The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1874, Page 3

—- THE POLICE JUSTICES. Important Decision by the Court of Appeals, The Suit of the Old Incumbents Decided. THE NEW MEN SUSTAINED. Tndge Johnson’s Elaborate Arguments on the Law, ALBANY, N. Y., Noy, 10, 1874, Mou, Pollee Justices case is decided on the ounds set forth in the following opinion handed -wa in the Court of Appeals to-day :— Bernard Wenzler, plaintiif in error, vs, The Peo- -€, defendants in error—Johnsop, Judge.—The \dgment of the Supreme Court in tnis cause can- ‘ot be aifirmed save upon the vasis of the consti- vationality o1 the act of the Legislature entitied An act to secure better administration In the wceolce Courts ol the city of New York,’ being Chapter 5,383 of the Laws of 1873. The act is as- sailed upon two grounds, of which one relates to the extent of the legislative authority and the other to the form of its attempted exercise. To maintain the first of these grounds it 1s insisted by the plaintiff in error that the constitutional provision adopted In 1870, article 6, section 18, in je words—‘“Justices of the Peace and District Court Justices shail be clected tn the different cities in the State tn such manner and with such powers and jor such terms respectively as shall be prescribed by law’—inciudes the officers styled Police Justices, whose appointment 1s provided for by the act in question, To maintain the second ground ft is inatsted ‘that the act in question is in violation of articie 3, section 16 of the constitution, which provides that “No private or local bill which may be pussed by the Legislature shall embrace more than one sub- Ject, and that shall be expressed in its title,” If either of these grounds suffice to establish the unconstitutionality of the act in question then the judgment must be affirmed. The first of the questions presented has been discussed at great length and witb infinite re- search and much ability, carrying the inquiry as to the history of the office of Justice of the Peace and ‘as to its Hature and functions back to the period of its orign in England, about the middle of the fourteenth century. Interesting asjare such conse- qnecces, we are inclined to think that the mean- ing of the language employed by the people of this State in 1869 to express their will, in respect to their judicial system, does not demand o: us to follow thew Une of examination. The frequent Occasions which the courts of this country Bave had to ascertam the meaning of the numerous written constitutions which have existed and exist within the United States have made familiar the principles of exposition applicable to those instruments, Among these principles the most obvious ts that In the making of such instruments the peopie who have adopted them must be deemed to have ‘employed the words in their natural sense and to aor fet Eh sey pas agtonon AR en, eaton, - Applying this principle fo the clause In question we flud ‘that Justices! of the Peace and District Court Justices are to be elected in the different cities in the State, but we are not turnished with any definition of the terms employed—an oifcer nanied Justice of the Peace has existed in the State quite irom the beginning of the State government. This officer has always been known by that legal designation and was institute’ by that title. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Tas always been as distinctive a title of an office as the title of Justice of the Supreme Court. Itis Rot descriptive of function, but a name ola par- ticular office, It 18 hke the name with,whicn it ts coupied in this same clause, “District Court Justices.” These latter are also named by their title and not designated by a description of their functions. This ts made clearer by the latter part of the same clause, which directs that the powers of each and their terms of office shall be pre- served by law, which, af course, leaves their func- tions to be defined and imited at the Will and in the discretion of the Legisla- ture. The meaning 18 made still plainer, both by the clause which follows, and by that which recedes. ‘All other judicial ofiicers in cities shall chosen by the electors of cittes or appointed by some local authorities thereof.” Tuls is the fol- lowing clause. It describes a class of local judicial Officers, and classifies them not by their functions, but by Lheir locality. The preceding clause de- clares justices of the peace and judges or justices of inierior courts not of record, and: their clerks may be removed in a spectfied manner. In this clause we have one set Of officers designatea by their specific title, and a grouping oi (it may be) many others under adescriptive designation, aud Dot a title of office, as judges or justices Of inferior courts not of record. All these cou- siderations point to the conclusion that the terms “4ustices of the peace” ag used in the constitution ate to be reierred to an officer known by that title in law. At the time this article was adopted there were, so {ar as we are advised, no officers entitled ‘dietrict court justices,” except in the oy of New York, and in that city there were no officers entitied ‘justices of the peace,’ though in other cities officers of that title existed by law. ‘The clause in question is not to be construed as requiring such officers to be created in every city, Dut only as providing in respect to them where they a then exist or might afterward be estab- Ushed. TUE OFFICE OF POLICE JUSTICE had existed iu New York for many years anterior to the adoption of the constitutional provision in question. Under that name ir was establisked in 1848 (chapter 153 of the Laws of 1348), and six were to elected, one in each of the districts hereaiter mentioned. The police justices suc- ceeded uy that statute to the power aud jurisdic- tion which had previously been vested in officers entitled Special Justices for Preserving the Peace in the City of New York, and theli Jurisdiction ‘was exclusively criminal. By the same act there ‘Wasa estabushed in the City of New York, in each of the judicial districts into which by the act the city was divided, a court to be called the Justices’ Court of the cityof New York; and in each district there was to be elected a jus- tice to hold the court in said district. These Jus- tices’ Courts and the Justices thus elected suc- ceeded to the jurisdiction which had belonged to the officers known as the Associate Justices of the City of New York, and to the courts known by the name of Associate Jus- tices’ Courts, which courts and justices abolisned. The functions Were, by the said act, and jurisdiction of these oilicers were civ en- tirely. The name of these civil courts was again hanged by another act oi the same year (chapter 276 of the Laws of 1848) to that oi ‘The Associate Justices Courts of the City of New York,” and sub- gpequently by a law of 1852, chapter 524, the name ‘Was again changed to that o: District Courts, by which name they are mentioned in the constitu. tional amendment in question, Te win Now the office of Justice of the Poace has al- Ways heen possessed of -¢wo jurisdictions—the one sivly, extending t cifled actin and limited atioun' f cfiminal, conferred by statues Poming. them fikeug other officers empowered *€0 preserve the peace and to entertain criminal complaints. At ite origin in the COLORy Or New York, under the English goverament, the crim- ¢mal jurisdiction was the