The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1875, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. A Glance at Pending Schemes Before the Legislature. INSIDE WORKINGS OF THE COMMITTEES The Coming Contest on the Costigan Bill. An Outbreak of Activity in the Lobby and “Advisory” Men. e ALBANY, Feb. 20, 1875, The interest manifested in the Costigan enact- ‘Ment mast not take the eyes of our citizens from @ther important measures now pending before the Legislature. A volume of bills have been intro- @uced, many of which, no doubt, will be thrown out under the operations of the constitutional amendments, and others from the mere force of public opinion and popular agitation. THE LOBBY. Gentlemen of an “advisory” turn of mind—a new title for the lobby—have had a very active pres- efice in Albany during the past week. Whispers of bargain, sale and bribery begin to taint the air. | ‘With bated breath and careful intonation these | Fumors are careiully circulated, Tnese whisper- ings were first heard during the Senatorial fight, but now they assume larger proportions, A “black horse cavalry” bers is said to be thoroughly organized and equipped for action, ready to kill or carry any measure. One of our New York oificiais is saia to have collected irom his subordinates $6,000, to Use in the Judiciary Cominittee for the iurtiering ofa pet bill, This statement I have from the best guthority. Many important bills are nuw before this committee. I know nearly every man com- prising it, and can vouch for their integrity and lity. Mr, Waehner, of New York, is chairman, @ young man who has exhibited considerabie ability auring his legislative experience, and who 48 not likely to forfeit bis reputation at the bright opening of his political career. The other mem- bers are Messrs, Kennaday, Hammond, Benedict, Dessar, Shiel, Prince, Vedder and Strubie. Itisa strong and thoroughly intelligent committee, and the arduous duties they have in band will, no doubt, be conscientiously performed, BILLS HANGING FIRE. There are a number of bills in committee which ught to be reported and pushed through at once. They aim at necessary reforms and improvements. The introduction ofa bill and its mention in the gournals of the day certainly redound to the credit of @ member; but the people, alter the Present session closes, possibly may want to know What ultumately became of the measure. Was it Smothered in committee, or did 1t come for tnor- | ough argument ana light of day before the whole Legislature? It is certajuly wise to brighten the Memory of the pubiic occasionally upon those Meusures. We have several before the Legisla- | ture pow, Among them might be mentioned the ng ‘Mr. J. W. Smith’s Gas bill, providing for the pro- tection of consumers. Mr. Struble’s Pro Rata Freight bill, Mr. Staui’s bill repealing the law givin; mth regiment a valuable piece of ground on Madi- gon avenue upon which to erect an armory. Mr. Costigan’s bill to abolish privileges accorded to the Daily Register newspaper. Mr. Worth’s and Mr, Silverman’s bils reducing the rate of ferriage upon East Kiver ferries, Mr. T. C, Campbell’s bill increasing the head money on emigrants trom $1 60 to $2 each, Mr. Davis’ Canal bill guarding against fraud and robbery in the management of the canals, In my opinion all these vilis snould pass, and if they are defcated tt would be well for the pubic to study the ciements and means resurted to jor the purpose of ensuring such a result, RAPID TRANSIT LEGISLATION. There are unity two bills as yet introduced tend- ing to solve the difficult problem of rapid transit 4n New York city. One has been presented by Senator Moore and the other by Assemblyman John W. Smith. The points and aims of botn those enactments have been fully explained in the HERALD. Mr. Smith’s proposition, to my mind, is the better of the two, and will merit more favorable consideration. THE ELEVATED RAILROAD SCHEME. The bill sent here by the owners and incorpo- force of thirty mem- | the Sey- | rators of the Greenwich Street Elevated Railroad | Company, I have veen informed, will be with- @rawn for amendment. It was referred to the Railroad Commitsee, of which Mr. Mackin, of Dutchess, is chairmen, and originally introduced im the House by Mr. F. W. seward and in the Sen- ase by Mr. Madden. Ventilation of the matter has robably caused this change Of iront by tne gen- | jemen behind the bill. amtroduced this company would have had a mo- Ropoly of the principal cross-town streets in New York city for their railroad tracks. I must do Doth the gentlemen who introduced the vill the simpie justice to state that 1 donot think they ‘were at ali aware of the great powers which it conferred ii it became a law. A BIG SOHEME BY THE INSURANCE INTEREST. The Insurance Committee of the House have now before them a bill whici requires very care- fal examination. it allows “ofticcers and commis- mioned agents of tre imsurance companies incor- porated under the laws of the State o! New Yurk, or duly autuorized by the Insurance Department, to transact the business of fire insurance in this Btate, to organize in any city ol tuis State for tae urposes named in this act, bodies corporate to Be known as boards of underwriters,” then goes on to say that ‘the purposes of suca in- corporation shali be to inculcate just and equit- abie principles in the business of fire insurance; to establisn and maintain among tueir members uniformity in policies or contracts ofinsurance, und Ww acquire, preserve and disseminate valuable in- Jormation relative to the ousiness in which they are engaged, and to establish a system o! patrol or detectives, aud maintain apparatus tor the pro- tection of lile and property at tires,”’ To pay ex- pentes of this Board the bill specifies that eacn surance company shall furnish annually a state- ment of the aggregate amount oi premiums re- ceived lor property Where suci company 1s located. ‘The amount oi expense must not exceed more than two per cent on the aggregate of premiums. ‘This latest close corporauon insurance scheme and raid upon policy holders (as it is they, no doubt, who will be compeiléd to pay tnese ex- penses) deserves sometning# more than @ casual examination belore action 1a taken upon it by the committee. THE UNION FERRY COMPANY MONOPOLY. A bill 18 here in tue Committee of Commerce and Ravigation by which the Union Ferry Company Beek to obtain possession of piers 1, 2,3 aud 4 East Kiver. ‘The piers are now solely occupied by canal boats and tugs, and 1 this enactment passes it is understood they will be compelled to go further up the river or procecd to the Atlantic Basin, by which great additional expense and in- convenience will be incurred. ‘The bill narrows the contest down vetween those interests, with If 1t bad become law as | | elty controls lature, on Wednesday, and its reassembling on Thursday, pipe-layers, wire-pullers and lobbyists generally were ever more energetic or systematic in their work. The final passage of the bill by the Assembly caused no greater sensa- tion tn Albany than it did in New York, For tne past few days, in tacy ever since the result was made known, the Costigan bill has been tne pet theme O/ conversation among all classes, and, apparently, all conditions of men. The poor man, the laborer, seems to (eel that