The New York Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1873, Page 4

TTT THE COURTS. MAUD MERRILL’S MURDERER. ogial « Plea of Hereditiry Insanity ‘To Be Inter- posed for the Alleged Murderer—Bleak- ley’s Father Said 'To Have Died ina oo» Xmnatio. Asyluam—Application © for ‘a Commission to In- r vestigate the Facts. DRAINAGE DIFFICULTIES. Commissioners for Draining Edgewater, Staten Island, Charged with Irrega- larities—The Case in the Courts and the Disposition Made of It. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. Ag.Will, be seen’ by’a report in our law columns certain irregularities, among them issuing stock above par, are charged against commissioners ap- pointed. to supervise the drainage of Edgewater, en Staten Island. There,was a hearing 1mthe mat- tex yesterday before Judge, Fancher,,at Supreme Court Chambers, the result .of which, will be found set forth in the report of the case, at Itvis evidently proposed to show that Robert Bleakley, who shot, in a houge of ‘fili-repute, nis niece, Mary Ann Foley alias Maud Merrill, ts'the anfortunate victim of hereditary insanity,. As will | beseen by areperteisewhere his counsel, on the case being moved yesterday for trial in the Court ofOyer and Terminer, expressed his determination to apply for a commission to issue to:Ireland to investigate the factas tothe father of Bicakley having died in alienate asylum. The application will be. made {ormmlly on’ Menday, and, in case of the same be- ing @ented, the accused will be brought to trial on Wednesday. Meanttihe the trial of Joseph Mor- gan, charged with having murdered his wife, is set down for Monday. ‘The-writ of habeas corpus granted at alate hour on Thursday evening by Judge Woodrafat his own house;' in the case or Geerge MoDonnell alias MeDonald, who is charged with having been con- cerned in the recent alleged frauds upon the Bank of England, at London, was issued yesterday out of the United States Circuit Court. Stripping the writ of its'legal technicalities, it simply avers that Com- milésioner Gutman, before whom the examination of McDonnell has been already commenced, holds the accused without any warrant of law, Mmasmuch as the evidence already taken fails to support the charge. The'writ is*retarnable on Monday next, when ‘the ‘question will be argued before Judge Woodref, Daniel D. Wright alias Phil. ‘Stanley was to have ‘been examined yesterday before Commissioner Osborn, on a charge of having had in his posses- sion ‘counterfeit internal revenue stamps of the denomination of twenty-five cents, which were at- tached to certificates of stock of the Toledo, Wa- bash and Western Railroad, but the case went over till to-day, when counsel for the prisoner—exJudge Garvin—will argue that as such stamps were abol- ished last October by an act of Congress it is not Criminal to counterfeit them. Yesterday J. D. Coleman was committed by Oom- missioner Shields, in default of $500 ball, on a charge of smuggling cigars into this port on the brig Witch, from Boston. Otto Haars was charged some days ago, before Commissioner Shields, with having invented a new photegraphic process for the printing of counter- felt ten cent currency stamps. Upon examination it-turned ous that Mr. Haars was acting in goed faith, having been asked by one of the bank note engraving companies of the city to exhibit to them a-specimen ef his art, for the purpose of ascertain- ing whether it might not be legitimately used in the production of such notes. Mr. Haars was hon- orably discharged. THE MAUD MERRILL MURDER. A Probable Plea of Hereditary Insan- ifty—Application for a Commission to Issuc—Decision Reserved. ‘At the opening yesterday morning of the Court of Oyer and Terminer—Judge Brady on the beneh—. District Attorney Phelps stated that ne desired the Court to set down for trial on Monday next the case of Robert Bleakley, indicted for the murder of hisniece; Mary Ann Foley, alias Maud Merrill, in a house of ill repute in Neilson place. Judge Brady (looking at Mr. William F. Howe, the counsel of the alleged murderer)—Will you be ready to proceed with the trial next Monday ? Mr, Hdwe—As your Honor is well aware, 1 have been, for the past six weeks, with the exception of five days’ attendance at the Court of General Ses- sions in defending Heggi for poisoning, actively engaged before your Honor in the trial of homicide cases, I heve still the cases of five indicted mur- derers, now confined in the City Prison, to try, aud from the nature of my engagements have been utterly «unable to devote any attention to this case much less the attention necessary to bring it to trial. I believe it will be neces. sary to send a cemmission to Ireland for she Pye of showing that the prisoner’s father di ina lunatic asylum a raving lunatic. Ihave besides, however, five cases of murder in which I have made preparation and which | am perfectly willing the District Atturney should set down for trial next week. Therefere tle business of this Court wi! not be at all delayed by your Honor granting the cemmission I have asked for. Icon- scientiously tell you that it is due to the prisoner, for I cannot and will not bring this case to trial without due and careful preparation. Mr. Phelps—Thir is a case I desire to try specially, and it certainly seems to me that this application is made at a very late day. ee Piety cate you prepared to make the ap- plica' now for the commission to issue, tnat I may decide upon the bona fides and justice of the applicatign * r, Howe—No, your Honor; but I will be pre- pared to do 80 en Monday. Judge Brady—then on Monday you can make your application in proper form according to the Tules and practice of the Court and I will then pass u it determine whether you are entitled mmission, but if ae are not the case must be set down for next Wednesday for trial, DRAINAGE ON STATEN ISLAND. The Commissioners Charged with Sell- ing Bonds Below Par and Other Irregu- daritices—Tic Case in the Courts. Under a general act for drainage Mr. Isaac M. Meade and others were appointed Commissioners to drain a portion of Edgewater, on Staten Island. It 1 charged against them that they have been selling bends below par, and that on account ef this being dome the people have acquired no title to the drains, put that the parties owning the land through which they run may take ti any time. Motion was made Fortacany’ ta ale Court for an injunction restraiiing the Commis- sioners from further sale of bonds under par and srom ee Geka oft to tne contractor, It was denied on behalf of the Commissioners that they had sold bonds below par; but they coniess to some irregularities which they allege are either trivial or capable of being easily corrected. For the contractor, who has applied for a mandamus in the Second Distriet to compel payment to him of the amount claimed to be due on his contract, it ‘was insisted that the Court could not deprive him of his payment under his contract. a Fother, after rearing the argument, continued the injunc- ton prohibiting the selling of the bonds under par, but as to other matters vacated it. