The New York Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1875, Page 8

8 NOLAN THE REFORMER. cecil He Denies that General Jones Received Part of His Profits. A REMARKABLE PROCEEDING a Snapping His Fingers at the Committee, as They Cannot Compe! Him to Testify. @] HAVE HANDLED A GOOD MANY THOUSANDS.” The examination yesterday of Colonel Michael Nolan, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, before the Commitice on Emigration and Quarantine, ‘Was again of the most exciting interest, It was thought that Messrs. McGuire, Waehner and Al- vord had already squeezed out of this big piece 1 lobby plunder ail tne juice it comtamed; but yes- terday they showed themselves capaple of extract- Mug additional imformation {rom Colonel Nolan. Some of the committee were somewhat surprised that the latter appeared at all, for after nis defi- ant attitude on last Saturday it was expected that he would no longer grace the sessions of the committee with bis presence, and that some “‘un- expected business” of the most urgent character would probably compel him to go beyond the State to which he has rendered such lasting ser- vices, THE MODE OF PROCEDURE, Hr. Alvord was not quite so excitable yesterday ag he bad been on Saturday, and this was probably owing to the fact that ne bad divested himself of coat and vest and was not so hot. Nevertheless he wentat Mr. Nolan with a dash and liveliness scarcely to be expected from so venerable a patriarch. Mr, Waehner, whe 1s a solidly batt young wan, with smooth Jace, is as grave and coo! in bis manner of conducting the investig: tiog as Mr. Alvord—who, no doubt, is considerably more than twice his age—is excited and vehement. Mr. Nolan himself was not quite 80 uneasy as le was last Saturday. He every now and then acted @s though he was tired out and wanted rest, but he retained bis seli-possession to a much greater exient, and once told the committec, with the utmost coolness, that the principal reason why he | refused to answer their most important questions ‘was that he kuew they could not compel Lim to | ao 80, THE WITNESS STILL RECUSANT. It was about a quarter to eleven o’clock when the investigation was resumed in the office of the Commissioners of Emigration in Castle Garden. The first thing done was to ask Mr. Nolan ‘whether he had receded from his determination | expressed on Saturday last not to answer tue Questions of the committee relating to bis bank | account and the division of his profits, Mr. Neian replied in his quick, sharp way, 10 | which defiance aud nervousness were curiously mingled, that he stood in the same position with Tegard to those matters as he did on Saturday. At the same time he very kindly assured the coin- mittee that this was not to be interpreted asa mark of disrespect toward the honorabie members of the Legislative committee, for, on the contrary, | Be cherished @ feeling of profound respect for them ail, This relieved the committee immensely and | and ask you Mr, Waenner—General Palmer was anotoer part- ery Mr. Nolan—Yes, sir. Mr. Waebner—Did you Genera) Paimer? Mr. Nolan—No, sir. Mr. Waebner—Or to General Merritt, one of the Capitol Commissioners? *. Nolan—t! dectine to answer. A pause ensued, after which Mr, Waehner re- turned to tae charge, NOLAN’S PRESENCE IN ALBANY, Mr. Waehuer—How oiten did you see Frear in Albany? Mr. Nolan—I don’t know; three or four times; pmace Bis acquaintance about that me im Al- aLy. Mr. Waehner—Who tntroduced him to you? Mr, Nolan—That | don’t remember, Mr. Waenner—Did you see Frear immediately alter the passage of the bill in the House? Mr. Nolan—My recollection is that 1 wasn’t in Albany at all when tae bill passed the Assembly. Mr. Alvord—Why, you testified that you were there to Watch the progress of the bill, and as the bill was passed three minutes alter its iutroduc- tion, you must have been there, Mr. Nolan smiled and gave no answer, Mr. Waehner inquired aa to who suggested to the witness to go to Mr. Frear and ask tim'to tn- troduce the bill, wnether 1¢ Was a member of the Legisiature or a pr oval lobbyist, but could get no injormation, “What Mr. Frear did he did In nis zeal for the public good,” Nolan declared emphatically, The question of rooms was then gone ino, whether the one patriot had been in the other patriot’s room in the Delavan House ; but even irem this unimportant mystery Mr. Nolan did not choose to litt the veil of secrecy. A TICKLISH QUESTION, Mr. Waehner—In this proceeding, Mr. Nelan, are you not trying to shield other parties Who pare ucipated With you In the profits ? Mr. Nolan (With Ul-conceaied embarrassment) — Ideciine te answer. Mr. Waewner—Are you not trying to stield Gen- eval Joues? Mr. Nolan answer. Mr. Waechner—Wonuld you not have regarded it a8 a dishonorable part in Geveral Jones, the Post- master ol New York, to procare you (his employ- ment of afeciing legislation io Albany ? Mr. Noian declined again, and Was then asked about the transactions in 172, NOLAN'S HARVBST IN 1872, Mr. Nolan—In 1872 @ bill was introauced to raise the head tax from $1 50 to $2, and Mr. Dale re- quested me to go to Aibamy and defeat the bill; I was to have a percentage for two or three months of twenty-five cents per head; in 1872 the Inman, National aud Canard lines composed the com- bimation; 1 don’t kuow whether one of the Ger- man jines was in it or net, He went on to state subsequently that Mr. Dale, afier his return from Albany, paid nim about $2,000, and that he never paid a penny to auyvody WDatsoever to alfect legislation. Mr. McGuire—I don’t say that you made the agreement with anybody to affecc legisiation, bat did you pay Any money Wany party whom you have reasen to tink took ulterior measures bo alec legisiatiog? Mr, Nolan—No, sir. Mr, McGuire—his inference is unavoidable, that there was a division of ine Money—you treat it so yourself, Now, I assume (hat you paid eat money if the parties to whom yeu pad money Went to Ajbuny to adect legisiation ? Mr, Nolan—I must deciine to answer, as I have already denied paymg out any mone, A LITTLE JOB IN 1873, Mr. Wachner—Have you done any business for the steamship companies siuce 1872? Mr. Nolan—in 1873, I velieve, | drafted a bill al- pay any sum in gross to (im the same way)—I decline to lowing tbe steamsulp companies to hold real es- | tute lor dock parposes; | appeared betore the committee, and got $200 for my services; the bill feil rigne through, however. Mr. McGuire—You said taat you had censulted with counsel since Saturday as to your liability to | appear belore us aba answer our questions; now do you object to give the name of me counsel Who told you that you could retuse ? | Mr. Noian—Yes, sir; I'd rather not give his | name. f Mr. McGuire—Dtid the counsel tell you that you should deciine, as 1t Was a private concern of | yours, er simply because it was beyond the power | r Of the commi.tee to compel you ? | Mr. Nolan—Because it is beyond their power and | also because some of the matiers are private. Mr. McGuire—Can i be possibile that taere Is a counsel in New York who Would call it @ private | matter wien 4 fund was raisea TO BRIBE THE LEGISLATURE, and we are herve io investigate Where that Money | went to? Mr. Nolan—I have dented that I paid a penny to | any member of the Legisiature, and as jong as I | did not do that the disoursement oi the money I received is purely my private concern, Mr. McGuire—You assume that no money was they seemed to feel a great deal better at once. “Dm right,” the witness declared, “and am willing to take my chances.” HE WILL REFRESH HIS MEMORY, Mr. Nolan then, in a rambling explanation, tried to account for the discrepancies between Bis testimony on Satarday ana the official recoras | 1slature. Thea the old sore of the exact amount received by him trem the steamship com- | panies was cruelly reopened oy Mr. Weekner, | and Mr. Nolan repeated that he was utterly un- | able io give the exact amount, He finally said Unat he might be able to reiresh his memory by | certain memoranda which he possessed, Mr. Wechner—What memoranda do you allndae te of which you said that they would probably en- abie you to state the exact amount of the money you receivea ? Mr. Nolan—I don’t know—I should bave to | search ior them, Mr. Waenner—Will you produce those mem- | oranda? Mr. Nolan (decidedly) —I will if I find them. Mr. Waehner—Did you sveak to Frear, Tweed or any other person who helped you since you have rendered your testimony? Mr. Nolau—No, sir. The witness reiterated that he could not tell exactly anything about tne passage of the bili and whether he made an argument before the com- | mittee or pot, but admitted that tne probabiliuy was that he was mistaken wnen he testified to | baving appeared before them, Mr. Waebner tried to worm out of the witness how he came to ask Frear to introduce the bill and bis exact relation | te (hatgenotieman, but the witness skillully pare | fied all queries. ENTER REGISTER JONES. A new subject was then opened, taat of General Jones’ participation in the aifair. | Mr. Nolan said that General Jones’ position as counsel vo the Emigration Board ceased in 1869, | Mr. McGuire—Tve records show tnat General | Jones drew iis salary lo that capacity until Jan- wary 17, 1871. | Mr. Nolan—My recoliection is that he resigned | in 1869; that he was disconnected with tue Eml- | ation Buard from that tim Mr. McGuire—He may have been disconnected 4m jabor but he was notin salary. (Lauglter). Mr. Nolan—I kaow tpat is oflicial position | ceased ip 1869; I don’t know what private position be may bave eld under the Boar Mr. McGuire—We don’t Know it either, but we Know tuat he drew a salary of $5,000 per annum untit Javuary, 1871, You make it appear that General Jones drew a cure salary, Wich ia | doiag gross injustice to hin Mr, Nolan—Weil, he muss explain his own mat- ters in bis own way. Mr. Waelner—Did yeu advise with General Jones bout the matier? | $50,000. paid to the Legtsiavure, It 1s not your business to decide that, but that of the Legisiature itseli, We are here wo investigate the true state of these things, and when tne facts are laid before the Legisiature it can judge for itselt, Mr. Nolan—Weill, sir, inis isan argument. 1 have tod you already that I will not answer these questions. A pause ensued, and the witness was again asked to state bow much he received altogetaer | irom the steamsiip compames. On Sacurday he ha@ repeatealy declared tt was cot over $40,000, but now he thought it was between $40,000 and He would not Ox it more exacciy, DID NOLAN DO ANYTHING ? Mr. McGuire—Was it not notorious that Tweed . controlled legisiation in 1871 Mr. Nolan (after a panse, and panting)—lhave @poken to Dim—i think very likely | did, | Mr. Waetner—Did not General Jones say to you that Devin, Milier aud Troud acted tu tue same gapacity lor the sieamsbip companies a year | previously ? ee WHAT GENERAL JONES DID AND DIDN'T. | Mr. Nolau—ceneral Joues, as i remember, told me tliat 1 had dome notuing dishonoravis, and that tue firm acted Lelore me im tle same maauer for years. Mr. Wachner—Was not General Jones the man 10 advised you of the previous existence of this arrangement beiweem the sveameslip com- | pamies and counsel? Mr. Nojlan—No, sir; General Jones spoke to me the first time avout this matter at tue time of the first investigation, when ne told mel haa | done Ho disnonoiabie ding, J suppose to eacour- Wachaer age me. Qeudly)—Now Wjl ask you a found quesiion, war. Mr. Nolan (goon bumoredly)—Aad I'll give you | in a sguare answer, | Mr. Waehuer—Vid not General Jones pro- eure this employment jor you aud share with you io the profits? Mr, Nowa —I decline to answer, Mr. Waeaner—1'il divide my question, vid Gen- eral Jones procure this empioymeut jor you? Mr. Noiau—Not to my personui knowledge. Mr. Waeiner—To your ipiormation? Mr. Nolap-—i have no information avout It. { Mr. Waeaner—Were you informed vy General Jones that he bad procured it for your Mr. Noian—! never Was—in terme, Mr. Waelner—\Were you vy implication? Mr, Nolan (uiter a pause of besitation)—No, sir, A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. Mr. MeGuire—As sam Welier would say, this js gremurkabie circumstance that General Jones should have retired a5 counsel aud that you should have obtained this employment at tne game time, and that this snould happen in that | Jere time and that ere place, (Laugater.) It'sa werry” remarkable coincidence. (Laugiiter.) Mr. Waebuer—Had you aby arrangement with General Jones vo let bl Suare & percentage O/ Lue | ‘otita? Mr. Notan—I decline to answer; this tea special | and comes under tue general category of | queries which | deciine to auswer. | ‘The witness was suowt General Jones’ resigna- | | tion, dated January, | and asked by Mr. Aivord til Insisted (hat Geaeral Jones resigued im 569 5 Mr. Noian—fle has 10 explain his own matters; (aiver a pause) —1 ag Af that General Jones placed ir. is nation 10 O'Gormhea’s hands, and | Wat it Bung fire jor some time. Mr. Waenner--You were if partnership with General Jones ia 1870? Mr. Nolan—Yes, sir, althongn he was not acti me wai yy uly Dae, Pld LY WoUH) Ib did Me KOOd. | Mr, Nolan--[ heard so, Mr. McGuire—Did you not know that Frear rep- resented iweed in the Assembly ? Mr. Nolan—No, sir. Mr. McGuire—Diad you not Know that no bill af fecting municipa: affairs of New York would have been passed without the concurrence of Frear | and Tweed ? Mr. Nolan—I must have calculated that it would bay very poor chance. (Lauguter.) Mr. McGuire—Now, with your slight acqnaint- ance witu Frear and no acquuintance with iweed, you certainly must Know that your presence in Albany did oot affect the bill in any degree ? Mr. Nolan (laugning)—I think it affected it somewhat. Mr. McGuire—Well, you made no argument? Mr. Nolan—l may not have made any formal argument, but 1 sald scmething to somevouy, (Laugater.) Mr. Waehner—Did you loan or present these Moneys 10 anyeody ? Mr. Nolan—I decline to answer, Mr. Alvord—Did | understana you to say that your dooks of 1571 are destroyed f Mr. Nolan—l cestroyed them. Mr. Alvord—Well, you reireshed your memory | as regards your testimony on Saturday by memo- randa, and, wow, Where dO you get these memo- Tanda irom 1 found them among my Mr. Nolan—Ob, papers. R. ALVORD BECOMES FUNNY. Mr. Alvord—Didn’t you keep @ double entry about this matter? (Lauguter.) Mr. Nolao—Oa, 