The New York Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1875, Page 4

— WEENY AND CONNOLLY Full Details of Their Extensive Real Estate Operations. MORE MILLIONS EXPENDED. Hugh Smith and Peter B. Sweeny Buying Broadway Property. Land Worth Over a Million Still Held by Peter B. Sweeny. HOW CONNOLLY SOLD OUT His Sons-in-Law Ostensibly Paying Him Large Sums, THE RING SUITS. The Efforts to Recover the City Moneys Stolen by, Tweed & Co. VIEWS OF THE PROSECUTING LAWYERS Will Ingersoll’s Testimony Lead to Important Results? The publication in Thursday’s HeRacp of the realestate trausactions entered into by William M. Tweed, and his subsequent disposition of the property, naturally attracted much atcention. It aad become known to the punlic by the publica- Mon of the warrant of attachment against ‘I'weed shat he had made extensive purchases of valuable real estate property, but, large as was the cata- jogue enumerated im the Warrant, the exnibits furnished on that day to the reacers of the HERALD it was thus proved conclusively attachments scarcely covered a third of Tweed’s property. THE HERALD’S DISCLOSURES, being so fall and exhaustive in tueir character, . Made these exhibits not only valuabie, as a means | pf knowledge to the taxpayers, but they proved tmteresting even to those not residents of this city. Following up the trausactioas entered into by Tweed, we now propose to give those of PETER B. SWEENY AND RICHARD B, CONNOLLY, * Im the Tweed exhibits bota of these names ap- pear in two transactions (Nos. 19 and 22) a8 co- partners wita the “Boss,” tnerefore it will not surprise our reaiers when they are told that botn of these men have invested large sums of money tm real estate on their own account. In tne eter B. Sweeny exhibits, given herewith, Bugo Smith trequeutly appears us a partner, Marpoy’s name also occurs in the tions described in tne Tweed exhibits. In explaining the records of r fers to and trom Peter B, Sweeny and Ric Connolly we have ovserved the same system as was adopted in describing tue Tweed transactions, ‘and each separaie transaction bas been described and annotated with a view of clearly showing how the property was acquired and where it went. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY appearing on the records as ing been paid by Mr. Sweeny for reai estate is over $1,250,000, agh Smith’s additional snare, where he was a partner, rising above $501,000. Unlise Tweed, Mr. Sweeny still uolds the greater part of tue property purchased by him during the ten years covered by the HERaLD’s search of the records. The total amoant appearing as baviog been paid to bit for property disposed of during these trans- actions was a little over $270,000, so that the re- corded price of the property remaining in nis bande (a over $1,000,000, tnougn, of course, It must be worth moch more than that sum at present. Im the several transactions entered into by Mr. Sweeny we Gnd the same complication of bar- ain and sale that was observed in Tweed's oper- ations, and it reqnired considerabie study to straighten them out in er that the reader might ciearly aoderstand 1 circumstances at- vending the transier of each plot or parcel of land. Connolly was more complex in his pegotia- tions and be appears to have only purchased prop- 1864 to the extent of $: 125. He, to the record of his trans ters of real estate to other bands it is seen that the price of the property recorded as sold was nearly $500,000. PETER B. SWEENY. - We now take up the several transactions gone imto by Mr. Peter B. Sweeny for the purchase and sale of real estate in this city, numbering each transaction in the same er that was observed with Tweed, to whom frequent reference ‘Will be made aa we proceed. NUMBRE ONE. We first find Mr. Sweeny on the records as pur- ehasing land as toliows :— Boveut.—Henry J. Sweeny.—Lot sour 360 jeet id wife to Peter B. ‘ty-iourtn street, 25K08.9 eet. This plot still remains recorded in Mr. Sweeny’s NUMBER TWO. rehase by Sweeny on bis individ- ct Was as jollows:— Bovost.—Hugh Smith to Pever B. Sweeny.— _ Lot on north side of 130th street, 200 feet east of Sixth aw 2090.11 feet. Deed dated June 20, 1808; recorded June 3, 186% Consider: $25,000. This land was sabsequentiy solid in the /ollowing manner:— SoLp.—Peter B. Sweeny to Elizabeth A. Hem- on north Of 130th street, 200 eet ‘ant of Sixth as alieady descrived. Deed ja ace and r a October 20, 1868. NUMBER THREE. Purobase number three was a gored lot on Broadway, a8 foliows:— Daniel P. ingratam, Jr. Sweeny and Hugh Siito.—L Way, beginving 91 eet taita stieet, ‘aud rapul hes, thence southerly 17 feet, inence westeriy tee’, tneace — Broaaway 27 leet to pi Deea Vonsiaeration, $52,400. This property was solid by Mr. Sweeny and Mugh Smita to one Jo! Hatley jor $64,000, the Geed being dated December 31, 1808; recorded January 6, 1660. referee, to Peter B. jt side or Broad- a NCMBER FOUR We next Gnd Peter making the following pur- chase :— Bovont.~-Coaries ¥. Vambmann \o Peter B. Bweeny.—Lot vo the noriueriy sive of Seventy- JOUTIN sireet, 200 eet east oi Fourth avenue, 40x 1022 feet. Deed Gated Devember i, ised; re- Corded December 1, i604. Cousiveratiun, $6u,000, This property still s\ands recorded in Mr. 8wee- py'’s name. NUMDER FIVE. The #ith purchase revenis some new names ana @ombinations, the record being as iollows: Bovost.—Mary Van Nort and George M. Van Bort wo Peter B. Sweeny.—Lvl nor bh side of a fees Gast OF Tweita Deed dated Novemver 26, A portion Of these ots was subsequently suid to Riehara B. Cunooily, the date of deed and recora being te same, ior & considerativn of $4,393 24. NOMBER SIX. ‘The sixth bargain made vy Mr. Sweeny in the seek eotate line we fing recorded thus:— RE ees Liat ts SE buyer prior to | July 15, 1868; recorded 200 feet east of Twelfth avenue Deed dated December » ember 28, 1808. Considerauon, seventh street, 175X100.8 ft recorded $16,550, Peter B, Sweeny aiso sold one-third of this section, on the day after his purchase, to Richard B. Connolly, for $6,166 66. NUMBER SEVEN. These initial purchases evidently whetted Mr. Sweeny’s appetite for more landed property, he appears to have made the extensive purchases thus recorded:— Bovaur.—Barnet L, Soiomon ana wife to Peter B. Sweeny and Hugh Smith.—Lot at southeast | corner oO! Sixta avenue and Thirty-fourth street, beginning at Sixth avenue and Broadway, raping along Broadway 38.7 eet, taence easterly 111.2), leet, northerly 98.9 leet, westerly 125 feet a southerly 62.9 feet. Also lot on nortn side of Thirty-third street, 123.5 Jeet it of Broadway, 25x98.9 feet. Deed dated January 30, 1869; recorded February 1, 1869. Uon- | sideration, $412,375, This propercy still remains in Peter B, Sweeny’s and Hugh Smith’s hangs, aad has been ieased in the following manne Lease.