The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1876, Page 2

2 7 WANDSOME, LARGE ROOM TO ard ate, 202 West 28d st, See WANE. also one large hall Bedroom; terms mouer- WITH LET, HALE ROOM, ON SECOND FLOO: hot and cold water, to let, with Board. ‘ashington place, ] ROOM AND BEDROOM. SECOND FLOOR, FuONT, | large closets, to let, with Bourd, for gentleman and | wife or small 1,435 Broadway om Witt F ean fauily. | S] 70 B PER Day. $4 TO S10 PE y Roo xcellent table; Gnd 173 Bleecker st., near Bro & BLOCKS FROM FiFTa AV East 23d st.—Two large Rooms, ard; one southern exposuri a. tion 2d with substantial Board. h—-ONE L OTH & LO hae oms, moderate prices NUE erms moderate; house first i, Wit No. 48 W HOTEL, 129 with ond story, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. | DISTILLERY LIQUOR STORE FOR SALE—DOING A. ied business. Apply to THOMAS GAPENEY, 17 Centre at A DOWN TOWN DAY TRADE “SAMPLE Roo. A. doing & good paying business: must be sold throug i dutore roumstances. LLOYD, 29 Broadwa; \ (OFFER AND CAKE RALOON. WITH Au. AA, istures, forsale, at No. 6 West 3 Sequence of the death of t 4 Price $850 cash. Appl io Mra. CLOSEY, No. 8 Woet nt. jemi ie "4S STORE, FIRST CLASS J “day. ot 2 P.M. 127 Main ot, } eer ~ AND hj OY STAND TO trade; corner Meat Market; rare opportunity to a sponsible party; fixt complete. T. i COADY & 00, corner 26th st. and 2d RK SALE—A LOT OF COMPOSITORS' STANDS: very cheap. J. L. KNIGHT, Bennett Building, siath story, room 6. el + TO $12 WEEKLY—DFSIRADLE ACCOMMODA- $6 jag Fig hd oy No. 317 Bast 13th st, a \RGE AND TWO or, with ood Bowrd, at WEST. ELEGANT FRONT SUIT, private table if desired; oy HANGED HANDS AND for the reception o TO LET, WITH BOARD, TWO connecting Rooms ou third floor, to | ference. OATH st. NO. 210 WEST.—ROOMS ON SECOND AND | 2 every convenience, to. with Board, to [ svadoment Maapeiendtabte visit ies ¢ erate; references exch QOD st, NO. 7 WEST. Bye Second Floor; also a first ol Board WEST 33D ST—D glo Rooms, with » PA ay TWO LARGE ith Board; r EAR BROAD’ f elegi suit the t A] AND 9 WES also large front th SA suitable for two, with first class table Sud al) com! ned home ; reference. Ri) WEst tora st —Lai HANDSONELY 50 t vm aud hull Ki Brat class Board. RR WEST 11TH LOS woiee wot « Very reasonable ; rofe: AND ATE ome WEST ®D ST—A PRI reut an entire Floor, ham to gentlem third Hoors, newly and handsomely furnis and Bedroom to let; ¥ HAND: en suite or singly, with or | witht families lass; terms mod- | B LOOALITY:; BLE. NILY AND SIN- moderate pri 3 AND ONE WA ance in refined | mes; references. | PARLOR | hoase and | FURNISHED | IMELY with Board FAMILY WILL furnished; Rooms “noosts, | dd wite, witht no Board for Lady only, in private house ; single Rooms, MALL PRI ly fi EAST 38TH 132 -IN A Rooms, suitabl class Board. 34TH ST.—ANDS ;OMEL and ge 306 } third floor, with I or without Board, fo WAN FAMILY We jd 2 to 4 years Old, would be well VATE FAMILY furnished | Su PRIVA e foi ¥ FU SECO) ULD LIKE Sared for, .. Greenpoint, L. Fezguisirery, FURNISHED APART joard (Preneh table), in aseleet, strictly private fun. ily, to rent to responsible gentieman: all conveniences; Mnr- ray Hill, near Sth ay.; highest references. Address PER | MANENT, box 100 Heral wn Braneh oft H GQURNY ROOMS, "CONN OR 4) with or withont superior Board, furn nished: 387 West 20th st. __BOARD AND LODGING WANTED. _ $ RD IN A PRIVATK terms, GENTLEMAN OF Just arrived trom Paris, American family, where lesso @s part payment.” Address Private family desired dress box G01 P WASTED BY A E euce), Board with a pri ceed $4 per week. Address BURKE, Heral office. Elevated Railway station near; terms moderate. family SEPARATELY, | ished or unfar? $40 per mouth. " quiet, essary. | price not to ex. Uptown Branca family, by two young pentiemen, With sts. ; siate prien, ine changed. Address PARKER, Herald Upto “ALE Bo ings, 50 HOTELS. ELL'S TURKISH, ROMAN Ad Bat Lexington av.—Geatlemen consta A and might; indies, day and evening: hotel accommodat JPRANKPORT HOUSE, 202 WILLIAM 5 night; 250 rooms; 200, 35¢., 50c. families. D—-ROOM AND BOARD IN A PRIVATE | vetween Oth and ding gas and tire; references ox: wn Branch office. LAND HOTEL, | tirst class Lodg? D BLEcTRIC Gentlemen and nd 12th st., now open for guests, NOHESTER HOTEL, Prepared to accommodate permat restaurant the chole FS This house has been put in complete condition and will be | 365 Broome st SP SE | day, atten A.M Ww Proprietors. XCURSION VICTORIA HOTEL, NEW PROVIDENCE, Babama Istands, a land of perpetual sumamor, oir: culars, containing fu apply to JAMES LID- GERWOOD 4 CO. Broadway. } THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE a for the Southera District of Tiinois, ‘Abram B. Baylis, Trustee, ve. ‘The Pekin, Lincoln and Deeatar } Railroad Company et al., To THK BoxXDWOLDERS OF SAID Carun RatLnoap Comrasy :— “LEGAL NOTICES. ITED STATES January Term, } Chancery, Peers,’ Lixcoux axp De fn pursuance of the decree of the Court rendered in the {- Springfela, ‘pose of ena tioned deeree, all bonds held by entitled cause, on the 4th day of Jauuary, A. 2. 1876, fied to produce before Iil., within forty Uling meto state accordance with the terms of the above men- ‘on and issued the said Pekin, Lincolu and Decatur Railroad Company.” Dated at SpringSeld, Ul, this #¢h day of Jumuary, 1576, Master in Chancery. . JONES, . : PROPOS prgposats WILL B ‘ble contractors of raila, freight cars, in large quac 4 jew York Post pen: he time for the 4 HENAY C. MURF 3 , extended accordingly. eltver WATCHES, JEWELKY, Sc. I ql f the rope is President. =MONEY TO LOAN, ON DIAMON o deweiry, &e.; th ee DS, WATCHES, ¢ same bought wud sold back when aired at a small advance; Jawnbrokers’ Tickets bought OF Diamonds wd Watches i A. WE ON DIAMOND: WATCHES moe gave ry yen ci ack when d ved at fea; Watthes and Sewelry repaired. GKU. _ Tewpliar, 1,190 Broadwar, near 2th st. RON SHUTTERS WANTED—OLD OR I 16 of 44 window openinus, 3 by # feet, Address EANDLoKb. U1GSg Hudson st. ANTED URCHASB—skéT OF band Stepeil nd Nelson sts., Brooklyn. Sllverware, Seal Sacqy WANTED TO PURCHASE, Dies. Address W. HUW West S4th st. te <DiA- | @ very smali ad S ALLEN, NRW, POR Li, | 318 adson 4t! ting price, GOOD SECOND | orner Hicks | BOOTS AST.°—WE HAVE vation of th@sa NGLISH SHUES POR CANTRELL, 241 4th ND SHOES. } RECEIVED A GENTLEMEN, mode meneame AULIFUL ARTIFICIAL TRETH, $5; FE ranted; sliver fillings, SOc, a yoous.” ‘262 Orb ay., near 10th ‘aud $10; warr ®, 5S OTH A beat D*. it ROBON DENTIST, 1 “Di aur lings St and Pail SINGLE, $1 W YORK DES. | ot | ful | jase. Upon | na, & test a en | ANGLAIS, A back fut the nea and under Roel BAKE HAYS. Secretary, 50 Coleman FIRST CLASS ish mMAnaREMENt w., Loadoa, B. 0. | by the Rev, D. Duryea, Eowin F. Wooprurr to ANsit | year of her age. | place, on Friday | at Brewster's, on Sunda OR SALE.