1 bave 9 bank book; I have two bauk books. Mr. Alvord—Oh, I know that a gentleman of your exieusive dealings could not long ae with one bank book, because Be’d Uli it up two soon, (Laughier.) ‘Mr. Nolan made no reply. Mr. Alvord—Mr. Noian, do yon still decline to state In What banks you deposited besides the Union Trost Company ? dur. Nolan—Yes, Mr, Alvora (vehemently)—Then, do you want us to go to te expense of bringing every bank cashier here besides ali the money you gott Mr. Nolaa—Well, sir, 1 don’t know; jl con- sider the matter and communicate with tue com- mittee at Some future time, Mr. Waenner—is is simply a matrer of eonyen- fence; ail thts trouple, Mr. Novan stilirefnsed to budge an inch, Mr. Aivord—Iin 1870 you went to Albany to geta bill for the suppression of emigrant swindling passed? Mr. Nolan—-Yes, si Mr, Aivord—General Jones, who was then your Partner, gov Mis partoership share, aid he not? Mr, Nolan—No, sir; General soues Lad no saare in the partuerenip, really. Mr. Alvord—Did you not sit as sub-counsel dor- ing al tee time that General Joses was couusel igration Koard: jan—Yes, sir, WHAT NOLAN THINKS OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS. ‘ — Alvord—How much did you get for the job in 187 Mr. Nolan—Not over $1,000, Mr. Nolan Drance” aud not is “positivenesa,” and Mr, Alvord begged the HenaLp reporter to notice that be nad | not sworn at the stubbern witness tis ume, as he did on Saturday. ‘This abstinence is herewith duly acknowledged, Dir. Aivord—Wo paid you that ? . Dare. Cau's you remember the amount Mr. exactly ? Mr. Nolan—You must remember that this is four years ago and (smiling) that [ Bave handied a gvod Many thousands since then, (Laugnter.) Mr. Alvord—So it seems, Weil, | rememver all the mouey I have bandied since then toa cent. Thavs probably because My Money came 4 good deal harder, (Laughier.) Mr, Alvord then questioned him as to nis earn- ingwin i872 He in 1872 at Albany, » top floor) as he had in L given with characteristie franknes: and the answer was “NO, sir; I did not; | Was better of then and could afford to | take 4 room on a lower floor.” (Laughi rhe committee returned again to the charge re- garding his refusal to teswly about bis bank ac- Couns, but he sill declined, SNAPPING MIS FINGERS AT THE COMMITTER. Mr. McGuire—Yea know the privileges of wit- ne-ses. On What ground do you refuse? Air, Nolan (very eooliy)—Well, there are various reasons; you, @% @ committee, cannot compel persons to answer, while # court can; that’s tne main differerce, and | bave mage tip my mind noe to answer aby questions taat J may not deem just and proper. Mr. Alvord (londly)-1 don't ask yor asa wit- ness Woo Stans on bis avstract right as # mule, but as @ man, Mr. Nolan—Well, J only answer you as 4 wit- ness. Mr. Alvord—Now, Mr. Nolan, @i¢ you consider this transaction a lair and bovorabie oue ¢ Jur. Nolan declined once more. Mr, Alvord (raising bis fine and joud bass voice) —NOW, if it had been fair and honorabie Would YOU FELUsY LO RIVE bag GO baLa pUYut ibe and WU you were to treat the commitee | | with any courtesy, you Will nos Want us to go to Could again give only dis “remem. | ed him if he, when he stopped | | had & “sky parlor” (on tne | Mr Nolan (very cootly)—I decline to snswer; it’s very easy to quibbie ubout bits of testimony. ae Avvord—Weli, you cecline to answer, thay’s all, Mr. Nolan—Yes, but | want to add right here — Mr. Alvord (contemptuousiy) 1 don? want to hear it. Mr. Stenographer, you needn't take what he says; you can talk. ANY LAWYER WOULD HAVE DONE IT. Mr, Nolan (undisturbed)—so far as the transe action itself was concerned, 1 don’t believe there's 5. 4 kaa iu New York who would’at bave | done fi, Mr. Alvord (vehemently) —Well, then, 1 think very poorly of the lawyers of New York. Mr. McGuire showed the witness a list of bis bank deposits in the Union Trust Company and his checks upon them, and asked him what le had done with each individual check. The wit ness deciined to answer. Mr, McGuire remarked that be had passed over certain small checks, and Mr. Notan jaughiogly said, “1 sapp they were to pay for cothing,” which creased no lithe amusement. Mr. Alvord—Permit me to give you auother chance of decining to answer a question, a6 you seem to be given to declination. Hid youever pay | a peuny to James W. Husted or Frear’ | Mr. Nolan declined to answer, Mr. Alvord—After they nad ceased being mem- bers of the then Board ot Emigration did you pay them any part o/ your prodis? Mr. Nolan declined again. NOLAN LBAVES THE RACK. ‘The witness ad been contradic ed by the record | im saying, as Re did, that in 1870 Mr. Nelxon tntro~ dueu the bill for the suppression of emigrant | swindling in the Assembly and that the dill originated in the Assembly and noc in the Senate; he made an explanation, by the courtesy of Mr. McGuire, which Was venemenily objected to by Mr, Alvord, and said that anybody couid be contra- dicted Within ten minutes regardiug such matters That occurred years ago. Mr. Aivord (defiantly )—I defy you to contradict me in regard to anything about my legisiative ex- perience. Mr. Nolan—I Dave no doubt I could do it. Mr. A‘vord tuen catechised the wituess in re- gard to the sacrilegious attempt 0: bis to speak to him (Alvord) during a@ session of the Assemoly. Mr, Nolun pleaded guilty of that crime. Mr. Al vord asked him i he did not knew that he (Al- vord) never allowed anybody to speak to him during @ session, bat coud extract no expression of coucritiea irom the irreverent witiess, ‘This ended the examination of Mr. Nolan, who promised to reappear on Wednesday next. MR, MACKAY’S TESTIMONY. Mr. George H. Mackay, ember of the Assem- bly in 1872, Introduced the bill tor the reincrease of head money irom $1 50 10 $2 in 1872, Which was adversely reported oy the Committee on Con merce; ‘he wever saw Nolan in that yearin Ai bany and never heard that he had appeared be- fore tue committee to argue against the bill; there Was no rumor that money had been spent fer the deleat of the bill. NOLAN WASN'T IN ALBANY AT ATL. Mr. Vosourgh, a member of the committee, | wrote iro Albany that he bad examined the | register of the Delavan House between March 1 and May 1, 1871, and could not find the name of | Michael Novan’ there, Whereupon Mr, Alvord declared that this was conclusive proof of what be | had long ago supposed—namely, that Nolan never | was in Albany in 1871 to push the biil, whue, according vo ‘his own testimony, he would have been there two weeks. Mr. McGuire expressed the same conviction, and said, as the committee went into executive session, that there was bo | doubt Nolan was tryimg to shield “bigger men’? | than bimself, “ior If they were smalier ne would have given them away long ago.” The committee | adjourned ull hall-past ten this morning. The (olowing is the list of the principal deposits of Nolan in the Union Trust Company, datiog | from Novemwver 3, 1871, to December 31, 1872:— 1871—By depostt $1,009 00 November ™ Marc are a 5 1.413 75 ‘April 25, 1872—By deposit. Jane 19," 1872—By deposst, June 21, 1872—by deposit,. June 27, 1572—By deposit. The total of the deposits is $14,207 03. The draits per checks