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THE COURTS. The Trial of Templeton—He Is Found Guilty, but Recom- mended to Mercy. ‘A Lobbyist on the Warpath—Curious Chapter of Charges and Counter Charges. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. ‘The case of E.S. Jaffray & Co, vs. The Govern- ‘ment, which has been at trial-for several days in ‘the United States Circuit Court, belore Judge ‘Woodruffand a jury, has come to a conclusion. ‘The questions to be determined by the trial of this ‘cause were wiftther a quantity of lace, imported ‘by Measrs. Jaffray & Co., was liable, as silk lace, to ® duty of sixty per cent, or whether the lace was an article commercially known a8 thread dace, which is lable only to a duty of thirty per cent. The jury, after having been in ‘consultation for several hours, were discharged without agreeing to a verdict. It is understood that eight of the jurors were in favor ofa verdict for the government and four for the plaintiffs. On @ former trial of this case seven jurors were in favor of Goding for the government and five for the plaintiffs. The position taken by the govern- ment in this matter was that the lace was ilk lace, lable to sixty per cent duty, while Messrs. Jaffray & Co. contended thatthe article was thread lao, subject only to a dury of thirty per cent. A man named James Colbert, who is charged with having dealt in ‘filty cent counterfeit cur- renoy, was yesterday taken betore Commissioner John A. Shields, who held him, in default of $10,009 bau, for examination. It is alleged that the defendant has been very extensively engaged in the business of selling counterfeit money. Judge Lawrence yesterday granted an applica- tion made before him at Supreme Court, Chambers, fora mantlamus against the County. Auditor to audit the claim of Robert Bonynge, official re- porter of tue Court of Oyer and Terminer, for re- Ports of the evidence in the trials of Tweed, Stokes, Ingersoll and Farrington. The bill, amounting to $448 80, was promptly audited and a warrant given forthe amount, the samo being drawn on the county contingent !und, TEMPLETON CONVICTED. Conclusion of the Trial—The Closing Testimony in the Case—Summing Up of Counsel and Charge of Recorder Hackett—Sentence Deferred Till Mon- day. A larger crowd than on either of the two prev- fous days was present yesterday in the Court of General Scssions—Recorder Hackett on the Bench—to witness tne closing proceedings in the trial of Duncan D, Templeton for snooting his wife. The prisoner occupied a seat by bis counsel, Mr. John D, Townsend, and seemed to manifest ‘very little concern in the result. CONCLUDING EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE—TESTI- MONY OF EDWARD PIERSON. After the opening of the Court*further witnesses Were cailed for the de‘ence. The first witness was Edward Pierson, a farmer, residing in Rockland county, who knew the prisoner and stated that he had wild schemes, was nervous and talked about ditferent things; he was rattle-headed. TESTIMONY OF OFFICER BUTCHER. Officer John Butcher, of the Sixteenth precinct, testified that on the night of the shooting the pris- Oner was put in a cell in the station house, and, by orders of the captain, he took a seat outside of the Cell door from six o’clock till twelve; Templeton ‘walked up and down the cell, talking to himself, Saying, “0, my God! what have I done? you know {would not hurt you for all the world; then he turned and said, “Won't you put more coal on the tire, 1am so cold ?” the stove, which was a large one, Was read hot; the ‘sweat’? was rolling off | him, and his eyes looked kind of wild, and he had his coat collar turned up; the prisoner would say, “You know, my darling, I would not hurt you; then he would get on his knees, as if he were hema ing, and turn around and cry as if he were talking to bus child; “You know I would not hurt your mother for all toe world; she is a good little “woman;” then, again, he said, ‘Well, well, we ‘will get away from this wicked world and we shall soon be rid o! all these bad women; once or twice he came to the cell door, looking as if he were go- ing to do something, wiien he said, “1 will take hy life; I donot want to live here; he kept talking about his wife all the evening; on the following morning the prisoner did not recognize the wit- ness as being the man who watched him during the preceding evening. This closed the direct testimony ror the defence. BEBUITING EVIDENCE—TESTIMONY OF MRS, MARGA- RET O. POST. Mrs. Margaret C. Post was called by Assistant District Attorney Rollins. She stated that she now lived at No. 25 Beckman place, but boarded for a time at a hotel in White Plains, where she met Templeton and his wife; the evening before the shooting the prisoner called at her house, and, in speaking of his domestre troubles, showed her a@ letter written by Mrs. Templeton, wherein she accused him of infidelity and cruelty; she re- marked to the prisoner that if Mrs. ‘Templeton could prove what she stated sie could get a bill of divorce from him; Templeton repiied that she had got to come back and live with him, or he would shoot her if she did not; the witness re- Monstrated with nim and said, “Templeton, be -careiul What you say, because there is you if you do such 4 thing as that; she the only sufferer, but you will suffer with her; he said he was not responsible for what he had done, jor he was crazy and had been crazy ever since she left him; Yempleton also said that his wite’s mother bad produced an abortion on her daughter, that she was a very baad woman, about sixty years old and dressed like a little girl of sixteen; he laid all his troubles to his mother-in- law; he satd his wile was in a bad house, but he believed her to be as pure as an angel. TESTIMONY OF THOMAS W. CONWAY, Thomas W. Conway, the son-in-law of the last ‘witness, testified that two or three days before the shooting the prisoner called upon him, and after alluding to his separation from his wife, said that they two could not live separate, that one of them must die, but he did not intimate which, TESTIMONY OF JOHN L, OLDFIELD, John L, Uldfield had an interview with the pris- oner at the Grand Central Hotel, wherein he said he would have his wile or die, THE PRISONER'S WIFE RECALLED. Mrs. Templeton was recalled and asked whether jast before the shooting she said to the prisoner, ‘My pretty face can make me more money than you can give me,’’ but counsel objecting, te Court excluded fit. ‘The month before the shooting Templeton said that ifhe did take her life, “that his father’s money would save hii, and he could plead insanity, and any one could get off in the New York courts; the accused fatled to provide for her and her child, and was most generally under the in- fluence of liquor. TESTIMONY OF SERGEANT CASS, Sergeant Cass, who was at the desk of the sta- tion house when the prisoner was brought in b; Officer Gallagher, narrated the statement whic that officer made of the occurrence. TESTIMONY OF DR. OLYMER, Dr. Meredith Clymer was the last witness called by counsel for the prisover as @ medical expert ‘upon the question of insanity. The doctor said he had listened to all the beisec wen given by the wit- nesses, whereupon a long question was put to him, embodying the description of the prisoner's nerv- ous temperament, his capricious disposition, his domestic trouble, and the “delusion” he was sul- fering trom, believing that his wile was living in a house of bad fame, &c. Dr. Clymer replied that if Such @ pegson as the question described exnibited a constititional nervous disorder for some years, and upon that insane delusion on a certain moral OF mental shock committed an overt act, he should say that the probable state of the mind at the time ‘was one of unsoundness, SUMMING UP OF COUNSEL. A brief recess was here taken, the above having concluded all the testimony in the case, and on the reassembling of the Court Mr, Townsend ad- Aressed the jury at eloquent length on behall of Templeton, claiming that at the time of the shoot- ing he was not responsible for his acts. Mr. Rollins followed in an able and powerful ment, se- verely criticising the testimony for the defence seeking to cstablish the insanity of the accused. CHARGE OF THR RECORDER. Recorder Hackett charged the jury as follows:— The prisoner at the bar stands charged with the commission of the crime of an assault with a Joaded pistol, "With the felonious intent to kill Ida Mand Templeton, his wife, on the 15th of Novem. ber last. He is further charged by this indictment with having on that day committed an assault with @ loaded pistol upon the person of his wile the said Ida Maud Templeton, with intent to do her bodily harm. The defence interposed is the plea of not guilty upon thé ground of insanity ex- isting in the prisoner at the time of the commis- sion of the act. It is not dented, and the proot without contradiction, unaided by the concession of the counsel for the acoused, establishes the fact that the prisoner did, on the morning of the 15th November iast, shoot at his wife with a pistol loaded with powder and ball, inficting upon ner @ serious wound. The statute provides that no act done by @ person in a state ‘of insanity can be posished as an offence, and no insane person can e tried or sentenced to any punishment, or be unished for any crime or offence while be con- inues in such state, There is no pretence that the prisoner at this time and during this trial is or has been insane, and the presumption is that every person is sane until the contrary appears; aside from this, the testimony of Dr. Olymer, calle: and examined a8 a witness for the defence, shows that since the shooting and upon the 4tn of Feb- ruary last made & medical examination of the prisoner as to his eanity, at the Tombs, at the re- | quest of his father and che District Attorvey, and, as the result of such examination, declared him to be sane. The defence of insanity now interposed rd no means a novel one in this or elder communt- ties, and to such an extent has it been resorted to, and in so Many. cases successfully (where the pub- lic mind after acquittal has had reason to believe that it was wickedly interposed and corruptly sustained), that a strong prejudice has been worked in the public mind against such defence, and, a8 an eminent jurist has had occasion to ob- serve, had produced in courts and juries a dispo- sition to receive it with extreme jealousy and scrutinize it with praiseworthy caution. It is true, gentiemen, that the plea of insanity has in some cases been adopted as a cloak for crime and @ shield aga ist the consequences of its perpetra- tion; but it is equally true, as asserted by the same eminent jurist, that many more persons have been unjustly convicted when that detence has been interposed, and caused to suffer the ppaleinens for crime when thelr unquestioned mn: rai! should have been an unfailing protec- tion, The case presenta a sad and distressin; perry one from which our nature revolts; but it as become your duty to sit in judgment upon the facts, and under your oaths and the obligations en- joined upon aon to cali review the testimony, and, taking from the Court its instructions as to the law which should govern your deliberations, provounce your verdict. The inquiry to be made by you under the rule of law as now established 18 a8 to the prisoner's knowledge of right and wrong at the time of shooting his wife. Every man is to be presumed sane and to possess a Suflicient de- gree of reason to be responsible for his crimes un- 11 his Want of sanity shall have been vroved to the satisfaction of a jury; and to establish a defence ‘on the ground of insanity it must be proved that at the time oi committing the act the party ac- cused was laboring under such a defect of reason, irom disease of the mind,as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing wrong. The inquiry with you should be, had the prisoner, at the time of shooting his wife, a suMfictent degree of reason to know that he was doing an act that was wrong, or was he laboring under that species of mental aberration whicn has satisfied you thathe was wholly unaware of the nature, character and consequences of the act ne was commiting? In the case of Abner Rogers Chief Justice Shaw, of Massachusetts, laid down the rule in this form:—“A man is not to be ex- cused from responsibility if he has capacity and Teason suMictent to enable him to distinguish be- tween rightand wrong as to the particular act that he ts then doing—a knowledge and conscious- ness that the act he is doing is wrong and crimi- nal and will subject him to punishment. In order to be responsible he must have suiticient power of memory to recollect the relation in which he stands to others and in which others stand to him; that the act he is doing ts contrary to the plain dictates of justice and right, injurious to others and @ violation of the dictates of duty. On the contrary, although he may be laboring under partial insanity, still understands the nature and character of the act he 18 about to commit, and its consequences, if he has a knowledge that it is wrong and criminal, and a mental power sutlicient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and to know if he does the act he will do wrong and re- ceive punishment, such partial insanity is not sufiicient toexempt him irom responsibility for | any criminal act.” If, then, it is proved to the sat- isfaction of the jury thatthe mind of the accused was in a diseased and unsound state, the question will be, whether the disease existed to so higha degree that ior the time being it overwhelmed the reason, conscience and judgment, and whether the prisoner in committing the homicide acted jrom an irresistibie and uncontrolable impulse; if so, then the act was not the act of # voluntary agent, but the involuntary act of the body wituout the concurrence of a mind to direct it. Now, gentle- men, it becomes your duty to apply the rule I have stated to the evidence that has been given in this case, and thereby test his mind and legal account- ability. The question of the present sanity 0! the prisoner is not at issue, so far as your deliberations are