The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1874, Page 4

4 — “TWEED'S LIBERTIES. The Governor and Mayor on Fayor- itism to Tweed. RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER LAIMBE= Mayor Havemeyer’s Last Official Communication. Tne following oMicial correspondence tn refer- ence the treatment of Tweed on Blackwell's dsland has een forwarded for publication. 1t will be seen that Governor Dix objects to the exercise of ‘any favoritism toward this celebrated criminal, and condemns the reported clemency that has been hitherto shown. Mayor Vance desires the Oom- «missioners Of Charities to report as to this com munication by Monday next, An important letter trom Commissioner Lamnbeer givea his reasons for tendering his resignation as Chartty Commis- sioner. A mournful interest 1s attached to the detter from the late Mayor, also given below, in consequence of its being hus last official communi- tation :— GOVERNOR DIX’S LETTER, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ALBANY, NOV. 27, 1874. Hon, WittiaM F. HaVSMEYER, Mayor ol the city ot New York :— Siz—My attention has very recently been called to the case of Wiluam M. Tweed, who is on Black- ‘well Island, under sentence ior a misdemeanor, abd the induigences extended to him. It waa my impression that he was in the hospital on account of his healtn, or because his services were needed; outl have ascertained that he has the use of a room furnished with all the conveniences and comforts of life; that he is. allowed to wear his Cag: | dress; that he has the liberty of e Penitentiary grounds, often without the presence of a keeper; is per- mitted to receive visitors at pleasure, and, in short, that he is exempt from nearly all the re- straints of prison discipline. Woile this malefacior, who, with bts confeder- utes in crime, bas plandered the city of New York of fifteen to twenty millions of dollars, is tous shielded from the cuastisemegg of the law hun- dreds of his fellow prisoners jergoing sentences for stealing property of trifiing value are confined © cells, dressed in prison garo, only permitted 10 see a relative or {mend once a monta, and subject to the strict rules, which are deemed proper for the punishment and secu- rity of criminals. This distinction between a man ‘who has become rich by public plunder and a poor man who has appropriated to his own use a con- siderable sum or property Of little vaine, possioly under the pressure of physical want, is disgrace- Tul to the State, a criminal violation of duty on the part of those who have granted tne indulgences feferred 0, utter contempt df the law and determinations 0 juries and courts, and cannot fall to bring last ing discredit on all by whose official anterposiwon the abuse may de correcied. I deem It my duty to call your attention to this subject, a8 she parties who are thus making the admiuisira- ion of criminal justice # mere mockery are within the immediate sphere ol your authority. I am, very reapectfully yours, JOHN A. DIX, MAYOR HAVEMEYER'S REPLY. The following 1s the last official communication draited by the late Mayor, on Saturday last, the 28th ult, at hali-past four P.M., after having signed, a8 a part of his day’s duty, more than ove thousand Warrants:— Mayor's Opricg, Nov. 28, 1874. My Dgar Smr:—I am informed trom reiiabie au- thority what Wiliam M. Tweed, who 1 supposed was employed in the bospital on Blackweli’s Island on account of his heaith or because his ser- Vices Were needed, has the “use of a room fur- aished with all the conveniences and comiorts of life; that he is allowed to wear bis ordinary dress; that he nas the liberty of the Penitentiary grounds, often without the presence of a keeper; 1s permitted to receive visitors at pleasure, and, in short, that while the malelactor who, with bis confederates, has plundered the city of millions, 18 thus shieided irom the chastlsement of the law, hundreds of his iellow prisovers undergolnog sen- tences ior stealing property of a tri- fing value are “subject to all the re. straints o1 prison discipline, ‘This distinction between @ man who has become rich by pubic plunder and a Man who, perhaps, to relieve a pressing physical want, bas appropriated to his own use an inconsiderable sum 01 money, or propert; Of little value, 18 disgraceiul to the city, a crimi- nal violation of duty by those woo have granted the indulgence in utter contempt of the law and the determinatons of juries and of courts, and cannot fail to bring lasting disgrace on all by whose official interposition the abuse may be cor- rected. 1 would thapk you, therefore, at your earliest convenience to report to me the facts of the case. Yours truly, . PB, HAVEMEYSR. To James Bowsn, President Commissioners of Charities and Correction. MAYOR VANCES LETTER. EXScUTIVE DEPARTMENT, CITY HALL, New YoRK, Dec., 3, 1874 To THE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRBCTION :— GENTLEMEN—William M. Tweed, @ prisoner on Bilackwell’s Istana, has, I am wlormed, been al- jowed by you extraordinary facilities and indul- g@ences as set forth in @ communication addressed by his Excellency the Governor of the Stace to we late Mayor of the city. A copy of this communication I send to you en- closed, aud you are berevy afforded the opporta- nity of veihg heard 4s to the matters therein stated, which, in my judgment, ttrue, tm fact are cause sufficient for your removal {rom office. Whatever you have to say as to this matter I ‘Will thank you to communicate to me on or before Monday the 7th inst. Og rm SAMUEL B. H. VANCE, Mayor. RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER LAIMBEER. The following letter, with its accompanying documents, was forwarded to Mayor Vance yes- terday. It will be seen that Commissioner Laim- beer tenders bis resignation, on the ground that he no jonger desires to incur the responsibility tor the consequences of the possibility of the escape of Tweed. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, NeW YORK, Dec. 3, 1874, To His Honor 5. B. H. VanNcCw, Mayor of the City of New York:— Str—On the 4th of April last I presented to the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction a communication in regard to William M. Tweed, of which the jolowing is @ copy :— Durantugnt ov Punic Cuaritres arp Connection, Maurine aprita ret Present—Commissioners Laimbeer, Bowen and stern. To THe Comsissionzns OF PubLic Cnaxitizs any Com BECTION'— NTLeweN—On April 3, 1374, the Board in locating the telegraph between the Pen tentiary, Fifty-ninth street «tadon and Police bead- quarters, &c. After locating the termination of the wire on the vround floor aud proceeding to the upper part of the buiiding, to my great susprise 1 tound Mr, ‘Tweed coming trom the room furnished and occupied | y him, through the sewing room, and yong to the | » hospital. Upon inquir, is found that Mr. Tweed had a room on the second floor of the centre building, furnished, which he occupies and in which he receives his visitors. I went into the room and found there Mr. Tweed's son and Mr. Dewey. This, it seems to me, is not as it should be. Without a keeper within tee Jeet of the front door of the principal entrance east, | positively say that any man could have gone out of this door, which was uniucked,'without detection, as no keeper was in the hail ot the first or second stor for a period of several minutes. How often this mey ovcur,t cannot say;, 1 only know that my vii to this institution has led me to believe e Warden has gone beyond his duty tn this room so nearthe door furnished without r of this Board. Commissioner stern stated to the presence of the Warden that he had instructed the Warden to do as he nad don d I, therefore, must Protest against any Commismoner taking any such re: Sponsibility as would implicate this Board if any escape ‘ke piace. We are simple custodians o7 all who tment under and by virtue of the law. at I have no desire in the case of Mr. ‘Tweed to make any special example, and yet I do cou the dut, ‘this Board to place such guards tn and , ni Thon as wil gender cocape Simost impos. sible, cul ie occupanis are properly ‘within the Falls the doors of the prison secured and the keepers do their duty. [think it ansafe to have any one in the gomeny, of thre Gepartment so near the door of the centre building, which is indeed not Prison | proper. but occupied as the keepers’ sleeping apartments. | have thought it my duty to present the facts, in order that the Board may indorse or condemn the action of the Warden and mare Such order on ihe question as may be proper to govern buch cases in the future. WILLIAM LAIMBEER , At the same time I offered @ resolution of which the following is a copy thereof, as well as of the subsequent action of the Board :— Resolved, That in the future no one confined in any of the prisons unger the control of this deparunent shall be furmished with separate apartments of the prison ‘unless by an order of this Board, or and thatany such apartments now in At once abolished ani che furniture reay yee le, trom Warden Liscom! that th havin, the o Ob mouon of Mr. stern it was inid oD the Ynas—Commissioners Bowen and stern. Nays—Commissioner Lasnbeer. By Commissioner Laimbeer:— Resolved. That Ur, Macdonaid be direc-ed to make amination ot William M, Tweed and report to this Af he is & proper case for hospital eaument y Commissioner Lalmbee comb be and is hereby di- solved, That Warden ‘L rected to report to this Board at once by whose order he Permitted & room to. be furnished on the second rik of the centre or hospital buuding tor Wilam M. id uD April 6, 1874, T. Stern desires to have time for consideration and Dresents ihe following: — In making the motion to Ivy this communication ana resolation on the tabse MF. Stern coupled it with the request to have an opportunity to present afeviy in wr: to said communication and resolution, emboay ing # complete statement in the matter, aid, the re- quest being granted the motion was Inid on the table At the next meeting of the Board tue following action Was taken :— Mownar, April 6 report on Penivenuary. Mr. Larmbeer called ap hi Mr. Stera statedhe had be Abie, In consequence ot sickness, to prepare lis repot id asked further time. Agreed to. On the 9th of Apri] Mr, Commissioner Stern made as jengthy report embodying his Views, which re port way be tound printed at length in the City Gen I visited Blackwell's | Island with Mr. Crowly to'carry' out the instructions of | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1874.-TRI Recora OT Arn 14." a of such report the following extracts from the minutes of the Board will show you the action taken thereon by the Board and its respective member: By C loner Laimbeer :— Revolve ‘tved and entered on the ected, That te ervey eo Resolved. That the Warden of the Penitentiary be 41- rected at once fo remove William M. Tweed trom ihe room how occupied Far to the nospitai, and there \ keep him safely until rther orders of the Board. Commissioner Bowen presented the following as « substitute — Resolved, That the sleey quarters for the orderties of Cy Peatentiary osphatbe provided within the hos pital. | Adopted. | 2x28 {Commissioners Bowen, Laimbeer—2. Navs—Commissionsr Siern—t y missioner Lalml Liter Resolved, That the Warden of the nd “an, Lnventory of J } | | t | } | ! | Pent furniture MM. have been in the room since it whom they belong, and te whi ¥ removed. ‘Adopted. Yras—commtssioners Laimbeer, Bowen, Stern. By Commiscioner Bower: — Resolvea, That an tron lattice be placed across the hall from ceiling to Hoor, with a gate. Adopted. On mouon the report, and resolution: amended were accepted. JOSHUA FILLIES, Secreuary, Since that time the records of this department will show that is has not been bry tion upon my part that a change made, and I sbouid have been pleased to have in- corporated in copies of OMctal papers and records of this department be: upon this mate, ter; but am intormed by the tary of Board, upon inquiring for such documents, that the same are not in bis possession, but have been removed by the . resident of tue Board. ] have repeatedty said, and I pelieve to-day, thas William M. ‘Tweed can at apy time escape. The report of his a8 announced tn the even! papers of yesterday, led_me to visit tne Islan upon the return Mr. Tweed from bis private office in Duane street, and ita constant repetition during the evening induced me for the second time to personaiiy investigate the lave aD Dour as-nine o’clock last evening, when I Jonnd him at the house of the Warden and sway from the prison. I remonstrated with the Warden upon his conduct and directed that the prisoner be immediately taken to his place of confinement. This direction I saw carried out, Ihave unfortunately differed with the majority of the Board upon the question of Mr. Tweed's incarceration and treatment, and feeling, a8 1 do, that he 18 liable at any hour to eseape, | am un- willing either to be heid in any wise responsibie for his iuture confinement in accordance with the Plain provisions of law or to trifle with the public sentiment of this community, and, therefore, deem it my duty to present to you my resignation as. member Rte Board, lhave the honor to be, very respec yy, you rr WILLIAM LAIMBEER. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Election of Richard Flanagan as Presi. dent—A Hitch in the Law as to Choos- ing an Aiderman to Fill the Vacancy— The Matter Postponed. 4 regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was heid at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Some interest was attached to the assemblage in consequence of the fact that a President was to be elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the ele vation of Alderman Vance to the Mayoralty. Alderman Billings was called to the char. The reading of the minutes of last meeting being dispensed with, Alderman MONHEIMER offered a resolution that Alderman Richard Flanagan be electea Presidents of the Board, A substitute was offered by Alderman MoCar- FERTY to the effect that the election be postponed until the next regular meeting of the Board. He wished to say that common courtesy required tue remains of the late Mayor to be baried before a new President was elected. There was no tm- Mediate necessity for the selection, as the Board of Apportionment did not meet until next week. He therefore asked that a sense of delicacy might Prevail upon this point, Alderman MONHEIMER—The question of delicacy did not prevail the other day when Mayor Vance was sworn in. Aiderman MCCAFFERTY was not aware of the necessity Jor this swearing in. By virtue of the death of Wiliam F. Havemeyer he (Mr. Vance) ‘was Mayor Oi the city. The question on the substitute for Alderman Monheimer’s motion was then put and lost by a poe of iour in the affirmative to six in the nega- ve, Alderman OTTENDORFER suggested that the Proper course to pursue would be to elect a tem- porary Chairman of the Board, who would then, under the charter, have all the powers conierted upon tbe President, This suggestion as to form was adopted by Alderman Monbeimer. Alderman McCarreRry remarked there were but twenty-seven or twenty-eight days of the un- expired term, ana nominated, in eulogistic terms, Alderman Ottendorier for the position. He thought the gentieman well deserved so small a Tecognition of nis unselfish services to the city, Tne ayes and nays were then cailed, witn the following result :— For Flanagan—Billines, C. it Kehr, Koch. Lysag! Monhetmer Morris, Flanayan'end Keily <3 For Owendorier=mouterty an alcoper—2 For Van schaick—Ottendorfer—L ’ Alderman Fianagan was then declared duly elected, and, on motion, Aldermen Uttendorfer and McCafferty Were appointed a committee to con- uct him to the chair. The new President thanked the Board for the honor conierred upon him. He knew he was in- adequate to express his feelings upon sach an oo casion, but he hoped to give satisiaction during the brief term he was called upon to preside over their deliberations. Alderman MONHEIMER then moved that Joel B. | Enrnarat be elected to fill the vacancy in the Board of Aldermen, Alderman McOarrgsrry contended they had no power to filignis vacancy under the charter, Mayor Vance ceased to be Mayor on the ist of Jan- | Mary next and tue term of the present Board was notended until the 6thof tbe same montn. Mr, Vance could tnen come back and claim his seat, ghee there would be sixteen Aldermen instead of en. A communication from Corporation Counsel Smith was here hauded in giving an opinion on this very point. Alderman OTTENDORPER was surprised to hear of an opinion coming Irom the Counsel to the Corpu- Tation without being solicited. Some discussion arose as to the propriety of hav- ing the communication read to the Board, when Alderman Monheimer fathered the responsibility by stating it was at tus request Mr. Smith nad written the docume This settled the matter laid before the Board. It cou- fecision, 1n aubatance, that the Board bad @ perfect right to fll a vacancy in their body under existing circumstances, Alderman MCCaFrrERTYy facettously suggested the printing of 600 copies O! the opinion In six different languages, for purposes of distrinution, Alderman Cooper (who is a lawyer) made a | short speect opposition to the view taken of | the law by the Corporation Counsel. with Aiderman McCafferty that the vacancy could Dot be filled. He concluded by moving the resolu- tion as to the election of Joel B. Ehrhardt be laid on the tabie. ‘This motion was carried, and the Board ad- journed. THE TERM OF MAYOR VANCE. = Opinion of the Counsel to the Corpora- tion. The following communication was forwarded to | the Board of Aldermen yesterday by the Corpora- | tion Counsel :— | , Where the office of Mayor becomes yacant by the Goath of the incumvent, the Presueut of the Board of Aldermen becomes not only the acting but the actuai | Mayor of the city. And his transfer to the Mayoralty creates a vacancy in the membership of the Board of Aldermen, to be filled | Gor the term of such vacancy) by the vote of # majority of the membete elected. Law DEPARTMEBNT—OFPPICE OF THE COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION, New YorK, Dec. 3. 1874. | TO THE HONORABLE THE BOAKD OF ALDERMEN :— octamer Opinion is requested whether the death of the late Mayor and the imposition of the duties of bis office upon the late President of the Board of Aldermen create a vacancy in the scat 1X nda body iately heid by the Hon, Samuel B. H. The act of April 80, 1873, known as the amended charter of that year, provides that “Whenever there shall be @ Vacancy in the office of Mayor’’ “the President of we Board of Aldermen enall act | a8 Mayor, sbd possess ali the rights and powers of | Mayor.’’ (Lawé of 1873, chapter 336, seotion 21.) It Will be observed that under the language | of the law the President of the Board | is not only to “act as Mayor,” but is | to absolutely “possess all the rights and powers of Mayor.” These words are as strong as any that could have been used. They clearly make the Presicent of the Board of Aldermen the actual Mayor of the city when & vacancy has been cre- | ated {n the oMce. Mr. Vance ts, thereiote, at this | moment, under the laws of the btate of New York, | a4 truly the Mayor of the city as was Mr. Have- meyer during the !ast twenty-three months of his | y Dation or He agreed | F life, and as will be Mr. Wickham ti alive on the first day of the ensuing year. The law operates to ab- } solutely divest him of the office of Alderman and Lo invest him with the office of Mayor during the | lume Which Mr. Havemeyer would bave served if his Ife had been prolonged to the Ist day of Janu- ary. He holds but one office, and that the Mayor- ally Of the city. By operation Of extating statutes | he is for the time being a8 periecuy transferred from the Board of Aldermen to the Chainber of the Mayoralty as though he had resigned the iormer | position and been elected to the latter. } Upon the deavh of President Harrison, in April, 1841, & question similar to this was considered by the eminent members of the cabinet which IMs successor, Mr. fyier, appointed upon the acces~ | | sion of the latter. The juauiry arose whether the | | offtotal ‘ton of Mr. Tyler should be Prest- dent or Acting President. The constitutton of the United States provides that:—‘In case of the re- moval of the President trom office, or of his deata, reat 10D OF inability to discharge the oe and duties of the satd office, the same shall ) devolve on the Vice President,” (Subdivision 6, section 1, ofarticle 2) This clause does not tn express terms declare that the Vice President shall be the President. It simply says that t “powers and duties of the office shall devoiv So here the article of the charter which