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. COURT OF OVER AND TERMINER, Morgan, the Alleged Wife Murderer, To Be Tried on Monday—A Trial and Ac- yulttal—Cases Postponed. Before Judge Brady. ‘The case of Robert Bleakley having been disposed Of, as reported elsewhere, Mr, Phelps, District At- torney, sald that he desired that the case of Joseph Morgan, indicted for the murder of his wile, be set @own for next Monday. As. William F, Howe, oumse) for Morgan, pata | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL'S, 1873—TRIPLH SHEET. he had no ovjection to this case being set down for that time, and it was thus arra 01 it will be remombered, is charges with his wife on the Slat of Yast January, noe, corner of Broadway ity aft ‘A remarkable feature im connection with this case are words, so decidedly the re- Tort ae at eR nb tay whe Bre ipr tisthe Worst of ‘all they oan do is to hang me. Tried and Acquittes John Noonan, indicted for violation of the Election law, Was postponed, Owing to the absence of wit- nesses. In the ogses.of Peter F. Tighe, indicted for felonious asasult-and battery, and James Tully and John Smith,» with highway robbery, there was a like bays ong, however, to the indictment roperiy rawn. ris- oners were re! ‘to allow the indictments to be corrected, pon the Court. adjourned, —— SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions. Ry Fancher. 8. E, Shepherd vs. B, Shepherd.—Report pee ge oo aa confirmed and: for e In the matterofthe. Bp in. of O. B. Potter.— Reference g1 2 ” Kornthal vs. ‘et al,—Judgment foreclosure and sale granted, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. “ - dim Decisions. By span Van Vorst. Rose vs, Safner.—Order staying proceedings. ee va poloman.—Oraae veedtina order. ‘vs. King.—Order grant Sosuies, VB. Le opening default and se’ ting snide, judgmen’ ‘Sains va, St veka Same, Bernstein Boke Ones granted. Austin —sami ve. ame. Dion vs, The American Fire Detector Company.— ler vacating injunction and* discontinuing action. Allston vs, Sherlock.+Ju nt fet aside, with und of ins! Sant “ive ia seas age and 0} ion in Duckworth vs. Reed.-Motion denied —viae Taylor vs, Persse, 25 BOW. Ry 407, (aT. OF GENERAL Sessions, Before Judge Sutherland. Close of the Term=Discharge of the Grand Jury. At the opening of the Court yesterday, Elizabeth Ormby,,who was\convicted earlyin» the month of acting in complicity: with: two other women. in stealing three costly shawls from the store of J. McCreery & Co., Broadway, was sentenced to the State Prison for four years. Two Groene Street Thieves Convicted of Larceny and Sent to the State Prison. ‘Thomas King, who was jointly indicted with William Thompson, was tried and convicted of grand larceny in’ the night time, « Alfred Collins testified that while he was in a saloon in Greene street, one nightin the month of March, he was robbed of a watch and $10 in money by the prison- ers. A great deal of &me was occupied in trying King, a number of witnesses having been called to testify that-ne was not in the saloon at the time the complainant stated the larceny was committed, The painful fact came out, in the progress of the trial, that phn foarte and si ae pee K sey nt ppt of prostitution in the same stree! ry fand sentenced King to the State Prison for six years and six months. Thompson pleaded guilty to the offence and was sent to the Beate Prison for five years, ‘The Grand Jury having completed their labors were discharged with the thanks of the Court. A Youthral Bighwayman Sent to the State Prison for Fifteen Years, William J. Gott, a youth, pleaded guilty to rob- bery. The complainant, Mrs. Abby McCamMie, resid- ing at 823 Lexington avenue, was walking down Fifth avenue with a lady on the Ist of April, when the prisoner came up to her, struck her en tlie breast with one hand avd with the other snatched her ecketnonk. containing $6, A crowd followed the daring young criminal and Officer Rowland ar- rested him. His Honor sentenced Gott to the State Prison for fifteen years, A Car Piekpocket Convicted. John Haines, who was jointly indicted with John Russell, was tried for larceny from the person. Gustavus Levy, the prosccuting witness, testified that while riding in the company of a friend upon a Fourth grenne car on the evening of the 21st of January, he was shoved by the prisoners, who were ou the rear platform and his ceat torn open by one of them ands valuable gold: watch taken. They- were not arrested at the time, but a few di afterwards the complainant and his friend went the Police pred mew tg and identified Haines and Russell, but the latter eseaped from prison and has not yet been caught. Ceionel Fellows defended the accused, who in giving his testimony, denying that he was on the car that night, frankly admitted that he got his living by stealing. The jury brought in a verdict of guiity at ten minutes of seven, and at the re- nae of the prisoner’s counsel he was remanded jor sentence. Pilea of Guilty. Witham Johnson pleaded guilty to burglary in the third degree in breaking into the premises of John D. Moore, 177 Spring street, on the 80th of March, and stealing clothing valued at $50, He was sent to the State Prison for two years. During the March term, which closed last even- ing, over two hundred cases, including convictions, acquittals and discharges by the Grand Jury, were disposed o1 by the Court, TOMBS POLICE COURT. Italians Initiating Themselves into the Mysteries of Municipal Mancuavres— Ireland Attempting to