—Peter B, S' ay. and Hugh Smith to Samuel W. Geery and N. Henry Sabine. Leuse of east corner Sixtn avenue, Tnirty-iourch 293 and Lame Broadway and 72 ab ty ars, irom May 1, 1870, Dated March 5, 1870 rdea March 19, 1870. Consideration, $10,000 per annum. NUMBSR BIGHT, Raving gained so much property in the neigh- borbood of Broadway and Sixt avenue Mr, Swee- ny aud bis partner, Mr. Smith, made the tollow- ing purchase, it being Mr. Sweeny’s eighth ven- ture:— Bovcur.—Barnet L, Solomon and wife and Henry J. art, executor, to Peter B. Sweeny and Hugo Smicb. Lot northeast corner oi Broadway and Thirty-tbird street, ranning irom Broadway easterly along Tnirty-third street 123.5 feet, theace hortherly 98.9 leet, tneuc@ westerly 11.24 eet to Broadway. theuce down Broadway soutoerly 105.9 Jeet. Deea dated January 30, 1869; recoraed Feoruary 1, 1869, Consideration, $237,625, This section still remains tn their aands, Messrs. Sweeny and Smith having paid out om that day Dearly $700,000. NUMBER NIN&. Mr, Sweeny next vegan buying from bis part- ner, Hugh Smitn, as is shown by the following Tecora :— Bovcut.—Hugh Smith to Peter B. Sweeny.— Lot nortu side of Sixty-fitth street, 100 feet east Of Fiith avenue, 25x100.5 feet. Deed daied Fev- ruary 20, 1800; recorded February 20, 1569. Oou- | sideration, $12 000, This property did mot long remain in Mr. Sweeny’s hands, for the records snow that he sold it back again to Hugh Smith December 2% 1869, the deed being recorded the next day and | i. There seems, howeyer, to have been some trounle in the transier of December 23, 1809, lor Peter B. Sweeny to Hugh Smith, dated August —, 1871; recorded August 6, 1873, the consideratiun being $1. NUMBER TEN. In bis tenth purchase be came down below Cen- tral Park, as \ollow: | pnie Mirlam Kaho and James Kann to | street, 100 jeer west of Sixt venue, 20x100,5 leet. Deea dated May 18, 1869; recorded May, 1969, Consideration, $19,.0), Mr. Sweeny sold this lot June 24, 1872, to Isaac | Bigur, for $21,000, the deed belag recorded July @ 1872. NUMBER ELEVEN. Mr, Sweeny’s eleventh purchase has already been alluded to and described in Tweed’s nine- teenth purchase, as tue parcel bounded by Sixty ninth and Seveotieth streets and Madison aud | Fourth avenues, and bis fith of that block was sold by Lim to Thomas Murphy. | NUMBER TWELVE. | The next transaction 10 which we find Mr. | Sweeny recorded as a buyer was in the parcel | mentioned in Tweed’s twensy-secoud purchase, it . | Detnmg the block bounded by sixty-eigutn and | Sixty-nintn streets, Madison and Fourth avenu | the deea from fhomas Murphy being made ou! | as was the case in Tweed’s twenty-second traus- | action for the four-fifths part of the block, and was, | of course, the same; dated Uctover 22, 1969; re- | coraed October 28, 1869; the consideration | fled. However, in Mr, Sweeny’s deea was $220,000 | insvead of $3,000. Mr. Sweeny, witn Tweed, Con- | Bolly, Marpby and Smith, it will be remembered, soid to John C. Thompson seven lots on tue north side of Sixty-eignth street, and seven lots on the south side of Sixty-ninth street, 100 feet west of Fourth avenue, eaca plot being 175x100.5 feet. the consideration veing, a8 in the other instance, the | fifth part of $210,000, The same dupitcation 1s found of deed and transaction by Murphy, in first selling | to bis partners bare in the plot, giving 4 deea therefor, and subsequently selling @ portion of tne me land with his partners to Tpompson. Sw ny also sold \o Murphy one-fifth part o. tae entire biowk, together with the one-fiith part of the biock Madison aod Fourto avenues, for $60,000, the deed being dated April 23, 1872, recorded April 23, 1872, the last mentioned DiocK being jeventh pur- chase. NUMBER THIRTEEN. In his next pureba Hug Smith as follows:— bovont.—Mary V. H. seilarané David P. Sellar | to Peter B. Sweeny and Hugh Smith.—Lot on soate side of Toirty-lourth street, 150 leet east of | SIXth avenue, 25x98.9 eet, eeu dated November | 22, 1869 bac Fevruary 7, 1870. Oonsidera- | Like the property im this neighbornood already | aescribeu in purchases one and seven, this lot re- | maine ip the bands o/ the buye NUMBER FOURTEEN. No. 14 is @ continoation and connected with | transactions Nos.5 aud 6 in No. 6 Mr. Sweeny | bought a lot im Kighty-seventa street irom George | M. Ven Nort and wise, and in No, 6 another irom | by side. + be remembered, ne sold to Richard B. Counoily. Now we fod bim im this fourteenin transaction | Tepurchasing from Connolly tne one-third part ot | Doth lots. The deec is dared Jane 7, i870; re- corded June 9, 1870; consideration, $16,000, Like | the other parta, all of tue land stands still recorded in tue name of Peter B. Sweeny. } NUMBER FIPTERN. | we find the same lot recorded in a deed from | | B. Sweeuy.—Lot souto side of Forty-sixtn | Mr. Sweeny was joined by | 1868; | | nolly to Joel W. Masou, George W. 5: | 17o leet west oi J, bounded by Sixty-niuth aud Seventieth streets, © | avenue, 20X99. 11 Jeet. - Dew 1868; at least there are no records of his having | made any such purchases In the first four years of the ten searched through for Kiug estates, The first (ransaction is recorded as follows: ~ Bovent.—Huebd Smith to Richard B. Connolty.— Lot north side 01 113th strees, 240 feer east of Sixth tated June 30, 1968; recorded July 2, 1808, Consideration, $25,000, This land was subsequently disposed of in the following manner :— SoLp.