The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1875, Page 4

4 SANTA BARBARA. | Pane yer se | Personal Experience of a California | Paradise on Paper. THE ELYSIUM LAND-GRABBER'S A Dissolving View of Golden tate Puffery. WATER AND TRUTH SCARCE. | Santa Barvaka, Cal., Jan. 187. Three years ago the chief of the Bureau of Sta | tistics, in Washington, published a volume pur- | porting to be # special report, an investigation, | With accompanying “information for mnmi- | grants.’’ Whatever may have been the merits of the work as a literary effortor a compilation of statistical data tor the use. of foreigners coming | tothe United States, it had that circumserived | circulation which is peculiar to nearly all ofMciat | publications, A few bambers were distributed | among the consulates and legatious im the federat capital and tn New York, while the greaterremain- | img part went to tne paper. mill; but none | of it came into the hands of the immigrants, for the benefit of whom it was professedly written. So little is known about this labored, useless work, that all mention of the book might have been | spared now were it not for the purpose of draw- ing public attention to the loose and careless man- ner in which the people’s money 13 wasted in ts- suing from the oficial press thousands of bulky tomes that are good for waste paper only. For imstance, when speaking of California, the author of the Special Report on Immigration occupies whole pages 10 giving unabridged letters from people whom nobody knows or cares about, de- voted to puffing up certain localities ana serving particular interests, to the Mani/est injury of the entire State; because such parties launch forth in exaggerated eulogies of their particular districts, giving to tne public glowing accounts that have no foundation in truth. We are told of the leagues of vineyards and miles of -orchards, | overloaded with oranges, lemons, citrons, | pomegranates, figs, almonds, nectarines and | @ long list of other tropical fruits, plants and flow- | ers, the bare enumeration of which would make one’s mouth water to taste them, and the heart | yearn to be insuch aland of luxury where these | delicious things grow. Talk toa Santa Barbara property holder, or look into one of the little two- | pence half-penny paperg that exist but to puff | local interests, and the listener or reader would imagine that Adam had been expelled trom some- “where in the neighvorhood of Santa Barbara and | the angel Gabriel had kept the key of the garden | up to a very recent, date, when he delivered itin | Person to some of the hundred and one land-grab- } bers who have made their headquarters in this | dusty, foggy, aried up little village. Yes, let the | Prospector for a paradisiacal home in Cailfornia | take a turn about this town just now, and he will be cruelly undeceived as to the | kind of place which writers in the Special Report on Immigration represent it to be. He wiil fond | an unclouded sky and a dry atmosphere to consti- tute the only recommendations in favor of the piace. He will find fowers growing in the open air during the winter scason—that is, when the | enterprising gardener has spent a fortune for | artificial irrigating machinery. Flowers will grow | anywhere in these low latitudes, provided they | can be watered. Well, come how it may, the fact cannot be disputed that even in New York there | are cloudless skies and sweet smelling flowers. | Go along Broadway any day you please im winter | and bouquets may be seen there that cannot be surpassed, perhaps not equalled in all California. They tell us of huge pumpkins and gigantic pippins produced from this virgin soil; of peaches, | pears and other fruits in miraculous quantities ; batlet the people of the Eastern States search among the orchards of their own favored | soils and the mythical fruitfulness of Santa Bar- bara will be put to shame, if, indeed, @ Californian village could blush for anything. Seeing, as Ido now, that the fabled richness, beauty and fruittul- ness of Santa Barbara are but a delusion and a snare to catch the gullible or unwary, it strikes me as something inexplicable that the praises of the place should be sounded forth im the oficial ; pages of the Special Report on Immigration. | But, after all, this is nothing strange when we consider that in the same book a whole part is dedicated to advocating the interests of Jay Cooke's Northern Pacific Kailroad, SCHEMES OF THE LAND GRABBERS. ‘Phe wideawake lind grabbers of California have | still other means than ofMicia} publications at their | disposal for puffing up the arid, sun-burned, | Waterless wastes which are owned by them, And | itis cue to these gentry to admit, once forall, | their considerable ability and undoubted enerzy in the important matter of advertising theirlands. | They irequently unite and club together, organiz- ing now and then such associations as the Call- foruia Immigrant Union, for the purpove of entrap: ping the unwary Easterner into purchasing por- tions of their desert wastes. Tols so-called Cali- ornia immigrant Union will teil you all about | santa Barbara, or anywhere else in the State that jou may desire, and recount its tremendous | Nducements for settiers in such glowing tems that the poor, frost-bitten Eastern Min cannot choose but purchase a farm at‘abulous figares. Tuese Immigrant Coion men ‘Wil tell you that small ‘arms are best and that a Mai must de sure to buy water rather than land, facts which no man dare dispute; for a very small | mewmre of ground wii! suflice to keep a poor man busyenoogh for a dozen or so of years, just while | his Ownge orchard is getting into bearing, and he will hve to pay # good deai of money to obtain | very anal water privileges; there being so littie | Of thidelement in that part of the Stave where it is mostneeded. They have millions of acres of | the bes\land in the world, out here; but it wants just thetwo requisites ‘nat make iana workable or valu@le—wood and water. 1 have been in Souther California since the 2th of last October. | Now, tbitis supposed to be the wet season, and | since tha time there have been but two days’ | rain. Th consesequence is that we live in | @ perpetml cloud of dust; we inbale it; | we eat it; ye drink it; it sticks to us; we are im- | mersed in t, Wherever @he eye is turned, bar- | ren, bare bils meet the sight; wherever the Joot | Ja planted, viumes of dust choke the Inngs. All | this may be \eaithy and beneficial to those who linger under pulmonary affections, but it is tere Tibly disagreeybie to people in a sound condition of body, Anddowt imagine, gentie reader, that the thermometr shows no variations in tnis little corner of the earth, There are more coids and catarrhs contraded through sudden changes of the temperature \n ‘his as well as other places throughout Soutiert California, than ever came under my observativn during a somewhat pro- tracted experience it the Bast. here it Very hot in the midde of the day and cold enough to freeze (s0 as to leive ice in the morning) dar. ing the night. Betwren these extremes the den- izen Of this district has a good deal to do in bumoring the time of day vy changing wearing | appare! to suit it, In the morning woollen | clothes, middle ot the day a jinen duster and at night your winter ovenoat, People who negiect these precautionary changes are either foolish or | Diessed with iron constimtions, But, then, there | is no lack of doctors. Ferhaps the snperabun- | dance of the sons of Esmijapius im the Goiden | State is one of the reasors why it has been gen- | erally furnished with a clea bill of health. Law- | “yers and Coctors do seem \ take good root in the vaunted #otl of California; and ay for the discipies | of Blackstone, everybody knows the stale joke of a | lawyer's beiag ke a sawyer, gs well as its appli- cability to the profession Out vere in particular— Whichever way be woves down must come the dust. Hence it is, agents, in selling property w Yankees, who are | not always wide awake when they come to Califor- pis, manage to sell a toax) lawsuit vo the juckless | | | | | I suppose, that real estate | fi NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1875.