Make a Tool of Italy. Before Judge Dowling. An Italian, named Michael Collendrelto, was ar- raigned yesterday charged with. defrauding three of his countrymen out of $2 each, under the jollow- ing circumstances :— Elisco Parro, Thomas Massino and Joseph Nevel- lino, testified that on the 23d of last March Coilen- Orello came to them and told them that he would give them employment in the Street Department; that he was authorized to employ people to clean the streets, and for his influence in getting them work he would charge them $2a piece. They a their money to Collendrello and expected, acco! ing to promises made them, that they would be put a work on the following morning. The eee morning came, and many other mornings feilowe it, and at last they discovered that they had been swindled. They compiained to Sergeant Watts, of the Street Department, who arrested Collendrello yesterday. On hearing the complaint Judge Dowling held him to wer im default of bail. William Castel was arrested by OMcer Wade on Fyarese night, om complaint of Ellen Castel, of 242 elizabeth street, who = him ag oe gr her premises burglariously. He was roug t to the Tombs yesterday. Ellen Qastel appeared with a padiock anda hasp in her hand and was very much excited and willing to swear all the crimes In the category against the defendant. “Judge,” she cried out, “this man is my brother+ in-law, and his brotaer, my husband, is a black- guard. He stole $9 from me, broke open my room and went threugh it like.a dose of salts.’’ lave you any witnesses,” asked the Judge. “J have,” answered Ellen, “Come,’’ at the same time beckoning to two Italians, who were sitting in the back part of the court room. The two Italians came forward and seemed to be perfectly unaware of what they were there for, They looked at Mrs. Castel and then they looked at the Judge, and the expression on the of each meant, or eon only be interpreted, “What are we here for Judge Dowling (to the Italians)—Well, gentle- men, what do you know about this ? The 01 answer he received was a significant of the shoulders. nn ge eran there any Italian interpreter rt Cow A venerable looking gentleman came forward and volunteered his services. After interrogating the Itallans’briefly he discovered that they know nothing at all about the affair, except that they lived in the same house, While the interpreter was explaining to the Judge the situation Mrs. Castel pressed forward and attempted to get in front of the venerable in- terpreter. Sergeant Quin tried to keep Mrs. Castel back, but she turned o1 like a tigress, saying, “Ah! what does that auld fool know about it, Shure, let me talk to the Jidge meself; I under- stand these Italians better than that auld lunatic does, Judge Dowling, however, paid no Attention to Mrs. Castel’s tirade, and settled thé case by in- stantly distaissing it. JEFFERSON HHAAKET POLICE Covar. Burglary ond Larceny. Philip Smith, of 162 Houston, ana Jerry Whelan, of 262 West Houston street, were arraigned before Justice Ledwith at Jefferson Market yesterday, charged with burglary in breaking into the prem- ises 230 Varick street, occupied by Michael Burns. shru; The complainant refused to testify and the prison. Gra Were discharged, Siuith Was @t ONCE arraigaed on charge. oF breaking into, the, plumber's shop at cis Greenwich it ‘on ‘the might of the ath of November last; ‘stealing a quantity of brasses. te was committed to aus Ww oh smi witnout bail answer. one of savonsh atte WAS Wi king the pocket of ary Gold- Spry it Twenty-sixth atreet, while walk- ing on Broadway on Thursday. He was held in the Sum of $500 to answer. COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. ~ New-York, April 4. The following is the Court of Appeals day calen- Carer Menten MNT 350, ty diy, 8, SUPREME COURT CALENDAR. N.-¥., April 4, 1873, ROCHESTER, The following is the General Term calendar for Yondare 4p) Ti NOB, 1, 2, 6,) 8, Udy 1:24) 20, 335 , 36 and 3 : t NEW -YORK EAST CONFERENCE. SnnnnnEER canal y ‘Third Day’s Proceedings—Am Excellent Episcopal Address to Candidates for the Diaconate—How Young Men Are De- terred from Entering the Ministry by the Severe Course of Study and Reading. Ing of the business session of the Conference were conducted by Rev. B. E, Griswola. The Disciplinary questions were taken up, and the following breth- ren who have travelled two years were examined for admiasion into full connection with the Confer- ence:—Revs, A, M. Sherman, Jonathan &. Richards, Wiliam P, Tompkinson, George . P..Dusinberre, James H. Crofut,.H. 8, Still, Orrin 0. Lane, W, T. Pray, J..8, D’Orsay. John Ripper, of the same class, was not present when these brethren were called up, before the Conference. They were publicly examined by the presiding Bishop, Merrill, The questions propounded related to their faitn in the doctrine, of perfection and thelr. own progress in thi direction, together with the rules of the Methodist societics ag laid dowa by Wesley and now incorporated in the Discipline. To these questions the young min- isters gave affirmative replies, They agreed not to speak too.long nor toe, loud, to, visit,from house to house and to be an example of piety. to the churches. They are not. embarrassed by debt, con- stantly attend the sacraments, and bave, resolved to devote their whole lives to the work of the min- istry. THE BISHOP'S ADDRESS, The Bishop, in addressing the class, said thavup to this time they had had no ecclesiastical standing in the Conference and were at liberty to have left the ministry of their own accord during the last two years, or te be dropped by those in authority in the Church, The Bishop then explained the im- port of the questions asked and answered, and the new relations to which this examination and their reception into the Conference will introduce them. He dwelt particularly upon the doctrine of perfection, which doctrine, he said, was no once was, but other denominations are now ac- knowledging the saneness and the Scripturalness of sed gtd of Methodists, and the attainment of perfect love in this ile is now looked for by Chris- tans ofevery denomination. There is littieor no diiference of opiuion in regard to the thing or. the experience itse!f, and the only controversy is as to the operation of the Spirif. This, the Bishop sail, was