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NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. beiore by tho acts of Oongross horein- OREDIT MOBILIER. | Siete: a vereek cue eo city of New vere, Another Important Interview with Thomas (. | Eines uct ie re =e Durant, Ex-President of the Union Bat ign regard ing “mmoranes =r mea and Pacific Railroad Company. soon as Provisions lor tue tea somaued Tinh tie Ggeraaal tae a atsca aie tifcates of an it to the first What He Says About the Liability soreiedaeespaeae cae of the Credit Mobilier. ee oe a a a Spacey ag he ‘amount so advanced, inc ‘The C. M. Bonght Bonds of the Union | Zreinaoes ats temernautcel serie te Pacific and Paid Cash. sae aie see aaa aas Bees sibeeriba of. cause ¢ ined to ths The “Hoxie Contract” the Only | #4 ea rch & eis Saini es ad | fe One Fully Carried Out. E eis ant ae qin making | Sty eta achat rosecut work, and ‘Why Injunctions Were Asked For and Ob- | ani‘oolriokebraaka"* & SOS © y , Attorney. tained it. Williams’ Contract. pei rile on with ith the v Tork under reo inshore sition ep ie Ried How Oakes Ames & Co., “the Boston Ring,” Obtained Power in. the Di- rection of the U. P. RR. Co. a A PLOT TO GOBBLE $2,900,000. HOW DURANT EXPLODED IT. A representative of the HERALD called upon Dr. purant, ex-President of the Union Pacific Railroad jompany, sgain, when, after the usual prelimi- aries, the following conversation took place :— \ Rerorrer—Do I understand that the “Hoxie tract,” a copy of which you have given me, was he only one which the Orédit Mobilier carried out lly in the.construction of the Union Pacific Rail- road? Dr. Durant—Yes. ‘Doctor, why did you enter protests pid obtain injunctions against the extension of the Hoxie or the Williams contracts? Dr. Dunanr—In October, 1666, after the comple- tion of the work under the Hoxfe contract, by the Crédit Mobilier, Mr. Oakes Ames ‘and othera,, who had become stockholders in the; Union Pacific Rallroad Company, through their interests in the contracts, were elected . directors in that company, and in January; 1867, the Board paased the resolution suthorizing the payment to the Orédit Mobiller of $50,000 per mile for fifty-eight miles, all of which had then-been completed, and which had cost only about twenty thousand dollars per mile, exclusive of equipment. Although, as President of the Crédit Mebiier, I could not object to such arrange- ment, yet, a8 an officer in the Union Pacific Rall. road Company, I could not, consistently with my sense of duty, assent to the same. First, because I did not deem it politic for the eompany to use all the securities as jast as received on a portion of the road that could be constructed at little cost, leav- ing the more expensive portion to provide for itaelf, and for other reasons, given in my protest and complaint in the injunction cases, copies of ‘Which you have, Secondly, because the position in which the corporations stood in their relations to each other were entirely different from what they ‘were dent the Hoxie contract was assigned to the Crédit Mobilier, many of the parties interested in the credit Mobilier having forand stockholders in the Pacific Railroad Company, and having been Made directors in that compat it would sim; nly have been letting a eontract to themselves, to | injury of those stockholders in the Pacific ‘Rattroaa | Company who held no stock in the Orédit Mobilier and who were @ minority in interest. It was to protect all alike that I refused to consent to the | Oakes Ames contract unless it received the written eee Ol all the stockholders in the Union Pacific ‘ompal ReronTaR—What is the Boomer contract, re- sites to in the injunction suit of 18677 Dr. DuBANT—It was the contract under which the road was being built beyond the termination of the Hoxie, or Crédit Mobilier contract, which, as you see, could be terminated by giving ten days? notice; but the Oakes Ames contract, subsequently made, embraced all the work done under the ‘Boomer contract, the company paying for the same in accordance with the contract with Mr, Oakes Ames. REPORTER—Do these contracts embrace the en- tire line of the road ? Dr. DuRANT—No, they do not. REPORTER—Under what contract was the re- maining portion of the road constructed + Dr. DukaNT—Under that known as the “Davis contract,” aasigned to the same parties as trustees as was the Oakes Ames contract. ceed ie n IT have @ eopy of the Davis con- trac Dr. DuRaNT—I see no objection, as a copy has been filed in_the answer of the company in the Mn suit.” You will have to make the copy your- self. REPoRTER—I see that it is already publicly as- serted, Doctor, that the Crédit Mobilier of America received bonds from the Union Pacific Railroad Com- any, for the interest — which hse United States sup bo bo alse, Js that so? Dr. ot be so. The Crédit Mo- }URANT—It bilier purchased in] 1867 $y 039,000 of first mortgage donde of the Union Pacific Hatiroad Company at eighty-five per cent, and paid “es for the same. I do not think that they ever bought, sold or owned bond that was issued to the Union Pacific Rail- road Company by the United States government. The bonds to I have just alluded are all, I think, that the Crédit Mobiller ever received of the Union Pacific Ratiroad Company, THE “HOXIE CONTRACT.» pli at Da es Ite Transfer to Thomas C. Durant and | Subsequent Transfer to the Credit Mobilier—Who Assisted Dr. Durant in Carrying Out the Contract—The Costs and Protits. | The papers below, which have been extensively referred to in the McComb Pennsylvania | Crédit Mobilier suit, in the pending in- | vestigation in Washington and also by Dr. | ‘Thomas ©. Durant, as plaintim, m the