The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1875, Page 8

THE COURTS. —-__—__ Judicial Interpretation of the Crime of Larceny by the Supreme Court. THE LAW’S UNCERTAINTIES. Writs of Habeas Corpus and Dis- charges on Bail. In the case of the Italtan, Guiseppe Frangi, ebarged with the killing of Giovanni Morrelli, on | the 17cm inst, at the tenement house, No. 276 | Hester street, application was made yesterday by Mr. William FP. Kintzing to Judge Westbrook, in Supreme Court, Chambers, for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari. Tne writs were granted, and made returnable to-day. Jobn Carmicn: the lace merchant who has Deen condned in the City Prison on @ charge of perjury, and whose ball was (xed at $2,000, was brought before Judge Douohae yesterday by Mr. William F. Kintzing, his counsel. Mr. Timothy B | McEvoy, of No. 276 Grand street, offered bimseif | as sur-ty, Which Was accepted, and the prisoner | discharged. Mrs. Anna J. Ib, the alleged malpractitioner, who 13 indicted for causing the death of Jose- pbine Curtis, the late well Known soprano, was brought om a writ of habeas corpus yesterday, | im the Supreme Court, Chaabers, before suage Westbrook. Mr. William F. Howe, her counsel, moved that ball should be accepted in her behalf, which motion was granted. Tne ball was imme- Giately furnished and the prisoner left the court room accompanied by & host of cengratulating friends, In the case of James McGrath, James Maner, Michael Boyie and Michael Tague, who are ekarged with counterieiting trade dollars and halt dollars, Commissioner Snields, upon the ap- Plicasion of the prisoners’ counsel, consented to adjourn the examimation uutil Wedoesday next, atone o'clock, This ts the first criminal matter tbat has come up in the new Post Oitice Bullding, in which the Commissioners’ courts are now located. Manuel Cortes, who {s charged with selling un- stamped cigare, was held yesterday by Commis- sioner Shields to awatt the action of the Grand Jury in default of $250 ball. IMPORTANT CRIMINAL DECISION. Tue Supreme Court has denied the application for 4 new trial made by Mr, Wiliam F, Kintzing, counsel for George Weyman, the Johm street jewel- ler, charged with swindling jewellers by trick and device, He was tried bofore Judge sarrett at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, convivted and sen- | tenced to five years’ tmprisonment in State Prison. An appeal was taken to the General Term, which Was argued before Judges Davis, Brady and Daniels by Assistant Districs Attorney Kussell for the people and Mr. Kintzing for Weyman. The following 1s the opinion of the Court given by Judge Daniels, which, as will pe seen, involves some very important questions of law:— 1t appeared apon the trial thet the prisoner on the ath of November, i374, sent what was kaown asa mem- orandum order to'Charles Kuhn & Co., jewellers, carry- ing on business at No. 18 John street, in the city of New | York, for six pait of gold and bracelets, whieh were | thereupon sent to him by that drm. Tho prisoner was engaged in te same busitiess, and in ite transactious the | ned and uaderstood to be an application mentioned Jp it, for the purpose of show. ing them to @ customer. and ‘enabling him to inspect them, atd select out of the number sent which, if either, he would take, and, ig he accepted either, that the money for thag, with the remainder of the articles, Should be returned to the bersons sending them on the | writ of habeas corpus before Judge Westbrook in | avenue, Rear Filty-fourth | sku‘l OY a person Whom Mr. Gaipen recognized as | by OMcer O'Connor, of the Eleventk precinct, NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. they men certainly have been, with a sanction of 1} e for the of jroviog ihe Intent ‘wich “which, the set charged as criminal was committed, po good reason exists for ex- cluding it ip prosecutions of larceny, intent js the vital fact to be ascertained. And other acts, plainiy within COMMON purpose OF desi ve been silowed as legal evidence of itin treason, bery, arson, embezziemeut, fraud. cous Copperman va. People, 8 8. ¥. Sup. . bY) and other cages, aod no reason appears why lar ceny should not be included in the same princtpie. Tne prisoner's counsel insista that it was a violation of the rule precluding the prosecation from proot of bad char- Reter When no evidence on that subject was given on his part. Thatrule does not include direct evidence o the prisoner's guilt. It relates to general proot ofc acter nothing else. Facts tending to prove the accused guilty of a specified crime may incidentally affect his character, as they certainly would, but that is bo reason why they cannot be proved; if it Were no person could ever be pro: whieh he himself did not confess. a by the Court was that material ingredient of the crime. Tt wi of gait, in no sense in confict with the ri ec rhow that the prbonor was D etuated by one general intention, meiading all the property ne man- axed to obiain on the three different occasions. and it had a direct tendency tu exhibit the nature and charac- ter of that intent. It was solely received for that pur- bose, and directly tended to show an intent: to steal wheh the property was procured, which was the sub- ject of the trial woner Was rightly convicted and the Mdgment shou! rmed. A writ of error was subsequently taken ons by Mr. Kintuing, and the case was feviewed by the Ceart of Appeals, which Court sustained the con- viction aad refused 8 new trial. UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW. Thomas Lenaban was y rday brought om a Sopreme Court, Chambers, on an application for Teduethn Of bail, Mixed originally at $5,000, The circumstances of the case are of a peculiar charac- ter and show the revolutionary results some cases undergo. On the Sth of August, 1874, a gen- tieman named Horace Galpen, residing at No. 62 Clinton place, In this city, was going down Fitth reet, When he heard @ stealthy step behind him, He turnea parttally around and was struck a powerfal blow on the | the prisoner. fhe laiter immediately ran awa: leaving the piece of lead pipe on the sid Wwawk beside the bleeding form of Mr, Galpen. The prisoner was subse ntly arrested by OMcer Steinkamp, Of the Nineteenth precinct, at the corner of Fitty-first street and Madison avenue, who heard cries of ‘Marder? and | stopped the prisoper, who was ruauing at a | furious rate of speed, and conveyed lim to the sta- | tion house. On the 16th ef September tuilowing tno prisoner was tried tn the Court of General Ses- sions, before Judge Sutherland, on an indictment | containing eight counts charging him wito an | assault with intent to Kil, and Mr, Wittiam F. | | Howe used strenuous efforts to save him, but to | BO avail; & COBViction ensued and the prisoner | Was sentenced to ten years at bard labor in tre | State Prison, Duriug the trial, however, nume! ous exceptions were tuken by Mr. Howe and ii mediately on his client's conviction and sentence | he obtained a writ of error and carried the case | on the questions of law involve in the excep- tions to the General, Term of the Supreme Court, and after argument the conviction was set aside | and a new trial ordered. District Atturney | Phelps, om benalf of the people, thereupon ca ried the case to the Court of Appeals, and 1n Jane | uury last, after