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

THE iio, CoOuRTS. Bankruptey---The Rights and Obliga- tions of Special Partners. Alleged Election Fraud—Voting by Froxy and What Came of It. The Jurisdiction of the Marine \ Court in Question. ‘Thomas Fag, of No, 1,844 First avenue, was yes terday held to bail for examination by Commis sioner Shields on a charge of carrying on bis busi ness as a liquor dealer without paying the spesia tax required by law. Yesterday, in the United States District Court, beiore Judge Blatchford, the jury in the case of the United States vs. F, Consinery & Co. were dis- charged, not having been able to agree upon a verdict, As already stated in the HERALD, the action was brought to condemn 300 barre!s of brim- stone imported by the claimants and entered by them at the Custom House as ‘‘crade’’ brimstone, tree of duty, while the allegation of the govern- ment was that the brimstone was “refined,” and, therefore, liable, under the act of Congress, to a @uty of $10 per ton. UMITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Bankruptey—The Rights and Obliga- tions of Special Partners. Yesterday, in the United States District Court, in the matter of Byron Sherman and Porter Sher- man, alleged bankrupts, Judge Blatchford granted 80 order which invoives some important questions, The petition of Charles H. White, assignee in the above case, asks for an accounting to recover back ® large sum of money—about $80,000—alleged to bave been paid to the retired special partners of the firm in question by the new firm suifsequently formed. ‘The cause 0! action arises on this state of facts :—On December 31, 1870, John K. Otley and Ste- phen Condict, who had been special partmers in the avove firm, withdrew the amount of their special capital, the special partnership having terminated by limitation. The firm of Sherman brothers was continued in the same bame, but a new special partner was taken in. The petition sets forth that at the time of this withdrawal the firm of Sherman Brothers was insolvent, and that the payment of the sum of $80,000 to the special partners was a fraud apon the present creditors, W. H, C. Lock- Wood appeared as counsel for the assignee. Judge Blatchiord has granted an order allowing tie action to be brought, subject to the approval of the Register, Mr. John Fitch, who has the matter charge, COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. Personating an LKiection Inspector— Voting bY Proxy—The Harlem Explo- sion. Beiore Judge Ingraham. Dennis Hogan was tried on a charge of repre- senting himself to be William Conklin, an inspec. tor in the Twelfth Election district of the Fight- eenth Assembly district, It was stated by District Attorney Phelps that ne took the oath as Conklin, déposited the ballots and remained on duty till about noon, when he was arrested. His counsel, Colonel Fellows, said that Conklin was unable to qualfy, that Hogan acted for the latter upon a power Of attorney drawn by a lawyer for the pur- pose, that no fraud was committed, that no illegal votes were cast and that the accused thought he was juily authorized to fill the place. Judge In- raham said that the fraud consisted in depositing aliots when he was not an inspector. ‘he jury found the prisoner guilty, aud sentence was deé- lerred till Friday. Henry Walters was placed on trial charged with (fraudulently presenting a bailot and attempting to vote at the Fourteenth Election district of the becond Assembiy district. Mr. Edmund E. Price, counsel for the accused, showed that Walters was ® German. having been in tnis country only two weeks; that he bad hired a lazer beer saloon; that his landlord asked him to deposit the ballot in the name of Frank Ranseller; that he attempted to do this asa favor, and that on being challenged @nd learning that he was supposed to be voting in hig own name he reiused to swear in the vote. Upon ferry clear defence the prisoner was promptly uitted. pplication was made by Mr. Willlam F. Howe to Mx the bailof John Barnum, the engineer impli- cated in the Harlem boiler explosion. Mr. Howe insisted that the indictment could only be tor manslaughter in the third degree. Mr. Phelps in- sisted that the indictment could not be less than Manslaughter in the firstdegree. Judge Ingraham Oxed the bail at $20,000, the same as demanded by Judge Brady for the sub-contractors, ‘The Court adjourned till half-past ten o'clock to- morrow. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Freedman. Blunt vs. Rinaldo.—Order o1 reference, Folsom vs. De Forest.—Order of relerence, Ibbottson vs. Robins.—Grder appointing receiver. Jones vs. Warner.—Order discharging deten- dant, 4c. Fairchild and Another vs. Smith and Another.— Jucgment signed. Demilt ve. Patent Package Company; Alexander vs. Oddie; McCoy vs. O’Brien, Sheri; Perry vs. Giltert; Freeland vs. R. and A. Air Line Railroad Company.—Orders granted. By Judge Van Vorst. Veiga vs, Lathrop.—Motion jor injunction de- nied, SUPREME COURT—CHAMGERS, Decisions. By Judge Bra Dodge ve. Dodge, Mander vs, Bride, Wyman ys, and Others, Grigg vs. Fay Otuers, Dimsmore vs. Fisk, Wippler vs. Wippler, Kavanagh vs. De: & Co., Wheeler vs. See, Ar. nold et al. vs. Wilson, Quinlan vs, Seimes.—Mo- tions granted, Dirage vs. Howe et al.—Order granted, Grofisal ys. Swinton et al—See memoranda on Motion paper Earl vs. Covurn,—See rule 73. g COURT CF COMMCN PLEAS—SPECIAL TERS, Decisions, By Judge Larremore. Hall vs. Lie Motion to continue an injune- tion granteu without prejudice, on not to de- Jendant to dissolve same on additional affidavits. Shea vs. Sixth Avenue Railroad Company.—Judg- ment for defendant on demurrer, with leave to pluintul to amend on payment of costs. (See Memorandum.) By Judge Robinson. Dickie vs. Dickie.—Cause set down for calender, first Monday February vext. (See memorandum.) Lamb et al. vs. The United New Jersey Railroad and Vanal Company.—Motion to vacate attachment Jor Want Of jurisdiction granted, with §90 costs, (See decision.) SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TEM. Verdict of Damages for Injuries. Before Judge Sedgwick. In February, 1872, Louis Grupe, a boy 13 years of ge, while crossing Third avenue and Seventy- seventh strect was run over by a butcher's wagon belonging to Jsaac Rodman and driven by Mr. McCue, a driver in his employ, The case was tried some time since in the Marine Court before Justice | Shea, and dismissed on the ground of want of suMcient evidence to substantiate the alleged statement of master and servant between Rod+ man and McCue. The suit, which was for $5,000 damages against Rodman, was tried yesterday tn this Court. Mr. Solomon F. Higgins, of counsel tor defendant, moved to dismiss tue complaint oa the ground that tie case was res adjidicata, and thas the relation of employer and employé was not own by the evidence as between the deiendant and the driver, the evidence showing that at the time McCue was driving the cart without the au- thority of the defendant, ‘This motion was denied, however, and @ verdict rendered of $1,200, Without any allowance, to the plainti, On rendition of the verdict ® motion was made for a new trial Messrs. Karzman & Yeaman for plaintiff, John M. Cooney, attorney, jor