The New York Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1875, Page 3

STRANGLED 1) DEATH The Execution of Two Mur.} derers Yesterday. Hanging of Sullivan at New Brunswick and O’Shea in St. Louis. BOTH DENY THEIR GUILT A Sketch of the Crimes and Ca- reer of the Two Men. Michael Sullivan was hanged in New Bruuswick, W.J., yesterday, for the murder on December, 1, 1874, of Daniel Talmage, a venerable and nighly Fespected and well-to-do farmer of Metuchen town- ship, Middlesex county. The execution took place semi-privately in the jallyard of the Middlesex County Prison, which is located in the heart ol the town and immediately adjoining the County Court House and other buildings, It was witnessed by between 200 and 300 persons, cliefly county offl- @ials, military, police, sherii!’s friends and report ‘re, all in the nominal capacity of special deputy Bheriits. As a spectacle the execution was happily free from horrifying bungles or mishaps such 48 disgraced the last two witnessed in New Jer- sey—the execution of Mechella at Jersey City and Lusignani at Morristown, There was no break- ang of the rope or the scaffold, and no breaking @own of the unfortunate wreten belore the lw had wreaked its vengeance on him, Neither was there any “last dying speech and confession” to Watisfy the morbidly hungry, nor any long drawn out religious ceremony, calculated to weary Father than relieve the intended yic- tim. Taken altogether tie execution of Sullivan yesterday was conducted with a celerity and expedition which was merciful to the doomed Maa, but yet in no sense shocking to the senses of the spectators so far as the proprieties were concerned, If such an expression 18 allowable in such a connection, the nanging of Sulltvan was Managed in 4 most businesslike manner, barring the inordinate fussiness o/ the very sell-important Bheritt, whose chief anxiety seemed to be the tear that any one should tail to note particularly that “Pm the man that’s doi’ this yere hangin’,”” THE MURDER. As above stuted, the crime for which Michael Sullivan paid the terribl» penalty of death on the gallows yesterday was the assassination ana robe bery of Daniel Talmage on the afternoon of De- cember 1, 1874—Just five months ago. It was of a Monday afternoon, Oid man Taimage was at home, Sullivan had come in early in the day in wearch of work, He haa worked there betore. There was none for him then, but he was invited to stay to dinner, and he stayed. He ate at the same table a3 the Talmage family. After dinner a colored may came in and asked Mr. ‘Talmage to change a tin dollar note. In so doing the vid man exhibited bis Well Milled pocket- book, Sullivan was observed glancing atit. Sub- Bequently Mr. Vaimage started for hls barn to @ttend to his horses and was followed by Sullivan, That was the last seen of Sullivan by the Jamily that afternoon, By and by Mr. Talmage was seen to stagger and fol! mm front of the barn, Members of hia family ra™ out and sound nim SLKEDING COPIOUSLY from @ skull Wound. It was supposed to have deen a horse’s kick, but the doctor’s examination fisposed of this theory, and the fact was estab- Mished tat the wound was the result of a blow from @ flail swingle or bludgeon. The old man Hved till morning, when be died. He never spoke Biter being stuck. His pockets were iound to have been rifled. At tue Vorouer’s inquest wuich foliowed the evidence pointed to either Sullivan or one Edward Mundy, a neighbor of fa:mage’s, as the murderer. The latter had ieit tne barn the back way and gene across in the snow to Muudy’s house. Mundy was arrested, bat luckily proved an aliDi and was treed from suspicion, Everything then pointed to Bullivan #8 the gutity man. He iad meanwiile fed, After three or tour days’ searen he Was cap- tured at Newark, on the Pennsylvania Railroad cars, On his person was lound Taimage’s pocket- book and some papers wita Daniel Tal go's name on them, He hud very littie money, but bad a@receipt for $40, le:t with a Newark saloon keeper, Where Sullivan stopped. it was found that he had purchased new ciotl in Newark and had been on a wiid spree. a3 taken to Metuchen ana vefore the Coroner’s jury, but dented all ze ol the crime. The jury, however, ioaud a ‘ict to toe effect that he was the murderer, joung guilty, che evidence bemg ultogether cir- CUMSuLTIAl, DUT So stronz aS Lo leave nO doudt of his veimg the murderer, On the stand ne ac- counted ior having Talmage'’s pocketbook and the money by saying A strauye man met him on the Foad ap: gave it to iim. He told a very weak ana flimsy story. To this was added the onus oO: a Greadfully bad previcoa character, reeking with | efime, dissipation aha the State Prison. Sullivan had only been out of taut inscitution six or seven Months beiore his arrest jor murder. served a term jor attempted rape. All this bis doom, and on February 27 he wag SENSENCED TO DEATH. In passing sentence Judge Scudder—a judge Boted jor his kind-heartedness but impartial ad- ministration of justice—said that he was satisied, aud the entire Court was satisfied, alter a careval bearing and review 01 the evidence, that an abun- Gance of testimony had been produced to prove ie guilt of the accused. He adviser Sullivan to Wasie nO hope iu looking for pardon. Sullivan’ only Ga! to the Court was, “i’m entirely iono- cent of the robbery and murder of Dautel Tul- mace.” Toe Judge theo, in a most solemn man- Ber, pronounced sentence of death on Suilvan, ‘Who burst into tears and said:— “173 A HAkD DEATH TO DIE.” He Was at once removed to the celi of the con- W Weeks ago he became seriousiy OL, aud it Was thou.tit that the gallows mignt be cheated by nature, but the nataraily robust con- stitution Of Sullivan pulled him throug, together With careiui medical attendauce, ver since the death doom was passed Upoa bim he vas had tie and Kindest spiritua: attention irom ‘fathers Dowues an Oi Charity—s:ster Mariet.a, of Raaway (lormeriy @ schoolmate Of Michael's), and Sister Teresa Angela, of Now Brunswick (a sister of eX-Mayor O’Nelli, 0! Jersey City). THE LAST DAYS OF THB DOOMED. Sullivan's zeaious counsel, Judge Cowenhoven @no Senator Adrain, gave up ali hope woen the Court of Parduns—tie Court of last resort in criminal casos ew Jersey—refased to inter. pose, and Sullivan fimsell became eradually re- siZLed to his aWidl fute, the MilOIstratious of the Clergy, and especiaily Of the Sisters of Unarity, seeming to have « marveilousiy soothing, quieting Qhd consoling effect on tim. Neither he nor nis relatives Cousidered tuat he had been treated roperly by che Suerif aod his people, tnougn suey joined Ih sounding the praises Of the keep r, Mr. Joun Kine, aud Constable Bergan Vau Pieet, Who Was Constaguy With him irou his trial to nis execution. A HEARTRENDING PAMILY FAREWELL. On’ Wednesday aiternoon Suuivan bade rest relatives, ing Veneravie father, a resident of Rahway, and Mts siste Mrs. Patrick Coiee, of New Brunswick. Of separation Was very tuuching, especially that Detweeu che vrother and the sister, the old mua being better able to