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THE COURTS. The Ocean Bank Case—Interesting Develop- ments on the Trial of Callender. Boss TWEED’S MANSION. Big Six to Remain on His Istand Home— Indge Brady Decides. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. + Important in Divorce Suits—Interesting Ques tion as to Alimony—Postponement Till Monday of the Trial of Mulholland for Wife Murder—Convictions and Sen- tences in the General Sessions. The trial of Charles Callender, who 1s indicted for having accepted bribe of $76,000, to iufluence his oMicial action as bank examiner, in making & report in regard to the affairs and condition of the Ucean National Bank, of this city, was resumed yesterday in the United States Circuit Court, be- fore Judge Benedict. Mr. A, H. Purdy, United States Assistant District | Attorney, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wil- liam Fullerton appeared as counsel for the de- | fendant. TESTIMONY OF CHARLES A. MEIGS CONTINUED, Charies A. Meigs, bank eXaminer, was further examined by Mr. Purdy. ‘The witness sai T have examined the statement book of the Ocean National Bank; Mr. Callender, in his statement, says he had examined the bank on the dd and 4tn Of October, 1571; as I understand, his examination shows how the bank stood on the 2d of October, 1871; the sum total of the assets at that date, as appears by the books of the bank, was $4,585,000; Ihave to 4 certain extent ascertained the value of these assets. Q. From what you knew of the value of these as- sets, as shown by the statement book, on that day, can you say whether or not, in your judgment, tue bank was insolvent ¢ Objected to. ' Judge Benedict—You may ask if the statement im the books shows that the bank was solvent or insolvent. The jury are entitled to have the opin- fon ofan expert who has examined and studied the books, Perhaps the account will show that the bank was not worth anything at the time, or that it was worth something. You may show by an expert what the books show, and you may show the Values of the securities at the time. Mr. Purdy—Are the liabilities of the bank put down there too ? Witness—Yes, Q Mr. Meigs, what does that statement show the condition of the bank to have been, with its liabill- ties and its assets, as there stated? A. As here Btaved it Shows the bank nad $130,000 alter paying its haoilities aud depositors. Q. On an examination of the assets of the bank, in What condition does the statement show the assets of the bank to have been ¢ Mr. Fullerton objected. The statement of Mr. Callender was not made for the government but for the directors of the bank, and he merely said that he found the statement as there checked to be correct. Judge Benedict—I will allow the witness to state What the statement shows. If the statement 18 untrue, they may show what the 1act was with rel- erence tothe bank at the time the report was made. So the witness may show that the assets of the bank were not worth @ cent or $1,000,000, I he knows, Q. From what you know of the assets of the bank—their true value—what was the real condi- tion of the bank as appears by its vooks? Mr. Fullerton—That is not a legitimate guestion, Judge Beneaict—He must know now what the ane of these securities—assete—were at that 2. Q. Have you examined suflicientiy to form an opinion of the value of these assets on the 2d of | October, 1871? Judge Benedict—Does he know the value of these assets in the Market on that day? Has he seen them dealt in by any person? Q. Have you made an investigation as to the Value v/ these securiuies, What they were worth on Ogtober 2, 1871, or What they are worth now, or have ever been worth? ‘Mr. Fullerton objected, Q. Do you kuow whether any of these securities have ever been quoted on the Stock Excoange ? A. The government bonds stuted in the list were uoted at that time und bad a Well KLOWD value; the other bonds and shares had not a quotable market value at that time; my answers as to chese refers to the general bond account, Portage | Lake bonds, Brunswick and Ajbany and other ponds; they had no quotable market Value, to my knowledge; of bills discounted on Uctoder 2, 1871, $480,000 Of those Were under protest at the time; the demand lon account shows an item of $168,000; | Know that those loans were not worth aOy such AWOUDL as that; the Portage Lake bonds are represeuted as an asset of $102,000; 1 would say they were not worth any auch money. Q. What money were they wortu’ A. It woula be rather guesswork to give an answer; I would Bi hon $0,000 Jor them; the total assets were 000. Q. What was their real value, as bear as you can get at ivr Judge Benedict—If you know. Withess—That is a aiMcult question to answer} My opinion is that this $4,535,000 of assets at that line Were not worth within $1,000,000 o1 that amount, and, adding ibatto the labilltties, it left the pank clearly insolvent; 1 have discovered irregularities in the books of the bank. Mr. Purdy— offer to stow them, Judge Benedic(—ror what purpose? ° Mr. Purdy—To show assets that did not exist— false eutiies--to show that there was something aise in » Looks, Which Callender must have kKuown was jalse f he made apy sort ot an exam- ination. we, Fullerton—This is opening a wide field, Judge Benedict—\ es, Mr. Fullertou—lf Your Honor hes time to go into it, dudge Benedict—The actual condition of the bank, and the delendaut being there every day, may serve to Cirow some light on the fact that ie took $76,000 trom the bank on that d. the Witness, tu giving evidence on this point, must come down todeiais, I there was sometuing there that the deiendant did not see or would not see, that may lead tue Jury tou conclusion 48 to bi & he tovk $75,000. irregularities iu the Looks in regard to the real estate account of $216,000; this amount was maue Up Of Various items; tue bank lad taken this real estuie in payment Of a devl; the real estate Was scattered Curough Various parts of the country; the bank opened an account with New York city lots; in the case [refer to 1 cannot give the exact Ggures, but the circumstances | can yive. ae What was the irregularity? We will say tuey bad an account for Brooklyn lots taken Jor debt, Mr, Fullerson—Did they lave it? Witness—My memory does not serve me as to the lois, it Was reai estate in some nei i city; tue item referred to @ particular piece of real estate; it WAS a Case tu Which Ule real estate was oWued by the bank; the property Was soid and the Mount jor Which it Was sold was credited to tis real éstate; itdoes not cover the amouut of the {ndebtedness; they sold it for less than they Wok it. Mr, Folierton moved to strike out this testimony, anless the particular transaction Was pointed out trom the books. Q is it right and jawiul for a bank to count checks as legal tenders in its bank statement? Mr. Fulierton—i object, My, d’uray must not ‘earn law irom the witness, cross-examined oy Mr, Fullerton—I am a bank examiner; | succeeded Mr. Callender and have held the office since January, i672, to the present ume; 1 