principal, and, perhaps, exclusive, function of the justices o! the peace; ‘Dut at an early day in the colony civil jurisdiction ‘was conferred, and always under the govern- ment of this State the civil jurisdic- tion had been the most important ‘feature ‘Of the office, though the union of Loth in the same office has for many years been the rule and the distinguishing characteristic of the office. Thus has it been kuown to the Statute Law and to pop- iar usage. The Revised Statutes discriminate between Justices of the Marine Court oi the city of New York, the Assistant Justices of that city, the Justices of the Justices’ Vourt ol the city of Albany, the Justices of the Justices’ Court of the fity oj Kudson, and justices of the peace. (2K. S., 225 and 237, section il The Code of Pro- Bedure, sections 62 to 68 inclusive, preserves the Bame distinction. No confusion of terms, no inter- Changeable use of names in respect to these officers has ever prevailed. The justice Dr ‘the peace been «# definite egal entity, and 8 not been confounded with Police justices, nor district justices, nor assistant justices. Each has been referred to in legislation yy the appropriate title, and the name oi neither has been used to designate the otner. Under these circumstances 1 see nO reason to thing that the provision o1 the constitution was intended to mean anything different irom what it says. it bas emploved the definite and certain names of par- ticuiar and existing oMcers, justices of th Pitan and district coart judges, and there is nothing in ‘the subject matter or the context, either to reouire or to Warrant us in departing from the plain sense and import of the terms used, and more, the argu- meat is strong that by justuces of the peace ‘Were uot meant officers having part only of the guthority of justices, inasmuch as District Court justices have their civil jurisdiction and wouid ave becn included under the designation of jus- tices o1 the peace, if these terms bore the scnse contended ior by the plaintim in error. ‘THE SUBSTANCR OF AN OFFICE. It is suggested tbat the construction thus far mpheld in the judgment pe ied irom evasion of the constitution, and cases are referred to IN Which it 1s said that the Courts will look at the substance of an office named in the con- stitution, and will mot allow its provisions gs to the mode of fil of the office to be defeated by giving it a new name. The principle ia both sound and salutary, but bas no application to the case belore us. Its legiti- mate application is to cases where the Legislatare coniers upon an office newly created a new name poupled with duties velop, to any office in ex- Istence, snd vicraiee by constitutional reqnire- mente—for instance, an act creating 4 marshal o agcounty, to be appointed by the Governor ana Benate, and to periorn the duties heretolore per- formed by the sheriff. Such an act would be an evasion Of the constitution, and it would be migpus ‘aah wpe cMce remained NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Il, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. could © es me a oe mn and only t sheriti’s office required to be—by the con: a ton. Of this class Of cases The people e: Bolton vs. Albertson, Massachusetts Cours of Appeals, 1873, now reported 55 New York, page 50, is an gzamole. and many others. Might be referred to, but they all rest on the same Principle, To carry out th pegines ‘@ constitu. tonal pro’ be coni 10 &8 LO tr ely, include all legislative acts within the meaning; ; DUt neither these cases nor the principle involve bas any application to @ case lige the present. Here police justices existed when the constitu- tional provision was framed, and then had the seme substanual powers as oA Al leeiata won lemgpated them a8 police justices, Ob as Justices of the he constitution speaks of justices of ti pe and not police {uamess: How is it possible to taik of evasion? i we should construe justices of the peace to mean vlice justices we should attribute to the Oonven- on and the people the vice of saying what tey did not mean and introduce a new and dangerous rinciple of constraction, UW there bad been fistices Of tne peace in New York exercising the nections of these police justices when the amended judiciary article was adopted, and if the police justices had not then been existing officers, and the Tagenisnte had afterward created the ofMce of police justice and altered the mode of selection, that would have been an evasion, (Peo- pie vs, McKinney, 52 New York, 376.) The case of Clark vs. The People Ve Wend., 599) does not conflict with the views sti . The stat- ute there 1 question authorized the Common Council of Rochester to appoimt a justice of the peace, and the Court held thas all other justices ' of the’ peace were excepted trom the requirement; that judicial offices other than such justices | should be appointed by the Governor and Senate. Some things were said by some o1 the Senators who gave opinions showing that they thought ail varieties of justices in New York city were jus- | tices of the peace, But the judgment does not in- voive that the ition and whoie course of legis- | lation 1 nostile to it Ido not advert to argu- | Ment from what passed tn debate in the Con- vention, though, im my opimion, it favors | the conclusion T come to, Such arguments, at | best, are inconclusive, for they only show the opinions of speakers; others may have proceeded on quite different grounds, ‘The distinguished voked upon this question had power: neither to setile @ Construction nor make a com- promise. 1m respect to the language of the con- stitution, It was adopted by the people, and our construction ought to be made upon its language slone 1! possible, THE APPOINTMENTS VALID, We are of opinion, therefore, that the police Justices in the city of New York are not included by the terms justices of the peace in cities, as used in the section Of the constitution in question, but hat these officers may rightiully be appointed, as provided by the act of 1873, ‘The next et depends upon the effect and applicability of article 3, section 16 of the constitution, which declares, ‘No private or local bill which may be passed by the Legislature shall embrace more than one subject. and that shall be expressed in the title.” ‘Lne title of the act in question is “An act to secure better administration in the Police Courts of the city of New York.” ‘the act is there- Pump nacstionan @ local act, reiaiing, as it does, ‘by its title and its provisions, to the city of New York. Although public, and not private, in all its provisions, the requirement oi the coustitu- tion is, it shall embrace only one subject, and this single subject shall be embraced in its title. The title obviously expresses but one subject, and that the securing of a better admunistra- tion of the courts named. - Now, . provision of law which legislative May regard as conducive to the securing of a bet- ter administration of these courts may legiti- mately be put in this ct, ior otherwise we must say the Legislature is precluded trom securing by asingle law on object obviously of the first im- portance in the local administration of justice in the criminal courts of ‘New York, for if provisions of the taw, no matter, how diverse, have a ten- dency to produce bet! administration, then, un- jess they may be embraced in a wtle sufficiently general to include them all, they cannot be enacted at all nasingle law. If they make two subjects they cannot be