if this bill, passing the Senate, Is not vetoed by the Governor, many of the projected designs for the improvement of our pablic parks and highways will be carried out, giviag him steady employment and a bire worthy of hie toil, ‘Ihe rich man seems to feel that by the employment of the now idle, but would-be industrial classes, more money would he put in active circulation, wich, passing from hand to hand, would eventually reach “the street” and render financial matters more uni- Jormly balanced there, AT DELMONjCO’s, Delmonico’s, corner of Broadway and Chambers street, was over-crowded last night by a large gathering of representative business men and Politicians, all of whom seemed interested mm the final passage of the bill. “lc will institute a regular home rule,’’ said one. “It will relieve the money market,” said another, “And, what is better than all,” said @ third party, ‘it will remove Green.” ‘The following queries were put by @ HsRALp re- porter to the parties who uttered the sentiments given above :— “What do you mean by the institution of home rule “1 mean the city’s power to control itself; the city divorced from rings and cliques at Albany; the city independent of State legislation or the Governor's veto; the citizens of New York city, acting through a Mayor legally appointed, desig- nating who are and who are not worthy to fill the offices subordinate to the Mayoralty. That's what I mean by home rule.” SECOND QUERY. “How will the final passage of this bill relieve the money market ?”” “In tnis way:—There are in and about New York city @ thousand untinished schemes. The improvement of our pablic thoroughtares; the adornment of our public parks; the completion of | Toads, avenues, aqueducts and bridges; the ex- tension of our docks; the development of our har- bor; additional iacilittes for education and art, anda myriad other projects already CS but never executed, stmply on account of ti lobbyists at Albany. How much has tue city paid for surveyors, gardeners, architects, &c., for these schemes, admirable in general and in detail, but which have never been carried out? Thousands upon thousands of dollars—and why have they never been carried out ? Because one set of hired, and an- other set of disinterested, individuals at Albany would not permit thelr consummation. Pass the Costizan bill and what wili ve the result? The itself; unfinished work will be pushed torward to completion; labor will be ata premimm; the engineers of the Kingsbriage project alone would employ 20,000 men ali next summer. And what will be the issue should the bill pass, and the city resolve to improve itseli? The laborer now leaning on his spade idle, dis- couraged, disconsolate, would find work. Hun- dreds of meu in our unfinished parks, on our in- completed bridges, about our docks, on our public streets would be seen actively and energetically at work; all that dreary, uninhabited region above Fity-ninth street, which represents the abandonment of a great idea—in a word, all the dingy, dusky confines which comprehend the eastern and western eections of our city would be made to bloom and blossom like a garden—render theminhabitable. But how? Why, by the appro- priation of money to pay our idle inbabitants for pubiic improvements which wil beautity the city, relieve public charities, increase our population, and most certainly reduce taxation. e how the people at Hariem and about Riverside Park have been taxed, year aiter year, for projects which, though sarveyed, mapped out and caretuliy schemed, have never been undertaken. These are only a few examples. 1 could give you many others, as could apy taxpayer in the city. Put idle men at work and you put money in circa- lation, Where there is the greatest inuustry toere is the greatest wealth. Idieness alone creates disorder, distress and panic,” THIRD QUERY. “How,” said the HEKALD reporter to the third POE Ce the passage of the bill remove Mr. ny? P ue passage of the bill gives the Mayor the power of removing ali parties under nim who are | incompetent tofuifil their separate trusts, and of supplying vacancies with men who are fitted for their several positions, the Governor of the State having no voice in the selection aud no power to remove the Mayor's choice. sanction of this bill, therefore, provided such sanction 1s secured, at once removes Mr. Green from the oMce of Comptroller, because Mayor Wickham fully appreciates the fact that his re- moval Will Ouly satisfy the wishes of the majority of those who placed him 1n oifice.’” AT THE HOTELS. The HERALD reporter, after the above question had been fairly put, and, as indicated, warmly answered, made & tour of the uotels, pausing alike at the St. Nicholas, Metropolitan, Grand Central, Union Square, Fifth Avenue, Hofman and the Windsor, Durtng vhe closing hours of yesterday aiternoon and the earlier hours of tne evening the lobbies of all these popular resorts were over-crowded, and it 1s really remarkable what a uniformity of opipion tn regard tu the Los- ugan bill existed among the parties assembled there. “Tuere seems no doubt,” said a member of the House to the HERALD reporter at the Filth avenue, “but that the dill will pass the Senate, out it may be vetoed oy the Governor.’ “Do you think it will surely be vetoed ?” asked the HERALD reporter. ana 1 oe not,”? was the quick response, “Because the head and front of the democrats , Of this State will scarcely dare to divide the great The bill , the chances strongly in favor o1 the ferry com- | MR. DAVIS AND THE “CANAL RING.” The late fight over the Vostigan bill, in which Mr, Davis, 01 Wasnington, took such a prominens part, will throw some impediments in this gentle- man’s iegisiative raid on the canal interes. Mr. Davis (who 18 & Skane 2d led tne oppo- sition to the bill, and in the final stroggle carried only six of his party with him, The majority are incensed at his action, and | Dow threaten to defeat all bills introduced by nm. The gentleman has made a study o1 those canal Matters. itis saia that hundreds of thousands of dollars have veen stolen from the State by con- tractors and officials along the line of the vanais uring the past fifteen yeurs. The machinery tor Fegulating canals is 60 complicated under the present laws that it is almost impossibie to trace Tesponsibility or the parties wno have thus be- trayed the trusts imposed in them. in view of these facts, Mr. Davis has drawn up a bili which simplifies the cai system and under which off- cial peculation can easily be detected. Tne course r. Davis on the Costigan bill ought to have nothing to do with this matter. No duuot exists in the minds of the public that the State has been Tobbed in canal management, and if this Dill an root out tue evils complained of it certainly ought to THE CRUELTY TO CHILDREN BILL. This measure will probably never be heard from again. ‘The storm raised by the press and peopie egainst its passage as a sectarian and unneces- sary Measure has given it the death biow. Mr. Alvora’s motion takes it out of the Judiciary Com- mMittee and senas it before the Committee on Gen- @ral, Locai and Special Laws. NEXT W! EX’ K’S CONTEST. Some anusuai moves will be developed on the political ches: d next week in connection ‘With the Cost ll, Tnesday brings back our isting! ished tors from town