The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1873, Page 5

THR ERIG INVESTICATION. | Mr. Wm. M. Tweed and His Little INFLUENEING LEGISLATION AT ALBANY, A Sam of $131,000 Paid to the Boss for Legal Disbursemente—How the Money of ‘the Shareholders Was Squandered. ‘The Erie Railway Investigating Committee re- sumed yesterday morning, at ten 0’clock, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. All the members of the com- mittee were present, My, Babcock in the chair. W.. Archdall 0 >) W.. d..Beach, Mr. Archer, Mr. Barlow @ number of other promi- ment persons who formerly had connection with the ‘Brie Ratlway were in attendance, and from their Sppearance it was evident that the session would beone of unusual interest, Those who expected this were not disappointed, as the facta divulged Were of the most startling character. The bill paid to William M. Tweed, $131,000, for legal ser- vices, produced a deep sensation, as itisa new feature in the revelations of Erie. ij O. H. P, Archer was the first witness sworn. He testified as follows:—I was a Director of the Erie lway prior to March, 1872; I was also Vice Pres- ident; I ceased to be a director in April, 1872; F ‘Was present at most of the meetings of the Board of Directors from January until) April; I waa present at the meeting when the resignations of the old directors were tendered; I did not resign; I do not know of any money having been spent from January until April of that year; there was @ measure before thie Legislature called the’ Pro Rata Freight bili, which ; wad considered disad- vantageous to..the Erie Railway;), ny) @ reso- mation of our Board in, March, I was directed to go to Albany and look ater the inter- ests of the road; I was not aware that I was to con- fer with General Sickles and Mr. Vanderbilt about the measure, though a resolution to that effect ig in the minutes of the Board; I was present ata meeting of the Board the Monday after the resolu tion; the Board, when they asked me to go to Al- bany, gave me no directions; I had no conference with any one as to what I should do; I left the samelafternoon for Albany}. myobject'in going to Albany was to defeat the passage of the bill; when I got to Albany I called upon Mr. Whitbeck, a mem- ber of the Assembly, who was my counsel; he had aiways more or less business of mine on hand; his partner has still business of mine; I don’t know what the particular business connected with real estate was in which Mr. Whitbeck was engaged for me in at the time; I consulted with him in re- lation to the Pro Rata Freight bill; I told him that THE PASSAGE OF THE. BILL ‘would have a bad effect-on the road; I did not ask him to hinder the passage of the bill; I toid him that he might know what the bill was when it came before his House; 1 talked to Senater Tic- mann about the bill; I telegraphed'to Mr. Rutter, our general freight agent, who was in Cleveland, to meet me in Albany; he came, and I instructed him to bpese beiore the Senate committee and testily, and having no further business I returned home; I don’t know 0! any money being paid in Albany; there was none paid by me; I gave Mr. Rutter no specific instructions; I never, made a claim against the Erie Railway for money spent to pro- eure legislation; I made no representation to any Member or director o1 the Erie Railway that I bad Spent money; the first I’ ever heard of $30,000 being spent was since this tee commenced its sessions; I read the statement in the news- oye Thave put in no claim for $50,000 against railroad, and have no knowle of any such claim; I have a comtract with the Erie Rail- way for the freight . trafic; my vouchers for work vary from to time; I have no other bill or claim against the road, except my contract; I don’t know gentleman named A. D. Barber, except by sight; I have seen him in the city; I don’t know his business; I was intro- duced to Abraham Van Vechten for the first time this morning; I have ne knowledge of an being paid to either of these gentlemen; there was = Crp paid up to the time I resigned my posi- m 28 director. To Mr. Wizht—The only occasion on which I visited Albany was the time I referred to; I oe to noother counsel in the matter besides Ar. Whit- beck, except to Mr. Hale; I don’t know anything of the course Mr. detbilt took in connection with the Pro Rata bili;.1saw no members of the Assembly or the Senate, except the ones I referred to; 1 took no part at Albany in connection with the report of the Classification act. ‘To Mr. Stickney—I said nothing to Mr. Parkes about my business in Albany; I may have men- tioned it to him; we were together most of the time in Albany; I merely asked him te ge with me as company; I haa my wile with me; he was well Acquainted with Albany; that was one of the rea- sons why I asked him to go; I don’t know whether he saw any persons in Albany in connection with the bill er not; my object in going to Albany was to secure legislation; my main object.was to bring the general freight agent beiore the cominittee, Mr. Archer at this point got very excited and said he had never bribed any one in his life, and that he would not do it for the Erie Railway or any ether corporation or person. To Mr. Wight—I never spoke to either General Sickles or Mr. Vanderbilt about the bill; Imave a freight contract with the Erie Railway Company; It has been in existence since 1864; Iagree to de- liver the freight at all stations in the State and in New York city; I receive all the ee in New York city and take it over to Jersey City; make A proper classification of it, so that the Western roads have no trouble when it comes to them; I receive for freight that comes to New York forty cents per ten, on grain sixty cents, and on freight that goes to warehouses seventy cents per ton; there have been no changes made im the contract since Mr. Gouid left; the gross receipts of the last hall year under this contract were about seventy- four thousand dollars; the net profits to myself for the past year I cannot state; I don't think I havea right to tell what my protitsgand losses are; that is private business; my contract is for the good of the Erie Railway; there HAS BEEN NO PAULT FOUND by President Watson with the terms of my con- tract; I could furnish you with a statement of my business for 1872, but you have mo right to ask it; by the terms of the contract the contract can be terminated at sixty days’ notice; I don’t want the business if I can’t do it cheaper than the Erie Rail- way; the Pro Rata bill, if it passed, would have affected my business; I would have had less to do; I suppose I had a personal interest in defeating the bill; except you insist upon me producing my count I will net do it; 1 have already furnished a statement to President Watson; statement ‘Was not presented in an official capacity. To the Chairman—If the contract terminated te- day I don’t think the work could be performed at @ less rate; if the aes 4 think they can do it cheaper let them do 80; there was no cendition when I resigned that this contract was to be ex- tended; I resigned unconditionally; if you have a legal right to ask for a written