hidden from us. We can’t tell how the Holy Ghost cleanses any man’s heart any more than we can His operations on, human hearts for conversion. The fact, and not the mode of opera- tion, is what we are most interested in. Al the Church simply asks, ‘Are zou geing on to periee- tion, and do you expect to be made perfect in love inthis life, and are you eee atter it?” Evidently the Church expects that the ministry shall lead the people in the attainment and the preaching of this doctrine. We sometimes hear it said that the ministry have turned their backs on tnis doctrine when they have only not turned their faces toward our methods of seeking and obtaining it. But every Methodist treacher is pledged to this dectrine, and it is the duty of every one'to seek the blessing of perfect love. ‘ BEITER WEAR OUT THAN TEAR OUT, The Bishop also impressed upon the class the in- compatibility of secular pursuits with the work of the ministry. They were also cautioned against abuse of their physical energies and vocal powers by talking long and loud, Some men say that it is better to wear out thanrust out, He believed that to be true, but it is better to wear out than to tear out, He jound that people who. are opposed to long sermons are also generally opposed to what are called doctrina} sermons, But this idea, he supposed, had growf out of the old style of doctri- sermons, Which were purely controversial. ‘This the brethren should avoid as much as possible, but they should not cease to embody doctrine in their sermons and in their lives. Nor should the pastors pegiect the children of the Chureh, The pastoral office, too, he considered as important as ‘the jerial, and the man who fails in this faiis in one ofthe most important features of the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. The. office of the ministry ts 8o Important that it should not be committed to boys, He feared there was too great a tendency now to hurry young men into the ministry and thereby to injure the ineflictency of older and more experi- enced men. The Bishop also took occasion to say that @ minister did not cease to be such after he had settled, ‘The ofice of the ministry requires Strength of body and mind and full consecration to. God—a complete manhood. The brethren, after re- teri their missionary collections, were allowed retire. Brother meses joined the class in time to be examined and to receive the kindly instruc- tions and admonitions of the Bishop, A GOOD MAN BUT POOR STUDENT. After these brethren had retired their “graces, gifts and usefulness” were inquired into. When Mr. Sherman’s name was called it was announced by the Examining Committee that he, though hav- ing travelled three years, has not yet passed a favorable examination on the first year’s study, and the ch jan of the Examining Com- mittee thought the brother should be dropped. His presiding elder, Mr. Pillsbury, spoke in his favor, however, and ished him continued on trial another Year. Dr. Soudder and Rev. T. G. Osborne were in favor of discontinutn Brother Sherman. Tbey knew him well and agree on his ineMoiency, Another minister remarked that when Brother Sherman was admitted on trial he Was recommended as one of the best men in the Conference, He wondered at the change of opin- fom Secretary Goodsell, who has been a good friend of the young preacher, thought he Should be discontinued, and on motion his case was post- poned until he could be consulted to ascertain if he was Wil-ing to drop out of the ministry of his own accord, 80 that the Conference might be saved the disagreeable alternative of saying by vote that they did not want him. In reporting on the examination of studies of the other candidates for deacon’s orders Rev. G, L. Taylor asked the ruling of the President or of the Conterence on the ay grbye whether or not the committee should ask the disciplinary questions as to the general reading as well as study of the candidates. The Bishop quoted the law on the case, and cited a decision bearing upon this point made by Bishop Janes, a few years ago, in which it. was decided that, as the uiscipline required candi- dates to read certain books named for general in- formation, as weil as to study certain others, the committee ought to satisfy the Conference that this reading had been follewed or etherwise, and the Conference could decide tor itself afterward, A SEVERE COURSE OF READING AND STUDY. Mr. Buckley read a list of the works recommended to be read in addition to the studies and the pas- toral duties of the candidates, and made, from his own experience, an estimate of the time such read- ing would require, and he was convinced that no young man could attend to his pastoral and minis- terial work and this course of study and reading too. Dr. Roche, Dr. Kettell, Mr. Dickinson and others opposed the chfofoe- ment of this course of reading, and Dr, ie declared that he thought it hindered ver: mone college and seminary graduates ‘enterin the ministry, for no man could prepare two such ser- mons @ week as ministers are now expected to prepare, and attend tohis other duties and give attention to this Meth § too, Drs, Woodruff and Curry, however, favored the enforcement of the discipline in this regard. They deemed it more important to have educated ministers than simply ministers. Rev. G. L, Taylor made a motion that the ex- amining committees be required to ask these ques- tions, ana the candidates to answer them. It was moved to lay this on the table. Lost, The first bea ay om carried, ev. Mr. Laine was appointed to take char, it the moneys tor the Ladies’ Missionary Unione i A COLORED PREACHER RECEIVED, Rey. Thomas 8. aoe au elder in the African Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, having been ad+ mitted into the Newark Conference, but had not @ chance to appear before that body, was by its omcers recommended to the New York Kast Con- ference for recognition of orders, The Conference so recognized him, and he goes back to Newark fully authorized as one of its members as if he had Seyeared before it. me routine business was transacted, after which the Conference adjourned. The Church tension anniversary was held in the evening, and addresses were delivered by Drs. L. 8. Weed and A. J. Rynett and Chaplain McUabe. The Conference will meet again this morning at the usual hour, THE RIVAL MARKETS, New York, April 4, 1978, To THR EpIToR oF The HeRard!