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

8 ALLECED BOND ROBBERY. ————— $20,800 in Bonds Extracted from the Quaker Cily Treasury. Two Women Sell Them---Their Ar- rest and Explanations. APPEARANCE OF THE OWNER. The City Sued and Condemned to Pay in Full. SING SING CAMP MEETING. eile 8 The Opening Service of Vesterday—Ser- mon by the Presiding Elder on Con- secration to the Service of God— Preparations for Camp Basily Going on—The Anniversary Day Eagerly An- Ucipated—Militant Methodism in Full Force in the Grove. The camp meeting of Sing sing yesterday was Opeued with the old-fashioned ring of praise and prayer. At three o'clock the bell over the preacher's stand invited the dwellers within the camp and the strangers therein to “meeting.” The little grove in the circle, that has been made Vocal for so many years at this season with the Songs of Zion and the eloquent vieadings and preachings of earnest-nearted Methodists, Was about half filled with an attentive audience, Who seemed thoroughly to enjoy this means of grace. The sermon was preached by Dr. Browne. the presiding elder, who selected for his text Political Circles Excited | ®°™™ xiv. 7, 8:—“For none of us liveth and Wrathful. PHILADELPHIA, August 5, 1873, The Municipal Reform Association of this city are making active preparations for the commence- ment of the Fall campaign, and, in the course of a fortnight or so, will have their force thoroughly organized for the fray. One of their first efforts toward the demolition of the notorious mpg thdt holds full sway over the city’s money bags will be a thorough, overhauling of the $20,800 bond transaction, in which a Mrs. Fury and a certain mysterious lady known as Tamar ©, Johnson figure prominently conjointly with parties in the City Treasurer's Office, Thisbarefaced affair is as familiar to the people of Philadelphia as are the ring transactions of Tweed and Connolly to the New Yorkers; and the <onduct of the Law Department toward the Guilty parties is equally as humiliating to the pub- tic. In May, a year ago, two well-dressed, middle- aged ladies called at the banking house of De Haven Brothers, 40 Third street, and requested to see the elder De Haven on important business. That gentleman was forthcoming, and the elder of the two ladies, Mrs, Maria Fury, introduced to him her companion as “Mrs, Charlotte C. Parker,” & woman of wealth, who wished to make A TRANSFER OF SOME CITY SIXES, £8 she was on the eve of making a large purchase of lands in Wisconsin. Mr.-De Haven was somewhat puzzled at first as to his answer, never before hav- ing met the womer. Mrs, Fury, divining his thoughts, spoke up and said, “It will be all right, Mr. De Haven, and if you wish any identification all you will have to do is to step over to the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank; Mr. Lewis, the President, knows me, as I’ve had business transactions with him for years.” The gentieman, belore making the transfer, thought it best to call at the bank mentioned, and, sure enough, Mr. Lewis fully iden- tified her a3 a woman of ineans and perfectly trust- worthy, and remarked “that anything she said could be relied upon.” © Thor- oughly satisfied that everything was all right, Mr. De Haven escorted Mrs. Charlotte C. Parker and Mrs. Fury to his banking house and the transfer of bonds was effected, the lady giving her name as Mrs. ker, making her mark to the transier book and receiving a check on the Seventh Nat@na! Kank for the amount of the bonds. So far 80 good. But afew weeks later this little transac- tion did not seem so clear to Mr. DeHaven or Mr. Lewis, as they were both startied by the ap- pearance of THE GENUINE OWNER OF THE BONDS. Charlette (not Charlotte) Rowle, née Char- fette (. Parker, who laid claim to the bonds as her lawiul ‘property, backed up her demands by producing a receipt from the City Treasurer's office to the effect that the bonds had been lett there by her for safe keeping until her return {rom Europe. After her arrival in the city, ong the first calls she made was 4 the fatter oftice, oniy to tnd her treasure gone. Tais part of the programme was stunning. There were stormy scenes in the ‘Treasurer’s office, and old ir. Lewis and the senior DeHaven were almost worried out of their wits. Twenty thousand eight hundred dollars was a iarge amount to lose at one grab, and, as a result, the detectives were placed the track of the two women, and at last suc- ceeded in arresting them bo Mrs. Fury stoutly @enied any complicity in the affair, and said that she was the victim of misplaced confidence in human nature. She was positive that she had com- mitted no wrong, and to get hersel! out of the scrape told a long story, in which it transpired that Mis, “Charlotte C. Parker,” or at least the woman that represented that name and whom sne introduced to Mr. DeHaven and Mr. Lewis, came to her after many years’ absence from the city and told her that her husband had died and that she had taken a second, whose name was Parker, and that in the course of human events he also had passed Way and had lett her twice widowed and @ goodly number of bonds to assuage her grief. These bonds she wished to convert into greenvacks, and would not Mis, Fury be kind enough to assist her tothatend? Of course, as Mrs. Fory said, she couldn't help it; and, not knowing but that her story was correct, went with her to the bank and introduced her in good faith as Charlotte C. Parker. Ler companion, who aiter- ‘Wards proved to be TAMAR C, JOHNSON, endeavored to bolster up her case by various subterfuges, but to no effect, and they were both bound over for trial under $40,000 bonds. Strange as it may appear in the face of all these develop- ments, the latter readily secured the required Dail, and the question then naturadly arose, “Who in the City Treasurer's Office gave up Mrs. Rowie’s, ge Parker's, bonds to Tamar ©. Jolinso| This question has never been satisiactorily answered as yet, and thinking people, both democrats ard re- ublicans, have come to the conciusion that there ample room for reform and an entire new deal im this particular branch of the city government. The yvenuine Mrs. Kowle, née Parker, in due time entered suit against the city for the recovery of the Value of ber bonds, and obtained judgment for the dull amount. Later a politician was arrested as an individua! who knew something about the trans- action, and upop his examination before Recorder Beitler, ope Smith, a hotel keeper, testitied to | having seen him, ip company with Mrs. Fury, at his hotel after publicity had becn given to the affair, upd overheard hun gay that “he had made of the city pretty easy,’ and he afterward: @craps oi paper in the room on whi those remarks, which relate® to city bonds and *bore numbers corresponding to those disposed of | Tamar C. Jolmson, alias Chariotte 0. Parker. US Man is still at liberty and can be seen any day | on Chestnut street. THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS against the parties to tue robbery were placed in the hands of Pistrict Attorney William C, Mann, but apparently he has