The New York Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1874, Page 4

4 THE GRAND NAVAL ne Landing on the Beach Through | the Sarf. THE FLEET, SPLENDID DISCIPLINE IN | Interesting Details of the bEovolutions. How the Vessels Will Manewuvre Usder Steam. Key Wasr, Jan. 29, 1874. wae Work OF preparation for the grand vaval re- mew gee on tm the most evergetic manner. Few | who are not conversant with the matter will | realize the vast amount of work to be done on each | of these large vessels belore they can be declared | ready for thorough exercise at sea. Requisttions | tor every conceivable article which enters into the | complement of a man-of-war'’s cargo have tobe | made out and properly attestea. Each article, from a pair of manacies to a voltaic pile tor torpedo | experiments, irom a roll of canvas to a gross of needles, has a place allotted for its reception, and m that place it is always to be found. Then there are the supplies for the various messes, from the Admirai’s cabin to the steerage, which have to be laid in for @ month or more at Tortugas. Even fresh water must be included, for the barren waste | of sand near wich the fleet will rendezvous does not have any other source than the rain for allay- | ing thirst, and the ugiortunate marines who do | garrison duty at Fort Jefferson will not be dis- posed to share their scanty stock with nearly 9,000 officers and men. “Jack” 13 not for gotten by aby means, and the same providence, in the shape of an efficient executive on each ves- | sel, which looks out for the well-being of the om- | cers remembers tue men at the galley and “before the mast.” The characteristic marine, who draws | his $16 a month and chews his $14 worth of navy | plug during each moon, must be thought of and provided for, All this 18 now about ccmplesea, | aod what is now wanting mor? than all c}se is the | presence of the Juniata, Brookiyn, Shawmut and | Ossipee. { THE FLEET MANOEUVRES. The final division of the feet into squadrons was made by Admiral Case and Commodore Parker yesterday. In feet drill the vessels will be ma- neeuvred in the jollowing columns :— Third Division, & — Sec'd Division. First Division. = Frankiun, a Colorado. S: Congress. = Fl Brooklyn, => Wachusett. 54 Lancaster. ss ay 2S 3 iaska. 8g Shenandoah. $3 Ticonderoga, = 2 Kansas, B Wyoming. 5 Canandaigua. Ossipee. = Shawmut. Juniata. Prior to the general fleet drill each division will be separately exercised and the evolutions in Squadron will be thoroughly mastered, The men on board the Wabash were landed to- day and marched by platoon to the Marine bar- racks. There they were exercised in the usuay infantry tactics. Two Gatling guns were landed and were experimented with on the barracks grounds, The sailors were drilled in skirmishing and repelling a landing force on the beach. The exercises were performed ina manner which ap- Peared to give very geueral satisfaction vo tue commanding ofticers. Acompiete list of the vessels now here is given below, together with their armament :— tee Ton Name. Commanding Officers. nae Wabash... F Colorado... 30.2 Fraukiin. Sais Congress..": i Fx pt SB. Carver. Tia r Badger. Lay 2182 Corvette: ‘90 He Corvette [zi] C. H. Wells...... Corvette. 1,019 KBE »|Corverte | Corvette + ino 66 5 ) 410 K, Senvam: 00 m. J. O'K. ; 5a) 400 4, Com. Green. May ti C sia jay flower ..../4t Com, ——........ 0 Pinta...... Lt. Com. H. A. Gor- ranve.. ° ‘2; 300 *Howitzers. | ‘Lhe monitors will exercise at target practice to- | morrow. Key West, Jap. 31, 1874. The initiatory move in the exercises which have for so long a time been in anticipation was made yesterday. While the preparations tor the cruise were being pushed with ceaseless activity it was deemed weil by tne Admiral that the oficers and men should be exercised in landing on the beach, through the surf. The desirability of such prac- tice in a feet where so many marines ana sailors are assembied can be readily seen, and the most benefizial results were obtained. The command of the entire expedition was turned over by Admiral Case to Commore F. A. Parker, while the detauis of the landing were car- Tied out under the Commodore’s orders by Lieu- tenant Jonn C. Soley, of the Wabash, Commodore Parker began the preparations by issuing the following orders, which show very | clearly the programme as it was afterwards car- tied out:— ORDER NO. 1. UNITED States FLacsHip WABASH, Key West, Fia., Jun. 29, 1874. ‘The boats of the different vessels will leave their Fespective slips in cow of their steam launcies, to be at the Qagsnip to-morrow at hali-past one P. M. ‘tbe boats of the Ticonderoga and Kausas Will be | towed by the Colorado’s steam launcn, They will immediately make Jast astern of the Fortune or Pinta, assigned in Order No.2, When the Si; Dal is made from tue Pinta to “Go ahead,” the For tune will start with her column of boats, the Pinta following Wii ber column. On arriving opposite the landing place the signal will be made to cast Off, When tue boats will torm in column. The next signal wil be, “By the jeft flank,” when tue boats will wheel by the leit fa.k and keep their line. The next signal will be, “Forward.” Ouicers of boats wili be careinl to keep the line, and not to advance too iast. When the red dag 1s hoisted on board the /inta the howitzer bowts on the flanks will jorm ip echelon and commence Oring. When the red flag is hadied down on board the Pinta the howitzers wil cease fring, and the reserve battalion will pull in to the beaca and land. As goon as they jand they will ores by the right fank and advance, firing. to the raitl- road (about 200 yards). where they will hat. The other battalions Will land at the signal, “lotantry land,” and jorm in battalion columns on the beach. The artillery will be disembarked at the | signal, “Artuuery land,” and will go into action | immediately. ‘The battalions will then be ordered | to advance to the railroad, with the artillery on » the flanks, while the reserve battalions will pe as- | Sembled and formed ip the rear. The pioncers, as soon as they land, will be assembied in the rear of the Second battalion, under command of Lieuten- Sut Todd and Midshipman Barrell, and await rders. The boats will be equtpped for pulling only. No | Provisions will be caries except plenty of water, Each man will carry forty rounds of blank cart- ridge; each howitzer sixty rounds; each of the Gating guns 600 rounds. ey the arms assigned in the detail will be car- rn Each boat will bave an anchor on the quarter, Whion will be let go near tne veach, so that the boats can be veered in. Only one set of colors snail ve carried by each battalion. The Commodore's vroad pennant will indicate the position of the Commodore. Each snip will Bend its best signal man, with fag ate who will report to the signal oMicer op the staff. Officers will take that their men do not get ‘wet any more than is absolutely n le Each boat will have its namber, ‘nocording to the order in columo, painted on canvas and fastened OD the dows, AS