The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1873, Page 6

, NERESIS.| Tweed Sentenced to i Years’ Imprisonment in the Penitentiary and to Pay a Fine of $12,500, Motion for a Stay of Pro- ceedings Denied. THE SENTENCE. Scathing Rebuke of the Prisoner by Judge Davis. Interview With Tweed—He Is Lodged in the Tombs Preparatory to Re- moval to His Island Home. The crowd around the Court House yesterday almost baffted description. They were of all sorts and grades, from the best to the worst, The mui- titude was very large, and but one sentiment animatea ail who composed it—the de- sire to be ‘admitted into room. As early as nine beyan to fill, while the passages ieading to it were | crowded to suffocation by the people, in mumber ten times as many as could possibly find admission | view of the proceedings. Every moments there would be @ rush by the policemen who were guarding the en- trence, and then the crowd would fall back reluctantly, the foremost receiving the worst of it, and not a few contusions told of the brilliant ef- forts made by the city constables to restore what they were pleased to call order in tne crowd. But this did not prevent renewed assaults upon the door and renewed attempts to obtain a footing in court. Two thoughts seemed to pervade the crowd— one that Tweed would not appear and the other that he would, Some gave it as official that the to a iew ex-Boss was already far away on his route to Europe, where he was for evermore to be sate from indictments and convic- tions and sentences. The other portion of the rough and ready mass were equally enthusiastic in their opinion that Tweed hand at the proper time In possession of Sheriff Brennan and his deputy, Mr. Shields, who had been with him ever since the verdict of the jury came in, The opimions ditfered as much as to the sentence | which tie Court would pronounce upon the cele- brated malefactor. While many believed he would get of easy, others thought he was to be con- demued to a couple of hundred years’ imprison- ment. “‘But you dcn’t suppose Boss Tweed will stay in | any penitentiary, do you?" said a very rough and Teady looking individual, “There isn’t a prison in the blessed country that can hold him if he does go there," As ten o'clock approached. the hour at which | the Court was to open, the excitement became still | more feverish, and frantic endeavours were made Dy some to get into the court room. The Court Officers at the doors gave and received blows with great readiness. Inside the court room the appearance of matters gave promise of a lively day. Every portion of the Denches, chairs or floor where a human bemg could obtain iooting was occupied, and it was only ‘With the utmost dilticulty that one, could make a passage through the almost solid barricade of bodies which intervened between tle door and the reporters’ table. In the crowd present, which mast have num- ‘bered fully 1,500 peopic, 1% was not dificult for an interested observer to note that many of Tweed’s old friends were present—men who owed their all to whut he nad put in their way— men in whose support much of lits old-time influence and popularity rested—powerless now, unable to lift a finger or a protest in his defence. All these Olu politicians anxiously awalted the coming of their old chief/—tho potentate whose merest nod ‘they once obeyed, whose faintest smile they once courted, A few moments before vhe l cur appointed for opening the Court the prisoner’s numerous coun- 6el walked in and took their seats gravely. Then | came the District Attorney and his as- sistants (Rollins and Allen), and immediately after the prosecuting counsel, Messrs. Tremain, Peck- ham and Clinton, All these took their seats on the Opposite side of the table from the prisoner's counsel, each opposing counsel recognizing the other by a distant nod. ‘Then there was 4 moment’s lull, while the mul- titude’s curiosity was at the highest pitch, and then tne door of the ante-room opened, and Sheriff Brennan appeared smiling, Every eye was upon the door, when, immediately following the Sherif, his face flushed, his eyes red, his hair dishevelled, his clotnes rumpled, lke @ ™man who had been up all night, came William Marcy Tweed, the great criminal, once the master of the Empire City, but not the same Tweed as of yore—the self-conflaent, jocular, a@udacious Tweed, now sadly degenerated and Worn out, with the mark of guilt on his brow and | the furtive glance of the criminal in his eye. There was no demonstration at his entrance, but & general straining of necks to obtain a fai ofthe greatrobber. Following him came Deputy Sheriff Shields, looking like a man who had worked | hard for some days, and beside him General W. M. Tweed, Jr., looking if anything more de- pressed, crestiailen and ashamed than nis father, but, like a son, following him in his shame. Tweed sat down behind the aefending counsel and the deputy sheriff behind the prisoner, There was a general movement in court as of a feeling of relief when it wss seen that the Sheriff bad accomplished his promise, ana produced his prisoner when wanted. During the night before Tweed had put the last of his affairs in order and had bidden fond adieus to his family. He had expressed hiniself as confid of receiving some kind of a sentence, and said the only thing he dreaded was the ordeal of a lect rom the Judge before the sentence was pronounced. He said he hoped that this would not befail him and that the Judge would be merciful. But all ths time there had been a heartrending family scene, in which Tweed had been blamed for coming ack and not having in preference sacrificed nis Wail. He had requested that none of his family should accompany him to court except nis gon William. At half-past ten the court crier shonted “Order in the court!” and at that moment Judge Davis entered, looking grave and seve: He slowly made his way to the bench as the crowd fell back for him to pass, and took his seat. The awe of the scene seemed to enter everybody's heart, ‘and there was a dead silence in the court room. Tweed had his head buried in his hands and did Bot look up as the Judge spoke. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT. — Immodiately after the Court convened the 1mpor- tant business of the day commenced, which ended 80 gloriously in the cause of jaw and justice and so disastrously to Tweed, the boss pianderer of the city treasury. The proceedings of the day opened with a MOTION IN ARREST OF JUDGMENT. Counsel for the defence began his mowion in arrest Ofjudgment, in addition to the points already Presented he wished to present a decision of the Court of Appeals in & cause against Rensselaer county, published on Friday in the Albany Argus, tig ¢ he claimed, established the unconstitution- ity of all commissions—in other words, the un- Gonstitutionality of the Legislature's acts, mm they attempted to transfer irom the would be on | NEW YORK UERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1873.