complaint | made by him in the Supreme Couit of this city, as published in the HERALD ofthe 26(h ult., are now for the first time published. They wll be the sub- ject of much discussion in Congress and in tne press, and we give the full text from the legal records, Dr. Durant explains what became of the “Hoxie contract” :— OFFICIAL COPY OF THR “MOXIE CONTRACT’ AND | PAPERS LEGALIZING ITS TRANSFER TO MR, DURANT AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE CREDIT MODITLIER, New Youu, August 8, )864. To mr Paueipany Ay any Commitrer on CONTRACTS OF THE = Ban 3 ee. Comrary toenter into a ecntract to build | and ‘equip 100 eels your railroad and telegraph, cum mencing a¢ Ox at complying ae far ae ‘acticable to the hereunto annexe: oeaoinn the tollow! ne erm ad oo To procced at once resin atid aa Fading and ry S aaired We ae he saanner 49 wi ae ight Khe ex ‘xcep- te facilitat equipment not iin the the Rnd oa ipinent, th the tee aa the elect w w op Me tion of say a the grading, an nnd too one of me piston cack: oe es Sect to do #0 shall give Bewriten to tdce of ‘thelr imtestion prior to the ist Gay build all necessar gents joo ofthe sadn in the Ly Roy tre rade eae th that of the oe a rk Central bel gto paid company, er te purpowe arpos ae of obtalning mat in the ny deci to on Hor f flea they hey sha Core fae Aon tier and for ell Mite ‘umber ia ke pro: P4fhe contractor shall not be Feautred to e aiitrn nor mamegret chanty'dve thoueand the erec- hinery. mach! Mon S alpeaad a ethan od fat ras deen es, 9 Ati Re same shall Kpen ae bey by. Mot Contractor we bare the oe on ve: a bear r Omaha, ‘whieh have been Thee bh have been com. \,_ to by i for each ai ie made a the work eatin of ngineers, in elle er deduct from each se cost equipmmen fot th then turns ear supe 1 cost of telegraph H in transit, for oF the accoun' pap cata rl tac | ising tga fh ir ‘Sm seo | To 1## Boarn or Directors ov tax Union Paciric fan. ovember 1, | General Agent, Ped el rae Bi Pa pate sen | ar TORO t oe mera jal Committeo, abe Oe it ig approved. ad ve con’ stad PI apd ee ten: 08 BUBEN BTL GEORGE T. M, Pal Special Committee appointed for this purpose, May ca New Yorr, Oct. 4, 1864. To tne Prestpent aD Executive ComMirrgx oF THE Union Pactric Rartnoap Company :— On condition that your coi ompany will pi heap my con- Brae ty ae potion ot the ond id bets een tha and race all that portion wi ry @ 100th meridian ado 1 wll ry be pubse: bed nt pany. Respectfully, yours, ), OF CAUSE the stock of your com- H. M. HOXIE, By H. es Crane, Attorney. above proposition is Is hertby ted for and on \Solnpany. e petfuit of the Union, tacite Special Committee. VIS, } Ocroner 4, 1864. AGREEMENT BETWKEN MR, HOXIB AND MR. DURANT FOR TRANSFER OF SONERACT 70 ye LATTER. Whereas the Union fi, Hoxie Company have oxic for the cons! Lets a contract pri Hi. M. 6 ction of ne hundred mil Hoxie gene, telegraph, a copy undred miles of their railroad of grbich is beroto annoxed: low, theretore, this Seba nt between the said H. M. Hoxie for himself nt of the Thomas 0, Durant, party oO He second id Hoxie for and in consi ion of ackn said eRe med aid, the eee ot ant is eration wledged, y aztees make over and aasign, a to arAnt, OF any party pr.parues hi e may ips necessary funds to completo the the sat all aaa uu nied portion of the above mentioned under the me said Durant or hie helio ment according contends yh materials on nee ae pany one tl days’ notice in party of the neon ae take a eames of the © The Spite dhe a Td at once to adjust 9 ts counts and make up estimate of settioment for the work done according to ‘the contract, which shall be com- pleted as soon as is practicable, but the party of the sec- ‘ond part is to become responsibl le for all labor or demands ofevery kind or descrip ing to th after ‘ie expiration of t at time the party of any work done or moieties ‘she second part also te take at cost the oxen, — tents and shanties on hand at the time they take poses sion of the work, ana also’ to oy! the pariy of the first part $10,000 in the stock of com) pany: 000 in cash ; In consideration rot which the sale party of the ‘frat part shall, if required, take general supervision of the we until the expiration of one year from the lst day August i 05 whereof the parties have hereunto set their nea sth day of Sepiember, 1904, ings HOXIR, By H. 0, Grane, THO: oie Ana of Full 0, they, 0 sities of every kind, if epee 2 et me the is i atrnnont Yang tho con: atl We Davis.” aforesaid stockholders. a AM! DA or motion rt was accepted and a ee above ba ge ted to ascertain committee a} u Aho tock: holders consent to the same, TSE BOOHER CONTRACT. nando i si she "Aeterring tou mm tion ofa aaea. of © Union alsa Fashte allronde i you the ing memorandum contract arnlah, as to di if in ace for ma- rly ian an agreement for aa rat eat vor the deiver with br uceeyee at ae this. pea sc uahese pom Reams ats caer ant rieek caters ae iene cares ps ate ert apes sae ae eee ae tot asin see mgr ria aoe ent houses, or pertal and Tolling stock, fo ue an additional a rork is the sanction and ander the direc- ton of the dane in charge. The sido track and turn- pi | Saneaat (i the immediate requirements of the veral stations established on the lino, as atoated od by, se thee parincers a4 atthe present time, to be nstructed at the ex; iet'Sncel the nae the contractor. If more be required, is to be constructed at the expense of oe compan: cost of Pron, deliverod at Omaha, is aran- not “* ‘ceed ome hundred and thirty dollars per mn; and dh les or siriage mares are burned or i ed, the company to pay the actual fom g anspor ial, &e., eee congtructjo gay a atrial de contractor over ste portion