—A GROCERY STORE WILL BE SOLD cheap. Call at 354 West 25th st OR SALE OR WILL BE RENTED, FURNITURE AND Fixtures of « Lager Beer and Liquor Saloon, now doing & good business. Apply at No. 7 West 3d st., near Bro JOR SALE—A SMALL CIGAR STORE AND Nassau ot HE HANDSOME CIGAR STORE LO" 9% Wall, corner New at. W MANHATTAN 5) a ine made, and must be sold r, for $16 eech, former p Lathes, Tools and Machine factory, 233 West 20ch st., J. GW tr ay. YAPES CHEAP FOR GASH —HERRING'S, MARVIN Wilder's; all sizes; Joweilers’, silk and hankers' Safes, with steel Vaulte; Sales exchanged. 3. G, QUIRK, 72 Maiden bine, 3 = ect E MACHINERY i UCKRAM CUTTING MACHINE WANTED. STATE price, maker and where it can be seeu. NOVELTY UMPANY, 5 Centre st. LE—A STILL AND COLUMN WITH ALL connections; was run but a few weeks; built by Gan- non, of Jersey Ci a logomotive boiler, 60 horse power, with smoke stack SO feet long: twa Jampbell & Hurdick ‘pumps, uew piping, dc. Call at West dist st. ATHES, PLANERS, DRILLS, SHAF’ and complete outfit of new improved hoisting and other Engines, very low. Bast 23d 51 ; Stull charges 65 bar chinists® tou Apply forenoons, Macus AL UPRIGHT BOILERS, from 6 horse power, of superior make, ‘or sale} Also Boilers made to order, and estimates furnished, by W, Me. Practical Boller Maker, Gri 4 DRAUL! OR i lit, platen 30x48 inches; will pa caan of exchange for a Serewpresa; also wanted a Railrond rn Wood Saw. Call on or address T, 8. ATWATER, 33 Pearl GOOD SEG HAND out 10x20, Address, stating pr ‘Sd ay., Brooklyn. HORIZONTAL JON PAGLE STORAGE WAREHOUS#s COMPANY, FOR “4 furniture, &c, 103-107 83d st., one door west of Gth av, MARBLE MANTELS. M RBLE AND MARBLEIZED MANTELS, N DE- pward; also Monumental work af jarble Turning for the trade. t., near dd av. New York. QTEWARTS SLATE, MARBLE AND WOOD MANTELS— New and elegant designs, from $10 up. ‘The trade liber- A ally dealt with. 220 and ssh 23d st MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.. MARRIED. Akiy—Reap.—At St, Bartholomew's church, on Tuesday, January 25, by the Rev, Cornelius B. Smith, Aumko AKEN to Esta, daughter of Thomas B. Read, Esq., all of this city, Bostwick—Bogakpvs.—At Hudson, N, Y., on Wednes- day, January 26, by the Rev, J. McClellan Holines, assisted by the Rev. G. Lewis Plait, CHARLES W. Bost- wick and Many E., seeond daugnter of the late Peter Bogardus, both of Hudson. MAJoR—AYLWIN.—AUSt Joseph's church, Brooklyn, on January 26, 1876, by Rev. Father Corcoran, Hnxr¥ Mason, of New York, to Manta CaTauina, youngest ghter of Mathew W. Aylwin, Esq., of Brooklyn, ortolk, Va, papers please copy. itH—Pmitips.—On Wednesday, January 26, by the Rey, Milton 8, Terry, Wintaam H. Smrru to Evaenta A, Puutaps, both of this city. No cards, Wooprurr—Basuroro.—On Thursday, Jannary 27, N., eldest daughter of R. T. Bashford, Esq., all of Brooklyn. No cards, DIED. Broury,—In Brooklyn, on January 26, Rosaxya, daughter of the late Jaines and Anua Begley, in the 33d Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attond the funeral, from her late residence, 110 Fleet y,'28th inst., at two o'clock P.M. Suddenly, in Brooklyn, on Thur: Chama Trkksa, daughter of L. F. Rolatiyes and friends are invited to attend tho funeral, from the residence of her parents, 161 Fort | Greene’ place, on Sunday, January 30, at two P.M. Hudson and Albany papers please copy. Beartis.—In Brook!yn, January 26, Avvan W. Burtia, in the 27th year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family are fnvited to at- tend the funeral, from the residence of His futher, Samuel W. Burtis, No. 215 Carlton ay., on Friday 28th iwst, at one o'clock P. M. Daiy.—On January 26, 1876, after a lingering and very Cyl illness, Mrs, CaTuxnine Davy, in the 40th ear of he age. ‘al will take place from her late residence, | Perrrrr.—In Newark, on Tharaday morning, Mara- Ger, wife of Garrett Pettitt, aged 62 years, Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the fuoeral, from her late residence, 46 Orane &t., Newark, N. J., Saturday, at one o’elock. Traven —On Weduesday, January 26, 1976, Fsror, wap W. Traven, in the 44th year of his age. The funeral will take ee from his late residence, 230 Ross st., Brooklyn, D., this (Friday) afternoon at three o'clock. Weuts—At his residence, in Riverdale, Now York city, on Wednesday, January 26, Davin Hastep WELLS. His relatives and friends, also those of his father, James N. Wells, are respectfully invited to attend te funeral, on gee 4 morning pext, the 29h inst., at haif-past ten o'clock. Carriages will be 1m attendance at the depot on the arrivalof the 9:10 train from 42d ea also at 9:44, on arrival of the train from the THE FORGER WINSLOW. FULL PARTICULARS OF THE FLIGHT OF WINS- LOW AND HIS FAMILY TO HOLLAND. The steamship Rotterdam, which sailed for the port of that name on Friday, 1s now known to have con- veyed the Boston forger, KE. D, Winslow, his wife and child and his wife's sister beyond the reach of extradi- tion treaties, Winslow purchased his tickets of Messrs. Fritz Morris & Co., No, 50 Broadway, on Thursday last, the day on which the steamer was expected to sail, Owing to alack of freight the Rotterdam’s departure was delayed, and when Winslow was informed of this he appeared surprised and flurried, He said that this change in the date of her sailing might alter his plans cs- sentially, as he particularly desired to leave on that day, He left the office without securing the’ passage which he had seemed so anxious to obtain, but returned ina couple of hours and obtained four tickets for Mr, Clit. ton, wife, son and wife’s sister, He was extremely anxious to go on board the steamship that night, and asked if himself and family might be permitted to do so. His request was granted, and they took possession of the staterooms assigned them early on Thursday afternoon and did not leave the vessel while sho re- mained in port. The lug, of the party attracted some attention from its lightness and paucity. He was very particular to inquire if U teamship sailed under the Dutch flag, and when answered in the afirm- ative he seemed much pleased. Detectives Dear- born and Kealy fo that ut da drait for $4000 oe 4 Roiteratt aklog ones fromagoWnhlown firm Winslow asked Mr. Morris it UrBre Would be any other passengers on the veasel, and was apparently gratified that himself and companions weae to have the cabin to themselves. He asked ina nervous manner if the steamship would put into any foreign port, and was answered that unless a stress of weather encountered in the British Channel forced her to make Plymouth the Rotterdam would proceed directly to her destination. Mr, Morris noticed that the pockel- book from which Winslow produced the money with which he paid for the tickets was plethoric in its pro- portions, and that there apparently remained in ita goodly store of greenbacka When he was first tn- formed that the Rotterdam would not sailon Thursday, he turned pale and appeared flurried, although trying