The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1874, Page 5

Ur by Jndge ov OYER AND TERMINER—Held Brady.—The People vs, Patrick Clark, Jr., homicide. BROOKLYN COURTS. A Wife Suing Her Husband tor a Birth. day Present. Before Juave Tappen. Considerable scandal has been created in cer- tain circles in Bruokiyn by the suit of Mrs, Maria J. Lorets against her husband, John M. Loretz, the well known musiciau and jormerty organist of St. Ann’s Episcopal church. The couple were mer- med about four years ago and lived happily to- gether ont) last summer, when some difficulty arose between them. Mrs, Loretz thereupon went to tive with her father at Mattewan, L. I., while Mr. Loretz remained in Brooklyn. she slnaes that @ little over two years previous to this Mr, Lorew, on the occasion of her birthday, Presente:) her with about $2,000 and deposited tne Meney in her niwe im the Dine Savings Bank. Alter their separation wrote to her, in July last, statmg that the hank was “shaky” and ask- Ang her to forward him an order, so that he could draw the money and deposit it in another bank. She sent him the order and he deposited the Woney in his own name, as trustee for his two children, in the same bank. ‘Then Mrs, Loretz brouht soit to recover the amount. The case was tried before Judge Tappen, Without @ jury, yesterday, and decision was re- served. Mr. Lorevs’s story was that in January, 1871, he was in poor heaith, ‘ud he maae the origi- nal transier of :he money—that is, the one to his ‘Wi e—on One occasion wien he intended to leave the city. He aid so 1n order that, U he were taken di, his ‘wife mignt draw the money and go on to bim, He admitted that he had transierred the money back, because nis wife refused to live with him. “Mr. Loretz iurther stated that he had en- Geavored to obtain possession of his children, but had not succeeded. They were at Mattewan, and he hud contrivuted to their support. Ju ge Tappen denied a@ motion to dismiss the complaint and directed counsel to send in their pots, COURT OF APPEALS. Decisions. ALBANY, Feb, 24, 1874, The following decisions have been rendered in the Court of Appeals: — Judgments altirmed, with costs.—McGraw vs. Godirey, Johnson vs. Dodd, Van Sise vs. Whittaker, Ferry vs, Wait, Cohen vs, O’Conor and Ellis vs. Andrews, Judgment affirmed with costs, and judgment ab- solute for defendants, in accordance with the stipu- Jation ot the ere inen Gon President, &c., of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company ¥s. Law- rence, Judgments reversed and new frial granted, costs to abide event.—Perkins vs, Hill, Green ys. Edick. Appeals dismissed with costs.—Livermore vs. Bainbridge, Ferris vs, Ferris. Judi ete affirmed, without costs.—Walker vs. ‘an No Judgment of General Term reversing conviction sad jordering @ new trial amlrmed.—t'he People vs. av! Reargument ordered.—Hover vs, The People. Motion to modily judgment by striking out the Words “with costs, granved,” without costs of this motion.—lice vs, Lnele. Ordered that the judgment appealed from be modified by reversing the judgment entered for the defendant upon the verdict, and that tue ver- diot for the delendaut be set aside, and that a judgment of nonsuit against the plaintiff, with costs, Be entered, and that as so modified the Judgment be afirmed with costs, wituout costs of motion.—Johnson vs. Elwood. Decree of Surrogate modified so as to direct that the sum of $750 left in the hands of the executor is to be held by him to pay any amount which he is bound to pay on the James Corte note and interest, and a proper proportion of the sum paid for pre- miams for insurance and the cost of ligntning rods and interest, a8 well as the share of the assess- ment for Gagging and interest, and in all other things the decree of Surrogate affirmed, without costs to either party as against the otheror against the estate.—Peck vs, Sherwood. This Court will take @ recess from Friday, the 27th inst., until Monday, March 23, Calendar, ALBANY, Feb. 24, 1874. The following is the Court of Appeals day calen- @ar for February 25:—Nos. 101, 102, 107, 116, 289, 117, 29,110. Monday, March 23, to which day the Court decided to adjourn from Friday, is not a bral tg day, aud the calendar will be regularly called. HORSE NOTES, ‘The owners of the race horses Strachino and Shylock have laid some heavy wagers recently on their respective horses tor the Westchester Cup, to be run at Jerome Parh during the spring meet- ing. Hunter & Travers are the owners o! Strach- ino and P. Lorrtllard of Shylock. Mr. Travers has matched his bay mare Emily Faller, by imported Eclipse, dam Oliata, by Lex- ington, five years old, against W. E. Peet’s bay mare Ophelia, by Jerome Edgar, dam Pasta, by Rey- enue, five years old, for $1,000 a side, turee-quar- ters of a mile, over the Jerome Park course, to come off at the spring meeting. ‘ Mr. Peet has matched his chestnut mare Maid of Athens, by aye t dam Jessie Dixon, five years old, inst J. G. K. Lawrence’s chestnut gelding by Bulletin, five years old, for $1,000, over the Mon- mouth Park steeple chase course, owners vo ride, om Trace to come off at the July meeting at that Place. THE LIQUOR INTEREST. Expected Legislative Enactments In Its ‘ Favor. A committee of the New York Liquor Dealers’ Union, recently tormea for the protection of the Interests of the liquor trade, and to insure pro- ‘ection under the operations of the Excise law end against the spasmodic attempts to enforce the obnoxicus Sunday clause, yesterday proceeded to Albany to look after business before the Legisla- ture vouching the liquor interest. At an execu- tive meeting of the Liquor Dealers’ Union at Masonic Hall on Monday, a report of the Committee on Legisiature was received, set- Ung jorth that some ‘egisiation very favorable to the liquor interest may be expected. They ex- pect an amendment to the Excise law to be passed reducing the license trom $100 to $40, and pro- viding that no discrimination in regard to appli- cants shall be made. Action was taken to obtain the passage by the Legislature of the charter for the organization without delay, and Charles S. Spencer was appointed an additional counsel to the association. Action was also taken to act in con- cert with the Liquor Dealers’ Union of Brooklyn in efforts to secure advantages and legislative amend- ments in the interest of the liquor trade, THE POTTER'S FIELD INVESTIGATION. In obedience to resolution passed at the last meeting of the Potter's Field Committee of the Board of Aldermen the Committee met yesterday noon, but out of respect for the memory of late Police Commisstoner Henry Smith adjourned wits- out doing anything. A