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ree n ee permitred to see the sta ww pies ta A. No, str: F didn’t uw Fe ation. Q. Now, Mr. Moulton, I put the question, Have ou permitted ay pared by you before they were published? A, read part of the second statement to my legal edviser, Judge Morris. Q Dia you read it to anybody else? A. No, sir. Q. Now, Mr. Moulton, we! r. Tilton and Mr. Morris the only two persons which you have per- mitted to become acquainted with the contents of paameeet A. Yes, sir; to the best of my recol- ction. Q. Was this stft pending when you showed the ions Statement to Mr, Morris? A, I don’t recol- ct, sir. Q. Did you show that statement to him es the counsel Jor Theodore Tilton? A. No, sir; I did not. And you made these publica: by reierring youto page 234 of the book now in the end; look at that and retires! and then, looking at the counsel, replied that 1 party to this controversy, or to protect yourself e form 01 quesiion, and Mr. Tracy put the question publications were made by him. sltercation and began to caw like crows, Tracy this Evaris and Tracy replied, derisively, “Hat “Order, gentlemen,” said the Judge, with a Witness replied, I can’t answer the question; Mr, Tracs—And as @ party to this controversy Bonstruction on the part of their iegal brethren, controversy, did you not? A. No, sir, Q. Let me reiresh your memory, Mr, Moulton, your nand. A. Yes, sir. Counsel—Look at the fourtn forsersp from your memory from tt. Tne witness closely perused the page indicated, did not refresn bis memory. Q. Did you not publish those statements as & fore the public? Counsei for the prosecution here objected to the Bg being with a view to ascertaining the position Df the witness in the controversy Welore these MORE FUN, Ata@quarter past three tne counsel got into an repeated a question differently, and the counsel for the plaintiff said in chorus, “Aw! hal” To aw!’ Then all the counsel for the defence got of, in a stentorian way, “Aw! ha! Ha! aw!’’ Wight twinkle somewhere between his eyes and his jaws, nee the statements because of the attack of ir. Beecher upon me, betore the puviications were made. Mes:rs, Beach and Fullerton objected to this and some Witicisms were exchanged among the counsel, Mr. Tracy—Now, Mr. Moulton, coming back to | another point of your testimony. At tae time you ave General Butler the tacts with which to pre- pare etther of the statements in the case, did you tommuuicate to him the jacts that you have Sworn to in your direct examination concerning irr imterview with Mr. Beecher on the mignt of cember 30? Here Mr. fracy cited from the published testi- mony of Mir. Moulton’s account of the memorable \wrerview. ‘The point was whether he tola Gen- eral Butler that be (Moulton) had told Mr. Beecaer in that interview that ‘Mr. Tilton had tod nim of the coniession of his wife to him, and also whether Mr. Beecher told bim that Tilton had cold him of the confession of his wile to him.” Alter some Bigot “jara” between couns2!, and after the ques- tion had been reread, Mr, Moulton replied to the question, “T don’t think that | told General Butier Ghat r. Tracy continued to read from the official motes of testimony of the direct examination, Wherein the question occurs, ‘And now repeat what Mr. Beecner said on that subject ?’ ana the | answer is that he confessed the sexual inter- course with Mrs. Tilton. Witness answered that he did not tell General | Butler of that circumstance, that 18, to the best of his knowledge, on either of ‘these o¢casions. Q. Did you teil General Butler what you now state in your testimony ? The counsel read trom the testimony the state- ment that Mr. Tilton made a copy of the conies- sions, The witness answered, all that 1 told General ortions of the evidence Butler ig in the published statements, Counsel read turcher touching the interview of December 30, and asced the witness whether he told General Butler as to what Mr. Beecher said as to “Mr. Tilton having given him-permisgion to visit bis house?’ The witness replied that he did not, Q. At the interview on December 31 you state that Mr. Beecher said, “If this charge is made against me my technical answer would be a gen- erai denial,” &c. A. [think I told General Buller shat; my recoilection 1s that I told nim the sub- stance of it. Q. Did you also take General Butier Mrs.,Til- ton’s letter calling for the papers? A. 1 did,\ir, and J called bis attention to it; 1 brought all tne papers wm the case to him. Q. Did you tell him that you read that let- ter to Mr. Beecher on the night of December 30 before receiving the letter of retractions ? A. No, sir; 1 printed it altogether in the first statement. Q. But you did not state that tact? A. No, sir. Q. Has it not always been made to anpear in your pubiished statements that at that interview ‘With Mr. Beecher he surrendered the letter of re- traction to you on your demand alone ? Mr. Beach eaid “Hold on! and demand was Made for the stenographer to read the question, which he did. A slight verbal correction was made. WANT OF VENTILATION, A half past three Mr. Fullerton, with a pale face, Srose and said to the Judge that he must leave the court room because of tne stifling air there, if there couid not be found some way of ventilation. The crowd was indeed prodigious, and while the bun blazed in the south windows the gas poured in the reflector at the ceiling. This did not prevent Mr. Fullerton immediately objecting to something and getting into ® hot controversy, Beach going on -with violence, Tracy being mad, Evarts mingling in with his cold voice, and the irrepressipie Shear- man whispering and fying around with the ani- mation of a humming top for the conflict of para- graphs which followed over words instead of meanings. Mr. Beech stigmatized something as a meré omission. Mr. Tracy said it was a remark- Bblie omission, Next, repeating his remark, Tracy, with his characteristic aggressiveness, said a wilful omission. The Judge corrected him instantly, It appeared to be much ado about vothing. IT WAS NOT FALSE. Q. Did you not know that the representation that you obtained the letter on your demand song, witnane the letter, was false? A. I did not. Q, Did you not know that it did not ireely ‘dnd fully state the interview between Mr. Beccher and yourself on the nightin question? Did you not al- Ways know that a true account of that interview would have inciuded the letter of Mrs. Ti/ton ask- t A. No, sit; not at the ement, Q. You mean to say that while in possession of the ietier o1 Mrs, Tilton and during the two years which have intervened since the commencement of this controversy, the manner in which you ob- tained that letter of retraction from Mr. Beecher by use of Mrs. Tiiton’s letter Tequesting the same, it did not occur to you Objection was made by Mr. Beach to the ques- tion, as the letter nad been read to Mr. Beecher when the application for tne return of the re- traction was made. Judge Neilson said the letter had not been pub- Ksned, and Mr. beach corr ected His Honor by 1n- forming him that it had, and the fact that the wit- uess had iatled to reveal tuat this letter was not read to Mr. Beecher at the time nad been accounted pod it was merely an unintentional omission on 1s part. Mr. ‘Tracy retorted it was a mere omission, and it Was @ Most remarkable omission. 