to seem at ease, He said that the sooner be was gt sea the better he would be pleased, as he Was anxious to arrive as soon as possible at hig place of destination, A CLEVER RUSB. Tho statement that Winslow went to the agent of the steamer Nelly Martin, which plies between New York anda Brazilian port, for the purpose of securing a pas- sage for himself and companions in flight, ® not true, and is considered as a ruse by which he expected, with the aid of a confederate, to throw the detectives of the real track intended to be pursued. Some person did go to the office of the steamer, and to the vessel itself, and obtained information as to the date of her departure, but the agents of the line and the officers of the Nelly Martin, on being shown the photograph of | Winslow, at once pronounced that the man who had visited them bore no resembianee to the portrait, and was of a much darker complexion, The detectives aro of the opinion that he was a confederate of Winslow, as already stated, and had been sent by the latter to give color to the theory that he was endeavoring to escape to Brazil, Winslow during the last few days of his stay in Boston having been openly seeking informa- tion concerning the South American Empire, The statement that Oficer Ham, of Boston, has been assisting the detectives in their search for information is also incorrect. Officer Ham is not in the city, nor has he been, AFLOAT, AFLOAT. The party boarded the Rotterdam about half-past one P, M. on Thursday and did not come on deck even when the steamer was leaving her slip. The purser was struck at the few pisces of baggage belonging to | the party, and asked Winslow if the parcels in sight constituted all the impedimenta of the tamily. Winsiow replied, in a semi-jocular manner, that he had been in | the army and always kept in light marching order, When bnying the tickets of Mr Morris he gave his name simply as Mr. Clitton; the draft on Rotterdam which he obtained he purchased in the name of John Clifton. ¢ Detective Dearborn is now endeavoring to ascer- | tain if Winslow transacted any financial business during his short stay in this city, and particularly if it here. in , Boston whom Wina- hom “he mado rostitution on the discovery of his forgeries had done their duty and given him up to justice, he would not now be ex- ulting in his security from the wrath of the dupes whom he has outwitted, BOLD ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD A} CONNECTICUT BANK. | {From the New Haven Palladium, Jan, 27.] | The fun No, 31 Allen st., on Friday, 28th inst., at two o'clock. | The relatives and friends of the family are respect- | fully invited to attend, Draz.—in Brooklyn, on Wednesday, January: 26, | Avnent Joux Dnaz, youngest son of the late Francis | Draz, 1m the ear of his { | e. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from his late residen st, Brooklyn, o'clock P.M Deew.—On Thursday, January 27, Roxanna, wife of Daniel vrew, aged 77 years. | Funeral services at the Methodist Episcopal church, | . the 30th, at eleven A. M. ii the Grand Central depot at | 221 Harrison | ‘on Saturday, January’ 29, at threo Errnincrr.-—MicHan. Erriingkr, at his residence, at twenty minutes past three P. M. Funeral will take place from his late residence, Sun- Relatives and friends are requested to attend without further notice. Horenisos.—-On Wednesday morning, January Jenne L., eldest daughter of William and Mar; Hutchison. The relatives and friends of the family, also mem- bers of Copestone Lodge, 641, F. and A. M., are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, Friday, 28th inst., at ll A. M., from the residence of her parents, 104 East 117th st. Hyxano.—On Thursday, January 27, at the residence of bis sou-in-law, &. A. Goodell, Washington Heights, Jams V. Hyxann, in the 63d year of his age, 3 Funeral at estchester county, on Satur- day, Januar, Sox On Thursday, January 27, Rorert B., eldest son of Thomas Jones, in the Sad year of his age. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, which will take place from his late residence, 279 Navy st, Brooklyn, on Sunday, 30th inst,, at two o'clock. Kewxy.—On Thursday, January 27, 1876, Genteupe Kexxr, aged 81 years, Relatives and triends are invited to attend the faneral services, at the residence of her son in-law, ¥. H. Crabtree, Westervelt av., New Brighton, Staten | Island, on Saturday, the 29th inst, at two P.M. Kocit.—At Greenpoint, Brooklyn, E. D., on Thurs- day, January 27, at the residence of his parents, 159 West st., corner of Huron, Grorce Curistiax, son of Christan H. and Anna Koch, aged 21 years, 9 months and 28 days. Relatives and friends of the family, members of Herr. mann Lodge, No. 268, F. aud A. M., and members of the Norddoutscher Club, of Gree t, are respect fully invited to attend ‘the fonee ob Sunday, 30th insé., at half-past one o'clock P. M., from the German Lutheran church, Fourth st, between Greenpoint av, and Calyer street, Greenpoint, L. lL. Kounkn.—Kntered into rest, on Wednesday evoning, January 26, Juxsae, the beloved wife of John P. Kohier, aged 24 years, x meas | West } The funeral will take place this (Friday) morni eleven o'clock, from her late residence, No. 52 20th st Friends of the family are respectfully invited, Licurvovy,—On Wednesday, January 26, Jon G. Licurwopy, eldest son of James C. Lightbody and the late Mary Ann Lightbody, in the 3st year of bis age. Helatives and friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from the residence of bis futher, 320 East 62d st, on Sunday, the 90th inst, at one P.M. Mantix.0n Thursday afternoon, January 27, ANNim | Hasuttox, wie of Robert M. Martin. Notice of funeral hereafter. \ Mokixumy.—In Brooklyn, on January 25, Avaustvs | © McKinney, im the Gist year of bis age. The relatives and friends of the fatnily, also mem- bers of the New York Exempt Firemen’s Association, | are respectfally invited to attend the funeral, this (Fri- day) afternoon, at two o'clock, from his late residence, 104 Mystic st, near Evergreen av, | AssociaTION OF Exempt Fimamnx :— The members of the above association are hereby notified to meet this (Friday) afternoon, at two o'clock, at No 104 Myrtle st, Brooklyu, for the purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to our worthy mpm ber Augustus C, McKinley. FRANCIS HAGAD McNatey.—January 27, Patrick sistant engineer of Engine No. 98. Notice of funeral in to-morrow’s papers. MoSorury.—On Tuesday, January 25, Many Teresa, the widow of the late Francis MoSorley, in the d0tu year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from her inte resi dence, 138 Monroe st, on Friday, the 28th iust., at half-past nine o'clock; thence to St Teresa's church, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered up tor her soul; thence to Calvary Cemetery at one o'clock. Oa —At Astoria, L. 1, on Thursday, January 1876, of fiphtheria, Cran. vs Fospicx, youngest son of Frederic and Augusta Ogden, in the 70th year of his age. Foneral services at the residence of his parents, Remsen Cy agi on Saturday, January 2, ai two | o'clock . Parrersox.