—QUADRUPLE SHEET. elected officers of a place their duties to | agents of the Legisiature. This, therefore, ; eut at the root of the act of 1870, directing & board to Mo the duty of the Super- visors, THe read Judge Alien’s opinion in the case last night. He said that the point in that case was whether the State could, by annexing a few worthless acres to Troy, créate a new political di- | vision, and thus give the Legisiature a right to | overrule under an evasion the provisions of the constitution securing the great right of local seit government. This, ne said, Judge Alien had clearly negatived in his opinion, and by it had ruled that | the system of boards and commissions was uncon+ Stitutional. Judge Foley's dissenting opinion gave point to this, He admits that ifit were a new question he would agree with Judge Allen, but in view of the decision of The People vs, Draper (relating to the New York Police Commission) and the long acquiescence in it, he dissents. He called attention to other parts of Juage Allen’s opinion, rec the facts in support of the view that the small additions to Troy were an attempt at on evasion of constitutional provisions by creat- ing a new nominal territorial division, while it was really intended only for the city of Troy. To sup- | port such a law would be to open a broad road tor usurpation by the Legislature. He argued that the strength of this opinion was that, whether these three auditors had a new office or not, the local Board of Supervisors, with its local duties and local powers, was wiped out to transfer their powers to another body, and such transfer of powers from a con- stitutional local Board to another Board or body composed of more or less, was here decided to be void, It was wresting from the county of New York the right of self-government and trans- ferring it to persons nominated by the central government, Again, fora momeut he would raise the question of the jurisdiction of this Court, His Honor would remember that the statute gave the Court of Special Sessions jurisdiction over misde- meanors and repealed all statutes to the contrary. He insisted that the length of time during which this provision had been neglected was no argu- Ment. Error was not to be vewerated becanse it had acquired the hoar of age. He recalled to His | Honor the case of Huber. In 1888 a provision was made for three sitting judges in the Court of | General Sessions, In 1865 that act was modified | by naming the two judges, but in i870 the | act of 1858 was revived. Yet this revival wasin a few days strangled by a provisioy substantially | restoring the act of 18¢3, Under that without question the Court sat some two years, when the | point was taken by Mr. Wehle that the revival of | the act of 1863 was in a county tax levy, and was | therefore unconstitutional, and notwithstanding the two years’ acquiescence, notwithstanding the | coniusion cast by the decision into the execution of the ciiminal law, the Court of Appeals had main. | tainea the point and overruled the jaw. He called the attention of the Court to the broad powers | given by this act to the Court of Special Sessions, which, within its exclusive jurisdiction over mis: | demeanors, gave it powers to come iu confict with | | this Court. “He insisted that the ciaim of Mr. Tre- | main, that the two acis of 1873 were in parimatena, | and to be interpreted together had no force, since the arst act appiled to an act not yet born, Could one Legislature control anotnerr Cou!d one Legis- | ‘lature coatrol its own future action? Could it-say | that an act it should hereatter pass should have | no validityy If ao, he had not understood our | theory of government. He submitted that the act of April 5u, 1873, being the later, repealed the act of Apri! 29, 1873. They could not divide legislation into its component parts. It became aiaw when | signed by the Governor, not before. It dated from then, A prior act could not coutrol the meaning of a posterior law, nor could a posterior law give a meaning to a prior statute not contained in it, He submitted that the act of April 20 | could ouly take effect by way of injunction, j the Legislature enjoining itself or ex post facto by detining a law m virtual existence. in either view it was void. Here was something not yet fully preseated to which he called Mr. Trematn’s attention. Page 1,017 of the Revised Statutes said that the limit for indictments should be three years, But that provision was repealed in 1860, Qnd & substitute, substantially the same, enacted. | | jon | covery of aggr: corruption, There was nothing meonsistent m tis, Two ovlences might well arise on | the same act While iis Honor might, | 88 matter of humanity and charity, treat all four counts as one ovence, yet counsel had vo doubt chat, as matter of law, a judgment migat be pronounced tor cach Of 204 separate odences, the maximum penalty ior each being one year’s im- prisonment and $250 fine, If tis Honor snould choose to take the more merciful view, of course , the numocr ol penalties would be reduced to one- hall, or 51 years’ imprisonment and 51 fines, Mr, ‘Tremain gave a long list of authorities to the coun- sel lor the deience for their consideration. A STARTLING MOTION, Counsel for the defence said that the motion of Mr. ‘Tremain was perectly startling. That the jury should have been kept in ignorance of the result of their verdict, and that they should bave been kept without apy Warning was unparalleled, Judge Davis reminded him that Mr. Tremain had anuounced lus intention. Counsel jor the de.ence sald that he had not till this minute. What he had seen in the papers he had supposed to be without authority He thought candor required that the prosecu- cation should have announced their intent. The counsel for the defence had been under the impression throughout that but one penalty and one fine were possible, and (rom that down to the lowest point, Some change might have been made had this terrible possibitity been presented fo them, The jury had no legal right, perlaps, to consider the result of their verd human hature Was not to ve entirely controlled by such rules, Possibly nO more could have been done by counsel, yet they would have peer more deegly impressed with ‘their responsibility. They coMd have broken, perhaps, to their client the lorce of the blow and prepared him ior it, He himself Would have been able to colivct his sel{-possession for the duty bow imposed oa him, THE GRAND JURY DISCHARGED. At this point the Grand Jury came into Court and handed in @ bateh of indictments. Toeir labors being terminated, they were discharged, with the thanks uf the Court, after wuich a re- ess Was taken till hall-past one o’ciock. THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT, On the reassembling of the Court counsel for the defence resumed, He said that the impression the defence were left under alt through by Wie opening ol Mr. Peckham Was, that the maximum punish- ment for the offence charged was one year’s im- prisonment or $250 dine, that when counsel claimed five distinct chall under each o/ the 204 counts unless the prt elicited one parucular offence on which to ask & verdict, His Honor replied that he understood tie crowding of all these counts into a single indict- ment would reduce tne penalty to a single one, He admitted incidentally tuat the defence were under obligations to the Court for allowing them to take exceptions in the fullest and broadest forms, and went on to quote other remarks of His Honor on the first trial, which went to inte mate that the indictment was to be regarded by the Court im its entirety. He quoted similar rulings onthe trial just closed. Im the course of bis re- warks he spoke of the argument of Mr. Field at the lust trial as one of tue finest ever heard ina court of justice, and said he was astonished at the ability of the extemporaneous and elaborate opin- n by