The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1874, Page 3

‘THE STATE CAPITAL. The Work the Committees Can Yo and How They Can Do It. The Constitutional Araendments and that Fifth .Article. ALBANY, Jan. 15, 1874, Now that ‘the Legislature has been thoroughly or- ‘Wanized ‘by the appointment of the various stand- tng committees—although many of the disappointed would be chairmen have been thoroughly disorga- Bized by the fact—it 1s but fair to presume that in a day or two both houses will- begin the business of ‘eae session 1n downright earnest; not, indeed, that @uring the past few days nothing of mo- ment bas been done, for the Senate has ‘miready waded through the constitutional amendments and two bills have been actually s passed by both houses, Still the real hard drudgery ‘ef the session has not yet commenced, and, of ‘eourse, the real beginning depends in great part upon the committees doing their work promptly. tis an old habit of some of the prominent com- mittees to allow a large number of bills to accu- mulate upon their hands before reporting upon them favorably or otherwise, and whenever they ‘@re called upon to exert themselves in any special direction the excuse is given that they are over- whelmed with business. The excuse is nine times ‘out of ten a very lame one, and in many, instances it is Only made to cover up some nice little scheme which some one of the members of the committee 1s anxious shall not be reported upon one way or the other untjl CERTAIN LITTLE BARGAINS of his own have been satisfactorily arranged with gentiemen who know how to stifie a report or in- duce one to come out into open day at any time they desire. Just in this connection I may add that one of the very men who 18 just now going about complaining bitterly that he was not made chairman of a certain committee “sat upon,’ to use the lobby slang, a bill in bis committee last year till the Legislature aqjoarned, much, no doubt, to the relief of a large number of slippery customersin New York city, who would have been ratber sternly dealt with had the bill become a law. Sitting upon bills, therefore, it is to be hoped, will be more observed in the breach than in the observance this wession, and if each member of the com- mittee just appointed makes up his mind to report promptly, after due examination, on every bill referred to the committee of which he is @ member, no matter what outside pressure may be brought to bear upon him to hold it back, a great step will be made toward MAKING THE SESSION A SHORT ONE. ‘The Speaker has done his Dak in making up the committees, and has pledged his word that the ses- sion will be a brief one, so far av he can make 1t 80, but alone and unaided his promise cannot be fulflied should a majority of the members not make every exertion in their power also to ry things along. Again, the members of the 8 and Means Committee, who are all good, tical men, who know just what work the’ ve to do and how they ought to do It if they wis! to ao it well, will in a great measure, trom pg teil oy tie ag al ated ro te daretion of the se: and for the rapidity or Ess which the Work may be doné. ie iia provaee to make the appropriations, and if they can only break loose irom the customs of the past, by which the committee was never expected, and, indeed, never felt inclined, to report anything important in the way of the regular ApDrORTaHcog, or to take any action until jate in the session upon the ways av’ means they have to look into thoroughly before they come belore the House, they will be DOING THK STATE AN IMMENSE SERVICE, They can just as easily within the next two weeks get through just as much work as the com- mittee of last year did in two months by ted ole ged from the dilly dally way of doing business that has go lon; prevailed heretotore, and making it @ rule not to let business accumulate ‘on their hands until they are scarcely able to know hat ought to be done or what ought to be left un- done. General Batcheller, the chairman, is a man of rare executive ability, and is possessed of a Keenness of discrimination in dealing with legisla- tive work that will be of immense service to him and his colleagues, who themselves, I beiteve, will support him strongly in every attempt he may make toward hurrying along the general business, so far as his committee is concerned. If, then, the com- mittecs all do their duty faithtully and the long talkers of the House can be taught a few lessons as to the necessity of using as few words as possivie in explaining what they mean about every measure that comes before the House for its action, and in saying nothing at all about matters they know gothing about, wnich will probably certain ‘4 be as ten to one in proportion to what they will know anything about Mr. Husted’s idea or & session of 100 days only may be happily realized. And tor such a consummation doubtless the peop.e of the whole Sta‘e will heartily say “so mote it be.”? THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, The House had quite a lively debate over tho Constitutional amendments to-day in Committee of the Whole. The first 5:x amendments were ordered to a third reading, but it is believed that when the entire batch comes beiore the House the amendments to the filth article will be de- feated overwhelmingly. It will be borne in mind that these amendments were passed by the last Legislature, and must be ratified by the present Legislature before they can go before the people. ‘There seems to be con- siderable difference of opinion as to the power of Legisiature in passing separately on the ‘amendments. At any rate the amendment to article 5 will raise a storm, as it takes away irom the ple nol poked of electing several of ti most important officers of the State. ‘To give th readers of the HERALD an idea of the importance ot this commeoaly called ‘fifth amendment” 1 herewith append it in full. It reads as iollows:— Sxction L—The Comptroller and Secretary of State shall oe chosen at the same generat election and tor the same term as the Governor. The persons holding the offices at the time when this section shall take eflect shall con- fanue to hold the same until the Ist day of January next eacceedit first election of Comptrolier and Secre- of State, pursuant to the provisions hereof, and shall each receive a salary to be fixed by law, for such time as they may hold such offices beyond the term tor which shall have been elected. 2—The General and State Engineer and rey Surveyor shall be appointed by the Governor, with the Consent of the Senate, and hold their offices until the end hated and uniil thelr susceaspew’ ase appolated Re x ir rs are appoint No Berson shall be a) te i po ny Trg ad, State Engineer and Surveyor nginee: Suc, 3.—A Superintendent of State Prisons shall be ap- Bolnted by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate hold his office tor tive years, unless sooner removed ; ‘he shall give security in such’ amount and such sureties as shall be required by law tor the falthrul dis- ‘onarge of his duties; he shal! have the superintenaence, management and control ot the State prisons, subject to We ag how exist or may hereafter be enacted: he 1 appoint the agents, wardens, physicians and chup- ns oot the, prisoni The agent amd warden ot each prison shall appoint ail other ofiicers of such Prison, except the clerk, subject to the approvul of the same By the Superintendent The ‘Comptrolier shall ap- point the clerks of the prisons. ‘The Superintendent shall have all the powers aud perform ali the duties, not inconsistent herewith, which have heretofore been had and per by the'Inspectors of State Prisons; ani from and atter the time when such Superintendent. of State Prisons shail have been appointed and qualified, the office of Inspector of State Prisons shali be and is hereby abolished. The Governor may remove the Su- Berintendent for cause at any itine, giving to him a copy i¢ charges against his, an opportunity to be heard in his d i ce, ‘Suc. 4.