—On Thursday, January 27, of diphthert Geoxota Sapmm, daughter of Robert and the lace Sarah B, Paterson, and grandchild of George W. and Mary ©, Shatter, aged 3 years. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral services, at the residence of her grand parents, No, 426 West 27:0 st, on Friday, January 28, at five o'clock P. M. Remains will be taken to Binghamton for interment, ,F 8 late as- | view to opaning an account tor convenience of dis- | | cial paper, bearing the bank stamp handsomely en- i a | L. A. Hyom, Esq., Cashier First National Bank, Nor- | itand return to-day. He went away and Mr, Hyde, as | was ascertained that he had gone to New London, but | | at last accounts he had not been caught. | A bold but unsuccessful attempt to defraud the First | National Bank of Norwich was made Tuesday after. noon. On Monday, Lewis A. Hyde, cashier of the ; bank, received by mail the following letter, purporting | to come from the First National Bank of Hudson, Frrst Navionat Bayx, Hopson, N. Y., Jun, 22, 1876. ., Cashier First National Bank, Nor- wich, Coun;— Duax Su—A customer of ours, M. H. Beckel, Esq., 18 | about to visit your city and vicinity on business, and | being o stranger there we have seut him to you with a bursemeais, As Mr. Beckel’s transactions at bank will be strictly cash (no discounts being required), we trust nis ac counts may prove advantageous. Yours respectiuily, J, D. FAIRFIELD, The letter was written on the usual kind of commer- graved, and no suspicion of its being other than what | tt appeared was entertained. A little before throo o'clock yesterday a man about thirty years of age, tall, | with tlorid complexion and slight dark whiskers on his | checks, eniered the bank and presented the following THE ARMY QUESTION Propriety of the Proposed Reduction Considered. LOBBY INFLUENCE OF THE STAFF. Opportunities for Economiz- ing Pointed Out. The Demands of Fashion Stronger than the Demands of Service FOREIGN TOURS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT. ] Wasurncron, Jan. 27, 1876, The proposed reductions and modifications tn the ex- penses of the army as embodied in the bill of General Banning, Chairman of the Military Committee in the House, are exciting no little attention and anxiety on the part of the military portion of the residents of this city. As is usual whenever it {# apprehended that Con- gress contemplates legislating upon the affairs of the army, not only the resident staff officers, but those stationed at remote points, hasten to unite in concoct- ing measures of defence, not of the entire army, but simply of the staif—the holders of what are termed the soft places of the army. This has been observable in the present instance, when changes in the organization of the army seem likely to be brought = about. Not only have the various officers representing the different military bureaus and staff departments in Washington held fre- quent council as to how to avert the impending storm, but It has been noticeable that permanent officers of the staff, whose stations and duties require their presence elsewhere, have hastened from time to time to the capi- tal—this, too, at the paplic expense, under some order of pretended necess!ty—to devise ways and means to so shape legislation as to leave them unharmed, while the officers and men of the line, most of whom are on the frontier, are left to the tender mercies of the ambitious Congressman who Is seeking to achieve areputation among his constituents for economy. In this reapect the staff officers are as unselfishas Artemus Ward, who was willing to sacrifice all of his first wife's relatives in the war. THE STAFF OPFICERS, as has been invariably shown, have always been not only willing, but able, to direct unfriendly legislation from themselves and offer as a sacrifice the line of the army. So often has this been done that the line of the army has become so reduced as to have reached the limit beyond which the most exacting economy cannot safely go. Hitherto reductions have been made by lopping off at random a number of regiments and send- ing the officers adrift, At the same time, while the line has been constantly reduced and crippled, the va- rious staff departments have been enlarged, until the army is scarcely deserving of the name. Instead of the line constituting the main feature of the army and the staff an appendage, asis the case in all other armies, and should be in ours, the dimensions of the staff have be- come so increased and those of the line so diminished that our military organization presents somewhat the aspect of the dog whose tail had so increased and whose body bad so dwindled away that the tail wagged the dog instead of the dog wagging the tail. When, about the time of the assembling of Congress, | the cry arose that the army was to be reduced by wholesale the HeraLp was the first to point out the | absurdity of such a measure, not only for the reason thata further reduction cannot safely or wisely be made in the fighting strength of our military forces, but because such a step, if carried to the extreme length atQrat proposed, would be highly impolitic asa po- litical measure, In that view the Hrratp was subse- quently sustained by some of the ablest of the jour- nals of the country, including the Nation, Philadelphia Times, Louisville Courier-Journal and Mobile Register, In fact most of the independent press took strong grounds against a further reduction of the army, and it is doubtful even if a majority of the House could be brought to vote in tavor of reducing the actual strength ofthe line. The entire Texas delegation has announced in the House that no vote for such a measure can be obtained from that State. So far from reducing the army, the sub-committee on Toxas and Mexico boundary troubles have asked the Secretary of War for two ad- ditional regiments of cavalry for service on the Rio Grande frontier. It ts safe to say that these cannot be furnished. But while the actual fighting force of the army cannot consistently be reduced, it is evident that an immense saving of expenditure—if not actual waste—of public money can and should be made. Much of this saving could be made by the simple act of the Secretary of War, unaided by legislation, if that. office was filled by a person able and fntent upon an economic administra- tion of the affairs of that office, It bas been satisfac torily demonstrated, in this instance at least, that it is not every man who can administer the aifairs ot the | War Office and conduct @ successful campaign for United States Senator in a distant State, even if all the patronage and resources of the department are brought to bear to iniluence the result THR ANNUAL