—Richard B, Connolly and wife to Fannie B. Fithian. [Here io!lows description of the avove property.) Deed dated December 19, 1871; re- corded January 18, 1872. Consideraty $20, According to the record this appears as a dead loss of $6,000, but as the purchaser was the seller's aaughter the property remains in the bands of the jamily. NUMBER TWO. In the second transaction we find a duplicate record of the sale to Sweeny of the third part of the two lots in Eighty-seventh street, near Twelfth avenue, as mentioned in Sweeny’s operations, Nos. 5and6. It will be remembered that Von- nolly suosequeatiy sold his share of the land back to Sweeny. NUMBER THREE. In purchase No.3 we find Connolly buying a fifth part of the block bounded by Sixty- ninth and Seventieth streets, Madison and Fourth avenues, the consideration mentioned in the deed being im total $267,500, a8 described in Tweed’s nineteenth transaction and Sweeny’s eleventh, tne rbeing James Lenox, the date of deed October 15, 1869, and recorded October 16, 1869. NUMBER FOUR, In his fourth transaction, Connolly comes in as copartner with Tweed, Sweeny and Smith, as purchasing trom Thomas Murpby and wile tne four-flitus part of the block bounded by Sixty- eighth and Sixiy-nimth streets, Madison and Fourth uvenues. Tne deed is dated October 22, 1869; recorded October 23, 1860; consideration, $220,000, Connolly paying $55,000 as his share, This complicated transaction appears in Iweed’s ex- hivit No, 22, and Sweeny’s No. 12. He algo soid with his copartners, as recorded tn Tweed'No, 22 and Sweeny No. 12, two separate plots of seven city lots each in this block to Jonn C. Thompson, the total consideration therefor ve- ing $210,000, Connolly’s suare being $72,000, Like his partners, in selling tuis property Cennolly was not content with selling the title outright of the los to Thompson, descrived in this transaction; he soid bis one-flitn share in this biock fo Benjamin P. Fairchild, an auctioneer, lor $30,000, tke deed being dated January 25, 1872, and recorued Fep- ruary 26, 1872, It must be borne in wind thay in tue consideration being tne same as he paid jor | Tweed’s nineteenth transaciion, a8 previously puplisoed, Tnomas Murphy purcnased the one- | dito share owned by Tweed in this dlock, be pay- ing Lo thas instance $65,000, In Sweeny’s twelitn transaction Murphy also appears as tue buyer of that one-fiith share, tae price being set down at $60,000. NUMBER FIVE. The fifth transaction by Connolly is om his separate account, and is recorded as foliows:— Bovagar.—Christao Brand and wile to Richard B. Conuolly.—Yne nortawest corner of Futh ave- hue and 10th sircec, ruauing irom tue corner up Futh avenue 49,11 icet, tueuce westerly Llu Jeet, tuence northerly 50 leet, thence westerly 25 ieet, | thence soutuerly to 190th street 99.11 .e¢i, tnence | aloug 180th street 136 feet to Corver, Deed duied dune 1d, 1870; recorded June 16, 1870, Cousiiera- ton $15,000, ALSO 'BoUuHT.—Patrick Garrick and wile to Richard &. Connoliy.—Lot Dortu side of 130th street, 135 feet West o/ Filth avenue anu agjoining lot previously described, 25xX99.11 leet. Deed dated | Juue 23, 1870; recoraed June 24, 1870, Cousiaera- tion, $12,000. These two lots were subsequently sold tn the following manner :— SoLD.—Richard B. Vonnolly to Joel A. Fithian and Kooert U. Hutchings. (mere follows vescrip- tion of boch parcels o1.and.) Deed dated Decem- ber 18, 1971; recorded Lecember 80, 1871, Uonsid- eTatlon, $40,500, NUMBER SIX. Transaction No, 6 was close to the lols enume- rated im No. 5, a8 followe:— Bovucut.—Daniel Murray to Richard B, Con- Doliy.—Lot souti side 131s+ street, 285 1eet west of Fitch aveoue, 26X09.11 Jeet. Deed dated July 20, 1870; recorded July 22, 1870. Coasideratiou, $5,125, This lot was suid to Juiie Valentine under a deed dated Decemoer 19, 1871; recorded December 20, 1871. Uonsideration, $2,600, OTHER TRANSACTIONS, It is quite evident that Connolly owned consid. | erabie property im reai estate prior to 1864, tat being the date at which these researcnes were commenced, This is shown by tue following | transierss— SoLp.—Maria 3. Connolly and Richard B. Con nolly to Wiliam ©. Wetmore.—Lot suutn si ‘Thirty-seventn street, 2u7 lee: eastof Sixta ave- nue, 11.0x98.9 ieet, Deed dated Novemoer 15, | lees; recorded Decemoer 1, 184 Consideration, } ($28,000, SoLD.—Maria 8, Connolly and Richard B, be in Joseph Al. Dtuart.—Lot nord side Monru a street, 26X10V set, nm aatea May 5, 1866; recorueu May 7, 1866, Cons.d- eration, $9,500. SuLD.—Maria 8, Connolly and Richard B. Con- | Bolly to Josepn Cox.—Lot norto side of Meury | street (N 20), 28.6%72 leet on the west and 7 easi. Deed dated March 29, 1su7; re- corded March Jy, ls67. Cousideration, $8,500, SOLD.—Maria 3. Connolly aud Richard B, Con- polly to Mary J, Hutchings.—Loc -outh je of Fiy-elguta street, 226 1ee¢ eust of Sixth avenue, O) Deed ‘datea Juue 13, 1871; recorued 08.0 i | daly 12, 1871, Consideration, ‘$1, love and affec- uoa.” SOLD.—Maria 8. Connolly and Richard B. Oon- nOily (0 J0e) A. Fitulani— Firsi—West side Fourth avenue, 30.6 feet norta | Of Lnirty-sixth sireet, 10x24. | teenta avenue and of Four- Secund—iutersection oi ceatre lin | poimt distant 140 leet south of ceatre line ul 2v8ta | str } } } | David P. Ingranam, Jr., referce, the lots lying side A one-third part of both these lots, it will | | Deed da’ In this transaction Mr. Sweeny is again joined | by Hugh Smith, the record standing as follows :— Bovcur.—Samuei Kauimao ana wile to Pever B. a4 Hugh Switt.—Lot ou south siae of etre beginning at @ point 51.4% eet Sixt ing thence 79.11 leet, (uence southWescerly 26.3 jeet, thev horinerly 85.3% leet, tu street; thence Westeriy slong (birteth sree. 25.8% leet. Deed dated June 25, 1870; recorded Jane 30, ist, Con- siveracion, $14,500. Under a deed aaled October 22, 1870, and re- corded the same day, we find that Hugh Smith sold nis balf share of the above property for tne same amount that he paid ior it, $7,250, to Peter B, Sweeoy. This proved @ profitavie specuia- tion, ior im 1873 we find the following trausaction recorue | _Soup.—Preter B. Sw Toe New York Board o: Fire Under [sere folioWs de- scription of w wae property.) Deed anted Apri: 3, 18785 » 4873, Considera- tion, $21,00v. NUMBER SIXTEEN The closing purchase in the series recorded in ese Years was as jollows —Seigmuod T. Meyer and wife (o Peter of ow B, Sweeny. —Lot 0+ north atrees, S29 ieet West of keve ing ior faat poiwt in @ Dortgerly feel, to Nimety-seveuth sireec; thence westeriy 25 feet, \wence soutueriy luv 11 eet, 60 leet, thence soutmeriy 100.11 Muety-#ixth #ireet 76 seet 10 place of bey Deeo dated Jume 26, 1s71: recorded August Consideration, $40,000, ‘These jots sil stand recorded in bi owner, Ninety-sixta aD OTHER PROPERTY. Mr. Sweeny must anterior to 1864, for we fad tue fvllowing recent record of trai eri SOLD. —Peter B, Sw lous, 00) avenus to Hagh Smith.—Two thwest coruer of Lexiuytua Street, 206X10z.2 tet. ir 0} Lexington Sad Seventy-iourta sireet, igvxivks seet. ated Decewuer 31, 1870; recordeu June 20, + Consideration, $26,v00, RICHARD B. CONNOLLY. Having desorined in ‘ail the operations of | Peter B. ay, Richard B. Oonavily, trewting them in the sume manner, apd exXpiaiuiug each transaction as we | go aloog. | SOMBER ONR, We next take up those of uce west vi @ line parailel with 208Lo } thence south to centre thence east aioug ceutre of 207tn Sireet (0 piace o| beginning. Jhird—seginning point on Hodson River a irom Fe line O/ 2086D Bireet, Cou 435-1,000 ac Pour®—Begiauing a point where high wi line of Hudso River intersects (he cenire line of BUTE street, DetWeen 2U7LD wand 2OSin sereets. Deceuiber 2y, 1871; recorded Decem- ver 20, 1871. Consideration $15u, 000. >0LD.