The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1875, Page 11

eS - REAL ESI The, Situation of the Market as to Values and Transactions, FORECLOSURE SALES. Local Conditions Affecting Separate Parcels and Districts. 2 ee O- We tO O'R; The condition of affairs in the real estate market at the present time presents much food for reflection on the part of those interested in that fleld of investment, For the past two years. or more the principal business has been sales under foreclosure or in anticipation of foreclosure proceedings, at which prices have been made wholly irrelevant to the actual status of values, but calculated by their presentment to give a mistaken impression, These sales have been made both of houses and lots at figures which adjoining property owners would scout, the sale in the instances referred to being forced, because of an accruing mort. gage, upon a market where the mortgagee was, per- haps, and in most cases really the only bidder. It need scarcely be said that prices made at such sales have NO QUOTABLE STANDING. It is worth while to notice, however, that the present dulness, amounting almost to stagnation, prevailing iu real estate, has direct reference to this multiplication of foreclosure sales. They have been the feature of the market for over two years, so crowding the desks in the Exchange Salesroom that, if there had been no other influence operating to retard free offerings, the pressure to sell exlibited in these foreclosure suits would have »een suflicient to interrupt all speculative business. Nor have we reached the end of it, as present indications point to even larger liquidation of that sort this fall, especially in Brooklyn. There is something to be considered, however, in this connection. These foreclosure sales haye gained an undue prominence this year and last from the absence of other offerings; henes, while there has been undoubtedly a very decided increase in that direction, it has not, after all, taking the worst exhibit, been greatly in excess of what might be regarded as THE ANNUAL CROP OF DEFAULTS in an active condition of the market. The increase in this record has come principally from the class of in- vestments which were mado about 1867 and the years following. when shoddy capital was seeking a secure placing. These were flush times in the New York real estate market, There was a Big Bonanza in every vacant lot north and west of Central Park. The Boule- vard was a lode running through the richest deposits of introconvertible ore. The popular instinct at the time in regard to uptown property was that “there’s mil- lions in it,” And so everybody went in. The conse- quence was logical, viz, high prices, which were further stimulated, where stimulation was not neces- iary (but on the contrary the most ultra conservathve ‘mstinct was required to regulate purchases) by the liberal offers of “sixty to seventy-five per cent may re- main on mortgage.’’ Hundreds went in on these terms— men, too, of moderate capital, who held on for years in spite of the obstructionist policy of Green following so closely upon the expansion policy of Tweed—which latter, by the way, helped and contributed to the excite ment above referred to—and might have hold on to the present time if the panic had not intervened. It isa mistake to say the panic did not reach real estate. It did reach it, and seriously too, but REAL ESTATE VALUES WERE FOUNDED to drift into the same condition as railroad values. The shrinkage in the case of the latter and of all values of a personal character, which was one of the immediate re- sults of the panic, reacted in this market by inhibiting holders of these heavily mortgaged parcels obtaining the relief necessary to meet taxes, assessments and other charges (with improvements stopped); hence in a majority of cases with these purchasers of 71, °72 and °73 the property had to take caro of itself. The result, of course, was a foreclosure, and with a forced sale upon adull market a price very little reflective of the real value of the property disposed of. In most instances, as was said before, offerings of this kind have been Donght in by the mortgagee; in fact it has almost be- ome one of the conditions of the market that such should be the case. There are no offerings outside of these forced ones, no one who is able to hold property show- ing the least disposition to sell. Thus, with this steady wiping out of weak holders through foreclosure pro- ceedings and the return of so much of the property thus brought into liquidation to its original owners, we dave a new condition im the market. All the indications now are that when the revival in this market comes, as come it must and will, as certain as centennial periods: or other recurring excitements, real estate here will be found to be more firmly held than it was even three years ago. That is, the weak men, who might be satis- fied with a small advance, will have been wholly elimi- nated from the market and the realestate likely to be- come the subject of speculajive activity have passed into the hands of men wholly indifferent to fluctuations in values, TOO SUBSTANTIALLY MUCH OF NEW YORK REALTY 's already held by such (we speak of improved property), rery little of which ever comes into the market, ex- sept under an executor’s order, Thus it 1s that medium priced houses, first class in every respect, show no feterioration whatover in value, and can command ,to- flay the same price as two years ago, but ‘‘mansions,”” highly frescued, with panoramas in the parlors, bowling and billiard rooms in the basement and @ gymnasium in the attic, are at present a drug. THE INQUIRY FOR MONEY on real estate is active, but is of such character as to very seriously limit response. Parties who have to meet an accrued mortgage seek not only its face for renewal, but want a further sum to meet unpaid taxes and assessments, while lenders are indisposed to lend even the amount of a former mortgage, looking to a lor valuation. This helps the foreclosure business. (t is worth while to note, however, that THE TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-POURTIC WARDS, ind avery large portion of the Twelfth ward where prop- erty escaped recognition during the speculative period referred to above, are now free of the embarrassment of inilated values. This class of property may be said to buve not yet obtained a jar presentation in the city market, and is held and oflered at tigures which give every assurance of a sharp advance when a fresh move- ment in this market develops itself, or when rapid transit has reached so near fact as the chotee of a scheme by the present commission, Taking the city below the district pointed out it 1s estimated that ‘TI SHRINKAGE IN REAL ESTATE VALUES IN TWO TEARS has been on anaverage thirty per cent. Ofcourse in some special localities, or in the case of particular parcels forced into the market, transfers show a much greater falling off, reaching even fifty per cent, while in excep- tional: casps where the property’ was sought for special uses there was even an advance, It is the same to-day. A person seeking, say a residence on Fifth ave- nue, or other fashionable street, has to bid for it, while a holder, desirous to dispose of the samo, must meet the market, AN INTERESTING POINT IN REGARD TO DOWNTOWN PROPERTY is the remov@l of the Post Uitice now in progress to the new building in the Park, This settles permanently the value of all surrounding property, which has been sub- ject heretofore to fluctuations consequent upon the sransition condition that followed the removal of the wholesale and jobbing