meeting of the committee 1s to be called early next week, and the final report will then be made. It has been gleaned from reliable sources that the report will contain @ recommendation to the Com- mittee of Charities and Correction to publish a weekly statement of all the persons Buried by them, with @ deacription of each. A further rec- commendation will be made as to the manner of in- ae the bodies. The Commissioners will be requested to piace but 46 cofins in the one trench— three rows, filteen coffins each row. Careful Bemis 3 and gentler handling will also be recom- me! ed. EXPLOSION OF STEAM, A steam pipe burst yesterday afternoon on board the steamer Crescent Uity, lying at the foot i pier 18 North River, and the escaping steam severely burned Henry Canning, chief engineer; Patrick McCue, fire! and Robert Johnson. They were removed to the Park Hospital by the Police and their injuries attended to, BROOKLYN OOMMON OOUNOIL. ‘There was a stated session of the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen held yesterday afternoon, President Bergen in the chair, The municipal fireproof building scheme was the regular order of business taken up by the meeting, which discussed the peep directing tne Corporation Counsel to an act authorizing the tsaue of ft indebtedness, to an amount tot excsecing $150,000, for the object in question. was referred to tite Committee on Streets aad Des. A communication was recetved tro} in relation to the recent drowning of three el in dren in a pond formed by the excavation of @ vacant lot. It was reterred to a committee. An invitation was received from the Forty-seventh regiment inviting the Aldermen to a bail, and was accepted, The truckmen Mee an porized to kee; thelr trucks about the City Hall Park, as hereto- fore, whilo awaiting calla. The Commissioners of City Works sent in a communication explaining the item of $91,000 for coal, which they asked tor at y Oamires meeting. ‘Lhe subject was rejerred to she Committee on Water and Drainage, | Geserving poor, and at the soup kitchen under the | ing, sober and industrioas man, NEW YORK BENEFACTIONS. Gifts from the Generous and Help for the Needy. BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY. | Stray Leaves from the Note Books of Visitors to the Poor. ‘ A FEW FACTS ABOUT CHARITY. The stories of want and poverty as told by eye ‘Wiinesses in the pictures of poverty presented be- low must awaken in the soul of every reader @ feeling of the deepest pity. It is com- forting to know that these narratives are not told in vain. Side by side witn this por- trayal of sorrow ts the record of munificent gilts of noble men and Women. These speak for them- selves, and renew our faith in the belief that hu- manity has its bright as well as its dark side. THE SOUP KITCHENS, A good beef soup were furnished yesterday at the diferent soup Kitchens under the supervision of Mr. Delmonico, At the soup house in Centre street 360 gallons of soup was furnished to the charge of Captain Murphy, of the Kieventh pre- cinct, at No. 285 Second street, the couk, Alphonse Mey, of Bt. Die, @ native of Lorraine, furnished 240 gallons of soup, which was istributed to 1,300 persons, enumerating the families who calledon Mr. George Cahill, liquor merchant, of Beaver street, who furnished bread to the people who called for soup in Captain Maurphy’s precinct. The people who call here are five-sixths German, and it is expected that the rich German residents ofthe ward will come tor- ward and furnish bread to the hungry applicants. In the Eighteenth precinct the soup kitchen is located in a feed store, and this recinct is in charge of Captain Tynan. in this precinct there isa great number of poor People, and about 500 persons were served with soup. in the Eigntn precinct, under the charge of Ouptain Williams, 294 families were furnished with soup, and 200 men called jor soup and drank it on the premises, In the Fourteenth precinct Captain Clinchy is in command, and the soup house 1s at No, 53 Spring street. formerly occupied as a station house. Here 260 iamilies, who were represented py children and women, called for soup, and bread was given them. At No. 79 Kast Broadway, in the Seventh ward, the kitchen was crowded all day, and many persons calied alter dark who were not aware of the fact that it takes iour hours to boul 120 gallons of soup. In tne Twenty-ninta precinct there was alarge crowd of people also, and the applicants were principally women and children. Itis the instruction of Mr. Delmonico to his cooks that women and children shall have | relief before any men—particularly able-bodied, strong men—shall have adrop. At the different soup kitchens in charge of Mr. Deimonico ye&lerday about 7,000 persons were furnisued with soup, and in several kitchens they had bread. ‘The distribution is made at ten and four o’clock, and at these hours the doors of the diferent kitchens are crowded with poor people, with ket- tles, pitchers, pans, bowls aud small wooden pails. To-morrow Mr, Ranhotfer, the ches of Delmonico, states that he-will furnish a good lentil beef soup. Lentils, 1t may be said, are small brown peas. The beef will be cut up into small square particles, as usual, and no fat will be permitted to go in ‘the jot, All the bones are cut out oi the meat close to he skin, and are then placed in the pot so that the marrow may be produced in the soup; but the Sees ig done scientifically by Deimonico’s 00ks. Opening of Additional Soup Houses. FEBRUARY 24, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Pleage state to the public that three more soup houses were opened to-day— Thirteenth precinct, No. 224 Delancey street, pep ART precinct, No, 218 East Thirty-fourth | eet, Fourth precinct, No. 327 Water street, Aud that on Thursday, February 26, another will be started in the Twenty-second precinct, on Tenth avenue, between Sixty-second and sixty- third streets, and oblige, respectfully, L. DELMONICO. PICTURES OF POVERTY. Leaves from the Notebooks of the Volun- teer Visitors of St. John’s Guild—The | Dying and the Destitute—Babes With- out Covering—The Guild, Without Clothes to Give Them, Makes an Ap- peal to Those Who Have Garments to Spare—The Brave Little Lady Visitor, Mrs. Westelle, Comes to the Rescue— 1,138 Persons Furnished With Foed at Their Homes, Monday being a holiday, every man, woman | and childin New York wished to “celebrate the occasion,’ and they did. At St. John’s chapel the scene was 8 rare one. From early morning till dusk the people poured in from al) quarters of the city, carrying baskets and buckets, and evidently determined to have at least one good meal in honor of the ‘Father of His Country.” During no day aince the Guild office of distribution was opened did such a mass gather. Principally wo- men and children, there were few of them more than half clad. How earnestly they pleaded for an old coat, an old dress or an old pair of shoes! Be- fore eleven o’clock in the morning 400 garments | had been passed over to new owners and tho | doors of the clothing bureau were closed for want ofsupplies. Nearly $600 worth of groceries had been distributed up to six o'clock P. M., and the receipts for the day were reported at $28, The number relieved was 1,138, The prospects are that the poor applicants will not be able to get clothing for some time to come, although a number or ladies will begin work to- day on sewing machines last night placed in the clothing department. They will furnish their own material and make garments for the sick princt- pally and for infants, many of the latter having been found by the volunteers, during the last few days, entirely naked and without any kind of covering. In addition to this action of the ladies, | Mrs, Westelle, the brave volunteer visitor who has brought to light s0 many pitiful cases, has ten. dered her services for the purpose of sbliciting the wealthy among her friends and the public to SUSTAIN THE GUILD by contributions of groceries, clothing, &c. ‘The following are afew of the cases reported yesterday, and selected almost at random from a mass of similar ones :— Mra. Westelie found at No. 116 Mott street the family of the murdered man Gillespie, living in extreme destitution. The widow, in avery deli- cate situation, is the mother of five littie children, | | | the eldest of whom is but six years of age. A gentleman, in writing of tnis case to the editor of the HERaLD, said:—“Words cannot express the situation or picture the poverty of that bare room, where the corpse of the husband and father was brought fresh from the surgeon’s knife.” The deceased had been unable to obtain work lor two months before his death, and was buried by the charitable. Mrs. Westelle found them entirely without food, and With only the ashes of a fire (made irom the refuse of ash barrels) burning in the grate. The widowed mother was sick, and the five children were par- tially nude. One quilt sufficed to cover them all at night, as bedclothes and everything of the value of @ dime aad been pawned for bread. Mrs. Westelle also visited two families who were about to be | turned out for being in arrears with their reut. She at once repaired to their respective landlords, and was presented with the following novel docu- ments:— Pennvany 22, 1876, Twill allow Mr. ——'s rent to remain unpaid till sach atime as he may obtain work (our-months at $10 per Month, being now due) ast ain satisted ‘he is'@ desery MARGARET G. DUKE, No. 304 West Fifty-tourth strect. No, 122 West Fouty-Nixtn Street, Feb. 22, 1874. I will not trouble Mr. for rent while his children are sick; ner till he gets work. Or Iwill give him the basement free till he gets work. — JOHN ULREL It is beMeved that a great many landlords will follow the nobie example set them by these two, DYING FROM EXPOSUKE. Mr. Thomas Denny, & professional nurse, who has volunteered his services a6 @ visitor, reports :. Mrs, Ryan, No. 81 Baxter street, was visited on Saturday and to-day (Monday). she has an inter- mittent fever. Her extremities were cold when 1 last saw her, and she seemed tobe My A ge can- 3 not last long, and her decline has been ned by exposure, though the physicians cailed in stated abe was lable to die at any Moment from dig HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, ease of the heart. She has slept for many nights in the station house, but is now lodged by ebarity of @ poor occupant of an attic in a tumble-down pogkeby of Baxter street. Another case visited by Mr. Denny was that of a Mrs. Mullin, No. 6 Muiberry street. This poor woman was found very sick and destitute of every comfort, She had no food of any description in the house and no tuel to make a fire, She was at- tended by @ forlorn-looking waif of twelve years, Who was also playing the part of nurse to a stray baby, to whom—with the womanly instinct of maternity full upon her—she was paying an im- moderate share of attention, to the utter neglect ofthe old lady. LADIKS OFFERING THEIR SERVICES a8 VISITORS. Mrs. Dr. Reisig, Mrs. Cowen, Mrs. Meritt and Miss Van Buren were among the ladies who came qenentag to offer their services as visitor: ong he poor. They were at once pnpplied with lists of , Dames and residences of applicants, and they Started, without delay, on their mission of mercy. Many other ladies called, some taking the names of but one or two familics, whom, they said, they would try to provide for irom their own homes. ‘The action of these ladies is worthy of imitation Jar and wide, ‘There is hardly a family in comsort- able circumstances but can spare from their kitch+ ens and wardrobes articles they will never use, and which would make cold hearts warm to new ile and drowsy eyes brighten with hope. TWO THOUSAND PAMILIES > ms is rc! = Ca B. Stulzer $100 H.W, a) J a oo | Jones & Chap . 25 J. H. Halliday... 5A E. W. Coleman & © 50 Franklin Edson. » THROUGH MR. JAMES ARKELL. +810) Oelrichs & C odie 00 Grinnell, Minvurn & Co Smith & Grange Edward. Woodruff « Robinson: ”: E. E. Morgan's Sons... Goldsmtt! SSucb¥SeodSaBsees THROUGH MR. ZOPHAR MIL! sete 100 Cash. Haynes & Go. 25 Paterson, Rudderow & aE5_ eS a John Turton, ayees THROUGH MR. THROUGH EDWARD that have been visited within the last fon days by the volunteers of the Guild have been fOund in dis- tress and worthy of generous aid, Would it not be | @ spectacle to command the admiration of the | World if 2,000 rich ladies ot the city of New York should take each under her own especial care the imninedigte future and thus the ultimate fate and fortune’of one of these shipwrecked households ? If any la. y doubts the necessity for prompt and generous action on the part of the rich let such a one glance over the iollowing REPORT OF A VISITOR. New Youk, Feb, 23, 1874. Rey, A, Wiswatt, Master of St. Jolin’s Guild :-— REY. AND Dian Sik—Owing ‘to the prompitude of the Guild’ in ali its departments the uniortunate lady in Seventh avenue is now quite cointoriable, aithough at my visit on Saturday I was told that her mother, the old lady paralyzed for years, was and rapidly rail- ing. she presents the most perfect example of Christian patience I ever s&tw—not @ groan, not a murmur with all her suffering. As soon as you told me that the Guild would relieve any urgent cases oi distress and starvation in the Ninth wird (as We are yet without