The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1876, Page 6

& THE WORKINGMEN. ren Great Meeting at the Cooper | Union Last Night. cclicasteaneeeetes CALL FOR A LABOR PARTY. - + How the Toilers Are Oppressed by the ‘The mass meeting held at the Cooper Institute by the working men and women of this city was very largely attended, ts purpose was to urge upon lawmakers the great importance of promptly adopting such meas- ures as will revive our industries im order that employment eperatives now so bs Ten weeks ago we received a communication from for opening the business of the evening Was | ine employers, stating that @ meeting of master ship- fet at halfpast «seven, and promptly at that | wrights had appointed a committee to inform us that time Miss Myra Hall and three other ladies | they had determined to reduce our pay from §4 appeared on the platform, and soon thereafter they | tp, were followed thither by Peter Cooper and other gentiemen, among whom were Thomas J. Creamer, Alexander Troup, Lee Andrew Thompson, T. Mas- tersou, W. M. Boucher and others, the Secretary, G. W. Madox, to read the list of officers: Mr, Peter Cooper’s name headed the list, Mr, Cooper said that he desired to unite with the workingmen in acourse of efforts to find out and re- move thie causes that now render it so difficult for even those who are willing to work to find shelter and sup- port, Said Mr, Cooper:—'It will be a bright day for the workingmen of our country when they firmly de- clare their independence of all the entangling alliances that now prevent them as individuals from @emanding their full rights as American citi- zens and substitute instead of their present Bocieties co-operative unions a8 a means of securing to thomselves the profits of their own labor. Iam con- adopted which shall put all that circulates as money enurely and exclusively under tlre contro! of the govern: ment, making it receivable for all duties and debts, em- ployment for all the working classes and prosperity for the whole country will be the watural and permanent result.” ‘At the conclusion of Mr. Cooper's speech the Secre- tary read a lester from George Opdyke in reply to the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the meet- ing, inviting him to attend it. The gist of the response was that a prior engagement would not allow him to be present, but he felt authorized to say that the Board of ‘Trade bad a deep interest in the subject to be discussed atthe meeting and would be gratified to confer with any committce they might appoint to meet them, the next speaker was Mr. Lee Andrew Thompeon, who advocated a union of the workingmen to control Legislatures, #0 as to make the national government | the superintendent of education, commerce and finance (or the benefit of the people. Mr, Wallace P. Groome, following Mr, Thompson, ad- vised the reduction of rates of interest by the national government, making money of paper, regulating its volume and fixing its value solely by making it inter- ehapgenble at holder's option with bonds of the gov- ernment bearing an equitable rate ot interest, Alexander Troop, of New Haven, was next intro- @uced, and called upon the workingmen who had come | to the meeting to tind tault with municipal, State or national! governments, to remember that they consti- tuted seven-tenths of the voting population, and bad, consequently, the full power in their own hands to make jaws. He declared that the workingmen of New York would stand higher m_ the — social eferring to the treatment which the laboring class had received at the hands of Kelly and Wickham and their confreres, the speaker said he regretted that the wor men had’ been obliged to take hold of one branch of corrupt organization to rebuke another. oppress the industries of the country he attributed en- trely to bad legislation on the currency question. Petitioning the State or national Legislature the speaker deprecated as something humiliating and_ useless “Who ever heard,”’ said he, “tof a national bank pe: titioning Congress for anything? They bave their representatives ov the floor and in the lobby; but you, who constitute, as 1 have -said, seven-tenths of the voting population, are out in the the men you have elected to power. The Sécretary then read an address to Congress, r titing the grievances of the workingmen of the United States, and setting forth their needs; a currency of adequate volume and unfluctuating va the present national debt put as far as possible in the hands of our ‘own people, so as to furnish the necessary credit to set to work again the enterprise and labor of the nation. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted: — g and producing classes of the city nm and unity, bave al he hands of’ profess rking classes yo a condition of idle tive of suffering aud crime; therefore, be it Resolved, That the working people of New York repudiate the old parties, which are controlled by monopolists and are oppored to the best interests and wellare of the people, and what we declare ourselves in favor of the organization of a new party, based upon the principles of liberty, equality avd Justice to labor; and be is farthe: Resolved, That all labor unions and organiz: 13, to aid in forming # central commit form party. MR. CREAMER’S SPEECH, After speeches by several workingmen and by Mrs. Myra Hall the Hon. Thomas J. Creamer was introduced. He saia:— Lapis anv GextLEMEN—Even at this late hour I'll ask you to wait and hear a few facts, not in relation to fe 8, but 1m relation to taxes. Nearly 100 years ago land's great phisosophic poet wrote the lines: Ui) fares the land to hastening ills a prey," Where wealth accumulates and meu decay. A little more than 100 years ago, in Boston Harbor, the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ro- belied against the mother country, and, repudi- ating the action of Great Britain in taxing Yea, boarded the vessels in Boston Harbor and threw the tea into Boston Bay. More than 100 years have rolled and to-day in grand old Moston, instead of throwing tea in the harbor they are dishing out soup to the poor. To-day im New York there are over 200,000 idle bands in the great Western metropolis, which we prophesied was destined to be the great financial centre of the world. There je poverty such as we never hefore have ex- perience. The panic with us is chronic. Why is it not #0 elsewhere? St. Louis, whose citizens claim that city willrun by us at an early day, \s provperous, Chi Labo: cago is prosperous, while New York and Bos- fon are behind. We going = through & pecuniary revolution. No longer do the cities of the West com: New York to buy goods, but | direct to Euro) fhe first great obligation of society is to furnish its people with food and ehelter, and, _not- withstanding that this great country produces not only enough to feed the 40,000,000 here, but all of Europe if necessary; we find that the great monster, the great tyrant of the day, as recog- mized by great corporations, Say such a toll upon the produce of the Wi that it cnuses starvation here upon our seaboard. to remedy this; to place the metropolis in the position it formerly occupied you’ve got to have the right of way to the great West. Capital is not only Sbrottling labor here but has been cheating and defrauding it. | wish that the great Railroad King of this city would take such an imterest in these questions as the venerable citizen whom we all respect so much and who is with us here to night. 