—" My communication to your paper, published this day, contains a very important typo- graphicai error, to wit, “Mr. Gary McConnell and his favorite few” should read “nor can Mr. Cordell an! his favorite few.” This error changes. the tenor ofthe letier materially. Will you be kind enough to have it corrected. Yours, Xe, PAUL J. Ansrour, President Manhattan Market Company. The devotional exercises which preceded the open- »| longer peculiar to the Methodist Church, as it “CAPITAL” CONTINGENT «EXPENSES: OF CONGRESS, HUMOR. The Little Items that Go to Make Up the Grand Climax of Our ‘‘Congregated Wisdem”—Ex- pooted Beauties of Legisiation—What It Costs to Part the Back ‘Hair of Con- American Senatorial Noses. March 30. an ith, eal, Mar by od fiat ternal government not.the jeast interesting ts that thee which rei c plished curt wi and @ like docu- oye rd ment ia festive Californian, Governor 1 On signs himsel Secre' @ Senate, One never can know the wants of a Solon until these documents are iairly studied. When Teturned by bis gonfialng cousticaents to Congress e 088, or the Bee eieantiton ‘Straw 1S. made Senator through the suceess of his party and @ liberal ex- mi Lastheriunge at MIS, SoUstOr Bee OF 4 We. OF the nearest friends or either | great * Thine. would /laber under the delu- on a sheet of commercial note. pe 1d. bee proves, such deluded mortals, that such grave, demielator. transmuted to a most extraordinary pal 1G, A with the new phase of life appears e nary deman Now, who,'for example, : surmise each statesman wae to be ed | with a spittoon? We know that auch. waar of our constitutional rights chews ‘tobacco. The American political intellect demands, we know, the " 800f anneal apt of this weed, But did the wildest ation ever poppane that each Con- gressman “be aap th a spittoon? Yet such is the'fact. What a fearful. amount ofexpec- toration there must be | Itisreally. discouraging. The must be such an exce: that we shall reach air . While treating of ft we alse remark that the spittoon seems to be such @ perishable article. Bray, session of Congress demands a fresh supply, and always of the same number, It is not a very extravagant estimate in the way of dollars and cents, but .as it is. an item of continuous expenfiture would it not. be well to have a standing committee, to be calied the com- mittee on Spittoons, ‘established to regulate'the affair? Inthe Senate our great Michigander, the war Senator, could ie made chairman; while in the House the Speaker could select from among the leaders the man who, having served more thanene term, would have the most experience and does or does not Sxpeck-torate a8.a gentleman, Or we might Suggest a portable spittoon to be attached to the person of each member. The practical SCORE of our free ..government could then be illustrated by each honorable mem- ber appearing abroad wit the portable spittoon hung about his neck. As cach carries his tobacce box why not his spittoon, ¢! the use ef which in cars and about hotels and at private honses he could save the carpets of friends and the dresses of women? We know you experienced tobacco chewers can expectorate with the: accuracy of a rifle shet across @ room. into the.bars.of a grate, but the fears of nervous people that there may be a random shot at times should be taken into account. We knew once, fore: when the late William Polk, brother of the President and ex-Minister to, Naples, was firing at a distant grate with Ned Dickerson, @ great dandy at the time, sittin; alarmingly near;the line of practice, Ned could not resist the impulse of drawing back at each oreo: sion. Polk, observing tiis, paused in the exercise and said solemnly :— ; ann man, don' Wd that. Ifyou dodge you're jos y But this takes us from our subject. We find, on examining these reports, that the House of Representatives, between December 6, 1871, and June 30, 1872, had 173 hair brushes at a cost of $281 10, and 228 combs at a cost of $216 50. Now, why the House should need such a quantity of hair brushes and combs botners the will and con- founds the understanding. Looking down from the reporters’ ‘gallery upon these assembled beetles, one is strack with the number of heads that, rising above the timber belt, exhibit bald knobs upen which a comb or brush would not only be useless, but agonizing. Then why such a tremendous demand for combs and broshes? And about this amount appears in every report ef contingent expenses. Every ses- sion calls fora fresh supply of combs and brushes. No comb can be constructed that will last through two sessions of the same Pongrens. Nor can a brush be made that will stand the wear and tear of a bald-headed Solon over ninety days. Dees en come of a frantic effort te: get the little hair at the base trained up over the \d place above ? Who knows? Were all our Congressmen like unto Clarkson B. Pottah, of New York, we might under- stand the continuous and amazing demand for combs and brushes. The Hon, Pottah not only [pt his hair in front, but he has two able- odied barbers at work, six times a day, parting his saronal hair behind. “An’ is’t. Misther Pottah ye’r spakin’ uv ?’’ de- manded an Irish messenger one day. “Be the howly Mos#; an’ isn’t he the pay-cock uv of the de- moracy now? Bat the members are not all Hon. Pottahs, awcon- traire quite the reverse; and we should suspect the Si-ox chief, our Captain Kidd of the Capitol, of carting away these articles as he did the plate, but for the fact that there is alike mystery about the Senate. By the by, while the House demands 173 hair brushes, the fynate calls for 219, although the Senate has a less number, and in proportion more bald heads, Jones says these barbaric implements are dis- tributed through the committee rooms; that the members never touch them, and that at the end of each session the clerks of the committces carry them of. Jones was a clerk himself once, and he ought to know. If this is so, Bassett, Shepherd, Painter and other old fellows must be running variety stores.or holding stock in barber shops. We honored a comeuee once with being its clerk, and our committee, numbering nine iiiem- bers, used the Mr and brushes every morning. We eould no# see that