His Honor on that argument. The deience were ail of that opinion; they never heard @ Uner argument, or anabler handling o! the points, enves | Counsel took occasion here, while speaking of the jury, to say that it struck him as very amusing, that anomaly that an American trial should begin vy visiting punishment on the triers by turning the jury into prisoners, ‘eral decisions condemning the re- ated penalties were here cited, among theui one by Judge Grover, and tie opinion of Judge Ingraham on the motion to quash the present indtetinent. Counsel argued thata ver- dict on the first count, for wiliul neglect, was in- consistent with a verdict on the fourth, for corrup- tion; one or the other must be the offence. TIME FOR MERCY PASSED, Mr Tremain said:—If the jury contented them- selves With & general verdict we would be con- tent with one punishment. But with no intima- tion that there would be any relaxation of the de- mand jor punishment by the counsel for the | government they have brought him in guilty on each of 204 counts, The question for us is the regular practice im legal procedure, and it is our duty to ask that judgment shall be in coniormity with precedent. We have re- ferred to a list of cases and precedents to establish the practice, There is no reply. Instead comes & plea jor reetey pas the time for mercy is passed, and now nothing remains but the sentence. Ip any indictment ior misdemeanor you may set out as many offences as you please, provided they are Of the same grade and description, In United States vs. O'Callaghan it is held that offences com- mitted by substantially the same act may be united, and an act of Congress provides for uuiting in one indictment under separate counts » number of offences of the same character, and the punish- ment appropriate to each must be in- Now, the act of 1573 amended the revised statute which was dead, and wiped out the statute of 1860, This law was, thereiore, ex post facto, Now, the law of 1573 made this limitation ars. "That was the only law now im ex- | . It impesed @ different period, and | this different By tke act ‘of 1860 | the statute of ran while he lived | in the United By the act of 1873 | it oniy ran the Strate of | New York. States. while he lived within This was not ouly a change of time, | but a change of conditions, working an injury to | the defendent ana invading his rights so as to be | eX postiacto. That the Legislature understood what they were doing was shown by the languag oi the act of 29th of April, where ‘they reserved rights and liabilities already accrued under the | acts “repealed” by the act of April 30, He called | on counsel to admit or deny that this act af April 80, 1573, “repealed” the section appointing chis Board of Audit—in other woras wiped it out com- | plet He called attention to the Missourt test oath case, in which the imposition of an oath ona Minister under the new constitution of Missouri was held to be unconstitutional, as imposing de- | privation of political and civil rights by an ex post | facto provision. So he claimed that this law | stripped Tweed of rights. It mattered little to tue | question of the validity of this law whether Tweed | had bad to appeal to tue right thus taken from him, | | Itwasenongh if by any possibility it might have | affected him. He read from Judge Field’s opinion | iD the Case that the rule of ex post facto did not apply solely to laws depriving of life, slberty or tangible property, but to jaws which ex- tended or altered punishment, inflicted a punish- Ment on the feelings, depriving of the right to pursue professional employment, altering the rules | of evidence, wc. So he claimed that tne extension | of the time of lability to punishment was an ex- | tension oF the punishment; the limiting him to a State instead of the whole United States, to avail himself of the statute of limitations, was an altera- tion of the puuisiment, and was ex post iacto. He claimed, ther , that the law of 1860 having | been wiped out, his status was changed, and there | was no legal ground for tnis proceeding. REMARKS OF JUDGE DAVIS Judge Davi: id, With regard to tueir last point, pbly NEW Polat presented, it was clear to him t if the law of 1573 Was ex post facto, the result |} Would be, not that the law of 1860 was ‘abrogated, but that the attempt to abrogate it had tatied; but | in construing such laws the courts only adjudged | | them invalid so tar as the prior offences, but operative for the future. He should, therefore, be compelled to hold that the act of 1860 was valid in | that case. But the statute of limitations was no | | element tn a crime, nor (id it affect the rights of | the people or the prisoner, except by limiting the | time during Which the indictment might be had. | Again, i all statutes of limitationg were | swept aw the common law was réstored | and there was no limit of time to an indict- | to the effect of the i of Aprid 29, }1 + act of April 30, 1873, che courts were | bound to interpret the statutes by the intent | | of the Legisiatu thered trom authentic sources, | | This act of Apral ‘30, had passed the houses of | | the Legislature, and was in the Governor's nands | when, as it appeared by @ recital in the act, a | | doubt arose in the Governor's mind whether his signature might not re certain persons from civil and criminal iiability, and to meet this the | act of the 24h April was passed. The Court must | read the acts together, and interpret the act of the 20th as vaudly deciaring the invent of the other act. To hold otherwise wouid be to say the Legis- lature could not declare its intent, But on the act of April 30 itself he had no doubt that no such effect arose a8 claimed. For the simpie abrogation of an office ne had been held nor ever could be held to. shield the former ofMcer from liability for — of- fence while in office. The question of the jurisdic- tion of the act he had already passed on, It was ciaimned that the act Of 1855 took away Irom the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Sessions jurisaicuon of misdemeanors. He bad suggested | then that the long continuance of the exerc the jurisdiction by the Oyer and Terminer snould have great weight. He thought stili that that act | was intended merely to reguiate the proceedings | between the courts. ave the Special Sessions | exclusive jurisdiction of complaints pending be- | fore them. ‘That was the way be read it, but that | Was very different from exclusive jurisdiction over all misdemeanors. He had nodoubtor this. A new argument had been presented under the decision of the Court of Appeais in the ‘Iroy case. He recognized the doctrine al- firmed there, It was in accordance with an argument of his in 1565, when he held that a mere evasion of the constitutional limitations as to localities was invalid. But that case did not apply here, There was a oroad distinction between the Leyislature appointing officers for localities aud ating new ofices and imposing new duties on local officers already in oftice. Tweed continued to be @ local officer because | constituency had elected him, The Legitlature simply imposed on hin & new local duty as a local officer. He was very clear in lis Own judgment that the new dis- tribution of local duties among local oficers was hot obHoxious to the constitutional objections. INTERROGATIONS OF COUNS' Mr. Fallerton—ihen was he not pervisor? Mr. Justics Su “ay rtp ae r. Fulierton—Then is there