The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1875, Page 7

TE AL Preparations in the City and State for the Coming Campaign. THE DIVIDED DEMOCRACY. What Tammany May Ex- pect at Syracuse. THE LOCAL CANDIDATES. The near approach of the time fixed for the assem- Dling of the State conventions of the two parties in this State is having an enlivening effect upon the politicians, and in the various Assembly districts the question as to who will be the probable nominee for this, that and the other local office has become paramount to the labor question and the patronage rule of Tammany Hall, As is always the case just previous to an election where there is considerable power at stake on local issues, the outside factions have been the first to organize and the rst to claim that they, and they alone, are the only Simon Pure patriots in the land who do not care for the flesh pots, but only have an eye to — the public good. The anti-Tammanyites this year have come out much earher than is their wont, and it must be said that they have organized this time with such a keen regard for all the little details which are so neces- gary to convince a State Convention that they have at least the right to be heard as democrats that there is no longer any room for doubt but that they mean WAR TO THE KNIFE at Syracuse. There is, of course, a good deal that is nonsense about their pretensions to “regularity,” and | no one who has kept the run of the way they “have managed the preliminaries to honestly contend that there was any less humbug about the manner of deciding who were to be members of the district conventions than is shown every yoar by Tammany Hall and the Custom House republicans. . In fact, the great claim that the anti-Tammany demo- crats will make at Syracuse will be that, at all events, they have strictly complied with the resolution passed by the Convention of 1871, which provides that no cen- tral organization should have anything to do with the slection of delegates; that cach Assembly district in convention shall select its own delegates, irrespective of what the others may do, or when or where they con- yene. On this score, however, the Tammany demo- crats are apparently on the same level as, their demo- cratic antagonists, as they have also thus far complied with the rule of ‘71; but the weak point in the Tammany armor, the oppositionists say, is that the Committee on Organization met last month, and, ifnot formally at least informally, issued a call tinder the guise of a recommendation that the demo- crats in the various Assembly districts should mect ata given day to elect delegates to the district conyen- tions, which was, they contend, an inexcusable viola- tion of the rule of '71, Of course the Tammany leaders protest that the meeting was not a meeting of the Com- mittee on Organization, and that the secretary of that committee issued the call under a misapprehension, Which, when discovered alter the members of the committee had come together, was at once rectified by their resolving themselves inte an informal assemblage, “without organization or chairman, so that all could confer as to what particular day should be selected for the holding of the district conventions, As much as can be made out of this feature of the case will be made by the anti- Tammany people, but those who pretend to know all the ins and outs of the latter’s mode of organization in the different districts assert that if the question is raised at Syracuse as to whether Tammany’s delegates were aven indirectly elected under an informal call by the ventral body, documents and circulars of the other party will be dragged to light that will not only show up THE OPERATIONS OF A ‘RING’? who controlled the action of every district cohvention, but prove beyond doubt that the delegates were ali de- cided upon by five men, ex-office holders, long before tho conventions met. There is another point that the anti- Tammany folks will try to make the most of, too, under the ’71 rule, and that is, the coincidence that nearly all the Tammany District Conventions to elect delegates to the State Convention were held on tho same night. Looking at the whole situation dis- passionately, it is not to be denied that Tam- many feols that she has got a big fight on her hands, and that, as the Convention will doubtless inves- tigate the claims of the rival delegations from this city, not as a whole, but by Assembly districts, there is great danger that her enemies may, if not defeat her out- right, at least obtain the admission of a sufficient num ber of anti-Tammany delegates to make her almost pow- * erless in the Convention as a distinct organization. Of course, it is conceded on all sides that everything depends upon the State Central Committee's election of the chairman of the Convention. The indications thus | far in the rural districts go to show that Governor Tilden’s friends have been hard at work securing delo- gates pledged to the support not only of his policy, but of Governor Tilden’s determination to have on the State ticket only such men as Governor Tilden approves of. Even the Tioga county delegation have been in- structed to ‘virtually act at Syracuse as the Governor | may want them to, and the overwhelming defeat in Elmira on Friday of the McGuire party by Tilden’s friends at the primaries shows clearly that the Governor commands in the Convention, What will be. made known through his chosen trumpeters will bo law to most of the rural delegates. This being so, it will be readily perceived that so far as the delegates from this city are concerned the outlook is not very pleasant, and that, in order to secure favorable consideration, Tam- many must not, as of old, boldly attempt to take the lead that others may follow, but quietly go to work, se- cure at the hands of the State Committee THE DEST TERMS PossInLE, in order to get the upper hand of her rivals, and in con- vention do as the Governor's party and the backwoods leaders will insist upon her doing in the Convention; for, in order to have a majority of the delegates from the city clasted as Tammany men, she will have, it must be remembered, not only to fight the anti-Tammany dele- gates, but delegates from Morrissey’s, Hayes’, Led- with’s and tho Twentieth Assembly districts, who will tlaim to be Tammany delegates, but opposed to John Kelly. Indocd, this particular featare of the strug plo may have more weight with the countrymen than any other. Now, as to the probable effect of the divisions in the democratic camp upon local issues. There are to bo elected in November in this city five Senators, twenty-one Assemb! twenty-two Aldor, men, a District Attorney, a Surrogate, a Judge of the Superior Court, a Judgo ot the Court of Common Pleas two Judges of the Marine Court, a Recorder, a Judge of the Court of General Sessions and a Coroner. With such a formidable number of offices to be filled, it needs no argument to show that there will be a very warm time of it on clection day, particularly when it is taken into consideration that the anti-Tammany democrats are already bargaining with the republicans as to certain candidates which the one will nominate and