detendaut, and solomon F. Higgins, 01 counsel, MARINE COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. The Jurisdiction’ of the Court—imper- tant Decisjon, Beture Judge Howiand, A. T, Woodward sued William 8, Browne in the Marine Court for slander, claimisg by his com- Plaint damages to the amount of $15,000, It ap- peered irom the proceedings that the plaintiff and defendant bad formerly been partners in the oti business in this city and having quarreiled and dissolved partnership, it is alleged that the defend- ant went aroand among several of the former cus- tomers of the firm and used to them slanderous remarks concerning his former partner, stating that he was a thief, ascoundrel and had robbed Dim Of $6.000. Vnon afidayits proving this laa- | dresses, valued at $300. N&W YORE HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. gnage the plainti! procured an order oS ‘arrest against the deiepdant, bolding him _je ail in the sum of $1,000 and Mr. Browne we Paeren yen. ar- rested and in default o; ea m8 locked up for two jal days in Ludlow 8! Mr. Malco) yes, as counsel for the de- fendant, made a motton a few days ago to vacate the order of arrest and all other proceedings, upon the ground, among others, that the Marine Court, being lptied in its jurisdiction Of actions of this charwcter to cases Where the amount claimed docs BO exceed $1,000, the arrest and all Other proceed- lugs were necessarily irregular and void. judge Howland yesterday made his decision upon this motion, which is important to the Bar, as settling the question of jurisdiction in similar cases. His opinion, which is given below, fully sustains the position contended for by the de- fendant’s counsel. ‘This Court, by the act of 1874, has onty jurisdiction of actions where the amoung [fy claimed does not exceed the sum of $1,Cou (of 629, Laws of 1872, sec, 3). The complaint chsh action demands the sum of $16,060. The settled rales, that, until some further Judicial proceedings’ have taken placg_ swing apon the record | that the gum. it demanded is not the matter in disp» in dispute in gn ae Als “.v¢, that sum is the matter * svn tor damages (Kanouse vs, Rayo voward, United States Supreme Court aoe s, p. 208). That being the case, the Court has ~v jurisdiction of the action, and can do nothing but revoke such orders as it has made and strike the case trom the docket (The Mayor vs. Cooper, 6 Wallace, 247). It cannot allow the platnuil to ameid the record( Kanouse vs. Martin, 15 How~ ard, supra). The motion to vacate the order of arrest is granted, with $10 costs, and the Court can make no other order im the case except to strike 1t from the docket.” Upon the rendition of this decision the defendant, through his attorneys, Messrs, Busteed & Douglas, announced his intention of commencing at once an action against the plaintiff, ag well as the sure- ties given by him upon the arrest, lor the damages sustained by tne defendant by reason of bis liaise imprisonment under the order which has thus been pronounced to have been illegal and void, MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions. By Judge Howland. Ramer vs. Schwayscheld.—Judgment for defend- ant on demurrer, with liberty to plaintiff to an- swer within six days on payment of $10 costs. McEvoy vs, Siummons.—Motion to vacate attach- ment granted, with $10 coste, Gallagher vs, Simmons,—Motion to vacate attach- ment granted, with $10 costs. Ballard vs, Bentley.—Motion denied, with $10 costs. Gibbs vs, Aldrich —Motion denied, with $10 costs to defendant to abide event, Golinsky v8. Cohen.—Motion denied, with $10 costs. Bertine vs, Jobes.—Motion denied without costs, Baylis vs, The Engineers’ and Manutacturers? Publishing Company.—As 1 prefer not to vacate Judge Joachimsen’s order, I shall order the case to be submitted to the General Term for the hear- ing of non-enumerated motions, to be held on the second Saturday of December, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Extensive Larceny in Tiffany’s Jewelry Store—A Dishonest Clerk Sent to the State Prison for Five Years. Before Recorder Hackett. ‘ The first case disposed of yesterday in this Court was an indictment for grand larceny against Harry E. Murray, charging him with stealing on the 22d of November diamond earrings valued at $1,500, the property of Tiffany & Co., Union square, Assistant District Attorney Russell stated that there were eight other indictments against the accused, who was a genteel looking young man. Murray pleaded guilty toone of the numerous cbarges preferred against him, the prosecuting officer consenting to accept the plea in consequence of his promptly owning hjs guilt and giving such information as Jed to the recovery of most of the stolen jewelry. Counsel for thé prisoner addressed the Court, and asked for a mitigation of punishment in view of the previous exemplary character of the pris- oner, Who had a young wile. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that Murray had stoien over $10,000 worth of property from his employers, and that by reason of the trust reposed in clerks by their employers he would be doing a wrovg to the community to allow sym- pathy to interfere with the punishment which should be awarded for such a great crime. He sent Murray to the State Prison for five years. Grand Larceny. Henry Speesman, charged with stealing a pair of cameo sieeve buttons, worth $50, on the Sth of November, the property of Darius E. Newell, jeaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny. ‘© Was sent to the State Prison for two years and six months. William Baker pleaded guilty to assaulting John Burke with his fist on the 2lst of September, and was sent to the Penitentiary for one year. Patrick Slattery, who, on the 4th of November, stole a piece of rope valued at $30, owned by Frank Slater, pleuded guilty to petit larceny. Assaulting an Officer. James Mooney pleaded guilty to striking Omcer Douglas of the Tenth precinct on the head witha club. Slattery and Mooney were each sent to the Peni- tentiary lor six months. Youthful Crimin Charles Howe, who on the 6th of November, stole a silver watch worth $8 from Peter Meyer, pleaded guilty and was sent to the Catholic Protectory. John Heaney, another little boy, pleaded guilty to stealing $26 worth of clears from the liquor store of Thomas Rice, 149 Hudson street, on the 2ist of October. He was sent to the House of Reluge. Acquittals. Robert Saunders, charged with stealing $70from Edward Mathews, on the 17th of August, was ac- quitted. John Arnold was also tried and promptly acquitted of a charge of a simple ussault preferred | by Matthew O'Connor, Alleged Perjary. In the afternoon the trial of Aaron Harris, who ischarged with the crime of perjury, was com- menced. Mr. Russell in opening the case stated that the accused was also indicted tor arson, and that the alleged perjury consisted in Harris swearing before the Fire Marshal, who made an tion into the origin of a fire that occurred at the cigar factory of Harris & Rosenbaum, No. 9 Hester street, on the 5th of Septeinber last, that there was in the premises at the time a large quan- tity of tovacco, cigars and cigarettes, and also that lhe (Harris) was in Albany upon the