—-Maria 5. Conaotly and Kichard B, Con- Dolly to Joel A, Fituian aud Robert c. it ee es Lot south side sist street, 160 feet of Puta x¥v.ll feet. Deed dared Decem- recorded Decemver 8, 1871, Cou- SoLpD.—Maria 5, Connolly and Richard B, Coo- noily to Joe A. Fithian and Rovert U. Hutchings. Lot soatnwé@st corner of isis: street aud Futn ave- uue, 110xi4¥.1i Jeet Deed dated vecemoer 18, 1871; recorded December 30, 1871. Cousiqera- | ton, $70,000. SOLD.—Masia S$. Conmelly and Ricoard B. Con- nolly to soe A, Fithian and Robert C. uteungs.— Lot on the south side of Lélst street, 110 jeet west of Filth avenue, 60X0%11 ieet, Deed dated | Decemper 21, i870; recorded December 30, 1870. | mouy to Joel a. Consideration, $10,000. These three jast-mentioned parceis of land, it will be seem by Comparison, torm together one plot, the total amount paid beings $94,000, It will also be noticed that Io tragsaction No, 6 Connolly sold to the same parties one plot of ground aad another in the same plot to Fannie B. Fithian, The reader wiil also probably remember that Julia Valeative appears im transaction No, 6 as the pur- chaser of a jot im ibis very same block, We now Joliow Connolly in jurtner sales ef real estate on the record aa follow: SoLo.—Muria 3. Connolly and Ricbara B, Con- Lot nortawest Corner 0| 13ist street and sixta aveoue, described a8 folivws:—Runnoing westeriy rom (he corner aloug 131st stree. iv0 ieet, thence | nortoeriy 9¥.11 leet, toeuce easterly 25 ieet, thence |e ia portion of Connolly began bis real estate operations in | “a soutuerty 75 lee avenue, thence soutueriy to ti (uence easterly 75 ieet to Sixth corner 24.11 leet to place of vegtnning. Deed dated Decemoer 18, sti; recuraed December 30, 187i. Cousideration, | $10,000, SoLD.—Maria S. Connolly and Richard B. Con- | nolly to Joun Townsend Conavily.—Lot north side of LOPty-Ci@hth street, Vs eer ease of Lexington aveuue, 75x5%.9 fect. Deed dated November 20, 1871; recorded January 24, 1872. Consideration, $10. THE RING SUITS. A tour was made yesterday by # URRALD re- @ purchased property | porter among the lawyers and others who ha for the past three years and @ hall, been more or ted in the suite woieh were brought of toe Ring for the purpose of Making them disgorge the property they are The Opimions O These gentiemen Were sougut on the nestions a8 to the potency of (he present suits to less inter againsc mi br enarged With baving stolen irom the city, ‘ecover the Money, and whether they would be any More successiul than those whicn Appeals decided co be Of no Value. These gentie- men differed in their Views a9 to the Anal result. Even th to wher recover property, * they can the Fithian aud Ronert Cc. Hutcoings.— | wyers most interested in wringing the Suits CO Succesufui issue Appear to be in doubt aa at least a the point seems 10 rest mainly as to whether | of the Vepartment of Public Parks, Court of | Mt. BWeeny and his coueagues transfers of property made to @ third and fourth party. can be invalidated. shown that these trausiers were made for the purpose of preventing any action agatnst them tor the recovery of the propersy the Jawyers agree that the transfers become null and void; butif, as some seem to believe, the transfers made after the first one were genuiue, then tne plaintifs in this expensive action will not nave the slightest claim. Mr. Peckliam 1s very decided upon this point. Allagree that the first transfer irom W. M. Tweed to his son Richard for ‘natural, love and affection and for toe thirteenth part of a dol- lar’? was null and void, and i the property had remained there without going further the ques- tion as to recovery would be very simple, The interviews will be found below. CHARLES 0’CONOR. Mr. Charles O’Conor was founda at his residence, Fort Washington. He said as faras counsel for the people were concerned it was their deter- mination to urge on the suits lor trial with all pos- aivle vigor and speed, but he supposed that tbe counsel for the defendant would do all in his power to cause delay, He thought that action Would be taken very soon, and that the :acts were so clear and the documentary evidence so perfect and conclusive that hardly any additional test. mony would be needed to obtain judgment. He dia not know any reason Why the suits snouid fall, although the Court of Appeals had decided once in favor of Tweed, and ior aught be Knew the same tribunal mignt do so again. TWEED'S PROPERTY. The property belonging to {weed that has been recently attached Was ail tat counsel so lar could obtain iniormation copcerilog, and i¢ was gute provable that furcher real’estalg would be diseov- ered, which would also be deaiMwith in tae same manner, The reason why this course was not pursued before was that, according to the opinion ol several judges, tae law a8 1b Chen stood (inouga Mr, O’Oonor thought difterently) Would bot permit Lhe property to be attached UUs alter the cases were prosecuted !o judgment, To meet this aim culty the Legisiature auring 118 present session passed three bills that ure now laws rela‘ng to the recovery of moneys iraudulently appropriaied by public officers, One oi the acts reierred to re- lated to the ativening | the property of aelault- ers. 1b Was under the latter measure that tweed’s property vas now beep attache; out Mr. U'Conor Tremurked that te considered the law as it existed before was good enough ‘or ail purposes, it Was wot mnprovabdle that tweed had a considerable amo nt investea iD railroad stock, government securities, &c., and Sultavle sleps would be takem to reaci every de- SCription Ol properly that he possessed, estiinate Could be easy tormed of the real estate that is now to awall the resuit OL the fortncomug trial, but BO miaiter how wucn ic may realize, I soid, the same would ve imsullicient (oO pay what tne Ring stole irom the city, watch Mr. O'Conor considered Was not much less tuan $20,000,000, However, any atcewps that migat now be made, pending (he trial, by we purvies in Whose usu The hoases anu lends siand on record, to dispose O1 the same, Would be void inlaw. 