—QUA ] new comer, Perhaps readers may think this a! joke; but Mf they nad my experience tuey would see that the statements are tacts, HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE, Agood many Caliiornians who pretend to the possession of No small suare of intelligence, think tuat Chis Country Is the Ophir of King Solomon, the land irom whence the sige sovercign of tsraet drew D8 treasures to build the Temple of Jerusa lem, while State Ls been named in honor of Calphurnia, who was Mrs, Julius Cwsar, Whichever of the two hypotheses may be correct, 1t is certain that the Opherites are largely in the majority about Santa Barbara, because, say they, 18 it pot certain that this enchantingly lovely valley of ours, with its ample, commodious.bay, Was just the place to afford the snips of Solomon every facility for oi ryiug away the gold, silver and pear’ li shells and all—that were needed in erect @ temple unto the god of batt bow, im our degenerate days, greatly to be regretted that Mose: agents, did pot visit the Pacific coast, for tn the latter Case the great lawgiver’s rod might have done excellent service by bringing a useful stream from the parched boulders that frown down upon this bubble of a town. As it is, the uusympatuetic eye of Nature never seems to weep a tear of re- gret for the drought that is consuming us. 1 thermometer below freezing point at night and above summer heat in the day, with not a drop of | Tain to sprinkle the raiment of the hills, yet this is the country for the sake of which people in the East are advised througa the press, official and otherwise, to sell all they have aud come to. The thing t @ hambug and the advice a deceitful it snare. Ifa somewhut dearly purchased experience may ha auy weight on the subject I would advise people east of the Rocky Mountaina, who have anything do and something to eat, to stay where they are, The summer's heat and winter’s snow of an eastern ciime are far preierable to the parched up plains of a wood- jess wiidernesa, where there is neither water to | drink, mueh less to irrigate, nor timber to burn, A country wood costs not to mention iumber for ‘fencing. where there is no coal (and stove $16 acord) cannot be a paradise to the working- | man, especially when unimproved tands, with nothing to recommend them and no wood or water, are offered for the moderate prices of from $25 to $250 per acre. Luckily few such drugs in the markes find a purchaser, and when some un- | fortunate wight falls into the (rap he tries the role of the tailleas /ox, and persuades his friends that the style 1s fashionabie. SANTA BARBARA. Santa Barbara town is situated on the western outlet of the bay bearing its name. The valley comprises some 120 square miles, lying between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea. Tne Santa Barbarians ciaim that the Lge which rise to an elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 feet above tie sea level, protect their embryo city {rom the northers that come down from the frozen peaks of the Sierra Nevadas. This may be, but they do not revent its freezing sometimes in the town, nor eep away that chilly, disagreeable fog which fills the lungs with Vaporous mist that bothers the respiratory organs without helping vegetation, ‘The town Consists of a long, wide, ily built street, where the passenger sinks ankle deep into dust, that only awaits the first rainiall—which may take place a mouth or # year hence—to become first class Material lor the potter’s cunning hand to mould into good chimney pots. 1t has tbree or four dirty holes of houses called hoteis—every hostel-y or roadside stopping piace in these parts 1s dignified With the name of botel—a dozen or so primitive barrooms, a couple of barber’ laundry, an unprofitable miliiner’s shop and 200 or irame or adobe houses, inciuding a ‘number of inexpensive attempts at brick-stone buildings. The old Mission church, an edifice of | some 300 feet long, situated at the head of State street, i8 worthy Of @ Visit; 0, too, 1s the grape- vine, the fame o/ watch is in everybody's mouth, as ifnownhere but Santa Barbara could juce such @ wonderful vine. ‘The size of this vine, like all other Calilornia wonders, has been much magnified oy the admirers of the locality where It gtows; but the tree is no more to be compared to the great vine at Hampton Court Palace, Eagiand, than Pompey’s Pilar would Le to a ball of wax; | and no man worthy of the American name cag doubt but we couid grow more productive, larger, better vines anywhere in the neighvorhood of Concord, N. H., than the deluded aristocratic be- levers in Henry VIII.'s old tree might ever hope todo. The suiphur springs, situated about four or live miles back from the town, might aiso claim asnare of the travelier’s attention. They are sicuated in a spot that is rather duticult of access ; still, as a man.who is voyaging for the benefit of bis health frequentiy wishes to Kil time a litte and escape from the dust that nearly stifles him, he will in all probability take a trip or two to the springs. Valuable medicinal properties are attributed to these waters, and if bail of what is said in fevor of them be true there is enough of the beaiing ele- Ment about them to cure the half of sufering humanity. Enterprising speculators on @ small scale are already prepared to board and lodge parties near the springs, so that invalids can have the benefit o1 a sulphurated atmosphere morning, noon and night. A great bardsnip is that what the sufferer loses of his maiady goes a8 an additional tax on his digestive powers, lor the food whici is furnished has not the advantages of being eitmer judiciously selected or properly pre- pared. The victim, however, may console himselt with the reflection that what the victuals jack in quality is made up in quantity; and, alter all, the prices charged are moderate enough. We ure told by local nistorians that the town of Santa barbara—that is, the modern or American portion of it—*was laid out on a very generous scale, so neg ago as 1854, by an American sur- veyor named Haley.” It was expected that the new!y laid out city would soon grow up to the prepared scale of its greatness, but, for some un- expiained reason, it failed to do so, sy. there are those who think that it never wil, The laying out of their town, the grading of three or four streets and building of a pier seems to have occa- pied the chief attention of the Santa Batbarians from the days of surveyor Haley down to the present time. No doubt the peddling panoramas went out lately from here by tne land grabvers to advertise their possessions have made many of the H¥RALD’s readers already well acquainted With the appearance of Santa Barbara's only pier, and iiormed them of Its ‘solidity and projec- tion, 2,000 {cet into the bay.”’ Certainly, the per- severing piuck ol these people in pulllug their pos- | sessions is to be admired. They have fluoded the East with oceans of trutaless pampnicts and rose- | tinted letrers tnat mislead, deceive and often ruin creduigus people. Tie dried-up lands of Santa Barbara were very aptly represented lately by the | set o1 by an enterprising editor irom tuis place. who recede irom hts vision and change into an unsub- Tnose | stantial dream of beaaty, just as the linage on the canvas meits from the View at the motion of the magic lantern. AGRICULTURIST PROSPECTS. There is no doubt that mauy of the sandy piains and gravelly hilis of Southern Caltiornia are sus- ceptivle of cultivation it waver were obtainable to irrigate them. The want of water 1s ackuowl- edged to be an insurmountable opstacle in the way of anything like cxvengive cultivation about these paris, yet in face of this fact real estate veudors will coolly ask from $30 to $300 per acre for property Woich 1b ineir souis they know does Ot possess @ tithe OF the wood quailties attribut i is amusing to behoid tue reiresuing cool- ness of the impudence with which these people ask a Man one uundred times the value ol bare Sand hills, without Wood or water, and point out the spot on Which an artesian well 1s “sure to strike waier it you only go deep enough.” Perhaps tne “going deep enough” reiers to we DBumerous dives which the de- ludead purchaser has to make into his pocket, as well aa the quantity of iineal feet that he is expected to penetrate into the bowels of mother earth. Bat the land sell is only one way of asking lor the Kastern man’s hard cash. There are Many others whereby he may be eased of his purse. { went into a drug store tue other day to get a two ouuch bottle filed with volatile lint- ment, a simple admixture of hartshorn and oil. A silver hali-doliar was the flue imposed upon me Jor this smail favor. For this and many similar reasons, good dwelier in the East, come not ut all vo California, oF if you will insist upon making the pilgrimage, tnuch to the satisiaction of the rail- Toad and steamboat companies, provide yourself with @ liberal supply of movey beiore starting. With money you can bave many tmends and ac- complish wonders in the Eureka State; without it you are infinitely worse off than in the East, for there they have poor houses wuere you may at jeast find a reiuge after being robbea, while out here they will plunder and Jaug2 at you in the same breath, THE WATER SUPPLY. . This is the way in which the Santa Barbara press reasons on tie allimportant subject of water sup- 1 y The creeks are ali dry. Running water ts only to be jound iar up the Canyon near the mountains, but if saved by reservoirs during the winter an inexhansuble supply can ve had just as soon as the settiement of the country will warrant a large expenditure lor that purpose, But natural springs may be jqund on almost every forty acres of |hese slopes; not flowing springs, but springs thgt wil make good wells. From these, by the aid of wind- mills, an abundant supply of water may be drawn. Besides the places where springs show them- se.ves at the surface there is another source of water Supply, more vatnable becanse more untver- #ai than ail the others put togetver. I mean @ subsoli saturated with it, and which never fails to respond with a good supply of well water, in depths Varying from ten to a hundred feet. With powerlnl windmills these are to be the main reliance for water.” So that if the hopeful settler wants to pay an enormous price for adry sand bank, dig wells from ten toa bundred feet deep (more likely a trifle above the latter figure), pay @ livtie fortune fora | “poweriul windmill,” &c., he may possivly pe able %o irrigate a fraction Of the forty ages that can be had anywhere in this vicinity; and, if ne lives long enough, it may be his fortane to eat sour oranges of home growth at the rate of about their own weight ip silver, while sweet ones might be naa in New York for ten cents a dozen and shipped to this port at a reasonavie cost. The itinerant editor who lately visited the East- ern states with a magic lantern and a baten of photographs from this section, communicates his success to the paper which he directs in this way nnot complain of the result of our enterprise as far ag awakening an inverest in the country 18 com cerned, tor It even exceeds my expectations. I know of many people who have been southern Calliorn southern reat proport will rw avoewrs em Onn acquisitia ew others aamit the possibility of the | instead of Solomon’s- shops, # Chinese | dissolving Views exniviied in Eastero.cities | ome Out Wil find tae churms of the place | that am to lose my time and money in tne effort. This is rather hard, after all the Gme and labor de Voted to gettiog th y the larve sum of money they cost. Tcan disappoint the hopes ‘or reasonable expecta of any one Who even contributed $5 to aid the enter: prise in which I have been so long engaged. And what is all my own private business compared with the success of the plans whien I am carrying out for the public good? ‘True, It is hard to m sacrifice that | ain making, bul the pablic will gain by it wonderfully; and it may be that at some time we shall be rewarded by the legitimate rates ineas, if in no other way. the en- terprise shall be a complete success: but it is ve ing to have the work delayed oy the fallare of the generally to pay any part of the money they promised Ihe atthe first. “It seems so strange to me that they will so tride with thelr own Interests and dishonor their word. That 1s speaking in pretty plain terms to the landowners and others of Santa Barbara, who are lying In wait to bring down whatever game this enterprising Journalistic Cheap John may have started irom’ the cover in the Eustern States, where he gave his dark-lantern exhibitions, A NEW SPECULATION. And now for another speculative land sell. It 18 known as the Tats poo Association, A few pushing rea! estate men about San Francisco clubved to- gether and purchased the Lampoc Rancho, con- sisting of some 43,000 acres, for which they were | to have given $200,000—that t#, $60,000.cash, an- other equal sum on the 1st day of next January and the same amount annualiy until the bripe be paid up They next proceeded to something like $1,000,000 worth of stock, as emanating from ® joint stock COlo- nization company and placed it upon the market. It seems that the gulls of California street gobbled the bait, and a goodly portion of the stock found purchasers. ‘Tvis plan of opera tion Was conceived apout four months ago. The princtpal figure in the transaction is a man who ofMictates as general agent of the Calitornia linmi- rant Union. He has been energetically seconded y a certain General Shields (not General James of that name), who lately came out here trom