brace uimsel to tao painiut leavetaxing. The woman threw her arms wildly bout her vrotner, clatebed Lia convulsively, burst into piercing cries’ and yeemeu a8 Uo ete Weald go Mad. Suiivan broke tuto tears. Wan and faally tne jaiiors, so very affecting was ae sight. The sister Was wimost dragged away Bud the poor Old /ather could scarcely tear nim: Sell Away; OF Jaat he did, and that Was the jast he or dirs, Coffee saw of bis boy or hervrotier alive. On Tharsd*y wight and yesterday moraing the father w. at the jail, bus only to see the priest leading tne juneral, &e. A STRUGOLS FOR LIBERTY, ‘The parting With his fataer and sister com. plotoiy anstrang Sullivan, aad on Wednesday ignt Keeper Kine brougut fim some liqaoe to 3 He had | aled Vasealo Gad two Sisters | lu due time ne was indicted, tried aud | | Ye gpeu irom nead to fuot)"? Mrs, OF So did tue od | | street. quiet his nerves. Woile Kline was tv ioe cell | buliivan sudvenly became frenzied, and, seeing the eel: door Open, made 4 dusn at Aliae, with vi eningly, Of pusoing him aside xad wetiiag 1G LWO We, Lhe Murderer and the Keeper, srul Straggle wione In tle cell, but the edily overpowered Sullivan and se a. He then sent for the ).11e4t, Wao Even wd he overpowered the he Would fave to pass #iX men armed with Fevbivers. CLOSING HOURS AND SCENES, * Since his toess Suiivan ate very sparingly and Was chiedy sustained vy atunuiants, Oa inurs- fe, bigot, Bis last night Upon earth, he ate ouly @ bttie milk vosst and subsequentiy arank @ Lo muk punonh, He spent the evening mamy with Dis spiritual ndvieers, bad, Os all wlong, seemed wreatiy com-orted and austaioed oy their presence, At eleven O'Clock he sell Asleep and sicpm well Wot aiter One o'e.oCk, When he AWoke sudde: Ke t Y a they promouy 18it he ByoRe Lo Constadie Would rather 09 woe: eared ju stead Sullivan. ¥ al Jeciiny a T NOW i@6 tua ve Mm oorty fae ie over. rd My 01 is ses ohh ay, | appearance. into a sownd sleep and woke not until five e’clock. About eight o'clock he received THE LORD'S SUPPER at the hands of Fatuers Downes and Vi which Ae breakfasced on a mere mout glass of punch, apd signed by Sullivan, and witnessed vy the priests, u protest that he bud net made any conu- Jession, It seems that tie other evening a deputy sheruf entered Sullivan’s cel, phea bum with Niquor, and then tried fo extort from him a ca Jession, to be used, as supposed, for mercenary purposes, The protest Was to cover auy pussivle statement he may have nmiaue uuder temporary derangement, lo, atter al and & THE EXECUTION. It was Intended by the Sherif to have the ex- ecution take place a soon atver ten o’clock as possible, but the coffin ordered from Rahway had not arrived, and hence 1 was eleven o’cluck be- jore the mareh trom the cell to the gallows took place. At that hour, retigious exercises havyog been conducted im the cell the meanwhile, the murderer was marched out toto the yard, ins arms piniooed from bemnd, holding im lus bands im Jront & large cruciix. He Was supported on either side by 4 priest. He wore the gullows regulation black Cap, With black ribbon flylug trom. 1. looked remarkably cool, cali and composed, ping bravely lorward to & posiiion directly under 7} THE PATAL NOOSE, Hé scarcely had time to utter a short, final ruyer und to have his legs bound the same as 15 arms, when the word reauy’? was given, Tustantly the pricst stepped aside and the rope was severed at & stroke by the Sheriff, and up shot Sullivan’s vody and down again wita a heavy thud, ie struggled violently fora few seconds. ‘Then at intervals Dis suspended body heaved and quivered. The rope wes cut at five minutes past eleven, and in filteen ninates more he was pro- nounced dead, ‘The body was then lowered into a neat walnut coffin provided by the irienas, on which was a Sliver Cross-shaped plate with this inscription :— CLOT OLE DOLE LEIE ELLE LEE LIL ELELE CODE ELE IEDODO LED D) | He S. MIGHANL SULLIVAN. 3 Died April 9, 1875, g Aged 24 yoars, 8 montys and 21 days. Qaeenr ee eae tb ttt Ot EA LOOLE PELL LELELSDELEDEDELOUIENE io half an hour's time the remains of the exe- cuted man wereon their Way to Ralway, where the funeral takes place ou Sunday. The guard around the jail was formed py the Third regi- ment, under command of Adjutant Apple, Com- puny D, Captain Duan, lorming the seutries, So great was the morbid curiosity of many of the townstolk that they filled the streets around the jail, apd in the windows of the palatial resideoces near by were seen ladies with culldren, ail eager to catch a glimpse of the scaifold, but in vain, People even got into trees, on housetops and ta a chureh steeple adjacent. One Joe Jetreys percned On & roof, With 2 pair of opera giasses, Lo view the execution. Several ladies used their lorgnettes also. While the dreadiui tragedy was enacting wituin the prison walls there was hooting aga jeering among the tmmense crowd outside. seeereee EXECUTION OF PATRICK J. O'SHEA. Sr. Louis, April 9, 1875. The execution of Patrick J. O’Snea for the mure der of bis wile took place this morning in the south. east corner of the jail yard, im the presence of about three hundred persons, O'Shea had ex- hibited considerable nerve, and yesterday, when the carpenters were at wore 04 the gallows, facetiously offered to help them if they would let him our, He was brougut out of bis cell at five minutes past eleven tuls morning, and, sup- ported by two priests, walked with a firm step to the scaffold, The death warrant was read to him and he then rose to speak, He trac requested whe reporters to come nearer aud catch what be said, and then, ina clear, firm voice, spoke in a rambling way for nearly tea minutes, He did not contess, as he had promised to do; but he declared that he was placed in that position througo perjury, Jealousy and poverty, He abused the witnesses who had tostifed against him and cailed them liars and perjurers, He said no proper charge was ever made against lim and that those wuo had him indicted were ashamed to admit it. He appealed to ex-Coroner Voerster to afirm that he had made nocbarge against lilin, and-Voerster, who was in tag crowd, noaded bis head, The Grand Jury, by the way, took the matter out of the Corener’s hands. * The condemned furtner deciared that had be been rich he could have ured an acquitial. He finally wound up by saying that be was ready to die fur the sake of Him who bud died on the cross for sinaers; that 10 one Gould know what passed between himself aud wife that night, aud that ue asked forgiveness jor bis sing Ireely as he Jorgave ull his epemi Alter Dr. Youngblood, one of the eXamining physi- cians, adjusted the biack cap aud the Rouse @ deputy marshal touched the catch of the trap wita his soot and tue murderer {ell seven Jeet, His neck was broken aud he died almost in- stautly, a8, with the exception o/ asiight drawing up of the lower limbs anda sew spasmodic move- Meuts of the fingers, he did not quiver. Eight minutes aiter be fell the physicians lound his pulse beaung at the rate of 104 to the minute and the action