1b the event OL JQUgment velng EbLi i which there could beso doubt, it Wil be necessary 10 lustitute actions in the uaiure of ejectment oF tor discovery or jor reliel agaiast traud to recover tie property Tweed put our oO; Lis Hands, Lt Was the best desire Of Counsei bu use ali alligence Lo get justice ior the public as lar as possivie. To make ous the case against Tweed it would hardly ueed THE PESTIMONY OF INGBRSOLL, Howeyer, be is a periectly good witness, and would aS such stand as Well 4s any one. His stavem: would be received geueraliy us worthy of credence, Ingersoll was pardosed tarvugaoa Gesire to Subserve Tue public Laterests through lim and bis action, aud there Was nodouot (hat he Would )rovVe useful in that respect, But even i his testimony were not jorchcuming the case for the people Could be easily made out, THE ABSCONDING RING MEN, Mr. O’Uouor was not iuciuned to speak on the suoject of the meuibers of the Ripg who have absconded and Wao ure DOW sojourning in joreign countries. {0 Uisciose Lue iMieal.ons Or secrets OL tueir Clie enis, aud be (counse.) could nol, therefore, reier to the matter teely. Kept iniormed of the Waereaoouls vt those indi- viduals, DUC how far the inteiligence Was relavie 1s Was dificult to determine, However, it Was the intention of counsel to pursue the de:mquents wuerever they m be in order to recover the stolen woney, Tneir absence Would sn no Way wiertere with instituting legal roceedings against them provided property o¢ jobging to them could pe iound im the state. S..ouid such be discovered (and Mr. O'Conor was indisposed to state whether such Was probable or the Same ineusures essentially, ne said, would be aaopted im reference to tue! jose taken against Tweed. NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS. There were no new developments in the case, be said, Oovasel Were aoing ail in their power to make vifective the rece.t act of une Legisiacare, aud also to recover What Was stolen, But tue great .bject Was to put a stop to robvery by per- | Sus placed in posiiions Of public trast by making abeAampie O1\ the King ouenders. Mr, U’Conor appeared to Seemed actuatea by @ devermination to rea ab exceedingly dangerous as well as uoprotitavie business 10: avy person or person! ary situ- ated as Tweed, Lounouy and weed Were to piun- Ger the Community to tue future, WHEELER H. PECKHAM. Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham, waen the reporter visited Lim, Was in Oue Oo! DIS most Charuuug humors, ie Was affavle as usual, aud displayed willingness to give ali the information possioie, jollowINg CObVersailen Ook piace :— “How sool Wii tue actual argument In these Tweed Civil salts come on ¥” assed the reporte “1618 impossiole to Slate,” said Mr. reek “but as S0un us Lucey CaM be conveniently carried lato court. We reauy to proceed immediately, but the time does uot depeod on our wilingness, und We must sabmit to the ordinary detays of the jaw. Tue preuminaries are al arranged and our Case At least 1s Worked Up.” “Po you tmmagie tuat you clear suit against property which pas 1 ume Cases Deeu tausierred Luree and uur times irom the owue:, Tweed?" “It will all depend on how these transiers toox Place. Sowe save poss:biy been legal every way, afd others pave not. This we shail dod in tue opposition wiich te deience will bring ‘0 us. “Bat what do you think when th second and atuird trausiert Are t woo received the p.operiy, uougn been s.olen 1a the first place, to be tn WwW to defraud the Stace, and cau prove it.” e tue frst traosiers, &c., rom Willlam M, 1 a dollar of any legal Valuer” “ihey are cotaily valuciess—Worthless, roperty can oe recovered. We ha ueve thet many o; the other ft wade wereiy straw transiers, aad w respect real.” “ine recovery of the $6,000,000 depends upon toi?" to @ certaim extent, But we bave at tached all tuis, and Saal see What tne result will be later on. bring to toe city, Céss, aud #oali do what (nere make them #0.” “Have you ast Peter B. Swee “We bave Wot any sult against bim.’? “You thea hold bim guiltiess of malversation of city uous to his own benefit, such as you bring againat Tweed “Luo DOG say t answered Mr. Peckham, sdarpiy. Louly answer your question as to any suite oeing vroUgot against him, ana | say there are aove.’ Mr. Peckham seemed unwilling to dwell longer On shis point, @ud shortly alver tue writer made nis exiu Tcaunot predict what tne suits will We are working lor ther suc- ja Our power \o ‘any suits or the same description HENRY G. STEBBINS. Colone! Henry G. Stebbins ¢ as next called upon at the Department vo Parks, in Union squi fhe conVersatiod opened on tue quesuun oi the Ring sults, and Colonel steboins made the remark that he avstained totally at present from any political ACLIVILY and gave Bis time to lity position im the Quite confluent of the result, and | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. sometMing like eighteen months $6,000,000 for | lt it can be clearly | Malutenance and construction, but be did not think any of this money nad been | DIVERTED FROM ITS PROPER CHANNEL Mr, Stebbins said he had heard of no suit against Peter B. Sweeny, and 11 his recollection served him right nothing had been found to implicate him tn the spoliation of the city funds py tue Ring. Something had been brougat, he thought, against Sweeny’s brotner, but what connection be had with this Mr. stebbins did not know. The question as to the legal aspect of the pres- | ent suits he had taken little Inverest im, aud he | | | No | | made for the coming year, and acting under the author- Counsel were in & measure bound Bot | it wus true that they were | | Gay, and that all the repubdlica | very little to say in the matter. | ' | various districts are tre sole dispensers of pa | Park Depar'went, which required it, He tad, in | jact, had direct ¢ Bhection wits tue original suits Which bad falen throagn, Of the present ones he only supposed that tae new lawa vu) tue Le ture were passed to especlaily cover these 5 and to make it possibie ior tne people to recover moueys whice vad beeu s10.e0. Whether the effort would ve @uy more successiul tuad the last one Was @ questivn he was by Bo Means prepared to svive. Woetuer the traasiers rendered the property still avauabie to suit, be did not know enough of the techuicalities o! tne law to decide. When (he sui 8 Were originally undertaken he thought there was a fair prospect O1 recovery, and yet it appears tle lawyers hud gone the wrong way 10 Work. A MATTER OF MORAL JUSTICE the money 0) course belonged to the people of the city ui New Yors, but legal jusuce was somecning diierent, | share o1 the jabor tickeve—if iney ever do, which | Kegarding Mr. Peter B. sweeny’s management | ot Wuien he became President shortly ailer tue passage oO: the 1870 charter, Mr, Stevvins could cast LO blame Upon it so far as its trausactions were coacerued. 