any organized reliet) I re- uested our big-hearted Cap’ of Police, Georse fashburn, to nouly me at once of an that he or any of his men mix! day evening Sergeant Smith sent ine si morning Sergeant Wilson sent in a list of twenty sev and yesterday Sergeants Bird and Crocker gave me ning more, and 1 can but praise the judgment of the patrol. men {n reporting the most needy, in proof of which view let me describe a few scenes as witnessed by myself and some other “volunteer visitors in the Ninth ward.” Mrs. Miller, northwest corner Gansevoort and West streets, in a hittle wooden shanty-—Baby scarcely two old; three children without shoes or stockings; in the house, and no fire; husband ‘out of work for four weeks; order tor food on the Gu Fiven at once, revisited yesterday with Dr. Keeney. who indly volunteered his services the moment ne heard of the distress; found the children eating the food sur- | nished by the Guild ana THK WOMAN VERY SICK; r. ey prescribed some medicine, and will visit er agai. Mr. Campion, 878 West Twelfth street, top floor, room 18, has been sick « month with bronchitis. Found them on saturday eating food that the Guild bad given on Friday. But for this they would have had nothing to cat from ‘Friday till Monday. ‘Three of the children bat footed; the youngest, a nursing child, had nothing on but a single bandage of flannel and was NAKED FROM THK CHEST UP AND FROM THK KNEES DOWN. After Dr. Keeney had examined and prescribed for the father he asked the mother “if that child wouldn't get cold with so little covering?” The answer was to ‘pur away’ all the clothes sir, to take care of hit, sir? W We turned away and cho! ti throats by the time we reached the sidewalk, William Fields, with his wife and mine children, No. 66) Hudson street, were reported very urgently, by the officer on that post, who did not exaggerate the case, No work this winter, and eleven mouths to teed—three iris and six boys. 'Saw the girls, and heard a bov in the back room. “Asked for him, when the. mother. said, will keep them clean, sir, ind his only pants wre now irying, , and he is ashamed to come out, Come out ré, Davey, and see the gentlemen.” He did come, and the mother had stated a fact. Gave order for food and | children’s clothes. Daniel Kooney, No. 28 Little Twelfth street, has been sick for three mouths; goes three times & week to the Hospital for his bronchitis; hag five small children; have all gone hungry to bed often this winter. Gave rood order. 1could give you many more trvmg cases but think you will be sagisfled from the above that between the Ninth precinet folice and u few workers here St. John's Guild | rine Fikthand Eighth wards Is doing more than ita duty towards the suffering in the Ninth, and, as one of her citizens, thank you iost heartily ‘for the timely succor you have given our starving poor, and hope that we will soon be able to help ourselves.’ Very reapect- fully, JOHN P, FAURE, ‘One of a few volunteer visitors in the Ninth ward. THE OLOTHES IN THE CLOSET. Can it be that the appeal of the ladies for cloth- ing will go unheeded and their doors will remain long closed? In the unnumbered closets of houses in New York there are many shiploads of cast-off clothing that would, if forwarded to the Guild, be placed in instant use, ppelvering: sick and feebie persons and covering shivering forms o! boys and girls who pick up their precarious living in the open alr, exposed to wind and snow and rain, Packages of ciothing may at any time (und the sooner the better) be forwarded to the office of St. John’s Guild, St, John’s chapel, Varick street, be- tween Laight and Beach, THE RELIEF FUND. 2s hacen erste Donations for the poor received at the HERALD office and not previously acknowledged :— $10 00 5 00 20 00 ‘New Yorker in Boston for the poor man alluded to by Hon. M. B. Fie! Anonymous, “to carry out th Daua”... gentle. Total...* see St. John’s Guild and the Downtown Poor. ‘The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the poor of ube Fifth and Eighth wards, and handed to the Almoner of the Gwid, Mr. Henry C, De Witt:— {Those desiring to visit the office of the Guild will remember that it is in the school buildings at- tached to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets.) THROUGH MRS. JUDGE BRADY. Messrs Pettus, Vinot & Curtis THROUGH REV, 8. H. Mrs. A. B. Dick... . * SENT TO REV. A, WISWALI, GUILD OFFICE. 5 Bowle vash... - . 00 00 William Thurman, M. D... + 7% 00 EB. G......eseeeveeee . 5 00 An Englishman for Mrs. Cay . 1 00 C. E, A., tor bookkeeper’s wile. . 5 00 | With penne of clothing. . . 3 00 D. D.T... oe a 10 00 A Friend. + . 500 Mrs. De Luze per Mrs. Alired Ogden. . 500 Nothing. . 5 00 “Baby Dis’. . 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. t ves. 50 00 W,, ‘for the poor and needy,” Freehold, een From littie Mary Snowden. . 165 Minnie’s mite for some poor little girl..... 50 Total.. woe seesesceeeee 16 Previously acknowledged 30 Grand total.......... pepe sees $5,679 45 Contributions to this fund may be sent to tho HERALD office; Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall; C. V. B, Ostrander, President of the Merchants’ Fire In- surance Company, No. 149 Broadway; Andrew W. Leggat, Collector of Assessments, New Court House; George Wilkes, M. D., No, 16 North Wash- ington square; G. K. Lansing, Earle’s Hote); G. J. N, Zabriskie, Cashier of People’s Bank, corner of Canal and Thompson streets; J, 1. Davis, Sheldon & Co., No, 677 Broadway, and Kev. 5, H. Weston, D. D., No. 38 East Forty-ilith street, or to the Rev. Aivah Wiswall, Master of St, John’s Guild, St. | Jonn’s chapel, Varick street. Packages 01 clothing, groceries, &c,, should be sent to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets, or i order be sent a es og will call for any packages. Mrs. Judge Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-third street; Mrs, None Delafield, No. 475 Filth avenue. and Mrs. F. P. barle, No. 34 West Flity-second ores have kindly consented to receive subscrip- ons. Contributions to the Howard Relicf Association, New York, Feb. 24, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: The following donations have been received since our last report:— M, M. Hendricks...... * seeeecee $50 00 Mrs. Brace, through Children’s Aid So- | CLOTY see eee eeee even ss Ate meek |: 8008 Members of the New York Goid Exchange. 250 00 B, L. Solomon... . “ » wo Mrs. b, Brunner. 6 00 | Rev. B. Taylor..... 60 Cas! lady 10 00 | N. NL 100 | » Te. 150 Total... meta eecce $382 50 | Previously acknowledged 2,620 15 | Grand total 002 65 | | HENRY SOLOMON, Honorary secretary. Charity of Leading Merchants. Donations received ior the suffering pour of New York and Brooklyn by the New York I roduce Ex- change :— THROUGH MR. JOSIAH MACY, JR. J. A. Bostwick... $500 Lockwood Bros. & Holly $50 Standard Oi Company. 