of the heart stroag. Thia continued for tiree miautes, whea the pursation grew gret in twelve minutes irom tue tine to given he was pronouuced dead. Tue vody was removed tu the couaty undertaker's, wuere it Was examined by & number of pnysicians, woo found nothiug unusual, except a perceptiole dtia- on of the pupils of the eves. The eXecuulon was the pest managed ever seen here, THE CRimé, The murder was committed on the evening of March 18, 1874, and somé of the circumstances a lending it are Wortay of mention. U'Shea, with his family, consisting of the wife and one sou, Williaw, lived in the second story of the tenement house No, 2,111 #rankin avenue, and it was mainly on the testimoay of the boy that a convic+ won Was olained ou the 26th of January last, O'snea was # muscular though rather thin inun of about five leet seven or eigat incnes in height and 125 or 13) pounds weight. Le tad a thin, determined, but not altogotner bad looking face, yy @ pair Ol Deree-looktug eyes, set lar back in his head, at once riveted tae atteution of any one in Conversation With him. The man haa ho trade, and, accuraing to ail accounts, was pot sessed of & constitutional aversion to ail kinds of work, though he Was sometimes employed in the ‘3 | Wastington avenue car stapies. Ay he was gadicted to drink, and woen in siquor of a quarrel. some disposition, be, im addition to lng @ burden upyn_ bis Jawily, eneraily managed to Make itvery ancowiortadle for then. Wie, Euza, was rather above tue meaium size, and, according tu the testigiony of the neigh. bors, sooer and very industrious, She seems to have upported her husband aod son for severai years past by Washing aud scradving or Worklag Odd days for people living in tue Vieiaity. ‘The son is about iifteen years o1 age, out scarcely ms twelve, owing tO his srmad size and sickly He however, very bright wad inveiliwent, uOd gave the Most direct answers ty ull the questions asked wim ia the cross-exam: nation during tHe trial Krom his eviueoce at was learned tuat his father, woo, as ail, Wad was Out on St. Patrick's Day, 1874, oon COMpanious and got arunk, The debauca Were visivie the next day, nis Wile WAS OUL at to provide for the family le was sleeping or lying im tue room ail day. THE DRUNKEN FIGHT. In the porea supper, to witch sae Summoned ber ba ad, Wao Was asleep. to abuse her jor not jurnishing hin with more money. Ine Woman replied tuat sie pad jurnisaed him with Atty cents a week tor tovacco and jorty cents a week for spending money for a long time, in addition to supporting the lamily, and then pro ed to lecture lum oa his Meaoness in aliowing her to do go, whue ne je-o0Hed and beaita ! a biow at the Woman's inruat, Wea screamed, aod the boy, thinking to i some assistance to bia mother, picked up heavy irou poker, out be- jore he COUls Use it Was atracsed by his lather, aad Was giad tu escape Gown the bach stairs and ac! the yard, ciweely parsucd. He faally reache & lamoer pile, ito Walch he erawied, and his satner, aiter looking for Jin tor some DunUt turned to che House, willl Holding tue open iu hishand, The lat, afraid taal miseues was to Ve done, lo!loweu bia t which He wad aoa mother screatu, A jeter the Man cane rushing down the steps aod hurried of dowa the Wwother sittiag OM tie Muot surrounded With blood = and waly* is a to rete consciousaess aud ly 1a er intestines, which hed been released by a ainsi across the stomacn, At Ger direction he at once started lor # Goctor wud & priest, aud she wad soon siter removed to the hospital, in whica sie died three or four duys later, U'siea Was oup- tured (oe ueXt DOrnliz, aad sees to dave Made hy particular eifort to eacupe. RUNNING AGAINST THE KNIFE, When he tried His attorneys seemed to make no effort to break of siuvks Lue sun's testi+ mony, Dat reliea Mainly On au effort w convince tae Jury taat Mra. O'Snea wecidentally ran againet the koe and killed berseu, Lis carried no Weight with the Jdiy, Who promptly Oruugit in Verdiot Of gulity, and to the verdict and the sen telive the prisoner listened without a tremor or the Movement Ol o inuscie, Ad effurt Was made to get a commutation to imprisonment tor Ife, Dus UOla Was Feinsed, as Was ALsO the request jur wreprieve. Avotorr effort was nude insc week to WOrk O1 Cue se@lings O! Loe Governor, Dut if Was unsuccessiul, Gud the Coudemued man resigned Hiuuseil 1 me ise, Up CO this morning he wwin- talued Appareutty te utmost mndiferedee, He svelmiagly cared Cg! ior Gis aApproacnins [ite wad trouoled with no reworse, Ho vinived regalarly vy priests, ANd listened quiduy, DUP WiLNOUE MaUUR Interest, to their Deaye! i id his more iwtimat On reacuing the room the boy souud his | Alter that tlere was drawn up | & prayer, | | | | | Maren 19, 1875, rk endeavoring | eniug the womau returned and pre- | When @roused ne began | was | Assistant Secretary Cowan, | mto the conduct of Governor Axtell, bas returned | bill to meet the necessary obligations. WASHINGTON. —_—-—_____. REGULAR WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. WASHINGTON, April 9, 1875. 700 MUCH MORMONISM IN THE OFFICIAL ELE- | MENT IN UTAH, of the Interior it Lake to inquire Department, who was sent to and to-day reported to the Presinent that most of the (ederal appointees are personally popular with the Mormons and obdjectionable to the Gontiles. It is understood that there will be important changes in the officers of that Territory. ARREST OF EX-UNITED STATES MARSHAL HINDS FoR COMPIACIry IN THE POSTAL BIDS PRAUDS—WAS IT A CRIME? Ex-Untted States Marshal Minds, of Alabama, charged with complicity in procuring contracts for Inail service, Was to-nigut arrested on the charge of bribing a government clerk to insert bids by which the United States was prevented jrom letting tbe mail service to the genuine bid- ders, This unprecedented crime has not only cost Mr. Hinds the position of United States Marsnal for Alabama, but subjects him to the annoyance of arrest and probable trial for having been con- cerned In @ scheme to aid Postmaster General Jewell in making bis department a paying institu- tion. Though Mr. Jewell still complains that the receipts do not liquidate the expenses he does not intend the clerks shall impose upon the department lower bids‘ even if it should require an increased Deficiency Mr, finds denies any connection with the plan to cheapen ,the mail service, and says he never bribed or at- tempted to bribe a clerk in such an infamons business, His expertence im public life has been to the contrary—that crime was in stealing money or complicity in exacting sums Jor services not ren- dered, The charge of attempting to deiraud the government by diminishing its expenses he does not beleve is a erime defined in the revised statutes. He has given bonds, however, in the sum of $1,000 10 prove that he is not as uppatri- Otte as the charge alleges, | SERIOUS ERRORS IN THE CODIFIED LAWS—OB- SOLETE STATUTES RE-ENACTED AND NEW ONES OMIITED—THE VOLUME UTTERLY UN- BELLABLE. ' On ® careful examination of the Revised | Statutes very many important