examined the Ocean Bank, unver the direction of the Comptroller of the Currency, Q. For what purpose? A. | do not siuuply told me to wake the examination, aud fdbt 30; With regard to this item of demand loans, 768,000, I suy it is not worth that much; they ve passed into the bands of the reveiver; they Were loans on various securities, Bow in the hands of we receiver; 1 remember the securities; t bave a yeneral recoliection of the kind of securities they were—tortage Lake bonds, Dec: tur, Sullivan ‘and Matoon vonds, Chicago and li linois Southern Railroad bonds, and a variety of other matte: cannot remember all of thea without baving tue records velore me. Q. Had you known anything of the value of Mhese securities up to January, 1872. When did you exumine the affairs of thé Ocean Bank? A. {examined it this lust iall, and had paid attention io these securities belore that; | think I began ex- unining in\o te securities int the month 1 jaunt remember; tt was about a aulore of she ban: a8 tar a 1couid, L knew the wimate put upon these sec clover, isi, by the puonio. urities in October, Q Do you know what estimate was put on the securities you speak of in Uctover, stl, by the public who deat with them at that time? A. (have only general kKnowleage ol what the value Was at that time; in 1x72 i obtained a general thowledge o/ the value ol these securities; of my (do not know what was the value of the Portage proportion oi bills discounted were under protest pn the za of October, 1871; 1 do not think the | will show tt. How did you learnit? A, From the protestea Be the hands of the receiver in the fall of a your alter the lallure; J looked to sce Wu any Of course, | je withess then Wenton to say that he found | ear alter the | ake LONS iD 1871; say that a large | XEW Rotes bad been prior to October, Pave large number of them were under protest; I not make a hsvof them, but {made a lat of the aggregate ; a large amount of them had been under protest prior to Uetober, 187 nhOt giv > an ap- proximate idea of the amount; I should theak more | than hail of $1,100,000; fam speaking front recol- | lection; 1 made a statement to the Comptrolier of | the Currency of the value of the assets; my clerk | | assisted i cannot say who assisted me in ascertaining the vaiue of this paper; I took m. | Own judgment of tc irom my own examination; do not tink Mr, Davis assisted me; T may have asked bim questions; te $590,000 of United states bouds were ta Waslangton, and were held as security for $800,000 of the circulating notes of the bani; the general bond acconné consisted of various Kinds of bonds which ft could tell tf 1 had the book; I do not remember what they were; I discovered at the time } made the examination what the general bond account was made up of; | saw the becuri- ties, solar as they were tu the hands ot the re- ceiver; the Portage Lake bonds for $102, 00) have some Value, but i snould think it is very small; I have no very clear ideas oi their market vililue. Mr, Fuilerton—Well, then, [do not wart them, (Laugater.) Wilness—I may have inquired into the value ef the Marietta boods at the ume! made the exam- juation oj the bank in 1872; I may lave inquired of Mr. Davis; I got some idea of their value at the time; 1 do not know when tiey were sold; tmy iu- pression 1s tuat they have been solid; I catiot an- swer the question; a8 to the Susquehanna bonds, | inquired as to their value at the time I nawie ie | exammation. Q. Where did you go to learn about thew? A, I Was governed very UCL by my Own kno\s sedge of the value of those securities; | had no vary gen- erai knowledge of them; 1 know that tiey were not quotable; { cannot say how L got ny know!- edge of the Portage Lake bonds; 1 know tiey were not quoted; J asked questions about thein ‘of ail lerent persons, Whose names f cannot fecal; L made inquiries of Mr. Davis, for one, ang of hts clerk, as to the value of the Grand Rapids bonds; 1 think no other persons assisted me, Q. How did you find out the value of tim lands the pauk had taken lor their dept? A. Jirom the | tact that early allof them had been sols} by the | receiver; 1 made inquiries touching the muue of the Sullivan, Matoon and Decatur bonds inom Mr. | Davis, bis clerk and other parties; Ido gt know | that 1'can name those other parties; 1 did not go to parties interested 12 the road to fing out tne Value of the pouds. Kediyect—It has been my duty to exantine into the adaus of vroken banks; f have periorigou such duty. ine ‘Did you examine into the affairs of the Ameri- can National Bunk? Mr, Fullerton—l object, that bank 1s broken. Mr, Purdy—ti propose to show that Mr. Crilender plundered that bank, Mr, Pullerton—1 as& Your Honor is that a,proper statement? duage Benedict—-It is not, and the remark should not uve been made, Li the District Attor- | ney desired to ask any such question he should have asked it when he wus exanuning the wit ness, Q. Do you know whether Mr. Callender held Toney irom other National banks in New York? ‘A. Ol my own kuowledge 1 do not know. Q. Have you seen any of his notes ia national banks 7 Objected to, | Withess—I am told that tne President of the American National Bank is in Lurope; the Ameri- can National Bank is net a sound iustitution. Q. Did you eXamine the books of that ba.ak at or about the time of its going into liquidation ? anne Benedict—I do not see how that Lt mate- rial. Mi You mpust wait until Purdy—If he finds on the books of thmt bank “O. C., $3,000,” and Unus that that money v/as paid to Charles Cailender, would not that be material? Judge Benedict—This mau canuot prove it in that way. You must bring the books of the bank here, Lrule the question out, Witness—i do not know where the books=f the American National Bank are, nor do I Know-where the Presidens of that bank is, Q. If you had examined the condition of the Ocean Bank on the 8d of October, 1871, whatswould have been your action as bank Bxaminer ¢ Objected to, and question ruled out. Witness—ihe goverument bonds in the bank were worth a liandsome premium in Octobex, 1871; | I snould say that they were worth $100,00d' more than the par value, which was $800,000; L took that into account when | suid the bank was Lsal- vent. in reply to questions by Mr. Fullerton the wit- ness said:—l have said that the Ocean Nasional Bank was insolvent by over $1,000,000; I make that | out by taking off the jollowing amounts from the items stated in the assets:—From tie items of $400,000; trom the items of Portage Lake toonds, $40,000; Irom the items of Brunswick and ALoany bods,’ $60,000; irom the items of Susque- hanna bonds, $29,000; irom the iten of Decatur, Sullivan and Matoon bonds, $50,000 ; irom. the Liem of reai estate, $100,000; Irom the itera of furniture, $11,000; ‘rom the item of suspense ac- | count, $20,000; vom the item of suspended debit, | $20,000; irom the item of expense account, $24,600; Jrom the item of legal tenders, $50,000; trou the item of discrepancy account, $519; irom the mem ol general bond accouut, $100,000; the total mak- ing $1,155, 119. TESTIMONY OF F, D. TAPPEN. Mr, F. D. Tappen, President of the Gallatin Na- tional Bank, was tae next witness. He testified to the elect that in the month of December, 1371, the Ocean National Bank owed tne Ciearing House &@ sum Of money amounting to about $8310 | at about that time the defendant, Mr. Ga | lender, stated to him that the Gcean Bank ‘was a solvent establishment, and tnat it only | waated a littie Money to enable it to get over a | little difMiculty. He also vemarked that In the course of a few days the bank would probably ob- | tain ali the money it wanted; the Gallatin Bank | then promised to loan the Occan Bank enoagn money to discuarge Its debt to the Clearing Hoge. Some objection having been taken by Mr. Fuer- ton to this line o; examination, | wanted to snow Mr. Caliender’s transactions wal | this bank the books must be produced, Witness—AS a member of the Clearing House } Committee 1 assisted in the examination of the | affairs of the Ocean Bank, and | found that tiey | Were not at all satisiaciory; the business of tire bank was wound up shortly after, After the cross-eXamimation of the witness the | Court adjourned untii this morning at eleven | o'clock. TWEED TO REMAIN WHERE HE is. No Crambs of Comfort for the Great Fie “Boss”—No Comfortable County Jail.gor Him, but the Pains and Penalties of the Penitentiary—important Opinion of Judge Brady. | When 1weed’s legal cohorts, with sabres all ) drawn in air, came thundering into the Court of | Oyer and Terminer the other day, everybouy | stood back and expected that something great | was to be done. It wirns out to be asors of montes | parturiunt, nascetur ridiculus mus matter. In tae | first place they demanded that the minutes of we | Court naming the City Penitentiary as the place | of Tweed’s unprisonment should be changed to the County Jail, so 4s conform to the sentence of | dudge Davis, This the prosecuting counsel con- | seuted to, and thena further demand was made, that when no place o imprisonment was specified in the sentence that Mere should be no entry of place on the minutes, At the iirst glance it looke | as though on a techneallty Tweed was sure of being transierred from lig prison quarters m the Peni- | tentiary on Blackwell's Islana to the more gental society and increased comforts of Ludiow Street Jail, As to the secqnd motion, the effect of this | was secondary, but still it would take two yeaus | from the period of !weed's imprisonment, ‘Ons last matter Was of suficient gravity to lay specialty beiore Judge brady and leave the issue to ns Judicial determination. He gave the resuit of ties determination yesterqay 1a ine following opinion, and witch, #3 Wul be seen, leaves the whoie Mite ter in statu quo, or si a counse) made their pr OVINION (F JUDGE BRADY. are several auswers to this motion. Although theact whieh tits Vourt is asked to periorm may be aiid bo be minisierial, never- theiess, as It indirectly mvolves the precise sen- tence pronounced, & should be made properly | belore tuts Court, Woh tie Justice p ved the judgin at of the Court upon tor conviction. The aplication is to coniorm the ininute made by UF Clerk to the sentence as it was delivered by te Court; and hence the piv riety Of the Course igge: sell, there is in effect t it and that contained tue minutes. ‘The fist punisiment declared wis upon the (ourth coum, aud it was that the deiend- &nt be Imprisoned it the County Jail for the term. of one year, The se@nd Was upon the filth, six: ao, seventh and eighty ounts of the indictment and in these words,—" dat you be tinprisoned ior te | further term of on¢ year, to commence irom tae termination of to¢ first term.” the tmtrd was upon the ninth, ten, eleventh and twellth courts aud in these words—"Tuat you be ttaprisoned ior the term of one year, to commence trom the expiration of the seond term of your tmprison- ment." ‘The words “County Jail of this county?’ Were omitted fromthe second and third punvin- ments, DUL the relwion of Lis part ol the sentene to the frst, Ib Whid Chose words were employed, is quite apparent, au they become imcorporated’ in itby such relation, The language, “for a turtter | terin of one year, b commence from the termina | ton of the first trm,’ aud “for the term ot ome | year, to commenci from the exprrauion of the sue. ond term," loavedio doubE OF LIS as & legal re. | suit in my mind. ‘he Whole sentence is to be takai tugetier, and wobu part. it reiated to the tadicd- | ments and trial unter Which the defendant was convicted. ‘This Hwy View Of this subject brictly stated. Thivd—the Clek, in entering the sentence, in. not required by th matters to adop language used by the Court. Iris the pdg that is to be entered, and that judgwen comorms to the jaw. ‘Tie omnise siun of Lie plaice Gimprisoument insuch sentence, | assuming such to ave been Lhe case heredt Ay kes, | loans, $200,000; trom the items of bills discotuated, | Judge Benedict suid tat if the government | before Lweclas | esiainug who | ractice which prevails in sueg | al YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH’ 20, ¥674.—TRIPLE SHEET. © ety the on ee te jail. It a it, e nm Or . fe: however, and this Court tas no authority to in- |, Céroerate in apy other. requires that whenever a sentence of imprisonment m a county jail shall be pronounced Upon any person convicted of any offence pe the Clerk’ of the Court shall as soon as may be Make out and deliver to the Sheriff a transcript of the entry or such conviction in the minutes of the Coart, and of the sentence thereupon, duly certi- tied by him, which shall be @ suficient authority, such Sherif to execute such gentence, and he shall execute the same accordingly. (@d Kk S., Sth ed., 1,082, section 12.) When, therefore, the Court said that the defendant should be imprisoned, in judgment of law, such confinement was to be in the place provided, and the entry of such piace on the minutes was not only upobjectionabie but duty, (See Peopie vs. Weed, 31 N. Y., 465.) ‘The result is that the entry was tawful, and that that | poss of the sentence which it is sought to change | in harmony with such sentence, The substance of both 18 the same, though 10 form different, ‘These are my conciusions upon consideration ot this matler, and the order to be entered must cor- respond herewith. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. SUPREME COURT--GENERAL TERM. Prohibition to Marry Again in Divorce Decrees. Before Judges Davis, Daniels and Westbrook. James Marshall has not been forvunate tn his matrimonial relations. His first wile m 1858 ob- tained a divorce from him in this State, aud the decree prohibits his marrying again during her fe. He did marry again, however, the second marrage taking piace in Susquehanna, Pa. The second Wife HOW says that at the tine of the mar- riage they were both residents of this State; that he went to Pennsyivania to get married, as she alierwards learned, to save himeel! being indicted for bigamy ; aud, further, that he told ner previous to Lhe marriage that it was ue who got the divorce irom his former wife, and not she from him, This Statement of era came out upon a suit brought against ber .or divorce, and an application on his | part before Judge Donohne, in Chauibers, to iramie issues to send to a jury. ‘Lhe motion was de- nied on the ground that the plainti nad no stand- ing in Court, An appeal was taken from this de- cision to this Court, and alter @ prolonged argu- ment the Court took the paper COURT OF OYER AND TENMINER. Trial of Mulholland, the Alleged Wife Murderer. Pefore Judge Brady, The case of Mulnolland, indictea for killing bis wife, was set down for trial yesterday in this Court, On the case being called Mr. A. H. Hummel stated that the counsel who had prepared the evidence, @ good deal of which was medical and bearing on the proposed plea of insanity, was absent irom the city and would not be back till Monday. He asked that the trial be postponed till Monday, a request which Judge Brady prougunced reasonable and at once granted, SUPREME COURT--CHAMBERS, Decisions, By Judge Donohue. Ciatke vs, Clarke.—Decree of divorce granted to piaintin, Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Martin et al., Howarth vs. Webb e¢ al., Bristow vs, O’Don- neil, Laber vs, Mack, Keenan vs. Lowenthal, Long vs, Wandelt, In the matter, &¢, Hine—Orders granted. Greenwich Savings Bank vs, Luff and others, Shafter vs. Prescott, Valentine vs, Gates, Sleight vs. Crystai Spring Company.—Memorandume, Smith vs. Breen, Glowgowski vs. Benziger Bros., ae vs. Beaton, Trimm vs, Marsh.—Motions d nied, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Curtis. Myer vs. Kearney et ul.—Motion for injunction and receiver denied, without costs to either party. | Putnam ys. Schlick.—Motion for temporary in- | Janeton denied, without costs. (See memoran- | dum.) Grifin vs. Grifin.—Report of referee confirmed and divorce granted to pluntitt. Knapp, receiver, &c., v8. Roche.—Leave granted to defendant to serve supplemental answer within three days of entering of order. Young, assiguee vs. Forrester.—Motion to amend answer granted, with leave to plaintiff to amend complaint thereaiter, as advised. Defendant to Pay $10 costs. SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL TERM. Interesting Question as to Alimony. Betore Judges Sedgwick, Van Vorst and Spier. Nearly twenty-two yeurs ago Mrs, Anne Kamp procured a divorce from Herrman Kamp, her buse ) band. In the decree there was no stipulation for | alimony, a fact arising probably trom the circum- stance that he was a poor map at the time. Since then he has beeu prosperous in bis woridiy affairs, und the divorced wife applied not tong since at | Special Term of the Superior Court for alimony, | and, alter an examination into the defendauts cir- cumstances beiore a referee, he was ordered to pay ber $1,000 a year. From this order an appeal | Was taken to this Coart, are other circum- | Stances mixed up in the case, as the second mar. } lave of Kamp and his setting his property on the second wife. ‘The main point raised in the argu- ment on the appeal was as to the construction of | the statute authorizing the courts, upon a wife | obtaining a decree of avsolute divoree, to make a | jurther order providing for her support. Court took the papers, reserving its decision. SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART J, Patting Her Foot in It, and More Too. Before Judge Monell, Catharine Fitzgibbons was a tenant of Samuel Sloan, One day, stepping upon the grating over | the coal hole, from which a bar put her foot tn tt—that is to aperture—and, as she claimed, sustained serious injuries. She estimated these injuries at $5,000, and brought sult against Mr. Sioan to recover this | sum. The defence was that she wanted to make | 1a case of damage aud so pushed her foot aown as far as she couid, The jury evidently thought | sue put her foot m it asking so Jarge asum for | damages, aud 80 only gave her $100, SUPERIOR COURT—CIRCUIT—PART 2, Another Judgment Against the General | Seal Lock Company. Before Judge Freedman. A similar suit to the one reported in yesterday's | HenaLp was brought by the Whitney Arms Com. | pany yesterday against the Trustees oi the Gen. | erat Seal Lock Company, upon the same grounds | asim the former suit. ‘A verdict was rendered tor | the plutntid, the amount of the verdict being | $6,5% | say, through the Sd COURT OF CORMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decision | By Judge Larremore, | In the Matter, &c., Post.—Demurrer sustained, ' Complaint may be asiended on terms and to serve | inten days. = * | COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Burglaries and Larcenies. Betore Judge Sutherland | James Kenneay and George Hickey were charged with burglariously entering the dwelling house of Edward Lewis, No. 675 Second avenue, on the 4th | inst., and stealing jewelry, two opera glasses and Was missing, she | | the against him being that for the last he had been embezzling $586 from is employer, Edwara W. Baxter, Broadway. A nuinber of affidavits were furnished showing the peo good character of the accused, which re- nited im the modification of the punishment to om in the Pepitentiary. ‘ood, who on the 14th of March stole worth of type from the World composing rooms, pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand lar- ceny, and was sent to the Penitentary jor one year. Acquittals, Thomas Fitzgerald was tried upon an indictment for grand larceny, The testimony tor the proseca- tion was that om the 14th of February John T. Jackson, @ clerk in the employ of Kountze & Brother, bankers in Wall street, when return- | | ing from the Assay Office with fourteen bars | coming too late, should hot affect the verdict, Mo: | of gold, worth $6,000, lost one out of j that the prisoner was seen soon after to pick it up; that he soid is for $100 and shared the proceeds with acompanion. Mr. Price, couusel for the prisoner, raised the point that this ‘Was not larceny, aud quoted several authorities His Honor said it was a nice point, and the jur: alter considerable hesitation, gave the accused the benefit of the doubt, by acquitting him. Sarah Brazier was tried upon a charge of steal- ing 4 goid watch from the house of Teresa Foley, on the 22d of January. As the testimony was cil- cumstantial, and there being some slight doubt of her guilt, Mr. Kintzing succeeded in persuading the jury tnat sarah was innocent. Alter consider- able de! guilty.” Carrying a Concealed Weapon. Neil Develin pleaded guilty to carrying acon- cealed weapon, known as a sinngshot, in violation of tne statute. He was sent to the Penitentiary tor one month, TOMBS POLICE couRT. A Hotel Swindler. Before Justice Morgan. Yesterday morning Detective Heidelberg brought into Court @ very distingué looking person, who Was plainly and elegantly dressed, calling bimself William KE. Sewell and claiming to be a French exile. He carried his baggage, a small black va- lise, in his hand. Joseph B. Weaver, clerk of the Everett House, charged him with taking rooms at that hotel with no means for payment. He was particular about the choice of rooms, requiring a parlor and bedroom attached, and they must be on the lower oor, He was very liberal in orders tor wine and cigars, Alter a week’s bill had been ented W the iastidious wnest it was discov. ad that Nis room was vacant, he having one to the Clarenuon, where he was arrested. Several other hotels complain of a sunilar swip- dle. ‘The prisoner's Valise being opened was found to contain solely a quautity of coarse cloth to give it a stuffed appearance. Justice Murray sent him to the workhouse tor two months. Stealing Soup Tickets. Edward Brady was arrested by Omicer Hennessy, ofthe Fourteenth precinct, for stealing 280 soup tickets, valued at $28, from the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Association at No. 134 Bowery. He was held in $600 bail to answer. " COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. SUPREME CourT—CuamBers—Held by Judge Donohue.