The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1874, Page 11

, largest number of men fim Progress of the City Depe wtments. A Review of the Dep erturents of Publio Works, Publie Parks, Fire and Dock Departments, Comptroller's Offic. 1, Corporation Counsel's ‘At thie season of the + year, when general bust- yess ts co much depress: 14, {t-18 but natural to sup- pose that work in the vartous city departments should be more or lesss\ fering from the prevail- ing stagnation. in ord ‘er to ascertain the actual vtatus of afuirs & Hers ‘LD reporter visited the various public bureaus,. 0d what information he Yas obtained is given b low, and which in the main will be foundof inte rest. First and foremost ithe Department of Put ic Works, in which the moner Van Nort bdeing o tof the city, from Mr. Edward P. Barker, the De puty Commissioner, the ennexed statement was ol ‘tained concerning this Gepartment. Ss. Department of Public Works, STREET PAVS ‘MENTS. Werk ts in progress on Miteen contracts for paving, covering in the ag ‘gregate about seven Tntles of streets. The most ‘important of these ere Pirst avenue, from 81 Xty-first to Ninety- vecon@ street, Brosdway, fr om Thirty-second to Filty-ninth street, and Worth way to Chatham square, wii ‘2 the intersecting streets one block on each si cof Worth street. Bines Comptroller Green hess. Stisied hinsselt that the contract for paving Broadw \¥, north of Thirty. second streét is legal, and be 1s 3 aying the instal, ments on whe same, the contra % OF, Mr. Everard ispusbing the work with great v. m °T, and this main artery of the city will soon pres # 1¢@ broad and umootht roadway tothe Central Park, of much better quality of pavement than any of a \¢ existing ap- progohes.to the Park. The almost la surmountable legal diMculties in the way of paving Worth street and the several streets inte secting Pive Points have at last beam, overcome, and before the close of the season the appearance of this quarter will be grea. tly changed forthe better by the new pavement, and will be Made available for business purposes . The pro- vision of the charter which prohibits ta :¢ repaving of apy atreet, except on petition of aa najority of property owners, prevents the impre vement of Some important commercial thorougia ‘ares now paved with cobble stone, which itisimp ossible to Weep in good condition. The city would) '¢ greatly penefited, bottr in regard to its commere, ¢ and its samttary condition if these cobble stone pa Vements vould be repiaced vy trapor granite ble ck pave- ment. The Belgian, trap and granite bioe Kk pave- ments are found to be the cheapest, best a ud most @urable and easiest to repair. Every « ‘ay and season addsto the proof of tne worthlem ‘ness of ‘the wooden an:i tue oid concrete or poultie ° pave- ments. Commissioner Van Nort finds it utterly tmpossible with the appropriatton at hiscm umand to keep them in tolerabie condition, im id the wnly hope and consolation is that on hiss} dlan of repairing them with stone bioce s they wil | grad- ually disappear from our streets. ON REGULATING AND GRADING STBEEIR there are thirty-four contracts im progresy,, cover- ing abeut fourteen miles. With a few « >xcep- tiond these works are all in the district be tween Fifty-ninth and 125th streets, the principe | ones being the grading of Eignth avenue, from Tifty- ninth to 122d street, nearly completed; ; Ninth avenue trom Fighty-sixth fu 110to street; 1 ‘enth avenue from Eighty-third to Ninety-second se veet; Madison avenue, from Eighty-sixth to nly ¢ty- DiDtA street, and from 105th to 120th street. SEWERS AND DRAINS. ‘The department is now constructing some ery | large outiet sewers; one im Manhattan stm ‘ct, which will Grain an area of some hundreds of ee of the slopes on each side of Manhaw an 3 One in 110th street, from Eighth avenue to the Harlem River, and otuers im log th and 18th streets, emptying into Hari@ wu River, and in sSeventieth end Enghtiet h streets, emptymg into the Large areas of low land bave lately been drame d by the layimg of drain pipes, and this method ¢«¢ { drainage, which has only been im ysc a lew years , is being more extensively applied from year > year and is in great favor with property Owners) as It renders places available ior buiidiug and oe cupation whieh would otherwise be uptenantabie and worthless. ‘Ihe swamps between Niuety- ‘econd and 106th streets and Third avenue avd arlem River are Deing rapidly Milled up and drained. NEW WoRK. On the 6th inst. Commissioner Van Nort awarded eleven sewer contracts, 1x regulating ana grading contracts, six flagging contracts ano eleven paving Ountracts, aud transmitted them to the Finance Department for approval of the sureties. These having been returned euptoreh the contracts are being executed, end work upon them will begin at once, TER E. BOULEVARD. The work on this proposed east side drive ts be- ine incioaner prosecuted. On avenue 4, from | Seventy-iourth to Seventy-nintn street, the super- Btructare of ‘Yelfourd Macadam pavement is m progress, and irom Seventy-niuth to Eighty-sixth Street, the roadway is completed, On seventy- | second street, between avenue A and First ave- nue, tere are heavy rock excavations to Le made, gnc on other porttods the superstructure is bel laid, The whole street, irom Central Park to ave- tue A, will be macadamized this season. Ninety- sixth street, from First to Second avenue will ve Olied in this year, The grauing of 110th street, trom Madison to Eighth avenue, 18 completed, and mM progress between Ninth and Tenth avenues, where tnere are heavy rock excavations, ‘The } ‘uperstructore is being laid on this street between } hird and Sevente avenues. On lléth street the @ Uperstructore is nearly finished from avenue 4 to Lexmgton avenue, but cannot > carried any further west until the | % ourth avenue improvement 1s completed, @ ae entire length of the Lastern Boulevard 18 WB 20ut ten miles. When completed it will give to tl e east side whe attractions and advantages hitherto exciusively enjoyed by the people on the w est side, and will greatiy relieve the monotony «ot that section and attract a better class of the |} ‘pulation than would otherwise settle there, All the works on street improvements above ty benefited, and mo purt of it will become a th ka ca cu irge upon the city except where the city is the ow ner oi the adjoiming property. 