allowed itto be pla ed at the end of the calendar, and it is just here that the | Citizens’ Reform Association intend They evince a disposition to haul a the coals Who have winked at smoothing over of this case, and intend ing every cent wrongfully paid out of the city treasury. As this bond operation is closely watched by the People a HEKALD representative calied yesterday at the District Attorney's office to ascertain Mr. Mann's version of the affair. Mr. Mann at the time, having taken a trip to Cape May, A gentieman who acted in his place, and who is a hear relative, was then questioned, but he proved | op-committal, and the only answer that couid oBHibly be obtained irom him was that “he knew Mothing about the matter, and didn’t know $20,000 worth of bonds out found h he made | king a hand, | parties over | and prepared for the comfort of the people. | the people. to himself, and no man dieth to himself: for whether we live we hive unto the Lord; and whether we die we die unto the Lord; whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.” The sermon ,was directed to the duty of Christians de- voting and consecrating themselves to the service of the Lord. The Doctor urged the obligation ot this service on the usual METHODIST GROUND, that Christians owed their creation and their re- dempton to the grace of God, and as a matter of gratitude it was incumbent upon them to acknowl- edge the priceless value of these gifts by not only finding delight in seeking to fulfil the Divine will, but also by seeking to be made instrumental in ex- tending the kingdom ofGod onearth, This truth was urged by appeals to the conscience and the hearts of his hearers, and by a wide range of illustration. This consecration ot service, he said, Was very fit- ting on the first day of the camp meeting, when it was desirable that bellevers in the truth of the Word of Goa should be morally strengthened by this consecration for persona! dealings with the unbeliever, the careless and ‘the ‘indiffer- ent. ‘The stereotyped excuse for the neg- lect of this work—that there was an absence of talent or ade psanility on the part of the objector—was met with the illustration that God in His wisdom and goodness uses men as He uses the ocean, It was #0 Inighty that it could float the Great Eastern, but it was not too mighty to float THE SMALLEST CRAFT with an equal safety. So God moved the talent and service of all men who in heart and life dedi- cated themselves to His service. The sermon, of which vhe above is but a meagre ontline, was very personal and direct in its application, and aroused the congregation to shght manifestations of camp meeting enthusiasm. The hour, however, had not yet come when there could be much “anction” and much “power” in the services, The busy note of preparation was heard again and again in the cainp during the preacher’s address in the shape of vigorous knocks on the heads of sundry nails and tent-pegs as he rounded his sentences to their close, and these sounds of the hammer served as punctuation marks thonghout the discourse. ‘The meeting yesterday was a littie im advance of “Fixing things” in tents and making general arrangements for the comfort of these “vile bodies” did not accord very harmoniously with an emotional auxiety abont the soul. It was in order yesterday to condescénd to things ob low estate and to deler aspirations for the higher life we the lower, or, as the philosophers would say, unti THE BASIL INSTINCTS had been cared for. Thus the “ecstatic delights,” the moments of *‘never-to-be-forgotten bliss,” the seasons of penitential sorrow jor sin, the sacred hour of prayer, the joy that is so spiritnal that earth and all its cares are forgotten, are put off to @ more convenient season, ‘They were, however, only put off. The spiritual fires are there in re- serve, and, like the atmosphere that precedes the storm on a Summer day, indicate their existence by an intnence that can be both seen and felt. On the camp ground, here and there, are men and wo- men whose hearts God hath touched, and whose voices can set forth an eloquence that 18 irresisti- ble because they believe, and therefore do they speak. Mr. Applegate is fitting up “lent 59” in the circle for those morning and evening prayer meet- ings that in former years have inspired Christians to walk in what is Known in Methodist pliraseology in “the blessed altitudes of the higher life? and aroused independent and HARDENED SINNERS to a consideration of their condition before God. ‘There are other prayer meeting tents in the grove, which betore the camp breaks up will resound with words that breathe and with thoughts that burn. Arrangements are making with the best or the camp meeting preachers to occupy the stand dur- ing the iorthcoming week, Thursday, the anniver- sary day, is looked forward to with large antuct- pation as a day that is to bring together Methodists from ail the regions round about. ‘The new lodging house and the extended grounds give to thé grove an appearance that 1s a hint of adaptability to modern ideas as to camp meetings; but this adapt- ability does not show up very well. Sing Sing camp ground looks best and more natural in its primitive characteristics, and the attempt to inodernize suggests the spectacle of the venerable lady clothed in the wondrous attire of the girl of the period, MERRICK CAMP MEETING, EILEEN The Grounds and the People—Prospects of a Grand Meeting—The Ministers Present—Sketch of the Opening Ser- vices. Mernicg, L. L, August 5, 1873. Merrick camp ground, though the least among the princes of Judah, is not the least honorable or useful, It is one of the two or three of its kind that remain still untainted by the spirit of specu- jation which has taken possession of Methodist camp meetings. It has not yet bowed its knee to Baal, and hence itis growing in favor more and more every year. It is now ten years since the LONG ISLAND CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION was organized. In 1864 they held their first meet- ing at Rockville Centre; the next year at Glen Cove, in the grove now used by the Sea Cliff Asso- ciation asa picnic ground, In 1866 and tne two fol- lowing years the meetings were held at Northport, butin 1869 the association reorganized and pur- chased its present site near Merrick, where the meetings have been held annually ever since. Hence the present is the t{th camp meeting that has been held here, THE GROUNDS comprise sixty acres of land of wood anda meadow, | but chiefly wood, whicn, with the expense of clear- ing, surveying and laying out avenues, erecting | buiidings, &c., cost $26,000. There ts yet a mortgage of $5,000 on the ground, besides a floating debt of $1,209, The trustees are William B. Walters. G. Powell, George Wilson, G. W. McKee, James Law- and Edward Ridley, ail well known Brooklyn men, THE GROUNDS ARE WELL LAID OUT Its water is of the best description, its shade cannot be surpassed, and seven trains come from Brooklyn whether the accused would ever be brought t whether it was true or bot that a por had been rets ned to the | ing prosecuted, lie looked