and country. Until then we have comparative rest and recrea- Sion in Albany. THE COSTIGAN BILL. ‘WHAT PUBLIC MEN THINK OF THE MEASURE— STEONG ARGUMENTS IN ITH FAVOR. It ts doubtial whether public interest nas ever been more concentrated in any particular legisie- Uve movement than it ts now tn the fate of the Costigan bul, tis also ® matter of grave doubt Whether, petween she adiourument of the Lect party victory, and thus set hostile to himself more than one-half of those who worked night and day to place him in power. We are aspiring to tno Presidency—I mean, of course, the democratic party is—and 1 don’t think Tilden, even admitting that he has thrice the affection for Green that he is said to have, would allow a prejudice tor one Man to divide the party that elected nim, and thus excive the anger of the warmest of lis iriends.”” A CONGRESSMAN’S OPINION, A well known Congressman, upon being ques tioned te pgee | his views upon the Costigan biil, answered as lollows:—“1 am in favor ol tne Dill, but do not take @ great deai of interest in tt. It, but the Governor wili, probably, pass the Senate i his personal affec- wilt most itkely veto it, tarough tion for Mr. Green.”” “But would it be advisable,” asked the re- porter, ‘for the Governor to veto any vill through his personal feelings toward one man?” “Certainly not; bul, while the Governor will veto it reully for Mr. Green’s sake, yet he will give | as a public reason for his course that the bill is antagonistic to the constitutional amendments which were passed at the last election and which were planks in the Governor's platiorm. The bill will be productive, I think, of great benefit to the workingmen, and, by giviug employment to a large number of people, money will be put into circula- tion and the money market wili be relieved.” WHAT COLLECTOR ARTHUR SAYS. General Arthar, the Collector of the Custom House, in a conversation with a HgRa.p repre» sentative yesterday, said that it seemed to him that it made no difference to the republican party whether the Costigan bill passed into a law or not. ‘The foregone conclusion was that some such bill would ultimately become jaw, and that tue pat: | ronage of all the city offices would belong to the democrats, As the bill was evidentiy aimed to remove Mr. Green, it would, no doubt, be a sno- cess in some shape or another. He had not cou. sidered it particularly, as he was busy with hi: oficial duties. Other officials of the Custom Hor generally concurred in this view, and thought an improper application of the law, if it snoaid be- come one, would redound to the advantage of the Tepubiican party. TAMMANY HALL. MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZA- TION—THE QUESTIONS OF RAPID TRANSIT AND STATE TAXATION. The Committee on Organization of the Tammany Society met yesterday aiternoon at Tammany Hali, with John Kelly in the chair, The attend- ance was unusually large, owing doubtless to the fact that it was thought more than probable some action would be taken in view of the late victory of the party im the passage of the ‘‘Uostigan” bill in the Legislature. This subject, however, Gia not come Up, except tn an incidental way, When it was speedily dismissed. Among those pres- ent and who took part in the proceedings were Senator Moore, Assemblymen Daly, Dessar, Costt- gan and Shields; Aldermen McCarthy, Gilon, Reilly | and Lysaght and Messrs. McInnes, Delaney, ale, Oiney, Martin, Fellows, Boyd and Shertf Connor. BTATB TAXATION AND CENSUS TAKERS. Some routine business having been transacted the question was brought up as to what should be the action of the society in the matter of the State tax levy. This brought about considerable dis- cussion, during which the irregularity of the pres- ent system of assessment was freely commented oun it being held that the extraordinary quota bag Whale amougt which Governor Tiiden’s | h she pity of Ney 19 way aplicy bad been mp to the present time called upon to furnish was unjust and should be protested against by the citizens. Finally a special sub-committee ‘Was appointed to consider the matter and report at the next meeting of the committee. The gen- tlemen appoluted on the sub-committee are Messrs. Fellows, Gale, McMahon, Delaney, UIney and Martin. ‘The expediency of the organization recommend- ing nominees for appolatment as census takers, to serve in the gathering of data for and during the taking of the next census, then came up, ana, after some discussion, was referred to a sub-committee, composed of Messrs. Martin, Delaney and Wale. RAPID TRANSIT, Rapid transit was the next matter that was brought up belore the committee. It led to a long and animated discussion, Several members held tue opinion that it was the duty of the city gov- ernment to provide and build a road such as is so greatly desired, for the reason that it was nos only the wish of the citizens generally, but for the reason that all the property at the upper end of the island would thus be made valuable and would reatiy contribute to the weaith of the city and at ‘he same time diminish the general average of the burden of taxation. On the other side it was contended that the city has no right, and could acquire no right under the provisions of the constitution and the amend- ments lately adopted, to construct any such road, and that if rapid transit 1s ever to become an ac- complished fact it must ve by the capital and en- terprise brought to bear at the banus of private imaividuals. It seemed to be the general opinion that this is @ question which the Tammany organization, the representative. of the democratic Bart should take some active part in, and should, if proper plan is offered which would meet with the approval of the citizens generally, indorse it and support it through its representatives and also by its influence. A sub-committee was finally ap- ointed, On Which are Messrs, Purroy, Fellows, ysagnt, Gilon and Boyd, who were instructed to consider the matter and report to the committee at its next meeting, The committee then ad- journed, THE PUBLIC MONEYS. SHARP CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COMPTROL- LER GREEN AND EX-OHAMBERLAIN PALMER. ‘The following correspondence has been brought out by Comptroller Green’s lately published report to the Board of Aldermen:— Nationat Broapway am} New York, Feb, 19, 1876. Anprew H. Green, Esq., Comptroller :— Siz—{n your communication to the Honorable the Board of Aldermen, published this day, utder date of February. 