day of the fire, Witnesses, chiefy firemen and persons attached to the insurance patrol, testified that at the time the fire occurred there was only a small quantity of ‘serap”’ tobacco and & few cigarettes in the room, together with 300 empty box One witness posi- tively identified Harris as being in his place of busi- s at hoon on the day of the ire, The case will i be finished to-day, YORKVILLE POLICE COURT. Burglars and Robbers Come to Grief. On the 20th uit. two young men of respectabie appearance were detected in the act of leaving the revidence of Charles M. Dickinson, No, 657 Lexing- ton avenue, having in their possession tnree silk George Reed, of No, 666 same street, pursued them; on seeing which they | thtew away their booty, and made their escape. | A description of the thieves was given to detective Levins, of the Nineteenth precinct, wno arrested William Meeban and John F.Harvey, both of the Nineteenth ward, and the sons of respectable parents, . They were arraigned yesterday before Justice Wandell for eXamination, when an attempt was made to prove an alibi in Harvey's case. The attempt was not, however, very successful, for the Court held both prisoners for t them in default of $1,000 bail each, Robbed by Friends. On Tuesday night last Jesse H. S. Toottaker, of No. 984 Second avenue, came home about eleven o'clock, accompanied by two young men of the neignborhood, named Daniel Dorgan and James McCarron, He was weil acquainted with both, and, being troubled with an attack of inflamma. tory rheumatism, he requested their assistance to apply a plaster to his back, He then laid down on a bed in the apartment where they were, and, | whether from the soothing effects of a tew hot Scotches, which he had previously taken, or the plaster, is not Khown, he jell into a aound sium When he awoke he found that $177 worth of prop- erty, of diferent kinds, had been stolen from nis apartments, and, naturally enough, suspicion fell upon his two young friends. Detective Leving, of the Nineteenth precinct, was detatied by Captain Gunner to arrest MeVarron and Dorgan, which be did, when McUarron’s iather returned a portion of the stolen property,"and promised to return the remainder, Young McCarron regretted his partict- pation in the theft, and not only confes%ed his crime to his tather, bnt gave such information as will lead to the recovery of all the property stolen, ‘They were comufitted for trial at the General Ses- stons in defauit of $1,000 bail each, George Dunham, who was heid for examina- tion @ few days ago on @ charge of steal- in 60 dressed = hogs, = was | committed jor trial yesterday in default of $1,000 bail, Charles Walker, an accomplice, subsequently arrested by OMicer Hyde, of the Tweuty-second preci was also held for trial in the same amount, Their arrest is due to Jacob Lang, the butcher to whom they sold the hogs, and who paid them $54 on account, He suspected them of being thieves, and invited them t ine wita him for the Purpose ostensibly of paying them the balance of the inoney, but 1ustead he had them arrested, COURT CALENOARS—THIS DAY. SUPREME = CountT—CircuIT—Part Term—Held by Judge Barrett.—Nos. 1011 by 2—Regular 2083, | 8s Vig 2, G40, Ady 1 Fimore.—Nos, 8710, 3752, 3750, ile 3754, 3763, | Bmpanelling a Jury—Post-Mortem Ex- al, and committed | birt 233624, 8149, 1022/4, 1580, Pere ter | 1612, 1614, 1614}, 1616, 1 4 1630, 1032, 1634, 1636, hess a SurReME Court—SPeciaL TERM.—Held by Judge Davis—Demurrers.—Nos, 21, 24, 31, 32, 83, 53, 75, 90, 102, 103, 102, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, ' 122," 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 120, 180, 151, 152, 133, 134, 135, 126, 137, 138, 139, 1, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 160, 52 161, SurkeMe CouRT—CHAMBERS.—Nos. 35, 55. 71, 76, 81, 82, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 96, 10014, 109, 129, 182, 136, 140, Tar, 143, AL TerM—Part 1—Meld SUPERIORn CounT—@ by Judge Monell. —jeg8, 506, 63, O91, 423, 723, 965%, 25, $1). 813, #15, Part 2— 619, 407, 251, 81% bos, Held by InapeSeagwick.—Nos. 166, 718, 822, 464, 718, 180, 685, 702, 392, 255, 'txAS—Part 1—Held by Juage OORT oF COMMON fos. 89, 289, 2343, 612, 612, 8671, 1617, 2546, 2260, 2077. Part 2—Held by Judge Larre- 3755, 8742, 2495, 2478, 2480, 2482, Cour? OF COMMON PLEAS—t By Jeane Robingon.—Nos, 13, 29, 3, 2484. wity Tenm—Held |. MARINE COURT—TRIAL TeRM—Part J—Held, by Indge Curtis.—Nos. J0d4, 2032, 2528, 2688, 4659, S172, 8562 or, 233836, 3062, 3653, 2098 249% 77770, 2880, Part 2—Held by Judge Sha,—Nos, 1459, 2501, 8399, 8507, 3601, 2977, 27%, 2517, 2753, 2377, 2427, 2657, 2701, 2405, 3043, Patt 3—Held by Judge Joachimsen,— Nos, 2813, 2626, 2042, 1900, 2520, 2677, 2843, 2804, 3679, 3742, 1868, 2504, 2558, 2872, 2952. COURT OF GENERAL SEsSiONS—Held by Recorder Hackett.—The People ys, Johu Fiood, Samuel McClellan and William Trueman, felonious assault and battery, false pretences and grand larceny; Same vs. Danie! Maloney, attempt at rape; Same vs. Joseph Dempsey, John Jones and Daniel Bern- steine, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. Henry Weibrecht, felonious/assault and battery; Same vs. Jobn Hyde, assault with intent to steal; Same vs. William Thompson, burglary; Same vs, Philip Colyer and Edward M. Wright, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Same vs. James Morton, larceny !rom the person; Same vs. Thomas Muller, larceny trom the person, COURT OF APPFALS CAL" HOAR, ALBANY, Dec, 3, 1873. Court of Appeals day calendar for December 4:— Now. 118, 95, 104, 03, 122, 123, 125, 126, 129, 136, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. WASHINGTON, Dec, 3, 1873. No. 125. Hatles & Treadwell vs, Wormes.—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York.—This suit was brought to restrain the defendant from infringing the rights of the plain- tif under patents for improvements in base-burn- ing stoves and to recover damages for infringe- ment. The Court below held that any features or combinations found in the stoves of the defendant which were also iound in the plaintiffs’ patents, as shown by certain exhibits, were first produced and reduced to practice by the defendant and the bill was dismissed, It is here contended that if the defendant’s exhibits represent a stove similar to the plaintiffs’, it was never reduced to practical use, but was abandoned, and no effort was made to perfect it for sev years, and that it will not be considered a prior invention, embodied in practical form, tested by use to the extent of depriving a subsequent patentee of a perfect apparatus creating a new Class of stove. To con- stitute prior invention the principle must be embodied in a working machine adopted to prac- tical use. E. F, Bennett for appellants; 0. M. Kel- ler Jor appellees. MATTERS AT THE TOMBS. Ingersoll and Farrington to Leave Tc= Day—Mrs. Allen Said Vo Be About to Turn State’s Evidence in the Sharkey Case. Tne visitors to Ingersoll and Farrington yester- day were more numerous than on any day since they have taken up their quarters at the Egyptian Museum of criminal curiosities. In the morning Ingersoll’s father and sister called, and later in the day his wife and his mother, Mr. Farrington, Sr., also