250 Arthur G, Gropel - 8 | Charles Pratt & Ci . 20 A. C. Ohien. . Dev Manufacturing J. A. Archibala . » |. wperthwaite } D. SSRRRSSRE: eeseseezee Tot HINCKEN, TREASURER. Wwe Boyd & ilincken....... $100 Livingsto! 825 Mayers Bros & Co...... 10) H. J. De Wolf... wb F, Cousinery & Co # J. F. Whitney & Go 2 Caylus ve Ruyter &Co, 6 Cummings, Seely & Co. 15 Chas. Luling & Co. W@ A. Abbott. 10 | L. B. Amsinek & Co 8) Lyman E. w Renauld, ‘ancols & 10 Lo. “ 0 « 10 James ‘lienry Fy 5 Miller & Bouyiito % . Donnell. 5 evans, Bali & Co, 2 John Honter. 5 JE, Ward & Coo... 25 J. A Jansen: 5 B, F. Metoult & Co 25 A. Balawin 5 J. Otto Koch ... + @ Felt & Drake. Cd THROUGH BR, LIVERMORE, E.R. &R. B. Livermores2i0 R. Shields. $25 arlic & Gard- ward Annan......... 00 stears, F. B, Lane.. s+ 6 ner... Hien) FF. Ogg. +. 25 Henderson Bros, (An- Carlos St. Line). + 100 | John’ do | AA F 5) 2 }GH WILLIAM BLANCHARD. 00 Cash trom various per- By os $10 “0 | } | t Patrick & Go. | found needy. week authorized w receive Wior them, day athorea a reser to any party B, MILLE Bw. WEST: Gen, Uo Fish Market, Pres, APPEAL T0 THE CHARITABLE. Among the thousands in our city who are Pinched by sharpest poverty, but who stili retain that natural modest pride which shirks trom | making their wants known, is Mrs. a widow | ed about thirty, (rom # good New Jerse; | Whose husband ded poor some two years oes, | leaving her a sickly boy, Sve years old, ‘She is her- | sell in very poor health. By the use of a sewi machine, which she had before her husband death, she managed to secure 4 bare Livelihood till | work lailed im consequence o! tae tnancial panic. | Subsequently she was luduced by @ rascally sewing machine agent to change tbe machine she had for | one wu promised to do far betier work. ‘This, after repeated trials, she (nds worthless, She is in sore want of ali Kinds of supplies, clotuing, food and fuel, Those who may desire do 60 througa the HEBALD or 5% Jonn’s Guild, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. cre Hh Ladiew Aid Society of the First Assem- bly District. On January 26 about forty charitable ladies met, by tovitation of Mrs. John Fox, at No.3 Morris street, and organized themselves into a society for the relier of the poor of tne district, During the jour weeks which have elapsed since tuat time these ladies have collected and subscribed (as- sisted by a few of the leading gentlemen o; the dis- trict) $1,058 51, have visited nearly every tenement house from South Ferry to Canal street, on the west, and to Frankfort street, on the east side, | and have supplied with coal, meat, bread, gro- ceries, clothing and shoes, nearly 1,000 persons. | Ali these articles to some famulics, shoes Ouly to some, and iovd only to others, as they have been With a small amount of money and no outcry these good ladies have accompushed mere ian many of the most expensive und loudly vaunted charities ju helo her can |} And4 the mine leading charities ler Cat Tie control disbursed, In the suine given percent’. st 00g Now, these figures appeal directiy to one’s They are OMficially accurate, It will be noticed that while in the first the expen-e for salaries and expenses is almost nothing, the expenses are almost equai to tie amount dis- tributed for relief, Fatrpess is an essential in arguments, we direct the attention of men who know the facts toa consideration of these Sgures:— ‘The Catholic House of Mercy gave tn relief. Ata cost of... sip a Songs While the Female Guardian Society gave Its salaries being. . The Catholic Behe At a cost of. While the ti And 1 officers Wok . ce 66 We have no interest in this matter beyond that which every honest map should have—a desire to utilize just as much of the people’s bounty a8 aeible. It 1s complained that Mr. Charles race draws $5,000 salary per aunum, and the Tunes, instead’ of showing that he earns and is worth tt, virtually denies it, and Dlackguards Mr. Bennett for cailing attention to it. At will be indeed a sorry day for tis nation when | Or aan’s religious convictions become his making or bis marring, And it is very doubtiul if any American born, oreven a naturalized citizen, could | be found meau or smull enough to seize an’ ocea- sion like tis on which to stir up strile aud cause irritation in sectarian circles. It was reserved for } Capo Bagilshmen to try it, and even he will Nis malice is e e | impotence te sien as well understood as ite BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, - $———— Charitable Offers of the Registers Ofice= The Seventy-first Regiment Armory Troubles—A Protest. An adjourned meeting of this Board was held yesterday, the regular session uot having been held on Monday ow:ng to the celebration of Wash- ington’s Birthday, Supervisor S. ll. B. Vance, in | the absence of Mayor Havemeyer, presiding. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, A peremptory mandamus {from the Supreme now in operation, and have helped a class wioin the soup houses (though undoubiedly grest biess- ings in their way) cannot reach—vis., the iamuies | THROUGH MR, A. E, ORR, CHAIRMAN, p. Van Iderstine. + $10 J. 8. Ward, Foster & Co.$100 John 5. Ward ~ 10) 10 Kingan & Co 5 fohn sinclair. 5 | avid Lows: Baker rk 5} 7. G. & J. W. R. Foster... 5 Ww Lewis & Bertho! 5 John Amelung. 5 ¥. Herta & Co. 5 G. W. Colton é 2 | 0 | ‘ THROUGH MR. A, B. KENT, Fowler Browthers......$10) Lockwood & Croxeus... $5 K. Reed... : W 4. 0, Armour, « 2. 100 A. ik. Keni & Co. J, B. Grant. 25 25 Gould & Thorp 5 J. ©. Wooaward. 