soon as the battalions have left qhelr boats the latter will be taken in tow by the a i and brought back to their re- eovernment kt, men will be taken of irom the Jommodore Parker will be in command. Tien- tenant Boley Will act as Adjutant General; Ensign Lyman, Midshipmen Babcock, Case and Morrell as aids. The drums, fifes and bugles of e gent on the boats and wilt join tue baud.” wot | soon as the boats came on their moorings, they | NEW YORK HEKALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. Commodore and Chief of Stat. Green alone afore mm come om tonnes | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. |GREEN AND FIELDS. |##cwzar™ "o> THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT ORDER WO. 2 ‘Unrre Starss FLaasare WabAsa, Kay Wasr, Fia., Jan. 30, 1874. Prate and Fortune will veer astern trom each ito a gre witl make fast to the Fortane. to 30, ineluaive will make fast to Fortune. rst to 45. inclusive will make fast of the Pinta. rry ‘will make Iast to the port fae Fortune and Pinta sound one blast of 1e port boats will cast off. When sound hae blasts of the whistle the starboard ‘will cast off. Boats must have their correct positions as as- freacenant Commander Green will be in charge of all boa‘s and wul superintend the ee for embarking. , A. PARKER, Commodore and Chief of Start. THE SPECTACLE. At daylight yesterday morning the crews of the various vessels in the harbor could be seen busily getting their boats into the water. Quartermas- ters on board were taking inventories of small arms and gunners’ mates were inspecting the how- | itaers and Gatungs, At halt-past one o’clock P. M., a8 directed in the order, the boats in the feet detailed jor the exer- cise, to the number of filty-six, reported at the flagship Wabash, armed and equipped, and were immediately taken in tow by the tags Pinta and Fortune. The boats of the Ticonderoga, Canandai- gua, Wachusett, Shenandoah and Wyoming were taken in tow by the Fortune; while the Pinta gave her hawser éo0 the boats from the Franklin, Wa- bash, Lancaster, Alaska and Kansas. ‘There is a fine smooth beach just south of Fort | Taylor, and on it yesterday the aun glistened most | charmingly. On this stretch of sand, between the | fort and the first Martello tower, the landing was ordered to be made. When the long string of boats arrived in front of the peach the howitzer boats were formed IN ECHELON on the flamks, and opened a brisk cross fire across } the centre of the beach where @ landing was con- | templated. There were in the boais, all told, 1,700 | éMcers and men, composed of 1,200 “biue jackets,” | 240 marines, guu squads for 12 howitzers and 2 Gatlings, pioneers, band, aides-de-camp, ke. The Fifth battalion, commanded by Lieutenant | ‘ | deploy as skirmishers, The battalion got ashore | in good style, all taking to the water as if it were their natural element, and as the howitzer boats, | drawn up in echelon, directed their fire more and more toward the flanks, the skirmisi line was ad- | vanced tarough cactus bush and copse of the thick: | est kind. | The main body ofinfantry was then got on shore. Each boat was provided with an anchor, which was | cast over the bow, as they came in, so that, as | swung head to sea and the sterns were gradually | allowed to ground on the beach. The First batcalion (marines) was under com- | mend of Lieutenant Colonel Heywood, of the | Wabash. The Second battalion was under Lieutenant | Houston, of the Ticonderoga, Lieutenant Sullivan | and Master Bixler acting ander his orders. The Third battalion was oficered by Lieutenant | Commander McCalla, of the Wachusett, with Mas- | ter Barry as Adjutant and Lieutenants Qualisough, | Freeman and eck subordinates, | | The Fourth battalion was landed by Lieutenant | | Commander Higginson, of the Franklin, with Mas- | | ter Buckingham as Adjutant and Lieutenants | | Lowry, Heacock, Abbott, Dabney, Sargent and | Milton, The Fitth battalion, Lieutenant Bradford, was | already in the field. The First battery, on the right flank, was ofi- cered by Lieutenant Commander Evans, of the Shenandoah; Lieutenants Raadall and Froenhalt | | and Master Hawley. The Second battery, on left fank, was under | | command of Lieutenant Commander McCurley, of | the Alaska; Lieutenants Hutchins, Selfridge and | | Swinburne, | | ‘Phe Gatling gun battery was under command ot Lieutenant Barnett, of the Wabash. { | Commodore Parker had made his headquarters | near the water battery above the fort, and Lieuten- | ant Soley acted as adjutant general, with Ensign | Lyman and Midshipmen Babcock, Case and Morrell as aides-de-camp. When all were landed battalion columns were formed and the skirmishers were calied in and | formed in the rear as reserve, while the battalions | were deployed into line. An advance was tuen or- dered along the entire line, with the flanks covered | by the artillery. After maintaining a brisk fire of musketry the artillery of the right wing was thrown forward, and the Second and Third bat- | talions were ordered to support it. A pontoon train was organized and ready, but was heid in | reserve, a8 nO means offered of testing it. | Surgeon Winslow was chief medical officer, and soon established his fleld hospital. When | the advance line opened fire the First, Fourth | and Filth battaiions and the, Second bat- tery of artilery were advanced and deployed | into line. Then a general advance was or- | dered, and the main body of troops came up in | double-quick time. The entire body of men, com- prising about two regiments, was massed in an open piece of ground near the lighthouse, and the exercises ended with a brigade dress parade, The troops were then formed in column and marched to their boats. The Commodore desires me to say that the whole drill reflects great credit on the Naval Academy for the admirabie manner in which the | men were drilled in so short @ time, particularly when it is remembered that the Ticonderoga bad | only had her crew for one week and the Franklin | for scarcely a month. Notwitnstanding this fact, | companies and battalions were consolidated under officers scarcely acquainted with each other, and | only a very few trifling mistakes occurred. | The exercises have been inaugurated m the most | satisfactory manner, | BOARD OF ALDERMEN. | A Dull Meeting—No Bills to Be Passed Until the Assistant Aldermen Come to ‘Terms—A New Station House—Adjourn- | | ment for Two Weeks. The weekly meeting of the Board of Aldermen took place yesterday in the chamber, in the City Hal), Alderman Vance in the chair. | After the reading of the minutes Alderman Morris presented the letter from ex-Chamberiain Palmer to the Board, already pubiished in the HERALD. | The offer of the building of the Morrisania Turn | Verein tor a police court was received. An invita- tion was received from the Superintendent of the Catholic Protectory in Westchester county for the Common Council to visit the tnstitation next Wednesday, A communication was received from the Mayor Stating tat he