10 sure a CAREFUL SUPERVISION OF WORK IN PROGRESS ( Downmisstoner Van Nort has lately issued the fol- 1 owing order to heads of bureaus having charge « Gsstreet improvements :— Derantuxnt or Pustic Worxs, Commissi0x en's Orricr, Room 19 City Hatt, New York, August 12, 1874 a yaw Grsss, Esa., Superintendent Street improve- en 8 1m—To avoid any cause of complaint and to prevent, ‘iar as possible within the power of this department, practice of vacating assessments for the various 48 of street improvement, your attention is again Wed particularly to my former instructions to you in ro if to the prosecution of the works under your ch Wrge to be paid tor by assessments, such as regulating, ving, sewering and otherwise improving ies, ‘will be required to give their undivided respective works, and entorce the to thelr isions or the specifications and contracts tor uh same to the iullest extent. No devi- ati m by contractors from the specifications wil, | parastired. ta, | every, cae, wiere ‘ou \f nd any inattention on the part of the surveyors or net @OTOFS. OF any, Attempt ab slizhting the Work, oF sya: ng the specification by the contractor, you will itor, le tiately suspend the surveyor aud the’ inspector aud stop the work and report the facts to this office. in bo + swe will such work be allowed to be resumed with- out iy jers. Yo wil promolgate this order not only to tno sur- veyc it.and inspector, but to the contractors, and enforce @ 3t: ‘ic( compliance in every particular, notitying them at jolation of it will be tollowed by summary ect = @ onthe of this department. Yor ivvill be strictly accountable for the execution of th ls-order. ONG M. ND t Commissioner Department of Public Works. CROTON WATER SERVICE. The # substitution of tron pipes in place of the maso Ury aqueduct on Tenth avenue from Ninety- seco: €! to 113tu street is nearly completed, Noth- ing Ti 3 9ains to be done but the building of a gate. house +; tt euch end, lor which the granite is beme dehye if ed and the setting o: tie gates. Commus- stone: * Van Nort expects that the water can be iet intot be: pipes belore the approach o1 cold weather, when = t) te dismantiing or the old aqueduct will be comm 6)iced, and the ground occupied by tt, com- prisin § Over one hundred valuable balding lots, will bt ¥, Sold for the benefit of che sinking ‘und. ‘the = >¥ty-eurht-inch maim on Tenth avenue has been b 1 ught down to Forty-second street, and is being § oontinued through tnat street to the old Distrib @ ting Reservoir, It 1s connected with beomeg \ 7 ’ je fa ovenenen oie lower part of tne city; @ f ion with the large east side main, « % "Mpleted over a year ago, eegreatiy Ine creases ¢ he supply and pressure of water down town. [) te large east and west side mains are connect % | with each other at Cnambers street by @ latera |- main, forming a compiete circuit Witch rad) ‘ate @ number of smatier mame: Add tioual la te fire hydrants, with double nozzies to gupply t Wi 2 fire engines irom eaca hydrant, nave been pixice ‘2 on the line of Churen street and Mirougho ut the dry goods district to increase the pd oh ater in case of fire. The pressure ig 0 great thats he hose o: the Fire Department can- Bot with 8 id it, and there can ve no further ap ‘employment. Commis- street, from Broad- the | Hudson — Rive ft. | umerated will be paid by assessment upon prop- | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET, Pegkeaaes ot & scarcity of water to supply steam of Pubite Parks. Colonel H. G. Stebbins, the genial President of the Department of Public Parks, was found at his OMce Saturday morning when the HERaLp repre- sentative called there ior information regarding the doings of bie department, Colonel Stebbins stated that the various improvements under way gre progressiug rapidly, among which is work on the Museum of Natural History and the Metro- politan Museum of Art, for which proposals had Deen advertised and bids accepted. The “inscope Arch and Gopston: Bridge,” which connects the zovlogical building by patie with the small lake at Fifty-ninth street and replaces the old wooden bridge, without compelling pedestrians to cross the drives, is under contract, proposals for the material having been invited, The Civil and Topographical Department ts engaged in the newly annexed district in laying out roads, preparing the streets for monumenting, and conducting such other work as properly be- longs to this corps. One hundred and tenth street is being rapidly completed, and the work on Eighth avenue to 110th street will be finished in about two weeks. Extensive repairs have been made by the Department of Public Parks to the Third avenue and Macomb’s Dam bridges, s0 that they are now in tolerably good order, Only the want of adequate appropriations of funds preclude the Commissioners from erecting more durable and stronger structures over the Harlem River. The Five Points Park is nearly completed, being in a healthy state of forwardness. In the Reservoir Park toe Commissioners have completed the drinking fountain, and the fountain in the City Hall, as soon as the full pressure of water shai be let on, alter the new Croton mains are fully laid, will be one of the great ornaments of the city. Prior’to the annexation of the lower Westchester townships the trustees thereof haa contracts to have Third avenue at Morrisania graded and regulated. Since the let of last Jao- uary this contract, besides ten or twelve others, has passed info the bands of the Park Commia- sioners, who are pushing the same work with all possible energy. he new patent Bacharach arinals, which are atonce highly ornamental and practi useful, are being placed in position. Three of them are already up and in use. Altogether the Central Park has never been in dner condition and the labors of the Commissioners in a healthier state than at present, Colonel Steobins and his fellow Commissioners, Messrs. Williamson an Stewart ‘Mr. Bissinger being still absent in Kurope) are oe Of credit for the energies displayed vy them. The Fire Department. The usual activity exists in this department now asis wont at any time of the year. ‘Seasons’ with the firemen ts a thing unknown, excepting that their Inbors during the winter months are more arduous than in the summer. Mesers, Perley, Van Oott and Hatch are always at their post, and give thelr undivided attention to the administration oi their department. The same can justly be said of Chief Engineer Ei! Bates. One of the features of the Fire Department is the Fire Marshai’s Bureau, which, under the charter 0! 1872, is one of the branches thereof. The present Fire Marshal, Mr. George H. Sheldon, 1s agentleman peculiarly fitted for bis duties. Every fire is thoroughly investigated by him, and if there is any suspicion of incendtarism, anent @ conflagration, he is sure to ferret out the offender and condign punish- ment is visited upon him in the shortest pos- sioie time. since the 224 of last Seprember up to June 19 Mr. Sheldon has convicted eight per- sons ol arson, all of Whom except one were sent to the State Prison, Twoare serving a life sen- tence, one was sentenced for ten years, one jor seven years, one for five, oue sor four, one for three years and one, who would have re- ceived no less than ten years, committed suicide after conviction. The efficiency of the Fire Department may be aptly illustrated by the following facts:—During the month of July, 1874, there have been 179 fires, Which is twelve inore toun any sull year since 1868, yet the loss trom these involved only $54,410, ; While during July, 1873, there were 167 fires, on | which the entatled loss footed up $263,100. ‘The Jovowing is & statement of fires and the losses In- eurred therevy for a period of seven years:— Month. No, KA Fires, Los. 13:8. 2s $178,550 | 1869. 131,809 1870. 166,245, | as7. 161.283 18, zal,620 1 100 1874. 