errors and omis- | sions nave been discovered, The law which | authorized the President to assign an acting chief to a military bureau; the law which allowed | whiskey to fatigue parties in certain cases; the law which made beans a part of the army ration; the law which forbids the drawing of goverament | checks to bearer; tue law which fixed the First Assistant In the Ordnance Bureau, which defined | the duties of certain clerks in the War Depart- | ment, have all been omitted, The law touching | the retirement of army officera has been muatert- | ally and vitally changed and leaves! no | option with the President in retiring ofi- | cers wader certain circumstances, One of | the anomaites of the new codification 1s the right | of the President to appoint two and one halt cadets tothe Miltary Academy every year. On examination of the codification, tt 1s ound that the | marginal ana paginal reterences do not refer tothe | | sections intended, A great number of obsolete | and useless old statutes have been carefully com- | | plied; for instance, & militlaman must appear | | upon parade, jortified with a match lock, # port fire, a certain number of fiints and a pair of bullet nioulds, @ requirement suitable tor the elgnteentu | century, but hardly progressive enougi for the | Centennial. In a word, the volume has been jound | utterly worthless and the ten thousand copies printed by the government are really only worth jor reliability so much waste paper. The enactng | clause which makes the book a legal statute goes | on to say that any old laws, no part of which are | | | compiled in said volume, are laws still. So the inference is drawn that everything ts law not con- | tained inthe nine pounds of paper and binding denominated the Revised Statutes, Thts slip-shod | legisiation reminds one of the law which was | passed in July, 1870, codtfying the patent luws, | which substantially abolished some of tne prinet- | pal departments ofthe government, aud the force | of which was never admitted, owing to the magui- tude of the error. ; GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wastrnaron, April 9, 1875, GENERAL GRANT IN FAVOR OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. President Grant in an mterview to-day with Dr. J. B. Mules, General Secretary of the Associa- | tion for the Reform and Codification of interna. | tional Law, expressed hearty approval of the work | of the association, and said it would be a great | blessing to the world if the rank and file of tae standing armies could be transierred to todustrial | pursuits, and be declared bimsell strongly in favor Of the settlement of questions between nations vy | arbitration, REFUNDING DUTIES. IMPORTANT OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GEN- | ERAL RELATIVE TO AN ACT OF THE LAST CONGRESS—THE FORCE OF JUDICIAL DECIB- | IONS AS AFFECTING THE SECRETARY or THE | ‘TREASURY. WaSIINGTON, April 9, 1875. The following opinion has been given by tho Attorney General relative to the comstractioa of the actof March 3, 1875, restricting tue refunding of duties :— Derantuxer or Jesticr, 2» | Wasutnoton, v. 0., Apri 9, 187) | Hon. B, Hf. Bristow, secretary ot ‘the Treasury Sik—i have consiiered the communication of Hon. | Charles F. Conant, Acting Secretary, bearing daw yi the va eran | accompanying the me, in Which suggestions are made and questions pro- | Rounded Telative {to the construction of ce act of Congress approved March 3, 1375, entitied “Au act Festricung the refunding ‘of customs duties ani Peesorwbing, certo | regulations “of the | sreasury | partment” Section 1 of said act provides as iol- | lows:—"s bat no moueys collected as daties on imports in | accordance with any decision, ruling or direction pre- jously made or given by the Secretary of the Treasury, 1, CXcOptas hereiaarter provided, be refunded or re- paid unless in accordance with ine Judgment of a ci Cutt oF disttict court oF the Caited ‘states giving struction to the aw, and trom which the Atwrney G erat suail vertty that no appeal or writ ot error will be taken by the Uilited states, of uuiess in pursuance of ecial appropriatuon tur the particular refund or repay be tude. Provided, that whenever the Socre- tary «ball be of opiuton that such duties nave been as vested and collected under an erroneous view of | the facts in vase he may @ ro-exaninati dation in such cas, amd mak With existing laws as erwngd shati, in his optuion, justity; ation shall be allowed uwiess pro- | boen made a: by . further, that the restrictive provisions of this get shall not apply to such personwl and house- hold effects, and other articles nut merchandise, as are by law cxempt irom duiy; aud provided, also, that | tls act saall Hot aifect the retuud of excess ‘ot deposits based oo estimated uaues nur prevent the rrection of | liquidation, Whether tor or againgt th ment, arising soiei¥ pou errors of tacc disc: within oue year trout the date of payment and woen ja favor of the ¥everumont brought 0 the ‘notice of Collector within ten days frou the dale of aiscovery. Inqulty is wade as tw this provision of inw ao fe dows :—Firw uW ad to What extent doe Aitect the refund of duties cuileced prior to Marcu 3, secund, how and Ww Waal extent dota said act adect the refaid of (ates collected vu and alter Maron | nid wet Agi? Independent of @ exceptions contained in sald seo- ton it wu thut since the passaye of this act | iFeasury has ny power to rerund as duties on ipiorts in aceord ruiag of Gitecuon made oF of tue ireasury prior to the pas- suge thereof, umiess decision, rultng or direction ig inoditied or Overruisd, us the: FeCiied. Lam wiso of | the opinion that auy ivoneys collected ws duties on im* ports in accordance Wil any deelsion, ruling or direc. Hon of the .veretary of the ireastiry wade on oF siace date of aaid wet oxnnot be refuaded of repaid, excepe Provided jor Li sei} section, section 2 of sulu act ts as tollo “That no ruling oF | decision oace mate by the <6 ty of the ireasury Ving construgdon to muy law iuipdsing customs du- Hes shai be reversed oF woditied wlversely to tae United stats by the same or a succeeding Secretary, th COBCUTONes With an opINOn Of Lue Atorney General recommending the sane, oF & julicial veeision Of a Cirewit o wistriet Court of the United states con- | toting With sud rung or Cocistoa, and irom which | the Attorney Weneral shail ceraty that no apoeal or | Writ os O-ror will be ) by “the United states. Pru. | | vided. that the Secretary o: (he iroasury may, in bis | discretion, deckne tw acquiesce in the judameut, decis- | 10n oF ruling Ui at Inieriur court upon any questions cling the imierosis of the United dtates, woen, in optnion, such interests reqtire a fra adjudication Of KUGK questions by the court os last remark” Lam of | {88 opinion tad andor thls seetion, Wheior there have | en gondioune i@oisions of wot prior to tue pas he is ‘act la question, 10 law ni | sWeh veoigo. mast saHE aud ot | | retry o/ the Troawuty @9 the rule to rt a | tha question theroin involved unt It reod | | pf teediOed, ae provided im said Aeclion. Any doeimon, | vig ar ha | ae RSE tet Reema chan | | duty above mentioned. | enairman. | jorced upon us.'