—Nos. 62, 63, 83, $4, 87, 89, 99, 101, 103, 104, 120, 124, 128, 138, 156, 157, 160, 180, 181, 183, 207, 213, 215, 221, 226, 231, Call 283, SUPREME VOURT—GENERAL I'uRM—Heid oy Judges: Davis, Daniels and Westbrook.—Nos, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, GU, 67, 68, 69, 70, Tl, 72, 73, 74, 75,’ 78, 77, 105, ATI, 172, 13%, 158, 86, 175, 176, 178, 15, 87, 146, 24s, 146, 164, 180, 181, 182, 183, Supreme Court—Oincuis—Part 2—Held by Judge Van Brunt—Short Causes.—Nos, 1686, 2018, 2790, 1238, 1298, 2006, 2330, 2244, 2142, 2380, 2752, 2790, 2510, 8036, 2653, 1292, 1293, 3392, 2056, 2048, 2782, Part 3—Held py Judge Lawrence— Short Causes.—Nos, 1305, 1945, 1) 2267, 2413, 2099, 1323, 2529, 1203, 821, 2047, 2: 2879, 2577, 1183, 2177, 2263, '2911,” 567. SUPERIOR CourT—fRiaL TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Monell—Court opens at eleven 533, 341, 237, 729, 62 868, 425,’ 87. Nos. 926, 946, 688, 844, 578, 810, 906, 924, 948, 95 6, 958, 960, 962. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—Part 1— Held by Judge Loew.—Nos, 8318, 3244, 3358, 3380, 4816, 3491, 4Y12, 3623, 3449, 3594, 896, 9808, 3814, 3709, 3329, ey S824, 2841, 2842, 3894, 3825, 8703, 2694, 39, SAVT, 3423, Bd 82, 3538, 3564, 3930, 2 , 4057. Making CourtT—TRIAL TERM—Part Judge Spauiding.—Nos. 3820, 8354, 3368, 35. 3576, 3532, 3584, 3586, 3590, 3594, 3596, 3598, 3602, Part 2—Held by Judge Shea.—Nos. 2157, 2787, 3317, 3469, 8557, 5559, 327. 71, 8573, 35 3581, 8583, Part 3—Heid by Judge Joachimsen.— Nos, 4683, 4605, 4606, 4563, 4628, 40 3516, 4425, 8203 4g, 4474, 4541, 3592, 4383, 4685, 4091, CoURT OF GENERAL Ss#ssions—Held by Judge Sutherland.—The People vs. Bernard Clappen- burgh, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. Charles Buple and Frederick Gambk, telonious assault and battery; Same vs. Patrick Brady and Patrick Murphy, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. James O’Brien, burgiary; Same vs. Samuel Conklin, grand larceny; Same vs. James O’Niel, grand larceny; Same vs. Ai nder Zittle, grand larceny; Same vs. Thomas Walker, grand larceny; Same vs. John H. Wiison, grand larceny; Same vs. John Young, grand larceny; Same vs. Alexander Mitchell, grand larceny; Same vs. George Harrison, grand jarceny; Same vs, Join Wagner, graud larceny; Same vs. Martin Kupter, grand larceny; Same vs. Louis Auzat, grand larceny; Same vs, Daniel Lee, larceny trom the person; Same vs. Michel Heffern, larceny from the person; Same vs. Josepn Jonnson, larceny from tue person ; Same vs. Kdward Ktibain, larceny from the persou; Same vs. Philip Purcell. receiv 1—Held by i 2, 3574, & Ps The | ing stoien goods; Same vs. Samuel Adams, receiv- ing stolen goods; Same vs. John Creymoor, assault and battery; Same vs. Edward Smith, assauit and battery. COUAT OF APPEALS. ALBANY, N. Y., March 19, 1874, The Court of Appeals will reconvene on Monday, March 23, with the following day calendar :—Nos. 292, 35, 613s, 123, 126, 127, 128 and 130, BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Bodies for Dissection. Before Judge Pratt. Application was made to Judge Pratt at tne Special Lerm of the Supreme Court yesterday to sign the peremptory mandamus to conppel the Coroners to give up the bodies of paupers to the medical faculty at the Long Isiand College Hosp tal lor the dissecting room. Mr. Brower argued that the statute was manda- tory, and that the Court could compel them to do what his cents demanded, Coroner Jones said that the subject of pauper | burials had recently created great excitment among the Masonic traternity of New York, aud that he would positively refuse to deliver any | body up for dissection unless compelled to do so e Pratt considered that the statute was mandatory, and granted the annexed manda- | mus — L | | twoshawis, the aggregate value of which was about | | ers, of wn order of the Deau of the | $250. They pleaded guilty to burglary in the third | degree, and were each sent to the State Prison tor | Jour years. Tuomas White, against Whom was an indictment ‘The charge was that on the 24th of February he stole a horse and wagon, worth $250, the property of Peter Richards, which was recovered a week afterward, James McGovern pleaded guilty to ay attempt at burglary in the third degree, the - indictient leging that on the ist of this month he broke a pane of giass of Louis Bellner’s liquor store and stole two vottles of whiskey. Harney Brennan pleaded guilty to breaking into the liquor store of Starks Suydaim, No. 179 Orchard reet, on the uight oi the uth mst., but no prop- erty Was taken. ine above-named prisoners were each sent to the State Prison for two years and six months, John King and John Webber pleaded guilty to an attempt at burgiary in the third degr ‘On the 7th Of this mont they broke into the restaurant of Caroline Bender, No. 175 Allen street, and stole wearing apparel $100, They were euch sentenced to tic State Prison for two years at hard labor, Julia Hughes, alittie girl, pleaded guilty to steal- ing (rom her employer, Mrs, Jennie B. Noe, $33 worth of underclothing and jewelry, on the 10th of this month. Henrietta Zimmer, who stole, on the 26th of Feb- | ruary, three rings belonging to Mrs. Menninger, | by whom she was empioyed, pleaded guilty to an | attempt, The rings were overed, and, in coa- | sequence of her previous unexceptionavie charac: | ter and at the request of the complamant, the = sen: the girl to the City Prison jor twenty ays. | George Hatton, who, on the 6th inst., stole a case of linen goods valued at $710, the property of Da- | VIdN. Lindsay, pleaded gutty to an attempt at | grand larceny. There were mitigating circum | Stances, which tuduced His Honor to remand tie | prisoner tor sentence, Johu Dauner Dicaded guilty toa similar odtuce, for grand larceny, pleaded guilty to an attempt. | | one shail be +o delivered or ree THE MANDAMUS. At a Special Term of the Supreme Court, heid at the Court House in the city of Brooklyn, this’ lui day of Mareh, 1874, Present, Hon. ©, E. Pratt, Jusuice. lu the maiter of thé Long island College Hospital vs. the Coroners of the city of Brooklyn, aud the Keeper of the Morgue of the said eity of Brookiyu, On reading and filing the auwdavits of Samuel G. Armor, A.J. C. Skene and A. H. Bates members of the Facult of the said Long isiand College Hospital, and the order to show cause herein, dated March. 