called to see his unfortunate son. During the interview with the latter several old friends called on Ingersoll and remained with him during the balance of the day. He is settling up his business as fast as possible, and will be taken to Sing Sing this morning. The friends of the two pris- oners cailed on Attorney General Barlow on Mon- day, and asked Lim not to insist on their removal for a few days. Itis stated that he consented to Jet them remain where they are till to-day. Ingersoli and Farrington sull occupy the same room in the new prison, and spend most of their time while not occupied with visitors in reading the papers. ' Among the rumors floating around the Tombs is one which is pretty well authenticated, that Mrs. Sarah Allen has consented to turn State’s evidence and tell all she knows concerning the escape of Sharkey. Ever since she has been in the Tombs she has been locked up in a separate cell and has been visited daily py various officials connected with the Tombs Prison and the Dis. trict Attorney's office. It is also stated that her confession will implicate a great many prominent parties, who managed and con- nived at Sharkey’s escape. Nothing, however, can be gained from her as to Sharkey’s whereabouts. That problem, as usual, can but be solved by the omniscient Police Department. THE BRITTON INVESTIGATION, The Case of Ex-Tax Collector Bade and the Prosecution of P. Keenan, The investigation of the charges preferred by “the Fifty” against District attorney Britton, of Kings county, was resumed yesterday at noon, in Sawyer’s Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, The exam- ination was conducted by Mr. Cadwallader and Mr. Speir, of the Commission appointed by Gov- ernor Dix to take testimony in the case, Nir. W. C, Warren, the expert accountant who examined the accounts of ex-Tax Collector Isaac | Badeau, testified that the examination showed | that it was the practice of the Collector to retain, for a greater or less time, the money collected, This money was deposited in one or more banks, and after awhile he drew his check in favor of the City Treasurer for the amount. The average THE PRESIDENTS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE. And What t ee ee Press Thinks of the N: mation, The nomination of Attorney General Williams for Chief Justice of the United States does not seem to meet with the enthusiasm that His Ex- cellency anticipated, if the press of the country be an mdex of pubiic sentiment, The New Haven Register says:— It would he a good thing if the United States Senate could now and then put the “brakes” on seme of the President’s nominations to mportant places; for instance, that of Williams, ol Oregon, as Chief Justice—a man dull of intellect, a railroad lawyer, and a third-rate politician, ‘The Syracuse Journal says :— , TE Mr. Williams fre & Brillant man, but he is of a strong mental Favton and of a hardy physical constitution, He tias had a long and active ex- Beplence upon the Bench and af the Bar. He pos- SER a svoroughly Judicial mind, There are Jus- tices now upon the Supreme Bench who are in some respects hig superiors, but none who surpass: ht fiearhess and vigor of mind, or in the es- peakiat respegt of in’ tegrity, The Buffalo Courier thus discourses :— The Bar and people know but little of Mr. Wil- liams, and certainly had failed to recognize in him the qualities adapted to adorn the most dignified post in the nation and the highest judicial office, erhaps, in the world. But the ways of President rantin the appointment of officials are past tind- ing out, The Washington Star thinks that:— The designation by the President of Attorney General Williams to the Supreme Bench will, from all indications, be well received by the country, There need be no fear that as Chief Justice he will assist in unsettling the work of reconstruction. ‘Ihe Worcester (Mass.) Gazetie says :— The appointment of Attorney General Williams to the vacant seut of the late Chief Justice Chase causes general surprise, because so many better known men have been passed over. It ix not re- garded as @ bad choice, however, tor Judge Wil- liams 18 Dot without qualifications for the office, The Pittsburg Gazette, speaking of the appoint- ment, says: This will probably take the country by surprise, and may be debated somewhat extendedly, there being a diversity of opinion as to his fitness for the position, He has fitied the position of Attorney General creditably, which affords a fair presump- tion of ability; but it is one thing to be able asa lawyer, ana another to be possessed of the judi- cial qualities necessary in so exalted a Btath While he may not make so brilliant a reputation as did Chase, we do not donbt that he will creditably fill the position to which he is nominated, The Hartford Evening Post thus expresses its dis- appointment-— Uf Mr. George H. Williams—that is bis fll name, for we have it lohked up in the book—is certaln to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, perhaps “the least said the soonest mended.” But it is not to be denied that the appointment is a surprise and not at ali what we had been led to expect. It was given out inthe name of the President that the naine sent to the Senate for the highest judi- cial position in the country would be one that would strike the public by its eminent fitness in every respect, * * Mr. Conkling is @ man Oi great batural ability, ana nobouy doubts that if he wouldconsent to devote himselt to the duties of the Bench he mould ultimately make one of the ablest judges we have ever had. Mr. Williams, on the other hand, bas been a good deal of a politi- cian, no great shakes as a lawyer, and has never been cco gree Of possessing a tithe of the abnhit; displayed by the New York Senator in every pos tion in which he has been placed. Without sa; ing more, We feel confident that the rejection of this nomination would earn for the Senate the | grativude of the country. The Harfford Times is severe :— The appointment ofsuch a person as G. H. Wil- liams, Of Oregon, Mr. Grant's Attorney General, to the Chief Justice’s place is little jess than a na- tional disgrace and a public shame. The whole country had for some time been taught to expect little, a8 to character and influential weight, in President Grant’s appointments; the public had come to regard bis taste in such matters as Infalii- ble, and certain to pick out genuine mediocrity or imbecility every time when left to its own unin- fluenced course. But this selection of a fourth or filth rate man like this Williams for the responsible oflice of Chief Justice strikes even the regulation apologists with astonishment. With the rise of radicalism to power the Court has steadily dete- riorated in character, while the Judges’ salaries have risen, the one eminent exception being Cnet Justice Chase, whose place cannot welt be filled. To try to fili 1t with such an absurd pigmy as “G, ‘H. Williams, of Oregon,” is something worse than ajoke, ‘This is no passing, trivial and temporary evil. It and its effects remain. An imbecile or corrupt judiciary is a curse to any country. Mar- shall, Taney, Chase—Wiiliams! The Albany Journal says of Mr. Williams:— He possesses large legal