The New York Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1874, Page 5

GARDNER--CHARLICK. Plans for a Campaign Against the Mayor. LIVELY TIMES AHBAD. Charges To Be Preferred Be- fore the Grand Jury. Governor Dix’s Aid To Be Solicited. It may be that when Mayor Havemeyer reap- pointed Gardner and Charlick and jocosely re- marked afterwards that he would trom that time Jorward tec) a little easier ia mind if he did not get indicted himsel!, the funny old man really be- lieved that he was perpetrating a first class joke, made all the more worthy of being laughed at by Feason of the very absurdity it conveyed. But the Way things have been shaping themselves since then has not by any means conveyed the impres- sion, among the poltticians, at Jeast, that either the removal of the Mayor pending an jnvestigation into his oficial conduct or his indictment by the Grand Jury was among the impossibilitics of the day, In point of fact, the general impression yesterday among them was just the other way, and there are nota few who know a thing or two about the ins and Outs of life about the Mayor's private room who as- Berted that even he had been somewhat painfully oppressed with the idea that something either iike .@ removal or an indictment before a sudden oust- ing from the magisterial chair seemed dan- gerously imminent, ‘That the funny old man had good grounds for apprehension, if not for downright iear, need not be wondered at when it is taken into consideration that not only Tam- many Hall but the Council of Political Reform and the Board of Aldermen are to be represented to- day in & commitsee that are to present charges be- fore she Governor against the Mayor and demand bis removal pending their investigation, But THIS 18 NOT ALL, Yesterday Mr. George W. Wingate had occasion Wo pay his respects to the District Attorney, Mr. Phelps. The occaston was not simply a how d'ye do one, but was brought about by Mr, Wingate’s having in his possession a courteous letter from Assistant Attorney General Fairchild, requesting | him to hasten the trials of Gardner and Charlick on the other indictments hanging over them. The letter was not written, doubtless, with the view of waking Mr. Phelps up to the fact that he had Ot over-exerted himself to* periorm his duty as District Attorney during the last trial, but simply a8 a gentle official reminder that there were some things even in trials of politicians that cannot al- | Ways be lost sight of. The letter was rece ved and read by Mr. Phelps, and it is said he smiled a sad, sweet smile as he placed it among his official papers. Still, this letter was not the Yeal cause of Mr. Havemeycr’s uneasiness. But it ‘was this, provably:—Mr. Wingate intormed the District Attorney that he wanted a time fixed when he could go before tne Grand Jury with evi- | dence agaiust Gardner and Chariick as to their | having illegally removed three inspectors ctuer than Sheridan, in the Eighteenta ward. on elec- tion day not only, but a day and an hour specified, when he could appear before it with evidence and ‘Witnesses that he Jelt certain would compel THE GRAND JURY TO INDICT “HIS HONOR” himselt without hesitation. This, doubtiess, was the reason which made the Mayor last evening ask @ Iriend rather doabtiully, Do you think they can do anything ’” But, whether anything can be done or not, the lact remains all the same that as soon as the District Attorney can arrange mat*ers prop- | erly anti fix upon a time Jor the charges to be pre- Serred against the Mayor they are to be preferred. ‘he gentlemen who will go to Albany to-day to prefer charges against him are John Kelly and Congressman Chanler, on the part of Tammany Hail; General Joseph P. Jackson, on the the Political Council of Reform; George W. Win- gate and Thomas Cooper Campbell, late counsel in the Sheridan inspectorship case, and Henry Clin- ton and John H. Strahan. It should be understood that the men who are determined to test the legality of the Mayor's action im reappointing Gardner and Charlick are acting on the principle that in a battle a party which intends to win the gay must avail itself of every auvantage possible. Ut is this idea that has made THE MAYOR'S PROSECUTORS agree upon the plan they had fixed upon of pre- ‘earshot of the Mayor’s office concerning that Jerring the same charges against bim beiore the Grand Jury ag they will present to the Governor; butit isopen to one serious objection, in the opinion of many boliticians of the two parties, and that is that the Governor may not be willing to take any decisive action on the charges pre- sented to him until the Grand Jury should come to Bome conclusion as to the sought-for indictment on the charges preferred betore them. Yet this is | but a very slight objection, for the Governor Is not | man to hesitate when he has a duty to pertorm, @nd no matter what number of investigations into the Mayor’s conduct may be going on, he will, 1t is retty certain, give lis decision as to the charges jaid before him just the same. The charges to be preferred before the Grand Jury and presented to the Governor are based on ‘What is alleged to be the Mayor’s violation of the charter. Section 95 provides that any officer of the city government Who shall willully “violate or a evade” any provisions of the charter shail be deeme GUILTY OF A MISDEMEBANOR, apd on conviction “shall forfeit his office.” Sec- | tion 23 requires that the Mayor shall be Vigilant and active in causing the ordinances o/ the cit; and laws of the State to be executed and cuforeed, In the charter it is claimed that in appointing or reappointing Gardner and Charlick as he did he “wiltully evaded" the law, and that in reiusing to act. or rather in not acting, upon the ebarges preferred by the Board of Aluermen some time ago in the matter of the street cleaning busi- ness against the Police Commissioners he violated the twenty-third section of the charter also, What makes these charges all the more formidable 18 that when the Board of Aldermen drew up their Indictment against the Police Boara they incorpo- | rated in it the cnarge that Gardner and Charitck bad iegally removed Sheridan and other mspec- tors of election. The fact that the "dayor did not take any action upon this bill, coupled with the fact that the Commissioners were after- wards found guilty of the offence and were sentenced for tt, the lawyers Who have been con- sulted in the case contend, made tne Mayor's vi Jation of the law all the more flagrant ana out- rageous, because the evidence adduced on the trial showed that he had had ample grounds to justify him in instituting tie investigation called for by the Aldermen. THE CHARGES, AS MADE