18, 1876, belng your balance sheet of De~ cember 30, 1874, ‘there appears among other debit items cis A. Palmer (late County Treasurer), $13,333." Wiilyou have the kindness to intorm me at your earliest convenience what that indebedness is for, as l am not aware of owing the city or county one’ cent or any amount. Kespectiully yours, F. A, PALMER, Crry or New Yor * Derakmionyt oF FINANGH, i CompTnouier’s Orrice, Feb, 2, 1375 | FA. Patwer, Esq, + Sir—Your letter of the 19th inst., stating thatin the balance sheet of this department of Deceiwber 31, 1874, communicated to the Board of Aldermen, there appears among other debit fteins the followin ancis A, Paimer (late County Treasurer), $13,3%:" and request- ing ae. informed what that indebtedness is for, 13 re- ceived, in rePhy you are informed that the said amount charged Against you on the books of the Finance De- partment is tor moneys drawn ‘by you from the county ‘easury Without a warrant, as follows, viz :— December 41, 1872 é May 10, 1373 Total. au +. $13,333 33 The f iy x Dia in my com- munication to you of February 15, 1873, a copy of which is herewith enclosed. Respectfully, ANDREW H, GREEN, Comptroller. Orry ov New York, DePARrMENT oF Finan Comrrroier’s Orrick, Feb. 15, 1 To F. A. Pauuen. Hsq., Chiet Qfficer of, the Bureau in the Department of Finance, “ior the Reception of all Moneys Paid Into the ireasury of the City and for the pees of Money on Warrants Drawn by the Comp- troller and Countersigned by the Mayor :— S8ir—On an examination ot ‘the vouchers for payments accompanying your account current to December 31, 1872, 1 find an ‘incomplete paper purporting to be an affidavit of your own to the eflect that you are entitled to $10,000 ‘a3 ‘compensation ag County ‘Treasurer. ‘This paper seems to hia assed through the bank and is re- turned as a voucher by you. The drawing money from the bank by you in this manner is forbidaen as unauthorized by law und as a precedent full of danger. Thatitis money drawn by a. public official to pay to himseif without any audit or authority renders the transaction rather more than 1es3 objectionable. You are notified that this amount will not be credited to you on the books of this department, and it the same has been drawn from the bank you are required forthwith to replace it in the bank from which it has been unlawtully taken, and you will not charge it on the books of your bureau, as ihis department wiil Not in your bureau, nor in any of its bureaus, recognize the auibority, reguiarity or propriety of it. Kespectrully, ANDREW H. GREEN, Comptroller. MR. PALMER'S STATEMENT OF THE CASE. In view of the above correspondence & HERALD reporter last evening called upon Mr. F, A, Palmer to ascertain what construction that gentleman would put upon Mr. Green’s letter, and what, if any, explanation he had to offer in regard thereto. 1t will be seen, according to the statement made | by Mr. Palmer, which 1s given herewith, that the ' Comptroller has not only misstated tie facts of | the case as it stands, but has also committed an error in bis accounts, such as would be a discredit to a boy who had but learned the first rudiments ‘of bookkeeping. j Mr. Palme7z, when questioned on the subject, | made substantiaily the following statement was not @ little surprised to see in Mr. Green’s published statement the sum of $13,333 33 charged against me, for 1 had, and have, no sknowledge of being indebted to the city im any such amount. I[t was for this reason that Iwrote to Mr. Green asking him for an explana- tion, As he put it, it was an imputation on m. honesty aud integrity, During the time I held the office of County Treasurer, which was trom Jauuary 6, 1872, to May, 1873, the Comptroiler Was averse to allowing me tv draw any sum on account of the fees which I was entitled to as compensation ior my services, And even while L held the office of City Chamberlain I coula get novning irom him in the way of salary, and ior which, when I vacated that pusition under the charter, 1 nad to brmg three suits against him to recover the amount due me. When I settled up my accounts as County ‘reasurer, and hav- ing been, up to then, unable to obtain any warrants from ihe Comptroiler for the payment of my tees, 1, acting under the advice of my counse!, Judge Edmonds, simpiy | credited tne accouut with the sum avove reterred to in :uil settlement of my claim, as { was told I a | had @ perfect right todo under the law of 1368, | which clearly and distinctly provides that | every County Treasurer shall be entitied to, and have the rignt to charge as compensation jor his Services, & lee of Oue-hall of one per cent on all moneys either received or paid out by him, ex- | Cept im the case of the Treasurer of the County of | New York. In his case tt was provided that the fees charged snould in no case be allowed to exceed the sum of $10,000 per annum. It wiil therefore be seen that this sum of $13,353 33 was only my just due for my services during the hearly seventeen months that | held tne office. As was the custodian of the couny tands, 1 had, was advised, a periect right, in accounting tor them, to charge tne amount in whic the county was indebted to me. ‘this was so Set jortn in the statement I ren- dered at the time, but of which Mr. Green now takes no notice, in order to serve, us I suppose, some purpose vf his own, Had | owed | the county anything and been applied to for it [ shpud have ar once paid it, As it is, Mr. Green simply debits me with this sum, and faiis to credit me with the amount of my fees, thus ignoring my services altogetner. 1 can only account for this action on the part of the Comptroller by reasoning that tn this manner he 1s seeking to throw odium upon me. He knows well. however, or at least [ think he will | be made to teelat no distam day, that the charge ; he thus makes against me is utterly without! a Shadow of foundation, It 1s a libel pubiicly ex- } pressed, winch 1 do not feel inclined to submit to, Steps are now being taken by my legal advisers to bring the question in # proper form petore the courts, when | think the public will have the opportunity to see to the Juilest extent that there 48 n0 loundation whatever for apy such imputa- | Hon as Mr. Green nas made upon my integrity.” e | THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Board of Fire Commissioners made quite a revolution yesterday among the assistant lore- men of the several companies, James B. Pettit, Assistant Foreman of Engine 22, was transierred | to Engine 37; Assistant James A. Conklin, of Hook | and Ladder 17, to Engine 22; Assistant Robert Wray, of Engine 8, to Engine 16; Assistant Join A. Munger, of Engine 37, to Engine 35; Assistant Edward A. Smith, of Engine 35, to Engine 8; As- sistant George Henderson, of Engine 16, to Engine 13; Assistant Hugh Kittson, of Hook and Ladder 6, to Hook and LadderJ7; Assistant Edward 3. Moore, of Engine 13, to Hook and Ladder 5; As- sistant Egbert A. Hallock, of Chemical Engine 4, to Hook and Ladder 7; Assistant B. F. Nasn, of Hook and Ladder 7, to Chemical Engine 4. Beside the above ten privates were transferred to other companies and Edward B. Leveriage awarded the building of the four new aerial ladaer trucks, MUNICIPAL NOTES. Mayor Wickham will, ina few days, send a com- munication to Governor Tiiden relative to tis (ene Governor's) request that the testimony in the cases of the Corporation Ceunsel and the Fire Commissioners should be suemitted to him. It is believed that in this communication the Mayor will reiterate the sentiments he expreased m his now famous reply to the Governor's letter for the evidence, but will, at the same time, give the evi- denc e under protest, on the ground that he docs not, as the Chief Magistrate of the city, feel route to bring about a deadlock in the city government! lor a mere ditference of opinion as to a technicalit of the law—in other words, tnat he 1s oppose wiygh will prevent wp demoerayy from reaping rightfully the full fruits of their November victory. Speaker McGutre, of the Assembly, was among the callers upon the Mayor yesterday. Mr. Mc- Guire bad a jong talk with