direction, He has begun well in the Civil Service line in Philadelphia. Will he continue on this road of reform? If so, we must applaud him. Ifhe donot, we must resist like honest men who claim to battie for the public good. When Congress meets I presume the leaders of our party—Messrs. Sumner, ‘Trumbull, Schurz, Tip- ton and the many others in the two houses—will “point the way” before us. It would be premature and imprudent to indicate apy course till these able and honest men have had time and oppor- tunity to speak. The liberal republicans can do no better than to be passive for the present and to watch events. If we have forced the poem) in self-defence, to adopt our own code of political morals, then we have already won the victory, even though other hands than those which we would have chosen execute the reform, But if the party in power prove by their recreancy that the vows made in the storm are to be broken in the Sunshine, then it will be in order to send every liberal republican again to his proper place to prove by future efforts that the liberal victory has intruth been only postponed. 1 remain soon, very truly, ETHAN ALLEN, Chairman National Committee. NEWBURG ITEMS, Consolatory Verdict of a Jary—A Shower of Stars—Reported Suspension of the Walikill Nstional Bank. Newocura, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1872, The Coroner's jury in the case of Frederick Kirk, of Port Jervis, a brakeman, killed by a freight train at Chester, on the Erie Raflroad, some days ago, have rendered a verdict to the effect that the de- ceased came to his death by being hit by a stone dropped by Daniel Showers from a railroad bridge, striking Kirk on the head and knocking him under the cars, Showers is a colored boy, eight years old, living at Chester. The stone dropped weighs five or six pounds, At this hour (eight P. M.) meteors averaging three per minute are falling, radiating from near the pleiades, The general direction is southeast. Great excitement is occasioned in financial cir- cles in this county by the report to-day of the sus- ension of the Wallkill National Bank of Middie- wn. The deficit is stated at from sixty to seven- ty-five thousand. The President of the bank is ex-State Senator William M. Graliam and the Chairman is Charles H. Horton, late democratic oo for Congress from the Thirteenth dis- ict. CONFLAGRATION IN SCRANTON, Total Destruction of the Lackawanna Valley House. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 27, 1872. The Lackawanna Valley House, one of thelargest and finest hotels in this city, was destroyed by flre before daylight this morning. The hotel was crowded with guests and the excitement was in- tense, men, women and children being frantic with terror; but no lives were lost. The fire was first discovered by one of the newspaper carriers, who immediately gave the alarm. ‘The flames were seen issuing from the observatory in the centre of the house, and it was hoped that they would be confined to the roof. The fire, however, gained with great rapidity, and the roof soon fell to the floor heneath, when the total de- struction of the hotel became inevitabie, ‘the Fire Department worked with the greatest energy and were successful in confining the fire to the hotel, Most of the furniture was saved and the greater part of the personal effects of the boarders, The loss to the building is estimated at about $25,000, It was owned by Mr. Robinson, of New York, and was insured in the Brewers’ and Maltsters’ Company, of that city. Mr. Baldwin, proprietor of the house, loses $10,000 on stock, and 1s msured as follows:—North British Company, $4,000; tna, $3,000; North American, $2,000; Franklin, $1,000, Several of the guests lost personal property, amounting in the aggregate to $5,000, Two large clothing stores on the first floor were damaged by water to the amount of several thousand dollars, all of which is insured. The origin of the fire is a mystery, but ia eup- posed to have originated from a aefective fiuc, Several fremen were injured by falling timbers, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Coroner Young was yesterday called to the Morgue to hold an inquest on the body of William Leshman, a man thirty-two years of age, who died in Bellevue Hospital on Tuesday morning. Abouta month ago deceased was gunning in the country, and by the premature discharge of his musket ha one of his arms badly shattered. Erysipelas en- sued and caused death. Deceased lived at 308 West Thirty-third street, HIGHWAY ROBBERY, Mr. Charles Bucnner, of 219 avenue B, was pass- ing through Thirteenth street on Tuesday night, about nine o'clock, when he was attacked bya party of three men, who knocked him down and robbed him of his watch and chain. Mr. Buchuer caught one of