Onto, This dashing pair and thetr coadjutors next hit upon the idea O! laying out & town on the Lam- poe property and seiling lots in the unerected city. ne services Of called into requisition, and, by the help of @& Iittle judicious water coloring to show off advantageously the beauties of the different triangulations, @ flourishing bor- ough soon shone forth on the map of the place. The paper city took the eye of the company’s cus- tomers and these parties determined to bring a rtion of it aud the adjoining landa under the am.cer—a happy resolution, which was verified about the middie of last month. Of course the stockholders and others who were interested in the thing were on hand. The dry, sterile, unim- proved hulls were vid up to figures ranging from $23 to $90 per acre. It is said that ground in this paper city, of which not a house ts yet built, sola at the astounding price of $12,000 per acre. That such sales were in good faith nobody acquainted With this State can hardly believe, but toe unso- phisticated outsider wuo was Credulous enough to embark his capital in the scheme ere now has cause to regret his imprudence and to repent of his incautious haste. Meauwhile hotd- ers of the stock are casting about for those upon whom they can pass it off, and tne land about Lampoc bears tne same unaltered appearance as if no mock auction had ever taken place witnin its bounds, or the expert surveyor who measured It had ever staked off a city lot or a site lor a town hall within its hmits. Who should disturb it, in- deed? Nobody wants it, for there are millions of just such acres on all the mountains of Caltiornia and no one to occupy them. But the managers of this too smart scheme of colonization must be largely the gainers by this original stroke of genius, So well pleased are the managers of this coucern with the result of their labors that they have purchased another extensive tract of wild country near Los Angeles, on which — they are now spending large sums to advertise pre- paratory to a sale similar to that of Lampoc. I[t is to come off early next month. The same stale budget of stereotyped exaggerations that ante- ceded the Lampoc sale are now being crammed down the public throat, and doubtless the same method of bidding of the property will be re- sorted to. Enough money irom the uninitiated will be extracted to pay handsomely those who have aright to share in the spoils; and after the farce is over the land will Ile unbroken and un- aisturbed as hitherto, Pending these proceedings the California Immigrant Union has issued a “Supplement to All About California, Referring Particularly to the Centinela Colony.” The book, lke ali others of 1ts kind, 18 full of the grossest exaggerations, almost Cpuerny 2 to wilful mis- Tepresentations. It says:—*Re: carefully and Mail to some one in the Kastern States or Europe,’? &c. Thus it is that the trashy publications of these immigrané unions, and the itinerant exhi- ditions of Caltiornta’s real estate agents and needy newspaper men, are doing positive injury to the best interests of this State, besides deceiving large numbers of honest but credulous peopie, who innocently believe, in many instances, that thie is a veritable Land of Canaan, where all the Sweets Of nature are to be had for a song, people never grow oid, nor invalas ever die, while the truth o1 the matter is tuat it is one of the hardess countries to make @ liveliood in that can be found tn the Union. If vou don’t believe it, good reader, and will per- severe in paying @ golden price for your penny whistle, just come and try. a rs PROFESSIONALS DOES NOT PAX IN THE QUAKER CITY—BANK NOTES PREFERABLE TO MUSIC NOTES— BELLES AND BEAU WHO MAKE THEIB OWN MUSIC. Philadelphia claims to be @ very musical ojty, but the miserable support 1t gives to Musical entertainments wouid not seem to make that claim good, One by one the musical organizations die out for want of patronage, and one by one the musical professors leave the city where they find it so hard to earn their bread. Some years | ago concerts of good music were given by the Germania orchestra on Saturday afternoons, but they did not pay. Later, Mr. Carl Woifsohn organ- ized a company of excellent musicians, with him- self as their leader, and gave some really fipe concerts of classic music. But he found tt a losig investment, and, receiving @ good offer from Chicago, he leit Phiiadeiphis in considerable dis- gust for the West, where he is meeting with great saccéss. Wolsieffer’s is the only orchestra of professionals now tn Philadelphia, It numbers about fifty-five pieces and 1s made up partly of the old Germania and partly of Wolfsohn’s orchestras. The performances of this orchestra are creditable and they deserve muck better patronage than they receive. Not only is home talent discouraged, but ‘outsiders who venture within the limits of the Quaker City are made to suffer for their temerity, Theodore Thomas’ con- certs and the Kellogg English Opera are about the only musical entertainments that are well at- tended. Mr. Strakosch lost fearfully with his Italian Opera troupe this season, He did poorly enough in New York, but in Philadelphia it was much worse, He told a HERALD represeptative that he never, tm ali his operatic experiences, had such smai! houses, Even Albani sang to empty benches, and on the off nights there was no audience at all, You may be sure shat be was glad enough to get out of the city. SINGING SOCIETIES, ‘The Handel and Haydn 1s the oldest singing society in Philadelphia, and it is the only one in the city composed of muxed voices. Its object is | the study and production of classical sacred | Music. The active membership of this society Varies from 150 to 300. Carl Senta is their leader and Mr. Abbey their president. They are now studying Mendelssohn's “st. Paul’ and Bennett's “Woman of Samaria,’ and propose giving con- certs in February and April. The rooms of this society are at Ninth and Buttonwood streets, The Beethoven Society, founded six years ago by Carl Wolfsohn, who was its first leader, is the next society in importance, It has upward of 100 members under the leadership of Michael | H. Cross. The object of the society is to produce the sacred and secujar works of the great mas- ters. The direcior’s aim Is to make the society per- F manent, and to advance the standard of musical culture, Mr. Philip F. Wharton is the President The society holds weekly rehearsals at its rooms in the Philadelphia City Instivute Building, ana is now studying Mendeissonn’s ‘Hymna of Praise.” with solo performances and a full orcnestra, The Abt Male Singing Society is one of the besi musical organizations in the city, Ithas now been in operation for eight years, and is very suc- mosic, Some of the best male voices in the city belong to this society. They will give three con- certs this season in Horticulture Hall, Mr, H. A. Clark is the leader, , Another good society of male volces is the Orpheus, It numbers thirty members and bas Mr. M. H. Cross for ita leader, Union, of which Mr. William Woisieffer is the leader. It nombers about thirty members and pays special attention to the works of Kucken, Gade, Abt and Smart. This society has becn established for @ number of years and has a large number of subscribers, BONAWITZ AND HIS OPERAS. | Philadelphia nas a composer in the person of Mr. AND AMATEURS — WHY OPERA cessful m its rendering of claasic as well as lighter | Stil another society of male voices is the Socal | | @ surveyor . were | | of bis own operas in that city, The first, “The Bride of Messena,” was sung last season at the Academy of Music, and was very weli received, Like all operas written by semi-amateur musicians the “Bride of Messena,"” altnouga melodic and graceful, is suggestive of a great many other operas. It was sung by Mme. Pauline Canissa, soprano; Mile. Lamara, contralto; Herr Kronen- berg, tenor, and Herr Remmertz, bass, assisted by a well drilied chorus and orchestra, under the direction of Mr, Bonawitz. Mr. Bonawitz's new opera, “Ostrolenka,” was produced last month at the Academy of Music betore a large and friendly audience. “Ostrolenka’? is an improvement upon “Ine Bride of Messena/? It has more force and originality, Many of its airs are exceedingly pretty. The story of “Ostrolenka” is taken irom the history of Poland,. and has con- siderable dramatic spirit. The quartet was com~- osed of Mme. Lang Ziegler, Mile. Lamara. and err Fritsch and Herr Remmertz, of New York. Herr Remmertz sang the title rdle. The perform- ance came very near coming to grief through some fault of the chorus, who failed to do their duty. Mr. Bonawitz’s mosical friends, hearing of his diMcuity, came to the rescue to the number of nearly one hundred, ladies and gentlemen, and Jearned their parts in less than twenty-four hours and sang in the place of the ovatreperous profes- sionals, giving the utmost satisiaction. AMATEUR MUSICIANS. Philadelphia’s claim to being a musical city ts probavly based upon the numver and excellence Of its amateur performers. It is given as 4 reason why musical entertainments are uot becter pa- tronized there that the people have all the music they want in their own families, However this may be there is another ana strong reason—a Philadeiphian {s slow to part with a dollar, The people complain grievously of the high price of Opera tickets, and sigh for the days when they heard Brignoli, Gazzaniaga and Amodio for filty cents, They biter to be very critical as an audience, and will tell you that they cannot swatlow all that New York bolts down aud calis ood music, There certainly 1s @ great deal of music and culture in Pniladeiphia, There isescarcely a iamily in which there are not one or two members who sing weil or perform upon some instrument. est known among the musical amateurs of Philadelphia is Miss Emily Schaumberg, who is a leader of the ton, and bas an almost world-wide reputation as ‘The Belle of the Renker City.” She has @ soprano voice of unusual cultivation and brilliancy, without being particularly sympathetic, Everything that money and inteligence could do for a voice has been done for hers, and with great success. Aside irom her musical culture Miss Schaumberg is a very beautitul and accomplished woman, and no matter how many younger beau- ties spring up around her she still reigns as belle. To ve known as the most beautiful woman in Putl- adeiphia is no small distinction, for homely women are the exception in that city. Tobe sure, the protty uakeresses have not the style of New ‘ork girls, but they are much “fresher” looking, for the reason, probably, that they do not keep | such late hours, and, thereiore, get more “beauty sleep.” i ‘The Countess Leonetti, although not exactly a Philadelphian, has lived in that city so long that this article would be incomplete without mention- ing ner name. Mme. Leonetti was a Miss Alexina | Chisholm, of South Carolina, and was married some years ago to the Italian Count Leonettt, with whom sie is Dow living at Florence. She has such a voice us 18 rarely, if ever, found in an amateur— deep and rich as a ‘cello and as meliow asa flute. To this remarkable natural voice is united a thorough cultivation and a sympathetic quality that would bring the world to the feet of a@ public singer. Mme. Leonetti bas ulso great dramatic ability, which she has sometimes dis- played in amateur opera singing. The world loses @ great weal by this talented lady confining her. self to private life. Miss Lauderback takes the first rank among Phiiadelphian-amateur singers. She is the leading soprano at St. Steplien’s church, but that is the extent of her public singing. Mrs. Hinkley Clark, Mrs. Gibson Peacock and Mrs. Stephen R. Clapp, Jr., are vocalists 0: rare merits and generous patrons 1 the divine art. Among pianistes Miss Wilhelm ranks first. She devotes herself to classical and concerted music, and is a briluant soloist, Her admirers place her before Miss Mehlig in the interpreta- tion of Chopin’s music. Mrs, Fleisher ts @ brilliant and classical pianiste, and Miss Busch has an envi- able reputation as a solo performer. Miss Am; Waugh, daughter of the artist, and Miss Raymon are among the best performers of Chopin in the oe. ‘The Misses Hopkinson, of Spruce street, although little more tian students yet, belong to aremarkably musical iawily and give promise of being accomplished pianistes. Colonel Oliver Hopkinson has the reputation of being the Nnest amateur violinist in America, He was fora vr J time a favorite pupil of Vieuxtemps, in Paris, and is an honor to his great master, His violin playing is a marvel of sweetness and power; be gets more of the tones of the human voice out of his instrument than do most professional players, Colonel Hopkinson has three sons who are excellent violivists, and one who plays the violoncello with wondertul expres- sion, although but a lad. Rarely an evening passes without a littie concert of classic music at the Hopkinson mansion. Mr. Wetherill, of Germantown, ranks as a first class violinist. Mr. George Allen 13 considered the most brilliant and classical violoncelist iu the city, and he deserves the reputation. Mr. B, Crawford and ous performers upon the Clarionet. 4 Of amaceur maie vocalists there are Mr. FE. Dil- Ingham, tenor; Mr. Barnhurst and Mr. H. Nathans, bassos. Mr. W. H. Boner, the well known music publisher, 1s 4180 @ vocalist of merit. There 13 an amateur orchestra in Philadelphia called he Amphion, but it is not particularly suc- cessiul THE NEW LIGHTERAGE RULES, An adjourned meeting of the persons engaged in the lighterage business was held at three o’clock P. M. yesterday at No. 33 Pearl street. Mr. L. Boyer was in the chair and Mr. D. M. Munger oMciated as Secretary. Alter adopting the min- utes of the previous meeting, the Secretary (Mr. Munger) read the following report of the Commit- tee on itule: : REPORT. * Rure 1,—At the first meeting of the Board of Managers atter their election the Uresident shall (subject to the approval ot the Board) appoint as a committee on lighterage five members of the New York Produce Ex- change, two of whom shall be merchants and three chosen from those eng Itshall pe the duty of this committee to properly dis- charge the obligations imposed upon them by these rules, ani atso to consider and decide all disputes aris- ing between members of the Produce Exchange wit relerence to lighterage, demurrage, towing, dc. wh may be reterred to them. A majority of the committee shail constitute a quorum, and # decision of a majority nt at any’ meeting shall be flual. They D2 record of their proceedings, and a fee of $15 shall be paid to the committee for each reference cuse heard by them, to be paid by the party adjudged to be in fault, unless otherwise ordered by the committee ; provided, however. that nothing herein shall prevert settlement of questions of ditferences by private arblira- tion or as provided for in the t o'clock P.M e last day), without regard to weati shall be deemed Ity days, without charge. Parc | Merchaiidwve under 180 tons shall be allowed on jess. Kote 3.