OUT, are as terse as can be expected of anything that is ‘Wrapped up inthe usual legal phraseology of the day, and cover about thirceen pages of loolscap. Late in the afternoon the Mayor, by some meaus or other, got wind of the plans of the committees, and at once hastened to Po- luce Headquarters, where he was closeted ‘with Garduer for over an hour. Indeed, nis a tions were such, late im the evening, that a rumor | ‘was circulated and gained considerable credence that he had resigned in order to avoid what seemed Bt last, even to him, a rather rougn road to travel, The ruwor, however, was without other founda- tion than the scare into which the Mayor ts alleged to have been thrown by the stories that flew thick and fast about town concerning the dire and dread- lui strategies of Jolin Kelly and the other parties who are to call upon the Governor. Probably THE FUNNY OLD MAN | had an idea that he was to be kidnapped by the committees and dragged to Albany along with the charges against him. Gardner, at any rate to all outward appearances, was in no way flurried at | the preparations that were being made all day for his turther comfort and honor; tor with the dis- grace of his conviction fresh in everybody's mind, and just saved irom prison by the leniency of the Judge, he had the unspeakabie effrontery to pre- | side at the police trials yesterday and deal out jus- | tice to policemen Who never coinmitied a pene | Ventiary offense. Next Weanesday there 1s to be a special meet- ing of the Board o1 Aldermen, when it ts sald res+ olutions condemning the Mayor will be passed, It is a mistake to suppose, as Many people seem to, that the Common Council bas the power now, as of old, to impeach and remove the Mayor. By the charter the Governor is authorized to suspend him pending the investigation oi charges which in his (the Governor's) opinion are deemed serious enough to call for an investigation, THE POLICE COMMISSION. Whe Mayor To Be at the Mulberry Street Council—Reports of a Conflict Between the Authorities. ‘The aspect of affairs in police circles was grave yesterday, Discontent reigned among the men and in the Board, The poor and plodding patrol- Man takes more interest in his family than he does | in the antics indulged in by the Commissioners. For the past day or two, but more particularly yes: terday, the patrolman made it plainly discernible hat hé wanted bis Jast month's pay and way dix | | press acquaint me with the tac gusted with the rule that took no notice of his sufferings and requirements, while it wasted time over frivolous bickeringe. When the truth forces itseif upon the rank and file of a depart- ment like the police that the Commissioners be- come commissioners for their own personal ends the result upon the rank and file is not likely to be one weneficial to the public. When the Police Commissioners aiter their advent in the Board continue to believe their own ¢nds are of greater moment than the people’s welfare and take no pains to veil their sentiments from the subordi- nates the effect is more muddling still, and very like the position of matters so plainly discernibie yesterday, THE CENTRAL OFFICE of course was the objective point of all concerned; crowds of interested persons, in and out of the de- partment, thronged Its corridors and chambers during tne day, Rumor was as busy as she has been since the first indication of troubie, In the course of tue afternoon Mayor Havemeyer visited the marble building, and his presence promptly started the theory that he had come to arrange matters among the disturbed Commission, Amid all the speculation the memvers of the Board seemed like so many gladiators standing ready for combat in the arena, eaci wita head poised well aloit snitting the vigorous air, eager lor the fray jeariul of being the first to enter the lists, Each wore his brightest pet culrass and Was care- juily wate! to preserve it from DAMAGE IN SOME VULNERABLE PART. The busy Dame had hinted that one Commis- sioner held aloof because he wanted to be presi- dent and was preparing combinations to promote his desire. Another, she said, had ls eye on the treasury seat and was engaged like the first—to the best of his ability. The pretence made for the postponement of the organization of the Board Was that lega! advice was necessary before the recognition of the nenly inn pouiten old Commis- stoners could be entertained, All this being well understood by the rank and file, it only mude them Lowi the louder, It was at first supposed an Injuuction would be placed on Messrs, Ciarlick and Garduer, preventing them from being sworn into olfice, That was not done, and then the air became so pregnant with similar 1ustruments that a positive shower of them was expected to fall at any moment. in the hope that something of this kind would occur the “unconvicted” Comimis- sioners lived on, avoiding personal issues. It was said they would do this and would not do that, but when THE DECISIVE MOMENT arrived yesterday afternoon they graceiully bent down to the very humble pie prepared jor them and consented to meet the newly appointed mem- bers this alternoon for the purpose of organizing. ‘The hour was set at three o'clock, and at chat tine to-aay the fight will be tought out. Something | more than legal advice was evidently required to | bring the result about, This little fiction was | contiuued as long as it would carry and | then abandoned lor a more firmly rooted obstacle. On Friday last the newly appointed Commissioners made urrangements for the temporary organiza- | tion of the Board and the payment ol the men, Commissioners Disvecker and Duryee would not move, it was said, without advice, and the ar- rangements feil through. Nothing could be done to PAY THE MEN, and the latter were compelied to go on wanting until the Board could make up its mind to settie its difficulties. Messrs, Gardner and Chariick were in the meantime advised not to meet with the 8 until the whoie Board could as- | semble (Mr. Charlick being kept away all this time by illness), and. the vote of three members of the Board was necessary to confirm the positions of president and treasurer in the same. ‘This NEW TURN IN EVENTS did not suit the others, as, being only half the Board, they could get nothing tor each other. And as in all such cases there is a mutual distrust—either one might be offered what he wanted at the sacri- fice of the other, a thing that must occur in any case—yesterday’s sun broke upon the situation in the police government through heavy, threatening clouds, The organization of the Board by three members was desired on the one side, where two agreeing Commissioners could be the controlling power, and