The New York Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1873, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1873.—QUINTUPLE SHEET LANDED PROPERTY. | A eee peewe: BUSINESS, — oe The Sale of the Famous Post Estate---Estab- lishing Values of West Side Lots. | Three Million Dollars’ Worth of Property Sold. THE CITY’S EXPANSION. its Imperial Destiny IN orthward. easy “HOW THE OLD THING WORKS.” The Elections of Morrisania and West Farms Place Their Stamp of Approval on Annexa- tion by the Vote Cast at tho Late Election. The Subject Favorably Considered by the Common Council. RECENT PRIVATE SALES, &C. Croakers and bears in real estate have derived but little comfort of late, and the fact that nearly three million dollars’ worth of property changed hands during the past week demonstrates clearly that no amount of decrying has any tendency to depreciate the value of landed estate. The feature of the past week has been THE SALE OF THE FAMOUS POST ESTATE, which realized very close on one million and a quarter dollars, Everybody waited for it before making investments, and, by a sort of | an implied understanding, operators decided to abide the result and estimate values | by the prices obtained for these west side lots, The sequel proved that the shrewd speculators had rightly calculated. The fig- ures received exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the veriest bull, and sadly disappointed the brnin element, Conjectures as to the sums for which the Riverside Park lots would sell were rife among parties interested in real estate. The two prominent l@s corner of Riverside avenue and 1 street, were riou estimated to bring all the way from $12,000 to $15,000; but when the northeast corner was knocked down to Mr, Cyrus Clark, a heavy land owner ana speculator, for $18,100, it was at once conceded that the prospective sale would be an immense success. The opposite corner, not quite 80 eligibly located, brought $15,000, and the inside lots proportional rates, In the aggregate each lot as it was mapped out, good, bad and indifferent, averaged all the way through $7,900. It may be imagined that holders of property on the west side feel highly elated over this great result, as it ebhances their possessions manifold. EFFECTS OF THE MONEY LOCK-UP. It is generally conceded that a tight money mar- ket has no influence upon the disposal of well Jocated real estate, and in the flush of excitement attendant upon the sale of the Post estate the ex- | isting monetary stringency seems to have been lett out of sight by those in attendance. But a heavy rate of discount for accommodations and a failure to realize upon other collaterals have debarred a good many persons from attending said auction, who otherwise would have been very heavy buyers, Thus this branch of trade is effected by scarcity in currency as much as dry goods or any other trafic. Looking at THE GENERAL RESULT OF THIS SALE and those following leads us to the conclusion that a healthy activity in real estate opera- | tions bas set in, and we can confidently an- ticipate now a lively business for some time to come. Another fact has been most vividly brought home to us, and that is “an estate of executors will bring an amount largely in excess of that of other property.” This arises from the natural cause that the former must be sold at any price, and even if the heirs buy it in, it nevertheless establisnes rates, while with the latter there may be buying in if the “set” price is not reached by the auctioneer. ANNEXATION. Brooklyn 1s experiencing difficulty in her ambi- to extend her municipal jurisdiction over all towns of Kings county. Some of the towns positively object, and, as is but right under such circumstances, the Legislature hesitates to annex them to that city agaist their will, They will probably, therefore, be allowed an opportunity of | voting on the question, But in the Westchester towns of Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge there seems to be NO OCCASION to take the sense of the people by ballot on the subject of annexation to the city of New York. In each of those towns the people are as nearly unani- mous in faver of annexation us people usually are on any public measure. The preierence is so un- mistakably expressed as to be a matter of absolute certainty, and no one ts bold enough to gainsay this Jact. Yet there occasionally crops out there from “ring” quarters, disturbed, no doubt, by the fear of losing long enjoyed opportunities in political hant- ing grounds under their control, a suggestion to impede the wishes of the people of said |. Westchester towns for immediate annexation to the clty by compelling them, as a condition precedent, to vote at some future time as to whether, alter all, they may not be mistaken in respect to their real wishes on the subject. This is exactly what a proposition to take the vote of either of the towns in reference to annexation to New York city amounts to, and the people of Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge are FULLY ALIVE TO THE MOTIVES of those Who assume to practise this oficious and mischievous interference ostensibly in their behalf, but in reality, as is easily seen, tor the mainte: ance of mere personal interests. That leaders in both political parties are coufederated in such a discreditable intrigue by no means relieves it of | the imputation of partisanship, but rather proves | it to be a compound partisanship, the ingred- jents consisting of the proverbial “six of one and | halfa dozen of the other,” if, indeed, tae West- chester politicians thus combined to lead the people | by the nose number so many as a dozen inall. ‘The proof that annexation to the city is popular {n the towns is amply evidenced by the MULTITUDE OF SIGNERS TO MEMORIALS to the Legislature in favor and the few opposed. in Kingsbridge scarcely aman can be found in osition, At the recent town meeting in We: ‘arms the question was put to the electors in a body and the response was unanimously and en- thusiastically in the affirmative. In Morrisania, also, the feeling in favor is intense and deter- mined—so much so that, notwithstanding there was apparently no serious opposi- tion to the recent election of the demo- cratic candidate for Supervisor in that town on general grounds, his friends recognized the ne- cessity of relerring in public print during the can- Vass to a rumor prevailing, for political effect, they alleged, that he was opposed to annexation, and Of their asserting therin on “authority” that the rumor was false, as no man in the town was more heartily in favor of the question than he. AB a consequence Of this assurance the gentieman