dry goods business further up, while yet waiting for its’ succession by the numerous industries that seek offico room in this great commer- cial ceutre. Office room is now im demand on all the streets adjacent to the new Post Office building, which thus becomes, a8 it were, the heart of the city proper, segarded from a business standpoint, THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. BEAUTIFUL TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE PRESI- DENT. On the Secretary's table of the Produce Exchange yesterday there was exhibited a beautiful testimonial book, intended for presentation to Mr. Franklin Fdson, late President of that body, Tho volume, about ten inches square, is bound exquisitely in maroon col- ored Turkey moroceo, with bevelled edges, richly out chastely gilded, and has a cage of the same colored morocco which is to hold it, Within the ornate covers, on tho thickest and whitest of Bristol boards, is on- grossed the resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Exchange held Juno 10, 1876; the speeenes of Mr. John H. Pool in making a motion of thanks and recognition of the valuable services of Mr. Edson as President from 18% to 1875, and the remarks ot Messrs, Forrest H. Parker A Willia Hh nding the motion. These are so beauti- fully written that the watrained eyo marvels that aught other than the mechanism of the letter press could produce anything so regular and beautiful. The bor- ders of the written sheets are especially ornamental aud unique im design, and the whole cls great credit on the taste of Messrs, Hollins & Co., of No. 20 Nassau treet, who prepared the volum On the cover is emblazoned plainly, in gilt, the following:— (GELATO LELELEUETELOUETE TELE RTTE PETE LOLETEODOTEDEHODE To FRANKLIN EDSON, Esq, President of the Produc 1873—1 OLLIE ONAL IE TELE LELELETE TOLL TELE LELELE DPLOLE POLE MED The Board of Managers and all the members of the Exchange are to sign this pleaxant souvenir volume, aud then the presentation will formally take place, Philips in sec z 2 s ATE. | reprimanded for using language unbecoming an officer, | was held to await the action of the Grand Jury by Juse THE COURTS. a sneeecey DECISIONS. + COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM, Before Judge Robinson. Jobes vs. New York and Harlem Railroad Company.— Case settled. poe TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Judge Otterburg, ROBBED IN A STREET CAR. On Thursday evening James Madison and William McComb, of No, 440 Palisade avenue, Jersey City, were riding on a Tenth avenue car, when Madison, it is alleged, abstracted from the pocket of McComb a wallet containing $100. Subsequently, in order to induce Me- Comb to forego making a charge against him, he handed back the money through asmall boy, McComb, how- ever, was determined to press the charge and caused Mailison’s arrest. Justice Otterburg held him in $2,000 to answer, Madison gave his occupation as an express- man. THE PERILS OF THE STREET. While Robert J. Landman, of No. 406 West Forty- seventh street, was walking through Greonwich street on Thursday afternoon a young man approached him offering newspapers for sale, Very soon after Mr. Landman found the hand of the pedier of news in his vest pocket, and instantly grabbed hold of him. As he did so another man, apparently a confederate, rushed up and dealt Mr. Landman two powerful blows on the head, momentarily disconcerting him and enabling the pris: oner to escape, Officer Hagan, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, appeared on the scene at this juncture, and ar- rested Mr, Landman’s assailant, who gave his name as Frank Hartnett, He was taken before Justice Otter- bourg yesterday and held to answer. FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT. Before Judge Kilbreth. PARENTAL AUTHORITY DEFIED. John Rodney, who says that he is a cotton dealer, re- siding at No. 103 East Fortieth street, was arraigned on’ acharge of disorderly conduct, From the statements of parties interested in the matter it appeared that Rodney has been paying his addresses to Miss Web- ster, of No. 71 Park avenue. Her Jather being opposed to him, afr. Rodney received orders to stop visiting Miss Webster, Mr. Rodney refused to obey the lather’s mandate, because, as he says, the house is not his, but belongs to his two daughters, and because the young lady herself desired to see him. On visiting the ob- ject of his affections on Thursday night Rodney was ar- rested. Ho was fined $10 and gavo bail in $500 to keep the peace for six months. . AN OLD SWINDLER. A nearly successful attempt to swindle the real estate firm of McCafferty & Hitchman out of $150 was made yesterday. Mr. Hitchman drew acheck in favor of an old gentleman who represented himself as Henry G. Taylor, of Albany, brewer, and who asked him for the loan of $150, which he needed to make up_ $1,200, the price of a house lov. Subsequently Mr. Hitchman be- came suspicious, and, causing the arrest of Taylor and a young woman who accompanied him, recovered pos- ssion of his check. Taylor admitted ‘that his name was Henry Lewis and that his lady friend was his daughter, though she was only fifteen years of age, she said, while he was seventy-one years. They were committed for trial in default of $1,000 bail each. The old man pleadedshunger as an excuse for his crime. MILK ADULTERATORS. Henry Vogel, No. 1,349 Third avenue; Cornelius J. O’Brien, No. 1,385 Third avenue, and Peter Nehrbass, No. 1,092 Third avenue, were held for trial, each in $500 bail, to answer for adulterating milk which they had for sale, They made a determined effort through the aid of their lawyer, Mr, Lombard, and the testimony of oe in the imilk business, to’ get out of the diff- culty. A STAGE DRIVER HELD FOR LARCENY. Emma A. Kirk, of No, 42 West Sixteonth street, lost a pocketbook containing $55 yesterday in a Fifth ave- nue stage. A passenger found it and gave it to Peter Callaghan, the driver, for safe keeping. ‘allaghan re- turned a pocketbook entirely different, with only twenty-five cents in it, and denied that he had got any other. He was held for trial. WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. Before Judge Wandell. A BELLICOSE TILL TAPPER. John P. Lubman. whq keeps a grocery store at No. 160 Seventh avenue, was hitching up his horses about five o'clock yesterday morning, preparatory to starting tor Washington Market, when he heard the alarm bell attached to his money drawer ring. Mr. Lubman rushed into the store and caught a man named Thomas Jones behind the counter. Mr. Luhman seized Jones, who struck hima violent blow in the face and then attempted to run away. He was caught, however, and handed over to Officer Smith, of the Twentieth pre- cinct. Judge Wandell yesterday held the prisoner in $500 bail to answer. AN ENRAGED PASSENGER. Thursday afternoon G. Wasnington Webster, of No. 322 West Twenty-second street, was riding down town in a Broadway stage. The driver of the stage and a truck driver, named Charles Moran, became en- gaged in a wordy altercation, and suddenly Moran threw a cotton hook at the stage driver, which, unfor- tunately, hit Mr. Webster, who procured the arrest of Moran. ’He was held in $500 bail to answi POLICE DEPARTMENT. \ MEETING OF THE BOARD—CAPTAIN WILLIAMS REPRIMANDED—OFFICIAL DENIAL OF TOWN- SEND'S CHARGES, The full Board of Police Commissioners met yester- day, President Matsell in the chair. Acommunication from the citizens of Washington Heights asking permission for Officer McKenzie, of the Thirty-second precinct, to accept a gold medal for meritorious conduct was