nad visited the Nineteenth pre- | einet station house, in Filty-ninth street, and had | found it altogether inappropriate for the uses to Which it is put, aod that whiie it had been built to accomodate fiity men it was pow occupied by | 100, He thererore recommended that the Comp- | trotler and the Mayor be authorized to select a site | which shail not be more than 75 or less than 50 leet | front and rear by half the block im depth, between Fity-fith and Sixtieth streets and Lexington and | Second avenues A resoiution Was suusequently introduced to do this anc was iaid on the table. | Alderman Van Sehaick offered @ resolution to | rescind the resointion of the last meeting regard- ing a joint committee of the two Boards to inves- tgate the afairs of the Board of Assistant Aider- | men. The resolution was iaid on the table. it was moved by Alderman Van Schaick that a committee of the Board, consisting of Messrs. Ot- tendorfer, Billings and McUafferty, Le appointed io inv the expenses in the different aépart- ments and AD or report, with a view to retrenchment. ‘dinapce was persed directing the Commis- | of oe een to botify all those having | vaalt sidewalks, with smooth suriaces and to pedestrians, to change | them and pat bose with rough surface: and that, fatter otification, ten days shall pass without the order having been complied with, tne | for each . owners shail be fined $6 ee es the Co ration Counse: recommending that the Board do pot any ordinances tnvolvi the expendi- pass | ture of money until the trouble in the Board of rar it pes 2 Was over, which would proba- in a few days. Tne Board therefore adjourned for two weeks. THR PUTTERS FIELD. In & case where s woman ovtained an order from Police Justice Bixby to have the body of her husband disinterred in the Potters Field the effort was iruitiess, aad the body could not be found. | a8 penalties.” Bradiord, of the Wabash, was ordered to land and | ¢ | now tar the resolution now pend ature, proposing to. ‘ainend the | March 3, 1870, in reference | officers; but they beg tw call the attention of the Cham. | erations were of greater ‘importance because mamly | case of State interference, strongly urged, | ton introduced by one of vour 4 lishment by Congress of an intert | tercourse and trade and for the opentt | with our southern neighbors, an A Determined Effort te Induce Congress to Abolish Bevenue Abuses—Critical Condi- tion of Our Canal Interests- How Montreal Is Being Built Up at the Expense of This City. A regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon, Preaident Witlam E. Dodge in the chair. On motion the report of the committee submit, ting new bylaws to go into jorce after 1st of May was adopted. The only important changes are the fixing of the hour of meeting at one P. M., instead of half-past two, and the reducing of the number of standing committees. Messrs. R. 8. Daly, Jere- miah Welbank and George Walker were elected | Members, and George W. Lane was appointed & member of the Committee on Arbitration. A RESOLUTION OF THANKS to Governor Dix for his remarks in his last mes- sage relative to the dangers of convertible cur- rency was adopted. CUSTOM HOUSE ABUSES. Mr. Scnvutz called up tne subject of the peti- tion of the Chamber to Congress to correct the Custom House abuses. The memorial had been Presented ia both houses. He wanted the com- mittee enlarged ana concerted action taken by other cities. if they met Benjamin F. Butler's opposition they would meet a strong man's; but he hoped that, with the assistance of Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston merchants, they might get a good law, alike protective of the merchant and safe for the interest of the national revenue. He was aware of great abuses, and, if not stopped, merchants must take their books and papers outside the jurisdiction of the Southern district of New York, as was the case some time ago, when the largest firm in the city was driven to Boston vo get away from Judge Barnard. The reform must be made or merchants mast close their business places and stop entirely. Either wis community are all scoundrels or this tariff law is unjust. Soon it will be that the best men In the community will come out and say, “Yes, we owe the government $5, and we must pay $20,000 He offered the following, which was adopted :— Resolved, That Messrs. Samuel D. Babcock, James M, stable, Kiliott P. Shepard, Gustav Schwab, Daniel Robbins, Jonathan Settee and George W. Law be dare hereby appointed members of (he Special Com- eon Kejorm of the Revenue Law. authorized by the resolution adopted by the Chamber on the 8th ult., and that said committee are hereby authorized to add tur- ther to thelr mumbers sho ft be deemed necessary by em. Mr. Samvet B, RUGGLES offered the following :— Resolved, That tt be referred to the Canal Committee of the Chaipber to ascertain and report without delay im the State Legis- tate constitution by funding the canal debt. corresponds with the measure specifically recommended tor the purpose by this Cham- ber, and also to Inquire and report tor what reason and at whose instance the clause in said resolution, which rohibits the State from buying or collecting direct Eix'tor canal purposes, was appended to the said resolu- tions Resolved, That the sald committee speciatiy and fully inquire and report wi r, in case the said amendment shall be adopted, the tate will ee any, and whi cuniary means for <a or in any way materiaily | improving the capacity jocks on the canals, if Mr. George OPDYER seconded the resolution, and | stated thatthe commerce of the city is in great | danger of being drawn away by Montreal and New Orleans. Mr, DopoEr stated that it was a subject that should be attended to at once. Never betore had the canal interest been in such a critical condition ; for Canada is enlarging the Weiland Canal, so that in a few years vessels can load at Chicago | and unioad at LiverpooL The resolution was adopted, BONDS AND MORTGAGES. The following, offered by Mr. OrDYKE, was adopted :— Kesolved, That this Chamber reaffirm its action of xempting bonds and mort- ee real estate trom taxaticn by the State of New York, and that an authenticated copy ot the memorial on the subject, adopted at that time, be transmitted to both houses of the Legislature. THR NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. Mr. STEVENS, from the delegation ot the Board to | the National Board of Trade, recently held, made | the following report: ‘The delegates of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York to the Convention of the National Board of Trade, held at Baltimore on the [3th of Janu- 1STs, respectiully submit the following report of their action. ‘They do not propose to enter into a de- tailed account of the transactions of the Convent full report of whicn will ere long be published by the ar: ber trom which they derived their authority to some of the more important conclusions reached by that body, | and to those most near.v touching the commercial inter: est of this city. The Convention was very tully attended, and sts delib- upon subjects which had been reior-ed to the several coustitueat boards at the preceding meeting at Chicago, ot which this was, in fact, an adjournment. The subjects ot paramount importance were the reform of the cur- rency and banking laws, the restoration of specie pay- | ment, the regulation of transportation by government or | otherwise, and the revision of the tariff and revenue ws By a large vote, that of 45 to 9, the Convention agreed to a series of resolutions urging upon Congress— First—That there be no surther issue of irredeemable aper money. Pederond-—That the amount of $44,000,000 reserve (a0 called) already issued be at once withdrawn and cancelled. Third—that all possible economy in expenditure be exercised in every department ot government. Fourth—That the nacional banks oe required to hold the gold received from the Treasury tor imterest on their bonas deposited until the amount thereof reaches the sum of thirty per cent on their circula: Tt is worthy of notice thatin th vention, ey coe largely ot Western men, representing many Branches of | trade and every great’ city of that section of country, there should have been so strong an expression of views, | which. in the opinion of this Chamber, often and ressed, are the only sate and true views, and whi clearly mark out the way by wiicb the country may be ated irom: its present uncertain and fnan- cial situation and be restored by it to the only secure ground of specie payment. This action of the Conven- tion may be held a suffictent answer to the interested but false assertion that the West is in favor of any further in- fiation of our already depreciated currency. The subject of the reg on of tranaportation by gov- ernment or under its authority, th warmly dis cussed, the right of the national authority to charter e route across the States and to unde ¢ its police in ‘was indefi- nitely postponed. Deeply aa the Western members were interested in this question of such vital importance to themselves there | ‘was a political tinge, perhaps not to be avoided in a de- | bate of this nature, Which seemed to retider postpone- | ment desirable. ‘The revision of the tariff and revenue Jaws was care. | fully considered, and @ general protest adopted against | the present cumbrous mode of duty collection and the demoralizing system of the division of moities between officers of the customs and informers. The Convention unanimously endorsed the memorial of this Chamber to Congress praying for the estabilis! ment of an international commission of the mariti Powers to lay down ocean tracks for steam vessels and otherwise prevents disasters at sea. The Convention also eae aay, legates for the estab- tional conference of delegates from the Cnited stats and the several States of Central and South America, tor the promotion of in- of markets | to our produce; and the unanimity which this pro- Dosal was received may be held asa sure harbinger of the early dawn of the day when the great producing West shall see that its interests are closely allied with those of the carrying Bast and recocnize that every national Mengure which fosters the agent favors the principal in the great movement ot produce to @ tar greater degree. Iteannot be doubted that the resuit of such @ conference Will be to open direct and rapid postal communication thus awaken to new lite our now siumbering trade, The Convention also adopted @ memorial, in which your delegates concurred, strongly representing to Con- ress the injustice of excluding the anderwriters upon War risks irom their due participation in the suins va aware allotted by the Ge Ww Your delegates ledge with pleasufe the consid re received by the Convei eration with which they tion and the courtesies tendered them by the Corn and Flour bxchange and Board of Trade of Baltimore. In the Convention they were assigned to the most im- | portant committees, and from their arrival until their | departure they received the utmost kindness and cour- ag, from the inhabitants of this ancient and hospitable Your delegates respectfully ask your apptoval of the measures in which they took purt, and especially desire your endorsement of the finance resolations, @ copy of Which is hereunto annexed. All of which is respecttuliy submitted. JONN AUSTIN: STRVENS, Je, *. B. CHIITENDEN. Upon reading the above report the following was offered and adopte Resolved, That the ¢ ¢ aber of Commerce of the State of New York cordially approve the resolutions adopted by the National Convention ot the Board of Trade upon the finances of the country, and earnesly grge upon Congress the Imperative necessity of retarniig with the least delay possible to the position held before the late crisis, sully satisfied that the measures so Pecommended will restore public confidence, now so greatly shaken, an our financial system, and the purposesof the govern- ment HEAD MONEY. Mr. LUTHER B. WYMAN offered a resolution call- ing upon the Legislature to take action looking to the return of about $206,000 of head money paid by shippers who had not entered a protest, The money of those who had paid under protest had been already returned, he said, owing to the un- constitutionality of the law, The resolution was adopted, THE DEPARTMENT OF DOCES. A meeting of the Dock Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at which the following peti- tions were received and acted upon:— The petition of J. Richardson for a lease of piers Nos. 51 and 52 East Kiver, Denied. ‘The petition of R. Cornel White for lease of pier No, 27 East River. Also denied. for a lease of pier The petition of G. Lee Knay foot of Twenty-third street, Bast River, for ten years, was granted and the petitioner informed, The weekly report o! Inspector Turner was read, Among Other improvements mentioned a8 com- and under way were the new pier at Ran- Island and the new platform at Bellevac dal Hospital, phic cables running into the river at Tue tele agreed to a resolu- k Secret Management in the Central Park Commission. Foley's Charges of Extravagance Against *Ex-Park Commissioner Green. How an Unsalaried Commission Was Made Frofitable—Landaulet Appropria- tions in New York. New York, Feb. 5, 1874, To THE TAXPAYERS OF THB Ciry OF New YORK:— The information which my investigation of the Park Department enabled me to place before you bas shown Comptroller Green in his true and secret character. I continue it in compliance with a de- aire repeatedly expressed to me, both verbally and in writing, by many of our most eminent citizens that it should be continued until the public were put in full possession of all the facta relating to. bed PERSONAL BENEFIT secured by Comptroller Green during his manage- ment of the Central Park Commission. In my next Thope to be able to give you the iui! bill of itema, and for the present I submit the following particu- lars:— \ THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Extract irom the minutes of a private