re- jerred to Was elected by a large majority, the onl: votes against him having been cast fora repabil- can whose name was kept on the ticket after he had declined the nomination, for the purpose of keeping up the party organization in the town, and who was himself also e stly committed in Juvor of annexation, In addition to this near! UNANIMOUS EXPRESSION FROM THESE TOWN the supervisors of the county have also by deliberate | resolv ion in behalt of and as expressing the sense of | the people of the county, signitiedtheir concurrence | inthe measure. If, therefore, the representatives | of Westchester county in the Legislature do their duty in the premises, and are sustained in it by the city members, we may reasonably expect the an- nexation of the Westchester towns of Morissania, ue Farms and Kingsbridge to the city of New York to become an accomplished fact before the termina- tion of the business of the present session, In which event, let all parties concerned keep a sharp look out for a period of business activity in the city and annexed towns, among capitalists, traders, me- chanics and working men, such as ork mend ad few may now Iully anticipate, but through whic! multitudes are destined to become prosperous be- youd their present most sanguine expectations. THE FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION of the law committee of the Board of Aldermen, An reference to the annexation of the Westchester towns to this city, was considered by the Board at their me ing, on Thursday, and was adopted by that body. Th of magnitude and © subject bein cussed importance, it was yy the Aluermen with | journ until Monda, conataerapie animation, and the resolution was fi- nally emended 40 a8 to call for the submission of the whole question to the people of the counties ot New York and Westchester at the next election. No one will dispute the right o! any Alderman to claim this privilege tor his constituents in what- ever light the wisdom or EXPEDIENCY O¥ THE PROPOSITION may be viewed; but when he attempis © similar drag on the measure, a8 representing the inverests ofthe Westchester county electors, his rigit and his motives become questionable. It is possible, however, that the submission proposition was pressed under circumstances not ino nsistent with the highest sense of honor and the most exalted public spirit on the part of the Aldermen who sup" ported the amendment, as they may have been misled through an invidious provision inserted in the Annexation bill after its Iriends had deewed it complete, but which was subsequently stricken Out by the Committee on Cities of the Assembly a4 UNNECESSARY AND MISCHIEVOUS, requiring the transler of the public property of the towns to be subi to a vote of tue electors thereof beiore taking full effect. But no weill-in formed person, entitled to be regarded as even just to the citizens of the Westchester towns, would represent them, a8 was done tn the Alder- manic debate, as favoring annexation to the city, and consequent amenabiiity to its traditional municipal government, to enable them to escape taxatio, ‘the contemplation of any such illusion in respect to “jumping out of the frying pan into the fire’ provokes rather grave reflections, espe- cially in connection with a politico-economical scheme of our present city daddies that is now pending in the Legislature, to destroy the finest und grandest structure of Egyptian architecture outside of tue land of the Pharaohs, in the proimo- tion of A COMPANION MASTERPIECR to the “County Court House” eaterprise, which, if ccomplisiied, will, in effect, dedicate the criminal and prisons of the city and county ol New York to the elevated purposes and designs oi the ancient order of “shysters,” in some sequestered quarter o1 the city that will be practically inacces- sible to honoravle members of the legal pro- fession and to the citizens generally. In considering the arguments against this project of annexation one rannot fail to be im. pressed by the facility wigh which Uaey answer and refute themselves. This UNFORTUNATE WEAKNESS of that side of t.e question has been heretofore pointed out in the HeRALD, and it was rather lu- dicrously apparent when the sharp Westchester townsmen were charged in the debate by an Alder- man, Who was opposing annexation, with making their money in the city, and escaping its taxation by residing “over the bridge.” “LEY US ANNEX THEIR TERRITORY, THEN,” was the opposite response of another Alderman, “gna we may thereby compel them to pay their taxes in our own city.”’ And this passage between the two worthy city magnates is a fair indication of the staple of the annexation argument wherever it occurs. After calmly SURVEYING THE WHOLE FIELD, our candid opinion is, that the strong and only availab! oint of all who are intent on obstruc! ing the measure is a rigid adhe e to the device of the experienced Westchester “ring” of requir- ing the concurrence in advance ot each of th arate municipalities or governments concerned, to be expressed by the vote of their several popufa- multitude of counsels thus demanded ance for a slip-up of the measure som if so desperate an expedient as a false and staffed ballot box and a Knocked-down in- spector of elections has to be resorted to, as is al- leged to have been the case at the recent election for town oficers in the First ward of Morrisania, SUBURBAN RESIDENC! A new era of prosperity seems to dawn for the beautiiul sea-girt Staten Isiand, especially that portion Known as New Brighton, The stiff prices demanded by owners of houses in ths city drives people of moderate income away, and hundreds have flocked to New Brighton, where very comiort- able residences are rented at very moc We have heard of a number of rentais vicinity within the past week, The ele’ tion of property here renders habitation desirs and the c thirty miles of Increased ferry facili- ties are now ofered to the residents of the istan thus virtually establishing a “rapid transit’ une- | qualled by any elevated railroad, PRIVATE SALES. We have received the following reports of private sales effected last wer By P. zitre 1 house, s. s. 62d st., and 3d avs., . $13 between Sth and 9th 4 East 62d st. Sstory b., 17x48x100,. 1.) 1 house, n.s. Sid st., between Sth and 9th avs., 18.9< Bdxt02 1 house 18,000 between ati and’ AND FRIEDMAN. iq PUBLIC EDUCATION. The New Board ot Education Mect and Adjourn Without Organizing—Custom House Lobbyists. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon the members o1 the Board of Instruction, nominated in accord- ance with tie provisions of a recent act of the Leg- islature, assembled at the hall corner of Grand and Elm stre On motion Mr. Alban P, Mann was unanimously voted to the chair, The meeting room was thronged by principals, vice principals and various other friends of education, On the right were seated President Hunter, of the Normal College; Professor Scott and the city super- intendents. the railing. The tion, stood many of the satellites of the Custom House, whispering to different members and firing knowing winks and nods in ail directions, Prom- inent among them were Isaac H. Bailey, Jackson Schultz, Tom Acton, Jimmy Davis and W. Hall. Many of the Commissioners appeared ‘to be thoroughly conversant with the intentions of the lobbyists, and gave them a wide berth. it is understoed that the Custom House gentlemen, not being able to influence the Mayor to nominate all the Commissioners of their choice, intend to “work upon” tue new offl- cials for the purpose of securing the hitherto non- partisan patronage of the Board, and thus make a machine of the most important department of the city government. The contemptible practice of appealing to religious feelings in aid of the ovject has been in some instan resorted to; but the oMcials, fortunately, don’t appear to be the men A SUNDAY AT THE TOMBS. To THR Eprror or TH H&RALD:— There are churches and churches, and I some- times wonder what the Oreator thinks of most of them, 1 particularly wonaer what His pri- vate opinion 1s of the religious services neld in the cheeriul corridor of that thing of beauty and joy lorever, the Tombs, I have been lost in this particular wonder ever since @ desire to know what was being spiritually done for criminals led me to risk my health by visiting our salubrious city prison for a jew hours, Having run this risk and returned heme alive, a wiser i not a better man, perhaps the HenaLp may like to be equally wise and equally no better. Assuming this supposition to be correct, I will make as truthiul a pen and ink sketch as lies within my power. Emerson says that he who tells the truth will find himself in suflciently dramatic situations. Emerson is more practical in this remark than in many others, and at the risk of my neck (lor alter all “hanging is not played out’) I will give myself all the rope required to hold the Tombs up to life, We enter the gloomy portals of the prison and stand without the railings, waiting for tne arrival of some potentate whose beck means “open sesame.” The ordinary bustie of secular days has yielded to the quiet duiness which Is sup- posed to denote respect for the Maker of the universe. I have often thought that if this respect manifested itself by leas chicanery and rowdyism on week days and more mirthtulness on Sunday, humanity would beneilt by the change; but I am not the President of the United States, nor do I belong to the Custom House party, consequently what I think is of no conse- quence, My attention 1s attracted to a notice hanging within a few feet of the doorkeeper, whose business it is to receive the passes of ail having ac- cess to the Tombs :— ; OOO LE LORE LELEDOIE LE DE DEROLONDLE IEEE DEED DEDEDE NO SMOKING ALLOWED IN THIS PRISON, OLE LE REE ODIELE DEDEDE ESE DDOOLELE OE IDLE PL DE LE DIT “Ah!” I say to myself, “a very good rule; for if visitors and officials added tobacco fumes to air already polsoned by swamp, bad = drainage = and. overcrowding, what would become of the wretched prisoners?’’ My reflections are cut short by observing that the doorkeeper is consoling himself with a cigar, Tam somewhat staggered at this violation of regula- tions, but then I regain a speedy composure by re- membering that the object of making laws is to break them, The greatest pleasure in life is eat- ing forbidden fruit, Eve made this discovery early in her varied career and men have been profiting by itever since, It is not long before the poten- tate arrives, beckons, and we pass through the door that affords ingress and egress to more misery than any door in Christendom, Enter- ing the confined courtyard I see where Fos- ter died a double death; first from the administration of prolonged prayer, and second, from the administration of law. Ibehold the win- dow of the condemned cell, which is s0 con- veniently situated to the gallows as to convey all sounds of its construction to the murderer's quick ears, This refinement of cruelty does credit to our civilization, and I draw attention to it that all Christians applaud, Within the men’s prison is & moving spectacle, I fancy myself on board a Great Eastern, anchored, in the lake beneath, that once was enty feet deep. Surely I stand in the en- gime room of a vast steamer, Here, on the ground floor, are three large stoves that a vivid imagination may liken unto furnaces. Three pipes run up into the air and disappear in the skylight. These are the smokestacks. Three tiers of galierles run around the narrow corridor, men in dirty shirt sleeves lounge about, prisoners are tramping, tramping, tramping, taking their reise for all the world like ocean passengers, shrill whistle and the ery of “All hands forward!’ lt does nut come, however. One by one the prison- ers are Shut up in their cells, preparatory to reli- gious exercises, and We mount one flight of steps taking our stand on what I believe to be the Cap- tuin’s lookout. Gazing around and aloft, my eyes catch sight of quotations from the Bible, printed on pasteboard and hung up between every cell. There is supposed to be an eternal fitness in every- thing, and I wish you to remark the singular pro- priety of the mottoes pat up by well-intentioned people for the good of sinners. I read, “The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain,” and from the adjoining cell 1 | hear such blasphemy as Sought to make that pasteboard curl. “I say unto you, | you, Isay unto all, Watch!” A novel scene was witnessed outside | e, in noisy and busy coniabula- | to listen to those appeals, They are ail | venerable, intelligent-looking individnals, and | present a very favorable appearance. Ex- cept Commissioners Patterson and Kelly (the latter gentleman is in the South), ail the new appointees were in their seats, A debate arose among them as to the power of the new Board to act on Saturday, tne filteentn day alter the passage of the act not having then expired, (Yesterday was the fifteenth day.) The lawyers of the Board were unanimous in the opinion that the term of the old Board had not yet expired and could not legally expire until twelve o'clock that night. It was true the old Board had adjoufhed sine die; but that fact did not alter the workings of the law, A motion was accordingly made to ad- alternoon, which was unani- mously carried. To-morrow evening, theretore, the