1¢ was a Wil- iui omission, ‘fhere was a slight sensation in the gallery upon the latter declaration, which the Court repri- manded. Mr. Tracy said the question is whether tne wit- ness remembered tt, and Mr. Beacn :emarked that the counsel should put the questions so that any- body couid understand them, Q. Do you mean to say that you mean to state that it never occurred to you to read that lelter to Mr. Beecher until alter you nad published both Jour statements’ A. No, sir. The witness then corrected himsetf and re- b apt the stenographer to read the question. je then said :—‘1 mean it did not occur to me at the time I made the statements; 1 dou’t want to state it never occurred to me; It did occur to Mr. Evsrts remarked that the word “no,” then, ‘Was Wrong, and the Court oruered that the word “po” be stricken out, as the witness had the rignt to correct nis answer, Mr. Beach said ne was sorry there should be any- thing wrong about tle witness’ frat auswer, and expluined 11s relevancy. Q. How long atter tie publication of the state- Ments did 1t occur to you that you didn’t mention the ietter upon which you obtained the retrac- tion? A. I can’t Stace; 1t was notin my mind ior & geod whe after; 1 don’t think I changed my mind wita that interview until I made up m; stacement with General Butler; at that time I tol General butler— . Counsel, interrupting witness, said:—Never mind tiat.”’ Now, your attention was first called to the interview with Mr. Beecher by the publica- tion of the Woodhull statement, was it not? A, Yes, sir. Q. Now, did you not, at reading that statement, have it recur to you that you gut the letter of oantation trom Mr. Beecher by reading this letter? A. ldon’t know that | tried to recail the subject matter. Q. Explain your answer by what you mean by Saying it did pot occur to you untilafter the state- meuis were publisaed ? Objection was made by the counsel for the platn- ti, and Mr, ‘iracy said:—1 ask, beginning with the first publication on tie suvject, understoou jou to Bay that When you read the Woodnuil puo- ication it occurred to you that you did present that jetter to Mr. Beecher on that night? Mr. Beach objected to the question, as the letter Was in the statement. Mr, Li acy saia:—[t is notin the Woodhull state- Men’, And thatis just the quesuion in point, The Wituess has been examined uly avout the pistol scene, which 18 tid in tie eerie and he bald that he obtained possession of the letter onder pain of death, me upaerowana | setter relat ody else to read the statements | is at that time | Decause you deemed yourself to be a party to this | | power to bave you resd that part of the Woodhull tothe interview with Mr. Beecher on that night, did it not recur to your Mr. Beach objected to the Woodhull statement being bronght tuto the case, Judge Neilson said:—That is a good odjectiun. The Woodhuil statement is not in testimony either collaterally or otherwise, Mr. ‘iracy here read from the evidence of Mr. Moulton wherein ts recited the pistol scene and manoer in which he obtained vhe letter of retrac- tion from Mr, Beecher, He asked the witness whether tne Woodhull puviication recorded the fact tuat he (Moulton) presented the letter of Mrs. Tilton to Mr. Beecher when ne received the retrac- tion, A. I don’t remember whether | dtd or not, . Well, will you tell us when and where it was that itdid recur to you? A. Perhaps two or three weeks ago; Tneodore Tilton tola me—— Q. Idon’t ask you about what Mr. Tilton told you; when did it réecurto you? A, About two or three weeks ago. ). How iong ago ts tt since you first remembered the fact? A. I don’t know how long ago it is. 9; Now, Mr, Moulton, after the night of the Slat of becember when did you next see Mr. Tilton? A. Lsaw him on the ist'of January. . What time was it that yousaw him? A. I don’t remember the time, Q. Where cid you see him, at his house, or at yours? A, At my nouse. Q. Did he come by appointment? A, } don’t re- member tiathe did, . Q. Whavday was January 1 of that year? A, January 1 was Sunday. Q. Did you jearnou that day that he had just been disctarged by Mr, Bowen trom the editorship of tne Union aud of the Judependent? A, I learned that trom him, I think; on the nigat of December 31, sowewnere. Q. At what tour was it? A. It was between nine and twelve o'ciock, Q. Waa it vefore or alter you had obtained the letter of retraction irom Mr. Beecher? A. lt Was alter 1 bad obtained the letter of retraction. Q. That was the first you knew of Mr. Tilton’s discharge by Mt. Bowen? A. Yes, sir. Q. Waat time of day January 1 did you visit Mr. Beecner—morningor evening? A. Iv was in the alternoov, some time between four and seve; o'clock; I can’t approximate the time ot my cail- ing on h.m nearer than tuat. a Q. Was it belore or after dark? A. It was befors ark. Q. Was the gas lighted? A, The gas was lighted when 1 left there, . Where was itt thatyou had the interview with bim?_ A, 4t was in his siuay, . Was the gas lighting woen you went in there? A. ‘The gas was not ligncing when I went ta. Q. Where were you when the iuterview occurred? A. In the scudy. Q How long had you been In the study before the gas was lighted? A. 1bad been there avout an hour before the gas was lit. Q How jong did you remain there? A, I re- ours. Q. Do you remember distinctly bis lighting the gas in the study ? Mr. Morris Objectea on the ground that the counsél was assuming that the witness had said that the gas was litin the study. The gas might have veen lit im tne street, Judge Neilson saia to witness—You are at lib- erty Lo siute Whether Mr. Beecher lit the gas in his atudy. Q. Did you see Mr. Beecher light the gas? A. I don’t know, sir, who iit it. q. Did you see any third party light the 8 theret a. I don't remember seeing any third party there. 4 BIT OF SATIRE. The Judge got in acapital piece of satire in the Tracy, were gesticulating on tbe floor and the audience was laughing here and there. “Gentlemen,” said the Judge, looking at the eadience, “why do you make these demonstra- tions ? These counsel are gentlemen of experi- encouraged by you. Tney have outgrown that.’ The audiencé saw the joke, but the attorneys scarcely seemed to feel it. Mr. Evarts, it may be said, has @ way of getting snswers on the record which himself rather than the witness makes. He then spends some time soothing Mr. Beach that he may not make any correction, Mr. Beach here appeared to be more deeply interented than at aby time of the trial, and is evidently better satis- fled with Tracy’s cross-exammation than wita Porter’s. In answer to other questions witness satd he “didn’t know that Mr. Boecher lit the gas; didn’s know that he lit it aod didn’t remember that it was lit in the study; thought that tne gas was lit in the streets.” All the foregoing questions about who turned on the gas in Beecher’s study were meant to entrap Moulton. It is said that, in reality, there is nogas mm the study. The same coula not be said of the court room. To-day probably we shall bave Moulton again beaten up, white and yolk, to see if ne has remem- bered too much of anything. At this juncture, it being four o'clock, the Court adjourned until eleven o’vlock to-day. THE LEGISLATURE INVOKED IN THE CASE, Chief Justice Neilson, of the Brooklyn City Court, has prepared a bill forthe action of the Legislature providing for the extension of the term of that Court, which is now engaged in the Bras aga 8 trial. Tne following 1s the text of the bill:— An Act to enable the City Court of Brooklyn to con- ihe Poot le ot the State ot Ni York, i ‘ihe People o ot New York. represented in Senate and Assombly, do enact as follow: section 1.