the other indorse, and vice versa; and that the anti-Custom House ‘republicans, whose delegates mean to join hands with the anti-Conkling delegates from the rural districts andsmake a fight in the Conyen. tion at Saratoga next Wednesday, and the know that they will be handled without gloves, as_M Grinnell and his delegates were handled in 1871 at Syra- cuse by Tomy Murphy's followers, are willing in certam | districts fo-help the Tammany ticket in order to get even with the men who putthem out of office, Although | this log-rolling business may have its some respects, it ix protty certain that the n democrats in general understand that the autt- many democratic leaders are willing to make a com- bination with the republicans inthis city to gain a vi tory over Tammany, hundreds of thein ‘who have very | little love for the sachems’ rule will vote THE STRAIONT TAMMANY TICKET, for the experiences of the campaign of anti-Tammany democratic tic! corrupt combination was ma enusing the city to be handed over to the control of the republican party, are yet too fresh in the memory of democrats to allow them to entirely forget the dangers of fog-rolling. AS a gencral thing, thealocal politicians are very chary about showing their hand before the State Conventions meet; but owing to the activity dis- played by the ante-Tanin people, and the troubles which the sachems — have over the organization of the disaficeted district general ci mittecs, this year seems to an tion to the rule to a certain degree, the crop of@andidates for all the offices is a very large one, if one takes into account all those aspiring gentic mea ia every clection disirict of every Assembly district , When an et Was inthe field and a fe with the republicans, their primaries can | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. who go about telling everybody else that their ‘‘neigh- bors’? want them to run for Assembly, Coroner or Judge. The fact, too, that a great many well known Jiticians who hold office under the city, State and , are debarred by the new constitution from ig candidates for either branch of the Legisla ture, has had the effect of bringing to the surface . A LOST OF OBSCURE MEN in'many of the districts, several of whom, doubtless for want of better material, will have to be taken up and sent to Albany to make | for their more intelligent fellow ‘The impression somehow even ut this early dato seems question, and takes a decided stand against the rag- money platform of the Ohio democracy, the demo- majority of the members of the Assembly; but it is known that the republicans will strain every , from one end of the State to the other, to retain control of the Senate; as, if they lose it, the Governor being a democrat, the confirming power of that body would, by throwing out a large number of republicans holding good “election working” places, be yery damaging to repub- lican iron. im the State in *76, Ivis with a full knowledge of this deterinination of the republicans that the Tammany democrats in this city will make every cifort to secure the live Senators for this county. In the Fourth district if John Fox should be the candi- | date—and the general opinion is that he will get the ‘Tammany nomination—John Morrissey will he sure to run against him, and there will be a lively campaign of it, with sure defeat for Morrissey. As the district has always been Tammany, Axsemblyman 't, J. Caunpbell, who has served seven terms in the Legislature and is considered the best parliamentarian in’ the House next to Governor Alvord, 18 also a candidate, and to get the support of his own district, twent votes, in the Senatorial Convention, Nicholas Muller, who was placed at the head of the General Commituce of the First district w it was reorganized a year ago, and when the Fox party were ‘laid on’ the shelf, and who was a member of the Legislature list winter, also agpires for the place, king a lively canyass to. secure the prize. how there seems to have grown up in some parts | district a great deal of bad feeling against Fox, | ‘ome of the well posted politicians believe would | injure him seriously as a candidate, and inany contend | that his friends only tak about’ him asa candidate, so that at the last moment ex-Judge Hogan may step in as | a compromise between all hands, If the matter of the | nomination should be left to the Senatorial district | without any hints from headquarters, aud Muller and | Campbell and Fox and Hogan should = one and all work for the — place, is proba ble that some other party hot yet mentioned in the canvass will tinally be placed in the fieid with the it full approbation of Mr. Johu Kelly, juny men contend that Morris: rict if Fox is not nominated, will not run in the ut that whoever is 8 Hayes, Y br d by Morrissey. to one that Fox will rum. In the Fifth Senatorial district, the only Senatorial district of the city repre- sented by a republican Senator, it is settled that Senator Booth will be again the candidate of the republicans, ‘The district is a very close one, Booth is very popular, and, in return tor the way he worked for Comptroller Green in the Senate, will get all the support from him and his anti-Tammany” friends that he can control, This, added to the heavy republican vote in ‘those parts of the Ninth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards which le in the — district, will give the democrats a hard day’s work to elect their man, democrats that a iirst class man must be nominated against Booth; and the general opinion now seems to be that Sidney P. Nichuls, a gentleman well kuown in the district, will be the nominee. In the Sixth Sena- torial district. Assemblyman James Daly seems to have THK INSIDE TRACK, Assemblyman Waehuer 1s also a candidate; but his seom to have pleased everybody in the district, and it is not likely that he will get the nomination, It is highly probable that there will be a fierce faction struggle in the Seventh district, It will, be _remem- bered that Ledwith curried it two years ago, but came very near being squelched by the peculiar system ‘of arithmetic adopted by ex-Sheriff O'Brien's friends at some of the polls. It is understood that the anti-Tammany party wall put Ledwith’s old opponent in the field, James rard, the contractor, Tammany proposes to let h dry his mettle against James 8. Thayer, who, in th® opinion of most demo- crats, will carry ceverythi storm. If Senator Moore should not.ran in t hth, district, and he in- sists that he is not a cand! he will have the naming of his successor, ansl hé isveg-Assemblyman M. Sullivan, who deicated Harry Genet Crary for the Assembly trom the Twenty-first di in the triangular fight in 1873. The republicans in theglistrict are all at sea as to their candidate, and as they hive considerable trouble on thoir hands in’ fighting the’ republican candidates in there will be inthe | e1 the tield, In tithe Sontibct lb it may be as well to state that the republicang im uhis ¢ity talk very contidently of their party's securing & good working majority of the country Senators, y claim that they will ‘capture the democratic a mow represented by Jarvis | | | | | | i | Lord, Johnson and oh actount of