attainments, sound under standing, a judicial cast of mind and thorough familiarity with the principles and polity of the nation. Still in the very prime of life, with great industry and a strong love of his profession, we be- lieve he will satisfactorily. fill the exalted position to which he is appointed. Tne Rochester Democrat and Chronicle says:— ‘This appointment, while it will not be received by the country with enthusiasm, as a just recoguiuon of the most commanding juridical talents, will be cen acquiesced in and pronounced to be eminently respectable. Judge Williams can hardly be said to be # great lawyer. in the sense in which we speak of William M. Evarts and Charles 0’Conor in that connection, but he 1s a man of fair reading, of habits of close application and rigid analysis, and withal possessed of a fund of common sense which is often more serviceavle than the most ex- alted genius, The Hartford Courant, Governor Hawley's paper, says of the nomination: ‘This will be a surprise to the many who have | refused to credit the rumors of special correspond- ents as to the coming man. Certainly no one who heard the Attorney General argue tue Crédit Mobilier case in Hartford would have selected him as the fittest man in learning or culture for the first judicial position in the nation. Perhaps, how- ever, it is uniair to the new Chief Justice to esti. mate his ability trom a single trial, where he ta to contend with the keenest legal intellects in country. He will doubticss iil his new position honesty, if not brilliantly, amounts of the tunds in the hands of the Collector and not paid over was from $100,000 to several hun- dred thousand dollars, His custom was to deposit the current recexpts of the tax office in one or more banks On the day on which he received tuem. The total amount that passed through the hands of Mr. Badeau during bis term ot ofiice was estimated by Witness at from $4,000,000 to $7,000,000 or $8,000,000, There was an average amount with- heid trom the City Treasurer of from $100,000 to several hundred thousand dollars. Colonel », Alien testitied—| assisted in examin- in accordance with the books in the tax ofice there was, in 1509, an average monthly balance in various bauks | lit of Isaac’ Badeau, $475,428. a LsT0 | 2 monthly balance to hia eredit was | in 1871 the average montuly bulance | to Badean’s creditin these bauks was $657, | The case of Patrick Keenan was then taken up, | tn which the latter was charged with having cer- | tiled asa Commussioner of Deeds to an acknowl- | | edgment which was never made to a contractor's | bond. The cuarge preferred against the District | | Attorney was ol failing to prosecute Mr. Keenan, Severai witnesses were examined, and the investi- gation Was adjourned until twelve o'clock to-day. | TRE MORDER OF OFFICER BURNS, amination, . Coroner Young yesterday empanelled a jury in the case of Edward L. Burns, late an officer of the Eighth precinct, who was murdered on Monday night, full particulars of which have heretofore | appeared in the HERALD. The jury viewed the re- | mains at the late residence of deceased, No. 60 | West Thirteenth street, alter which they we: charged till some day next week, when the inquest will take place. Dr &. 7, T, Marsh yesterday made a postemortem exaimination on the body and found that there was @ contused wound of the scalp on the back of the nead one and three-quarter inches long. A smali amount of blood was extravyasated on the occipital | bone, in the vicinity of the wound. A large clot of bivod was found between the dura mater and the skull, at the base of the brain. There was a (rvc- ture of the rignt side of the occipital bone, the fracture extending up to the petrous portion of the | temporal bone. The inter: organs of the body were health: In the opinion of Dr, Marsh death resnited irom compression of the brain (rom ¢ travasation of blood jollowing fracture of the skull, the result of violence. The injuries could have been indicted either by @ stone, a slungshot or a club. PROBABLE FATAL AFFRAY IN BROOKLYN. Yesterday morning two yonng men, named Ed- ward Webb and Richard B, Wall, got into an alter- cation at William Nichols’ brass finisuing shop, | ‘Where they were both employed, The young men, after quarrelling with each other fora short time, cienchea, and during tie struggle which ensued Webb struck Wall on the head with a brass faucet, inficting an ugly woun Wali jell to the oor, bleeding profuse but soon arose and proceeded to tue drug store, No. 162 Fulton street, where he became in- sensible while his wound was being dressed. Dr. Ostrander was summoned, and expressed the opinion that he was suffering trom concussion of the brain, He was removed to the Long Island College Hospital, and is now tn a very critical con- ditien, Webb, who claims that he acted In self. defence, was locked up to await the result of his victim's injuries, SUDDEN THAW UPON THE UPPER HUDSON, Povoukeerste, Dec. 3, 1873. A sudden thaw has prevailed at all points on the OTA, 17, 691, 769, 1805, 1307, 10805, 487, 54), . 645, BOL, 075, 1077, 1079, 108, 1080, lust. Adiourved upper Hodson to-day, and reports from above slate that the ice south of Catskill is On the Move, The Trenton (N.J.) True American thinks that this selection will be a disappointment to the country :— It was the general feeling that for the highest Judiciai office in the Repubhe the very best legal talent should have been secured, but no one will pretend that this bas been done in the sclection made, The New Haven Palladinm say The nomination of Attorney General to the Chie Justiceship caused some disappuint- ment, bat, upon the whole, has been tavora res ceived, Wilé not regarded as 4 great iawyer, bis honesty and good sense are frankly acknowi edged, and he has a good reputation tor industry aud studious habits. It may be taken lor granted that he will not try to make his high office a step- ping stone to the Presidency. The of the same ci aysi— Mr. Williams has the reputation of being a fair lawyer, and while a member of the United States for himself a high rank in that body, yet we hardly think lim the best selection that could have'been made for the frst judicial position in the nation. ‘fhe Philadeiphia Age thinks that “he will add- nothing to tue intellectual weaith of tue Court, but Is & Sule, respectable lawyer. ? The Utica Observer thus gives vent to its morti- | fication that the manties of Marshail, Taney and chase should fall upon Williams’ shoulders :— The new Chief Justice links to the legal acquire- ments of a rural attorney the judicial attributes of an average justice of the peace, and the bling but changeable prejudices of a@ cross-roads politician. Circumstances have conspired heretofore to give him places beyond his deserts and to lrt him above the level of the ciass to which he belongs. each successive stage of his progress he nas be- trayed the littleness of nis nature and the narrow- ness of his intellect. While he was the creature of an hour, liable at any moment to sink into gle in- significance whicn he g: es, his character called 1or neither analysis nor criticism, he is clothed with the highest judicial honors of the Republic, we must neods look at the man be- lore