united, It is only by regard- ing them as part of & mugle scheme, and each part a8 of equal necessity, and by adopting a tithe suMictently general that the whole Project of local legislation can be combined into a single iaw. Now, upon examining the provisions of the act im qu 1D, it is entirely obvious that every part of it 13 within the legislative power. Its enactments, in sobstauce, are ot a usurpation on the part oj the Legisiature. They may be distaste- Tal and may be thought unwise, but they are legis- lative m character; nor do 1 see any ground to Say that each provision may not be of that characver and relation to every other, and that a Legislature proceeding on just and public grounds may have thonght it unwise that any one provision should become the law unless each of the others also became law. In that case all relate to the same subject, jor all are essential to work out the legitimute purpose of the law—the securing o1 the better aaministration im the courts mentioned. uf this character are the provisions substituting bnew oilicers for the old and prescribing the duties of these officers as Well in police courts ag in connection with courts of sessiou—ot which former these officers were | also members, and which are the necessary | changes to “preserve the harmony of the scheme Of legislaton and carry out needful detah the changes introduced by the act under cousideration, Surely no such | construction can be put upon the ,constitational provision in question as to require a single scheme of legisiation to be broken up Into a series of acts, each of which without the others would be regarded as undesirable and ineffectual to accom. plish the proposed object. Such a construction would make Of the provision in question not a guard against iraudulent, but an obstacle and em. barrassment to good legisiation. It ought not a & matter of principle to receive such a construc- tion, and none of the cases require it. Thus, in “Suilivan vs, the Mayor, 63 New York, 652,” the act involved was entitled “An act to make pro- vision for the p povernioent of the city of New York.” It levied taxes lor a great variety of pur- poses, authorized bonds of various kinds for various purposes, provided for charities and for schools, educating children gratuitously, and prohibited the Common Council trom creating any new office or increasing salaries, authorized by act of the Legislature. provisions were deemed as being parts of one scheme to form only one subject to be expressed in the title. 80 was it held in the matter of Valken- ing (62N. Y., 660), in respect to an act ‘Relative to contracts by the Mayor, &c., of the city of New York.” The actin the frst place regulated con- tracts on behall of the city by requiring them to be Ict to the lowest bidder. It then provided that the power to revise and correct assessment Msts—before vested in the Common oun- cil—should thereatter be vested in the Comp- troller, ee Counsel and Recorder of the city. These provisions were, nevertueless, held to relate to a single subject, and that the subject expressed in the title. These oases were | deemed by the Court go clear, in the light of the | previous discussion, that the opinions delivered in | them have not been reported, but the judgments themselves were deemed their own sufiicient vin- ication, The previous judgment o! the Court in the matter of Mayer igo New York. 504], and the full discussion Chief Judge, of tue principles ought to govern in the decision of the questions arising under this provision of the constitation, had ren- dered unnecessary @ further examination. Within the meaning of that case the decisions already cited and the case now before us may safely rest. We are of opinion, therefore, that the law in question 1s not @ violation of the constitution, and that a4 judgmentof the Supreme Vourt must be afirme rover, Folger, Rapallo and Andrews concur. Mdge Alieh writes a dissenting opinion on the grouod that the term ‘Justice of the Peace’ cov- ers both ‘Police Justice” and “Digtrict Court Jus- tice,” and that the jurisdiction of the former ein- braced that of both of the latter, as shown by the discussion in the Constitutional Convention and the declarations of prominent members of that body of what was the purport and intent of tne passage from the constitution under considera- tion, Chief Justice Church concurs. THE NEWS IN TOWN. Police circles were much agitated yesterday over the announcement that the Court of Appeals had rendered tts decision in the case of the Police justices, The information came from private despatches, and the new Judges knew nothing of the confirmation of the decision of the Court of Appeals, which was in their favor. Judge Morgan was the firstof the incumbents to hear the news, which did not in the least astonish him, he having consistently believed in the constitutionality of the act under which he and his associates held office. A few moments aiter the news had been brought to Jadge Morgan a HERALD reporter en- gaged in conversation with nim and learned that the decision was of the exact character which had been anticipated. Jadge Morganghad heard it said by political wiseacres that the deci- si0n of the Court would be influenced by political considerations, but neither he nor his associates had ever been guilty of suspecting that a tribanal of the integrity and learning which notoriousiy belong to the New York Court of Appeals could stoop from its hign state to dabbie in polities, The decision, to his mind, was a confirmation of the faith reposed in the Court. The question at issue which drew in with itself much collateral matter, had been one dificult of solution, as it was encum- dered with moch matter which had no vital con- nection with the main movement. All these side questions had to be disposed of, as wellas the main point, which was on the constitutionality of the title of the act creating the new board. The old Judges held that the title of the act did not set jorth its objects; tnat the title, ‘Act to secure better administration in the Police Courts of the city of New York,” did not relate to only one sub- ject, as provided for im the constitutiop of 1846, article 3, section 16. The counsel for the new Judges argued before Sap ones Sag ‘shia PEOVISIOR does Ao} reauire gentiemen whose utterances in debates were in- | except as | All these | that matters of detail included in the sections, that the objects, the effecta of, or the means to be under toe law, should appear tn the title. It is enough that tue one general subject, however broad it may 8 expressed by the title, so that the reading of t! ame soull give notice by a gen- eral expression of the subject to which the details relate and are confue ‘Dis will always prevent the concealment and fraud the constitution was intended to defeat,” ‘The connsel tor the incumbents also argued that better administration could be secured in the courts by following Out all the provisions of the act. A record of each case was to ve kept, 80 that the books could be reierred to at any time. In concluding their ease they quoted the following statistics:—“Of the 84,514 arrests made in New York in 1871 we koow that of the disposition of 4,541 no information can be gained, and that no = elected police justices,” They claimed that this state of affairs could not obtain under the new law, and on that one point, Hon. no Other, the titie expressed the object of the THE OLD JUDGES. Several of the old