—The Treasurcr shall be chosen by the Senat and Assembly injome ballot, and bold his ottice to: tres = and until his successor shall be chosen and qui He shall, betore entering upon the duties of hi fice, give such'security ax may be required by law. tie may be suspended tron ottice by the Governor daring the recess of the Legisiature, and until thirty days atter the commencement of the next session of the Legi ture, whenever it sha! pear to him that such Tr: urer has, in any particular, violated his duty. grnor shall appoint « competent person to dis duties of the office during such suspension of the urer. Sxo. 5.—Tho Lieutenant Governor. Comptroller, Secre- tary of State, Attorney General, ‘Ireasurer and Biate Kn- incer and Surveyor shall be the Commissioners of the OMice. of the Commissioner of the Canal Aon is abolished, and e the reas. ail the powers and duties hereto, hada or periormed by the Commissioners of the Canal Fand shall hereafter be h 1D. troiler, The Canal Board shall consist of the | ieutenant big ee (oat C8 heey ‘Tre: oa fetta ba ° a ineer and ..urveyer and Superintendent o Fubie Works” ‘4 “i ne, fA superintendent of public works shall be an- Copied by me Governor, with the consent of the Senate, to hold his office until the end of the term of the Governor by w! inated and until compensation to be fixed by law. He shall be required by law to give security for ihe faithful execution Of, his betore entering upon the duties thereof. He shall be charged with the execution of all la relating to the repair and navigation of the als, and also of thos rela to the construction and s, improve the 1s, €xcept so far as the execution tne laws relatin, construction improvement. shall be contided ture, a rand Survey. jubject to the con trol of the Legigia he shall ations for the navigation or uso of the canals. ile nay suspel removed tr shall so re- ire; but in ease of removal ot Faure Works from office, ‘he ‘Governor anal ie wi th fA Peo Ty yp the cause of such Sie Feber PSP ae man op ino, 7. —" al S Geist not more han ree assistant superintendents duties shall be prescribed by him, subject to modi- feation by the Legisiature. and who shall receive tor services & compulNation to be Dxed by law. thay 1 wold their sane SOT SRE lg Gh gt og of any sacl - ; report jovernor uch removal.” Ail other persons employed tn — management of canals, of tolls and those in the Department of the State 4 Surve: shall be appointed by the Super- subject to suspension ral by ec. & The oMice of Canal Commissioner rom and after the ap) Superintendent of Publ nal Commissione: olished intinent and qualification of the lic Works, until which time the rs continue to discharge their duties as now provided by law. The Superintendent of Public Works poy ot all the duties of the Canal Commissioners, and Board of Canal Conmisasioners, pew sleciazed by law, until otherwise provided by the The Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shali have power to fill vacancies in the offices in this article named, except as herein otherwise pro- vided; or, if the Senate be not in session, he may grant commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next segceeding session of the Senate. Sec, 10. The Attorney General, State Engineer and Surveyor and Treasurer, in office at the time tis le shail fake effect, shall hold their oitices until their suc- cessors are appointed. dee. I1.-—The powers and duties of the respective boards and of the several officers in this article named shail, i be such as now are 2—All offices fur. the ‘weighing, gauging, culling or inspecting any merchandine prot ice, Manufacture or comet, whatever are hereb; ‘no auch office shall hereatter be create 5 hing in this section contained shail abro: gate any oflice created for’ ihe. purpose of protecting the public health or the interest of the State in ise property, revenue, tolls or purchases, or of supplying the peop! with correct standards of weights and measures, or shall prevent the creation of any office 1or such purposes here- K r. Mr. Blessing’s Raliroad bill, introduced in the Assembly to-day. contemplates a double track from foot of Forty-second street, North River, to Lex- ington avenue to Thirty-fourth street, thence to the hirty-tourth street terry. The bill to extend the tracks of the Third Avenue Ratiroad 1s nothing more nor less than the same bill which was intro- duced last year and did not pass. It gives the eompeny the right to run their cars over the same ti 8 to Fourth avenue trom Third avenue which pi how occupy under contract with the Avenue ine. ‘The bill introduced by Senator Gross relative to the fees of the Sheriff of the city and county of New York Bay aniends the act of 1869, by allow- ing the Sheriff to make sales by referee appointed by him, and abolishes all foreclosure and auction- eer’s fees. The section giving him filty cents on every commitment is retaine THE SUN AND ITS FAMILY OF PLANETS. Lecture by Richard A, Proctor at Asso- ciation Hall—Are the Planets Inhab- ited t Richard A, Proctor delivered a lecture last even- ing at Association Hall on the “Sun and its Family of Planets.” The lecturer on being introduced to the audience commenced by saying that, with the Permission of the audience, he would preface his lecture by saying that he had & few remarks to make with reference to the reporting of lectures, fhe dificulties of report- ers were very greatin the act of taking lectures. Lectures were not necessarily verbatim, and some- times typographical mistakes were made, in which case neither the reporter nor the lecturer were to blame. Mistakes would readily occur, for ex- ample, one time he announced that he was to preach on “Life in Other Worlds,” and a typographical, not a reportorial, blander made it “Lite in Our Woods,” In another instance he (the speaker) knew & case of @ speaker at the other side whohad advertised that he was about to deliver a lecture on ‘Reserved Seats in Para- dise,” and the phrase was actually printed “Reserved Seats in Paris.” He didn’t know whether Paris and Paradise were considered synonymous terms in America, (Laughter.) After stating that Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were, with the earth, Part components of the planetary system with which he intended to deal this evening, the lec- turer then went on to describe at very great Jength and ip 9 scicntitic manner the difference be- tween the gravity of Mars and that of tne earth. The gravity of Mars to that of the earth was in the proportion of six to sixteen. One pound on the earth would weigh a little more than six ounces on Mars. One living on Mars was conse- quently living under the influence of less gravita- tou. If we lived on Mars instead of on the earth everything around us would become lighter, we could run more quickly and jump more lightly because we weighed less, Io Mars ail ovjects around us would be_ ligiter, we could work more casily, we would be able to build larger edifices, and we shouid generally