The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1875, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT: “THE COURTS. ‘Business Transacted in the Surrogate’s Office. VICTORIEN SARDOU’S “FERNANDE,” Purchasing Pennsylvania Coal Lands, In the matter of the will of Stephen H. Knapp, devising ail his real and personal estate to his widow, Jane, a notice of contest has been lodged in the Surrogate’s oMce on benal! of the con- testanis, bisc \ildren, minors, who, through their guardian, claim vhat the will was obtained by fraud and circumvention, Tm the matter of the will of Mary Elizabeth Coyne notice of contest is entered by vuila Grogan, eldest child of deceased, for whom no provision was made, on the ground that the will Was obtained by undue influence. The decedent Gevised all her property to her busband in trust for three other children, minors. The Supreme Court, General Term, Judges, in their recent decision in the Roliwagen will case, ‘entered an order directing payment of costs by the alleged widow of the decedent. Motion was made yesterday before Judge Daniels to resevtie this order and make the costs chargeabie upon the whoie. Judge Daniels took the papers, re- Serving his decision. A suit has been commenced in the Supreme Court py the Nassau bank, of this city, to recover $32,000 from the Nationai Bank of Cook County, Mlinois. ‘Yhe Bar are notified that chambers of the Court ot Common Pleas will be held to-day and to-mor- row in the General Term room, VICTORIEN SARDOU'S “FERNANDE.” An interesting theatrical case was argued yester- day in the Supreme Court, General Term, beiore Judges Brady and Daniels. James Schonberg claims to have adapted from the French the Grama of ‘‘Fernande,”’ by Victorien Sardon, and arranged with Arthur Cheney for its representa. tion at Selwyn’s Theatre, m Boston. Tue agree- Ment was that the play was to be performed on May 7, 1870, or within a reasonable time thereal “ter, and Mr. Schonberg was to be paid $20 tor each night the play was performed, the latter, mean- time, furnishing the manuscript of the | play and the scene plots. The play was not produced, and Mr. Schonberg brought sult | for $5,000 damages. The case was tried beiore | Judge Davis, at Supreme Court, Circuit, in April, 1873, and resulted in a verdict of $827 for Mr. Schonberg. A motion for a new trial was made ‘nd denied, and, judgment being entered, the case was carried on appeal to the General Term. Mr. William D. booth, counsel for Mr. Cheney, Insisted that the transaction between the parties | amounted only to a license; that this was a license | or permission to use the play at the rate of $20 per night, nothing more, and that no damages ‘were proven as required in an acuon lor damages for breach of an aiezed contract. He insisted, further, that, assuming that a contract was made | as alleged in the complaint, and that the plaintiff had duly iuifilied all the terms and conditions of the contract on bis part, avd that the defendant never did produce the piay, the plaintiff’ Was not entitied to receive ‘or such breach o1 the contract more than $20—the stipvlated royalty—for one night, and that the Court erred in holding and in- | Btructing the jury that the deiendant was liable to pay for the whoie season the same as ii be bad periormed the piay every nignt. He also urged that there ts pot one word 01 obligation or agree- ment that the deicndant was to continue its per- Yormance. As to the plaints mghtto recover | on the ground that the deiendant kept the manu- geript as charged by the Court below, he claimed | that there was no agreement lor its return; that | it would have been only tne deiendant’s duty to return it on demand; that no such demand was made; that it was iinally sent back witvout re- quest, and, further, that retaining the copy could not bave been any damage. Conceulog thal itis true that the plaintif did not make what he would have made if the defendant had seen fit to per- dorm the play. it was contended that tnis 1s no more a cause of action against the deiendant than | 1t would have been against any other or every other theatre in the counrry. ‘Mr. Charles Blondy, of Ball & Biondy, counsel for Mr.Schonberg, made the opposing argument. He contended that the first point raised on the other Bide was a purely discretionary matter, and could not be reviewed on appeal; that the complaint alleged @ contract, and that the answer o! the deiendant, by futling to deny it, admitted the making of it. Upon this Issue the case came to trial, and at the close of the plaintiff's case the deiendant asked leave to amend by denying what his answer admitted, and alleging a license in- stead of a contract. On this state of tacts he contended that it would ave been manifestly au- just i! on the trial leave had besa given io 60 amend. As to the point that the measure of dam- ages was limited to $20 for one performance, he insisted that the proper measure of damages was Buch aa the parties may be fairly supposea to nave contemplated at the time the contract was en- tered into as likely to result fromit. They are | presumed to have been taken into considera- tion and deliberated upon before the contract was made and formed, as in this case, the only induce- ment to the arrangement. It was clear, he urged durtuer, from tie testimony that the defendant contemplate producing the play as long as it proved @ success; for having tailed to produce It on May 7, a8 originally contemplated, it was then underlined for the 16th and again for the 23d, but Was never produced. ‘The plaintiff! had reason to suppose the play would be produced on one or other of these days, and the correspondence showed that the parties contemplated a success- fulrun. ‘Ihe piece was a new one, had oever been produced 1a this country up to this period, and owing to the defendant's breach of his con- tract a revision irom the same work, but by an- other author, Was prodaced at a rival theatre with every success, and that by retention of the manu- script and scene plots the plaintii? was prevented | from contracting with otuer managers ior the production of the picce, and that tuough the plaintiff bad receive damages it did not commence #0 compensate him for his loss, the Tule of jaw not permitting the recovery oi pros- Pective Camaues. ‘ The Court took the papers, reserving ita decis- jon, SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM— PART 2. SEQUENCE OF PURCHASE OF PENNSYLVANIA COAL LANDS, Before Judge Sedgwick. ‘In 18¢3 Sarai H. Haswell made a contract for the purchase of fifty acres of coal land in Pennsyl- delivered an elsborate ana rmpartial charge. The | sey, of counsel for appellant, and N. ©. Moak for | jury retired at one o’ciock, and, after an absence of two hours, returped with a verdict of guilty, coupled with @® Uhanimous recommendation to mercy. Mr. Howe made a motion for a new trial and an arrest of judgment upon technical objections to the form of the indictment and also upon alleged errors on the part of the presiding Judge. His Honor denied the motion. Godirey was sentenced to the State Prison for seven years, that being the lowest term which the Court could impose. 