1 would that the great Railway King, who is reputed to be worth m 000,000 to $80,000,000, would endeavor to do something for 8 fellow men, stead of gratitying bis own thirst aud’ avarice. Notwithstandin, the bigh freights of raiiway tions we could vwlerate them but for one thing. In this city alone there $500,000,000 in yes on personal property, and in this State there are ,000,000 of capital in stocks and bonds— $1,000,000,000 In all—representing $30,000 of taxes be and it does not pay. There will Ofty per cent fewer property owners Jot owners on this island next year than there w: ears Ag0; Capital is absorbing it all. The m coming down on the mortgagor and taking bis prop- erty from him. Wealth is accumulating, and, of me. yo will decay, As the bells of St. Pau!’s charch, in London, the new year, their sound fell bea the ears beggars. In that great city, the commercial metrop- ole of the Gnanctal and commercial world, men decay because wealth accumulates. Kighieen thousand people own ail the Jand in Groat Britain. The citizens of thw country are allowing themselves by degrees to be treated inthe same wauner. You have here a railroad «aristocracy, Take the New York Dentral or Hudson River Railroad, which tepresents a capital of $150, 000,000—$90, 000,000 In sock and nded debt. Where does it tives go to our tax office pay taxes at Albany, while tie evid rire county oi Albany pays taxes altogether on bat $600,000, 000. Here in New York real estate bas depreciated from forty to sixty per cent. A mad pays ioterest on a upon bis property to the capitalist who ga: it to bin. vit But first he has to pay a premium ; then he is taxed besides ; mortgage on he is assessed for sewering, srading, &c., often for fashionabie thoroughfares which the poor muy never enjoy. The speaker went on to say that the politician was ‘the friend of the working man, but it was the capitals: crushed labor aud robbed the peopic the responsible position of Tax Commissioner tn this for four years. The shoemaker stated truth- the amount of his stock, wuile frequently the cap- perjured himself to escape the taxation. The referred to the jact that in Pennsylvania the pay all Be taxes, real r $40,000,000 of a the currency ques' of the map who was chairman of the Committee and Whom |t took the speaker reven weeks as to why American securities were ‘At different rates in London from New York. may be obtainable by the thousands of much in need of it, The hour The assemblage was called to order by W. A. A. Carsey, who, after | Charged briefly stating the objects of the meeting, called upon | waced that when a true American system of finance is | and | litical scale if there were not so many of them venal. | The evils that | Id and must petition | | BUCKINGHAM HOTEL. and simply have an agent here. | He | ‘eoptinues /P this vew for balf ap hour NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY U1, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Jonger. He was about to retire several times, but was prevented by loud and repeated cries of ‘Go on!”? When he concluded, the resolutions were read and adopted, and the meeting adjourned, SHIPWRIGHTS’ DIFFICULTIES. | | REASONS FOR A STRIKE—WHY WORK Is DULL | IN THIS CrTy. | Much trouble and annoyance have resulted from the strike of the shipwrights, Yesterday a Henan re- | porter endeavored to ascertain the pro and con of em- | ployers and employés. The former say they would be | j Sb @ disadvantage, if, asking for work, they should | mention their rate at $4 per day per man as against | the rate of $3 50 per day paid at Red Hook and in New | Jersey; yet they admit that New ‘k workmen are | Worth the additional fifty cents, being so much more | expert. The carpenters, they say, have gone to work | At the reduced rate, but the calkers hold out, which is | Still @ great detriment to the trade, one firm alone having had to send away work to the sum of $50,000. In ‘the following letter will be found a full state- ment of THY WORKMEN'S CASE, To tun Evrror or tux Hexatp:— to $3 50 per day. Now, $4 per day may seem large to yse who Suppose that it means regular pay, upon | which we can rely; but the fact is, we areand have been only paid at that rate by the hour, going to Brooklyu or elsewhere for one-eighth of a day and | paying our own expenses, Then, again, while we are | only pad by one-cighths for a'day the shippers are for nine hours, which is a serious | loss to them, The reasons they assigned tor | reduciug us were the shrinkage in the value of | vessels and duiness in treights. We acted on the com- munication through our Executive Committee, to the | effect that if they would give us @ guarantee that the copper dealers and turnishers of materials generally and our employers would co-operate with us we would be willing to co-operate with them. They were indig- nant and did not respond, so work was stopped, for they had not given us the notice agreed upon.’ We | have tried to get our grievances before the shipping | men, for they are really our employers, for they have to pay; in fact, H, A. & J, U. Brookman furnish their | own materials and have their own clerk to keep the ac- count of time, for in that way their bills cannot be | stretched on them, Then, again, we do not propose to | be governed in rates by the Red Hook and New Jersey men, for the reason that they are not our equals; they Jy the smaller kind! work, and cannot do that | as well, as our employers here acknowledge, and, in addition to that, we had a delegation from the Red Hook men here to-day, who declared that they would | not work for less than $4 per day on the New York class of work, % : | ‘The facts concerning the loss of work to New York | are these:—One firm alone took their work away, not | because we charge $4 per day, bat because in a single year they had aiscovered that they had been over- | charged, on time and materials, $82,000, Then, again, | we claim and can show that the firms that stand beat | for trustworthiness have done as well during the past year as ever before. It is not fair to us to show a fall- ing off in business by comparisons of the same months in different years, for work fluctuates with us—vessels are hauled up for repairs when repairs are needed, not At particular dates. And, at the fullest, only twenty- | three out of thirty-five employers signed the agreement to reduce us, and some of them say they were driven into doing so. Where there has been loss, we claim and can show that it has been through gross overcharg- | ing. Two cases. can be named, right here, | where the charges for repairing vessels were greater | than the vessels brought whon sold, One English brig brought $900 less, The repairs to the ship Telegraph cost $5,000 more than the ship brought when sold. Our employers, some of them, claim that they oaly | charge an advance of ten per cent on what they pay us, | and yet we know that they grow rich rapidly, while | not employing, the best of them, more than fifty men, and the others not more than from five to ten, An- other instance will serve to show that our charges, | which are really charges per hour, are not the cause of | the trouble with some of our