—Demurrage at the rate of $15 per day may be charged on parcels of merchandise ot fifty tons and un- der on auy one lighter or barge, $20 per day on parcels of over lifty tons and not exceeding 100 tons, and $25 per day on parcels of over 100 tons. ue 4.—All extra towing incurred by order of mer- chants or employers in making a change in destination or in making more than one delivery shall be at the ex- pense of the party so ordering. Kure &—In ail cases where demurrage 1s being | incurred it shall be the duty of the lighterman to give the employer notice, by urnishing him with bill of | de- Mmurrage nowlater than twelve o'clock M on each ors in order that the employer in his turn may*have early opportunity of claiming from the ship's agent, or others who may be liable to him in the matter, and in case of the neglect of this duty by the lignterman, whereby he shall have lost his claim tor demurrage, then sucn amount of demurrage so lost shail be borne by the jighterman., Rowe 6.—The foregoing rules shall not be considered as applying in any manner to grain in bulk Rue 7.—Nothing herein shall be constrned as inter- fering in any Way with the right of members to make any special contracts or conditions they may wish. On motion the report was received and adopted, and the meeting then adjourned sine die, MUNICIPAL NOTES. ot day | Mr. John Muilaiy, ex-Commissioner of Heaitn, | Was yesterday appointed a memberof the Board sworn in by the Mayor, Major Hart, the Chief of the Permit Bureau, re- ports that he gave out 197 permits during the past | week, for which he received ihe sum of $226, | Coionel Delaney, who ran as Lieutenant Gov- | ernor on the Green ticket, against the Chamber- | Jain party, in Soutn Carolina jast November, was | among the visitors at the Mayor's office during tne | day. The Colone|, who is a black, 1s an eloquent They will produce the hymn at their next concert, | speaker, and stumped the State during the cam- paign, He had quite @ tong chat with the Mayor and Colonel Harrison about the condition of the South, and stated liver an address in this city on the South for the enlightenment of the Nor thern mind. ‘The Colonel was a missionary in Atrica fifteen years ago, and served during the war in a regiment which went from this State. Commissioner Van Nort states that the Depart- ment of Public Works during the week received for Crovon water, $14,681 62; for penaities, $512 40; | tapping Croton water pipes, $49; vault permits, $1,087; sewer, $8,000; sewer pipes sold to con tractors, $3: ; total, $19,766 14, Assemblyman Daly, chairman oj the Committee on Cities, and several others of the New York city Assembiymen, called to pay their respects to the Mayor, but he had left before their arrival, Timo- thy Campbell was one of the callers. He says that | bis bill to put Green out in the cold will be pushed, Fire Commissioners’ case still hangs fire. et been able to wade through | all the avers, and a0 all reports that he has al- ready decided their late are premature, Those | who have seen the report of the Commissioners of Accounts, however, say that the decision can re- suitin bu’ one thing—the removal of the entire The The Mayor has not | J, A. Bonawite, who has receativ vroduced two | Board ir. Lewis, @ brother of the artist, are dexterl- . ed in the business of lighteraze. | ich | | of Assessors by the Tax Commissioners, and was | that he Intended soon to de- | DRUPLE SHEET. THE COURTS. The Transfer of Causes from the Superior to the Marine Court Controversy. ee The Brooklyn Bridge Land ; Question. ; TIE LATE MAIL ROBBERIES. Alleged Assault on the High Seas. Ip the suit of John Brennan vs, Henry Good- stein Lo recover $24,300, the value of jewelry al leged to have been stolen in Philadelphia, which was tried before Judge Van Vorst and resulted in 8 disagreement of the jury, application was made | yesterday to Judge Donohue, in Supreme Court, ; to reduce Goodstein’s bail. It was stated that tho | original bail was $25,000 and claimed that this was excessive, An order to slow cause why the bail should be reduced was granted and made returna- ble on Tuesday next. CONFLICT OF JUDICIAL VIEWS. The general impression that the “law’s delays” are owing to the machinations of lawyers for the sake of magnifying their fees may be in the main correct, but it is not always true, Difference of judicial opinions has often a good deal to do with it, There has been no case before the Court for a long time 1n whieh this has been more strikingly exemplified than tne suit of Louis Alexander against Jacob Bennet, brought to recover $2,700 alleged moneys loaned. The suit was commenced in the Superior zs Messrs, Burr and Gearon being the counsel one side, and Algernon S. Sullivan oo the her, when application was made to Judge eedman at Special Term to transfer the same to the Marine Court. From an order given to this eflect an appeal was taken tothe General Term, where it was argued before three judges, but the legal questions raised, particularly that touching the constitutionality of the act under which the tramsier was made and the claim that such transfer took away the Tight of appeal, were considered of suMcient im- | sco agg to have the case reargued before a full ench. ‘This was done and tne Court aiirmed the oraer of Judge Freedman. Upon this Messrs, Burr and Gearon had the case placed on the Marine Court calendar, and it was set down for trial pe- remptorily on Tuesday next. Meantime an appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals, and yesterday Judge Davis, of the Supreme Court, granted an ternative writ of prohibition in the case, returns able on the first Monday of February. is game of judicial battledore and shuttiecock continues it will evidently be a long time belore the suit is brought to trial. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. A few days since ‘a commission was appointed by Judge Donobue, of the Supreme Court, to con- demn certain property in Water street for the use of the Brooklyn Bridge Company, Among the property which the company desired to appropri- ate Jor its use were lots 256, 25§ and 290 Water street, a portion of the estate of G. Merle, This property was left by will to the widow for life, and upon her death to be divided between three daughters, with remainder to their heirs. Opposi- tion 1s made to the taking of this property, and to settle the matter the case was yesterday brought before Jadge Donohue in Supreme Court, Chambers. ‘he poimts raised were, first, that the proceedings thus far taken are not such as are required by statute; second, tlrat there ts no one empowered to couvey the property in question, and, third, that the charter of the com- pany has expired. When counsel for the widow-and minors had concinded Judge Donohue said he would hear the testimony, if any, but neither side was prepared vo offer testimony, and the Court wok the papers, THE LATE MAIL ROBBERIES. United States Commissioner Jonn A. Shields yes- terday held an examination in the case of John Coolbagh, Daniel Bennett and Edward J. Wood- ward, who were arrested some days since, charged with being implicated in the late mail. robberies, ‘The evidence showed that Coolbagh gave te cou- ons of the Third Avenue Kaliroad Company to Woodward, supposing that he was going to take them to the antnorities, and he was discharged, Woodward was held to await the action of the Grand Jury, and Bennett's case was leit open until Monday. MARINE ‘COURT—PART 2 ALLEGED ILL TREATMENT AT SEA. Before Judge McAdam. Henry Jones vs. Horace Staples,—The defendant in this case, @ colored man, brings an action against the defentiant, captain of the bark Diego, £2 recover damazes for assault ang general ill treatment, while acting as cabin boy oi gard the | Diego, while on a voyage to the East Indies, BY | consent of counsel the hearing of the case by a jury was waived. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant that he hired for the voyage at the rate of $10 8 month; that after being at sea about three weeks tne captain began wl treating him, on one occasion assaulting him with a biock ot wood because he ‘did not make haste to take the baby;’? that on other occasions ho struck him and kicked him, and choked him till his tongue and eyes protruded; that he (plaia- tit also struck hin with @ bayonet, severely injuring him and giving him @ black eye. Plain- the black eye, as there was prim& facie evidence of the impossibility of noting the obscurity of the surroundings la aby condition of bis client’s orbs, On benall of the deiendant the testimony went to duties and disobedient to orders, and that on one occasion, when reprimanded, he drew a@ sheath 1 show that the plaintit! was very inattentive to his | Who was «vated on tne Aox of an express wagon. In the wagon was a coll of bew rope, weighing probably two hundred pounds. A little suspicious, he foliowed the wagon and finally arrested Cla: who could not give ® satisfactory explanation to how he obtained possession Of the coil. ‘The rope and Clark were taken to the sixth precinct station house, where the former remains for identification, Clark was committed as a suspic- ious person, to allow Dorsey time to flud au owner for the property. DISHONEST DOMESTIC. Maggie Phealan, a servant in the employ of Mra. Gallagher, No, 361 West Seventeenth street, was yesterday arrested on complaint of ner mistress, who charges her with having stolen @ gola wi on the 15th day of last December. Maggie wi commited for examination. i RIVER PIRATE CAPTURED. Michael Kelly, a sailor, of No. 277 Water street, was committed for trial on a charge of having om the bei ih of January 15 stolen from plier 22 @ buu- die of hides valued at $40. JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. Before Judge Kasmire, MR. HENRY BERGH’S LATEST. Mr. Henry Bergh, whos@ face 1s so well knowa aground police courts, arraigned Thomas Baker, coachman for Mr. George S. Appleton, of the drm of D. Appleton & Co., on @ charge of cruelty to animals, The “charge was that Baker, who was waiting outside A. 1. Stewart & Co.’s yesterday for Mrs. Apptevon and daughters, they being tn the store, left his horses uncovered and unprotected from the bitter breeze. Mr. Bergh charges that, as the horses had been but recently clipped, this was crucliy aud un laws of bis society, The coachman said the horses did not require covering as the day was not very cold and tuey did not remain in one position long. Judge Kasmire in deciding the case said that while he regarded the work done by Mr, Bergn's society as laudable in the “extreme he thougut that this was an exceptional case and would only require nominal bail irom the coachman of $100, to appear if called on. This will give Mr. Bergh the opportunity of testing the law of the case. A LONG LOST TRUNK. George Fehn was committed for examination yesterday for stealing a tronk containing $1,200 worth of property from the branch office of Westcott’s Express, at the Hudson River Railroad depot, on the 5th of October last. The empty trunk was found in the base- ment of Fanny Ames’e house, No. 117 West Twenty-sixth street, and she is aiready committed, to answer the charge of larceny, Fehn, the priso- ner, lived with Miss Ames, and disappeared wien sué was arrested and only returned to the city a Jew days ago. She had in the meantime coniessea twat it was he who had given ber the trunk. A MAN WITH A PHOTOGRAPH. For many years past Charles Reynolds, aliag Charies Roberts, has been under police survelt- lance, but nas always managed to slip through their hands, Yesterday he was brought by Officer Fox, of the Twenty-eiguth precinct, before Jus- tice Kasmure, charged with stealing a coat, Worth $60, from the store of Thomas E. Smith, No. 428 Canal street, **Keynolds,” said tne Judge, “how Many names have you got?” Reynoldsre- Blied, wonderingly, “Well, what has that got te do with it 7? “Everything, Mr, Reynolds,’’ replied the Jndge. “Well, I might have vwo, Judge, you Know; but it was only on suspicion.” “Yes,” said Judge Kasmire, d you might have twenty. Here is some of your record:— Charles Keynolds, alias Roberts, aged twenty- three and Jooks avout tuirty, five leet eight inches in height, confidence man, Rogues’ Gallery, pic- ture No, 489.”” “Well, Pm blowed,” said the man of spend names, as he went ovelow in default of $2,000 vat FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT. Before Justice Bixby. _ A BURGLAR TAKEN IN THE ACT. Early yesterday morning Oficer Parker, of the Twenty-first precinct, surprised three burglars. escaping from the store of Peter Hanstetn, No. 476 Tenth avenue, The officer succeeded in arresting John Gray, in whose possession was found two boxes of cigars. The others made good their ae Gray was committed 1n default o/ $1,000 abl, LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE. George A. Wright, a colored sailor, was commits ted for examination on a charge of stealing trom | ® shipmate named Isaiah Burrett, also colored, acoat and three pairs of trousers, in all of the value o1 $30. Part of the piunder adorned the person of the accused when arrested, BROOKLYN COURTS. KINGS COUNTY COURT OF OYE AND TERMINER— PRESENTMENTS BY THE GRAND JURY—THE WALLACE, DOUGHERTY AND ECKS MURDER CASES—THAT JURY ROOM AGAIN. The Grand Jury yesterday came into court with abatch of indictments, which, on motion of As- sistant District Attorney Moore, were transferred to the Sessions, with two exceptions, The cases retained for trialin the Court of Oyer and Termi- her were those of Patrick Wallace and John Dougnerty. Wallace, it is charged, murdered nis wie in a drunken brawl in North Fifth street, Eastern District, on December 21, 1874. No date has yet been fixed for-bis trial, a John Dougherty, who was a car driver on the’ Belt line horse car route, of New York, siiot and killed Thomas F. Coyne, proprietor of a liquor store on Hamilton avenue, near Van Brunt street. Deceased was exubiting a pistol to the prisoner atthe time the’ fatal shot was fired, and Dough- | erty claims that Mr, Coyne snot himself &cciden- tiil’s counsel suid he wouid waive consideration of | knife, with which he threatened the deiendant. | | The ij! treatment was denied in toto, Judge McAdam reserved judgment in the case. DECISIONS. | SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. | By Judge vonobue. T viin vs. Deviin.