of the ro. Sizth—The work to be pushed with the » sane 1o rapidity Lies yd on Ry required, obo col vee ae les for each ploasant working dae nee: the ‘com any deliver and transport the Paper: rial therefor over on complete portion of the roai jetent inser i inc charge is of opinion the grad- progress ng as satan a oiuet to comply contrae e shall be ai to place more men at worl at the cost of the SOMRSaES but the com- pany shalt not requ i be done whil 1 ground frozon, except at orbell own cost and expense; ther shall thé contractor be Hable for d delaystrom high ‘Water or causes entire! on vont at SHAR fae AN eat per ‘mile for each and every mile so complet of sha Nol ar Platte td beige ¢ to the termination of the ed les westward from Omaha, and $19,500 per mile 10 cost of the North Pinte River bridge for each and ines mile le between. the 100th meridian and the west ‘ort atte River, as hereinbefore referred oan nts to be made as the work progresses, on the Routh ly estimates of the engineer in charge ot the work, and that material delivered or in transit may bo est! mated when the same has been pani ped for account of ‘the company. DURANT, Agent. New Yor, Nov. 10, 1866, Thereby accept the above. BOOME:! Thereby become pereneiy sebjooalbte ‘for the Day: ment to you of the al THOS. C. DURANT. ‘The within contract may be terminated by giving ine ten days’ notice, in writing, and the payment, according tothe worms thereof, ti esa, may ‘be due for wor! tformed and mater! furnishes al 1. B, BOOMER, ART NOTES. -A number of pleasing but not remarkable pic- tures, the property of Walter Manton, of Provi- dence, R. I., were exhibited last week at the Lea- vitt Art Rooms, HOW THE CONTRACT Me Boy i pe) 1884. Whereas H. M. Hoxie, Ei ¢ the” seees ot kat has certain’ contract, bearing a7 ‘the the Sth aioe! 1964, tor the constraction Union Pacific, Railroad many, which: soctrast the sald B Fa to 'rhom: Eag.. of th as of Bop! day of fort & undersigned, said contract » to spective names, depositit the hands of sald Thomas 0. Durant, twenty five ve yer centum, in cash on the interest so subscribed. hereto agree one with the other that should. deceatt he mae in payment of, he halanee of the interest #0 sub- scribed as reqnired, the party sodefaulting shall entitled to any further interest in suid contract # Sart Ride tain trast far ic Garena oe Bio wt the amou! bi for the carrying out o: this contract shall be $1,600,000 Bushnell, 000 ; it, ry i syiearesnient Sty ‘the Soth ich assignment is agreement: Now, therefore, inereby ‘agree to extent Thomas C. Durant, $600,000; Gharles A. Lambard, "$1000, rs McComb, $100,000 i. W. Gray, ae., de, THE Bator ste 18 A COPY OF THE FINAL TRANSFER OF THE HOXIR CONTRACT TO THE CREDIT MOBILIER OF AMERICA:— Memorandum of @n agreement made the 16th day of March, 1863 between the, Credit Mobilier of America, a corporation orginized under the lawa of the State o Pennylvania, of one part, and Herbert M, Hoxle, of tne other part Vhereas, by certain Writings hereto annexed and form- partof these presents, a contract has been made by nd between the Union Facifle Railroad Company and Bald Hoxie ; ‘And whereas, Said Hoxie has partly performed the me ; Now, in consideration of the premises and of the mu- tual grants and agreements herein contained, the parties to these presenta rant, and agree as follows Baid Credit oo lier agrees to execute to compan: a guarantee of the performance of said Sontraat by ata Hoxie, and also to ao to said Hoxie all ‘ances of money which may be L peshgmest to provide and. pay for labor, mate: services and all other expenses and charges in the construction vd ‘the prensa a soemeee ot sald contract on said ‘to provide for, secure and obtain all cubect tal steck reatired | by suid ‘contract tro ead aa to and hereby does Credit obilie® His his said company securities, stocks, moneys, hang tae and PAY; nee oh oF to become due for const pprormance of sald contract “upon, said ‘hoses ‘8 pau Pi for ait work done and materials furnished, as seepent dys eee of the engineer or settlement ade it December | nd he hereby Appoints sa said Credle Mobilier his lnwiut attorney irrevocably, to collect and receive for thelr use all the matters band ngs so asalgne And for the acter securing enid Credit Mobilier against being made cnn aga on sald guaranty by any detault of said Hoxie,and against any loss of the mattors and things above assigned, Hoxie hereby ay Sepeinee said Ore it Mobilier his law: taiorney ree ‘cal fo name, consti- tute, employ and at their pleasure remove al beg hn m4 sub-agents which said Credit Mobilier dovthe Busines sary.or proper to conduct, ye uauece 4 do the caeinees of constructing the railroad, othe ing said Thea mec 80 to be contract, and to pay out afd apply the es aay & he same are to be advanced to | {hg same are to be advance: ransfer to Greait wobilter dere PF cise fond all his rights under the same as collateral security for the performance of sald contract on his art, fst full power HO enforce such ign to said right to have and rocelve from Pledge on default without notice, The said Credit Mobilicr agrees to save sald Hoxie harmless ant indemnffiea Inst all claims under said contract and to pay the Hoxie ere, in cash and $10,000 in the stack of the Union Pacific Railroad Com- pany and to carry out the conditions relating to a con- straction burean ‘asshown by specification hereto an- nexed. Lan witness whereof, said pigypiad Mobiller has pexecyiya iis memorandum under ita seal and si te Presttent, and ait’ Hoxie ‘has. signed ‘ahd. sealed, the same, the day and yar first above wiitien at their agency in the City of New Yor! T, DURANT, President. HOXIE. Witness—B. F. Borgen. THE