employers. There wero | two sister schooners, the Ben and the Jobn, requiring the same repairs. One was done here ut $4 ver day | | for our work, and the other elsewhere at $350 per day for the men, the New York one costing $50 less | for precisely the same work, because here it was done | | more rapidiy. In conclusion, we say now, as we have said, that, with a fair recognition of our services and honest deal- ing, New York need not lose any of the work to be one here, Yours respectfully, THE NEW YORK CAULKERS. CONVENTION OF BRICKLAYERS. ‘The Bricklayers’ National Union opened their eleventh annual session yesterday at the corner of | Court and Remsen streets, Brooklyn, The President | | of the union, Mr. Lewis Carpenter, opened the session | with a brief address, in which he recited the history and objects of the organization, The remainder of the day ‘was occupied by reports of committees and other rou- | tine business, One of the subjects which is to come before the Convention is the question of the admission | of the seceding lodges which withdrew from the last National Convention held at Loutsville, Ky., and formed a society known as the United Order of Amert- | can Bricklayers, | i { Another first class hotel was formaily opennd | last evening at Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street and | named the Buckingham, Fronting on Filth avenue ‘and the Cathedral, located in the centre of fashionable | New York, conducted by gentlemen who have for many years catered to the wealthiest citizens of the North and South during their summer sojourns at Fort Will jam Henry Hotel, at Lake George, the International, Niagara Falls, and the Brevort House in this city, the Buckingham has in its management, all of the elements of success, The house is elegantly furnished, the dec- orations of the rooms being fashioned after the Eng-, lish styles of the foertennth century. The various ap- pointments compare favorably with those of the best hotels in the country. The protection against fire is ample, and more than ordinary advant- ages are oflered to large parties who desire to meet in the house by the arrangement of rooms, which permits an entire floor to be thrown en suite. Last evening the ch<f de cuisine, Domenico Pirett, late of the Union Ciubd, astonished the 600 guests with & superb supper, the table decorations representing an | Erie Ruiiway train, the Centennial bell, a trophee de musique, a Swiss cottage and a temple of Liberté. The house is delightfully situated, the rooms well lighted, ventilated and heated. The attendance ts very good. } The lessees are Messrs. Gale, Fuller & Co Mr. je wus {or eighteen years the proprietor of the Fort | William Henry Hotel, at Lake George, and for the last | two years of the International, at Niagara Falls. Mr. | Fuller Glied a position of trust for ted years at the | Brevoort House in this city. NAVAL MATTERS. | PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY—THE NEW REAR | ADMIRAL—SKETCHES OF THE OFFICERS PRO- MOTED. Naval officers, especially in the lower grades, com- | plain that promotion has become quite as slow in the | service as tt was before the war, when lieutenants grew eray in the service before they were made com- manders, Although slow {tis quite sure, The law re- turing officers at the age of sixty-two is in force, ‘and, unless the veteran has received the thanks of Con- gress, he must step out on retired pay and give way to the juniors, ‘Yesterday, the 10th of January, the operations of the law relegated to private life one of the most amia- bie, gallant and noted officers in the service. Rear Ad- | mirgl A. M. Pennock concluded his active services and took hig piace on the retired list He was well known in the service and wo the pond nd made a | \% lendid record during the war whea was one of ‘arragut’s chosen oiticers.) He was his chief of staff in the memorable craise of the great Admiral to Europe, His last cruise was as Commander of the Asiatic squadron, Commodore Alexander Murray, one of the most ac- complisbed and celobrated officers in our service, by regular promotion becomes Rear Admiral, vice Pen- | nock. The record of this distinguished officer shines brilliantly in those pages of history which recite the stories of the haid contested fights of the late w | He is eminently Captain,” and in case of any serious trouble with powers, be will be found where the hardest knocks are to be given and taken. He commanded the special squadron which bore Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox, and the | Congratulations of Congress to the Emperor of Russia, | in 1306, and made one of the most notable cruises in | European waters th: ‘al history records, Rear | Admiral Murray ts in the prime of life, and in his social | relations is always genial, attractive and popular, both | in the cirele of bis tellow oficera, who love him, and | among people tn private life, Captain E. Ro Calhoun, now commanding the flag- ship Richmond, flying the pennant of Rear Admiral | Reed Werden, South Pacitic equadron, a very brave, excellent und meritorious officer, becomes Commodore, and Commander James A, Greer, commanding the cor: vette Lackawanna, of the North Pacific squadron, weil remembered as the commander of the Tigre: the expedition to the Arctic regions in Polaris, is raised to the rank of capta: Comma Louis Kempf will be made commander, As there cannet for along time yet be promotions in the rank of lieutenants the lower grades are not im- mediately benetited by promotions in the higher. The country may be congratulated that the rewards of long and eminent services have fullen upon so many worthy gentlemen. They could not have been bestowed upon | more conspicuous oroaments of the navy than those sat advanced. A CHARITY MORTGAGE. In the Supreme Court, Kings county, motion was granted by Judge Gilbert yesterday on petition of the Managers of the Church cog Foundation to mort- ACCIDENT. to promote, | Lorenz Baye! | the infidels NEW YORK MUNICIPAL’ SOCIETY. At its last meeting this society took the first action to secure some of the reforms which tt was organized Its Judiciary Committee was instructed to prepare drafts of bills to be submitted to the pres- ent Legislature for giving legal effect to the principles laid down in the following resolutions adopted by the society :-— Resolved, That it ts essential to the pecuniary interests of the people of this city, aud to the security of order and government among the pal expenditures should be placed upon and thet their annual amount should not, as a rule, exceed the rev- enue and taxes annually collected, and in’ aid of such re- sults there ought to be @ limitation by law upon the increase of city ought to be #o el and the time of daily be, those receiving aud perform like amount of labor: 4 hone shall be paid more than @ reasonable sui for the ac- tual services rendered. Ros cable, that every officer holding an office to which a salary is attached shall, in the absence of provisions to the con- trary, be bound to devote his whole time to the discharge of his official duties, if from the nature of such duties such en- tire time is required, and that su n of time be & condition of his right to receive or h lary. Kesolved, That public officers have no right to pay more than the fair market value for procured tor the