4 PISTOL SHOT. While Judge Sutnerland was charging the jury in the case @ pistol shor, loud and clear, rang out upon the suliness of the room, startling for a mo- ment all its occupants. Cpon inquiry It was as- certaiped that one of the prisoners, named Lewis Jerome, had found an old rusty pistol under the benci im the prisomer’s box, end haa pulled the trigger to see if i6 was loaded, He found that it was, and had it not been pointed toward the floor, into which the ball entered, some of the occupants injured, COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. _ Before Judges Smith, Waadell and Kilbreth, “FIDLER” NEARY SENT UP. A few nights since, while the variety show was in progress at Harry Hill’s Theatre, “Fidier’” his forces he thought he had strength enough to about doing it, A scuttie ensued, and Mr. Hill, who came up to “Fiddler,” who without any pariey lit him under the chin, felling him to the floor, Odicer Wade, o! the Mulberry street station, now appeared on the scene and arrested the “verrible”’ Neary, whom he locked up for the night. Neary was brought to court and remanded jor trial at the Spectal Ses- sions, where he was tried yesterday aiternoon and sentenced to the Penitentiary, a id if he was excused he would leave town. ‘The Judge said he would leave town without being excused, as It was the intention of the Vourt to send him to the Island tor six months, OBSCENE PICTURES. George W.*Peckham, an account of whose arrest on a charge of sélling obscene pictures appeared in the IE“aLD a few days ago, was arraigned at Sessions yestérday. When arrested a large quan- tity of pictures were fotmd in his possession, He acknowledged the charge, bu’ aded in extenua- ton that two montis before hts arrest he nad been engaged in a respectable business and that the bard umes had driven bim to the feiartoas trade, Aiter ailating oa the heinougness of the offence the Judge sentenced Peckbam to the Peni- tentiary Jor a term of two years, and ordercd him to remain there until he bad paid a fine of $500, TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Judge Kilbreth. 4 BOLD FORGERY. On the 221 of January a young man entered the store of Mr, George W. Adams. No. 300 Broadway, and presented a certificate of deposit from tke Union National Bank, of Rabway, N. J., which stated that he had deposited $250 therein. On ths he obtained goods to the amount of bis de- posit. It was subsequently ascertuined that the certificate had been altered and that $10 was the amount be had deposited. Charles F. Stone, the young gentleman just spoken of, was arrested | yesterday alternoon and brought to court, where, through his counsel, Abe Hummeil, he waved ex- amination and elected to be tried at the Court of General Sessions, JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. The inconvenience and annoyance to the magis- trate and offictais at Jefferson Market Court are becoming dally more aggravated, and the wheela of justice continue to be clogged by the want of proper accommodation for prisoners. These evils have been made the subject of a formal letter ad- dressed by Judge Kasmire to the Commissioners, which fully and emphatically sets forth the mis- chiel wrought to the public by the present state of affairs. JUDGE KASMIRE’S LEITER. To the COMMISSIONERS OF CaanITixs 4xD Correction :— GENTLEMEN—I am,cowpelled, in the interest of good order in this judicial district, to call your altention to the grave responsibility restin upon you as well as upon myscif in the wan of a proper place of couflement for the prisoners brought to this court, Since the commencement of the demolition ot the prison at Jefferson Market the officers are compelled to take their prisoners from the court to the Tombs. This is not only a great hardship upon the officers, Dut also, upon the prisoners, many of whom, from want and Gd! ation, are compelled to walk this distance. Itis alse demoralizing to the pollee, who are tempted to overioo&their duties, and tail to make neces- sary arrests by reason of the length of time they must consume in disposing of their prisoners. Of course this state of affairs is highly prejudicial to the best interests of the community, and | am satisfied { need but call your atiention to the inatter to have the remedy applied. would respectfully suggest that unial a suitable prison be located a Wagon be sent every morning to the court, to remain until the disposition of the morning returns, and to return in the afternoon for the remainder ot tne business of the day. Feeling assured that you are eagerly destrous with myself of doing what is righ id proper mm the interest of the community, whose servants we are, {ain gentlemen, very respectiully. EORGE E. KASMIRE. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Surre“e Covrt—CuamBers—Held by Judge Donohue.—Nos. 75, 107, 104, 109, 117, 196, 199, 217. SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM—Held by Judges Davis, Brady and Daniels.—Nos, 100, 101, 102, foo, 55, 55, S5)¢, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 5 , 234, 235, 230, 237, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TExM—Held by Judge Van Brant.—vase on— for the term, Voorst.—Short causes—Nos. 1 2154, 628, 639, 630, 1528, 1476, 2156, 1659, 2176, 2164. 2130, 2165, 2080. Part 3.--Held by Short causes—Nos. 1639, 2053, 1863, 1611, 213, 1375, 1455, 1309, 1475, 1493, 1653, 2121, 1893, 2081, 2083, 2165, 2167, 1975, 1421. SUPERIOR COURT—GEXERAL TERM.—AdJourned for the term. SUPBRIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM— Part 1.—Ad- journed for the tern:. Part 2—Held by Judge Hedgwick.—Short canusee—Nos. 1432, 1426, 1700, 1566, 1455, 1195, 1678, 1508, 1699, 1637, 91244, 1295, COMMON PLEAS—GENERAL TERM.—Adjourned for the term. COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TeRM—Part 1—Held by Juoge Loew.—Uase on—No. 898 Part 2,—Ad- journed tor the term. MARINE VouRT—TRIAL TERM—Parts 1, 2 and 2.— Adjourned for the term. COURT OF GENERAL SESSTONS—Held by Jadge utheriand.—The Peopie vs. Thomas Walla felonious assanit and battery; same vs, George Worthern, burgiary: Same vs. James Duke, bur- gary; Same vs. aries Siebel, grand Jarceny; va. Peter Verden, grand larceny; Same vs. Wil- liam Heliramper, grand larceny; Same vs. Mary Smith, grand larceny; Same vs. Frank Wagner, grand larceny. BROOKLYN COURTS. KINGS COUNTY COURT OF OYER AND TERMI- NER—THE DOUGHERTY-COYNE HOMICIDE TRIAL COMMENCED. Before Judge Pratt and Associate Instices, Yesterday, shortly after eleven o'clock, District Attorney Winchester Britton appeared in court of the box might have been seriously or fatally Neary, @ notorious ruMan, who lays claim to great ability a8 a boxer, entered and stationed himeelf in front of the bar, where, in @ short while, he was surrounded by @ party of friends. Surveying lake possession of the bar, and forthwith he set stop the row, was met by 1 | very coolly as though 800 pouads of good, market- bame vs. Charles Reynolds, grand larceny; Same | vania, for which she was to pay $20,000, and, pay- | and moved the trial upon the indictment found ndent. ‘0, 95, George Kerhn, appellant, vs. Warren G. Brown eg al., respondents.—On motion of W. G. Brown, of counsel for respondent, no one appear- ing fo! agoeimat. Juagment was affirmed by de- fault, and an amMdavit filed, showing tbav the @ppeal has been abandoned by the appellant. Ordered that the remittitur be sent down atonce. No, 27, Daniel Hartnett and others, respondents, | vs. Stephen S.Wandell, executor, &¢.. appellant.