avoided by the other, which was un- willing to be sacrificed. The Mayor, It appears, has shed copious oil on the troubled waters Wy promising the attendance of himself and r. Charitck this afternoon, when all disputes and ambitions are expected to be satisfied. Mr. Gard- ner since lis return to power has occupled his old | x quarters. The usual business of his office was transacted in the accustomed way. As lar as can be learned nothing 1 the shape or likeness of in- junctions has appeared, and he goes about his — a | ‘business as if ne expected pone. | delinquent policemen that were postponed last | week were brought before him yesterday and were disposed of in the usual manner, The Mayor and the Police Commis= sioners, There is always a buzz of excitement within | oficial and his doings, which, however, never reaches him unless some representative of the press informs him of the same, pending an inter- view to ascertain whether there is existing ground therelor, Latterly the City Hall has been a most prolific field for the most exaggerated rumors. Here the wiseacres do most congregate and air their idle hours with either the invention of “things to come”? or to fasten upon some chimera started by some wag With the vague idea that a mountain is to be fabricated out of a molehill. Itis gular how much is known in ‘the “classic | precincts of the City Hall vestibule” concerning | the pending mystery of the Police Commission controversy, At one time a winged messenger comes flying from Governor Dix with the inteili-. gence that the venerable Mayor will surely be re- moved for his actions in reappointing Charlick and | Gardner. Then this same atrial “flyer” reports that Mr, Havemeyer has become weak in the knees, and iu anticipatton of decapitation he has reserved to nimseli tie cherished privilege of committing hari-kari. Suli another gossip by Mme. Rumor, the busy jade, makes her say that the Grand Jury which Met yesterday were Working like so many beavers, not only to remaict the reappointed Commission- ers, but also the Chief Magistrate for transgress- | ing his power, A journalist, who 1s a mere looker-on in Vienna, must take all these matters cum grano satis. Still, where there is 80 much smoke there must lurk some fire, 5 A HERALD reportet paid his respects to the Mayor and touna him preparing to take a substan- tial lunch sent to his ollice by a neighboring ca- terer. Mr. Havemeyer was in good humor and re- ceived the reporter well. The latter suggested to His Honor all the rumors avove quoted, to which Mr. Havemeyer replied:—“1 don’t hear anything of all you said unless some of the gentlemen or the 3, but in relation to resigning, why, [ don’t propose to give up with a battle hai finished. 1 understand the Aldermen are to meet on Wednesday, We will sce what they propose to do.” “But, Mr. Mayor, what do you propose to do?’ queried the reporter. “Simply nothing. Ihave nothing to do that I know ol. Further than that the Mayor would not converse on this topic, and the reporter withdrew. Promptness is the Pith of Executive Ability. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Let the Governor maintain his world wide re- putation for prompt action. Remove Mayor Have- meyer and order @ new election upon the shortest notice known to the law, say thirty days. Let the people of this great city express ther opinion rela- | uve to this last great outrage perpetrated apon them in the name o! retorm. Said Henry Clay, “I bad rather be right than be President.” Let tue Governor oi this great State do right in this instance, as he has veiore in a | great exigency, and he may be President. ‘The people are terribly in earnest in this matter, Party ties are for the nonce forgotten, and ail men agree that the superannuated politician who pretends to discharge the duties of Mayor of this city must be removed, and thet, too, without delay. ff this is | relorm, let us retrograde, VOLUNTEER, A REPUBLICAN VIEW OF HAVEMEYER AND FRIENDS, {From the Utica Herald.) The act of Mayor Havemeyer in reappointing Commissioners Gardner and Chariick to adminia- ter a law which they have just been convicted tor violating is the most extraordimary in his official career. It makes no difference to us in whose in- teresis these reappointments were made, ‘The act was not dictated by a high regard jor the dignity of the law and the welfare of the Rese in cases of vacancy, like those in tne Police Comiission, Mayor Havemeyer has the sole and absolute power 0! appointments, under the law of 1374. The Board of Aldermen have nothing to say in the matter. The reappointment of Messrs, Gardner and Charlick is, terefore, beyond the power of anybody to prevent, unless they shall be restrained {rom returning to their duwes by an injunction, Ye look about us in vain for the grounds .upon which Mayor Havemeyer may persuade himself that he has a justification for this act, The con- victed Commissioners violated a law of which it Was their duty to have full Knowledge, It does not help thelr case at all to insist that the viola- tion was technical. It was a violation all the same, and a violation entirely without delence. OITY HALL NOTES. Aspecial meeting of the Board of Aldermen has | been called for to-morrow afternoon, at two | o'clock, to transact “such business as may be brought before it? The call is signed by Alder- men Oswald Uttendorfer, John Reilly, Peter Kehr, George Koch, Richard Flanagan, Jenkins Van ! Sohaick, Kdward Guon aad Joho Falcaner. Ik ie } The cases of | } Total real a | @bove indicated no other business was transacted, supposed that at this meeting charges will be pre- ferred against the Mayor, ‘The Board of Estimate and Apportionment has | been called for to-morrow alternoon, at three | o'clock, This is the first seasion under the new | rule requiring forty-eight hours’ notice. Postmaster James, Mr. Hurlburt and W, G, Stein- | meta, assistant supervising architect of the new | Post OMce, met sesterday noon at the latter's | office to open bids for tronwork to complete the building. A number of bids were received, which | were transmitted to Washington for final action. TAXATION FOR 1874-75, The Board of Supervisors Receive the Tax Rolls—Increase of Valuntion Over $24,006,000. Pursuant to law, which provides that the Board of Supervisors must meet on tie first Monday in | July to receive the tax books jor the year, the | Board of Aldermanic Supervisors convened in ses- sion yesterday at noon, Mr. Samuei B. H. Vance, the President, in the chair, . Supervisor Keng rose to a question of privilege, and asked whether the present Board of Super- visors consisted of fifteen or seventeen members, and if the Mayor and Recorder