54,4t0 From August 1 to August 22, 1378, there were in this city 74 Gres, involving a loss of $78,232, white Gnring the first 22 days of this month Marshal | She.con reports 80 fires, with @ loes of but $35,005, OF Joss than one-half the damage and over 6 more "es. ‘The Fire Department, as at Preeens constituted, may be justly classed as one of the moat efficient of our local institutions. , Department of Docks. As long as there is good seasonable weather the | department dispiays considerable energy in push- | ing ahead the improvements 0 much needed on the dilapidated docks surrounding the water fronts on the North and East rivers. Large bodies move slowly, and, as the Commissioners neces- sarily employ large gangs of men on their works, the progress of the improvements 1s hardly visi- ble, Yet the utmost activity prevails here, At present Chief Engineer General Charles kK. Graham has on his trestle board drawings of the principal work being done by the Dock Depart- ment. This consists of building the piers and bulkheads, the first of prepared wood, and the lat- ater of stone, from Barrow street to Eleventh sg treet, on the North Kiver, including the Chris- y »pher street ferry and White Star line dock. 1he Woodwork 1s within avout a week of being com- pl ected. This department is likewise finishing a & CK oD the Dew system at the foot of Canai street id pier No. 1 North fiver, which involves the ising of eight stone arcies, is in a 1orward state progress and contempiated to be dnished be- se the cold weatner sets in. «On the new docks leased by Commodore Vander- tM t at the foot of Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth sta eets, North River, for his new freigbt depot, a lw geforce of mechanics are employed to finish ti Work, hese docks Will extend beyond the lit: ot Lwelith avenue, and the bulkhead line is drm\Wn to Thirteenth avenue. Repairs to decaying pice 3 are likewise constantly made, thus keeping | a Ae ‘ge joree of workmen constantly employed. The: Commissioners, however, are gradually re- auch 1g thelr list of employés; at all events, no | new) ones are employed, Finance Department. The Mogul presiding over the coffers of this mis- gover ned city is very reticent about the affairs of his gitice. The weil abused Comptrolter sends forth: daily bulletins of the floancial condition of the metropolis, which may be read by those in- terests:d, and again they may not. Mr. Green feels sore about having had his appropriation for the currem; six months reduced and grieves not a Itttle ier the fact. His unfortunate employés are Med rea@lsufferers. He has not only reduced his force, | tailed Gwenty-five per cent, Deputy’ Comptroller Mr. Green has been absenc from fli ofice more than has been bis wont since his im‘ambency of tne Comptroller's chair. In Mr, Eatie he has a trusty representative, ta whom he con. kles, and who wil not pay a bill uniess he has no semedy for it, No particular business, ex- cept th» humdrum, every day routine, is obsery- able heim. AS soon as the annual taxes for 1874 are commaenced to be collected there will be re- newed wetivity observable in this branch of the city government, Counsel to the Corporation. Searchtig musty law books and framing legal opinions, eagerly sought aiter by city officials in | any exis thig dilemma, ts the chief occupation of Corporation Counsel Mr. E, Delafield Smith and bis assistixit, Mr. Andrews. While the Boards of Aldermen have had & long vacation, and, in conse- quence were In ho need of Mr. Smith's services, hus office lta nevertheless been taxed pretty se- verely by Working up legal points jor the various owner departments, At the present moment there is nothing ol any tmportance which demands tne legal acumei of Mr. Smith or his assistants, Dapartmont of Buildings, Beyond the issue of permits to constructors of edifices, all the way from two story stable to a seven story tanement house, the Department of Buildings displays 00 particular activuy, Nothing buc routine business 18 transacted tere. OHARLEMAGNE, A communioasion from Aix-la-Chapelle, dated the 24th of June, says:—“The exhibition of the relics of Charlemagne has, as was expected, at- tracted an cXtmaordinary crowd of believers, Some thousands of Walloons, Flemings, Dutch and Germans have passed through our streets and squares during tim: last fortnight. On Saturday no less than 65,00) pilgrims defiled beiore tne shrine, ‘the next day the crowd was so consider- able that it was tmought advisabie to leave the sacred objects throughout vne day in the large gal- lery of the cathedrod. Several Belgian, Bavarian, me and Dutch. bishops were present at the ie MARINE COURT JURISDICTION. The Legality of Trials Daring July and August—Judge Joachimsen’s Views Mogarding Chief Justice Shea’s Opin- fom in the Matter. An action was brought in the Marine Court by George 8. Dicesy against Almon W. Griswold on the 80th of last July. On the 10th day of August QD answer was made denying the material allega- ons 10 the compiaint. On the 12tk day of Angust ® motion was made to advance the cansé upon the calendar for trial, which was granved, and the case set down for the 18th inst., at which time the plaintiff took an inquest by default, and it was claimed that by reason of a recent decision of Ohnief Justice Shea, of this Court, the judgment was irregular and should be set aside. In decid- ing this motion Judge Joachimsen gave his views a8 jollows:— JUDGE JOACHIMSEN'S VIEWS, I desire to say now that we have no official in- formation that any such decision has been made, ‘There ts no opinion on file, there ts no memoran- dum on file, there are no papers in auy case on fle which would autnorize me to suppose that the Chie! Justice did make such # decision. He may hawe expressed such — ind this i6 a iree country, and every gentleman is at liberty to ex- press lis opinions at any time ne pleases. The grace, the Kness Of it, We must leave to the would pay very little geatieman’s discretion, and attention to the matter were it not for the iact that attorneys who have obtained jadgments in tuis Qourt during the months of July and August have become somewhat alarmed as to e value the security of a judgment of this Court dur those months, And it was therefore of general importance to suitors that this point, so unex) diy made, rently made by one of f should be looked at and decided in an authonta- tive manner. Now [ do not think that a reference to the jaw tn regard to the other Courts 1s at all Felevant to this point in this Court; particularly in view of a decision in the Sorte nth of New Yors, where ib appears that e Supreme Court & trial of an issue of jact was had before a sin, Judge not at a trial term, not at @ term but at chambers, ana that wi as etror in the Court of Appesis. as But the Court disregarded tt, so that even in the Supreme Court, where tne parties go to trial, such an apparently patent defect 1s secure by this con- Struction:—That a court sits to do business, judges are appointed to hear, try and determine ‘actions. Their primary duty ts ‘to devote their whole time and whole attention to the busi- ness of the public. If there 18 such a jue Niadiction of the case that consent can make it operative then there 18 jurisdiction for all pur» poses, and want of it cannot be ail Now I take it that the true rule on the subject ts to be found m 2 Hill, 367—ex parte Brandlacht. ‘That ‘Was & proceeding against this Court for @ writ of Prohibition, and in that the Court says this:— “dr all Jurediction were taken away from the Marine Court by certiorari and the power to issue executions confided by the statute to the Superior Courts only, them the act of the Marine Court would be irregular and void, and if it were judicial pronibition wouid hie.” Now, the question ig Whether the act of this Court trying causes dur- ing the months oi July and August can be uphela ‘upon any jurisdiction. For a better understanding