— | Argned by Ezekiel Cowan, of counsel for appellant, — ae by Robert A. McClellan for respondent. Case still on, Adjourned to Friday, January 20, CALENDAR. The following is the day calendar for January 29:—Nos, 16, 48, 28, 4814, 86, 5, 20, 26, ,DELINQUENT POLICEMEN. HOW DETECTIVES AND POLICE CAPTAINS NEGLECT THEIR DUTY, Itis@ good sign when citizens who find that they have been plundered by one of the numerous gangs of thieves that prey upon the community make a determined effort to force the police to perform their duty. Heretofore merchants who had been robbed were content to suffer in silence, being, perhaps, cognizant of the fact that the Police Department, which they help to maintain taxpayers, is negligent, and fails to either protect the people trom depredation or make an effort to catch the thieves, so that they may be punished and placed for a time where they cannot rob and steal For every case of burglary or larceny that finds its way into the newspapers there are at least five that remain concealed by the police, When case 1s reported to a captain he is supposed to make an aitempt to catch the offenders, and he usually makes 4 secret report of the facts to his superiors, The rules of the depart- ment explicitiy provide for this, the principal reason being that the Superntendent should know what crimes are being committed. This is, of course, quite proper, but the explanation for the private nature of the report is so peculiarly foolish that no sensible man can indorse it. The police invariably pretend that to properly “work up” cases the facts should be kept from the pub- ie. The convenient phrase, “defeating the ends of justice,’ is constantly used, thoagh secrecy aided the matter a particle. When a gang of bur- glars force their way into @ merchant's store or citizen’s dwelling they know very well that they are violating the laws govern. ing property, and that if detected and placed op trial they will be sent to prison asa punisnment. If the victim tells the wnole world of nis 1os3 and every poiiceman on the force st.o¢ on the street corners and anounced the crime to every passer-by the thief wouid not stand any better chance of getting away, On the contrary, tae more publicity giveo to the matter the greater ibe chances are that the villains will be caught. When a thiet secures his plunder he 1s at once anxious to getrtd of the same, and there is no question that If the pelice mace a regular hue and cry about it he would find more difficulty than ever in dotug it. Very often stolen goods are sold in the open market to dealers who would no more touch them if they knew that they had been stoien than they wouid commit the larceny itsell; yet the secrecy maintained by the police in Such cases always leaves this convenient door wide open. On Monday morning last Mr. Rufus L. Cole, a roduce commission merchant doing business at No, 141 Reade street, ound that the locks on hig cellar and store doors had heen tampered with. The services Of 2 locasmith bad to be called im before the cellarway could be opened, and it requirea considerable exertion and ingenuity to open the Store door. The trouble with the jocks naturally raised suspicion, and on a search being made the merchant discovered tuat six firkins and jour tuba of butter, Containing about 800 pounds and valuea by bim 250, had been removed. The missinz packages of outter had been selected from a pile that stood near the centre of the store floor, show- ing that the burglurs bad taken pienty of tie about their nefarious operations, and the fact that these packages made OP. the usual load for @ catman also proved that the police could not have been attending to their | duties. A cartload of outter is not 80 easy to | bide, nor is it eagy to load up a cart inthe street | without attracting attention, especially as it must | have been done at night or on the Sabbath, when | business 18 not usually transacted, ‘Mr. Cole, funding himseli robbed, naturally sup- osed that the taxes he had paid to support the | | Police Department entitled him to some return, | and he probably congratulated himself on the fact that some of his taxes had gone in that direction. In this confiding mood the victimized merchant | | repaired to the Chuanbers street police station, | where he found the Captain and reported | bis loss, The merchant tnen learned that | such robberies were no novelty to tie | Captain, wao, oright in bis buttons and superb as | to his golden shicid, seemed to take the matter able butter were a mere moutniul. He told the | victim he “would see to tt” aud then waved him off as though he was doing the merchant a ver: greatfavor. ‘Ihe way the Captain ‘saw to it? ‘was to send his spe detective round wo the store. The oMcer igunged iu, asked a few ques- tions, looked very Wise and important and said, “111 look into it.” The Captain’s seeing and the detective’s looking did not, however, bring back the butter, and, as a butter merchant happened to | call In, he learned that his visitor had, the week previous, lost tweive tubs of butter, a fact that did not mend the case at all, though it looked as though the gang had made up their minds to tap ail the butler stores. Another merchant then recommended that Mr. Cole go and see President Matseil and give him to understand that ‘‘some- | thing must be done else he would make |a row.” But when the butter merchant ! Teactied the Central Office Mr. Matsell was attend. ing @ meeting of the Board of Heaith and could | not be seen. Neither were any of the other Commis- sioners visible, 80 the merchant asked jor Super- intendent Walling, who at once promised that a | Heaaquarters detective should take up the case. | The detective came as promised, but he seemed to take very little interest in the burglary and gave | | the merchant no encouragement that the prov ert; would be recovered-or the thieves arrested. | | will continue to stand, the thieves meanwhile being quite at liberty to go on plundering at will and pleasure. ‘This is only one of many cases that are known, and it shows clearly that the police do not attend | vo their business, and the puviic is thus left at the | mercy oi the thieves. Ifthe merchant bad offered | @ reward ior the recovery of tne stolen butter he would probably have secured his property, but as he omitted to do this he 1s without remedy. THE DEATH OF JOHN M™MAHON. NOT A HOMICIDE—DISCHARGE OF MR. BURNS. | Coroner Eickhoff yesterday held an inquest in the case of John McMahon, late of No. 396 West | ‘Twelfth street, who is alleged to have been fatally injured on the night of the 2ist inst., by being forcibly ejectea from Yhe liquor store of Timothy Burns, No, 490 West street. At hall-past ten o’clock that night deceased was heard screaming in the street and calling Burns a “Connaught | sucker.” Thomas Adams, who heard the remark | made, saw no blows struck between deceased and | Burns. | Mrs, McMahon deposed that after the occar- rence she told Buros he had murdered her hus | bly be broug! ec There the matter stands, and no doubt there it | ¥. | witu the adjacent slip, for a term of five Ang $5,000 on account, subsequently she permitted | against John Dougherty for the murder of Thomas pynd, aud he called her @ liar; Burns sald de- her husband to use this contract for the purpose | F. Coyne. A jury was obtained without much | ceused ought to have been killed for the trouble ©) Obtaining a loan of $2,000 from Groshon & Vor- | difficulty, and the case was opened for the people. | he had given him; the witness leit most certain son. of the contract. The defendant claims that when he took the contract it was Of no value, that ne | did not know the plaiotu? and that he took the contract irom her busband to reimburse him for Money spent on his account, giving the husband $250 over and above such disbursements, The trial occupied two days and resuited in a verdict for the defendant, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Judge Donohue. ys. Schwarz, Saze vs. Jonnson, Deiemater vs. Myer’s Kngine Company, Kampen vs. Kampen, Band vs. thompson, in the Matter of the application of Vernon H, Brown.— Granted. Boetiger vs Memorandum, Gauuer vs. Douglass Mannfacturing Company, Waish vs, Rooney.