we be pur heade in shame at the reproach which this appointment brings upon the land, The Albany Argus (democratic) is not at all pleased With the selection, affirming that— Inferior as Mr, Wilitains 1s tn all that sould char- acterize the Chief Justice of the United States, ut now that | yet the looseness of his ideas with regard to the inherent nature and fundamental structure of government constitutes a graver peril. If we could hope for anything from the Senate of the United States we might hope that this nomination would be rejected, ‘The Boston Journal (strong republican and ad- ministration) remarks ti at—~ Of course, the appointment will not be hatled with entire unanimity, and perhaps, on the whole, the number of those who have in mind the name of & more suitable appoinice in their opinion will exceed the number o! these who think the Presi- dent has done the best in his power. Still there are ew unprejudiced men who will not say that the selection of Hon, George H. Williams does not give a wholly respectable, competent and prospec. tively efficient Onief Justice. If the President mighs possibly have done better, there were stroug chances that he might have done worse, “WHITE LIBS,” — The Woman's Social Education Society held a meeting yesterday afternoon, for ladies only, at Plimpton Hall, Mrs. D. Weathersby presided, Mra, Laura Bronson read a paper on “social Truth,” re- Necting severely oo the babit of ladies of telling “white lies’ in society and teaching their children to disregard the sirict requirements of veracity, A lively discussion ensued, upop which the meeting adiourned Williams | But at | ART MATTERS. -Art Articles a Curiosities at Sypher’s. “There has been for some time in this city a num- ber of very curious and interesting art articles and curiosities in the art rooms of Mr. Sypher, No, 593 Broadway. One of the most unique and valuable among them is the Napoleon carpet, made entirely of needlework, and first exhibited in the Austyjan- department of the Grand Exhibiifon of i631, This carpet, which Was intended for the use of Napo- leon 1 Was gun in 1811 by the Empress Marie Loyasé, assisted by the Queen of Wurtempurg, the “Queen of Naples and the ladies of the French and Austrian courts. Tbe size is 22 feet square. The centre, in four breadths, is in medaitions, in which are bouqnets of roses, lilacs, convolvull, laburnums and camelias, surrounded with festoons in imita- tion of set jewels, The inner border is in equares, representing picture jrames, whence peer tigures, landscapes, fowers, dirds and animals, The outer border is composed of rich masses of Nowers, the corners being rose wreaths. Thirty-two imperial eagles are introduced at various places. The en- tire fabric atands alone as the work of royal ladies, and one of the most splendid and brilliant elabora- tions that ever came from such hanas. Many other items are worth mentioning. A state carriage belonging to the late Napoleon III. stands ong im @ corner, with its tour magnificent amps, its rich and heavy hangings and its places for two footmen, Negotiations were pending some time ago for the pur. e of this carriage for pre- sentation to a foreign ambassador at Washington, but have been delayed for the present. 1ts weight 18 four times that of an ordinary family carriage. A sleigh belonging to Frederick the Great will hold one, bas a place for the footman behind on the run- ners and has its panels beautifully painted, The collection of old Dutch Bibles and old Dutch clocks is varied and valuable. A Chinese chair, very elaborately carved, is made of the black, hard teak wood, and contains a seat of quaint marble. An immense Japanese punch bow! hobuobs with some bizarre Venetian statues carved in wood. A silver fork and spoon is shown, once the Ley ee of the Great Napojeon and the companion of his CMDB REDS. Exceedingly curious is a Madonna in mosaic, 150 years old. Oné of the most maseive and quaint pieces of furniture ever exhibited in this city is @ huge Dutch cabinet of carved ebony inlaid with various woods. Of two immense pictures, once in the possession of the Bonaparte family, one represents “The Depart- ure of Hagar.’ ‘rhe figures are life size. One of Benjamin West’s strongest pictures, “Christ the Third Day, When He Rose,” is in the best style of thatartist. The figures here, too, are lije size. quae in their very repulsiveness are two sets of zures, carved in ivory by some obscure German 160 years ugo, and so covered with a peculiar Kind of wood as to preserve the semblance to a ragged jamily of beggars. Many of the old Holland clocks are 100 years old, and range in price irom $100 to $600, The place until recently occupted by a lece of the column of the Piace Vendome is now lied with two immense Sevres vases, each three and a half fect high, and exquisitely painted by the celebrated artist, L. Pepit. There are two Sevres sets 76 years old, and subjected to the paton or soft-glaze process, Which leaves aventle glow withont a glare. A sét of gigantic and wondrously carved furniture, in oak, valued at not less than $5,000, 18 exhibited. The turniture is to that of the late Le Grand Lockwood what cedar of Lebanon is to a set of pretty ferns. Finally, some majolica ware is on hand, one specimen of which represents Cupid extracting the thorn irom Venus’ foot. We have not mentioned a tenth of the curiosities, and we are all the more glad of having routed them out, because there 1s, certainly, no other place in New York where as large, as varied, us valuable and as truly artistic an assemblage of like charac ter is to be found, Signor Marra’s Studio. This artist has lately added to the brilliantly colored photographs which abound in his study by avery large one representing Mme. Lucca, This lady, like every other popular prima donna, has had the advantage (or disadvantage) to be represented in every elegant and picturesque attitude andevery variety of modern and antique toilet which the skill of the photographer and her own imagination could devise. We do not venture upon such acom- monplaee as to remark that this latest specimen is the best. Of that we leave the public to juage. Our sole concern now 18 with the taste with which | the colors are combined and laid on—a depart- | ment which Signor Marra has made all his own, and in which he is unexceiled by any artist in the city. This, perhaps, is not of itself a great art, but itis avery gracetul, pleasing and un- usual one. The studio nas also found nooks ior halt a dozen little paintings by Miss Julia C. Widgery, who, by these unpretentious elaborations, roves that her autumn sojourn among the Cats- ilis has not been altogether lost. Her little pic- tures are conscientious portraits of tne rocks, the lakes, the waterfalls, the cascades and the rich growths of foliage found in that wonderful region, aud the sombre and amuent dyes of October, as im- printed on bush and tree, are interpreted with a not unaffectionate or unsuccesstul zeai, OPPRESSED ITALIAN CHILDREN. PE ATE Letter of Celso Cresar Moreno to Mr. Sumner, Asking for Protection, and Mr. Sumncr’s Reply. New Yonk, Nov. 10, 1873 DEAR StR—Why do you not raise your powerful voice in behalf of thf oppressed and deienceless Italian