relative tO the Guttes of Lois Court we May us well o through the entire statutes reiative to this rt, because none of them were rcpeaied as lar #5 this point Ly concerned. ‘Lhe 108th section o1 the original act, the act of 1813, say “and be it fur- ther enacted, that the said Court, so to be bulden by Bald justices shall be open every day at seasonabie hours except sunday, the 4tn of July, the 25tn of November, the 25th day of December and the 1st day of January in each year”? And it makeg it the duty of the justices to attend on every day during seasonaple hours, and the reason for that is an apparent one. ‘the Court was instituted as ®@ court of cowmon law jurisdiction and with par- ticular reference to marine busivess. Now in marine cases we all know that the parttes are transient, the witnesses are transient, and it 1s, tuerefore, necessary and proper that the Marine Cvurt should be in session, so as to afford reef or administer justice to that ciass of suitors. Now in the year 1869 another act was passed tu relation to this Court, the eighth section of which is this:— “Each Justice is required to periorm his equal sbure of Une labors aod duties of the oftice, go that at Cen o’ciock in the morning of each day (except Suudays, the usual holidays and other days upon ‘which the inhabitants o1 tue city may generally Teirain from business), the Justice who shail be in a@tiendance shali remain uutil the calendar Jor the day of causes set down ior trial shai be disposed of or such tume as may be reasonable, and one Justice until tour o’clock in the alternoon. No Justice while at the rooms uf the court, bot actualiy engaged in the discharge of other Guties Of his ofice, shall refuse to consider and act ‘Upon any application jor bis odlcial action which May properly be made bejore him.’ Now this act has Dot been repeated. It makes it the duty of the judges to attend here ana try cases, particu- larly such cases as snullhave been set down ior trial, By the act oi 1872 the first section reads as follows:—*‘the Marine Court ol the city ol New York spall be and 1s hereby declared @ cour: of record jor all intents and purposes, and shall con- tinue to be vested witn the jurisdiction now con. ferrea upon it by law, except as otherwise pre- | scribed, declared aud enlarged by this act.” So that not only is there no repeal of these statutes, ‘but they are agaim made binding apon the judges ol the court under this act of 1872, When you come to tue jourth section oi this act you will, perbaps, iind «# solution to this resent difficulty. By this act the number of judges had been increased trom turee to six. ‘The business O1 the Court haa becowe very large. There were u great Mauy causes undisposed ol, aud, be- ing made @ court ol record, it was desired and certaluly 80 understood by the Legisiature, and 0 we take i(, that tuere should not ve auy uifference in the jorm of proceeding between the courts having the jurisdiction which we also possess, and this court, 80 as to do away with the diticuity in practice. Which, as@ gentleman very aptly said, Made 1 us didicult to understand the practice here as to searcn a title. When this act then was passed the Legisiature gave us tis power:—“The Court shail appoint General and ‘rial Terms aod iso Special Terms thereof tor hearing ana deciding issues of jaw, motions and other proceedings, and prescribe the dura- tion thereoi and assign the jestices tor presiding thereat, and a majority of the justices Inay from time to time alver sucd appointments, and in case Ol inability ior apy cause ot a justice 80 assigned to preside, any other justice may pre- side in uis piace, A General Term shall be held by at least two ot the justices, and a Irial Term and a Special Term by a sing.e justice, one or more of which terms may be held at the same time”—undoubtedly meaning by the same person, “Judgments upon appeals shall be given at the Generat Term, all other Judgments at the Triai or Special ‘Lerms.’’ So taat, under this statute, any vaild judgment of this cvouré may be made either at a Trial or Special ‘Lerm, as long us it 1g a term of the court of which hotice has veen given to the public, so that sutt- ors shall not be surprised by being called mto court at time not theretolore made public and held at a seasonable hour of the day, Such a judg- ment wouldin law be valid, and we have juris- diction to make it. Now by the fifth section 01 the act it 18 provided that “actions under subddi- vision 18 and 14 of section 3 (mean- ing marine cases) shall be commenced by @ warraut and continued to final judgment @s now prescribed by law; alleXtsting provisions ol the Jaw relative to the particulars of such pro- ceeding are herevy continued 10 lorce.”’ so that, thereiore, by positive and direct statute @ certain Class Ol cases lave to be tried irom day to day and nut irom term to term. Tuer | jurisdiction to try cases, and, as @ matter of course, the objection for an entire want ol jurisdiouon Prnesein | Tails, Because, under the act of 1840, which js thereby continued tn force, the justice is | to remain until the calendar of the day of causes set down for trial shall ve disposed ol. Now we | have these acts before us, and we intended to reconcile be Make them consistent and har- an inut those he retained had their pay cur- | Since the appointment of Abraham L. Earle as | the first Monday of each month, and continue, Saturdays excepted, until tue commencement of tne General Term. The General ‘terms will com- | Mence on the last Monday of each mouth, except duly and August, (That part of the rule has been altered so as to include June and September. You will perceive, thereiore, that there 1s no exception as regards Trial Terms. As regards General Terms there isanexXception). ‘And during the months of July and August there will not be any reguiar Jury term, but the justice holding court will order special paneis tn his discretion, During July and August there will be but one day calen- dar, on Tuesday Friday, held in Part Une, and the justice holding court ‘wilt also dispose of the ordinary motion. Now in the year 1874 the assignment for the month of August was as follows:—July, McAdam—August, Shea, At the May erm tn 1873 an order was also made authorizing the Justice holding Chambers to advance causes on the calendar for trial in his dis- cretion, and this was done tn this case. You wil! per- ceive now that there are terms of the court assigned jor those months, Judge Alker, who has been in tus court longer than any other judge, and who undoubtedly {3 as conversant With it as any- body, heid Chambers during the month of June, and on opening 4 delaalt made an orderin a libel suit setting the case aown to be tried in the month of July, Justices Gross, Spauiding aod McAdam, at their respective terms in the month o: June, set cases down ior triai during tbe month of July, so that’ the judges or this court, each acting independently, took it for granted that as we were compeited to keep the court open for such marine business we could keep it open for ali business; that the power given to reguiate the ‘Triai Terms was hot a puwer to close the Courts, but was given to us to de exercised in dis cretion 60 as to attend to necessary business. As I think counsel may have been led into tals error by the erroneous publication of a supposed opin- ton of this Court, | wil make this oraer, that