The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1875, Page 8

8 NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY, JA NUARY 23, 1875.—WITH SUPPLEM 1080 OF were 171, of | 800 ts due to the Commission. The amount of EMIGRATION, | asses SS See Scag een riers rae 4 | were adulis, 500 were hae agie ot one January a an 180,569 a ee eg i MM Melancholy Exhibit for the | fim wisitimarstcaruntwy mapa | Sn BE .0e = 75. — ‘There are at present & large namber of lenetatte sas, Peat Set Fa ee PN Ir | Soule rae sae eemparat eed eee Island for this pt In July last a tent, remove POVERTY PARAMOUNT. ee Difficulties of Providing for the Different Bureaus. the Legisiature that the them be obtained, The ti as held by heirs an An Appeal to the Legislature for determined to set apart a pi plot was se'ected, avout two acres in ox: d from the buildings, on the island, ana it to inter taerein was obtained from the Board fe In this cemetery are interred all emi; the State emigrant institutions, on the emigrant landing depot, Castie’ Garden, by triends Commissioners renew thelr of the Ward's Inland propert: several persons, 501 others of whom are scattered, at great importance tothe State that the ttle should be mg those who came during the past five years, ani ary, 1ST 260,197 Di | e | | the Ist of January, 1874, of the Board ii ot grants dying in an per month, while the neces: island oF atthe | sary expendilures in x tor the ccigranis at Castie cept uch ag | Garden and Ward’s Island will vot be less than $25,000 ‘and removed elsewhere for | per month. he necessity of timely pesmaiary ald Beer ree commentation to | spectfuliy urged upon the Legislature. less the aid of the water front iked for is received tho Commissioners will be unnble og to provide for the destitute emigrants committed to their | oars eae the State has removed beyond the sphere or | ot Individual or other public charity, and toward whom rotector. at Site charity, ch is not now heid narrow belt of lai e of whom are mint nd it is of title to su: yas tle to th the place of guardian and'p! mission isin its nature a gre nd should be sustained. and al reasonable expendi. secured by the Commissioners ‘They, therefore, ask Assistance. such legistation as will enable thom to acquire It res to that end are justified by every consideration of FINANCIAL REPORT. bamanity. pe eu a On the stot January, 1874, the indebtedness of 4 In conelusion, the Commisstoners beg leave to remind Commission was $96, During the first months of last | the members of the Legislature o! the great benoiits that winter a large umber of sick and destatuto emigrants | Rave accrued to tae state and city of New York in the were receiving aid trom the Commission, and to pro- | ‘ovection given by the Com mission to the e- THE PER CAPITA TAX. obliged toapply_ to the ‘The following is the annual report of the Com- | Las ‘miset mig! year De- i borro’ ven, and thissum | first Presid 50 9g ecg a a a oe was optalned frome thet feanatie’ re ince Society Tn the ‘condidonee ot having administered the trust cember 81, 1974:— od was applied to the isos named. gt tt Soe | gonmded to, them conscientiously sn to the best of thetr ‘The work of the Boara is proportioned among the fol- | of the decroagea, emigration, the inco! 6, Com, | ability, and relerring to your opora aa work of the Meas? pueda Say By hs salon Dgretehaae Saunas A ey Mahia’ Roma ion gad aberstsraaactaly sab te rde 3 equate means and financial difficulties, and, asa re und. stepnenson tears Wd uintard Daniel Mauer, fait the officlouey of the department has’ in part been HENRY a, HURLBUT, Reomnret Stare Saeaee Dirpeny GoOrkD ¥. FOrTeeeANe, | Hot the Cominiesion gd the amount of We dis EDMUND STE EHLNSON, “omavittee jer (CI bursements during the year ES LYNOH. oo ee we lirick Schack, Ueotye | the several items of the account, more, minutely FREDERIG SOHACK: | Resinals fd the erepiden, | Seige ee The undersigned concurs in all the foregoing report, | foal numper of, alin passengers who landed at | SPDOn " ‘mxceirrs. geCepe thar whlen rorers to the appropriation of ” Bide"hoir ham cne'ig fay Year bce 1, nbd | Amount of commautiot oh SeetTes ema ug | beitvlne au aarinat te aw, uly eatigd ent meee (Ena 15 he reer the comsie nes vices tor, deaths at so | BI eAnS. toro Honds are Aled by the. steamship Lincs of emigrants in the State Bmigrant Received jor penalties i Huge and Hospital, Wards Isiand, on the ist ceived [rom supe wbtper Limited ng the year. L7IT | Received sor sa'e of material at Castio G amber bora. . 386 Total......... ‘ 6745 Sumber of toigrants admitiod ‘to and treated “in ms Yemporary hospital, Caste Carden. during |, | pEteived from state agents, Fett Bumber of emigrants provided with a sand ae wey Bank, mmates’ funds ing at Castle Garden SHE SN Bamber of emixrants sapl ‘board of inmates rofanded OF OFFICIAL HEADS DROPPING INTO THE Boar! agi ioding and money reliet in the city , 4. | peceived trom ianeiaimed a Tt | Sega anes Gok coleenliae oe Gr Deamber oF aes prog tae 10,148 eT ee eet rat 1,225 | 10 PUBLIC COMPETITION ON WEDNESDAY NEXT. y le Gare eee ta er of tema Citas | Received foi simoloy aioe uniform account .-- "935 | Notwithstanding that President Bailey ana Com. | er eee tig | clety loan on bond and mortgage. 100,00 | missioner Brennan have been in office but a few Do. at Bufialo..... Lied Total. ots: weeks they have been actively enzaged in stuuy- Paid raft Inu lie ing the routine of work and considering such re- Paid Con’ contract and bilis tor new Aayium for forms as may be suggested to their minds, As Paid expenses, id 13 den by a by agent at Suspension Total....... 7 RE Bomber of emigrants ‘temporarily ‘sappiied ‘with epee et food, lodging and oth relief b, | Paid state agents agentat Albany 1,876 Paid for interest on loans. Do. at Rochester ‘igs | Paid tor insurance at AFUEN voor esses eg {2 paid inmates of Wara's Do. at Suspension Bridge. 113 | Caan balance, Decembe: oe AOE de ee ARID LSD tgrogen. inege SOS | ©: SOME seezet = Nomber of emigrants chargeable to the Commis- | _ The Commitasioners are sion cared ‘or in the several counties and charita- | “astaras may be” out of ble institutions throughout the State......... 0. 5y several counties. cities an Number of emigrants retarped to Lurope at their they may incur own request and at the expense of the Commis- sp of em JON..... «--++ see . nder this law Do. at the expense of the counties, fe., since the ¥ on which they came. 257 Fills have ‘been renders — | Poorof t officers of chari‘able insti the care and December 1, 1874, as follows Total. 