* | to that the matter of the establishment of this | approved NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1875.—TRIPLE any Sabseqment Secretary of the Treasury, if in his Judement they are not correct expositions of the law. Heterew 8 made by Acting Secretary to sections 2.954, 3.01285, 4,013, 3, and $9 of the Kevised Siate utes, but fd 'n orn tae raction or th n, anid it is DOL neces sary or desivable that { should g ws as ty any ot ing or effect whien they may have, er ined Very respecttully, y uur obedient servant, - BOGE M, WILLIAM’, A COUNTERFEITER. WasuiNaron, April ® 1875. The following additional information coneern- ing the arrest and escape of the notorious coun- terferter McCartney in Texas comes from an offi- cial source:-—McCartney was captured by @ Unt ted States Deputy Marsnal, but upon representa. tions being made to the Attorney General that it Was necessary to take bim to St, Lows for trial, the Attorney General gave directions to Marshal Purnell to turo him over to the secret service detectives of the Treasury, who made toat request. Tue following telegram received at the Depart- | ment of Justice, refers to the escape of McCart ney with other circumstance: Waco, Texas, April 7, 1875, To Hon, Gronax H, Wirssans, Attorney General,” Wasa- ington. ‘The following despatch has just beon received from Bremond—a railroad town 45 miles distant: McCartney eseuped trom Duckworth, in all directions in search of him M. OXTALLAUAN, Deputy. Cailanan is one of my most reliabie deputies and the prisoner never could have escaped if he had been per- to contre! him, mitted 1 Ouas B ba RNELL, United States Marshal, ESCAPE OF 4 have men out | MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. WASHINGTON, April 9, 1875. Major C. B. Comstock, of the Corps ot Engineers, in addition to his present duties, has been detailed | to report upon the depth of water and width of | channel secured and maintained from time to | Umein improving tne South Pass of the Missis- \ sippt River under the plan of James B, Eads, | Which improvement was authorized by the River and Harbor Appropriati¢m bill passed at the late | session of Coagress, First Lieutenant C. E. L. b. Davis, of the i.ngincer corps, has been ordered to | assist Major Comstock in the performance of the ARMY INTELLIGENCE. CHANGE OF THE STATIONS AND DUTIES OF PAY- MASTERS, WASHINGTON, April 9, 1875. The following changes in stations and duties of paymasters, United States Army, have been made :— Major W, H. Johuston is relieved from duty in the Departwent 01 the Missouit and ordered to re- port ior duty as Cole! Paymaster lor the Depart- ment of we Gui, relieving Major George L Feviger, who has been ordered to report for duty to the COMMmanding Geaeral of the Military Divi- sion Of tue Atlantic; Major Heury Prince has been | relieved jrom duty lu tae Military Division of the | Atlantic, bu take effect on the arrival of Major | Febiger, and ordered to report for duty as Ome Paymescer lu tue Multary Division of tae Pacific; | Major samuel Woods, of the Division of the Pacitic, | on tae arrival of Major Price will report tor duty as Chief Paymaster of tne Depart. | ment of California, relieving Major ©. J. | Sprague, who has been oraered to duty as Colef Paymasier of wwe Vepartinent of Arizona; Major | 3. H. Wison has been relieved trom duiyim the | Department o! Amzona, {0 take effect on the urs | rival of Major Sprague, aud ordered to report tor | duty to the Commanding General of the Departe | ment of Caluoruia; Major OC. Irving Wilson (re. | cently agpointed) Las been ordered to report for daty to the Commanding General of the Depart. | | ment of Texas; Major E. D, Judd has ben releved | trom duty im the Department of Texas and ordered to report to the Commanding General of ; the Miltary Division of the Atiantic lor duty at Deeroit, slich.; Major H. ©. Prate has been re- | lieved irom duty in the Military Division of the Atlant.c, to take effect oo the arrival of Major | . and ordered to duty as Uniei Paymaster of tue Department of the Platte, Each of the pay- | masters above named hag been authorized to tare | his clerk wita him, | ‘The fulowiag named paymasters, recently ap- | ointed, hive been ordered to duty as follows | ajor Krank M. Coxe to the Department of Texas; | Major Jobn P, Willard to the Department of Mis- | svuri, and Major Joun £. Blaine to tac Depart- | meat of Dakota, | NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. | WasnrNaTox, April 9, 1875. | Lieatenans W. G, Sharrer is ordered to* coast | survey duty; Medica! Director Thomas M. Potter to the Naval Hospital at New Pork; Passed Aésist- aut Surgeoo Jonu S. Neilson ordered to the Phila- delphia Navy yard; Lieuteaant Commander James | H. Sands, detached from the Hydrographic Oflce | aud ordered tothe Miunesota; Lieutenane Francis | M. Barker, detached from the torpedo station and | ordered to hod nimsel! in readiness tor seu ger- Vice; Surgeon H, N, Beaumont, detached trom the | Philadeipaia Navy Yara and placed oa waitng | orders; Passed Assistaut Surgeon J. H. Kidder, de- | tacacd jrom the Swatara and placed on waitiug | orders; First Assistant Engineer George Cowle, —" irom the Pinta und piaced on waiting orders. : 4UL ABOUT AN ABATTOIR. INDIGNATION MEETING OF CITIZENS OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. A meeting was held at the Central Park Garden H last night, by & large number of property owners | and residents, to protest against the establish- ment of a mammoth abattoir in thetr midst. About | 1,000 persons were present, and the stage was qaecotated with fags and illumined by caicium nts. Mr. Roswett D. Hatom called the meeting to | order and nominated Mr, William R. Martin as | In & somewhat lengthy address Mr. Marrmy said:—It 13 claimed that this busiuegs of slaughter. | ing cattle and the rendering, beiling and buraing of offal, fat and bones can be made by some new scien- tifle process a very clean, deligniful and inodor- ous matter. There are cemented floors which may »9 introduce with = =many other suleguarads and various precautions | entirely new and remarkable. But we claim in Opposition to ali these various propositions that wWedo not want this nalsance proposed to be erected at the foot of Futy-ninth street brought toour doors. Toere are places enough at a dis- tance from our crowded city quarters that are suitable and proper felds ior tne carrying on of this business, and there are rights innerent to the ownership Of property and to the possession of ile that ought to save us from having toils abattoir A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS were then read by the Rev. Father YounNG, of the congregation of the Paulists, to the effect that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen should be appealed | aoattolr Migat be investigated, and that the Board of Heatih ve petitioned to recal ite permis- sion