echanically answered,’ “4 uneasy, know.” The oMce of General Callis, City Solicitor. was | Mext visited, but the reporter was pomted, as that oMcial hud gone to Europe. The AeHIstant Solicitors Were In turn called upon, but were reticent on the sut One of them, however, before the reporter took his de parture, ventured to say that “the city would hot suffer a great deal, as a portion of the moncy realized on the stolen bonds had been refunded,” He declined saying by whom, and the mat- ter i simply a conjecture whether it done by an employé of the City Treas- urer’s omice or by other parties connected with tse affair. As it now stands it looks very much a4 though the officers of the city government, Whose duty it 18 to follow up the guilty parties, are rather “hashing” matters, This will be duly ven- falated, and, as the almanac says, tames look out for squalis.”” and 1 A, LUCKY ORANGE (N. J.) ALDERMAN, At the Spring term of the Essex County Courts three young men were convicted of arson in hav- ing fired a number of buildings in Orange, and sentenced to State Prison. ‘Their arrest and con viction was effected mainly through the vigiiance | hi and perseverance of Alderman Feli, one of the sul- | New Yor ferers by the @res, Before thetr arrest the Mayor of Orange, pursuant to a resolution of the Council, offered a reward of $1,000 for the capture and conviction. On Monday night the Council met, AO) a svecial committee, appointed for the purpose vi nding out who was entitied to the reward, re- pee in favor of their brother Alderman, Mr. toward the convietiow of these “Ore bugs,” even to rocuribg their indictment before the Grand Jury. he reward was ordered to be paid the Aiderman accordingly, The billiard hall, a se narate building adjoining the Mountain House, Soutte Orange, Was set fire to and destroyed on Monday’ morning early. The guests had a good " f " Srrests. od scare, . Littie damage and no again disap- | Asbury and Coke; and the was | men of M | A SMALL PRE About these | grouud, and the following persons have as he had taken all the necessary steps | has spent in the service of to Merrick and the same number return each day, 0 In reply to aquestion put to tun as to | 80 that access to the camp is perfect. Stages run n of the | petween the camp ground and the railway depot . Johnson and others, in con- | 08 the arrival of and departure of these trains. The plan of the ground is circular. The preachers don’t | Stand in @ centre from which the tents and the avenues radiate in circles and straight lings. The I circular avenues are named aiter Wes) straight a Kishops Kingsley, Hedding, Waugh, McKendree and Thompson, and Drs, Olin and Fiske, de- ceased, The avenue which Jeads from the entrance from the high road to the stand is named Central avenue. There are a few other streets planned and numbered but not yet laid out, At the intersection of these avenues are minature parks named algo after the great hodism. Th ssociation have i WATER LAKE, named St. Mary's, within the camp ground, and y, it Atly acquired another piece of ‘prop- posite, on Which which is hp that they design converting into Long there are about oue handred tents on the namely :—Messra, D. Y, Saxon, W. Wright, George W. McKee, Isaac Allen, W. J. Northridge, Hirain Phillips and George Wilson. ‘The trustees expect this to be the best c amp meeting season they Lave | ever had on this ground, and if the NUMBER OF MINE: on this, the opening day, expectations will be fully present the presiding elder, Revs. G his name Tv cation, their — are now . . Sing, we Lansing Tavior, of Hempeteau and ike, George Taylor, of Wiliett street, 7. B, Mallory, o/ Baldwins; P. b. Perry Springbeld; M.S. Terty, of Cold Spring; F. it. Fanning, of Rockaway; Nathan Hubbeil, of Long | Isiand Cit; Henry Aston, of Port Jefferson; | C. B. For@ of Tompkins avenue, Brooklyn; Fatuer Reynolds, whose flowing gray hair and Venerable jorm, now stooping @ litte with the weight of more than tourscore years, sixty-seven of which he he Methodist Episcopal Cuurch, and Kev, Albert Ericsson, the pastor of the Swedish church ip Bast Brooklyn, The Swedes intend to number between two and three hundred before the meeting closes, and yesterday their pastor, with the trst instalment, came on the ground and were busied Oxing up for their tem days’ stay. Namerous complaints had been made im previous years tat tic mosquitoes abounded here go terribly that jue Wag Yiuost in rence, &. S. Cornell, George B. Remsen, D. D. Boyce | | | ™M lc | very indifferent. It is complete fne stream and | by't, , toleradle wo the eampers, But this year the prusn has been cleared away and the trees have been trimmed for about fifteen feet from the ground 80 that there is very littie annoyance from these insect pests. Tac preachers’ stand is lighted with gas from a portable retort. THE OPENING SERVICES did not take place until this evening. An attempt was made to gather the ‘pecpie together in the afternoon, but it failed. They were all too busy and Brother Fanning, who was to preach but wished to be excused, Was greatly relieved. In the evening an audience of seventy-tive or one hundred gathered around the preacher's stand and listened to an able discourse by Key. Henry Aston, of Port Jefferson, on the challenge of the Gospel to the fullest and completest study of its prin- ciples and doctrines and the claims of its His text author, Jesus, to divinity. was St. John, ee. the expression of Nathaniel’s doubt When Philip asked hin to come and see Jesus, and Philip’s answer, “Cau any good thing come out of Nazareth “COME AND SEE!” Infidelity, he remarked, is a thing of the past, and yet it follows to destroy, if possible, the re- ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Its influence may be felt everywhere—in the pulpit and the pew and the ‘choir. And yet, said the preacher, the only reason why infidelity has any influence over us is that we do not give attention we onght to its” pretensions and to the claims oi the Gospel. Mr. Aston then sketched the circumstances under which these words were uttered, and then called attention to the repeated invitations of the Gospel to come and see or to study its principles and doctrines, It was a Gospel so simple that the poor and the illiterate could un- derstand it, and yet so profound that the greatest minds of the world cannot fathom its depths of mystery. Mr. Aston gave illustrations. Referring to Nathaniel’s change trom scepticism to belief, he asked, If Nathaniel could be so easily convinced of Christ's divinity, . WHAT EXCUSE CAN WE GIVE, who, amid the light oi the nineteenth century, reject Him? According to the Chaldee paraphrase he remarked, about one hundred prophecies concern- ing Christ have been fulfilled, He then reviewed briefly the Saviour’s birth, personal character- istics, his knowledge and wonderful teachings re- garding heaven and hell and earth, and the relations of the last to the other two. He then adduced the testimony of miracles to Christ's divinity, and then referred to His sublime death and resurrection. As the lion of the forest shakes the dew of