54, Total number of alien emigrants landed at the port of hee York during the past five years who were relieved, warded aud provided with employment, &c., during Albany county... year 1x74, 66, 485 Allegany county entire ‘nuinber of passengers trom foreign ports Broome county juffalo cit 485, ed at the port of New Yors in [x74 was 189, of whom 140,041 were aliens and 4,759 were eltize: $90, or = Cha auqui count; vide for their care and support the Comm torney General for permission, as required by |i to borrow Mnonoy on mortgage of the property at Ward's i ringendent of Ward' ‘Yor sale of materiai and sundries Received from the Emigrant Industrial Savings and interest. Received from State charitable | ai Ward's Island. . the Ingane, Newton for torwarding emigranis inland and‘ to M8... aes Ward's Island and Ca tle rants, chargeable to the Commission. the Commissione! he several counties, cities an: upport of emigrants from May 1, 1873, to as ants lad at th 48 port. and who haye added to the Joners were overnor, Comptroller and At- much of its wealth and prosperity. ‘The Board have to make mention, with regret, of the jeath, on the 30 h of November last, of the Hon. William » Haveme} member of the Board ex gficio and its | | forimmigrant passengers who come upon our shoros | and who are unable to varna Uviag, and with the in- crease of the commutation fee from $1 50 to $2, if granted bate, Haware, the means will be ample to supply 1o wants ol oO InMisson, is EDMUND STEPLENSON, THE COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES. PREPARATIONS FOR AOTIVE WOBK:~ @ROBABILITY 20,119 | yet they have made uo material changes, either in the management of the institutions under their control or im the personnel of the emp!oyés, sithough rumors are rife of some sweeping | changes soon to be made. Tho boara of Appor- tionment has reduced the annual appropriation | by $46,000, and the Commisstoners are perplexed | to decide in what way to meet the reduction ex- ‘and expenses. pruning of the salaries of others. clamor for | positions by (he trienas of politicians 1s very great, yet the Board are unabie to provide ior the needy ones, and hence have incurred the displeasure of some of the “heavy men” who stand behind the applicants and think that they are strong enough to puso their friends into fat positions. Tie chances for tnem are very slim, indeed, as it 18 understood that the Board are indisposed to dis- charge experienced servauts who are backed by infivence to make places jor inexperienced ones with no stronger political influence behind them. Tne Hoard have advertised tor proposals for a ear’s supplies of groceries, dry goods, clothing, directed by law to reimburse f the commutation tund, the nd towns of the state, for’ the under the Pour jaws, tor the | ave paid to the 476 ¢ Superintendents of towns and by | itutions within the State for out to public competition to economize so as to overcome tae $46,00) reduction. Bids for supply- ing the departments will be o| ed at the oilice, corner of Third avenue and Eleventh street, at ten o’clock A, M. next Wednesday. “n rons who had before landed at this port. Javuga county. 113 | HE (00: MERCUR’ Pefme number of thos: wiry lauded at Castle Garden was Delaware coun aif Tv SCHOOLSHIP Y. . - Erie coun ‘Uf these, 120,420 were aliens, 3,18) wer born in the | Kings county 3.30 | ‘This vessel, which the reader is doubtless aware United States and 16,162 had previously landed at New | Lewis county: 346, ? York or other Dorts th the United State. : rt Monrve "county ; gle is training snip for the bors under the care of ¢ to'al Passengers that landes 75 came by 9 New York coun 4 v TEL aad onthe he-aas eal cone Poy acces clee y 3) «the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, e number of aliens who arrived 40, 385 will leave this port this morning for a cruise in the n, | Oswego county it West indies, She will not likely return to this agg ls 1 — ey Qatasio county el port until the ist ol May. The officers are:. Cap. in Emoire. 5 trom Holland, Poughkeepsie ¢ a 2 y5 BE mi 3 Rid from Denmnars, 2296 from swiizeriand, 7,564 (rom — Queens county ios 8. FF. Gregory; Execuiive Onea. i, Russia, £5 trom Belginm, 125 trom Wales, 3.9 trom Lux- ert | ibe: econ cet, Gece eae embours, 497 irom West {ndies, 249 froin Spain, 174 from ‘39 Officer, Charies E. Davis; Instructor, John U. Joun- Foul An. 63 irom Canada, 3% trom Australia, 17 25 Son. She had in addition as acrew eight sea 7 pm British Columbia, Si from China, 43 zl «omen, a steward and carpenter. About 250 boys indian ST sreen ove S ee ee pens — = = constitute the school, and inno instance, tt 13 . 2 iter i om Mexico, 1 city... 3 15 ‘rom Sew Brunswick, trom New | Westchester county Lt The Commissioners experience Some auDoy4u om Portugal and 24 from’ Turk: alo Hospital... ii were male adulia 4827 | Buttalo bytns-in tiospital..- 349 OWing to tne failure of the Board of Apportion- re female adults and ‘32:91 were children under St. Vinceni’s Female Orphan Asylum. : ment to set apari any funds for the mamtepance twelve years of age of both sexes. From the registered Brffalo General Hos ital, TO Of the schoolship; but it has been found so benef- entries which have been made of the mteuded or ‘Troy Hospital, Troy 3.433 cial to the boys that the soard have resolved to avowed destination of each passenger landed at Castie gt. Mary’s Hospital, 3,605 Continue the ocean cruises and economise in other Garden the tollowing 1s a summary :—rifty-two thou- | Bt Mary’s Orphan Boys’ Asyiam, Rochester, 10 Gepartments, Abvut $12,000 only are consumed ‘sand four hundred and forty-tour rey orte rintenaed | St. Pi nan Girls Asyluin, Rochester, wo P “ 7 estina ion to be the State of New Yors. 2.640 wont to r City Hospital. ‘ i,ou1 | i Salaries Ol officers and wages of seamen, the waste states, Pabst She Teeter 2 an Ra Orphan Asy: 626 | oo HEL ey oe ern States anc ‘erritorics, y went to e Eastern Hospital, Bro sd Gra 306 to the bomhern Siaes und 2152 wont w | st Vincents Orphan A aus | MUNICIPAL NOTES. bogie RAILROAD DEPARTMENT | Be Brances: Hospital si) oy ‘The three great lines of communication with the West | St. Joseph's Nospital, $3 | Yesterday wasanck adatldayin the City Hall gnd Boath—the Eric Railway, the New York Cental | Providence Lu 726 that the politicians had to fall back upon the an ennsyivan is—bave axencies e of the Fr Na Qt Castle Garde: nee | Albany Hospital. ni pastime of manufacturing rumors to idle the ‘The transportation facilities furnished are such that | _——— hoursaway. One of these rumors was to the the emixrants are enavied on ianding, and without leay- | Total. .. 