Judges were seen and spoken to by the HERALD reporter, ‘They all seem to be satiafed with the decision of the Court of Appeals, bat many of them complain of the procrastination of the Court in announcing its decision, Tuey @ay it could have been given long ago without in- convenience to the Court or detriment to-the ends of justice, Many of the old cierka of the courts were assembied around the Tombs during the forenoon, it having been published as a ‘uct that the decision would be rendered on the 10th of November. Many of them denied a belief im the telegrams received, and still clung to a Jorlorn hope. The new clerks were in high feather and consoled the men whose places they had taken, Their sympathy was very grotesque and troths of mutual good feeling were pieaged in puddles of beer, It was stated on good anthority that Mr. John Kelly had said at a meeting in the First ward that he Knew the old Judges would be reinstated by the decision of the Court of Appeals. Mr. Kelly was met by the HERALD man and denied the state- ment. He said he had stated that in the event of the reversion of the decision Judge Hogan could bey be in the Tomps and in Congress at the same me, CENTRAL PARK, Its Condition and Requirements— Alleged Lack of Funds fox its Main- tenance. [From the New York Evening Post.) Inquiry was made to-day at the Department of Public Parks in regard to the condition and needs of the great pleasure ground of the city, which | has veen alleged to be in danger of deterioration tenance and improvement. | expressed great (issatisiaction with the Board of Apportionment in refusing to grant the estt- | mates submitted by the department, which | were placed, he sald, at the lowest figure compatible with the public interest. Not @ dollar had been spent in the department illegitimately, and economy had been closely studied; yet the appropriation for maimtenance was wholly insudicient to keep the works in proper order. In addition to the increase in junds rendered necessary by the annexation of she | Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards, the con- stant extension of the cares of the department through the completion of new works neces- sarily demanded yearly additions to the appro- priations for keeping the works in repair. Then, too, the increase of the city’s population and of the number of visitors to Central Park necessi- which was now plainly inadequate. An addition of $35,000 to the appropriation for this purpose was asked for from the Board of Apportionment, but the Commissioners failed to obtain it. AbD examination o/ the estimates for 1875, which Were submitted by the Department alter detatled estimates had peen received from the head of each | burean, shows that they amounted in the aggre- ne to $925,171, These were cut down by the oard of Apportionment to about $584,000. The Board struck out entirely the estimates for special repairs and improvements of ‘architectural struc- tures in Central Park, for the special improve- ment of plantations, tor the Observatory, for the Sea wall at the Battery, for the pavement o1 City Hall Park and for the deficiency of 1873, It cut down by $12,500 the estimate of $32,500 for the repairs and improvement of bridges over Harlem River, and by $66,500 the estimate of $100,500 for the care aud repair of roads and bridges in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards. The es- timate for surveying and monumenting the north- ern part of the city, including the new wards, was reduced trom $76,000 to $35,000, while the general Park maintenance fand was reduced by $100,000. Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect of the department, said that the depart- ment was invariably cramped for funds at the end of the year, as it had never received an appro- priation sufficient to accomplish the work which it was designed to execute. In consequence of this many of the arches and bridges in Central Park, together with the terrace and other struc- tures, had been neglected year aiter year, unwil they had now become seriously out of repair. Their immediate restoration was not only de- sirable jor the sake of their present appearance, but as @ matter of economy to the city, which would ultimately be put toincreased expense if they suffered further detriment. The money to make these repairs, however, could not ve spared by the department without obtaining the be which had been asked for fused. The Park, he said, was not now in a satisfactory condition generaily, owing to the lack of suitable appropriations, by neglect o1 it tended to fur- ther damage. One reason why the Park had been maintained in a creditable state was the fact that ‘Visitors had been encouraged to Tespect its good order, through the efforts of the authorities to the same end. ‘hen, however, dirt was allowed to accumulate in the paths and roadways, the lawns Were leit unmown, the shrubbery uncared for and the various stractures unrepaired, this feeling on the part of visitors would be lost and the whole Park would be carelessly overrun in & manner which wouid destroy its principal attractions, In areport lately made to President Stebbins Mr. Olnwsted called attention to some of these points, and especial tations, in w are now growing so thickly together as to arrest the evelopment of the finest specimens. fe also urged the need of increasing the police force, both tor the comfort and safety of visitors, especially ladies and children, and to prevent the | | Tequent theits of birds, eggs and valuable plants, ‘Which are olten accompanied by the destruction of other property. As aiready said, however, the special appropriations ior these purposes have not been granted. Daring the last year the only notable works of construction in the park have been the butiding Wall and the elevation of the Pte, of driveways near Eighth avenue and 110th street in order to correspond with the grade of those roads, Plans for the future have not been definitely settled, owing to the uncertainty of obtaining proper means for their execution. THE OHEAP TRANSPORTATION AS800IA- 10H, At half-past two o’elock yesterday the directors ofthe New fork Cheap Transportation Associa- tion met at their office, No. 110 Pearl street. rresi- dent Benjamin P, Baker was in the chair. Mr. Hill, the Chairman of the Committee on Ter- minal Facilities, reported progress of the confer- ence with civil engineers. The Committee on article 8 of the bylaws, to insert after the word “companies” the following :—“When the personal efforts of the members have been una- vailing.”” This goes over for thirty days for consideration, Twelve delegates were then ap- pointed to attend the National Convention to be held at Richmond, Va, A report was received from the Executive Committee on Constitutional Amendments, censuring Tammany Hall for dis- seminating cancelled ballots of the constitutional amendments, It was decided that the subject of } tee on the branch relating to internal commerce, and not in reference to politica. Tne various com- mercial organizations were complimented “by the | fact that while the democratic State ticket re- | ceived over 42,000 majority In New York @ majority of only about 1,000 was given agal the amendment, sho’ that many citize: otherwise voted tue ticket Tammany Hall were induced to vote for the amendments, In Brooklyn, also, the amend- ments were adopted by a large majority, notwith- standing the cancelled ballote were also distrib- uted there. The result shows