—Motions grauted, Merritt vs, Dowiley, Parish vs, Sherman.—Mo- tions denied, Heatherton vs. Heatherton.—Order granted, Conklin va, Goodwit.—Motion denied, Memo- randum. Browning ys. Rollwagen.—Must be on notice, Shaw & Wilcox Company va. Doggett.—Motion granted. Memoraudum. Loder va. New York,@Utica and Ogdensburg Railroad Company.—Motion denica, without costa, Lion vs. Hirsifeld.—On Mra, Hirshfield submit. ting to examination the motion will be denied against heron the conclusion of detendant’s ex- amination, and his siwniag it the Court will make Boettger, Ford va, Knowiana,— an order as to lis punishment; mo undertaking | need be filed. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM, By Chief Justice Monell. Willmon vs. Meserole et a|.—Motion denied, with costs, See opinion, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Belore Judge Sutheriand, She claims that ne got only $250, and she | broughé suit against Grosbon to recover the value | The District Attorney, after alluding to the re- sponsibility of the duty which the jury was called upon to discharge in the trial of a fellow being for his Jife, recited the circum. stances attending whe commission of tne crime, 80 far as had come into his possession, He said 1t Was late On the afternoon of sunday, De- cember 6, 1874, when the prisoner entered the bar- room No, 5 Hamilton avenue, at the time standing beliind the var. Dougherty approached Mr. Coyne and tried to bargain with him for the sale ofa gol: collar button which he had, and tor which he received twenty-five cents apd adrink. After the accused had partaken of the liquor a party of men, who Were seated on the other side oO: @ partition which divided the store, heard some loud words and @ dls pute going on between tne prisoner and the ceased, and soon alter they were startled by @ joud report. On running out to learn the Cause Of the report they aiscovered Coyne lying wounded behind his bar and Dough- erty leaning over the counter, with a navy re- vo\ver tu his hand. The prisoner sald that the | deceased shot him el, bat Mr. Coyne said that | Dougherty shot him, and he commenced to tell how the altercation occurred, when death sealed his lip#, The jatal ball entered the neck, and, passing around, broke the back bone. thing Of the prisoner's antecedents; in fact, he could find no one wno knew from where he came, Dougherty did not carry tie pistol to Coyne’s saloon on the day o! tne hom. cide. The pistol had been previously pawned to Coyne by the prisoner, and when the latter entered tne saloon the weapon was in the drawer bebind the bar. The Gret wituess called was Samuel Olmstead, M. D., Who testified a8 to the natnre of thé wounds which led fo the death of Coyne, whom he attended. Several other witnesses were ex- amined, whose testimony sustained the facts set jorth in the opening remarks of Mr, Britton, and the case Was adjouracd until to-day, COURT. OF APPEALS. The deceased was | Tne Dis: | | trict Attorney said he was unable to learn any | that Burns had killed her husoand, aithough she Saw ho violence Committed upon him, ‘Thomas Connor depo-ed that he was in Burns’ place between e.even and twelve o'clock at night, | When deceased cutered aid wanted a drink, but | Burns would give him none; Burns took deceased by the arm and conducted him outside the door, and then, returotpg to lis piace, shut the doo! witness did not see deceased tall. Williata Harrison deposed that at twelve o'clock on the night in question be heard two or three men Wrangling, using oul and obscene language; one man said, “You son of a b——nh, I'll Kill you 7 witness Was In bev at the time and did notget up, conseqnently he saw nothing of tke occurrence, ‘Timothy Burns, the accused, Was calied to the stand, aud testified that deceased “ me into his lace and With an Oath asked him fo some Whis. | key, Which was refused; then took deceased by the arin and led him out tne door; then closed the place aud boited the door; deceased went up stairs, but afierward came down again and tried the knoo of witness’ door; then beard a fail on the front stoop; the wile of deceased came down and took him up stairs; Mrs. McMahon charged tue witness With killing her husband. Deputy Coroner Marsh deposed that compression of toe brain, the result | | of violence of some kind, caused death. Mary Burns, who lives with the fainily of the de- ceased, testified that wbout baii-past eleven | o'clock that night she saw deceased scuming with | @ man On the Opposite side Of the street and Jall on the ice. The case Was then given tothe jury, Who jound that deceased died irom the effects of an accidental fall Mr. Burns was then dis- charged and his ball bond cancel'cd, Burns had many friends in court, who watched | the proceedings with mach interest. CORONERS’ CASES. | Mr. George Crolius, thirty years of age, son of ex-Police Sergeant Crolius, was taken suddenly ill | yesterday morning, at the corner of Bench and Varick streets, witi hemorrhage of the lungs, and died soon afierward. fis remains wer | to the Fiith precinct bp db day. | of grading grain. | Mr. S, H-Grant, the Secretary of the Exchange, | took notes of the proceedings. At the opening | Mr. W. B. Barber had the floor, when Mr. Orr rose to @ point of order, inasmuch as the proposed rules, he contended, were unconstitutional, asthe , | owner of grain would lose possession of 1s prop- erty without his conseut. The President, how- ever, ruled the point of order not well taken, in: agsmuch 48 the action of the present meetin was not binding on cation. and arraigned the raliroad companies in a speech which Issued over one hour. | upon reassembling, but 1t was decided THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Board of Aldermen held their regular meet- ing yesterday afternoon, Mr. Lewis, the President, im the chair. A petition was read from several working. ‘women’s associations asking the Board to devise gome means to give employment to the laboring men now idle in the city and who are willing to work, The street cleaning bosses do not give satisfac- tion to some of the city fathers, and Mr. Shandley therefore offered a resolution that the Committee on Streets should report at am early day what method should be adopted to make street cleaning mene more thana joke. The resolution was jopted, P| ‘The iollowing message was received, read’ and referred to tue Committee on Finance :: Exuourivs Durantunnr, Maron's Ovrice, } New Youx, Jan. 28, 1975, To tHe Hoxonasie rue Common Couxci, Guytixwex—The questions of assessment and) taxa. tion are uf recurring and increasing inferést. “there ts Bo man so poor that nis comfort and welfare are not atlected by them. Assurance that the burden of tax- ation is equally distributed does much to reconcile the taxpayer to the demands of government upon him, and With anything short of that Le is not and ought not te Lo content dn my message to you of the 4th inst. I referred to this subject and to the facts that, under the laws at present An torce the city of New ork is required to pay more fin its just share of the State tax aud that the contri- butions exacted from us for the common schools asy- Jams and retormatories supported by the State mist be admitted to be unreasonably large when it 1s remem- | bered that we besides have ty maintain our own public schools and char.ties at the expense of the local taxpay- ers, ‘These questions of assessment and taxation will proba- up in a short time before the Leyislature in a report of a committee appuinted at the Last session. Upon the and arguments submitted to that com mittee