—The City Court ot Brooklyn, or any of the Judges thereot, shall have power and authority to con- tinue the trial or hearing of any action or proccediug not fully heard or deterntined at the end ot the term at which the same has been or shall have been commenced until the final determination of the same with the same eflect as if such action or proceeding were fully heard or determmed within the said term, anasghe jurors em- panelled in any such action shall ‘continue their ser. vice until }he close or determination thereof, or until discharged by the Court. Sac, 2—This act shail take effect immediately THE BROOKLYN HORROR. Coroner Simms and Fire Marshal Thorn were busily engaged yesterday in perfecting arrange- ments for making a thorough and impartial inves- tigatoyn to discover the cause of the terribly de- structive Hre whicd occurred atan early hour on tue Ment at the corner of Hoyt and Pacific streets. Tae German grocer who occupied the first floor tion among his neighbors, says that the fire prob- abiy asose from the carelessness of a party of Piumbers who were engaged in mending the need fire. of course, im the prosecution o1 their labors. Others are of the, opinion thi @ barrel of kerosene ofl in the cellar. and that 1t the dense black smoke which filied the house. One of the injured men, John Flocd, was ri ported yesterday as dying irom the contusions which he received by jumping irom a third story are broken, Thomas Fiood will recover, it is believed, Jobn Fivod is in the employ ot Messrs. Woodratt & Robinson. truckman, married. His occt He is thirty-five yea’ ‘tion is that of ed while endeavoring to save ‘limothy and was partaking of his supper whemtue alarm was given. He ran out of the room, but returned to save his lather and perisied in the attempt. Timothy McCormick was delayed in effecting an exit irom the place by a search for his money and bank book. which latter coutaimed ao uccount of $9,000, The Coroner empaneiled a juty, who viewed the remains of ibe persous killed and in- spected the premises yesterday. The inquest will probably be commenced tnis week. PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE SAILORS. THE MARINERS ON STRIKE HAVE A TALK AT THE WHITE HOUSE—CABINET MINISTERS AND JACK TARS—THE SHIPPING ACT. Tne Seamen’s Protective Association met last evening at Botanic Hail, East Broadway, to listen to the report of the committee who visited Wash tugton and presented a petition to Congress for the repeal of the Shipping Commissioners act of 1872, ‘Lhe hail Was very full, for fully 250 seamen: n strike were in attendance, Mr, Churchill, who was What had taken place since tne last meeting of the society. Alter referring to the facts set jorth in the committee's repoit he said that it was @ well known tact that no satior had ever asked tor the pussage of the suipping law. Every iriend of the satior condemned it. General Grant bad received the sailors’ delegation with great urbanity, and they (the saliors) would not forget it. The President promised to do ali in 11s Maas done them, aad he was bound, he said, not to forget his promise. The Secretary of tne Navy, the delegation understood, was Of tue same opinion; and the Secretary of the Treasury was also on tne side of the sailors, who, in time of war or peace, made im- portant contributions to the greatness and pros- perity of the Republic. Mr. Courehill declared that “shangoaing” Was Carried on under the prex- ent federal Shipping law, and that it was a mon- strous calumuy to allege that boarding masvers were Linplicaved in such Nefarious transactions, Mr. William H. McClellan presaced the reading of the report of the Washington committee oy some remarks Condetmnatory of tie operations of the Sipping Commissioneis office. ‘ine report embodied Jxcts that mmay be vrieny stated as Jol lows:—Lhe committee proceeded to Pulladelpila, where they were jomed by another deiegation ‘rom that port, And by others at Baltimore. Hav- ing arrived at Wastington they took line of march, with banners, to the White House, waere the President was presented with their memorial, to be lutd before Congress, asking for the entire Tepeal of tae Shipping act, mained there about an hour anda half or two | afternoon while three counsel, Beach, Evarts and | ence and reputation. They do not require to be | evening of Tuesday in the four storied brick tene- ; of the house, and who vears an excellent reputa- | water pipes in the cellar during the aay, and who | there was | was the burning of that material which produced | window. Als lungs aie tnjured and all his ribs | of age and un. | Patrick McUormick, the young man who | his iather, was about twenty-five of age. He was 4 plasterer by trade and & member of the ‘“Union.’? | He haa but just returned from his labor received with consiuerable applause, explained | | Police Department are banded together, “THE DETECTIVE RINGS. How They Are Organized and Managed. GOOD AND BAD JOBS. The Profitable Days During the Late War. INTERNATIONAL DETECTIVES. An Old Ring Broken and a New One Formed. At intervals the public are informed, by directs assertion or by inference, that some of the détec. tives who do duty at the Central UmMice of the id form what is now known as a “ring.” The present article is Intended to throw some light upon this sudject. WAR TIMES, At will, no doubt, be remembered tnat during the war extraordinary powers were delegated to ths Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police, he having received from the federal government an eppointment which, in reality, made him a pro- Yost marshal. Under this appointment the Super- intendent bad the power, or privilege—for it amounted to the same thing—ol using the services Of nis subordinates in any way conducive to the end in view. This arrangement gave increased Scope to the movements ana privileges of the de tectives, and they grew more bold ana unscru- pulous in their operations, and the cases that came into their hands proved rich placers to those fortunate enough to secure them. In those days money was made rapidly and in immense sums by unscrupulous men who ran the blockade, dealt in bounties or some other of the many new avenues for fraud and evasion of the laws. Many of these violators of the law naturally fell into the bands of the local detectives, and when they did 80 fall were very ofttn picked clean of all their money. Privileges that were their rights, even though they were prisoners, were only se- cured by @ constant current of payments, and, as the victims were only too glad to submit im order to achieve their objects, no one was the wiser. Instances are known where lawyers kept detec- tives in their pay in order to secure profitable clients who by their nefarious acta were amenable to the law, and were naturally anxious to escape its meshes by any fortunate flaw that could be | discovered. But these detective jackals were not content with earning the money giver by coun- sel, for when a prisoner expressed a wish to obtain legal advice the detective buttered his bread on both sides by demanding