Mr. Wickham, aa he was going away the Mayor remarked:—“You were rather hard in your speech the other day on that constituency near the Adirondack Mountains, in the opinion of some of my rural iriends,” Mr. MoGuire laughingly answered :—*"Well, 1 did not believe that constituency knew so much about the local wants of this city as the representatives of the city in the Legisiature, That was the ground jor that Adirondack allusion o1 mine.” The Mayor laughed heartily at thia, aua while be was trying to compose Nis features Mr. McGuire stepped down and out of the Mayor’s private room into the main hallway of the City Hall. The sensation of the day at the Mayor's office yesterday was the marriage of a German couple, The bride, despite the rain, put in an appearance, with no bonnet. ‘The beauty of her luxuriant head of dark brown hair was Szamisitely set off with orange blossoms and plump, fat, [air and not wishin twenty years of forty a8 she was, and ate tired neatly in @ biack dress, fitting closely to the form, it is no wonder that the Mayor was alittie nervous during the ceremony. The two Campbelis of the Assembly, T. Cooper and Timothy; Assemblymen Daly and Dessar and Aiderman Blessing paid their respects to the Mayor yesterday afternoon, PICTURES OF POVERTY. BOENES AT ST. JOHN'S GUILD AND IN THE HOMES OF THE POOR, The AERALD’s readers are familiar with the noble mission of charity performed by the volun- teer visitors of St, John’s Gutld. This name the HERALD often has occasion to mention, and always with respect and honor, In summer as well as winter this unsectarian and liberal soclety has won our sympathies; at one time by its floating hospital for the sick children of the poor; at an- other by itsefforts to carry food and fuel into the homes of the famishing workmen ata time when nearly all our industries are in some manner paralyzed and our tenements are filled with unwiling claimants of charity. St. John’s Guild respects the people it feeds, know- ing that the great mass of them are hard working and useful citizens who, strive ag they may, cannot realize any considerable credit at the bank, and do fairly well to keep their large families comfortable in prosperous times, To pre- vent these famiues from breaking to pieces and falling a prey to evil influences and their own necessities; to preserve all the industrial forces that radiate from these poor men’s homes; to avoid the danger of almshouses and prisons ab- sorbing useful lives and valuable labor, such is the true mission of St. John’s Guild, But veyond these imposing facts, away back of the Guild rooms, in the depths of toe mine to which No. 52 Varick Street is the opening, and upon which it sheds light from heaven above, there are the tollers and the sufferers imprisoned in the depths and enduring norribie tor- tures in the — darkness, What will our readers say of this group illumined by the flickering light of @ candle in the hands of a chance passer-by? In a dark cellar in Franklin street, in a place infested by rats, Dr. Brush, one of the tireless physicians 0! the Guild, saw this scene. A man stretehed on a@ few boards in the corner of a@ noisome hole reexing with fetid odors and the wails covered by glistening frost. No windows. A tallow candle, dripping grease over the hand and sleeve of the pnysician, the only light, The sick man, it was discovered, waa paralyzed. A little distance away a woman found lying on @ pailet of rags, and in the wom- ao’s arms a new-born child, Tnis child, born at four O'clock in the morning, discovered by the doctor at four in the afternoon. The woman, twelve hours without nurse or attention and many more hours without food or fire, Yet an angel had passed through this cellar and left her footprints on its filthy foor—an angel eighty years of age, with as little rament as angels are represented by the artists to wear. In an adjoining cellar there lived a chiifonier, who was an octogenarian and feeble, but who was cast from the stuff of which heroines and angels are made. Hearing noise in the neighboring cellar, which nad awakened her after midnighi— the old do not sleep soundly just belore sunrise— she had hstened attentively. When she heard groans and sous from the neighboring cellar she comprehended the event about to take place. She groped her way in the darkness to her neighvor’s side. She tore the skirt of her dress ito bandages to supply the sufferer. She stood patienily at the bedside, and in the darkness as a nurse. By and by she had occa- sion to go out into the alleyway leading to the street and she must have felt that the morning was bitter coid. She certainly noticed that it was growing quite light and betnought her of her daily | avocation and the crust of bread dependent upon her success, Success did not always attend this woman aged and infirm. She went shivering back into the cellar. Then what did she do? Sne | groped her way to the pallet where mother and them, her tears dropping on the mother’s face. Who can tell what }of days gone by were fitting | her brain? She fumbled about {for @ moment and then moment alter she took the child in her arms and almost instantly returned it to its mother wrapped in a warm covering. About to face the | bitter blast of the morning this venerable rag picker had removed her only petticoat irom under | her torn dregs to wrap up the little waif God had sent into this cellar. This same physician two days ago set the ankle of a woman of seventy, who had broken her leg there in crossing the street. The woman lived her dress in the world to eat were a few frozen | potatoes, which the boy found in a garbage barrel. These they baked, two | a3 a time and only whan they were very hungry, at a neighbor’s fire, aM to make one of theirown. Yet this woman had sent her heart’s blood, her boy, her protector, supportand her» to the war, and had wept and trae heart aud his stout arm lay pulseless and stilled on tbe wet field of Shiloh. almost in the shadow of the flag he fell in carry- ing, the aged motier, tortured by pain, shivering with cold, first found relief in Sr. Jonn’s Guild, from the necessity of making her daily dinner ofa frozen potato, ST. JOHN'S GUILD RELIEF FUND. The following additional contribations have been received by the Rev. Alvah Wiswail, Master of St. | #ohn’s Guild, and paid over to Audrew W. Leg: | gat, Almone’ $250 00 i Knapp & C 5) 00 Anonymous, per Rey. W. iaiock, St Conn 12 50 | From A 50 00 i} i 200 | 2 v0 01 f 10 00 | in the Mids ei 800 | P. Duclos, per William H. Wiley. 500 | N. 0. for the starving, per William it Travers 00 | J.B. Blydenburg. S 25 00 A. Lenten Offe-ing, per G. J. N. Zabriskie 1 00 Sale of ismpty Barrels. 