the defendant have leave to try this case on the sec- ond Monday of September on payment of costs, Judgment to stand as security. RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONISTS, ‘Tne trial of the ten young men and two women, charged at St, Petersburg with clrcalating revoiu- tionary pamphlets, terminated on July 30. Sx of the accused were sentenced to periods of hard labor varying from three to ten years, and tae Tost to short terms of imprisonment, is, thereiore, & | NEW YORK JURIES, How Grand and Petit “Good Men and True” Are Chosen. POLITICAL PULLING. The Oath of Secrecy and How It Binds. MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. ‘The first Monday of next month, accordibg to the laws Of this State, names of gentlemen to act as grand jorors in this clty for the ensuing year are to be selected. The number must not be Jess than 600 nor nore than 1,000, The list 1s taken from the panel of petit jurors, and @ grand juror must at seast have served one term in the former capacity in order to be eligibie for bis new duties, The Board for this selection of grand jurors consists of Mayor, Recorder, City Judge, Chief Justicc of the Court of Common Pieas, Chief Justice of the Supe- rior Court, with tne Commissioner of Jurors acting esclerk. The Sherif 1s responsible for the sum- moning of grand and petit jarors, which he does by deputies, and charges for his labor in bis quarterly bill submitted to the Comptroller. THE JURY SYSTEM. The system of indictment by grand jury anda trial by petit jury is taken from the common law of Engiand. Grievances and iniamies have re- sulted from this system, and it bas long been a question among legislators and citizens whether OF not juries should exist, During the reign of the notorious political ring of this city both grand and petit juries were often made the cloak bebind which to screen pubdlic crimes and also to punish many who might have made themselves obnoxious to this powerful political combination. It is not the purpose of this article to decry the jury sys- tem, but to point out some very curious nits of history in which great evils have been committed, blackmail and other outrages said to be-attempted and star cbamber proceedings of a villanous type conducted. Of late years the people of this city were frequentiy regaled with all manner of political outrages, The ring robberies are scarcely unearthed when others follow in marvellous succession, Our venerable and centennial states. man, William F. Havemeyer, has been charged ‘with ail sorts of crimes; Andrew H. Green, Comp- troller of the city, 1s daily the cynosure for attack and exposure; the Commissioners of Charities and Correction are arraigned for filching the people’s money in paying exorbitant prices tor various goods; the Sherif’s office, under the ad- ministratiun of William C. Conner, is being at- tacked by lawyers and their clients for charging legal fees, Where is it going to end? THE GRAND JURY are authorized and instructed to indict all oMictals who may be guilty of any malfeasance in office, The importance of this body and its influence inthe administration of pubilo affairs is, there- fore, of am extraordinary character in this country. They sometimes actually have in their keeping the advancement or destruction of political parties, and it is, therefore, a matter of much importance that their duties should be exercised with the strictest care and aiter proper advisement. During the manipula- tion of the ring dynasty it is asserted that juries, both grand and petit, were drawn, packea anu moulded to suit their particular interests, How- ever this may be, it 18 @ suspicious circumstance that notwithstanding the tremendous outcry raised against tte leaders of the Tammany Hall Ting for years, no grand jury was found to indict them until the rotten fabric was actually totteting to its all and public opinion ciamored for and forced their indictment. POLITICAL PULL. It 1s @ singular fact that the political party in power generully controls and moulds the indict- ments of that body. But individual cases have arisen when the volce of public senti- ment bas warned the wire pullers and cried “hands of,’ great questions of public mterest and policy being at stake. At the time of the indict Inent of ‘tweed, Connolly and oiher members of the ring every department of any importance in State or city Was 1a tue hands of Tammany Hall. There is uttle doubt that grand juries were packed in the interests of these men while in power. But pubiic opinion and an outraged couw- Inunity knocked at the duer of the Grand Jury Toum, and the result was their indictment and the conviction and imprisonment ol some ol tnem, Bat @ short time since we had the indictment of Garduer and Charitck, two men strong in power and politics. Public opimion also there came to the rescue. Then we have several other indict- ments ior election frauds. But how is 1; that it re- quires this uprising O1 the people to receive justice at the bands of a grand jury? superhuman efforts ate required to compel them to do Tight, then there must be sometning rotten. Grund juries must not ed as | a political macnine to grind out 5 | wlartty for one class of unscrupulous politicians to the detriment ofanother. It must Bot be used as @ footbail to be kicked hither and thitner upon tue fteld of pulitical strife, By ex- tracts irom the writings of some of the ablest lawyers in this country, and interviews with roinineat professional and public men by & KRALD representative, some very important con- | siderations are bere given upon this important | subject. ‘The republican and democratic parties of tuis city are agitated On the question, DANGER TO DISfRICT ATTORNEY PHELPS, Allegations aud counter charges of iraud are peing bandied (rum mouth to muuth. Lhe repub- licans claim that the Grand Jury is being tam- | pered with by Tammany Hail in order to sudserve | personal ends, und say that the District Attorney, Benjamin K, Phelps, 18 not the man for his post- tion, as he allows and 1s cogaizaut of this inter- | Jereuce. Threats are made by the radical organiz- ation to throw Mr. Phelps overboard from the political bark which floated him into his | place two years since on the crest of }@n angry puolic sentiment, increased with the robberies of the ring. ‘The District Attorney, no doubs has toacertain extent tne | Keys of the Grand Jury room. ‘heir meetings are | stictly private, and be is thelr principal adviser. Since itis election to office Mr. Puelps has become exceedingly popular with all who have come in | contact with him in his oMecial capacity. He says he has Kept strictly to the letter of his duties, and those attacks arc made upon him by a lew grum- blers bound to cause troubie in any organization, | THE GRAND JURY'S ORGANIZATION. Bishop, in his work on criminal procedure, gives | Much attention to the question of grand and | petit jurors. As to the tormer he says:—"At com- | nun jaw a grand jury for the fransuction of basi- | ness must consist’ of not over uweuty-three per- Sons and nov under twelve. Aud this rule 18 fol- lowed either by jorce of tae common law or by ex- press statutes In many or most of our States, Still there are States in which it is varied by statute, Thus tn Loutsiana the number 1s not to exceed | sixteen; In California, while it must not exceed twenty-three, 1 18 Not to be less than seventeen ; in Arkansas i:' muse not be less shan sixteen. | ‘Twelve jurors ust at common law concar in find- ing tue indictment, aud there need not be more than twelve eitaer concurring or actually present or even have a nominal existence on the panel.” Mr. A. Oakey Hali, the eminent lawyer, when he was District Attorney of this county, prepared an exceedingly useful pamphiet for the instruction and use of grand jurors. Jn this work he printed several suggestions and aids for grand jurors, A condensed history O41 the system 18 also &ppende: He says:—“The Grand Jury is of Saxon origi! it | 18 composed Of sixteen as the minimum and twenty-three as the maxiinum number. Twel must concur to dnd a bill or to dismiss it. Hence the numeral sixteen, because tweive is three- fourths of that least number, Hence also the numerar twenty-tiree, of which tweive ia majority.” Those interested in tracing the “wny” of the Saxon twelve, its origin and interesting historical associations, can do so | in tue pages of Wilke’s “Anglo-Saxons” and Hal- | lam’s, Haje’s and Crab’s histories, &¢. Says Black- | Boone on Chis subject, “So tender ts the law of | England of the lives o: the subjects that no man | cau be convicted unless by the unanimous voice of | twenty-iour of bi i Neighbors; that ts, | by twelve at least of the Grana Jury in the drs place asseuting to the accusation, and aiterwards y the whole petit jury of Wweive more tinding him guilty upoo bis trial, Beiore being sworn it is competen: for a prisoner under bail or in juil to cualienge any juror in that tne latter is a com- plamant or a prosecutor ora witness, but in no other cases. After © person has been indicted | Without prior arrest he loses this rigut.” A lore- man is selected by the Court. On arriving in the Grand Jury room the first duty is to appoint a clerk to preserve Minutes of their proceedings and of the evidence given before them, Severai om- cers attend in the ante-room as well lor conven- Jence of Witnesses 4s 0! jurors, Biackstone says:— “vhey are only to hear evidence on bebalf of the prosecution, For the finding of an iudictment is only in the nature of an toquiry or accusation which is allerwards to be tried ana determined, gud the Grand Jury are only to tuquire upon their oaths whether there be suficient cause to call | untt this sum can be collected or the Legisiature upon th © sunwer it. A grand ROWe ever, ought be thorongi persuaded of the truth of indictment so {ar as their evidence Eats, 80d Not to rest satisfea with remote proba Hities—a doctrine that might be applied to very Oppreseive purposes.’ THE OATH OF SECRECY. | The grand jorvr, on being sworn, takes an oath seorecy, ald therejore cannot divulge apytung | whatever which transpires tn the jury room. ‘I'he oath aiso contains the provision chat “you shall | Present o0 one through any hatred or malice; either shall you leave any one unreprerentes through tear, favor, affection, gain, reward or hope thereo!; but you anal! present all things truty end indifferently as they sbail come to your knowl. edge, according to the vest of your understand. | ing.” There are, howe me extraordinary circamstanc ts allowed to testtly ae to lis kDOW! took piace in his officis! capacity. Work on criminal procedure, says: Bt the principie on which this matter gests we have the lollowing:—‘The reasous which require the secrecy are of a nature looking to the puolic good; because tf the Giand Jury could leave their room and disciose what they are doing deieudants who nad not been arrested could make their | escape; and because, also, persons would be Geterred from voluntarily going Jorward and in- forming of orime before them. But when the teasons ior keeping the matter private ba Passed away the Obligatious of eecrecy woul seem to have ended also. Yet where, ip addition to this, the claims of public justice must go un- satisiied uniess the disclosure is made, the same Teason which originally required secrecy requires that the secret be no longer kept.’ MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE, At this particular time, when an outery is raised against blackmailing and tliegal charges by offe cials, the duty of tae Grand jury is very clear. Complaints by the huudred are uttered daily in this city by l:tigauts particularly who have veen swindled in the matter of process issued out of the courts for execution, By the laws of this State it ds specifi laid down that ‘lt shail be the duty ol every Court at which @ grand jury shall be sums moned to charge such jury specially to inquire into any violation of law by public oMcera in demand- ing, charging or receiving lees to which they are Rot entitled by law.” LAWYERS’ OPINIONS AS TO JURIES, Axnumber of well known lawyers o/ this city, famous in legal lore, were watted upon vesterday by the HERALD representative in order to ascer- tain their views on jury matters. They were unan- {mous in the opinion that some saleguards should be thrown ground the system ay at present consti- tuted. One suggested that the selection of grand juries should be leit exclusively te judges of tne Supreme Court, who are e ected for iourteen years and must necessarily be removea from political influences. As to posit juries, one of these gentic- men remarked that it was iar beyond the calcula- in of apy lawyer to foreshadow what might be @ result of their deliberations. Even in the clearest cases he :ad known them to distort, quib- ble and render verdicts entirely opposed to com- mon sense and the evidence. MILITARY AFFAIRS. ‘The term of service of the ollowing officers hav- ing expired, they will cease to be borne on the strength o/ the Staie National Guard:—Captain Wm. J, Harding, Company B, Twenty-second regt- ment; First Lieutenant Nicholas Collins, Company G, Sixty-ninth regiment; First Lieutenant d. R. F. Keocbling, Company A, Twelfth regiment, and Captain Geo. J. Olan Ranala, Company F, Twenty- second regiment. To-day the Meagher Guards will give a compll- mentary hop to Company K of the Sixty-nintn Tegiment, in the armory of tne latrer. The Seventy-ninth regiment National Guard will elect a lieutenant colonel in place of Lieutenant Colonel Chas. A. Stetson, resigned. The election ‘will take place in the regimental armory to-day. Acourt martial has been ordered to assemble im the armory of the Twenty-second regiment, National Guard. on the 3ist inst., for the trial of absentees, &o, in that corps. Major MoGrath is President. A court martini is ordered tor the Sixty-ninth regiment, National Guard, for the trial of absentees, tc. Captain J. Collins will be Presi- dent, it convenes in the regimental armory on the 7th of September, The Fourth Connecticut regiment have had the good sense to adupt for the officers the full uni- form of corresponding grades in the United States Army. What about the men? Our neighbors in Connecticut are ina ferment abont the approaching camp at Niantic, Adjutant General Troworidge, Quartermaster General Green, and other eminent officers, have been Making all necessary arrangements ior }ife under canvas. Astep in the right direction was taken by the Connecticut Legislature when it appointed a com- mittee for the purpose of selecting suitable grounds fora rifle range. Ths range is to be first class and of sufficient capacity to accommodate the whole National Guard of Connecticut, Let other States do likewise. Our Creedmoor rifemen have