date irom December 11, 1871, Ull December 23, 1872, and amount to $14,086 03, leaving a buiance of only $i7i., The | first check, December 11, 1871, 18 for $1,760, then were small checks til Junuary 22, 1572, when woere 18 another check for $1,000. A large num- ber of smaller Grafts follow, Interspersed with the loliowing large checks March 25, 1872, $1,000; April 25, $1,500; May $1,000; July 24, $3,457 Su, Gud Augus: 26, $902, (Nolan drew $800 in gold.) LOSSES BY FIRE The fire which occurred in Newark on Saturday last was the most destructive that has nappened within the last four years, It employed the whole fre departmest upwards of ten hours, and three | steamers threw water until one o’clock on Sunday aiternoon, Fortanately no lives were lost, the | only accidents attending the fire veing several cases of prostration from over-¢xertion among the firemen. The latter are highiy complimented | On the efficient manner in which they performed | their duty, During the progvess of the fire exaggerated estimates of the damage were reported. Subsequent examination, however, reduces it to about $75,000; insured ’ for about $40,000, It 18 divided as follows:—John Rindell, trunk box factory, loss | $20,000, Insured lor $7,000 in the American Cen- tral, of St. Louis; Paterson, New Orleans, Missis- sippi Valley, and Traders’, of Chicago; Wiliam 0, Hendly & Son, loss about $18,000, insured jor $12,000 in tbe St. Louis, Trader's, of Chicago; | Franklin, of Invianapolis; Fire Association, o! | Pmiacelph American Cenrral, ot St. Louis; Paterson, New Orleans, Citizens’, of Newark. tT. B. Peddie & Company, loss $16,498, in- sured for $5,000 in the Exchange, of | this city; Phenix, of Newark; Stanaard, | of Trenton; John Poimer’s loss, $12,000, om lum- | ber and sheds; insured fer $12,900 in the Orient, of Hartford; Phenix, of Newark; Newark Mutual People's, of Newark; Merchants’, of ‘ari Newara City Mutual. Jacob Cook, kindling wo | manulacturer, lost about $2,500, which was unin- | sured. Gould & Moore, $300. The buildings occu- ied by John Rindetl was owned by ex-Governor ‘Ward and W. L. Ackerman, and vaiued at $4,000; Zz nies:—Che People’s and tne Standard, both of Trenton; and the American,Mutual and the Amer- ican, both of Newark. PROBABLE HOMICIDE IN JERSEY cry. About midnight on Sunday a fight toox place | among @ gang of rowdies at the corner of Mon- | Moush and First streets, Jersey City, OmMeer Fitz- henry, hearing the cry “Murder!” ran among the crowd and was informed that a man named Mc- Quade had been killed. Be went to MeQuade’s house and found bim lying on the floor in an in- sensible condition and bieeding from wounds in | the bead, Some person in the crowd pointed out | to the officer the house in which th | perpetrator of the @eed took refuge. As the officer crossed the street @ man came to the door, With a Weapon glistening In his hand, The officer arrested nim, and the crowd cried out, “Look out for tne knife!” A fireman Bamed Jennings (eit something fall on nis foot and it proved to b¢ @ table knueé Which the prise | oner threw away. When taken to tne station house the prisoner gave his name as John Bond, | Yesteraay morning be was vrougat beiore Justice Keese and he made a statement in his defence. He said he heard the fight, and, seeing severai persons beating @ man, he rushed to we rescue and dragged the mam from nis assailants, ‘The officer, aiter making inquiries, ascertained that tae prisoner, | the lajorea Imam and @ person named Beggins had been out ina rowboat. Beggins iearnea that Mc- Quade could Bot swim, and he swore he would ¢rown him. He was intoxicated, and tr | bis threat into execution by tilting over t A fight 1oliowed to prevent Beggins from ¢ | ont his purpose, and it was renewed when the | men revprsed home, Beggins gave McQuade a ere beating, avd Bond assisted him in making Mis excape. Tue physictans who are atiending tne wounded man pronounce him to be in @ very critical condition. | A MADMAN CAPTURED, | Late on Saturday afternoon a man was found | in the stable yard of the Central Hotel, Orange, N. J., acting in suca & strange manner tmat the Do- lice Were sent for, On the arrival of the officers they observed him Walking in a circuit about the yard, gestieulating violentiy and chewing fodder ‘ike worse, He Was taken to the police station | alter considerable dificulty aod ledged im @ cell, where he acted most outrag ously, catching hold of ithe vars of Bis eeu with his teeth with such power that the teesh oroke. He appeared to have some iucid moments, in one of which he stated tuat bis name was George Oogsnali, @ farm laborer, in the eff- i [pice Mr. ita Harrison, of West Orange. | He was brought to Newark ia the horse cars and during the journey it was founa necessary to handouf him, He irightened ali the people in the | Cars to SUCH aN eXient that tusy had to resreas 10 | the outside, He waa lodyed la tue Vounty Luma tic Asylum, Newark, CHILD MURDER IN WESTCHESTER. An inquest was beld at Yonkers, Westchester county, yesterday, by Coroner Hugnes, on th body of a female infant found foatiug in the Hudson River, mear Ludiow’s dock, at that place on the previous eveving, Tne umorcunate wail, | Which Was evidently of recent mirth god fully developed, hadgbeen tightiy wrapped iu the skirt of an Olde alpaca dregs before being thrown into the Water. As there Was no doubt coat the enild had been born Alive the jury rendered a verdict of deatn by drowning at the hands of saws nergou OF DetpQua $0 them UBkHawn, | iusured for $680 im each of tue following compa. | | uch | plock forming the north L, of old pier No. 51, | Making the foundation NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1875.—TRIPLE OUR WATER FRONT: General Graham’s Report of the Work Upon the Docks. A VALUABLE DOCUMENT. Precise Condition of the Pro- jected Improvements. PSS ER et NECESSITY FOR A CHANGE OF BULKHEAD LINES, The report which General Charles K. Graham, late Evgineer-in-Cmef of the Department of Docks, made in June of the work which he or- dered and supervised during the year which closed on April 30 last, bas just been pubfished, lt is a very interesting paper, giving, as it does, not only a statement of the work performed dur- ing the time mentioned, but also histories and descriptions of each separate section of the pro- jected dock system that was labored upon from its inception. Space can be allotted here, how- ever, to littie more than astatement of results achieved by General Graham, Speaking of the new pier No, 1 North River, General Graham reports that it is to be 500 feet long and 80 feet wide, and*to have, consequentiy, an area of 40,000 square feet. Its aesign is that of a series of semicircular arches, the first springing from the bulkhead wall, faced on the sides with cut granite and formed inside with concrete, These arches rest on beton blocks, Which are sup- ported by masses of concrete, contained in wooden cribs, resting onthe bed rock, After gescribing the manner 0; building tnese piers and arches General Granam says:—*This system of construc- tion has been generally adhered to, sinee my in- cumbency in office, and arches Nos, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9and 