8 00 |; a DW 1.0 Total... $444 50 Previously acknowledged 10,190 83 | Grand total.. ceeteees cs ceeee$10{634 68 | | . Contributions are earnestly solicited, and may be sent to the HeKALD ofiice, or to the Kev. Alvah | Wiswall, No. 52 Varick street. Archibald Montgomery and a few frienas sent from the Produce Exchange yesterday a hog, weighing over 1,100 pounds, to be distributed among the poor. THE CUBAN MOVEMENT. | Yesterday morning @ telegram was received in | this city (rom the Cavan colony at Key West, pray- ing that Colonel Pacheco might accompany Colonel | Pio Rosado on his mission to Key West to collect | tunds at that piace for carrying on the war of in- dependence in Cuba. Pacheco is the patriot who | lately crossed in an open bout irom Jamaica, with | important despatches to the President. of the ; Cuban Republic, making arrangements for the | landing of 1uture expeditions, Colonel P10 Rosado left with Pacheco jor Key West last eveuing in the Galveston steamer City of Waco, under the auspices of the newly formed Cuvan Society, La Independencia de Caba, Among the Cubans wno , came to the pier to wish nim and the cause of | {cuba Libre’ Godspeed were Colonel Manuel Ccs- pedes, son of the late President of the Repubiic of Cuba; Colonel Miguel Barnet, a distinguished oficer tn the | Tigtez, treasurer of the above mentioned society Captain Morey, José Pefia, M. Lamar, M. ‘La drid, Y. Truzilio, BE. H. Gato, M. Valdez, a large number of Cuban’ workingmen, who hold Rosato in great affection; likewise severul colored men and Chinese, formerly slaves in Cuba. in spite of the rain the gathering around the heroes uf the | day was a large one, and considerable enthusiasm | prevailed. Kosado, it may be mentioned, is the man who, unaccompanied, carried @ ‘fag of truce into the town of Santiago de Cuba and had an interview with the military commandant of that cown, and, wonderfal to relate in his case, the Spaniards respected the _ parliamen- tary flag. Mr. Rodriguez sent a telegram to the Cuban Associacion del Sur at Key West, iniormi ng them of the departure of the steamer, carrying Rosado and Pacneco on their patriotis mission, The Cuban colony at Key West, which numbers from 3,000 to 4,000 souls, is reported to be willing to make large sacrifices, tor senaing out expeditions to bring about the liberation of their country. They gave a@ considerable sum, a iew months since, to Colonel Lopez Queralta, an officer of the Cuban forces, who, during the late war in this country, was on the staff of Generai John Coch- Tane, ior sending out resources to “Cuba Libre,” It is expected that thi iasion of Pachecu and Ro- pn, will Be productive of great good for tne News has been recetved in this city to the eftect that the patriots have burned a very large num- ber of: plantations in the neighborhood of Reme- | baby were lying. She kaoelt down and tondied | dreams and memories | through | stood erect, A | with her grandchild, @ little boy, and all they had | They had no tire nor means | mvaned and refused to be comforted when his | And to-day, | “Mampi” ranks; Leandro Rod- | Ma- | THE WEATHER CHANGE, Disagreeable Developments by the Gentle Rain. + THE SNOW, THE SLUSH AND THE FILTH tS SEE EE Ice in the Rivers and Sound | Breaking Up. ‘The cold wave, which, in its intensity and cons tinnance, has made this a winter long to be re- membered, and which has stirred up the conser- Vative citizen to @ hunt among musty tomes and antique records to find & precedent which might plead in justification of it, has come to an end, Once again gentle Pinvius has lent his aidto the Street Cleaning Department, and undertaken the work of cleaning our streets and avenues, undis- mayed at the prospect of a labor compared with whten those of Hercules were mere child’s play, have engaged the attention of philosophers and savants for the past few weeks to an alarming ex- from time immemorial has borne upon its broad bosom the revivifying heat of the tropics onward toward the hyperborean region, had lust its staid propriety of action, snd was carecring through the broad expanse of Old Ocean, no one might know where; that the earth was changing its relations to the sun, and that vegeta- tion and the consequent comfort and serenity of mankind were to be dismally affected thereby; effect upon the temperature, whatever tt might be, nud come to an untimely end; that it would be found necessary to replant and nourish all the trees which have been cut down and used for fire- wood and butiding houses during the past few radiation” might be restored to its pristine equi- Mbrium—all these and a thousand more theories and prognostications dire, with which nervous od ladies of both sexes have been affrighted, can now be permitted to hybernate antil the “cold snap’ gibber through the brains of th inventors, to the discomforts resulting from snow and slush with which the streets abound and which may be compared to the fearfal horror of dust and dirt which the negligent housemaid raises when once aroused to the necessity of cleaning. A NOTABLE FEATURE of the recent cold season has been the bad effect on the reputation of an aged ana well known citi- zen residing in Washington, and generally known as “Old Probabilities.” The predictions of this gentleman had come to have an important effect upon our business and social life, and the con- sciousness that he has recently “lost his hold’? 1s Tauch deplored. weather, bus without the desired effect. Evi- dently he had become somewhat demoralized by his success, as yesterday, like the old weather pre- dicter in the almanacs, he covered a large extent of possibilities by announcing ‘‘warmer weather and cloudy, with possibly rain or snow.’’ rigat. The cold incontinentiy fed during Friday night pefore the area of low barometer, moving westward, and in the morning the temperature resemblea that of an early spring day —wind in the east, The sun endeavored to break through the mist whicn enshrouded it for @ snort time, but gave up the struggle early and yielded to a gen- uine and persistent rain, which continued through the day. For the first tew hours of tue morning the frost in the ground caused the rain to freeze on the suriace, and the walks and roadways were agiare oOlice, dangerous to tie pedestrian and the draught animals compeiled to be abruad. The contest between the frost, intrenched within the earth, and the warmtn of the falling rain was, however, of short duration, and then came the | Stush and the mud and the dirt—choked up water- courses flooding the streets and crossways, and rendering @ passage without the accompaniment of wet jeet almost impossible. The siush was everywhere, fillimg the street, from which the moving horses spattered it rightand left, inflict- ing indnite damage to good clothes and genial tempers. On the sidewalks, which had not been free of snow and ice for weeks, owing to tne severity of the weather, causing tne | anxions pedestrian to move as though walking oa | eggs for whicn he had great respect; ou the rub- ber coat of a disgusted car driver, and perched above his eyebrows, ana Zo 1aliing Lnto his eves as | he “patied” a malignant scowl at the waiting pas- senger; in the parks and in the gutters, in the halis and passages, disturbing the proverbial se- renity of Bridget and bringing forth an expression of disgust from her mistress—every where produce ing annoyance and discomiort, “Well, the hydrants are all loose, or soon will be,” said an anxious-minded citizen seeking con- solation. “No more danger from tires,” and ne | was right, and @ continuance of the earnest evoris of the Fire Department to keep the supply of w.ter available was rendered unnecessary. The poor man was fain to be satisfied with this; it consti- tated the only glea of ight amid the darkness, | Tue non-enlorcement of THE CITY ORDINANCE | regarding the keeping clear of the gutters added | very materially to the unpleasant condition o: the sircets, as