10 c. H. 5 Below will be found additional reports from some of the charitable institutions of the city, made | since the publication of the list in Sunday’s HERALD:— Ladies’ Union Relief Associaton for Soldiers and their Families, tor 1873, recetved trom city.... $4,000 00 Received trom other sources 4,825 83 | Total receipts. $5,825 83 Paid tor relief of 10,35 86 Paid ‘Thanksgiving. . Oe 5 | Paid miscellaneous expense 565 52 Paid National Asyium Fund 2,700 00 ‘Total spent in relief, &c.. $13,815 63 | Of the whole amount only $98 90 did not go | directly into the hands of those assisted, so that it cost the association $98 90 to dispense $10,832 42, No salaries paid by the society. INSTITUTE POR REWA!D OF ORPHANS OF PATRIOTS, NO, 19 iT JONES STRERT, FROM APRIL, 18O1, TO JANUARY, 1874. Received from various sources $6,865 35 Average receipis per year ‘872 36 6,488 77 Paid to assist orphans to educate themselves for No salaries are paid any officers of the society. thirteen years SEVENTH WARD. Continued Gifts of Bread to the Poor. Naw Yor«, Feb. 24, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Mr. Thomas Brown, of No. 218 Henry street, kindly donates 150 loaves of bread for the use of the soup house in this ward. Dr. Haran, of Rutgers and Henry streets, also donates 160 loaves for the same purpose, Kespect- | fanty, JOHN J. MOUNT, Captain Seventh Precinct Police. TWELFTH WARD. San Pla a Gife trom the Butchers. The Citizens’ Relief Committee of Harlem ac- | knowledge a generous donation from the butchers | of Washington Market, through Mr. Washington T. Romaine, Clerk of West Washington Market, and Mr. William Johnson. The gift consisted of nine sheep, 350 pounds of beef, eleven barrels of | turnips, four barrels of potatoes, three barrets of | | carrots, seventy-five heads of cabbage, fitty pounds of fresh fish, one pig (fifty pounds) and two tur- keys, alot of smoked fish, tripe, Bolognas, leeks, ceiery, rice and parsiey. The immense basement of the Harlem Market is used RY the committee in dealing out such sup- lies as these to all applicants who bring tickets rom the Harlem clergymen, who have visitors at their command whose duty itis to discriminate between the worthy and unworthy, it being a standing rule to let no applicants go away hungry Another Benevolent a full supply of good, nourishing soup, Meat, bread and coffee, FIFTEENTH WARD. A Court of Justice Helping the Soup House, New York, Feb. 24, 1874, | Members o1 the society :— | B, Brown, Mrs. P. Hogan, Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. James or empty hanged, for there is constantly on hand | 1 industrious laborers and mechanics out of em- | ployment who are tuo proud to veg aud who would rather starve than go toa soup hiouse. Cnil- | dren have been ciad and shod, and tuus enabled to | return to school; the sick have been suppiied with } nourishing food and medicine; the cold have been | warmed, the naked clothea, the hunury ied. and | ali without advertisement or publicity. ‘The ladies of the society have cut and made the cl. thing, | have been their own visitors, asking no questions | as to creed or condition, but wherever they cound | the only recommendation they considered neces- Sary—want—nave relieved it, Dr. Sune, Depaty Coroner, has given medtcal attendance and medicine free to those recom- mended by any lady of the society. Mr. Martin B, Brown bas done all the printing gratuitously. The following are the oflcers and ae: JOHN FOX, President. ra. H. S» ER, Miss HAWES, | Vice Presidents, Mra. Opa Durry, Treasurer, Mrs. MADIGAN, Secretary. MEMBEKS.—-Mrs. McNally, Mrs. Jonn Egan, Mrs. Quigley, Mrs. John Callaian, Mrs. John Connett, Mrs. Jeremiah Rogers, Mrs, P. H. Watt, Mrs, M, Binnee, Mrs. M. Loftus, Mra. Lindenstrath, Mrs, James Laird, Mrs, Paul Kioar, Mrs, ML. Flynn, Mrs. Ruier, Mrs. Kaward itogan, Mis. McKenna, Mrs. James Sullivan, Mrs. Robinson, Miss K, Dol- lard, Miss Byrne, Misa Murphy, Mrs A. Hailiday, Mrs. P. Dollard, Mrs. Elizaveti Fox, Mrs, William H, Burns, Mrs. James Burns, Mrs, Join O’Brien, Mrs. ‘(homas Fay, Mrs. D, Mooney, Mrs. Gallagher, | Mrs. James P, Wilson, Mrs. M. Duify, Mrs. Martin | Fitzgerald, Mra. P. Moore, Mrs, Sweeny, Mrs, Smith, Astor House; Miss O’Keeie, Miss E. Burke, | Miss A. M. Murphy, Miss Hoven. Subscriptions of donations o1 any sort will be re- cetved for the society by Mrs, Jonn Fox, No, 3 Mom ris street; Mrs. Oda Duffy, No. 105 Greenwich gireet; Mrs. Snyder, No. 15 Nassau street; Mrs. Monroe, No. 12 Harrison street; Mrs. Madigan, No. 18 Vestry street; Miss Hawes, No. 368 Greenwich street, or by any of tive ladies. MR. BRACE’S CHARITY—IT BEGINS AT HOME. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— 1 perceive that Mr. Brace 18 afflicted with a chronic fear that some one Will get something in charity who does not deserve it. ‘This is well ilus- trated by his howls at the manner in which soup is so generously given to all who are hungry. is contrary to Mr. Brace’s theory and practice, which is to pay a whole army of employés $100,000 to distribute by the spoonful $70,000 worth im charity. It is a great pity if, while the soup houses are tecding many thousands daily, Mr. Brace, with his horde of satellites, cannot supply grist to Mr. Brace’s mill and are not to be gobbled picnics; hence his opposition, He assumes to be | the autocrat of our city charities and distinctly in- tumates that the old “Long Metre Doxology” | should begin— Praise Brace, from whom all blessings flow. Further, Mr, Brace says, “Charity begins at home.” Now let us glance at his modus operandi and we shall see at once how faithiully he works out this maxim. First he appeais to the Sunday | schools and churches im bebalt of his great “religious work,” then to ‘our intelligent Merchant princes or Christian merchants,” to know what they will do for the children; and | having bled tke private purses of our citizens to | their luliest extent, he then proceeds to bieed tie | | city and county of New York, through legislative | acta (of which more hereaiter), in the sum of | $85,000 per annum. Then comes in the beautiful | workings of his maxim, ‘Charity begins at home.” The distribution of the funds of the Children’s Aid Society prove conclusively that the society exists chiefly, if not solely, to provide for Mr. Charles L. Brace, his family, his relatives and | iriends, Mr. Brace pockets, in the first place, as @ regular salary, the modest sum of $5,000 per annum. He has finely appointed apartments, fitted up at the expense of the society, ina butiding for which the society | pays the rent, as his residence when in the city, and dines and sups on the delicactes of the season at one of the institutions of, and for which whe Children’s Ald Society foots the bills, Then the To THE EpiTor OF THR HERALD:— The committee having charge of the soup house established by the Fifteenth Ward Relief Associa- tion beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of $6 72 from Justice Sherwood, of the Jefferson Market Police Court, This amount was taken by police | Captain Byrnes at. a raid upon a gambling house, and upon being produced in courtjand confiscated, it was suggested by the Captain and ordered by the Court that it be disposed of as above. The sug- gestion Is a good one. RE OMMITTEE FIFTEENTB WARD. RELIEF TWENTY-FIRST WARD. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL| P. Hatton & Son, undertakers, No. 303 East | Thirty-seventh street, have Kindly tendered me 1,000 loaves of bread for the use of the poor of the ‘Twenty-first ward, Tickets may be had by applying to Captain ALLAIRE, Twenty-tirst precincy PRACTICAL RELIEF. Charity To-Day at the Academy of De- sign. The public will not be likely to forget that the entire proceeds resulting from the sale of tickets to-day at the Academy o/ Design, where the Ameri- can Society of Painters in Water Colors are now holding their annual exhibition, are to be devoted to the benefit of the poor of this city. Tne inten- tion is a noble one and is its own commendation. Our recent reference to the merit of the exhibition renders @ny lengthy remarks upon the pictures also unnecessary, The display is good and in- teresting. Three Thousand Loaves of Bread From ® Merchant. No. 129 FRONT STREET, New York, Feb. 24, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HeRALD:— 1 am heartily pleased with your method of allevi- | ating the wants of the pocr of this city. Ishould | be pleased to have you distribute 100 loaves | of bread per day for thirty days through your agencies or establishments, and 1 enclose herewith tickets for 3,000 loaves, to be used at your discre- tion, Yours truly, GEORGE F, GILMAN, One Thousand Loaves of Bread from a Lady. Mrs. Theodore Moss, No. 543 Madison avenue, has placed 1,000 loaves of bread at the disposal of the | New York HERALD for distribution among the poor of the city, A Noble Donation—10,000 Pounds of | Fresh Fish. New York, Feb. 23, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:—~ The Wholesale Fishmongers’ Association of Fulton Market offer to the poor of the city of New | perquisites of travel—an occasional trip to Europe, | trips to the West and Northwest in the interest | of railroad enterprises and other private | objects, the expenses of. which he sadules | on the society by visiting a iew of those | “dear children” whom he has transplanted and writing @ very glowing account of any excep- | tion to the rule among those who are not doing well, During the summer he, of course, has to take frequent and sometimes very extended trips to the mountains and sea shore, for with such a | constant strain on his physical nature and con- science he requires a great deal of recreation. Surely this 18 @ great and noble work, and the worthy Secretary of the Children's Aid Society | proves that he not only believes that ‘charity ve- gins at home," but also that it is his first duty to | “ook out for number one.” ANTI-MONOPOLY. A FEW FACTS ABOUT CHARITY. {From the Star.) Whenever the Times is forced into a corner it cries aloud that Protestantism ts in danger and Romanists are deffant. If ever the unhappy day does come when the bitterness.of sectarianism is forced into religious warfare @ trathiul history will show that the bigots of the Times—for money's sake and In their own selfish interest—were among the first to fan the embers into flame. A few days since the HsRaLp incidentally alluded to the great expense attending the distri- bution of New York charities, and gave the names of one or two conspicuous illustrations of its idea, There was nothing novel in the assertion. Itis a fact. Like the sinfuiness of sin, it is one of those things that no one cares to deny. But the Times, evidently representing somebody who ts badly hurt, has devoted columns of billinsgate to Mr. Bennett personally, and finding that no effect was prodaced, resorted to its old dodge of “Look out for the Catholics.” Among other pieasant assertions, we find this :— It will doubtless have been noticed that the Hesaun's attacks on the charitable institutions of the city are con- | tined exclusively to the Protestant charitics—those mati. | tutions which are under Roman Catholic management | are jettalone. This is carrying bigotry pret and become the advocate of any religious sect affords rious contrast to its course for many years, when It was the avowed enemy of all relig- ion. From athetsm to superstition is a leap often taken nowadays The Hkma.d, however, keeps up one ot its old features, which is the habit of running a-muck at any- | body who presumes to offend it. As matter of fact the Heratp has made no “attack” on any institution. * For twenty years pas*—iong before the editor of the Times dreamed of such an Elysium as @ donated home in this “blarstea” country—the press of the entire nation used this costly habit of professional almonees as @ stock text. The HERALD has done nothing out of the way. It simply gave facts taken from the oftictal records of the societies alluded to, Lf Cavholic institutions are likewise mismanaged let them also be blamed, All the public ask is the truth. We have taken the pains to review a large number of efMficial reports since this spirited black- guardism became the habit ot our friends below, and must confess the results are startling. For instance, the ten leading Catholic charities of. that the Hxraup York 10,000 pounds of iregh deh, to be delivered in New York expended ina given period, AS Abs cost of... © MAh | & resolution that the said bill be paid. | 800n as possible, This | Ot the wants of those who “suffer most,” | and who are too high-toned to foliow | out the Bible precept, “Ask and == ye shall receive.” The soup kitchens carry no up by his particular charity as were the Times | Court was served on the Board to compel it to audit tne bill of Levi Stockwell for rent of premises, amounting to $14,980. Supervisor Cooper offered Super- visors Van Schaick and Billings spoke at length on this subject, animadverting upon the actions of the Comptroller in regard to this subject, and in the course of their remarks said that by the vacil- lating policy of Mr. Green the county has lost upwards Of $2,000, as this bili could have been set- ued for an amount so much less before going into Court. Mr. UTTENDORFEE defended the Comptroller. Supervisor PLANAGAN moved to iay the resolu- tion of Mr. Cooper over until the next session. Mr. BILLINGS read an opinton of Richard O’Gor- man on the subject af peremptory mandamus whue be was Oorporation Attorney, in which he decided that the claim (which was similar to the one in question) must be disposed of at once, and udvised the adoption of @ resolution to pay the bill at once, Supervisor OrrENDORFER Maintained his position not to pay the bill, and moved to refer the subject to the Committee on Armories, and Corporation Counsel to appeal the case if necessary. Mr. CooreRr advisea to get rid of these bills as ‘The Comptroller seems anxtoug to hinder any payments all in his power, and he could see no reason why the county should be mulcted every time the payment of a bill for rent of an armory comes before nim. Supervisor McCaryFeRTy amended by moving that the bill be audited at forty per cent. On a call of the yeas and nays to refer to the Committee on Armortes it was