we are consideriug does not bn aed declare that the President of the Board of Aldermen shail be Mayor. Tt stmply Saye chat he ‘shall possess all the rigtite na ayor.” This i e 18 at least equliy ieeke cen Somprehanige ith that em- in the constitution, Mr. Webster sug- ‘wested that Mr. Tyler was not simply acting Presi: dent, but President, This view was acquiesced in and acted upon by his colleagues tn the Cabinet and Oy both houses of Congress, nor was it ever questioned tn any branch of the judiciary. opera act of the Legislature of tots State, pase ieee days after the adoption of the spatter, wided that any vacancy occurring in 6 Board of Aldermen by reason of death, resig- other cause, should be filied by re Board in whicn such vacancy oul vote of @ majority of ali the mem- bers elected pea Board, 4 of 1873, chapter i, Segue L) my judgment there can be no question that Mr. Vance is the Mayor of the cit ana no longer ® member of your Board; that seat therein has become veeant, snd that the Board clearly posseases the power and auty of filling such va- cancy by a vote ofa Lyk ‘of ali the members elected. His return to the on the ist day of January will, of course, terminate the vacalcy caused by bis leaving his seat, and he, and not the newly-clecved Alderman, will sit with you until ‘be new Board of Aldermen shall take your place on Che month. 1 5a gentiemen, very re- jpectiully, opedient servant, E. DELAFIELD SMITA, Counsel to the Corporation. The New Executive at Work. ‘The usual routine work of the Mayor’s oMce 0o- cupied the attention of Mr. Vance yesterday. Owing to the pressure of business the Mayor has been compelled to come down at an early hour and remain until past fve o'clock each day. The predecessors of Mr. Havemeyer geverally left the office between three and tour o’clock, and Mayor elect Wickham expresses his intention of leaving it at an earlier hour. There ia no foundation whatever for rumors of Temovals or anticipated bargains with Custom House republicans on the part of Mayor Vance, On entering into office he announced a conserva- tive policy, and means to adhere to that position. Yesterday he was called upon by Colonel De Kay, Governor Dix’s private secretary, Corpora- tion Counsel Smith, Alderman elect S. A. Lewis, Commissioner of Emigration Starr, Mr. Salem H. Wales, Mr. John J, O’Brien and others. THE CITY FINANCES. Comptroiler Green’s Statement—The City Debt—Warrants Drawn from January 1 to November 30, 1874—An Interesting Exhibit. Comptroller Green farnishes the following state- ment for publication: — Crry or Nzw Yous, Pinna ast raed Monthly statement of the amount of warrants drawn againat the city treasury, January.1 to November 30, 1874; also @ comparative statement of the city debt, as repre- sented in stocks and bonds, as of December 81, 1873, and November 34, 1874, together with a sta:ement of and for what purposes stocks have been issued — WAmnasrs DRAWA. To Oot. 31. In Now. For Stave tAX€S.....-..-.n0e--sevsens G8939,279 - aaa supplies, ‘&c., in various de- ae! Salaries judiciary and courtexpenses “vnsw “72356 Interest and instalment on city debt @03461 «76.728 Charitable institutions........-..0.. 636,445 ($2,942 Fourth Avenue Improvement fund.. $8504 = Sea ee veriaten EQ ne S403 Miscellaneous 20940 78,196 Total payments from taxation....§31,518,947 $1,0.8.817 NEW WORKS, LEPROVEMENTS, ETC., PAYABLE FROM 15SUK OF Boxps, Pubhe works—Street openings, im- rovements, &C....... $6,895.943 $577, of arks improvements. 615, ect Third avenue Glorrisamia) opening ~ 72 78,626 155,641 1,99 jenting, © dc. ie surveying, | monumi . north of 185th sureet, aud Twen- ty-third and Twenty -tourth wards.......... s+ 47,234 3,028 Third District Court Ho 3,098, Total payments trom issue of. ponds. pare - $16,241,421 $824,297 Redemption of city debt. O24, 7.76 $5,183,000 MiscellAneous....+-..--+-. 298056 4,62 Total payments ‘ust accounts. Total amount of warrants drawn 1874... ... $79,600,369 . eo fares represented by stocks and Loris Dec. $1, on dh Non, 3, Punded debt, payable FE trom taxation id sinking fund. ........$107,802,617 $117,248,607 $117,527, 207 Temporary debt, a frou assessments 21,027,372 22,471,472 20,744,900 Revenne bonds epe- tion 28. 2.084 3,700 3.700 payable 1874. va 1,472,547 - - Bevenue-bonds, of and ayable trom taxes, ey i — 12,6%,700 9,507,880, $131,204.571 480 $147,778, 658 Tepaiion * Sabet Gey San Tate's Debt legs sinking fund.$106,363, 471 $15,451,720 $121,045, 908 Cash incity weasu: O54 ‘ts Cash in sinking func 7 bonds purposes: ic works, Croton water, sewer ts, a te or land, Northern Boulevard, Le avenue extensions, dc. For city parks imp: Museums of A: DBS. ase nee 5 For sarveying and iaying ow northern part of the city of New Yorn For improvement of ‘Third avenue, Twenty- third ward . jounty Court House : For Taird District Court House. For docks and slips. For assessinents vacated by 5 For payment of short bonds rooklyn For street improvements above street, for redemption of like bond For current expen: venue bonds pa: from taxes of 187 eet Total amonnt of bonds tesued 187. The toliowing bonds have been paid Reveuue bonds issued 1872 and 1875 to Revenut and 1874. Assessment and street improve Assessment tund bonds.. Bonds for improvements above Filty- atre rae 1,940,272 batitate wad fa 1,000,000 Central Park funded stoc! 999,500 New York city five per 5 and slips........ 60,000 3,500 Total amount of bonds pala 1874 <vsoee $99,040,816 THE EXCISE COMMISSIONERS. gs Thirty Thousand Dollars Handed Over to the Board of Apportionment for Charitable Purposes. Eyer since the law was approved last June, which gave the charitable institutions, under the dispensation of tne Board of Apportionment, all the moneys accruing as profits from the receipts of the Excise Bureau, the heads of most of the benevolent establishments in the ctty have pestered the Excise Commissioners abont their Share of the funds. It was always explained oy the Commissioners that the Excise Board had nothing to do with the disposition of the moneys it received, beyond sending it to the Chamberlain. Yet the explanation never satisfied the benevo- lent gentlemen and ladics, Instead of trans- lerring thetr tmportuntties to the members of the Board of Apportionment, they continued to pester the Excise Commissioners with them. Finally, the latter officials determined to make @ full and final explanation of the entire subject to all the representatives of charitable societies in @ body; to tell them in whose hands the money they want is kept and what means they should take to ad- vance their claims to portions of it Yesterday, therefore, &t three o'clock, tho rooms of the Ex- cise Board, at the corner of Muiberry and Hous ton streets, were filled by philanthropists, male and female, professional and truly sympathetic. Commissioner Marshall began the task of instruct- ing them. fe said there are now In the city treas- wry about $40,000, derived