this community bas a right to expect the recog- nition o: principles and the adoption of measures whic! ‘will assure to us substantial justice in the distribution ot taxation. But the interests involved in the final settle- ment of these questions are so important as to demand from you immediate and prompt action, and I respect- fully recommend the appointment of a committee of the Common Council to represent the city of New York betore the Legislature or before any committee of either house of that body which may have in cbarge measures relating to the mittter of taxation. This seems the more necessary because of the fact that, while this city pays more thin halt of the entire state (ax, we have no rep- resentative in the Hoard of State Assessors, which 18 composed of three gentlemen appointed from counties of which the aggregate assessment 13 less than one-filth of that of this city alone. ‘Yo you, then, I commend this subject, well assured that you'will appreciate its importance’ and that you will act wisely and promptly upon it. WILLIAM H. WICKHAM, Mayor. the following resolution, Mr. Harland offered which was adopted :— Resolved, That the Committee on Railroads be directed to inquire’ by what authority tis Dry Dock and Kast Broadway Reilroal Company occupy the crosswalk ia the busiest part of Broad~ port if the said company can’ be compelled to.remove track, and to report an ordinance theretor. Mr. Blessing offered a resolution reiating to the horse Car railroad companies, which was adopted. It 1s an important one and the Mayor’s answer will doubtless reveal a great deal about the com- panies that but few people are aware of Tue resolution requires in:ormation as to what com- panies hold their charters irom the State and city, what licenses they pay, 1i any, and what legisla- tion is necessary to equalize the licenses. Tue Committee on Public Works presented a repore salen was adopted, that in the work of | stone breaking tor the city preierence be given to laborers Wio “break by hand,” aud that where it can be dispensed with without injury to the pub- lic works steam should be dispensed with. The bills to meet the expenses for the entertain- mento: the Lord Mayor of Duolin and tor the funeral ol the late Mayor were referred back to the Committee on Finance, The resignation of Sueridan Shook as Commis- sioner of Armories was read and accepted. Comptroiler Green was present curing the ses- sion of the Bourd, but for what purpose no one seemed to kn) CITY FINANCES. BIDS FOR THE NEW ISSUES OF CITY BONDS. Tn accordance with the resolution of the Board of Apportionment Comptroller Green opened at | the Department of Finance, at two o'clock yestere | day afternoon, bids received in response to his ad- vertisement for fhe award of $645,000 of stucks and bonds of the city of New York. An aggregate | 01 $2,973,000 was offered for at the rates named | | In the below for the several classes of securities to be tssuea:— TOR cry FARES IMPROVEMENT FUXD, soe 10,00) at 110.25 10,000 at 1020) 10,000 at 100.00 M. 6. Bouvier.....s++ AC Daryee, Treasurer Police Lite’ In- ‘wuraiice Fund, at 35,000, as favorable a rate as any offered. ADDITIONAL NEW CROTON AQUEDUCT SrocK. George K. slatare, Jr $59,100 at 190.81 at 100.79 George K. re, Jr £0,000 Charles velt, 10.00) at A. >, Jones. 100,000 at 100 janiel A. M 10,000 at 100.00 Equitable Lue Assuraice Society. 100,000 at 160 09 AM. WSC. cose vere 2,00) at 102.00 George K. Sistare, Jr. George K. Sistare, Jr 09,000 at 100.62) 10,000 at ToL00% + 6,000 at 100.50 S Jones..... Charles 7. Roosevelt, 2. White. . Assnanuen’ 3 B. F. Wheelwright, President, Gree’ wich Savings Bank $300,000 at 101.28 George K. re, Jr. 300,00 at 10L.03 Dry Dock Savings Institutic 100,003 at 101,00, Dry Dock Savinzs Institution, a 8796 Dry Dock savings Insutution. 50,000 75 Newburg -avings Bank’ 25,000 at 100,50 Newburg Savings bank 25. +4 Newburg savin: 25. 25 Newburg Savin 2. 12g Klizabeth M. L. Sparks. 6, 8 8. A. Lawrence. 5, . A. 8, Jone: . ‘10, 1.05 100, 04 100, 12) 6 100, 13% 100) 125 25, 100 . D. 1appen. wo 1.09 Staten Island Savings Bank. 20. 00 | Staten Island Savings Bank: 20, 00 Stazn Island -avings Bans. 10,0: 00 Emigrant Industrial savings Bank... 30),0u 01 Equitable Lite Insurance socie\y. 109, 00 Total amount of bids received. DEPARTMENT OF The Dock Commissioners met yesterday alter- noon, Mr. Salem H. Wales in the chair. The usual |. routine business was gone through witb and the usual number of petitions were considered, The oniy item of importance considered was the peti- tion of Assemblyman Daniel Bradley, chairman of @ committee of Brooklyn citizens, asking for a jJeage of the slip at the /oot of Rutgers street, East River, for ferry purposes. Atter some discussion a resolution was offered and adopted granting a lease of the bulkhead between pivrs 43 and 44. at the foot of Rutgers street, East River, together ear! with permission to erect such platior Di anes, houses, racks and other appurtenances as are nec- essary to mnaintain a first class terry. ‘Ihe price to be paid to the city 1s $5,000 per annum, payable quarterly. GRADING GRAIN. ANOTHER MEETING AT THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE YESTERDAY—PROTEST AGAINST CONCESSIONS TO THE RAILROADS. The adjourned meeting of the Committee on Trade took place at the Produce Exchange yester- | Its purpose Was to settle the vexed question | Mr. L. F. Holman presided, and the Exchange until ratifl- Mr. Barver then addressed the meeting r. Carlos Copo— whose minority report of last summer seems to have caused the difficulty between the companies and the Exchange—then obtained the fluor, and produced a voiuminous document—an arguinent— which he proposed to read to the meeting. the gentieman to yield the floor, so that a motiin to adjourn until two o’ciock should be In oider, Mr, Cobb acquiesced, Mr. Herrick moved as on amendment that the meeting adjourn until bal day), thar each of the spe to ten minutes’ duration, and that the question should be taken belore or at twelve M. “Mr. Cobb asked if this would give him hyd floor by the Chair that the gentleman bad lost the foor by yielding to a former motion, Mr, Cobb then pre- Bented the lullowing PROTEST. Ifofa large number of merchants, a respect ble minority o this meeting, I protest agalust the pr posed aciion in surrendering to the railroad companies rights which, In our judgment, itis unwise to couced fecling assured, as we dio, that this measure ty to be c ried through under the “whip” of @ caucus, Without re- Tn beb gard to the merits of the question or the argumen's | Which may be adduced against it. I hereby ive notice, | for $: | between Join Murphy's gray mare Alice Grey and At | this threatened infliction Mr, T. J, Husted aseea | | mile neats, CHEAP TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION, Report of the Executive Comumnittee. THE RAILROAD “INFLUENCES” AT ALBANY. The annual meeting and election of officers of the Cheap Transportation Association took place yesterday at its office, in No. 110 Pearl street. The polls were opened at ten A. M. and closed at two P.M. There was no opposition of moment to the election of the following Board of Directors:— H. B. Clafin, B. G. Arnold, Benjamin W. Floyd, George ©. Collins, W. S. Fairfleld, A, B, Miller, Benjamin P. Baker, Charles Watrous, J. H. Kemp, E. R. Durkee, John F. Henry, George A. Merwin, W. I. Preston, W. H. Wiley, John Dwight, Benja- min Litchtenstein, J. Seaver Page, John CG, Wan- dell, George Moller, Franklin Edson, F. A. Potts, F. B. Thurber, Charles Pratt, William Duryea, George L. Trask, Theodore