the Canal King’rumpus, and. thamthey? will hold all: the districts they have now, they aaa however, to have some misgivings as to the district, where Senator Wagner, who is the candidate of the Central Railroad, is being pushed by the company. Assemblyman George West, a wealthy resident of Bullston Spa, Whochas done splendid service for his district in the Legislature, is also @ candidate for the nomination and has secured the dele- gation trom his county, and has, it, is said, a strong chance of securing a majority of the Convention. The lewling democrats, on the ‘Other hand, believe that by good work they will carry the Senate by a handsome inajority. Indeed, ember of the State Central Com- mittce irom the interior yesterday said that he tully believed that the Senate and, yse would be carried independent of the momberg yw York city, The Aldermante Will, as ¢; 1 matter, bo avery | lively one, and there will be aw... Th | sen amuie, Jory. WARGE,"? Kon thio democratic alae@bich of ebttso will be. sure thing for the four lucky men who will be on the Tam- many ticket. Most of the present democratic Alder- men are anxious to be renominated, and those who have through thick and thin. stood’ faithiully by Mr. Kelly certainly will be. In the upper Senavorial dis- trict Mr. McCarthy and Mr, Blessing on the democratic side will be returned and Mr. Purroy will be put on the | Sat large” ticket. In Blessing’s district the committee are | hot ali favorable to him, but he has done weil by lus district in the Board and his readiness to do every that the leaders considered should be done in the Boara has fortitled him in Mr. Keily’s eyes, who will insist upon his nomination. | this district, Simonson, will have rd road to travel if he gets renominated, as nis course on the Croton Main ordinance will, it. 18 believed, be like a millstone round —his__neck, as it will be to all the other republican members of the | Board, One of them, Mr. Morris, has heretolore been named by the Fifteenth ward, although he resides tn the Sixteenth, Ex-Fire Commissioner Van Cott, who lives in the Fifteenth, wants to be nominated in tho district, and as he is pledged the vote of lus own delegation Mr, Morris will have to try and get a piace on the “at large” ticket if he wants to run at all. THE PIRH INSURANCE COMPANIES, | who have been clamoring for the passage of the Croton Muin ordinance blame him more than any other repub- lean for the repeated defeats of the ordinance, and will, itis said, throw ai their intiuenve against him. Lf this be so, the likelinood of Mr. Morris becoming one of the two republicans Who must get the largest vote on. the republican ticket to get elected is a very small one. Mr. Bulings, republicay, will probably secure a place on the “at large” ucket. Mr. Mr. Lewis will ‘at large’? ticket, and it is pro nominaced by Tammany on the district tin the Sixth Senave district. Lysught aud Shandicy in the Fourth Sena- | torial district are as yet uot sately booked, though Shandley’s strength in the Seventh ward 1s such that he cannot very Well be refused a renomination, in view of the exciting contest that is certain to ensue m the district on the Senatorial question, — Lysaght 1s an out- <-out Tammany man; but his relations with County Clerk Walsh, who, despite his denials, is looked upon n chemy in disguise by some of tue Tammanyites, y go a grent Way, a feW soreheads think, toward his ing a renomination, — Still, as his services wilt be of need in the Senatorial fight, end as he voted all right, iinally, in the Committee on Organization on the ques- tion of reorganizing Morrissey’s district, he will tide over the DIFFICULTINS OF THE SITUATION, ay Mr. Kelly has full contidence in him. Mr, Reilly, of the Sixth Senatorial district, who has ore than any other democratic member of the Bourd of Al setting of be renominated ve on the at-large Mr, Southwortn, majority in a corn irom the district or given a pi ticket—in all probability the latter, republican, from the sitime district, will be che eandt nt the republicans. Powers, irom the Fifteenth Assembly district, ana Seery, irom the will be renominated unless soinething toully out the slatemakers’ calculations may happen between now aud November to upset the present plans inthe dis- trict. Mr, Cole is to be dropped and Mr, Howland will possibly be put on wilarge ticket with Mr. iillings by the ublicaus, = Mr. Gilon has his eye on the Coronership, and if his chances grow beautifully less and small by degrees about for aretarn to his old place. The candidates for civil justices (‘here are nme to be elected) are quite numerous on the democratic side, and as the districts are so arranged that Lhe repubsicans have but A SMALL SHOW y one of them, W iS yet are few and far It was to this district tint Ackert was d y the Governor in place of Stemm ell and B. F, MeCatull are mentioned as eandi- dates on the democratic side, and it ts suid that Joseph. ©, Pinckney will be nominated by the republicans, Judge Quinn will be a candidate of the Tammany men ‘in the First judicial district, although some ot his | Irtends claim that he would preter to be a State Senator, Mr. Willian Ho Moloney is also pamed in connection with — the ship. In the ‘Third Justice Fowler is wo jor a renomination, re many denn ou, the yy Works.’ Since Har o yt the two extreme cast districts, moved to Westchester he is out of the lists, and a andidates Jor his place are Kdward Gale, Al, Bogert, rge Langbem and Corone In the Sixt district (Fitaye Lane's) the candi ssembly man 1 to run T. McGowran john K. anti-Tammany ‘side, ts to have another te ce Jus Justice Kane, sirte, sant hi teenth ward; James Quinn, of to prevail among democrats generally that if the Syra- | euse Convention makes no serious blunder in the canal | ates governments, and who have not resigned | crats will without much trouble succeed in electing a, | nen mentioned by the democrats in connection with lt is conceded in the district by all the leading | course at Albany last winter on certain bills does not | y action it may be thate ytbing | It may be that the republican in, 1 the exception of the | Am: | Some of the Tam- | of the clerks as could be paid out of the amount | who would like to succeed him, are Joseph Fallon, P. | H. MeGowan and Stinson MeKiever, democrats, As Judge Flanagan’s term does not expire with the terms of the other justices, of course he is safe. As to the Recorder and'City Judge, it is generally conceded that | Ex-Judge Bedford will be nominated by Tammany to the latter position or to the former, just as he chooses. It is said that the anti-Tammany party will re-nominate John K. Hackett for Recorder, and that he will be in- dorsed by the republicams, and ‘that in RETURN PORK THH COMPLICENT Mr. Phelps, who ts to be renominated by the repah- leans for District Attorney, will be indorsed by the anti-Tammanyites. The Sarrogateship is yet in doubt, neither party baving as yet shown their lands in any detinite way, although there is some talk of a renomi- nation of Mr. Hutchings by the democratic opposition- ists, Gideon Tucker's (anti-Tammany) name is also | mentioned in connection with the pises; and some