DAVIS AND BOOMER CONTRACTS. —+—_—_ The following are the Davis and Boomer con- tracts, alluded to and explained by Dr. Durant, tn | his interview with the reporter of the ry RT New Yonx, Nov, 27, i ROAD COMPANY :— GrNTLEMEN—I hand you, Rerewie, & copy of and an assignment of the ga: In Govan on Se ‘the ties eine whole sahet agnignees ] Ames ract—the whole su 0 the a holders of the Union Prine iit aps ey Fone itabsolutely necessary, in order to carry o! onthe Board, to commence work on Tile’ pa fond atonce. The present pete outfit of teams, tools and m: bgp nr means of doing entirely new organization wouid olay that the progtstmne of th company for (he would have been endangered. Should Ph stock hold not sanction the contract you will have to fair arrangement with the trustees of the: Am for the use of their ontfit. On the other h proved, the work can go on under the same organizat as heretofore. Referring the role subject for Te | action, I rematn, very Nepeee yess ©, DURANT, Vice President tod General Agent. ~ P. §.—There having been no meeting of your ‘Bos ted since the date hereof, [ hand 4 reportto zou F Executive Committee. You will percetve Ihave taken the terms of | es Cass 4099 pomsratt ite base, believing that to be | t | A ay es of the stockholders who approy er sald Cor Con. ra 0, THE CONTRACT. es ak, Territory, Nov. 1, ets it Tuomas C. Prtante A ann Or: Agi Sin—l boyd buil St Maccording to the » elfen Hons of the ctmade by your company with Oakes Am ‘yon, pach gape road road not embraced in ihenid trast ¥) sate upon the con- d terms embraced in sald contrac for the pro ne fe pri mle ‘acco! ing othe amount Of work to be done, which ri manner as ie git ow hoard shal de eter Lof all the stockholders of ieeepeeralore Vice President aud | ASSIGNMENT. engineers of in 5 mt You aren, Noy. 6, 1888, Know all men by these presents th W. Da avy consideration of $1 lawtu FoF the Uuited States’ to mein hand paid, and for rather considerations to me satisfactory, do hereby assign, trapeter and set over to Oliver Ai nox Durant, John bn Dug | sydney Dil- Jon, H. 8. Me B. Bates af i, tras. teed for the stockholders of tive a, ee “Raltrond Company, the eoutract made wi tion of thete road, dated November he same ag trustees aivrosaid. at ave nnd to hold PoP A At Allen B. Miner & Bro.’s new Art Galleries, 35 Union square (west), a private collection of pictures and English water colors, comprising examples of artists of Frénch, Belgium, English and American schools, were sold at auction last Tharsday and Fri day evenings. Among the artists represented were Sonderman, Carl Hubner, Schultze, Brion, Diaz, Calame, Isabey, Von Seben, Reyntjens, DeBeul, ‘Von Mullen, Kuwasseg, Vilomot, Sidney, Percy, Yon Hove, William Hart, Shattuck, Whittridge, V. Nehlig, Guy, T. L. Smith, Gilbert, Stuart, Bierstadt, 8. Colman, E. L. Henry, Blondell, W. M, Brown, Haye: 4 Clarke. Mr. Frank Waller has tssued invitations to his friends to examine some pictures at his studio, 806 Broadway, from noon to five o'clock, to-morrow and Thursday. Last Thursday evening quite an extensive array of pictures, some of them by our best artists, adorned the reception rooms of the Union League Club, Among artists present were Hicks, Tiffany, Eastman Johnson, Fagnani, Wordsworth Thomp- son, Dolph, Holberton, Bradford, Waller, Jensen, Lazarus, Shattuck, Cropsey and Walter Brown. Mr, Vincent Colyer and Mr. Olyphant, the ex- ecutors of the late John F. Keénsett's pictures, are arranging ale ofthat lamented artist's works, The collection is so large that five nights will be occupied by the sale. The whole series is offered for $20,000, and the sale will take place the middle of March, in the large hall of Association Building, On the evening of Tuesday, January 28, the an- nual sale of pictures contributed by the members of the Artists’ Fund Society for the benefit of the fund will occur at the Somerville Art Gallery. At the residence of Mr. J. L. Cowan, 224 East Fortieth street, @ decided novelty may be seen. We refer to the “Interior of a Synagogue,” by the Hugarian artist Hartog. The picture has just arrived in the country, having been imported by Mr, Cowan, and was unpacked only a couple of days ago. It was exhibited fer @ long time in Lon- don an justly excited much comment and ad- miration there. The scene represented is the in- terior of @ Polish synagogue during the annual Feast ofthe Great Past. Those who are accustomed to the gorgeous magnificence of some of eur Jewish | magogues will scarcely be prepared for the rude- ness and dilapidation of me Polisn interior. The Walls are in @ state of unrepair, and a few handfuls of straw alone conceal the nakedness of the pai ment. The time is evening, and the synagogue is | dimly lit by insuMcient lamps. In the corner on the left slumbers @ tarrying boy-chorister, and in the background to the mght may be discerned the figure of a rabbi praying, and of the High Priest, clothed accordll ding to the Hebrew ceremonial upon such an oc yin the white robe in which he expects to De "puried. ‘Three figures occupy the middie of the picture. These are rabbies, reading from one book, and all robed in the tallas, embroidered on the edge and folded over the head. In all these faces the Jewish type of feature is finely Pe as ed, yet very cley variegated. There isa fine feeling of sombrene: and gloom in the picture, and the sentiment ot awe, religious ecstasy and abstraction is power- folly expressed. The Feast of Yum Kipour is evidently not suffering from having ail its religious Bre lost {n ‘7070 in a lonely | ‘olish house of worship. The picture will probably soon be exhibited in a more