referred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline. The officer a short time since surprised a gang of burglars as they were about to rob a house on 117th street, near St. Nicholas ayenue, and while endeavoring to arrest them was beaten very severely. The case of Wild against Captain Williams, of the Fourth precinct, wherein tho latter was accused of using threatening and profane language, was called up for | judgment, and it was resolved that Captain Williams be | and that the Superintendent be instructed to administer | the reprimand. This action does not affect the other | cases wherein Williams is defendant, of which there are three now before the Board for consideration. On motion the President was instructed to communi- cate with the Mayor, and deny on bebalf of the Board | the charges and specifications presented against the Board of Police by John D. Townsend, the counsel for the Legislative Committee on Crime, and to announce | the willingness of the Board to answer said charges at such time and place as the Mayor might determine. All the Commissioners voted yea. i The following is the communication President Matsell transmitted in accordance with the above ;— Boarp o¥ Pourcr, No. 301 MuLnerry Street, New York, August 27, 1875. Hon. W. H. Wicknam, Mayor:— Sm:—lam instructed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst. enclosing a document signed by John D, Townsend, containing charges and allegations against. the Board of Police Commissioners | and members thereof, and transmitted by Your Honor for information and attention, Tam instructed to say that such of the allegations and charges referred to as concern the Board of Police and impute any improper action or neglect of duty on the part of the Board are without foundation in fact. The Board, however, desire to inform Your Honor that they will respond to such allegations and charges at such time and place and in such manner as Your Honor may be pleased to indicate, GEORGE W. MATSELL, President. ‘The following persons were appointed ‘patrolme: Michael Hartigan, Patrick Cahill, John O’Brien, Jacob Leahy, Albert Kulle, Joseph Lanney. The following robberies were reported to Superintend- | ent Walling yesterday as having taken place on Thurs- day night:— Sneak thieves entered the apartments of Henry Lucas, on the second floor of No. 327 East Twenty- fourth street, and stole a black coat valued at $25. The residence of Mr. James Price, at No. 69 Bayard street, was entered by a boy named William Kennedy, | who carried off'a gold’ finger ring, valued at $18, and a canary bird and cage, The dry goods store of Mrs, Jane Skelly was forced open by thieves twice during the past month and prop. | erty valued at $426 safely carried off by them, BROOKLYN ROBBERIES, The stable of Henry Ahlhorn, No. 27 Commercial street, was robbed of a quantity of harness yesterday morning. Subsequently Henry Smith, nineteen years of age, a truck driver, was arrested for the offence, and | tice Semler, SMALLPOX. Yesterday, Robert Raber, a German physician, was | arrested at his residence, No. 161 Boerum street, Brook- | lyn, on a charge of violating the Health code, by failing | to report the fact that Catherine Miller, a patient, had | | November. | when she would come near the | back again, repeating this @peration seve died from smallpox. He was held by Justice Walsh to await examination next week, MUNICIPAL NOTES. an ‘The fremen’s warrants for June were signed yester- day by the Mayor, and they will be paid to-day. It will be remembered that the warrants for the month of July were signed several weeks ago. It is said that nearly every one of, the firemen’s pay for June is heavily “mortgaged,” and that, owing to the length of time they have all had to wait for their money, most of the pay they will receive to-day will go into the pockets of the landlords and grocers who have given them credit for the past month, ‘The books for the collection of personal taxes will be opened on the 10th of September at_the Comptroller's office, and those for real estate taxes about the same time, The Tax Commissioners have completed the making up of the tax books, and they have been signed by the Supervisors. In this connection it may be stated that the visitof the State Tax Assessors to the Tax Com- missioners’ office yesterday was a purely informal one; that the statement and figures which were given to them by the City Commissioners are the same which Tax Commissioner Andrews laid before the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen two months ago, and which were published in the HERALD at the time. They were also submitted in pamphlet form to the State Assembly Committee of Ways and Means last winter. The charges which the witness before the Committee on Crime, Tuohey, has prepared to be presented to the Mayor against the Police Commissioners have not yet been sent to the Mayor. As they are to be founded on his testimony before the Committee, it seems rather a strange proceeding that he as an individual should draw up charges, in view of the fact that when the Committee get through with their labors they will prefer charges based on-tho testimony of not merely one but of all the witnesses who have given evidence before them against the police, The counsel of the Committee has already preferred his charges against the Commissioners, not as counsel, but simply as a citizen interested in the good name of the city; yet, if every witness who has been examined by the Committee and who yet remains to be examined goes to work and draws up a series of charges to be submitted to the Mayor, it woula seem, as the Mayor's friends contend, that the Committee had better make no report at all, and leave each individual witness to the task which belongs properly to the Committee. The rapid transit resolutions of Mr. Gross will be made a special order at a special meeting of the Alder- men to-day, and as at the meeting on Thursday General Porter's reply to Alderman Vance’s resolution was or- dered to be attached to the Croton main ordinance on the file, it is highly probable that the democrats will make another attempt to have the ordinance passed. The breaking down of the high service engino at High- bridge, which leaves the uptown districts with a scarcity of water, and the full and satisfactory reasons which General Porter gave in his communication to show that the passage of the ordinance was an absolute necessity, may overcome the party scruples of the republican Al- dermen. The diMculty between the Comptroller and the City Chamberlain concerning the signing of warranta, the merits and demerits of which were giren in these col- uthns two weeks ago, still continues, and the two officials | are now impatiently waiting until the Corporation Counsel has given his opinion as to whether the method that has so long obtained in the signing of warrants is or is not wrong. Mr. Whitney’s opinion will also, it is Velieved, touch upon the question of ‘individual ‘war. rants,” which has created so much wrangling between the Comptroller and the Mayor, and possibly decide the matter = at issue between them as to the subject, if Mr, Green can be convinced by anybody’s opinion about anything. It will be borne in mind that last Monday the Mayor, the Comptroller, the City Chamberlain and the Corporation Counsel held 4 private conference in the Mayor's Office, when the question of the best method of paying the interest on the city debt, whether by check or coupons, was fully discussed, but no conclusion was arrived at. It 1s said, too, that the meeting was not as pleasant a one us it might have been, Mr. Whitney doubtless