the morning off his mane, so the Lion of the tribe of Judah shakes the manacies of death and hell and the grave off His person and walks forth the conqueror of them all, Referring to Vol- taire, Gibbon, Kolingbroke and other infidels of the past, Mr. Aston asked What would they say how, could they come up from their 1owest hell and witness the triumphs of the religion of the lowly Nazarene’ By way of application the two lessons that Brother Aston would have his audience draw from the discourse were that infidelity arises from a want of study of the Bible and Christians should do as Philip did bid them—come and see—and they would be compelled to acknowledge, as Nathaniel did, Jesus, their Lord and their God. DESTITUTE SICK CHILDREN’S FUND. erage The relief fund started for the purpose of afford- ing succor, in the form of medicines, food and clothing, to poor sick children of destitute parents is meeting with deserved success from all quarters and from all classes of our citizens, as will be readily seen by the reports appended. Since the last acknowledgments were made public the fol- lowing additional subscriptions have been received at the Hera office :-— A friend to the babies,... Win Good...... 06... cee Tulilthe tre ete aaa One who bas iost her only one. Little Kittie Patterson From a happy mothe! EE, M 4 HM Anonymous. .. D, Rial icles in Hariem.. 4 Ne, THE TREASURER’S REPORT, The following additional subscriptions have been received since last report and response to the appeal in the HERALD through Rev. Alvah Wis- wall:— Smith & Finch... HLS, $10 00 700 Mrs. Walter Stanton ‘Three little childre ‘ash Walter Shrievs ash. egeseee * 100 Francis & Loutrell. .. 5 00 vag Re > 100 A friend. .... . 100 Jash. 2.00 10 00 20 09 200 1) OD TAG cs inde rx 7 200 Por the sick children, from a sick poor man . 50 A. Russe’ ae Ss + 360 f pan & Volk... hrough Duniap & 500 | v0 | John. Jones Mr. Comey... Cash 4 on Through John P. Faure— GD He Oss c.ee re Abendioth harles UC 4 LEER pe ERE Pea Previously acknowledged: LD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. ABOUT THE MARKETS. Fulton Market by Daylight—Work for Com- missioner Van Nort—New Pavement Neces- Fulton Market, in spite of its inherent deformi- ties, looks quite ‘another and more cheerful place since it 1s rid of the vile gutter pest covers. Yes- terday thesun looked ‘straight in at apertures made by the sanitary sappers as though to shame any of the dealers who might be disposed to screen untidiness by a twilight gloom, and the fresh wind gave alla taste of pure, invigorating air such as had never penetrated the line of the departed booths since the politicians put them up to be made useful a8 hospitals for relatives and a source of political corruption, Farther provision is needed for systematic ven- tilation; and the broken rough flagging of the sidewalks should be at once relaid so as to permit thorough sweeping and scrubbing, and prevent the gathering of dirt and putrelaction. Public sentiment absolutely demands that the Commis- sioner of Public Works should assist the Board of Health in the work of cleansing the vicinity of the markets by putting the streets in such condition that they can be cleaned. He should also at once. restore to the carriageway the portion of South street stoien from tt to serve as sites for the now historic coffee and melon stands, In Vesey street the police were yesterday busy in getting rid of the meat and other stands at the outer edge of the walks. Along the market sides there was no notabie change. Inside, on the West street side, a fine accession of fresh air breathes through the newly cut windows. As Dr. Judson has prepared a pla® for fuliy ventilating the whgle market, it rests with the Comptroller to carry it out. BATTENING DOWN BAD ODORS. Stirred.up by the exposures of the HBRALD the wholesale dealers of West Washington Market are making @ strenuous effort to allay the bad smells which are naturally gendered by the unpaved alleys and avenues which traverse their territory. They seek to cover and prevent the nuisances by laying down new roadways ot thick planks, These do very well for a time, but are quickly worn thin, spring beneath vebicles and form new reservoirs of nauseous mud to taint our food and sicken the market wen.» Why should not the wealthy cjty of New York, which derives a liberal revenue irom this ground, pave its roadways with such materials as form the streets of Paris? Such a pavement, smooth, firm, elastic, giving out little sound be- neath hoofs and wheels and creating no dust, would be of vast benetit to the market dealers and would Save every citizen the consumption of an incaicu- lable amount of seasoning with bis food, for which he neither bargains nor wishes, THAT MISPLACED DUMP. For the two wecks past no long trains of manure carts have blocked and littered the streets about the markets or filled the air with nauseous stench and poisonous dust, This has been because the Dock Commissioners ordered the old dumping ap- paratus removed, the wharf rebuilt, and a new dumping place constructed further out towards the end of Vesey street pier, ‘he plan is to cover the whole odorous concern in, and so save our eyes from symphathizing with our outraged nostrils assaulted with the concentrated siells which emanate from these bungling contrivances for ship- ping the nasty gatherings trom sfreets and stables. AS the Board of Health has declared that the “maintenance of the dump at this point is a nuisance, detrimental to the pubic health and threatening citizens with disease and death, it is the obvious interest of all, as it 18 the daty of the city officials, to see to it that no more of the vile business shall be transacted there. Now the dirt carts unload at Laight street, less than a mile fur- ther north. To make this a permanent arrange- ment, would only involve the employment of a iew more carts. Shall not our city willingly incur this extra expense rather than poison the immense quantity Of 1ood gathered at and distributed from Washingion Market? No citizen, no inhabitant among the millions who more or less are fed from this great depot can afford to have the abhorrent mixture of snpplying 1ood and hand- ling thousands of tons of offensive refuse carried on in such close proximity. A great victory has been won jor cleanliness and health by our sanitary guardians, Will they suffer any red tape or petty economy in other city departments to defeat their duty, and public decency as well as safety, in this Vital matter? Itis to be hoped they know too well their power ana their responsibility. TAKING WARNING. Catharine market gutter-stand owners, warned ” | by the HERALD and by the recent sight of Dr. Janes’ note book, have given such a scrubbing as they have not bad before within the memory of the oldest inhab- itant. ‘They were laboring earnestly yesterday with brooms, hoes, and hydrants, and really made a worthy reform. Too late, certainly, for some of the shanties, which sualtpetre could not save. their premises Their dimensions have been taken, their occupancy | noted, and their Offensive savors