F. Lees, J. Spencer Turner, George Brown, John D. Wing, James 8. Barron, James Pyle, Mayer Lehman, E. F. Brown- ing, E. J. Martin, James Haines Drake, Charles P. Cooper. ‘ At two o’clock Coloncl B, P. Baker took the chair and called the meeting of directors to order. The following oMcers were then chosen for the ensuing year:—President, Colonel Benjamin P, Baker; Vice Presidents, Messrs. John S. Henry, Hi. B. Claflin and Franklin Edson; Secretary, F. B. Tharber, and Treasurer, E. R. Durkee, A report was read from the Treasurer of the old Board of Directors, setting forth the gratifying fact that the assoctation during the past year had been self-sustalalng and that the Financial Committee had not had occasion to call upon their special resources. ‘The most important action during the mecting was the adoption of the following resolu- tion in regard to RAPID TRANSIT. Whereas a movement is now being inaucurated by Mr. J. M. Drake and other citizens of this city. to solve the vexed auestion of rapid transit, Which seems thus far to meet with public approbation; and whereas this association, through its Committee on ‘terminal Facill- ties, has given considerable attention, to the question cf rapid transit in its tearing upon the movement of freight as well as passenxers, Resolved, That we deem the construction of betrer transportation facilities im New York city, both for pas- sengers and freight, to be of vital importance, and we commend to the attention of those iinmediately inter- ested, the route along our water front to the ona that jacriities for both those interests may be provided. Tre iollowlag report was then presented to the meeting. 1t will be found to be an interesting document and instructive as to the commercial needs of this cliy and the influcuces that are at work to supply them:— REPORT OF TRE ZXECUTIVE Ct gobi to the Year. OMMITTER. The Executive Commitvee bég leave to Board of Managers their report tor ihe In the beginning we found that the obje fo AS80- ciation were so comprehensive, the subject of transpor- tation so vast and many-sided and the Knowledze pow sessed by the public at large so limited, that (he prelim- inary work betore the association was largely ot an edu- cational apd elementary character. An immense amount of this work has been done, although, like most “ioundation work,” it does not show largety. First, we have to report a growth of tho association from a mem- bership of 300 at the date Of our last annual meeting to its present membership of 1,045. We do not know of the existence of any commercial body that has grown with the same rapidity. No better evidence could be adduced toprove the necessity for our existence and no better a it covld be hoped for than is afforded by is tac We have found no branch of commerce or trade inter- estin this community whicn has not felt the necd of tne help and influence of such a body as ours in the reg. | ulation or oval of some undesirable condition iz our | system of transportation, The largeness of the city, th 6 variety of Interests and other reasous have precluded hitherto a correct judgment as to the wants of cach par- ticular element of trate. so that although every mer- chant was cognizant of his own want, he had no realiza- tion of or consequent sympathy with the needs of an- other. Under such a condition’ no unanimity was poset- bie; no particular interest could provide comprehen- sively for the wants of the entire community, and it is evident that pertect relief from detects of our present system of transporta- tion can only be obtained by @ co-operation of all the different branches of trade and trade interests with producers and manutacturers. The objects of the association are, however, being practically conserved by every day's growth of opiniou, arising from our efforts issemination of facts, and the time cannot be far distant when the opinion’ thus created will crys- tallize about some definite and comprehensive plon of relief. Certainly ail the evidences point to a near tu- ture when we shail represent in numbers, intelligence and cupital a power which canno’ but greatly beneilt all of the living interests o1 this vast city. The minutes of the meetings of the Board for the past year will show that no matter of a political nature has been introduced or discussed unless bearing upon the wellare of our com- merce and non-partisan in character. Yet it has not expressed itself doubtingly upon great public measures, and has taken advanced ground im all questions relating to the weliare of city. In ¢ connection we may. the opinion that the business’ men of New York beeu so absorbed in the fied details of business that they have to a large extent neglected more important maiters which were only a litde more remote; and in Consequence our commerce has been pieyed upon by corrupt politicians, and at the same time has had to sus. tain the taxation of a transportation system wholly in the hands ot men whose ouly interest is to exact the largest possible revenue in the shortest possible time. New York presents the anomaly of providing capital to furnish transportation facilities tor every part of this country except her own, while Baltimore and Philadel- phia own a preponderating interest in and effectually control their Wine. standin ittees hi less di y nding committees have more or lone efficient work an@ have been of incalculable benefit in the ecorcin of business and as a means ot collecting and determinipg tacts necesssiry to correct judgment. rove ably the Committee on Claims aod Grievances has been the most active, the business referred to it requiring close and prompt attention. They have succeeded In securing modifications in the classification by railroads of certain articles which, upon inquiry, they found were discriminated agai’ st as comparea with other points so as to practically exclude competition from this city. A large number of claims sor loss, damage and over- sha the our reat arteries of communication throt tood of the commerce flows. a charge have also been settled ‘satistactorily, sum oi which had previously been refuse adjustment. ‘This committee has practically demonstrated the benefits of | co-operation, and it shows that the power and influence wielded by a large number of merchants acting in con A feature of thi cert are very grea tf ‘ommittee 4s tu en- tirely avoid litigation where differences ot opinion exist, to settle them by arbitration, and where a transport: tion line refuses to submit to aritration by disinterested partes to withhol1 business trom that line until it ac Ceudes to that principte. The Committee on Terminal Facilities have also been a very active and important committee an! have pro- vided facts, conducted measures and discussed practical methods for the improvement of our dock, Warehouse and transter systems, upon a proper solution of which depends very largely the inture of this city. The Ci tom- mittee on ‘Railroads has also, probably more than any cominittee, Venetia questions which have excited - discussions leading to good results, iheir province, being less local, has required them to take @ more ¢@: tended view of the transportation question and hi thrown us out of and beyond our exclusively local re- ‘uirements into the consideration of national works as | they affect oursely eithtr wholly or partially. | ‘The Legislative Committee have performed’ consider able labor, but in this State have not as yet been able to accomplish any substantial reform, owing to the fact that railroad “influence” has been in the ascendant at Alpany and Jegislation in the interests of the public has heen