concerned. The only question tor your determination is, What was the state of his miud at the time of the commission of the act? The prisoner is not to be either convicted nor ac- quitted upon the speeches of counsel nor acquitted upon sympathy for himself, his child, his father or iamily; nor .should he be convicted because public policy may de- | manded example to deter others from tie commis- | sion ofa like offence. Upon the evidence in this case you are permitted to find one of three ver- | dicts, namely :—L{ you shall believe, free from any reasonable doubt, that at the time of the shooting, the prisoner being sane and bis mind in a normal rational state, and suflicient degree of reason to Know that he was about tocommit an act that Was wrong and criminal, did with jelonious intent and premeditated design shoot at, and with a pis- tol loaded with powder and ball, his wile, faa Maud ‘Lempleton, on the 15th of November, 1873, with intent to kill, then such will be your verdict. And now, gentlemen, if you, after a careful review of all the testimony which is claimed to have established the fact that the prisoner was insane | at the time of the commission of the act of shoot- ing, and you are satisiied that such was the fact, it will become your duty promptly to acquit; but i, on the contrary, you shall believe that at the time of the commission of the offence that the prisoner knew the nature of the act he was about to commit, that he then had sufficient degree of reason to know that he was about to commit an act that was wrong and criminal, and did, with felonous intent and premeditation, shoot at his wite, with a pistol loaded with powder and ball, with theintent to kill his wile, and, having no reasonable doubt of the same, you will find the verdict of guilty of an assault with a pistol loaded | with powder and ball upon the person of ida Maud Tempieton with the intent to kill, In the event, gentlemen, that you shall arrive ata conc!usion ‘that the prisoner is not guilty upon the ground of insanity existing at the time of the shooting, you will find this verdict:—Not guilty, upon ‘the ground o! insanity at the time of the commission Of the offence, THE VERDICT. After an absence of fifteen minutes the jury re- turned with a verdict of guilty of an assault with intent to kill, coupled with a recommendation to mercy. Recorder Hackett directed the prisoner to be remanded till Monday, Templeton exhibited some emotion at the verdict, but remained quiet so iar as physical demonstration was concerned. His married sisters manilested deep sprrow at the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1874 tience finally exhausted Mr. Shaw determined bring suit the $11,000 he claims to be still owithg him by Mr. Babcock. ‘The suit was brought and is now oe! mae ae Court of Common y. Pleas, betore Chief Justi B. STATEMENT. MB. BABCOC! And now we come toa stery of a very different complexion—that of Mr. Babcock. His answer to Mr, w’s complaint is a model of legal brevity. He makes & most positive denial of all the allega- tlons of Mr. Shaw, and says he never employed him as stated, and never agreed to pay him any sum whatever for any services whatever. He Winds up with a counter charge accusing Mr. Shaw of extorting from him $7,000, and asks a judgment tor this amount. ‘DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TRIAL, The great feature of the trial thus far has been | the testimony o/ Mr. Shaw. His story on the direct examination was substantially that given above. in hig cross-examination an effort was made to fasten corruption in connection with the matter upon certain Senators, On this point the testi mony speaks best for itself, and {s as lollows:— Q, Did you appear before the Senate Committee A. Yes, Isaw some of the members. Q. Mention them, A. I saw Thomas J. Creamer. Q Did you see Senator Mattoon in relation to this‘claim’? A. Yes, sir, ¢ Did you pay him some money? A. No. Did you ever pay him any money in connec- tion with this claim? A, I did. Q. Was he a member of the Senate in 18697, A. He was. Q. Of the Committee on Cities? A. He was not; of that committee I only remember Senators Crowley and Creamer; there were four members of it; Senator Williams was not on that committee. Did you pay any of the members at any time A. Not as members of the Senate. Q. Did you pay any persons who were members of the Senate at this time money in relation to this claim? A. I paid a Senator for legal services. Did you pay money? A. I did. How many other Senators did i ju pay money to in connection with this claim? A. No other, Q. Imean how many other than Senator Mat- tom? A. I paid Senator Williams some money on this claim, but not for passing it through the Legis- pes nor for any services rendered in the Legis- ature, Q. Did you pay to Senators, in relation to this claim, Bay Rerten of the $7,000 which you got irom Mr. Babcock? A. I did. 2. ow much ofit did you pay to them? A. I paid ex-Senator Mattoon $1,000; he was not a Sen- ator when | paid him. o How much money did you pay Senators in re- lation to this claim, Task you? A. I paid no Sena tor at any time any money. How much in the aggregate did yon pay Senators in relation to this claim? A. Inever paid 1, Out Ipaid to ex-Senator Mattoon $1,000 of the 7,000 I. received from Mr. Babcock, ana paid ex- Senator Williams $1,500 I received from Mr. Bab- cock. This was on the day | received the money; a check I remitted to Mattoon for $1,000, anda the $1,500, I think, I paid in bills to ex-Senator Williams in my office, At a later stage in the continuation of the cross- examination Shaw testified as foliows:— Q. Did you speak to any Senators on the subject of getting this claim aliowed in the Senate com- mittee there? A, Mattoon and Williams; I never had anything to do with the Senate committee. Q. Did you speak to any other Senators to aid as in getting this claim allowed in the Senate ? ae 'Q What other Senators? a. I don’t know. a When did you first take money to Mattoon and Williams? A. I don’t Know; alter tue bill had assed. Q. Did you take money to them in less than three days after that? A, I don’t think I did; I am not entirely confident that I had any conver- sation with ex-Senator Williams perhaps within three days, but am quite confident I had no con- versation with Mattoon till very late inthe sum- mer. Some very choice extracts might be made from the testimony of Mr. Culver. He is evidently on the stool of repentance. He now rates his own services in this transaction at not over $300, and says $1,000 would be ample compensation for all the services rendered by Mr. Shaw. He con- Jesses, moreover, that he ts tired of lobbying and politics and will have nothing with either. The probability is that the trial will occupy several days, Meantime there are eminent counsel employed on both sides—Messrs. John E. Develin and Ormaby being engaged for the plain- tiff and Messrs. H. L. Clinton and Hurst represent- ing the defendant—and it is certain that each side wiil struggle hard for the final victory. TORMENTS OF MRS. TORMAY, She Has the Measles and Is Taken to