will, as it is understood he was requested to do yesterday, write an opinion which will cover this matter, as well as the others which, ever since last January, have been, like ghosts from ‘the graveyard, rising up every now’ and then to disturb the harmony of the happy family in the City Hall, Although Mr. Canda resigned as a Brooklyn Bridge Commissioner several weeks ago no one has yet been appointed to fill his place, It is said that there Is a hitch between the Mayor and the Comptroller as to who tne coming man should be; but, as President Lewis of the Board of Alde®men has a vote as to the ap- pointment, it is not likely if there was a serious differ- ence of opinion between Mr, Wickham and Mr. Green that the latter could gain his point, no matter how hard he might fight. ‘The politicians yet remain ina state of profound be- wilderment at the delay of the Corporation Counsel in making his appointments, and a thousand and one stories are afloat as to the cause of the delay, A few think that there is a hitch over the Corporation Attor- neyship; that the Mayor insists upon the appointment of one party while Mr. Whitney as strenuously insists that he shall appoint quite another person. Yet again it is said by others that the question that is bothering both the Mayor and the Corporation Counsel is, Who shall be Assistant Corporation Counsel? that an offer of the place has already been made to a certain lawyer, who has declined, and that another lawyer who has been sounded ‘as to whether he would take the position if offered to him has asked. like the blushing damsel who said sho would ne'er consent and yet consented, a fow days to think over it. In connection with the position the name has been casually mentioned of one of the new: members of the Tammany General Committee from the Fifteenth As- sembly district, It may be said that he has no chance for the place, County Clerk Walsh yesterday sent in his resignation as a member of the General Committee of Tammany Hall. He says that the resignation has no political signidcance whatever; that ill health alone prompts | him to leave the committee; that he is a Tammany man | to the backbone, and that he never dreamed of joining any other organization. Most of the politicians had an idea that Morrissey had a hand in getting Walsh to re- sign before he announced that his doctors had told him to forego politics or his life, He very naturally pre- ferred to forego politics, The anti-Tammany democrats seem as determined as ever to send a delegation to the Syracuse Convention that will enter the lists with Tammany Hall and fight for admission on the test of “regularity.’? It will be re- membered that they some time ago held their _prima- Ties to elect delegates to district conventions, which in their turn elected delegates to a county committee, after the fashion of the rural regions. They now propose not only to hold their primaries to elect dele- gates to district conventions, which are to choose three delegates each to the State Convention, but they propose to make the primaries a’ true test of the democratic strength in each election district. To this end they will use asa guide the book prepared by John 1, Davenport, the United States Supervisor of Elections, last November, and which contains the name of every voter in every clection tistrict, and thus pre- vent voters in one election district from voting at the primaries in any other. Voters who may have changed their residences since the last election will be obliged to give proof of their last voting place before their vote will be taken, Some people say that a bargain is bemg consummated by which if the Fire Commissioners are not removed by the Governor the democrats will be the gainers next Who is the go-between? THE COLLIDED STEAMBOATS. THE TESTIMON® FOR THE TWILIGHT—FALSE | SWEARING SOMEWHERE. The investigation into the cause which led to the collision between the Staten Island ferryboat Northfield and the steamer Twilight was continuea yesterday before the United States Steamboat Inspectors, at their | offices in Pino street. ‘The first witness called was the pilot of the Twilight, | who stated that he kept his boat in her regular course, and attributed the disaster to the faet that the North- field had crossed in upon the Twilight, He further tes- tified that the crowding was done after repeated signals had been given by bim to warn the pilot of the North- field to keep his boat on her own course, William Clark, mate of the Twilight, was next ox- amined. He said that on the occasion in question he saw the Northfield nearing tho Twilight, the latter be, ing in advance and having the right of way; that he heard one whistle blown as a signal to warn the pilot of the Northfleld to keep off, but that no attention was paid to it, and hence the collision took place. Witness did not think the Twilight altered her position at all. Captain Skinner, who was a passenger on the fwi- Tight, testified that when the Twilight was nearing Staten Island he noticed the Northfield coming up close to her port quarter, which he considered strange and therefore watched her closely, He observed that ‘wilight she would fall J times, the Twilight meanwhile endeavoring to sheer out of the way, Finally, the Northfield came alongside the Twi- light, and then the boats got together. In his opinion the collision could easily have been avojded had the orthtield kept on her own course. Witiiess heard no ails, but anderstood nals were made by both boats, He believed the collision was caused by the Northfield attempting to pass the Twilight. This closed the evidence on behalf of the steamboat Twilight. Counsel for the Ferry Company arked thot their caso be reopened, as there re three witnesses yet to be ex- amined, who had been summoned, but who had not | hitherto appeared, Inspector Matthews granted the application, and took jon to call attention to the fact that in nearly every n of this kind that came before him the testimony was marked by false swearing. In this case perjury wa: nmitted somewhere, He was deter- mined to sit the matter to the bottom and bring the guilty parties to justice. There was a law, he xaid, to punish perjury as well os a law to punish criminal negligence in running steamboats, The cave was adjourned tll Tuesday next at cleven @’clock, oc THE NOE MURDER. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION OF THE REMAINS BY THE CORONER. The post-mortem examination on the body of the late James H. Noe, the victim of the Greenwich street murder, took place yesterday afternoon at the residence of the deceased, No. 21 King street, in the presence of Coroner Croker, Deputy Coroner Joseph Cushman, M.D., and Professor Gurdon Buck, the family physi- cian of the deceased, A coroner's jury was empanelled and viewed the body, after which they were dismissed until the day of the inquest, The latter, Deputy Coro- ner Cushman stated, would not take place for at least a week, in order to give the police time in their efforts to ferret out the murderer and collect evidence in the case. The following are the names of the jurymen:+ Joxeph Cuddebach, Thomas Sloane, F. H. Aronson, H. W. Post, H. K. Shaler, E. F. Short, T. J. Flagg, M. W. Pittman, George Daniel, M. R. Flayer, John O’Hough, M, Neuman. ©, B. Libby, Theopolis Kick, F. W. Hines and W. H. Mildeberger. Deputy Coroner Cushman conducted the examination, The following is his report of the same:— On external examination I found an eechymosis of upper lid of the left eye, a lacerated wound on frontal rominence, one and a half inches to the left of median ine. The said wound was irregular in