EXPENSE shown by a writer the @alary for February, who seems to have mad careful examina- tion of the subject, is about $40,630,667. This will of the army, letter: t First Nationat Baw Hupsox, N. Y., Jan, 22, 18 wich, Cond, :— a Deak Sin—This introduces a valued friend, M. H. | Beckel, Esq., who desires to open an account with you, Mr. Beckel holds our draft, No. 5,573, for tive thougand | ($5,000) dollars, drawn on New York’ abd made payable | to his ord | We ha ut Mr. Beckel to you by request of our — ew York correspondent (Central National Bank), who | im answer to our inquiries recommended your institu- ton. Yours respecttully, J.D, FAIRFIELD. With this letter Beckel presented a draft for $5,000, drawn by the Hudson Bank on the Central Nation: Bank of New York, which he said he wished to deposit, ‘The draft was very’ handsomely engraved, the number was printed, the figures denoting its value punched in the ordinary manner and the whole thing was gotten | ‘up in the most perfect banking style. Heckel inaorsed the draft, and then said that he would like to draw $1,700 tn bills, The matter had been so ingeniously planned that the bank officers had no suspicion of any- thing Wrong, but as a matter of* ordinary ‘prudence asked him if he knew any one here who could identify | him. ‘There was no one, and Mr Hyde asked him to call the next morning. Atthis Beckel said he was going to New London and would take the draft and try to get the money there, bat finally concluded to leave } a matter of precaution, at once telegraphed to the Hudson Bank in reference to the draft [n reply came a despatch saying that none such had been issued and that it wasa fraud. The man was looked for, and it NEW YORK DELIN- QUENT. / {Prom the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 20.) A few years ago Samson Rosenblatt attained con- siderable notoriety in this city by reason of condycting | an extensive cloak and fur store on Kearny street, His ARREST OF A failare in that business invited considerable comment, } and fora long time he disappeared and was not again | seen, His subsequent operations have since been de- veloped. In September last he appeared in New York, and representing himself as a very wealthy panto, | 000 ceeded in obtaining jewelry to the amount of $ from various firms, He represeated that he was about to start a store in St. Louis, He repaired to that eity, leaving @ partner in New York to continue purchasing, while be fitted wp a magnificent store in St. ‘Louis, stocked with the jewelry be had purchased in New York. After a while he packed up his goods and started for this city. On the way he disposed of por- tions of his stock at alarming sacrifices, He afterward went to St, Louis, and was arrested in conneetion with abankruptey proceeding. Ho furnished bonds and re- turned to this city, Representatives of four eter here, and, securing the assistance of Detective caused the arrest of Rosenbiatt at No. 1,013 Post sti where he has beem residing. He will sent | Cavalry, artillery and infantry | Thus divided— strike the reader as being a large sum of money, and go itis, More than was required but a few years ago vo defray the entire expenses of the government. But does the army actually cost this ount? The same writer in the Galazy shows conclusively that of this ‘vast amount of money supposed to be necessary to keep up our little army only $25,607,294 is the actual sum patd for the support and maintenance of what may property be termed the line of the army. The follow- ing items, taken from the Army and Navy Journal of the 8th inst. present this subject in compact form:— NON-COMBATANT FORCE. rt EARN RL CONTERIS Non-cowimissioned staff unattached, «+ 255 Military Academy—professors, 8; cadets, Detachments at West Point ae Signal service. Retired list... ACTIVE FORCE. ~8 EE2 leeeg Recruits .... Jadian scouts App Signal service........+ River and harbor work War Department, bounties, 11,326,803 Leaving for military establishment...... $29,303,854 From this deduct— Arsenals and fortifications. Stal.........0+. Engineering corps.. Ordnance corps. Military Academy. We thus find cost of active army to be., Indian scouts. Miscellaneous, 370 $23,667,204 Of this expenditure credited to the active army $12,964,710 is disbursed by the Quartermaster General's Departweut, and here js touched the root of the whole | cost of the army of the United States as at prescut constituted. Of this immense sum disbursed by the Quartermas- | ters Department no less than $1,400,000 was | for barracks and quarters In the item of | quarters alone a Secret of War 80 disposed | could effect a saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, and since be does not do this voluntarily Congress should pass law compelling sactr ameasure, This could be duno without im ing in the slightest degree the strength or efficiency of the personnel of the army, If desires © secure economy in the administration of the affairs of the army, l6t it, as astep in that direction—in which the New York without delay to undergo trial with bis part ner, one Sachs, who has already been arrested, A DEFAULTER AT LARGE. Frederick Schacter, Jr., the Collector of Union Hill, N. J., who embezzied upward of $21,000 velonging to said township, 18 reported to be residing In the City of Churches. Phe bulk of the money pi by has been made good by Schadfer’s securities, He has not yet been indicted people will approvs a law req officer to establish his jaarters ‘military forts or posts within fhe fimits of his com- mand. Look at the presont stations of the general officers of beh pd each with an expensive, aud in some instances ni iy large and costly, train of staff officers. STATIONS OF GRNRRAL OFFICERS, General Sherman, Margy oe oo ame only) the Army yg United States, has oadquarters at Si Louis, Liertenant Goneral Sheridan. commanding the Mili- b -egpecetmnaea of the Missouri; headquarters at Chicago, \ Major General Hancock, commanding the Mili Division Of the Atiautic;’ headquarters in Now York ity, Mayor General Schofield, commanding the Military a of the Macific; headquarters in San Francisco, Major General McDowell, commanding the Military Division of the South; headquarters in Louisville, Ky. Bri jer Genera! Pope, commanding Department of the Missouri; headquarters at oo Gen ier eral Howam!, commanding Depart- ment of the Columbia; headquarie:s » «ortland, Ure- gon. 5 erry, Fort Leavenworth, Brigadier General Dakota; heaaquarters at Brigadier, General Texas; headquarters at Brigadier General Augar, command: the Gulf; headquarters at New General Crook, commanding Department of the Platte; Teatiguariers at Omaha 7 sas Each of about a dozen staff has officers, each of whom, hke himself, not only occupies the most expensive houses as quarters, but for offices aswell Itwill be observed from the foregoing list that but onc—General Pope—has his private quarters and