jor its estaplisoment. Taey alsv stimmutised section 66 of the Sanitary code as @ stanaing menace to the health and property of thousands 01 our citizens, and called lor the appuintment of & stanuing committee, in which the names of Me-srs, Asior, Kuyal Pneips, Lewis L. Deiafeid, George VY. Heckor and mauy more were include The reading 0: the regoiations wi ently in~ terrupted by bursts of applause. : PEKNANDO WOOD'S SPECI. Hon. FERNANDO Woop was toen introduced and ue d by round @ round of cheers. sald :—Gentiemen—la tie remarks wiiea 1 ent, claim, in advance, any barsu ieeuug 10 | criticising (oe corporation wurch desires to es | WADUsn toe abattoir, or in speaking of the au. tWuorities WHO have given taem permission to 80 wish to estaolivi It. Many of them doudtiess veleve It to be a iuir feild sor the use oO; tneir capital, I have | bo opinion tu express concerulog the Bourd of Heaitd in regard tu the location 0: tls abattoir at tae jootel Fity-uimth sireet, When they suall bave indorsed or oppused te mi purpose It shail be prepared to indurse or Co! demu thelr action, Pity years ago & sip siwuguter House couducted On [he most cleanly anu lak was regard i ohe sidughter house was & nuisan estabiishment proposing to do the work of # —— siaughter guuses? 1 koow it Is didleait jo law | | | | | | TO DEFINE A NUISANCE out I would interpret a nuisance upon the basis of &o opie Of OMe Of OU greatest jurists, WHO Claimed in bis OWN Monerehica land that riguts Of way one citizen ceased When they © ecroscned upon the right# of another.” heal moved ino Ny present Lome, thirty Fears ago, | Gaught at my door sli the ch irom the poor meus bone botine estab a's, located wuere ¥ Park, These places rere alt joved tu the Dbugk of the river. ‘Toen alt the si@fca came my way only When the wind How tho Wows, hat stench of those few poor to that witch rhia great one will emit’ In beheving toat abattoir, irom the exampie of simiuar ones in Unicago, Pailadeiphia wud ©.8eWHEre, is dangerous NOt oniy LO the infers ests OF properi?, bat to the very safety of lie, We Of jastitied to resisting it. The decision of the JFOUG VOUTE is With Ua Hs to Its Comracter aah ud come what Will, be you democrats aos, White Oo” black. 1 Wil 6 with sarougn ilie and ery end, Le ‘Detar Gnd other Apeakors folk lowed, aud the meeting was iderou & success: Jol expression Are ior BOI 6 aa 10 ene toNatawos O98 La ul hamoera, 5 s | enuctiwent proposea | erimiual cases and bad no counection whatever | sides bringlug advice and material aid to upward SHEET. THE STATE CAPITAL aoe A Vote Taken for the Adjournment of the Legislature. Removal of State Officers by the Governor. a Rejection of the ALBANY, April 9, 1875. Senate and Assembly to-day took their usuay recess until Monaay evening next so as to give all an opportunity of taking 2 much deeded rest tor the contest of next week. THE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT. Aresolution introduced by Mr. Hammond was passed in the House to-day providing for an ad- jJournment o1 the Legisiature on the 23d or the present month, This resolution now goes to the Senate for concurrence. utterly impossibic that the present session should come to a close at a date so early as that. An immense amount of business yet remains to be transacted, and the Joint investigating Committee on the Canal Frauds are compelled to report in thirty days, which means the early part of May. | Of course the Governor’s commission will have ample time to investigate and report. Their labors will extend, no doubt, to the opening of the legislative session of 1876. The passage of this adjournment resoiution ta looked upon as @ victory for the Canal Riag and the re- publicans. If we have # sudden breaking up lit- tie propability exists for the passage of measures | injurious to the interests of those implicated in the canal trauds. Such persons would then have an opportunity of marshailing their hosts for a contest in the next Legislature. But it ts not likely the Senate will concur in this peculiar ac- tion of the House. The Legislature may be abie to get througn with business by the Ist of May, but even that is exceedingly doubtit REMOVAL OF STATE OFFICIALS. Senator Kubertson to-day introduced a bill, whicd, if passed tu {ts present suape, will confer extraordinary additioaal powers on the Governor. it reads as iollows:— THE BILL. AN Act to carry into effect the command of section 7, of article 1) of the constitution, by proviainy tor the re: iuoval of certain otteers therein inentioncd, and tor niling the vacancies created by such removal. skeTION L.— {le Goverlor may reinuve any Secretary of state, Comptroller, “ircasurer, Attorney General, Suite engimeer and surveyor, Canal Couuissioners oF Staie Prison Inspectors tor misconduct or wisquattt tion in oft officers a eopy of the charges axatust t az Neard in their er q y suspend a: this act dur Of the officers naine ng tae investi- gation of th my teer. and may ap- Point a suitable person to pertorm the duties of tue sus- pended otticer durin such su ou. Ske $ —fue Governor shall appoint a suitable person to ili the vacancy caused by the removal, death or 1- vestigation of auy oflcer named in this act whenever s ur during the seasion o Ls i p © appointed to Mi suc eaney shalt’ hold his by viruie of such appoint- w until the commencement of the political year next succeeding Lue first aunual election alter the liappening ¢ Governor may direct’ that the testimony upon the charge made against aay offices in pursuance of this act and the mination of wiutesses be had be- tore Dimseif or Leiore @ Commissioner appointed by Thm for cnt purpose aforesaid, to appoint such commis: sion and to supersede any suck appulutnent whenever he may deem proper so,i0 do, ' Suc appointment shu be in Writing and sball be filed in the oftce of the Seer tary of oute. bec. 6.—The Goverpor may direct the Attorney Gen- gral or may uppoint any suitable person to conduct any inquiry mio the truth of the charge made, Ihe Anworney General or the person so appoiied suall give at least eight days’ no ice to the omtiver accused of tue time and iaes When and where he wili proceed to the examiua- ion of Witnesses before eith nor oF Comnks sioner, i jon shail have been appomte: or the person di inquiry, may 1 by the Governor (o © cess of subpena tn hi nie to cause (ue atigudance Of any Withess Defure the Governor or Commissioner, and the Governor or Commissioner shall have the sane power to administer oath wdeniorce ovedience io such subpanas by attachment, acd to comuit. any person | Who shail refuse to be sWorw or to answer as a court of record Would have in a civil cause peuding therein, bec. 7.