they came to the committee room for any other purpose. Little O'Neil, of Fennayivania, in his frantic attempt to get his hair 4 over his intellect, would get on his toes and after @ while give spasmodic littic jumps, We dis- Missed that col ttee because Conger, of Michi- gan, wanted us to take the comb and brush and make his ‘head resemble the Hon. Pottah's, We gave the little Michigander one look and the chair- man our resignation. We did not carry off the hair brushes and combs—Conger did, He was deter- mined to resembie the Hon. Pottah or die. ‘These are entertal reports, and we must re: turn to them hereaiter, for our article runs beyond the brevity that is the soul of wit. We cannot dismiss them, however, without call- ing attention to some curious developments in our Senatorial fog bank. _For.example, on page 69 we find G. Bassett credited with ‘‘one dozen French snuff, for use of Senate, $4 20. Now, as the only Senator, we believe, who indulges in this luxury is Senator Thurman, Js it possible that it costs this distressed Rees aa and overtaxed Poors $4 20 to tittilate the Senatorial nose of Ohio? ‘he bill says ‘for the use of the Senate.”? Senate take snuff? Does the Senate sneeze? opine not. Does the We YACHTING NOTES. At the annual meeting of the Hoboken Yacht Club, held Wednesday evening last, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year :—Com- modore, John P, Enright; Vice Commodore, John J. Treadwell; President, George L. Clark; Record- ing Secretary, Charles Kaufman; Corresponding Secretary, Charles J. Barker; Treasurer, Victor Vaullume; Measurer, William H. Curtis. Several races have already been arranged between boats belonging to the club, and the speed of Vice Com- modore Treadwelt’s new sloop Emma T. will be tested on those occasions with the new yacht of ex-Commodore Haight, of the Brooklyn Club. To Make the lattor contests of an interesting charac- ter the owners will hang Up 8 puree of $1,000 each race for the winner. Both of these sloopa were built by Munn, of Brooklyn, during the Winter, and, being of the same model and dimensions, their comin; ther will excite much interest in yachting circles, The schooner Peerless, Vice-Commodore Max- well, A. Y. C., will be put in commission on the 14th instant, when the owner will indulge in the first suil of the season. The Peerloss has been [See | improved in many respects during the inter months, The owner of the sloop Gracie has decided to give her anew cabin. The work is now in prog- ress. ‘The interior arrangements of the schooner Mad- eline, Commodore Voorhis, Jr., B. Y are being entirely remodelied, She is at Nya the Hud- fon. The sloop Vixen, Mr. Ludlow Livingston, N. Y, Y. C., will this season be ditted with @ bowsprit four leet longer than last year. The sloop Bliss, formerly of the Williamsburg Yacht Club, has been sold to parties in Essex, Conn. She will be fitted with new sails, on ‘A JUST ORITIOISM, Justice Metcd Swiftly to the Peor, but Slowly to the Rich—Nixon’s Case. APRIL 4, 1878, To THE Epiror oy THE HERALD:— Deak Sit.—t! notice in to-day’s issue you speak as follows :—‘‘All friends of order will rejoice that with such commendable promptness the sentence of death has been pronounced upon Michael Nixon, the Chatham square murderer.” Also, that “such despatch in the conduct of a capital trial is cn- couraging. Let other trials proceed with like celenity, and terminate with equal justice, and life in our ¢ity will become safer and more valuable.”’ Wiiy did hot the Stokes and Poster trials “proceed with the like celerity.” Simply because Stokes aud spittoon it is only ate Out ef a hundred * Foster exch had Tetatives and towey to ‘Sade chem, It is all very well to talk of sueh u commendable and encouraging, and r if exertea in nj _ But if Nixon had had mone; ie would not have fancy, Now, ir. Edi wi done ent yon to mak his that J am ou monious nations ke None na Beet oth in and ai ‘ur ron Records but ft is a fact apparent to all, thats inurderer,.Wwbo mo} and relatives is not ¢xecuted in such a that evel Sorta Oe Yours, &6., 4. W, The Finaneial PoMey. of the. Gowerne, ment= tary Richardson’s Appoint- ment Permanent—The Contest in’ Cons: nectiont and. Sts Omemeper: \) (ory L Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Maésdny- evening, but a lew hours previous to the, advent.of the President and party, It wag reported that he had 0 for ¢] purpose wittt end haan Bi Fae to, the situation in Connecticut, ag, the election, takes place ip that State on next ont 4 HERALD reptesentative last evening met thor JeWoll dt the Fifth Avenue lioté, when weifellow- ing conversation cnsued ebnor, your State election | place om next Monday, does ir not ?, 3 GoverNon—Yes, sir, and I trust that we have fair Weather and’a full vote, RerorTeR—Have youformed any.idea in regard to the result? _ é ‘GovEknowOni yea, att (stilling); the republican Candidate. will, cartainly pejelected; at least, there} is every reason to beliéve that.such will be the case. ~ ODL. Ua eo « au 1 REPORTER-Governer; ig there: nota.grest deal of flegnpuareatign Sapiaree the Pian owing to the fact that the Legisiaturc at the last’ séasion re- pealed © inery hovorgy ‘tou’ ylrodt bas “ TBR USURY rAWer GovERNom_At first understood that tnere’ was some dissatisfaction dis) DY @reontadn’ class, | but you will find, sir, that the hada pp nae Legisia- ture will not, by any méang, Tess party vote, REPORTER Go vernor,\do you notthink: that, he republican party havo displayed a great deal of apathy in the prosecution of the campaign ft ” . GovERNom=-Welly'yes; dir.) Lknow: thanitet had been running I would have tried to make, a better fight; but know, sir, that our candidate ‘wilt not be defeated. aod at si ReEroRTER—Upon what grounds, then, Governor, do you base your idea of Ks a9 PARTY SUCORSS? y i od Govarnon—Simply, because. fecl.confident that Mr. Havens is by far the more aa man, al- though T muat' say that tliey” are ‘both “excellent gentlemen, | eno ers of Ss maalority: a you think e republics can © will receive ?. . Goveunon Well, an Penne “may safely say about five, hundred, Ayal, bg satiated with Ave, mndred. pdaacnadoccdn R#PORTER—What de-yeu think of, : pails Tay or HevovEnNO ENouise’ ~** ing elected,to OBS. at GotEENORT Wel, sir’ (very “éitiiasiaatleatty), “T