official headquarters in a military fort, All the rest are stationed in the st and most expensive cities in the United States, Uncle Sam footing the im- mense rent bills which these prodigal boys in blue each year accumulate against him, Gen- eral Pope alone of the entire number being con- tent to oceupy such public quarters and offices %s he can find within the limits of his department, thereby saving the goverument many thousands of dollars every year, Since the other senies will not ado this plan of economy voluntarily, and we have not ma a Secretary of War to entoree such a measure, Con- gress should by legislation compel its prompt adoption, General Sherman, despite the ge 4 annoyances to which he has been subjected by the War Department, should transter his headquarters to this city, where they Properly belong. There is ag much reason for transferring the Interior Department, with its vast Indian inter or the Agricultural Bureau, or almost any of the other branches or bureaux of the capital to some remote city, us to transfer the headquarters of the army to St. Louis. General Sherman detracts from the importance which property belongs to his high office by hiding himself away the capital of the country. Then to provide quarters and offices for the other gonerals hamed in the foregoing list, suitable buildings, the property of the government, thereby saving an im- mense rent roll to the public treasury, can be found and made available at posts within the limits of the various divigions and departmenta, THE PROPER STATIONS, For example, commencing with the highest in rank, Lieutenant General Sheridan, his headquarters could, Without loss of efficiency and with a great gain in economy, be transferred from Chicago, Ill, where every room and building occupied as officers’ quarters are paid for at a high rental, to Fort Leavenworth, Kan’, a more central point from which to command the division, and one at which the government is able, without the additional expense of a dollar, to provide ample and suitable accommodation. General Hancock could transfer his headquarters to one of the numerous and only partly filled forts in his command. Gover- nor’s Isiand or one of the forts in New York or Boston harbor are admirably adapted to this purpose, GENERAL SCHOFIELD trom San Francisco to Presidio or Benicia Barracks, Cal.; General McDowell from Louisville, Ky., to» tote tage Ky., oe to the abe prey quarters at Nashville, Tenn, Atlanta, Ga, or Obarles{: Qy Genera! Pope, in the event oft the ramoyad of Seek fan’ headquarters to Fort Leavenworth, could find commo- dious buildings, the property of the government, at Fori Riley or Fort Harker, both in the line of the rail- way and te age and nearer the field of probable active Operations than Fort Leavenworth; General Howard, instead of having expensive buildings in tho city of Portland, Oregon, at public expense, could transfer bis headquarters to’ the military post of Vancouver, scarcely an hour’s ride from the city; General Terry could remove his headquarters from the city of Sv. Paul to the post at Fort Snelling, the latter no longer required for the purposes for which it was originaily built, the frontier having left 1 hundreds of miles behind, in the advance of civilization, years ago. Prob- ably no better place for General Ord’s headguarters can be found than the-present location, San Antonio, Texas; but the same rule should apply as elsewhere prohibiting the renting of quarters and offices. The government has already jh pany al amount of money for theerection of buildings for military purposes atSan An- tonio. General Augur could save Uncle Sam thousands of dollars by transierring himself and staff from Ni Orleans, which has been surfeived with military of late years, to Jackson Barracks or one of the forts in the Department of the Gulf; General Crook could, with great advantage to the public service, give up the houses chartered at high rates by the cieetgegd atthe city of Omaha, and estublish himself either at the govern- ment barracks near that city or at one of the large posts in his departinent—say at Fort D, A. Russeli near Chey- enna, on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1t cau- not be urged in Opposition to the adoption of THIS ECONOMIC PLAN that the government has not session of a sufficient number of unoccupied or avs le buildings to carry it out, Our regular army numbered upward of 50,000 in 1867, and ample accommodations were in possessiou af the government at that time to shelter comfortably this entire force. Since thatdate the army has been re- duced from time to time, until to-day it numbers about 25,000 men. The number of posts has not been less- ened in the meantime, but contrary several of the largest posts now occuy “Dy tre “have beea built within the last ten years, Hence re would be no difficulty in making the proposed change if there was but the determination on the part of the proper authorities to carry out such @ measure. If the latter possesses so many advan’ and ments ou the score of economy why has it not received the favorable consideration of the proper authorities ? Simply because the attractions and demoralizing in- fluences of social life in our large cities have been too strong and overwhelming to be casily overcome or dis- regarded by our military men. Tho latter as a class are peculiarly susceptible to the enjoyments, not to say the frivolities, of fashionable hfe in our great cities, ‘This is not surprising when it is considered how im- rtant an element in our public and private assem. | ages and social entertainments the military ts recog- — nized to be, not only in this present, but in all past ages and in all countries. Most of the generais of our army, aa well as a large majority of the staif officers | are married men with families’ The combined inilu- | ‘ences of all these, particularly of the feminine portion, is cast in favor of leadizg a semi-military life in the large cities, the eentres of fashion. In other words, | the desire is to command the advantages of BOTH CIVIL AND MILITARY LIFE, and to avoid,.as faras possible, the harsner duties of both, But sarely this is no reason why the public treasury should be drawn upon each year for several | hundred thousands of dollars. It may be claimed by | the military” society seeker that it is necessary to | | establish the headquarters of our generals in large cities in order to attend to the question of supplies, This is all bosh. Supplies of all kinds for the use of the army are obtained by contract, after due publicity | in the papers of the country, and are never inspected | or examined by the general, but by one of his staff oificers. There might be an occasional necessity tor the'prosence of the jatter in some of our principal | cities, but there the nécessity ends, Such a disposition of our Various military chieftains with their numerous — staifs