meeting held February 11, 1869:— The Board met and the following resolution was unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That the house on the Great Hill, Central Park, be appropriated (o the use of the Coinptrollcr (Green) of the Central Park, and that the sum of $2 be and is hereby appropriated for putting sald butiding 1m order. In clear violation of law and of the above resolu- tion Green went on and fitted up this house for his private use in the most extravagant manner, and patd out of the city’s funds the large sum of THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS for the same. Here 18 an expensive example of Green’s compliance with law and with tne rule he applies to all heads of the various departments of the city government to keep strictly within the appropriations, - Fortunately for the taxpayers, just at this time the charter of 1870 passed and put an ena to Green’s Park Comm ssion, and the orders given for expensive carpets and other fur- nistings to the extent of several thousand dollars more were countermanded. Secret meeting, extract {rom minutes, Septem- ber 12, 1869:— ‘The Central Park Commissioners met, when Commissioner Thomas C. Fields, trom the Audit- ing Committee, found the following bill for GREEN'S HORSES AND HARNESS—SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLARS, tobe entireiy just and correct, and the treasurer (Green) was, On motion O1 the tugitive Fields, directea to pay the same. A LANDAULET JOB—AN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLAR CARRIAGE. November 12, 1868.—The Board met. Commis- sioner Fields, from the Auditing Committee, found the bill tor Green’s carriage ($1,800) to be entirely just and correct im every particular, and ordered the treasurer (Green) to pay the same. THE THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLAR BILL FOB “ACTUAL QUTLAYS.”” The law granting to the unsalar: ommission- ers a sum mot exceeding $300 per, annum for exe penses (for carriage hire, &c.) in visiting the Park was to reimburse them for actual outlays in ut- tending to their duties, and could not apply to salaried officers such as Green was. Yet what do this “Boss” Commissioner do in his secret mal agement of the Park Board? He pays himself the enormous salary for the year 1868 of KIGHTREN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, nearly half of which was for back pay, and for the other nine years almost as iarge a0 amount. He also draws, in addition, the whole of the $300 a year allowed for carriage hire, while at the same time he pa.d out of the city tunds for horsea and carriages and feed for same, and his coachman, in livery, was paid on the city pay roll, all of which | he used day and night, for private a8 well as ior his official ‘business, and also for attending club and political meetings. The loss to the taxpayers on this transaction was upwards of $25,009. FIELDS AND GREEN COMBINE TO PURCHASE ALL THE SUPPLIRS. September 15, 1859.—At a meeting of the Board, on motion of Commissioner Thomas C. Fields, Resolved, That on and after the Ist day of October all purchases for or on account of the Board of Commission- ers of the Central Park be made by the Treasurer (Green), under the direction of this Board or of the Ex- ecutive Committee. FIKLDS ORDERS GREEN TO PAY—HOW THE PEOPLE'S MONEY GOKS. November 12, 1868.—The Board met (extract from minutes of secret meeting) and mmissioner ‘Thomas C. Fields, trom the Auditing Committee, reported that he had examined bills to the amount of $128,177, and found them correct and ordered the same to be paid, as follows :— Resolved, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby au- thorized and directed to pay the above bills, 10 the amount of $123,177, when directed by the Auditing Com- mittee. THOMAS C, FISLDs, Auditing Committee, FIELDS AND GREEN AFTER THE NEEDFUL. May 13, 1869, the Board met. Comptrolier Fields offered the following :— Resolved, That the Board of Commissioners of the Cen- tral Park Jeem the creation and issue of the further amount of $30,000 of the public fund of stock, denomi- nated the “Central Park Improvement Fund,” author- ized by an actentitled “An actior the improvement, maintenance, regulation and government of the Cen- tral Park, In the city of New York, and to provide ad- ditional means therctor,” passed February 10, 1885, to be now requisite to carry out the object of said act, and the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty be and they are hereby requested to create and issue the said amount, in accordance with the provisions of said act. BELMONT GOES TO EUROPE WITHOUT GREEN’S CON- SENT, AND THE RESULT. March 15, 1858, the Board met. August Bel- mont was elected by the Board a member of the commission, to till the vacancy caused by the re- signation of James E. Cooley, and Mr. Belmont ac- cepted, as per annexed letter :— New Yorx, March 17, 1958 Dear Sin—I have the honor to acknowledge the re ceipt of your favor of vesterday, by which you are kind enough to inform me that the Board of Commissioners of Central Park have elected me a member ot their . Thankfully acknowledging the high com- pliment which you confer upon me, accept with Pleasure | the | privilege be ‘allowed devote my humble efforts towards an object which every good citizen must wish to see accomplished in a manner worthy of the metropolis of the Western Hemisphere, destined at no distant day to outstrip her rivals of the Old World in every element of civilization and refinement, Tam, with respectful regard, dear sir, your very obedient servant, ACGUST BELMONT. GREEN THROWS BELMONT OVERBOARD. February 3, 1862, the Board met, when Green wrote the following resolution and presented it:— Wh August Belmont, William K. Strong and John A. C. Gray, not having attended meetings for more than three months without leave of absence, these offices be declared vacant. A short time before this resolution Mr. Belmont made @ motion to reduce Treasurer Green's salary :— September 23, 1858, the Board met. Commisstoner Green nominated the following gentlemen as cap- didates to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of Mr. Dillon:—William F, Havemeyer, Mark Spencer, Henry G. Stebbins and Jacob Harsen. r. Green kept Mayor Havemeyer's name for years before the Board to fill every vacancy; but when the voting was done Mr. Green always for- got to vote for his friend the Mayor. ALL OF GREEN'S BOARD VOTE THEMSELVRS AN OFFICE. Extract from the minutes of a private meeting oe May 13, 1869:— e Board met, and Commissioner Thomas C. | Fields offered the following :— Resolved, That the Board do now proceed to ballot for the election of officers ior the ensuing year, EVERYTHING LOVELY. The President ya Messrs. Fields and Green tellers. The Board then proceeded to ballot lor President, Vice President, Treasurer and Sec- retary, Whereupon the teliers, Green and Fields, announced the result a8 follows :— For President—H. G. Stebbins received 5 votes. For Vice President~M. H. Grinnell received 5 votes. (ud Treasurer—Andrew H. Green received 5 votes. For Secretary—Thomas C. Fields received 5 tes. vo! ‘There were only five members present, ail of whom voted themselv nh Office except Mr., Biatchford, lam really surprised at the many questionable acts of ex-Park Commissioner Green. My investi- gation shows him voting against paying for edical aid fora poor workingman who had his leg broken whi the Park, the small sum of $50 while he (Green) ‘was voting out of the taxpayers’ pockets, NEARLY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, For what? Here are the figures:— Groen’s back pay grab. 926,001 Green's pay as creitd Green's pleasure oe. 1000 968 2B 2.033 13,400 3.902 ns carriad 1,500 Green’s horses and harness. 