the highwaymen and held him se- curely until an officer came to his assistance. Yes- terday he was taken before bl Shandiey, at Essex Market, where he gave his name as John Lit and his age at fifteen years. He was com- mitted. A BOY BURNED TO DEATH IN NEWARK. Late on Tucsday night a canal boat was dis- covered to be on fire in the Morris Canal, at Newark, and the firemen were quickly on hand and extinguished it, but not before a little boy, the son of Mr, Regwell, owner and captain of the boat, who had left the little fellow in charge, was burned to crisp in the cabin, The boy was about filteen years of age. £ BROOKLYN AFFAIRS, Explosion of a Still, A new still in the Wallabout Oil Works exploded yesterday morning, throwing the cover some fifty feet into the yard of the soap factory of Burger & Mayer, adjoining. By the prompt action of the workmen @ conflagration was avoided anda special Providence protected them. No material damage of consequence resulted. Explosions and fires in these works are of frequent occurrence, An Unknown Woman Found in Spasms. A respectably dressed woman of apparently Ger- man birth, was found in Broadway, near the fer- ries, Williamsburg, yesterday, suffering from frequent spasms, She was conveyed to the Fourth street station house. and was aitended by Police Surgeon Brady, but, as sie could not be restored to consciousness, it was deemed best to send her THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER. | Seti’ + - Affidavit (47dugustus Schell Taken Before the Referyé, Appointed by the Supreme Court. W'sat Mr. Schell Knows of. Jay Gould’s Arrest. Judge Fancher’s Order to Show Cause a8 v0 we Qwder of Reference—The Story of the Defence as to the Alleged Refusal of Mr. Travers to Make an Affidavit. AMdavit of Augustus Schell. The following afMidavit in reference to the vaca- ‘tion of the order of arrest was made yesterday by Mr. Augustus Schell, pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court, The affidayit was taken before Mr. A. R. Macdonongh, referee, 15 Nassau street :— Surneme Oover—The Erie Railway Company ve. Jay Goutd—City and County of New York,—Augustus Schell, being duly sworn and examined as witness upon a mo: tion to vacate the order of arrest herein, pursuant to an order of this Court, before A. R. Macdonough, referee, testified as follows:— Q. Where do you reside and what Is your occupation ? A. I reside in the city of New York; I have relations with several railroad companies and moneyed corvora- ions and other institutions. . Have you now and have you had, during the month of November, 1872, any interest in Northwestern common stock or Lake Shore Railroad stock or other leading ac- tive stock upon the New York market? A. I had and now have interests in Northwestern common stock, Lake Shore stock and the stocks of several other leading railroad corporations, Q. Have you observed the course of the stock market in this city during the month of November, 1872? A. I have to some considerable extent. Q. Have you been for any number of years interested in Retave stocks as a holder thereof, and have you thus acquired any knowledge and experience as to the course of the market for such stocks? A. I have been a large holder of railroad stocks tor some years past, and suppose 1 ‘ood deal familiar with the market. . be the state of the stock market in this city for a period shurtly prior to November 22, 1872, and w that day, with special reference tothe leading and acti stocks of which Northwestern common was one? A. Inthe early part of October, 1872, the market was very much depressed owing to a'lock-up of money, which wits said to have been broken by the action of the government in making an additional issue of legal tenders, which oc- curred, I think, about the Sth or 7th of October, and, ring that month, up to the Boston fire in November, the market was variable and unettled; by reason of the Boston fire there resulted a considerable depression, in the early part of Monday, November 11; the market rallied from that depression and became quite active and excited and continued so up to the 22d of November. ‘Was there not a considerable advance in the market price of Northwestern common stock between the 1th and 22d of November? A. ‘There was a considerable ad- vance in price between those dates. . Was not this marked advance a matter of public notoniety, and stated in and commented upon by several newspapers in this clty? A. It wi ater of notoriety, and was commented upon in the newspapers of the city. Q. Was there not @ rumor circulated among business men generally and published in, the newspapers in the early part of November to the eifect that the stock of the Chicago and Northwestern Railro: mit lions of bonds, to be convertible fort! Was not this