11, 157 alter hearing Daly & Brower, attorne: ng isiaud College Hosptial, and Thomas H. Rodman, siriet Attorney of Kings county, for the said Coro= ners and Keeper ot the Morgue. Uridered, tbat he said Coroners ot the city of Brook- lyn and ihe Keeper of the Morgue of said city be und are licreby ordered to deliver up to the p Lobg Island College Hospital, the rema deceased person, tor the purpose of medical and surg study; provided that said remains shall not hav regniarly (nterred and shall not have been desire interment by any relative or inend of said de- ceased person within twenty-four hours alter death; provided also that the rewains of no person who may be known to have relatives or friends shall be so deilvered or received without the consent of said tives or friends, and provided that the remains ‘ived Who Las l Dess, OF OF Bis] ly may be buried, sbull, in we cases specified in the provise puried in the usual manner; and provided a case the remains of any person so delivered of received shall be subsequently claimed by any surviving relarive or friena for interment, and the said college shail de- cently bury in some pudlic cemevery the rewains ot all bodies aiier they study as atoresald. vhe jacuity say that competent surgeons will vistt the Morgue and embalm the bodies, $o that they may be preserved for an indedinite period. CITY COURT. Verdict Against the City. Before Judge Reynolds, Yesterday, Mr. William J, Lee brought suit, against the City of Brookiyn to recover damages inflicted upon the property of plaintiff by a mov of TIOTOUS Persons on the 4th of November, 1873. The complaint sets forth that the plaintiff was the owner of a lot and building on Hudson avenue, be- tween Fieet and Bolivar streets, contained gas Oxtures and glass doors, and that the aforesaid mob destroyed the building and its conteuts, damaging the owner to the eXtent of $1,000, for Which he demanded judgment against the city for that amount. The witnesses i the case testified that the building was dilapidated, an eyesore and & Luisi and that the destruction was accomplished by & lot of boys, WhO, a8 Oue Wit ness teslkded “in a hair aa hour swept the whee u liberation they returned a verdict of “Not | The building | | this city; and the Cler' thing away.” ‘The jnry rendered a verdict in favor Of the platntif for $350, Decisions. By Judge Netison, Hoag vs. Lamon(.—Case aud amendments settled and filed, Pardee ve, Solor.—Motion to refer the issues for trial denied on the ground that the case is not one jor such compulsory direction. Steinield vs. Levy.—Application to vacate order or set aside arrest denied. Fitzpatrick vs. MoAnaliy. plaintif’s attorney the case came inierw: the office of the Counsel wuo alterward Lried the case, There bad been no substitution, but the plaintuY was present at the time and recognized the counse as representing him, and the case had been noticed for trial in the Lame OI the counsel's firm, ‘The objection that no counsel for the plain- uff had been formaliy and properly appoinrea, tion denied. Fawcett vs, Rafter—The plaintif’ may take an | order discontinuing the two causes withont costs, except $10 costs of motion, to be pald to defend. ant’s attorney. COUNT OF SESSIONS, Willtam Adams, an old man, was convicted in the Court of Sessions yesterday of pursuing his profession of a pickpocket in Plymouth church on Vhe evening of the Ist inst. He was sentenced to tue Penitentiary for two years aad six months, BROOKLYN COURT CALENDARS. Crry Coverr.—The following cases, to be catled to-day, finish up the calendar of the Oity Court tor the preseat term :—Nos, 9, Liu, 202, 218, 219, 42, 79, 205, 117, 184.34. Crncurr Court,—Nos. 5, 146, 215, 216, 225, 111, 125, 6644, 91, U4, 112, 113, 23, 51, 57, 68, Ty 2h 228,190, 60. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, George H.. Andrews Retires as Candidate for Police Commissioner—Mayor Have- meyer's Message Not Bully Explicit Assistant District Attorney Allen As- sailed. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, President Vance in the chair. ‘The following message from the Mayor relative to his nomination of Mr, George H. Andrews for the vacant Police Commissionership was read :— Executive Deranturnt, Ory Haut, New Yorx, March 19, 1874, "5 To ty Hononantu rx Boaky or ALveRMEN :— Guxtimay—Mr. George i. Andrews, whom I nomi- nated to your honorable body for appomtment as Com- inissioner of Police in place @! Hemry smith, deccased, has, ina note to me of the [8th inst, detinitely with’ ‘awn his congent to accept the oflice it his nomination should be conttrued. Under these circumstances any further consideration of my coinmunication to your honorable body submitung his name for your approval will be unnecessary. WILLIAM F. HA BYER, ‘The withdrawal of the name of Mr. Andrews not having been emphatically made in the communt- cation, a resolution was adopted calling upon the Mayor to withdraw the name of Mr. Andrews a3 @ candidate, A resolution thanking Mr. Andrews for retiring as a candidate, out of delerence to the desire of the taxpayers, was tabled, on the ground that the Board Aad taken no action yet on Mayor Have- meyer’s message. A motion of Alderman McCarrgrry to appoint a committee of three to investigate the truco or falsehood of an assertion purporting to have been made by Assistant District Attorney Allen to the effect that the District Attorney’s Onice nad been induenced by representations of certain Aldermen, as well as Of other politicians, relative to the houses of ill fame near Grammer School No. 10, in the Eighth ward, was finally disposed of by a post- ponement of the whole question, THR NEW PARADE GROUND, Alderman Kock introduced the iollowing resolu- tion, which was adopted :— Resolved, That the Legislature of this State be and they are hereby earnestly requested to repeal the law passed by thav body providing (or a parade ground tor the First division of the Nauonal Guard, State of New York, on the upper end of the island, as Tompkins squa’ which has been assigned for the uses of the military or (eters in this city as @ parade gronnd, and its regu- lation tor that purpose, offers all the facilities necessary. parade ground for the military of * of the Common Councilis hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly. for the purposes of a THE CANAL DEBT. Ata meeting of the deiegates of the German Property Owners’ associations of the Tenth, Eleventh, Seventeench, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-first wards the following resolutions were autuorized to be transmitted to the Board of Aldermen. They were read yesterday, on motion of Alderman Koch, but were laid over Whereas the pending amendment to the constitution relating to the Erie Canal, if