destinies of 100,000 childrex, a vast number of public educators d the control of a great depart- ment will pass into the hands of the Board. THE YOUNG INVESTIGATION. Second Session of the Committee of Super. | visors as to the Conduct of J. B. Young= Renewal of the T. mony as to the Woodward Warrants. Before the proceedings were formally renewed yesterday in the J. B. Young investigation Mr. Taintor stdted to the committee that he desired to disclaim any personal feeling in the inquiry against Mr. Young. The results that had been ana were to be presented to the committee had been the result of an examination of the books of the city and county fifteen or sixteen months ago, He was not actuated by political or partisan mo- tives, Wherever he had detected trregularities, no matter who it referred to, he had made it his duty to present those particulars to the proper municipal officer. On the 16th of January he had seen Mr. Young and told him of these charges, and hac also sent some of Mr. Young’s friends to tell him also. Mr. Dexter A. Hawking then examined Mr. Taintor as to the details of certain Warrants already ublished, and which have been given more or less hh detail in the criminal and civil trials of Mr. Tweed and Mr. Hall. The ay new features were the de- posits of Woodward in the Broadway Bank, as given by Mr. Taintor, The division and percentage of certain amounts to Tweed, Garvey and Watson were described, and the particulars, as already published, given in detail. The amounts received by Mr. Young, as already published, were detailed by Mr. Taintor, and traced to the respective amounts, Mr. Taintor's examination was not concluded When the committee adjourned, to meet again on Monday morning at eleven o'clock. COLLISION IN THE SOUND. A collision oecurred yesterday morning at five O'clock between the tugboat Oyster Bay and an unknown schooner, nearly opposite Whitestone. Happily there was no loss of life; but two hands from the tugboat's crew were lifted into the alr, whence they fell into the cold water of the Sound: They were rescued from their perilous situation the heroic endeavors of Heli Gate Pilot Harris, * by The Oyster Bay, in her disabled condition, was taken in tow by the steamtug Niagara.’ The schooner, little damaged, proceeded on her course, | the wall. love your enemies," and a prisoner who turns his back on the injunction assures me that once out of prison he will have his revenge on those by whom he has been wronged. “What I say unto “Just as though we didn't,” retorts a prisoner when asked for a criti- cism. “Yon better believe we watch, but a darned sight of good it does after a fellow gets into this here place.” “Without Me ye can do notning.” “I don’t believe in them things,” replies a young burglar whose cell is plentifully supplied with the Day's Doings, the Clipper and other highly instructive journals. “What does it mean, anyhow? There ain’t no beginning nor end to it. I've done lets of things, What does it mean? They come round here and give us tracts and religious newspapers. We take ‘em, but, you'd better believe, we laugh. What do we want with such stuff? What we want is to get out and have alairchance, I don’t want to steai ifI can geta living some other way. Will those tract people give me something to do? Blessed if they will. Now look at that. ‘No man can serve two masters; ye cannot serve God and Mammon.’ Mammon’s money, isn’t it? Suppose you haven't got any money, what's up? L don’t believe it for @ cent. It’s all gammon. And there's anotne: ‘Tam the way, the truth and the life.’ Why don't they talk on the square? What do they want to go fooling round for, telling a fellow that is locked up, ‘Be not afraid—be of good cheer, itis1” Do they take us for fools? Well, we ain't, by along shot.” No, these young burgiars are not fools, whatever else they may be. “The Lord reigneth,” proclaims the motto on “That's the way He reigns,” exclaims a prisoner, overhearing an oath from his neighbor. “These visitors mean well, you see, but they don’t understand their business. Now, the other day, what does a woman do but go and begin singing psalms at ——, who was seated in a chair by the Stove. She put her hand on the chair and went at him like a good ‘un, You ought to have heard the men goon! ‘Go it again!’ cries one. ‘Bully for yor said another, ‘Put her out!’ shouted a third, Some whistled, some bellowed and then they got up achorus of howls. I eouldn’t help laughing and I tell you it’s no sort of good trying on religion in that style.” keen-eyed prisoner calls to another opposite, “I say, ——, What do you suppose a woman said to me yesterday?’ “Give it up,” re- plies his friend. “Well,” the old fool said, ‘Now, when you get out you won't try and kill anybody again, will you?’ “Of course not, ma’m,’ said 1,” and then the two roar with laughter, Most assuredly the keen-eyed man is right in asserting that phi- lanthropists do not understand their business, If there is one thing more than another that crim- inals despise it is goody-goody twaddle, and this is the moral pabulum upon which they are fed. Cleanliness being considered next to godliness, sweeping o/ the galleries sets in before the begin- ning of services. Considerable dust is thrown in our eyes, but not suMcient to prevent our seeing a church by daylight, Ladies bearing copies of the Weekly religious press appear, and although the motto nearly assures me that “Charity tninketh no evil,”? Lam wicked enough to recall the prisoners’ criticisms, and wonder whether the road to reform is by the way of newspapers that are pronounced a bore, Stools, placed on one side of the gallery, are covered with daily newspapers, On these visitors and ladies and gentlemen constituting the choir take their seats. My friend sits on the Tri- bune and I sit on the Sun. We are fortified by these grand moral organs, New mottoes come be- fore me, Beside the cell occapied by the great American Dictator, George Francis Train, I read— “Thy Word 1s a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Presently a printed canvas is unrolled ry moment lexpect to hear the boatswain's | As I pass along the gallery one | and hung up Opposite tne choir, It is a hymn, en- titled, “Just as 1 am,” the first verse running thus Just as Tam, without one plea, But that Thy Ulouw was shed tor me, And that Thou b! “ves: me come to Thee, O Lamb of God! I come. A benevolent-looking Episcopalian clergyman ar- rives with asermon, He bas vomnteered his ser- vices, “Phe pastor of the prison reada @ hymn, and, without accompaniment of any kina, the choir sings in the drawling, nasal manner peculiar to psalm singing, It is thought to