public use, and that for or ugree to. pa: labor or materi the amount ot by any such of F in excess of such value tor such labor or material be should be made personally responsible. And, id he personally, for the same reason, every public oflicer shou! all material which he kuowingly emplo; excess of what is fairly needed in that branch of the publ: service to which his authority extends, or in excess of the appropriations, unless in cases of grave publ Resolved, That it isan act of gross injusti serve the public in this city fur only a reasonable ¢ tion, whether as officers, clerks or laborers, to require them to pay party oF political assesninents. and’ it is, demoral- izing to official life and without any Benefit to the people to allow city officers to have any part in enforcing and collect in such assessments for party purposes. ysolved, That itis an offence against common justice, and tends to increase the corrup the d the expense of municipal administi ve from the municipal service for the mere purpo: ing the power of a political party or of rewarding ‘ave been most serviceable to party mat Wesolved, That the people have arizht to know all tho | ! facts relating to the manner in which official duty is dis charged under the city government, and that no officer has aright to conceal the motives of his action behind any cluim of absolute discretion or official immunity; and that the laws should make provisions for a more direct and com- plete disclosure of such facts and motives in all there ls reason to suspect official iniidelity or an wbuse of au- thority. Rewived, That those who receive public charities when able to work, and thore confined for offences, may with Pr charge without | or. It was further resolved that the Judiciary Committee prepare suitable bills for giving legal effect to the principles Asserted in these resolutions, and that the Bociety would promote their passage at the present session of the Legisia- ture. BROOKLYN'S GOVERNMENT. GAS—AN ASSESSOR CONFIRMED—WATER WASTE— INCREASE OF POLICE FORCE—TAX LEVY. A regular session of the Brooklyn Board of Alder- men was held yesterday afternoon, President French in the chair, The corridors of the bal! and the Com- mon Council Chamber were thronged with politicians of both parties and with workingmen vamly looking for employment, A statement of securities held by the Commissioner of the Sinking Fund was read from Comptroller Powell, ‘The total amount of that fund is $3,683,573. A communication was received from Mayor Schroe- der nomiuating Garret Bergen to fill the vacancy in the Board of Assessors occasioned by the expiration of the term of office of Jobn Shearon, The nomination was confirmed by the Board, ~ A communication was received from President Slo- cum, of the Board of City Works, recommending that the contract for furnishing gas be awarded to the com- panics who offer to light the streets and public build- | ings at the rate of $2 26 per 1,000 feet, which is twenty- five cents less per 1,000 than has been heretofore pati. An oiler has been made by a citizen to constract works | and supply the city with gas at the low cost of forty | cents per 1,000 feet. The communication was referred | to the appropriate committee. Sheriff Daggett was awarded the contract for convey- ing prisoners from the courts to the Jail and Peniten- \ary at the same rate of compensation as was paid hia | predecessor in 1875. A communication was read from the Board of City Works in relation to the rupture in the water main on DeKalb avenue, near Nostrand avenue, on December 2, when 25,000,000 gallons of Water was turned on the stroets before it could be safely shut off. The Board recommended that two additional stopcocks be placed upon the DeKalb avenue main, at the cost of $3,500, ‘The cost of repairing the break was $1,326 The Com- missioners asked that this sum, together with $3,500 for the two stopcocks, be set apart from the water revenue to meet the debt, Referred to a committee, Alderman Donovan, of the Twelfth ward, presented a resolution, which was referred to the Committee on | Police, providihg for an increase of the pohce force by the appointment of seventy-five additional patrolmen, The Comptroller transmitted to the Board a report of the items of the general tax levy for the current The tax lovy in tho aggrogate amounted to 538 68, and was made up as follows: — For State purposes... 1,243,134 36 For county purposes, 1,497,606 88 For city purposes. 8,017,507 61 For local improvements oe see 660,289 73 ‘A series of resolutions were adopted requesting the members of the Legislature from Kings county to re- Ject all propositions tor the passage of bills affecting Brooklyn until the said bills shall have been indorsed vy the Mayor and Aldermen. The sum of $500 was ap- propriated for a portrait of ex-Mayor Jonn W. Hunter. REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES, The German Republican Association of the Fifteenth Assembly district held their primary election for officert and delegates to the Central Committee last evening as Hassenger’s Hall, No. 472 Eighth avenue, at which the following ticket wag elected:—President, John J. Pol- lock; Vice Presidents, John Herr and Join @. Jenny; Secretaries, Charles Heinemann aud Charles J. Zub- rodt; Treasurer, Charies T. Corindt; Delegates to the German Republican Central Commitice:—Excise Com- missioner William H, Stiner, Joon J. Pollock, Jobo of Election, Messrs, M. Goodkind, Jobn J. Steitz and THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the American Geographicat Society will be held this evening, at Chickering Hall, corner of Fighteenth street and Fifth avenue 3. Wells Williams, LL. D., permanent Secretary of the American Legation at Pekin, author of ‘The Middle Kingdom,” and forty-two years a resident of Keaing will deliver a discourse upon “China: Its Geography, People and Re- Jation to Other N | HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN BROOKLYN. agar Clinnock, residing at No, 203 Washington street, Brooklyn, while on his way home at an early hour yes- terday morning, was approached by a burly negro, who” asked him for five cents, Mr. Clinnock put his hand in his pocket to give the fellow the money when the latier seized his watch by the chain, and tearing it from his yest pocket ran away, The highwayman was pursued, but made good his escape. NEIL DOUGHERTY'S WILL, Ex-Judge Tappen bas been appointed receiver in the estate of the late Neil Dougherty, the wealthy Brook- lyn bachelor, for whose estate there are so many claimants, Among the latter are Mrs. Acor, of Vir- ginia, whose romantic acquaintance with deceased was published in the Hkraip of Sunday. RAILROAD OUTRAGES IN JERSEY. Another of the numerous outrages perpetrated on passengers by railroad employés in Jersey came to light in the First District Polico Court of Jersey City esterday. A passenger named Isaac Lyming, of Newurk, refused to pay conductor Prive, of the Ponn- sylvania Railroad, an exorbitant rate of fare. When the train arrived in Jersey City Price arrested Lyming and had him locked up an entire night in the First pre- cinct, Justice Keose, alter hearing the f dige charged Lyming and administered a rebuke to Price, whose conduct 1p the matter will be brought to the attention of the Grand Jury. The Justice stated that no conductor