of | the republicans are working to get Wheeler If. Peckham | to take the nomination, The three most prominent | the office of District Attérney are Frederick Smythe, one of the new Tammany sachems; Henry L. Clinton and Jobn D. Townsepd. Judge Freedman, of the Supe rior Court, will be renominated by Tammany, and Sen- ator Jacob Gross is a candidate for Judge of the Com- mon Pleas in place of Judge Leow, who wil! not be re- nominated. It is somewhat early yet for the candidates for the | Assembly to make themselves known, but in a few dis- | triets the pipe laying has already been actively Poe the two conventions have done their wor! yr upon in each district, and then the campaign will be commenced in downright earnest, m. at couse the leaders will know just whom to settle TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT REPUB- LICANS. The following gentlemen were elected delegates to the Saratoga (Republican) Convention on Friday evening trom the Twenty-first Assembly district, after a very stormy time of it at the polls between the Custom House and Haw factions:—Delegates—Henry C. Robin- son, John A, Eagleson, James M. Gray, William J. Malian, —Aiternates—Henry Roffe, Thomas Hanson, John G, Gifling, Benjamin Page. THE WARRANT WAR. The Comptroller yesterday sent over to the Mayor’ office warrants to cover the small balance which contends is the only amount remaining to the credit — ; the salary appropriation of the Mayor's office. As mai * were paid. The Mayor signed the warrants for the pay of the Comptroller's department. The trouble’ about the warrants will be referred by the Mayor tothe Corporation Counsel. It is believed by some of the politicians that Mr, Green had an idea that, when he began the Permit Bureau warrant war on Fri- day, he could startle the Mayor, #0 that the latter, in an official note, might declare that the Permit Burean was not a part of his office, and that, had he done so, Green would haye at once ‘appointed his lobbyist, Charley Swan, to the head of the bureau, But the Mayor was not caught napping, and now Green Onds himself ina box, with his own figures against him. QUARANTINE AFFAIRS. INVESTIGATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COMMIT- | TEE—THE CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION { OF WORKS ON DIX AND HOFFMAN ISLANDS, Mr. T, F. Leeds resumed his statement, The twenty- two cisterns purchased contained 2,000 gallons each. Tho witness handed in the engincer’s plans and specifi- | cations for the work on Hoffman Island. He said there was a contract with Fehx Campbell for putting ina heating apparatus on Dix Island, the amount being | $53,288, including a condenser, The extra labor amounted to the sum of $1,202 55. There was a con- tract on December 9, 1870, for plumbing entered into by Breen, Adams & Brien, the sum being $5,135 and the extra work $322 50, A contract was en- tered into for the purchase of shedding with J. W. Flaherty, on December 9, 1870, the sum being $4,150, and the extra work $323 50. 'A contract was entered into with Osborne & Fish for alterations and im- vements on Dix Island, the amount being $8,500. ackenzie’s contract for plumbing work was dated De- cember 2, 196%, and the sum awarded for the same, $10,072 47. ‘The total amount of contracts for work on Dix'Island, exclusive of that performed by Frank Swilt, was $63,612 73, In reterence to the buildings on Hoft- man Island, a contract was entered into, August 13, 1872, with W. H. Beer for furnishing piling and concrete | foundation for building, and the amount paid for the sane | was $9,179, A contract was entered into with Lochman & Dorry, ‘dated June 27, 1872, tor the erection of buildings for which. they were paid "$65,770. They also received $49,330 for finishing the buildings according to new Plats.” For extra work the sum of $2,021 25 was added. | the 28th of June a contract was entered into with H. W. Beer for ‘building a wall, the sum paid being $59,705 95. The next contract was given to Hugh McRoberts and was dated. September 11, 1872, for 8,000 _ cubic yards of riprap at $2 25 per cubic yard, amount. ing to $18,000, and he received for addi "come in and try the cause on conditions: —First, t | ings in action No. 1 on the part of plaintif! must be | defendants for $229 50, and costs and disbursements jitional riprap $8,519 20. Bramhall, Dean & Co. were awarded a contract dated July 8, 1873, for furnishing a heating | apparatus, the sum pald beiug $12,792 43. On the same | day the Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Company obtained a contract for the furnishing of 300 No. 8 light coppered Springtield gas machines, complete, with the necessary pipes, fittings, &c., and were paid $2,200, and $54 08 for extra labor. ‘The next contract was given to Robert Ennever for completing buildings according to, engineer's specifications, and the amount paid was . jose contracts were all advertised, but in some instances the lowest bids were not accepted. The total amount paid for contracts, other than those held by Francis Swift for work done on Hoffman Island, was | $225,645 54, and the entire sum for contracts on the | two islands, exclusive of those awarded to Francis Swift, amounted to $289,258 26. Tho secretary then proceeded to give the details of the different contracts, after which the committee adjourned until to-morrow at noon. THE EMIGRATION COMMISSION. The logislative committee appointed to inquire into the working of the Emigration Commission requested Mr. Bernard Casserly to furnish a tabulated statement showing the amount of “head money’? received an- nually from 1860 to 1874, inclusive, together with the amount expended in salaries at Castle Garden and Ward's Island each year and the amount which re- mained for the institution, The document sets forth the following figures: uw 22 ansv) st Year. od wD sai puvpy sD AL sof papwadry fo yoddng soz pun waps09 2 “7 §pavag pun “809 WSLS suonnynsur 29 pepusday -oy fo abvyued. $160,414 142,57| 112,631 270,726 $2103 185,450) 152,61 ct, ot. ot, ct. ct. ct, 36 per 57 per 118}795| IST4T...00. ‘Under previous Board, which a former investigating com: mittee reported to the Législatura as grossly extravagant in the matter of salaries, +Under present Board, Mr, Casserly handed in the foregoing to the com- mittee yesterday afternoon . * CHARITIES AND CORRECTIO! This Commission have announced the following changes in the officials under their control:—Michael J. Diamond, attendant, New York City Asylum for In. | sane} Stephen Van Schaick, engineer, to take charge of repairs of steam-heating apparatus at Blackwell's Island; Ignatius Dugan, keeper City Prison; John Ryan, guard Penitentiary; George B. Sherwood, at- tendant, New York City Asylum for Insane; Edward Devine,’ orderly, Park Hospital; Mary Magee, nurse, Lunatic Asylum; Margaret Ryan, nurse, nursery; George Brown, hight gaard,, Workhouse} Michaael Slattery, attendant, New York City Asylum for Insane, Remoyals—Jacob ‘Devine, guard, Penitentiary; Law- rence McDermott, keeper, City Prison; Irving’Graco, Orderly, Park Tospital;’ Lawrence Mohan, night guard, Workhouse. Resignatiods,.Revs. W. Watson and William 8, Corwin, attendants, New