790 . ing the protection of the Commission, to purchase tickets | ‘to their destinations and have their baggage checked end transferred to the steamboat or rali depot. BROKERS’ MONEY EXCHANGE. In order to facilitate the transaction of the business | of the emigrant and to protect Lim against fraud two sible firms have been licensed io open brokers’ These claims are stil an hopes of being avie tw pay | tand ‘The indebteciaess of the December, 1974, was as follows :— Due Kauitabie Life Assurance Society, amount of effect that Mr. Van Nort had sent his resignation to the Mayor and another was that the Mayor had removed the Fire Commissionera. There was no foundation for either. paid and the Board have no them out of the Commutation Commiasion on the 3lst day of Tempon epot. The: con- | seeise $100,000 ducted Cader tig supervision of tbe Commntenenens, aad pene ag a Insti tio a tor support ot ¢ 750 the waterman, wager, have been placed in the on } La nm Po ee Bers EE ee tow Die same to timated, Diils not re: Banas of the Mayor by Commissioner Van Nort. Wall street at the time of making the exchange. ceived... : 34e9 The answer shows (that Gager took his case into LABOR BUREAU. Due tor coal turni: at 741 | the courts and was defeated on tho mert's. In the Labor Bureau employment was procured for | Due for supplies at Wa: iand. 4s There was a large number of callers upon tho we for supplies atl Ca | Due tor repairs at Ca: | Due for rent of Castie ¢ 16,910 emigrants, of whom 10,148 were maces and 6,762 females. f the former 2.023 were mechanics and 8,066 were agricuitaral and unskilied laborers. 1 Of the females 6.490 were general house servants and | | Due on Emigrant tund account Mayor yesterday, among them several office- seekers, Oi course the latter all went away satis- fied that between now and the centennial anol- versary something might turn up to benefit them. A room 1s to be fitted up in the Hall ior tne use en to ‘273 skilled workwomen. The average monthly wages, with board, was$i2 5s | Less cash balsnce. Of the reporiers. The question as to whether the for males and $7 27 tor temales. v —+—— | room wiil be in the cupola, immediately under the Sacomabic compensation, while for the flatter, it ander- their expenditures, and aiter redacing their staff of em- | the Mayor's quarters, has thus jar auitated the to supply all kinds of ssilled mechanical and , Ployes toa number consi kes Rericaltural labor to any part of the United states, the ecet of transportation to be defrayed by the employers. INFORMATION BUREAU, ‘Throngh the agency of this bureau over thirteen per | Tent exponses directe aavongers were delivered to their friends. Of chis number there were 1.136 husbands who received their wives and 153 wives who received their husbands, | and 680 children received, their parents; 17.34 persons ived their kindred of different deurees of relation: | ip. The total number of applicants for advice ana in- | ‘ tion regarding ‘arriving t riends was 20,157. | respecttally ia this bureau Doarding hotse Keepers having Ncense | made by the » es: mater the landing depot to solicit for their respective | }Tesent financial 3 make reports of the names of the emigrants | ed in their houses. The number of emizrants lodzed in kept by German, Scandinavian, French and | §¥t ita lias opreters during the year was 22,279; and by | Pro} . Bnglish ana Seotch, 11,299. | by come destitute or disub years after their arrival mended that the commut future éoniinue the usetu ked that ai islature auice Society, which, | These boarding house ‘keepers are subject the state and of the city of New York, The remainder Fee eee en tasde trom Time to tinne ia, | to be sed in paying the ainounts due by the commis. | came tothe hall yesterday to fud out if the news ‘andevery precaution taken to guard the emi- | #oners for repairs, supplies, &c., and tor supporting | Was really true. grant against abuse im Desi tion. emigrants durin, present winter months os wal LAND BURRAU. On behalf ot this application it is submitted that no THE FERRYBOAT COLLISION, This barean recei ‘applications from omi pecuniars aid has been te to the Gi for admussion to the State emigrant institutions at | mission since its estabi: id that the peseé Si Ay lief and the secon arrivals eee bas bee. aki y Sn io eanpern of The investigation by the United Sta‘es inspectors ept at office, wi! are exami to ve came alter vit of tue appheant to nid {rom the Commission, | their landing, inte the cause of the recent collision betwoen the f the examination proves satisfactory the emigrants | teal or ae cee hw A sige, foe pa Bae Ad Alaska, of the Roosevelt street ferry line, and the ‘re sent to the Ho: al or luge and cared for atthe — Sxpense of te Commission andl omploymentisiound | Island, and erec & cost of more than a million of | Cattle boat Colden, by which two men were killed, for them, remittances are reeelved or they recover thelr | ae ooo teminen ~~) Fy hg was closed at the office of the inspectors in Pine 1. . "Attached to this Bureau are a resident physician and | “fhe Commissioners of Emigration turther claim that | Street yesterday. The only witness examined a surgeon, whose duties are to the landing officers | the State is justly Indebied to the Commusston in the sam | Weeness, (evk hand of the Alaska, who in ting all emigrants when they first land, and to weate & (et moneys received trem emlgranive but | wat he was the lookout on the hurricane oxauilpe ail sick and destitute applicants for relief and tthe State, The particulars of this | “ier he tot tn to visit ali such as are residents of the je — | jog. At e took his position, and TEMPORAMY OR RECEPTION HO% tal and the Qparantine grounds at | the Alaska was headed up the Roosevelt street | Ale | e Ine i ospt | Staten Leland were, until area sad vt the Comimissione: Both of April, 1363, 8 Qual and the Cominissioners transfer w the State which they had proporty Was sui the former Mai at Castle Garden This hospital, wit in attendance. The number of pers 1,86. There were 2i b sv ated during the year i 23 ceaihs in the hospital, NTS The Board employs agents at Albany, Utica. Syracuse. on Bridge, Budalo, Dankirk and Rocnester. | debt was contracted at various times between the years | ae © meet the arriving emigrant trains, | 1350 and 1860, and the mortgage was and to inqu nent received by the emi. | sent ot the Governor, Compirolier Brantstr emploses and to give to | eral as required by inw. all eniurs m advice and assistance the credit ot the estima’ when nee THE STATK KMIGKANT REFUGE AND HOSPITAL, WARD'S ISLAND, The Comission hold a tract of land of about 129 | was nearly all required an nereson Ward's Isinnd. whereon have been erected of the United states im the Marine Hospi ospitals and otver buildings. capable of accommodat. | quently the state assamed 60 persons. the three fourths > the a to be paid out of ne grounds. the last act authorizing the proceeds wa which the sale was dire: payment by the pure! And the Commissioners ot The buildings consist of the Verplanck Hospital, re- served exclusively for non-contagious diseases and sur gical cases. The fever Hospit ted from the other war! sylim for the insane, r barracks, nursery, dispensary, surgical ward s house, residences of officers, viurchea, wor &e ne Dulitings om’ th ii have beon erected at warions periods since the ostavlishment of the Commis. directed to furnish ana sion, and are now comp'ete, but many of the oder stru their banda toward the res need ¢Xvensi repairs. There nave been cared gece of $210,000, the sum of ssion on Ward's of the Comm 6 as follows: — ar 6.746 emigre in the institut | Dy them.