public Place. BROOKLYN'S NEW CHARTER, | What the Committee of One Handred Propose for the Action of the Legisla- ture. The Committee of One Hundred have been con- sidering, for some time past, the best means of providing a better system of government for the City of Brooklyn. Their meetings have all been held with closed doors. About a week ago they appointed a sub-committee from among their num- ber to draft a pian of @ new charter—one which ‘would embody their views of responsible municipal Management. The labors of the sub-committee have been concluded. They w'll present the pian at the regular session of the Hundred, this being the result of their deliberations, The main points of the draft of the proposed charter are in brief as follows:—It is proposed to invest control of the city government in the executive officers. These latter are the Mayer, Comptroller and one head of the Denes Siant of Streets, Water and Sewerage, Heads of ile tonne are to be appointed by the Mayor, with the concurrence of the Common Coun- | Ctl. The chie(s of each of the following departments are to be appointed by this power:—Coliector of Taxes, Law Department, Treasurer, Polic: e, Health, Parks, Fire and Superintendent of Butld- ings, Eaneation, Maps Surveys and Repairs, The five county towns—Flatbush, Flatiands, Gravesend, New Utrecht and New Lots—are to be merged into wards and incorporated with the city, thereby ex tending the jurisdiction of the city over the count and doimg away with the expensive machinery of county government, The project of last Winter is to be carried into effect. The Board of Super- visors if to be abolished. Their business is to be incorporated with that of the Alder. men. One salary is to compensate both; the salary will be $2,000, It is also pro- posed to increase the salaries of the heads of de. | partments. The Aldermen are all to be elected at | one time, instead of half the number cach alter. nate year, as is now the case, Their term is to be for one year instead of two, The object of this charter is to concentrate the powers now vested in the various commissions in a sae head, Who will be answerable for the strict utility and eficiency of his department. for | that event was fully determinea upon the Queen ceremonial by being celebrated | NEW BOOKS. 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Benjamin Gregory’s *Memoirs’’ and published by George Routlege & Sons, The story of Walter Powell’s life is interesting to all who look with admiration upon the practical piety and philanthropy of a busy man of business, “Diligent in business, fervent in spirit, se#ving the Lord,’ is the motto of the work. We find the name of L. P. Brockett, M. D., upon the title page, a suficient proof that the only thing in the book which is original is the unapt title. Mr. Henry C. Carey, to whom is to be accorded the distinction of being the most earnest as well as the most eminent political economist of the time, has just published @ new volume on “The Unity of Law as Exhibited in the Relations of Physical, Social, Mental and Moral Science.” The work is one of the most thoughtful and it is likely to prove one of the most useful contributions to political economy which its author has yet made. | It is mot a book devoted to a hobby like protec- | tion—a principle of which Mr. Carey has proved | himself an able advocate—nor is there any at- tempt to combat the free trade views of Mr. John | Stuart Mill, Controversy isa part of Mr. Carey’s | nature, but he controverts the great English philo- | sopher on higher grounds than these, and while | admitting by implication at least that political sclence has not advanced since the publication of Adam Smith's ‘Wealth of Nations,” he earnestly protests against Mr. Mill's idea that it | reasons from assumptions and not from facts. In- cldentally many interesting points are discussed as the effect of centralization of power in | this country and the application of that terrible | word “proletariat” to the laboring classes; but | the main purpose of the work ts to find definitions for the terms used in political economy that shall be fixed and determinate in their meaning. Whether he has succeeded in this task remains to be seen from the acceptabiiity of his definitions among political and social economists. “Love is Enough,” Mr. William Morris’ latest poem, has just come from the press ef Roberts Brothers, Boston. It is the story of King Phara- mond, a king whom uothing but love might satisfy ; who threw away his power and left his kingdom to find Jove, and having found it, found also that he had enough though he lacked allelse. Itis told “by way of a morality set before an emperor and em- | press newly wedded,” and though this framework | for what is really the poem is awkward and cum- brous, Mr. Morris is so thoroughly @ poet that even when he ig least artistic in the machinery by which | he tells A tale that our hearts hold worthy and good Of Pharamond the Freed, who, a king teared and hon- Fled Piivay, to find love, irom his crown and his folk, | he seldom fails to make his verse poetic. The lyries seattered throughout the poem are, some of | them, exquisite love songs, and the absence of imile, in which so many imaginative poets in- | dnige, is at once the bone and marrow of English | id the essence of imagination. Occasionally there | @ traces of Mr. Movris’ earlier work, and any | one familiar with “The Earthly Paradise’ would recognize the hand and the metho@ of treatment. In ali that he has yet done there is poetic charm rather than poetry, the diffusive light and sweet- | | ness of the dawn rather than the power of the mid- | day sun. His verse is