acute? not & punishment Mr. dustice Davis—You have an exception on that point, \) MOVING FOR JUDGMENT. Mr. Tremain then moved jor judgment, stating that the bellei of the counsel Was that tucre should be a judginent on each count, tdentical as to the similar counts, consecutive a& to the different | offences. In other words, there were 204 counts on 61 acconnts, Four counts went to each account. Jp their opinion the four counts of each set embraced two distinct o1 Fl wutity as a Su- Davis—As President of the Board of | teriained, as sheltermg my flicted, The only course that must be jolowed is to impose a distinct punishment | on each count, rising up to the maximum or stop- | ping short at an poiut where the conscience of the Court 1s satisficd. In The Queen vs. U’Connell, the agitator, where there was a general verdict and one judgment, the verdict was set aside, be- caase there were several counts, some good and some bad, but this is not the practice in America, and it may be that the government were giad to He reminded the Judge | get rid of the white a on their hands, which | O'Connell proved to be. Among the numerous precedents cited, was one under the Gambilog act, in Arkansar, “which, perhaps, I ought uot to yuote,” said Mr. Tremain, “as we know nothing about 1t—one court being for poker and the other jor draw-poker, In reference to the cbbservations of counsel for the defence, that they were led by the Court and prosecutimg counsel to expect but one sentence, The remarks made by the Court re- ierred to the claim for about 1,000 peremptory challenges, an interpretation evidently monstrous, But when the case was submitted to the jury what Ube prosecution claimed was a general verdict. In the first trial the challenges were decided by the two first jurors accidentally drawn, and the evils that resulted were so manilest that lest winter the Legislature took away toat power from the two first jurors, The disagreement of that jury was hatied asa victory by the defence. In the second trial they only had to provide that the avenues to the jury box should be guarded, and, thank God! they secured an uuexeeptionable jury without lowermg the standard one hair's breadth. And now, if that disagreement shall have been overruled to the promotion of the peo- ple’s good and the glory ol! tue State; it there was any iuterference with that jury it was another illustration of the saying that ‘Phere is a divinity that shapes our cnJs, rough hew them as we will,’? and that other saying of Burns, “The best laid schemes of mice and men gang alt a-giey.” The counsel did not expect that crowding all these offences Into one indictment would have such & puny result as one sentence. With the bitter waters of humiliation around him, said counsel, L have nothing to say that will be even the pressure O1 a little finger on his loins, The charm is broken. We are not responsible for the resglts, The case | 18 one of not even national, but international in- terest, and, thank God! the scale, so evenly held, is now to turn, and the question, what punishment shall be meted out, may be lelt by the counsel for ule prosecution to the learned and able and im- partial Judge. (Appiau JUDGE DAVIS’ REMARKS EVIOUS TO SENTENCE. the arguments of counsel It would be unmanly o1 the ‘ade an apparent confilct be- tween the views then expressed and those now en- i under the mantle 1. I was, on the former trial, under the ession that there could be but one conviction and one tence, and that impression was derived from the fact that the case to which reference was made in Wwe Court of Appeals had been tried be- fore ine On circuit In this city, and I then, aiter passing on various importaut ‘questions touching the right of the State, directed Judgment upon the several penalties wlieged to have accrued, for the purpowe of enabling the Court above, if it showid pas’ upon these questions on the same views watch I entertained, to preserve the rights of the parties by directing such a verdict as the law awarded upou the facts and the law, without the necessity ol a new trial: and I thoresore granted Judgment with the understanding that the case ‘Would be presented to the Court of Appeals, That Court have upheld the opinion of the Court below, and directed jadgment fora single felony. Ihad also before me the ease of Fisher vs, The New York Central Railroad, and J expressed an opinion pretty decided that such the Jaw that the could be but one penalty im case ot this kind, though separate and independent offences were united in the indictment. J think I may with truth say that] came to the trial at the outset of this case with the same impression; I had not examined the case. but fortunately nothing has occurred throughout the case which led me to express an opiniOn of the matter which could possibly have affected the jury. J have, however, | ig to the question pretty tai consideration. f ave examined ali the cases that] have been able to lay my hands upon, some of which have pot been stated; one in Penraylvania, gvhere the Court heid that common law and the statute law indict. Ments might be united and separate penalties of the common Jaw and statute Jaw imposed, No case has ever arisen in this been able to find, where the exact proposition as to what judgment shall be pronounced in such cases has been passed upon by the Court, but the cases cited trom the Supreme Court, by analogy, dispose of the question, for they hold that separate and distinct misdemeanors may be united in the same indictment, and passed upon by the verdict of the jury. Jn Cases ol this kind, where a great variety of oifences are embraced in the samo indictment, 1t 18 an important matter what is the power and duty of the Court in snch cases, It is i history of judicial proceedings of the civilized world there never has been & case where an indictment em- braced #0 many offences #8 this—probably never. Kut every logician and every legal mind must see that fit be once established that inaependent mis- demeanors may be united in the same indictment, tred at the same time, and verdicts rendered = on them separately by the jury, the question ceases to be dimcuit. It “two, why not five, aud why not 50 or any other number of misdemeanors be embraced tn the indictment? Where several offences have been committed the District Attorney puts them to- gether as several or one, In this cue, if the whole 56 accounts had been made the basis Of 56 indict ments and there was a verdict on eacl bie question could @ arisen ag to the power and duty of the Court to pronounce judgment Upon each connection, and yet there Would be Vhat last numoer of cumulative judgments on Which the Court must pronounce as many juag- fences, The first turee embraced wilint neglect. ‘The fourth included the element of m nts a# there were connections for offences, Writing them in one judament sumoly oresanta to the jury the trie} of each one on its own merits, and if the jury Gad the offence established as to euch one” a@ verdict may be rendered avcordin sly; and if they find, asin & is case, & par- tiat verdict on part and not guilty as to the others Tam at a loss to see by what hne of reasoning the same consequence ’s sould not follow in either case, Viz., that tue Court must pronounce judgment on the verdict tor separate olfences, ‘There are in this indictment 220 counts, e jury have found the deiendant guilty on 204 of theze counts and not guilty on 16, ‘ihe