“ That sum they mn L717 | buildings were fired by « amber alwite the yo aT ¥rom that date the conn Number ot virshs, nti 26 | Rrigranon with sald. by —— | though the Commission bi Total number cared for and treated. 6,746 | Ia a at staven Isiand Nambor diseharget daring the year. ane | Le omens umber of dea rats 22 | {neurred in support ot the under of cmizrants romaining at instituiion, | 46, | edged as such by the f | Ke | joi ne officers comprising t however, 7 ‘The Commissivners of ance of the duties requisite in the protection, | and care of the emigrants, still finds tha: tne cot tion fee of $1 5) per capita ts insumMeie the Commission for the support of such emigrants as be 0 Whilg ar increase of the commutation fee would in the embarrassments, i One hunures thousand doliars of this sum to be used | in paying off the loan obtained of the Equitable Life As- inety-flve thousand dollars {or the | ims of the several counties "i ESepe of In the real esta! Dject to a mortgag: Hospital iand, toxeck property held by the Couunssion at Ward's Island, The Hogistatare, in tho years 1486, 1367 and 1868, | knowledged She tact that the $40,000 raised ov wortgace Proceeds of tne deemed the (air propor ion thereof the Ist of september, 1853," 3,0 years succes 1,000, of which $i commendations to the Legisiatare ot 1371 of the ing t this diverson of the emigrant fund from pose tor which the tate assigned It. resulted im th pointment of a commission, consisting of the Lieuten- & Governor, the Comptrolicr and the Attorney Gen. ral of the siate, to investigate the minds of the powers that be. It will be ready some time in the summer, Two or three of the city marshals are to be in- vited to step down and out o! official life. 1s great consternation in marshalaom in conse- , a8 each One o! them has an idea somehow iderman Reiilly’s ordivance giving th> Mayor the appointment of the ma:shal jor the collection stent with a proper pertorm- landing mma a- to meet the cur- re to be made by | within the period of five | in this ‘state. aid itis recom: | ation lee be increased to $2 the Legisiat iness of the Cominission, it is | of arrears for taxes creates considerable talk m sppropriation of 3 9.000 BS ‘ among the politicia The present incumbent ard trom its | Goes not relish the outlook, although his iriends hat, ‘the school teachers are jubiiant over the amend- ment to the non-resident ordinance adopted by the Aldermen on Thursday, and several of them sa lien on the Ward’s Island | institaiions of | jot rang one bell and whistied at inter- of every half minute. to the New York shore. When opposite or 46 witness signted Object througn the fog, called to the pliot that there was something tahead, The pilot rang three belis to stop nd back, threw heim hard to starboard and biew | two whistles. When he first saw the Colden she was from three to four lengths ahead, and witnes: year 1963, under the ch the By the act of the | tine Board was established, Emigration were directed to | the righ, tithe and interest te on Btaten Island. i his 6 of $200.00, covering her ‘with the The ‘The Alaska kept ch en with the con ad Attorney Gen- the loan Was obtained upon t into the fog, Which was very dense, Tne on in the case will not be rendered ivr some as Mr, Low, the supervisory inspector, is tin Washington. ALLEGED HOMICIDE. I>/ormation was received at the Coroners’ ome yesterday morning, that Joon McMavon, a man fifty-six years of age and a native of Irciand, had died late the night previous under suspicious cir- cums:ances. It appears that ot hail-past eleven P. M, deceased was put out of the liquor store of Timotny Burns, No, 400 West street, and it is sua ected tia Burns either knocked him down or else he jell on the sidewalk and Waa jataily injured, aa death ensued while ne was being carried op the Stairs leading to his reviaence. The police arrested Buri await the resuit of an inv ner Eickbom, Later in the day Dr. Marsh made an autopsy on the body, but ‘ound no marks of Vioience except @ clot of blood al the base of the brain, showing thay deata resuited from compression of the brain, caused by a fall or violence of some kind, Coroner Kickoo® empanetied @ jury and aa- Journed the case until some day nex Burns states that MoManhon came late at night very drunk and wanted some liquor, Whioh was rejused, MoMaion was insulting and avusive, When the prisoner took him by the colar and led him out o1 the door, McMahon was not ted val e Quarantine id used tor carin the payment of MOUNC sO Fiver the salo and the disposition of | in 1868. "but the terms under | 1 to be’ made T for three years therea Emigration were required provide ott of the faunas in Payment of said mort- $40 0M, paid on ine Hospital entirely destroye ection of the Commissioners of d detained him to tigation betore Coro- 6, Marine Lospital and acknowl | stature. alidity of the claim, he {recial comunianon failed, raised oy loan wed ry Vv the ® sum of $7.00, which eet gure or improve | {hey paid vo the said Comunissionors for the use of tho pushed, neither did he jall at that time. Burns werg iruyisterrad to the cate of the Cowmissoners of | - This mortgage was foreclored, and, to protect the in. Sad he then closed his place for the night, when Public Charmues and Correation and 19 died, There were | terests of tho states the Commission was compelled to deceased kicked at the door and fell, alter which Sj convalescent paticuts rormrned to tholr homes in Eas. | buy 1m tho property ara cost of $8,3%, Its also clauncd Ne Was takeo Up stairs by his wie and other Pope at the ex veuse of We Commission. | that Khia amount AMM Hie Lalerest Bald OU Mae moruagy picuds. cept by discharging some of the employés und the | ardware, fuei, &., and hope by leting contracts _ The answer to the charges mads against him by | There | say they can knock the ordinance into a cocked | on leaving the slip, see only about 4.0 or | t Into his place | THE COURTS. Making the City Plaintiff in the Ring Suits. A CRIMINAL PUZZLE. Conviction for a Crime Hav- ing No Penalty. CANCELLING A CONTRACT. Several Burglars Convicted and Sentenced. Karl Janson was yesterday brought before the United States Commissioner on @ charge of hay- ing smuggled, or having in his possession, @ quan- The particuiars of the | arrest of the accused were only gone into, and | the furtner examination set down for Monday next. The New York State