shape, three inches in length, gaping to the extent of haif an inch anteriorly and extending to the bone, Immediately be- hind and on a line with this wound was another, two inches in length, partly cicatrized. Three other wounds, measuring respectively one and a half, one, and three- quarters of an inch in jength, were found on left purietal region, On removing the sealp a fissure of the frontal hone was revealed immediately beneath the first wound described, A further examination showed this fissure toextend into the orbital plate of the frontal bone. On examining the brain I found extensive meningitis over both hemispheres, but more intense on the left side and at a port immediately beneath the issure in the skull. The thoracis and abdominal organs were carefully examined and found in a healthy condition, Death, in my opinion, was caused by meningitis, duo to the injuries described. The announcement of the funeral of the deceased will appear in the morning journals. CORBETT DISCHARGED, “Jack’’ Corbett, the man whom Detective Rielly, of the Central Office, arrested on suspicion of being the person who assaulted Mr. Noo, was yesterday arraigned for the third time at the Tofibs Police Court, and, no further evidence being forthcoming, was discharged, THE TWO POST OFFICES, AN ALADDIN-LIKE CHANGE FROM THE OLD TO f THE NEW EDIFICE. This evening the old Post Office building, which has Ween occupied over thirty years, will be abandoned, and the magnificent structure on Broadway to bo hereafter used for the mail service of the metropolis will take its place. This event has been long looked forward to, and many seemed to be persuaded that the dawn of 1877 would arrive before this end could be attained. It may be said that during the current week it was thought that the stories or floors to be employed for postal service, particularly the first and basement, could not be ready for the transaction of business én Monday morning. Even yesterday there appeared much to bo done, but the corps of clerks from Nassau street engaged in put- ting things in shupe expressed no doubt as to the readi- ness of the department to commence operations at the time specified, without any chance of failure, All mechanics will be out of the building this evening, and the floors completely clear for operations, precisely the samo and as evenly as they have heretofore pro- greased on Liberty street. A VISIT TO THE OLD BUILDING yesterday brought to view scenes seemingly of incon- xruity, but really disorder regulated by order, Every- thing was on the move, but the usual and regular order of the postal system did not seem, t» the looker on, wavering for a moment. Bales were’ being packet up and despatche:l to the City Hall Park, and the notifica- tion was desired to be given to tho public that letters and other postal matter will be delivered to-morrow (Sunday) morning at the new building the same as if no change whatever had taken place, ‘This feat—a remarkable one, too—of transferring a most important branch of public. business. in a fow hours recalis what was accomplished by the Hrraxp in 1867, when its vast material, offices, type and press Tooms were removed from Nassau street to its present situation facing the new Post Ofice building. In an hour or two the HERALD, its compositors, firess rooms, bookkeepers, &c., were installed in their new premises, THE LOCK BOX KEYS. Post Orrics, New Yorn, Fourtn Divisiox, August 27, 1875, To tax Eprtor or tae Heraup:— Had the ‘Anxious Inquirer,” whose letter appears in your paper of to-day, made his inquiries at the Post Office, he would have been informed that the require- ment of a deposit on box keys (part of the government property for which the Postmaster is responsible on his official bond) is mado because experience has demon- strated it to be a necessity in order to secure the re- turn of the keys after the surrender of the boxes and as a measure of protection to box holders themselves; that, unless the keys are so returned, a surrendered or abandoned box is rendered practically useless to the Post Office and the public, for the reason that it cannot be safely relet until a new lock has been affixed, as it is presumed 'that neither ‘Anxious Inquirer” nor any other box holder would care to renta box which could at any time be opened by other parties; and that the dollars deposited are not “used” by any person, but are retained in the Postmaster’s official custody, subject to reclamation on the return of the keys, or ap- plied to the purchase of new locks in case the keys are ‘not returned, It is difficult to perceive how the deposit mentioned, any more than the rent charged for the use of a box, can be considered a ‘tax."? It is quite true that the Post Office building and its appurtenances are the prop. erty of the people. So is the entire Post Office estab. lishment of the United States. But the argument of “Anxious Inquirer,”’ based on this fact, points unmis- takably to the deduction that, therefore, not only the deposit against which he protests, but all charges for box rents, money orders, registration, and, even for postage, are unjust and oppressive ‘“taxes,’” which has very much the appearance of anon ir The statement that the boxes are for the “economy and convenience of the Post Office” isan error. They are simply provided for the convenience ot those citi- zens who prefer the delivery of their mail mattor through boxes rather than by carriers; and a benefit in the direction of both economy and convenience, in and out of the Post Office, would be secured if at least two- thirds of the present box holders could be induced tb change their minds on that subject and adopt the sim- ple method of free delivery by carriers. Very respect- | fully, J. GAYLER, General Superintendent City Delivery. HOSPITAL INVESTIGATION, THE FLATBUSH PATIENTS AND THEIR NARRATIVE | OF ABUSE. | ‘The investigation as to the alleged maltreatment of | | patients at the Kings County Hospital, Flatbush, was | resumed before the Board of Commissioners yesterday. | The first witness examined was Edward P. Smith, M. D., | who testified that ho had charge of the case of the complainant, Mrs, Maria Pennington, from the time of her entry untilsthe 13th of July; she never com- plained of ill-treatment to him, if she had had her front | teeth knocked out by the nurse Hardy, as she alleged, | itas likely she would have told the witness of the fact; | during the first part of her treatment her food consisted | principally of mitk punch and beef tea; never complained to the witness against the doctors or nurses; had never xeon Mrs. Hardy under the influence of liquor; never heard of the nureo treating the pationts badly; Mrs. Pen. | nington gave the nurses a great deal of trouble; had heard of nurses being under the influence of liquor, | but never heard of Mrs. Hardy's being 80; those who | | were so had been discharged. President Norris said that he went before Judge McCue, who told him that the Board of Charities had | | no authority to summon witnesses, but if the accusers | | refused to come and give evidence it should be taken | that their charges were not proved. He said he had summoned the accusers, but that they had failed to re. | xpond, Superintendent x testified that he | never heard carousals i the corridors, angry disputes or merriment; had seen five or six nurses discharged, two of them for intoxication, one of them for staying | out over night, one for going out without permission, | another because of the sworn affidavit made by « pa. | tient to the clerk, and another on complaint of the steward. | Robert Crimming testified that he