speaking, have smaller work to perform. ‘lle question was whether those houses would be as stable. Mars was subject to currents like the Earth, and consequentiy @ hurricane coming was liable to sweep away all those poorly and ieebly constructed buildings. He then went on to speak about the bearing of oceans on planets. The smaller planet, according to an irresistible law ot Nature, had the smaller ocean. He ilius- trated his arguments in reierence to the gravity and temperature and respective bearing of each planet upon the other by a variety of charts, in which ali the planets-in the planetary system were drawn. A smaller planet produced less heat than the greater planet, in consequence of its standing in reference to the sun, Having described how an individual standing on Mars at a very low height looking towards our earth would digcoyer nothing but clouds in the evening, he then went on to describe the temperature of the atmosphere around Mars at different times of the day, showing how vast a diference existed between them, for the rea- son that what might be vapor in the early even- ing was likely to become jrozen as the severity of the night advanced. Aqueous substance ac- cumulating around Mars at certain seasons of the year was liable to cover the whole suriace of the planet with snow. ‘he planet Mars was unti¢ jor such signs of life, in consequence of its natural condition and jormation as our earth presents. If the planet had seve. ral forms of nature, such as we have, they must be very light forms maeed. Having drawn a@paraliel between the atmospheric temperature of the; earth and that of Murs, he went on to say that he had read some time since a case of two seronauts named Coxweil and Glacier, who de- termined to have a high ride in a balioon, They went up five miles, when Glacier’s puise, which at the outset was very low, had risen toa height of and at that height only he tainted. was more intrepid’ and capable of bearing More /atigue, and he succeeded in going to the height of seven miles, just two miles higher than that whereat his iriend and companion had fainted, At the height of seven miles Coxweiil found he was losing strength; his hands had lost their power, he became almost unmanned, a species of unnatural paralysis overspread his body, and he could only draw the vaive with is teeth, In fact, to ase a vulgar expression, the Itves of the two men were saved by the skin of Coxwell’s teeth. (Laughter.) The pulses of these two men were at the low rate of seventy-four or seventy-six before ascending. If he (the lecturer) were going up his pulse would go to about 104 or 120, ror he generally felt his pulse on coming before an audience to de- liver a@ lecture rise generally to at least 120, He then gave a very lengthened and elaborate de- tail of the bearing of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune on the earth. Almost an eternity of time may have intervened in the formation of these pee Millions of years may have elapsed before jars was fit to be the abode of living beings. He explained the fact that seven or eight satellites revolving around Saturn were larger than Mars, and in consequence of their condition aud bearing on the planetary system were fit to be the abode of life, In the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn he had jound in calculation features which it was difficult tw explain, The sateliites of Jupiter and Saturn only supplied them with about a sixteenth of the light that we get from the moon. Other planets did not get a seventeenth part of the light that we wet irom the moon, The question of life in other worlds next engrossed the attention of the lecturer. If Ine only exists in a planet for a moment, according to the theories of phiosophers, the probability is that at the time science endeavors to make a discovery of this exist- ence, such existence May not be at home in any special planet, The probability is that at any spe- clal moment wing Ife may not be discovered; but it Was unreasonabe to presume, considering the existence of a planetary system, that our litue earth was the only place inhabited. It ts as natu- ral to fail to discover the existence of life ina planet at any particular moment during any series of years as it is to discover a man at home within any pars twenty-four hours, when that man is Well Known to the public to be at home only for ten minutes during every successive day. After going on at great length wo show that Herschel and other astronomers had believed in a human exist- ence in other planets as well as the earth, le con- eluded with the joliowing quotation: God of granite and the rose, Soul of the sparrow and the bee, ‘The mighty tide of being tows ‘rough countless channels, Lord, to Thee, It leaps to lite in grass and flowers, Through every grade of being runs; Jts wlory shines from written towers, And comes to us from stars ava ‘SUS. OBITUARY, Charles Astor Bristed. Charles Astor Bristed, grandson of John Javob Astor, who had for some days been suffering with a severe attack*of rheumatism, died in Washington, D. G,, on the 14th inst., aged fifty-three years, His Temains will be removed on Friday to Stockbridge, Mass., for interment, . |. Mathew 2 A telegram, dated in Buchanan, Mich., on the 16th inst., reports as follows:—M. Mathews, late Printiyg Clerk of the United States House of Repre- sentatives, died at eleven o'clock this morning. He was stepfatwer to ex-Vive President Schuyler Cowman, THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. | mercial Representatives of the Zoun- ib BALTIMORE, $6, 15, 1874. ‘The National Board of Trade reasuembied at Riaito Hall at ten @viock this mo¢ning. The meet- ing was opened with prayer by/the Rev. Do. Dud- ley. Megys. Henry W. Duryee and J. 0. Johnson, of Newaru, N. J., presented/their credentials and: were admétted, The Secyetary read a communica- tion from: the American Cheap Transportation Association, now in session at Washington, invit- ing the National Board, of Trade to be present dur- ing the vession. The Board tendered a vote of thanks, but, on account of a press of business, could not accept the invitation. The report of theCommittee on National Finances beimg then taken up, John H, Boynton, of New Yerk, moved as a substitute for the report of the committee the views and suggestions of a commit- tee appointed by the Board of Managers of the New York Produce Exchange to consider the sub- ject of the national finances, Mr. TAYLOR, of Cincinnati, opposed the substitute submitted by Mr. Boynton. He said that the senti- ment of the country was opposed to any increase of the interest bearmg debt. He denied the state- ment that owing to the growth of the country we required more currency year by year, and satd that the circulation in Great Britain haa decreased, while her commerce had increased eight hundred- fold. He concluded that this country had less currency than ever before. Facilities for exchange ‘re such that currency 1s not required to the ex- tent that it formerly was. While the United States Supreme Court had decided in favor of the consti- tutionality of the issue of the $400,000,000, he was confident they would deny the constitutionaltty of bd farther issue, If the government was author- wed to grind out greenbacks ad libitum, an am- bitious President and Secretary of the ‘Treasury at Washington could carry every election from Maine to California. Mr. Dork, Of Chicago, followed, and contended that paper money had value, which was lic