10 have been completed.” He adds that he nad thougkt of employing # wall of ‘pierre perdue,”” instead of wooden crivs, he w stistied it would bave given a more untiorm level and bave been more economical; but, “lor reasons which it is not necessary to mention,” he abandoned the idea and followed General McClellan’s plan, CHRISTOPHER STREET SECTION, On the 30th of April, 1874, work was being prosecuted with vigor on the river wall, on the ferry platform and on four new piers, Tne bulkhead wali at this section, 23 feet 10 inches in belgnt, is built on a foundation of piles, cnt off 14 feet 2 7-16 inches below mean low water, filled around the heads with broken stone und concrete, thus making @ solid level platform, on which were placed two courses of beton blocks, each’6é feet high. On the top of these | piocks rests a jacing of granite masonry, backed with mass concrete, for a neight of 9 feet 4 inches, | orup to the coping, which, for the present, has been simply backed with earth filling, the coping, with arise of2 feet 6 inches, having been left out in the wake of the picrs. The lower 12 feet of the wall has @ batter of 2'4 inches to the foot, and the granite facing @ batter of one to the foot. When te mud had been dredged out, in the tine of the wall, to a depth of twenty feet below low water, piles, varying in length from 50 to 76 feet with the character of the bottom, were driven wntil they gave an absolute refusal or would not godown more than 13% to 2 inches witn 15 fees fall of a 1,700 pound hammer, The walt being 1734 feet wide at the base, the pile foundation extends beyond it 734 seetin front and 2}, feet i rear, 27}4 feet wide. These cular saw attached toa ys of a pile driver, ata 6 inches below mean low water, and, between their heads, stones of about 4inchbes cube were thrown Irom the deck of a scow lor a depta of trom 2to 6 feet and up to within 1 or 2 ieet of tne formation level. On the sione thus arranged, and for the purpose of binding the plies together, concrete was placed. Ou We foundation thus prepared beton blocks were lowered ana placed accurately in position with the aid of divers, Tne wall having beea in this manner brought up to witnim 2 feet 2 7-16 inches of mean iow water, the first course of grauite, witn an average rise Of 2 leet imeh, was latd. Between the first course of gran’te aud the mould board mass concrete was lowered uaotil the top of the granite was reached. Wen tue Second course of granite was laid an backed, When the top of the third course of granite was reacued, bringing the wall up 6 fect 10 inches from the beton biscks, the meuld boards Were set 1n toward the face of the wall two feet, thus reducing the thickness at the top of the course next the coping to 7 feet 4 incnes. ‘At this point the coping was laie between the Piers 1n pieces 8 feet iong, witha rise of 2 feer6 plies were cut off by a sliding trame in the wa distance of 14 feet 2 7 inches and @ width of 4 leet, andin the wake of | the piers a rubble wall, 3 feet 3 inches wide by 18 inches igh, Was bulil, (o protect the timver of the piers {rom coutact with the earth Hlling, AMOUNT OF WORK. ‘rhe work done on tne Curistopher street sec- tion during the year ending April 30, 1575, was as Toliow! Dredging tor the river wall, eubic yaras.. Dredging slips and oyter basin, cubic yards. Total cubic yards.......++ Piles driven on 094 teet on foundation. Piles driven in the rear of the wall. Piles cut off at the formation level. aks | y 4:8 Beton blocks centalned. cubic yards. Length of wail laid at the base biocks, feet. Length of granite tacing, 9 feot ¢ inches hig Length of granite Quantity of granite (rep ineer Maciay), cubic tect... Rip-rap stone ui trout and rear of wail, cubic ‘ds, Pubic Four inch stone on the foundation, cubic sy Concrete svone iu ioundation aad wall, ié and mortar, cubic vardi Cement, concrete and mortar, barrels. New pier No. 43 was enurely constructed, with the exception of 81 plies ariven before May 1, 1874, ‘Ihe Hovoken ferry platiorm—area 21,166 square leet—was finismed, tmree-fourtns of it having been constructed before May 1, 1874, New piers Nos. 44 and 45 were completed and con- nected with the wall, Of new pier No, 46 the outer ana inner ends were buiit and tne inner end connected wiih the wall, New pier No. 47, bOXZ15 feet, was built, 75 feet of the outer end being supported by 56 columns. A piatiorm, hav- ing a0 area of 27,210 square feet and 475 feet long, on the eastern side, was constructed to connect new piers Nos. 46 and 47 witn West street. ‘rhe following temporary structures were built toconnect the new piers wiih the sireet:—A bridge, 40X170 feet, to pier No. 45; a bridge, 40 feet wide, tromthe norin side of tne ferry pliat- form; abridge from the south side oi the jerry platform. These temporary structures were all subsequently torn up. Three box sewers were built—from the foot of West Teuth street to the wall, from tne fovt of | Christopher street to the wall and one irom Bar- row street 150 feet south along the old buikhead, Deliveries of filing began ou the 2d of July, 1874, and 80,093 cartioads were received, January 11 and Fevruary 22, 1875, 104 scowloads of arbage and ashes were received from the Police Departinent, containing 26,780 cubic yards, ‘Tie filling now reacues from old pier No. 52 to about 70 leet south of new picr No, 43. The money re- ceived for dump tickets at tuis section amounted to $1,080 50. A SMART DOCK COMMISSIONER. ‘The wali having been finishea up to the coping, between new piers Nos, 44 and 45, there remained iniront of and about thirty feet from tt oe rhe top of Unis block nad been removed and pat inside toe wall by hapabarrows,; and dredge No. 5 was | brought im to complete the work, wnen one of | carried the Commissioners, thinking that te operation of placing the stone dredged from the block on tue deck of tbe scow, to be alterward thrown oif by hand, v0o Siow, ordered the superintendent of floating property to ormg the dreage alongside the wail, 40 as to throw the materia) over aud let itiall on the inside, In obedience to orders this was done, and thus, at each 6toke @f the dipper, @ inass OF mud and stone, weighing trom three to Jour tons, was taken irom the front of the wail, over and let jall on the ine side, through & distance of tweive to fftecn Jeet, This immense batteriag-ram pad made about filty biows, when tue wail yicided ana was broken about the middie of tne stretcn, be- tween new piers Nos. 44and 45, The streagtn of the Wail Was shown by the fact that It was not curved, but preserved & straigat line from the point of rupture (o each end, At lhe oreak it was moved out of line 1.9 laches. CANAL STREET SECTION. ‘This section was commenced on the 4th of May, 1874, by driving piles lor new pie the present Yacitic Mail Steamship pier. it springs from the buikueaa Wali, aimost In @ direct westerly line from the small pler formerly kno 42)4 & por- tion of which 18 WOW Utilized as a shore Connection jor the occupamts of new pier 34 aud what re- mains ol old pier 42 Tee dimensious of this pier are 683 leet ia lengta by 90 feet in breaatn, giving am available area of 62,470 square