Loan and Trust Company have commenced @ suit in the Supreme Court | againat the Crook County National Bank, of Chi- cago, to recover $54,450 83. As one of the prelim- mary steps in the prosecutton application was made yesterday to Judge Brady for an attachment | against the property of the latter bank in this | State, which application wae granted, THE RING CIVIL SUITS. ' Several days since motion was made in Supreme Court, Chambers, before Jadge Donohue, to make the city, instead of the Board of Supervisors, plaintiff in the sult brought against Wiliam M. | Tweed to recover $11 000,000, alleged to have been | fraudulently obtained by him from the city treas- pry in connection with the building of the new jouit House, Judge Donohue gave his decisio! | tN the case yesterday, granting the motion, but | stipulating as @ condition that the city pay the costs incurred by Mr, Tweed up to the present | time, | | A similar taotion to the above was also made at about the same time in the civil suit brought to | recover $5,451,144 26 from James H. Ingersoll, | whioh he ts alleged, as one of the parties in the Court Mouse Ring, te have wrongfully abstracted trom the city exchequer. This motion was also grante: yesterday by Judge Donohue, but another Motion tos nd the case before a@ referee lor eX+ amination was denied. LETTING WELL ENOUGII ALONE. | Owen Reilly was recently convicted in the Gen- | eral Sessions for an attempt to commit arson in the first degree, in setting fire, during the night | time, to the residence of Henry Shelting. He was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and to pay a fine of $250, An appeal was taken from this jvdgment to the Supreme Court, Gencral Term, where the case came up for argument yesterday morning, Judges Davis, Daniels and Brady on the bench. she result was a3 novel as it Was unexe pected. ‘the question that came up for argument was simply whether in the present condition of our statutes there 1s any such offence as an at- tempt to commit arson in the first aegree pun- ishable bv our laws. Mr. Wm. F. Howe appeared for the appellant and District Attorney Phelps in | tity of smuggled jewelry. opposition, ‘Mr. Phelps, '0 opening bis argument, cited the penalties attaching ty arson, the origina: penaliy | in the revised statutes being death, then by an act of 1860 this being chaaged to imprisonment Jor life avd then in 1662 the punishment being again changed to imprisonment fur not less than ten years, and this again by an act of May, 1873, being once more changed to imprisonment for lie. Next he showed how the statutes re- arded attempts to commit arson. That the ezislature Intended that one of 1h> most serious crimes known to the law should be committed with utter impunity, or nearly 80, was not to be presumed, unless the language they have em- ployed plainly and unmistakably demands that io- terpretation. A palpable fatiure of justice was, of course, no ground for construing & statute against the plain inieudment of its language, but it is surely an argument wiich courts ay heed where the construction is doubttul, As far as he had been able to discover, alter a careful investigation, neither the precise question presented to the Court, nor one very similar to it, nad ever been adjudicated. Taking as his guide the settled doctrines o! the law in relation to reports by im- piication he saw no ground sor reversal of the judgment. bir. Howe said that the plaintiff in error wae te- dicted for arson ja the first degree, the punish- ment for which is iinprisonment in state Prison for tie and no less, ‘The conviction was tor “an attempt to commit arson in the first degree,” for | which there ts now no punishmeat on the statute book. But Judge Sutherland, although the | offence of which the prisoner was convicted was clearly @ lelony, sentenced him to one year’s im- risonment in the Penitentiary. Alter alluding to he statutes in reference to arson and showing ' that by the act of 1873 the penaity for arson in the | frst degree is ‘imprisonment tor life in State Prison,” and that the conviction of ap attempt | to commit any crime carries with it a penaity “not exceeding one-hali the longest term of im- prisonment prescribed upon a conviction jor the } offence % attempted,” he went on to say that the term of imprisonment for arson, first degree, is | life, What 1s half a Miettme ? Can courts or | Legistatures foreteil the dirat.on of human life? Can fintte man determine or measure out “hall a me?’ Who shall say, then, that the sen- tence of oue year is not in *excess?’ of nalf & life- time? ‘We Know noi the day or the hour of our | departure,” proclaims the Scripture. Hence, tence 0: five years or five days or five hour: y be in excess of ‘hati @ lifetime,” The Legiela- ture, then, has left no puaisnment ior “an atvempt | to commit arson in the first degree.” Therefore” Judge Sutheriand’s sentence was erroneous and the prisoner should be discharged, because no pun- ishment can ve legally inflicted for the offence of | waich the plaintiff in error was found guilty, Judge Davis said that it was a grave question in his mind whether, as the lew stands to-day by reason of the act of 1873, the appellant was not | Nabie to imprisonment in State Prison jor five years instead oi one year in the Penitentiary. Of course the Court at present would express no de- cided opinion upon the consiruction tu be given to the statute. It was @ point upon which the Court had desired to hear the District Attorney, and the case having been fully presented, and | being f# very pecullar one, showing the ev: | hasty legislation, it ought to receive due tion. | Mr. Howe said that, with great deference after | what had sallen trom tne lips of the Court, he should respectiuily ask that tue appeal be wita- drawn. Judge Davis (smiling)—The appeal cannot be withdrawn, Dut the judgment of the Court below ¢an be affirmed, Mr. Howe—Inasmach as the District Attorney | has been so universally kind to me,i now ask that this Court affirm the judgment of the Coart | below. | (Laughter.) | Mr, Phelps (biandly smiling)—I would like to take tnis case to the Court of Appeals. | Judge Davis (pleasantly)—You cannot sue out a writ 0: error for judgment in your own favor. Mr. Phe!ps—This is the first case in which the plaintiff in error has asked for aitirmation of judg: ment and the District Attorney has opposed it, | Tne proceedings terminated by alftirming the Judgment, | CANCELLATION OF A OONTRACT. | An important decision was rendered yesterday | by Judge Van Brunt in the special term of the | Supreme Court in an action to cancel a contract, | It appears that a contract was entered into be- tween Seitz, tae plaintiff tn tits action, apd the ENT, as the remecy was by arbitration under | cer O'Connor, of the E'eventh ine’, arrested the con: The