often ‘warm, with sunshine | | gone away ;” but the poet never tells all that he | | feels, though his poetry always seems to say, with I | King Pharationd, | That our lips, as they part, may remember the glory. Lee & Shepard will publish during the week a | philosophical work by David H. Hamilton, D. D., entitled “Autology: An Inductive System of Men- tal Science.” The design of the work ts to vindi- cate the manhood of man, the godhood of God and | the divine authorship of nature. The American edition of the “Memoirs of Baron Stokmar” will be published this week by Lee & | Shepard, of Boston. Stockmar was not # man of world wide Jame, but few men of nis time were so intimately associated with the history of European | States or knew 80 many of the secrets of European courts. He was originally a German doctor, and owed his futare position, such as it was, to the chance acquaintance and friendship of Prince Leo- pold, afterwards King of Belgium. He was nota | | statesman or a diplomatist, and stood in a relation | somewhat above that ofan upper servant and con- siderably below that of a friend to King Leopold, | and alterwards to Queen Victoria and the Prince | | Let us speak, love, together some word of our story, | | and, sometimes, of independent words. for all that. On heraccession to the throne he was some- thing like a private secretary to the Queen, for some months his mission in England being to ne- gotiate the marriage with Prince Albert. After sent him to cart the young fellow over Europe till she got ready to marry him. Then Stockmar came back to see that the Prince might get more money from Parliament than he needed, and left the record that Prince Alberts only grief in not get- ting as much as he expected was in the fact that he could not give it away to poor artists | handed). and savants, But Stockmar's negotiations conld not hasten the marriage of a Queen who was {2 no hurry to marry, and Her Majesty’s rather unfortu- Mate medical examination into Lady Flora Hast- Ings’ honor did more to bring about its consumma- tion than the Baron's insinuating wisdom. Of course @ man having such @ vantage ground of gossip kept a diafy and wrote letters addressed to other people, but really to himself. Excerpts from these letters and from his diary form the attractive features of the “Memoirs.". The book is really very interesting, because it tells many things which many people did not. want told, and the Baron's opinions of some English statesmen, particularly Wellington and Paimerston, are so free and uncon- strained as to be exeeedingly juicy. The latest contribution to almanac literature is George W. Childs’ “Philadelphia Ledger almanac.” We have received @ cartioad, for which many thanks. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. poe The “Twolve Temptations” is to be produced at the Bowery Theatre this evening. A strong cast and excellent appointments are promised, Dan Bryant is still playing ‘That Practical Joke,” which, by the way, is @ practical joke that Ought never to have beon played at all, and would not bave been had there mot been murder in the ‘Tne Park Theatre, in Brooklyn, was reopened on Saturday evening, after a week devoted to reno vating it. The company from the Fifth Avenue Theatre will perform there during: the week, in “False Shame” and ‘Married Life,” The famous tonor, Brignoll, seems to be as well understood in Europe as here, A correspondent of the Swiss 7imes, writing from Milan, says; in a strangely naive way, that the indisposition that recently prevented the tenor’s appearance at La Scala was “in no way connected with throat or voice.’ Yet, to judge from the oft-recurrence of the malady, it must be organic. Miss Le Clereq’s engagement at the Globe Theatre, Boston, closed 62 Saturday night, and “Pygmalion and Galatea” gives place to “The Ticket of Leave Man,” in which Mr. W. J. Florence is to play Bob Brierly—a part with which his fame as an actor is most intimately identified. Miss Le Clercq’s Galatea ‘was an excellent performance, but the pecullar twist in her nose is not after the Grecian order. Miss {sabella Brash, an American young lady, made her début in opera on the 15th ult. at the Teatro Pagliano, in Florence. The opera was Bellini’s “Romeo and Juliet.” The young lady, who is described as being very handsome, ‘seems to have disarmed the critics, Beyond saying that her voice, though exquisitely sweet, ts not pow- erful, all of them praise her performance. “Africa,” having been played with success at the Theatre Comique, is soon to be followed by a new piece, *‘America,” and a play of the same kind called “Spaniards” is also promised, The reputa- tion of this theatre has much improved under the present management, and it could be still further elevated, without destroying its variety character, by making these closing comedies, as we may call them, for want of a better name, of a higher order. The season of opéra bouge in tnis city was brought to a close at the Olympic Theatre on Saturday, when “Les Brigands” was again per- formed. The company leaves tne record that without Mile. Aimée it would have been an utter failure, her good singing, piquancy and vivacity saving it from that fate. M. Juteau will be remem- bered as a singer without anything but Intention and an actor of respectable acrobatic attainments. M. Duchesne, who is nearly as remarkable as the Pere Duchesne that Camille Desmoulins edited in the days of the French Revolution, has our sincere sympathy in his present condition of velce and figure. Of the rest silence is kindness. A movement for low prices is about to be made by the Olympic Theatre which is exceedingly praiseworthy in every