York City | Asylum for Insane, | i A FLOURISHING CORONER. Coroner Manger, of Newtown, was a busy man yes- terday, having no less than three inquests to attend to} The first was held in the morning, upon the body of an unknown woman, apparently between twenty-five and ° thirty years old, found drowned near the government | ets Point, on Friday evening. She was | ect in height, with dark hair, which | in Wavy Inasses loosely over her shoulders, and clothed ima fine black alpaca dress, fine white | clothing and white slippers, There were no | | | | | und marks of violence upon the body, and itis conjectured that she may have fallen overboard from an excursion steamer. The jury rendered a verdict of death by drowning, but whether ac ntal or otherwise they It not determine. p second inquest waa upon the body of Michael Was found floating in Newtown Creek o He was a marbie polisher employed at Blissville, and was drowned while bathing on Tuesday evening. | The jury found a verdict in accordance with these tacts, The third inquest was commenced in the evening upon the body of the man killed by the locomotive of the express train on the Long Island Railroad, near James Cooney, Ht Kane gets the nomination Senator — putch Kills on Friday evening, which had not yet bee with will run against Hin independent, The repub- identified, Tt ey om bons conrectured that he might if | Heans talk of putting up Frederick Gedney, Judge | an escaped convict from Blackwell’s Island, but this | Porter is to step do won the Mb, and the candidates | proved not to be the case, THE COURTS. In the suit of J. Veralie an order of arrest was granted holding the defendant to bail in $1,500. The defendant was arrested and temporarily confined in Ludiow Street Jail, A motion was made in his behalf to vacate the order of arrest, The motion was yestorday argued be- fore Judge Brady; James C, Voorhees, counsel for the laintif™, Ash & Solomon for the defendant. Judge rady denied the motion, with leave to renew it on further proof, if so ullowed Ex-Judge Benjamin B. Foster, formerly United States District Attorney for the Kastern district of Virginia, Judge of the City Court of Norfolk, Va., and subse quently United States Commissioner and Register in | Bankruptcy in the Eastern district of Virginia, has been appointed by United States District Attorney Bliss wo succeed Assistant District Attorney Purdy, resigned, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—-CHAMBERS, By Judge Brady. Maran vs. Watkins.—The judgment most be vacated and the defendant allowed to come in and defend, The | plaintiff shoul be allowed $10 costs, i Sohmer vs. Heintermeister.—The plaintiff has united claims or causes of action, in relation to one of which, namely, about $1,000, there 1s no allegation of fraud: ‘This union isa waiver in thix of the right to the rovisional remedy of arrest, (Lambert vs. Snow, 2 ilton Rep., 501.) MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS, By Judge Joachimsen, Glasser vs. Gumbinner,—1 cannot interfere with the Sheriff. Motion denied, with $10 costs, j ed, with $10 costs advanced on cal- endar of Part 1 for September 25, 1875, Carter vs, Beckman.—I am of opinion that Mr, Gan- non Was a proper representative of the Sheriff to serve acopy of the attachment and obtain a certificate from Mr. Webb, under section 236 vf the Code. Mr. Webb | must be sworn, Henderson vs. Stirrat,—I cannot permit a suit to be brought in the name of defunct, dead or fetitious per- sons, Motion granted, with $10 costs, Order to be settled on notice, Schultheis vs. Warl—Tho affidavits of plaintiff over- come the defendant's affidavits. The defendant may pay into Court the amount of the judgment ax secu second, to pay $10 costs of opposing this motion $10 costs of judgment; third, to consent to try the cause September 12, 1875, in Part 2, otherwise motion denied, with $10 costs. Hirsch vs. Baer.—Ail the proceedings in action No. 2 must be set aside and vacated as a fraud on the Court, with costs and $10 costs of this motion, and all proceed” stayed until these costs are paid, Brady vs, Wright.—Judgment for plaintiff against the and five per ce! Zineke vs. Stevenson; The Sun Printing and Pablish- ing Association ys. Conklin; Fleischhauer vs. Taxtor; Fleischhauer vs. Stahl; Waiker vs. Hillier; Levy vs. Vett.—Motions to advance granted and orders signed, Raelle ys. Hacfelein,—Motion for judgment granted. Napier vs. Ritchie.—Motion granted, with $10 costs. Simington vs. Wicker.—Motion to vacate order of ar- Test, &c., granted. Féldman vs, Townsend, Schutt vs. Henry, Snebly vs. Lyon, Pfarzhetmer vs. Tucker, Fitzgerald vs. Smith, Gilroy vs, Karl,—Orders signed. Guillard ys, Oppenheimer.—Motion exonerating bail, &c., granted. Order signed. Whitney vs, Maloney.—Motion, reducing bail from $1,000 to $150, granted, | Order signed. King vs. McDonald.—Motion to stay. plaintiff's pro- ceedings until security*for costs is filed, &c., granted, Order signed. Currier ys, Sinclair, —The demurrer is palpably frivo- lous. It admits the making of the check, &c., and that plaintiff is the owner and holder thereof.’ This shows a cause of action, Motion granted, with costs, Koehler vs. Murphy; Griffiths vs, O'Rourke; Freenk vs. Darbeed; Harrison ys. Hatrison,.—Motions to ad- vance granted and orders signed. TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Judge Dufty. LARCENY OF CLOTH. William Gleason, a plumber, residing at No, 20 Bleecker street, was yyosterday held to answer on a charge of stealing a roll of cloth valued at $35 from the store of Thomas 8. Sinnott, No. 232 Bowery. Owen Dunn, an employé of Mr, Sinnott, testified that he saw the prisoner take the cloth and run away with it; that he pursued and, after a brief chase, succecded in ar, resting him and in recovering the property. AN ALLEGED PICKPOCKET. Edward Hart, of No. 428 Madison streot, was'ar- | raigned on complaint of Peter N. Grasse, of No, 234 Washington street, who charged that while he was standing on the corner of Park place and Washington street the P ieega abstracted from his vest pocket $45 | in bills, Hart was held to answer. WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. Before Judge Bixby. AFTER MANY YEARS. NEW YORK CITY. ‘The police arrested 2,215 persons during tho week. The Board of Apportionment is to meet at four o'clock to-morrow afternoon. There were 674 deaths, 424 births, 120 marriages aod 20 aul births reported in this city during the past eck. During the past week the Permit Bureau of the Mayor's Office granted 241 permits, receiving $312 for the same. The water rent receipts and the receipts for tap- ing Croton pipes, &c, for the week amounted to | Seatooa' 83. BROOKLYN. There are 150 prisoners in Raymond Street Jall awalt- ing trial. In the orphan asylums and other charitable institn- tions entitled to a share of the money recetved for liquor licenses there are 1,526 children. Pension Agent McLear yesterday began the quarterly payment to disabled veterans, The amount annually disbursed for this purpose in Brooklyn exceeds $5,000. Christina Ricker, nine years of age, was fatally in- Jured yesterday by falling from a window in the resi- dence of