bearing the arguinent of counsel, the Wourt of Appeals affirmed the decision of tue General Term in setting aside the cofviction ana grauting Lenaban a new trial. On the hearing upon the habeas corpus yesterday Mr, Howe made — an earnest appeal to Judge Westbrook for a re- | duction of the pailon the ground matply of the sickly condition of bis client. The Judge there. | | Upon reduced the pall to $1,000, and the prisoner | | left the court in company with his wife, thanking | | bis counsel and both happy over the result, ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. Before Judge Morgan. A TENEMENT HOUSE ROW. Police Court yesterday ona charge of fel assault and battery en the person of Robert Scott. The Rev. Mr. Molland, who is @ colered ¢ivine, was brought into court by Oficer Reid, of the Twenty-ninth precinet, and story told Judge Wandell was peculiar. He said that there was a colored lady, named Mrs. Mary Brown, llv- ing at No. 153 West Thirticth street, opposite to where he lived himself, No. 136 West Thirtieth th the chureb, Avot two ry wo Mrs, at once, found re @ wan named Robert scott, whom Mrs, Brown accused of making an indeceat assault on her. On hits arrival Scott went out, but came back tn half an hour, a@aesperate etroggie ensued, in which he, Holland, in self-defence, had to use & kuife to rid himself of his assaiiant. In the fight Beott was stabbed three times in the shoulder, injuring htm s@ severely that ne had to be re- moved to the Hospital. Mra. Mary Brown, it rps is the wife of a seafaring man, ing on this laay 7" “Ob, certainly,” answered the Rey, Mr. Hol- nd. Judge Wandeli—Pastoral visits, [ presume ? Rey. My, Hoiland—Yes, sir, Judge Wandell—I am afraid it’s another Beecher case. Rey. Mr. Holland—i am surprise@ to hear you talk so, Judge; her chavacter and my character are above reproach, Jadge Wandeli— @ Methodist? ‘ir; is & Baptist. Rey. Mr, Hollana. Judge Wandell—Has she sat under your minis- Yes, sir, often, and she was trations? Kev, Mr, Holland. among the most devont. Judge Wandell—Where ts this Mrs. Mary Brown now? Rey. Mr. Holland—I don’t know, really ; she had to go down tuwn to-day tO draw a drait; she would certainly be here if she knew it was re- quired, Alter some other similar questions, in which the Judge fatied to elucidate anything, he concluded to hola the Rey. J. C. Holland to a’ of injuries, THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS. The full Board met yesterday morning, Presi- dent Matsel!in the chair. Several bills were sub- mitted and ordered paid. B14s for the repairing of the sieamtug U. S. Grant were received, and that of Mr. D. Leary being the lowest the con- tract was given him. Ap application was received frem Captain Williams asking for a postponement of bis trial to Thursday, August 5, at ten o’cieck A, M., to enable him to procure farsker evidenci and sudpcena witnesses, ‘the application wa: graniea, Alter some further business of an an- Nuportant Character the Board adjourned, TRIAL OF SERGEANT BUCKLEY. The trial of Sergeant Buckley was resumed be- fore the Police Commissioners yesterday at one o'clock P, M. Mr. Dudley Wilcox appeared for Buckley and Mr. McLean for the Board. ‘The first witness called was Captain Davis, of the Thirty-first precinct. He was sharply cross-ex- amined by Mr. Wilcex as to the character of Buckley, and testified in substance as follows:— I have known George McCloud about fifteen yenrs; I judge his character Dy his associations; I have known him 10 assogiate with gamblers, to have kept & gambling place, in fact, to be a pro: slonat gambler; under ordinary circumstances I would take his word; coaid not say I would not take Nis oath; could not say he was a desperate man, The next witness was Oficer Bernard Devlin, of the Tent& precinct. He sald:—Have been in the August Fable, of No. 850 East Thira street, was arralgued at the above court yesterday on acharge of felonious assault and battery on Martin J. | O'Brien, of No. 266 Hast Third street, and was heid | to await the result of imjuries, Fablo was charged — With stabbing O’Brien four times in the throat | | and breast witha clasp Knife. Fabfe denied the | statement as to the knife altogether. He sala thata | Mrs, Flaherty, daughter in-law of Owen Fianerty, | the owner 0: the house No. 350 East Tira street, force a year and a half; know Sergeant Buckley and George McCloud; have known McCloud about four years by reputation and personally by speak- ing to Rim; McCloud has the reputation of a bad man; Would not believe him under oath; the reason is he is an associate of Juhn Brogan, a thief; has arrived at this conclusion from his associations; know nothing about bis truth and veracity; know him to b2 a ruper-Jn jor a skim game. Christopher Fiecky swora:—Have known Buck- ley and meClond jor fifteen or eighteen years McCloud is a bad charscter; has had several rows; bas freqnentiy used a pistol; he would do any- order. And the evidence tended very directly to show | Bad been dispossessed some time ago, and that he — thin, et Out ofa Scrape; Know that if paid he that much was the character of the tronszetion between | and his family had moved into the premises. Ow | would get ous of the cit: 16 benenit Buckiey; he the PA tapped Cort Kuhn & Co. But neither the | Thursday night Mra. Flanerty aod a Mrs. O’Brien, | would do so for $25: Judge him from personal ac- Ee ae atmo ime” pmoBeY for either | the wife of the wounded man, came into his place, | quaintance, having lived Inthe house with him; Upon “these” tacts it'was obiccted by the prisoners | DUTHt Open the door aud Gemanded possession of | tried to get McCloud out of a scrape ence for thé counsel that he could not be convicted of larceny, be. | the place. Mr. Fable Went to No. 47% Third ave- | sake of his family. cause upon the deitvery of the articles both ine titleto | Bue to see his landlord and acquaint | Frederick Ostheim deposed that be has known them and their possession passed to him. Hut this post: | Bim with the facts. When he came back be | McVloud by Sight about two months; on the first Hon caunot be maintained, for the tite certainly did | went into his reoms and was shortly etter aroused | day of Buckley's trie] heard McCoud gay 1m @ oar. not pass. The pr rty, under the arrangement, re- jnained in Kann & Co. in'all the articles not sold Dy we | F . He had the power to sell and transfer the | tie to such of the articies as he might dispose of in that | woanner. But until a sale was made the title was in po | respects changed. It continued uninte:ruptedty in the persons trom whom they were proqured a6 long as no sake Was made by the prisoner. That was clearly the | Gesign ani effect of the transaction. It was not its Purpose that the title in auy event should pas to the prisoner. He was the mere custodian of the property for the persons sending it to him; and if he acquired that feloniously, tor tue purpose of depriving the own- ers of it, by meana of the artifice he made Ove of, that was sufficient t obtain it within te rule sanctioaed by the authorities to consutute the crime of larceny. «Wharton's Crim. Law, 4th ed. 8.8, 147-1852; HikKie- brand vs. People, 8 N. ¥. Sup. Cr, I&56 N.Y. 394; Smith | ys. Peopie, 53.5. ¥., 111.) Whether he did or not was @ Question for the jury ander the evidence given in the case, and that Was fairly sobmitted to them for their Geicrmination. The distinction between this class of Cases and obtaining property by means of false pre- tences seems to consist in the circumstance that in the latter the owner Intends to part with his title, with the change of castody, while in the former no intentton of | that kind exists.’ The people were allowed to show | that the prisoner, on the same day and the day follow- ing that op which he procured those articles rom Kuhn 4 Co., im the ante Way and by dmilar means procared | other articles of jewelry from other persons, and ap- | Propriated them to his own use, This evidevce was offered and received for the simpie purpose of extab- lishing his intent to be felenions in obtaining those men- tioned in the indictment. His counsel excepted to the | ruing ander which _Was admitted, and now | Felles upon the, exception fur the reversal of | the conviction. By thd evidence, which was ex- | cepted to, it appeared that the ‘prisoner, on the | Math ot Noyember, obtained trom smith & Hodges, | jewellers in Malden lane, a set of diamond studs, worth | 90), On a representation that ho had a customer for | them, and on the next day, the Sith. procured trom & 6. Middleton, another jeweller, in the same street, two gold watches on a similar representation, all of which ‘was to be returned by him unless they were purehased by the Customers, and in thatevent the money was t be returned instead of the articles it might be received for, ‘The three transactions occurred within two aa: and thetr similarity in their leadiag features aud char: Rcteristies fustifed the cohelution. that’ they were per. | wade and contro y the same general intention. It ‘Was one intent, manifeste three distinct acts, but that so far connected them aS to render them a)l mani- | fesiations of the same vr Tt combined thi | one felonious plan, each of which was bat a portion of Ca execution. And the several acts were allowed tobe | Shown in order to enable the jury to detormiue what was the intention Of the prisoney in the one which was the subject of the indict at Was the gist of the crime it was charged be had committed, and ordinarily | root of itsexistence must depend upon’ cjroeametances | Attending the transaction, In ayer here the in- tention with whieh an act nas be performed has been 4 material ciroumsance to be ascertained evidence of | this description has been recelved where goods bave be en obtained by means of fraudulent repre: ; it has been heid that, as the intent js @ fact to be ar- ent. rived at, it is compevent to show that the party accused ie same ‘aged in other similar frauds about { provided the transactions are so conne and so similar in their other reiations tha: be imputed to the: me mot! de. ig’ ae m all. vs Naylor, 1$ New York, 688, 689; Heanequ Kasbor: 24 Ya, ty; Allison M. Matthions 8 Jobm, ae: | lobn, 235; Raokin vs Blackwell 2 John, casos 198; Bictschofsky | ¥s, People, lu New York Superior Cours. 49; Cove ve, ¥astman, | Cush., 18%.) The same thing és very common for the purpose of establishing guilty intent on trials tor Paseing countertelt money. and it many other cascs tr ' in vol. 3 of “Greenleaf on Evidence.” 1; . Lovel, 2 Stark Reports, %, Lord Edlenborough puieas that there was no doubt put that other wbelongs ations Would be admissible in proot of the \utent e tral of an indyctment for libel. Hodin “Reg. a, Dossett, 2 Car ys. Kir, 206, on au imsictment tor loniously setting fre to’ a rick of wheat straw, on fire by the prigoner firing agan Very uear to it. In that case Justice Manie heid that in many cases it is Bn important questiog whether a thing was done. acel- jenta’ My r willully. If@ person was charged with hav- Ing wilfully polsoned nother, and it were question ‘whether he knew a certain white powder to be poison, idence Would be admissible to show that he knew wider wa d administered it ough that might b case of uttering forges forged, the proofs cf istinct felonies. seve- fest ‘was allowed to show that it had peen previously ny, owing them to other uttering are Ail proofs of Tal qases are added in a note (o this decision fully sus- Joining the priveipies muntion y ase of Reg. vs. Richardson, 2 ji more anal i e wae of Hlar errors in the priagner's accounts jore, fortain, of the charges, the subjec eted to on His part. b it was received juite similar Was held to Le proper t and a decision of an Indictment made yf the same offence in the cage of Com, vs. Frickerman, Gray, 7, The case of Row. ve Geering, 18 Law Jour., . C., WA, Wont us far as the U 4 upon the trial of Prisoner. That was an indictment for murier vy meansof arsdRic. Avg the prosecuion proposed and was Howed to show on the trial o/ the prisoner for potson- 1 her fusbaad by arsenic, given hin in tea prepared her, thgg arsenic had beon taken joto the stomach of F¥e of me Bt other times: that two ot them had fed of potgen. and that the symptoms of al! the four par- ties Ww game; that they ali lived with the pris end fermed part of her farmfy; that sue geverally made ten for them, cooked their Victuais and Listributed same to them on thejr | ing the hottse to go to we C.B., held this evidence ro) hand Tattourd concurred ith him. i) decision that it was not |i amissibie by reason of its having @ tend subsequent felony. Moggs’ Case, 4C. a d of under the same prinol pi fodfotos for administering arse rosecution was allowed to show that it had b im on diferent occastons, merely as proper proof his intent, Winkworth's case wae an ind tor Fedbery. The prisouers went with a inod to t oe cator's house, and oue of the mod went to him and ci with good intention, advised v. ily, and, ashe believed, dik to give them something to get rid of them. which he eid. Toshow that this hat Lo ce, but simply @ 0 of robbing the prosecu: lence was recelved of other Somanne Pr eaeey we aine mob fC other jerent periods o' eur Suet“soine of the prisoners were prevent. an Be! 3 Por 6 to be proper, after a con with wi He derson, and in which Lor: den concurred, O11 en got ‘ a }isoad Casas of the same gene wi uw bs Sours 00 joe's Crim. Eviy.,” 1th “Ain. e, 0@ Which Was received b meyoF the trl Deivelpi Wanting Me "air y the 2 prisouers seems to lave boon mal ed these au- be kf | in fhe hath With’ a | enable him t | Boctety. | upon her an indecent assault, ‘@ resolution the hali rays, Fable went out | t mp, When le ‘was attacked by Martin J, O'Brien, the husband of tne lady first meotioned; he defended bimself as well as poss ble, and, Fabie declares, that all the wounds re- | ceived by O'Brien were from the kerosene lamp, which was broken in the stroggie. FIFTY-SEVENTH ®TREET COURT. Before Judge Kilbreth. A HEARTLESS CHEAT. Sarah Jacobs, No. 1,083 secend avenue, a poor widow with several children, was made the vic- | tim of a heartless fraud the other day, and came to Court to obtain redress, She charged that | Henry Hertz, of No. 32 Beckman place, knowing | that she wanted to go to California, offered to send herseif aud children there for a considera- tion of $25, which she, very foolishly, pald Bim be- fore he had fulfilled his promis He rep- resented himself as the agent of the Union Star Line and tne Pacific Mail teamship Companies, and could obtain from @ither the hecessary tickets. Weeks having L pot and Hertz falilng to keep his promise M | jacobs ket