the Smallpox Hospital—Escaping In- fection, but the Victim of Other Out- rages—Suit for Damages Against the City. Mrs. Bridget Tormay, according to her story, nate woman, She is fortunate in living, also, to teli her story. Her misfortune isin having had the measles, She was lying sick at No. 34 First street, where she lived. This was in April, 1871. A report reached the Board of Health that she had the smallpox. Forthwith a heaith officer came to the place, and she was taken to the Smallpox Hospital. For this outrage Mrs. Tormay is now seeking to recover $10,000 irom the city, The case came up before Judge Van Brunt to-day, in Supreme Court, Special Term, on a demurrer putin by Messrs. Dean and Faulkner, Assistent point that the city is not Mable for any error in erformance of governmental duties, from which it has no pecuniary benefit, and also that the Board of Health, though a department of the city, acts independently ofit, and not as its subordinate, under special legisiation, Mr. Wingate, Counsel for Mrs. Tormay, replied by reciting the provisions of the Sanitary Code under which the woman was removed, and which inflict fines for numer- ous classes 0/ Offences, which go to the Chamber- lain and are applied to paying the city debt, and tnat the city, as a large proprietor, was interested in checking the spread of epidemics. Mr. Dean said that if there was any force in the counsel’s argument the ed would be interested in having the ordinances violated and getting the fines, whereas everyone knew dts interest was that there should be no infractions, + Judge Van Brunt took the papers,.reserving his decision, BUSINESS IN OTHER COURTS. SUPREME COURT CALENDAR. Decisions. By Judge Lawrence. Soher vs. Farge.—Motion denied, In the matter, &c., Pool; Brown vs. Burns; in the matter of the application of the New York Gold Mining Company; in the matter, &c., Smith result. LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING. Two Widely Different Stories, but with Several important Underlying Morals— Impugning the Characters of Ex-State Senators—A Curious Case as it Stands and More Remarkable Trial. In 1865 the State Legislature passed what is generally known as the Battery Extension bill. The contract for carrying out the pro- visions of the bill was given to Mr. 8, M. Drew. In course of time Mr. Drew transferred the con- tract to Mr. Davia Babcock. According to tne conditions of the contract thirty per cent of the money was to be paid alter a certain amount of the work had been done. There was some hitch in getting this preliminary percent- age. The whole thing savored so strongly of “a job” that it would not readily pass muster, or something was to pay, thouzh Of course the assignee of the contract insisted that | his claim was periectly fair and legitimate. The amount of this thirty per cent claim was $65,000. It was necessary to get it in the tax levy in oruer to obtain the money. Mr. Babcock went to Albany to see about it, He there met a lawyer, one James W. Culver, and explained the situation to him. Mr. Culver appreciated the aificulty and delicacy of the matter, be manipulated carefully. intrusted to skilled hands. Doubdting his own capacity, and at the same time frankly confessing the fact to Mr. Babcock, he arranged to do his feeble quota in the matter, but the burden of the task he would intrust to one abler and more experienced in this business, This ast gentleman was Mr. Charles P. Snaw. The above is a portion of Mr. Shaw’s story, but it is not a tithe of the whole narrative as recited b himself and his coadjutor, Mr. Culver. It is capable, however, of succinct summariz- ing. Mr. was do what little be could Babcock’s behalf, and $3,500 was to be compensation. The more experienced Shaw rated his higher figure and was to be p: if he succeeded in gettin; right into the tax levy. Mr. Shaw went to work, consulted divers law authorities, prepared an elaborate brief, and gave a {ull and thorough legal exposition of the case to the com- mitvees through whose hands the mat- ter must pass preliminarily. The bill passed, and Mr. Babcock made to Mr. Shaw an assignment of $18,000 inst the claims to file with the ‘Comptroller. Bavcock said he had dimculty in getting the money, and said that filing this assignment for @ portion of the claim was an obstacle in the way. . Shaw Secor ater with- drew the assignment, and thereupon Mr. Babcock get the $65,000 from the Comptroller. But Mr. jabcock did not leave his lobbyihg ayent wholly outin the cold. He gave him $7,000 on the day he obtained the money, mised to pay $3,000 more in two or three days and make up the pal- ance by throwing law business in his hands. This was in Mr, Shaw’s office, Mr. Babcock seeing the assignment lying on Mr. Shaw's table, quietly icked it up and tore it into infinitesimal pieces, B the great_ astonishment and against the remon- strance of Mr. Shaw. As the poet says, “Years exceeding | It must | It should only be 165,000 item all 3 have flown" since, but Mr. Babcock has never tul- filled the other portions of his agreement. With vs. Parmiee Gold Com) any Memorandums. By Judge Donohue. Bixby vs. Snow.—Opinion. Feeks va, Feeks,—Decree of divorce granted to the plaintim, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decision. By Judge Van Vorst. Levy et al. vs. Burgess.—Case and amendments settled. By Judge Monell. Retina tf . Mosback.—Judgment for limited di- vorce granfed to plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—PART 2. Liability in the Construction of a Party Wall. Before Judge Larremore. G. Phelps ‘Stokes, of the firm of Pheips, Dodge & Co,, and Mr. Jacob H. Cockroft were owners of ad- joining lots on the corner of Madison avenue and Thirty-second street. The latter gentleman having determined to build on his lot the two eutered into @contract, Mr. Stokes agreeing when he built on his lot to pay one-half the expense of that portion of the wall ne used. Subsequently Mr. Stokes sold his lot to Mr. Peter. Moller, who built on the lot, Mr. Cockroft claimed $2,000, on ac count of the wail, which Mr. Moller refused to pay. A suit was brought, and then Mr. Molle! Offered $1,700 as his share of the expense, and de- posited this sum in court. The case has been on trial for three days. A number of leading builders and architects was called on both sides, but, like disagreeing doctors, their testimony varied quite materially. Judge Larremore charged that the plaintiff was certainly entitled to the $1,700, as the defendant acknowledged this amount of in- debtedness, but he left it to the jury to determine whether he was entitled to any more. The jury gave a verdict for $2,393 05, being the full amount Claimed, with interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Loew. McDaniel vs. Schmidt, Jr.—Motton granted. Reed vs, Cochran et ai,—Motion granted on pay- ment of taxable costs of defendant Hall. a vs, Eogan.—Motion denied, without Sts, Taylor va. A areata Place cause on short calendar granted, Murphy vs. Buckman.—Motion to send cause back to referee for turther finding granted. By Judge Robmson. Hartrung vs. Simis.