104 Green's coachman on pay roll, ‘about... 693) Green's teed Tor horses, . 670 Grand total... ‘ 593 And more bills to follow. _If this can be considered honesty and fair dealing we had better invite back Green's “Auditor,” Fields, Tweed, Conooily and all the other notorious innocents, GREEN GORS FOR A POOR WORKINGMAN—ONE THOU- SAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR GREEN'S PLBAS- URE TRIP TO EUROPE, BUT NOT ONE CENT FOR MEDICAL AID TO 4 POOR PARK WORKMAN, 1850.—At @ meeting of the Board the the joot of Jackson street are to be temporarily removed, #0 that the slip may be dredged, January 6, following resolution was adopted :— Besolved, That the Treasurer be authorized to vay to in the discharge of his duty in | ‘Treasurer trast the above with the following :— J —The Board of Commissioners of the Cen- us i when, oa rd of sor Commussioner Thomas is hereov gra to afar Gaara tin te "Ea al te ve pt adel syns moe a I ~' Board t again, wh vistas offerod Ero ° mrnich was aaopted Mr. Green's visit to Europe be Tolerred ‘to Audit misses, with power, ‘Bear! ‘VEST. ING THE HAN Ew Yorn, April. 1860, The Auditing Commi by authorizes the pa ment io the Comptrelter or the, Park the wum ol 81, 8 and (or the expenses of his visit to Gurope during the fall of 1868, HL GRINS ELL: Audit ved, Now York. sane 15, 480. (P00 the noars of , from the Gommlaaoners of Genial Park the sum of 1,000, ‘$1,000. PAT men TOL ne ano REW Ht GREEN. Very respectfully, JOHN FOLEY, THE CITY AND THE LABORERS. ‘The Squabbles Among the Departments—Why the Work on the Streets is Stopped— Conflicting “Statements and :Bogus Workingmen. ‘There has been @ lively controversy going on for some time between the diferent city departments as to who is responsible for the non-prosecution of work on the streets and avenues, legally ordered, much needed by the city anda capabte of giving employment through the winter to a large number of laborers now idle and suffering. At vartous times delegations have waited upon the heads of the departments, asking work and seeking to ascertain who is to blame for the “lock out.” Some of these have honestly represented the’un- employed laborers, while others have been ar- ranged by the employés of city officials for tne purpose of making out a good case for their employers, One of these bogus delegations re- cently waited upon the Comptroller, It is said to have been headed by a man who, so far from being an unemployed laborer, is an employé in the Finance Department at $3 a day. In reply to this body the Comptroller denied that be was respon- sible for the stoppage of the work on the roads‘and avenues, and charged that he had been badly mis- represented by other city departments. As the Matter is of importance to the laborers, and as the work 80 much Meeded and already legally author- ized would give much relief if it could ve at once prosecuted, ® reporter of the HEBALD waited on the Commissioner of Public Works yesterday and obtained the information embraced in the follow- ing interview :— Commissioner Van Nort, in answer to questions, statea that he had never been called upon by a committee of workingmen headed by James O'Reilly; that, In fact, he had not for several weeks past been called upon by any workingmen’s delegation whatever. About the beginning of the winter season he had received frequent calls trom committees and representatives of workingmen’s organizations asking that the laboring force of the department be largely increased, in order to give work to those whom the crisis had deprived of employment, At that time there were a number of large contracts for street improvements, which had been awarded by him at a public letting in October, still in the hands of Comptroller Green awaiting is approval of the sureties, andthe delay 1m approving the sureties was keeping hundreds of men out of work who could have been employed by the contractors If the Ud were approved aud the contracts executed. ay SA - The missioner proceeded to state to the reporter that while these contracts were being advertised Mayor Havemeyer called upon him to know ff the whole proceeding could not be stopped, aa Mr. Green would not be able toraise the money to pay for the improvements; that upon examination of the laws upon this subject the Commissioner found that it was bis duty to Proceed with the advertisement and prepare for the execution of the works in obedience to the ordinances of the Common Council. In deference to the wishes of Comptroller Greea, as expressed by the Mayor, however, the Commissioner post- poned the letting of the contracts some two or three times tor periods of five days each, as au- thorized by 1aw; but in justice to the property owners, who were urgently demanding the execu- uon of the works, h of ee, several postponements, opened the bids awardea the contracts and sent the sureties on the same to the Comptroller Jor approval. Several of the smaller ones, such as curbing, Sagging and paying, which could not be prosecuted during the winter season, were ap- proved, but the larger ones, tor regulating and grading, were withheld and some of them still re- inain in the hands of Comptroller Green. RePORTER—I notice that Mr. O'Reilly claims to be spokesman of this company oi workmen who waited on the Comptrolier, and that he was em- loyed under the Park Department and under the Public Works until discharged by you. COMMISSIONER—I would prefer not saying any thing of a personal character; but as Mr. O'Reilly mduiged in taiking ahouc me, { have no objections to state briefly that he was discharged irom the Park Department and was restored by Judge Hil- ton at the earnest solicitation of Commissioner Thomas U, Fields. After the works upon which he was engaged were transferred to the Department of Public Works he was again discharged. Mr. Greep then appcinted him @ foreman on the Cen- tral Park, when, as I am credably informed, Mr. Green’s friend, Mr. Ryan, Superintendent of the Central Park, told Mr. Green that unless O'Reilly was removed he (Ryan) would resign, whereupon Mr. Green appointed O'Reilly a mes- ren in a bureau in the Finance Department at a day. REPORTER—It the bill before the Legislature, in relation to certain streets of the city, becomes a law, and the Common Council authorizes