0 special Inv: ation had ever been gone into by Wim or the gentiemen Who Went in\o Ofice with him aiter tae Ureakiny op of Lummany, but in the general view he fai had of the mansgement Le s0ud say Chat Chere Had Not been the east mis Gppropriation | /ubds during the Sweeny régime, [he €Xpeuses WRiCu Had Deen gune iuto Were of course, he belleved, excessive, but the Work dune wus in} ro orton. By the charter 0; 1870 the De- periment of Parks Was @iVeu a much vaster Meld ©. Wore tian baa velonged to tue old Buerd, nis bad simpiy tO deal with the Central Park, whereas t new Hoard Was given all ne parks @nd squares i the city and bad ineuguraied a great system of Improveineuts which bad been ex- tended to all toese, The Wisdom of uoing this Might »ossivily be questioned, put not the honesty With Walch it Was done, ludevd, he believed that Since ite oration the Department of Parks, up to (h@ prevent time, could show @ Cleur record, had expended in | ated, who never seem was not prepared to give any views upon ite THE BIG INJUNS. THE APPROACHING ELECTION FOR SACHEMS OF TAMMANY SOCIETY—NO PROSPECTS OF A DIVI- SION OF FORCES. The election for the Tammany Sachems Is to be held next Monday evening at the Wigwam, and active preparations are being made by the braves to hold the council peaceiully and quietly. All the talk that is being induiged in by persons Whose wish is father to the thougat, that the regular ticket, neaded by Mr. Joun Kelly, stands “@ good chance,” as they put it, of being defeated, is simply ridiculous; and, judging from present indications, there is little likelinood of there being @n opposition ticket in the field. Last year the election wi made the occasion for a great showing of hands on the part of tne iriends of Comptroiler Green and Nelson J. Waterbury, and, to the great astonishment of the Kelly party, they actually came within seventy votes of CARRYING THE DAY. Itistrue that in the abstract a majority of one 4s just as good a8 a majority Of 500, and that be- tween one and seventy there ts quite a margin: but in a struggle fur the control of such a namer- ous And poweriul a society as the Tammany So- ciety, & majori'y of less than @ hundred 1s always regarded like @ little learning to a ward politician, as A DANGEROUS THING} in fact, what the poiticians calla close shave. Forewarned, however, !8 to be forearmed, and so during the past winter the number of new mem- bers Ivitiaied, who were known to be lavoravio to the present Sachems ias been greater fivelold than the number initiated duing the previous five years. Again, the members who are Iriendly to ex-Suerlf® Brennan, aud who were no more Irieadiy las: year Lo the present régime, are now ready fo fight suouider to ehoulder wisn the Kelly men, and the ex-Sherif himself, despite ail stories to (ue contrary, is known fo be very javorable to Mr. Kelly and the preseat powers, indeed, on the very bes! terms; so much so that be is satd to ve “booked” for & commissionership that will be made vacant on the lst of May by tile expiration Ol the term of oftice of the present incumpent. THE WAR WHOOP, The following 1s, the cail Jor tne election whicn Was issued yesterday :— Brormen:—Instituted in the year 1789, the Tammany Society or Columbian Order has ever since been sound to be steadfast aud firm is the support and maintenance Of the rights of civil und religious liberty, and o the prineipies of tree government, Founied bit a brief pe- riod aker the aJoption of the federal constitution, it has at all times docu am oMcient a ddewuing the people, ang ever reaay to sound the alarin whenever danger ibreaiened the Repu We are now rapidly Approaching the ceutennial anniversary of American freedom. God be praised. Peroaps at no time previous, however, hus the perpetuity of our Kovernment Leen more seriously threatened ‘than during the past few year: atthe present time the peri has not passed away piralizaticn tends diveetly to, subvert the right people, the sovereignty of States, and Tepresentative government: prompt to discern danger, duty cills to @ fearless action, Letus, (hen, irue to the Past, as sons of Tammany aad lovers of freedom, gather rounil the camp tire by ous cauhers. and spirit of harmony, brotherhood and treedom: ro this end you are noted and caked on to uphold the principles esta! attend the «nuual election to be veld on Monday even- ol sKepublic, ing. April 19, 1975. In order that the objects and pur- oses of the society shall ov successtully accomplished, it stmportant that a proper selection of officers shall be ity ofa resolution adopted by the society, a grand ses. sion has appoited acommittee ot members, who will ubinit # list o| yenilemen whow social sianding, well -———— Want an opinion some of the district gen commitiees huye of tuemselves. It nas leak Out that several of the members who are Well 0 in Ife and domg 4 paying business of some kind bave got themseives appoinced lore. men, One of tuese precious fellows nas, it 1s said, three liquor stores in this city, and wad reaty uorritied When he got lis appointment to learn that he would have to go up town and call the roll of his “gang” as early asa quarter to eight in the morniag. He laborea under the de- lusion that alla lorearan had to do was to take & ride up town about noontime, and after seeing that the “gang” was at work to go and enjoy bime seif Where aud how be pieased, Again, it 18 cone | tended vy rome oi! the politicians that some of the memoers of the general committees have given the | tiekets uwarded to them to men not in Caer dig | tricts, and that by reason of this some dis | tricts bave had fifty men to anothe:’s ten appointed as laborers, ‘Lhe nop-resicent labore ers, too, are beginning to get somewhat snaky, “ it is Said that the pull books i each district are Ly As toings now stapd the Aldermen are in. @ queer fix. ‘They are supposed tobe by the workiugmen the proper parties to apply to ior tickets, and yet even Where an Aider- man is a member of tne general committee of bis district be 1s not entitled to any more consilera- tion than any other member 80 far as his vote or voice goes in tie matter of ticket distrioutions, In the opinion of most of the politiciang lt was a great mistake on the part of the Commit on Patronage in their report not td make the Aldermen and the Assemblymen in each district the distributors of the labor pat ronage. It should be borne in mind, however, that the tickets awarded to every district ar€ sent io tne two members of the General Vouk mirtee who represent their district on the Com mittee on Org ation, They are, under ths rule, i6 Would seem now, THE REAL HOLDERS OF THE TICKETS; go that the general committees, even alter mak ing out @ list of the names of thos men they desire to be employed, are, ta @ certain degree, subject to the control ot tne members ol the Committee on Organization. 