confidence, Which Was the basis of the greenback. Mr. ABLB, of St. Louts, said it was very bad legis- lation for a government to issue abound or note that sells above its face value. Mr. WHISSLER, of New York, spoke in favor of bones adoption of the substitute offered by Mr. Boyn- on. Mr. SuiTH, of Milwaukee, said the opinion pre- vails in this Convention and throughout the coun- try that the West was in favor of inflation or ex- pansion of currency. He said the West was in Javor of the restoration of currency to a specie Standard as goon as practicable, and that all legis- lation on the subject snould tend that way. Mr. BONNER, Of St. Louis, offered @ preamble and Tesolutions as a substitute for the report of the Committee on National Finances, Mr. WriGuHT, of Chicago, followed. He did not believe jn an expansion o( the currency and he was certain that the majority in the West and North- west concurred in his views. The greatest danger that menaces us now is inflation of the currency by Congress, and he would support the report of the Committee on National Finances. Mr. Davis, of Cincinnati, believed that during the late panic the national vanks stood by the ee a a the safest thing they could do was to suspend, 1. NOURSE, of Boston, said the present system of currency was false in its He abet and false throughout. Its atmosphere 1s pestiiential. He did not think that the popular branch of Congress Was ever in a better disposition to do its whole duty in the premises. Should Congress enact a law that no bank should have a circulation over one-third its capil it would be wise legislation. It is Known that there is $150,000,000 of goid in the country. Three hundred ana fifty millions of dol- lars are actually needed—and $260,000,000 of tt in possession of the Treasury—to make resumption safe and permanent. He advised a loan of $200,000,000 of gold, to be added to the goli in the Treasury, and then an announcement of specie payment by the Treasury of ail its own ob- ligations. The cost—$10,000,000 per annum in tn- terest—would, aiter one or two years, be saved in more favorabie rates fur refunding the public debt, Th is the plan ve e deptor class, who want not only Féai bly low interest, but loanable capital, which cannot be hoped for so long as so large a Portion of it is locked up im benk circulation. Mr. CHITTENDEN, of New York, believed in con- traction because he believed the diminished busi- ness of the country required less money than it did last year, He said the banks of New York are overloaded with national pan currency. There id no man with good security who canngt borrow, UU not be loaned on wild Westérn lands. VERNOR, Of St. Louis, said the vountry not more currency, but more Capital, An increase of ihe oF jer very often diminishes the latter. 6 West nebds an increase of the employ- able capital of the country, and we hope to get it by a development of resources, Mr. VAN Horn, of Kansas City, followed in an able address, which attracted much attention. Mr. Gruss, Of Philadeipiia, read a letter from the former manager of the Bank of England. Mr. STEVENS, of the New York Chamber of Com- merce, then made an elaborate argument in favor of an early resumption of specie payments. He differed from those who thought specie payment far distant. He thought the increase of the pro- ducts of the country would bring the requisite amount of specie, and we would gradually grow up to specie payment. ‘ On the conclusion of the adtiress of Mr. Stevens the debate closed, and the report of the New York Produce Exchange, offered by Mr. Boynton asa substitute for the report of the Committee on National Finances, was then voted on and re- jected. Mr. STEVENS, of New York, withdrew his amend- * ment offered yesterday. Amendments offered by Messrs. Nazro, of Bos- ton; Bonner, of St. Louis; Grubb, of Philadelphia, and Dore, of Chicago, were then severally rejected. ‘The original report of the Commttee on National Finances was then taken up, and the Jour resolu- tions telegraphed yesterday voted seriatim, and all adopted; the first by a vote of 44 to 9, the sec- ond by a vote of 43 to 10, the third unanimously, and the fourth by a vote of 36 to 18. Mr. GROVERNOR, of St. Louts, said he was in- structed to make a report trom the Committee on ‘Transportion. ‘The report was ordered to be printed and made a special order for to-morrow morning. GRvusBB, Of Philadelphia, from the special committee to which the proposed amendments to the revenue laws were referred, nanded in a report which will come up to morrow. At jour o'clock the Board adjournea until ten o'clock to-morrow morning. The National Transportation Conven- tion at Washington—Necessity of Gov- ernment Water Routes Through the Country — Encouragement of Trade and Industry. WASHINGTON, Jan, 15, 1874, The National Cheap Transportation Convention, at the meeting this morning, was addressed by Colonel Frobel, of Georgia, as the representative of Governor Smith, of that State, who had been invited by the Convention to speak on the subject of cheap transportation, but whose official duties detained him at home. Colonel Frobel showed the necessity of some cheaper mode of transportation than at present exists for the heavy products of the country, and that water adorded the best means for the accom- plishment of this desired end. He advocated a national system, the benefit of which would reach all sections and all interests, and considered as folly the cry that the country could not aiford such works, comparing this cry with the folly of the farmer who would suffer thousands of bushels of grain to rot in his field because he could not afford to pay $50 to buy a wagon to haul it toa Profitable market, THE SMALL. POLITICIANS had opposed a generous system of water improve- ments on the ground that it was to cost $100,000,000, and uttered this cry !rom one end of the land to the other, and this answered the want oi need. This drowned the voice of the people; this hushed the complaint of decaying interests, and irom behind this preten of a virtuous economy they tolled the death knell of prosperity in this cry, “A hundred millions.” Colonel Frobel spoke at length as to the neces- sity of butiding up our manulactares and HOME TRADR BRTWEEN TH STATES, and reviewed the present condition of the cotton IN Lerests, showing it was rapidly decaying, and, in conclnsion, reviewed the present financtal condt- tion of the country and its causes, He was ire- quently applauded during his remarks. The report of the Committee on Canals was Made, and its consideration deferred as the special order for to-morrow. a The Convention adjourned until four o'clock this afternoon, THE LABOR CONTEST IN PHILADELPHIA. Twelve Hundred Carpet Weavers on Strike in Philtadelpnia—Great Distress and No P ect of a Settleme: PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 15, 1874. The carpet Weavers’ atrike in Kensington still continues, with but little or no prospect of an early settlement of existitg diMcuities, Among the stfikers numerous cases of distress are re- ported, and the ied committees are rendering all the assistance ib tneir power, Several cases of interference with the workmen employed at reduced wages have taken place, and to avold any future trouble in this respect the € t Manufacturers’ Association has issued an offer of reward for the arrest of all strikers found porepering, with or intimidating any of their em- Ploy who are cuplered at present prices. It is roughly estim: that there are about 1,200 Persons thrown out of employment by the weay- axe’ eamike 10 Kensington pigue. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘JAY COOKE & CO. ’Meeting of the Creditors | liabilities, over $2,000,000, T did giv ot the House. Sees How the Families of the Firm Are Provided For—Statements and Reports—Up- roarious Proceedings. PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 15, 1874, One of the most exciting, vehement and, in many respects, disgraceful meetings ever held in any city was this morning made up of the creditors of Jay Cooke, who were so numerous that they filled the Assembly buildings to overflowing and com- pletely blocked up and barricaded the stairs, A more motley group of human beings never met in council, and at certain stages of the meeting the excitement was simply intense, The ball opened by the reading of THE ASSBTS AND LIABILITIES of the firm, of which the following is a synopeis:— Total... Deduct secured indebiedne:s.. Deduct separave unsecured indebted- ness of partners . $1, 196,089 Leaving, exclusive of cians Iit., Total Habihiies, including fore! Pitlmna the pond sterling at $9 tes in gold at $1 10, abou Deduct secured and separat Debts due by creditors. (see last item class i1,)..., + snd Hath: a sghttisn.srs fa 1,971,540, ———$ $2, 63.232 Net onsecured partnership liabilities, without calculation of Interest, damages, &c-, about...$3,481,648 The amount of this indebtedness to be deducted as above may vary from the sum stated, if the particular securities pledged should in any instance not realize enough to pay the particular debts for which they are pledged, and the general indebtedness will of course be correspondingly increased, . Class I is composed of assets definitely appraised ; Class IT of assets of uncertain appraisement, and Class MI of assets without appraisement. The latter comprises stocks, bonds and property of like cuaracter, and some Teal c*tate in Minnesota. THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL’S APPRAISEMENTS are as follows :— Furniture, household goods and fixtures at Household goods ‘aud fixtures "of $6,103 ™ 2,497 Gibraitar Furniture, Jay Cook, Jr. Purniture, ‘house William’ G. Moorhead. . . Horses, carriages, Ly Use | "4 4c,, Hot yet appraised by the Marshal, bu estimated oy the bankrupts........,- i oes Coe Sie St Lacey Le Pacitic mpuny’ wecured by special morigage on MRSS eet hike Sansceesaas iam. 4 | 1a an Land Company (1! shares)? nanbapestontesvoeret 49,600 49,950 at 3 stock ts worth at least ninety per cent. Mr. Henry D. Cooke siatesi—"This is held by a few parties; $8 a share been paid in, Lthink. 1 thi manety per cent Lake Mahopie Inguranc Luke Mahopac Ice Company......100 shares (Mr, Kahnestock states ‘that this cost $5,000. The company bought up some property in anticipation of a railroad ing Built through this region. ‘That raiicoad is now betng built, and he states that he considers the investment good for the amount. ‘the Mahopac Ice Company is connected with and is @ part .., of the Improvement Company.) Notes of Northern Pacific Railroad Company 1,500,0°0,000 5.000 @ecured by 3 ) shares of Oregon steam Navigauon ' Company, 750, valued by Jay Cooke ‘on Marshal's sehedule, $1,5t company ‘bas usually dividends monthly during eight or nine months of the year. it extends 400 miles by land and Water. The navigation commences at Portland, Oregon, and Kalama, Wash- ington Territory, and reaches to Lewis- town, on the snake River. ‘The railroad is about twonty-tive miles iong in all. The company owns iwenty three steam: boats and chartered rights and privi. leges, machine, shops, foundries, dc. The company has been in operation over wren, years, The certificates ot siock have been transferred by endorse- ment, and bave been forwarded to the office of the company tor transter on theif Books. The company paid divi. letids Tast year up to about the 30th of 100, UU.) ees % Atehfscn County Railroad Company bonds. (lr. Moornead states that these are good bonds, and. the interest has been paid regularly without default. they cost par n cash. Amount due tor commissions upon import tions of hoop-iron ties for cotton bales, esti- inated (This amount.) f Pew No. 6 St. Andrew's church, 3,000 “worth Philadet- MER rs sata cesivebsieaési bss tabier oe (Mr, Moorhead states it is probably Worth $150.) BILLS RUCKIVABLE, Valuation, Doubtful, with collateral + $230,700 $89,210 Doubtful, no ater 00,371 ‘48,UiL Bad, wil ‘al 27.091 Bad, no collate: . 439,973 Book Doubtful... ... oes $183,203 $56,461 pone halt interest in $155,040. 77,620 (38,000 aud. ¥ le ord, du reditors of Ja) creditor, but th ‘he amount of tb . 1,071,540 $5.930,018, MK. COOKH’S STATEMENT. Mr. Jay Cooke, Sr, being expected to give an account of the large’ transier of property to the members of his own family, had made ready the Joliowing report Believing myself worth at that time, above all possible , about the Ist of Jan- uury, 1865, to my eldest son, Jay Cooke, Jr., a short time prior to hls marriage (ie was itot th mover of the rm, but became so on the Istot January, 1871), sundry stocks and bonds, my individual had realized froin ms mdividual inedu nal amount of $50,000, although probably not worth more than $9300. The deulisot those items t carat now give from memory. Iffcan find any data from ch Tean give them'T will do so. My son intorms me has since returned to the firm most of these. 4s 18, 1M reason of being a partner, and giving up. all he possesses. During the year 188 our business still con: tinued prosperous, as it had before, and my own private estate was thereased by my dividends trom the Arm On the 22d of April, 188% my daughier Laura. was mar: ried, and. in pursuauce of my general plan to make ® moderate provision tor my children, I deeded to her property, consisting of ‘about eight acres, house, &. ing asinall fraction of my estaw at Chelten Hills i also gave her a mortgage of $1500, made by Barton H, Jenks, on some coal pro} nich mortgage I had had ior @ umber of years. gave her, about the mid- dle ot 1872, a small property owned by me, in Sandusky, and whict I had owned for a number of years and which bad cost me $5,000. My reason for givin this ad- ditional property at this time was her relinquishing to another daughter a small house which I had been bulld- n her residence, and my other daughter, Sallie, re- the same on the occasion other marriage, in Sep- r IS7L, Attached to this house, act price of which was $3,000, with a stable, was about seven oF eight acres, part of the old estate of Chelten Hills. In anticipation of this youngest daughter's marriage— small provision tor her is here reterred to, and the sen- tence conciudes—in tact, all of these provisions have been made out of my outside individual property. f have one otner child, who is now in his seventeenth year, tor whom {had made some slight provision, not anticipating any such crisis as has occurred. 