statement for 1872 I Will furnish it; if not I object. The Chairman—The committee think they have the right, and would like the statement produced. Hvidenge continued—I received no sum to re- sign; Ireceived nothing for that purpose; I re- ceived $40,000 to indemnify myself for any action I might take in connection with the Erie road and the change; there were various responsibilities devolving upon me; the change of presidents re- aired some demanity ; we had been trying to get & board for some time; there was an executive meeting held on the Friday morning before the change; Mr. Gould calied the executive meeting, and adjourned the meeting without our consent; we protested, and Mr. Gould said, “I have ad- Journed the meeting,” and leit. Q. What has that to do with the $40,000, A. We made a change of Presidents; the meney was paid to me in March; I consulted with Mr. Lane relative ‘to the amount; alse with Mr. Thom 3 lunder- stood the m came from Mr, ies; I don’t mean to say I received $40,000 to resign; it re- quired me, as vice President of the road, to call the Board ppeetngs I received the money for ser- vices rendered ; t tj services were in connection ‘with the changes we made Mr. Gould resign and elected General Dix in his stead; the $40, was id for my services that night; my interests were danger and By life also; I would not have stayed in the build! yey night with all the Troughs that were in it for $300,000, Mr, Archer was very severely hapteeses, by Mr. Stickney, Bann several times lost his temper during his examination. Bird W. Spencer sworn—I reside at Be in Passaic; I am in the employ of the Brie Railway, in the treasurer's department; 1 was in that de- partment in March last; the entries in the book i, 4 pagal you, f Cymer Nog ae Failroad, are andwriting ; rticu- tarly under ‘tne direction of the Assistant Treas- Urer. (Witness here read a set of entries. “Cash credit for expenses— ‘W. M. TWEED, $35,000; bee $75,000; same, $21,000; A. Van Vechten, $5,000; A.’ D. ‘Barber, $4,000; Van Vechten, $2,500, nd Barber, $600.") ’ ‘Idon’t know what services these gentlemen rendered; Mr. Tweed was a Sena- tor at the time; the entries were made by drection of Mr, Justin White on the 11th of March; these exe penditures were made by the old board. Justin D, White sworn—i held the it 1872; 1 was also a director; Barber; I have seen nim the office of Gould several times; I never had any Aim myoelt; Lthing Ihave seen Mr. Van Vechten money in Mr. Gould's office; Mr. Tweed was @ director atone time; I don’t know what the occupation of Mr. Barber is, furtuer than he is @ lawyer; I be- Neve Mr. Van Vechten is g lawyer also; | know ing about thei 3 company bave the company; business of the 31 ever appearedin any t because Sothind tein Pt don't ehow that inte app for com] 3] presume they ered they were paid Yor legal services; Mr, Tweed had been in serge peoringetdiny ty ag sums; $131,000 was entered as being paid to Mr. Tweed for services on the 11th , 1872; Mr, Tweed was” @ Senator at the time; I thought THE SUMS PAID TO MR, TWEED R were large; it excited some attention; the SEES cere te pam he 0 a do at Albany; rhea heard” the had a fol some. services in not know that Mr. weed was paid for one paymen' 21,000; I rece: Bye resolution my position; I had a kind of unde! ding previously that 1 was tore- ceive compensation for resigning; that waa all , Lane said to me; Mr. er lel, to me the Friday previous and told me I calied upon to e action in the change; resiging my tien I would Ny 1088 1¢5, said he no compensation ‘Offer me; | went to.my desk on ti ‘com 4 morning and found that we were, $209,000) arrears; I attended the meeting of the Board, and aiter tho meeting Mr, Gould came to me ;and said, “You have felleved me from the greatest respon- my life; Ithen understood that t ite iy was disposal ; the float debt oft! company mu tAeY uate a very large, and the only were ip cash; 1 sented a statement to this effect at the first, meat. el al rst \e4 ing of the new'| pine dtvidend whic Ww declared on. the ; common stock Was made while) I ‘was still in Wea al the. Koad T was not pres- ent at the meeting w! the resolution was 1d @ dividend should be declared; Ihave, ta dividend should be declared, but not fr one connected with the management o: he road; I think there was no solid ground for de- Clanng a dividend; from my estimate made from theJst of December to the 1st of March I founda that on the latter date we should be ‘A MILLION OF DOLLARS j deficient ; t.eatimate came out about right; the company had suffered heavy losses by fire in the Fall; they had built new cars and locomotives and had Increased the facilities of the road, and all tits required alarge amount of money; the amount of the dividend on the common, stock came from Eu- Sata Sars ley cus a te ol Of Ousan a consolidated ponda in the hands of Bischoffsheim & Co, ; the financial statement of the company made on h_6 of this year proved that my idea of the dividend was right} 1{ the company showed that they had increased the rolling stock, they would be,en- titled to have the amount paid out of the sale of the bonds; it would be possible to charge expenses of repairs) construction account; I was.sur- prised at th idend; I would not have paid it Inyself; the ridend was not, I think, declared out of the earni of the company; there was no dividend declared previous to this since the year 1865; 1 had uot seen the statement of the Auditor; Ido not see how the dividend could be declared Out of the earnings of the previous six months; I Am at present suspended, awaiting the action of the Board; I received a letter trom President Watson, saying that my services had beceme valueless; twenty-four years’ service in’ the company scarcely justified this action; the pub- licity of the fact that I had received $25,000, Mr. ‘Watson said, tended to impair my services; I as- sisted in the transfer and received $25,000 from Mr. Barlow; I did not know that there was $300,000 sent on here tosecure the change; Mr. Lane told me I was to be asked to resign; 1 did resign and Ireceived the money; I did net know from whom the money came; Bischoffsheim & Co, had not been reimbursed out of the Erie treasury up to the time Iwas suspended ; they have withheld an account in their statement of a certain sum which they claim, and no settlement relative to the matter has been j two and a half per cent is not alarge commission for executing bonds when a rail- Toad company is in an embarrassed con tien; I don’t know what amount of intere: was paid upon consolidated bonds last yeai I do not know anything of of Mr, Archer’s profits from his contract; Ido not know whether the contract ts advantageous to the company or not; I have not heard stated that the same work could be done for less money; I have heard that his profits are very large; I have not icular knowledge of what is called the Gould settlement of last year; the treasurer’s depart- ment did not receive specific information on the subject; the first knowledge I had ef the resolu- tion, appropriating Po, 00 for expenses im Albany july last; when a voucher came for $30,000 I did