the Department of Parks to proceed with the work of Riverside Drive, wiil they at once go to work? Mee ee upon the surveys being made. REPORTER—How long will that take to enable them to work intelligently ? CoMMIssioNER—That I ‘cannot say; two months, and perhaps three, and at a considerable expendi- ture Of money. All this will be necessary beiore they can put a man at work on the Riverside Park Drive. jould be placed in tne REPoRTER—If the work Department of Public Wor pense and delay be necessary? COMMISSIONER—NO, sit; for the reason that we now have in this department ali tae surveys, pro- tiles, fleld notes, &c., of this work, The engineers who made these surveys and plans are now in their | repe: employ. If the authority should be vested in this department to-day I could put at least 1,000 men at work on this work in twenty-lour hours. Mr, Kellogg, my chief engineer of boulevards, has the organization all complete to start the work at an hour's notice. All the boulevards, Avenue St. Nich- olas, Sixth and Seventh avenues, and, in fact, all the works on the upper end of this island, have been built under his Immediate supervision. Io fact, not only having been connected with all these Works personally since 1858, I have now in this department under me almost every man—encineer, superintendent, foremen, timekeepers and clerks— who were witu the Central Park Commission and Department of Parks nore the entire construc- tion of the Central Park, Grand Boulevard, &c. They have all been educated to these works and are fully conversant with them in every detail. I do not say but that the Park Department could | conduct this work, out I claim they could not do it as expeditiously and as cheaply as this depart. ment could, in consideration of its organization. | The Park Department could not puta labvorer at work until the surveys on ali are complete; and as Lnow have them all at hand you can readily see the advantage this department has 1n prosecuting the work speedily and putting the laboring men at work at once. REPORTER—I believe no work has ever been done On this drive ? ComMissiongr—Yes; this Department has done | considerable work upon it, and I only ceased when it became doubtful tn my mind if 1 had the right to con tans, fe EPORTER—How many men could you employ on these works? ‘ i ” me COMMISSIONER—I could put at Paty mgd hours at least 1,000 and increase it from day to day as idiy ag the meu could be or- ganized into gangs, Reroxter—Is the law clear in relation to the raising of money for whis work ¢ COMMISSIONER—Perilectly so. ReroxTer—Is there any reason why the work on the streets should not be prosecuted at once, cx- cept the single one that the approval of the sure- hes on contracts is withheld ? CoMM13S10ONBR—Not any reason at all. The work 8 legally ordered could be proceeded with at once by the contractors if their sureties, which are un- Objectionable, so far 1 know, were formally aj proved, The work ts legally ordered, the property Owners are clamorous tor it, the city requires it; but this formality blocks the way, and this al ‘This closed the intersiew, and, thank! missioner, the reporter withdrew. ATTENTION, DETECTIVES! New Yorks, Feb. 4, 1874, To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— Alter @ long absehce the pickpockets have re. turned to the University place cars, and may be found im squads of half a dozen on every crowded . toularly when your readers and adver- Soced ar from the theatres, between work within yotock P, M. ins or oe —_— WATCHES AND POCKETBUOKS. would tae same ex- | Mr. Gladstone’s Address to the Electors of Greenwich, LIBERALISM V8. CONSERVATISM. The London newspapers of the 24th ult. contain Mr. Gladstone's manifesto, of which the followiags is a synopsis :— Mr. Gladstone has tsaued an address to the eleo- tors of Greenwich which fills more than chree col- umns of the Times. Having stated that Her Majesty has been advised to dissoive Partiament and has graciously accepted the advice, the right honorable Pay roceeds to solicit re-el tron. Mr. ne that ‘the wolfare of the country can never be effectually promoted by a government which 1s not imvested with adequate authority,” and says:— . bs ir reply to such au appeal, Mi ehalicose tive erent questions” tas th! @ manner tn which the eom- yf the government are to be en- The seogorer mt ant en tthe time has now come for ernment that tt ry Penile to the country, but refers to such of them a8 embrace matters of fact rather than of Tight honorable gentleman docs not atte: ee he caasee which have convinesd optaton. He enlarges upon the diMculty in which the government were placed by Mr, Disraell’s rT to take office after the defeat of the Mints on the Irish University bill, and comes to the con- clusion that “the question whether Ministers ought to retain or to abandon office should be decided a general ejection, with the opportunity which it aftords for broad declarations o! Asics and issues truly national, a6 tt cannot be satisiactorily solved by isolated contests, of which the issue is in a reater degree dependent on close discipline and Snisned ahd concentrated organization.” — Mr. Gladstone then proceeds to state what, in his opinion, the new parliament will have todo, He does not dwell on such Witla | and ever- abiding duties as the maintenance of the country's honor, of the general peuce, of the rights of alt classes, of our insular security :” ‘butt will state,” he says, ‘that we desire to found the credit and tmfuence of our toreign policy upon & resolution to ask from foreign owers, Bothing but what in like circumstances we should give ourselves, and as steadily to re- spect their rights as we would tenaciously uphold our own.’ As to the Ashantee war, “we shall ain @t the establishment not only o1 peace, but of iriendship with the Ashantees, and we shall, C hope, seek to draw from what has happened @ les- gon on the duty of avoiding in future the first en- trance into equivocal aud entangling engagements, Meantime we repose the utmost confidence in the British General, officers and soldiers, and we cher- ish the hope that we are about to emerge at an early date and on good terms irum the conflict.” ‘Lhe address proceeds :~ Eta that the time has not yet come when you can anticipate a diminution in the cialis for legislative lab Permanent solid as is the union of the three king doms, present varieties of circumstance, of organl- even of law. with ious, udes of Parliament, which, indeed, nave reach @ point where they seem for the present to defy all efforts to overtake them. Ithink we ought not only to admit, but to welcome, every improvement in the organization of local and subordinate authority which, under the un- uestioned control of Parhament, would tend to lighton fis labora and to expedite the public business, On the Education act Mr. Gladstone does not doubt, with regard to ‘one or two points, caicu- lated to create an amount of uneasiness out of 1 fob area to their real importance ordifticulty,"” that “the wisdom