would tend to improve the military character of voth, whereas the preseat mode of life is demoralizing , to a great degree. REDUCTION IN THE STAFF, Again, the number and rank of the staff officers now | authorized should be reversed and reduced. Look at | the staff of the General of the Army; six aides-de-camp — with the rank of colonel are greater in number than is required for our five artillery regiments. What these six spread-eagled warriors find to do besides drawing | their pay with punctual bey Sgr and tipping th light fantastic with the beau: belies of St. Louis, is more than any fellow can find out It is safe to say that if the combined duties of this half dozen were shifted to the shoulders of two there would be no loss mm efficiency and an immense gain In economy, These Six aides cost the country annually about $40,000, in- cluding pays quarters, offices and emolumenis. They are ail gallant and efficient officers, ornaments to their profession and willing to to every cail which their country will make upon their services, But the trouble isthe country has no particular de- mand at present for such high priced services. Then comes the staf of the Licutenant General of the Army. Geveral Sheridan bas furnished the best proof possible to show that the staff allowed him by existing law is more than he or the interesis of the service require, Here in this cityis Lieutenant Colonel Fred Grant, holding, by law and SHRRWWANIAN SKLECTION, the position of aide to the Lieutenant General, with the rank and pay of a lieutenant colouel, With rare and brief exceptional instances of performing military duty with his chief he has for nearly two years had his residence in this city, engaged in the banking busi- hess asa member of the firm of Sherman & Grant The banking business is usually both safe and lucra- | tive, Feiner d when supported dy the rank and pay of a lieutenant colonel. That this would be permitted for a single day save by the present military régime is not probable. Another of Lieutenant General Shen- | dan’s numerous and apparently surplus staff officers, General George W. Forsyth, has been despatched with some agreeable travelling companions on a tour around the world, during which it is expected that he will see ‘and be seon of many men. This officer, whose services | im connection with those of Colonel Grant’s do nov seem indispensable or necessary to the Lieutenant General, 18 expected—if common report is to bo be- | leved—to be absent from two to three years. | He is accompanied by two other special favorites of the genius of Mars who sides over the Departmomt of War. It General Sheridan can dispense for eo long a period with the services of these two officers, could not the country be equally liberal and dispense with them for the balance of their existence? it 18 a question of inquiry, too, as to the authority by which the three officers re- ferred to are making A PLRASURE TOUR OF THE WORLD at the public expense and while drawing full pay. The law, as esa understood, is that s who desires to visit Europe obtains a leave of absence, and on baif pay periorms the tour at his own iv ts stated, however, that in the army, as {n ir departmenis, there are rings, not 60 M but nevertheless rings. One of these friends and followers of the Secretary, ing his termrof ofice, about a baker's dozen. are tho recipients ‘of tavora By what law ordeted lie Forsyih and bis two companions wore into for. eign countries is not inowsa, Uncle Sam foots the bi and that is all that is kmown about, i. The same law, of CN a ered the trip of bmn he nade “bie tour thr MyM pioned @ Visit of Lieutenant Ger “i of the Franco-Prussian wate Uf officers. had published tue result of therr visit be hed servations upon foreign armies 7 f and instruction of thelr countrymen, — par- ticalarly of their comrades in the army, there might be found some justification for the order send one, two or three abroad, thority would permit the sending of a Bide doo or greater organization, Where is the law authorizing this? This communication has assumed such dimensions undue of that a review of the fearshe od tine Fdap iad,'s impracticable, is far beyond the needs of an army like ours ampi sufficient for an army of 100,000 men Au told, cna are 15 brigadier generais tm the army, with a Fad one aoe sere ¢ ee to ine, while 7 are in the sti th applicants bills to increase the number from the latter. (Nae are 70 colonels, tncluding the 6 on General O- staff, Of this number only “40 belong to the line, the remaining 30 being of the stat. There are 81 lieuten- ant colonels, including 3 on the staff of the Lieu- tenant General, Of these 40 belong to the line, while 41 bavde on the staff “for the old flag and an appropriation.” There are 242 majors. Of these only 70 belong to the line or fighting 1m of the army, while the names of 112 ornament the roils of the staif. Some of the staff corps and departments are so overburdened with officers of high rank that it ts dim- cult to find nooks and corners i suilicient numbers te stow them away comfortably, where at the same time they will do as little harm as possible. Posts hat but a single company or less are saddled with a officer holding the rank of lieutenant colonel or major, when the duties would not require the time nor abili- ties even of a second lieutenant, Then we seo at one of the military headquarters two lieutenant colonels of the Quartermdster’s Department, the only object of which can be toenable one to console the idfe hours of the other, as there is not sufficient duty to keep & lieutenant fully binlags te It is instances like and abuses such as atten- tion has been called to that the military committees of Con; can spend table time in correcting, Millions of dollars could in this manner be saved to the government annually, the purity and efficiency of the service greatly increased, without taking from the army a single organization of the line or depriving the army ofany but inefficient officers.» To accomplish the latter a board of officers similiar to what was known @ few years ago as the “Benzine Board” could render the army and apo elated service by weeding from both staff and line every officer who from any cause fails to come up to the high standard by which bk ns, ot our gallant little army are everywhere E FINE ARTS. NOTES FROM THE STUDIOS OF NEW YORK AND ; PARIS. « Eastman Johuson has just completed an old farm house interior, in which he has represented the. old farmer aud his daughter on their return from a visit to the city. Ho is seated before the fire which is burning in one of those great fireplaces where the chimney itself is built into the room, and is so large that it oc- cupies nearly one side of the wall, The daughter who has been with him is holding a new hat off at arm’s Jength for the admiration of her sister, who ts engaged in mixing something in a glass for-hor