not feel justified in paying it, and submitted it to Mr. Watson, who directed that it should not be paid; [have no knowledge ef how this $30,000 was expended; I know of the Pro Rata Freight bill which was before the Legisiature; but I do not know what the action of the Erie Railway in connection with the matter was; Lhave no knowledge of the claim ef the New York Central, except .what I have derived trom the pers; there was no attempt made to pay Mr. ‘anderbiit the amount; the funds to pay it would have had _ to come ogh my hauds; Ido not know of any disbursements to counsel made by the company in connection with the bill; Mr. Watson did aot know opening of the vouchers, he said, and directed that it should net be patd. ‘To Mr, Beach—I don’t know of any guarantees to the Atlantic and Great Western Railway of con- tracts; the business of the twe companies is en- tirely distinct; there is no different deali with the Atlantic and Great Western and Erie than there is between any other connecting roads. Abraham Van Vechten, sworn—I have received some payments from tke Erie Ratlway Company ; I received one or two amounts of $2,500 each in the early part of last year; all the moneys I received were ior legitimate and legal services; 1am em- ployed as counsel by Mr. Gould; I am, consulted Felative to litigation and many other matters af- fecting the road; I have received in all about $25,000; my residence is in Albany; I keep anofice there and am a lawyer ;:my practice has been large, but is not very large now; I know Mr. William Tweed ; 1 had no business transaction with him; I have never received frem him or paid to him any sums in Albany; I never received any money in connection with him as a Senator; I know Mr. A. D. Barber; [have seen him in Albany fre- quently ; Ido not think he is a lawyer; he gene- rally attends during the Legislature; he looks out for the interests of certain parties who may be af- fected by legislation; I don’t know in what way he does this; I suppose he isin the habit of practis- ing what is called lobbying; by his personal attend- ance he endeavors to affect legislation relative to his own and other people’s interests; the legiti- Mate legal expenses [ have rendered were many; J cannot call to mind what particular suit I was en- gaged in; 1 have never appeared fer the company in any Court, either as atterney or counsellor; my services were not in connection with the Legislature; I can’t call to mind anythi else I am engaged In, besides the Legislature; have kept no register of the suits I was engaged in; Lean’t recollect having received money from the Erie Railway for Mr. Barber; I never received any money for any member of the Legislature; that I swear distinctly; | was asked by General Sickles te take part in some suit, but declined; I have never received amy money te be paid to Mr. Barber to influence lation; as te the receipt en @ bill of the 1ith of March, ‘Received by W. M, Tweed, $35,000—W. M. Tweed, per A. V.,"" I re- ceipted for the meney in Mr. Tweed'’s name; Mr. Tweed was a member of the Legislature then, but the amount voucher, ippose the fact oi man being a member of the Legislature does not neces- sitate that ail his transactions have a connection therewith; I can give no explanation of what the $35,000 was received for; my impression is that the check was merely handed to me to give to Mr. Tweed; I may think itover and find what it was for; I have no definite recellection ef what it was for; I don’t, as I said. before, recollect any suit I was engaged in; I don’t thiok the committee have any right to inquire into my private business; I have appeared before the Le; ture for the Erie Railway Company; I think [ appeared before a committee and made an argument upon the bill for the appointment of receivers of the road; Ldid not appear in the Pro Rata bill; Ihad no connec tion with the repeal of the classification act; I have frequently been down in New York, in consultation with Mr. Sherman; I wouid like te leok at that voucher again; I am a little confased about it; as near as I remember { received about five thousand deliars a year for several years for Jegal services; there is no such firm in Albany A. D. Barber & Co.; the voucher of Mr, Tweed is a mystery to me} Tam sure the money never came to me; if I pat the money to Mr, Tweed it was im the shape of a check to his order ; I was not in the habit of recetv- ing checks for Mr. at that time; Idon’t recollect whether 1 toek the check to Albany or not; I received a number of sums of bee for Mr, Tt from Jay Gonid; I was’ intimate with him; I received the money because I was friendly to him; I sup) the money was for Mr, Barber's own use; We hi COMMON INTERESTS; Mr. Barber was rei services to the Erie Railway Company, and he was paid in this way Thave no knowledge of his bribing members ef the Legislature; I may have heard 80; Mr. Barber used his influence to procure or resist legislation: &@ number of vouchers given to Mr. Barber and Mr. Tweed were paid om the same day; I think the vouchers Were cha’ as cash in the drawer, and a ene was made they were dragged ‘This conctnded the testimony of Mr. Van Vechten, andin gi' it he several times hopelessly foun- dered and pl himseif in a very uneaviable po- sition, His endeavors to account for the Tweed voucher were very amusing, and nia explanation made the matter even worse than it appeared at pod ht. The following 1s a copy of $35,000 Erie Railway Company—To W. M. Tweed, Dr, For legal eimente ae per order J. rae 000, Al AY GOULD, for the President. jompany the sum of for nt. aecou Th M. TWEED, pr. A. V. Paid Mare Erie hallway Company. satis After Mr. Van Vechten had testified » recess was taken until hall-past seven o'clock in the evening. Evening Perambulation of the Com~- mittee to Mr. Lane’s House—How They Managed to Exclude the Press by Strategy. x At half-past seven three members of the com- mittee and the Sergeant-at-Arms were together in parlor G discussing @ missive just received from / Mr. Lane, the former director of Erie. It was an Invitation to them to come’to hts house, No. 1 Kast Forty-second, street, where, he was lying Ul in his bed and unable to go out and go through his ex- amination. The committee looked at this proposition all around with hesitating uncertainty. It was one of those frequent ¢mergencies'when @ question of propriety presents itself which has as many arcu- ments to determine it, in one direction as in ap- other, What puzzied the committee most was ‘whether or No the reporters should ve allowed to accompany them to the private nouse of Mr. Lane. “Of course,” a8 for ives, said 6, ‘th Wished to sqora every iaalltty for’ the publ icauon: of the results ef the investi tien as it progressed ; but they did not know whether their it wouldlike 90 many unwelcome visitors at once and whether It, roper for them ‘to insist that with them- selves m1 the representatives of the press. am Not plain to their acute visions that waen ir. Lane invited the examination of himself by the committee he invited also the publicity which by their appointment was made one of the conditions of their