been covering themselves with glory in Oanada by sweepiug off nearly all the prizes that were worth carrying away irom the Province of Quebec Rifle Associa- tion. Messrs. Fulton and Canfeld beat everything on the ground with their sporting Remington Tifles, Fulton made @ clear score of 7 bull's eyes, all ranging very near the centre of the mark, In another be made 54 points out of a pos- sibie 56. Three of the first iour prizes were car- nied away by Remington rifles, The 2a of next munth, being the anniversary of the surrender of Sedan, will be celebrated with éciat jn many parts of Germany. Io Berlin itis henceforth to be observed as a holiday. ‘the general staf of the German army, which were to start in the miadie of this month, must now be on their annual practice tour under the direction of Field Marshal Von Moltke, ‘tue Nor- thern coast, east and west of Depmark, is the Jrontler Which 18 to be traversed. The question to be resolved is how to aefend ths coast against in- | vasion. The Continental Herald is the authority for say- ing that a new mitraiilouse bas been tried at Coire, ia the Grisons, Which caa fire twenty shois@ minute. Its inventor, Culonel Albertini, of the Austrian army, says that it can be made to get off forty-tive shots; but where ts the use of this toy When the Gatling gun can disctarge something hike four nundred shots per minute? ‘The London Nautical Magazine praises the Amer- ican lighthouse system. It says that on an entire coast line of over 10,000 miles hardly a cape or headland can be passed without seeing a light. ‘There are no less tuau 591 lighthouses anu beacons to guide the mariner’s course on our siores. There are, besides, twenty-one lightships and thirty-five fog signals, ‘The Broad Arrow says that Mr. Henry, whose system of riffing gan barrels has attracted some attention, has applied to the Judicial Committee | of the rey Gouneal for tg gn of the pat- ent which he optamed im iss0, By royal license it was grauted to tne National Arms Company, who thereupon produced the Martiui-Henry rifle, The inventor pleads that if the prolongation be not ranted all his foreign patents would full with it. ir. Henry claims that thers are 600,000 arms Oo: his syateai iN course Of construction 1a the United States, Where? M. de Lesseos has been lecturing the Paris Geo- Traphical Suciety upon his proposed Central Asiatic feat way. M. Charles Lesseps has been to India and Cashmere, and proved the impracticavility of the intended route through Urenourg, Samarcand, Hindoo Koosh and Cabooi to Peshawur, principally because of the barbarous condition of the Argoan- istans. The new route proposed is via Syr Daria to Tashkend, Pamir, Kasogar, Yarkand and Cash- mere. Since the French war the Zouaves have returned to their original duties, which were those oi colons tal troops. When the Zouaves were introduced into tue late Imperial Guards, line os of this Kind of troops Were brought into French gar- risons go as to lurnish a reserve to the Guards, ‘The utility of these troops was wiped out when they Were brougot face to face with men carrying rifles that would kill @ mile off and shoot six times @ minute. Comptroller Green, of California, refuses to draw warrants on the State Treasury in favor of regu- larly audited claims of Colonel Barnes’ First reg: ment, Secoud brigade, N.G.C., on the grounas that ihere are nu funds to the credit of the State Militia; that rich men and corporations in San Francisco are $434,000 in devtto the treasury, and | come to the rescue notuing can be done for the defenders v1 tue Golden Gate. The Connecticut Cavairy Association had a weil | attended re-union (their seventh annual) in Cone’s | ake Farmington avenue, Hartiord, on the 18th | st. the cannon for the soldier's funeral have ar- rivea at Meriden from the New York Arseual. ‘There are tour pteces, ail of which were captured trom tue rebels. ‘The Adjutant General for the State of Maihe has ordered a muster to be heid in Bangor on te 2d of next Mionth, Arrangements nave been made for troops from Biddeiord, Norway, Auburn, Bel- ast, Skowhegan and Audroscoggin to go to Bangor by rail and return to their respective headquar- ters ulter visiting Portland on the way. The Jackson corps (Albany, N. Y.), Major McFar- lane commanding, went out for rife practice on the 17th mst, and Dad a dress parade in the alter noon. The turnout was # great success, The Washington Continentals lei Aloany, N. Y. for their anuual excursion to Binghamton on th ith inst. Toe Jackson corps tendered their com- panions of the Continentals an escort to the cars ou their return from Saratoga. A grand ball in honor oF the Continentals was given in the Dwight House on the isth inst. Tue corps gor home on last Toursday A, M. ‘The oid Seventeenth Maine regiment was out on ft. to celebrate their twelfth anpiver- The boys had @ fine excursion to Long Island, General George W, West was present. There were rifle practice, base ball and other Amusements, The worst shot had his egorts re- warded by & loather medal—not @ bad idea tor some of our New York regiments to act upon. | claim against the defendant, the National b er OACGHT HIM FROM TEE CLOUDS, {London letter (July 28) in Dundee Advert Simmons, the a@ronaut who assisted at the performance of the fying man, bas had s romantig adventure to-day in the Divorce Court. Mrs. Sim mons separated from him many years ago, and could ful. no trace of him till, ff De Groof's in- quest, she met him accidentally. She frumegioialy petitioned for a divorce; and, ss there was no fence, a decree nist was granted. FOR SALE. LEASE FOR SALE~OF PBEMISES DOOD OOO has Ait vives SOO een eed FOOT oF Morgan street, Jersey City, with or wi Boller: Baker's Tool 3, Wo! Ofacturers. ¢ Premises also are a corner lot, S0x! office of J. K, Murray, 37 Pine stree! A cher LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SAFES—OUB make: also secondhand, of digecens taken foe tae at HOKRWEDEL & BRO,'S, 08 Ma. BARGAIN—FIRST CLASS CORNER Incipal avenue; lease: full xoked ive ba % 3 We Vntoation, Se BAY street, pri Bess; >tock and Fxtures at DORPER, Lt Rowers. corne® Grama ‘American Store Agency. A —OIGAR STORES, FRUIT AND FANCY fone Stores, for sale cheap: best b Fiour and Weed stores, Coal ‘Yards, Bakerton, Go toneries, Drug stores. MITCHELL'S Store Agency, 77 Cedar street. —FOR SALE OR TO LET, HOTE. ORNED « Liquor stores, down town Bae pears gants, Lager Bere Salsean Bihaed Raho Ment ak kets, coun! a otels. ITCHELL’S Store Agency, 71 Cedar street, | PIRST CLASS SOUTH STREET LIQUOR STORE for sale—Corner stand; opposite principal ferries, extraordinary chance live sian: lone lease. Berg SIMERS’ Store Agency, No. 7 Murray streets, HAY AND FEED STORE FOR SALE—WEST SIDE, loadon unsurpassed; splendid cash trade. 