were still a portion ofthe Board? If so, then there was no quorum present. The Supervisor continued:—*This Board must be very particular about this meeting, so as not to leave @ loophole for lawyers to vacate as- sessments on.” Mr, VANCE replied to the gentleman that the Corporation Counsel had informed him within an hour that the Consolidation act reduced the number of members of the Board of Supervisors to fifteen, consisting of the members of the Com- mon Council. The tax books for 1874-75, recently completed, were handed in, accompanied by a communication from the Department of Taxes aud Assessme.ts, signed hy the Commissiouers, Messrs, Wheeler, | Andrews and Mouiton, stating that they herewith submitted the tax rolis for 1874-"75. Comptrolier Green also transmitted a communi- cation, in which he iaiormed the Board that the | revised estimates amounted in the aggregate to $31,822,301 72. The communication was received and ordered to be placed on file. The tax rolls were aiso, on motion, received and returned to the Tax Commissioners to be printed, but without additional expense to the county. President VAN agreeable to the provisions of the law, read tue foliowing directions and per- | mission lor taxpayers to have access Lo the roiis:— ‘The taxes and assessment rolls having been Snaily sub- mitted to the Board of supervisors on this first Mon of duly, berg July 6, 187s, ate placed in the custody ofthe Board, as an actoi the Board, and’ the 3 i undersigned, as Pre at thereot, b permission to the Clerk of the Boar¢ | to permit access to said iN m; and nders! dd turther, in vt Board of Supervisors, and as one’ ot its acts, due virtue Qt law, authorizes and directs the Commissioners of such clerical ments, Dy t cause to be properly ¢ sunder and by virtue. of ho said estimation and computa- tion to be prepared, set down and extended in ihe tax books, as required by section 25 of chapter 12) of the | Laws or 185), ani to cause the it sald taxes to be caresuily added, and to set. do amount of the UEL B. Hl. VANCE, President Board ot Supervisors. The statement of values of real and personal property has been care‘ully prepared. and was maue up by wardsy including the lately anuexed districts from Westcheste: unty. The iollowing is the tabulated statement: OF THE REAL AND PERSONAL STATE D COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AX ASSESSED FOR 1373 sane in the said books. Increase. $956,400 0 31) 12512, 33)425,0.0 21,348,850 15,852.10) 53,774,406 25,127, 90 Fourteenth Fitteenth Sixteenth, e | a 74,897,560 292,447,043 272451181 i ‘and perso’al 1,129,210,573 1,154,029,176 4 valuation for 1874... 1 valuation for 18% Total pers’ Increase in 1874.........+ sees ‘Total increase of valuation for 1874. ‘Total increase of valuation for 1873. Net receipts for 1874... 2 $24,788, 003 As this meeting was held for the only purpose and on motion the Board adjourned to meet on the first Monday in September, at two o’cluck P, M, THE PUBLIO PARKS, Extraordinary Condition of the Depart- ment—Mr. Stebbins Says that Opera- tions Must Cease. Mr. Stebbins sends the following suggestive let- ter relative to the financial embarrassment of the’| Department of Parks, As will be seen from his letter the Board of Estimate and Apportionment is | credited with being the cause of the difficulty:— | 86 UNION SQUARE, NEW YorK, July 3, 1874. l yacnt Club, under “General Order No. 1, 1874,"’ has | dezvous of the feet at Glen Cove, on Wednesday, | Lee, Secretar, | alternoon was not generally known; consequently~ | there were not more than 600 spectators present | were driven on the ground in a coach about three | which they picked up the hot grounders and threw Although this, the first exhibition of the navy, was not what It ought to have been, still there 1s little doubt but that the Excelstor, Detroit, Zephyr and Watauga clubs will do something worthy of their combined organizations, The H, M. A. Association, of Paterson, N, J., has its boat house situated on Dundee Lake, and is one of the best appointed, as well as one of tue prettiest, in the State. The jake is half imie in width and two miles in length, and the Dundee oarsmen have a straightaway course of & mile jor racin; YACHTING. Programme of the Annual Cruise of the Brooklyn Yacht Club. Commodore Jacob Voorhis, Jr., of the Brooklyn | issued the programme to be observed by the club | on their annual cruise, which begins by the ren-, | 22d inst, From this agate to the 3ist the yachts | will visit New Haven, Greenport, New London, | Newport and Martha’s Vineyard, occupying the | time with excursions and regattas that will prove both pleasurable and interesting. The programme is as foilows:— 1, Wednesday alternoon, July 22 (nigh water at 4P.M,)—The feet will rendezvous at Gen Cove. 2. Thursday, July 23.—On signal irom the hag ship the feet will get auder Way for Morris Cove, New Haven, 3. Friday, July 24.—The fleet will get under way Jor Greenport, 4, Saturday, July 25.—Excursion and clambake at Shelter Island, 5. Sunday, July 26,—Divine service on board the flagship. 6. Monday, July 27.—The fleet will get under way for New London, proceeding up to the city, 7. Tuesday, July 28 (iull moon).—The fleet will get under way for Newport. 8. Wednesday, July 29,—Regatta at Newport, a TECER IBY, July 30,—The fleet wili visit Rocky joint. 10, Friday, July 31.—The fleet will get under way for Martha’s Vineyard and await the Jurther orders o! the Commodore. In going from port to port all races will termi- nate at some suitable point outside of the harbor, and the headmost yachts in all cases will lay to, so | that the fleet may proceed into port in regular | Ransom . squadron order, The field tach yacht will provide club signal, 4c., tobe usedin ight sailing for signalizing. Total ........0+ Farcher orders will be issucd trom. time to time by the Commodore, as circumstances may require, and meetings of advice and consul: of owners: of yachts will be held oa signal from the fagship. Yacht owners tutending to join the squadron on } the annual cruise will please report to W) ut ihe the cil» reoms, ¢ Courtand Montague stre sts, Broo Wall street, New York, at a3 eurly date us po: that they may be assigned their proper position in | the fleet. By order of | Commodore JACOB VOORHIS, Jr. WiLtiamM T, Lex, Secretary. The Regatta Committee of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, comprising Messrs. Frederick G. Fos- | ter, William Krebs, James H., Elliott, M, Roose- | velt Scuuyler and E. M. Townsend, late on Satur- day evening last decided that te Triton, Vindex, Fei-Seen aud Mary Emma won the prizes of their | respective classes in the regatta of that day at | GUyster