registered, They will furnish a night’s work for Mr. Gridley’s sani- tary sappers soon. Centre and Spring street markets are far more cleanly than the large markets were before the be- ginning of the sanitary war. Inside and out they present Jew sources of smells, As obstructors of the highways, they are nuisances within Black- stone’s definition of that term. In Spring street, all the distance from Renwick street to West street, the sidewalk is uxed for private purposes, and in many cases obstructions reach across the gutter into the carriageway. Grand total... pcilssebanes GOUVERNEUR K. LANSING, Treasurer, barle’s Hotel. To prevent imposition the following are the only ones authorized to receive subscriptions to this fund. Ali contributions should therefore be sent to: N YORK HERALD office, « Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall. Francis H. Jenks, President Safe Deposit Com- pany, 140 Broadway, New York. Andrew W. Leggut, Acting Collector of Assess- ments ot New York, City H 2 Jones & Ryder, ‘ Charles O'Conor, Superintendent of Down Town district, comprising the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth wards, Headquarters, 49 Park place. George Calder, Superintendent of Kast side dis- trict, comprising Seventh, th, Eleventh, Thir- teenth and kighteenth wards. Headquarters, 327 Arthur H. Warner, Superintendent of qwest-* ection of Ninta ward. Headquarters, 477 Hudson street. J. L. Davies, of Sheldon & Co.. lore Moss, Wallack’s Theatre p & Co., 174 Fifth avenue, Charies H. Kendrick, General senger Agent New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, room 0, 6 Grand Central Depot. pun P, Faure, Secretary, and Superintendent easterly section of the Ninth ward. Headquarters 238 West Eleventh street. Lansing, Earle’s Hotel, Treasurer. 1, President, and Superinten- istrict, comprising Fifth and Headquarters St, John’s chapel, 677 Broadway, e Rey. Atvah Wis dent West Side wards. treet. ages of groceries, medicines, &c., may be to Kev. Alvah Wiswall, who will forward them to the Various superintendents, THE INSOLE\CE OF OFFICE IN NEWARK u anne “Bucky” Taylor, a Newark policeman, became in- volved himself the other night in a quarrel with some of his neighbors, which wound up by nis, arbitrary arrest of one Peter Doolan, Mrs. Doolan followed her husband to the station house to see what would be done with him. Bucky pounced on her too, and dragged her ore the sergeant, 1D command, {t being made known that the poor Woman had lett a family of children at home, vne of whom was ugerously Ul with searlet fever, Sergeant Meldrum assumed the responsi- bility ofletting her go on her own parole, Bucky is severely censured for his alieged outrageous as sumption of authority, and it is likely that ne will have to answer before the Mayor. The Newark police force numbers about one hundred and seventy men, and ineindes odlicers good, bad and under the control of the Common Council, se as organization is concerned, and hence is in a great measure a mere asylum jor small fry politicians too lazy to do an honest day's work at their trades or callings—the hangers on of the ward statesmen of the city. In consequence of the constant mterierence of Alder- men, the Chief of Police is powerless to weed out the worthless members Of his force. Cases of gross cowardice and other conduct unbecoming officers | are quite numerous. Meanwhile the people are de- manding that the Police Departmeut be entirely lifted out of the slough of ward politics, and then the chief officers can be heid responsibie for any apparent shortcomings. THE KINGS COUNTY SUPERVISORS. The Kings county Supervisors held their first Meeting yesterday since their Summer vacation. County Treasurer Gardiner submitted his usual Statement of the financial affairs of the county, It shows that the Commissioners of Charities have & valance on hand of $2,004, and that the account of Jurors’ fees had been overdrawn. ‘The statement Was placed on fle, The amount drawn trom tne contingent fund is $56,670 37. The keeper of the Penitenuary, Mr, Shevlin, reported that he had prisoners ia the prison at the present time, Of thik Dumber 103 were females, During the past pl “a Uke prisoners had earned $2,150 in ye shoe BLOOD, SAVED FROM THE GALLOWS,’ al in i David Marphy, the Murderer of William Barry, Not To Be Exccuted=The First Snterference of Governor Dix in a Cap- ital Case. On the night of the 17th of April, 1872, a row oc- curred in & barroom kept by Patrick Ryan, corner of Srxtieth street and Second avenue, and during the altercation which ensued an inoftensive man named William Barry was killed by a pistol shot fired by David Murphy. The assassin was at once taken into custody, and on the 27th of the follow- ing June was arraigned before Recorder Hackett, at the Court of General Sessions, and after a two days’ trial was convicted of mur- der in the first degree and sentenced to be, hanged on the ith of August, 1872. His counsel, Mr. William F, Howe, on the day the death sentence was imposed, immediately hurried from the General Sessions and appeared before Justice Leonard, in the Supreme Court Chambers, where he obtained a writ of error and stay of pro- ceedings, which prevented Murphy's execution, The case was then placed upon the General Term calendar of the Supreme Court for argument, and Mr. Howe appeared before Justices Ingraham and Brady and urged in behaif of his client numerous technical and legal Ube Neg but failed to se- cure a favorable decision in the case, and Murphy was resentenced to be hanged on Friday, August 5, 1873. Mr. Howe then presented to Governor Dix a powertul array offacts tending to show that Murphy ‘was not a murderer at heart, and had, previous to the terrible crime which now jeopardized his lite, never been accused of the slightest offence. Ke- commendations from Justices of the Supreme Court were submitted and testimonials offered from nu- merous citizens, certifying to Murphy’s excellent character and orderly conduct prior to and since his imprisonment. On Saturday last Governor Dix telegraphed from his country residence to Sherif Brennan, asking the Sherif not to continue the preparations for Murphy's ex- ecution, On this news being brought the condemned man becamé perfectly frantic with joy, and exhivited his glee to the keepers, on whom he enjoined strict silence, lest his fondest hopes might be shattered, Yesterday, when Mr. Howe brought him the news that Governor Dix had actéa mercifully but justly mm his behail, in granting the commutation from hanging to ee nek for life, Murphy grasped the lawyer by the hand and fervently thanked him for saving his family the disgrace of having one of their number die upon the sgaitvid. ELE eR THE LITTLE NECK MURDER. William Costigan, the young man who was ars rested in New York recently on suspicion of being connected with the Little Neck murder, where the unfortunate shoemaker, James Graham, met his death, was again before Justice Lawrence yester- day, at Flushing. The young man looked little like a murderer, and the evidence thus far is decidedly in his favor, An important witness