fhe water, thrown out of its usual channels, flowed over the sidewalks and into tie roadways, them ere it found its way to the entrance o1 the sewers. In many cases, Loo, these became choked up with a composite of snow and ice and fi!tn, rendering necessary the immediate attention of those in the neighborhood in order to prevent the basements being flooded. The necessities of travel and the neglect or in- competency of the Street Cleaning Department hac caused the snow in many of the. narrow streets to be thrown to the curbstone, where, wita the falling rain, the ice and dirt formed a mixture through which it was almost impossibic to pass: nor was the way made more clear by the occasional dilapidaved Wagon and disused coal cart embedded in tt. In some instances the water here had covered the sidewalks and threaiene flood the cellars. A report was in ci during the day that along South and West streets the water had flowed back in the sewers and was flooding the basement stories. A visit to those | locahties, however, snowed this to be untrue Near the /oot of Barclay street, on the west sia &@ service pipe had broken, with the esf2ct of filin the cellar of one or two builaings, trom which lays of niew were throwing it out with pails; but the damage was not serious. in some of the worst localities in the city the rain and conse- quent thaw developed indescribable filth, which, if leit to fester and rot in its Reece position during the coming spring, ts certain to breea an epidemic which will do much toward decreasing the surplus ponulesan of the section, The wind continued asteriy during the day and up <o a Jate hour the rain showed 00 signs of abacement. SIGNAL OFFICE REPORT. A visit to the Signal Ofiice developed the follow: lowing iacis:—The storm, which canie trom the West, was general, covering the whole country. Rain prevailed generally south of 40 degrees north latitude, and borth of that snow. low zero temperature in the Upper Mississipp! Valley had disappeared. The morning reports showed that the storm west ef the Mississippi River had been followed by clearing weatner and freezing temperature. No nigh winds prevailed. ‘The raiu throughout the South Atlantic States was exceptionally heavy, two inches, THE FERRY CROSSINGS. The residents of Brooklyn and Jersey City doing business in New York expressed the hope yester- day that the annoyances experienced in crossing and recrogsing the East and North rive woud soon cease. Milder weather, accomp@hied by rain, was especially welcome to this ciass, as they knew that the Ice King woulda succumd to these influences only. The winter to such citizens bas been particuiarly aree- able, Inhabitants older than the majority could not recall a period wherein so many difficulues had been met with in navigating the waters about She city, Muggy and rainy days they now pray for, aa dirty” weather will speedily release them from @ thraidom that has proved very embarrass- ing and entailed many inconveniences. Proof of this was inaniiest yesterday, long vefore noon. In tue early morning the flood tide floated up the East River considerable ice, and jor awhile the badly abused pilots of the ferry boats feared there would e when, before many hours, the larger and thicker blocks of ice began to sink deeper and deeper, and, becoming honeycombed, the tugs and other passin craft made short work of the obstruction, Broke into small pieces, and those very rotten, the ferry boats experienced no difficulty worth mentioning. The easterly wind prevailing tor the past two cays has materially aided the clearing of the East River, a8 it Nas driven down tne bay and out to sea the heavier ice, but little of which will return to annoy and Binder the daily travel to and irom Brookiyn. At tue Soutn ana Hamiltom avenne ferries the same stor: were delighted at the prospect of a river and bay free from ice, In toe slips oo the Brooklyn there yathered a sufficient quantity of the larger hummocgs in the morning to give annoy- ance of trivial nature, but this was soon over. come, and no furiher trouble occurred during the day. ie same condition of affairs ex- on the Nora River, audi! the sermungp The various theorles upon climatic changes which | tent, exciting fears that the Gulf Stream, which | that the aurora borealis had somehow been | snatched out of existence, and so its genial | centuries in order that “terrestrial absorption and | of next season again revives them to frolic and | Meanwhile the average practical citizen awakes | He has religiously endeavored to | meet the popular demand by promising warmer , He was | in many places completely flooding . Toe be- © ranging [rom one to , be trouble. Happily the rain increased in violence, | was told, and the several employes | 7 ny? uttered the whole truth, “the boats were on time, all the day.” {be Hariem and Morrisania boats giso made their trips with greac regularity, muck: to the delight of those who cling to this mode§of conveyance to the upper end of Manhattan Island, whatever the nature of the weatner. SOUND NAVIGATION, Tbe rain of yesterday was also welcomed wit! much heartiness by the captains and agents o! | the sound steamers, Not for many years bas Lon; | Isiand Sound been frozen to such an extent a | Soy the past week. In winters gone by ico | would be met with at times in large quantities, but not enough to prevent these large crait froux fighting their way through to their destinazion. ‘Tne last memorable winter in this respect was that of 1856-7, when some Of the jines that ply om the Sound did not despatch boats for a penod of nearly four weeks, Evea then the spectacle of the entire expanse of water at some points being covered with a crystal plain fifteer or twenty tuckes thick, Was not eXperienced, as has been the case recently. It 18 probabie, how. ever, (hat yesterday Inaugurated the resumption of navigation on the Sound tor both freight and passengers, as it was sve intention of the agents of one or more of the lines to withdraw the boats from the outside passage, via Sandy Hook, and despatch thein by the old route. THE BUOYS IN THE BAY, . The Lighthouse Board of this istrict will em~ brace tne first opportunity to replace the buoys im the bay carried sway by the ice. When this 18 ace compiisied tue Sandy Hook pilots will feel greatly Tele ved, as tne risks of accident to 1uward or oute ward bound vessels since these buoys have beem | out of place have been greatly increased. The skill of the pilots, however, is such that the winter has thus far pussed witout any mishap of & serious character, ICEBERGS IN THE HUDSON, Many of the ferryboat pilots and captains of steamtugs May ros be aware of the danger which has just commenced to beset navigation in the North River. Yesterday afternoon there appeared scattered over the water several huge masses of ice, which wouid certainly prove utterly destruce Uve to @ tug that would have the luck to collide with them, About five o’clock a very large mas» of ice was seen floating lazily down the stream across the track Of ail the lerries, It covered am area of about 400 square leet, and rose above the suriace to @ height of about five or six feet. In- asmiuch as such ice heaps extend below the sur- jace seven or eight times the distance that they rise above it this pile must have almost