that by co-operation our commercial organizations can create honest public sentiment, und it should encourage mer- chants generally to co-operate in bringin; proper influence to teat” upon public affairs, which are intimately connected with the welfare of our commerce,’ Inittee:—W. H. Wiley, 1 | J. H. Kemp and B, P. Baker. ‘The Executive Com: mittee reported the names of sixty-six firms which have signified their desire to join the assoctation. This was signed by the com- association should be called on December 15 the meeting adjourned. FOUND IN THE WATER, In the case of an unknown man, about seventy years of age, whose boay was found in the dock alleged, was caused by violence, Deputy Ooroner Leo yesterday nade an autopsy. He iound the eyes nearly eaten away, the tace, hands and body mangled; bat the Doctor was sutisfed that no in- tentional violence had been inflicted on the de- ceased. The Will remain at the Morgue for several days for identification, and in the mean- time an inquest will be held by Coroner Kessler. Deceased was poorly clad; but the clothing to be Seen AL the Moseue may lead 49 ia Jaen! less than 25,814 were summaruy diseaarged by our | | through lack of proper provision jor its main- | President Stebbins | tated an enlargement of the Park police force, | of two new arches, the work on the outer park | Claims and Grievances reported an amendment to | ocean tariffs should be considered by the commit. | who furnished by | G. L. Trask, G. A. Merwin, | at pler 36 North River, and whose death, it is | | | \ | | to the need of improving the pian- | Dix h many of the trees and bushes | Alter deciding that a special meeting of the | ni BOARD OF CANVASSERS. Coanting the Ballots—A Breeze Over the Appointment of Officials—Fixing the Committees—The Fifth Con; al District Completed. The Board of Supervisorsorgantzed as @ Board of County Canvassers yesterday. At twelve o'clock they proceeded in a body to the County Clerk’s office, where they were sworn in. They then took possession of the Supreme Court General Term room, on the second floor o1 the new Court House, where they immediately commenced business, Alderman Richard Fianagan presided. crowd of politicians and interested parties were on hand to watch the canvass, Mr. Edwin & Meade, Congressman elect trom the Fifth district, Was present, accompanied by his counsel, Mr. Samuel G. Courtney, to await the threatened pro- test by ex-Judge Edward Hogan, his competitor in the contest, Ex-Judge Dittenhoefer represented one of the republican candidates for Alderman, Mr, Frederick Kuhn, who claims to have been unfairly dealt with by his party; that his name was not printed on the tickets distributed from the election boxes, and other outrages of a similar character. THE PROCEEDINGS, Supervisor MONHEIMER moved that a committee | of three be appointed to take charge of ali con- tested matters, which resolution was adopted, The Chair subsequently named the following gen- tlemen to act in that capacity :—Supervisors Monheimer, Vance and Kehr, A committee of three, consisting of Supervisors Reilly, Billings and Gilon, was designated vo exam- ine corrections of returns of inspectors who might be called before the Board. Resoiutious were also passed requiring the presence of three members in order to transact business; regulating that pro- tests be laid over till the !ast meeting of the Board and that those matters shail not be con- sidered unless twenty-four hours’ notice is given to each member, avd directing the returns of the recent election to be keptin possession of the Clerk of the Board. APPOINTING CLERKS, Supervisor REILLY moved that Messrs. J. W. McGorvan, Robert Bache, John Swanton, William | | B, Ludlow and E.J, Kennedy be appointed clerks ot the Board, This resoluvion caused a heated discussion be- tween some of the members, Supervisor VANCE speaking pointedly agatnst the resolution, oard of Aldermen, and should discharge the duties of clerks of the Board of Canvassers with- | out extra compensation. Alderman MONngrIMgR followed In some scathing remarks about the humbug of reformers, It was only @ question of about $100. Why did not those wonderiul reform gentlemen ‘‘go” jor some of the corrupt commissions, where the people’s money Was squandered, and gamblers On the payrolls, Supervisor MCCAFFERTY moved as an amend- ment that those clerks be appointed without extra compensation. Lost. ‘The original resoiution was then adopted. APPOINTING ATTENDANTS, Supervisor Coorkr moved that James Walsh be appointed sergeant-at-arms, James McDowell and Timothy Sullivan, messengers, and Terence Smith, Samuel M. Slater, Edward F. Magan and Adolpti Sanders, doorkeepers, one resolution was the cause of another small storm. Supervisor Koon suggested that new doors be made in the wails im order to make vacancies for the doorkeepers, Alter considerable skirmishing these gentlemen were appointed to serve the county and nation during the next few days until the completion of the canvass, BALLOT INDORSEMENTS, On motion of Supervisor BILLINGS the following Tesolution Was passed :— Resolved, That all ballots containing only the last name of any candidate, or containing the name ot a candidate improperly spelled, or contaiping the name of andidate with only a prefix of initia's, or of a candi- date with an improper first name, be counted for the candidate for which it is intended, providing no similar lastname be'on the ballot, or there shalt not in any given cases be two candidates of the same name for the same office. The following resolution, on motion of Super- visor KEHR, Was also passed :— Resolved, That the package of returns not indorsed, asrequired by the election law, if any such shall bé found, be kept unopened until the proper inspector can be notified to appear before the Bourd and the said in- dorsements be properly and legally made. CANVASSING, ‘The canvass of the First and Second Assembly districts was then commenced. Supervisor Lysaght called off the returns, checkea by Deputy County Clerk Gumbieton, Considerable interest was manifested in tue re- | turns from those districts on the Congressional woe which, when completed, footed up as ioi- owss— B/ First Assen Lay Second Ai ra y distri 2.080 Third Assembly istrict. 1869 Filth assembly distric! 2,258 Totals..... Meade over Hogan. i The canvass for this Congressional district was Dot concluded until eight o’clock last srentge | Shortly before the adjournment of the Board Mr. Meade entered the room, accompanied by ex-Gov- ernor Walker, of Virginia. The former gentieman | was congratulated by @ number of friends upon his election. Mr. George W. Sauer will contest the Alder- manic election in the Ninth Senatorial district with Mr. Chester A, Southworth, a protest havin been handed in last evening, which was reforre Ww the proper committee. ‘rhe Board will meet at eleven o’clock eacn day Until the Conclusion of the canvass. QUEENS COUNTY OFFIOIAL CANVASS. The following is the vote of Queens county in the late election, as declared by the Board of County Canvassers:— FOR GOVERNOR, REPRESENTATIVE IN CON- Gress, Metcalfe. 