prosecution insist that each four counts on each distinct claim contains two distunct off-nces inde; endent of cach other of suck a char acter that two independent judgments may be pronounced on each set ‘of four counts. That depends upon the view which the Court snail take of the question whether these Several counts that cover tae several ollences are dependent offences. In my judgment the coun- sel ior the prosecution is not correct ia that claim inasmuch as each set of iour counts to a claim ani to the conduct and acts alleged in tne indic!ment, eaen four counts charge on different terms, though they charge on three counts tie statutory misde- Meanor and on the other a cominon law one, they describe transactions touching the same crime and the course of procedure which brought it to the receipt of the money, they do relate to one transaction; and there can be, under the rules, bata single judgment pronounced upon the four counts in each set, and the Court, I think, will pronounce no other judgment, That reduces the Whole number of convictions, in my judgment, that can be pronounced from 204 or 202 to 51, on each set of counts, being 61. Il any one thinks that it 1s agreeable tor me to press such a judgment he is mustaken, for | would gladly have the acceptance of this position fallen upon other shoulders. I shalt not shrink from any feeling of its harshness or severity to prevent the performance of my simple duty, Nevertheigss, I have the power, and im prenouncing judgment 1 shall endeavor te exer- cise it, So a8 to temper justice in some degree with mercy. I have no disposition to follow the su; gestions oi any person iniinical towards the defen ant, or of any public tecling that may tor & moment agitate und carry away the public mind, lam here simply to execute the law by the impo- sition Of such penalties as in my judgment will be ust and adequate, and so as tobe an example. tis deeply to be regretted that the Legislature has not provided # loug sentence and punishment to characterize offences of this kind in different forms, and fix peniities for each oflence where com- mitted, or dilfereut irom those waich may be imposed by our statutes, Public officers who rob tue people by appropriating public moneys to themselves and allowing others to do so through their instrumentality or connivance, irom the pub- luc treasury, in vast sums such us have been taken iu this case, are unfortunately, In the state of our law, not to be adjudged Jelons or pup by imprisonment in the State Prison, but escape under forms of indictment for misdemeanor, sub- ject tor each to pay a penalty of $250 or a single year in the Penitentiary. If this were a general Verdict this would be all that tae Court would im- pose, notwithstanding that he took Jor his own use More than $2,000,000 in the manner described. if there were a general verdict rendered, the Court could ouly pass through the farcical performance oi rendering judgment 01 $260 fine und one year’s tm- prisoument jor tae audacious robbery trom the city and county 01 more thar $1,000,000, Under the ver- dict the Court has larger powers, which tt will ex- ercise, and L hope with prudence ana due regard tothe interests of the pubic and the exampie to be made, ‘The prisoner was then ordered by the Clerk of the Court to stand up. Mr. Tweed slowly arose, leaning his hands on the back of a chair in rout of him occupied by one of s—~William M. Tweed, have you any- y why the sentence of the Court should ngt how bé pronounced against you. ~ ir. Tweed (in an inaudible voice)—Nothing. Counsel—He has spoken through his counsel. THE SENTENCE. Judge Davis, then addressing the prisoner, said :—Wiliiam M, Tweed, you ud convicted by & verdict of a jury of twelve honest men oO: a large number of criunes charged against you united in one indictment, and that verdict, in tue opinion of the Court, could not have been otherwise without a violation of the oaths which the jury had taxen— un utter disregard of the obligatious under which they rested—to speak the truth and the whole truth only by their verdict. ‘The prooi in this case from the moment it was first presented to the jury to the close of the peoples’ case was simply a wathe- matical demonstration of your guilt. Holding @ highly responsibie and honorable pubic ottice— yourself honored and respected by a large class of the community in which you lived, and, 1 have no doubt, beloved by your associates—you, with all these apie pubiic trusts devolving on you, with all the opportunities you had—had you saith- fully tulfiled your duties to the public—to win the honor and respect o! the whole community, saw fit to pervert the opportunities you possessed and the powers with which you were clothed in @ manner more wicked, more iniamous and more o=trageous thap any instance of a like character which the whole history of the civilized world contains. In- stead of pleted the public you plundered it, Instead of standing guard when the law piaced you over the treasury of your county you threw that treasury ‘open,’ not merely to your own rapacity, but also to the avarice of.your ‘Associates, under circumstances which make it transparent that you were engaged in a concerted conspiracy to plunder the treasury of the county, in which yourseif and your assvciates in crime were principally to benefit. The evidence on the subject cau leave no manner of doubt on the minds of any, ‘tbe commencement of it ali was the en- tering by you on those duties as President o! the Board oi Audit on the 5th of May, the date of the or ganization 01 the Board of Audit.’ The very next day alter that your career of plunder began—the 6th of May—and irom that day lorward consecutively till the whole 190 accounts belore that Board bad veen audited and certified and warrants issued and the money paid, Tie evidence is conciusive that the whole proceeding was instituted to carry outa concerted plan to enrich yourself and those asso- ciated with you. If there were no other testimony that, inmy judgment, would be conclusively es- tavlishea by the fact that on each of these several claims, as they were ed on and ultimately paid, your share of the plunder was clearly uxed and prescribed at 24 per cent, while the share of ‘your associates has been fixed by a somewhat similar standard of plunder. At is impossible to believe that the distribution of 190 cases, in which the moneys were received on these warrants—that Just 24 per cent of each sum should always be allotted to you without an un- derstanding in advance by a concerted arrange- ment that this exact sum should be your fixed proportion of the thoneys of which the county should be -plundered. When we see a machine invented by some genius, turning out at eacn rev- olution @ Certain amount of product and of some manufacture, we argue that there 1s some mind behind it and we marvel at the reflection and thought that have produced that result. ‘The machinery which you operated produced like re- Sults in such forin ‘that it is 1mnposstble not to see that there lay behind tt a concerted conspiracy by wach you, in common with the others who shared the pltinder, were to reap the benefits of your great | and awiul crime. It is in vain to suggest that yéur trial and conviction have been tne result of any partisan jeeling; that this was, after all, ag one of the jurors summoned on the panel expressed it, a struggle between the “ins and the outs.” No. ‘The whole struggle has been a