design to issue. stock afterwards pubs" licly reported as abandoned? A, T understand it was. . In one way tne price of Northwestern common stock attract general attention in this city among parties interested in stocks, ‘and did not these fluctuations become the subject ot com: ment, not only among business men, but In the news papers? A. They did, and it was a subject of comment and conversation among businessinen; it was also referred in several ne apers, 9G" Bidyourecelve any information on the 2ist or 224 jovember, If as to the probability of any occur- rence which should have a marked influence upon the market price of Northwestern common stock? A. I heard arumor on the evening of the 2ist that some proccedings instigated by the short sellers of Northwestern common stock were to be taken in the name of the brie Railway Company against Mr. Gould, and I was informed on the 22d, between twelve und hult-past twelve, that. an event ‘was to happen at two o'clock on that day which would ot cause a panic in the stock market. Q ‘Did ‘ou go to the office of Osborn & Chapin on No- vember 2, and at about what time did you arrive there? A. I went to the office of Osborn & Chapin, and arrived there about ten minutes past three in the afternoon of that day. g Did’ yon find Mr, Gould under arrest at that time? 4-1 ound Mr. Gould in the custody of the Sherif? officer at that time. . Did you offer to become one of the Dall for Mr. aout app rancef A. 1 did; Mr, Horace F. Clark there also; we conferred and determined to was bail for Mr. Gould on the spot; I believed trom the cir- cumstances attending the arrest, and from other facts which had come to my. nowiedae within the preceding twenty-four hours, and still believe, that the arrest ha been made in the interest of a stock-Jobbing speculation, and was intended to compel the removal of Mr. Gould from his place of business at the most critical period of the business of the day and in a critical condition of the ck market. Oe Ahat in your judgment is the most critical period of a business day when the stock market is in an excited condition? A, My information on that subject is that the ‘most critical art of the day is between the hours of two and three o’clock. Q. Will you explain why that hour {sso important? A. Stock deliveries are made up to a quarter-past two, and between that time and three o'clock the margins are ad- Justed and bank accounts are made up. Q. What would be the natural effect upon tne financial | rote! condition of a man largely engaged in stock dealings, of | his arrest and removal from his office at that hour of the | day, in such a condition of the stock market as at that moment existed ¢ A. Almost certain financial ruin, Q. Was Mr. Gould at that time known to. be engaged in large financial operations and to be dealing on a largo scale in Northwest common stock? A. It was known thathe was largely engaged as a purchaser and holder | of Northwest common stock, Q. What would have been the natural effect npo: stock market of the city of New York at, that time ii Gould had been taken away from hi % and committed to prison? A. In my opinion, if Mr. Gould had been taken in custody by the Sheriff ‘and moved from his place of business for the remainder day, it would have immediately resulted in a the stock market, which would have caused wid Tuin more disastrous than that which attended t of the Black Friday of 1869, e Q. Would the panic nave been confined to Northwest common stock, or would it have extended to otter stock=? A. It would not have been confined to Northwest com- mon stock, but would have extended to all the stocks actively deait in in the stock market, and would lave | caused great depression in price, which would have re- | sulted in the dnancial ruin of large numbers of persons, | Q. What persons, if any, would have profited by such apanict A. None but that class of men who sell short of stock and profit by great casualties and by the m. ~ | tunes of other men, Q. Have you not been interested in the management of large corporations for some years past? A. Ihave. | In your judgment and trom the results of your ¢ rience can you conceive of any benefit which cout crne to the Erie Railway Company from the arrest of Gould and his actual incarceration at the time and the cireumstances referred to, assuming Mr. Got the Erie Railway Company the sum of $9,700,007 on the contrary, I should think that it would ny positive injury ‘to the Erie Railway Company to have succeeded in procuring Mr. Gould’s 1inprisonment at that time, as the effect would certainly have been to ruin him finaricially, and thus deprive him of the means of paying | his alleged Indebtedness. Hake a , How many persons are there in theclty of New York | who could give bail in the amount