—Motion to open judgment denied, with $10 costs and disbarsements. MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS, Decisions. By Judge Spaulding, De Graaf va. Yorston.—Memorandum, — vs, Rohskonsky.—Motion denied, with $10 sts. Sears vs. Witty —Memorandum. Duncomb vs, Lord.—Memorandum, Brummer vs. Von Ohn.—Memorandum, Halcombe vs, The Mayor, Aldermen, &¢.—Motion Genied, with $10 costa more to do | has been both a fortunate woman and an unfortu- | Corporation Counsel. The demurrer raises the | Before Justice Kasmire, William Webb, aged twenty-two, of Thirty- seventh street, between Seventh and Eighth ave- | nues, was yesterday arraigned by Detective De- laney, at the above court, on a charge of stealing from Mrs, Frances James, a widow lady, residing on Tenth avenue, between 129th and 130tn streets, jewelry valued at $500, A portion of the plunder was recovered, and to enable the detective to find the remainder the prisoner was remanded. Alexander Heatherton, aged fifteen, of No. 827 East 112th street, was committed to the House of Refuge on the complaint of his father. Young Heatherton has been frequently arrested on charges of tlil-tapping and other species of peut larceny and was deemed incorrigible, ESSEX MABKET POLICE COURT. A Policy Dealer Captured. Before Judge Otterbourg. OfMicer O'Connell, of the Eleventh precinct, yes- terday arrested Edward Fisher, of No. 608 East Eleventh street, for keeping a policy shop. Fisher, who is a respectable looking man of about fifty-five years, denies the charge. Judge Otterbourg re- manded the prisoner, in $1,000, to answer at the General Sessions, COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. ALBANY, N. Y., April 17, 1874. The following is the Court of Appeals day calen- aor for April 20:—Nos, 67, 97, 177, 164, 194, 195, 198 and 197. BROOKLYN COURTS. Cassy McNamara and Ida Clemefs, professional shoplifters, were convicted in the Court of Ses- mons yesterday of having stolen & quantity of silk from an Atlantic street dry goods store. They were remanaed for sentence. The jury in the case of Patrick Behan vs. Jesse A. Marshalland others, of the Madison avenue Stage line, found a verdict for defendant. The plaintiff claimed $2,000 damages for injuries re- ceived by being struck by one of the defendant's stages. Thomas McCann removed some top soll which re- mained aiter contractor George B. Elkin’s work on the Sackett street Boulevard. Elkins claimed the dirt and applied to Judge Neilson, of the City Court, to prevent McCann from removing any more of it. Judge Neilson yesterday granted a permanent in- junction, Elizabeth Stackpole, aged seventy years, was convicted yesterday of obtaining money under false pretences. Elizabeth’s game was represent- that her son, her only support, had just died, and that she had no money to afford him a decent burial Subsequent inquiry revealed the fact that she had no son and that she spent all the money she could beg for liquor. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Robbing a Post Office. Before Judge Benedict. Two youths, named Daniel Lynch and John Cum mings, Were arrested a short time since on the charge of having broken into the Post Office at Stapleton, 8. L, and stolen some post: stamps aod letters. ‘They subsequently pleaded guilty, and yesterday they were each sentenced to three yearn’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $1. The fudge took into consideration the age of tne pris- | oners and the fact that this was their first offence, re did not impose the full penalty prescribed by jaw. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. A Question of Bankruptcy. Before Judge Benedict. In the case of William R. Utley and George W. Dougherty @ motion was made to vacate a dis- charge in bankruptcy granted in October, 1872 Judge Benedict yesterday rendered @ decision in the case, saying that no specifications of any grounds of opposition to the discharge were ever flied nor did any person appear at the time and place designated to oppose the discharge, Nearly two years have elapsed since the discharge was granted, Within which time the papers show that new rights intervened which a revocation of the discharge would effect. The ground upon which the revoca- tion was asked was that the petitioner intended to Oppose the discharge but, did not do so simply be- cause the notice of the application for discharge served by mail as required by law was never re- ceived. Upon this Judge Benedict says:—‘To per- mit discharges in bankruptcy to be recalled under such circumstances upon such ground would be to open a wide door for abuse, and if the power to grant the relief exist I am constrained for this reason to deny the present application, notwith- standing the hardship of the case. The motion is denied,’ UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COUAT. In Trouble Again. Before Commissioner Winslow. Christian A. Sterns was arrested yesterday on the charge of having an uaregistered still on his premises No. 131 Furman street, Mr. Sterns was engaged in the manufacture of vinegar, and sev- eral months ago a still was seized and his place and the premises were aiterwards forfeited to the government. He was released on his own recog- izance yesterday. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. WASHINGTON, April 17, 1874, 295. Township of Pine Grove vs. -Talcott—Error tothe Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.—This was an action to recover on cer- tain bonds issued by the. township in aid of the Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad Company under the provisions of an act of the Michigan Legislature passed in 1869, enabling such township subscription in aid of railroad enterprise. A de- murrer was interposed on the groynd of the in- validity of the act of the Legislature, and the con- sequent want of power in the township and its electors to vote and issue the bonds, The demurrer was overruled and judgment had on the bonds, ‘The error assigned here is the decision of the Court that the legislation was valid, and the argument is that by the Stare constitution it cannot be a part; to or interested in any internal improvements. It is also said that the State courts had previously to the decision in this case so held, ruling the act in- valid, and that by the rule in such cases it was the duty of the federal court to be governed by the adjudications of the State courts on all questions involving @ Construction of its constitution ang laws, J. S. Black, tor plaintii in error; J. A. Gar- field, for detendant. 289, Morgan vs, United States—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana.—This was a proceeding in confiscation under the act of 1862, for the condemnation of land belonging to one Aocquo, The appellant claimed as intervener under & mortgage previously made. The cause ‘was treated in the District Court like a proceeding in admiralty, and was heard by the Judge, without a jury. The decree was for the United States, and the appellant taking the case to the Circuit Cour! it was there dismissed, because the transcript an record of the proceedings in the case did not dis- close the judgment and decree of the court com- lained of and sought to be reversed by appeal, to ave been a decree or judgment in an equity or ad- miralty proceeding, but to have been a judgment at common law. It is here contended that the District Court had no jurisdiction, and that if it had, then the dismissal of the appeal by the Circuit Court was erroneous. P. Phillips for plaintif’ in error; ©. H. Hill jor government, AN IMPORTANT ABREST—ESCAPE OP A OoNvIOT. RicuMonD, Va., April 17, 1874. Detectives Knox and Wren and two officers of “the police force last night arrested two white men named Lewis Davis and Thomas Collier on a charge of attempting to murder policeman Hobson, who ‘was shot in the face two weeks since by unknown ‘| parties, at two o'clock at night. Davis made @ full confession, and charged the shooting on Collier. He also confessed they were the parties who at- tempted a burglary in the suburbs about the same time, on which occasion Davis wat lightly wounded with bird shot. Much credit is due the officers, a8 at the time of the shooting.of Hobson there was no clew to work upon, ‘A notorious negro named Albert Fortune, ar- rested about @ year ago in Baltimore as an escaped convict irom the Virginia Penitentiary, and who jumped from @ train in rapid motion while en route from Richmoné, but was recaptured, succeeded in escaping from the Penitentiary at two o'clock this morning. He was suot at four times by the guard, but got clear, VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR. WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 17, 1874, ‘The Scott Legion, composed of survivors of the Mexican war, to the number of nearly 100, arrived here to-day to celebrate the apniversary of the battle of Cerro Gordo, They were met at the depot by t) ayor, & deputation trom the police force and @ large number of distinguished citizens. Amid a binding snow storm they marched to the Wyoming Valley Hotel, where they were presented with an addreas of welcome and partook of a ban- juet. In the evening the Legion returned to uch Chunks AQUATICS. A General Outlook of the Summer’s Sports on the Water. THE COLLEGE REGATTA. THE CARNIVALS TO COME AT SARATOGA. If experience teaches boating men to judge of 0 aquatic season before it has come, and from in- dications to form even approximate ideas as to what the season will be, the prophecy can be safely made that rowing will receive a great impetus ag @ national sport beiore this summer is ended. All over the country preparations are going forward for aquatic events yet far in the future. soating clubs are springing up in almost every city and town where there is water enough to float a shell boat. In New York State the boating interest is to receive @ great acquisition in the choice of Saratoga Lake as the place for the college regattas ofthe future. In the neighborhood of the metrop- lis the older clubs seem to be rejuvenated. Tne boat houses which line the shores of the Harlem River are already too small to contain the crafts of the clubs. AQUATICS AT SARATOGA, It is already evident that this is to be the gayest season known in the history of Saratoga. The great natural advantages which this prominent summer resort possesses supplemented by tne yaried attractions which enterprise and wealth have drawn there, guarantee to the visitor wno this season makes his or her residence there a continual round of amusement, Beginning early in July, the preparations for the grand event of the college regatta will attract @ vast multitude of visitors, People whose life-long dream has been to drink of the health-giving waters and en- joy the magnificent drives of Saratoga Springs will be #0 carried away by their regard lor Alma Mater, or their , interest in college rowing, that they will hasten to swell the great throng which will be found there on that eventiul occasion. This contest will occur on the 16th of July. She 28th of the same month Wil witness the inauguration of the horse races, which will serve to interest the sporting public until the latter part of August. Then will follow the fall regatta of the Saratoga Rowing Associa- tion, which last season was second in national in- terest only to the College Regatta. The untiring efforts of the rowing men of Saratoga to establish a reputation for fair dealing with all who accept their hospitality is beginning to be thoroughly appreciated. Coilege men especially have in store for them one of the most delightfui contrasts to the shabby manner in which they were received and cared for last year at Springfield, THE AQUATIC CARNIVALS. The great and growing interest which attaches to the annual regatta of the representatives of | the various American colleges has fully war- ranted all the efforts which have been made by the cities ol Svringfleld, Troy and Saratoga to secure their respective water racecourses as the scene of this summer's spectacie. In the choice of Sara- toga the convention o! college men was doubtless influenced as much by the objections to the Con- necticut River course as by the great superiority ol the Saratoga Lake course over every other one in the country. This assertion every rowing man who has practically tested the relative merits of the two courses is ready to admit; the contirma- tion will come from every college man who par- ticipates in the regatta oi 1574, * THE COLLEGE REGATTA WEEK at Saratoga will be a series of gala days, Many of the college rowing associations have already sent representatives to Saratoga Lake to secure their quarteys. Harvard is negotiating for the lease of the Schuyler mansion, on the eastern side of the lake. ‘This is not iar from the grand stand, and would seem to be much too prominent a place for | active training, Yet with regard for comfort and accommodation which characterizes the university which tor so many years carried off the honors and kept alive the spirit of college rowing, the Har- vard men desire to secure this large mansion, with its twenty rooms or more, and ‘to bring to the shores of Saratoga Lake their own cooks and bed- ding, there to live in the most approved club fash- jon. The crew will, of course, be kept to the usual diet, and will only theoretically enjoy the delights of this summer idling. THE YALE CREW, ursuing the same line of policy as indicated by | Captain Cooke at Springfield, are to have their quarters on tne most inaccessible part o1 the cove, behind Snake Hill, These accommodations have | already been secured at Hart’s, where they can practice to their hearts’ content, secure from the eyes of all inquisitive betting men or trainers, Coiumbia and Cornell are also negotiating tor quarters and ere this have probably secured them, “OPENING THE BALL”? The sports of college regatta week will begin on Monday, July 13, with a game of base bail between the Athletics and Bostons, As a strictly profes- sional entertainment this may be as weil as any another, but it is doubtful whether such fea- tures should be continued hereafter. This will be the last game of the champions in this country rior to their departure