from the excise proceed- ings, and applicabie, under chapter 642 of the Laws of 1874, to the purpose of charity. One of the philanthropists remarked that $40,000 was a very small sam to be the resnit of 8 year's earnings or the Board of Excise, and voth Commissioners Marshall and Stewart explained that the sum | Mentioned does not represent the profits o! the Board for more than the period since the latter The latter Commissioner re- marked tuat law, and not scnitment, rules the disposition of public moneys, and said, in reply to & representutive of the Demilt Dispensary, that no haste had been made to put $100,000, which were culiected before June, into the sinking !und instead of allowing it to goto the poor. He deciared that it aid not come within the notice of tie iaw of June, which part of June, Commissioner Stiner advised the benevolent beings present to be active in the'r attentions to tne Board of Apportionment, now that they knew clearly that the offctals of that body are the only ones who can assist th He also said, that as it would be difficult tor them to leara when the Board of Apportionment would meet, they had better put their claims into the hands of some member, and suggested that Mayor Vance would be the man readiest to accept and urge them. The benevolent persone present then passed a vote of thanks to the Excise Board, and dispersed PL SHEET. THE JOYS OF FLUSHING. Water Celebration in an Enter- prising Village. afected only the mouey ooliecved ufier June 2 A. Remarkable Board of Trustees. WHAT’S IN A NAME? . Flushing, L. L, t# perhaps the most ambitious Village in the world except Duluth or Boston. to prepare to bestege the Board of Apportionment, | Nature has not been sparticularly gractous toward The Embarrassment of the German ing at the Germania Assembly Rooms yesterday, to consider what further action they should take tolree themselves from embarrassments resulung trom their revolt agatnst the Exctse Board, in re-. fosing to take out Noenses at the rate it, Do More than it bas been to many other viltages on Long Island. The compensation, however, 13 } found in she wond | Spirit of enterprise devel- oped in fis people, Everybody has heard of Flush- ing and Flushing lots, Flushing and the }ots have been pictured in colors brighter than Milton's rainbow sketch of Eden. Fiushing and its willows, its meadows, purple with honeysuckle; tte grav- elle@ walks and macadamized roads, its aehghs- fal villag, embowered tn shade and surrounded by fewer beds—all these and more have been sung demanded, John Fricke prestaed, and there was | OVeF nd over tm the advertising columas of the quite a numerous attendance of persons inter ested, including hotel and restaurant keepers, ballroom proprietors and others, The Executive mitted a rt ference to the | 5a tt 1s only within this generation th: Poleke cose enter wluec eae ctrcum- | *88erted tteelf conspicuously and made a noise in Schwab case, which, under the existing stances, was deemed satisfactory, inasmuch as & review of his case and an application to bail had been granted. A committee, com- posed of jor Bauer, Jung, Aschenbach an Fricke, was appointed, to walt on the Excise Board, to inform the same that they were willing to take out licenses pro- vided that the license fee be reduced to some rea- sonable rate, and to urge upon the Commissioners the mecessity to recede their demand of each license, on the ground thst license at that rate would be an exorbitant tax.on @ large proportion of the small saloon 28} The committee ai once proceeded to have an interview with the Excise Oommission- ers, who, however, coaid give them mo encour- agement so far as a reduction of the License fee ts concerned. To reduce the license lee at this late hour, they argued, would be an tnjustice to those who from the beginning have taken ous their license at the rate first demanded. ‘The result of the interview, in substance as above, ‘was reported to the meeting, whereupon ft was resoived thata general meeting on the subject should be heia oa Monday toconaider what furtuer action should be taken in the matter. THE SOUTH OYSTER BAY MURDER. ial ac Yesterday’s Proceedings in Court—The Prisoners Sentenced to Death. ‘The trial of Elbert Jackson, jointly indicted with Lewis Jarvis for the murder of Samuel J. Jones, at South Oyster Bay, was resumed yesterday. Charles Watts was the first witness called. He ‘was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Fiem- {ng on the part of the prisoner. The examination failed to shake the testimony given by the witness on his direct examination, OMoer Joseph Wilkinson testified to arresting the prisoner, and that in a conversation with the defendant in the cells at Jamaica, he had made the confession that the prisoner told him thas Jarvis and himself had made it up to murder and rob Mr. Jones some two weeks before they did it; be afterward said that he did not go to Jones, but that on the night of the murder he met Jarvis in the woods, coming home; that Jarvis had two trunks, and that he then went back with Jarvis to his house, went in the cellar and divided the money; afterward, on the 29th of October, went With the prisoner to his father’s house, where ne showed me the spot where he buried some old coins near to @ pear tree, but we fatled to find any coins; witness also stated that tie prisoner was bout the village of Jamaica last winter and spring under the aitas of Tom Winder, Lewis Jarvis, the prisoner jointly tndicted with Jackson, was cal:ed 46 a witness for the prosecu- tion; but it being deemed a waste of time he aid not take the stand. Detective Payne testified to his conversations with tke prisoner both before and after his arrest, They were about the same as made by the prisoner to Justice Bennett. - Lewis Jarvis, being sworn, testified that he re- Sided at South Oyster Bay; knew Samuel Jones. He said:—I was at the east side of the well at tne ume of his killing; on the Friday of the murder I was working in the wood; at noon I came home, and after dinner went hoeing on my place; Elbert came down and satd that he wished some money to 1c; J told bim that 1 would have to go ones for some money. Witness then went on jarrate the story of the murder as told: by him in his coniession to the Justice, ‘The prisoner, white giving his testimony, was as cool and collecved as if he were at home telling a Story to his family. The case forthe defence was opened by Mr. Fleming, who placed the defendant upon the stand in his own behalf. The prisoner was visibly affected and gave his story with ovoked utter- ances, The prisoner's story varied but little rom the statement made by bim to Justice Bennett. On his cross-examination he admitted to having testi- fied talsely as to being at his father’s house on the night that he went to Jarvis’ house, The prisoner was the only witness examined by the de- tence, Mr, Fleming then proceeded to sum up, his address