lost by a vote of 8 to 6. The motion to make it the special order at next meeting was carried by a vote of 14to L. A peremptory mandamus to pay services of the armorer of Battery K, First division, was ordered to take the same course, Supervisor J8NK\NS VAN SCHAICK, from the Com- mittee on County Oficers, reported the foliowmg communicanon from General Franz Sigel, Regis- ter:— At a megting of the Board of Supervisors, held Febra- | ary 16, 1874, & resolution ws passed authorizing the | Committee on Gounty OiMess to ask ior and collect con: tributions tor the rebef of the poor trom the city and | county officers, and im conformity therewith the Kegs ppeals W ihe officers and other employes of this ‘or such & Contribution to be handed to said com- igned recognizes the liberality of his off | cers, searchers and clerks, shown on several other occa sions of a like nature; but as he hag never and wilt | never ask for any contripation in beliaif of political pur- poses, and inasmuch ay the present untor-unate condition | Ormany thousands of our population demands extraor- dinary efforts, he thinks himselr justified in taking this Step, and hopes for a kind response. F. SIGEL. SUBSCRIPTION List. $150 00 Charles Blauvel 2500 Bd dT. kgbe 25 00 250 Forty nine subscrip- 15 00 | mutte | The unde t r E, W. De Grove 5, M. Anderson. tions, ranging trom William F, Gill 250) $. to $1 amount- ) Charles W. Mack...\. 150) ing to..... 175 Total. Ny caetraxits —For which Generai Sigel’s check was enclosed. Mr. Van Schaiox stated that he is to receive more from other officers, ‘The Committee on Armories and Drill Rooms re- ported that the lease of the premises corner of Broadway and Thirty-lilth street be canceiled from, On and after the ist of May next, and that the Seventy-tirst regiment be transierrea to the armory corner Twenty-seventh street and Ninth avenue. A motion to lay the report over unul next meeting was negatived. The resolution, alter considerable debate, was adopted by a vote of 12 to 2, Colonel Richard Vose, of the Seventy-first regi- ment, has remonstrated to the Board of Super- visors agains: the removal of satd regiment irow its present armory for the following reasons :— In the first place, because the resolution offered at the | last meeting of the Board of supervisors ordering the saine Was uncalled for, as the regiment has not asked to be assigned to auy other armory; diey have only aske tohave the lease of their present armory extended, and now respectiully request the Committee on Armories and Drilt Hooms of the Board of Supervisors to consider the Question as to whether a contract can be made wit the le: it a much reduced rent. The committee is iy asked to state what they are willing to pay for the present Chain per annum. The argument used by the committee and the honor- able Board of supervisors—that they will not hire until ail the armories now being paid for are occupled—falls to the ground, on the basis that there are not armories enough rented now by the city to quarte the organl- zations—that Is, after the leases of this sprins expired. The building the regiment now occupies ty one of the best located armories in New York, both for offence and detence. The county has already expended $25,000 upon it, which will all be lost in the event of removal, besides the amount to be expended by the county in putting it back in the condition it was taken In, ‘The location of an armory has everything to do with the prosperity of any regiment, and having been first lo- cated on Thirty: street, and then in the present armory, the regiment has Teeruited largely from tne neighbor! Petitions could be brought signed ny every officer in the division praying that the Seventy-first regiment be retained in its preseut armory, but 1 think it only neces- sary to say to the honorable’ Committee that the mem- bers of the regiment have the expressed sympathy of | nearly every Held officer in the division, trom the Major General down. ‘the regiment was never in a better condition, and to | remove it as far west as it 1s now proposed to do would ve in effect to seriously retard its progress, it not even- | tually to break it up; and said regiment having fought Bled for ita couniry, its record should be considered. | us is What is right not dy with propriety. Now, with regard to the armory corner of Twenty. seventh streetsand Ninth svenue, it is most respectfully represented that it is in every way objectionable to the reginent for many reasons, | _ First, its location is altogether too far west and the neighborhood is bad. is not accesable except by one line of cars, and coneguently inconvenient | for the members of the regiment It is most positively unsafe, of rather is not such an. ar. mory as th oseribes. It is not a safe depositor | tor arms, over @ stable filed with inflammable | material. In the event of a riot the regtment would be at the mercy of the mob, were they ordered in their | quarters, ag the building could be fired, and the troope Would be at such an alutmio as would preveut rapid ing, and it in flaines, with but one means o in or would be, censurable in the greatest posable de- gree. Mi Hing a body of 40) or S00 men at such a 1 eee tng st oaect the walls of the buildings sat that it would be soon an- | the leverage woul ee eretept for prot, would ever | bave to put an armory in such designed to pi ay 5 ie i} un tate for worth of peionel Trek he eaanot inaure, ‘and should decline to i. | Thi rr x Fifth and Fig! 1 assigned goth sDuilding ‘and do not ¢ right or just or Di ‘that euch an organization the seveniy-first ment snould be placed in quarters not good enough for either of these regiments? The regiment respecttully requests that the committee will release the premises it now occupies, making such arrangements as the committes sees fit as to the rent. will loss the regiment where it now is than to move it. The ding corner of Ninth avenue and Twenty-seventh street was once burned to the ground, and if military property had been stored on the fourth floor the county and State would have lost heavily. After the transaction of some other unimportant business the Board adjourned, MOUST WASHINGTON. A Frost-Bitten Party Make the Ascent Under DiMicultics—Courageous Lady Tourists. Moont WASHINGTON, Feb, 24, 1874, Two ladies and two gentiemen, the daughters, 6on and grandson of Ethan Allan Crawford, late White Mountain guide, made the ascent from the railroad depot this afternoon. Thermometer sight degrees oclow zero, and fifty miles of wind pet hour, This is the first ascension made by ladi in winter. All had sKghtly irozen faces. but are in exceuent apinte, in the second ”