was absent yesterday, in consequence of which the case was adjourned til Friday morning. Justice Quarterman ‘was not well yesterday, which left the case entirely to Justice Lawrence. Only three or four more wit- nesses are yet to be examined. ANOTHER MAN MISSING. Mr. Childs, Assistant Auditor of the Naval Office ander Mr. A. H. Latin, of the New York Custom House, and two friends, went on a pleasure trip to Coney Island last Saturday afternoon. The three returned from the sea shore, when Mr. Childs left Dia friends to cross Hamilton avenue ferry to go to his home at Staten Isiand, since which time both- ing has been seen or heard of him, Mr. Childs was a@sober and steady min, and his mysterious disap. pearance has caused considerable excitement and alarm among his friends and acquaintances, It is feared he hag Mot with an votumely end, MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. The -Mayor Still at Long Branch—The City Laborers Atter Their Money—A De- partmental Falsehood Somewhere— Where Is It1—The Assessment Inquiry. Mayor Mavemeyer did not return from Long Branch yesterday, as it was expected he would do, and Mr. Vance, President of the Board of Alder- men, assumed the executive chair as Mayor pro tem, There was nothing of particular interest transpiring in the Mayoral department yesterday, outside of the routine bustness of the office. It is understood that the Mayor will not return from the Branch beiore Thursday morniug. THE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE and the Department of Pubiic Works were yester- day visited by a large delegation of the “big pipe men” now employed under the control of the De- partment of Public Works, and who came to in- quire why the pay due them jor their labor in the early part of last month is not forthcoming. They first called at the Comptroller's office and learned that Comptroller Green is out of the city, he being at present on a visit in Massachusetts. They were informed, however, that the reason why they had not been pald was that the pay rolls and requisitions from the Department of Public works-had not been prepared in the latter Depart- ment and forwarded to the Financial Department in time. They bore date of July 23, but for some reason unknown did not reach the Finance Depart- ment until the 24th, which was the day after the meeting of the Board of Apportionment, As a con- sequence no appropriation or issue of bonds had been authorized at that meeting. THE WORKMEN then proceeded to Commissioner Van Nort’s office, and the Commissioner received the delegation promptly, He explained to them after hearing their complaint that the pay rolls of the force had been prepared and forwarded to the Finance Departinent on the 1sth of July, notwithstanding the information recetved by the committee that the pay roll had not been re- ceived; that he was under the impression that the delay was caused solely by the failure o1 the Comptroller. to request the Board of Apportion- ment to convene for the purpose of authorizing an issue of the stock, as authorized and directed by law, for the carrying out of this work—a duty clearly belonging to the Comptroller, and a matter over which he personaily had no control. The delegation stated that it was the belief of all the laborers andemyloyés that the Comptroller ts desirous of stopping this work as well as ali others under the couduct or the Commissioner of Public works, and it was their intention to go in a body to the Finance Department and demand their pay irom the Comptroller, Commissioner Van Nort expressed the hope that the committee would return to the work and urge the men there employed to wait for a day or two, as he understood that the Comptroiler was absent from the city; and he hoped, upon Mr. Green’s return, that he would see the propriety of paying them without any further vexatious delay. a ‘The men, after thanking Commissioner Van Nort f5r tus kindnegs to them, returned to their work. Such delays us these to workingmen, who are ib urgent need of every penny they can earn as soon agit isearned, are extremely irksome; in fact, they are cruel when it 1s shown that they arise only from technicality or red tapism. Surely, a great metropolis can afford to pay laborimg men, even if there are otner bills to be laid over. It takes the sweat out of the men to earn their money, and it takes thelife blood out or them not to receive it when it 1s due with remorseless landlords and grocers on their heels for the arrearages of the past month, THE ASSESSMENT INQUIRY was continued yesterday before the select commit- tee of Supervisors, Messrs. Koch, McCafferty and Cooper. ‘he complaints were made by proper owners in the Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twen second wards, and embraced excessive as well as unequal valuations as their canses, M. Levi, living at Blowardsville, Rockland county, entered a protest agdinst the valuation of two houses owned by him at 463 und 465 ‘West Forty- ninth street, They were assessed at $9,000 each, which he claims is an excessive sam, ‘The house 454 West Filtieth street, also owned by him, has been assessed at $12,000, which he claims to be $4,000 in excess of a just valuation. A lady appeared before. the committee and com- plained that a piece of property, owned by her in the Twenty-second ward had been most unjustly assessed. She thought she would be compelled to pay $12,060, the full valuation. On being told, however, that she would have to pay taxes on that sum she went away With greatly re! ai anxiety. Mr. T. W. Smith, of 487 West seventh street, owner of several houses in that et, near Ninth avenue, came to protest against the assess- ment jevicd upon him. He said that these houses would bring about twenty-five thousand dollars each, and that he had been assessed $12,000 on cach house, One of the committee said that the valuation was too heavy. William Hallihan, of 349 West Fifty-third street, owns a lot in Fifty-second street, on which are built three houses. His assessment is $18,000. He as- serts that tus is greatly in excess oi of the valua- tuon of other property in the neighborhood. He also owns three lots on Filty-third street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, the vaination of which has increased $10,500 since last year. Mr. Neidig, of 182 East 110th street, owns three houses in that street that have been valued a $5,000 each, The street.is in a very bad condition, The sewer greatly needs repairing, the stench from it being unbearable. He has begun a suit against the city for damages, The butiding 257 Canal street, built on leased ground and used for a furniture store by him, has been valued at $45,000, In his opinion, any amount over twenty-six thousand dollars would be an excessive valuation. Mrs. Mary Schneider owns the houses 315 and 31 West Forty-first street, which she asserts are valued too high. 4) Albert M. Clark, of North Moore street, said that he owned lots on West Filty-sixth street, all of which were unimproved. The taxes upon them had steadily increased, The investigation will be continued this morning in the chamber of the Board Jdermen. COMPTROLLER'S RECEIPTS. Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the city treasury, from— BUREAU OF ARREARS. | Arrears of taxes, asse nts, water rents ana in- terest. “ Sieve ‘i aa Fi $8,907 RUREAU OF COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS. Assessments for street openings and improvements AN AMLETESL. eee sev es papery gti 6,802 BUREAU OF CITY REVENUE. House and market gellar rents, permits and mar- ket rents and rh + 2,670 BUREAU OF WATER REGISTER, Croton water rent and penalties. . ‘0 Pt MAYOR'S SECOND MARSIL Licenses ... eorypts q Fees from Second and Third District Courts. Total.. THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, A meeting of the directors of the National Rifle Association was held at 194 Broadway yesterday, Colonei Church in the chatr. Present, General Woodward, Colonels Church and Cullen, General Sigel and others, ‘The secretary reported that invitations had been received for the members of the association to at- tend the match of the Quebec Rifle Association, on August 12, and the Dominion Rifle Association, on September 16: that a member of the First Lan- casnire Rifles, of Liverpool, England, had written for information m reyard to the Fall match, stating that some of the Liverpool riflemen intended com- ing over on account of the associations of that city with America. The Kange Committee reported that the range Was being used by a large number of members and several of the companies of city regiments had en- camped there; that it was proposed to alter tie position of the targets, so as to permit firing at 200 and 500 yards simultaneously, The letter of L. W. L. Smoot having been re- ceived, requesting that the second prize for rapid firing shouid be presented to W, J. Carmichacl, as he had heard that the form of his paaentegs OX had been objected to, Major Partridge Laving olfered his resignation on account of absence from the city, Major John Perrell Jr., was elected as Treasurer pro tem. The resignations of General Johnson and A, W, Craven as directors, offered for the same reason, were accepted, and a committee, consisting of General Woodward and Colonels Church aud Cullen, appoinced to select candidates. A resolution was passed prohibiting the persons employed upon the range by the association irom engaging in rifle practice. A vote of thanks was tendered Major Partridge for his services as treasurer, and after the traus- action of considerable routine business the asso- ciation adjourned to 19th inst., at four o’clock, when an election for directors will be held, THE HARBORMASTER'S OASE, Captain Seaman, the Captain of the Port, sent yesterday a copy of the testimony in regard tothe charges preferred against Harbormaster Frost, of the Fourth district, and Harbormaster Johnson, to Governor Dix. ‘The testimofy and decision of the Captain will not be given to the press until the Governor has passed upon them. ANOTHER NEW RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY, Articles of association were filed yesterday in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey, at Trenton, in accordance with the provisions of the General Railroad law, for 4 new line between South Amboy and Bordentown, @ disvance of thirty- four miles, with a capital of $600,000. The pro- posed road is to run through the counties of Mon- mouth, Mercer, Burlington and Middiesex, and tie arties interested im the emterprise are New 1 dersey capitalistes NUISANCES. The New York Rendering Company and How Its Officers Obey the Health Orders. CONDITION OF THE STREETS Reports Upon the Work Done and the Resolutions Adopted by the Sanitary Authorities. The regular meeting of the Board of Health took pleve yesterday, Areport from Dr. Day was read’ on the workings of the New York Rendering Com- pany. He detailed an inspector to follow the offab barge down the bay and report upon the trip. The inspector informed the Sanitary Superintendent that State Omicer A. A. Lake and Shore Inspector H. H. Milton had issued permits to the Rendering: Company to discharge the cargoes of their barges at a point three miles trom Long Island shore, and on a line connecting New York Bay, at the first of the ebb tide and two hours before low water. The inspector made two journeys after the barge, but on both occasions the work was done strictly im accordance with the rules of the permits. Another side to this picture was pre- sented to the Board by Commissioner Vanderpoel- He handed im aletter from, Pilot Commissioner Blunt that containefl a report from a pilot to the Commissioner of the company’s having dis- charged the .cargo of @ canal boat in the Swash Channel on Saturday last. The other docu- ment was acomplaint from Deputy Health Omcer Micartney to Dr. Vanderpoél, that the company discharged the contents of a canal boat opposite the hospital ship Illinois on the same day at sunset and when the tide was at its lowest ebb. The filth remained in fhe locality all night. Dr. Macartney states that the stench emitted was almost unbearable, It is time that tne Board gave up coquetting with this company and made them understand they are amenable to law. The Attorney yesterday delivered along opinion on the su! ject of the company’s misde- meanors and the Koard’s power, and fully showed that the authorities would be well justitied in sweep- ing the filthy subject out of existence. Commission- ers Vanderpoel and Henry Smith recommended this course at the last meeting of the Board, and the de- layto act upon their recommendation is giving rise to no small amount of public discontent. A deputation of the residents of Harlem was heard on the subject of the low lands betweem Ninety-sixth and 104th streets, and First and Third avenues. The matter was referred to the Department of Public Works. r. Janes sent in 4 report on the condition of Fulton Market after the sweeping away 01 the sheds, and recommended the same action for those im Scuth street and the neighborhood, The Jnsbegvers, of the Thirty-eighth street dis- trict sent in their report as usual, and, as usual, ig- nored the hog business. This nuisance has evi- dently been forgotten by the Board in the press of so manny sxnaller matters. The following reports. were received and adopted :— CONDITION OF THE STEBETS, Dr. Day submitted his weekly report, compiled from the reports of the Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors of the Sanitary Bureau, upon the condition of the streets. Many of these in the First, Third, Fifth and portions of the Sixth gnd Seventh wards were filthy and showed no signs of improvement. There were dirty streets in some of the other wards, but generally throughout we city, vith these exceptions given above, they were tolerably clean, FULTON MARKET, Sanitary Buxkav, New Yorn, August 4, 1873 Dr. W. DeF. Day, Sanitary Superintendent :— sir—In compliance with orders received from you. August 2, 1873, in company with inspectors Bryant, Tracy, Hall and Ewing, | inspected Fulton Marke? at the time of and after the destruction of the “booths” aroand. the same, and have the honor to report