has the right to arrest any one under such circumstances. THE FATAL LEE ION. The bodies of Mrs. Cooper and her daughter, whe were drowned in the canal boat Lee off the Battery ten weeks ago, in a collision with a schooner, wore taken by theaillicted husband and father from Jersey City to Fulton, Oswego county, New York, yester: inquest will be held by Coroner Gaunon this week, THE RAYAHS'’ APPEAL. COLL To tae Eprtor or THE HeRatp;— You would much oblige me by inserting the follow. ing appeal to your countrymen in your paper. Dr. G, KALIE. Awenicars—In the aame of freedom we address our+ Selves to you for heip in our sore distress aud misery. Oppressed by our neighboring enemies, the fig many centaries, yet until now able to cope with them aod retain our Liberty, we are at length reduced to the greatestextremitics. Our army is without arms of aay kind but daggers, without without clot the country unabie to provide for its maintenance, ‘Thousands are fugitives, and their sufferings from cold and bunger cannot be described, and the horrors and ul treatment of those who remain from the hands‘of description, 4 You are a brave and free nation and can feel for @ Robert Wallaeco, aged fourteen years, living at No, 8 Clinton place, was knocked down and severely injured on the head yesterday afternoon by a door that was lowe off its Rupees by the wind aj No, § Neilson place, sister nation suifering from violence and oppression. Give us belp in arms and ammunition. Our soldiers are eg will fight with courage when armed against their foes, All gilts are to be addressed to Prince Nicolas of Mon- tenegro, at Ceti Garson. Deo. 16. 167% 7 sums knowingly paid or agreed to be paid | Hable for the compensation of all persons and for the cost of | oF purchases in | J. Steitz, William Svetzer and Lorenz Bayer; Inspectors | adr 'Thas the: laws should require, so far ae practi | HUrch Proparty-im' many States ie held on too loose | day schoolroom yesterday afternoon and a larger at- | in Mrs, Moulton’s case would be perfected last even- MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES. Dr. Curry talked yesterday to the Methodist minis- terson the connectional interests of Methodi#m as re- lated to the system and polity of the denomination. He said:—“There is a good deal of Congregationaligm now in the denomination, and in preaching and Gnances no church seems to care for or concern itself much about apy other church It is necessary to the Methodiat ministry that the ftinerancy should be maintained. Methodism was designed to give work to all its mem- bers.’ The Doctor therefore expressed his disapproval of the present Sunday school system. Camp meetings too, were condemned by the Doctor as being outside of the Church discipline, and camp meeting committees, he declared, were acurse to the Church everywhere, One of the causes of weakness of Methodism ts that the churches spend too much money. There were too the many small and feeble churches in the denominatio: tenure, £0 that it is owned not by the trustees of church, but by builders and banks, who hold mortgag on it, These church ts and the CONSTANT BRGGING FOR MONEY, the Doctor believed, tends to make men cold and in- different to the institutions of the Gospel, or sends them to churehes that are tree of debt, e Doctor had a good word to say for the moral and spiritual power of the religious press and for the collegiate and theological Institutions of the denomination. Dr. Wheatley had a very elaborate report on the Gray Nuns and other sectarian legislation ready, but the meeting thought it important enough to give it a separate session next Monday. SCRIPTURAL VERSUS BAPTISMAL REGENERATION. The Episcopal ministers met tn Calvary church Sun- tendance than usual of clerical members, witha sprink- ling of ladies, was manifest. Dr. Washburne, pastor of the chureh, read an Kaname pe on the New Testa- ment idea of regeneration. le Spence s eer of the idea of baptismal regeneration from Tertulian, with whom its present form began, to Augustine, The Fathers following the Apostles held the idea of regen- eration which the Doctor was considering, but Tertulian began by giving prominence to until it assul @certain sanctity in bis writings, He also compare: Christ to the lcthios or great fish and calls believers little fishes. The idea continued to grow afterward until the Reformation, when it was very generally dis- carded, though there were differences of opinion which remain even to this day and which have as- sumed unfavorable aspects in some quarters. The Doctor thought there need be no trouble in the Charch if they b eal the New Testament idea as he had pre sented it, PLYMOUTH MUTUAL COUNCIL. It had been intended that the letter missive and the list of pastors and churches who, on Mr. Beecher's side, are to be invited to constitute the mutual council Ing, but, owing to the illness of a member of the com- mittee having the matter in charge, Mr. Shearman and Mr. Van Cott were obliged to postpone the final de- termination, It is the intention of Mr. Beecher's | friends to have all the necessary — prelimina- ries ready at the earliest moment possible. The work is now so far progressed on their part that very little remains tobe done, and by the end of the week at the furthest Mr. Beecher’s advisers will have done all that they promised, | main for Mrs. Moulton to make after which, it is expected, the council will at on begin its deliberations. There is nothing new to report | relative to Frank Moulton’s suit against Mr. Beecher, Plymouth church affairs are therefore without any new | aevelopments, the next excitement to arise beiug tbe | vordict of the coming council. | A COLORED CHURCH LITIGATION. ‘Yosterday a motion was made in the Supreme Court, before Judge Gilbert, by General Graves, counsel, for permission to amend the answer in the suit brought by the trustees of the African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church, in ejectment against the Flatbush Congregational African church, to recover the church building and an acre and a quarter of land, The plain- tis claim that they were unlawfully driven from the property in question January 1, 1858, They claim dam- ages for loss of property in the sum of $7,000, besides $5,000 accrued rent They claim to have acquired the fee in October, 1835. Motion to amend was denied by the Court OVERHEATED CHURCHES, To tus Eprror ov tus HexaLp:— Piety and preaching are good things. I like to go to church, and 1 like to hear good sermons; but, Mr. Edi- tor, in order to indulge in both why should It be neces- gary to endure the discomforts of purgatory? Cleary, there is no good reason. And yet you must know, Mr. Kaitor, that nine-tenths of our churches are like terres- trial purgatories, while the other tenth have a tempera- ture like the North Pole. Perhaps it would be more ‘expressive to say that most of them are like eweat boxes, while the rest resemble ice houses. Last night I went to hear the Rev, Dr. Hepworth preach. | was delighted with the manner and matter of his discourse, He was eloquent and graceful in de- livery, and {would have enjoyed his eermon com- pletely bad I not been subjected to the torments of an overheated editica, Dr. Hepworth’s exhortations were fiery, but the exhalations of his furnace were more fiery'still. I defy any Christian, short