1 proposed, om his becoming 21 years of age, to make’ his amount equal to the other children’s. in the meantime, as Thad all and detached items of stocks, &c., I made provi- n for him t that extent. ‘The sum wial of those items would probably be worth in_all $1500. ‘These, with the eption of possibly some $10.00) to various parties, all ior to January, 1870, are the sun total, to the best of my knowledge and belief, of the donations or gifts which you inquire about. Ofcourse I have made ‘charitable donations at different periods of which [have kept no record, and which I presume are not intended to be tn: quired about by you. At the. several times at which 1 made these settiements upon my children I regarded mysell worth at least $2,000,000 or more. MR. MOORHEAD’S STATEMENT. After this Mr, Moorhead’s statement was read as 10110 Ws :— William G, Moorhead, in roperty, aud which income, to the nomi- his statement, says that about the first of the year 186) he regarded himselt worth about $100,000, the greater part in interest paying bonds. He owed nothing but'current expenses, his income being about $20,000 a r. He then settied upon his wife property th Montgomery couuty, Pa., and his city house in Broad street, Philadelphia, together valued at $80,000, He entered into bust with Jay Cooke, Mr. Cooke receiving two-thirdy of the protits, Mr. Moorhead not ing his personal aitention to business, Moor- resi the Philadelphia and Erie Kailroad Compan ber, 1 ‘ Bead was. thon Presid > § 3. 3 Ei 3 to his privawe’ busi- ness. Ho sold the Broad street Property ot his wite and put the proceeds in the “Butler House,” in Walnut, al 3st sireet, spending besides ‘on it about $9 The house en regarded as bis wite’s, winade of itto ner. Hig wife id the property reverted to Mr. Moorhead. ntinnes :— eas ot Jay Cooke & Co. had been very His letter The bus! TOR. TOUS, Dy own earnings, together with my private ness, had been large. estate had increased trom my private business at le; 0,000, And my profita with the ‘firm had inly rea nore. ail ie Ly this period [ haa lived upon the me of my vate estate, and the protits which [had made in the firm of Jay Cooke & Co, were lett in the firm, in addition to which I made constant deposits there from my personal income. On the Ist day of June, i 1 was married to my _ present. wil settled on her securities amounting to $1 also $27,000 to be divided between her two On the 27th of April preceding, in view of my ing marringe, I settied on my two children 81 see rivate personal i date my priv amounted to $1,227,0W), exclusive of my exclusive of all interest in Juy Cooke & vee ‘The assets sot out in my schedule were all the results of my private business, and no part of them derived from Jay Cooke & Co, My Walnut. street property, Montgo ery county proverty ana lands in the West were worth from to 000, At the date of these ° agate E polleve myself to be worth upward 2 10), independent of every interost in the firm ‘ooke Co, On the F Doce ol mnber, 1871, pon my wife the house and lot on the pe pecet corner. i irty. ninth atnot streets, Philadelphia, wh cost about (00 ($140,000 of which were derived the theretotore settled on. ray are A oo for lots in Phila. m: home, Rockw: led my country home, om the rame the fnrniture and appu Rout March 16 Ta7d he bought’ and nave wo his wile 00.000 in ten Jorties, which are now in her name, He inks it pre to that he ugh the house referred bf ty = aa mene, a ae Serve tae “ztabtishment firm of Jay Cook me of pur Chase and transier of the bonds he buds tusk taigitte addition to more accumulated of Jay Cooke & Co., and, turther roperty to the amouht of” $2¥,0W, js Dot exceeding $5.00. D. Cooke ways ihe invested in his wD U1 000, ite corner, , purchasing them in i ee Amit properties were subsequently turned ‘over to creditors. i George ©. Thomas says that “at no time or ti since I became a member of the firm have I made ry member of my ‘amily or upon t in the summer of 1872 he Property of his wife, at N says that when, on the Ist of Janu- roperty of Jay Cooke & Co. he gave a vertificat or unt to his wite, and on the Ist of N 187% he paid a mortgage’ for $9,000 on property Of his wife, No. 488 Lexington avenue, New York city, Jay Cooke, Jr., says “No” to the question of the Re. in Philadelphia, owned igs and iahertte PBy'her trom her iather's estate. Pitt Cooke says that interest in the firm of Jay Cooke & Co, was the mnallest of any. to Wit, seven Der cent. Before he ‘a member of the firm he was worth $100,000 in improved and Western lands. He is Marriage. mount bis tamily expenses, Several other reports were read which were simply of minor importance, expounding in detail what has already been stated in the above. <A cer- tain et of individuals endeavored to get up an ap- plause for Mr. Cooke’s own statement, but it was an exceedingly weak demonstration and soon died away. In answer to a question put by Mr. Christie, ot ton, the Register giad that ali the state- been sworn to. Mr. Chriatie then moved ‘‘that the creditors here assembled exp! their high appreciation of tne intelligence ais- played by the members of the firm of Jay Cooke & Co. in providing so humanely and liberally for the members of SHRTE MBOPROTIVE PAMILIRG.._ thereby protecting said relatives (fom thé ruin oad has overtaken so maby Ol the firm's cred- rs. The astonishment and consternation of the meeting upon the proposition of this gitter and sarcastic regolution cannot be well described. some hissed, some cheered and others said “KICK HIM OUT.” The Receiver refused to put such a motion to the meeting and the wildest confusion prevailed, ti ae egister, upon being requested, read the ist oO BAD DEBTS, which amounted to $1,000,000. 1 The Keceiver’s report was next read, as fol- jOwWs :— In presenting to the creditors the foregoing synopsis of the assets of the bankrupts, the receiver de-ires to sty that he 19 satisfied that no'delay has occurred in the reparation and delivery by them ot the schedules to the aienal but what was ubavoldable from the magnitude ot their previons transactions at their ottices m Philadel phia, New York and Washington. At the same ‘ime this lelay has rendered it impracticable for the receiver to Procure complete appraisement of these assets, repre- senting as they do investment in lands and securities, paryine in location and origin, trom the Atlantic to the ‘The very existence of many of these securities has been unknown in the stock market of Philadelphia and New York, and an intelligent appraisement thereof Would require correspondence with parties at a distace, who might bo supposed to be acquainted with thers values and with the provabilities of finding purchasers. aides, there are large parcels of stocks and bonds pos- ssing no present quotable market price, but which may really be of considerable value, and to which it would be, ‘in the ovinion of the receiver, both impolitic and injurious to the creditors to have a valuation affixed, hh valuation, at the best, could be but conjectural, and the mere statement. of it would prob- ably prevent the successful termination of negotiations commenced by the bankrupts, looking to the use of these BT a epchhabed for the liquidation of certain of their in- debtedness, which negotiations the assignees to be chosen by the creditors on the 15th inst. will probably concur with the receiver in desiring to have cousum- mated. The receiver reports that he has collected : Bills recéivable Book debts. Bond and mi Dividends on securities and interest o ‘And that he has receipted :— Cash trom the bankrupts.... 33 see ¥rom salos of 19,600 Philadelphia and Erie shares mortgages 31245 Total tees That he has paid to secured Instalment Guarantee Comp: Tnstalment Phils i ‘ditors. y stock. delphia Warehouse ( ied i 1,38 7 Freight and boxing of York and Washington offices to Philadel- Phia, 300 Salaries of cierics and’ cmployes’ of bank: ing schedules, balance ped to be able at this time to have collected or realized an amount sufficient to pay a dividend in cash of at least five per cer {though such @ sim, ABOU $125,000, is not now in his hand. yet he 1s of opinion that Within the course of probably four to #lx weeks such a dividend might be declared by the asignee. He velleves, mnoreover, that a large portion of the assets might soon be distrivuied in kind among the creditors. There are considerable difficulties attendant upon the determination of the proper plan to effect this desirable end. Two methods have been suggested. One to declaro a dividend of a certain percenta, we, oF several dividends of diferent peroer . payable in certain of tho securi- ties at a valuation, ed merely for the purpose of the distribution made, but leaving the ultimate valuation, « between the debtors and their creditors, to be d mined at some future time when the values of the s ald be more certainly ascertained than at present, Another suggestion has been that a dividend or divi- dends of certain percentages might be declared payable in the securities referred to at certain fixed rates, leaving it optional, however, with the creditors to accept or refuse, within a designated period, such dividend or divi- denis, the said 10 be stich as'if the securities were t s would be beyond all doubt con- s to the creditors refusing the divi- scope of his dul em i for the consideration of the creditors, The subject is one of some complicity, but not in his opinion necessarily of inherent di Mculty. The creditors Will take notice that the receiver does not charge himself with the assets set forth in this synop- He will, at the proper ti has received, and will account for the same at an audit before the Register, as directed in the order of Court of 25th November, 187. In that order'it was made the duty of the receiver to report, through the register, “If the bankrupis, or any, or either of them, have, or has, at any time or times, made any conveyance, transfer, payment or spite ria Uon, otherwise than in the regular course of business for valuable consideration, or in the expense of living or family expenses.” ‘Yhe bankrupts have furnished answers, which havo been filed with the Register, and they are ready for the inspecuon of any creditor. ‘These answers will pass into the hands of the assignee, whose duty it will be to take such action as the interest of the creditors may seem to indicate. EDWIN M, LEWIS, Receiver. As the vote was being cast after the reading of the above report for the trustees, scenes of the most disgraceful nature occurred, whistling, i ing, shouting, cat calls and boisterous laughing rendering the calling off of the creditors’ names impossible. ‘Get a bigger hall,” said one. “Ad- journ until to-morrow,” said another. “Stop the business hey nae fal cried @ third. ‘‘Let’s go to the Academy of Music.”’ it was impossible under the circumstances to understand what was going on, and, indeed, no one seemed tocare. One man aiter another man—one votce after another yelled and demanded attention in its highest pos- stble key. One motion after another was lost in the din and confusion, which was great enough to render the most sane man in the party an abso- lute lunatic. Hats, hands, handkerchiefs and overcoats waved in the air in the most ridiculous manner imaginable. Yells, cries, expostulations, maledictions end peais of heartless laughter was the peculiar and excruciating music of the moment. Kvery one was upon his feet shouting, stamping and gesticulating as if it were the last jon e would ever have an Opportunity to make a noise, An election of trustees was simply impossible, but Mr. Mason arose and cried out, at the top of his voice, that the meeting was adjourned to receive the votes, and that the election would go on during the afternoon, stating that at eleven A. M, to-morrow the election would be continued, and that those who did not vote to-day could come and do so at the appoiuted time in the morning. ‘Thus was the disgraceful scene ended for to-day. THE JERSEY SOUTHERN RAILROAD STRIKE. Statement of the General Freight Agent—The Road at a Standstill. Yesterday evening a HeRaLp reporter called upon Mr. Gore, the General Freight Agent of tne Southern Railroad of New Jersey, and the follow- ing is his statement with reference to the blockade caused by the strike of tne employés of that rail- road :— “There is absolutely nothing new in the state of affairs to-day. Nota single locomotive ts running and all the employés of the road refuse to work till the wages due them by the road are paid. [feel very sorry for them, for many of them must be in terribly destitute circumstances, and thetr credit at the gro- cery stores must, doubtless, be exhansted. The engineers have disconnected their engines at Man- chester, making them useless to us till what they have hidden away is replaced. In addition to this the men had no right to run all our loco- motives to Manchester, from the various pointe of the road where they had arrived, on Monday even- ing, when the strike commenced, The engines do not belong vo them, and serious accidents might have taken place through their being run on the road without the knowledge of the train de- spatoher, The majority of the engineers have been the com andi ing times. T president. Wt ‘w. Borat has made bis way to Manchester to make a rt of what is ‘transpiring there. m rt te aad asking for informations t learned from the operator Hook that the connection had given out; so we are as mach in the dark as ever of what is going on there, Arrangements were being made to the men their fuse and now, by fneir vrecipitate conduct, 3 LABOR’S TRIBULATIONS. What the Common Council Has Done and Left Undone for the Unemployed. An Ordinance to Give Work to Thousands Lying on the Table of the Board of Alder- men—Startling Official Statements. In view of recent developments and the extraor- dinary amount of distress which prevails amoug: the laboring classes there 18 @ general desira throughout the community te know accurately What chances the bona de workmen who are at: Present unemployed, and whose families are starv- ing, have of obtaining work on public improve- ments through the agency of the Common Counci)., This general desire is equalled by an anxiety to know who are really responsible for the present condition of affairs, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. It may be stated for the benefit of those who ara unacquainted with the workings of the Commom Council that three great corporation ordinances’ have recently been introduced to provide the un- employed laborers with work. Tne first of theset was jor the roadway or surface construction of Riverside avenue, lying along the bank of tha North River; the second, for the surface con~ struction of the streets and avenues adjoining Morningside Park, and the third, ior the roadway construction of Eighth avenue, from the pipe side of Fiity-ninth street to the south side of 110th street. The two former ordinances, wnictt passed both branches of the Common Council and which would have invoiwed the employment of thousands of laborers by the day’s work, were vetoed by Mayor Havemeyer, ostensibly by tha advice of Corporation Counsel Delatield Smith. The third has been laid over in the Board of Alder- men, though, it ts said, it would involve the ex- penditure of $2,000,000 in labor by the time tia work which is necessary and which must be dona atsome season of perhaps less general distress is brought to completion. HOW NOT TO Do IT. Some weeks since this ordinance for the im« provement of Eighth avenue within the abova limits was introduced into the Board of Assistant Aldermen by Assistant Alderman Simonson—it was said at the time by the advice of Commissioner Van Nort—in the folowing terms:— Resolved, That the roadway or surface construction of Eighth avenue, from the northerly aide of the circle aty Broadway, Kighth avenue and Fifty-ninth. street to the southerly side of 110th street be executed under the dix rection of the Commissioner of Public Worku by day's, work, or m such manner as the said. C deem'expedient tor the, best in! property own of such material and on suc! a* may be prescribed or determined 0. plan by the Board of mmissioners of the Department of Public Parks, #4. authorized by chapter 850, Laws of 1873, and that the ac- eompanying ordinance therefor be adopted. This resolution was carried with only two dis, senting votes, Assistant Aldermen Murphy and ‘Thornell voting “No.” When it went to the Board of Aldermen it was amended so as to read “by day’s work only,’ the clause “in such manner as the Commissioner of Public Works may direct” being stricken out. The Board of Assistant Alder- men refused to concur in this amendment, and! when the resolution went back to the Board of, Aldermen they tabled it, where it now lies, while 50,000 people are starving in this city, Each branch of the Common Council clans that the other 18 in fault and is delay- ing the giving out of work to the poor, | starving laborers, ‘To set the matter at rest finali &@ HERALD reporter called on Comunissioner Va! Nort jast evening in reference to this matter. Afver introducing the object of his visit and asking tw what form the ord.nance should be passed so as ta be of real bevetit to the laboring classes in want of work that gentleman said :— COMMISSIONER VAN NORT’S STATEMENT. “Tt could only be of any reai service in the original form in which it leit the Board of Assistant Alder< men. Itis all very well to talk avout giving ont sacha work as this construction of the road way of Kighth avenue by the day without giving prey, to buy materials, stone, and tools. et, as that ordinance was Athénded by the Board of Aldermen, I could not put a single man to work. You see the work ex. tends over two miles. Stone must be procured from quarries to make the roadway, and laborera employed by the day must be supplied with tools, picks, shovels, &c, As soon as the Board of Alder+ men think proper to pass the ordinance in its original form, and as soon as the Mayor approves ofit, then Iam prepared to set a large nuimber of laborers to work without any delay.”” “Then the Board of Aldermen are responsibie for the delay in this matter?’ “If the ordinance is to be of any good to the poor they must pass it in its origmal form and the Mayor must sign it in that orm. Mayor Havemeyer has already vetoed two great ordiuances providing work, which passed both branches of the Common Conncil—one for the construction of the roadway or Riverside avenue and the streets adjoming Morn ingside Pa (Pointing to & map beiore him.) Here are six miles anda half of roadway to bo constructed, and yet Mayor Havemeyer, on the advice of the Corporation Counsel, vetoes ordinances the construction of proving. for four miles, ith all dne respect to Mr, Delafield. Smith ( think his advice was erroneous, as the appendix to the charter in June, which overrides all previous legislation on the subject, in unmis- takable terms gives the Common Council power to order this work, This department nas no power in the matter, nor has the Department of Pubha Parks. it is useless to say 80. WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS. The reporter then called on Mayor Havemeyen and asked him if he believed that the Common Council hud power to order work to be given out by the day. The Mayor, after searching through the charter, pointed to the following distinct sec~ tion:— Chapter $35, section 91, Laws of 1873:—Whenever any” work is necessary to be done to compiete or pertect particular job, or any supply, 4s needful tor any part ctilar purpose, which work and job ix to be undertax or supply furnished for the Corporation, and the several parts of the said work or fapply shall altogether involve ‘the expenditure of more than $1,000, the same shai be bv contract. under such regulations concerning it as shalt be established by ordinance of the Common Council, ex cepting such works now in progress us are authorized by law or ordinance to be done otherwise than by contract. and unless otherwise ord by a three-rourth’s vote of the members elected to the Common Council.” In reply to a question from the reporter the Mayor said distinctly that he had never seen tho mance for the hth avenue improvement, though it was openly stated at the last meeting of the Board of Assistant Aldermen that it was by his advice that that ordinance was modified by the Board of Aldermen, The Assistant Aldermen and the Mayor all admit that there is no necessity for farther legislation to enlarge the powers of the Common Council with rd to those out of em ~ ployment, as the charter of 1873 and the above sec- tion cover it sufficiently. ERS OF WAR. Making Things Hot for the Tompkins Square Rieters—“Citizen” Schwab Makes a Few Remarks. The disastrous results of the great skirmish lasG Tuesday in Tompkins square between the police and the workingmen are now fully realized, par- ticularly by the unfortunate fellows who wera seized by the boys in blue and stuffed in no very gentle mauner into the station-house celis that day. At Essex Market Police Court, before Justice Flammer, the balance of the unfortunates were brought up to answer. to the charges against them. @ They all professed the belief that they were unconscious of doing wrong, ana a few of them said that they were merely looking on at the fun. The Justice, how« ever, thought that such excuses were of no avait and committed them in default of $1,000 bail, ‘juste tor fun.” Christian Meyer, who hit Sergeant Berghold on the head with ‘a lammer, Inficting a dangerous wound, was brought up and admitted the assaul!,, but said he bad used the hammer to pro- tect himself. He was held for trial without bail on a charge of feronious assault with intent to kil, The following were committed for trial ag the General or Special Sessions in default of $1,000 bail:—Herman Ligescky, John Poliski, Christian Burkheiser. Francis ir, Henry Clausen, Mar- shat Jaufret, John Miller, Bernard Smith, Francis Schmidt, George Ponttus, Thomas McGrand, Jonn Murtha, William Jackson and Charles Grosse. The following were remanded tor a further hearing, the evidence not being very strong ose them:—Jacob Becker, Marcus Marx, John rt, James Donnelly, Adoiph Rifler and Ubarles Wink- lanao, Citizen” Justus Schwab, who, tt will be remem- bered, was arrested waving the red fag in tie Jace of the Uap no and calling wildly on the people w it to the last, was arraigned and made quite @ little oration in Court. He safd:—*Judge, I Communist and believe in the Communes, We will yet astonish the world. We went there to le and ® right to do #0; but we never in d to break the peace.’? Here Mr. Schwab waxed very excited and suid, “The red fi the temblem of unity and strength all ‘rough world. We will yet snake it out to the breeze and carry it betore our num. berless thousands of followers.” In consideration of Mr. Schwab's rick Te- marks he was sent below in deiault of $1,000 bet!, and will be tried at the General Sessions. A large number of the accused had bail in court, wmew Was accepted when found a” and tl ers thus baved were