Bay, and so awarded them. | Mr. Thomas Nye, Jr., of New Bedford, has pur- | chased tne schooner Sylvie and will add her to the Boston Yacht Club fleet, Mr. Alexander Taylor, of New York, has become the owner of the sloop North Star, and will here- alter fly the flag of the New York Yacht Ciub. ‘The schooner Haze has been purchased by Mr. H. | A. Mott, of New York, and added to the feet of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, The schooner Vision, sister vessel to the Haze, | has become the property of Mr. George Seely, of New York, and will be added to the register of the | Atlantic Yacht Ciud, The new schooner Estelle, belonging to Mr. Bur- ritt, of Norwalk, and of the Brooklyu Yacnt Club | fleet, is at anchor oif the foot of Court street, | vee | THE NATIONAL GAME. { fain y The Yale University Nine Beaten by the | Mutuals. i The fact that the Yale University nine would play the Mutuajs on the Union Grounds yesterday | when the contest began. The Yale gentlemen o'clock, and on alighting at once began indulging | | in a litte preliminary practice. The manner in | to the bases very soon convinced the lookers-on | | that they were players of no ordinary ability. At four o'clock sharp play was called, Mr. | | Mitcheil, the president of the Yale Club, very | kindly consenting to act as umpire. The Mutuals went first to bat and were neatly retired before | they could score, Allison being the only man who made a base hit, The Yale boys now tried their thing but successful. In the second inning the | professionals scored a single run on an error by Maxwell, who failed to properly handle the siow twister Nelson sent htm. Again the Yale gentle- Men essayed to get hold of Matthews and again | were unsuccessful, two of their number striking | out and the third giving Allison afoul bound. The | compliment was fully returned, however, as the | “Mutes” did not get ® man past first base. | In the fourth inning the Mutuals seemed to get | the swing of Avery’s pitching and let drive at | him so effectually a3 to score tive rans before the thira hand went out. Again in the fifth inning | they batted heavily, and, Of the eight runs scored, | earned three, ‘The other five were obtained on | DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, } TO THE HONORABLE THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND | APPORTIONME I have addressed two respectful communications to the Boara of Estimate and Apportionment ask- | ing the views o! its members in respect to the re- strictions placed upon this department by the late | action of the Board, | Idesire to repeat respectiully, but earnestly, that the Department of Parks ts placed in a poal- | tion of great embarrassment; its accounts are in- | tertered with, and I am unable to make eut tue becessary rolls tor the payment of the employés. The instructions of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as embodied in its levy, are in direct conflict with the provisions of the laws Which have heretolore been the guide of this de- | partment. 1 desire to say that the reductions | mace in the appropriations of the Board of Esti- mate and Apportionment, aud what we deem tobe the legal restrictions placed upon our action, ren- | der it impossible to proceed with the work of tne | department. If the restrictions placed upon us by | the Board of Estimaie and Apportionment are obligatory upon us, we shall be obliged to discon- tioue operations. It is to avoid this calamity that Isolictt an early reply to this letter, and remain, your obedient servant, » HENRY G. STEBBINS, President D. P. P. BOATING NOTES, The great single scull match race between Wil- liam Schard, of Pittsburg, and George Brown, of Haltiax, for $2,000 in gold a side, will come off to- morrow at Springfield, Mass, The distance to’ be rowed is five miles, ‘« ‘The Argonautas, of Bergen Point, and Atalantas, | of this city, will row their long talked of match | race on the Harlem River next Saturday morning at eleven o’ciock, Both crews are in splendid con- | dition, | A grand amateur regatta, open to all regularly | qualified amateurs, under the auspices of the Grand | Haven and Spring Lake Boat Club, will take place | at Spring Lake, Michigan, on August 12 and | aus West will be largely represented on the occa- | sion. | Jobn C, O'Neil, iormerly one of the active mem- | vers of the Atalanta Boat Club, Of this city, Is ROW in St. Louis and is laboring to get together a crew | with which he expects to mect a Chicago crew and row @ match race on Lake Peoria, Wiiliam B. Curtis, Ibis thougat, Will look alter the interests ot the Chicagoans. | ‘The College Regatta Committee met Saturday | evening 1n the rooms Of the Saratoga Rowing As- | sociation, with President Conckling and Commo. dore Brady. The committ cided to have the single scuil and irestinen raccs on the 1th inst.— the first race at three o’ciock, The sollowing day the University race will take place at tour o'clock Commodore Benjamin F. Brady, under whos: direction most of the preparations are being made jor the coliege regatta and the mternational re- gutta for smateurs, is now focated for the season | In Ove Of the handsome cottages at the “States.” | in the late review, or annual regatta of the Lau reate Boat Ulub of Troy, fifty-three boats were in line, The Ulysses Boat Club of Troy, and the Mu- tuals and Olympics of Albany took part in the affair, They presented a splendid spectacic. What a fine show tne Harlem ciubs could make if i, but they won't! | ut 1egatta of the Patapsco navy proved | Most successful tn every particular. ‘The racing ‘was good, the boys enjoyed themseives and the | people who were present were aighly pleased. A fall regatta, open to ull, is announced for some time about the first week in October, The Interlaken Boat Club, recently organized at | Saratoga, has the iollowing board of oMcersi— | President, Frank Leslie; Vice Presidents, Charles | R. Spaulding aud Clarence G. Carr; Treasurer, c. H, Hurlburt; Assistant Treasurer, 5. F.