her parents, at the cornor of Grand and Eighth streets, Justice Walsh yesterday sentenced Charles Mills to Raymond Street Jail for twenty days on the charge of stealing money and jewelry from Mrs. Emma Menta, of No, 242 Atlantic avenue terday to await the action of the Grand Jury for burglariously entering the store of L. Levy, No. 190 Union avenue, and stealing $70. A man, named John Sherry, was before Justice Eames yesterday, on the charge of brutally beati: is step-daughter, Mary Ann McEnery. He was sent to the Penitentiary for twenty-nino days. James Mellvane, a pawnbroker, was arrested yester- day on suspicion of stealing a diamond, valued at $8,000, which he had in his possession, He proved his innocenco'of the charge and was released. LONG ISLAND. Some of the farmers in the vicinity of Valley Stream aro losing potatoes with the rot, The loss {s principally in low and damp lands, The crop on the uplands is generally excellent. Itisa noteworthy fact that while the east end of | Long Island, and especially the towns of Southampton and Easthampton, have suffered severely this season as regards crops, the West side of Suffolk county, and Queens county especially, has been. blessed wich a great abundance. It is estimated that the army worms de- stroyed more than eight-tenths of the oats crop in Suf- folk county, STATEN ISLAND. The democratic primaries were held last evening in the various districts throughout Richmond county for the choice of delegates to the county and Senatorial con- ventions, The colored camp meeting, under the auspices of the Zion Methodist church of this city, opened at Winant’s Grove, on the Morning Star road, Northtield, on Friday, and will continue during ten days. Among | the officiating clergymen are the Rev. Jacob Thom | the Rev. G. ‘Turpin, of New York, and the Rev, | Johnston, of the Hempstead church, Long Island. A | large concourse of people, both white and black, visited the grove yesterday. Mrs Martenia W. Jacobson, of Canal street, Stapleton made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide on Friday evening by endeavoring to jump into the dock at the steamboat landing at that place, She was saved through the exertions of Officer Ambrose, who caught | her just as she was about to make the leap. The officer took her before Justice Lassner yesterday, and she was sent home, Domestic trouble is said to be the cause of | the attempt. Regarding the Staten Island ferry trouble Judge | Spier, of the Superior Court, has rendered another do- | cision against the Garter opposition company, and has adjudged all the defendants guilty of contempt. His | opinion conclndes as follows:—‘I am unable to find any excuse for the detendants for their action in disregarding the order made by the Court, especially after a full hearing by counsel before the order was is- sued. It js important in the administration of justice that the authority of the Court in these cases should not only | be received unquestioned, but that parties wilfully dis- regarding it should be pnnished.”” It is thought that this decision will tend to renew proceedings against all the parties engaged in the opposition. POPULATION OF NEW BRUNSWICK. Tho population of New Brunswick, N. J., as recently Ongthe 15th of March, 1871, Bartholomew Hurloy, a boat hand employed on board the sloop Ruth J, Hicks, then lying at East Englewood, N, J., broke into a chest in the cabin and stole therefrom $431, the property of Poter J. Crum, the captain and owner of the sloop. Hur- doy wentytobngland and remained there till a fow weeks ago, When he feturned to New York, Ho was, met in Spring strect yesterday by Mr. Cram, who at once caused his arrest. Judge Bixby held Hurley in $1,000 bail to answer at the General Sessions. JACK CORBITT COMMITTED. The notorious Jack Corbitt, who was arrested by De- tective Thompson on Friday night in Fourth avenue, noar Twentieth strect, while attempting to force an en- trance into the drug store of Isaac Hatch, was arraigned before Judge Bixby yesterday morning and was re- | manded till the afternoon. As thero was not sufficient | evidence of the attempted burglary, that charge was dismissed; but he was committed to the Tombs in de- fault of $500 bail for assault on Detective Thompson at _ the time he was arrested, PLEADS GUILTY. On the 30th of July Henry Preis, of No. 85 Broome street, stole $96 in money and a silver watch, valued at $5, from Herman Knoephe, of No. 7 Forsyth street, Ho escaped at the time, but was arrested on Friday night. | He was arraigned, pleaded guilty, and was committed in $1,000 bail to answer. FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT. Before Judge Wandell, PUNISHING THE POLICY DEALERS. A raid on the policy dealers doing business on or near Third avenue yesterday resulted in the arrest of the fol- lowing persons:—Thomas Friend, No. 628 Second aye- | mated discussion took place with regard to having gates | nue; William Robinson, of No. 333 Third avenue; Wil liam Bockemai McManus, of No. 327 were held for trial in SHOPLIFTERS COME TO GRIEF. East Twenty-tifth’ street. $500 bail, Justice Walsh, in the Brooklyn Police Court, yester- , gave two coat thieves opportunities to indulge their desire for new garments by sending them where their entire suits will be of the zebra pattern, John Armstrong, for stealing a coat from the clothing store of Morris Eitzgerald, No, 327 Adams street, was sen- tenced to the Penitentiary for aterm of six months. Frank Sinclair, who was caught in the act of stealing two fall overcoats from Myrtle avenue, was committed to Raymond Street Jail to await examination. AN HEIRESS ABDUCTED. Brooklyh police circles were excited yesterday by tho reported abduction of a little girl, seven years of | Tund house at Thomas tract: age, named Mabel Kissam, from tho residence of Mrs, attention. We have it to William H, Lounsberry, No. 409 Yates avenue, A fow | aeend weeks ago the mother of the child died at Mrs. Louns- berry’s house and bequeathed to Mabel about $15,000, Aaron A. Degraw, of Jamaica, L. L, was appointed her uardian, but when he endeavored to get control of the ittle girl Mrs. Lounsberry stated that Mabet had been | abducted from her residence and that she did not know | her whereabouts. Mr, Degraw notified Superimtendent | Campbell, who ordered the detectives to make an in- vestigation, but before they had made any progress a | despatch was received at the Central OMice stating that the child had been found in New York WOULD NOT LIVE ALWAY. SHE Mary Culver, forty-six years ot age, while locked up | in the Eighth (Brooklyn) preeinet station house for in- | toxication, early yesterday morning attempted to com- mit suicide by orself to the cell door with a | pillowcase. She was rescued before life was extinct and later Justice Walsh sent her to jail. No. 172 Third avenue, and Michael | They | Cohen's clothing store, on | | street taken by Mr. John Fitzgerald, of that city, is as fol- | lows:— Native white males... Native white females Native colored males Native colored female: Foreign white males Foreign white females. Foreign colored males. Foreign colored female: | ‘The number of females oxceeds the number of males | by 742. The increase of population since the last cen- | sus was taken, tive years ago, is 1,601, or at tho rate of | 8202-5 per year. |THE NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION. | Tho people of the northern section of Hudson county are manifesting a strong determination to defeat the obnoxious proposed constitutional amendments. An enthusiastic meeting of citizens was held in West Hovoken on Friday night, whereat resolutions were | adopted to vote against every amendment except those extending the Sheriffs term to three years, and making $500 the salary of an Assemblyman. “The clause nulli- fying the Five County act is opposed with energy in | every quarter, RAILROAD MURDERS. NO SAFETY FOR LIFE AT THE STREET CROSSINGS IN NEWARK, N. J. The Common Council of Newark held its regular monthly meeting ‘on Friday evening. The session was remarkable for ‘length, as it lasted until about three o'clock yesterday morning. Toward the close an ani- «and fences put up along the railroad tracks within the city limits. Several ordinances came up for reading, their object being to limit the speed of trains to the | rate of four miles an hour within the city and to compel | the companies to erect the proposed gates and fences. | The President of the Council vacated the chair and | moved that the reading of them be postponed. The mo- tions to postpone were all carried but one. An ordt- | nance was read twice which orders the railroad cross- ing of the Newark and New York road crossing at Mul- berry street to be fenced in, cations from Coroner Osborne, with reference to the kill- ing of Nicholas Bodes on Thursday last, was ordered to be received and placed on file:~ To tie Hoxoranie, Tux Mayor axp Commo Couxcin ‘oF tie City oF NEWARK — reby forward to your honorable body a. e jury empanelled by me to inte Bodes, and also submit to your these additional facts, First—That the ordinance relating to the speed of ¢ the Pennsylvania Railroad (New Jersey divisi@wy li speed to twenty miles an hour, between Ceptre and Thomas sb 6 not limit the speed below Serondt—That there is at this time almost a continuous double line of freight and coal cars from Murket street to the round house at Thomas street, rain: mi ead to greater y former communications, JOSEPH D. OSBORNE. To tr, Hononanue Tie Mayor axv Common Counctt oF THe City or Newark :— The undersigned jurors, em} cninstances attending the ki paneled to investigate the ctr. Hing of Nicholas Bodes, at the ‘Tichenor street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in this city, on Thuraday, the 2d Inst., respectfully represent to your honorable body the necessity of immediate action in respect he frequent murders at the various railroad crossings in this city, We feel that the present oceasion demands from you prompt and decisive measures, and that the lives of our Citizens have been too long at the mercy of reckless and care- Texe railroad employees. r to cause the railroad company to place t jenst at every street crossing in this city until adopt other and more effective precantions, and at the « time to cane the, railroad company. to erapl men who can render assistance to people w dangered. fully represent to And we respect hodg that we belleve that any, further delay ‘in this matter will bo distasteful to all good citizens. Jose} Tneker, Foreman; Daniel Sweeny. Charles Hermann, Joveph ¥. K. bold, William 8, Thompson, W. G. Wagoner, NEWARK, Sept. 3, 1 ALLEGED CULPRITS, Louis Silance and Edward Peacock, the conductor mith, George I. ge, tents Wam- liam Dret A SERIES OF ROBBERIES. | At No. 64 Duano street, last night, @ coat, hat and | | vest were stolen from Mr. Fagarthwait; value $37. At No. 92 First avenue, a gold watch and chain, val- ued at $238, and $30 in money, were stolen from | Charles Schiaat, | At No, 20 Prince street, property was stolen to the j value of $25. | At No, 196 Henry streot, clothing to the value of $30 | from Herman Bowers. At No, 197 William street a safo was forced open, but the burglars obtained nothing, it being empty. Michael Coughlin, of No, 25 Varick street, lost $70 worth of clothing by robbers A young mau, boarding at Mrs, Young's, No, 435 Kighth avenue, robbed her of $60 worth of clothing and got aways | road a carpenter, | air. | Martin and engineer of the train which killed Bodes, were ar- reated and held in the sum of $2,000 each to appear before the Grand Jury next Tuesday, OTHER “MURDERS.” At the Rahway crossing of the Pennsylvania Rail fifty-six years old, named Louis Garthwaite, was instantly killed on Friday evening, He was crossing the track on his way home when the pilot of the Southern bound expres train of the Lehigh Valley Ratlroad struck him, tossing him about ten feet into the He fell on the rails, tho wheels passing over and cutting portions of his body into preces, Atan carly hour yesterday morning a man named nt, twenty-five years old, who resided in Stockton, was run over by a tram of cars on the Penn- sylvanta Railroad at Moninouth Junct He was at- tompting to get on freight train No, 809 and did not notice the Le ait of another train. from the opposite direction. ye latter train struck him, throwing hom | in front of the locomotive, which passed over his legs, | crushing them in a horrible manner. He was taken to Nowark, but died « fow moments after his arrival, 3 James Wilson was committed by Justice Elliott yes- | The following communi- | 7 ' THE TORTURED PRISONER. | | Corroborative Evidence of Connolly’s Fatal Persecution, | EXCITEMENT ON BLACKWELL'S ISLAND. Precautions Against an Outbreak of Prisoners. | The inquest into the death of Malachi Connolly; | which was hastened by ill treatmept on the part of the | Penitentiary keepers on Blackwell's Island, was Te sumed yesterday afternoon in Warden Fox's office om the Island. A considerable amount of interest wag manifested in the proceedings, and numerous friends of the prisoners and the deceased went up on the boat te the Island, Coroner Croker was accompanied by Dr, Cushman and Mr, Healy, and lawyers Kintzing and Sehwab represented the accused keepers, The advent of the party to the Island was the source of much ex- citement among the prisoners. In fact, this Connolly case has stirred up a certain feelmg among the inmates of the Ponitontiary that had better be checked at once pefore it developes itself to any greater and worse extent, On the strength of the public sympathy extended to Connolly the majority of the prisoners in the Peniten- tiary, who are rufflans of the vilest type, have shown an uncommon degree of insubordination, hoping that the popular voice will be with them in case they revolt en masse, Noticing this, Commissioner Brennan has made arrangements tn private TO CHECK ANY DISPLAY that may be made; and should, as is apprehended, am outbreak occur, he has so contrived that in fifteen min- utes from the commencement of a disturbance bre wil! have 100 fully armed men landed on the island. Last night he told the Herat reporter that he should re main on the Island and let the prisoners see, if they | tried to revolt, that there was a suiflcient force to sub- due them, COMMISSIONER BRENNAN’S LETTER, The following