smothered. ‘intluences” are at work, however, which wil! probably change this state of things. We iook torward to the time when the association will have a membership sufiictently large and indueniial to inauzurate measures Which will secure for New York an exclusive freight railroad to the West, which will be free from the defects and atvuses of existing lines, and which wiil be operated in the interest ot New York as the Penn- syivania Central and the Baltimore and Olio. are now operated in the interest of Philadelphia and Baltimo It is aamitted that such a road can carry freight at hat the cost and double the speed of existing lines, and with such facilities New York need tear no rivals. After the meeting an informal discussion took place among the members {n regard to the dinner of the association, whichis to take place next | Friday evening, at Delmonico’s, TO SLEIGHS. Notwithstanding the lowering state of the at- mosphere yesterday afternoon there was a fair attendance at Fleetwood Park to witness the races announced to take place, there being two contests on the card, both to sleighs, mile heats, best turee in five. This new feature of trotting on the track to sleighs, inaugurated at Fleetwood Park, 1s very popular, and there 1s no doubt it wiil be found remunerative on all tne tracks in lo- calities where they are Covered with snow during | the winter months. ‘The first trot yesterday afternoon was a match 500, play or pay, mile heats, best three in five, Johu Oleott’s brown gelding Hardroad, Alice Gray bad the call on the betting previous to the start at 5 to 3, and after the first neat, which was won by the mare, at 2 to 1, Alice Gray won the second heat, but tien Hardroad rose i favor, and 10 to 6 on the mare was all that could ve done, Hardroad then went on and won tne three subsequent heats quite easily, making the flith heat in drenching rain in 2345's. ‘The horse can undoubtedly trot well into the thirties In hare ness on a good track. The second race was a sweepstake for $200, best three in five, with three sub- scribers, These were—James Deery’s gray geld- ing Jerry, John Hasiett’s bay mare Lotta A,, Sonn Murphy’s black gelding Miack Hawk. Alter trot- ting four heats, two of which were won by Black Hawk and two by Lotta A, clured the aflair no race, Tis was on account of Lotta A, ont, & shoe on the fourthsheat and her driver sending her away to have the shoe put on, but delayed the affair until darkness setin. The de- cision of the judges gave satisiaction to the people present, and the owners of the hor: can have another chance to match and trot at some other time, should they feel inclined, The following isa SUMMARY, Park, Jan, FLEETWOOD three in five. J. Olcott's br. g. Hardroad....... Joun Murphy's @. m. Alice Gray, perhaps, be excused for expressing | have | the judges de- | 28.—TROITING TO | SLEiGHS—Match $500, play or pay, mile Leats, best | | But the greatest o1 all di RAPID TRANSIT. —_—e———— ‘THE MAYOR'S VIEWS ON THE VITAL QUESTION THE BEGINNING OF THE END. ‘The Mayor sent a message to the Board of Aldere men relative to rapid transit yesterday, An effort was made to have the subject matter of it referred to the Railroad Committee of the Board; but the chairman of that committee, Mr, Blessing, contended that it should be referred to @ special committee, and it was finally so referred toa committee of five. The following is the mes- Sage ssconive Derantarst, Maron's Oxrice, ew Voix, Jan, 28 1878} To Tur Hoxoraptx ne Common COUNCIL: GENTLEMEN—The subject of ready communication bes tween the several quarters of the city has received mach attention and hag peen fully discussed during the past few years. ‘Whe necessity tor rapid transit is now generally recog- nized, and the question which contronts us to-day is of selection between the several practical methods pro- posed for accomplishing it. ‘That when soine proper means of rapid transit shall have been ascertained {t will have an important inte ence in retaining here the wealth which Is created by the enterprise of our citizens, and in stopping the stream of population which has set so strong from the citvduring ten years pas bas been strenuously main beer may, I think, be now safely assumed that the discussions of the subject have produced a concurrence ‘of opinions on these cardinal, points: {any subs stantial! improvement upon the present inadequate means of ation and travel within the city will be effective in developing the growth and general pros- perity of the eity, and In enabling us the more, easily to bear our present heavy burden of debt and. taxations that the work should be constructed, if practicable, by private capital, and not by the city: that capitalists should be encouraged to undertake the enterprise b; ermission to select routes along which business Hikely to be profitabie; that the roads should pe built upon a system which will not only connect the localities in which residences with = the usiness qua: but reach points which travellers arrive in or depart from the city; that the construction of a road along an avenue or strect wiil not necessarily even temvorarily depreciate, but in. the end will enhance the value of neighboring property; and that the owners of premises situated on the route should regard that result, and their share of the great benefit to the community at large, omens, for was they may have expected to be foratime a local vantage. ‘At the present time the conaltions upon which assist ance cin be had from the State Legislature differ from thoze of provious years, The recent amendments to the constitution seem to prohibit the Legislature from grat ing a special charter for construction o! such roa ‘were here contemplated, and to forbid the municivality from contributing from its own tunds to aid such an enterprise in the hands ol private partes, The general laws which the emendments to the constitution contem- plated to meet the casesin which special legislation is prohibited have not yet been onacted or framed; but so lar ‘as the scope and terms of such laws the power of legislation on this ultimately devolved upon the Common matter thas comes with great force to your attention. ‘My own views upon the subject were suggested to you in my message of the 4th inst., and I am quite ready rere aae further any reasonable measure to attain e object. It will probably be found that energetic capitalists are prepared to build the road, and that advantageous Hines and economical modes ot construction can be selected and determined. Trecommena that you give prompt consideration to this subject, and that you appoint a committee with in- structions to investigate it thoroughly by hearing all the parties more particularly inter d. thereupon to Teport at an carly day stich measures as are ascertained to be most teasible and best adapted to the necessary conditions of such a work. Effectual reliet trom our present difficulties may be thus secured, and it is only by the Common Council that measures can be initiated to meet the popular demand, for some action in the premices by the city government’ WILLIAM H. WICKHAM, Mayor. PROGRESS OF THE NEW SCHEME, ‘df the rapid transit problem is to be solved at all, as the !mperative needs of the city demand that it snould be, and that speedily, it will be througn the exertions of our capitalists and other citizens outside of (he Various corporations whose interests are to be directly affected by it.” Thus spoke a gentleman who took # prominent part in the rapid transit meeting heid at the office of Drake Brothers, No. 66 Broadway, upon Wednes- day, to @ HeRaLp reporter yesterday. Oontinn2% he