and receiving @ handsome fee to induce him to send for the very lawyer in whose pay he already was. secret history of that time will, no doubt, be sur- prised to learn that a@ certain blockade runner, who was arrestet by a government officer and | simply handed over to a New York detective for temporary safekeeping, actually paid his whilom ; custodian $2,000 in gold coin, worth at that time over $4,000 in greenbdacks, for the privilege of stopping for twenty minutes in a lawyer's office. Those were golden days indeed for detectives, and the corruption that prevatied then has gone on from bad to worse, though the profits are, of course, not so large. INTERNATIONAL DETECTIVES, — Many of the facts given here will probably read very much like 8 romance, but that they are true there is no question. Indeed, the whole truth cannot be given in a newspaper article jor want of space for the proofs. So reckless were the detectives in these war days that they hesi- tated at nothing to accomplish their enas. When the citizens of New York were startled by the Con- federate piot to destroy the city by setting fre to ali the hotels at the same time the police author- ities became desperate in their exertions to fathom the depths of that historical conspiracy, and the cetectives were threatened and cajoled by turns to make them put forth every exertion | to arrest the ringleaders. The most extraordinary power was given those who were selécted by their chief, ana they bad the right to seize and hold suspected persons in any State of the Union. Then began one of the most wonderiul man hunts on record. The detectives travelled far ani wide in search of the hotel burners and their celebrated black carpet bags, and it shows how demoralized they had become wien these policemen took upon themselves to anlawfully invade foreign ter- ritory. Receiving information that was deened eorrect, but atterward believed to have been given with a purpose to mislead, several of the New York detectives crossed over into Canada via the Suspension Bridge, and tor several days actually acted as guerillas, armed to the teeth, ana they patrolled the frontier on the other side of the Niagara River in hopes of intercepting the fugi- tives. A well known member of the Headquarters squad at that time, when subsequently relating the events that occurred during that eventful and stirring period, often boasted that if they had caught the Coniederate hotel burners in Canada they intended to carry off their prisoners without any formality, and, in fact, kidnap them for trial on United States sot!, Whateffect this procedure, | af cartied out, would have had upon our inter- national relations with England is scarcely wortiy of consideration now, but it 1s easy 10 see that so uigh-handed an outrage upon toe rights Of & foreign nation would bave been Serious at that critical juncture of ailairs. Of course, the fugitives escaped, and the detectives came back to the city with their arsenal of re- volvers, carefully coucealing what bad been their inteutions irom their superiors. Indeed, it 1s doubtiul if Mr. Kennedy, the Superintendent at that time, ever knew tue real tacts, thoagn they were the subject of gossip in after years behind his back, It may be tateresting to remember that the ground over which these detectives tramped in the suowW was aiterward the scene o/ the lirst Fenian invastou, in 1866, und it was during that campaign that one of these same detectives pointed out his trail to the writer. ORGANIZATION -OF THE DETECTIVE RING, All of this government duty gave the detectives opportun ty for making movey, in doing which they were noc amenable to the though their practices were in direct con. tradiction to their ims‘ructions and the rules of the department they bad sworn to obey. jobs” were soon abundant, aod it was not iong vefore certain members of the squad seemed to have exctusive control of all business in which “there was money,” No matter how or when such & case came in this coterie or ring managed to get hold of it. 1m One instavee a member ot the squad, Who Was notin the ring, Was calied oy ine Superintendent and given charge of an important case. Tie officer, overjoyed at ais good luck, went zealousiy to work and would have succee ied in briuging tie matter to @ successin! jasue nad not the ring interiered, aud tn realty broke tue met spread Jor the criminal by their brother oflicer. | ‘The jatrer lost caste with his superors by reason of bis failure, and when be hinted how he lad been inceriered with was disgraced, because the story Was deemed improbable. Thus there became two distinct par.jesin the squad, the ‘ins’? and tue “vuts.”’ The former revelled ta ruuning down crimipals who had secured valuabie booty, and Waxed rich ia the rewaras gained by their exer- tions. if was all sunsiine aud prosperity with them. ‘The other party were compelled to do all the dirty Work Of tne office. I! @ pickpocket or oiher siwal! tole was wanted they had to hunt him up, and every insigniticant case that came in Was reserved for these men, who, barely able to P their mcidental expenses out of the smalt rewards received, were compelled to see their more jortunate Jellows stratung aout in hand- some clothes, and with their pockets well lined with money that Very often was too dirty jor any respectable nan to have about him. Thus was the Ting formed—not in a day, vot by premeditation, but gradually, and witnout outward sign, The system once inaugurated bas never suffered change under the diferent dynasties that have reigued in tue Detec.ive office. ne personnel of the ring changed {from time to time, but that was ali. A few “stood in” with the head man, and shared the more profitable jobs among them, A CASE‘\OP BRIBERY. In order to rhow the depth o1 infamy to which some of the detectives Lad Jalien during the Gays | of the war itis only necessary to relate one in- stance. Av officer in the army, Who happened to be, in the year 1862, on recruiting service in this city, arrestea a deserter Who had taken several boun’ it wee at the beginning of the evil of The reader who is not familiar with tne | “Fat | “pounty jum) ” and the officer was at s loss what to do witn jsoner, Meeting a detective he handed the deserter over to nim for saie keep- , ad was naturally astonished at being com- ,Delled to rearrest the bounty jumper an hour after, not a stone’s throw irom Police Headquarters. ‘The Prisoner confessed that he had patd the de- tective $100 to release bim, yet the police | authorities refused to believe the charge made equines their subordinate. Indeed, Mr. Kennedy was too honest to be among these men. Of ster- 410g Personal integrity and one who was siow to Jove his confidence in a man when it was once gives. he could not be made to believe that his de- chives Were capable of stooping to dishonest ac- tions, and he always insisted that the charges so frequently made sgainst members of the detective squad were base and maiicious. He would even quarrel with personal irtends in defence of his subordinates, who were ali the time laughing in their sleeves at his innocent trust in them. THE BOND ROBBERIES, Among the many temptations to the detectives which presented themselves during the last year Of the War and the succeeding one was the occur- rence of numerous “bond robberies,” as they came to be calied, trom