motion was denied, the case | & young man, named John McCarthy, yesterday tried on its merits and a judgment rendered for @ pair of gaiterson him which were idrati- Plaiatafy cancelling the contract. fied by Mr. Marks as part 0! tho stolem prone. ty. Ulman, Remington and Porter for plaintif, and | Judge Murray held the prisoner in $2,009 bail to Wiam 8, Fuppin tor detendaat, answer, SUPREME OCOURT—GENERAL TERM. WRIT OF ERROR IN A FELONIOUS ASSAULT CASE, Before Judges Davis, Brady and Daniels. Frederick Evers, indicted for an assault with intent to kill James Curran, in April last, was tried at the last October term of the Court of General Sessions, before Recorder Hackett, con- victed of an assault with a dangerous weapon, witn intent Lo do boally hari sentenced jor three years to State Prison, A writ of error was obtained by Wm, F, Howe, the prisoner's counsel, and the case on this writ argued peerianis the Supreme Court, General Term. ‘ounsel Made a lengthy and forcible argument, contending, first, that a portion of the evidence Was irrelevant to the issue; that the Court erred iu allowing a certain witness to give testimony; that manifestly tlegal questions were put to another witness, and that certain portions of the cross-examination of the accused were improperly admitted, Abundant reasons, he contended, ex- isted why the judgment should be reversed and 9 new trial ordered. Mr, Phelps answered these Various points and tnen the Court tuok the papers. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART 2. VERDICT OF SIX CENTS DAMAGES, Before Judge Van Vorst. ‘The suit of Cowles vs, Watson et al., which has been on trial for the past three days in this court, Teache@ a verdict yesterday, It grew out of the purchase s shares in an oll company, and t laintid, thinking himseif an bi Pg par! rought sult for 000 damages. The jury g: him six cents. 4 DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBEES, y Judge Donohue, tyre; in tne matter MoCon- ison; Smith va ntov.— B: Martin va, Mell nell; Clark vs Granted, Ryckman, Jr., vs, Marks; Farmer vs. Ascher- ton.—Motions granted. Shardion va, Buck ; Schermerhorn vs. Schermer- horb.—Memorandum. Listman vs. Blant.—Motion denied. Kirsted vs, 0. and A, Railroad Company et al.— Motion denied ; memorandum. Motr vs, Moir.—Deoree of divorce granted to the pPlatnuitt, Board of Supervisors vs. Ingersoll.—Motion denied, without costs. Same vs, I'weed.—Motion granted om payment of defendant's costs to date. Browning vs. Rollwaguer.—Relerence ordered, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. By Judge Freedman. Doyle et al. vs. Lo d, Jr., et al.—Case and ex- ceptions settled and ordered on file. By Judge Sedgwick. Howland vs. Smith et al.—Order sottied, By Chiet Justice Monell. Bertrand vs. Carl.—Findings settled. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. By Judge J. F. Daly. Motion denied, with yment of $10 costs. Masury vs. Masury.—\his Court has no jurisdic- tion of defendant; he does not reside in this city, nor was he served with su.mons thereon, This being au action for divorce, Thornton vs. Loedel.—Reference ordered to take Bee a to alleged represontations and falsity erect, SURROGATE’S COURT. AN ESTATE FOR WHICH TWO FAMILIES ARE CONTESTING, [Before Surrogate Hutchings.) James Hardwick, a resident of Morrisania, died @ few weeks ago, leaving an estate valued at $15,000, which, by @ will executed some time be- fore his death, he divided equally between his two sons, H, Hardwick, whom he appointed his executors, and nis aaughter, His wido Elizabeth, was to have a iife- interest, and u any of tne properiy was dis- posed of, to have a third of the proceeds. Tne Will was witnessed by Judge Gifford, 01 Morrisani: | and John A. Henry, and was ip due time offere for probate by thé executors and widow in the Surrogate’s office. A notice of cont-st was served by a woman cailing herself Susanna Snari, who claims to be the rightul widow of James Snari, alias James Harawick, the deceased, and her son, James C. Snari, alias Hardwick, who claims to be the only heir o! the deceased. It 18 a case of two distinct weer | formed, as is alleged, by one man under two different names, and some curious domestic developments are expected, Mri Wright, the daughter recognized in the will, sides in Rome, N, Y., and James A. Hardwick, one Of the recognized sons and executors, resiaes in Caicago. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett, HEAVY SENTENCE FOR BURGLARY. Im the Court of General Sessions yesterday, before Recorder Hackett, tie triai of Henry Porter, charged with acting in concert with two men who burgiariously entered the dwelling honse of Wil- ” , Ham 8. Hicks, No, 323 West Fiity-first street, on | degree. deiendant, Smithson, by which Seitz agreed to deliver to Smithson & large nomber of engravings of “Lavy Washington’s Reception,” and as an indemnity and guarantee to Smithson for the per- formance of Seitz’s part of the contract it was stipaiated that the plate from which the engrav- | Ings were to be made should be held by one Gor- aon as trast@e, the piate being already in Gor- don’s possession and pledged to bim by Seitz as | security for au existing indebtedness. Smithson ent under obtained from the trustee, who was botn parties under | being in defauit of his second pi the contract nevertheless time from for y ol the engravings, for | which he paid on delivery about $1,400. He had also | made the firat and thir aymnents due vader thi | contrat tae ig $5,000, bat iading to mak: ® payment o/ $2, in the manner provided by | the contract the supply of engravings on the part Of Seitz ceased, Seitz mow desiring to discharge his indebtedness to Gordon and obtain possession of the plate he had pledged, tendered th due Gordon, who reiused to surrender the prop- erty until the contract was cancelled, alleging that Smithson nad notided tim that ne would hold him responsible if ne a This suit Was accord. | togly brought to cancel contract and rel Gordon from his trust, 80 thas he might sur! the property pledged to him on payment of his claim, [he contract contained a clause providing tor arbitration in case Of dispute between tne par- ties. The defence admitted ail the facts, but vlaime@ that the $3,000 paid by defendant to piaincift should be reiunded or its value tn engray- Ings furnished to Smithson a8 @ condition fyr the cancellation of the contract. A motion to dis | Tiss the cc int Was made on (hs ground and, on the ground that (he Ouurt bad no Jailsdicuom, | the night of the ist of August, occupied most of the session. The house was unoccupied at the time of the burglary, Mr. Hicks and his family being tn the country. One o1 the burglars, named Norton, was arrestea by the officers almost in the act. The oniy direct evidence against the prisoner was the poss-ssion