Re) eaoes th ldaintt ad hours in the delivery, After which District A\torney Downing proceeded tosum ap for the prosecution, isisting that 16 was a clear case of murder in the first degree as against the prisoner at the bar. Judge Pratt then, tn a clear ana luctd manner, charged the jury on the point of law involved in the case and they re- tired to their room at five o’clock P, M. THE VERDICT. The jury deliberated for about one hour and a haul. They returned into court with a verdict of guilty of murder in the fret degree. Judge Armstrong immediately sentenced Jarvis and oe to be hanged on the 16th of January nex! ALLEGED WIPE MURDER. An Old CageAbsence of Witnesses. Coroner Elckhoff*yesterday commenced an tn- quest in the case of Mrs. Mary Ann Mooney, late of No. 514 East Eighteenth street, whose death, on the 28th of October last, was suspected to have ber husband, Edward Mooney. William Mooney, father of the prisoner, deposed that deceased and her husband were of intempe- rate habits; saw deceased soon after her death; she smelled strongly of liquor; the prisoner was then drunk, and lying on or under a sofa; never Saw deceased and her husband quarrel, but heard they did sometimes. Bilen Fitzgerald heard the door of deceased's room burst open the night before her death, and afterward heard something {fall against the wall; after her death saw her lying dead in bed; her husband was then lying drunk in tne room. Mrs. Lyden heard deceased and her husband quarreling about a bed the night before her death; prisoner either slapped or kicked his wile, and she gave @ scream; neard no more noise after that Mooney died the next evening. Mrs. in Dalton, @ Diece of deceased, testified that she saw her the morning of the day on which she died; deceased, previvus to her death, told the witness that her husband had kicked her; two doctors were called and said that she woula die; the prisoner was then in bed; prisoner aiterw: sald he had hit deeeased in the street, and de. ceased said he Kicked her a(ter they came home and while in the kitchen, Owing to the absence of Mrs, Dalton, sister of deceased, and the doctor who were called to see Mrs. Mooney, the furcher investigation of the case was adjourned till next Monday, In the mean- time the prisoner, who is detended by Mr. Leo Schwab, remains in the Tombs awaiting the re- sults. The medical testimony showed that Mrs. Mooney died from violence of some kind, BEOPENING OF GRAMMAR SOHOOL NO. 2, Grammar School No. 2, Henry street, near Pike, was reopened yesterday, after being closed for repairs since July last. Two new wings have been added to the building and the interior has een very much improved. The trustees of the ward Superintendent of the Public School Buildings. The School Trustees of the &ighth ward and del- egations from other wards visited the school in the afternoon, and several prominent citizens also called, Mr. Haggerty, the principal, vein; kept hiss | ail day in attending to hie guests. umbers of children kept the ace lively all day, especially the girla who were jormer puptis in the Female Department. In the rimary department foar new ciass rooms have en added. When the school was in working order before the number of Nar was 1,500, but it 18 expected that the roll the comin, ditional new piano, play rooms have been much improved, School be | ging On Monday next, va i been caused by violence, received ut the hands of | formally received possession from Mr. Stagg, | of attendance will, | was unwilling to part with it for a less sum. Keason, foot up 2,000. Among the ad- | village wiseacres declined to pay more than wea recently gained is @ splendid | $30,000, so that a commission Was appointed, he arrangements for the children's | newspapers, It is NOT A YOUNG VILLAGE Uke Chicago, It antedates the present century, it bas the world. In times gone by it was reproached with barboring chills and fever and making them over a8 presents to every strange settler. That ‘was before Oliver Chariick built his rallroad and before a Board of Trustees was invented—bejore water was introduced and whiskey banished, The stranger now hears nothmg of the chills, though, if be remain long-enough bhe.may obtain a chance Of feeling them. - ‘The last great exploit of the Flushing folk was the ini jaction of water iato tue lage from Oakland Lake, four miles away, This event was celebrated with mach pomp and ceremony yester- day. land Lake was cailed until recently Dougias Pond. it was purchased of Mr. William P. Douglas for $35,000, and then OP TRUSTE! TaE BOARD ES Gectded to alser the original name. The: have retained the name of Douglas if that ge man made the village a present of his pond, They are very fond of presents. With che old resi- Gents the most the one popular official is knocks of their taxes. They hate taxes, atd are never happier than when they are not obliged to Pay, any. Rad Mr, Dougias iven them the pond place of charging for it is name would have been correlated with & for ever and ay. Re called for cash, and they felt disgus' disgusted that Mr. Philips, one of the trustees, declared Douglas was & name “unfit to call a dog after,” THE PRESIDENT OP THE BOARD. Mr. Phillips te President of the Soard of Trus- tees, He is the personal embodiment oi the sen- timent of old rrp When he said Dougias was @ Dame unfit to a dog after he said what his constituents of the economic class who hoped to have a pond for nothing mignt sey. There is 8 Curious Coan ed of people in Flushing. They are not all Flemish, as some people suppose. The truth is that @ representa- tive of almost every nationality in the worla, ex- cept Minor Tartary, may be found in Fiushing, either alive or in the beautiful graveyard attached to the village. Now there ts, for instance, THE GREAT SIMMONS— Simmons who keeps the hotel and wears s mus- tache half @ yard iong. He was born in Con- naught, a provinee of Ireland, where notel kee: ers are indigenous to the soil. He ts supposed be a Yankee; but then all Flushing {s a pretence. There is & pretence of Paradise oat the place itself, and it ig said that there is 8 pretence of piety that surpasses even Brooklyn Weill, Simmons is @ great, fine feliow, barrin’ his Irish bi ie. Be is six feet high, and, in spite of oniiis and fever, hus worked his way 10 Fiushing to the tallest fortune of any man in the place. Simmons bas 8 history, When the twilight rails and the C peaperen te story-telling winter drops athwart the window es Simmons tells of his early historyin New York, how he selected Bu- chanan, how he defeated Fernando Wood and how he snattered the “Dead Rabbiv’ party. Simmons has for his motto “! 