touched. the bottom of th@river. ‘This is the more probae bie, a3 it stood for a long time uniuduenced by the tide which rolied over it. Several other miniaa ture bergs have been waited down on the advent of the thaw, and had the weather been foggy they might have occasioned many grave acci- dents, It is probable that the formation and aritt of such accumulations of the dangerous ele- ment will continue jor a lew days, Tey come chiefly from aiong the river banks, where they were formed during the prevaience of the !ntense cold, ON LONG ISLAND, The Stratford Shoal lightboat nas been driven from her moorings by the ice, and 1s now at the east end o! the Sound. There are a lirge number of vessels fast m the ice and driiting about with } the tide, | The people of Babylon and other places on the Great South Bay are just now having great sport with iceboats. There is to be a grand iceboat ree ; gatta ta Babylon harbor some day this week. A large seal of the Arctic species, weighing’ 183 pounds, was shot on the Ice in Jamaica Bay, op- | posite tne Oceanus Ciub House, by Alonzo Smith, a | day or two ago. ‘This is the tuird seal known to | Rave been killed in the bay. In consequence of the cold weather the oyster shipments irom points along the Great Soutn Bay | have very perceptibly deciined. Several planters have lost heavuy, owing to the fact that the ice, freezing to the bottom, has carried the oysters 0! the grounds with ine tide. Probably thousands of busheis have been lost in this way. All the oysters sent to market now are taken through holes cut in the ice—a tedious and expensive process. THE ICB AT WHITESTONE. A despatch irom the HeRarp telegraph statlo! Whitestone, L. 1, states that the ice of thal point begins to exhibit signs of breaking up, and there 18 a fair channel open through irom Hell Gate to the Sound. Steamers do not expe- rience very much dificuity getting through, Alto- gether the prospect appears to be im lavor of & general thaw setting in, AN ICE-BOUND PROPELLER, | The propeller City of Norwalk has for a numbet of days been fast in the ice and floating about within sight of the village of Stony Brook. A day or two ago her captain and a part of her crew succeeded in reaching Crane Neck Point, and went to Stony Brook after provisions, hgving had noth! ing to eat fora number of days excepting frozem raw oysters, Tae Captain stated that he had only: coai enough to run avout an hour, A PERILOUS VOYAGE. THE ADVENTURES OF THE FISHING SCHOONER CHARLES A. ROPER AND HER FROSTBITTEN crew. Yesterday morning the fishing schooner Charles A. Roper, of Gloucester, Mass,, of seventy tons burden, which vessel has had a wonderful escape: from being sunk by the ice, commenced discharg- ing her cargo of frozen herring, caugnt off cape Ann Shoals, alongside the Washington Wholesa! Fish Market. The vessel when she came into pore was covered irom siem to stern with ice, which, had also covered the rigging to a considerable, height, ‘The tollowing statement of this perilous: voyage was made yesterday by her captain, Mre W. ii. Kirby, to a HERALD reporter :— “We leit Cape Ann two weeks ago, and on ace count of tempestuous weatier had to pnt into Newport, Where the ice carried away two of my anchors and fiteen fathoms of chain. Alter this started for New York, fgnting my way through the ice tili off Fire Island, wnere we bad a tearful, struggle to get along. The wind cat through you, like a knife, and my mate, the crew and myself were all frostbitven, Dut are now recovering; the: cook escaped, however,” added the captain, with; asmile, “owing to the alley fire, It is the most! terrible voyage Lever remeuiber. 1 a ag fe in wish # steamtug, which brougnt me int port for $100—and uall’s weil that ends well,” x. A GOOD SUGGESTION. To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Noticing tue several articles in the HERALD ow the elect of frost on plumbing work, and& especially your rather uncomplimentary remarks ; on plumbers, very many of whom are competent mechanics, as well as honorable men, and believ- img that you would be unwilling, knowingly, to do an injustice to any one, and at the same time teel- ing confident that your object is to benefit the | Public by giving the best information in regard to , this very important branch of mechanics, I am constrained to sugzest a way which, in my opin- ion, will if carried out, prevent in the fature the troubles experienced during the pre: entcold weather—uawmely, frozen water pipet And my idea owners of houses ‘should empioy their work plamber of at leas fair reputation ana pay him & price tuat would enabie him to do the job in the best manuer (watch will be chvapest in the long ran) anu not, as is usuaily done, by contract, awarding the job to tne piamber who offers to do it for the least number of doliars (whicu, in thi tong run, is always the dearest). Having had a good deal ol experience, though I am not in the business myseli, | am sure such a conrse Would be found a remedy for the evil prevailing 80 exteu- sively at present, 1 think it will be generaily ad- mitted that it is possible to find some place in every house where the nipyy could 06 placed = =where they would rotected from frost if the owner ts willing to | allow lor the extra expense that might be incurred; and I think it but just to say that less blame really attaches to the piumber for poor work than to parties who employ them, inasmuch as it has become the general rile to take from three to @ dozen estimates for every job amount- ing to over $10, and to empioy the lowest bidder, Now, as long as plumbing work ts squeezed duwn to low figures people may, and 1 think ought to, expect trouble, it veing altogether unreasonable to expect that plumbers, any more than otner mechanics, will do frst class work for less (han suc work would cost them; and finally, | venture | the assertion that nine out of ten cases where the water supply is stopped by frost, either inside the house or outside in the street, if the tfuth could , be ascertained, would be tound to be where the | Work was originally done by contract. THE BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS, The New York Board of Fire Underwriters, | Which for several days has been adjusting a dis- pute between certain compantes belonging to the Board, have brought the matter to ap amicable conclusion by the adoption of @ sertes of resolu- tions, After setting forth that there has been & Sad want of good faith on the part of some mem- bers of the Board toward their associates, resolu- tious were adopted recommending the Hoard to reaffirm its declaration in favor ol the nt 5 tain specified cases, Other resolutions abrogate | the compact with the Board of Fire Insurance Brokers, and repeal all rules prohibiting the e: change of business with competion not mem of the Board of Fire Underwriters. THE STONECUTTERS. A meeting ofthe journeymen stonecutters was held at their hall, corner of Twenty-tAird street | and Second avenue, on Friday evening, at which 4 vote of thanks was passed to the, President of the Board of Aldermen and to those members who | voted in the yong hy the resolution whica, Ly | omar tt Bad Pommissioners of and of ka to Rave atone used in the construction: or docks and pal par cat ip sient japchawor ve hereafter ui is ity and by resin, |