1t 18 Citimed that i the Comptrolier would hurry u \d approve the sureties in several contracts that have deen in bis 0} for a year and upward tocre would be work jor the lavorers. ty Ol What the Mae RP i present situation will de is a@ mystery even to the leaders, Tne latter assert that they have done the best they could under all the circum-tances of the case, and that if there 18nd new Work to be begun-on the boulevards, in the Opening of streets, &c., iL is beyoud their power td have men placed on the payrolls to draw pay io¥ doing nothing. MEETING OF THE POLICE BOARD. The Board of Police Commissioners met af eleven o’clock yesterday morning, President Matsell in the chair. A petition was receivéd from ex-Captain Josepn H. Petty, formerly of the Tuirty-first precinct, who was retired on pension in May, 1972, asking for reinstatement, Reierred to Committee on Rules aud Discipiine. The Chief Clerk read a communication from Police Surgeon Varian, announciag the death of Patroiman Joan P, Speridan, of the Thirty-ifta precinct, irom nervous shock, occasioned by aa accident that occurred on the 11th inst, by which the oficer’s leg was broken. ‘Ihe opiviva of thé Corporation Counsel, submite ted recently to the coairman of the Commitree on Repairs and Supplies of the Board of Aldermen, in pursuance of @ resolution of tnat body, with reierence to the ponet of the Police Board ta establish or abolish police precinets in the city of New York, Was laid belore tue Commissioners. He was of the opinion that the Board of Police had luil power to alter, establish or abolish any pre- elnct in the departinent, Another communi ation from the Corporation Counsel, In answer to a resolution of the Commise siuuers adopted at their last moating, relative to tne power of tue Board to compel, by legal means, tne attendance of witnesses in cases against mem« bers of tne jorce, was received and read. In the opinion of that oficial the Board had no power to enlorce such attendance under the present law, out or gaested (hat an act be framed providing Jor such cases, and its adoption by the Legislature urged. Commissioner Voornis, in accordance with the suggestion, offerea a resolution that the Cotef Clerk dralt # suitable amenament to the law, the d patriovism should com- mand the support of ail—os we believe it undoubtediy will that of a large roploriiy. of the members. That harmony, love of ireedom ant devotion to one's country way prevail the presence, support and influence of every member is prety earnestly solicited, AUGUSTUS SCHELL, Grand Sachem, Joeu O. Stevens, Secretary. It may be stated for the benefit oi the uninitl- to be able to distinguish between the tammany General Committee aod the Tammany Society, that tne latter is the owner of the Tammany Buildin., and tbat, although not per sé 8 political society. it cen make its power jelt politicaily even against the Tammany General Committee ii the latcer should at «ny time become Obstrepercus. The society, being.the owner of the Wigwam. of course, has the power to shut its doors against the General Committee if tne com- mitvee should pot be as farthiul to the reguiar barty interests as it is expected to be, aud thus deprive the committee Oo: that “regularity” which wives it the rignt to bear the name of ‘ammany. It will be seen, therefore, that it would be no joke Jo the present situation Of ulfairs to the Taumaoy General Committee and the local jeaders to the society should be captured by the querulous, woo would only be too glad to drive tae committee men into the cellar and lock the doors until they asked for “grace, mercy and peace. THE PATRONAGE TROUBLE. HOW TAMMANY'S NEW PATRONAGE RULE WORKS— THE DISCONTZNTED LABORERS AND THRE PER- PLEXITIES OF ALDEKMANIO LIFE. Judging from the crowds of laboring men who lounge abont the City Halt cay after day in the vain nope that some Alderman or Assemblyman or State Senator may suddenly come into posses- sion of a baicn of labor ‘tickets, the change made in the Department of Public Works by tne gotng out of Mr. Van Nort and the coming tn of General Porter bas not brought about ali that the demo- cratic rank and file had hoped for. It cannot be denied “that the new Commissioner has con- ceded to Tammany ail the appointments asked jor, but aa he has no control over the metnot adopted by Tammany for an ‘equal’ distribution oO! the patrovage among the several Gistricts be, of Course, cannot be held to accoant for the present state of affairs. That there ts just now a very ugly state of feeling among the work- ing classes is a tact that must be patent to any one who has visited tne City Hall curing the past Week, where the discontented men gather from early morn till dewy eve. The men claim that before the inst election one of tne chief baits thrown out to secure their vores was the pledge of the ward leavers that they woula be given plenty of work if the democratic party won the who had been imported from tae country districts would be sent home about their business. Up to the present nOt one in & hundred in any district have been ABLE TO GET WORK, and the result is that the Aldermen, the Assem- blymen and the State Senators coming in for the severest kind of denunciation, aitnough in point Of iact by the new patronage rule they have 1c does not seem | to be anderstovd as yet, strange to say, by tae | workingmen that the general committees of the ronage. Atallevents, thus far no one has been able (0 secure labur tickets for aistribution, ex- cept members of taese cowmittees, The share of each member has been confined to two tickets for eack election district—a tytal distrivution of bout 1,200, Of course, this is Nothing at ali; but ever since the new rale went Into jorce aud the eral committees obtaiged the tickets, tue crowds oO iabor- ers ta the City Pack clamoring lor work have increased teniold, Where ail the men come from it Would be very hurd to ascer- tain; Dut the fact tuat (he eliy pays $2 and $2 25 & ay JOF a Gay's Work of eight how! hue con. | tractors and otuers only pay $i 15 jor a Gay's