labors, and, therefore, incurred) the ol the press to be present by representation. sought to shift the responsi! of exclading re- porters upon Mr. Lane. himself, who it wi course, ta be supposed would take aay excuse, however inadequate, to defer the publication of his, evidence ior @ length of time saiicient to §. an opportunity to sound the memibers as to wi - ity of making terms of peace for his rn » “if Mr. Lane obfécts to your presence,” said the tat-Arma to & Knot of nenchalant re- porters, “you will have to remain outside —” “But, daid 9 Senator, “we wish you to under- stand that we are willing to give you every facility in eur power for ting the testimony, but in this case we can't help ourselves,” “Will you comsent to have Mr, Lane examined in vate When the investigation was intended by he. ure to be, a publicone, and when se- crecy may ations?” give rise to Very unpleasant insinua- “We can’t help it. We are bound to examine Mr. Lane, and would not go to his house unless we was no other course left us, thought too sick to go out for several days.” ‘The committee thought it possible that Mr. Lane would consent to the presence of the reporters, and they were accompanied by them to the house. Mr, Babcock, the chairmas, first entered and the door closed after him, leaving the group waitin; on the sidewalk. In ten minutes he returned an reported Mr, Lane to be very sick and desiring to 86@ no One out the committee. So only the com- mittee went in, but they did not seem in so doing to feel any reluctance to inflict the terture of an examination upon a man who was too sick to bear the presence of three er four reporters to jot down his testimony. Some portion of it will probably reach the public, but’he who would answer as to what portion might certainly be impugned of rash- ness. OPPOSITION TO THE GILBERT ELEVATED RAILWAY. Meeting of Murray Hill and Sixth Ave= nue Property Owners—Explanations by Mr. Hoyt, Vice President of the Com- pany—A Committee Appointed to Con- fer with the Company. A meeting of the Murray Hill and Sixth avenue property owners who are opposed to the Gilbert Elevated Railway was held at the Harvard Rooms, at Sixth avenue and Forty-second street, last night. Mr. Lucian A. ComsTooK proposed Mr. Edward A. Morrison for Chairman and J. R. Waterloo for Secretary. They were electea. Mr. R. H. HARSELL reported that a committee had called on Mayor Havemeyer, who was supposed to have been opposed to the Gilbert Railway, but found that His Honor was rather in favor of it, Mr. Foster, the President of the railway, had treated the committee very courteeusly and very fairly. He had asked Mr. Foster where the depots would be, and the answer was that they would probably be at the intersections of the wide streets— Twenty-third street, Thirty-fourth street, Forty- second street, &c. He said there would be no noise and the carriage travel would not be afiven from the avenue. THE NOISE WOULD BE DEADENED, 80 that it would not be heard in the houses, and not even in tne street below. The depots would probably be on the present building line of the avenue; they would not project. He asked him if the company did fot intend to run a braneh road to the Grand Central depot. Mr. Foster smiled, and said he had received such a propos tion, but had not entered upon it, leay- ing. them to infer that he might entertain such a@ proposition ‘in the future. e committee were satisfied that there was no point on which they could offer any reasonable resistance to the railway. They suggested to the President that if the road were trausierred to the Seventh avenue some of the gentlemen connected with this move- ment would take some of the stock of this railway. Mr. Foster said that the actien o: the Legisiature would be necessary in order to accomplish this purpose. He (Mr. Foster) recetved the suggestion Tather favorably, but would propably. take no peer in regard to this point. ‘he report was re- ceive’ Mr. C. H. PHetrs reported that the committee had obtained 400 signatures for # remonstraace against the Gilbert Railway. Aimost NINE-TENTHS OF THE PROPERTY HOLDERS of the avenue were opposed to it. The report was received. Mr. CoMsTocK said that he wished it to be under- stood that the murray Hill Association had ex- pressed no opinion on this subject. Although many of the members were present they were not au- thorized tospeak for the Association, but could =“ give their individual opinions. iT. NATHAN C, ELY said it seemed dent that they had no redress, and that their re- menstrances would not amount to much, If there ‘was no possibility ot stopping this work there was no use in meeting at all; it seemed to him that this was periect waste of time, If the Legislature only could undo this, all they could do was to petition the Legislature in regard to this matter. The CHAIRMAN said the question was whether citizens ha@ any rights which a railroad corpura- tion was bound to réspect. They were here rather to aaa information than with a distinct line of policy. Mr. C. H. Prenrs asked Mr. Hoyt, the Vice Presi- deut of the company, Whether there was anything in the charter to PROHIBIT THEM FROM CARRYING FREIGHT or running cars on Sunday? Mr. HoyT replied “No” in both instances and gave alengthy and admirable explanation of the plans of the railway. Mr. Epwarp J. Kina asked Mr. Hoyt whether the cempany would consent to ask the Legistature for @ modification of its charter, removing the road to another avenue, if the property owners of Sixth avenue would subscribe a certain amount of the 6 ok. Mr. Horr said, with a smile, there was no saying how much the property owners ef this other ave- nue would spend in order to defeat such a meas- ure. (Laughter.) This was a grand improvement, and such a compromise would only result in delay. Ph next Fall they intended to give the citizens of lew York rapid transit up to the Park in ten min- utes; by nex' PAID up to the Harlem River, After some further discussion a committee was appointed to confer with the company in regard to some new route ether than Sixth avenue, and the meeting then adjourned. FIRE IN A HOBOKEN PAOTORY, At a late hour on Thursday night fre broke out in Muller's sash and blind factory, in Adams street, near First, and owing to the combustible nature of the materials the atructure was speeplly wrapped in flames. The firemen promptly responded te the alarm, and owing to their efforts the conflagration ‘was confined to the factory. The contents of the Fattoo. were totally destroyed, involving a loss of retty evi- at THE BANK FAILORE AT HEW HAVEN, The Hartford Courant thus refers to the suspen- sion on Wedmesday of the banking firm of E. 5, Scranton & Co,, ef New Haven:— In reply to inquiries a member of the firm stated that the losses of the house had begun shortly after the Boston fire, which depressed stocks and compelled many opera- tors to ge under. Some of these. who had stock at Scranton & Co.'s, were unable to make — their margin, and the house lost heavily, ors that the firm was crippled spread rapidly, and depositors at once commenced to draw. Fee rr umes same + anngd by gy failure of a large operator, who is well knowain