aspect. Believing that full houses at popular prices will yield a greater return than under the old system of exclusion from the theatre wrought by high charges for general ad- Mission and reserved seats, the management has determined to cut down the former one-halt and the latter to ity cents. Consequently “stand- ingroom” in the Olympic will cost but fifty cents hereafter and reserved seats may be had for $1. Admission to the family circle will be only thirty cents. It required courage to inaugu- rate this new policy; but its success, which cannot be doubted, will compel a reduction of prices at all our leading places of amusement. It 1s only neces- sary to prove that as good an entertainment can be given at a lower scale of prices to make the ex- ample of the Olympic generally acceptable. “Atherley Court,” Mr. John Brougham’s new Play, has been running a week at the Union Square Theatre, drawing good houses. It is very happily put upon the stage, and ‘everything which decora- tion and the strength of the company can for do it | has been done. But the heavy atmosphere of crime which hangs over the piece cannot be lifted sum™- ciently to make it an attractive comedy. Of the acting we can speak in heartier terms, if notin unqualified praise. Mrs, Clara Jennings, as Elsie, the wife of Viscount Lynton, plays very weil, but fails to invest the simpler character of Elsie, the farmer’s daughter, with the emotion incident to the part. Mr. Mark Smith makes a hearty Farmer Grace, but Miss Plessy Mordaunt’s ideal of what & farmer’s wile ought to be is unlike anything that ever was seen ina kitchen. Mr. E. Lamb’s Luke Sharp differs little from the other parts he has | played this season. The best bit of acting in this Play, as in ‘“‘Agnes,” is the slight but skilful touch Mr, Mackay gives to the picture. As the imbecile and forgetful Earl of Atherley hé ts exquisite, and Miss Emily Mestayer’s Countess is worthy of com mendation, “The Alhambra,” a new spectacular, comic play, Will be brought out at the Olympic Theatre this evening. The managers announce that*it is “a spectacular legend,” whatever that may be. The story of the play is that of Washington Irving’s “Legend of the Three Beautiful Princesses,” and about this has been woven a border of fairy influ- ences and burlesque humor. The legend, as told by Irving, is of the three beauteous daughters of the Moorish King Mohamed El Hayzari (the left- At their birth the fates provide that they shall pass their lives before reaching the Plenitude of womanly beauty in calm happiness, but when some of the dark-hued knights of their father's court should desire them for wives they would, under the potent influence of love for three Christian knights, desert the palace for homes among the Christians, Every endeavor is | made by the King to render ineffective the ordain- ment of the fates. When approaching the periods of danger to their hearts from the white-brewed cavallers, the Princesses are shut up in a castic and not allowed to emerge from it. But, alas for all precautions! The King, returning from war, brings with him, as prisoners, three Christian knights, whom he unwittingly puts to labor in the garden of the Princesses’ castie. The result, of course, is unhappy for the King. Love disregards the rough garb of the laborers, and the Princesses elope with them. Out of such material, with proper dramatic garniture, a good spectacular play | can be made, andif “The Alhambra” has any merit itis sure of @ “good rum.’? THE INTERNATIONALS ON NAPOLEON, Diseussion at the C o Yesterday on the Death of the Ex-Emperor. About forty members of the International Society of the city met yesterday, in the afternoon, at the Casino, in pte tot street, es foal action on the the late oemne rote a condition of that countr, ‘The was Consort. He’ was )corsulted ‘by royalty pretty’! warmi diacusved, and the administration of Presi much as old Anthony Chuzzlewit consulted his stilt | dent Thier ulogined 1 ina be ot pa! edt b 0 q older head clerk, that he might chuckle and sp- | The general Opinion Teg ing oP any disease, | prove. But he was a man of independent views, bs deter w governinent Was partially ated he himeelf, as @ Frenchman anda Bo- eee ‘was considered @ benefactor to ns coun- and’ race in many special ways. Three ra ing parties or factions were pointed out— namely, the republicans, the Bonapartistss| and the Bourbons—either of. which, it was thought, must eventually prove great sources of dissension and injury tothe Republic. The Republic would continue to prosper under ion but after his demise there was no hope of a 1 administration, The French heart had Rather @ leaning for royalty which must eventually revail, No conclusive arrangements for ¢xpress- tox bball public sympathy with the mourners of wares in was arriv f.3 The Lntey and of no very grave importance under stances, was briof circum COUNTING THE COST. Comptroller Green’s Financial Statement for 1873. Appropriations To Be Reduced if Possible. Two Million Bollars Stricken Off the Amount Called For to Meet the Expenses of the Year. The Comptroller Sounding His Own Praise. The Public Debt Increased Seven Millions and a Quarter in 1872 Over 1871. The following financial statement has been re- ceived by the Mayor from Comptroller Green:— Orrr or. aay Yorx, raat Orch or NT a } To the Hon. W. F. HavEMEy: = ‘Sin—Some days must iy el before the Cute reports ofthe condition io nce saci ays the Finance rep De; erpant can be bom Itis Sm pOEtAnae for ny prompt and regular transac- tion of the ‘and of other departments that rey Hate ry tclay. wi mega shot be had without ennene ney Tc You aro # aware tha e cers for the city ae t appropriate the amount of taxation for 18 belore the lst day of December last. of a He beg ee ~~ mad the toial amount of taxation for 1873 as tol- Or or Hi ton city y and iy de! 1 For peecentios & jon of rely and county de! For city purposes. For coun’ Lia estimated at.. + $35,559, <heine ‘a tate of 3.38 per cent’ on’ the” ‘taxabie valuation The appropriations for 1873 were made by thesame officers ag followsi— Bem ing nigh’ part ment or Pabite Ps Bepartmont of Bu dings. Polics pil 3,200,638 3,148,800 Polis . 