sala, ‘‘What we have to expect irom these cor> porations was well illustrated Jast wister at Albany, where one, tf not more, charters were ob- tained by them; and so well satisfied was every- body that their action was only ror the purpose of preventing the building of any rapid transit road, which would have the effect o: decreasing the value of existing francbixes Owned by them, that the public mino at once settled down in the convic- tion that nothing was to be done. Meanwhile the Men of small means are purchasing lots and puild- ing residences in the various places surrounding the city; the value of property in the upper pore tion of the island ia decreasing in reaiity, if not nominally; many of the houses in that locality are witnout tenants, and those property holders who have been assessed fa such enormous sums for im- provements find their property there entirely up productive, and ure realizing more or less dim. culty in meeting the heavy demands upon them, It is for this reason that at the mere suggestion of @ meeting, in answer toa call of the most informal character, 80 many men Of capital, energy and enterprise gathered tozether yesterday.” Supesdnendly the chairman of the meeting, Mr, James M. Drake, stated to the reporter that in looking about jor the proper persons to appoint. ‘upon the committee provided tor, he had found @ far greater interest manifested than he had ex- ected. He had received a number of communtca- ions containing 1mportant sugge ‘tions, aud of such character as to satisly him that the matter once under way there would be no difficulty In obtaine ing the requisite capital for the prosecution of the enterprise. 1t had been intimated to him from an authoritative source that foreiun cavitalists stood ready to furnish the tunds the moment the success of the project was assured, At the meeting on Wednesday, in common with most of those pres- ent, he was ofthe opinion that the better way to facilitate matters would be by calling a puulic meeting; but bis consultations with various gen- tlemen since had somewhat mvaified his views, and after the appointment of the committee ie might be determined upon to commence obtain- Ing subscriptions at once, so that when the public were called upon to consider the proposed move. ment they would flod it backed up by sufficient “material aid” to assure success. Meaawhile he was devoiing all his time to NS) Ad jormasion o1 the committee, Which he hoped to be able to ane Dounce to day. DIPHTHERIA. PUDLIC SCHOOLS AND HORSE CARS PROPAGATIN@ THE DISEASE—EASI SIDE DOCTORS IN COUNCIL, The increase in the number of fatal cases of diphtheria and the spread of this disease through- vut the city, especially on the east side, has thor- oughly aroused the doctors composing the Medical Board of the: Eastern Dispensary to the necessity aud urgency of aevising some means by which the spread of this contagious and infectious epidemic may be stopped; also to determine upon the best methods to be used in treating the disease whep it has once attacked the patient, Several meetings have lately been held by this | Board, at the Dispensary corner of Grand ana Essex streets, for the Wavigs. of discussing the question and arriving first at a correct view of the causes operating to bring on diphtherla; second, to determine whether it is 4 contagious or infec tous disease ; and third, to settle upon tho proper treatment to be prescribed. Yesterday again & meeting was held, with Dr. Sullivan in the chair, at which were present Drs, Garrish, M. S. Buttles, Fuller Walker, G. B, Skiff, Gangert, Fluhrur and | Prescout. After the reading of the minutes a par per was read by Dr. M.S. Buttles, setting forth hig. theory that diphtheria is a contagious disease and commences as @ local disease, brougnt on by con- tact of @ parasite, evoived irom @ patient already suffering from tne disease, with the mucus meme brane, These parasites or bacteris, be argued, caused the faise diphtueritic membrane. Bacteria force their Way into tue bioodvessels and then the disease becomes constitutional. It taeretore becomes necessary in the first plice to destroy the parasite on its first loagement and prevent i! possibie its absorption; aud it the case bas not been brought ‘unuer the notice of the phyrician in time for this to be done he Mast use antiseptics to destroy the bac tere which have already entered the blood. For tuis purpose Dr, Buttles recommended the use of Smith’s soiution of bromime (page i#2, U.S. D.) locally and internally in doses of irom turee to five drops, in Water, every two hours, which treatment woula undoubiedly bring about tavora- ble resaits. He also recummended that the nos- triis be frequentiy and thoroughiy syringed with weaker solution of tne sai Phe patient suouid be Bal milk, oeef tea and other nourishing diet, arge doses of quiuine might also be giveu twice a day, morning and night. Unuer this treatment the doctor reporied that he had not iost a single case. Dr. Gerrish thought that diphtheria was the re- sult Of blood poisoning, ana thar it was iniectious he thougnt there Was no poxssibie room for doubt He agreed with Dr, Buttles that the treatment he submitted was Calculated to be mos: effectual, For himseif, however, he was greatly in favor of giving chiorate of potash, and jeeding th: pavient on nourishing dict, but giving frequent and large doses of milk. He was o! the opinion taat the dis- semination of the disease was in a large meusure due to the filthy condition of THE HORSE CARS, which were, espevially at this time of year, lily ventilated and reeking with the unwholesome stench arising from the vamp straw, which wae allowed to remain in these moving pest houses week in and week out without beimg changed. Another element which is active in causing the, spread ol the Infection is the crowded state o! the tenement houses, where but little, ti any, at~ tention is paid to hygienic conditions, and to the impossibtiity of the people living therein tsolating their children Irom others who were attacked, eminators Was THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, where the ventilation and accommodations prow THE MAYEEM CASE—GODFREY SENT TO THE ALnANY, Jan, 28, 1875, | f0 the Firth pr fon house Gud Coroner Fy enall of the mercnants herctotore reierre.l to, tha vided for the hundreds assembied is most dis. ed. TIME. STATE PRISON FOR SEVEN YEARS. No, 90. Andrew J. Hackett et al., fespondents, | “Quroner Croker was yesterday cailed to No. 50 | Wf wiil not assent to (he action oe ane ng Le. Quarter, Half. | graceful to the autuorities, In tact, they may be ‘The trial of Mart.n Goatrey, charged with the | va. Joun H. Draper et al, executors, &c., appel- | Wasuington street {o Noid au inquost om the body | Muerte rulek. A’ tare formal ninteny agned ty the | Firat heat 45 1:29 rg oo aE js . am » fifty years of age and | Parties I re t in this matter, will be duly presented, cond bi + 43 7 1 1S erime of mayliem, which has cccupied the atten- | lants.—Argument resumed and concluded, 4 | Ireland, who died suadenty at three Ocarina wae Wise hirteer ovtion. Will be taken on the #u noe Third heat °4a by which every child aball be allowed so mang “hon of the Court for the last two days, was con- No. 73 William H, Hoag, respondent, vs, Charles | 1, rhing from causes unknown. Deceased gad no ‘To-day, therefore, the question is likely to be dee | Fourth heat, 49% : eluded yesterday afternoon. Judge Sutherland | & Lamont, appeliant.—Argucd by Samucl J, Glaw | medical attenuoa. ‘ded in regard to grain grading. Ruth heat. (CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.)