on foot inquiries which resulted in the | discovery that Hertz had deiraudea her most shamefully. Hertz, on being examined, said that hs | bad never represented bimself as the agent of the companies referred to. He nad taken the $25 for the purpose of briving another persou who would Ree lors. Jacobs and her chiliren | sent to California tordugh the Children’s Aid | He had seen Mr. Booth and Mr, Hal of that society, #8 Well as others, but had fatied to get the tickets. He was willing toretarn tre money, but tpis would mot satisfy the law, and ne ‘Was beid for trial, A BAEER’S ILLEGAL DOINGS. Mary Marquardt, of No, 412 East Fiftieth street, charged Mark Newhouse, who keepa a bakery at No. 977 Second avenue, with having committed She wept to his piace to gotsome bread, when she was suddenly | and wnexpectedly attacked py the delendant, | who was only prevented carrying out his im- | roper designs by the iaterference of neighbors, | ¢ Was held for trial, BILLINGS’ = g 3 BEAR, 4 PERFORMING BEAR AND ITS PROPRIZTOR | BROUGHT INTO WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE | COURT—WHAT COULD THEY Do witH IT? On Thursday last Alderman Billings oferea | in the Board of aldermen re- questing ‘she Commissiouers of Police to re- port to the Board at ite next meeting why Vhey bad not enforced the ordigance pr venting “performing bears” {from being ex- | hibited in the streets, Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a man, dressed in blue overalis, appeared in front of Poticg Head- qvarters, No, 300 Maiberry street, with a diminutive looking bear, While he was putting the animal through the evolutions of standing on its head, suoulderiog arms, firing off a tol, &c., Officer Kaan, Who Is attacned to the Superintend- €at’s ofdce, rushed out and took the aforesaid Wan in hive overallsinto custody, He brought bim and the bear througn Houston street to Greene and up Greene street to tne Washington Pisce Police Court, followed by an linmense crowd of inchoate citizens, ranging from eigit to twenty years of ago, who seemed to onjoy the iu and Many a projectile 1p the shape of an oyster shell or a plece of coal was received by Officer Kusu and his prisoner which Was imtended for the poor little bear, About bal:-past bine tbe party acrived at the court, @nd the Man and his bear were arraigned before Judge Wandell. Awif wishing to know what he Was arrested jor the bear climbed up on the ratl- ing and took @ long, seratinizing and even pleads | ing look at His Honor, Jadge Wandeil. | fis Ilonor looked at the bear and asked the | officer, Kush, if it waa & tomperance bear and not addicted to spirituous liquors, jor if ue could be assured of that fact he would discbarge it from custody at once. Officer Kush unfortunately could not swear positively. ‘The man iu the overalls who owned the bear could not speak English, and alady present, who Was called, Volanteered to interpret for him in Freneh. He said hie name was Mateile Franeiese, that he lived in Crosby street aud tnat he had no idea that be was Violating the luw in exolbiting his bear. He also showed a@ license procured irom the French government to hibit bears. Judge Wandell, alter 4 short conference wita big Mr. Murray, decided to discharge Estelie ciese and Dis little bear, much to the joy of ONicer Kush, Who was afraid he would have lo conduct the bear to the ’roperty Clerk, Mr, St. Joma, bhere to be jald of @ top sheit till called for, “A DARK CASE, A CUSVALROUS COLORED DIVINE—HE CUT# THE INTERLOPER IN YTREE PLACES. Rev. J. ©. Holland, assistant pastor of the Afri | gan Union Mothodist charch, 136 West Thirheta | A | the stree , Buckle; room that Buckley did not know how to fix it, and if me woutd give him $25 he would tell him how to do it, ashe bad been on trial twenty-six times when 4 policeman and had beaten them every i time. Godiried Willbaum testified that he knows Meo- Cloud; remembers the night of the 17th of June; was drinking with McCloud; saw Inspecror Speight on one side and Backley on the otuer, but | did not notice buckley drunk, Abraham Helman swore he was in a lager heer saloon on the night io question; heard a muss in heard McCloud say he had ‘fixed’ would haye him broken. Mr. Wileox read an abstract of the police record to show that McCloud had been discharged from the pol for conspiracy to aid prisoner. in es- caping, after which the proceedings were ad- journed, MUNICIPAL NOTES, President Lewis was Acting Mayor yesterday, in the absence of Mr. Wickkam, who went away | on Thursday afternoon, te remain at his country seat in Huntington until Monday. Interest on $21,861,336 of corporation bonds, falling due August 1,18 to be paid on and after Monaay next py the City Chamberiaia. ‘Tue im- terest to be paid amounts to $314,405 66, The Sinking Fund Commissioners hoid of these bonds and stocks $7,007,008, the interest on which is $111,036. The Water Register Chambers yesterday ree ceived nearly $38,000 for water rents. The cause of these large receipts id that all persons who do not pay thelr water rents before the Ist of August will have to pay an additional five per cent. The old lamp post which #tood on the square at the junction of Centre and Chatham streeis, and which used to get toppled over by carts and trucks about once every week, each knock down | costing the city $10, bas been taken down bi order Oo! Superintendent of Lamps and Gas 0’Cal- lanan, and is to be replaced by a substantial ornamental post, with four lamps, simular to tue one now In Abingdon square. ‘The firemen, offending the Comptroller and King matters worse for tuemselyes through his obstinacy, hesl- tated about getting up a collection in the depart- ment in order to red good counsel to take their grievances into court and have the warrant guest jon settled definitely, have, It is said, at ecided to collect funds for that purpose. They are very bitter against the Comptroller, and pow that they are two mooths’ pay in arrears say they Me take all chances to compel him to come to er ma. THE SCHOOLSHIP MERCURY. The experiment of training young men for sail- ors ia 1s proving in every respect a decided suc- cess. The Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction, who originated the project, certainly deserve great credit for having thus rescued many young men {rom a )ife in whica they were daily associated with vice. Besides the moral good that has been done, the cost of the whole equipment is not as much would be required to maintain the prisons which would otuerwise be filled by those who are in this manner reformed or rescued from almost certain rain, The schoolahip Mercury ar- rived at riart’s Isiand Thursday evening after two weeks’ cruise down ibe Sound. Ail the boys Teported in good heaith and excellent spirits. The embryo mariners are fast learning all the technicalities of their profession, This great suc- cess has very much encouraged those engaged in promoting ¢) and it 18 proposed shortly to enlarge the plan 80 that agreater number of applicant may be re+ ceived for similar training. THE 8. O. PEARCE EXPLOSION, The inquest in the case of the explosion of the steam chimney on board the 8. 