for Europe on the 16th of uly. The ball ground is near Glen Mitchell, just outside the northern limits of the village. THE SECOND AND THIRD DAYS. Tuesday, the 14th, will be devoted to the chal- lenge ball game between Yale and Harvard. Wednesday, the 15th, will be given up to the Stogls scull race which is likely to be a feature of the | carnival. The ladies of Saratoga will give an ele- ‘ant prize to the winner of the single scull race. This will add much additional interest to a part of the regatta, which last year almost fatled to elicit | any enthusiasm. Nothing is as yet known regard. | ing the number of contestants, but itis generally understood that there will be at least six entries irom as many different colleges. THE GREAT EVENT will occur on Thursday, the 16th, As the pro- gramme now stands the Freshman race will take Place in the forénoon, for it is already determined that there shall not be any delay in the aiternoon fn starting the University six-oared race, This latter is tobe made the grand feature of the oc- casion, and the Saratoga men are especially anxious to guard against every accident, foreseen or imaginable. The .course will be trom a line crossing the lake just to the southeastward of Snake Hill, three miles straight away to the finish, opposite the grand stand, ‘WHO WILL BE THERE. . It is already absolutely Certain that the follow- ing colleges Will be represented:—Harvard, Yale, Trinity, Columbia, Cornell, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Princeton and Willtains. It 18 Dot unlikely that Brown and Bowdoin will yet conclude to enter. ‘As the Amherst College and Amherst Agricuitural crews have already expressed a dislike to assoct- ate with their more adventuresome college breth- ren who will go to Saratoga, tt is probabie that | they will bold a private regatta on some of the unknown streams of Northern Massachusetts, ‘They will be comforted by recalling Touchstone’s observation re; ‘ding the lady of heart:—“a oor thing, but all my own.' ‘3 A grand’ ‘hop im honor of the visit of the college oarsmen Will be given in the Town Hall on the evening of the great race. FIRST IN THE FIELD. Dartmouth College has already chosen her crew for the July regatta, only two of the old men, the stroke and bow, being retained. Their crew is— Gates, 74, stroke; W. G. Eaton, 75; C. W. Eager, 178; Be ¥, Robinson, 78; W. F. Westgage, 153 Eaton, captain and bow. THE FALL REGATTA AT SARATOGA. ‘The usual fall regatta of the Saratoga Rowing Association will take place as usual, notwithstand- ing the lact that the college oarsmen will enjoy | the hospitality of the Association in July. It will | occur during the last week in August instead of the | first week in September, as formerly. The genuine enthusiasm in boating matters manifested a | modore Brady, and which so charms him that ne | gives more of his time to the propagation of the | sport than any other business man in New York, Das done wonders toward centralizing the rowing iuterest of America within this State. THE “INTRRYAKBN’? CUP. In addition to the challenge cup which will be offered by the Saratoga Rowing Association, Mr. Frank Leslie has already declared his intention to resent a challenge cup, valued at $1,000, to be nown as the ‘Interlaken’ Cup—named in honor of bis country seat on Saratoga Lake. The asso- ciation has accepted the gift, and will, in all prob- ability, offer it as the prize for the pair-oared race, ‘The association will also offer a prize ior single | Scull oarsmen belonging to this State, which is to be considered as a State championship badge, THE PROGRAMME will be divided into tnree days. The first day will be given to the single scull race for the State championship and the double scull race; the second day will include the general 8! le scull race and the pair-oared race; the third day will be devoted to the Junior ei: scull and the great | four-oared races, Yale Col Fi will send four- oared and pair-oared crews, is already certain that the following clubs will be represented in one or more Of these races:—Beaverwick Rowing Club and Mutual Boat Club, Albany, N. Y. b Club, y, Buffalo eis: Boffal N. 3 Sawan- t Club, Greenpoint, Long Island; Atalanta, Dauntless, Friendship, Gramercy ‘and Nassau Boat Clubs, New York, and New York Athletic Uiub; Riverside Rowing Club, of Roches- ter, N. Y.; Saratoga Rowing Association, Saratoga Springs, N.Y, jUmen Springs | Rowing 0 Union ings, N. Y.; wing Associa' Yonkers, N. Y.; Argonauta Rowit Association; Bergen Point, nN. J.; Atlantic Boat Club, Hoboken, N. J. 3 Oneida Boat Club, Jersey City, N. J.; Wood- side Rowing Club, Woodside, N. J.; Potomac Row- ie on ©.; Analostan Boat ub, of Georgetow: . of Waauuaeton, "D, ‘Gs “Yala Uniypre, | Chamber. Dining Furniture, Paintings, Bronze: a sity, New Haven—a par four-careag Couper Boat Club, eg Ga.; ican Boas. Club, of New Orleans, La. Gleam Boat Club, of Bath, Me. {Grane Haven Boat Club, of Grand Haven, Mich.; Wan-Wab-Sam Club, of Saginaw, Mick. ; Excelsio; Detroit, Mich.; Pape Barge Club. cf ting een ORto3 ndine Boat Club, of Toledo, Ohio, four- race, with a coxwain; Duquesne Boat Club gneny, Pa.; Vesper Boat Club, of Phuladelpnisg Argonaut Rowing Club, of Toronto, The usual June regattas will tk e usnal June regattas wi e pla The Harlem Rowing pF mn Bo Sa arlem. man: the regatta, but, a8 yet, nothing settled as to crews, i adnan ics THE CURRENCY QUESTION, The Opinions of the Press on Inflation. The HERALD recently gave some statistics show. ing the position taken by the press for and againse inflation. They established the fact beyond doubs that the press, whieh 1s fuily as intelligible a ba- rometer of public sentiment a8 members of, Con- gresa, is overwhelmingly opposed to the grinding out from the Treasury mill of greenbay to pay.” The last exhibit showed :— Opposed to inflation. In favor of inflation 1 A careful examination of journals which have recently expressed an opinion increases the list to the following figures. In the firat exhibit pub- lished the Newark (N. J.) Journal was inadver- tently classed as a republican instead of # demo- Majority against InMation.......cecceercer sere cratic journal Sppcend, to fi tion. In favor of inflation... .. Opposed over those in favor... Among the leading Southern journals which pro- test against the United States Treasury being made & rag mill are the Mayaville (Ky.) Zagle, the Atlanta Herald, the Ashville (N. C.) Expositor, the Savannah Herald, the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Aberdeen (Miss,) Zzaminer and the Mobile Register, PIANOFORTES, LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SECOND HAND PI- anos for sale at great bargains, for cash or on in- . stalments. Pianos to rent or of our own Tnanutactare, at reusonable prices: LINDE SONS, 14 Kast Fourteenth street. PRIVATE FAMILY BREAKING UP HOUSEKEBP- ing Will sell a handsome Stenway square Piano foe SOUn caren, eames OL est ean oen IMPORTANT TO THOSE ABOUT PURCHASING + a Pianotorte.