the fact that the property stolen consisted entirely of government ponds. At that time these bonds were consid- ered by capitalists to be saie and easy metnods of investing money. The joterest on the ovads wan sure 2nd ready when due, and there were many instances of rich men putting all of their funds Inro these securities, devoung a few hours every quarter to cutting off the coupons falling due and collecting their values. The projessional tmleves ol the higher class were not slow in dis- covering this new fleid of operation, and the com- mupity was irequently startled by the announce- ment of gigantic bona robberies, the thieves hav- ing run of with $1,000,000 or $500,000, ‘These larcenies were usually adroi'ly performed, and the bond robbers irequently succeeded in disposing of thelr plunder In une open market beiore tie loss | was ever discovered by the owner. Though tne | detectives were fortunate beiore this in getting | large rewaras for the restoration ol stolen mer- ohaudise, these bond robberies threw ail previous rewards into the shade, In every instauce the | Oespolied Owner was only intent on getting back’ his Mouey—ior that was really whag the bonds meant to him—and if ould only get them into his hangs again it mattered little to him that the thieves were allowed to go forth and plunder otner men. One and two per cent was not an uncommon reward to be offered ior stolen bonds, and there 1s good reason for believing that bond robberies were either pianned or connived at by detectives in order to secure the reward that Was sure to be offered. In such cases the thieves Were of course sale (rom any arrest or punish- | Ment, and sure to receive their “fair” share of the reward, There 18, of course, no legal proof that sucil practices were indulged in, but the charge was irequently made by members of the regular Police force at the time these bond robberies were a leature of our criminal record, GOING A LITTLE TOO Fast, An interesting story was ouce related tothe writer by & bapk omcial about a bond robbery, which shows that the detectives were frequently rivy to tle movemeuts and mtentions of the hieves. One morning in 1866 two men entered the bank on some pretended business with the Presiaent, aud managed to carry off under his very eyes a bundle of government bonds. Some tme utter the thieves had depurted the President ‘Was surprised by an unexpected visit irom a ae- tective, Who inquired if he had not lost some bonds. ‘Ihe owner or temporary custodian of the | securittes had not yet discovered the larceny, and, unfortunately, lost bis presence of mid in the contusion of the momen’, thus giving the detec- | tive an opportunity to hedge a little, for ne then | said he bad “heard” that some suspicious charac- | ters had been seen entering the bank, acd that | no arrest had been made, simply because he was not sure there was apy occasion | for the step. Tne bonds were, however, recovered, and tne thief escaped punishment by some un- | | Known means. The bank officers, however, firmi! beheved that the rovbery had been “discovered” | before it had taken place. There was, however, | no proof, and the matter was allowed to drop, as | is too oiten the case in this city. The detective went on Chasing up bond robbers and was never questioned. 4 DETEOTIVE’S QUABREL. One of the most famous and startling of these bond robberies was the one known in police circles “the great Lord bond robbery.” The thieves in t instance Were never arrested, and they stole bonds to the aggregate value of over $1,600,000, Mr. Lord was an eccentric old gentleman and was remarkably careiess in bis handitng of ihe valua- ble securities in his possession, When quarter day bk Lonalote he was wont to go to his littie ofice in Wail street and sit for hours with a pair of shears in his hands busy at work cutting of coupons from the punds, the little bits of valuable paper dropping mean- white into 4 common waste basket. When he had cut off as many cowpons as he wished Mr. Lord would empty his precious basket into an open newspaper, and, making it up into a bundie, march over to the Sub-‘lreasury and receive bis money, which, of course, amounted to several thousand duilars at each recurring visit, One day Mr. Lord bad nearly all his bonds carried off as if by magic, and he afterward remarked t! it was | astonishing to itm to see how quickly the detec- tives discovered his loss. This case created tre- mendous excitement among the detectives, and, as usual, @ \@vored few were pis at work upon it. The reward offered amounted in round numbers to nearly $20,000, and there was an eager and nat- ural desire to geta slice of it. Tne immense re- ward celeated the end the owner had in view, for the detective ring could not Keep the case exclusively in their own hands, and it is ‘nm incontrovertivie tact w on finding that the “ontsiders’? were en- deavoring to have a anger in the rich pie, these Ting detectives actually threw ebstacjes in the way of their opponents in running down tne thieves. Notonly the police detectives. but cer- tain members of the government secret service, were epgaged in the pursuit of these Lord bond robbers, aud 1¢ is weil known to those damiliar | with the inside history o1 that case that had the | Headquarters men proved true to their trust as | sworn policemen the thieves would have been ar- | rested and the property recovered as well. It was | this ceicbrated case that led to the bitter war between the Boston detectives and their Now York brethren, S#oxh parties accused the other of dishonesty and unfair dealings, while there is good reason for believing that One Was as deep in the mire of corruption as the other. The hue and cry that ensued rendered the stolen bonds ungsate property tor the thieves to hold, and consequently | | they put the detectives in the way of taking peace- | able possession 01 nearly all the securities. There Was very little made out of the job by any one, as | Mr. Lord repudiatea part of his offer, upon’t ground that the terms upon which tt had bee! | made were not compiled with, and the detectiv | Were ootiged to take what they could get. gang of robbers escaped the clutcues of the la | simply through the greediness of pulicemen, who Were sepposed to be servants of the public, ONE RING BROKE TO FORM ANOTHER, e | Sometimes there were cases where real ability ‘Was Gisplayed by the detectives, and it was these occasional exhibitions of genius that saved the detectives irom losing position and power. An in- stance of this kind will show piecisely how the | | present detective system works, for as in the past 80 it is to-day. The comedy is the same, oniy ; the names of the characters are changed. One day a gentleman called upon Soperintendent | Kennedy at the Central UMce, gave his name and explained that he was a broker in Broad street. | He stated 1arther that while in nis office that | Morning & strange man had entered and ende.v- ored to sell some bonds, which he conjessed to | What the strees termed “drreguiar’—4, e. stole ‘The broker injormed bis visitor that he aid not | dealin suca paper, and was then asked to recom. | mend some one who did. The broker remarked that he might be aole to do so the next day. ‘The object of his visit tu the Police Superintendent was to inquire if he wished to take auy steps in the matter, stipulating toat