be devotional in its tendencies, I pity the prisoners; but, remem- bering that their ears have not been cultivated, I begin to believe that poor musio is better than none, for I perceive that the prisoners approach the doors of their cells and place one hand ouside the gratings, as though they were absorbing sound through the pores, The litany is read; no re- sponses come from the oolls, and then the vencra- ble clergyman unrolls his manuscript. “What will he say to these present, but invisible, men?” I ask myself, “Can any talk be more dificult? Can any one dare to address them who does uot feel Atted for most peculiar work?” Evidently the well-in- tentioned old gentleman has no such scruples. He has selected a sermon which he considera emi- uently sulted to time and place, He tells his wo- seen audience that the Lord is angry with the wicked every day; that God’s words are not idle speeches, and gives such a picture of the Deity as 1s not calculated to sulten obdurate hearts. He assures them that misery is the work of a holy and offended God, a statement that strikes the inquiring mind peculiarly, I wish to ask whether the misery arising from the murder of Phyfer by Nixon is the work or God, and, if 80, why Nixon is to be hung? Is the starvation of the sewing girl due to God's anger? I long to put sev- eral questions to the reverend gentleman, but re- frain. He talks about conscience, yet admits that it may be lulledinto repose, He speaks of sinning against the laws and tne sin being found out, but he does not tell us how much re- sponsibility there is for sin when humanity is reared in brutal ignorance of conscience.~ He declaims against the hardened transgressor; de- clares that all our sins are remembered by God; that as He is holy He must hate what is evil; that as He is just He must punish, The good man tells us, further, how God chastises those He loves, adding that if He punishes those He loves what can others expect? Evidently nothing but ever- lasting torment; and ifany of the prisoners have listened. (which I doubt), they are much more hardened in transgression than beiore the delivery ofthe sermon. As the preacher meanders through his broad river of text the hands grad- ually disappear from the gratings. Doors are closed with a bang. A boy visiting one of the prisoners begins to talk loudly, Exhausting con- versation he sits onthe floor with his feet dang- ling over the gallery and reads the Police Gazette, Howls, succeeded by groans, are heard in the dis- tance, A voice not far away exclaims, “Damn you, hold your yawp!"?, The two young men in the cell opposite my seat begin to laugh, cards are produced, and quickly distance the preacher in interest, The youth occupying the cell directly beside me whistles irreverent airs and tries to add to my comfort by pufing tobacco smoke in my face. The more the reverend old gentleman preaches the more the irreverent young gentleman putts. The latter evidently thinks that I am related to the preacher and sympathize with his views. I long to undeceive him, but for fear, and inhale more bad tobacco smoke in less time than I dreamed possible to the most capacious lungs, Hilarity increases until even the cat below be- comes indecorous and plays with her tail in a highly reprehensible manner. The preacher heeds his audience no more than his audience heeds him, and when it is all over I leave the prison sick at heart, Is this the best that can be done for criminals? Shall religion be made a mockery? If prisoners be talked to at all, should it not be by impassioned, earnest, eloquent souls capable of awakening emotion? Will droning platitudes ever produce wholesome effects upon shrewd, alert minds? I do not blame the prisoners for shutting their doors. Had Isat within a cell I might have howled, It should be remembered that the majority of prisoners are Catholics, to whom a Protestant service is objectionable; and I contend that it is no more just to expect Catholics to toler- ate Protestantism than te expect Protestants to tol- erate Catholicism, At present no Catholic service is held im the male prison of the Tombs. If all services are like the one I have described, all are worse than useless. Far better would it be to make the Sunday exercises entirely musical. A piano and afew good voices singing not hymns only, but English and Irish ballads cal- culated to recall long lost homes, would do more to touch hearts not entirely hardened than all the common-place sermons that have been preached since the days of Luther, It is a crime against crime that so little is done to appeal to the better nature after the law has laid hands upon offenders. Music speaks a language to which every soul can’ give the interpretation most desired, and I maintain that the organ, consid- ered absolutely mecessary in churches, is Jar more necessary in prisons, Were there a mis- erable piano in the Tombs it might be possible to test the power of music. Many a pianist, many a singer would gladly volnnteer, Is the city so poor that it cannot afford this luxury? And if a new prison be erected is there any chance of seeing an organ built inevery department? It is not enough toshut up criminals, the majority of whom are youths led astray by miserable birth, poverty and bad company. Something must be done to lure them into honest paths, Thoronghly human men and women who are not too good to understand temptation, and who do not force their own righteousness down rebellious throats, ought to set themselves to work at this greatest of all charities. First, how to pre- | vent crime, and secondly, how to stay its course, are the problems of the age. Certainly the present prison régime is fraught with direful consequences, not the least of which are those caused by the weekly performance of a ghastly burlesque cailed Divine Worship. There are Berghs for animals; where are the Berghs for human souls? REFORM. NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. From J. B. Ford & Co. Beecher’s (Henry Ward) Sermons,” seventh and eighth series; “Star Papers,’ by Henry Ward Beecher; “Moth- erly Talks with Young Housekeepers,” by Mrs. H, W. Beecher; “New Life in New Lands,” by Grace Greenwood, From Harper & Brothers:—“The Treaty of Washington; Its Negotiation, Execution, and the Discussions Relating Thereto,” by Caleb Cushing; “Little Kate Kirby,” a novel; by Frederick W. Robinson. From T, B, Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia :— “High Life in New York,” by Jonathan Slick. i FATAL PORTER HOUSE ROW IN GREENWICH STREET, An English Pugilist in Trouble, Last Wednesday night a gang of bruisers and drunken bummers met in William Smith's porter house, 549 