of the spirit of martyr, or not encased like a rhinoceros, to endure juch a double shower of spiritual and corporeal heat. 8S rt why will sextons keep churches 80 over- heated’ I observe, also, that many of the churches still keep their outer doors bolted, notwithstanding the many dreadful accidents that have resulted therefrom NO SALAMANDER. THE BIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A meeting of the friends of the Bible in our public | schools was held last evening in the Thirteenth street | Presbyterian church, The meeting was opened by reading from the Scriptures and a prayer from the pas- tor, Rev. Mr. Berger. Mr. Luscomb led off with a description of the “diabolical plot against the liberties of our tion” which has lately appeared in one of onr leading Leader which bad for its object | the ejectment of the Bible from the public schools, Said he, ‘There is one thing the people don’t seem to think et 1 suppose everybody here knows the history of the Roman Catholic Church in other countries, how | 18 has slowly increased in power, creating moral strife | and setting everybody by the ears, and then taking | the power. THR SAMB DARVILISH PLOT is beginning here, Some , “Wait, the time to act bas not come yet.’’ we hold off, and | some fine raat | you will find yourself under the enemy's hee! It seems to me the only safe course is to crush this movement in its incep- tion—(applause)}—for, let the American people continue in their supineness and we may yet see a father con- fessor in the White House. Let those who do nos think there is danger remember St Bartholomew, Gentlemen, what is to be done? Thig question must soon come to issue, and itis your votes that shall sotle aS M. Croning said the Catholics say they don’t want their children to imbibe Protestant ideas, are willing to have the Roman Catholic Bible in our schools if you will blot out the notes the priests have made there. (Applause.) But, would it satisfy the Roman- ists to take the Bible out? You think you can stop their ory, “Give, give,” ing of the wedge. Now, what are we going to do about it Simply bold meetin; They will not be sufficient, It is the votes of testant men that must gave and preserve our public schools, That is the the Romanists. Those who ‘vows early mn” are those belong to that Church. We respectable business men hold ourselves aloof from politics; they work qui but surely while we are asleep. We will not let the Bible be taken out ‘of the schools; it is a divine book, and it has a right to go everywhere, 1 go further, and say we wont let it be taken out because the Roman Catholics want it taken out (Applause.) A short speech from Rev. Mr. Munn foliowed, and then the meeting closed, FEASTS AND FAIRS. The Christmas festival of the Italian School, under the direction of the Children’s Aid Society, will be beld to-night, at balf-past seven, in the school building, in Leonard street, near Centre, The fair of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church, Manbattanville, was closed last night, The proceeds of the several tables, under the directions of Mrs, Fer-~ dinand, Mrs. Tone and Miss O'Leary, have been be- yond what was anticipated, and, ail things considered, the fair nas been & success, A charity fair for the deserving poor of the Eleventh ward was opened at the Dry Dock Bank Building, Fourth street, near avenae D, yesterday afternoon. Contribations of five cents and more will be received at the bank from one to five P. M. tennial festival will be held at the Tabernacle church, Second avenue, between Tenth and nth streets, on Thursday evening, beginning at seven o'clock. The Hoboken Turtle Club will hold a reunion at Fer- rero’s Assembly Rooths, in Fourteenth street, on Thursday evoning next MEETINGS AND LECTURES. The Board of Education holds a stated meeting on Wednesday, at four P, M. Jobn B. Gough lectured at Chickering Hall last night on “Man and His Master.” The Rev. 8 H. Calhoun, a missionary. who has labored in the East for a period of forty years, ad- dressed the faculty and students of the Union Theo- ygical Seminary yesterday afternoon w “ 1 Fey theological school in a Khoa where Christ was born, preached and copy of the Bible circulated for a Now, however, Christianity has pee popes of the Hf a | liquidate his debt | be extraordinary. Oh no, this is but the enter- Bee THOMASSEN. WAS HIS REAL NAME ALEXANDER * Interesting Incidents of His Life—How He Saved a Detective's Life. Ilis Pretended Connection with the Owner of the Havana Steamship Line. Beary, Dee. 23, 1875, So far as can be confirmed the frightful explosion in Bremerhaven has already caused the death of 100 per- sons, Sixty bodies bave been found and recognized, forty persons are missing, doubtless killed, and twenty-eight bodies not identified, among which are probably some of those missing. THS NUMBER OF WOUNDED, according to official statements, amounts to fifty, many of whom, baving died since then, are counted among the dead. Several have already left the hospital partially recovered It will be difficult ever to form a correct estimate of those injured and deprived of life, ‘THE AUTHOR of this atrocious massacre has departed this world without giving vent to any expressions of repentance for bis crime. Only some hours betore his death he re- gretted his ‘bad luck.” BIS REAL NAME AND LIFE HISTORY. From his papers and researches made it seems the deceased marderer’s real name was William King Alex- ander. According to the assertions of German news- papers he ts connected with a New York house, the priueipal of which 1s owner of @ line of steamers run- ning between New York and Havana, But this can- ‘not be stated for certainty. Even his wife, to whom he was married eleven years, had no idea of his true char- acter or the murderous plans he had been épncocting for months—even years. The name by Which sho knew him was William King Thomas. Great sympathy is everywhere expressed for the wife and her four little children, The hopes of the authorities to discover some trace of accomplices have not been realized. It appears he must have devised and executed the deed alone. The detective sont to Southampton, under plea of taking possession of the insured property, so extract information relative to abettors bas also failed in bis endeavors, MANY DETAILS | have, however, transpired respecting the life of Alex- ander, alias Thomas, during his long stay in Germany. The basis of his fortune—squandered by profuse waste- fulness—seems to have been laid some ten years ago, during the American war, by transporting a cargo of weapons from Bermuda to Charleston, in exchange for cotton, thereby making a gain of $15,000. These profits he doubled and tripled by speculating in stocks and gold. Of further transactions than these, which he himself repeatedly related, nothing is known. THE EXCITING MOTIVE FOR HIS RECENT CRIME. From the small balance in his favor found at his. bankers in London it may be plainly conceived that his principal motive in accomplishing the crime was the acquisition of money. Al] persons who ever had any knowledge of Alexander describe him to have been an exceedingly amiable man. He was of a short, stoutly built figure, with a friendly, jovial fi and gave the impression of a solid, good-circumstanced and good-natured fellow, After having lived