10,500 10,500 Depotiment or Pubic tnatsuction.-.. $9980 - 8,100 College of the City of New York... Ek Fire Bepartmnent Cleaning Fourth & ayenue 2 iiiprovemenit ments ..,.. jaries Judiciary and ot! Miscellancous purpose. Sal ries, emote Salaries, judiciary. galaries, gisiative ms, Feformutories and charl- aun le institutions. Total amount, county REG: Total estimate, city Total estimate, county. ey can be and ought to DS Fete Btate fazation for 1873 is H ibecd than that of 1872 ¥ $4,016,703 43, and by reason of this excess taxation in this city will be so heavy eA pectd effort should be made to reduce expenditures where they can be reduced with- pus +> eg Sh the public safety, comfort and conven- jen To effect this legislative authority must be secured for the same or some other officers to refix the rate of taxa- on and to make fresh appropriations of the moneys of Instances excessive, and that reduced. The acts under whicn the ie Bppeepiations have already been made (chapters 573 of 1871) are carelessly framed and omit some most important provisions, such, for instance, the power to transfer appropriations when belt 78 he year one 18 found to be excessive and another deficient, also the power to transter towards re- duction of taxation in 1873 balances ef appropriations re- maining unexpended of the year 1872. Action on this subject is necessary before much time passes, as the departments will Imrnedintely proceed to make expenditures on the basis of existin, excessive appropriations already allotted, and we shall have the remaining pape of the appropriation upon wi me to effect redact: I have caused an examination to be made of the ac- counts of this cepetceens for the purpose of ascertain- ing the cost of the government of the city and county Be the year 1871, the year in yhiok = ebesstions, of the pirators against the city ai culmi- nated, and it appears bec white the taxation for 1871 was ited 2 ed to fp pel rcenton the valuations of as year ($1,076,253, 633), in addition to the excess of the Sta jax Ray the actual expenditure of the oy and county for 187i, excluding obligations, amounting ‘to up- FAT of $1,837,000. yet unpaid, and estimated ‘at, say 500,000, but not incfuding any expenses of new Works, equalled te ot 3.869 per cent on the valuations of 1871, being: 589. x tures of the year 1872 are less than 28 Par Aver centon the aamie valuation of showing ‘a reduction of 1872 from 1ari of. 5,057,788 ‘A just comparison, however, of the expendi: tures of the year 1871 and 1872 requires that there should be added to the reduction above stated the following items, which are eluded J the expendivures of 1872, and not in 1871, to Fird—bxcom of State tax 1872 over 1871, Second—Excess_ of interest on city and ‘obligations 1872 over 1871............. Third—Amount paid and estimated to be paid for Fourth avenue seaproverseny and otber purposes unknown in Total......++ seeevees Thus showin; 4 ‘a tair comparison that expenses of 1872 were less than 1871 b; 8,733,866 The following is, a statement of the city and count} debt as it was on 3ist December, 1871, and i as it C4 Sist December, 1878, showing the real as well a api increase and cause for the same, and with memor: gf and for what accounts the debt has been increased :— Debt pay’ ‘able by— 1871, Increase, Sinking fund. $22,319,216 $24,160,663 $1,341, Taxation 180.002 "39,625,502 4,445) County deb 239,300 20,987,406 "748 Totals 608 $93,773,659 ‘Temporary city ii Dimi etd % fevenuue bonds, city. 479, Revenue bonds,eounty "S400 __Sosrih bint 103,561,708 $115,815,229 ta ize * The followi: On the fuided debt of the city and county docks, $1,000 00 , 008 1 ee the asury ‘cated 'd by Supreme ‘oure (see chapter 444, Taws ~—_ County Court if 140,200 a ‘ro 600,700 Riot damages. 7,208 I. ‘97,230,! Less stock and bonds paid off in’ 1872. "696,063 if funded debt. ON On Ton rary Del er Acsomrment reine ents = Se ee ” ‘asyossme: ite 16 ecole ted in wholeor fn pars Less amount paid on on 187i me increabe in tine pe ormoant of Fevenite bonds uM ot 1871, U on y the Lows bad amonnt ‘ot bends be issued Th sel ease ry yi af as al 1872 and revenne OTE a, : 99 995 Total... Yours, resp pectfully, REW H. oson srr Comptroller. ASAD TEMPERANCE LECTURE. Frozen to Death in ® Coach. William Whelen, a young man, twenty-four years of age, of intemperate habits, without a permanent home or the necessary means of support, hasbeen employed about the stable 218 Mott street for some time past, performing such menial labor as was required of him when sumiciently sober to do so, On Saturday night Whelen was mach inebriated, and having no other place to go, asked permission of James Slavin to sleep in his coach, which stood in the stal Slavin kindly consented and Whelen took pr ssion of the irigid lodgings, and nothing more was seen of him tilt about ton o'clock yesterday morning, when he was discovered lying dead in the coac! he undoubtedly having frozen to death during tue night. The relatives of deceased tn East Broad. way, With whom he had not been on friendly terms, were duly notified of his death, and will taka charge of the romains alter Uoroner Kexsler oud ga iagucst,