~Corey; Secretary, G. Brockway, and Captain, John Mor- Tissey, Jr. The Detroit River Navy has been reorganized, and last Friday evening crews from the boat ciubs composing it gave @ review. ‘The interest mant- tested by the large Dumber of ladies and gentie- men who congregated to witness the oarsmen at Work roves their anoreciavion Of AGUALIC RDOT | | nings Were neatly played by both sides, Maxwell (‘that the great Chicago “Giants” were beaten by | first prize of $500, but two errors, one by Nevin and one by Smith, who juggled @ ball in right field. The next two in- going in to pitch for the college boys and Avery | playing at second base. Tue “Mutes’” failed to | it Maxwell as they had done Avery and this fact alone seemed to inspire the collegians with more nerve than they had evinced before. in the eighth inning Hatfield took Matthew's place, the latter going to lett field, and it now began to look alittle more hopeful for Yale, but they found Jobn could pitch a very dificult bail to nit. One of their numper, however, nit a very bard ball to Burdock, who made One of the finest one-hand Stops ever seen, but he threw it badly toStart, and | the striker ran Clean around to third base. On a | passed ball the run was scored, and this saved the | visiting gentlemen the humiliation of a deteat. | On the whoie, the Yales played a good game. They were without the assistance of their very eti- cient first baseman, Mr. Scudder, who has a bad hand. He will play against the Princetons to-day, however. The gentlemen must not be discouraged | because their powerful opponents scored so many | more runs than they did. Let 11 be remembered the Mutuais 38 to 1. Appended is the score:— YALE, murvar, RAB.PO.AE, | Players. R.1B.PO. A.B. e100 40 2 Highamrt...2 20°00 0 10 3 3 Allison, c...0050 2901 0022 3 Stary istb.. 2 2 60 0 0 0.0 3 0 Matthews, p...1 20 4 0 0015 0 0 Hatteld, Liz 8 2.30 8 s.3....0 0 0 4 2 Nelson, 2d b...4 201 0 Maxwell, 2d'b. 0 0 4 4 1 Burdock, 346.5 3 6 2 2 | Smith. rf... 1 0 1 Remson,'¢. t...3 5 2 0 0 Foster, 1. 0 0 Carey.s.s.0201 301 ‘Totals. . 16 11 Totals........21 22.27 13 4 | INNINGS. let, 2d. Bd. 4th. BUM, Gh. THA. Bh. 9th. 0 0 0 0 cu 0 0 1 O-1 10 5 8 0.0 1 62 Huns earne ‘ale, 0: Mutual, 6. First base by errors of opponents—Yale, 3; Mutual,7. | ‘Tame of game— iw Umpire—Mr, Mitehe hours. ‘ot the Yale Club, The Grand Tournament at Watertown— | The Maple Leat Club Ahead, WATERTOWN, N, Y., July 6, 1874. A grand base bail tournament has been in prog- ress here for some days past, in which fourteen of | the best amateur clubs of the United States and | Canada participated. This forenoon the Maple | Leat Clud, of Gueiph, Ont., the champions of Can- ada, beat the Nassaus, of Brooklyn, N. Y., the | on those events last night, the following being Tom Bowling i | Pools sold as follows ‘ the driver of Brown George, which was about hauds against Matthews’ curves, but were any- | p, | five, in harness. | C. Brower'’s b. g. Bill NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. 5 Second Day of the First immer Meet- ing—Pool Selling Last Evening. This is the second day of the running meeting at Long Branch, and it bids fair to be quite as success. 1ul as that of Saturday last, which greatly pleased the multitude both in the number and spiritea character of the contests, ‘There are three events on the card, the first being the Hopeful Stakeg, for two year-olds, dash of haif @ mile, which will bring to the post representatives from the stabies of Lorillard, Chamberlin, McGratn, Belmont, Reynolds, Morris and Hitchcock. The second con- test is for a purse of $750, two mile heats, for all ages; entrance money to second and third horses, This will have six starters—Jury, Shylock, Anzoria, Felioweraft, Donnybrook and Village Blacksmith— a field of good ones that will make @ cracking race, ‘he Monmouth Cup will wind up the sport of the | day, dash of two and a half miles, Tom Bowling, | Ransom, Whisper and Galway will contest tor | tue rich stakes, and itis anticipated that there willensue a merry struggle between the latter three horses for second money. Pools were sold average figures :— HOPEFUL STAKES, Chamberlin's. 7 $40 Loriltard’s entry. Ch mberlin’s entry, 44 McGrath’s entry... 22 | Belmont’s entry. 20 | Reynolds’ entry.. 20 Morris’ entry. ....- 22 Hitebcock’s entry... 6 TOLAIS....0cseresccrcesecccsrerectees e100 $184 TWO MILE HEATS. Johnsons’. Chamberlin’s, Jary. $06 $50 Shyioc 60 50 | Anzort 42 36 " 42 30 Dounybrook 27 24 Blacksmith, at 18 | Totals ...... $261 $208 | Pool Sales at Long Branch. LonG Branca, N, July 6, 1874. st crowds of the season attended the pool selling at the West End Hotei this even- | ing. The toliowing pools were sold by Dr. Under- wooa:— HOPEFUL STAKES, IHALF-MILE, FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS, Chamberiin’s entries, $510; Lorillard’s, $750; Belinouu’s, $185; McGrath's, $150; Morris’, $115: | Mitchcock's, $160; Reynolds’, $100, ‘his is one of the largest pools sold this season. Second race, a purse of $750; two mile heats, Jury, $105; Arizona, $95; Shylock, $65; Fellow- on 1t; $70; Donnybrook, $35; Village Blacksmith, 35. No pools were sold on the Monmouth Cup this evening. Preakness arrived at the track this afternoon in splendid condition, and one of the finest races that ever took piace on this track is | anticipated to-morrow between him and Tom Bowl- | ing. Preakness has many heavy backers uere. Pools will be sold for this race on the track. ‘The arrivals were quite iarge this evening. TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK. | piesa aie Ae ee A match for $250 a side took place yesterday at Fleetwood Park between those old antagonists, | Sorrel Jake and Brown George. One of the con- ditions of the match was that Jake had to carry | weight equal to the avoirdupois of Mr. Jenkins, 200 pounds. Before the scoring began Sorrel Jake | was thie favorile at odds, but just betore the start | the betting became even, and during the first heat Browu George was mace the favorite. The trot | created considerable excitement among the the friends of the owners of the horses, did after four heats had been closely contested, | (mostly by the unskiliul manner in which George ‘Ths was the third or jourth match the borses have rotted, and there is no doubt but more will have to come off before the respective owners of the | horses are satisfled as to wuich is une best nag. | Utan, ‘The following 1s a { SUMMARY. FLEETWOOD Pank, July 6.—Match $500; heats, best three in tive, to wagons, John Murphy's s. g. Sorrel Jake 1 G. Jenkins’ br. g. Brown George, 2 gia TIME. Quarter. Haig. . 2 1323 Se + 40% 1:21 ‘Tmird heat + 40 1:22 Fourth heat. 242 1:23 TROTTING AT DEERFOOT PARK. DeErroor Park, L. 1., July 4 and 6.—Purse $200, t three in five, in harness, Walker’s b. m. Lady Annie. 1 1 2 4 2 3 1 W. 8. Thoms’ br. g. Phil. O'Neil. 2 2 3 11 2 2 D. Danlay’s g. g. Thomus Jefter- gon, Jr. we SLO Beene Ux Ff. H. Heard’s g. g. Polloc +-46520r0 H. H. Gilbert’ss. g. Harry Gilbert 3 4 4 3 6 7.0, G, Wright's Tom Colltus, veer GD, m First heat. Second. heat. Third heat. Fourth heat, Futh neat Sixth heat... Seventh heat, SECOND TROT. Match $200, mile heats, three in five, in har- ness:— West Bowen's, b. g. Barney, J. Slit’s gz. g. Suowilake... TIME, Quarter, Half. 50 1ML3g 5335 First heat. Second heat. TROTTING AT GREEN HAVEN, N, Y, Two spirited trotting events came of at the Dutchess Stud Farm, Green Haven, N. Y., on the 4th inst., which were of much local interest, and the spectators were highly gratified with the sport, The foliowing are the SUMM ARLES >— DurcHEss Stcup FARM, GREEN HAVEN, N. Y, JULY 4—TROTTING—Purse $100, for green horses | owned in Dutchess county; mile beats, best three | in five, in harness. | STARTERS, F. D. Halsted’s b. m. Lady Van J. Ashby’s ch. m. Lady Chapman. 