for some time in Leipsic, where he mixed with the best society and formed an intimate friendship with she American Consul, be moved to LINZ, IN AUSTRIA, Here he resided in furnished apartments, received many visitors and gave splendid dinners and supper: w which all persons of note in the comparatively small provincial town were invited, His wife, an attractive, elegant woman, then mother of three'charming obil: dren, enjoyed the greatest esteem. In 1868 he moved, for the first time, to Dresden, always under the pseudonyme of Thomas, which, {t seems, he adopted in Germany. All circles of “good society” were immediately opened to the rich, agree- able American and bis beautiful wife. Indeed it was once the question of introducing him even at court At brilliant entertainments, where champagne flowed in streams, officers and people of distinction were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas. He was also elected Vice President of the celebrated AMERICAN CLUB in Dresden, one of the best establishments of its kind on the Continent, and his wife was a frequent and appre- ciated visitor in all fancy shops. Mr. Joseph Meyer, the proprietor of the Petit Bazaar, will certaily retain a long remembrance of her, for she has perpetuated her- elf in his books for no less a sum than $1,460, HIS GENEROSITY, In these happy times {ho masg: to money, and many traits of especial generosity are related of him, For instance, he provided means to an American lady living in Dresden for the establishment of an educational institution which, although now in other hands, still flourishes, He must, however, now have perceived that his income would not suffice for such a style of hving, and on removing to Leipsio formed the plan of conducting a more moderate estab- lishment, no second thought HIS CONCEPTION OF THE PLOT, From the time when Thomas remarked that his reve- | pues were on the decline seems to have dated the dia- bolical conception. The numerous journeys then undertaken by him were apparently for the object of effecting the construction of his infernal apparatus, Somewhere about July 1 Thomas returned to Dresden, and it was conspicuous to his acquaintances that his mapner had become shy, mysterious and disquiet Some weeks afterward he wrote to the banker Mobert Thode, to whom he was indebted, that be had made arrangements which would enabie him in December to OF THE FRIGHTFUL NATORR of these arrangements we can shudderingly testify. HIS LIKENESS. Since yesterdaya wax mask bas been displayed of Thomas in a cabinet of figures in Berlin, a /a Tussaud, for which parpose Herr Castan, the proprietor, went to Bremen. le accomplished taking @ mask immediately ater the death of the criminal, The likeness is said to From the mask it is easy to perceive how. Alexander alias Thomas shot bimseif in the head, the ball remaining nxed under the lefteye T jace of Thomas, bearing a prominent Englt ie is toleravly large. The features betray nothing indica- tive of such deep villany—they even express a certa. mildness, marked with great energy, and the high rounded forehead betokeus intelligence. The face is surrounded by a reddish, fair beard, and the spare har on the head is of the same color, According to what Herr Casian learned in Bremen the death of Thomas was hot owing to compunctions of conscience arising from his shocking tragedy, but from other difficulties. A GERMAN POLICEMAN IN COMPANY WITH THB CONSPIR- ATOR. A police constable in Bremerhaven notice that a criminal against whom @ would penigs. endeavor to escape by the Mosel was so struck with the resemblance of Thomas to the de- scription given him that he considerea it his duty to juest Thomas, who was standing on deck, to show him his passport, &c in answer to some questions pat to him Thomas re- me airm tone, ‘Doi look anything like a crim- iy The police agent, however, insisting upon seeing his papers, Thomas begged him to descend to the cabin, and showed him what he wanted. THE EXPLOSION, At the same moment the barrel with dynamite stand- ing on the wharf exploded. The constabie and Thomas immediately left the apartment to see what bad hap- pened. A dreadiui spectacle presented itself, one which demonstrated to Thomas that his iniquity had come too soon to pass. Both wished to hurry to the town, but were unable to land on account of bridge being torn away by the explosion, Thomas now took advantage of this moment to re- pair to the cabin and OOT HIMSELY IN THE HEAD. The policeman immediately announced the occurrence and tbe closed door was broken open. Thus is the event described by the said policeman, who, in conclu- sion, re! ed that he indirectly owed his hfe to Thomas; for in case he bad found no likeness tn the miserable wretch to the description given of the delin quent he was in search of he would have remained on the harbor till the departure of the Mosel, and proba- diy lost bis life in the explosion, LEGISLATIVE PRECAUTION, ‘ paralleled act of wickedness consummated ta a will presumably prove a stimulus tb a further revision of the penal code this session, especiai- ly as 1t turns out no suiicient precautions are taken for the prevention of such crimes as that just perpe- trated, According to the present prescription Thomas could scarcely have been condemhed to death, the highest punishm being at the most fifteen years imdignant at such bas been equally w circumstance that no adequate provision is made for disasters occasioned by carelessness in the transport of dynamite and other explosive compounds, the effects of which at the constitution of the laws were unknown. WHAT THE UNITED STATES CONSUL AT DRES- DEN SAYS OF THOMASSEN, CoxscLats oy tre Uniten States oy AMERICA, Drespey, Deo 16, 1875, To THR CORRESPONDENT OF THE New York HERALD mm Loxpos :— A In answer to your despatch of yesterday I have sent you a rather full statement, Mr, Thomas, who formeriy was Vice President of the American Club, was always considered a good penn How, and therefore the news of bie tetby cach 2 Freesat rag ok received with diffidence and wish great con- stervation. Mra Thi left at thi with her baby, oe omAs a “stawar wile of onr Consul ai CLOCKWORK WAS SCREWED, ReDacTion DER Wrser-Ze:teNo, Brumey, Deo. 21, 1675, To tas Evitor oy THE Heratp;— In reply to your letter, which I received to-day, I | beg to communicate to you that the confessions of ‘Thomas or Thomassen or Alexander are kept secret im the interest of further researches. I am assured that all essential points are already published, except those which may lead to the discovery of merchandises to be shipped at Southampton and the insurances of them. Alexander or Thomassen, said to be brother of a Mr, Alexander, of New York, owner of @ steamer line between Havana and New York, had an account with Baring Brotuers, of London, which he bad ov drawn. His last bill on that banking house m difficulties. His supposed real name, Alexander, was betrayed by aslip of the tongue of his wife. She did not abso- Jutely refuse to give the name which she supposed to jo real one, but wished to consult with the Amert- can Consul in Leipsic or Dresden, an intimate friend of hers. There appears not to be the slightest trace of evidence of Mrs. Thomas being connected with the crime, That Alexander is the true name she only in- ferred from Thomas mentioning an uncle of thas name. It is stated that Thomas sojourned at Liverpool shortly bejore the last passage of the steamer City of Boston and lodged at the Great Western Hotel there. The number of ascertained in consequence of the explosion is 100; about fifty are wounded. THE BOARD on which Thomas is supposed to have screwed the clockwork has been found, much scattered, but tho construction still recognizable, It consiste of five pieces of thick wood, probably mahogany, screwed to- gether. "It appears to come from a powder box. As soon as the confessions of Thomas are accessible to me I shall send them by telegraph, Tam, sir, truly yours, 'UEHR, Editor of the Weser- Zeitung. THE NEW YORK FIRM DENY ALL RELATION~ SHIP—THE ASSASSIN NOT CONNECTED WITH THE HAVANA STEAMER PROPRIETOR. 