0. Pearce was coms | ciuded yesterday at the Coroners’ (Mec. Several witnesses in addition to those called jast Wednes- day were examined, bat no new facts were elicited, Is was the opinion and belief of ail, however, that the potler of the vessel in question ‘was entirely too small to do the work required of It, and thevefore a greater hoad of sieam than was allowed py. the governinent inspector had to oa carried, The captain of the boat was severeiy criticised for not reporting to the Imspectors tne fact of his engineer having been in tho havit of carrying too mach steam. The following verdict was rendered by the jury | after Mature deliberation and 4 thorough exami | pation of the evidence : “We find tnat the deata of David Kaiter, en- ineer, and James Mahoney, fireman op board of he tagpoat 8. O. Pearce, was caused by the ex- | plosion or collapse @f the steam chimney of the of the boat at the time of the explosion for not using the proper precautions required by law. We recommend that the Inspections of tug or freight boats be more froqaent and eficieut than Strooh Wad arrajaned ay the Washingioa Plage J phgwa by tostimony 0! experts in this case,” George MeCloud, the principal witness against | that ne had told Inspector Speight and | who have thus far, for fear of | @ yood Work Of juvenile reformation, | | said 8S. O. Pearce, and We Censure tiowe in charge | SCHOOL FOR NURSES ‘The success attending the various charitable institutions of our city has surpassed tho expec: tations of the most sanguine, We have had ou- merous training schools both for males and fe- males, In April, 1873, there was a training school organized for women in Rast Tenth street. It is after the plan of those already extating in Eug- lond, and young girls are trainea to become good cooks and laundresses amd for various other pesitions. It 1s now proposes to do something more for the women, A school for nurses 1s about to be established, The idea isnot altogether new. For several years there has been suck @ school at Bellevue Hospital, which wos started by some benevolent ladies under the patronage and encouragement of Mrs. Eliza Hopson. Here, however, the knowledge gained was more superficial ana applicable to the more common diseases. The education thatis mow contemplated will consist of a thorough course, both practical and theoret!- cal. The latter will be given by experienced phy- sictans by means of lectures, whtie the nurses will have sufflelent room for practical experience inthe Charity Hospital en Blackwell’s Island, where the institution is te be located. The estab- lishment is entirely new and totally independent ofany other, The names of about thirty appll- cants have been received, nearly 48 many as the hospital can accommodate. The school Is under the direction of the Commissioners of Public Cvaritiesand Correction, Messrs. Isaac H. Batley, Thomas 8, Brennan and Townsend Oox, They have made arrangements for giying two years’ Instrac- tion to women desirous ef beeomtn sharoughly experienced and edueated nurses. The school is to be opened August 1, Applications must be made to the chlef of staffof tbe Charity Hospital. Mis written permiszion is required before tae ladies cam be adinitted to the lectures, The age of the nurses must be between vwenty and thirty-fve years, They must also present @ certificate from a responsibie person anda physteian as to their moral character and health. None but those of irreproachanle character and strong constitution are allowed to enter. All the arrangements are under the control of the Board of Commissioners, but to the chief of the | medical stat is given the Giscretiomary | power of admitting or rejecting candidates. f, however, they have been once accepted he can only send them away oR sanction of sioners, and this only in certain cases ef misde- Mmoanor, fatigue or other cause whien renders them unable to continue thetr work. After a nurse is once entered on the list of pupils the at- tendance for tne full time 18 compulsory exceptin case of removal, They are not allowed to resign of their own accord, The rules are also very strict With regard to the manner of their service, ‘They must remain inside the hospital, attend reg- ulariy tocir lectures and fulfil ali their other da- ties with punctuality, ‘Tne day purges mast be in | attendance from six A. M. tosix P. M., and tne night nurses serve during the other half of thé day—from #ix P. till six A. M. t th hospital the comfort and convenience of the nurses will be consulted as far as possible, and their rooms are models of neatness, Each one has a separate room, and board and washing are provided for them gratis. Since the; are thus enabled at the hospital to co away wit the services 01 other women and secure uselul nurses in thelr place the directors will pay to the new nurses a siiall salary--?10 a monty the first year and $15 the second, having experienced persons to atteud the sick at @ smaller outlay thao was tormerly paid for indif- ferent help. ‘The course of Instruction 1s limited to two years, atthe end of wiich time those who aro competent will be presented witn a diploma tndicat- img the iact of their service, testifying to their experience and _— fermall, qualtfyiog them to practise their profession, cated, in such & manner that they will no doudt be sought after in alt our hospitals and even in Ppivate families. The diplomas to be signed by he Medical Examining Committee and the Com- missioners of Public Charities and Correction, ‘Tae following 1s their plan of instruction Lectures will oe delivered by medical men upon the tollowing subjects:—Firat, nursing; second, hygiene and health; third, food; fourth, ventila- | tion; fifth, potsons and antidotes; Sixth, pulse, respiration, temperature, bandaging and the ap- Pilcation of insiraments; seveath, Midwifery and children; eighth, examination of urine. All the teaching wil be given by physicians connected with the hospitals. The more important lectures will be printed for the use of the nurses, A circular stating the above facts was Is- sued on the Ist of June, and blanks were printea | for those who wished to enter che institation. | Bach one must answer the questigns lu ter own ‘handwriting, after which they must be given to | the chief of stat. The fouowing are the ‘aques- | tens to be anewered by Applicants s?— | i, Name and address? 2, Age and place of birth? 8. Your present occupation ? . What languages do yon speak ? Have youever had any disease of the lungs? Names of your clergyman and physician, and | their address ¢ 7. Are you prepared to comply with ail the rules and regulations of tae lustitation ? ‘Tre hour for the lectures is three P. M, for the lectures during the montbs of August ana September 18 as follows :— Dr. D. H. Kitchen, nursing, August 7, Septem- ber 2 | Dr. W. R. Gillette, midwifery, August 10, Sep- tember 6. Dr. L. M. Yale, pbysiology, August 14, Septent ber 9. Dr. J. W. Howe, surgical nursing, Aagust 17, September 11, r. H. G. Pitfard, examinayon of urine, August 20, September 14. Dr, E. Fiaakel, hygiene, August 23, September 17, Dr. Palen, foot, August 27, September 30, Dr. J. WH. Kipiey, children, August 30, Septem- ber 20. Dr. Drake, poisons, August 2v, September 24, Tke house pliysicians of the Charity Hospital— | Drs. Hustace, Spencer, Carpeuter, Jayne, Dela- van, Holmes and Booti—will also give practical inatroction and assistance at the bedside of the patients. The institution bids Jair te bein every | Way asucceas, It promises to give good attend- | oor | able career to ali young women who are thus themselves an honorable living. OUR CITY DEATH RATE. | To THe Eprror or THe HenaLD:— ‘There appears in certain quarters a systematic | endeavor to prove that the mortality of this city | during the present hot season bas reached the most alarming proportions and that we are all in mminent danger unlers some immediate steps | are taken by the authorities, Let us examine tois | gudject intelligently aud strive to arfive at proper conclusions. During the past five years—irom 187 to 1874 inclusive—the number of deaths in this city varied between 26,976 and $2,647, the latter number having occurred in 1872, Although the mortality of the present year has been above the it | average since January 1, it 18 highly improbable | that it will reach witwin 1,000 or 1,500 of the re- | markable figure of 1872, The undue prevalence of | smalipox, diputneria and respiratory affections | has served to add materially to our bills of morsal- ity during the past winter an@ spring, and the ame causes have had both a direct and inairect montis. Upon examining the figures thus far presented | by the Board of fealty we find that 934 deaths ac- | tually occurred im the second week in July and | 905 were reported for the third week, It is prob- | able that from 60 to 109 of the latter Delong to tne former—i. @, aitnough reported on Sunday or Monday of one Week, and theresore included Jo Its registered mortality, they reaily took place vn | Friday or Saturday of vue proceding week. It 1s almost certaim that we have reacbed the Inghest deutu race of the your, aithuugh some uniorescen pestilence might modify our caicniations. We thus erceive that the maximum weekly mortality will Bave barely exceeced 900, and on looking back we | diveover that m 1370 it'was 1,041, tu ISTL it was | 822, in 1472 it Was 1,591, tn “1873 1t Was 917, aud ia 1874 it Was 861, comparison by no means un- | | | favorable to the present season. Tne excessive number Of insantiie deatas tvs | also unduly excited some of our citizens. but 662 | bas thus iar peen the, large | reported as having actifaily occurres amoog dren under five years of a hugver waich will hardly be exceeded during tals safmmer, in | 1874 Boch deashs amounted in one week to 590, | dp 1874 to 696, im 1872 to 1,007, in 1871 Lo Sod and in | 4870 to 646. We cannot, therefore, Bad any special cause for alarm in the figures oj 1875, The mortuary statistics show that t vast majority of these infantile deaths take place in the Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Seventecnth, Fourth, Fourteenth and Sixta wards—districts whose population is crowded at a rate varyio | fr om 260,000 to the square mile in the Teatn wari to 170,000 to the square mule in the Sixte ward, When we take into consideration these facts and | the other circumstances of flith, deficient aourtsh- ment abd vitiated atmosphere which combine | with our tropical July heats to overcome the feeble restatance offered by inianvile itie, it is really not. a Wonder that So many childrea are carried of, but rather that 60 many survive at all, | This overcrowding of our pefrer population, with il 18 attendant evils, 1s ab present inevitable. It certainly does swell our death rate inordinately, A vast improvement, however, las been effected t ten years im the stractural ar- | @uring the p: Fangement of our wet and almost jauitary inapectors, and a corresponding tinprove- | ment has been exhivited in the death rates of | such dwellings, alsnough tneir density of popula- tion has steadily augmented, In thosa portions of the city inhabited by the better classes there la little to be desired on the score of aalubritr, In the Ninth and Fitveenre he Commis- | Thua they are Sare of | go it may be | { : 1 Course, | qGaalitied, after a two years’ course, to gain for | wore srrested for passing counterfeit five-cent leces, were wefore United States Commissioner — | of orders re: summer, and thrive, to hey Would have done id certainly better than they pos- gious which ace on ty fet miasmatic rural o Fis @ found in every direction New Yorx, July 30, 1875, _—_—_ HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE FARCE OF FILLING THE HARLEM FLATS. The Board of Heatth met yesterday afternoon, President Chandler in the chair, Alter informal inspecttons of the filling tn of the Harlem flats the commission have come to the Conclusion tat some decisive action is necessary on their part to compel the entire anatement of the nuisance, The contractors, it appears, their work but smperficially. Ordinary shrinkage of the filling im material renders the flats a. @3 deleterious to health as she} ere prior te the commencement ofthe work. The:following reso- lution 1a relation to the matter was adopted :— Whereas, {n the opinion of fhis Board, that portion Bariew fats partially, flied. aad sradea Tnketa cone tract of the Departinent of Public Wo Jones and NoQui also that plot east of First ave. between 10th and 10ith streets, require an add tional layer of not loss than three feet of fresh earth above high water Mark; solved, That thé Santtary Saperintendent be and is hereby instructed to inspections tq be made, and proper Cay ior ‘ded to this Board for the entry utcing lands hereinbefore described to be property filled by the owners thereof. The extensive spread of the contagious disease Rnown ag ders has attracted the attention of She Roars, a8 Will appear by the following resola- Resotved, That Dr. Limbard be and tshoreby directed to inform to what extent glanders and furey prevail in this city and what means can be inaugurated to protect the Public from the contagion and to tradicate the disease. | For some time past it has oeen patent to tre | Commissioners that official action was necessary | with regard to the noxious garbage dumps to protect the community from disease. The follow- ing fesolaution relating thereto was adoptea:— Resolved, That the Sanitary Superintendent be di- rected to ofder an inspection of the different ashes and farbage dumps, and 1¢ they be found 40 ¥ condition jotrimental to health and daagerodga to life that the necessary orders be issucd in order to secure the abate tent of the nuisance. The report of Dr. Taylor, Inspector of Vaccina tion, was then ented and adopted, after Which the Board adjourned. pearances, country § NEW YORK CITY. The first annual excursion of the St. Peter's Literary Union will take place en Monday next at Sunnyside Grove, The Pree Reading Room and Library of the Ceoper Union will close on Monday, August 2, tor cleaning and repairs, but will reopen on the 10th of thé game month. Joseph Smith, of No. 532 West Forty-seventh Street, fell off the pler at the foot of Forty-eighth atrect yesterday morning and was drowned. The body Was recovered. At half-past five o'clock P. M, yesterday Jere- miah Murphy, rockman, residing at No. 1,125 Sec- ond avenue, while working at the corner of Second avenue and Sixty first street, was seri- oualy Injured about tne head and body by a matire blast. He was sent to Bellevue Hosp . An inquest was held yesterday at the Coroners? OMee in the case of the littie girl Leslie Garman, who was ruo over and killed on the 24tn inst., by @ butcher's cart at the corner of Third avenue and Fiftieth street. The jury rendered a verdict cen- suriog the driver of the cart, August