feel contident that pepntneany candidate, Gene- by a decided noniey, ode REPORTER—Governor, have you had an interview, yp the bac — ha ae f ie acncnsig VERN conve! wae Prenident init morning lai ie reaches RTER—| Te any truth in the report-whic has been goirig the Pounds. that you were a candi- date fer tf! aryship, lately made yecant by the resignation of Secretary Boutwell? GOVERNOR—NO, sins the ta.an erroneous, one, I can assure you thatI have never exchanged one word witlf ther ner be with me, in regard to the matter, and I, moreover, know, not- Nid arto ‘all that has been said to thecontrary, THE APPOINTMENT OF SEORETARYRIOHARDSON is a permanent one. PORTER-—=In your conversation with the Prest- ap you discuss the stringency of the money marke: § GoveRNoR—Yes, sir; we conversed in regard to that matter, and ‘the President: said that "he had gtéat sympathy for the merchants, who, apparently, are being squeezed by the tight money markets, a that he cared not how often speculators might ft REPORTER—During your conversation did you as- certain anything in regard to THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT? GovErNnor—Well, }, Sir 51 can say that Secretar: Boutwell's policy will be adhered to and followe to the letter. While engaged in conversation with the President this morning I mentioned to nim that I trusted the brokers end speculators who were anxious to find out from him the policy of the overnment in financial matters would not succeed in so doing. The President replied, “They will learn nothing from me.’? REPoRTER—Can you tell me anything reliable in regard to the movements of the President? VERNOR—Yeos, sir, The President will remain here until rararoay possibly Monday. He will then return to Washington. On, the 16th he will pay a visit to New Haven to attend the anniversary celepration ef the Army of the Potomac, He will then visit my home in Hartford and about the 1sth of the month will pay a visit to his farm near St. Louis, where he intends to spend a week or so. Thanking the Gevornor fer his kindness the HERALD reporter then withdrew. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, + Mme. Lind-Goldschmidt is reported as likely to sing in a forthcoming charity concertin Berlin. The only gun in “The Scouts of the Prairie,” at Niblo’s, is the question of the copyrighted Dutch- man to the noble savages following the trail, “In- gines, wat you lese One of the chief attractions of the forthcoming musical festival at Steinway Hall will be the ap- pearance of Rubinstein and Milla, who are to play @ number of pieces in conjunction. Mr. Gye, the English impresario, is lying ill at Vienna. A London journal says he was “suddenly seized with acute inflammation of the joints of the Tight foot.’’ This, we suppose, means that Mr. Gye has got the gout. The latest comic song has a really comic jingle for its refrain, recalling the punning chorus of ‘I saw Esau kissing Kate.’ Thus it runs:— “Bay so Sue, Saucy Sue, Never leave me to sigh’so, Sue; It you love me, Saucy Sue, Wouldn't it be better for to say 0, Suet’, Charles M, Barras, the apthor of “The Black Crook,” whe was recently killed by falling through the trestle work of a bridge near his house, in Con- necticut, was buried at Cos Cob yesterday, Miss Neilson was so much pleased that the crit- ies of St. Louis were pleased with her, that she gave each of them a diamond ring. This. was very amusing to Mr, J. B. McCullough, the editor of the Democrat, who printed a paragraph to the effect that a newspaper man kept his ring in a safe, where he was allowed to see it only every Sunday. But the paragraph was not at all amusing to Mr. Overall, of the Globe, who fanciea Miss Neilson had presented a ring to nobody except him, and that he was consequently insulted by the paragraph in the Democrat. The “safe? he supposed meant a pawn shop, and he accordingly demanded.a retrac- tion, or ‘as a Southerner’? he would do something terrible. As yet no blood has been shed, and the only result has been to show Overall that he was very ridiculous in getting angry over a paragraph about a ring Miss Neilson had given to another man. Tne Academy of Music was crowded yesterday afternoon, and much interest was evinced during the rendering of Rubinstein’s “Ocean” symphony and. Schumann's overture, scherzo and finale, Carl Bergnrann was the conductor, and to judge from the care he bestowed upon the work of the great planist we may expect a masterly rendering of the symphony at the last concert, which will take place on the 19th instant, the composer wield- ing the baton on that occasion. Much feeling is manifested by the members of the society on ac- count of the previous rendering of the work by ‘Thomas’ orchestra, with Rubinstein as conductor. They Claim that they had the right to the first pro- duction of the symphony under such circum- stances. What they call a breach of faith remains to be seen, but certainly Mr. Thomas has a perfect right to arrange his programmes as he pleases, without any references to local organizations in the cities were his band appears, The next publicre- hearsal takes plgce on the 18th instant, and the only soloist will be Wicuiawski, who will play a Spohr concerto. ANOTHER SING SING OONVIOT BSCAPES, Fonpa, N. Y., April 4, 1873, While a load of convicts on their way to Auburn shai from Sing Siffe were paxsing here last night one | esvaped Lurough a var window. r7 ) FLAGRATIONS. ‘Another Dreadful Fire at Par- ‘Over $250,000 Worth of / Property Consumed. Greater Portion of the Ll Mrewin!) Dest Foysari |) WY ¥Y i } PaRrkgR’s LANDING, April 4, 1678, | This place was visited.last.migat-by another very til nalfepaatitwo this’ Sapeaings When 1t/“died "out throtgh scarcity of anytning else to consume. This nflagration exceeded in its work of destraction shat which visited ua last January, when half the town w; boat: o'clock in ding used as offices by lesare, Armers & as eze Was revailing, the wee 9 cart fe a geet an til all the bulldiggs on both sides of the street, 5 ‘in flames, The excitement was intense among the inhabi- tants, who founa it abselately impossible to pre- yent the sp | of she flames, and the saving of Houbdbola ‘ebeces dn Wiagutods Yonit be Taply @id fire leap from.onp to ar Barrels of salt were emptied on the roois, but appeared to have no etfect. As.the-wind was.strong from offthe river and sweeping down the valley with consider- Able® fore0, It waa at concluded that the x potas porlcn “or the town ‘would have ei The fire burned», ly for ne: hours, by Which time it f: ger DoF- id” to tion of the business part ef the place. The loss is esti ‘of three hun- dred thousand eecariens ae there is some in- bul y le ny arly me! OVE fotose’ “Muay-oi thet sulferors ore cities, who seek, ag.ot! erepava cone, their fortunes in the oll regionaic: @ igsaid to be the work ot an incendiary, Below I give a list of the sufferers :— ©. D. Prost, dry 1.009 a M 008 508 1,200 ‘ou cn) "graph office. 