of $1,000,000 or up- wards promptly upon their arrest? A. I do not know | that there dk anyone who could do it. Q. How many persons are there in, this elty who could | give bail in the sum of $1,000,009 within an hour after their arrest? A. I should think there woutd be very iew, | and it is only by adventitious circumstances that Itcould | be done at all. . Are you aeqnainted with men In this city who are noted as being remarkably wealthy? A. I know a num- ber of wealthy men. Ts your evidence as to the diflentty of giving bail in these ainounts intended by you to apply as well to very thy men asto men in’ ordinary circumstances? A. | | | | Q. Did you agcom paey Mr. Worace F. Clark to the Sheriff's office and there give bail for Mr. Gould? A. e%. Q. Were you requested at the Sheriff's office to give a schedule of your real crtate in the city of New York? | YER. | Q. Was this requiroment insisted upon after remon- | strance had been made by the counsel for Mr. Gould? A. The demand was not insisted upon, Q. Would not the enforcement of a rule by the Sheriff requiring bail to justify as the owners of real esiate in the city of New York to the amount of thelr undertaking greatly increase the diMculty of giving bail upon pre- | liminary arrest? A. Yes, ft would, as there are cum: paratively few persons in New York'who are the owners | of large amounts of real estate, and a lesser number who have friends who are the owners of Jarge amounts of real | estate. AUGUSTUS SCHELL, Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 27th day of November, 1872—Auc. R. Macpoxouan, Referee, Order to Show Cause Granted Why the Order for Reference Should Not Be Va- cated. Before Judge Fancher. New Yore Svrnenr Conrt—Frie Railway Company vs. Jay Gou afMdavit of William R. Travers and Samuel L,'M. Barlow, and onthe orders of reference made herein on the 26th day of November, 1872, | and the papers on which said order Was provided, it is | ordered that the defendants show cause before this Court gt n special term thereof, to be neld at Chambers, on the 20h day of November inst., at ten o'clock In the fore- | Noon, cr as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why the said order of reference should not be vacated and set aside as improvidently granted, and why such further or other order shall not be made as may be Bro er, and in the meantime, and until the hearing and decision of the Motion to vacate said order of reference, that all pro- ceedings on the part of the defendant and the referee Tamed'in antd orier be stayed. iE, L. FANCHER. New Yorn, Nov. 27, 1872. The Story of the Defence. The following is the story told by the defence concerning the alleged refusal of Mr. Travers to make an afidavit in the case of Erje against Gould, in regard to which Mr. 8. L. M. Barlow's tea- timony has already been publisned:— Supreme Court—The Erie Railway Company vs, Jay Gould—City and County of New York:—ANan Lee Smidt, being duly sworn, says— 1, Jam an attorney and counselior-at-law and Panag ing clerk of Field & Sherman, attorneys for the deicud- ant herein, 4, On the 26th day of November, 1872, in the forenoon, T asked Willlam K. Travers to make ah affidavit on be: half of the defendant herein to vacate an order of arrest; said Travers replied thathe would make any true and proper afidavit which we should require. 3. In the early part of the afternoon T called atine office of said Travers toappolnt a time and place where defendant's attorneys could cail upon him with an aman- uonsis to take said afidavit, and a quarter past three o'clock of the same day was ‘agrced upon at the ofiec of said Travers, No. 47 Exchange place, in said city. that hour, in company with Mr. David Dndiey Fi amanwensia and & notary public called on said ‘rn and Mr. Field told him he had come to take his affiday when said Travers remarked that it could not be tak ‘c,and kaid he would go to the office of Mr. 8 L. M. rlOW W Make ib Wo flercupon went to Als, Barlow's or another did not the fluctuations in | eo Ne,/35 William and a conversation ensued; a haa area er STs tld ‘s rm Barlow's office is hereto winered. marked "A> 5. Afterward M iB wid. Dudley Pid received a letter Pe y Mi frotn Mr, Barlow. of which xed, marked “8.” iis has been pullieheds re? oo have read the amdavite a pers ch order of arrest herein ‘and om faunas” with its ne macters therein saber. . Ibis necessary that 1 affidavit or Geposition of William eee ers He the motion pow pe! to. r ol arrest. ALLEN ‘MIDT, Sworn to before me this 26th day of Ni y Witiam Monvoy, Notary Public, New York, PAPER MARKED “4.17 ~ Mr. Field—We have come here by appointment. to take Mr. Travers’ deposition. Mr. Barlow—If you will prepare an affidavit Travers wii) swear to it if correct; but he does not: propose to be examined orally in this form because it does not give him or me the opportunity, as closely as we ought to have a mght to do, to deter- mine what it should be, aud, besides, we have no strict mht toa cross-examination, You may ask him certain questions that he might answer or not. fully. We have no right toa cross-examination, He ig entirely willing and ready to make any atti- davit touching any of the matters you wish to in- quire about in full, without evasion, delay or want Ol particularity; and if you will st the form of an affidavit that you wish Mr. Travers will at once, or as goon as he can read it over conve- niently, swear to it if true, whether it be pertinent to this Snestion or not, unless it be absolutely im- pertinent, Mr. Field—I did not come here on any such errand asthat. I have come here because Mr. ‘Iravers had signified his willingness to make an affidavit. 1did not come to discuss the question of law; you are entirely wrong about it. We are not pledged to know beforehand what he is going to swear to, but we can ask him questions, and that is all f ropose to do. The Court will determine whether ¢ will or not go before a referee. We shall not arrive at any conclusion ourselves by discussing this matter. Mr. Barlow—I understand the rule to be that Mr. Travers can be examined only when he has de- clined to make an afiidavit. Mr. Field—We do not so understand it, so that We could not arrive at any result by debating that. We understand that Mr. Travers is bound to an- swer, to dictate to us, to tell us What he wiil say im answer to certain questions, Mr. Barlow—Write your questions down. Mr. Field—We have a good many. Mr. Barlow—Write ycur questions all down, Mr. Field—One may hinge on another. Mr. Barlow—Write down one question and we | will answer it at once. Mr. Field—Shall we begin now ? Mr. Barlow—Write your queation down, and Mr. Travers has a right to determine whether he is prepared to answer it without reference to his ook, He has the right to ask you to present to | him all the questions you think pertinent when | the affidavit is made. If from his answers you wish further information of any sort we will make a | supplemental afidavit in answer to the questions uti, : Mr. Fiela—I wish Mr. Travers should answer such questions as shall be put to him, provided they are pertinent. Of course I do not wish to,ask him any questions about his own private affairs; but whatever is involved in this controversy we desire to examine Mr. Travers about, and I sup- pose you and I will get along without any trouble. Mr. Barlow—It is new practice to me. We pur- sued this matter somewhat at length in the cele- brated case of Fisk vs. The Unton Pacitic Railroad Company, and the rule obtained there, by Judge Barnard’s decision, was just that. Mr. Field—it was quite tne other way. Judge Cardozo did once in Kock Island case express an opinion to that effect, but none of the other judges acted uponit. We have got from Judge Ingraham and the other Judge orders appointing reterecs | es the parties have declined to give the aii- favit, Mr. Barlow—We have not declined. I want yon tobear that in mind distinctly. There must not be any misunderstanding about that, My, Travers, on his attention being called in writing, either to a series of questions or to all already prepared affidavits, if the afidavit is prepared he will swear to it at once if correct. [f they are questions, he willanswer the questions so as to enable you to prepare an allidavit at once. Mr. Field—I propose now to begin py asking Mr. Travers some questions about this matter. Mr. Barlow—Mr. Travers answers as I have toid you; that if you put them in writing and submit them to him he will answer the questions directly, aa;soon as it is possible or convenient for him 0 do. Mr. Field (addressing Mr. Travers)—Had» you any, and, ifso, what connection with the order of arrest obtained against Jay Gould in this case? Mr. Barlow—You may put that in wisting and leave it with me. Mr. Field—No. 4 Mr, Barlow—He will not answer it. In. order that there should not be any misunderstand- ing, Mr. Travers 1s prepared to swear’ to an atlidavit at once, if you present any one to him as true, that is pertinent to this case; or He is prepared to answer any questions in writing you may leave with him, and alter the answers are given he will swear to an affidavit based on those answers, But he does not propose being examined orally. Mr. Ficld—At any time? Mr. Barlow—Not until he has refused to make an affidavit, which he not only docs not reluse to make, but distinctly offers to make. Mr. Field—If I can define beforehand what he will Say, write it cown; he will swear to it; and if I put | certain questions in writing he will give answers in writing, and ifthat is not full enough he will answer more, Mr. Barlow—After you get the first set of an swers, if you find his answers require more testi- mony, seud other questions, and when you have got through with all your questions he will sweos, to the affidavit embodying all those questions, THE LATE REV. J. BRINTON SMITH. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The public was startled lately by a telegraphic despatch which appeared in many of the papers throughout the country that Mrs, Mary E. Smith and Mra, Frances Mann, the widow and daughter of the late Dr. J. Mramton Smith, of Raleigh, N. c., had been arresved and imprisoned on the charge of cauelug his death by administering poison in seiduts powders, So fully satisfied were all who knew the parties accused of their entire inno- cence, and so intense was the feeling excited, that Many of the most prominent gentlemen of Albany, Troy and Greenbush, where they were well known and highiy esteemed, took proper steps for their vindication. Documents were prepared and the most liberal offers made to carry on the suit should the case ever come toatrial. Through the gencroug provision of the senior warden of the church of which I am rector, and of which Mrs, Mann and her husband are both communicants, asum of money was placed at my disposal, and arrangements inade for me to leave Greenbush for Raleigh on Monday, the 18th inst., for the purpose of presenting to tie proper authorities there the documents in my pos- session. Just asl was about to leave a despatch was received announcing that Judge Watts, of the Supreme Court, had piectateee the prisoners from custody, as there was not the slightest evidence, either positive or presumptive, against them, Dr, Smith was once rector of St, John’s church, Troy, where his family was well known, and where his Ch Frances married. No lady in ‘Troy, aa 1 am reliably informed, was ever more universally beloved for all the beautitul traits of character de- veloped in the faithful and devoted wife ang mother than Mrs, Mary E. Smith, Her daughter, Mrs. Mann, is a most exemplary member of the church, of high culture and refinement, whose consistent Christian walk commands the con- fidence of her rector and inspires all who know her with affection and admiration. Her husban® is superintendent, and she an active, earnest. minded teacher in the Sunday school of the Church of the Messiah, at Greenbush. Called away from home to visit a sick and only brother, who died before sha reached her father’s house at Raleigh, we may imagine the depth of her grief and that of hen afilicted mother at the sudden and mysterious death so soon after of a tenderly beloved fathe: and husband, the only earthly stay and support o! anow bereaved and destitute family, jut wha can imagine the intensity of agony in what fol lowed, It was one of those dark clouds which an inscrutable Providence sometimes permits to gathen in blackness around His children, as a trial of thei faith, that they may come forth purified and bettey prepared for the promised inheritance, Some of the papers which published an account of the arrest of these ladies, have, Tregret to ob serve, taken no notice of their discharge. Is it toa much to ask that the HERALD and other paper# which published the arrest will, if they have not flready done so, as an act of simple justice, aus nounce their hohorable acquittal? LEWIS P, CLOVER, Rector of the Church of the Messiah, GREENBUSH, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1872, ATEMPERANOZ TIRADE IN WESTOHDSTER. A somewhat novel proceeding transpired in the: Court of Sessions at White Plains, Westcnester county, yesterday, when some twenty-seven liquowt dealers from the town of East Chester were ara raigned on indictments found by the Grand Jury for violations of the Excise law. It appears tha® the temperance element in the town named so far influenced the Board of Excise as to induce tha! body to Seng. all applications for a renewal o! licenses on the part of the hquor dealers last May. The lattey, however, instead of closini their places of business, continued to ven their liquid wares, and for this they were indicted, on the testimony of the antiliquor men, by the grand inquest which convened last week Having astily reviewed tuetr previous action, the Eas chester authorities granted the necessary licenses to the defendauts on Tuesday of this week, with fall knowledge that all of the parties had been ins dicted. On Leing arraigned the accused pleaded guilty, whereupon the Court decided that under the new Jaw the licensed defendants had bec guilty of a mi: nor only, and imposed a fing of $25 in each case; The fines were paid into tea County Treasury, by which operation the town Eastclcater loses over six hundred dolasm