connec- Hon ‘with the Credit. Mobiller and Union Paciito ine untry dey anit . who ‘avew ing = countr, si on the itm. Pins "hae been Lg for two or three weeks past, and Weanead: the firm, acting under the advice of ite fricnds, suspended. lcemen were ig, the deors at noon. A statement of the 8 of the bank will be made as soon as possible. Mabtit- ties of the firm are said to be to sence $500, and it is claimed by the bankers that the; tere agsets enough to meet the demand, but were un- able to convert them in' 80 a8 to satiafy the depositors The firm ‘ge number of smail depositors and was very popular. ‘The safe deposit department of the firm it understood does not Jone by the suspension, ART MATTERS. The Kensectt Pictures—Fifth Evening. An andience, comparing favorably with that of any previous evening during the week, convened at Association Hall last night, The opportunity “was the penultimate one in the auction serics, and both the auctioneer and the audience were in sin-! gularly good spirits, This evening will conclude the sale—ane of the most interesting that we.can remem- ber. The following prices were given last night:— Bergen Park, from the Summit, Colorade, $130; October Afternoon, $810; Mullet’s Bay, Lake Cham- plain, $130; Interior, $250; Gold Fishes, $60; Sun- set on the Coast After a Storm, $160; Hudson— View near the Highlands, $170; Landscape, @ com- position, $250; Clear Creck Canyon, Col., $150; Foreground—Study, $65; Beeches in Burnham Forest, England, $90; Passing Shower, $140; ‘Italian Girl, $110; Aling’s Pond, Newport, $870; The Fir Frapomnin Mountains, $160; Morning, 155 tudy of a Head, $35; Ideal Head, 1603 Maye 10; study ot Tasks, ‘ ‘The ‘Seashore, $95; New West Canada Clearing Of, $280 ton, Balls, $510; Prairie, Colorado, $140; Wocky Coast, gio taxe View, #410; Bunsen gio; Bnwenser, ; ol 3)‘Aleep, * Dar Ha Study of a Dog, $25; Second Vencd: Newport, 1.,, $120; Conesus Lake, Geneseo, $180; Forest Brook, $300; The Holy Family, $40; Young Soul tor, $86; Ulewater, $110; Foot’ of the out , Nort DW 1, Hy 3 near Sabac WW Puple Rocks Nahant $304 Winter’. $183 rer, $60; Kit Hill, England, H Trout Brook, Catskilts, Newport Harbor, $370; Landscape Com: lor 120; Woman Sew- ing, $470; Vale of Emid, $100; be el _e Eng- land, $105; Stoke Pogis, $26; Westmoreland and Old ‘tom, from the Hills Back ef Ambfestde, $70; In the Adirondacks, $400; Sunset at Sea. $90 MLS $50; Mount Jefferson, N. H., $55; & Boy, $95; Oaks in the Plata, Genesee, Ni'Y., $150; Mountain Scene in Verm« $130; Lake George, N. Y., Fourteon Miles Island, leoking seuth, $260; Bi at amenoe 4728s Rocks, Conway, N. H 37; Sketch, Catskill, 3 $30; Conesus Lake, Genesee at Fax The dining. Region, Colerado, 3 in the Road to Georgetown, Colorado, $195; A Study, $85; wrenneye $10; Study. at New- Bry R. 1, $105 ists’ Breok, North Conway, N. ., $140; Sky Study, $70; Nahant, $75; Study of Burdocks, $45; In France, $80; Mountain Falls, N. Y., $105; Windsor Castle, $200; Shore Bit, Darien, Conn., $95; Rock Study, $40; The Watchful Pot. $00; ine Rapits, trom Ggat Island, Niagara, $160; tydam Fall, Trenton Fats, $240: Calldren, $70; Morning’ After the Storm, Lake George, $140; On Lake Champlain, $105; Unfinished Sketch of Laxe George, $55; ‘the Rapids, Niagara Palls, N. $35; Falconer, $253 Study ef the Sea Storm, $185; On the Hudson, 180; Narragansett Rocks, $55; Sketch, $22; Black Mountain, Lake Geerge, $150; Meadow, $70; The Widow, $100; Reminiscence ef Ruisdael, $40; Threshing Fleor, Valmount, Volorado; $70; Valley of the Housatonic, $300; Long Island, ort Harbor, R. I., $160; Naoma, $11; ‘ne Lake, $35; Girl and Kitten, Saws: $7 Looking Out te See, $135; Tae Cove, $250; Near Newport, R. 1, $361; Rocky Coast, $200; Entrance to an English Park, 115; Wild Flowers, $65; Aiter a Storm, near Peacedale, Narragansett, $190; Mount Mansfield, Vermont, $410; In the Adiron- dacks, $105; The Picnic Ground, Conesus Lake, near Geneseo, N. Y., $180; Windsor Forest, $100; Almy Pond, Newport, $130, ‘ort, $80; New: Naomi, £10; Clinton Hall This Evening. There is a class of pictures which, without be- ing particularly brilliant, are very legitimate ob- jects ef purchase, and are sought alter by a large proportion of buyers, Whether the paintings ‘which for the last day or two have been on view at Clinton Hall, and which are to be sold at the sales- room there this evening, belong to this category we leave the public to determine. Our duty is:per- formed after we have stated that the sale is te be conducted by the Leavitts, and that the lot con- sists of modern paintings, illustrative, for tie mest part, of American scenery. Among lo- calities illustrated are the Rahway River, the Catskills, Westchester county, the Mudson, Dover Piains, the Passaic, Lake George, Steuben county, the Delaware, the Callicoen, Orange Brook, N. J; the White Mountains, Essex county, Vernal Fall (Yo Semit¢), Orange Meuntains, Conaecticut Valley, Morris ceunty, Delaware Water Gap, Hyde Park (on. the Hudson), the Rocky Mountains, Central Park, the Bronx River, the Susquehanna, the Pleashnt Speedwell, the Alleghany Mountains, Sullivan county, Angler's Neok (Westchester ceunty), Con- eran Point, Ceok’s Mill, N. J, ; Artiste’ Point (Yo mité) and the Mohawk River. Among illustra- tions ef foreign scenes are the Jungfrau, Tuschbach, the Four Cantons, the Great Eueri, Finster Aar- horn, Matterhorn, Lake Thun, Wetterhorn, Lake Aachen, Lake of Wi tadt, Windguelle, Schreck- horn and Wele and Wetterkorn, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. 3 ne One of Tom Scott’s Vassals Again Attacks the Press=The Removal of the State Capital. In the New Jersey Legislature yesterday the only subject that engrossed public attentien was the attempt by Cole, of Camden—Tom Scott's pocket borough—to muzzle the independent press. A resolution drawn up by one Pangborn, of Jersey City, a member of the Tom Scott lobby, was offercd by Cole, but Mr. Carse, the Speaker pro tem.,, de- clared it out of order, The resolution was as fol- lows:— Resolved that this House recomend those Reporters who have been in the habit ot Personally malining and misrepresenting members of this Legislature in their Dorrespondanes, to Emigrate to Delaware where they ean get notice and notoriety they have been so anx- jously seeking here but which this legislature does not deem them of Enough consequence to accord to them by kicking them out The caligraphy of this resolution was equal to its other merits, and the Clerk paused several times in wading through it, provoking laughter on every side, Letson, Patterson and others tried to obtain the floor and resent the indiguity offered te the House, but the Speaker hammered violently and the subject dropped. A resolution of censure on Cole will be imtroduced early next week. The reportof the Senate com- mittee on the resolution to expel the HERALD re- orter from the floor is looked for next Wednes- jay. ‘Tie bill providing for the consolidation of Hobo- ken with Jersey City, aud which passed the Mouse by @ vote of 39 deal of surprise, yet it to pass the Senate. The infamous Jurors’ bill will never become a law. The inconsistency