137 French Spence ASSOCIATE 1:6 Miller. Johnson. Howland MEMBBR ASSEMBLY, DisTRICE. constivurionaL """" AmenD- by MENTS. Canvass not completed. THE SOUTH REJOICING. Ex-Governor Walker, of Virginia, on the Democratic Victories—“Everybody in the South is Smiling”’=—The Great Questions Before the Democratic Con- gres—Now for the Presidency! Ex-Governor Walker, of Virginia, is one of the foremost democratic statesmen of the South. He is @ man whose popularity, extraordinary ability and spotless integrity have almost become proverbial in Virginia, Ashe has just been returned to the next Congress, where he will probably be in the front rank of leading members, his views were yesterday solicited by an attaché of this journal. Ex-Governor Walker, who ts stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel, occupies one of the most sumpta- ous parlors tn the hotel, and before the reporter had even called, the great ‘guns’ of the demo- cratic party—Governor elect Tilden, Fernando Wood and others—had already been there to pay their respects to their Southern fellow democrat, who 1s @ very tall and fine-looking man, of slim, though robust frame, with the head of a scholar and gentleman (already shaded by silver- streaked hair). He apologized courteously for the delay in the reception, and, after he had ex- pressed @ slight and modest reluctance to undergo the ordeal of an interview, the following conver- sation ensued :— THE CAUSES OF THE TRIUMPH. “Governor, what do you think of the great demo- cratic triumphs 7” “I think there can be but one opinion about It,” was the prompt reply, “and that is that the peo- ple have spoken at last, The stagnation of bust- ness, the financial distress, owing so largely to republican misruie, have inspired the people with a desire for change. The people are determined that toe War shall be over, that the party which has lived on this war ory has survived its uselul- j WM fact, the peopie were tired oj republican men and republican measures, ana determined to edlect g change.” cea Joa, consider 1t merely a party victory, Go “No, 1 do not. I think it is eminently a victory of the people, and not alone that of one party over the other, I think the victory means a determi- nation on the part of the people to return to honest government. (In atone of entuusiasm) —I believe that the democratic party has now the | grandest opportunity it ever had, and I belteve tt is certain to improve it. Ali the utterances of our leading mon indicate the presence of such a feel- ing, and all that is necessary tor our success in 1876 1s sound common sense.”’ “Whom do you consider the strongest dem- ocratic candidate for the Presidency?” Ex-Governor Walker was unwilling to answer this queation, “1 do mot thuuk,” ne sald, with *) Tight man in 1876,” A large | Those | rentlemen, he said, were already empioyés of the which were , 008 | farm to carry on the good work. delicacy, “that it would be advisable for me to say anything on 30 personal atopic; but you may. rest assured that rings and cliques will no longer control the politics of the country, and that the people may be left to their own judgment to find he right man. 1 have never, in the darkest da: of the war, lost my faith in the American peo; fo @ hopeful tone)—Just as sure as there ts a ju ‘ovidence in heaven, will the people find the THE SOUTBERN TROUBLES, “What course wit) the democratic Congress pur- sue in reference to the Southern questions?” “It will never, in my opinion, disturb the amend- ments to the constitution. The South has al- wey and in good faith accepted the legitimate results of the late war, and there is no proposi- ton there to disturb them. The next Congress will | Ip every respect obey the behests of the people, and economy, retrenchment and reiorm in the | administration wili be its main objects. (Witha ; good hnumored laugh) —Their laces will be always to | tne front, and not to the rear! As to the finances, | | lcan only say two words and they will exactly ex- press my idea, the people Want better money and more of it.” “What is the feeling in Virginia over the demo- cratic victories?” Ex-Governor Walker answered this query in the | Most exuberant tone of joy. “Why, the people in | Virginia are rejoicing,’ née said; “they bave in- | Spired them with new life and with new hope. They believe they can see pow the dawn Of a real and enduring peace, and prosperity following in its wake, (\With an expression Of profound convic- | ton)—Wherever radicai rule has obtained in the | South there ruin has followed without exception. | The whoie course of legislation has been to Ir tate and depress the South rather than to build it ba and now every man is smiling, and the people of the South hope jor fair and just treatment, All the South asks is to be placed on an equality with the other States, and that there be no discrimina- , tion in 4is favor or against it.” | THB GRRABBST ISSUR. | . “What will be the greatest questions before the | democratic Congress?” “Undoubtedly those relating to the finances of | the country. We siall endeavor honestly and faithiully to solve this great problem, and I be- lieve that we can do it, The business interests of the nation demand this solution, and the people have put the democratic party into its present po- sition in order to insure it.” “And what as to the future of the republican party, Governorr” | “[ judge that its defeat in 1876 will bring about | its utver dissolution, I think it is almost as dead as the old whig party’—and the ex-Governor laughed as he added—“and smells a great deal worse,’? With this humorous sally the interview termi- nated, ex-Governor Walker being calted away by | some friends. THE RED MEN. Father John Beeson’s Co-operative Plan to Stop the Alleged Frauds Upon Our Indian Neighbors. In response to a call of Father John Beeson, six- | teen persuns, including four ladies and the officers of the meeting, assembled in the large hall of the | Cooper Institute yesterday aiternoon to indorse a plan of co-operation with the view of stopping the | alleged frauds as well as the war upon our Indian neighbors. The size of the gathering did not seem to disconcert Father Beeson, thongh he waited | nearly half an hour for the arrival of expected | gentlemen who came not. Yet the opportunity ‘Was thus afforded to say that he was not disap- { pointed at the limited number present, introduc- ing as an offset to the little interest taken in the movement in this city the apathy with which Bostonians receive the movement. Finally the Rev. E. R. Swackhamer was elected chairman and the Rev. George Porteous, D. D., accepted the | position of secretary. Father Beeson then satd that the object of this, a8 well as the meetings that have preceded it and those that will follow, were to aid in the co-opera- tion of a plan for the protection of the Indian in | the fullest sense. The wrongs that Vincent Collyer in 1868 reported that the red men were sutfering at the hands of the whites were the same now, making @ catalogue of outrages and indignities so long that if one-third of them were heaped upon the whites as a People in any section of the country ould call them toarms. The Indians are not so savage as generally thought to be. They are nov retrogres- sive, as their enemies proclaim, as wien oppor- tunities of improvement have been olfered they | are readily embraced. The Cherokee Nation, for Instance, though numbering but 18.000, according to the reports of the Indian Bureau, had 600 frame houses, 3,500 log cabins, and raised upon their | farms, in one year, 2,925,000 bushels of corn, 97,500 bushels of wheat, about the same of oats and | 80,000 bushels of potatoes. They owned 16,000 | horses, 75,000 cattle and great numbers of sheep | | and hogs. There were 60 schools among | them, an asylum for their orphans, and | they owned $1,716,627 in United Staves | bonds, which yielded them an annual interest of $120,000. But for many years the | Cherokees complain of being compelled to send delegates to Washington for the purpose of aiding them to obtain thetr rightiul claims, and this hag of money. ‘The whites do ties; that with the Sioux tribe, made six years ago, has been broken, and the expedition that recently went exploring over their country had no more right there than have | the rowdtes of New York toenter and take pos- session of the residences of our citizens. After recapitulating further alleged wrongs sui- fered by the Indians Father Beeson proposed the remedies. He would send delegation of men | and women to meet the Indian Counci! now as- sembled in the Indian Territory and present them | With an address of iriendsbip, assuring them that | at least some or the people of the country mean that they shall have justice. He would add women to the delegation simply because tne In- | dians would then be apt to believe that their mis- | S100 Was One O! sincerity; Dut composed alone of men they are doubtful that they would be be- Neved, because like delegations had so often de- | ceived them. A spontaneous effort throughout the country 1s necessary for the success of this | lan. it 18 of hut little use for politicians to try | it; they will go to steal, It will be of but littie use | for churehes to try the work; tee go for faith. ‘The entire people must move in order that the In- dians may have mae. Father Beeson explained | Unat, in his missionary work among the Indians, he had expended all his money and mortgaged his He now wanted funds, and appealed to the American people. He | then Offered the following preamble and resolu- | tions, which were passed :— Whereas the Indians have never been paid an equiv- alent for the eomnsey. wales we have taken from them, and on accoant of the uniform failure to fultil treaty | stipulations they Rave lost all confidence in our govern- | ment, and the majority of them are oow in circum. stances of great suffering for the want of permanent | homes; therefore, Resolved, That in order to prove to them that the American people at large mean to be just, a spontancous | effort shouid be made immediately to raise a fund for the | following purposes:—To send a delegation, composed of | ‘women as well as of men, to the Indian Council now as- sembled in the Indian Territory, to confer with them relative to terms by which all existing difliculties can.be | adjusted. | Also to organize manual labor schools in suit- able locations on each side of the Rocky Mountains for | the education in scienée and arts of mixed breeds and Indians not otherwise provided for. Resolved, That to meet the expense of the delegates a collection should be taken up in all the churches next Sabbath. And for the establishment of the schools every American citizen, both m: the children in our entire 7, should subscribe one | | cent and upwards, so that as we have all shared in the | spoils of wrongdoing we may ail share in the restita- | n. “Qcsolved, That the mongy so collected stould be sent | by the respective pastors fh every parieh in postal orders | to John 8 are of Peter Cooper, Cooper Institute, | Mr. J. Eliott Condiot, who had long been among | the Chickasaws, and the Rev. Dr. Porteous ad- dressed the meeting, which adjourned until to- morrow evening, when it will be held at the church ot the latter gentleman in Brookiyn., “IRELAND'S REGENERATION.” Lecture by Thomas Clarke Luby. Upward of two thousand people listened with the deepest attention last evening, at Cooper In- | stitute, toa lecture on “Ireland’s Regenerauion,” delivered by Thomas Clarke Luby, the former Dublin, in September, 1865, for “treason felony” and imprisoned for five and a half years, On the Platform sat several of his prison companions, in- | carcerated for like caus® viz.:—Messrs, John | Devoy, E. P. St. Clair, Thomas Costello, General T. | | F. Bourke, H. Mulieda, Jonn Tucker, O'Donovan ssa and others, ir. Jobn Mitchel presided, nd in a few well-chosen words alluded to Mr, "8 services on behalf of Ireland, Mr. Luby on rising was greeted with deafening cheers, After recounting at Jeng the iniquito: treatment ot Ireland ag the hands o1 England, asserted that the pattie field was the only place where Ireiand could win ber independence. We seek, said he, our regeneration through various | paths, forgetting that by our right hand we must | obtain deliverance. hatever ay be said | against Fenianism by our enemies no one can ; deny that the movement has shown great tenacity | of ie even under the most uniavorabie circum- stances, Nowadays, alas! we have a class of mod- erm mountepanks who tell us we ought to peti- tion Parliament for home rule. We have been told that church disestablishment was what we wanted and Nay to be satistied with. | 1 belteve that the Protestants in ireland wish tor national liberty as much as the most ultra Catho- lics. Ido not believe if we obtained the extension of the franchise that England would allow any benefits to accrue to us thereirom, and to believe the contrary is nonsensical, Our Irish manufac- sures have no chance of prospering. because Eng- | lish capital swamps them. People talk of the members of the roval family living in Ireland as a panacea, of tne idea oi Prince Arthur Patrick, uke vf Connaught, as @ iriend of the Irish race and @ redressor of our Wrongs against English tyranny, and many other English pians for Irish Tegeneration, somne farcical, Others utopian. Be- lieve me, no iwo people differ more in this worid than we and the tuviish, and we never can agree, and if we want our independence we must fight lor itl (Loud cheers) | two innings, giving editor of the Irish People, who was arrested in | G 3 BILLIARDS, Four Brilliant Games Yesterday. Garnier and Vignanx Both Defeated—Joseph Dion Won All His Games, The billiard tournament ts now exciting the Most general interest, as the play on the wire Cushion tables has surpassed anything ever known betore. The experts have excelled themselves and performed wonders hitherto unknown. Yes- terday afternoon piay was resumed with a game between Slosson and Daniels, The betting on this game was pretty heavy, as the knowing ones were ofthe opinion that the men were weli matched. Daniels opened the game; but on the second im- ning Slosson put in 66, which he followed in the sixth with, 67 more, The game was in Slosson’ hands throughont, and he eventually won, b ting his opponent by 139 points. ‘The followmmg is a score of the game :— Slosson—I, 56, 5, 0, 0, 67, 2, 8, 6, 4, 5, 0, 3, 1, 2, 2, % 2, Daniela—i, 11, 2, 0, 10, 0, 10, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0,3, 9, 5, 4, 0, 0, 4, 0, lighest runs—Slosson, 67, 56, Daniels, 82, 26, 17, "Avérage—Slosson, 84-7, Dantels, 4 11-35, Time of game—One hour and thirty-one minutes, The second game between Joe Dion and Ubassy was opened by the latter, and m the first two or three innings no remarkabie play was exhibited, On the sixth inning Ubassy counted 45 and took the lead, but Joe Dion rolled up 29 on the eighth, that rather equalized affairs. On the fourteenth inning Dion counted 30, leading the game. DION, 102; UBASSY, 67. Tirings went on very even for a short time, but on the twenty-fourth inning Dion counted 29, Which he Immediately followed with 15, 80 and 38, The last count gave htm 300 points aud the game. ‘The following is a score of the game:— Joe Dion—3, 7, 11, 0, 1, 12, 0, 0, 4,1, 4, 0, Bt & 2,112 0, 2, Bs 18 83, a an IN xi ASS, , » 3, 45, 0, 3, 0, 3, 0, 0, 2, 7, higtedar ea hil 2, 7, 0, 0, & , 6, 2, 7, 15, Peo ruus—Dion, 29, 30, 29, 80, 38, Ubassy, 205 Average—Dion, 111-9, Ubnssy, 4 5-9. Time of game—One hour and eighteen minutes, The last game at the matinée was between Maurice Daly and Garnier. ‘The _ Jatter broke the balis, and, failing to count, Maurice went in aud roiled up 43 On the third mning Daly got to work again and added 6@ to his score, giving hima long lead. Garnier was Dervous and agitated, and left his wite ul tn bed to play the game. Garuier’s bad play gave Daly confidence, and the latter exhibited great strength, running 36, 41 and 40 with comparative ease. The following is a score of tae game:— Daly—43, 6, 60, 0, 1, 86, 10, 1, 16, 7, 41, 0, 1, 0 6, 4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 40, 6, 2 0, 0, 11, &—i Garnier—o, 0. 