as tollows:— The workmen, under the charge of Inspector eof began the demolition on the Fulton street side of market, and as the floors of the booths were remo’ the street iia beneath them were all found in a very filthy condition. ‘The gutter under the stand cecupied by Mr. Fitzpat- Tick (about one hundred and tity “feet east of Front street) as an oyster and coffee saloon, was extremel: filthy, the black mud and slime deposited to the dept! of six or eight inches, and masses of decomposing aniinal. matter emitting a fright-ul stench. Under the floors on this side of the market the deposits accumulated were mostly decaying auimal matter, and on the Beekman street side decaying vegetable matter seemed to predominate, J On the South street side the booths had from one to four layers, and slso the beams on which they rested were so decomposed and rotten that they crumbled to ieces at the slightest touch. Between the ficors of the oths and the sidewalk, in many cases, the space had been filled in with sawdust, and in some instances this had become saturated with liquid filth so as to presenta very offensive accumulation. ‘The odors given off trom these places, as they were ex- posed by the workmen, were so intensely foul and dis- gusting that I deemed it necessary to have disinfectants Applied at once, and at a quarter io five A. M. telegraphed. to the corps at the laboratory in Worth street and had 150 gallons of the street disiutecting fluid sprinkled over it. in the morning I telegraphed the Police Insvector in charge at Central Oflice, asking if a gang of strect sweepers could not be sent, and informed him of the con- dition of the streete. 1 also called at the Central Office at half-past ten A. M. and saw Inspector Wailing, who- telegraphed Inspector Thorne and requested him to have it cleaned at once. ‘The work was completed and the lumber removed by nA. M. Ali of which i: ctfully submitted. een ere T ARLES F. ROBERTS, M. D. Sanitary Inspector. ROGER 8, TRAGY MoD. PS coy Inspector. ‘itary Inspector. Sworn and subscribed before. me, this 4th day of Au~ gust, 1573—Jacos A. Wxtt, Notary Public, New York City. + WORK OF THE SANITARY OFFICERS, * Sanrrary Bureau, New York, August 5, 1873. ‘The following is a record of the work periormed in the- Sanitary Bureau tor the week ending August 2, 1873 ‘The total number of inspections made by the Sanitary and Assistant etary Inspectors was 1,952, as tollows,, viz. :—16 public “buildings, 755 tenement houses, 204 pri- ite dwellings, 111 other dwellings, 25 manuiactories and prorkshons, 61 stores and warehouses, 131 siables, 4 markets, 26 siaughter houses, 4 lard rendering establish- ments, 7 manure dumps, 1 rag house, 10 tat boiling estab- lishments, 1 sausage factory, 37 sunken and vacant lo’ 2 public sewers and drains, 1'mill, 102 yards, courts and areas; 66 ceilars and basements, 70 waste pipes and drains, 161 privies and water closets, 115 strect gutters: and sidewalks, 6 dangerous stairways, 5 cisterns and. cesspools, Ll piggery, 16 other nuisances, 2 gut cleaning establishments, and 2 visits of the Sanitary Inspectors to $ of cohtagious diseases, : he number of reports thereon received from the San- itary Inspectors was 793. During the past week 182 coinplaints have been re- cet trom citizens and referred to the Sanitary Inspec- tors for investigation and report. The Disintecting Corps have visited 40 premises where contagious diseases were found, and have disinrected ant fumigated 39 houses, 39 privy sinks, together with cloth~ ing, bedding, &c. f Sne case bi sthalipox was removed to hospital by the Ambulance Corps and I dead body to the Morgue, In addition to the regular duties performed by’ the Disinfecting Corps 152 miles of street gutters, 69) privies, 57 yards, 48 cellars, together with Washington, Fulton, Clinton and Catharine Markets were disinfected. The privies, yards and cellars were reported by the sanitary Inspectors as requiring immediate attention. During the week 194 permits were granted to scaven- clean and disinfect privy sinks. veusels to discharge cargoes on vouchers irom the Health OMlcer of this port. The following is a comparative statement of contagious: disences reported to this Bureau for the two weeks end- ing August 2, 1873 e been granted for mm Breer ———— | Diphe Smait- Typhus. Typhoid. Scarlet. Measles. theria. pox. ‘ 6 45 16 33 1 tt 51 15 32 * ATE specisully submitted, spectully sup ALTER DE F. DAY, M. D., Sanitary Superintendent. UNRIPE FRUITS. Hratrn Derartaent, Ne 301 Morr Stree, New Yor«, August 5, 1873. The Sanitary Committee respectfully call the attention. of the Board to the eee quantities of unripe and uecay~ ing vegetables and fruit exposed for sale in different arts of the city, and especially in the poorer districts. On stores of frutt stands there is scarcely an article. that is suitable for eating, It appears, on inquiry, that there jis @ large class of tradesmen and women who purchase: in the inarkets only unripe and Worthless fruits; and they- either locate therselves on the sidewalks and retail this miserable trash,principally to poor children, or the streets with carts and sell tt trom door to d ‘The effects of these truits upon the heaith of those whe consume them is disastrous. ‘They induce diseases of the bowels of the most intractable and fatal character, With the advent of these fruits ihe death rate trom diarrheal diveases is largely increased, and though other conditions ‘At that season of the year aggravate such affections, yer itis a matter of common experience among imedicat mon that unripe and decayed fruits are too olten we exciting cause, ‘The present season has been unfavorable tor the growth. and ripening of many fruits now in market, and it is the: testimony o| market men that the amount of unripe fruit olfered for, sale by small venders is in exces: of former years. This circomsiance, together with th prevalerice of cholera in the West, will, we think, justify this Board in taking measures to prevent the distribution of such dangerous materials among the poor. commuttee recommen. the adoption of the follow: resolution :— , Resolved, (That the Sanitary Superintendent te amd is hereby directe! to superintend the inspeetion ot fruits of every description, with, instructions to seize, condemn and cause the destruction of all unripe, de? cayed and unwhofesome fruits offered for sale, as pro- vided by the ordinances of this Board, Respectiuliy submived, STEPHEN SMITH, M. D., Chairman Sanitary Department. REMOVAL OF THE VESEY STREET DUMP RECOM- any MENDED, The following resolutions were adopted: Risolved, That the Secretary has and that he hereby is directed to re suitable barges for the Sanitary Superintendents. ‘ Resolved. fhatin the opinion of this Board the covering of the Vesey street damp will not relieve the food ex- posed in West Washington Market from. the dangers of contamination from the pors, dust, &e., which are thrown out by the 1 sweepings and garbage damped there, and that the only satistactory remedy is the entire removal of the dump. The Board adjourned ta meet on Friday ne two orelocte eee it .