'T. B. Lane’s b, 8. Harry Clay, Jr. Reed Ferris’ b. g. License. Time, 2:59—2:58—' 23 Same Day.—Purse $50; mile beats, best 1 STARTERS, E. Berry's b. g. Bellfounder.. Parker P, Mcvann’s g. m. Bridget. ‘Time, 8:10—3:08—3:13—3 :12, DSATH OF TAMMANT AND VICTOR, THE | STEEPLE OHASERS. | On Saturday last, during the steeple chase, we noticed the falling twice of Tammany, and of an Arrival 736 | the reason 1” JOLLY MORMONS. ot 750 Latters Day Saints. A Curious and Picturesque Scene in Castie Garden. WHAT THEY SAY OF POLYGAMY. The Mormons form a very interesting class ot emigrants. They are for the greater part Swedes and Danes, and their religious peculiarities, added to their quaint national characteristics, render them especially worthy of study. They are generally ignorant, but hardy, strong and of the Most healthy appearance, Yesterday some 750 Mormons ‘Arrived here in the Idaho, of the Wil- liams & Guion steamship line. Their feelings as they first stepped on the shore of the “and of the free and the home of the brave’? must have been sublime; but yet they were all en- gaged in disposing of huge chunka of bread and butter after they had been half an hour in Castle Garden. From a physical potnt of view, a better class of emigrants probably never landed here than these 750 Mormons. ‘The thickest rouge could not equal the bdriiliant color of their rough checks, and no artificial means were necessary to enhance THE BEAUTY OF THEIR FORMS. Some of the women and children were particas larly fine looking. ‘hey were not neat, perhaps but that added only to their picturesque appear- ance, Raphaei’s little cherubs are proverbially too fat, but tnere were boys and girls here who really came up to them, or even surpassed them, real cherubs, with such monstrous little arms and legs, as one would never find in Madison’ avenue or in the first rate hotels of Saratoga. Tho women had pretty light hatr, but the little girls, it was a delight to look at their sweet golden hatr so rich and soft, s6 ex- quisitely beautiful. One readsin novels a great | deal of “golden hair,’ but Castle Garden is the ce to find it, But \hese@re not the only figures wich the eye encounters, There are old decrepit women with wrinkled faces, hobbling to and fro, und old men with gray beards and tiny babies re- posing happily on the laps of their mothers, Their dress 1s picturesque in the extreme. Baxter street is rather pooh-poobed by our plutocracy, but Baxter street dress 18 highly fashionavle com- pared to the extraordinary gear in which these Raman beings are so effectively disguised, Coats which must have seen the light of the tailor’s shop in Luther’s time and since have been handed down FROM, ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER, until they now resemble old, dilapidated floar sacks. Sometimes they appear to be made of thick leather, and in all cases they have a look of being pasted on the backs of the wearers with mucilage, so sticky do they seem. Shirts aré un- known, and as to cuffs, why, they would spoil all the effect. The women’s dresses battle descrip- tion. They resembie more the competitors in the sack races at the Hippodrome than any other per- academician, a guard of honor of infantry was sons in New York, ‘The stains in these homespua garments belong to no particular epoch in uistory. ‘A hundred years’ constant use has wrought such of complete metamorphosis in the material that 1t 4s no longer distinguishabie. It might be cloth, or leather or any other Jabric—who could tell ? * Tne Mormons looked rather happy. ‘The married men had each only one wife with them, reserving for the tuture the joysof polygamy. There were @ great many girls who aspired to the honor of be- coming some great saint’s sixteenth or seven- teenth spouse in Utat, A reporter circulated among them. Mr. Carstensen and Mr, Nelsons, the missionaries Wuo brought them over, and who looked like WELL DRESSED, STURDY NEW YORKERS, told him that about,400 out of the 750 were Danes, | and when Sorrel Jake won the race, which he | o99 Swedes (140 being from Stockholm), 80 Nor- wegian and 70 English. They lett Reuropeed Sh where they all met, om the 19th, went to 1 all, | was ariven) the hilarity of nis backers Was tntense. | thence to Liverpoo!, aud, after a stormy and dis- agreeable passage, to New York. They will leave to-day by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Many of them were sent for by their relatives living in ‘Lhe trip cost them $70, and they brought but very littic money. “What 13 it that induces them to leave their mile | native land and go to Utant? “Why,’? replied Mr. Carstensen, with a smile, 1 2 1)| “peeatge they believe that there is the place where the Lord will gather tis people in the last days. nt yould they like to marry more women? Is that | “No, no,” Mr, Nelson said. “Why, Ihave lived | among the Mormons all my life, aud Ihave ony one wile. However, we believe that i! a man is worthy, and circumstances permit, he may be | married to several women. hy should a man not have two wives hoborably instead of having | fitteen dishonorably, eh?” Such was the shrewd argament of these wily | Mormons, ana their followers stood around GAZING AT THEM WITH ADMIRATION. There was one rather good-looking Danish woman, ruday and strong, who said, tn her native language :—“We go to Utah in order to live there | peacetuily and happily. Our men don’t go because | they want to marry more women. Oh, no! | am satisfied with my one husband and he ts contented with me, Our religion ts good. That ts the main point. The people to whom we go don't smoke, don't chew, don’t drink—they don’t even drink cottee.”” ; “] suppose you would not like it if your husband took hall a dozen more wives ?”