of Senators Stone and Taylor in pasta amend- ments to apply this highly beneficial (?) measure to their respective constituencies, while forcing it on Hudson county, lormed the best argument against the bill. ‘The lollowing is the bill relative to the removal of the State capital from Trenten :— Be itenacted by the Nenate and General Assembly of the Btate of New Jersey, That atthe next general elec- tion in the State ot New Jersey, tobe held on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 1873, it shall be the dut officers of election at every voting place in the cause to be opened a poll for and against the removal of the capital from its present place to some point more central to the population of the State, and every qualified voter of the State at said election.shall be entitled to cast one ballot, which shall be in terms, "For the removal of the capital” or Against the removal and the officers of election shall make caused ~@ good is almest certain turns to the Secretary of 3! re ss in every county and city on said question. nd be it enacted, That the corey of, State shall, a8 soon as the returns are received at his office, make pub- lic an official announcement of the result, and it it shall appear thereby that a majority of all the voters of the State voting at said election have voted in favor of a re- moval of the capital, then the following named to wit, Edward Bettle, Augustus ©, Cutler ai jarcus L. Ward—shall be and as) hereby Lyd! sl Com- missioners on the part of State viduals, towns or Cities propositions or donation of @ suitable site for s new capitol building, and for a Governor's house €nd necessary pub- lic offices, and also for contibutions of money. a in the erection of the same, if Hay, shall be offered; and it shall be the duty of the said missioners to consider all SEE eee ecient be ores sad, fo lay them be- sons fore the next ure of the State as early as tho 10th bMS 1874, with such comments and sugges- the relative advantages of competing places as ations shall justity, be it enact at any act of illegal voting on the art of plier those cl ining, to uch, on the removal, and any act of omission on ee ey or if elect in. faili r refusing to eel tar ited atest Sie Rak ot jaa their im An rt returas of the result, of asia ‘Wi be visited by the same penalties that are im. pay aad on similar acts in the general elections of And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme- diately. THE BULL’S HEAD BANK. The Subscription Lists Still Open. The secretaries of the boards ef stockholders and depesitors were busy all day yesterday at the Ashiand House, corner of Twenty-fourth street and Fourth avenue, taking subscriptions for the new stock. The subscribers still continue to go to “the captain’s office,” but their subscriptions are much hghter than those of Thursday. Both par- ties e: t to close their lists by to-morrow noon, and aé soon as this is done and the accounts made out the bank will be opened, BALTIO OCABT SUFFERERS, The G@rman Conselate General acknowledges contributions for the sufferers on the Baltic coast from’ various parts of the country to the amount total of $6,670 36; in addition $1,626 23 has been collected at Philadelphia, all of which has been re- mitted to the central committee at Beriin, About one and a halfmiition thalers have been ap nae Be for the several relief societies in Germal mentioned charity; besides two an are spent by the jssian EBs seen acaloaiar seralones Telies for fhe suiferers NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, \MARCH 29; 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. SCHOOL TEACHERS? ASSOCIATION. Sea Se ee Brilliant Reception at Steinway Hall— Mayor Havemeyer on the School System. One of the brightest and most intelligent look- ing assemblages of this season was that of yester- day afternoon, at Steinway Hall, on the oceasion of the “March reception of the School Teachers’ Association of the eity of New York.” The associa- tion numbers some seven hundred members, and comprises—(as the President, Mr. B. D.'L. Souther. land, yesterday justly rentarked)—“the talent, the vim, the energy and the beauty of the teachera of New York.’ The gathering yesterday told very strongly in favor of the teachers and showed the regard in ‘which they and their association are held-by the best people in the city, The programme Jor the occasion was as follows :— 1. Organ, 2. Song—Faith and Hepe! ‘ hariie & Recitations—a. “Cataline!s De b. “Euro) penn G Prof. Walter C, & Song—waiting? 1.10... Millard 5 Plano Solo~"Pleyei's “Hyran" tasie de” Concert Mr. Homer N. Bartlett. 6 Quartette—"‘Sweet Spirit, hear my prayer”.,.Wallaco “The Imperial Russian Quartet” PART SECOND, 1. Song—'Take Bock the Heart”... Mr, Frank Bartlett, 2 Piano Solo—a. Etude Op’ %. b, Feu Foilet, Mr. Homer 3, Recitation—"'Fra Giacomo”. Professor Walter ¢ ‘This certainly was varied enough to suit all tastes. Those taking part im the performances all volunteered their services, and each one ably filled his or her part. Mr. Frank Bartlett was laboring under a seyere cold, but he, nevertheless, gave a goed, intelligible rendering of Millard’s pretty and touching ballad, “Faith and Hope.’ Professor Walter ©. Lyman \recited most admirably, al- though his selection of Robert Buchanan’s ‘Fra Giacomo” was certainly in most questionable taste, Mr. Homer N. Bartlett’s performances on the plano were well recetved, as were those of the Imperial Russian quartet on the French horns and ;Mr, Louis Berge en the organ, Miss Annie Borie received a deserved encore for her rendering of Millard’s* Waiting,” and in the second part she sang “Roberto, {u.che Adoro” in @ manner which showed great force and compass, Among those present on the platform were Mayor Havemeyer, Comptroller Green, Dr. J. G. Holland and Commissioners Wood and Lewis, of the pres- ent Board of Public Instruction; Messrs, J, W. Gerard and James Kelly, School Inspectors; Messrs. Neilsen, Beardslee, Matthewsen and Farr, of the newly appointed School Commissioners; Mr. John Davenport, Auditor of the Board; Deputy Superin- tendents Jones and Fanning and a number of others, At the close of the first part of the pro- gramme Mr. Soutnerland, ting that he would risk breaking the rule adopted by the society, made a few remarks appro- priate to .the occasion, and showing blew much interest was taken in the association trom the fact that three New York fitins and a Philadelphia establishment bad certified their willingness to contribute in all $1,500, either in money or boeks, for the tounding.ef a library for the Association, This statement was received with applause and tokens of evident gratification. Mr. Sutherland then said that. when he invited Mayor Hayemeyer to be present the invitation was accepted with the understanding ‘that he was to be introduced to make @ speech; so, tegnt over the difticulty, he (Mr. sutherland) would “reverse the order of things and introduce the audience to the Mayor,” which Havemeyer rose and acknowledged the round after round of hearty applause with which his name was received. He advanced slowly and timidly as a schoolboy to