2, 0, 0, 7, & 18, 2, 2 40, 1, 1, 5, 19, 0, 19, 0, 27, 0, 0 2, 1—17: i gueas runs—Daly, 43, 60, 36, 41, 40. Garnier, ), 27. Average—Daly, 111-9. Garnier, 6 15-17. Time of game—One hour and twenty minutes. The evening seance was, as usual, atiended ae about 2,000 patrons of the game. ie ladies’ plat form was well filied, showing that the fair sex were still interested tn the artistic manipulation of the ivories. Director Gavitt was on time and called game at three minutes past eight. The cone testants, Messrs. Ubassy and Cyrille Dion, answered promptly to the call, and the latter winning the string, led off, but jatled to count. Ubassy then scored 13, which ne followed on the second inning by 10. Cyrille was not in form, but on the 1ourth in- ning he succeeded in rollingupll. On the afth the French patriarch got to work and counted 21, which he supplemented with 14. Oyrille was literally doing nothing and letting his antagonist creep steadily away from him. On the tenth in- ning Ubassy got the balls together, and, exhibit Ing some fine play, added 43 to his score. At the close of the tentn inning the game stood— UBASsY, 110; DION, 30, Ubassy then kept steadily increasing his lead and on the fourteenth Inning put in a Dreak of 28, which he followed in the sixteenth by Cyrille, tried to get his work in, but gave out afier scoring 16, and Ubassy, taking the cue, put together a pretty run of 47. Cyrille was still out 01 sorts; bus In the twenty-first Inning he counted 11, and then Ubassy, in order to keep even, added 22 to his score. In the twenty-third inning Dion braced up and played remarkably clever for 63, and in the, twenty-sixth rolied up 384 more. The audience Were now quite excited over the game, and, when Unassy made a miss for satety, showed their want of knowledge of the game of billiards by hissing. Every player is supposed to play to win, and Ubassy was only trying to win his backers’ money. Ubassy finally won the game io the twenty-eighth benay as, 10,0, OF dL, 14, 8 2k, 43, 0, 0, % 28 —13, 2 2, 4, 5 1, 81, 41, 6, 7, 1, 22, & 8, 0, 1, 6, 8, 18300. Oyrille Diou—0, 1, '1, 12, 6, 0, 3, 9, 0, 0, 3, 0, 5, G 1, 0, 15, 0, 0, 1, 11, 6, 63, 0, 1, 34, 40—18 Highest Runs,—Ubasay, 21, 43, 28, 37, 47, 223 Oyrilie Dion, 63, 34. Average.—Ubassy, 10 &7; Dion, 6 3-7. Time of game—One hour and twenty-seven minutes, During the intermission Director Gavitt made the announcement of the games that would be played to-day, and concluded by saying that yes- verday he bad to make excuses for Daly’s boil, but this evening he begged to call attention to Garnier’s boy, as the latter gentleman found himseil a father when he returned home from his game with Daly. ‘The last game of the evening was played vetween Rudolphe and Vignaux, and the former breaking the balls fatled to count, letting the latter make & score of 7, Rudolpne then got in 9, 2,5and 35 against Vignaux’s jour 0's. 6 latter appeared a little nervous, but in the sixth inning he appeare to recover his nerve andran 81. At the close the sixth inning the game stood— RUDOLPHE, 58; VIGNAUX, 88. Radolphe jailed to count on the seventh inning, and Vignaux going to work in his peculiar styte, kept the balls rolling together until he counted 41. Both players tnen failed to score, and aiter another miss from Rudolphe, Vignaux made 1. Two were then made by Rudoiphe, and followed by 42 from Vignaux. Atthe close of the tenth inning the game swod VIGNAUX, 122; BUDOLPHE, 60, Rudolphe then commenced to play. and by some careful mantpalation rolled up Vignaux failed to count, aud Rudolpbe then started on the best score of the day. ‘here was not much nursing in the break, but good round tne table shots, showing | tnat although beaten, Rudolphe has not quite for- gotten the game of billiards, He closed his inning Jor 97, leaving the score RUDOLPHE, 202; VIGNAUX, 124. Vignaux then made $ and Radolphe 6, after which Vignaux made play in, counting 23, which he followed on the next inning by 40, Ra- | dolphe then ran 11, after which Vignaux scored 2, missing an easy carrom on his third shot. dolphe then played w, Ru- and counted 14 and 29 tn ima big lead. The backers of Vignaux growled considerably at his play, as he Was Missing some very easy shots. Rudolphe then ran 16, and, missing an easy one, let Vignaux score 6. Rudoiphe only wanted 8 to win, nut broke down after counting 2 On the twenty-third in- ning Vignaux got the balls running his way and | Made 43 and then Radolphe went out. The follow- ba the score of the game:— ‘ pegreg 9, % 8, 86, 7, 0, 0, 0, 2, 45, 97, 6, 1, ‘Vignaux—7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 81, 41, 0, 1, 42, 0, 2 28, 40, 2, 1, 2, 6, 5, 0, 6, 7, , PR Soy Sean eae 36, 45, 97, 20. Vignaux, h veragee Rudbione, 12%. Vignaux, 11 6-23, Time of game—One hour and’ twenty-five minutes, ‘Tne following is the total score since commences ment of the tournament :— Games Games Highest Won, Los. Runs, Average, Joseph Dion 5 — 150 Bt A. Garnier. ‘4 1 89 M. Vigna 4 1 ees Maurice valy 8 2 Po a2 Cyrille Dion. 2 3 3 Me Fs ; Slosson... 2 3 83 MT Ubasay.- z se A. P. Radolp! 2 4 a 1} Bdward Daniel 0 6 “6 M To-day play will commence at two o'clock P. M. with ry me between Rudolphe and Daniels, anei which Garnier and Slosson will exhibit their gs! In the evening Joseph Dion and Vignaux are commence, and they will be followed by Jaly Cyrille Dion. RUNAWAY AOOIDENT. Several Peopite Badly Injured. Late yesterday afternoon a pair of spirited horses, attached to @ coach, driven by Arthur Harding, took tright on the corner of Fifth ave nue and Forty-seventh street and ran away. The occupants, Mrs. Jeffrey, of No, 16 East Twenty. ninth street, and a lady friend, were thrown out and badly hurt. The animals, in their mad race, upset three carriages which were in the way, in. poh Fst Waite, of No. 48 irs, Storge and little son Freddy, of No. 33 West Washington square; Mrs, Miller, o1 No. 40 Union square, and two unknown ladies, woo were sub- sequently cared for by Dr. Rowing. OmMcer Gan- non, of the mounted police, hag! succeeded in securing the horses and arrested the ariver, 18 THIS POLICEMAN A MODERN MOSE® New Yor«, Nov. 10, 1874, To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— 1 came into your great city yesterday on entire stranger. I stopped on the corner of Broadway and Canal street, as 1 was lost. I asked of a polices Man the shortest route to Soucn street; lis crows answer was, “Don’t know; never ine: ee” L hope this contemptible spirit does not the whole force, but that he is only a oes ai wm tha Bock, BR