adopted, will, by prevent- ing certain tinprovements, prove highly injurious to the State, and will tend to drive our Western trade to other channels; be it Resolved, iat that portion of the amendments to the constitution relating to the Erie Canal be stricken out; and be it further Kesolved, That the channel of the canal be dredged to a depth of Seven feet, aml that those locks not already altered be enlarged’ to meet all the requirements of trade. A NEW FIRE COMPANY UP TOWN. The Committee on Pubitc Works, to whom was referred a resolution which directs that necessary steps be taken to offer additional safeguard to Ile and property against fire in that part o2 the city lying north oi Fifty-ninth street and east of Fith avenue, made a report, advising that a tem- porary engine house be erected on land owned by the cily on Third avenue, near Sixty-seventh street, locality, and that a company of firemen be sta- | toned there, all to be done under the direction of | the Fire Commissioners; but no action was taken ou the report. STREET OBSTRUCTIONS The following ordinance reported to the Board was laid over :— An orilinance to regulate travel and commerce in and upon the sireets and sidewalks of this civy. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonaiiy of the city of New York do ordain as follows :— Seortow 1.—Ali ordinances or portions of ordinances now existing, Which impose a penalty or penalties jor the piaciny or hanging of goods, warea, merchandise, signs, aWnings oF Articles Upon oF suspended over any sidewalk or street in this ¢ity are hereby repealed, ani the Commissioners ot Police are hereby authorized and | directed to prevent any such obstructions. suull have answered the purposes of | A Rue. 4—All ordinances requirimg, authorizing or di- recling the Corporation Attorney vo receive, sue for, re- cover or collect penalties for the obstruction of the side- | walks or sircets by the hanging or placing of signs or awnings in this city are hereby repealed; and he is hereby directea (@ discontinue ail actons now pending to recover penaities in such cnses, Sec. 3—Phe ordinance entitled “An ordinance to rega- late permits for street stands, show cases, signs, stair- ways, hoistways and deliveries,” approved February 24, es EN is hereby repealed. 4.—This ordinance shall take effect immediately. 0. P.O. BILLINGS, j Committee on Law RICHARD FLANAGAN, § Departinent, After transacting a large amount of routine busl- neas the Board adjourned. OITY TAXATION, i Comptroller Green’s View of the Subject in Reference to Local Improvements Under the Direction of the Commis- stoner of Pablic Works. The following communication ‘was yesterday | sent from the Chief of the Finance Department to the Common Council Crry of New Yor, Deranrurnt or Prvance, Comprnoutur’s Orrick, March 17, 1874. he Revised Or- e the honor to To THe ComMON CoUNCIL: ‘Agreeably to section 21 dinances of the City of New York, transmit herewith a list of contracts and to be contracts, deposited, ied anu registered in ice during the year 187%. Sualeinents are appended showing the total payments made upon such contracts on account ot Street Depart- miewe (und and the condition of the respective works article ? of tl bi at the end o Aiso the amount paid upon each Contract f raised by taxation, and by the 1s- sues of seks and bonds ob the city, disvursments during sald year (1873) upon these three cluses ot corporation Labilittes, as appears by said statements, are respectively as tollows:— 1. On work payable in whole or in part from assessments (tle means vetug derived trom as: sessinent bonds) Serrnrrt! - $3,182,721 2. On Work and supplies th derived from taxation Ti +. 691,937 or Work or supplies whose cost is defrayed by the issue of stocks and bonds on account of the permauent debt seeee seeceee 1186962 | Making @ total on thess three accounts of,....$4,96).621 Trenewedly call the attention of the Cominon Council to the very large number of contra Y reeu x grading, Xc., sowerine and otherwise improving the streets, now in progress, for the payment of Which it will be necessary to provide & large amount of money. Sub- sequent experience, hot less than the condition of the treasury, bas added much force to the suggestions sub- mitied With a similar communication one year ago. The aniount of street improvement bonds or asseasinent bonds of account of at Improvement fund outstand- ing on the Slsi day of December, 1873, represents the ad- vances to contwactors and over’ and may be classited glows :— mount in advance to contractors and ot! snow in progress and for whi ts are not yet conirmed ntin advance vos « $5,028,361 to contractors and others: assessments have been c contirmed. 7,008 168 total of. ‘ aggregate includ acts LY te Departinent of Public Work also advances on Works carried on by" under the direction of the Co:nmissioner of Pi In consideration of this large and increa: currea mainly in the interests of propert large propordon of the amount as above stated represented by assessments levied and open for evilec: tion, aud in a majority of cases du ‘a number of ‘ars, itis again respectinily suggest i urged that y Works or this character projected and undertaken shall be such only as are deemed tndispensabie and un mistakably called for by the owners of property Who are directly concerned. and who are required and who are Willing to rein burse the city for their constroction, linti! the holders of real estate so largely benefited hese improvements respond more cheerfully and promptly to the reauiremenis of the corvoration and Kiree their assoesnenis Will the taxpayers be re lieved from the burden of providing a large amount an- nualiy t uleet the interest on bonds and tor enormous suins uf Acgount of Vacated assessments. ‘Ainplo justification for this appeal to the Common Couneil is found in the starting tact that wile (he col. Jecuons on tals class of asvessments during tue lagt gx 1 an 1 by ror til a permanent structure can be built near said | struments par | ‘) months of 1973 amounted to only se97-n07. | ments vacated during the same period hoe Ecicy4 December, I873) represents a total of $143,000 ta, “collections over Vacations,” $285,733, 4 stacement like this does not require the ai and should arrest the atwention of ail who atc conneeted with the government uf this c 1m its welfare. at HtiRe, Number of street Improvements jar 3 OF dof rhetone trees involving xpenditures, and “carried on by day's work or th | such other manner as the Commissioner of Public Works May deem expedient,” have been commenced and a tively prosecuted since the lat of January, the cv which do not preperly dnd place in thiy ex! A much larger nutiber of Works of this class, as you are aware, have been authorized by the Common Coun and will, doubtiosa, be set on foot at the convenience the same oficial and under Mis sole direction and c without suletent regard to the condition of the tuon ents" or the interests of the mass of (i @ t well, as custodians of important public trusts, to consider whether this uew way of doing work by pri day's work” so suddenly ina the usual forms, gaa e law has wisely provided, del to a single official, is wise eneral public d entiment Among property: he public Works 1s (ar Tespnettully, GREEN, Comptroller. BIDDING FOX CITY STOOKs, The Comptroller Putt! & $1,292,500 of Stocks im the Market, The following bids were yesterday recetved at the Comptrolier’s oMee for the $1,292,500 seven per cent consolidated stock of the city, interest payae ble on May 1 aud November 4 in eae year:— Name. b ne gi ad | holders that the | Steater than it Amnunt 16 K. Pierson... ‘Soam nt or” George Enrick sO) at tos M. U. Courtney. WG) at 108 @. at WI 0) at Wi, 5.00) we 102 WO wt 10236 OO at log G ° . ) as lig Jacob Smith : pollen Od at ied Washington Life’ Tusurauce “Cou oe Aeisapessesy UUKOCO Life Insurance Company oi AY pee 108,009 lnisuranee Gonipany ped New York. 10,000 at 100.05 L. Cutteback, ‘for the Gashen ings Bank. TM. Wyse D, R, Briggs. W. Bumpton..... 