—ihe ollie: poena 1a hs own name, Vided for in section six of this act, wich process may be entorced in the same manner’ provided for m said section six. Sec. &—If the examination of witnesses and taking of testimony be had betoce a Commissioner, every an-wer given by any witness to any question which either party shall require to be reduced to writins shall be Written. ‘The testimony of the witnesses shail pe read to and subscribed by thent, and shall be certitied to by the Commissioner taking the same, and saali be by him sub- mitted to the Governor. : All sherlifs, coroners, constables’ and mar: I be directed and deiveced under this act shall execute the same withoat any un- Necessary delay, Any person imay servo a process of sudpens in pursuance of the provisions of this act. sec, 1.—Tnis aet shar] take effect tmuediately. THROWING ASHES INTO NEW YORK Hage © eke. shals t+ whom process The bill prohibiting steamboats from throwing | ashes into the harvor of New York was to-tay sent from the Senate. By the terms oi this enact- | ment the party found throwing such refuse into the harooria guiltyof @ misdemeanor, ana the | owners of the steamboat are liabie Lo be muic' to damages. TUE HUSBAND AND WIFE BILL. The Judictary Committee ede 4 reported ad- versely ttre jast dill troduced by Mr. Petty, whicn allowed a wile to testily @ suit tor divorce where social criminality was alieged. The irs by Mr. Potty referred to with the Beecher case. With Senator Cole’s measares, still hang fre. adverse report was agreed to he House. DEMISK OF THE PRO RATA FREIGHT BILL. Mr. Struvic’s efforts m the introductiun of the This iatter bil. togecver The pro rata ireignt vill, ievelled at railroad monopo- | ists, and whica comes u) ture, receive.i a death blow to-day, poried a ‘Was made to disagree with the report of the com- annually in the Legisia- Mr. mittee, which Was Voted down by a large ma+ | jority. Tne following is thagesult of this vou Yeas—Messrs, Radger, Barkley, Harrow, Beardsley, Bishop, Ciark, Coms.ock, vaggett, Davis, soar, Pare rar, Fream, Gallager, ‘Gi Greeu. Hammond, | Hinckley, Hogan, uusey, Ives, Law, Lillybridge, sia: | colu, McAfee. McGowan, Peck, Petty, Piersou, Prince, | Roscoe, Kussell, Schieffelin, Seudaer. sherman, sher- | Wood, Stacy, sirubie. Vedder, Welllagion, Whitmore, | Willis and Whitbeck—t2, | Nars—Mosgrs. Alvord, Benedict, Bennett, Berry, Bord- weil, Bowen, Braman, Broas, Brogan, Browa, Burus, | i pbell, T. aupoell, Christopher, Costigan, Decker, ' Fis Hess, tolines, Husted, ay. Kirk, Kine, Kebiiiia, Law. | rahan, se hi son, Keenan, Kenna: renoe, Lawson, Macain, MoGroariy, Murwin, J. W. Mile lor, Muller, Oak! 4 Page, fat Ransom, | Reilly, 3 Reward, Shattuck, Shiel, Sub siingerland, smith, stau?, siephens, @. Tay: vlor, lewksbu Wen. WB, be ‘Tremaain, Voobu sak, West Worth; Waris and Youn” _ | | | THE PRISONERS' FRIENDS. THIRTISTH ANNUAL REPORT OF ZHE NEW YORK STATR PRISON ASSOCIATION—INTEREST- ING STATISTIC’ AS TO CRIME—CONDITION oF | PENITENTIARIES AND STATE PRISONS. | ALBANY, April 9, 1875. | The thirtieth annual report of tho Prison Asso- ciation of New rork, which fas just been pre- sented to the Legislature and ordered to be printed, seis forth some most importan: Jacts, Be- of 2,000 prisoners at che time of release from the prisons and penttentiaries, and making #pecial inquiry into the personal history and wants of More than 10,000 inmates of tne jails in this Stater the memoers of tuis organization nave also pur- sued @ system of diligent inquiries into tao sources and preventable causes of crime. ba | ‘he total namber of Penitentiary prisoners at the beginuing of the year 1874 was 2.856. The nomber admiited during the year was 10.900, The number discharged, luciuding deatns and enty pardons, was 10,696. Theretore 13,816 prisoners havo received treatment in ihe penitentiaries during the year, and 8,012 are reported as regiain- | Ing in prison at the beginning of the Myeal year. Of the total number 16.02 per cont were under twenty yoars of age, and 6,019 o¢ 64.01 per cent were wader thirty years of age, Tae hatit of imtemperance or drunkenness Was coufeased by | 76 per cent of all who were admitted to five of the penitenwaries. Only 4,416 of ihe totai t Ol prisoners Were mai ried persons, Hom oid bISLOFY O! & majority of Lhe prisoners, SPATE PHIBONS. At the t year there were In the Sta tava at AUOUrA 1,251 mates and no females; 1m the Stato asyium ior the orion Insane, $2 Males, wud iv females; in the srate Prison at Yaunemora, Clinton comaty, 580. maivs aad nO females; in the State Praoa at sing Bing 1.468 Males aud 195 jemai Loti ta Stale ioe and 148 ie: is devoted to we ff OdUCatiOU 1a The pri and the gee mg Merges t of pauperiam oud. crime, ty oLorious Juke fam 1.0 peraoas, yy Pty Re Coat Ut Vi YORE, is Pro-Rata | Freight Bill. | It seems to me to be | accused may Issue process of sub- | panner as pro | re- rsely upon the measure. A motion | 98 AUd home desoiuted Gud brosen is part | sessions and conclusions of this report are vitally m portant. Firat—Toat there shall be a prompt and search- ing inquiry into the pernicious consequence of tbe failure LO Sleadily matutatn a system of hard labor | a8 an indepen le part of prison discipiine, Second —iivat there should be entire und pers nent sepuration of cue hardened and vicious mi | criminals, who > dangerous or injucious two { and more tmexperienced convicts. there is & practical necessity for ery young convict 1a the State prisons juries such knowledge and experte | ence im ab employment or trade, by means of which an hupest and uselul course ot ile may vest | be secured: | ~Fourth—Dhat (he awakening of all the avatiab powers of (he mind ard the moral nature of the prisover shoal be promoted by suitabie means, FiUA—That Wie experience snows that the rigorous and impartial cuscipline Of Nard labor and strict obedigace are the Lirst eemeats of successe uitentiary treatmect, that whatever awake nd strengthens Coe spbstantial hopes of uses dponerable life im the prisoner gives ng asis jor permanent reformation aud gt conduct, ‘Sizth—Tuat crime, disease and pauperism entail evils of their OWn respective Kinds Upon successive AHODS. ‘Seventi—That to sever the links in the chain of sucn entailed evils and to instruct, train and save every Ciullid 1s to reduce the criminal classes and Dreuk w) the en‘aument of tne evils whien dey Temedies aod curauve discipline in adutt lives, THE CANAL DELINQUENCIES. PROCEEDINGS BEFQRB THE CANAL JOINT INVES- | TIGATING COMMITTER—IMPORTANT STATE MENTS BY THE AUDITOR—A DELEGATION FROM | [HE NEW YORK PRODUCE BXCHANGE ADDRESS THE GOVERNOR. ALBANY, April 9, 1875, Auditor 8, F. Thayer contmued pis testimony | berore the joint committee of the Legtsiature aa | follows :— The work om one of the canals wes by statute deciured closed finished in Septeniver, 1862, | but the const unt Was not closed then, Qs it should aay » ‘toe Auditor produced @ contract of Horace Candee, of Syracuse, tor work | 10 be done on tie Jordan ievel of the Erte Canal, such a8 eXcavation, drilling, &c. Ihe estimates cost ol the engineer Was 2113,000 lor the work. The amount vid lor the work was $52,060. ‘Inis imciuded =the excavation ef frock at one cent per cuvic yard (‘a preposterousiy low | figure,” suggested the Auditor; “probably one dollar would be oniy a tair_ price,”) Hemlock lumber was also bid exceeding. low, On tee other hand, earth