beyond giving a fr commendation to the nolder of the stolen bonds he Would not take any part tn any plan of opera- tions. Captain Young was at once summoned by | the Superintendent and the case handed over to him. The only clew he could get was that t! | price detnanded for the bonds was supposed to be | | about $10,000. Taking tue risk, the Captain hired | and lurnished an office in Wall sireet, put.up a little sign, and placed bis son-in-law therein as | the ostensibie broker. ‘Tne trap being set, it wus an easy thing to arrange ior the purchase of the | bonds, the pretended broker displaying constder- | abe nerve in conducting the negotiation. | The stipulation was that tive purchaser was to | furnish the specified amount in bank currency or | small denominations and the bonds were to be delivered vhe following day. Young then employed @ private detective and one of hts subordinates to assist in the capture, and explaining that he did not. | know how much he would make by it, atipwated with them as to the precise reward they were to receive. The result was the capture of two men who bad robbed « Pennsylvania bank and we recovering of over $60,000 worth of United Staves | bouds belunging ro the institntion. In due tme | the prisoners were handed over to Pennsylvania | officers, and as the thieves volunteered to go without requisition, tle party crossed the North River to Jersey City, where the detectives iad no authority; consequently the bond robvers snapped their flugers in the jaces ol their guards and covliy waiked of, The arrest was a good piece of detective work, though the subsequent escape ot the thieves gavo the case avery ugly look. The reward received was sume $15,000 and the sub- ordt claimed hall insiead of the sam pre- viously agreed upon, but Young refused to gouply with tue demand, aad to save his money ieit the force. That subordinate is now chiel of :he deteo- tive squad. PREPARING THE WAY. THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE COMING TO THEIR SENSES. A meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners was held yesterday alternoon. No business was transacted, but the matter of reforming the Deteo- tive Bureau was almont decisively settled. Com- missioner Voorhis’ plan for re-establishment and | Teorganization was received with more favor by the other Commissioners than they have yet deigned to extend to it, and it is now probable that by the end of the week an entirely new force of detectives will be upon duty at the Ventral OMe, Captain Kennedy, of the Ninth precinct, is spoken. of to command the new detective squad, and the forty nen Who are to compose the force will be taken irom among the tried officers of the depart. ment, Information reached one of the Commissioners | | | NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET, yesterday morning tothe eect that it wee the intention of the Mayor te remove the whole Board. The Commissioners will be given the op portunity to resign, and if they refuse to accept that graceful consideration they will be tucontt- noently dismissed. A new Board of three Commis- sioners, two of whom will be M. T. Brennan and James Hayes, will then be promptly appointed. and they will make the present Commissioner Voorhis SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE. Such is said vo be the programme. Mr. Voorhis Bas every confidence in the ability, integrity and industry of Captain Kennedy, and he could direct the movements of the detectives in an effective Manner. When the changes o! the captains were receniiy made, Mr. Voorhis had Captain Kennedy sent to the ward in waich he bimseil lives, so that he could have bim under his eye, Mr. Voorhis said yesterday, “I am of orinion that the Mayor is the bead of tne local govern- Ment and that ail departments snouid be con- trolied iu accordance with nis ideas of the public wants. Toe momeut a Commissioner ieels be can- not conscientiously perform his duty in harmony ‘With tue views o. the Mayor heshould retire trom office, That is the rule vy which i govern myseif, and the instant such a moment arrives for me i am ready toretire. ime Mayor 1s responsibie to the people. I am the Mayor's appointee— Dot that of the gentleman who Dow sits there, but | so 1 am the appointee of the Chair—and | hold myselt responsible to him for my omecial conduct, In tice manner | look upon the Superintendent of Police as responsivie to this Board and tis officers to him. Ii the Superintendent of Police dees not carry out the ideas, intentions and instructions of this Board he ought tobe removed. | don’t know what any otuer Commissioner does outside of the board meetings, bu: 1 am quite willing to stand oy my instructions to Superintendent Wall- ing. 1 near too much avout square games and crooked games when [ ask questions. 1'o my mind there can be no such thing as square gaui- bing. The position o: Superintendent of Police is a@very difficult one to Mii, for the reason that a | man will naturally try todo a little of sumetuing jor euch of his friends, but, ta my opinion, he would do vetter for nimeeli if pe strictly carried out the rules oi toe department which are set down for him, and treated all places and people as the law says they should be treated, and so put himselt vn record with the community as an in- teiligent, capabie pudlic servant and then lev the Board struggie with toe rest of if. He stould make the complaints and send them vo the Board Whether against inspectors, detectives, captains, sergeants, roundsmen or patrolmen. The idea of eople coming up here to complata of gambiing jouses the captains can’t discover until theyrare pointed out to them ts ridiculous. NEW YORK CITY. The Fire Oommissioners met yesterday moruing, but transacted only routine business, The verdict in the Marine Court, in the case of Silverman vs. Steiner, was in favor of the defen+ dant and not plaintiff, as stated on Tuesday. ‘The usualsemi-monthly reception will be hela at the Free Training Schools, No. 47 East Tenth street, to-night, at eight o’clock. Miss J. Henry ‘Will read aud recite and'some good music ‘will be | given, Workigg women are cordially invited to | attend, A meeting of the members of Typographical Union No, 6, was held, yesterday afternoon, at Pythagoras Hall, No, 134 Canal street, for the pur- pose of forming @ printers’ dramatic club, The new club will be formally organized and members enrolied on Wednesday next, at Pythagoras Hall. The tournament of the New York Downtown Chess Ciub at the Caié Cosmopolitan, No. 13 Second avenue, will most probably be brought te a@ close the present week and the priges be dis- tributed at the business meeting of the club, The contest for the two principal prizes is decided. Mr. Dogle takes the grand prize, haviug won all the matches except two, which were draws, Mr. Greenperger receives the gold medal, having lost one match and drawn the one with Doyie, Mr. Andrews has one more match to play, aud will probably take the third place, while the fourto and flito will go to Messrs, Lavery and Rosenbaum, who stand equal, and will therefore have to play a Gecidipg game. BROOKLYN. A fire was discovered kindled beneath the stairs Of the residence of August’ Neisoa, No. 16 Columoia piace, on Tuesaay night. The incendiary has not been detected. ‘Tne Board of Supervisors’ Committee on Ar- mortes yesterday