the grand piano and said, in a pecu- Marly quiet and innocent-like way:— Lapres anv Guntixmex—You'd scarce expect one of my age (Here he was interrapted by an outburst of laughter and applause, which lasted tor several seconds) to speak in public ou th ¥ nathe another round of laughter and applause came from the audience.) When the heaviest cachinations and ‘demonstrations had some- hat, subsided the Mayor proceeded:—But when accepted your king invitation to bo present on this occasion it was with the understanding that I should not be called upon to make a xpceelt, both because of the difidence which I inherit trom my Teutonio origin and because I do not think anybody speak unless he has something to say which will in- struct hts audience. (Applause.) In the presence of such an audionce as this, au association of teachers, J am to learn, and not to instruct, and were it not for the bright.cyes and intellignet countenances I see before me I should certainly remain silent. But I cannot forbear to he did very neatly. Mayor should attempt to acknowledge my supreme gratification in being permitted to enjoy your. Load even for #0 short @ Tam able to be with you. 1 ie a8 understand that the object of your Association is to pro- mote social intercourse between the teachers, and by free and unrestrained interchange of opinion to enable ou the better to discharge .your responsible duties. It 6 in this aspect thatimy present visit has become a duty as wel jeasnre. ve entered upon a new de- ayatom of public instruction. Our citizens ave at last Negun to reallzo that’ our municral schools are the nurseries of our future men and women, and the influence which they will oxercise over their minds aud hearts is of transcendent importance, I have felt. this responsibility to outweigh any other conided to. meas the Chiet Maxistrate of this city, and T took counsel with my conscience antl judg- ment more earnestly in my recent acts in relation tortie appointment of the officers by whom this great matter Is to be administered than in aby ower offic! et whieh I ever Was of ever shall be called upon to perform. In the hope that these officers may find in you efficient and wor- thy alli » Co-operate with the: id with me in re- deeming and perfecting the; publ schools of thiscity, and that if, in what I have sald or the manner in which f haye said it, L have chanced “to fall. below Demasthanes or Cicero,” you will not “view me with a critic's eye, but pase my tinperféctions by.” f The Mayor was loudly applauded as he resumed his seat. The entire entertainment passed oif most satisfactorily, and the teachers. have reason to be prong not only of their profession as repre- sented yesterday, but also of the power and intla- ence of their Assoctation. OLIVER GOLDSHITH. Bi ome Lecture and Readings by Mr. Bellew. Quite a good andience in point of numbers last evening welcomed Mr. J. M. Bellew at the Aca- demy of Music, where for am hour and avhaif he entertained them with reminiscences of Oliver Goldsmith and extracts from his writings, The greater portion of the evening was devoted to a sketch of his life, his trials and triumphs, and if in some passages the picture was a littie over- drawn, the audience attributed it to the enthu- siasm of the lecturer, Béginning with Oliver's early life he sketched his school days, detailed the devoted manner in which kis mother watched over nm in a happy sut humble home, his acad- emic . studies, his shiitlessness in select- ing a rofession, his final departure for Scotland and his subsequent wanderings over Europe, with his finte as his only companion and means of livelihood. These days of Goldsmith, he said, showed bim to be God’s image in rags, but at all thnes he was one who loved to steal into the hearts of little children. Mr. Bellew next traced his hero’s career as a struggling author trom the time he used to write ballads at five shillings each until fame crowned his efforts and placed him high in the realms of iiterature, a friend of Dr. Johnson, Edmund Burke an her great minds of his aay. Mr. Bellew’s description of the vicissitudes expe- rienced by Goldsmith while a lodger with Mrs. Fleming, where he wrote the “Vicar of Wakefield,” was graphic in the extreme, as was also that of other leading events in his career in London, The lecturer interspersed his narrative with many anecdotes of the poet and historian and natu ic and his Scena ries, inclading Dr, Joinson Boswell, the_ bis jpher, He was particu severe upon the biegrapher, whom he characterise: as aman who would violate the warmest cenfl- dence, but one who had rendered the world great service by the faithfulness of his biograph! tributions to literature. Asa lecturer Mr. Bellew last evening pleased his audience and proved quite a@stccess. As @ reader, however, he created no enthusiasm by his renditions of the “Traveller? and passages from “The Deserted Village” ana " “The Vicar of Wakefield.” This was, owing to the fact that the gentleman is sdffei from such @ severe cold that he had but poer com- mand of his voice, COMPTROLLER'S PAYMENTS, Comptroller Green paid ‘yesterday the Depart ment of Police for the, payment of the salaries of the officers, employés and the and for the Moses for the rent or March, ise son OOMETROLLER'S RECEIPTS. Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid into the City Treasury yesterday by the Bureaus of Collection, Department of Finance :— RECEIVER OF TAXES, From taxes, Croton water rent and interest. $5,407 BUREAU OF ARREARS, From arrears of assessments, taxcs, Croton rent and interest... ri a COLLROTION OF AKSESSWENTS. Prom assessments irom street openin, provements... cis REA ENCE, BU) FP CITY REV! From market rents and fees. . Total...... A BRAVE POLICEMAN, OMicer George W. Gibson, of the Seventh pre- cinct, received honorable mention and was raised to the grade of roundsman by the Police Commis- sioners on for proving himself around th an infuriated ball in neck of the Seventh wi and saving the lives of several ehjidren, whe were Teavi it house No. 31. ‘he animal was was (ast killed by a citizen while the ened to hia neck, Condition of Affairs in the Republics ang the Colombian Territory, Panama Restored to Its Normal Sanitary Coma dition—Ecuador Reconciled toa Renewal of Trade—Freight at the Isthmus—The United States Ship Tuscarora in Port from the Darien Gurvey—Gua- temala Pacified—Revolution st s Discount in Pera. and By steamship at this port we have the following summary of news from Colombia and the repub- ltes of South and Central America to the date#in- dicated underneath, Colombia, PANAMA, March 10, 1873. » The peculiar remittent fever which has prevalle® for some time back in Panama’ has disappeared, and the city has returned to {ts normal santtary condition. The Consul-of Ecuador, having ceruficd the fact to that government, the quarantine estab< lished at Guayaquil has been removed. This un« called for measure on the part of Ecuador has now falled to create considerable damage to commerce. FREIGHT, 1 The amount of freight that has accumulated omf the isthmus.ever since the 25th of February lastup to the present time amounts to about two hundre tous, received irom seven different ‘steamers. . 