Greenwich street, and there imbibed benzine or other potent poison to a fearful extent, after which Robert Smith, a quarrelsome English pugilist, and Patrick McDermott, all the way from Hoboken, became involved in a rough-and-tumble fight, which lasted for several minutes. During the progress of the bloody fight Edward Doran, a confirmed inebriate, interfered and endeavored to separate the belligerents, and fer his trouble re- ceived two poweriul fist blows from Smith, one taking effect on the face and iracturing his jaw, and the other in the pit of the stomach, which not onl: knocked him down, but reduced him to mnsensi- bility. When taken up and removed to the Green- wich street police station Doran was vomiting blood, which indicated most unmistakably that he had received severe internal injuries, Immediately afterwards Doran was removed to Bellevue Hospital. Smith lost no time in making his escape; but paint pursued by Sergeant Townes and Detective Van Gretchen, of the Twenty-eight" precinct, was arrested in a free-and-easy resort, corner of Houston and Wooster streets, and taken before Justice Ledwith, who committed him to await the result of Doran’s injuries. The latter lingered in Bellevne Hospital till yesterday morn- ing, when death ensued. joran was forty-two years of age, born in Ireland and @ laborer during his sober intervals. He, how- ever, had no permanent home or substantial means of sup rt. Smith is a middle-aged man and lives at 144 West Twenty-ninth street. Coroner Young has been notified and will give the matver @ thor: ough investigation, THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER CASE, Third Sessionef the Coronet’s Investi- gation of the Goodrich*Tragedy. Charles Green, alias George Baker, the Bogus Watchman. Highly Interesting Inside View of the Degraw Street Degradation—A Dramatio Scene Botweon the Murdered Man and His Mistress—The Rejected Wo- man Attacking Her Betrayer. Testimony of Surgical Ex- perts To Be Taken. The interest among the people of Brooklyn to learn every particular which may be elicited by the Coroner's investigation touching the death of Charles Goodrich is still unabated, Botore the commencement of the third session of the inquest yesterday afternoon the court room, in which the inquest is held, was crowded with spectators, who patiently listened to the testimony of the three witnesses examined, The session opened about a quarter past two and closed at fifteen mimutes after five o'clock. Among those present were Cor- poration Counsel De Witt, Mr. W. W. Goodrich and several New York detectives. The latter officers made frequent notes in their books of points in the testimony. ‘The first witness called was Charles Green, alias George Baker. This man failed to respond, and the Coroner expressed his surprise at Green's absent- ing himself, as he had been subpoenaed to appear. Officer Patrick Hughes, of the Tenth precinct, was called and testified that he had done . POST DUTY ON DEGRAW STREET in January and February of this year; did notknow Mr. Goodrich by sight (picture of deceasea shown) ; had seen that man with a lady about the middle of the month of February; was on patrol and saw a light in the basement, and, looking in the window, saw a gentleman and a lady sitting by a table; thought that these people hada just moved in there; don’t think I attracted their attention while looking in; never saw Mr. Goodrich after until 1 saw him dead; never saw a man and woman sitting on any stoop in that block; don’t remem- ber hearing any DISTURBANCE ON VALENTINE’S DAY; was on that post nine nights out of the twenty- eight; the woman I saw was dressed in black and of medium size; she was of dark complexion,and light hair, and had a Roman nose; have seen no woman since that impressed me that she was the person I saw in the basement; it was between nine and ten o’clock in the evening that I looked in at them through the shutters; they were not taking tea. THE BOGUS WATCHMAN'S STORY. Charles 8. Green, having arrived at this juncture. was called to the witness stand. He testified that he resided at 519 East Eighteenth street, New York; my business is in the lumber line; knew Charles Goodrieh for twenty years; he was my brother-in-law; was not very intimate with him; have not seen him very frequently for the last three years; on the 17th of February I last saw nim alive; it was either that date or the sth of Feb- ruary; saw him previously in September, on the 12th of the month, I think; it in De Kalb ave- nue, at some church; it was during the wed- ding of a brother of mine; talked with him then; recollect a time when he_ said he wanted to see me on a certain business; that was on the 14th February, at his room 217 East Thir- teenth street, New York; he asked me to call on him; went there on the night of February 14 to make a social cail on him; he said he would like me to come and watch his houses in Degraw street; he said he had GOT INTO A SCRAPE WITH A WOMAN, and wanted me to help bim out of it; he saia he had got acquainted with a girl who was living in one of his houses, and he wanted her to get out of the house; he made her acquaintance througn a personal a year ago last Spring; he wanted her to go because he expected his fatner and mother and he didn’t want to be exposed; he told me the woman generally came home between six and seven o'clock at night; the things belonging to her he had placed in anotier house, and he told me to tell her of it when she came; Mr. Goodrich and myself were im the areaway when we saw a woman get off the carand go up Filthavenue; he went down the avenue and returned soon to tell me it was she; she came shortly and I told her where her things were; she said she didn’t know WHY HE TREATED HER 80; she sat down on a trunk then and began to write; I told her she would find Mr. Goodrich at the Ful- ton ferry; he came into the apartment where she was while she was writing, and she struck him on the breast, CALLED HIM A DEVIL, and threw a smoothing iron at him; he talked with her for twenty minutes in private and then Jeit; she acied strangely; she began playing on an accordeon and crying, singing and groaning; she said she thought she would go crazy; she tried to wrench a piece of lead pipe off the sink, but I pre- vented her from doing so; in the morning she took her departure; abeut eleven o'clock he returned to the house; about four o’clock he went down to the Fulton ferry and crossed to New York, where he met her; I followed them at his request; on William street they stood talking for some twenty minutes; they went into Crooks’ Hotel; next Monday night he told me she was back again in one of the houses, but