work | of ulue and tea hours oo dowot bas 4 great deal Lo do With the Immense pressure for javor work under some ui the departments, ladeed, many of the Men WHO Mak> the MOSst nose AVOUL NOt hav. lug any Work \0 uo aud Who threaten to do ail 80) ts Of (hings at (he Dext election M they are overiouked 1a cue geueral scramble are O the clase Wo indignantly reuse au offer to work at $1758 | day, aibough it mus: oe confessed that the great | Iiajority of tae lavorers Who spend their di 10 the Park Waiting for sumecning to tara up, are absolutely in waat, and would giaaly go to work | At alnost auy kind of Work ateven $iaday, Ir sole tule Could Ve adopted by Whiea these people | could be served first whea the Aldermen get their | just DoW seems a very distant probavility—it Would, no doubi, work splenuidly, aNd put an end to much of the misery wuich THE LOCAL LEADERS have now to endure in tueir efforts to please everybody, A gvod illustration Of the invepen- dence muniiested by some of the men who are Well enough off to treat ail offers of work at $1 76 & day Wita contempt, was given by ® man & iow days ago Who lad jor weeks pestered amost to dealh oue of tie Aldermen who 1 & member of the general committee oi his disirict for 4 Isbor Uvkel, €0d Bhuly got one Two ways alter it was | ng # _ he caled upun tue Aiderman at ie City Hak “You're @ nice fellow,” exclaimed the man, with & sbeer. Y" queried whe | “Why, What's the matter now Alderman, “You wot your ticket” “Yeu, J did,” was the answer; “but what do you bes on out when | went up there?’ ww bat “Why, that L had to work.’ This iNvidvnt is an absoiate fact, and shows thas &@ Jow of the Workingmen @ nov yet jorgotten that the ae ol sinecurep i | tlons of the solar disk fully, and viten more Lou | seaneea as renowned examples Of Woat courage ry rhere | same to ve presented to the Legislature. — The foliowing were Sppotnted patrolmen:—Onas, E. Jewell, Henry P. Watte, BE. R. Choate, Dante James H. Ricker, Fred. Ringle, James Randall, Ralph © aD. ‘rhe Mayor, in company with Sinclair Tousey, of the New York Prison Association, yesterday went to Fordham and made an inspection of the house which the Aldermen last week passed ao ord~ nance to lease asacourt house for the Twenty- third and Twentytourth wards. They decided that the locality was a proper one for @ coart, and in every Way suitable. The Mayor, on bis retura to the City Hall, in consequence of buis inspections signed the ordinance. ne Green Investigat Committee will hold a meeting to-day at two o'clock P, M., Woen 16 is expected that Mr. Oscar Zolicoffer, 0! the Metro- polttan Gas Light poniveny, Deiafleid Smith Tey aud Kev, Stephen H. Tyog, will be present. It is generally conceded now by the politicians that the recousideration yesterday of the vote by which the Uriminal Court olil was passed in tue State Senate is its deata knell. THE SOLAR SPOTS AND RIGOROUS: WEATHER. The remarkable fulfilment of General Myer’s daily weather forecasts has aimost ceased to ex« cite surprise. These achievements of science are being dimmed by other triumphs in the same fleld, When, on Tuesday morning, our people waked ta beuold @ fall of snow that would not have done discredit.1o midwinter, Many, doubtiess, thoug! tne great Enchanter of the Nortn had wrought upou gentie Spring the Charm of woven paces and of waving hands and that beneath whe heavy mantle of saow she ‘was, like Merit Lost to life and use and name and fame. Yet in the early summer of 1874 the eminent Russian scientist, Dr. Kopper, of St. Peters burg Physical Observatory, predicted, aiter @ series of Most cowprehensive observations taken in various portions o: the globe, thet is 1876 there Was every reason to expect a phenom. enaly culd year, Tae Doctor's lavors were caued out by the Wide discusswn of tn influence OF the spots on the sua iriace our Chermal coaditions. He reiuted the common nowon that the eleven-year m: spots cause an excessive ralatal sco au Occurrence rare and exceptional. To im- sure correct results he decided inat simultaneous Observations mus: be made upon every section the glove. To iactitare his work he placed the different meieorological stativas in-zones, 1 coi temper Warm Lemperate, subd-\ropical tropical, Describing @ Curve according to mean temperature oi each zone he iound th. tuere sirikiog agreement —e them, year riods Of maximom aod minimum Among them; but the most remark- avie is the fact that under the tropics mum heat occars avout a year beiore ti tue period ot time between toe miuimum and sac- ceeding Maximum Oo! spots is shorter than thi period between the maximam and succeeding minima, 60 tre temperature follows @ corres sponding change. Furtuer, 1s appear spots do Not act like an ectipse, niding ing part of the solar body, and so diminishing ia beat, but that oivea the remaining juminous por ughs fully make up forthe apparently caused Ly the Lumber of spovs. THE THWARTED , TRAPPERS. THE ADVENTURES OF THREE CONNECTICUT LAD IN SEARCH OF INDIANS AND BUFFALOES. ‘The pernicious effect of cheap novels upon the youthful mind was aptly tilustrated at Police Headquarters yesterday morning. On the nigus Previous Superintendent Wailing received @ de- spatch from the Chief of Police of Waterbury, Conn,, requesting the arrest of three lads, named Thomas Eyman, August Von Wegg Thomas Stubbs, aged respectively sixteen, seventeen and eighteen years, who had run away irom their parents and were en roue to the West The proper Measures were taken, and the yougg ad venwurers were apprenended early yesterday ta la oC vhem i back a double barrelled rifle, whicn they had purenasea in New Havel and, fast. ened Rrouud their bodies, they carried bags filled wita ammanitiou. When taken ito cuse fallen at the omitted te tody th jared very mach cres! unidoked: oF oustacie, Dut wy a G had not the sligntest doubt out @ thriving shvoting business, as they Juily scudied the tactics of some of the most fam- One-ayed Bul the Unteast and ied Joe the Terror of the Plas they in d persevi oe could achieve. ta the Of @ Vivid deacription of how one brave mu aid Kul three Jndiaus aod o at tne Aume time, oy tue Aduption of ce: roved Mun res, tail, portly Teuton ne room, advancing \oward tie adolescent | apeaker, shu show you now to uted, budaloes When 1 hanes back mit me a} wo you get all the buffaioes yoa wane? | Aienes en pon the youtn. a eviaenuy veliev the Words of nis fatoer. two other boys then dmiring louks at the bright placed © ast tiey yielded to better sense, ant + 44 Wain jor Wateroury, sadder oUt Wised