of the renovated legisiaturt Willdiscover the means of their accommodation." Local government, more particalariy in reference to the metropolis, and the extension of ine pene: fits conferred oy the Calversities ot per bad Cambriage are tobe at ht Ghd the laws re- specting the transfer, the descent and tne ocoupa- tion of the land; the laws respecting game, the W§ Zespecting thesale of spirituous Napoca, the awa affecting the relations between employer and employed, the laws of rating and of local govern- ment, are, Mr. Gladstone says, among tie subjects likely to come in turn under the notice of the new Parliament. Expressing bis satisfaction at the rise of wa: in the agricattural districts, whieh he regards as ‘a new guaraatee for the stability of the throne and institutions of the country,’ Mr. Gladstone passes to tne consideration of the county franchise. He says:— Ihave never concealea my opinion that those insti- tutions will be further strengthened by Ara to the counties generally that extended franchise which has been conceded wien’ general satisfaction to the towns, and to the populations of 8 number of rural districts with a central village, which may perhaps be called Peasant borouzhs. I earnestly desire to witness the tor- mation of 4 mature public opinion on a subject which has hardly yet obtained all the attention which it de- serves. L tor one, will say nothing upon. it that could tend t9 arouse the Jealousies of class or of party; and cherish the hope that at no distant day our loyal, pa- Seah attr aa a Bete aaa wi 2 tor ne ason than that they reside beyond the Doundaries of boroughs, recelve this boon at the hands of the Legislature, without confict, without intrigue, and by general consent. The next subject dealt with is finance, on which Mr. Gladstone observes :— Ugon a review of the finance of the last five years, we are enabied to state that, notwithstanding the (purchase Ot the telegraphs for a stim exceeding £9,000,000, the ng- regate amount of the national debt has been ‘reduced ty more than £20.000,000; that taxes have been lowered the j,ihat ducing the, . ani 2,5) resent yeor the Alabama indemnity has been vai ¢ charge of the Ashantee war will be met out of revenue; and that in estimating, as we can now venture to do. the income ing year (and for the moment assuming the ale of charge to continue as it was fixed during e do not tear to anticipate as the urplus exceeding rather than falling What ts to be done witn this? In the first place there is to be relief, but “relief c-upled with re- form,” of local taxation. Next, the income tax is to be abolished :— Accorcing to the older financial tradition the income tax was a War tax. For such a purpose it is invaluable. Men are willing to sacrifice much, not only ot ther means, but of their privacy, time and comfort, at the call of patriotism. In 1342 the income tax was employed by Sir Robert Peel, partly to cover a serious deficit in the revenue, but prineipalty'to aliow of important advances in the direction of tree trade. I need not dwe!l_ on the great work of liberation which has been accomplished by its ald. Mainly, perhaps, on this account, it has been borne with an exemplary patience. But no sovernment | hasever been able to make it perpetual, like our taxes in general, or even to obtain its renewal tor any very Jong term 01 years. Since 1850 it has been granted by an annualact. ‘During a long time, for reasons on which it is not necessary for me here to dwel:, the country cher- | ished, together with the desire, the expectation or | hope’ of its extinction. But’ the sum annually drawn from it formed so heavy un item in, the accounts from year to year that {t appeared to have grown unmanageable. It has, however, been the bappy fortune of Mr. Lowe to bring it down, first from 6d. to 4d., and then from 4d. to 3d. in the pound. The proceeds of the income tax for the present year are expected to be Detween £5,000,000 and £6,090,000, an @ sacrifice for the financial year of something less than £5,50),00) the | country may’enjoy the advantage and relief of lis total al. Ido not hesitate to attirm that an effort should now be made to atta this advantage, nor to declare that. according to my judgment, itis in ‘present circum. stances practicable. “A free breakfast table” seems to be hinted at in the sentence which follows:—“‘We ought not to | aid the rates and remove the income tax without giving to the general consumer, and giving him simultaneously, some marked relief in the class of articles of popular consumption.” Remarking that he has already by these proposala got rid of more than the surplus he expects, Mr. Gladstone proceeds:—“I have said nothing to preclude the jovernment from asking Parliament to consider, in conjunction with those great remissions, what moderate assistance could be had from judicious adjustments of existing taxes; and it is scarcely necessary for me to add that, admitting as Ido | admit, the deciarations of 1868, I for one could not | ele 3 to a government which did not on every occasion seek to enlarge tts resources by a wise economy.” Mr. Gladstone conclades with a con- trast of the forty years’ rule ol the liberal party ‘with the forty years of tory rule which preceded tt. ‘The following circular has been addressed to the members of the liberal party :— No, 1 Dowsixa Steet, Jan. 23, 1874, Str—Her Majesty's Ministers having advised a dissoiu- tion of Parliament, and ha: received her Majesty's consent thereto, immediate syeps, will be taken to Lost the opinion of the country. Mr. Gladstone’s address wilt Appear in the newspapers of to morrow. It Is earnestly hoped that this intimation—the earfiest which circum. | stances permit—may ee, weet | boy ES any personal inconvenience. riba Ww. ada re enmaipieceaeliepieenshaa—nary CORONERS’ CASES, Fall from a Roof. Ayouth of sixteen years yesterday ated in the Presbyterian Hospital, Seventieth street and Fourth avenue, from the effects of injuries received by falling from a scaffold erected on tne roof ot mises corner of Seventy-third street and Fourth avenue. Coroner Kessler will hold an inquest in the case. Killed by Fall from a Building. Coroner Croker was yesterday called to St. Luke's Hospital to hold an inquest on the body of Martin Schneider, a German, twenty-nine years ol age, by trade a carpenter, whose death resulted irom injuries received by falling from @ building in Fifty-fith street, between Fitth and Sixth ave- nues, on the 2d inst. Deceased has lett a widow living at No. 215 West Thirty-first street. INFORMATION WANTED. To THE Borror OF THE HERALD :— 4 Permit me to ask your aid. For the last twa Months I have written regularly to my wife, and can get no reply, 1 am poor and heartbroken, Perhaps some reader of the H&RALD can sead me inlormation of my wife. Sie was at or near New. burg, N, @ domestic in the family of H. Pierce, LL. D., formerly President of the Rutgert Femaie College, No. 469 Fiith avenue, RKespece fully yours, DANIEL BECK, NewWerort, Ky., Feb. 2. 1876