4 nas O'Connol M. Crown..... Jobn 8. Roach... Thomas Cottrell, Jr. William stuciaar. Willian Sinelaie, 2200020227 Home Insurance Gompany Home Insurance © tna Insurance C Jame } Save J.T, Carpenter... PL White. dy rker Handy \..... ounas ¢:, Doreuius Pa ti Thoma Mech, Mechi * Bank. ’ Bank annie aunies’ George K. Sistare George George George K. Sistare George i eorge George Alden Sampson. L. fT. Carpenter... jueen Fire Insuran . Bates & Co... George K. sustare, Jr..... George K. Sistare. Jr..!! George K. Sistare. George K. Sistare. |! George K. sistare, Jr. Suaten Island Savings Bank Staten Island Savin; Staten Island Savings Bi Staten Island Savings Kank Staten Istand Savings Bank THE FIFTR AVENUE PAVEMENT, Mayor Havemeyer’s Report as to Its Condition. Some few days ago Mr. John Biglin introduced a bill before the Legislature to provide for the ree pairing of Fifth avenue, from Waverley place te Sixtieth street. The attention of Mayor Have. meyer was called to tais infringement upon the charter of the Common Council, and he conse- quently made a personal inspection yesterday of the avenue from Waverley place to Sixteenth street. The Mayor would have continued his ex- amination as far as Sixtieth street, but he was of the opinion that the bill onty called’ for the repaire ing irom Waverley place to Sixteenth street. A little over an hour was devoted by the Mayor to the examination of the pavement. The avenue i certainly not in a very good condition, and be- tween Fifteenth and ixteenth streets @ slight hollow was found, resulting from the repairing of the street after the gaspipea had been laid. The block between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets was in about the same con- dition, The next two blocks are in rather poor order, and have three or four holes in the pave- ment whicn {t would be economy to repair. Ona of the worst spots on the avenue was found at ti crossing of Kleventh street, and consisted of @ large bole about three and a half feet in diameter, ‘There was alsoalarge hollow at Eighth street, Where the railroad crosses the avenne. This evi+ dently had originated since the laying of the track, The Mayor, in speaking of the matter, said that, in his opimion, the Legislature were ing rather hastily when they attempted to legislate on a question that was entirely vested in the Common Council. Besides, he did not see any sufficient cause for going to the expense of repatring Filth avenue when it can only result in increasing taxe ation and add to the municipal debt. It ts undem stood that Mayor Havemeyer intends to memoriak ize the Legislature on the subject. THE DOCK COMMISSIONERS, Ata meeting of the Dock Commussioners yester, day aiternoon, Mr. Westervelt presiding, tha Executive Committee reported that the contract for building @ steam Noating derrick was given at | $5,980, Mr. William H. Hall was allowed the prfvi- lege of erecting a steamboat dock at the fors of a0th street, Harlem River, ‘he fludson Rivet Yacht Club was permitted to erect a club house at the foot of Seventieth street, North River, CITY AND COUNTY TREASURY. Comptroller Green reports the following di» bursements and receipts of the treasury yestere day :— Disney’ Claims paid (number of wa MENTS. nis33) amounting to $12,964 RECEIPTS. From taxes of 1878 and interos iedgtatiye From arrears of taxes, assessments and mterest | From collection of ussessinents and interest, Total THE BLEECKER STREET MALEPRACTICE CASK Autopsy on the Body—Impanelling # Jury—Investigation Next ‘Tuesday. In the case of Maria Felton, the woman who died at the Grove House, Bleecker street, on Wednes- day afternoon, under suspicious circumstances, ag previously reported in the HeERALD, Dr. Shine yess | terday made a post-mortem examination on tne body, and found that death resaited from male. practice, but in what manner produced it was tim Possible to determine. It was certain, however, that no instrumental violence had been resorted to, Deceased, who bad been married and was the | mother of four children, all dead, had not lived with her husband jor two years, and he, it if alleged, has been a shiitless fellow, unabie, it hot unwilling, to provice fer his | When deceased arrived at the Grove Hou Cy ov tie 12th inst, she suid thac she lad come 300 miles, trom the country, and was sat fering from the effects of a full, ‘the fact Was however, that deceased lived with her parents af No. 80 Jane street and had not been in the coun try. When she became dangerously ill Mrs. Felton told Drs. Kent and Clark, Who were in atieadance Upon her, that her lamily physician was Dr. Vag Rousell, an old gentieman living at No. 214 West EKighteeath street, and before her death Dr. Vat Rousell catied to see her. It suosequently ape peared from Mr. Moore, the father of the decease | tuat be was Unacquainted with the doctot | whom she named.” Coroner Woisman is make | ing efforts to secure the attendance of Dr, } Van Rousell, William H. Paynton, of No. 424 Hudson street, whom deceased represented as her brotheran-law, but whitch proved to be untrue, and Lizaie johnsoa, the narse, living at No. ol Van reet, who had been Walling upos deceased, Lizzie had jeft her place: ior Williau burg yesterday morning, ana it 18 possible sh may be endeavoring to keep out of the Way. A The remains of the unfortunate wowan, by per miss! n of the Coroner, were removed to the r dence of her parents, No. 80 Jane street, where @ ‘the ine ind in ve Jury Viewed them during the alvernoua. Vesiigation is named tor next Tuesday | Meautime the police Will make | to secure the persons tor whom tiey @ now w search. The facts thus jar developed do not show | to a certainty who committed the crime which re. sulted in death, bat it the right persons can o¢ brought betore the Coroner and the jury their tes timony may tend to place the guilt Where it right fully belongs, - ‘ The parents Of deceased are respectable peop! and they are in deep distress that their duemtcet should meet with such a death away trom hom and in her jas) Moments Uuallended by Irieuds,