was going away again that night; they did go away together; he did not tell me in what paper he saw the personal; he met her at the Forty-second street depot; HER NAME WAS “AMY SNOW,” as near as I can recollect from what he teld me; he said he wanted to make her a virtuous woman, a decent woman, and to furnish a room for her in New York. How would that make a decent woman of her? Witness—I don’t know, unless it was to enable her to work in her business, which was making straw hats; he spoke of her being pregnant to me; he said there had been an abortion performed on her; he told me that Dr. Smith had told him where to go when he had asked for advice; don’t recol- lect his wanting Dr. Smith himself to perform the operation; the nurse's house was on the west side of town somewhere; forget the name of the phy- sician that performed the abortion; he said he thought this Woman came originally from THE WOMEN’S HOME, RLIZADETH STREET; she told him that she had come fram there; don’t remember the number of that institution; he thought she came from the New England States; he saw a letter from Boston addressed to her; said he had tried to find out where she had come from Jor quite a while; he said she did not want him to find where she had come from; I think he said the child was born dead; she claimed axterwards that the child was living; he said she said she would write to his folks and tell them she was married to him—that there had been a mock marriage; she asked me yf name and 1 told her George Baker; I told her! was watching the houses tor Mr. Goodrich, and she said she would give me more money than he if 1 would let her go into the houses; I told her IT WAS “TOO THIN;? she said he had not treated her right, but did not teli me in what way; she said she would leave the place if he would GIVE HER THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS; she believed he wanted to get another woman in there; she satd she saw another woman visit the h ed her what she was writing, but she did not answer me; I tokt her she was a loose character; she was tall and slender, and a bionde; had a Roman nose, firm chin and mouth, fair hair, and was about twenty-three or twenty-four years ot age; Lagat was said that night about her having had a child; she said she wanted money all the time, but he woald not give 1t to her; Mr. Goodrich said there had been a great deal of glass broken in his houses and he thonght she did it; he never expressed any jear of personal harm at her hands; there is some resembiance be- tween Mrs, Armstrong and the woman | speak of about the nose and chin; cannot say as to the teeth, as I did not notice them; she said to me that SHE WOULD GET SQUARE WITH HIM and that she did not care if he was dead; I was present when she struck him and threw the flat- iron at him, if! the jury—I am twenty-two years of age; I was in his employ as acierk for several years; I quit three years ago to go into the wool business; jTe- mained two months; ior some three months | was out of;employment: then went to work for my father as clerk in the lumber business; when Goodrich told me he was in a scrape with a wo liaughed at him; I suggested that he put her UP ON THE ISLAND for six months, twice a year; he said it wouldn't do for him to do that, for it would expose him. fore the woman caine, while I was on watch houses in Degraw street, Mr, Goodrich was |with me; there was a roll of drugget, two trunks, & tress in the ent, in Which sat down on the grunk 8 and wrote on her a she wrote from gbout seven until about nine o'clock ; Mr. Goodrich in about nine or ten o’clock; when he enter jamped up and called out you “damned defils;” STRUCK HIM ON THE BREAST; )t know whether evils; ne suggested the name of George Baker, as I did not want my folks to know that I had beea acting as watchman; she slept on the flooron & Plece Of the carpet tor an hour toward moruing; I SAT ON THE RANGE; there was no fire in it; the window was brokem ‘and it was vei pola 1 thought it was natural for her to feel ‘indignant at the treatment she re- ceived; the wri was rapid and good, though: rather large fora ; the ink used waa black; would know her if 1 saw her again; did not think Mrs. Armstrong was the womam I saw there that night; Mrs, Armstrong mumbled or mouthed her words more than the other gir!; the girl spoke in a clearer and more distinct voice; Mr. Goodrich said he wouid be willing to give ner $20 er $20 to help to furnish her rooms and return to & virtuous lile; he said he was in the habit of giving her money; when she said she was going crazy she cried out, “Vie! and asked me il I had seen THK PLAMES OF CHIOAGO; she wanted to burn the shelves, but I would not let her; on Crook’s Hote) book, New York, on the 16th, their names are registered—hera as “Kate Stoddard ;" don't know what bis name is down a6; THR DETROYIVES TOLD MR they found their names on the book ;-1 saw the off- 8 go into the hotel, and they told mo that was what they went there for, By the Coroner—It occurred to me that she acted in the strange manner described at the Degraw street house from sheer uginess; the cold was very great, and it might have been necessary te exercise to Keep up the circulation; he did not pay me anything for my services; 1t was on Sunday night that 1 followed them to Crook's Hotel; she had holdof his arm, and he was ho.ding an um- brella over ber; he asked me © follow them, as he Was afraid that she might make @ scene on the Street; he told me they leit ver there and them Went up to his rooms in Thirteenth street, New York; my impression is that he passed bis days im Degraw street and his nights in Tuirtecntn street; the room in ‘thirteenth street Nad a bed, a desk, two or three chairs, everything showing regular occupancy; he had his meals ut a restaurant; om Monday When I went back to Degraw street I saw him coming out of the house with a woman, bat where they went to I don’t know: that was the last time J remember seeing him, By the Coroner—She said that she would crazy on the night we passed in Degraw str I think she meant that she would “piay crazy Mr. Goodrich told me that be thought SHE LOVED HIM; I do not think that he loved her, a3 he would not have used her in that manner if he did; heard him say that he confided in Dr, Smith a good deal, and understood that he tad told the Doctor all about her, By the Jury—He said she had told him she would say a mock marriage had been periormed; he did not say whether it was or not; he said he had trouble with other women during @ conversation at his house on one occasion; never andicated thas he was afraid of any harm being done to him by any one; heard of the death of