fect, of nearly ao acre and a quarter of space. Work was prosecuted with vigor, apd by the ist of Septemver, 1874 the Pacific Mail steamsnip Com- pany were in occupation and paying a large rental to the department, ‘ihe worn half of old pier No. 42 Was [uF # diplance Of 909 Jeet torn away aod the Between | SHEET. srone blocking removed and made of use by being transported to the Christopher street section and Geposited beuind the bulkocad wall at that point, By this change in oid pier No. 42 the slip to the sontu oO! new pier No. 34 1s materially widened, The bulkuead wail on shis section, 1lo feet of which bas been fished, foundation up to stone facing for a distance of eighty fect built and pile work for aixiy jeet more ready for concreting, 18 & Sudject on whica I will have to dwell at some length, as the method of constructing it diifers materially trom tuat used at the Battery and Chris- Lopher street sections. On this section, as well a the King street section, the piles are punched Gown aod lvose concrete Jaid en masse In & ialse work of timbe: which is subsequently re- moved, In Great Britain and she Conti hental countries of Europe, where the dicta of science are as unhesttatingly received 43 the truins of Seriptare, it would be considered wudicrous for an engineer to give his reasson in extenso tor the adoption of any particular system of construction ; but in this lioeral country, where the peopie are sovereign, and every newspaper reader 18 transiormed into @ remorseless critic, Lt is unsale to originate any plan without giving ua- Answerable reasond thérelor, partieularly when the plan must necessarily exicend over @ period of maby years, and involve in its completion an out- lay of Jrom $25,000,000 to $50,000,000, ‘This must be my excuse lor the collation of the followin, excerpts, whica are familiar to every well rea engineer,” General firanam here quotes from the works of Vhomas Stevenson and Sir Cnarles Hartley commendations aud instances ef the good use of concrete. He also cies other engineering authorities, Among them Mr, Daniel Muler, of Eugland, and General H. G. Wright, of the United States Corps of Engineers, the latter of whow used concrete to construct the foundations of several forts in the Southern waters: and be backs them ail with a brief statement of the results Of lls own ex- perience, THE WORK DESCRIBED, The wall, up to within 2 (eet 2 7-16 Inches of mean low water, is made of a huge monolith of concrete en masse, manufactured on the spot and deposited in git, Tue site for the wail was first thoroughly dredged to a mean depth of 20 feet be- low mean low water; piles were then driven, eight in @ cross section of 17 feet 6 inches, and of an average distance of 2 feet 6 taches from centr: except the two front rows, which are censred leet; longitudinally the outer and inner rows were driven as Close a8 Could be done without ins terference; they were punched to about a mean distance of 13 feet below mean low water, by means of a heavy oak ‘follower 26 feet in length and 12 inches in section, armed at the bottom with az iron pintle and banded with iron to sirengihen against fracture; this punching ob- viated the cutting of of any other than the westerly row, and those only for a distance of 180 feet; this uneven punching afforded a good grasp to the concrete around their heads, Broken stone measuring about four cubic inches was then filled in between the piles and allowed to take abearing. The faise work for receiving the concrete was then erected. Yel- low pine square piles twelve inches by twelve iuches in section aud of an average length ofiorty feet were driven in front of the westerly row of punched piles at a batrer of one and three-quar- ters inches to the foot, ana on the back at a batter of one-half inch to the foot, centred longiiudi- nally eight feet. To the inside of these square piles, yada | to thelr being driven, battens of four inehes by two and one-balt inches spruce Were nailed on firmly, and on these further pieces Of spruce, twelve inches by two inches, were last- ened, forming grooves for receiving constructed wooden shutters or gates which were slid lito lace after the pile alignment was perfected, These piles were then capped crosswise by square twelve-inch timber, braced laterally by Walling pieces twelve feet by six inches, The concrete was mixed on a platiorm in the rear, constructea on the stay piles driven in the rear of the wall, wheeled to the car, dumped tnto the bucke' tuos, aud then lowered into the caisson, door of the bucket being opened from above by a trap rope, did away with the necessity of employ- ing divers. oncreting Was commenced on the 24th of December last and coatinued until the 6ta oi Januzry, 1875, a layer of two leet being spread over the bottom, soaking into the oroken stones @t the bottom and binding the pile heads firmly together. ‘the quantity of lce by tnis ume prov- ing very troublesome, concreting was suspended unlil the middie of March (suough turtuer piling for (ne Wail Was continued througout the Winter with scarcely apy mtermission) aad vigorously prosecuted unt the end of April, when the whole Mass unecessary was placed, In the hearcing of the caisson ope-lilth of granite spawis, from the deparimental stone yard, were piaced and thoroughly grouted, preserving the stability of the wall aud lessening the expense. In iaying the backing to the granite facing I pave introduced a change from that at Curistopher Sireet section, which bas materially lessened the expense, wiile preserving the stability of the wall. Biocks of about three cubic yards capacity were made ut the Seventeenth street yard out of old granite spawls and Portland cement, Waen sufficiently compact they were transported to Canal street and placed in position with great ra- pidity, over seventy lineal eet betne laid during one tide. On the removal of the shutters and square piles—the false work of the caisson—which had been down nearly tree months, Mr. Mc- Donald carefully examined the sides of the mono- lith una reported that he found it as smooth and compact in appearance as any blocks le had ever seen which were manalactured on land, and no sign of honeycomb, A great saving has been ef- lected by this system of constraction over that of the block system, including coping not as yet re- quired on this section (the wali constructed being inthe wake of the pier). The saviag amounts to $67 77 per Jootrun, or over $350,000 per mile. the cost per (oot run being $311 67, By having a long stretch of work, a judicious ase of labor, aud using made rubble blocks surmounted by granite cope, instead of cut facing, Lam of tho opinion that the cost cam be reduced at least twenty per cent KING STREET SECTION, The dredging jor the river wal! between old piers numbers 45 and 46 was begun Novewuver 16, 1874, and amounted to 3,600 cuble yards, The Joundation 1s to ve 1734 by 147 leet, and 678 piles were driven. The cCaisson,+147 feet long, is con- structed in she same manner with thas at Canal street, and 626 cubic yards of four-incd stone nave been thrown in, and 1,225 cnbic yards of rip-rap stone have been placed im Jrout and rear vl the | caisson, GENERAL