of a coat when he Was arrested on the 30th of August, which was positively identified by the son of Mr. Hicks. It Was also shown that Porter was the associate of Norton and another man charged with the perpe- tration of this offence, The prisoner called a w: man who resides at Greenpoint, an aunt of his, who swore that on the lat of August Porter boarded at her house ani remained indoors that morniog. A young man named Thompson te: fied that he was with Porter and bis brother when he bought a coat similar to the one shown in court from a man for twenty shillings. The jury ren- dered a verdict of gulity of burgiary tn the second The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that he was iniormed ‘that Porter had served a term in the State Prison, and that bis associa’ were among the worst class in the city of New York, He Was sent tothe State Prison for ten years, A TOW IN THE FIVE POINTS. Minnie Mitchell, who was charged with strikiog @negro, named Jacob Williams, on the head and shoulders with an axe, on the 14th of January, at the Five Points, was convicted of assault and bat- tery. She admitted that she strack Williams with @ shovel. His Honor remarked that the verdict | Was an extraordinary one. The woman, who lived in one of the vilest dens in Baxter street, was sent to the Penitentiary for one year. 4 CARPET-BAGGER, John Thomas, @ colored man, who was caught in the act of attempting to steal carpet-baz from Qn express wagon, in Sixth avenue, on the 24th of December, was convicted of petit larceny. He COURT OF APPEALS. ALBANY, Jom, 22, 1875. The following proceedings took p.ace to-day No. 3435. The Manofa ‘turers’ Natt nai Bink, & Troy, et al., respou e's, Vs, Mary E, Oox, admla istratrix, &c., appellants; argued by R.A. Par. menter, of counsel tor appellant, and vy Irving Brown! for respondents, No, 67, The Tradesmen’s Nationa! Bank, of New York, v3. Bernard McFeelcy, et al., exccvtors, &e, appellants. Passed. jo. 69. John H. Boynton, et al., res,oncents, vs, John Andrews, appellant, Passed. No, 69. Joseph Kutherford, appellant, vs. David Alken, respondent. Passet, No, 61. Joun L, brown, appellant, vs. Tue Mayor, &c., respondents, Passed. No, 62, Charies R. Gorham, appellants. vs. The Trustees of the Village ot Cooperstown, respoud- ents, Argued, No, 63, Lucinda Burrows, respondent, vs. The Erie Raliway Company, wuppellant. Passed. No. 64 Zina W, Alexander, res,ondeat, Austin M, Hord and others, appe lants, No, 65. The Town of Venice, appel'ant, vs, Ly- man Murdock, respondent (two cases). Passed, No, 66. Maria Louisa Ciark, respondent, vs, The New York Life Insurance and Trust Compauy and- Othe's, appeliants, Passed, 10. 67. ‘iillam A, Macy, Jr., and another, appel- wal Ne ‘Thomas Neison and others, respondents, asBe No, 70, George M. Tompkins, respondent, vs. Henry M. Lee, appellant. No. 71. The People, &c., respondents, ve. Eben- ezer Pennock, impleaded, &c., appellant, Passed, No. 75, Lewis Bush, respondent, vs. The West- obester Insurance Company, appellant, Passed. No. 76, Weicome W. Jones and another, appel- Jants, ve. Lucretia F, Walker, respondent, Passed, ‘The Court adjourned to Monday, 25th inst, at Rca term oF the Court of Appeals, held at th ‘@ term of the Cour’ peals, held at Capitol, in the city of Albany, on the 23d day of January, 1875, the oliowing rule was adopted :— Ordered, that Rule No, 21 pe amended by adding following hen any cause shall be regularly calle for argument, and no other disposition shall be made thereof, the appeal shall be disinissed, without costs.” Ana an order shall be entered accordingly, which shall be absolate, unless upon application made and good cause shown. wn Dotice to the Opposite party wishin ten days aiter the Cours ia in session, and not on the first motion day of the wext meeting, the Court suall revoke said order and restore saia appeal. CALENDAR, Calendar for Monday, Jauuary 25,—Nos, 79, 83, 84, 85, 6, 83, 89, 90, 91, 02 98 and 94, UNITED STATES SUPREME OOURT. WASHINGTON, Jan, 21, 1875, No, 145, Byrne vs. Burgess—Error to the Cir. cuit Court for the Eastern Disirict of Pennsylva- Dia.—This is another case involving the question of the duty of the assessor to estimate the prov ducing capacity-ol the distillery, Im the present case the producing capacity was estimated at 1,¢624 gallons of whiskey trom 475 bushels of corn, or three and a half gallons from each bushel. The amount o/ spirits returned by the piainuff in error jor the Month in suit was 40,759 gallons, @ little above cighty per cent of the estimated oupacaty of the distiilery, but ine amount of mash to be ac- counted for, represented at forty-five gallons to each bushel of grain, 13,5¥1 34 bushels, and tus at the estimated producing capacity of tue distillery, of tnree and a hal! galions to each busiel, made 47,571 gallons as the amount actualiy produced, ‘This was the amount ior whict the tax was @; acted, and it is nere claimed that the tax sho have been on the amount returned. Tne judgment asserced that there was M0 evidence on tne triat that the amount taxed was not the amount actu. ally produced. It is also said there was no appeal to the Commissioner, as provided by law. The de- cision will probabiy rest on thatin a former case decided tor the government, ©. H. Hill for the government, James A. Hardwick and Henry | Mrs, Mary Anna Wright. | | mterwovea with fibrous warp | No. 148. National Bank of Commerce of Boston ys. Merchants’ National Bank of Memphis—Erros | to the Circuit Court for Massacbusetts.—This ac- tion was brought by the Merchants’ Na‘ional Bank against the plaintiff in error for alleged negil- gence in surrendering three railroad receipts 01 bills of lading attached to three drafis~-two at thirty days and one at sight—which were sent to them for collection by the Metropolitan National Bank of New York, and which railroad receipts oF bills of lading the plaintiff in evror surrendered to the drawers named in tue draits upon thelr ac. ceptance of them. The draits were discounted by the de endant 1n error at Memphis before accept. ance, and at the time of discount the raliroad re. ceipis were attached to the drafts, and delivered to the defendant inerror, and were {orwarded to the New York bank tor coilection. Tne draitd were drawn against certain cotton named in the receipts, and tae plaintuf in e:ror had no infor ma:ion that the drafts bad ever been negotiated | by the drawers, and had no matructions | whether to surrender the receipts upon accepts auceor to hold them until the piyment of the draits, The plaintu in error nad _ received | through the New York benk money draits on the | same parties accompanied by such receipts which | they liad always surrendered on acceptance ex- ceptin one instance, when they had special in+ structions to nold the receipts until the drafts were paid, The trial resulted 1p a verdict for the plaintin below, the Coart reiusing to instract the lary that it Was the duty o! the de.endauts to render the bills of ladivg Upon acceptance of ti dra ts, aud that they Were uot bound to hold them for payment. This refusal ts assigued as error, and it is insisted cuat in the absence of any in structions the plain tur in error Was Warranted in the imierence Mat the bills Were unnexed to the draits to seedre their acceptance, and were to be surrendere‘l thereuoon, and that tnereiore the; are notdable to an action lor the surrender, Pame and H. C. Hatonins for plaintiff in error; W. G, Rassell for deiendaat, No. 148, Smith va, Nichois—Appeal from the Cire cuit Court for Massachusetts.