—An elegant Decker & Bros. Piane- fore for sale ata sacrifice; a richly carved tour rou cornered rosewood case Piano, brilliant and bower al Improvements, full agratfe, overstrung, &c.; cost $975, tor $250; stool, cover; has box for ship- Cail this day or Sunday, private residence 210 West TIENTION.—BARGAINS EXTRAORDINARY DUR- ,. {OE April: Ave octave Parlor Organs, with 5 stops $00; 6 stops, $100; 7 stops, $110, &c.; also finest quality Pianos tor sale on instalments and for rent. 8. X. BALL & CO.,, 15 Eust Fourteenth street. PRIVATE FAMILY WOULD SELL A FINE FULL sized donbie round corners overstrut Piano at @ —99 EAST THIRTEENTH STREET.—HOUSEHOLD + Furniture of every descriptiun at private sale af auction prices, A BARGAIN.—$135, COST $480; BEAUTIFUL ROSE. ‘wood 7 octave upright Pianoforte, modern style and. improvements, pertect order; also rosewood square pane. $90, celebrated makers, %8 Third street, near jowery. A —AT 9 SECOND PLACE, BROOKLYN, BETWKEN » Court and Clinton streets, a private family will sell their magnificent 74 octave four round rosewood Piano- forte, used six months, cost $1,000, tor $300; also Parlor and Bedroom Suis, tor:half cost. ‘A. GRAND SCALE FULL AGRAPFE, 71 OCTAVE rosewood four round corners Pianoforte tor sale, Made to order, best city maker, cost $1,000, tor $2755 Stool, Cover, Box for shipping; also richly carved Parlor Furniture. Call at private residence 120 West 23d street, near 6th avenue. FULL ROUND CORNER 7-0CTAVE PIANO FOR $150; an Organ with six stops, cost $300, tor $745 Toctave Pianos, $4 and per month rent, or $id monthly instalnients. GORDON & BON, 13 Fourteenth street, near Fitth avenue. PIANO WANTED—FOR CASH. ADDRESS B. A. box 153 Herald office, giving maker’s name, price and how long it has been in use. PIPE ORGAN FOR SALE—ONE-FOURTH ITS cost; has three sets pipes, octave foot pedals wind gauge, and bench; suitable tor parlor practice for am organist, smal. church or school. 84 Cumberland street, Brooklyn, after 4 P. M. yr one Week. A MAGNIFICENT 7% OCTAVE ROSEWOOD PIANO. forte for sale—Four round corners, superbly carved jegs and case, celebrated maker, fully guaranteed, used $300, including, Stool and Cover ; Farlor, tlver- roperty fam eat 15th ot, 5 months, for ware, Glassware, Chinaware; a sacrifice; ily leaving city.” W. R. LIVINGSTON, 38 near Sth av. "AT ONION SQUARE-HAINES BROTHERS WiLt offer their fine assortment of first class Pianofortos rices which cannot fail to suit the times. New Pianos to rent and rent applied toward purchase if desired. Old Pianos taken in exchange. A LARGH AssORTaRNT OF SECOND HAND GRAND nare and upright Pianos of William Knabe & Co."s and of other makers for sale and to rent. WILLIAM KNABE & CO,, 112'Fifth avenue, (A. BEAUTIFUL CARVED PIANO FOR, 1 PAY- able $10 month; and square Pianos and Organs, very low for ments or rent, HARLES J. BETTs, 783 Broadway, corner Tenth st A ispconmants FOR CASH ON INSTALMENTS OR «rent ot first class new 7and 73% octaye rosewood agratte Pianovortes fully ‘warranied;, magnificent (upright); sacrifice. GOLDSMITH’S, 2% Bleccker street, near Bowery. ‘A. FEW GOOD, SECOND HAND. PIANOS AND OB- Gans, from $40 to $2N cash oF instalments; new Pisno low for cush. PEEK & SON, 11 Clinton’ place (Eighth sireev), near Broadway. [A MAGNIFICENT TONED PLANOFORTE, 4 ROUND corners, full agraffe, richly carved case, legs: cost 3050, for $273; stool and cover. ‘Call at residence, 21 East 20th’st., near Broadway. ISCHER'S NEW SCALE AGRAFFE PIANOS, TRE most reliable Pianos made; handsome ‘second and Pianos, cheap: Pianos wued, repaired, exchanged. and to rent.’ 423 and 425 West Twenty-eighth street IANOFORTES—SECOND HAND, OF OUR 0 ‘and other makes, comprising Grands, Squares ani Yprights, in thorough order, for male at low prices, by CHICKERING & SONS, 11 East Fourteenth stvect, be- avenue. tween Broadwa; praxororr: FOR SALE—SEVEN OCTAVE, OVER. strung bass. iron tame; exectient tone aud Anish Price $10 Apply at 738 Greenwich street. IDAVEN & CO.'S PIANOS ALWAYS GIVE SATISFAQ- tion; prices low: styles elevant; workmanship um- surpassed; Organs $100 upwards. New warerooms 16 and 118 Weat Fourteenth street, near Sixin avenue. TPRIGHT AND SQUARE PIANOS FOR RENT— ans .. WALKE: 8, suce 2°D. Walker i7 Baat Twelfth treet, Kstablished 18% OMELET NO. L A. “EQUAL TO ANY, SECOND T0 NONE.” An ex@uipation of our wiock will not ial (0 convines ail Interested that for. superior workmanship wo canuot Be excelled. Prices always the lowest. Call and satisiy th "ol Our 8 YOUrsElVes oF Ne RONEN & OO, 82 and 84 Bowery. Manufactory, 222 to 228 East Thirty-seventh street. R FAMILY BREAKING UP HOUSEKEEP- fo tae duet barman — Cornet te a. hole second story tapestry Carpe! ae and’ pome Furniture if wanted. Appiy to 5k West ‘orty-eighth st ot. LOOK AT THIS BEFORE YOU BUY.—AT PRI- «vate residence 93 ences see near Court street, rooklyn, magnidcent Parior Suits, covered. tn. satin; cost $550, for H Fep Suits, $60; Bedroom Suits, cost $400, for $200; 15 Bedroom Suits, $40 upward: r= ets, Mirrors, Paintings, Bronzes, Extension Tables, juffets, Silver, 800 yards Carpets, in lotsto suit, for cash, at half cost; neariy new. 7.10 WEST SD STREET, BETWEEN 6TH AND 7th avenues —A private family, declining house- Keeping, will seil all their city made Furniture, namely :—Grand Duchess and pompadour. styles Parlor Suits, Covered in satin apd brocatel, cost $60), tor $25 15); Marie Antoinette Suits, striped reps, cost $300, for 125; plain Suits. $45; Bedroom Suits, cost for with Dressing Case Suit, cost $400, for $150; other Suits, complete, $50 to $100; Carpets, 50c. . Bronzes, Centre Tal ‘urkish Chairs, Lounges, Oil ye Butfet, Extension Table, Chairs, Lounges, solid au iy ver plated Ware; also ‘rosewood Pianoforte, $25). N. B.—Wiill be sold in large or small lot suit purchasera; ‘oods can be stored in house until 1 free harge. ‘all before purchasing at 120 West 28d street. PRIVATE, FAMILY LEAVING CITY WILL DIS- pose of their Household Furniture at, sacrifice; Room Suit, covered with brocade. t description, Grand Duchéss style; cost $450, (0. $100, do. $40; superb rosewood Pinnoforte, four rhers, celebrated maker, for $300, inciuding Stool and Cover; carved rosewood Etagere, $150; Car- 1, Mirrors, Paintings, Bronzes, Bureaus, ‘Be dsteads, Wardrobes, ies ae Wa om cae Sil- ‘ware, ery, house turnishes im q verw AT t. LAVINGSTON, B3 West 18th st., near 6th av. “WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR Ay Furniture Carpets and Bedding, at B. M. COW- Soenea ane & ificent Braving Foun €0."S, 158 and 187 Chatham street Am mense stook and low prices. \ORTMENT OF CARPETS, FURNITURE at lowest cash prices, by weekly lie stalments, ar O' FA TARR AN warehuuse, “107 Kighth ave~ nue, between Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets, " ID AND! SACRIFICE.—PARLOR SUITS, INLA! Slit, cont $600, tor $280; do., reps. $i 00 Suits, Dressing Case Carpets, Pianoforte, dence 21 kast Twentieth street, near ‘ays AT THE LOWEST CASE. ents taken. RAT Sue Third avenue Twenty-eighth street, ‘LARGE ASS and Be i JARPETS AND VURNITURE + EY CUNNING (ook out for the red si 0, ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Jory vera and of the ‘bask quality. ADDLY Une tale,