letter was yesterday addressed by Com. missioner Brennan to Warden Fox CenTRaL Orrice, New Yorx, Sept. 4, 1875. | Joux M, Fox, Esq., Warden, Penitentiary, Blackwell's Island, n—L have detailed two keepers from the City Prison and from. directed the eputy Superint. nald, to re port to.you forthwith. y neil fur ther 1 will discontinue for the present the work on Randall's Isiand and at such places ag you may think best for the interests of good order and dis. ipline in the department. “Very respectful % THOMAS | Commissioner of Charities and THE EVIDENCE YESTERDAY. When the jury assembled before Coroner Croker the following testimony was taken :— Charles Osborne, being sworn, said:—I am a keeper at the Penitentiary on Blackwell's Island; I knew de- ceased, Malachi Connolly; first saw him about the mid- dle of June last; he was a quiet, harmless, moffensive man; have never seen him attempt to strike any of the keepers; on August 4 there were three gangs which worked adjacent to each other; Connolly worked in the coal gang under the orders of Geary, Gerard and Boyle; Iwas standing on the corner of the shed where the stonecutters work watching my men, when Connolly came over to me; knowing he was a simple kind of a man I said “how are you, Mike;”” he said he was sic! he had no hat on at the time; he went into the | when I told him and sat there about half an hour; after that Boyle, the Keeper, took him out and set him to worl CARRYING DRAMS; his slow manner of working did not please Boyle, who struck him with his cane om the hands and on the lower part of his back; Connolly was compelled to carry one | end of a beam, while two were placed at the other end; they carried ‘the beams a distance of about 20 feet; saw Cowenhoven, who was acting warden, strike Connolly, several’ times with a slat three oF four feet long, Saying at the same time, ‘God damn ow work;” Connolly stooped for @ stone; Cow ‘on spoke loudly to him again, and ho let the stone drop; T saw prisoners running him back wards and forwards and tumbling him into a water trough by orders of the keepers; Mr. Raywood waa calling out the men, when Connolly would call out tho naines after him, Timothy Skelly, a keeper, being sworn, said:—Ow Thursday, August 24, I saw Connolly carrying timber in Geary’s gang; he got sick in the line, and he was taken into the prison and placed near where the stove stands; Poter Scanlan, being sworn, said he worked on & | canal boat; keeper Geary brought Connolly from the | prison and put him down in the hold of the canal boat aud told the other prisoners to club him if he did not work. George Sloan, being sworn, said:—I am an inmate of the Penitentiary; was sent. here March 8, for two yeara for grand larceny; saw deccased about’ seven weeks ago; | saw him coming through the hall, one leg in hig pants and the other out; SAW KEEPER REESE STRIKE HIM with his cane; about a week ago last Monday, a raing day, he was sent with an umbrella to Keeper Osborne; Osborne told him to sit down in one corner of the shed; after he had sat there ten or fifteen minutes ~ Boyle and Cowenboven ordered him to come aut; Boyle struck him with his stick and passed htm on to Cowenhoven, who repeatedly kicked: him and then passed him on to Geary’s gang; after a while saw Connolly come along, carrying one end of a heavy plank; after that. three or jour prisoners “walked him Spanish ;”? Cowenhoven struck him with his cane; thig was kept up all day long; never saw Geary strike him; on Wednesday the deceased w: gh the same process; about nine o’clock | saw Cowenhoven knock deceased down with a stick called a straight edge; om Thursday morning 1 saw deceased brought out by Keeper Ryan; when I heard of the death of Connolly I informed Commissioner Brennan. Other prisoners were examined, but their testimony ) was about the same as has already been published. The investigation wil be resumed on Monday morning. , THE THOMPSON STREET MURDER, ® Silas Pothemus, the colored man who was arrested by Captain McDonnell, of the Eighth precinct, a few days ago, on suspicion of having caused the death of an un- known man, who was found on the dist of August in @ dying condition in the yard at the rear of No. 59 Thowtpeos street, was admitted to bail in the sum of $500 by Coroner Eickhoit yesterday, Mr. J. J. Kipp, of No. 62 Bedford street, becoming his bondsman. The inquest in the case will be held next week. A ‘MURDEROU ‘3 MANIAC. John Heiler, of Guttenberg, who made himself notoe rivus long since by violence toward his wife, has at length been pronounced adangerous lunatic, His latest feat was an attempt to murder his wife by first beating her with his fists and then finishing his bloody task with a revolver. But for the interference of neighbors | ne would have despatched her. The Recorder of the township is criticised for refusing to hear the woman’s complaint, ASSAULT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, | A quarry laborer named Louis Greaves was held ta bail in the sum of $20,000 by Justice Schmidt, of Uniom Hill, for having made a dastardly assault with a sledges hammer on a fellow-workman named William Craft, & dispute arose between the men about the division of money which they had jointly earned. Craft held the © what he was getting or cash and told Greaves to tak he would receive none, Gres terrific blow on the head, knock: assailant led, but was caught by a constable, jured man is in a precarious condition, Should he be- ‘cone worse Greaves will be committed without bail to await the result of his injuries, MYSTERIOUS DEATH. At cleven o'clock yesterday morning Stuyvesant & Mountford, aged thirty-five, was found dead on the floor | of his room, at No. 112 East Twenty-sccond street, by Officer Brentran, By his side was a vial, com | taining laudanum, but nearly emptied, Thore is little doubt that he had committed suicide, He was last seen at cight o'clock on Thursday evening. The deceased ‘was u son of ex-Police Justice Mountford, FIRE IN NINETY-SEVENTH STREET, At three o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in the basement of the two story frame dwelling house at Ninety-seventh street and Riverside Drive, owned and occupied by George Jay and Margaret Seeley, The loss on the furniture was $1,000, on building, $2,000, ‘The insurances are not known and the cause ts equally mysterious, It extended to the two story frame dw owned by the Central Park Commissioner: —oe cupied by William Daily, ‘The damage to the wet | building was $500; not insured. ALLEGED ARSON. Farly yesterday morning a fire of supposed incon diary origin broke out in the rear basement of the house No. 526 Warren stroot, Brooklyn, oceupied by @ colored man named Henry West, and owned by James Dutly, ‘Tho flames had gained considerable headway, but were extinguished by the promptitude of the But- few neighbors, Owen Fitzsim- ker, who had recently beon ejected from for non-payment of rent, was arrested om » the house. Be ey before Fire Marshal Keady failed to develop anything agiinst him, and ho was discharged, Residents of the visintty complan that the atid, ts frequ | divorderly persous, The damage will not | the premis suspicion of setting fire