struggle between honesty aud fraud, between virtue and crime, It 18 true that prominent, able, honorable men of all parties united at once to investigate and develop tye true character of these frauds. Mr. O’Cono: who has been named in connection with the. frauds in the course of the trial, bas aided in the work—a man who holds the Joremost rank in his profession, and who stands Withoat a stain npon Is character, a8 pure and noble a man as any im this great city—immediately came trom his retire. ment to aid in the rescue Of this great city irom the systematic course of plunder to which it had been so jong subjected. Mr. Tilden, Who stood as the leading man at the head of the Democratic State Committee, devoted weeks and months o! toil in ferreting out these crimes and ascertaining, through the bank account, their extent and charac: ter, till he was able to lay’ bare tue whole course of iraud and pinnder, a8 presented on this trial, with absolute clearness and simplicity, The truth is $0 plain that no man can fail toreadit., I need not hame other prominent men of your party who took an active part in these proceedings, and which ied to the development of these great irauds and to your conviction, It would be wrong and unjust to entertain for amoment tne idea that your conviction has been the resuit of persecution at tne hands of any person or party, It has been the resuit of the ascertainment and production of evidence os clear and plain, that never in my ex- perience or reading have | scen a case where the evidence was so utterly overwhelming and where it was so impossible for the jury to tall to come toa just and conclusive verdict. Through the whole of the trial you remained up to the very moment of your conviction aa caim and serene ,as though you relied upon your innocerfte, when it ‘was over- whelmingly apparent to all that your serenity was only 1 oO! audacity, that confidence in the omnipotence of corruption rather than reltance upen yourinnocence. (Judge Davia uttered the Jast sentence with much emphasis and earnestness of manner, striking his clenched hand apon bis desk.) The duty of the Court now is to pronoun upon you the sentence, a sentence that may be adequate to your crim THE SENTENCK OF THR COURT TS that on the fourth count in the indictment you be imprisoned in the County Jal! of this county for the term of one year, and that you Rey ® fine of $260, and that you stand committed till 1t be paid. On ine fisth, sixth, seventh and eighth counts in the im- dictment that you be imprisoned th the County Juil tor a turther term ot one Ton to commence at the termination of your first term, and that you poy @ fine of $250, and be committed til the same s paid, On the ninth, 10th, 11th and i2th counts Of the indictment that you be imprisoned for the term of one year, to commence from the termina- tion of the second term of your tmprison- ment, and that you pa a fine of $20, and that you stan committed till the same be paid; that on the 13th, Mth, 16th and 16th counts of the eee tee Ge be imprisoned in the County Jail tor one year, to commence on the termination of the third term of your imprison- ment, and to pay @ fine of $2 and ihat you stana committed till the same be paid; that on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th counts of the mater ment that you be imprisoned in the County Jail tor the term of one: year, to commence at the termination of the fourth term of your im- Prisoument, and that you pay @ fine of $260, and ne committed til the same be paid; that on the zist, 22d, 23d and 24th counts of the indictment you be imprisoned in the County Jail tor ove year, to com- Mence on the termumation of the Gith tora of your imprisonment, and that you pay a fine of $259, and stand committed till the s be paid; that on the 26th, 26th, 27th and 2sta counts of the indictaent you be imprisoued in the County Jali for the term ofone year, to commence oh the termination of your sixth term, and that you pay @ fine of $260 and stand committed till the ne be paid; that on the 29th, 30th, 3tst and 32d counts o1 the in- dictment you be imprisoned in the County Jaii for one year, to commence on the expiration of your seventh term, and that you pay a fine of $250, and to stand committted till the same be paid; that on the 33d, 34th, 85th and 38th counts in tae indict ment you be imprisoved in the County Jail for one year, to commence on the expiration of youreighth term, and to pay a fine of $260, and to stand commit- ted till the same be paid; that on the 213th, 214th, 216th and 216th counts in the indictment you be imprisoned for one year, to commence on the expiration of your ninth term, and to pay a fine of $250, and to stand committed till (he same be paid; that on the 37th, 38th, s9ta and 40th counts in the indictment you be imprisoned in the County Jail for one year, to commence alter the expiration of your loth term, and to pay a fine of $250, and to stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 69th, 70th, 71st and 72d counts in the indict- ment you be imprisoned in the County Jail or one year, to commence at the exp ration of your 11th term, and to be fined $250, aud to stand com- mitted till the same be paid; that on the 41st, 42d, 43d and 44th counts of the indictment you be imprisoned for one year, to commence on the expiration of your twelith term and to pay a fine of $250, and to stand committed till the same be pits that on the 45th, 46th, 47t und 48th counts n tue indictment you be imprisoned for one year. to commence on the expiration of your thirteenth term, and to pay a fine of $250, aud to stand com- mitted till the same be patd; that on the 41st, 42d, 43d and 44th counts you pay a fing of $250, and to stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 450i, 46th, 47th and 48th you pay 4 fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 49th, 50th, 51st and 52d you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 53d, 44th, 55th and 56th counts in the indict- ment you be fined $250, and to stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 57th, 68th, 59ch and 60th counts in the indictment you pay afine of $250, and stand committed till tae same be paid; that on the 73d, 74th, 75th and 76th counts in the indictment you pay a fine of $259, and stand committed till paid; that on the 77th, 78th, 79th and 80th counts in the indictment you pay a fine of $260, and that you stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 1st, 82d, 83d and s4th counts you pay a fine of $250, and be committed till the same e paid; that on the 85th, 86th, 87th and ss8th you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 89th, 9vth, Olst and 92d you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 93d, 94th, 95th and 96th counts of the indictment you pay a fine of $250, and be committed till the same be paid; that on the 97th, 98th, 99th and 100th ceunts in the inuict- ment you pay @fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 101st, 102d, 103d and oe pay a fine of and stand com- mitted tilf the fine be paid; that onthe 129th, 130th, 131st and 132d counts you be fined $250, and stand committed till the same bs patd; that on the 133d, 134th, 135th and 136th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed ull the same be paid; that on the 137th, 138th, 139th and 140th counts in the indictment you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the idist, 142d, 143d and 