father. Mr. Johnson is now engaged on two large pictures. One is a country scene with Ggures, and the other, of the same class of subject#, represents a corn husking in the open field. The scene is laid in Nantucket, and there are nearly one bundred figures in the composition. Men, women and children are all busy, and piles of the stalka are stacked in different parts of the field. The artist contemplates sending this one to the Centennial. Edward Moran bas just completed a picture rather different in treatment trom his usual method. it repre- sents the Bay of New York from the Battery by moon- light. The centre of the picture is illuminated by the light as it breaks through the scattered clouds, and next to this light s brig is seen as a dark mass in boid relief, but not placed in the moonlight, Castie William 4s on the left, and the line of the Staten Island shore is faintly seen on theright. The water is covered with ves- ‘sels of all descriptions, and the various lights make the scene full of apimation. “The Victory of the Sappho’” is a nearly completed work. It represents the regatta of 1871, where the returning yachts are led by the Sappho on her return from her ro} trip. The yachts are approaching the first buoy after rounding the Lightship. The walls of Mr. Moran's studio are covered with sketches, some of them very beautiful, but whieh he never parts with, Mrs. Moran ts also an artist, painting landscapes. One of ber sketches, which she has been elaborating, is a view of Connaught Lake, in Pennsylvania, Several others are from Staten Island. A picture tn water colors, which is particularly good, is a group of fisher- men’s huts on the English coast. Two of their chil dren, ‘boys about eleven and twelve, have mado som very clever sketches both in oil and pencil. ” Jobn Thorpe has completed severa! new pictures in. water coli ‘Busy’? is the title of one, and shows a beach on Which a boat has been hauled, with boys aud men en, tm throwing out the lobster pots The water 18 covered with boats, and the scenc ts full of animation, In the companion, “Quiet,” the water ia ‘still and the surface unbroken except by a distant sail. Two men are lounging on the deck and an old anchor Nes onpthe shore. A view of the Hudson at Shady Side, a flock of sheep under the trees on the top of @ clift in England and a group of cattle in a marsh, which bas given the artist an opportunity of introducing some rich color, are amoug his latest works. Regis Gignoux, one of our New York artists, who haw forsome time been residing abroad. has during the past season been making valuable studies in the woods of Fontainebleau. The autumn foliage of France com| with that Of America is, he says, “as Titian to a Rubens.”’ lis “First Snow,” just from his easel, is reported to be as fresh and crisp as if Jack | Frost had set the palette. Henry Bacon, now in Paria, has about completed a truly American work, called ‘Dr. Franklin at Home.” It represents the Doctor seated at his door sill, sur- rounded by his family and a few callers, to whom tea being served by his daughter, It is brilliant and hare monions in color, The ae to engrave the picture has been purchased by Goupil & Co, Daniel R, Knight, whose “Washerwomen on the Seine,” exhibited in the salon of 1875, received much notice, is pow engaged in Paris on a more ambitious work, Which ho is painting out of doors, BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. | ILLNESS OF VICE ADMIRAL ROWAN—NAVAL EX- AMINATIONS AND THE COURT OF INQUIRY. Vice Admiral Rowan has been quite ilf for the past two or three days froma very lively attack of con- gestive fever, but he is much better now, and will be har avd on duty again ina day or two if the weather is fine. During the Vice Admiral’s illness Commander Meade, senior oificer in the yard in the absence of Captua Temple on feave, has been in command of the vard Co Engineer Latch, under arrest ou the frigate Colorado for declining to salute his jumior, has been re- leased by Admiral Rowan, by telegraphic orders from the Secretary of the acy. The Board of N ngineers, holding sessions in the Brooklyn yard for the examination of engineer cadets and assistant engineers in the A will proba- bly adjourn in afew days, to meet again in Philadel- phia. Chief Engineer Steward bas recently been at- tached to the Board, The court ot inquiry of which Commodore J. M. B Clits 1s President, Captain Harmony and Paymaster Billings are members and Paymaster Allen Judge Ad- vocaie, will finish their labors to-day and send to the bo do ataga the evidence and their conclusiona ereon. Captain Braine, of the Colorado, has received mission to put the line-of-batile ship Vermont in thorough condition, to be used as a receiving ship. It is proposed to house her in, and she will then be capa- ble of comfortably accommodating 1,600 men in case o! necessity. As funds are low and the work must be done by the men on the Colorado, 16 ts likely to take some little time to accomplish all that is to make the old Vermont one of the most riable and rooniy receiving ships in the navy. CHEATING IN CHARITY COAL. A large number of complaints having been made te tha Commissioners of Charities ot Kings county to the effect that coal furnished to the famishing applicanta for pablic aid is short in weight and miserable tn qual. ity, an investigation of the allegations against the contractors who furnish that article is now being made. The attention of the Supply Committee of the Board ot Supervisors has been called.to the relief coal contractor for the First and Second districts. A Mrs, Hughes, wha recently received an order for Hat's vob of ‘The coal was left on the sidewalk in front of the woman’s house, when two members of the ‘ncent de Paul Society, P. Judge and G. Archdall, res f Phi a test case. They pro- bg bg they weighed u by instead of a haif ton the ® deficiency of ofdustand dirt. 1¢ correct and that thera Commissioner Bogan justice shall be done sent for 8. G. French, the gentleman, on amin ot couid not account for the light weight of the half ton iit in Church street, except that the cart- men sometimes trim their loads in order to relieve their horses. Mr. Bogan told him that he could not allow the poor to be cheated, and if the Supervisors did not appoint an inspector to look out for each load delivered ‘would pay tor one out of his own ou Mr. French had to make up the deficiency in weight in the instance cited. LIFE SAVING STATIONS. Captain Huntting, Superintendent of the Life Saving stations on the Long Island coast, has, in company with the government inspector, during the past fow days, been making a tour of inspection of the various stations at the east end of the istand, ; the vart ‘ous signals and appliances for saving in all cases found the under 6 creditable ve coal con| rs ia jer aud the men well drited. ‘The system, present management, Is recarded ss call concerned