MATTERS. General Graham here devotes space to report- ing the changes made in the Gansevoort and Last Seventeenth street work yards; the condition of the Doatung property of the DOCK DEPARTMENT} the general repairs made to aocks enfeebdled by age or by the attacks of ice during tue winter months, and the number of temporary platiorm aocks which have been constructed, He buen goes on to speak of THE HARLEM RIVER, and says :—The great difficulty wuich has thus far reveuted the improvement of the Hariem Kiver as been the Clashing of authority delegatea by tue Legislature to ihe different commissions. April 15, 1871, a0 act was passed giving the Depar: ment of Public Parks (ul! power ‘to build or co struct, by contract or otherwise, any and all im- provements in the navigation of Harlem Riveraud Spuyven Duyvil Creek, which said department mirht plan or locate,’ Three days alter the pas- Suge of ue above acc another was passed which amended the ‘act creating the Department of Docks,’ and provided that the pias of this depart. Meat, wien conurmed by the Commussiouers of the Sinking Fun, should consutuve the sole authority lor the solid filling im the waters sur- rounding the city of New York, aud repealing all | Other provisivns of jaw regulating solid Ding aod pier and bulkhead lines in said waters.” Tue new charter was passed April 30, 1873, waich rescinded the authority previously delegated to the Department of Docks, and in the jollowibg language, it is claimed by tue Depart- ment of Parks, confirmed weir lines:—‘There shail be @ Department of Locks, the bead of which snall be a board consisting of three persons, * * * who sliail possess such power and per- form such duties as are Low possessed by the ex- isting Department o! Locks, bat said board shail not have the power to change the exterior lite of P and buikheads as now established by law.’? ‘che charter, by taking away the power from the Department of Docks to establish pier and bulk- head lines, effectually suspends the Improvement | of the Harlem xiver, for noimprovement of a per- munent character and based upon a knowledge Of the tidal laws iu this and the Hudson River can take piace until the existing lines in this lo- | Cality are changed, or, in other words, until the tel of the improved river, instead of peing | @ontracred in Spuyteu Vuyvil Ureek, is made as wide or wider thao tue Harlem River, In brief, the wuole improvement of Hariem River ang Spuyten Duyvii Creek consists in so ad- justing the lines of solid filling as that the Lest iterchange of tides between the Bast sud diodson rivers May take place; and, inasmucn as the existing lines were planned without any ref- erence to tHe Dow of the tides, to have them le- gaily changed is tue frst step toward the im- Provement of these rivers, Should the Depart- ment of Docks be vested with the power, by tie Legislature, to estavliso permanent lines jor tie solid Milling on the ilariem River, these lines should be, a8 | have suown ing report made to tis Board May 20, 1875, either parallel lines through tae Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, or lines diverging from the dariem Rive: #0 a9 to Increase tue secuon of the improved | | Tiver atits mouth on tne Hudson, Wuere con- Wnuous parailel bulkhead lines are sufficient to accommouate the requirements of commerce, the sysvem of puraiiel piers veing entirely inaamissa- bie Iu Consequence of the narrowness of the river, Jadvocate tie construction of wet vasins within the masonry oulknead, The bulkhead wail, wen constructed, suould be Composed of | beton, placed tv situ, with @ rabble masonry facing, surmounted by a gramite cope. In cot slum, | gesire to express, in tie most emphatic manner, the Wisdom of adherimg te the matural channel of the river, as proposed by the Harbor Commissioners in 1667, the Department of Parks In 1808, aud the Department of Docks In 1870, Artificialcnaunels, ior tne purpose of making Suore cuts between portions Oo: the same river or between a river and ba: re of doubual utility at the vest, and wen such acanal would, as in the present instance, invercept established lines of communication between the city and the recently annexed territory and destroy the value Of a vast amount Of property wuien bas already been par- tally improved with @ prospective view to its occupation jor commercial purposes its Conssruc- tion should not be thought of. NORIH RIVER BULKABAD LINES. General Granam briefly reviews tue history of the “vexed question of encroachment im the con terminous waters of New York and New Jersey.’ Hg says What thie ub RAYE Veen BEbiied jo) ever’? if IM 1855, ‘when New York appol commision lor toe preservutiou of the harbor,’’ New Jersey had also app iuied @ commission, both bodies to act together, iic says that the New York Commissioners vi 1595 were sensiple of thts fact and endeavored ‘o procare the accept~ aace by New Jersey of their unues of piers and bulkheads, Govereor Price, of New Jersey, an- awered the Commissioners tiat the lines could not be “legally fixed or accepted witnout being cvntirmed by the respective Legislatures of New York and N. w Jersey aud the Congress of the United States. @ matter rested. The New York Har- “Here bor Commissioners laid down pier and bulkhead indson Kiver and by lines for both shores in che New York Bay, but they ware never accepted by New Jersey, In 1865 a report was made by Commissioners appoin by the Le; ure of New Jersey, Which contained a survey of the land lying uader the Waters of the Hudson River ana New York Bay, With proposed pier and bulkhead lines for this locality, The lines laid down by this Commission are the governing lines, 1 be- heve, at tue present date, Whether they were determined With any reference to maintaining the capacily of the Hudson Kiver as a tidal reser~ yoir, and thereby keeping the chan) at Sand Hook the same, Or whether the more narrow pol- icy of looking alter |ocai interests merely prevailed, IT am unable to state: but 1 should think subject yaportant enough to warrant the their report sail bh matter vefore Congress for final con- just a8 Was doue lo the boundary que; 4 It seems not a little curious that question, 1m Which both equally interested, should have slum- bered. so jong; aad not oly New York and New y, Dut the federal goverument itsell, ts in~ terested 10 preserving (ie best harbor of the country, whien yleids by far vhe largest rev~ enue, The most thorough and intelligeat rep- resentation of the Ww subject Was mady by the Harbor Commissioners, in 1866, to both State governments, and it ts to be much regretied thas in neither State have their lines been adhered to in the controlling sections of the Hudson River. Yne gradual but constant advancement of Sandy Hook toward the channels from the ocean Will, at some future Gate, seriousiy affect the commercial supremacy of the port. Within a century it has increased @ mile anc a quarter, and in the twelve years trom 1844 to 1856. it advaneed @ quarter ola mile, Various causes have been assigned jor this alarming progression ; but, while no one o/ them seems suflicie: duce the result, it probably arises from se I, Among the principal of these are