144th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 145th, 146th, 147th and 148th counts you pay a fine of $250, and be committed till the same be paid; that on the 149th, 150th, list and 152d counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed fill the same be paid; that on the 1580, l54th, 155th and 156th counts you pay a fine of $250, and be com- mitted till the same be paid; that on the 157th, 158th, 159th and 160th counts you pay a fine of $250, and be committed till the same be paid; that on the 161st, 162d, 103d and 164th counts you pay a fine of $250, aud be committed till the same be paid; that on the 165th, 166th, 167th and 168th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the Saine be paid; that on the 169th, 170th, 17ist and 1724 counts you pay a@ fine of $250, and be com- mitted tillthe same be paid; that on the 173d, 17sth, 175th and 176th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand commitied till thé same be paid; that on the 177th, 178th, 179th and 180th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the Isist, 182d, 183d and 1sith counts you pay @ fine of $250, and be com- mitted til the same ve paid; that on the 185th, 186th, 187th and 188th counts you pay atine of $250,and be committed till the same be paid; that on the 189th, 190th, 191st and 192d counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand commitred till the same be paid; that on the 193d, 194th, 195th and 19th counts you pay a fine of $260, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 197th, 198th, 199th and 200th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the same be paid; that on the 65th, 66th, 67th and 68th counts you pay a fine of $250,and stand committed tll the same be paid; that on the 109th, 110th, 111ch and 112th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand com- mitted till the same be paid; that on the 115th, 114th, 116th and 116th counts in the indictment you pay @ fine of §250, and stand committed till the saine be paid; that on the 117th, 118th, li9th and 120th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand com- mitted til the same be paid; that on the 12Ist, 122d, 123d and 124th counts you pay a fine of $250, and stand committed till the samé be paid; that on the 125th, L26th, 127th and 128th hacerlo ofa pay @ tine of 250, and be committed till the same be paid; that on the first second and third counts in the in- dictment you pay a fine of six cent: ve BILL OF EXCKPTION: Counsel for the | Hig pidlenbie gave notice that he would move for a bill of exceptions. The Court said the session of the court wonld he { praages, to give counsei time Jor due preparation the matter, THE CONTEMPT CASE. Judge Davis then notified counsel that he would require them—those who had subscribed to the perer presented by them to the Court at the open- ing of the present trial—to be in attendance on Monday morning next, without further order, for she purpose of inquiring into the action of counsel, and to which the Court wished to be understood as now referring. ‘The prisoner, Tweed, was then removed, strongly guarded by Sheriff Brennan and his depu- ties, and the Court adjourned. AFTER THE SENTENCE. When Judge Davis had said his last words there was a general stir in the court room. A passageway was made by the Court officers and Tweed moved rapidly out of the Court, fol- lowed as usual by the Sherif. He was immedi- ately ushered into the room of the Supreme Court, Chamoers, where for some time he heid a levee, Many old friends came in to gee the fallen chieftain, and sorrowful were the greetings that passed between. The now con- demned man, however, said little, and made no comment upon the ordeal through which he had passed, But he was even more terribly broken than in the morning, when he had entered the court room, His eyes were bioodshot, as if he had been weeping, and sunken in their orbits, The old-time stereotyped sinile had leit him and nothing but misery, deep misery, was de- picted in his countenance. “Now,” said a bystander, “he knows low it is himself.” “And now,’ added another, “he can’t do any- thing about it.” ; By and by Richard Tweed came in and greeted his brother. They both sat down together and Oke earnestly for a long time. b “By the way,” said Tweed, I am to go to the County Jail, That's Ludlow Street, isn’t it No," said one of the counsel who was present. ‘ae County Jail for criminal purposes is the Penitentlary, and so Judge Davis said to the clerk, Sparks. ‘The commitment will be made out to the Penitentiary.” ‘Tweed’s lace dropped, and if there were a parti- cle Of life leit in it before it now disappeared. Shortly afterwards Order of Arrest Sheriff Jud- son Jarvis came up and told Tweea that he bad better wait below until the commitments were made ont by Clerk Sparks. The party proceeded to the Sheriff's office. At this moment a carriage drove off rapidly, and the crowd thinking Tweed was in followed it, and thus the Court House was nd of them, Tweed remained watting for the commitments in the Sheriff's office until a late hour at mght. WHOLESALE SMUGGLING DOWN EAST. Port Land, Me., Nov, 22, 1873. Prosecntions have been commenced in the United States District Court here against Charles A. Boardman, of Calais, and Charles H, Dyer, of Eustport, upon the complaint of Major ©. ©, Emery, of Special Agent Bingham’s ojfice, at Bogton. Boardman is charged with haviflg smuggied a large quantity of Cape wool into the port of Calais, Me., which wool was originally imported into Boston, where it was withdrawn from the warehouse for exportation to St. Stephens and other ports in New Brunswick, and trom the latter places, as it ls alleged, smuggied as aforesaid, Entrics were made at Calais of @ comparatively trifing portion of the wool, the principal part being brought in, 16 is alleged, without payment of any oy! at Peed the woo! cleaned, and then returned to Hoston an other markets, Where It went Into consninption, The account sued for is said to be something over $75,000, It 18 claimed that the government Jost over $20,000 in duties by this firm in less than * ne bar id. for knowingly aiding In Aine. The case againat Dyer ii the sagging of a quantity of hake fish from the island of Grand Menan, in October, 186% The amount sned for is about $5,000, The books and mapers of the said Dyer were seized on a warrant Prebed by Ju Fox and disclosed such evidence it as to Warrant the commencement oi this prosecu- Woe THE CLOSE OF NAVIGATION. Frost in the St. Lawrenee. MONTREAL, Nov. 22, 1878, The continued cold weather, together with am additional fall of snow, has operated unfavoramly on the river and the canals. The St, Lawrence ts reported impassable, on account of the ice, be- tween Batiscan and Quebec, The city canal basins are full of heavy floating ice, which freezes te~ ‘ether after the tugs pass through. The steamer Bohemian and. the propellers which managed to getdown the canal will lay up at Montreal The steamer Picton and a number of barges are fast im the ice. ‘The Beauharnals Canal propellers Domin- ion, Prussia and Columbia and @ large number of barges will winter in the Lachine Canal and their cargoes will be sent to the city by sleighs, Ice in Lake Huron. COLLING Woop, Canada, Nov. 22, 1873. The steamer Cumberland arrived last night, She is the last boat for this season from Lake Superior. The steam barge MeKerral attempted to get inte Penatanguishene yesterday, with a cargo of sup- plies, but Was unable to penetrate the ice further Relormatory prison, and had to return. of London is hourly expected to arrive from Chicago, on her last trip. Tugs, barges and sailing vessels are laying up here tuough there is no ice in the river. ihe snow is over a loot deep, Encouraging Report from the Erie Canal. Scuenecrapy, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1873. The ice breaker has just arrived here from the West, The boats are moving through the twe locks west of here. by night some twenty or more will be got into this level. The ico is thawing, and the prospect is that the boats un this section ol the canal will get through sure. Boats Getting Through. ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1873. Auditor Dayton has received the tollowing despatches :— Mxcnanicsviiie, N. Y., Nov, 22, 1873. Nearly 100 boats trom the north are between here and Waterford. loaded mostly with potatoes. Will get them FP. K. MARSHALL, through, if possible, us 3 Wrst Tror, N. Y., Nov, 22, 1873. There are about 75 boats on this section. All are mov- ing, and if we have no drawbacks will have them through to-morrow night. N. NORTH, ¥:, Nov, 22, 1873. Wateriord’ al! om W. M. DONALD, Scwenectapy, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1873. We have done @ good day's work west of Sclencetady, iso at the Sixteen Locks and west of there, and we now think that unless cold und stormy weather sets i with extra help—an if parties iaterested in boats an roperty are on the ground to see to their individual ine lerests—all bi east of Utica can be got to tide water in the next six days. But men owning or con- trolling boats or Property must be on the spot as repre- sented. N&LSON, ’ — O'CONNOR, ¢ New York. super,” ©. RICK & O0., byons, T. 0, KIMBALL, New York. TWELVE MEN DROWNED FROM AN UPSET Boat. CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 22, 187%. A correspondent of the News and Courier, weit ing from Beaufort under date of the 20th inst. gives the following account of a catastrophe which resulted in the drowning of twelve colored per- sons:— A sad affair bas occurred in this vicinity. Om Tuesday evening a boat, containing 13 colored men, partially in the employ of the Coosaw Mining: Company, left a locality known as New Building, intending to row to their piace of business. As the boat turned into Coosaw River it was instantly upsetand a few of the men sunk immediateiy. Seven of them managed to cling to the upturned craft; but they gradually loosened their grasp, being benumbed by the intense cold. Esau Hamilton 18 the only one thus far who haw escaped, He managed to retain ahold until he reached the dredge, in the mouth of the Sound. Here his cries were heard above the wind aud waves by Engineer Fitzsimmons, who imme.iately launched his boat and, with assistance, pulling im the direction trom whence the cries were heard, rescued the man and conveyed him to the dredge, where he lay unconscious lor several hours, REPORTED LOSS OF THE ROBERT LOWE Toronto, Ont., Nov. 22, 1873. Adespatch from Sackville, N. B., says it is re- Ported that the telegraph cable steamship Robert Lowe was lost on the coast of Nova Scotia curing the storm of the 17th and 18th inst., and that captain anta portion of the crew were drowned, | SINKING OF AN OBIO RIVER STEAMER. Cano, Il, Nov. 22, 18T3. The steamer Probasco, which left this place for Cincinnati yesterday, struck on the rocks at the foot of the Grand Chain at dark last night ang sunk, The passengers and crew are safe. Tae vessel lies in 12 leet of water. “PIGEON SHOOTING. Match at Babylon, L, L., Yesterday. BABYLon, Nov. 22, 1873, A match was shot here to-day with the following: results :— SCORE. Maton.—Ira Paine vs. Deforest, $100 aside; De- forest, 21 yards; Paine, 25 yards; 15 birds. pe ale—th 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 251, 1, 1,0, 0, 1—Killed, Deforest—0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,1, 1,0, 1,1, 0, O— Killed, 9. Matcu.—Ryan vs. Deforest; 30 birds; $500; five different guns; 21 yards, Ryan—1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1,1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, Ip 1,1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0. Deitorest—tl, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,1, 0,1,1,1,1,1,1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1.1, 1. ‘These two tied and drew the stakes, MatcH.—Lamson vs. Livingston, $25 aside; 26 birds; Lamson, 22 yards; Livingston, 21 yards, Livingston—l, 1,1, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) ly 0, 1, 1, 1, 1—Kilied, 20. Lamson—1, 1, 0,1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1, 1, 0, 0, Bp 0, 0, O—Killed, 14 THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT, CHICAGO, Noy, 22, 1873. ‘The game ot billiards last night between Ubassy and Garnier was won by the latter in the forty-first inning, The score was as follows:—Garnier, 4005 Ubassy, 293, On the twenty-first inning, when the score stood 156 for Garnier and 134 for Ubassy, the umpire, A. Smith, decided there was no couut lor Ubassy, though a majority of the wit ses said if was a plain count. Ubassy was vexed, and threatened to end tke game, but aiter a moment's election decided to goon. Subsequently Ubassy med ‘no count” on Garnier, wich the umpire allowed against the general opinion, Ubassy be- came 80 angry that ho refused to shake jands with Garnier after the game. The largest runs were:— nier, 63, 71, 31; Ubassy, 21, 48, 42, The averages ¢:—Garnier, 931-41; Ubassy, 7 6-41, jarnier takes the | rst prize, Ubassy the second, Dion the third, Daly the fourth, J. Dion the fitth, THE PRIZE RING 7 Sr. Lours, Noy. 22, 1873. Tom Allen, Arthur Chambers and Tom Kelly, who were arrested last night on a requisition from Governor Beveridge, of Illinois, for partict- pating ina prize fight between Allen and McGoole on Tinois soil last September, were taken to Ed- wardsviile, TIL, to-day by Sheriff Cooper, where it is probable they wiil be vatled. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Commissioner Van Nort makes the following statement of public moneys received’ by the De- partment of Public Works during (he week ending yesterday (Saturday) :— For Croton WM&ter rent and penalties, For tapping Croton pipes........+ For vault pert i For sewer pe aeons A Por sewer pipe sold to coniractors. Total... Warrrvorp, N. Boats between Mechanicsville and the moye down. c c. SIPAL TREASURY, Comptroller Green reports the jollowing pay- ments into the city and county treasury yester- day:— 4 From taxes of 1873. and interest........006 oo From arrears 01 taxes, assessments and lnierest. From collection of assessinents and juterest From water renis + ee From market ren From lice: M From fees and tin Total. wed sent SAS THE MUNIG: courts. District THE CLAIMANT OF THE OOMPTROLLERSHIP, Mr. John Gillen, the irrepressible claimant of the oMce of Gomptrolier of the city of New York, states that the report on the occasion of his demanding the semblance of his authortty trom the present inenmbent of the Comptroitersiip that he flourished a revolver is entirely lalse. No one, he says, knew that ne had a revolver until he weat to the stauor house, A BOY DROWNED WHILE cKATING, Boston, Nov, 22, 1878. At Somerville, yesterday, tour boys, while akat- ing on@ small pond, broke through the ice, and Arthur Cheeney, aged 14 years, was drowned, The others were reacued- ¢