83.) He believes in water. He says itis the grand lever of the By thishe means potni: ‘aulic; br insists that the more water there is in @ house- hold the less unhappiness and demoraiization. Simmons says farther thas he is wiliing to pay his share of th capone in bringing the water to Flushing. He velieves the pand was obeap at tne price, and he thinks it was very small potato Dosiness to the name from Douglas to Oakland who ol CURIOUS ANOMALY. The more one analyzes the Fiushing character the more he is astonished. It is really amaging what anomalies prevail. For instance, the peopie in favor of bringt the water into the village from Oakland, or T won Lake, are fond of @ liquor ed Bourbon, ere gaid to estimate it mfinitely higher than the agua pure, Toose feces to the water are rigid temperance people, Who hold whiskeyein abhorrence and chant tho praises of Adam's aie, PRO AND CON, ‘The re) tative of the HeRaLp made an {n- ventory of the poe on the question pro and oon, and found the following be: ering result >— Jefferson Burke, & mason, 3 tall, handsome fellow, in favor of ‘the water, bus has no objection to a drink of old corn whiskey. rinks.) Charies Daly, in favor ot the water. onedy, against the water. (Don’t Michael Ke; drink.) Michael Cunningham, Foreman Hook and Lad- der Company, in lavor of the water. (Drinks.) John nard, in favor ofthe water. (Drinks and never retases.) Tom Daroy, in favor of water, (Drinks rye.) (Drinks milk Pete Waish, in lavor of water. Brennan, against the water. (Never punch.) 0) drinks.) William Fitzpatrte! carpenter, against the en acl coors ah ter, (ms arney Fallon, tallor, against the water. (Never drinks, except on New Year's Day,) Phil Sheridan, against the water. (Drinks noth- ing.) Bowe, the butchom~)oy, against the water. “(Drinks cider.) Thomas Twohy, against the water. (Dripks kK.) Here it will be seen there ts an almost even di- | vision between the parties in Javor of and against the water supply. | THE DEPUTY SHERIFF, But there ia Hen Wright, the Deputy Sheriff. Hen’s nose 1s like the nose of & blacksmiti’s anvil. It projects in the air with a highly aggressive ex. reasion, and yot Hen ta the finest teliow in Flus! lng. He took the reporter through the salt mea. dows, and tt was thus that Hen orate “Youdor thar is tue meddy—salt meddy. Now, that place tn former times, when I w Doy, was full of cattatis and caliumpuses, We to shoot ‘em all about this yere place. Here is Spring Lake bubbitn’ ap for hell and Reet and here these darned old trustees might have got their water and saved the village 000.7" Henry Wright might have been President of the Unised States only. jor some hitca in the nominat- ing convention. Joe Frost (water opposition) Might have been President a fof the Young Men’s Onristians) ; but Joe had hydrocephalus or ‘water on the brain and the Young Christians were to trust him, THE REMABKABLE BOARD, Here's the way the Board of ‘Trustees 1s de- scribed by @ native of Fiusning :— Phillips—Dark complect; ty; thick built, piggy looking; farmer; Knows nothink. (A mis Be, Donnett— Stout; grizsly beard; fifty; humbug; ice cream. (The business very likely.) Roemet—Shoemaker; old, ‘sharp, short, rich, sandy ated English; chin music ; forty-six. Mitchel—Grocer; town clerk; don’t say nothin’; grinds coffee; hambag; forty-five, Brown—Book business; hen on a hos griddle; ladies’ man; thirty; friend of Phillips, Caveny—irishman; long haired baker; brogue; Cork ; forty-five; Wears goggles; saya “guris” tor ‘gals,’ and “lay it over ior the next meeting" constitutes his ever recurring sapient advice, Murray—A nursery man: teaches the young idea Of & piant how to aloot; dark; wears spectacles; lorty-eight; alts there in the Board and mts and ever saya notuink, THR WATER CRLEBRATION—PACTS ABOUT THB WATER, The facts of the celevraiion and the history of | the water introduction are detailed in the sub- joined narrative. The oécasion was remarkabie, Simmons was there and Hen Wright and all the | boys for and against the aqua pura, ‘he public ceiebration yesterday of the introdno- tion of watet was » demonstration which ‘ar sur- passed anything of the kind ever attempted in Queens county. Several years avo the question was first spoken of, but it met with the deter- eS mined opposition of the old residenta and the large Property iders, In 1872, however, the friends of the movement succeeded in having an act passed by the Legisia- ture, authorizing the Village ‘'rustees to bond the town in the sum of $125,000, provided that at an election & majority of the voters were found to be in favor of t A special election was immedi- ately held, which reguited in the approval of the project by a very decided gn Re The question as to which was the most available source of supply occapted the attention of the Board of Trustees tor a considerable time. Kis- seta Lake was advocated by many, but finally Douglas Pond, at Bay Side, Was agreed upon, A hitch here occurred, however, as the owner of the property considered tt worth tully $60,000, and a which finally The pond Co warded $35,000. | ers an area of about fourteen and n feet. Itis suppTiea vy springs of pure aver, naving no watershed at sete nal an overflow of nearly 2,900,000 gallons every twenty. four hours. ne Holly Company were contracted with for ® wey of water Tnder thet tem; but, after the ‘work had gone too far to recede, it was found that the origina! sum asked for would not be suMicteut, 80 that early in the present year another act was passed Sutvorizing the trustees to bond the in the additional sum of $75,000, mai 200,000 in all, with the same proviso a8 befal he enterprise was now in imminent peril, ag at an election ta whien an exceeding heavy vote was polled tt was carried in the affirmative by ® ma- jority of only six. All obstacies having io re- ™moved the work was rapidly pushed on, and about & month ago was complete A CITIZENS’ COMMITTER, consisting of Messrs. Charies Lever, Robert B. queer and Fopamin Ww. Husoncock, was appolneee prepare @ saitabie Tamme tion of the completion of the work, and their arrangements were made on the most extensive ecale, Invitations to participate were sent to the county, town and village oMcials of Queens guna the municipality of Long Isiand hig the Fire Departments of FPiushing, Vollege Point, Whitestone, a renrtess Newtown and Long Island City; the representatives of the press and insuar- ance companies of New York and Brooklyn, the Turner rifles and military schools at Coilege Point, the various societies of the town, pubhc scnools and Board of Education; and the result was that CO ypaee yesterday experienced an avalanche 01 visitors. In accordance with the terms of the contract Various tests were made yesterday of the capacity of the works and the utility of the system in case of fire, Tnese tests were found to be entirely sat. isfactory snd the works wore officially turned over to the village authorities, ‘The grand ieasture of the celebration was & mon- ster procession, which was participated in 57 delegations of oMcials from all of the neighboring towns, fire companies from Newtown and Long Islana City, societies, schools and citizens of the Village, venicles of tradesmen and citizens of