1n consequence of the above startling information & reporter of the HsxaLp was despatched yesterday to the residence of Mr, F, Alexandre, of the New York and Havana Steamship line, to ascertain whether any- thing was known by him of W. K. Thomas alias Wil- lam King Alexander, the author of the dynamite plot, In answer to the request to seo Mr. Alexandre, his- son, Mr. Joseph Alexandre, appeared, and the follow- ing conversation substantially was had:— RerortsR—Mr. Alexandre, the Henao has received information to the effect that William K. Thomas, the author of the Bremerhaven dynamite plot, made a con~ fession just before his death, from which it appearg ‘that he claimed his uame was Alexander and by was ip some way related to a family of the same name in New York, which is interested in a steamship ling to Havana. Can you afford the Heravp any explana- tion of this statement? fd Mr, ALExanprk—We have no relatives here, Father is from the Island of Jersey and mother comes from the West Indies and all our family is here in New York. I cannot see how he could be possibly connected with our family, if be says he is an American. Had he stated tbat be was English I could not £0 readily contradict him, as we have scores of relatives there, RerortsR—Do you know of any who would be prey to claim, for any purpose, such a relation- shij rT. ALEXANDRE -No; I cannot imagine who this per- son could have been. He appears to have crossed tho ocean several times and was, no doubt, familiar with our name and the line, and that is the only way that [ can account for his use of our name His pretended relationship is absurd. We know nothing whatever of the man. If it were true even it would, of course, be exceedingly disagreeadio to us to have it printed. But as itis false in every way the publication of such » story would be very offensive, and 1 hope-you wilh say 50, ESCAPE FROM SING SING. During the changing ofthe guard at Sing Sing Prison, yesterday, a convict, named Albert Baker, who was employed in the bake shop, secreted himself and could not be found up toa late hour last evening, Baker is a. panel thief from New York, and was serving @ five Years’ sentence, MASQUERADE LEGISLATION. A meeting of citizens interested in masked balls, held: yesterday at Germania Hall, heard and approved the action of a committee who bave framed a bill on the subject repealing the forbidding law, and empowering the Mayor to grant license for masked balls when it shall be shown to him that they do not cover any tm- moral purpose or threaten aay r to persons or the Laas pee A committee consisting of ex-Mayor Gunther, Major Sauer, George Eckels and Lotis. Frank will press the matter Upon the Legislature, m anticipa- tion of the near arrival of the annual season for balls of the Liederkranz, Arion and other popular societies, ANOTHER $100,000 LIBEL SUIT CON- CLUDED. The libel suit instituted by George Watts, coal dealer, of Jersey City, against the proprietors of the Evening Journal, of that city, to recover damages in the sum of $100,000, was conciuded in the Supreme, Court Circuit, before Justice Pratt, iast evening. The action, which was the result of eighteen aileged libellous articles published tn that journal has occupied the attention of the rt since last Thursday. The defendants claimed the publications were justifiable, inasmuch as they fe Ned the interest of the publia jury came in el after nine o’clock for instructions and again with orders to bring in a sealed verdict. It is that the jury stand six for ex cents, four tor verdict for defendant, one for $10,000 and one for $5,000, INSURANCE AGENTS BEWARE, Ap agent of the Continent#i Fire Insurance Company at Willimantia, Conn., was recently swindled by a dex- terous device, On the 4th inst. he received a telegram, apparently from the company, advising bim of an tn- | tended visit of # superintendent named W. F. Cook with a check to be cashed, and also that a letter of in- stractions for Cook had been mailed. The letter, en: closed in the company’s envelope, soon rived ad- dressed to W. F. Cook, in care of the agent Not long atterwara appeared & man described as “‘large, heavy, well appearing, thirty or thirty-five years of age, with a heavy dark mustache," who introduced himself as W. FP. Cook and presented the e: Graft. Heat once received the money, $150, and after a short stay disappeared. The drait was @ foi , aud the com- pany has no superintendent named Ke AN EXCITEMENT IN POMPTON, On Thursday of last week Mrs. Christiana Burg» hbardt, of Pompton, N. J., died suddenly and was buried. Somehow or other @ report became current. that the woman who “laid out the corpse’ diseovered. bruises upon her neck and body, which gave rise to the rumor that the deceased had been murdered by ber husband, This rumor increased to such an extent the entire populace became matter, pert 7 Sunday the e tural causes, and consequently the excite-- ment at once subsided, JERSEY'S BRILLIANT RECEPTION. Mrs. Bedle, wife of the Governor of New Jersey, and several other prominent ladies are making extensive | arrangements for a Lady Washington reception to take place in Kepler Hail, Jersey City, on the 28th inst. The proceeds will be divided equally between the Woman's Department of the Centepnial and the New Jersey Btate building. It is expected to be the grandest entertain. ment ever given im Jersey City. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. No little excitement exists at Union Hill, N. J., ro specting the mysterious disappearance of a well know? citizen of that place named Martin Koister, Wher seen, which was about sixteen days ago, he said lal he was tired of life, ‘The missing max is reported to Dave loved a fair German girl, but who gave bim ne encouragement, REAL ESTATE BSALES, Quite a large number, of sales were advertised at thy’ Exchange yesterday, but mast of them were adjourned: over, E. HL Ladlow & Co, sold, by order of the Suprem’ Court, the house, with lot 18.9 by 100.11, on West 125u) street, south side, 163.9 feet east of Sixth avenue, sub Ject to a mortgage of $5,000, to George E. Theris, fo $1,000 over said oe gen - A. EB, Lawrence sol as order of the Supreme Court the building, with lot 25 by 15, No. 8 Bayard atree north 100.7 teet cast of Chrystie street, to S, Row beck, for $1,600 over and above a mortgage of $10,000- Vv. K rina Jr., sold, under forecioeure, hi with lot 21 by 96.2, on east Fifth street, mde, Got tes wet or Second avenue, to George DX on by ix north ¢ Sixth avenue, to Charles Sandford, for $8.00, of over s moriaage of £14 004