? “0, no,” the honest woman replied, with @ hearty laugh and giving her husband, who stood a by and overheard the conversation, # loud smack. “, WOULDN'T STAND THAT, OH, NO!" There was a girl irom Wales, a bright, roars lump lass, who had been drinking a great deal of Boor and she said jocosely “0, [am going out to Utah to find a husband, as1 didn’t succeed in Wales.”” THE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. All Its Employes Discharged Yesterday— What Is Said at the Continental Bank Note Company—‘Boss” Shepherd Blamed for the Affair. Yesterday morning at an early hour the Amert can Bank Note Company, eituated at No. 142 Broad- way, in the building of the Mutual Insurance Com- pany, discharged ail its employés, bumbering up- wards of 200, consisting of engravers, printers an@ girls—many of the latter weeping bitterly—on ac- count of the company having no work to execute, To realize the scene it ts but requisite to remem- ber that lately enacted at Washington, when severai hundred male and female employés of tha ‘Treasury were informed that their services were no longer required, In this case the women did not faint, because they had been looking forward for some time to this catastrophe. The American Bank Note Company 1s not in embarrassed circum- stances, a8 might be judged from {ts action of to-day; but “orders” gave out and there was no more employment for the hands, The dismissas of the employés must be looked upon as com- pelied by force Of circumstances, and not through accident to Victor, the latter having broken the ankle of his near hind leg; but we little thought | at the time that their injuries would terminate in death—Tammany dying on Saturday evening and | Victor being so much disabled that it was decided | best to shoot him and 80 end his sul- Jerings. It will be remembered that Tammany fell at a fence on the backstretch, while jumping , into the outer fleld, and thew hia rider (Tully) | heavily, The horse jumped up immediately and | charges double rates in his company. cantered off without showing any injury from the amateur champions of the United States, by a | fall; but after being mounted again by a man | score of 13 to 8 The Nassau Club won tne first | prize at the tournament here last year. The | Maple Leat Club have been victorious in every game they have played at this tournament. They have only to wit one game to-morrow to take the Tn any event sey will get the | second prize of $200. The crowd In attendance | was large, and the tournament has been a success financially and otherwise. It will close to-morrow. ‘To-day the Mapie Leal clab, of Guelph, Ont., the amateur champions of Canada, beat the Nassaug, | of Brooklyn, wy 13 to8 =The Eastons, of Easton, Pa., beat the Chelseas, of Willlamsburg, by 18 to 3. ‘fo-inorrow the tournament ends with @ matenh | between the Kastons and the Maple Leals, jor $500 the first prize and $200 the second prize. Base Ball Notes. \ To-day the Yale and Princeton University nines | play on the Union Grounds. This will dountless be a fine game, In Philadelphia the Atlantics play the Athietics, and the Hartfords play the Philadelplias at Hart- ford. Setbert will sell pools on all tiese games at | his rooms, corner of Marcy avenue and Rutiedge | street. ‘To-morrow the Philadelphias piay the Atiantica on the Union Groands. In Chicago, July 4, the Chicago “Giants” beat the Bostons in a ten inning game by the following score :— Clube, et, Wh Be, At, BUA. GIA. THR, BUM, OUR. 1000, Chicago....5 0 0 0 4 2 6 8 O HIT Kooy 2 8 0 0 8 2 5 0 5 Oe named Carter, who continued the race, Tammany struck the top rail of one hurdle and fell at another, | and was then led up to the judges’ stand by Car- ter. The horse then seemed much distressed, and must have been badly injured internally, as he died | goon aiterward, Tammany was owned by Joseph Donahue, and has been on tne turf as a hurdler and steeple chaser for three years. He was a weil brea | horse, having been sired by Lexington, his dam | being Lis Mardis, by imported Glencoe. Tammany ran eleyen times in 1872, being successiul five times. In 1873 he started four times, but was un- | fortunate in each. He has not been successiul this year, having ran ont, a tew times, once at | Jerome Park ana again at Monmouth Park. Victor (Hugo) was a bay gelding, five years old, by Uncle Nic, dum Sally Russell. He hgs been on the turf about two years, but has won very few races, the best win he ever made being at the | spring meeting at Jerome Park last year. Here he ran against Duffy, Locniel and Village Blacksmith <n the steeple chase, Lochiel threw bis rider at the water jump, while Dua@y ran the wrong way the race by ahead, Victor was a very fair jumper, and, being a young horse, his owner had great hopes of his improvement, bat having met with the accident, and being useless, he was shot to end and lost 200 forge which enabled Victor to win | | his sufferings. : HORSE NOTE. Joseph Donahue has purchased from 8s. D. Bruce the chestnut colt Galway, by Concord, dam Maudins, years old, Price $1,000, | Company any impoverishment of the concern, The rea) secret, however, lies in the fact that for the past two years this company, it is alleged, has been “backing” against Mr. McCartee, of the Government Bureau of En- raving, Who has the power of preventing work Bong given to the company in question; but, in addition to this, according to the discharged em- ployés, the direct cause of their discharge is “Boss” Shepherd, of the Washington Columbian wank Note Company, which takes away the work \ this company formerly had, They say that ho The Nl of tne American Bunk Note Company are Mr. J. E. Gavit, President, aud Mr. T. A. Hreeland, Secre- The men employed as printers earned from the engravers an average of tary. { oe ay? re re! 35 and the girls $8 a LE CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY. A HERALD reporter subsequontly called at the Office of the Continental Bank Note Company, whose establishment 1s situated at the an le of Liberty and Greenwich streets, and gained irom various sources the tollowing information:—We bave been kept busy of late in printing Se povern. ment bills and also whiskey labels, e have about 300 men and girls employed in the different branches at work. ‘Boss’? Shepherd’s Columbian Bank Note Company has interfered with our government business considerably, for it gets: alk the cream of thework, The Ameri Bank Note has had a good deal Brazilian and Spanish work, while we have had, among other orders, @ good deal of Japanese work. In addi- tion to this we print the government postage stamps, but not postal cards. We offered, time ago, to print ten cent currency notes at $13 per 1,000, but it was given, we hear, to Shepherd's “columbian” Compauy at $22 pet 1,000. Forta- nately we have plenty of orders at the present moment, inciuding @ large number of tickets for the Pennsylvania Kailroad, About a year ago the American Bank ‘Note Company employed, I be- hieve, about 500 people, The son of the President ot that company is now working in our establish ment. THE AMENITIES OF JOURNALISM. [From the Indianapolis Sentinel.) It looks as if all the New York papers Were edited by mad dogs.