8 Glass lea Store; favorably’ known; extensively pattom tzed. SIMERd’ Story Agency, No. 7 Murray strect, —FIRST CLASS FIXTURES AND LEASE FOR « sale, Ladies’ Furnishing. nd Fe Goods Store; a Dest street. a ‘anoy beat locator jowery: splendid stand any nt ness. SIMERS’ Store Agency, No, 7 Murray Vg OLD ESTABLISHED LADIES’ FURNISHING and Fancy Goods store—Location ansu! $6 cesstul operation 30 years; two fortunes rei + Oxtra ordinary chance: lony leaso. SIMERS' Store Agency, No. 7 Marray street. N ESTABLISHED, DESIRABLE UPTOWN WESP side corner Liqnor Store, with elegant Fixtut Stock. Lease. for argain; or at auction to-morro’ Inquire at CAMP BELL'S Btore Agency, 122 West way. PABBER SHOP FIXTURES FOR SALE CHEAP FO cash; everything new and complete; food o for new beginner; call early. CHA», SIEBERT, 5% Broome street. past, CLASS WINE AND LAGER BEER 8ALO00! for sale—Best stand on the east side. Reason selling; at 346 First avenue. F°, SALE—AN OLD ESTABLISHED TEA, COFFR! and Grocery Store, doing a strictly cash business; if sold this week, food chance to the right man ‘econd street. "OR SALB—MUST BE SOLDS90 FINE TRON FP Fanks lite lot of Greenhouse Pipe, 2 larce Eowines and Boilers, uUNEW YORR TOBe WORKS, 69 West at, OR SALE—A DOWN TOWN MERCHANTS’ LUNO! EC Dining Room and Chop House, with Bar: excellong Hy rent; long [en ory reasons telling. “ADpIY to. HACKER, 283 East Tenth streot, VOR SALE—A_ FIRST CLASS CORNER LIQUOR Store, down town; sighty other prominent corner Liquor stores, some in Brooklyn; five large Groceries, twenty small Groceries; three Cigar Stores; Candy Com fectionery Stores; Broadway Bar and Resfaurant—witt trade tor Real Estate, or good Mortgage will be taken— four ladies and gentlemen's Boarding Houses; mecte louse, price $400. ade for ty ee RADE. biores to tr ed. Houses and bos. aM ENEN. Auotoneer, 2875 Bowery, or address to C, B. M., 331 Kast Fitty-thied street, (OR SALE—STATIONERY STORE, EXCELLENT stand, on Nassau street, with Stock and Fixtares; ood lease’; little money required; owner changigg his usiness; must be sold Monday or Tuesday. Address NASSAU, Herald office. OR SALE A LIQUOR STORE ON SOUTH STREET; ch; Pr 8 a& ferry and several steamboats, Apply tot MeCULRE, C43 Hudaun stroct FoR SALE—MILK ROUTE AND DEPOT SELLING 10cansdaily, For particulars apply in grosery is Rutgers street. F SALE—THE BEST PAYING FAMILY LIQUOR Store in this city, desirably located, at a treme Gous sacrifice: owner sick, cause of selling. ‘Apply 6 Pp. GAFFNEY, 7g Bowery. OR SALE—FOR $20, SINGER’:, WHEELER & Wit. mn's and Willcox & Gibbs’ Sewing Machines. 61 Ca- JOR SALE—A STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, a NE OF THE FINEST AND LARGES? Oyster Houses on Sixth avenue: reaton for selling, getting out of the business. Call at old ‘Bixth avenue. I Fy TOR sions FOR, S4LE—DOING \sePeanD usiness; best thoroughtare im the city, opposit the Pennsylvania Haltroa hepot: satis(actoty reasons tor selling. Inquire at 33 West street. AUNDRY, NOW IN OPERATION; GOOD PREM, |4 ises, and splendid business to be done; rend mod- erate, Apply, immediately. at basement Central Apart- ment House, 12} Forty-tourth street, between Lexington and Fourth avenues, Ouz: SALOON FOR SALE CHEAP—OWNER having other business. 167 Bleecker street. 6 —FOR SALE—ONE OF THE BEST Lo. $2.000. cated Liquor Stores ou. the weet slde, lown town; whole house; three years’ |i 5 ERNST, 57 Bowery, p= sf MACHINERY. PRESEY SSN SLU the 7 oad Pens ME S| A LARGH LOT OF NEW AND SECOND HAND “KW. ines, let ‘ani am Pum| rot ana ackél Kettles. “FINNEY & HOFFMaR, Manulactugere widto 22 Water street, Brooklyn. "OT VENTRAL MACHINERY WAREROOMS, 119 LIBERTY street, neat Greenwich.—All kinds of Steam Engin and Boilers, new and second hand; Reed's saiet; Lely, ers, Woodworking Machinery and Machinists’ Tools Machinery bought. Poe see SHEAR GA, HORSE LOCOMOTIVE Boller, in good condition. Inquire at 517 West Forty. fitth street. HE BEST.IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. 4 Baxter Steam Engine. as made by Colts Ai pany, is perfect in mechanism, all. parts Delt Cy cate; Is safe against fire and explosion: is most econo! feal ot xpace and fuel of any known mot ver now in use; fully guaranteed in all points; descriptive circulars and price list tree. WM. 0. RUSSELL, 18 Park place, New York. Waste TO PURCHASE—A SECOND HAND EN, gine of from 18 to 22 horse power; state price and condition of the engine j do not want'a wornout com cern, Address ENGINE, Herald office. jUTION OF THE ESTATE OF THE DE- ceased Peter Dallas, manufacturer, in Glasgow, Seotiand, Notice is hereby given that in a process of tult poindime raised in Py Bank of SCotland agal st Mrs. tlizabeth Dallas, or Cameron, Woodville, Ontario, Canada, and others, epirreaely, depending before the Court ot Session, in Scotland, for the purpose of distrl- buting the estate of the aeceased Pete! Has, man facturer, in Glasgow, among those entitled to partic! pate therein, .ord Shand (Ordinary), the Judge betore whoni said process depents, by interlocutor, dat 19, 1874, ordered intimation of the dependence be made to all concerned and appointed all claiming to participate in said estate. to. 104) bondescendences and claims on or before 17th xt. MUNORIEFP, PATERSON, FORBES & BARR, Glasgow, WEBSTER & WILL, 8. 8. O., Edinburgh, HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, QUEBNSTOWN This well known first class hotel, having receatiy changed proprietors, wall now be tound one of the most comfortable an the south of Ireland. | Being situate cf to the landing stages and railway depot, will be foun: Most convenient to American tourists arriving by we several steamers, r | 18 Agents, __LEGAL NOTIONS, “AT A SPECIAL TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT of the State of New York, held at the Court House, 19 the city of New York, on tho ith day of Mafoby 8% Present Hon. Charles Donohue, Justice; Ji Wi Plainuft, agunst the Nattonal Lite Insu 8 defendant. On reacting the summons anc pa herein heretolore fed on the proceadings heretofore herem, and on reading and tiling the annexed afidavit of El Beard, the receiver in this action, whereby hae pears to the Court necessary and proper that u should be published in this action, as provided t nection 65 {section 65) of article 2 title 4, of Rovised Statutes, and on motion of Van Winkle, Candler day, the plaintii’s actornevs, and the attorneys for the said receiver, it is ordered tat all persous having Life Insuiran cit Beard, Company, exhibit the same to the said geiver as nioresali, at his place, of bnainegs, at, No. Duane street, in the city of New York, on or ‘before Ist day of October, 1874; and that ail such persons de. come parties to this action on or berore smal pal day, and in default thereof that they and gach of th if iT benefit of the decree wi Ppa erat any ‘histribation der such decree. nd it tur sha wi bg Rage in 33 which shall be made ther ordered that this order be published once a for six mouths in the New York Herald, a newspay published inthe city of New York, and tn the Seat paper, and that the drst publication thereot be made og Or berore the Sist day of March, 1874. bk WILLIAM WALSH, Clerk. STORAGE. _ beads i 7 ~ anand =—STORAGE.—WEST sIDR 6TOR. A. houses, 593, 631, 636 Hudson sireee 10 Greeenteh street and lv Abingdon squ for furniture, pianos, Daggage, &0.; separate Foumss ‘always accessible, 60 KR. TAGGA wher Al imanage! Sud Hudson sirecty neat Twellth street, fy fete rine __.... DENTISTRY. — i A BSACTIFUL SET, 85, $3: GUM TEET! Singio, $1; extracting with was Wo. silver ngs Soc. vpen sundays until Lo Bxamin Sixth avenue, Remember, 202, en eet A Allin: na $5 $8; GUM SET BYAUTIFUL SEL OF TEBTA, $10; teeth filed with bone and sliver, We. 5 $t; warranted. At Dr. WAUTK'S, 239 Sixth ave. 179 Bleecker street. WANTED 'TO PURCHASE. ANTED—A SECONDHAND PORTABLE STEAl Ki Be . Address CLIN sth: Whieaon Vee er ARTED—ROU sanisensassnanssaoeiiinites bh DAPACITY £00) TO N TANK, CAPACI af Pod D alias ov YA Posi odtinn’ SUR