went to Police | Headquarters to find Sergeant Frost, the detective, in ‘der to serve a notice on him to attend the examina- | n, but could not find him; had also left a written re. | quest for Mrs, Frost and Miss Graham to attend as wit- | nesses. Armand Koefer, a clerk in the County Hospital, tes- f tiled that on nolan ll Mrs. Pennington and Miss | Graham were discharged; he asked Mrs. Pennington where she was going, and she said she was going to Gold street, near Front; that her husband wanted her | to come home; Miss Graham told him she was going to remain a few days with Mrs, Pennington; the only death in Ward 22 was that of Mary Lynch since the | complainant had been there, This closed the examina. tion, and the committee then arose to report at the next meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Chari, ties, CH DEDICATION. St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran church will be dedi« jeated to-morrow. A sermon in Germar, by Rev. J. Ruperti, and the dedication services will be given at ten o'clock, From two to four there will be addresses to | the Sunday school and visitors, by Rev. W. Drees and Rey. L. Halfman, and at half-past seven P. M, there will be service in English, by Rey. G, F, Krotel, CHUR NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. ON THE TRAMP, ! KILLED. A tramp and his wife were walking on the Boston and Albany track, between Natick and Framingham, Mass., on Saturday afternoon, when the New York ex- press train, going east, frightened the woman, who stepped in front of the half-past four o’clock train from Boston and was struck and instantly killed. The body was taken to Framingham. THE SUMMER TOURISTS. The Baltimore Evening News says:—‘‘It seems that the ‘tramps’ have come to be recognized asa uni- vorsal summer nuisance, Their imsolence and brutality have caused them to become terrors as well as annoy- ances to the country folks. Daily we have reports of the most shocking crimes committed by these law- less vagabonds, and every part of the country is discussing a remedy, for the evil seems to grow and extend cach season, New Hampshire seems to be the only State which enjoys anything like exemp- tion from this summer visitation, and that is because she has a stringent law against vagrants which is stringently enforced, under which these marauders are put to six months’ hard labor whenever they are caught, Labor is the terror of these rascals, and they give New Hampshire a wide berth, In every other State the press is busy discussing remedies for the evil and denouncing the crimes committed in unprotected districts. The hanging of Sims in Anne Arundel county seems to have been a salutary lesson in that direction, but it will not hurt ifthe next General Assembly will pass an act for n CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, THE NEW JERSEY SPECIAL ELECTION To BE HELD ON THE 7TH OF SEPTEMBER, Next Tuesday week a special election will be held throughout the State of New Jersey for the ratification of amendments to the State constitution, These amendments were passed by tho respective Legisla- tures of 1874 and 1875, and to give them validity they must now’be approved by a majority of all the voters of the State, The following are the principal amend+ ments :— ARTICLE 1. IGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. Insert as paragraph 19 a new paragraph as follows:— “19. No county, city, borough, town, township oF villagewhall hereafter give any money or property ur Joan its 1 to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become security for oF be directly or indireetly the owner of any stock or bonds of any association or corporation.” Insert as p ph 20 a new paragraph, as follows:— “20. No donation of land or appropriation of money shall be made the State or any municipal cot a tion to or for the use of any society, association OF core poration whatever.” none the number of present paragraph to number ARTICLY I. —RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE, Sxction 1.—Strike out the word “white” between the word “every” and the word ‘mal Add to the paragraph the followin “And provided further that in time of war no elector in the ual military service of the State or of the United States, in the army or navy thereof, shall be de- prived of his‘vote by reason of his absence from such election district; and the Legislature sh in the Grst line, the special beneflt of such ‘summer tourists,’ based upon the model of that which acts so admirably in the Granite State.” A ROBBERY SOMEWHERE, The Paterson (N, J.) Press says that on Tuesday morning two young fellows, aged apparently about eighteen or nineteen, were found in one of the Erie passenger cars, which usually stand on a switch a short distance above the freight house. They had crawled in through a window, and night watchman Bergen discov- ered them and lost no time in interrupting their scheme for a night's lodging under the roof of the Erie Railroad Company. Mr, Bergen told them to “get out’? without delay, they were about to start when one of them went back into the car, dropped out of the window something done up in a napkin, and they started off toward the junction, This mysterious bundle excited the watchman’s suspicions and he whistled for assist- ance, Officer Rose responded, and started after the fugitives, whom he succeeded in arresting near the junction. The officer, with Mr. Bergen’s assist- ance, conducted the “bummers’’ to the lockup. They gave their names as Moyen and McDermott. The inter- esting part of the affair is the assortment of property, evidently stolen—although, possibly, not by them— which was found in their possession. ’ The property was done up in two napkins, both marked “Dodge,” and was spread out in all its glory upon the Recorder's dosk. It consists of fifty-five pieces of silverware, evidently plated and some of it much worn by use. There are spoons, forks, soup ladles, napkin rings, &c. All the articles, with two or three exceptions, are marked ‘T.”” Four of the napkin rings bear, respectively, the mark- ings, “A. P.'T.,”) “C, A. T. “Andrew? and “Lizzie,” There is also a knob, quite heavy, silver or silver plated, evidently part of a pair of tongs or some similar instru: ment. The youths were brought up for examination before the Recorder this morning, and quite a plausible story. Moyen said that ho had come by rail from Joliet, Ill, to Pittsburg, and thence had taken the Pennsylvania Railroad to Eliza- beth, N. J., whence he had walked up to Paterson yes- terday with McDermott, with whom he fell in for the first time, They wero: out berrying (they said) and found behind a bush a satchel containing the goods. The satchel they had thrown into the canal. (This part of their story did not speak very well for their honesty, and they were so informed by the Court.) McDermott said that he had come from’ Jersey City. Watchman Bergen stated that ho had left the car locked, that the prisoners were crawling in through a window and that oyen had been drunk and saucy, The young men were committed to jail to await investigation. There bas evidently been a barglary somewhere; where, events will probably soon determine. FEEDING “EUROPE WITH PEACHES. [From the Wilmington Every Evening.] Wednesday afternoon a special train passed through here for Philadelphia with 2,050 crates of peaches, These were last night loaded on the steamship Ohio, of the American line, which left that port to-day for Liver- pool, to which place the fruit is consigned. This is the first time Delawareans ever sent a consignment of peaches to the Old World, and it is now done simply