Meyer, who eroOn te ball by the Coroner in the eum of BROOKLYN. ‘Thirteen clerks employed in the Department of | Taxes and Assessments wero informed by Col- lector Furey yesterday that their services would not be required after to-day. A grand swimming matca for a purse of $500, open to ladies and gentiemen, will take place to- aay at Coney island. In addition to the purse, | several medals will be presented to the victors. The Brooklyn Athletic Club was organized on Thursday evening. Lieutenant Colonel P, I. Briggs was elected President, and Major Henr he of the American rfle team, Vice Presi- ent. Timothy O’Brien and his wife, residing at Van? derbilt and St. Mark’s avenues, were arrested and held to await the action. of the Grand Jury yesveraay (0f Biealiug 900 om Williata Dowitng, Who lives near then. . ‘The direetors of the Elevated Railroad have de- | cided te oxtend their tracks through Washington | thence to Ea: A list | ance to our public bospitais and opens a respect- | | had been in the water but a few days. influence in swelling the death rate of tue summer | tenement houses fhrougn the | unobserved exertions of our | stree nue, thence to Myrtle avenue, to Grand ave- 0 Lexington avenue, 10 Breadway, and New York. Colonel H. E. Rochr, owner of the Freie Presse, & German newspaper, intends to bring a libel suit for $100,000 against the German Prees Association of New York. The alleged libel Was contained in & paper called the Brookiyn Presse, Yesterday the off platoons of the Brooklyn police, under commaad of Inspector Waddy, made an excursion to Rockaway Beach, where the jolly “cops had a pleasant frolic in the surf and con- | sumed immense quantities of clam chowder, The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythtas, which has been in session several days, will make an ex- cursion to Rockaway Beach tnts afternoon. The only business transacted yesterday was the re- ception of the reports of standing committees, Nicholas Holmes obtained an order from Jndge Moore in the County Court yesteraay, cliing Miss innie Conway, the late manageress of the Broox- yn Theatre, to be examined in supplementary roceediugs as to the value of her property, The lalatu alleges she owes lim $40, Pkillp Lowenski and Rudolph Schreiber, who 1 Winslow yesterday for examination, Se’ 1 witoesses testified against them, and the farther exaunation Was adjourned till next Monday, CHURCHES, The body ofa man was fornd yesterday float ing im the Buttermilk Channel, between Goy- | ernor’s {sland and the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn. An officer of the Van Brunt street police towea It tothe dock, It was removed to the Mergae, where it awaits identification, The body, whioh was that ofa man, aged about thirty-flve years, He Wore @ blue diagonal coat and vest and light pants. lo his shirt bosom were two geld studs, A postal card in one of the pockets o/ the coat was addressed to TT. W. Walker, No. 201 Sixth anenue, New York.” The following was written on the reverse side of the card :;— Hawrroro, yan, 6, 187 Dean Sm—Yours at hand, with chee, 2, Ti cut goes with thin, “Yours truly, (ueck for Sa Pe ae ch H.C, DWIGHY FreLD, | is argage ct » issued by the ifartford and New York Steamboat Company, bearing the same address, Was found tn the coat pocket of the de- | ceased, inquiry at the residence of Mr. Waiker, lo Sixth avenue, disclosed tha fact that he has been ye tag for | po bog Weeks, The remains | ich are sapposed io be his have ni een | recognized by Bis relatives. : Micdadiessia The clothing of a man, found on ‘Thursday night | at the foot of Wilsou strect, was takeu iD ato by the po rly yesterd mioraing the boay Oo; an nnkbowa mad, conrely aude, was disc: ered in the’ water near @ dock where tue gare Inenits were jougd. [twas that of a man about twenty-five, years of age, smooth face and hair cot she we body wi aken to the Morga Guroner Ne hold at eae a Lqu THE PISfOL IN BROOKLYN. Deputy United States Marshal Fitch, who shot vevely Jonn Bag! a nignt watchman, at the Atiantic Dock, Brooslyn, on tue Asch inst., while the latrer was casting of the lines of the steamer Urbano, was arraigned be- fore Justice Walsh yesterday for examination. The testimony showed that Marspai Fiuch shot the complainant in the br ast, but his counsel claimed that it was just afte we amination Mr, Fitch. was’ neld to. awont the aceon Of the Grand Jury on the cnarge Of felonious assauit. Jnmediately upon the an- nouncement of the decision of Justice Walsh, Bagley was charged with interiecing witi an omosr in tke discharge of og duty and atrested He 1s hela tu auswer, yi Counsel James Wednesday event able » Coyle, Who was arrested T assaulting bis wile a shootiug at her alleged paramour, Hoary re made an applicat.on vefore Judge Reynolds in the Brooklyn City Court yesterday (to have the pris- oner almitied to bail, Beiore the shooting Coyle had Visited 18 counse! ava bud a consultation with him Witt reference to obtaining a divorces (‘rom his wife, His counsel, in su; c Cas | Won for admission to balls cad thar oye dit | id that Coyle dis. | shetaee his ood in the air with the atentton of | Pane ening Lee. He thought, therefore, tnat the bail saouid be Mixed at a moderate ligure. District Attorney Britton, who appeared for the people, had no objection to the ball being leas than $2,500. After jurvher argument the Court tao ball at $1,00), aad the prt ving tue necessary bohda, woe toa Kats | WHAT THE WAVES CARRIED TO THE CITY oF | soner, alver | wal, THE CENSUS. What Population the Returns Will Show and What It Really Is. A A A Slipshod Enumeration (Caused by a Bad Census Law. ‘The law provides that the State census shall be taken “in the month of June.”? To-day 1s the last day of the month of July, and the returns of the city enumerators are still incomplete. The See. retary of State, Mr. Diedrich Willers, has alreaay written to the County Clerk, asking lim to for- ward all the returns to Albiny by the last day of this month, This has not been done, for the good reason that Mr, Plamb, of the County Clerk's oMice, who has charge of the census returns, has not received them all, The follow. Ing are the election dlstricts the returns from which were silil missing yesterday aiternoon:—In the First Assem!ly mstrict, the Thirteenth, Seventeenth and ‘'wenty-secoud; Ia the Second Assembly district, the Seventh ; in the Fourth Assembly disirict, tue Third; in the Seventh Assembly district, the Fourteenth; ia the Eleventn Assembly district, tne Fourteenth; in the Fiiteenth Assenibly district, the Seventh; im the Sixteenth Assembly district, the First; in the Eighteenth Assembly district, the First; im the Nineteenth Assembly district, tae First and Ninth; and in the Twentieth Assembly district, the Thirueth Election district, making altogether thirteen election districts. A DEPICIENS Cour Mr. Plum», who has pusied forward the work of enumeration with great eiliciency, says that the returns will probably be completed some time next week and then be immedistely sent to Al- pany. From the examination of the returne and the comparison with the lust census figures he is of the opinion that they will foot up to 1,200,000, ‘rhis, nowever, in lis judem will not repree sent the actual population of the Clty of New York, Which he places at pot muck less than 1,600,000. Mr. Plumb thinks the work has-been only tolerably done, but that the month of June was 4 Very unfavorable one, as so Many people are out of town at that time. Mr. Plumb’s estimate of the actual population of New Yorx—not as the census returns will show it, but as it undoubtedly is—agrees with that of | an equahy good judge on this subject, the Hom, Gideon J, Tucker, the cily superiitendent of the census. Mr. Tucker also tuinks that the returna will probably not exceed 1,200,000, but that if every vond side resident of New York were | counted the total would certainly come up to 1,500, When asked why the © unsatisfacsory @ manner, When It tant that the true population | should for once be Ascertalned, replica that a great had operated gainst a > In the first place, he sald, the law under which the Ceasus Was taken was framed wich a view to | prevent a complete ceuut, aud under it no exact | enumeration willever be made, Tnatlaw wag | passed iu 1865 bya Know Nothing Lewisiature ‘and signed by @ republican Governor, That Legislature was coutrolied by worthy farmers | trom the intertor of this State, who regarded | New York as a cabbagé garden which tt was well | toplunder. They had always governed New York city, and were averse to give it thar representac tlon—such as it wonld ootain by a correct cen gus—by which it could govern itseli, Heace the month oj Jone was Chosea, whe 100,000 New Yorkers are away. OTHER FAULTS OF THK LAW. Ta so far a8 the law iteell iste blame no respon | bility tor the great defictency | to the enumera‘ors themseives, Bal although they cannot justiy be blamed for | deticrency of 409,000— Which, it 1s beileved, they 80 itapore this olty Tucker caused resurn, of Mr. many complete | have not counted—there is no coun’ Lt tbey have largely contributed to it by tie careless ness and Incomplete manner iu Which toey Mave done thelr work, Mr. Tuc thinss that it | Wasaimistake to allow tne Taramany (ommlh | tee to desigaate the enumerat as the Secre- tary of State ougitt to have e airect | control over them, ‘The appouitments being po Iitical—and they | alfurd anit proot of | the pernicions Tem )test rami fects of pollu ations of the pul! grossly Incompetent men were all enumerators, und there is no douy' have Lot done more than hall their work. The miserably small ang uncertain pay o; $3 a day | was also well caicalaied to daup tue ardor of | these men, “God knows wen th ges vnelr pay! said Mr, Ker yestervay, wacn imterros gated outhe subject. If they i b muen for ack laine revuraed, au tion bad been fixed at a more ib-ral wontd have had a great stimulis to do their work | pre, TROUBLES OF 1 Poor enumerators | ved wag | not one of roses. What eness of the rich, Wuo were too proud (6 see them and | alive ths information, and the ignorance of the | poor, Who thought in many cases that they had | evil designs in the siape o: fitional taNes, &0., they hada Kard ume 0 most of inem by | the time that Comptre enh Will pay theta | the beggarly compensation whieu the gre ‘tate of New York allows them—provably tu )— wall | have earned tneir wages. [tis very langiable to listen to their experiences ia tose cincts of the Filth avenue, where \ Mons. Snob rule suprem enumerator 18 generally Lo 5M | eral appearauce is Lot so “nobuy’ taat ot the society beau. Well, ke labored under the addl- | tiomal disadvantage of having to carry a big book under his arm, When tne girl or the liveried Nuakey opened tue door to Him he imme diately thought the Servanto! tke State was @ pedler or a book a:ent, la bowa cas bulsance, and, following the repeated tnatructions of hia | mistress, she or he would say, “We ¢ want any here.’ He, of course, would try to explain bis errand, bat probably in a few minutes hriiget or Jonu would indiguantiy shut the door in his Jace. Then ke’d go to the basement door and try again to obiam iugress, and Jobo, who is remarkably muscalar from the regular | consumption of English roast beef, would proba- bly pitca himout of doors, In many cases he would be compelied to call a policemun before he could even ovtaiu @ hearing. Then came the atest difficulty. Tht laay would dectine to see plebean enumerator, aad reser kim to ker huge band down in Wall street or Maiden lave. Ot which Was worse, the house would be deserte and Jobn or faye! Se would not or could not ever remember the Christian names of their employ- ers, Woon the enumerator wrote to the country place where the |atter were staying for the sum» mer he, 1u wine cases out of ten, received nO Fé. Ply whatever, | OUR PUBLIC SPIRITED RICH MBN. | “Our ricn men,” as Mr. Tucker said, “take #0 ttle interest in the public weifare that they won't even give the Necessary statistics for werk enumeration in the census, Mr, A, 7. Stewart has given the pad example here oj deelining to ive ali statistics a8 to nis manulactares, and as foe penalty is only $50 he can well «flora to de the law. is example hus been lollowed by Wal ter W, Price, a rich brewer of the Ninth ward, | and other ricn men.’’ | A great many people ask that another censos be taken, but the consuUtution provides especial; that it must be taken every teu years from 1865, aod as toe Legisiature does not meet until De« cember it wonid be impossibie to take it thig year, aud-the Legisiature has no-aathority under the constitution to order anether census antil 1885, It is to be hoped that it will not then be taken in June, when over 100,000 people are out ol cowl, RAPID TRANSI THIS THE LAST DAY TO VILE PLANS—HAS VANes DBABILY CAPTURED THX GILBERT CHARTER? — CONSTERNATION AMONG INVENTORS. The session of the Commission yesterday wae devoted enturely to an examination of plans subs mitted. It had been arranged to give the Green. Wich Street Elevated Railway @ hearing yester- day, but the counsel of the road was absent from the city, aud the hearing wil! not take place until next Ww A number of new plang Were yesters day submitted, numbered and filed, Thomas E. McNeil, of No, 19 East Thirty-firag street, presented four pians of an elevated rail. road, dul put in no model, C. B. Sheldon, of No. 7 State street, presented & modei of a double track elevaed railroad, the coiumne of which are to be sixteen feet high, of cast or wrougaot irom, with elliptic arches spane ning the street, Tbe estimated cost is $250,000 ta 300,000 per mile, E Robert Taylor, of No. 320 West Nineteenth street, submitted a plan of an eievaied railroad, two tracks, WItD eliiptio pillars, which ke offers to build, and’ lve secarity for faitaiul compliance with the terms required by te Commissio: J. KE. Robinsen, of Tarrytown, presented two plang—oue for broad aud the ower jor narrow avenues—on the Clevated piun. He proposea four (racks With two pairs o: girders, to t ported on cast tron columas tweive iaches diameter, firmly aachored to o foundation of m: sonry, The columns are tobe w@ teen feet fi inches apart, the road to be on t cenire of t sireet, with room for horse curs between t Spang The cost per mile of the road fe narrow Sireets 18 estimated at $275,725, am@ for wider streets $500,395, The centre track is to be used for through express trains, Robert A, Cheesevorough presented a plan of an elevated road of a novel constractiam ce of the principal features belug an arrangewent to ewer. [CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE) sup- in