800 10 /000°°."A. softies 1,000 shop...... 2 one. y i. v ve. oS Rerg’s ten pin alley McKelay & Hac ud awelihg.....-° 2000 oMege i 000 ts al antic store. eta Telegraph Co oon on RORREES ome 80) FO'Gonner, c! how 3,600 5 WeoN. Steveilio Gontral Holgi Z000 omce. 800 Wa tgtaess 7}00) HLM. Caatio’s 1,508 B. Zeigler’ & Bros., Koyo Bro.'s house. 108 dry goods.........., 6000 “Lyle @fArties, goods. 2,603 Metaughlin, "book Sat stevens fouss, Loy WO eb + . Geity, law oflice ter Mille The Varker ots ARC peetenren Ormsteat &Engisi’s 3 Fai eeingt 1% song's offic yd Ateninson, |” addiory.---- 2600 Johnson Point, TOO HiisParkey building at a Pai Exchange Bank. ke: La Park Op: « Bi Mckee, dwelling.: 2,500 500 Armers %& Beal agents. Cent bili with twelve tables. Leroy Washbaugh's opie lon to the abo’ ql a ber of, sufferers who were, in business, but whose names and losses at present cannot be ascer- tained, and meny of the buildings were occupied. py lodgers, who lost all they nad in the world, and, in many instances, barely gecaned with their lives. The large three stury building owned by H. Freeman. was geuapied by several families. The lower room was but recently nicely fitted up, inte which'the Western Unioa Telegraph Company pxpsctod S00n co Eemove. Sh pA he on! saved below the burne trict on the (9th of January last are the Exchange Bank, tierfreproof residence of William Parker, the Wilson House and the ofl office of Lockhart & Frew. tt presents a most wretched and dismal appearance, with here and there am odd:buliding rising up in @ blackened, smould: waste. However, with the true characteristics of the inhabitants of the ol! be feter preparations are being made to commence building at once, and be- fore the end of the Summer it is expected that the city will be better built up than before, A Fire in Oil City. TITUSVILLE, Pa., April 4, 1873, A fire broke out in Oll City, Pa., this morning ana destroyed tive buildings on Centre street, the most prominent of which was Beer’s block and Still- well’s.variety store. Loss $50,000, which is pare tially covered by insurance. A Tobacco Factory Burned in Ithaca. Imtaca, N. Y., April 4, 1873. Messrs. Farrand & Babcock’s :tobacco works, with contents, were entirely consumed by fire this tg The loss amounts to $25,000; insurance A Farm Demolished in Massachusetts. SPRINGFIELD, April 4, 1873. A.C. Taylor's farm house and barn, at Chicopee Falls were destroyed by fire this;afternoon. The loss is not stated. A Flour Mill Burned. St. Lours, April 4, 1878. The flouring mill of Field, Maynard & Co,, in Peoria, Ill., was burned yesterday afternoon, The loss 18 $30,000; insurance $18,000. Fire in the Kanawha Valicy. CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 4, 1873, The residence of Colonel Cunningham at st. Albans, one of the finest in the Kanawha vailey, ‘was destroyed by fire on Wednesday, Eightcen Horses Burned to Death, Sr. Joszrn, Mo., April 4, 1873. The livery stable of Stewart & Gordon, with ite contents, together with eighteen horses, including some of the best in the city, was destroyed by fire last night. A large brick building, with its con- tents, adjoining, was also destroyed. Loss, $25,000, The amount of insurance is unknown. ‘The fire was the work of an incendiary, What the Boiling Over of a Pot of OL Did—Loss, $2,500. About noon yesterday @ fire broke out in the linseed oil works of W. H. Carter, corner of Hamil- ton avenue and Fourteenth street, Brooklyn, and caused damage of about $2,500. Mr. Carter is in- sured m the Cincinnati Company. The fire was caused by the overboiling of a pot of oil. EVENING HIGH SCHOOL CLOSING EXERCISES. are nan net mnen ara The Prizes and Graduates. The closing exercises of the New York Evening High School were held last evening in Steinway Hall, The house was, as a matter of course, crowded almost to excess, Dr. Josiah G, Holland presided, and the following members of the Normal College Committee occupied the front seats on the Platform ;—S. 8. Babcock, Thomas Boese, John Jas- per, Jr. ; J. A. Lewis, Professor E. E. Burnett, Wil- iam Wood, P. H, Dundon and Thomas Hunter, THE ORDER OF EXERCISES, Qverture—Rienal.. Wagner 1 Newell «Verdi . le. Muurice Strausk: old Woodle Qration-sLax ‘usle—Galop), Oration—sprit of Knowledge Oration—The Birth of Litera' Music—Sweet Spirit, Hear My Pray Oration—Arogance of Ouitw ‘oh Graduate’s Oration—Poetry aud Fatherland,. Music—Waltz, “Wiener Kinder” Presentation of Prizes Muste—Polka Schnell, Chef d’Orchestre.... ‘The Tiffany & Co. prize Holden, the Mitchell, V: to John Cubertson, the Allegress0' PRIZES, was awarded to John A. ince & Co. prize awarded ber prize (a box of draw- ing instruments for test proficiency in draw- ing ornament from was awarded to Jere- miah J. Sheehan, and the literary prize to Edward Hess, GRADUATES. Archer Moniot, Michael Murtagh, Franklin O, Hall, Camille Reininger, Willlam V. Poe, Edward Cody, Charles G. Colton, Charles rot, Peter Ferrier, George H. Denneriein, Theodore Etch Frederick Ammon, Jonathan Ward, Leopold Loe ws William Titzpatrick, Stephen Popper, Thomas W. Hutton, Thomas Craig, Joseph Giiks, Artur Hs Kennedy, George Batnford, Rumsey Rumsey, Richard ©. Hofman, Samuel Rapp, David J, Schill, William H. N, Healy, Louis Siebert, William D. Da Boia, William A. Daily, Jon Lannon, Robert Me- Nally, George A. ennedy, Eugene Regenthal, Geo. M. Dun iam, stay Baum, Leopold Woodle, Jotn D, Ahrens, 03 T. Gibbons, Join J, Clancy« } Maurice Stransky destructive fire, which raged with great violence | burned. arty a Was ofirat, diseovered * m the point where the old fire was checked, at © t of the town, down to the old Parker