as anexperiment, Mr. R. T. Lockwood, of Middletown, goes with the fruit as supercargo, and in Liverpool he will personally superintend its sale. On his arrival there he will telegraph the condition of the frnit, and if it is favorable another cargo will probably be sent over before the close of the season. A visit was made. to the Ohio yesterday, and the ar- rapgements for storing and keeping the peaches were inspected. The refrigerator or room in which the fruit is stored is in the bow of the vessel, in what is called the steerage. The apartment is constructed of matched pine lumber, with a dead air chamber surrounding it on all sides, and is made as nearly air tight ax possible, Tho refrigerating process is that of the Bate Refrigera- tor Company, the principle bemg to Keep. up a cireula- tion of dry, cold air through the fruit, This is accom- plished in the following manner:—A large galvanized iron tank, capable of holding fifteen tons of ice, is laced im the centre of the room; it has no ttom, and is raised about six inches from the floor, and rises to the ceiling; it is securely braced and stayed to prevent’ shifting. Drainage is provided through lead pipes, Wooden grat- ings are placed on the bottom, and the tank filled with ice. A smnall engine, of five-horse power, placed near the refrigerator, between decks, runs a blower, which forces a column of air through a pipe one foot in diam- eter immediately upon the top of the ice, and thence through the ico and out at the bottom of the tank, where it circulates through the crates of peaches and escapes through numerous outlets, all leading to a return pipe, which takes the air to the blower again. It is claimed that by thus circulating the same air through the ico its temperature becomes reduced to about thirty-tive degrees, causing it to part with its moisture, which is deposited on the ive and finds its way out of the drainage pipes. More or less moisture is re- moved from the peaches, but only suflicient to dry their surface, The temperature is too low to promote fer- | mentation, and it 1s claimed that refrigerated fruit is, much less’ likely to rot after being taken out of the re- frigerator than that just plucked from the tree. ‘The engine yesterday was set in motion when the tank had been partially filled with ice, and within five minutes the thermometer sunk to forty-five degrees, | As no fresh air is taken infrom without there is no ad- | ditional heat to overcome after the fruit has once been reduced in temperature, except what may pass through the walls of the apartment, It is believed that fifteen | tons of ice will be more than sufficient for the voyage. | Fresh meat has been transported to Europe success- | fully by this process in the White Star and Wil Guion lines, but no experiment has hitherto beet with fruit, ' The peaches sent out on the Ohio consist of Reoves’ Favorite, Old Mixon’s and Crawford's Early. They were picked yesterday afternoon and were the finest and firmest that could be found in the orchards of the shippers. ‘The weather being cool yes- terday the fruit shipped was dry and in perfect condi- tion. THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA. The correspondent of the Philadelphia Telegram writes from Europe :— We are not, after all, fo be permitted to catch a glimpse of the fair Empress of Austria, though she did pass through Paris afew days ago. About a thousand people went to the railway station to see her come in, but the lovely Ehzabeth at the last moment quietly | changed her destinatign and came into Paris by another route, thus disappointing the eager crowd of sight- Seers. She is woll worth looking at, is this fairest of royal ladies, though she is thirty-cight years of age and a possible grandmother besides. Isaw her at Vienna ten years ago; she then looked about twenty, slender as a reed and graceful as a deer, with the loyeliest’ dark cyes in the world, and such a profusion of dark, silky | hair ‘that it foll, coil upon coil, from’ under her coquettish little hat, only retained by the meshes ofa fine silk hair net. Her style and elogance were un- surpassable, far exceeding, to my mind, the moro arti- ficial graces of the Empress Eugénie, She dresses very simply now, it 1s said, usually in black, gray or lilac, never having worn gay colors since the death of her eldest daughter several years ago. Her manners are marvellously sweet and winning and she is as popular as she is beautiful. Truth compels mo to state that itis currently reported that she henpecks her imperial spouse unmercitully, and that he, like a wise man, sub- mits to her dominior When she first arrived at the imperial court she gave immense offence to her haughty mother-in-law, the Archduchess Sophia, of evil memory, by insisting upon going out walking (th ning the sacred fect of the Empress of Austria by contact with the vulgar earth !) and by carrying an umbrella, which last is, we believe, a fatal sin agaitst royal etiqnette, “Sho | inherits the simplicity of her manners from her | father, the Archduke Maximilian Luitpold, of Bavaria, | ‘This gentleman always travels very quietly and with no | more state or form than any ordinary private gentle- man, He was recently on is way trom Munich to Vi- enna to visit his daughter. In the same compartment in the train with himself was a talkative litte Austrian tradesman, who soon got into conversation with his quiet looking companton, After talking over ee] and things for some time and getting ample information about his business, his family, his destination, &¢., he asked, “And pray, sir, where are you goin, “To Vi- enna. “On business?” ‘Nos to visit my daughter, who is married to an Austrian.” “Is your son-in-law | in a good business!” “Well—tolerably ay re | troublesome at times’? “W is he?” “The Empe- ror!’ At this answer the poor little man became cov- ered with confusion, nor could all the langhing protesta- tions of the good natured Archduke avail to reassare him, and he darted out of the cartiage at the very next stopping place. A POLICEMAN INJURED, While OMcer Jacob W. Dyckman, of the Broadway Squad, was attempting to stop a runaway horse and wagon yesterday afternoon at the corner of Broadway and Barclay stroct, he was thrown to the pavement by the colliding of the wagon against a track, and had one of his ribs on the left side broken, He was sont to the Chambers Street Hospital, to provide the manner in which, and th at which, such absent electors vote, and for the re- turn and canvass of their votes in the election districts in which they respectively reside.” Sxc. 2—Rtrike out all the second section after the word “bribery”? ARTICLE IV.—LEGISLATIVE, Ske, 1.—Paragraph 3—Strike out the words “secs ond Tuesday of October,’ and insert in lieu thereof the words ‘first Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem- ber.” 4.—Paragraph 7—Strike out the following words :— “A compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of tho treasury of the State, which compensation shall not exesed the sum of $3 per day for the period of forty days from the com- mencement of the session, and shall not exceed the sum of $1 50 per day for the remainder of the session, When convened in extra session by the Governor they shall receive such sum as shall be fixed for the first forty days of the ordinary session. They. shall also re- ceive the sum of $1 for every ten miles they shall travel in going to and returning from their place of meeting on the most usual route,” And insort in lieu thereof the following :— “Annually the sum of $500 during the time for which they shall have been elected, and while they shall hold their office, and no other allowane> or emolit- ment, directly or indirbetly, tor any purpose whatever.” Also strike out tho words ‘per diem.” Src, 7.