—Motion granted. Knight v4. Moioney; in the matter of Goodwin; Vermilye vs. Post; White vs. Crittenden; Thurber Sandiord vs. White; Patterson vs. The mith.—Granted. Colueei vs. Wilson et al.; in | the matter of Gailey; Sleight vs. New York steel ; Works; Porous Plaster Company vs. McNair; | Porous Plaster Company vs. Nutshell et al.— Orders granted. Sandiord vs. White.—sfotion denied. Auchmuty vs. Jones,—Order denied. Harned vs. McCaMme and Another.—Motion de- nied. Memorandum. Bainbridge vs. Berne.—Granted. Opinion. De Bavado vs. Hart.—Reference granted. Winship vs. Winship.—Denied. By Judge Davis. Goodwin vs, Covv.—Motion granted without sts. Alexander vs. Bennett.—Granted. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. By Chief Justice Monell, Schmaihoiz vs. Polham et al.—The plaintig# may have an order filed for @ resale of property, &c. (See opinion.) — Mortill vs. Wise, Arthur, &c.—Findings and de. ) cree settled, Cc. . Barnet; By Judge Curtis. Peck et al., executors, vs. Cohen.—Proposed case and proposed amendments settled. TOMBS POLICE COURT. Betore Judge Kilbretn, AT IT AGAIN. During the past few weeks the captains of the different precincts have had their attention called to a woman sueak thief by complaining doctors, | The thief's attention seemed to be centred on M. D.’s, a8 ail the complaints against her were en. tered by medical victims, She had @ scientific turn of mind, being fojd of sach works a3 “Duan- giinson’s Treatises,” several copies of which she took from different offices, Her mode of working Was something after this fashion:—Watch wie house of 4 doctor until she saw him ges into his buguy, then ring the bell and say she wanted to see nim. He was notin, Oh! she knew that; he had sent her to wait a few moments, untit he returned. In many instances she was shown into the waiting room or office, When, alter pock- eting something which was loose, ‘she leit, to | transact a litte vusiness, but would shortly re- | turn. This sort of business she has been carrying ; on ever since she Was pardoned out Of Sing sing | by Governor Dix. ' meg on, #0 says the complaint, she called on Dr. White, No, 222 East Thirty-firat street, Who was hot ab home, She was shown to the office and asked to be seated until the Doctor returned, The girl swears she left Miss Miller—for such 1s the hame of the accused—in the oMce alone, and that afew minutes later Miss Miller had fed, takin, with her a microscope vained at $40 and a $5 stand for the same, On this complaint Detective Ficid arrested Miss Miller, who, with her counsel, Mr, Abe Hummel, appeared beiore Judge Kilvreth yes- terday wternoon, Examination was waived and Miss Miller is temporarily committed. ROPED IN. Aas Detective Dorsey was riding down town yes- terday morning in an Kast Broadway car he hap- pened to look through the window and recognize the familiar face of Jim Clark. an old offende: | day, the 21st ,great commercial metropolis, tally. The shooting occurred in the early part of last month. ; Christian Ecks, who shot Thomas Corr, whom he suspected of having @ design on hia chicken coop, in Ecks’ yard, on Schenectady avenue, about turee Weeks sg0, Was discharged from custody. The jury failed to find a bill of indictinent against Licks, who is seventy years of age. ‘they excluded the dying statement of Corr that he had been sent by his employer to find some missing pigeons on Ecks’ premises, The Grand Jury before being discharged stated that the rooms proviced in the Court House for their accommodation are in no degree auitaple for such purpose. ‘ibey are dark, poorly ventilated, not easily accessible and unheaituy.”” They asked that some steps be taken at an eariy day to pro- vide better accommodation for geutiemen who may in Juture serve as jurors. COURT OF SESSIONS—CRIMINALS ARRAIGNED AND REMANDED FOR TRIAL, Before Judge Moore and Associate Justices. Joho H. Gilpey pleaded not guilty to‘ an indict- ment for attempt at rape. He will be tried on Wednesday next. James Honanue ahd William Burns pleaded not guilty to an indictment for assault and battery, and their trial was set down for Wednesday. Joun Williams and John Seaman pleaded not guilty to an indictment for burglary in the third degree. Michael and James Blake pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault and battery, and James Grant, indicted tor Keeping a disorderly house, was remanded for trial, James Young, who is charged with grand larceny, pleaded not guilty, and Will be tried to-morrow. John Mullady, gece W. Johnson, Alfred Kell, John McGinnis, Mary E. Cbrisbuck und Mary Mc- Elroy pleaded not guilty to indictments tor grand larceny, and were remanded for trial. lary Milier and Eliza Smith, two well dressed females, were arraigned on a charge of stealing $200 worth of iaces trom Journey & Burnbaw’s store, Atiautic avenue, on Decemver 15, and also for stealing $50 worth or jewelry irom F. Loeser’s store, on Fulton street, the same day. They pleaded not guilty, Their trial was set down for Friday next. Joseph B, Allaire, a stylishiy attired young man, pleaded not guuty to an indictment Jor telonious assault With Lovent to Kill, On the isto: December the aefeudant quarrelied with his father-in-law, George Jamison, and fired at him twice, wounding him in two piaces, Aljaire will be tried on Thars- GREEN'S ECONOMY. REMOVAL OF A LOW PRICED CLERK AND KERR ING AN OFFICE FULL AT HIGH SALARIES, To THE Eprvok OF THE HBRALD:— I herewith submit for the public consideration the following recent transaction in the Comptrol- ler’s office. It 80 completely establisnes Mr. Green's unfairness and injustice, or his utter want of veracity, 48 to prove hin unfit to preside over the commonest ofice, and especially over one so intimately connected with the interests of an en- liguteved puole a8 the Finance Department of a It discovers, too, ‘such a marked financial apility as will probably greatly assist the New York puolic in anderstana- lug Mi. Green’s policy of retrenchment :— I received a notice on the 12th, inst. to appear at ‘on the Lith and explain why I should not be removed from a clerkship in the Comptroiler’s office, also informing me thatthe same was contemplated be- cause of “reducod appropriations for salaries.” | gave {reasons on the 13th, amounting in substance as follows :— That | Was one of the cheapest clerks in the oilice. even were retained at an Average salary of $1,742 8); that L was equally as efficient as the bes That 1 was performing, for 99”) per annu nuch work as they could do, and for which thoy re- $1,742 80 per anvums that I failed to see, ceived cach and thought the taxpayers would, how economy woul be served or retrenchment reached by removing a 8 clerk and retaining a jee full at $1,742 NS, exp When the $900 clerk could claim, without egotism or Vanity, lo be the poer of any of lis fellow clerks. ia am hour alter these reayuus were given L was removed. fhe spectfully youl MB, MASON, vaxcade Lh 13m