—The appellant sought by this action to protect a patent for a fabric composed of elastic or india rubber cords, covered top and bottom by fibrous filling threads, threads between the rabver cords, The patent ts claimed to cover ail sucblabrics. The case was decided sarees to the patent below, on the ground that the i rit claimed was known to commerce some years lore the date of the Capea The patent was tained in 1849, and it was alleged that tabricg idertical with that covered by it were made in ¢ country and imported trom Europe 1916. The case comes bere from this decision, and jt 18 contended that certain disclaimers fied subs sequent to the patent limit the invention to @ fabric which was not hitherto known; but the ap- ellee claims that the case is to be determined b; he original patent, without reference to the di claimers. . Mason for appellant; Gifford Dean for appellee, THE CUSTOM HOUSE Collector Arthur remained in Washington yes | terday, and there were consequently no new de ‘Was sentenced to the Penitentiary for six months, | BURGLARS SENTENCED. Late in the afternoon John Boardman and ‘Thomas Norton, who pleaded guilty to burglary in the third degree, were Lg to the bar and sentenced to the State Prison (or five years. AN ACQUITTAL. Robert Robertson, a respectable-Jooking man, was put on trial, charged with stealing $5 from William Tierney, on Christmas Eve, in the Twenty- third ward, Snortly after the case wascommenced _ pai District Attorney Russell abandoned it, and ac- ding to the direction of His Honor the jury re- firned’a verdiot of not guilty. J Boyle and Henry Williams jaded guilty 8 indictment charging them with stealing, on he 19tu of December, $62, the sent to oots and gaiters valued at Pi sid ot Edward McNeill. Both were tate Prison ior three years, PETIT LARCENIRG, Jonn Johnston, who was charged witn stealing @ighteen dozen combs on the 15th inst. from Jalius | Schween, pleaded guilty to petit larceny. A sim- ilar plea was accepted from Patrick Rape, who | Was indicted for stealing a can of oll worth $35, the property of John M. Christield, Michael Kelly, who, on the 15th of January, le a ban of hides wor.h $30, the perty of Mallory & Spi pleaded guilty to the same grade of larceny. These three prisoners were sent to the tary for 41x months. ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. Before Judge Murray. A QUARBEIGOME FAMILY, Jeremiah Cronin, of No. 640 Water street, and John Cronin, his son, were arraigned before Judge Murray yesterday on a charge of assault and bat- tery, preferred by Officer Michael Gorman, of the Thirteenth precinct, About eight o'clock Thurs- day Jonn Cronin was driving his truck through Water reet, near his home, He was then 80 grossly intoxicated that UMcer Gorman thought it necessary to arrest him. As soon as Omcer Gorman got on the truck Jeremian Cronin, the iather of Jonn, ran out from his house ani atiacked the officer with a pitchiork, and the son also joined in the assault, Both father and soi however, wore taken into custody, and Judge aude yesterday heid them in $1,000 bail each to nswer, THE HOUSTON STREET BURGLARY, On the night of the 19th of January the boot and shoe store of Davis Marks, No, 451 Kast Houston Street, was barglariousiy entered and tweive bairs of eaitera, valned at $70, were stolen. OM niten- velopments in the recent smuggling cases. Sur veyor Sharpe and Assistant Collector Lydecker were in consultation, and it was supposed that upon the Collector's return the seal of secrecy would be removed from the lips of those of who vold the names of the firms implicated in th recent frauds. One of the prominent gentlemen connectea with the department erday tol the HERALD representative tnat he tuought aj the parties to the late frauds were Known, and a vigorous overnauling Of their transactions, past and present, would take piace, but that he was unger instructions to reveal no names antil Col- lector Arthur should authorize tt, It is to the interests o! justice cannot by orecy, that the 8 of dishones' against the revenue will be POST OFFICE AFFAIRS, IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MERCHANTS—A NUISANCR TO BE ABATED AT STATION D. , | The steamship City of New York (Inman iit Yesterday was a busy day at the Post Offlce. The steamers Russia and Silesia arrived and en: | tailed double duty on the clerks for distribution ol the retarded maiis; the Silesia, having left Havre | on the 10th, made a good passage for this tempes- tuous season, To see the nimble hands ussorting | the foreign matis would convince one of an extra intelligence almost amounting to & sixth sense, ne) is now the only ship overdue, and the Russia repereg | that she passed ner three days since, making het way slowly to tnis port, so that her arrival may ba looked for at any moment. At this season dela; in the transatiantic mails 1s @ thing of sou and occasions no surprise among the Post Omce Ofictais, The following IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MERCHANTS is made by authority of the Assistant Postmaster, Mr. Pearsall, and no doubt the suggestions thereim contained will be gratefully received b} having correspondence with the States imdt- cated:— ’ 2, ANUARY ah Under prosent arrangements there is a consideral vantage in sending mail matter to St. Louis, Mo. the carly afternoon inail closing at the New York P Office at four P. M., as it is now due at St, Louls at | of minutes past seven A. M. on the second day, ins filteen minutes past one P. M., as formerly. This alsa fects a great gain in time for art of Mis ina tot ‘he mat in the New York Post Oifice ab si: P. M, and sent via New York Central and Hudson Rive Ratiroad or Erie Railroad, is not due at 8% Louis un! ten minutos past five 2, M. of the second day. Merchants, therefore, will perceive tho advan tage of hastening their byt oe im the Post OMe by @ couple of hours and thus secure the materi advantage indicated above. Th re some rich developments in store for scandal mongers, and especially lor the Society (CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGEJ