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THE STATE CAPITAL, Mieappropriation of the Sinking Fund. The Kings County Charities Commissioners. The , Canal. Board — Confirmations by ALBANY, Jan. 28, 1874, : The. neqsion im poth houses was remarkably doll to-day, and very little. of interest transpired be- youd the routine.In the Senate. this morning Mr. Coe introquced an act to amend the ‘mos Co conatitate the KINGS COUNTY OHARITIBA COMMISSIONERS. By tt the Copamissioners are constituted a corpora- tion, and retain their management of the county imatitbations, subject to the opntrol of she Board @ Supervisors.. They’ are made trastess of all the . property im, their and Mable to the county as such. They have power to appoint and remove subordinates, except store- Keepers, bat are not allowed to enter into any cop- ‘wract for the expenditure of money, except to pay employés, unless especially authorized by the Board of Supervisors. All articles for the support @f the poor are to be supplied by the Supervisors. ‘They are required to make upon tne Ist of Julya detailed statement of all supplica that have passed ‘through their hands daring the year, and also an estimate of what will be required for the coming pectah atopy poor, for salaries and for'| Ge; under, their tnd the Supe! vlsote is determine gauiattion 18 Ser ae (3 wires at ertie fr som da78 the: coreg Pangan sa on — ro security fr iu) carrying out e cont Additions, repairs or Serene shall be fur- cyclin gor pie retion Supervisors upon mypemeweeen ofthe sousantecionste: pion door relief is to be furnished inane Oanoake te storekeepers in kind and not in Boney nor yh cwnieh abel be pra as to the swn for the support of ¢ irawn for he 60 80) of he Beep ng G reltef'ahiall sual te or TOF outdoor commissioners :on the atore! Poa shall return as vaeenre missioners are any of ¢ the. perenne: aorta ‘equired to raise it may Mein ties necessary for the we ge poor, but not to exceed in any one mee ria the Board of Commissioners of Snenber of annem ot ea of Su) , directly or in- te shall be interested tn tile purchase 0! r gale of su) eigen envied or used ander the oD fe ; E bee i gf La “ A Bouse by magistrates, and there held the same as ‘they now are to the Penitentiary or County J; OONFIRMATIONS BY THB ‘The Sen: im executive session 1, COR Srmed the wing:—As Agent of the tans ip ‘Western New soem os Silver Creek; as tee Of the State Asylum Idiots, Frederick D. Huntington, of 8yracuse. THE CANAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS, The Canal Board will probably make their ap- ointments to-morrow. AESIORATION OF MATOR THACHER. Thacher This isin accord- ponent prt mtn @ftered into witn Mr. Message from Governor Dix—The Comp- treller’s Statement—The Money Ex- ‘pemded im Payment of Appropria- tions—A Clear Vielation of uhe Const tution—Expenditure in Excess of the Revenues of the State—The Unpsid Taxes. ALBANY, Jan. 28, 1874. Governor Dix to-day transmitted the following ‘Message to the Legislature :— Stars or New York, EXROUTIVE CHAMBER, ‘ALBANY, JaD. 28, 1874, To THE LEGISLATURE :- i “have the honor to transmit herewith a com- munication from the Gompsralier in regard to the funds aes a che constitution and y pleceee pay the interest and redeem ae pal of the Btate debts. I cannot too commend the facts and suggestions con- this communication to your attention. They seat oceeerne ce the mubroeee administration of the Bearman, teers rorred, se ine i me 3 e ature. an more ticular agi im the one wureh I had the pong? Make to you, at the commencement of session, in the financial statement your present presented to me when I was preparing it. The }, aggregate amount of the several sink fands ‘Was set down, $15,594,90) ‘what manner the junds had been set apart as re- eee by, the ropa I founa that nearly two- } ds of the amount EXISTED ONLY ON PAPER, and that the moneys belonging to them had been ased in defraying tbe current expenses 0! the gov- ernment, in direct violation of the constitutional ment and of the plighted faith of the State. The communication of the Comptroller explains the manner in which this failure to fulfil a high Constitutional obligatic Points out the only mode in which the obligation can now be complied with. I do not doubt that it is bis duty, un ier the higher law of the constitu- ‘tion, to A ded moneys raise diy as they come into his handa, imatead of Ia or expeatina ras mm to meet ser eoh 4 propriations, and tlave, the latter,un; ‘other means are rong ag et mee 7 my ‘teat assumed that, as siuking fonds oa and a saeun PLEDGE OF FAITH TO CREDITORS poh pee of debts due them, to borrow @ credit Of those funds for other pur- me make them subject to any other pledge, ‘Or make even a temporary use of the moneys or securities of which they consisted, was a clear violation of the pledge originally given. Further reflection has confirmed my co! laSnee in the cor- Fectness of this conclusion. Some years ago the ere ‘Were uninvested moneys een to the capit Of the general fund debt sinking fund, and these gaoneys were usea to meet current expenditures. that time the Fg te gd im re- Fel instances, authorized the Uomptrol- to invest surplus moneys belonging tothe capital of the sinkt funds in taxes thereaiter to be Collected, a id to appl these moneys to meet appropriations made b; game act. An investment im a tax does no con. wey & very definite coenpace of the financial Measure intended in plain terms. It is an expen- diture of money to be replaced at @ future time by taxation; but, in point of fact, when the authority ‘20 invest ‘was given to the Comptrolier in the in- -gtances reterred to, there were no surplas moneys ‘mn existence to be invested or expended, and the result has been that the PRINOIPAL OF THE SINKING FUND HAS BEEN INVADED and consume: already stated. The largest de- Aciency is in ti the sinking fund of the county dept. = debt was contracted under section 11 of title fund to ex- of the Laws of for tt became, by virtue ferred to, applicable to the repay o1 PP ng? oye oF the general nod oanal fund debts, it is lnviolabie, and can only be invaded eee Magee through an infraction of the constitu juirement. The act (chapter 448 of the awe, of 967 ame that of 1865) re- ie a 8 the Comptroller to invest the pro of mint tax authorized to be levied for this fund from time to time, as, it can be done on the vonds authorized to be bod ‘that of tho 7 of the constitution. The sinkin; it was created b; pter and the money proviocd! the section r debts ay ia regard to the county debt are in accord and a pre ri tions both of an or- i character, dOBN A. DIX, ‘The Comptrolier’s Statement. Stats or New Yorr, | COMPTROLLAR’s Orrrcr, ALBANY, Jan. 26, 1874. Governor: NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, session, to the general fund and county eer tue mraté and the condition of the sinking fund intended Jor thelr payment at maturity, tor the creation of wi ion ade 1B the comely Li 3 r 1 ‘the ste aa to fst to alta f tothe subject can seeie ay anon. Bia oe 443 ei a. 1, gndea duly id “tee ae arate of ‘he ae wae aoe ge <_< ‘whic! a ern of the said eredly applied the paym o sai debe» The whole amount rea to vias up'ane wa rte said hap a sot Ca HA a ae Mabie 80 canteen ie ee —- ymnent ors priationss made by Ls ees cs same cannot be and should ti have, b heen resent time, Fuad, the sam a fo point of ring invested the um 0 and a 4 cy tie 0, ot ° iguana aR the Bate ag noe oe Veer eeiae Saxon Ae Snover and Bot yeti vested, $11,000,154 134 65. Malt ough this oug! rasa gah tency in these” sink- ‘fund Up of unpaid ne ‘appear pelea The. Eprasbenesclanernnadine by. the. had #0 Serdge the revenues pon ee y ear, and so far tres- nloney Whi Ih should have been cee ei that a tax of three pies of the assessed valu- the State, Paes, authorized «by y bry meet the dencien oles found to exist in the treagury. pans d thereof was for the General Fund Defi- et sagan Ee nae en over Sampara to the Canal Department in full. Four on six hundred bcsigee gn of said three and one-half ral coun remains uncollected, veri er, ise Wayne tnd’ Ontation ond q e and Ontal when Jae es pte credit of said Bink. There is yet unpatd same year $1,500,000, pated and used in payment pey a aayl of the “ax muthorized in ams, fa ' Oeat ut at i ] 3G time. amount ot age as above atated, there wul be cont to the bounty debt sinking fund, from the two mill tax levied annually tor wick wil from sinple 0 to 1876, both inclusive, a sum will Le. PROVIDE THE REDEMPTION OF THE DEST at maturity it aa farther inroads are made uj el these funds, But it should be borne mm mind the ‘proceeds of the laws until after April 7, Dounty debt ‘matures. Provision should, there- be made in advance to meet this contingency. In view of the nt condition of the Sroseury, 48 evatement, and o! the large ap] great embarrassment to this depart- ment, it--ie submitted whether it isnot the im- perative duty of the Legislature to provide means PAY APPROPRIATIONS A8 THBY MAY BE AUTHORIZED without farther encr ent upon the sinking funds constitationally devoted to the redemption of the Stave dept. Such a diversion ts tn violation of the constitation, and if the policy of investing these sinking funds in unpaid taxes is conunued from year to year the Finance Depart- ment will be constantly embarrassed, and when the debt matures in 1877 the money will not be in the treasury, for the reason that, as at present. @ large in anticipation of taxes which cannot by law. All the facts presented in this communica- tion are substantially y, Fiven in my recent Annual Report. I think it advisable to repeat them in this condensed form, to the end that they may be submitted to the Legtslature should it seem to you to be proper, accompanied by such si tions as ou May think it e ent to make in relation hereto. NELSON K. HOPKINS, Comptroller. NWW YORK LEGISLATURE. eS CPve Tre , SENATE. ALBANY, Jan. 28, 1874. Colonel Dz Kay, military secretary to the Gov- ernor, appeared and presented a communication from the Governor, accompanied by the report of the Comptroller relative to the sinking funds set apart by the constitution to pay the interest and redeem the principal of the State debt. Referred to the Finance Committee. Mr. BooTH presented the annual report of the trustees of the Astor Library. Acommunication from the secretary of the Re- gents of the University informed the Senate of a vacancy in said Board. BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. McGowaN—To amend the laws permitting corporations to cliange their names. By Mr. WELLMaN—Relative to serving citations on minors ena special guardians; directing that in proceedings of administrators and executors, on final settlements, minors shall be served with citations and special guardians appointed on the proof of wills, and in no other way. By Mr. Woopin—To amend the law relative to he equalization of State taxes. By Mr. S1.cREG—To enable towns and cities to fefund moneys expended in furnishing substitures during the late war. By Mr. Boors—To incorporate the Cotton Ex- Change Trust Company, and naming as first cor- porators Frederick Benezan, John 8. MacAuley, Simon Stern, David Ullman ‘and others. Capital stock, oe ne with power to increase it to $2,000, ncies may be established in any city or town of the State, and goods received on storage or deposit and money advanced thereon. By Gon Relative to the NERS OF CHARITIES IN KINGS COUNTY, Placing that body entirely under the control of Board ot Supervisors, taking {rom them power to make contracts or purchase Cg mye ey Su- Pervisors to appowt storekeepers, W have charge of all supplies and furnish them on tap Fequisition of the commissioners, No more 0: on grocers will be issued except for coal; the missioners to report to the Supervisors each July @ detailed statement of the expenditures of the pre vious year; the ones loners to employ the mates of the ‘public in th such labor as May be proper, and m: given power to commit vagrants to the Almshouse in te same manner ag they are now admitted to jail and the Penkentiary. REPORTS, Mr. Fox, from the Committee on Cit reported favorably on tne bill to incorporate the Butter and Oheese xchange Company of New York. favorabiy ou tue bill to. prowia for fling in cer- > ll ef Sy tyeed tain low lands in -% og ‘ASBED, The supplementary, act ja to the incorpo- ration of tes was passed. The ing bills is were RDERRD TO A THIRD READING. rate the e New York Clab, Authorizing County Courts and Courts of Ses sions to summon additional petit jurors the same as Circuit Courts ana Courts of Oyer and Ter- muper, on ‘Wootin’s resolutions offered yesterday re- ting our representatives in Washit mn to vote ir ne bil how, before Congress relative to pro- viding ae and eq wa for the whole of 1B MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES were teen jrom the table and adopted, The bill to provide for the Foe be ik = Ca ee enone oF TRe CITY AND COUNTY 01 8 abaji be issued without the alllr ncy JON tention of the li ure to called the at 08 veka Moe banlanios a rt te ad 4 PAF pe orig with an amendment provi nag tha no amount will be used to pay appropriations ' Be made ye vote, \ or three members of the Board of Estimate ana Apportionment, Adjourned, ——— ASSEMBLY, ALBANY, Jan. 26, 1874. Mr. CovoHLin presented @ petition of the reai estate owners and resifénts of the Nineteenth ward of New York city asking that fam mist sibs vOoLEVAkn, which now stopd at Fifty-seventh street and East River, be continued through and along Fifty. seventh street to Fifth avenue.” 4 communication was received fromthe STATE WORKINGMEN’S ASSEMBLY asking for a hearing relative to matters of interest © 9 grorkingmen. Referred to the Judiciary Com mine Gov Governor sent in @ communication showing | how the sinking funds pars been trenched upon in violation of the constitution. constitutional Smondments were received from the Senate, and on f Mr. PRINCB Maer before the Howse, where they be- ‘LL8 REPORTED, By Mr. Bagrman—Toauthorine the Common Coun- cil ‘Of the city of Utica to borrow and disburse Hokey for city purposes and collect taxes to pay C, On motion of Mr. CHADWICK this bill was read Vd passed. Pir, LINCOLN--To charter the Silent Safety aw Company. My, LMDE i: times for town ror hash. By Br, Bosrwick—Authorizing the ay of Rov ah oA ir to borrow money to complete Much ‘time re eas consumed in acting on proposi- tions to int Sepp eens, officers for the House, whit resulted in appointing those only which were regarded as a) Decessary. Mr. bi ted introduce INUAL AFROPRIATION BILL, with the rat rate of of taxation left blank. EFFECT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON CANALS. A communication was received from the Attor- ney General stating that, if the proposed constitu- tional amendment relative to canals was adopted, it would not limit appropriations by the Legiala- bait pike vd new work or repairs. jor NATIONAL GUARD DIFFICULTIES. The Quarrel About the Centre Stucet Armory—Orders and Counter-Orders— Indignation Meeting of the Ofiicers of the WNinety-sixth Regt it—The Bleventh Regiment on the Warpath. The unseemly disputes between the Ninety-sixth and Eleventh regiments, N. G.S. N. Y¥., have ate tracted @ good deal of attention in the community and been the cause of much regret generally, es- pecially among the admirers of our citizen soldiery, who wish to see the militia complete.y fill the ob- ject of its organization—that of proving itself a bulwark to the nation and showing an example of disciptine and obedience worthy of imitation. A meeting of she officers of the regiment was held in tne house of the chief of the regiment, No. 122 Delancey street. Colonel Stauf declined tofsay anything to @ reporter of the HgBALD about its proceedings, maintaining that it was only a pri- vate gathering of a few friends. It, however, transpired that the reunion was being verified for the purpose of sending a delegation to Albany to confer with the vommander-in-Chief. Colonel Staaf and some of his officers consider themselves as havin; bee badly treated and. “led agatnst.” To that the orders recently is- sued can m only have the effect of rearing up a good ent. The of who General Shaler, through regim very Eel} incensed against Major gong, wing disobeyed any orders received ti oe prover Serepannele ‘They aasert the pd thelr having taken forcible possession of the Coane etreet Armory ie untrue. Neither iS ita ir that the regiment had 150 men tn the armory the is porpore “ea Ba 3 on at all haz- lionel Stauf, Lieutenant Colonel Hemmer and other officers of the regiment say that while the Board of raver race lopted a resolution on the 12th inst. askil eir corps to vacate the armory in dispute, ti ter at the game time passed another ordering suitable quarters to be found for them. This was not done, and as the Ninet; sixth had no place to march to they were unable to leave their new billet in Centre an ie The following official documents that hat handed in for publication will give the reat ers an idea of the correspondence passed between the several military authorities concerning this mat- Ti GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 8. Heaquanrens Ninety sixtu REGIMENT, SzooxD Baioapa, N. G. 8. N. Y.. New Youx, Dec. 10, The rej = nt MV asserable 1h ful) uniform tor perce: tion by the Brigadier tial ‘fommanding at half. seven ee Armory. Nos. 21 ‘and 28 Bowery, on tists BY order at Colonel STAUF, at Ninety-sixth Regiment, Upon assembling the regiment Generali Funk was on the ground to review and mspect it, ana subse- quasar igsned the fol order, See which t marched to the new @ This General Fank had received the keys from Supervisor Kehr. The General put the regi- ment in possession of the new armory. The follow- ing is the order :— L ORDERS—KO. Heapauanrens Bed Sg0onD aeaned inst aut Yorx, Dec. Colonel Andrew Stauf, gears ses, ixth regi- ment, National Guard, State of Ne York, Wiltat ons upon'receipt of this order, march his and to the bw: armory now: unoccupied, corner ot rand ptreet and Centre Market Place, and take posseaston 0 Bremises for the use of his command ss an armory: He will cause property in the possession of the Moet isth Te to be removed irom the premises Nos, 201 jowery, ‘now, coca ed by ‘bis command as an armory, ., ADA piace Le e hg armory designated, find te port his cc Deiance with this order in writing to these” Posadquarcers Wwithout detay. By order. Brigadter General AUGUSTUS FUNK. Gxo. T. Surru, Lieutenant Colonel and A. A @. Colonel Stauf received the following order on the 14tn inst. :— Hrapquarrers Frest Division, ¥,, G., 8. N. Y., ew Youx, Jan: 14, 1874, } Cotorzi—I am directed to armen for your informa- tion and guidance the Tohowing copy of tl be ed assed at's meeting of the Board o Bape! held Lith inet. relating to the occa ancy of the Centre Market Armory by the regiment under Your command -— Resolved, Fat tn ie present occupation of Centre “Mar- ket Armoi oer by inety-sixth poenant without any authority from. this Board of Su) ie vieore, i ® standing inguit to the said Board: and, turther, be it Resolved, That the Major * ' Sonera commanding the Firat division. NG. and be ishereby instructed toremove the Ninety-sixin regiment trom the Cente Market Armor: Tn conformity with the spirit of the second resolntion the Major General commanding directs mat you cause armory to be vacated without and report your action thereon in writin, gto thea aay Taquartere on Or before the 2uth inst Vi reapect tully, CARL JUS: N, Lt. Col. Mind A. A. D.C, lonel r i To Colonel AXDREW, STAUT, Commanding Ninety-sixth It will be seen by the foregoing. order that five clear days were allowed to the Ninety-sixth inens rnereta, to evacuate their new quarters, in which the order should have been com- hea with Colonel Stauf addressed the following official communication to Lieutenant Colonel Cari Jussen :— Heapquanrens Nisery-stztm Rec’s, N. G., 8. N. New Your, Jas , me Mecvnant Colonel Cami Jussan, A. A. ©, First ivion Co.onzi—I am in rece! of your communi = Beata on Tau inst., in pick deo copy. yrewotuttons a ot lajor General commanding the First division to cause Bad their armory, and also your ani 7 ty years, and itary, a8 and # Feoceupancy ou my part ‘would bind me and make me for the payment of its rent, which he certainly cannot mean by his order. Respectfully submit Tremaia, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ‘Al Colonel commanding 9th regiment Infantry, N.G. 8., ‘a The armorer of the Ninety-sixth regiment state: that when Cotonel Jussen Knocked at the door for admittance there were no persons in the armory bat himself and son, who is a drummer in the same corps. He says that he is still in possession of tue new armory, but will have to vacate It, to- ther with all the ‘property or af regiment, pub- ic and private, on Monday nex Just at this moment the martial sound of ap- Brains drums was heard. Presently it was as- that the music emanated from a com. os or more of the Eleventh regiment, who beat marched past the door of Colonel Stauf (on the. aldewalk).. Pde seemed like bravado and was calculated to produce a breach of tne peace, eapeciaily a8 some of those who Were in the pro- cession used insultin; ng language at Ing the house of Colonel Staa! Both regiments are composed principally of Gérmans. THE ERIE AND OSWEGO CANALS, BUPFALO, Jan. 28, 1874. The Board o1 Trade, at a meeting on ‘Change to-day, reaffirmed ite policy in relation to the Erie Canal, adopted in 1872, as follows:—Complete the Erte and Oswego canals according to the original policy ef the amendment to the constitution Hay 1864, ne ee carry out the laws eni that porpaee Temoving the bench wale and all other ol tions 80 a8 to make the canal full seventy feet wide and seven feet deep from Buffato and Oswego to Albany, and com- tl double locks a per contract west of Syra- ‘The Board aiso asked the lature to pase ass the ee bill recommended by fire Cham- Commerce of New York a order to put the fonds in apr seve te improve the aap ee and make } ticaly @ free canal or a8 JANUARY 29, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE SIAMESE TWINS. Application to Compel an Inquest. Judge Cloud Declines tg Take Action in the Matter.’ —_— PHILADELPHIA PHYSICIANS MOVING. GREENSBORO, N. C., Jan. 28, 1874. While the medical profession at the North are endeavoring to raise the funds necessary to pur- chase the bodies of the Siamese Twins a strong effort is being made here to compel the State authorities to hold the necessary legal inquest which the mysterious death of at least one of the twing demands. Dr. Richard K. Gregory to-day telegraphed to Judge Settie, of the State Supreme Court, as follows:— BORO, N. C. jan. 28, 1874 Judge Tomas Serriz, Raleigh, N. C. gant a’ pope manch aaa da iortem ex! inet tively refused to be allowed. behalf of actos and the laws of our State may J ask that you will use your influence with Judge Cloud to tsaue an gener, to the Coroner of Barren county, North Caro- cat ich 8 to hold an inquest over the baal ies, at ver i} post-mortem examination shall ade. If he wilt grant tne order wil you please pend it to me by express to- Be a Very. Tganect fully, ORY, M. P. 8.—Answer by ieee Mount Airy, Surrey county, is in the judicial cir- cuit of the Supertor Court in which Judge Cloud presides, In reply to the above telegram Dr. Gregory re- ceived the following :— RaLziaH, N. ©., Jan. 28, 1874, Dr. R. K. haw rei Greensboro, Judge Cloud aeclines to take fiction as requested, THOMA! BTILE, Associate Justice papreme Court. In the meantime the bodies, as already reported im the HERALD, owing to the improper manner in which they were “boxed up,’’ are approaching, if they are Dot now in, an advanced stage of decom- position, and if something is not done at once it will soon be impossible to have the proposed autopsy. Philadelphia Physicians Off to Mount Airy. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28, 1874, To-morrow morning Dr. Pancoast, with several other leading physicians of this city, will leave for Mount Airy, N. C., to make an examination of the remains of the Siamese Twins, A letter was ex- pected to-day from Dr. William Hollingsworth, of Mount Airy, but it did not come. The physicians are now going without any advices, br. Pancoast is very reticent about the affair, but it is believed that satistactory arrangements am autopay have been completed. The physicians will fended reach the home of the Ins bejore Savarday morning. Additional Medical Observations on the Twins. To THB EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Simr—Having repeatedly examined the Siamese Twins during the early years of their public exht bition I beg to state the conclusions to which I then arrived, and which have been, I think, con- firmed by their death :— First—One placenta mapped them with blood from their mother when in utero, and one umbill- cal cord and one set of umbilical vessels conve: bg this blood to and from each of their hearts b birth, PBeecrd "} ved by their having but cue lace Where the umbilical vessels entered heir bodies, ana that on the anterior aspect in the centre of their beings a RE wee Pp Soe one umbi! in which coereret pure blood of the mother from the placenta to beth children in uiero entered a common vena cava or large vein in the centre of the connect tee mient, which common vein, throug! neh ligament into the body of each child, conveyed the blood through the liver to the heart of both chil- dren. Third—The btvod, after circulating through each child and becoming impure, was returned t) the descending aorta and common illiac arteries to the two internal illiac arteries of each child, which, — in the centre of the connecting ligament, two iliac arteries common to both children, which poured the blood into the two umbilical prey e <§ the pes irene) cord which conveyed it to ‘8 mon to both children passiag the connect- ing ligament with which the uaa vessela had been connected tm utero; consequently the hearts of the twins remained directly connected by one 1 vein and two S| life. 18 preved by the valsations per- ceptible in the track of the vi through the connecting mt and by the unison their heart beat when both were in health, which was observed by Dr. Warren and e' other careful — examiner when they first arrived in this ry, and is not ‘disproved by the statement of Dee Hollingsworth, because the increased action of one when sick or excited would not perceptibly infuence the action x coe “Petey of the other in a normal state and une: Fifth—The heart on an gaia h he was the larger of the two, was sma alier, w er, Or not as well developed a8 that of Chang. This is frequently observed in twins. Consequently Eng could not long survive the separation from his brother or his deato, as he reqmred the help of the stronger heart of Chang to sup; Ply or keep up the circnlation of his bioow. This is proved y the Jeqpier beating or the heart of Eng when compared with that of ee bo the immediate tainting of kng when the flow of blood between their bearts was obstructed by compressing the connecting ligament in eae test the safety of their being se! aed and D: plethory of the cutaneous bit vessels of Cl ee 8 dark appearance, and the paleness o 107 & want of strength in his heart to tinow the blood to the surface, or the lack of a sufficient supply of blood, which he had heretofore received from Chang, at the time of their death. Sixth—Their Setneecing ligament was composed inthe upper and thicker part by the enstiorm gether with very strong lugumet ' gethe ry strong ts next pelow the three blood vessels above described, with their fascia and connect tissues, enveloped also in strong ligaments, supplied with the '] small nerves snd-blood ‘sna other vessels neces- sary tor the life, growth and strength of the liga- PE the whole surrounded by a very tough thick Seventh—That the difference in tne excitability, temper, temperament or moral or intellectual powers of the twins is no argument against the connection of their hearts, as the blood fs simply the menstruum or medium through which nourish- ment is Supplied tothe system, and has no infu- ence over the brain, the nerves or any other organ of et en a state of oe sh other than to a vey the prepared by the aigestive organs for their nourighment, mi Eighth—Tnat the Siamese Twins were separate, distinct human betngs, each an account- on immortal sou). That they would live untted to a respectable age, would die if separated at any speedily foliow— Lug sooner than Ghaug-<were the —Ebg sooner than Chang—were the deliberate conclusions to which most of the Sar in this country and in Europe arrived ‘who Cpa examined them during the first years of their pubite exhibition. It is very destrable that a post-mortem exami- nation may decide these important questions and that such examination bas pe obtaimed for the benefit of pathological scien ran " CHADSEY, M.D. New Yor, Jan. 28 1 “wi Doctors Disagree.” New York, Jan. 27, 1874, To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:— You will doubtless bear me out when I observe that, since the good old daysof Adam and Eve, whenever anything has happened there have been numberless wise heads to exclaim, “I told youso!”’ When I asked leave to express my opinion rela- tive to the Siamese Twins I did not expect to tn- cur the wrath of any man possessing natural com- mon senaé, let alone a “professional” In this, however, it appears I was mistaken, seeing that one James W. Hale, of No. 69 Wall street, has come forward to defend both his idea of medical science and ee: at the same time quoting o me, “I told you #0!” prove bo own aki seca, by = : filty-nine yeurs.ago he the honor of ataayiny the twins very closely, and these honor: wd in on bim 80 tat he. “bad. tne honor of to the Royal society of pene mee Oa lieve that one sould ive two hours afer fh ie death of the other.” Excuse the English; it is = fad! not mine. eed =F for all tite, one two hours after the deait 0 of the Care alas? alas! some men outlive as well as their usefuinesa; but Foal Mr. Hale have lived t ten minutes after sus- taining @ shock similar to that which poor Eng had Ay he ye Ry Warren's state- sustains my tise, hea the yarare’ been severed im- mediately after the death of Chang, Eng’s life would have been naved 80 also does the atate- ment of their faminy physician. Seariae Mr. Hale to ponder over his an’ Jore and past honors, pi (a my first statement, no matter wh his medica) | : momocte he me a ton Baw for aa English. py a wii Bae write mr i great bare Miata ap fot (storm. wad Bone, Bo <i BROOKLYN YACHT CLUB. Annual Meeting—Election of Oficers for the Ensving Ycar—Miscellancous Basi- neds, 8" ‘The aunoa) meeting of the Brooklyn Yaent Club was held at its rooms, No. 26 Court street, last evening, Mr. P. W. Ostrander, President, in the chair, and Mr. William T, Lee Secretary. The attendance was very gratifying, nearly every yacht ownef in the organization being present, besides many members residing at @ distance, among the latter being Commodore K. ©. Barker, of the De- trott Yacht Club, Following the calling of the roll: and reading of the minutes, Mr. Gilbert L. Haight, chairman of the Board of Trustees, submitted their report. It" contained but little of public interest, excepting that portion relating vo the change of quarters by } the Clab, and before the meeting adjourned the Board, in conjunction with the President, Treas- urer and Secretary, were authorized to use their discretion in obtaining rooms suitable for the peapeee of business. The Treasurer, Mr. John M. Sawyer, submitted hts annual report, from which was gleaned that the Ulub had enrolied on its books seventeen schooners, forty-four sloops = five steam yachts, it was then announced by President Ostrander nat inasmuch as the Ciub had made the present the period jor the annual election of officers. it was incambent that ai} those still holding positions under the a order until April next had better now resign to werros Cpe x the yest ‘This snagestion prompt! mpan) an such offictais who ‘tad not aygeret sent ta thats pe cree did so and they were accepted. ‘The election of oMcers for the ensuing year being im order the en are sone eras chosen :— Commodore—Jacob rr] dr. Vice Commodore—John 8. Dickerson. ‘Robert Dillon. Haight, Rufus Hatch, William B, Nich- ols, Jol ‘on Membershtp—Charles L. Franktin, William M. Ringwood, Thomas Fry, M. D. Regatta Committee—H. Bai th, J, A. Bra- ham, Ernest Wendt, Samuel Hall, M. D. ‘The question of changing article 2, chapter 4 of the bylaws relating to the dues was then taken up, and, upon @ unanimous vote, it was agreed that “each member shall pay an annual due of $20 at each annual meeting,” instead of $12 as hereto- fore, but that “this shall not take effect until alter the month of April next,” as the contract before entered into by the Club with the members would be binding until that time. The Club then adjourned to partake of a goener- ous collation, after which happy Ua eee were made by many of the gentlemen present. A GREAT BOON. Life-Saving Stations Weather Sig- nals to be Established Between Cape Hatteras and Cape Henry. FORTBESS MONROE, Jan. 26, 1874. One of the most important measures for the ben- efit of commerce passed by the last Congress is the establishment of life-saving stations on the Vir- ginja and North Carolina coast, between Cape Henry and Cape Hatteras. This ts a bleak, almost untnhabited neck of land, over 100 miles in length, and which, until within the past year, has been entirely destitute of lights, except at Cape Hat- ‘eras and Cape Henry. Before the war a light- house was established on Body Isiand, a danger- ous strip of land, about seventy miles south of Cay Henry. Tt was destroyed during the rebellion, and was not replaced until last year. There will be eleven of these Iife- Baving stations erected, and they will be properly equipped and manned at the earliest possible moment. The contractor has commenced work upon them, and will have them all com- pleted during the coming summer. In connection with these life-saving stations General Myer, Chief Signal Officer, is having a telegraph e built from Norfolk to Cape Henty and ‘thence down the coast to Cape Hatteras. The line 1s already com- ape sixty miles south of Cape Henry, and will finished to Cape Hatteras by the ae, of February. This will serve @ double purpose, as a 3 HAMILTON’S HAUL. Mayor O’Neill’s Views on thd Situation, The City Not Protected Against Unfaithful Berg vants—Obstinacy and Inecompetency of the Board of Finance—Hamilton’s Brief and Downward Carter. ‘The latest bulletin from Jersey City 1s that Gre no tidings of the naughty young man intr whose hands the public purse was delivered by the Board of Finance, nor has any trace bee discovered of the sng Mttle sum which he ex-, tracted from that purse to defray the travelling expenses of himself and his companion. Thel name and reputed character of the latter it taf more proper to omit than to publish, although,» in addition to the fraud, all . sorte of scandals are heaped upon the head of the fugi-z tive touching his fidelity to his domestic obliga. tions. It is customary to cry “Mad dog” when ae bewildered cauine once sets off with a bad reputa-\’ tion, There sre many persons, too, who are lavishA in their condemnation of an indtvidual when be is once down. This is not the case in the present instance, however, for it has been the universal conviction in Jersey( City. that neither Hamilton nor any other young men should ever be placed in so responsi- bie and tempting 4 position. His predecessor,’ Hornblower, was removed by the Board of Finance because he refused to manipulate the moneys en+ trusted to himas tne Board directed. In Hamilton they found a willing tool. He was pitchforked into the position, as were members of the Board of Fix nance, by the Pavonia Club, @ political organization whose meddling in municipal affairs has led to mora, frands on the city treasury than any one board inf fiself could perpetrate. Very recently, throught the interference of the club, @ Mr. Spader, uncia, to one of the members of the Board of Finance, was authorized to examine the accounts of the now missing Treasurer. Mr. Spader was not long in pronouncing them correct—aye, lovely.| For this service—if it ever were rendered all, which not one man in fifty Uelleves— het Was voted the sum of $900 fortae Mayor. it), and the warrant was sent to t or. ‘That gentleman nipped the fraud in the bud refusing i ey i but the Board of Finance passed it over. 8 veto. are as followa:—The Board Finance sent for me, as you Pam tha er send 1 me except when they wor a dimiculty. x told them plainly and brieay that the fret duty them would be to appoint s Treasurer 11 areca that the credit of the city was : mt Bh Unt oll tia rie. He not plist bat when o oly Be yy the “people seointed hit, and Thope hevwill ascope, Wie ry Heiatiton waa appointed 1 refused to sig ie dom igure. because It was placed ‘at too low s city wae not: tly protected. I would bave placed that not lower as usual, the rd of Finance overruled their own walked of with the whole amount. I found it out I warned him not w do it In, and 1 told members of the Board of Finance that it wag altogether wrong. This — eee allowed, under the system. pursue bree to hold in his hands at hi piPeaerns money Ob« tained by the sale of bonds or from water rates, and whefe was the protection to the city? Com- Pare the amount of his security with the amount which he sometimes held. I objected also to the collector’s bond, because I deemed it i improper that one of ‘the members of the Boat of Finance (Mr. Farrier) should be one of the storm signals to passing vessels, and in cage one is driven eee, assistance from Norfolk can be promptly jammoned, and thus its value is alm incaleulable.” it is a well known fact ‘cnat from two to three vessels go ashore every year within a stort distance from Henry light, the brig Mary Rice, of Bal- ero ing the last victim. Why this should be 8 to be a mystery; but the general im- prota revatils here that if vessels would not ore 80 close, tn order to avoid the pilot hosts cruising off the Cape, they would not get into trouble 80 irequently. In consequence of the stringent retrenchment measures adopted by the present Congress it is feared that work in the Engineer Department at this place will have to be suspended at the close of the present month, and a material reduction of | the force in the Ordnance Department will prob- ably take place about the same time. The Engineer Department 1s preparing the nortn redoubdt of the fort to recelve seven fifteen-tncn guns, which will command the channel for five miles below, and the Ordnance veperene at is changing some fitteen- fach gun carriages adging air pressure cylin- ders to check the Sah id it is hoped the work may be continued. DEPARTURE OF OHARLES BRADLAUGH, | The well known English political agita.or, Charlies Bradlaugh, who came to this city from London about six months ago, yesterday returned to Europe by the Cunard steamship Java. Asmall party of gentlemen, with whom Mr. Bradlaugh has acquired an acquaintancesmip during bis stay in | this country, visited the Java to bid him fare- | well. Mr. Bradlaugh is an aristocratic demo- crat, for during bis stay in this city he has stopped at the Fiftn Avenue Hotel, and he took passage on a vessel where tickets in the cabin call for sven Sige price. Before his departure from the Fift Avenue Hotel @ handsome cane presented to him by some mem- bers of the trade societies, who were chiefy of the Engiish nationality. Short addresses were made, and the recipient and the donors parted in a state of excellent good humor. | Mr, Bradlaugh for home to contest the election for the borough of Northampton, for which con- test writs have already been issued. Mr. laugh is reported to have declared to some of his newly made iriends in this city that the leaders of the workingmen’s movement in America were very fanatical and that they were tuinted with jalistic infamies, and that they had reiused to | listen to him a8 to What should be done to furtber the social progress of the workingman. Jt is ru- mored that the mission of the famous agitator to this country has been a total failure, and that the roceeds of the sales of tickets ior his lectures Fave been exceedingly small. AN IMPUDENT LOTTERY MAN, Attempts of a C ride the Law in Phi}: PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28, 1874. For several days past & popular lottery has been running upon Chestnut street, under the name of the Peasiee Candy Company, similar institutions | having been rather successfully condacted in almost all the leading cities of the Union, the city of Boston being the last place the company hailed | — The company fave been one an im- nse trade since they have been here, the vicinity immediately sarrounding their place of business being crowded with factory girls and the laboring classes generally to such an extent as to block up the sidewalk and preciude travel. After thoroughly invesiigating the concern Mayor Stokely pronounced it a gambling and fraudulent was Brad- affair, and ordered the proj da) Fit Peasiee, to close up, giv! ing suMcient time, however, to redeem all claims. Fail- tog to close at the ap tume, Peasiee was arrested for ‘keeping @ lottery,” and was to-day put under bail, to the amount of $1,500, for appearance at court. <Aiter being taken to jail he secured his bailana at once reopened the lottery. To-night the poties, under Sergeant Krout, made a raid apon the place, took out ry- thing in it, along with the gay flags, Dane! and ornamentations which hung upon the out- Peaslee was rearrested, pat under addi- & cell at the side. tional bail of $1,500 and is now in Central station honse, GASES OF TRICHINA POISONING IN IN. DIANA CrncINNATI, Jan. 26, 1874. It 18 reported that several persons are lying at \ the primary were an out! the point of death at Aurora, Ind., from having eaten fresh pork with trichina in it. Two weeks ago Mrs. Henry Trainer had two hogs killed for family use, A few days aiter eating of the meat Mrs. Trainer and one of La be were attacked with what appeared to be typhoid fever. Mrs, inter, the wife of @ Gernien minister, visited jer, and, with two ot children, partook of the meat, and in & !ew days were attacked with the same sreptoms, which attracted the attention of hysicians, and, upon an examination of the pork, Rives found iiternity alive with trichina, At this writing Mrs. Trainer and ow children and Mrs, Benter and (wo children are not expected to live, bondsmen while at the same time voting on the acceptance of the bond. Some of the bond@ poten le — either so yt ~ not suficientiy guar oD one occasion a Pro- = inserted before I would sign it. aoe foregoing ts more comprehensive ae 8 com: nate on the present system of government in Jersey City than a whole column of isolated ir- regularities. Some members of the Board of Finance must have been aware that Hamilton was not unknown to fame. Four years aan he was em- clerk 1n the Hudson County Bank. Ha left a next employed as a bookkeeper in the aeerewante? Exchange Bank in New York. About two years or thereabouts aserious de~ falcation occurred in the and several Clerks were discharged. Suspicions were rife that {iton was in collusion with the defauiter, but noth- ing was proved against him. Snortiy afterwards another and more serious deialcation occurred,, and the bank oMeials discharged Hamilton along with the others. It is not positively knows whether collusion was proved against him at that time. He next obtained the tion of Assistang City Colleetor of Jersey City, through the influence. of the Pavonta Clab, and through the same influ- ence was mproee bity Treasurer, in ap evil bour: for bimself and the city. The on Boe mal necessary in regard to the causes Co tated his ruin is that there is a Josie Mans! eid in the case. Detectives Clos and Bowe have gone to Boston in pursuit. No further defalcations have been discovered. The Board ot Finance held a consultation last even ing in the Mavor’s room with the Uity Attorney and the newly appointed Treasurer, Mr. Earle. Mr. Outwater is still engaged in the examination of the bcoks. The rumor that another city official, pn @ very responsible position, absconded Yesterday, is without foundation. Ali the officials were in town last night. There is no apprehen- sion that any financial irregularity exists in tha Board of Public Works, for there is no money im that department just now to run away with. THE KINGS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENERAL. COMMITTEE FOR 1874. Democratic primaries were held in the various. wards and county towns on Tuesday night, for the: election of delegates to the Kings county Demo- cratic General Committee for the ensuing year, Last night the committee met at their rooms, cor« ner of Court and Remsen streets, to endorse the | delegates. There was, of course, a large attend- ance of delegates and ward politicians, and numer- ous protests were handed in, and there is a pros- pect of a lively time and considerable dissatisfac- tion in some of the wards. “Boas McLaugniin,’ aithongh out of the committee, takes an active part behind the scenes and counsels “harmony.” 1t_was only through the harmonious action of the democracy last election that the ticket was suc- cessful, Fred Massey, who has taken an active part in the committee for some years past, was ruled out this year because of his avowed support of Senator Pay at the last election. The Assistant Secre- tary, Mr. Cole, was algo left off the ticket in the Twentieth ward because he insisted prior to tho last electton that none but well known democrats should be nominated. Patrick Keenal array, Auditor, who was in the habit of occasionally pal eg litle iife into the 96 comuntt left p ight Rovere. Fe Fury, the ex-Street Commis- sioner, maved that all who were not members of! the committee jeave the room, which they did. a the roll was caifed, and it was found that here were protests irom the Fifth, nee fe. Nineteen and Twenty-tith wards. The de! elected from all the wards from which no oe were presented were endorsed. The from: the Fim ward set forth Ce soe x procesdinan.ed an insult to the fn tb he room when tha thermore thok = ere at eae Tor souna. The no. which the eta were 1d, successiul ticket made tires ly well provided for. "Tadue Wah in Thad the protest was entirely unfou! ‘. tion was as fair as anyth' arty, for there was no I voting commenced, and ht ditference further discussion over this and other coat Fury moved that ‘eee Nie haere be re committee. On this tion in aor C4 cut ‘Tony, chen fa ies Ps the vig neta Committee was more competent to members of the "algal for whose they were respons! ToURG 7 ‘ABBOCIATION, Naw Yorx, Jan, 28, 1874, | To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘Tne statement which was very kindly inserted im to-day's HERALD relating tO our anniversary con- tains a slight error in regard to balance on hand in the treasurer's hands, It should “bal« ance on hand, $34 00,” instead of a A correction would much as. ‘RR, A. BURNEY, Secretary. te a