agreed to make certain altera- tions in the Thirteenth regiment armery, now in course of construction. James Demond, seventy years old, was found lying insensibie and baaly frostbitten on the East New York road yesterday, aud was removod to tae Twellth precinct station house, Rudolpn Keasler, the alleged embezzler of $6,000 worth of bonds, was arraigned in the Court of Sessions yesterday, before Judge Moore. His trial was set down tor Monday next, John Bedell, 8 young man, was committed to jail yesterday by Justice ‘Riely, on suspicion ‘or being one of the gang who robbed the money drawer of the crosstown car on Monday last. Charies Sem, a bookkeeper in the employ of Sem | &Co., tailors, No. 63 Court street, was arrested yesterday on complaint of F. S. Otto, one of the firm, on charge of embeazling the sum of $407 from. him. The complainant decided not to press the charge it the acchsed would leave Brooklyn. Wilitam Kane, filty-seven years of: age, who re- sided at No. 12Uarltoa avenue, was arrested in Myrtle avenue on Tuesday night on charge of in- toxication. He was locked up in the cells of the Washington street Police station house, and died there during the pigut. His body was found at hail-past nine o’clock yesterday morning by the doorman. The remcing were taken to the Morgue and Coroner Simms was notified. Frederick Kishenter was arrested yesterday on charge of having feloniously: assaulted Mionaei Franks on the 18th inst., by atriking bim on the head witn @ lager beer glass and fracturing his skull, daring @ quarrel which took place in a loon on Monteith street. ance on the injured man are o1 opinion that his wounds will result fatally. Coroner Simms was politied to take the ante-mortem statement of ranks, STATEN ISLAND. The night trips of the Staten Island Railway | Ferry Company’s boats have teen temporarily | suspended in consequence of the great quantity of | heavy floating ice in the bay, which renders nav- | igation at nigot not only dificult but dangerous. The grocery store of Messrs. Boyian & Durkin, ‘on Bay street, Stapleton, was entered on Monday night by burglars, and thoroughly ransacked. The inmates oj the building on the upper four, hear- | ing 4 noise, opened a window and called for the police, who soon arrived, and dasning into tie house captured a iat Dutchman in the dark, who, however, proved to be the “wrong pig.’” ‘The bur- lars succeeded in making their escape through a ugil door, but leit their booty behina, The new [erry to be established in opposition to the old Vanderbilt monopoly is owned by a cor- poration known as the “New York and Staten Istand Ferry Company.” [i 1s a stock company, witha caries of $250,000 already paid in, the stock being heid- mostly by Staten Islanders. ‘Tne affairs of the ferry will be managed by the Boara of Directors of the North Shore pany, and it will commence running as sooo as the Stapleton wharl can be completed aud Front street put im proper condi- tiou. Itis proposed at first 10 put on only one boat, which will run direct to New York ir about tweuty minutes, remain there t:n minntes, re- turn to the isiand iu another twenty minutes and remain at the Stapleton wharf ten minutes, thus making the round Urip in exactly an hour. Snould the success of the enterprise warrant 1t doubie- | ender boate will be put on and half hourly trips The fare will be ten cents, NEW JERSEY. will be mad The manicipal government of Union Bil! has issued bonds to the amount of $15,000 to defray | ‘the expenses of the improvements of Bull’s Ferry road. They have been sold at v5, There 18 great tribulation in Guttenberg over the removal of a lange brewery, which has been prominently identified with the growth of the dis- trict and the physical development ot its citizens, Apassenger in one of the Union Hill horse cars en route for Hoboken, was robbed of $29 while he Was dozing yesterday aiternoon. He averred that there Was ho other passenger in the car at tie | time, ‘The Hoboken Common Council have resolved to issue $100,000 in bonds to, meet the indebtedness Tesulting ‘rom the improvements done under {or- mer regimes. A bid has already been offered for $60,000 worth ol (he bonds ava discount o1 three ber cent, Carlo Croesetta and Pteforo Boecchi, the two Italians who were so horribly mutilated by tne explosion in the new tuanel of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company on ‘)uesday, are still in a dangerous condition ab St. Mary’s tlospttal, Hoboken. Boecchi, besides being internaliy injured, loses one Oo! his eyes, Oroe- setia’s arm has sioncy been amputated. Both @atforers aave samilies in New York, ‘The doctors in attend- | Com- | 5 PUBLIC EDUCATION. Meeting of the Board of School Commissioners. The City Superintendent’s Report of the Com dition of the Public Sehools. The Board of Education held # stated meeting | yesterday afternoon in the hail at the corner of | Elm and Grand streets, President William H. Net son in the cuair, The tollowing standing committees for the en- suing year were announced :— ig THE NEW STANUING COMMITTERS, Fixaxce Committer—Comm} rs Vermilye, Dowd, ee and math, Teacrens—Cominissioners Halstead, Kelly, Dowa, traud and V. lv COMMITTEE OX BUILDING: terson, Baker, Lewis ant CommirrEe Ox Mathewson, Wetmore, 4 T. DITING' CommiTTee—Comumasioners West, Traud, Baker, Jenkins and Patterson. COMMITTEE OX Strks aNn” New Scroous—Commis stoners Patterson, Traud, Fuller, Herring and Matuew- n. | Commitrer ox Course oF StcDY axp ScHooL BooKs—- Commissioners Herring, Man, Farr, Jenkins and Klamco h. CoMMITTRE ON Scuoot FoRNttoRs—Commissioners Wet more, Lewis, Seligman, Jenkins and aker ie oA QOLS— ‘ulssioners Parr, wand Halvtea Klamroth, towns Commies Ox vPNiNG SenooLs—Commissioners Mach. ewson, Lowusend, Jenkins, fraud and Vermlive, COMMITTEE ON COLORED —Scuoots—Commissioners Jenkins, Patterson, West, Wetmore a: Cousrrren on Wanaixa ano VENT missioners Baker, Tram, Herring, Lew ler. ComMittge ON Briaws. KLECrIONS & QUALIFICA- nioxs—Commissioners Townscad, Man, Seardsies, West } and Traud, . ExEcUTIVE ComMirrer ON Navrioat Scmoor—Commis stoners Wetmore, Mathewson, Seligman, Dowd and Ver- mi dow NTTKE ON ANNUAL Reront—Commissioners Kiam Jencing, Beurdsice, Herring and We OMMINTEE "ON Nomination oF TRUS sioners Wetmore, Halstead, Fuller, Beards Kelly, Kiamroch and Le wi COMMITTEE ON SALantes axp Econouy—Commissioners Beardslee, West, Vermilye, Kelly, Kerr, Baker, Jenkins and Patterson. THE PRESIDENT’S SUGGESTIONS, On motion of Commissioner Baker the addrese delivered by the President on the occasion ot the Board's organization was referred to ibe appro- priate committee that the suggestions therein contained may be considered fuly. It was also ordered that 500 copies oi the President’s address be printed tor general circulation. SUPERINTENDENT KIDDLB’S ANNUAL REPORT, The City Superintendent’s aunual report ior the year ending at present date, was next taken (rom the desk, but, as it was a Very voluminous docu. ment, was oruered to be printed and to be read at the next meeting of tne Board. Ibe toliowing condensation gives its most sailent points:— NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS. The whole number of scvools under tie care of the Board at this date is 304, including 44 gram Mar schools tor males, 45 grammar schoois for fee | males, 13 grammar schools for both sexes, 64 pri- Mary departmenis, 47 separate primary schools, 9 schoois for colored cntidren, 43 corporate schools, 37 evening schools, includiug the Evening High Schoo, one Normal School (Normak College) and one Model or Training school, connected with the Normal College. Besides these, provision ig afforded throuch the Saturday sessions of the Normal College ior the instruction of teachers. ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS. The average attendance of pupils for the year ending at this date was 117,239, and the whoe number of pupils enrolied and receiving lostrne- tion during any portion of the year ts reported as 251,645, which is an increase on the correspondin, numbers last year ol 7,244 in the average attend ance, and 16,092 in the whoic number taught, The average attendance and tie number of ght in each class of schovls during the Xhibited in the following tables :— rou s—Commis 1 lee, West, Farr, upt!s Year are e@. Schools, Male grammar schools... Normal schools. , Corporate aclools, Evening schoo! Tota re 117,280 Bios The total for 1878 was an average attendance for all the above named schools of 109,395, and the whole number taught was 236,453, NUMBER OF PUPILS ON REGISTER. The average number of pupils on register during the year, as compared with the average attenae ance at all the day schools taken in tue aggregate, shows the rate of absenteeism to be about eleven per cent, somewhat iess than it was the previous year, Thisrate is smallest in the maie erammar Schools, in which 1t is jess than eight percent, aud largest in the colored scaools, where it is-twenty- two per cent. In the primary senools it 1s neatly | three per cent greater than in the primary depart. meats, ACCOMMODATIONS. In the constraction and {urnishing of the school buildings too little regard has been nad to the quantity of space which snoulu be allorded to each pupil, in order to secure bot only comiort to the | children, but also greater means of ventuation. | When children are packed into a small room, with | about thirty cubic feet of air to each, ventilation | Is Imposstbie, even by keeping every window in the | room open. to its utmost.extent; and yetin many of the class rooms in the primary departments and schools this ts the state of things tuat exista. | The report of the Commission on Buildings in May last presented this deplorable jact in the clearest light, Tnis report stows that in the furnishing of | the rooms no regard has been had to any other | consideration than to crowd as many seats as the | Superficial area of the rooms would permit, and | this without the application of any just santiary | principie to the subject. Thus, it 18 found in sume of the recitation rooms that the numbers of | eubic feet of air per pupil ranges irom 100 to 150 and upward, while in many oiners itis | below filty, in some instances .ess than torty. The | Teport shows that a great reiorm1s needed, “In these crowded rooms it is o/ten necessary, even in | the coldest weather, to open windows, and thus | @Xpose to :0id currents of atr many of the young | and often delicate pupils, who tons frequentiy | contract the most serious and sometimes fatal mal- adies, in the roows of many of tue graguiac Schools there are irom 100 to 130 cubic feet of | air, while in the primary departments scarcely tifty cubic feet of space is attoried. Tuere should be no artificial itne or demarcation between the | grammar and the other schools. Why crowd anio such contracted and unwholesome space these | young children, these teuder buds of humanity, | While to the older and stronger plants are affor ; abundant means for the exercise of the natural functions o1 our system? COURSE OF INSTRUCTION, The course o/ instruction as at present furnished isin the main judicious. The principle has long | been settled, not only in the United States, but io even despotic States, that the prosperity Of & come | munity depends upon tie diffusion among its Mem. | bers of the blessings Of education. The principle on which our American systems of popular educa tion are based has recognized (his great tuct, and they have wich pericct untiormity made provision for supplymg ireely to the cnildren of every grave | and class all the educational traming, culture and | intormation which they may have the capacity to receive, There should be no countenance or sup- port given to any qmriow-minded policy of exclu. sion in any cousiveration which may he ‘had in the future as to the requirements of our | Course of instruction. In the instruction of grammar tue teachers have with but lew exceptions been ound coinpetent ctent, aud when the prescrived course | Of instruction was properly ioliowed creditable | progress nas veen made. In regard to the stody | Of German, the City Superiatencent strongiy;re- commends tiis year, as he did iasi year, that the study of German be part of the course of tmstrac tton m the public schools, The whole numoer of ; Pupils studying German in the scuools at the | present time is 15,600, The efforts to encour; the study of music in the sehovis were ast yee unsuccessiul. it is to be hoped that during ensuing year sowe plan shall be devised by wi | the resuits of musical teaching im our sonools shall | be comparable with those o; other cities. | ia tpn eACHERS, * ere are at present employed in the severa\ schvois 3,039 teachers, of whom “300 are males and 2,839 females. Im the male grammar schools there are 513 teacuers; in the female grammar schools, 497; In the mixed grammar scuools, 35; mM the rimary departments, 591; tn the primary scaools, 1; In the colored schools. 39; In tue evening scu00ls, 390, and in the corporate scnoois, 183 The average altendance Of pupils is set down at 115,971, being 42 pupils to cacn teacher. The whoie number Of days Of aosence Oo! teachers ior tne ear was 15,030; ior 1873 tue days ot absence num ered 16,653, and for the year previous, 18,300, EVENING SCHOOLS. The result of the jast examination of the even+ | ing schovls showed that of 279 schools, the in- | Structiun in 144 was excellent; 105, good; 12, fairs 5 indifferent, and ini bad. ‘The average attend- miles and 8,817 Je | j ance tor that term was | males; and the largest ‘attendance for ny | single Week was 8193 males and 8556 jemaies. fhe average attendance in the colored evening schooia was 126; the whole num- ber enrolled, 424; the largest weekiv average, 159, | The evening scnoois now iv session are iar better attended than the results for the previous term Indicated that they would be. The law of compul- sory education will no doubt bring @ Jarge ada Woual Dumber o; puptis to th SCLOU BVENING HIGH SCHOOL. The sessions of this sciivol were continued, as i Previous years, iruin Octover 6, 157%, to April 8, | 1874, the average attendance durigg the term was 992, The instruction most tu demand was in English grammar aud composition, arithmetic, | bookkeeping, penMausiip, drawitg and grammar, The average attendance tn the matneutatieal | atndies and physics appears to have been very sual, The results o; the examinations made, however, Were very creditabie. Lhe Superintens dent recommends the estaviisament of evening schoois 0: a higher grade in otcer parts of tha | etty. Le High School iad periormed a very use. tut service, aud he trusted tat means Would , be | saopted te eucment ite eM@aiencr.