excavated at nity cent @ yard Was ioreinately high; twenty-tive cen would be nigh enough. Seventy thousand yardg Of tills eXcavation Was to be done at that figure, | Yne object of putung in vids tor Work at nominal | flgures Was to make up a fictiuous bid and get tne | contract by aggregating tue Work. ‘ne contract | calls lor aul bids to De balanced, The bid alladed | | | to aoove Was hot balanced, yet the Commission ers, Messrs. Stroud, Barkley aud Jackson, ace | cepted the bid end gave out the contract to toe party mentionea, Tae State requires vat a de- posit of $20,000 and a bond o1 $10,000 be Tee quired for a $60,000 contract. It becomed on account of these severe bonds a sort of money largely reduces tne number ol | bids offered ior the work, ‘Ihe system 13 disads Vanlageous to the State. All work at present | beimg done is in anticipation of an appropriation | not Made, and 18 a sort of credit system, require ing @ large capital by tne contractors, Tae Auditor tuen, as an illustration, cited the con. tract of Johu M, Barrett, who contracted to do @ plece of work, near Utica, Jor $0,025, tne ene gineer’s estimate being $12,450, The contractor's Dil, Which Was passed, Was $25,374.97; the extra Work allowed was $39,775 42, making @ total of | $05,163 39, Or nearly $60,000 anore thwn the cone tract price. The Auditor read over the various iteuis required for the Work, the prices of which were Vasliy disproportionate. ‘tne contract of George B. Sherri, dated August, 1870, was also cited a8 an ilustration, Tne contract price was $6,050, ‘Lhere Was pald on it, however, $32,552, This WaseXplained by showing toat hard wood wag bid for at $ou per thousand teet, when it Was noe | wortu half that, and @ great deal of 1t was used while Oak Was bid at $10 per taousand, less toag hail its value, and none of it used. ‘Ine Auditor did not Know Who Canvassed this old, but 1t wag very badly balanced, The extra work on this con« | tract Was bus $200, and the Eugineer’s esumate | Was $14,000, The contractor secured the work on | his o1d of $6,650, and was requtred to deposit $1,000 aud give bonds ior $2,000 more. Tne Auditor | stated that when avy bid was offered it must be accompanied by a cash deposit of the amount re | quired vy law. ‘The effect of this 1s to confine the | coutracts to those who can couirol enormous | sums of money. | fue examination was then adjourned until nexy | Tuesday aiternoun. | PRODUCE MERCHANTS AND THE GOVERNOR. | The committee of tho New York Produce Ex+ | change who watted on Governor Tilden to-day consisted of Messrs. Reed, Orr (of the newly | appointed commission to investigate tne canal trauds), Armour, Cobb, Harrison aod Smith. ° eral Reed, in preseuting the resolutions of the vroduce Exchange, acdressed the Governor ag monopoly, and CELLENCY—We come to you as & com- mittee appoiwted at a meeting of the New York Prodace Exchange, Woici was aiso attended, by invitation, by the diflereut commercial as- sociations of tue city or their representa tives, for the purpose of expressing their opluions of the action of Your Excellency 10 tie matter of the canal ‘rauds, and wo are charged | with the pleasing duty of presenting to you the resolutions Whicu Low band to you and which Were unanimously aud entnasiasticaily adopted at that meeung; and, sir, aiso express the sen- timents of this meeting In saying that geeat setise | daction la telt with Your xcellency for the great Bud good work wich you have nadernet 2ae posing the enormous canal iraads Of | years, and hope tuat through your ‘astrumental- ity such legisiative measures will be provided Wil insure jor the jufare an D nest and Jail administration of the canal interests, indemnity jor the past and security jor the future. THE GOVERNOM’S KEPLY. In reply, the Governor told the committee that port of auy class Of his citizens jug irom tae business men of New York cit; Viangerers knew no politics, no party; and, order to reader their scoemes uasuccessful, a Was the duty of honest men to lift themscives. above all party coasideratioas, evea as bad men: | did in toe accomplishment of their schemes, | TUANKS OF COMMISSIONSR ORR. | At the conciusion of the Governor's remarks Alexander #. Orr, of the committee, thanked the Governor for the honor he hac done him in Us pointmg him on the comission to investiga the canulirauds. He regarded the appointment | as a compliment to ¢ jew York Produce change, and in accepting it would pings Bi to discharge the duties Gevolved upon to bess of bis ability. CANAL REFORM. Rocuesten, April 9, 1875. The canal meeting held here in the City Hall to« night was presided over by Javge Horatio @ Warner. Speeches were made by Waiter B Pierce, of Utica; Hon, Jobn H. Martindale, Jona Van Voorhis and Hon. Henry L. Fish. Resola tugas were adopted sustaining Goveroor Tilden 18 A vena: | Mis atcack on the canai ring and calling for @ Com mittee to investigate ‘the managoment of thé water works and tne City Hail commissions Tae meeting was large and enthusiastic. THE METHODIST CONFERENCE. AN DMPRESSIVE SCENE—MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR THE LATE REY. DR. BROWN. POUGHEESPSIE, April 9, 187. The third day’s proceedings or the session of the Methodist Conference were opened at the usual hopr this morning. The ‘ollowing named were appointed & committee to arrange jor memorial services at the Confereace whico will be held jast previous to July 4, 1876, the Centennial anniver sary:—R. Wheatley, Dr. Crawford, J. Miley, J. By Wakeley, L. H, King and J. F. Bates, The jollowing candidates were admitted to full congection with the Conterence:—George Ne Pratt, Jesse Ackerman, F. Masoa North, Cnarle@ Sager, J. L. Gamble, C. R, North, Robert Kay, 8. P. Galiaway, Honry ©. Masten, D. EB, White an@ Josan Teriey, The Rev. Mr. Richmond asked the Conference te raise $250 toward paying for the pudiication of the minutes vy subscriptions of $1 and upward, Bisvop Ames Tead a ote from Bisuop Bo of the Newark Coulerence, transferring Rev. @ Hare to the New York Vonlerence, A Very impressive scene occurred in the midst ol the roanas proceedings of the vody. ice senetesen ine oldest member of tue New Yore prose aod ed to those were, ge wien, ea ‘oom do’ tear was occupied. Mr. Richardson, whe cy very large mau, stepped jorwara, Weak, becessitating support on either by two ciergymen. ie presented th Vory old Man, With hair white aw weak and tovcermg that the availane Amid proiound sence Soo. wonea, beng once lutercupted by Tengtn faile i him, Aod bis Words betokened, and Were re ceived wito, deep emotion. He “joined the Metis | Odvets’’ in 1805, God pad prolong aod | Waoked Hic lor the privilege Ol this Visit. Se’ | hy aras wer ng aud the Comerence | Me regviar order of business. Wiliam iruslow, ot New York, made o pretim | foary report ot tue Committee on Necesaitout e%, showing the a" Soy" Seperaunen meu, $250. erary preach 00} orphans, $800; eMteot 2 950. At eleven o'cloek A.M. the memorial took | jace ond eulogies were prowoul tae jate Dr. & D. Brown a ie a ne Nara ee :