—Paragraph 4—Add to the paragraph the followin; No law shall be revived or amended by reterence to its title only, but the act revived, or the section or sections amended, shall be insérted at length, No general law shall embrace any provision of a private, cial or local character No act shall be passed which shall provide that any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be inado or deeme:t a part of the act, or which shall enact that any existing law, or any part’ thereof, shall be applicable, except by inserting it in such act.” Paragraph 6—Insert the word ‘free’? between the word “public” and the word “schools,” and add to the paragraph the followin; “The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all the children in this State between the ages of five and eighteen years.”* Strike out paragraph 5, as follow: “8, ‘The assent of three-fitths of the members elected to each house shall be requisite to the passage of every law for granting, continuing, altering, amending or re- newing charters for banks of movey corporations; and ail such charters shall be limited to a term not exceed. ing twenty years.” Change the number of present paragraph 9 to 8. Insert as paragraph 9 a new paragraph, ‘as follows :— “9, No private, special or local bill shall be passed unless public notice of the intention to apply therefor and of the general object thereof shall have been pre- viously given. The Legislature, at the next session af: ter the adoption thereof and from time to time there- after, shall prescribe the time and mode of giving such notice, the evidence thereof and how such evidence shall be preserved.” Insert as paragraph 11 a new paragraph, as follows: “11, The Legislature shall not pass private, local oF special Liws in any of the following enumerated cases— that is to say:— “Laying out, opening, altering and working roads o highways. “Vacating any road, town plot, strect, alley or publi¢ grounds. “Regulating the internal affairs of towns and counties, appointing local offices or commissions to regulate mu- nicipal affairs. “Selecting, drawing, summoning or empanelling grand or petit jurors. “Creating, increasing or decreasing the percentage or allowance of public officers during the term for which said officers were elected or appointed. “Changing the law of descent. “Granting to any corporation, association or indivi dual any exclusive privilege, immunity or franchisg whatever. “Granting to any corporation, association or indivi- dual the right to lay down railroad tracks. “Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases, “Providing for the management and support of free public schools. “The Legislature shall pass general laws providing for the cases enumerated in this paragraph, and for all other cases which, in its judgment, may be provided for by general laws.’ The Legislature shall pass no special act conferring ‘corporate powers, but they shall past general laws under which corporations may be organ ized and corporate powers of every nature obtain subject, nevertheless, to repeal or alieration at the wil of the Legislature." Insert as paragraph 12 a new paragraph, as folk lows :— “12. Property shall be assessed for taxes under gene. rallaws and by uniform rules, according to its true value,” Ske. 8.—Insert as paragraph 2a new paragraph, a follows :— “2. Every officer of the Legislature shall, before he enters upon his duties, take and subscribe the follow: ing oath or affirmation:—‘I do solemnly promise and swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully, impartially and justly perform all the duties of the oftice of -—, to the best of my ability and understanding; that I will care- fully preserve all secords, papers, writings or property intrusted to me for safe keeping by virtue of my office, and make such disposition of the same as may be re quired by law.’”” ARTICLE V.—EXECUTIVE. Paragraph 6.—After the word ‘‘Legislature,"’ where it occurs first in said paragraph, insert the words ‘‘or the Senate alone.” Paragraph 7.—Add to the paragraph the following: “If any bill presented to the Governor contain so eral items of appropriations of money, he may object to one or more of such items whi tog miptee | of the other portions of the bill, shall append to the bill, at the time of nt of the items to which he objects, and the appropriation 80 ob- jected to shall not take effect. If the Legislature be in session he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy of such statement, and the items ob- jected to shall be separately reconsidered. If, in re- ‘consideration, one or more of such items be approved by a majority of the members elected to cach house, the same shall be a partof the law, Ragplcinae the objections of the Governor. All the provisions this section in relation to bills not approved by the Governor shall he go to cases in which he shall with. hold his approval from any item or items contained in a bill appropriating money.”? Paragraph 8.—Add to the paragraph the following :— “Nor shall he be elected by the Legislature to any office under the government of this State or of the United States during the term for which he shall have been elected Governor.” The remaining amendments relate to the appointing power and tennre of office, and are of minor import- ance, Each amondment may be adopted or rejected independent of the others, A voter who desires ta cast his vote against any particular amendment will cancel it by drawing a line across it. The registry law ia suspended at this ps et so that registration will not be necessary. THE NEW JERSEY CENSUS, The returns made thus fur by the assessors to County Clerk Braun, at Jersey City, show the following popw lation:—First Aldermanic district, 14,500; Second dis trict, 25,404; Third district, 17,502; Fifth districy, 11,958; Sixth district, 16,865—making a total in five districts of 86,319, The population of West Hoboken it 5,219; Bayonne, 5,836; North Bergen, 3,928, The fol following lysis of the population in the Fifth dis trict will prove interesting:— born white males 5; native born white females, 4,405; colored males jored females, 96; foreign white males, 1,546) ‘eign white females,’ 1,751; white male children, 1,458; white female children, 1,495, The census of Paterson is hearly enough completed te estimate that the population will be very close to 40,000, But for the hard times, which have driven many ma chinists and other mechanics out of town, it would um doubtedly have reached a much larger figure, THE FLATBUSH HIGHWAY ROB BERY, Yesterday firemen John Kelly, Michael Leonard, Fd ward Wynne, Peter Harrington and Michal Lanigam who were arrested for assaulting and robbing Willian Armour, the Flatbush farmer, on the 18th inst., were arraigned before Justice Morse. Mr. Armour testified that he was wasaulted and robbed about midnight; he identified Harrington as one of the men who struck him; Kelly, Leonard and Wynne were also present at the assault, Miss Armour, a danghter of the complamant testitied that about tive ‘on the morning in ques tion she found her father | tho carriageway near the door of their house ini dames Glass, a liquor dealer, testified that-Mr. Ar- mour drank three glasses of whiskey in his Ce about twelve o'clock, on the might of August 18, but di hot pay for them. Tho prisoners showed that they were not in the wh cinity of the liquor store of Glass when the assault wag committed, and they were thereupon discharged by Jum tice Morse,