children in our midst, who are held in bond- | age by the heartless padroni—you, Mr. Sumner, who have been so justly called the Moses of the late slaves in the Southern States * There are at least 7,000 of them, of both sexes, in the various cities of | the United States, who are held in abject slavery | by their cruel owners; the great majority | of whom have been stolen from their parents in the Southern provinces of Italy, or inveigied from their homes turoagh false re- presentations—that of having the children taught a mechanical trade being a Javorite one with the | wretches who thrive by the sweat and toilof the | poor little creatures, Since August 1871, Ihave done all in my power to call the attention of the public to tuis infamous business. Indeed I have even written to the King of Italy on the subject, to four of his Cabinet Minis ters, to the Senators and members of the Italian Parliament and to several newspapers, both in Italy and America. Now, I respectfully request you, Mr. Sumner, to introduce a bil in the Senate this session lor the abolishment of this great wrong, | and you inay be assured that the thanks and bene- dictions of the uniortunate Itetian children and of their desolate mothers will follow you mm your old days. ‘ in addition to this evil there is yet another I would call youratvention to. There are now in this | country thousanas of men and Wouen of ail ages | who have been induced by a “ring” of greedy, acteriess and irresponsible men to leave their | happy homes in Italy and to come to America; | this “ring? beforehand promising to secure them | on their arrival here large grants of fertile lana, | in a milder climate than even that of Italy. They | also give them the idea that they will be given chances of finding gold mines in the new country | which will be allotted to them, as well as of secar- ing jarge sums 01 mouey easily, Which will enable | them to accumulate a considerable fortune ina | few years. This “ring” even goes so far us to pro- pose to their intended victims that, if they have | not the ready cash, their passage to this country | wil be given them, provided a mortgage is secured | upon their lars or other real estate in ltaly, which generally amounts to four times the value of the money advanced to pay the passage. Bat, alas! such bright dreams soon disappear. On their ar- | Tival here tae victims find themselves completely | at the mercy of their deceivers, and are at last | compeiled by them to act as organ grinders—some | with a jittie dancing girl or a monkey; others are compelled to get employment as streetsweepers, others to pick up rags or waste paper. Oiten the infirm and the old are obliged to beg on the street | corners; and yet others also are sent around from house to Louse, with a false certificate in hand, telling of their losses by fire or Water, Pupal or governmenta! persecution in their native country, Others, agaiu, are compelied to play the part of the blind, &c. All these miserable wretches, every evening, dave to give 4n account of their earnings through the day to their masters. The various headquarters of these persecuted and tuckless | countrymen of mine are at the Five Points, Baxter street, Mulberry street, Mott street, Hlizabetn | street, Crosby street, Marion street aud Sullivan street, ia the city of New York, Mr. Sumner, these wrongs cast dishonor upon | the proudeltalian wame not only, but they are | besides a direct violation of the American laws, and an insuit to this age of freedom and progress. With profound respect and high consideration, I have the honor to subscribe myself, ver fatthinhy yours, CELSO CASAR MORENO, Hon, CHARLES Sumner, U.S. Senator, Boston, Mi SUMNER’S REPLY. ‘ STON, 15th Nov, 1873, My Draw Sre—t like your idea, suck a wrong is infamous, and it ought to be corrected, I have not examined the statute bearing on tne case, I wisk the lawyers who have looked into Would prepare @ bil to meet the new exi- Cun you not have this done and hand it to me? The sooue¥ the better. Tshouid be in Boston till next Sunday. Faith- fully yours, CHARLES SUMNE | To CBSO CAMSAR MORENO, Exq., New York. THE JERSEY CITY ARSON CASE, Yesterday, im the Court of Sessions, at Jersey City, the two saloon keepers, named Welsh and Leanon, against whom the Grand Jury of Hudson county. found an indicsment on account of alleged arson, Were placed on trial before Judge Hofman, Messrs, Abbott and Rowe appeured for the detence, and after the examination of five witnesses the case was adjourned to tis morning, 6 ROD OR NO ROD? Shall the Boys in the Public Schools Be Whipped Into Obedience*—A Momentous Question for the Scholars and the Board of Education—The Report in Favor of the Rod Laid Over for the Present, The Board of Education held a regular meeting yesterday afternoon, Mr. Neilson, the President of the Board, in the chair. There was quite a large attendance of teachers in the lobby, who had evi- dently been attracted to the meeting by the knowl- edge that the question of corporal punishment in the schools would be made a part of the day’s pro- ceedings, The report of the committee favoring corporal punishment in the male departments, 1¢ will be remémbered, was published in the HERALD a short time ago, and created at the time a great deal of excitement among thoae parents who do not believe that physical force has a greater influ. ence upon the mauvais sujets of @ school than Moral suasion, A communication from the trus- tees of the school in the Twentieth ward wa4 read shortly after the Board was called to order. It stoutly advocated the fogging system, and gave the reasons, why and wherefore, of the trus- tees at great length. Another communication of quite a different character was read shortly after the Twentieth ward birch advocates had been duly and properly disposed of. It was from a parent, and he assumed to speak for ail those parents who are not willing that the principals in the schoois should be empowered even with restrictions to WALLOP THE UNRULY PORTION OF THR RISING GEN- ERATION who are nowadays sent to the public schools, The signer of the paper denounced ‘In most bitter terms the idea of using the rod, and claimed that the request on the part of the teachers for tne (res- toration of the rod was an indication, pure and simple, of a want of that patience and perseverance on the part of the teachers themselves which are so essential to the proper supervision of scholars, WANTS THE BOYS WHIPPED, This communication once read, Mr, HALSTEAD rose and moved that the report of the committee beadopted. He did not think that it was neces sary so make any extensive argument on the subs ject, The necessity for corporai punishment was plain to evory fair-minded man or woman, The special pleading in the communication just read, be remarked, was all very nice in its way, but it really offered no solid arguments whereon to bas¢ the assumptions of its author. Commissioner FARR Was opposed to the report. In the first place he claimed that if it should be adopted the boysin # mixed school could not be punished, He then made a motion to recommit the report to the committee, with instructions ta Strike out the word “male,” This motion wad voted down by a vote of 10 to 