the town, Ren Wright included, and farmers 8 market leners from the country around, Fifty-fifth and Seventy-first regiment ban a the band from Willest’s Point had been engaged |, for the occasion, the stores and private residences slong the line of march were gayly festooned with bunting, and alvogether the procession was & decided success. During the day the visiting fremen and other guests were the recipients of a collation at Sim- Mons’ Hotel. After tne procession had broken ranks there was an tllomination by calcium lights page display of fireworks in front of tne Town ‘The celebration was deidaestt fo es etry ane evening by an interesting and vi - mont in the Town Ha:L Hon. L. Bradford Prince, member of Assembly, delivered an address, Mr. R. H. Tucker, woo has been an earnest advocate of the “water” from the beginning, read an ode written expressly for the occasion. ‘Addresses in- terspersed with muslo were also made by Hon. Benjamin W. Downing aud Hon. W. Tf. B. Milliken, and after the singing of the doxology the company dispersed, SPORTING NOTES. Garnier is still anxiously looking for the winner of the challenge cup. It 18 rumored that the present holder intends to remain in possession and will accept no challenges. Mr, Arthur Chambers, a young man weighing . 320 pounds, who is anxious to agitate bis fists with any other young man of the same avoirdupois in order to decide the ownership of about $2,000, wilt bave a benefit at Harry Hill’s next Thursday nae will give thei 0. The students of Bowdoin Coll second grana gymnastic exhibition in the City Hal, Portland, tails pricey) evening. The amateur athletes of New York are taking great interest in the forthcoming pedestrian feat that Professor Judd proposes to accomplish. They have great confidence tnat the Professor will suc- ceed in walking the 600 miles within the specified aix and a half days, A well known amateur pedes- trian made a bet last night of $76 against $100 that Professor Juda would be successful and walk the stated distance in the required time. Mr. Maurice Vignaux has printed a card, in which ne challenges the winner of the Rudoiphe- Garnier match to play for the possession of the champion cup. He will certatnly be accommo- dated, as both of the above players are anxious to meet him—the firat to repeat a victory he achieved in the late tournament, and the second in order to convince the public that the last game they played 5 Vignaux more by good ruck than together fell good play. Such a marked interest has of late Deen shown fm all athletic sporta that a grand full gathering of amateur athletes given under the auspices of a ‘well known association like the New York Athietio Club would prove a decided success. Qyrille Dion ts very steady at practice and ex- pects next Tuesday to give Vignaux a pretty hard game to win his A Match of 2,000 points at the three-ball game, on a 5x10 table, for $500 @ side, has been made between Uvassy and Uyrille Dion. The aine will be played m private, with only two riends of each player preeent. Mr. Shaw, of Cheshire, ma been bas retarned from a month’s hunt with Bony Earnest, a well known guiae and bunter. They went up the Platte about forty miles south of Fort Steele, and daring the trip Mr. Shaw killed seven eik, seven antelope, three mountain sbeep, three biack tail deer ana a large bag of emall game. TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK. Eleven heats were trotted yesterday afternoon at Fleetwood Park to decide two matches, five in oneand six in the other. The races were between @. Walker's bay gelaing Tommy Moore, to wagon, and R. Smith’s bay gelding Humpty Dumpty, in harness; and F. Lounde’s bay mare Butcher Girl, to wagon, and Ben Wilson’s bay gelding Pet, in harness, In the first match Humpty Dumpty had the call in the betting for two heats, both of which he won; bat when Tommy Moore had scored the third heat.he in turn became the favorite. Tommy Moore also won the fourth heat; but when the horses started for the fifth Humpty Dumpty sold for the highest price. The latter won the con- cluding beat and the race. In the match between Butcner Girl and Pet the betting was even at the sturt, and afver the first heat, which was won by Pet, there was littie Gifference between thei in the pool sales. Butcher Girl then won the second ang third heats and became & great favorite. She made a dead heat for the fourth, gave Pet the filth, and then Went about her business ond won the sixth heat and the race. The track was very heavy, the weather deligatful, but the attendance was rather sinaii. ‘The following are the SUMMARIES, FLEETWOOD Pakk, Dev. 3,—TROTTING.—Match $400, mile heats; dest three tn five, R. Smith’s b. g. Humpty Dumpty, in harness eevsveversseceeeies G. Walker’s b. g. Tommy Moore, to WAgoD.....++ § : 1221 22112 best three in five, T. Lounde’s b. m, Butcher Girl, to Sixth heat. TAMMANY GENERAL COMMITTEE, Meeting Last Night—Action on the “Eliza Collins” Affair. i The General Committee of Tammany Hali met last night, Mr. Augustus Scbell in the chair. A preamble and resolutions were referred to the Committee on Organization, instructing them to ask and make arrangements for a new apportion- ment of the city ana county of New York accord- ing to the population accorded to her in the last census, If this new apportionment into sena- torial and Assembly districts is made New York will have & larger representation in the Senate and Assembly, Abother set of resolutions, which are of interest to all concerned in the administration of justice— at least the justice of the Grand Jury and District Attorney's wo mgt ang to the Committee on Organization, wer. rhe” resolatl ms charge that District Attorney Phelps released & man who was resting under & ol Of feiony, that he might be abie to run for t mbly in the Fifth district, on the repubil- can ticket. The resolutions speak of Mr. Puelps’ condact in the Eliza Collins case tn these words :— the District Attorney was gailty of further in insuMciently prosecuting the republican been indicted for feloniously violating a emery Eu, wol Who had been wed ta his coutrol by the republican Commissioners tion on buy ablican Board of H by withholding the evidence upon omielal accused of felony, had been Grand Jury. THE LIBERAL REPUBLIOAN GENERAL OOM- MITTEB, Whereas misconduct A moderate attendance of gentiemen last even- ing at the fall No, 463 Fourth avenue indicated rather @ waning interest in political affairs since it, jaign, The chatr was filled by Mr. Thotnas re ceare eed A series Of resolutions in honor ot the late Mayor Havemeyer were read and adopted. The following gentiemen were aj winted a committee to atiend his funeral: essrs, J. Glassey, Onris. Pullman, Peter J. Stuy- vesant, George W. Palmer, Wiliam Atkinson, Gen- eral John Coonrane, Benjamin F. Mamiere, Fred erick Engel and Joseph Jardine, The meeting then | a hall acres, and bas a depth tu tne Geepess part | adjourned,