Mr. Goodrica by @ note irom his brother; when I first heard of it it struck me that it was this woman who had caused his death; I have the same opinion at present; she may have either done it herself or get somebody else to do it for her, Wilham P. Knapp, residing at 759 Degraw street, testified that he had known deceased for the past five years; met him the day alter the disturbance was overheard in his house; there was a SCRATCH ON HIS NOSE; it didn’t occur to. me that a woman’s finger nails would cause such a mark; it took a piece of skin off his nese; know of nothing that could in any way throw light upon the manner in which Mr, Goodrich came to his death, At this point Coroner Whiteliill addressed the jury, Saying that they were now in possession of sufficient testimony to enable them to consult as to the prepay of adjourning, subject to the call of the Coroner, Alderman Richardson inquired whether any effort had been made to obtain the services of two ex- pert surgeons to take tie witness stand and Suen such questions as the jury have to put te hem. ‘rhe Coroner replied that the desired witnesses should he forthcoming, and the jury agreed to ad- journ, subject to the cali of the Coroner. THE ERIE INVESIIGATION. get An Unimportant Session Held Yesterday, The Erie Railroad Investigating Committee re- sumed its sessions in this city yesterday morning. ‘The evidence elicited during the day was of an un- important nature, it mainly consisting of the unt- fication of accounts which had been previously submitted. The Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Loring, is on the lookout for Mr. Tweed, but up to the pres- ent has failed to produce him. THE TESTIMONY. President Watson was placed upon the stand as the first witness, and repeated some of is form testimony relative to the expenses and liabilities of the road; Mr. Watson said the value of the road and equipments is more than equal to the sums which have been expended upon it; if the Erie road was blotted out it would require as large a sum to made as good a one; seme sums might have been expended in construction that were not legiti- mately expended, but te counterbalance this “the value of some of the real estate held by the company has increased in some cases twenty fold; the par value of the stock has been expended on the road; the repairs of the road are part of the expenses and they must be deducted before you have net earnings; the ac- counts of the Erie Railroad have been ,Kept ina very unsystematic manner, and no accurate in- ventory of the property of the road has been taken from time to time as it should be; we were told when we came into possession of the road that if we did not have recourse tothe same measures adopted by our predecessors we would have to contend against hostile legislation; if the law would make it obligatory upon passengers to pur- chase tickets at oiices they could be carried cheaper and with more profit to the company; I should not like to name the persons who told me that it would be necessary to have recourse to legislation; I would not like to say whether any Assemblyman made the suggestion, but Ican say no one here did (laughter); a variety of persons gave me intimations of this nature, but I refused poiut blank, and said I would rather see the people in the penitentiary than bribe them; it was never said to me in words that I should give money. but it was intimated to me in a way that I could understand as plainly as words; I have been written to by members ef the Legislature, who have commended the course I have taken; it was said to me if I would not apply the means used in former days I might look out for breakers; I have been threatened because I did not send annual passes to members of the Legislature; I have received a letter from John Livingstone, enclesing a circular; 1 decline to give the names of the persons who ap- proached me, because there was nothing objec- tionable in what they said; if these letters or words were indictable I would be glad to give their names to the committee or the District Attorney. To Mr. Carpenter—l have been to Albany #1 Winter; I do not know of any lobbyist having ap- proached me. Mr. Dunan, the auditor of the Erie Railway, identified the exhibits of tne Erie Railway ac- counts by their numbers; the abstract given of the accounts was a correct one; there was a surplus of $132,000 on the profit and loss account ofthe year 1872; the statements of accounts were from the books and, to the best of witness’ knowledge, were accurate and gorrect; the general business of thé road, both passenger and freight, wes greater for the year 1872 than for the previous year; the liabilities and assets of the road, the state ments made on the declaration of the dividend, were correct, and a proper exhibit of the earnings of the Erie Kailway for 1872; a consideration was taken for all just expenditures of the company before the statement was drawn up. Mr. Lewis, auditor of the Pennsylvania Railroad, testified that he had examined the accounts of tl Erie Railway and found them to be properly made up. ‘After the hearing of some further testimony the Committee adjourned THE BULL'S HEAD BANK. Report of the Referee—Condition of the Bank. Judge James Emott, the referee in the Bull's Head Bank case, reports that he has examined George W. Willetts, Jacob Voorhies, Jr., and A. 8. Cameron, and from their testimony has ascer- tained the present condition of the bauk. ‘The liabilities of the bank, all of which are pres- ently due, amount to $1,127,831, while the assets are $1,175,221, No account is made in a schedule submitted by him of the capital stock of the bank, except in the final balance. ‘Of this amount $5,901 is for unredeemed circu- lating notes issued at various periods, ‘The following is the schedule of the condition of the bank on April 3, 1873. 4 discounts. neve 077 078 Hoant terest to average maturit 9500 jad dedts.. 15,255 Contingencies. 0, Total... Overdrafts. . Less doubtful, Due from bat Real estate she Moluded me go ODO! WAL Tekabys: 5,67) ms. ks il exchange with Metropolitan National Bank.. oS as. . 52,731 United States bonds, $20,000 sixes of 183i et) Bonds of New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad p iisresvevere |S Bills of solvent banks and United States legal tender notes. . sees 50,133 Amount due trom’ Bank Department deposited to secure circulating note: “7 soos 670 Total. $1,175,228 Cirenlation registered 86,741 Less notes on hand... i) a ue individuais and corporations oth Danks and depositors. snes ws, OUer MAN yay Pine caponvers om lemand... Unpaid dividend nrpttte ° ‘Unpaid salaries and expense account. reas venneeeguaagan