7, Commissioner Jenkins said that he had voted against the motion because he wanted the subject disposed of right then and there, He believed FLOGGING TO BE A RELIC OF BARBARISM. The teacher who couldn't get along with his pupils without using the rod showed that there wad something lacking in the man as a teacher—some- thing wanting in his mentai training, He in the conduct of his own business affairs had always found that he could get along with his employéd much better by the exercise of kindness than by the use of vidience. The question at issue wad simply a question whether a child could be gov- | erned through fear better than through love, C | report virtually told those teachers who were too kindhearied to use the rod that a neglect to do so would cost them their situations, This wag trying to put the devil, !f there was such a thing ai the devil, into the hearts of men who abhorre: crueity in every form. Commissioner West declared that he, also, was opposed to the report. He did not believe that the chiidren in the schools were going to the dogs for Want of flogging. He then quoted from the an« nual report of the Superintendent to show that the statistics on “order” and “discipline” show a better state of things in 1872 than in the previous year. This was of itself, he said, a good argument against the report, especially 80 aa It was stated in the report that the male departments, the very ones which were to be dealt with according to tne report, ranked the highest of all. He said that in 1850, When he Was a member of the Board, when it was composed of 59 members, he offered a resolu- tion to abolish corporal punishment in the primal schools, and was unabie to get any one to secon the motion. Since then THE WORLD HAD PROGRESSED, and he felt certain that twenty years from the present time any member of the present Board, who wouid be fortunate enough to live that length of time and who now vote! for corporal punish- ment, would be ashamed of the fact that his name Was on the record in favor of the barbarity. Commissioner TOWNSEND Was in favoriof the re- port in @ modified form. The object of the punish- ment of a child was not to make it suffer simply, but to deter it from the repetition of a bad act. In almost every school unruly scholars were to be Jound, Who cannot be managed otherwise than by an occasional thrashing—not a cruel one, but a satisjuactory one, for all that. At pres ent when @ boy became unmanageable the last resort was pat him out of the school into the streets; in fact as a sort outlaw. A boy like that was in danger of going tray and fetching up finally in a court charged With murder or some other heinous crime. Punish ment could be inflicted upon a child to teach it seli-restraint from bad acts and general miscon- | duct without dealing with it cruelly, He bimsel! had been WALLOPED WHEN A BOY AT SCHOOL and walloped too at home when his fond parents deemed it necessary, and he believed to-day that the wallopings had done him good, Commissioner MATHEWSON believed in the use of the rod, but he was not prepared to vote intelli- gently on the report just at present. He believed | In the virtue of the rod so strongly that he felt convinced that he owed the position he now holds | in the Board to the way it had been used upon him, He advocated @ postponement of the subject in | deference to the Wishes of the very large number of friends of the senools who had expressed them- selves in Opposition to hogging being adopted, Commissioner BEARDSLKE was in favor of a post- ponement of consideration on the report, and thought that a time shonla be specified when all | those in favor or against the objects of the report could be heard, Commissioner Hat 1D objected to any post- ponement in the matter, or any recomumittal of the report to the committee. Iv had been given full consideration for tiree months, and it waa high ttme that something was done with the re- port. He then gave several incidents of insubor- pdination m tig schoois to show that if corporal punishment was not revived many of the schoois would be injured, Cominissioner REARDSLEE wanted to know whether President unter, of the Normal College, had been invited by the committee to give his views on corp Junisiiment. THE TEACHERS NEARLY ALL BIRCH ADVOCATES, Commissioner Hatstep said Mr. Hunter had not been invited. He had learned that he (Hunter) was a great moral suasionist, and had he (Halsted) known of it in time he would have invited Mr, Hunter to testify. Lie would state, however, that there was a remarkabie unanimity among the teachers examined in favor ef corporal punish. ment. and the committee had endeavored to get beiore them as many teachers as they could who were known to be opposed to the idea, Commissioner BROWN remarked that the com- mittee wanted to be dealt fairly with by their fellow commissioners. The committee was opposed to corporal punishment, as it was Known in gone by years, The members of it were really MORAL BUASIONISTS, Mr. Brown then read from the Superintendent's annual report to show that the favorable statistics as to order and discipline which Mr. West had read had been secured by extra exertions of the teach- ers, Which, as the Superintendent remarked in the report, materially tteriered with valuable time which should have been employed in giving in- struction. He then proceeded to show that Mr. were not well toanded, Commissioner SELIGMAN argued tn favor of cor+ Poral punishment properiy guarded, Commissioner MATHEWSON then pressed his mo- eat op recomuit, and which was lost by a vote of 0 aed ‘the whole snblect was then latd on the table. The Committee on Nominations of School Trustees at this stage presented their nomina- tions, which were adopted, a8 follow8:—First ward, Owen Murphy, in place of A. ©, Lesquereau. Second, James ke joran; Third, George Wolt Fourti, William McAlpine: Fifth John C. instead of John P. Schenck ; Sixth, John Von Giant Seventh, Lawrence @. Goulding; Eighth, Wiilia Cleary; Ninth, Altred an ‘Stout; Tenth, Henry K. Roome; Kier Creger, in piace 0! Daniel David H, Knapp; Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Henry Mauron; Fifteenth, Charles Fy McLean; Sixteentii, Jursic Lamator; Seventeenth, Henry Merz; Pighteenth, John F, Trow; Nines teenth, Ferdinand D, Tompkins; Twentieth, BH, De Ranney, M. D.; Twenty-first, John Stephenson; Twenty-second, Ay alter, 4 mp ak new ‘ap: intinents are in the First vents th 6 following, appointments be for The lowing a] intments were tea the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth harde:= ‘Twenty-third—adam Kaiser, one Ll Nathan J. King, two years; Willian Hogg, thfee years; John £, Comfort, M. D., four years; John 8, Burnett, five years. "Twenty-fourth ward—Joseph H. God: win, one year; Ferdinand Meyer, two years; Ford« Hoe, in place of Uliver B, ueventh, ham Morris, three years; Morriss Wilkins, fous years; Mark K, Heutiton, dr. ave yeara WHAT IS It? Sommissioner Fake made quite a stir by inti« mating that the Committee on Supplies nad mada contracts at prices jar above the rates of previous Years, and he consequently opposed the adoption of the report wot he bad beew able to ook 1b over, West's quotation of figures on discipline and order