indiserimi< nate dumping Of ashes and other solid material 10 all parts of the harbor and the extension of the pier and bulkhead lines at points where the river should not be contracted, and which has resulted in the partial exciuston of the tidal waters, EAST RIVER, “[ would respectiuily suegest, In connection with the proposed improvements on the Bast River water tront, that this work should not be entered upon by the department until the modifications end changes in the existing lines, as recommended in my letters to the Board of February 12, and March 16, 1875, shall be authorized by the ELS jature. These changes contemplate, first, a re duction in the width of the river street from the Battery to Corlear’s Hook, and in the len ho the piers in the same locality; and, secondly, te omit altogether the precise location of the new piers, establishing merely the pier and bulk head Unes, Determining the location and diinensions of Lew piers In advance of the demand for them 1s productive of serous embarrassment to the department, and I am iirmiy convineed that all that 1s required in ref erence to these piers, at this time, is the estab- lishment by the city of a pier line or limit of en. croachment, beyond whici no structure should be permitted. ‘It should by no means, however, be made obligatory on the depariment to carry al) their piers out to this line; om the contrary, spec- ifle dimensions should be left to the discretion 0} the Board of Commissioners, and should be de- cided from time to lime, by the demands of com merce in each locaitty, a8 well as by the ascer- tained configuration of the shore and river bed, ‘The width of the channel in the East River upor which the calculations of weneral McUlellap were based, for the lines propuaee in 1870, has been materially reduced since then by the extensive and unrestrained construction 0) sould bulkieads and projecting works on the Brooklyn side. This shows tue necessity of the Legislature fixing the limits on bota shores simul- taneously, ana With refereuce to the preservation of the haroor,” Speaking of THE CONTRACT SYSTRM General Grahain says:—‘'iln my judgment, derived jrom my experience in the construction of the several works described in this report, the con. tract system cannot be economically or success fully app.led in carrying out the plans of tis de partment,’? le then details the reasons that have led him ta this conclasion, ad they seem to be thoroughly good ones, THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday alternoon, President Lewis in the chair. Three republican members of the Board were present. A petition from property holders and citizens of Yorkville, asking thatthe proposition to build o dumping dock at the loot of Eighty-sixta street, Fast River, be discussed, was referred to the Cem mittee on Ro: KING KALAKAUA, An old bill for expenses incurred In entertains ing the Sandwich Isiand potentate came up again yesterday, but ina mild fourm. It now cals jor eiguty odd dollars, whereas when last beard o! the amount was sometuing over $200, Several general orders were called up for con sideration under the head of unfinished business, but as there was not @ suilicisnt oumber ef mem- bers present to pass general orders the Board ad- Journed, on motion of Alderman Lysaghs. MUNICIPAL NOTES, Nothing new transpired yesterday in reference tothe firemen’s salaries, This will not ne pleas« ant news for the firemen, who, in afew days, will have been two montus without pay. _ Tappan’s state The following is Chamberlain ment for the week ending July 24 Balance on hand July 17. Receipis.. Payments. Balance, July A CARD FROM L. & A. MICHAELS, é New York, July 26, 1875, To THe Epiror or THE HERALD:— In your issue of this date appears an article headed “Mercantile Wolves,” which contained a statement irom which might be inferred that our firm had some dealings with a firm styled “Woll brothers,” and that a load of clothing which itis claimed they had obtained by false statements had come into our possession, The facts are that we recently purchased some goods in our line from H. Salomon, a gentleman of respectability, Well known to us, and in whose integrity we have unbounded confidence, he also being the Presi- dent of the large und imiluential Hebrew congre; tion, styled “Smaaral Zedeck,” having their place of woiship in Henry streew For these goods we id Mr, Saiomon their fair value. We never nad any dealings with ‘Wolf Brothers,” nor ever Knew them or heard of them until the Sherif called upon Us Witn an attachment, when we fur- nighed him with a copy of the receipted bill given us by Mr.>alomon. It is entirely untrue that these goods were ever removed from our retall to our Wholesale place, as staved in tue articie re- ferred to, and, furthermoie, we have placed the enti matter in the hands of our attorney to take such action as may ceem proper. Yours, Tespectiully, L. & A. MICHAELS. SIGISMUND STETTER'S DEATH. Mrs. Maria Stetter and her two adult sons call iu question the jastice of the Coroner’s ver- dict at the inquest on Mr. Stetter, and the Hea~ ALD’S repors thereof, That verdict censured the family for heartless conduct toward the dead fatner, Mrs, Stetter says she ts forty years of age While Mr. Stetter was over seventy; that several years ago Stetter, who was of dissolute habits, became jealous o! ber, wholly without reason, and in March, 1870, she obtained against him a decree of divorce for “cruelty and inhaman treatment,’ Since that time he has been a homeless, indolent, Vicious vagrant. He continued at intervals to visit his family, when he was uniformly greeted with kinan and love, to which he would re- spoud ma foul Mrs, stetter and her childrea DUIIC UP & prosperous oUsiNess, While the oid father and ex-husband Was a worthless, tmprovi- deut vagabond, On the Saturday and Monday previous to his death he came to their house, and exaibited to their neighbor, Mra, Hartman, a pistol, which in her presence he loaued with two bullets, saying “One was for Mrs. Stetter, aud the otaer for bimsell.”’ He was seen by the watcaman prowling about the house in the morn- ing vefore his death, aad on being chailenged at gaked what was bis ines he gruwied, ug” and sunk aw: About siX 0 ’clook 01 in the morning tue report of a pistol a somes the ot rhood, aud Stecvter was ie ying, shot by lua OWN Band, in the yard at i Mrs. Stevter’s residence, One of her sons at once procured an ambulance, but when ft had arrived Stetter was already dead. The driver refused to remove the body, and it was understood that the law forbade its removal tili it could be viewed by Goroner, That official was ab Once notified. M while t1ell in filth of @ back yard, One ot tne Coroner the favor of allowing with an baker for a funeral ten minutes to complete tne arrang: was thea locked up with his mother for the night, They were subsequently released on merely nominal ball, Mrs, Stetver amd her sons complain that the Coroner took only suck tesu- mous as served to incriminate them, wmile he wholly omitted to hear evidence which would have piaced their relation with the a man in iia brue ibe amd fWy absolve jhem trom biamg, allowed nt, w brother * ¥.