0: this amount 1,700 packages consisted of lard an butter. EXPORTS: According to official statistics the amount’ of cargo despatched from Panama, by sailing vessel and steamers, lor the ports of Buenaventura’ ant ‘Tumaco, during all November last up to the 16th 0: December, was 3,533 packages, valuing $82,904 33. RAILWAYS. ‘The Buenaventura Kallway Company has openc® to public use a section of the road from Sucre ta Cordova, so that the voyage from the port to, Calk can be made in less than two and a half days,. » FROM THE DARIEN SURVEY. The United States steamer Tuscarora, of the sure veying expedition, arrived here from Darien om 17th inst. to wait for her mails, on the receipt’ of which she will again return to Darien to wait the finishing of the survey. N. AVAL. Captain Dewey, United States Navy, appointed: to the command of the steamship Narragansett, arrived per steamship Henry Chauncey, and’ is here awaiting the arrival of the Narragansett, which is expected here about the end of the month. Pera. The news from South America in general is very deficlentin extent, There had been an attempt ta get up @ revolution in Arequipa, but the people arose and aided the authorities, The party had already begun to construct barfticades, but wera driven away and dispersed before they coulddo anything, They took advantage of the feast of tha carnival; but, being destitute of leaders, principles and confidence, the movement came to not! Up to the 5th inst, the country was quict. The investigations respecting the shooting of Levallos and Gamto are progressing. Chili. Forty tons of copper regulars had been got out of the wreck of the Dover Castle, A monument 1s to be erected to the memory of the victims of the fire at the Jesuit Compania church, in Santiago. Central America. The Pacific Mail Steamship St. Léuis, Captain Rathbun, arrived here from Central American ports on the 16thinst, She brings a large cargo, consisting of 11,723 bags of coffee. No papers hava been recetved by her. When she left the ports of Salvader there was @ report that the eity of San Salvador had been destroyed by a great earthquake on the 4th instant, The telegraph lines to the also being down. Ne details could be had whe she was leaving. Guatemala. The latest néws from Guatemala is faverable. The insurrection against the government fad been put down and the people were buay attend- ing te ‘thelr coffee crops, Which promise to be very good, The .Cubam Question As It Is Seen by the Republican Peoples. (From tne Panama Herald, March 18.) * " * Beyond the confines of Europe, ia America there is, it may be said, no mere Spain. All her conquests have shaken of her yoke. Ona splendid possession alone remains to her—the island or Cuba; but that possesaiom becomes every day, wore and more precarious. Spein to-day calla herself a republic, and the Americans, at least as ta juba, ask, What will she do with it? What an whenever the answer may be, the United States o! Colowbia have taken the Initiative In making clear to Spain and the world what are the sentiments of the South American republics with regard to tha fate of Cuba. The note written by Selior Colunge, the able Secretary for Foreign Affairs in pogatie and sént»to all the governments of se republica,, urging them to unite with his own goyernment and to induce also tha United States of America to interfere with Spaim on behalf.of Cubdn tndependence: me! with a cordial reception. This movement ol course excited the ire of all ultra Spanish papers Madrid, Havana and New York. The a in Hispano-Americana, publishea in Brussels, in ita torty-ninth number takes the periodicals of Lima and Valparaiso to task for their adhesion to the views expressed in the Colombian note of Mr. Cotunge, but gives the credit of such hatred ta Spain to exiled Cubans, as well as that of the hasty approval and publication of Mr. Colunge’s note by the government o! Salvador. Thege are the efforts, it says, of discontented Cubans and Ungrateiul sons, Who, far away from the strug- gle how going on, demand their independence. ne Mercurio, of Valparaiso, comes in for a large share of praise (rom our Brussels contemporary ior the caution it gives on the subject of intervention. “Without feets, without armies, without money and international prestige, all that could really be done would only amount to a ridiculous beast”? This {fs no doubt true enough; but in matters of this kind we have not forgotten a truth so often dinned into the ears of the Spaniards themselves by Castclar, that when the people have once got hold of an idea it will finally carry everything before it, and Mr. Colunge may not be, aiter all, the dreamer (sofiador) that the Gaceta Internacional of Brus~ sels would like the world to believe him to be, ANOTHER O1TY PRISON IN A DISGRACEFUL OONDITION. An Aldermanic committee a short time since vige ited the Harlem Police Court and Prison, and ree ported that the part of the building allotted to the confinement of prisoners was jn anything but a Wheleaome condition. This defect was not attrib- utable to the keeper, Mr. Purdy, but te the loca- tion of the cells, They are situated in a damp, noisome cellar, and the flooring is laid on the bare round. A night's confinement in this wretched jole is sufiicient to cause fever and ague or rheu- matism, and so leng as the prison is situated im the cellar these evils must centinue. Since the publication of the committee’s report the Com- missioners of Charities and Correction have dong a8 much as they can to change the condition of things. The cells and ofiice have been kalsomined and repainted, and now present quite @ centras® to their appearance a fortnigiit age; but, of course, the chief evil remains, No ray of the sun caw reach the cells, and the fleors still remain damp. The keeper allows the ptisoners under his chatge every privilege consistent with discipline, but thia is little enough. A OLEVEE CAPTURE, On the 25th of March Frederick Butterfield & Co. #014 a bil of goods to Hodges & Co,, ‘of Baltimore, and shipped them by the Pennsylvania Railroad. ‘They received a telegraph despatch the next day stating: that the cars had been broken open om the way and some of the goods shipped by the were carried off. Yesterday Oilicer Tove, Oo! the Sixth » saw a man walking through Leonard street, between Baxter and Centre, with: six pieces of silk under his arm. He asked the men where he got the silk, and, the er. LL noe he arrested. him om Through the efforts of Detective Patric! Tae prisoner, whose - oa | ue, bw name is Heni fteip, was ar- to ans 1D default of $2,009 bail. tne GRAND LAROENY, Thomas Moore was yesterday arrested ‘by Sere geant Woodward, of the Harlem Police Court squad, and taken before Judge ‘McQuade, on a charge of grand larceny preferred ane or rd, Belle OTs tage obese Ne her dre: ey gold watch and chain and a all of the value of $1064 Moore admitted the theit a short time aiterward to Pat Fick Multolland, of 40 East 129th street, an promised to make restitution; but when arrai ar denied the charge. ‘was coi ( in detauls of 81,5¢