The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1876, Page 11

THE COURTS. The Defence in the Great Tweed Suit Fighting Its Way Inch by Inch. Charles O’Conor Entering the Forensic Lists. Still Fanning the Embers of the Lawrence Suit. THR PROTECTION AGLNST THIBYRS ON PALACE CARS, Verdict for the City of Over $200,000 Against Harry W. Genet. ‘The proceedings yesterday in tho Tweed $6,000,000 ‘suit, before Judge Westbrook, were relieved somewhat ‘of their stereotype tediousness by the appearance and active participation in the case of Mr. Charles O’Conor. Notwithstanding bis recent protracted fliness, the great advocate and eminent special pleader appeared to be in the enjoyment of very good health, and cer- tainly, when he spoke, did so with something of tho old fire characteristic of bis forensic efforts in tl palmiest days of his professional career, As hereto- ‘fore the court room was densely crowded, a new in- terest evidently, now that the defence has entered on _its case, having been awakened in the litigation, The first witness examined by Mr. Field for the de- fence yesterday was Mrs. Garvey, wife of Andrew J. Garvey. She testified that when her husband was in Europe she visited Mr, O’Conor; that he promised that ber husband might return without molestation, and “that she telegraphed to him to that effect. Richard 0’Gorman, Corporation Counsel in 1871, tes- tifled that he instituted a civil suit against Tweed on behalf of the Supervisors of the county, and that it ‘was begun in good faith; that he retained George Tick- vor Curtis and Judge Porter as associate counsel, and ‘that they gave their best attention to it up to the time . 0f his retirement from office, Cross-examined by Mr. Peckham—In 1870 his term of office was extended by the Legislature; having some doubt of their power to extend the term of an elective ‘office, he accepted the office from Mayor Hall; Tweed was then member of the Senate; he considered it his duty ‘as Corporation Counsel to bring the suit on behalt of the county, for which purpose he got authority from the Supervisors; this occurred to him at the ‘time of the suit of Foley against Connolly, Tweed and others; his suspicions were aroused as to gross mis- Management of municipal matters; these suspicions were aroused by the aflidavits of T' Yor what id not contain rather than for what they did; he began the suits by order of Mayor Hall; 6 BU; thi those suits “be brought, end Mayor jall said, “Begin those suits at once;”’ witness asked ©Whom shall sue?’ Mr. Hall answered, “Sue Con- ‘nolly, sue Tweed, sue the Watson executors, and sue myself;”” witness never settled the matter with the Mayor or served a complaint on him; he did not go much into the facts as to whether the frauds were committed; his attention was occupied with the law questions; he questioned Connolly; he also had a long interview by .appointment with Deputy-Comptrolier Green, and juested the aid of the officers of that de- “partment; he had not ascertained any facts when he ‘Drought the suit; Mr. Green told him’that Mr. Tilden hhad all the facts; he was under the conviction that the evidence would be forthcoming; the sults were brought to compel Tweed, Connolly and the other defendants to refund the amount which each not hold each responsible for the whole amount ‘stolen; he retused to allow Mr, Peckham or General Bai to bring suits in bis namo; he said to them that if they put the facts before Lim that would justify him ie would bring suits aguinst any person designated and “retain them to assist in the proseculion; he had no re- vollection whatever of saying to Mr. Peckham, “I de- ‘cline to sue any head of a department, and as to the mayen I will on thn =o a “in fuct,’? said witness holding up a paper, “just as “Boon as you left my office 1 called in my chief clerk, lated the conversation to him and he took it down in riting. Here it is.” (Laughter.) “Why did you think tho visit so important that you @ memorandum ?”’ asked Mr. Peckham, “Do not ask me to answer that question.”” “=T want an answer to it.”” - “Because I thought your visit suspicious, and that among your objects was one to put me in a false posi- tion, appearing unwilll: bring suits, and I thought it safer to make a note of it. . “How was it so suspicious ?”” “Your asking me to allow you the use of my official .Bame to bring suits; I thought that suspicious,” ‘tare you perfectly sure that was my request ?’’ “Perfectly.” “You have not,stated it correctly,” spoke up Mr. “Peckham, angrily. Mr. Field (indignantly)—Now I must protest ‘inst ‘this. He has no right to say that Let Mr. Peckham goon the stand if he hos any statement to make and ‘we will cross-examine him, On further cross-examination Mr. O'Gorman admitted that he made no effort to arrest or attach the defend- ants; they were arrested tn the Peoples’ suit, and be had no suspicion that Tweed would run away, Re-examined by Mr, Field—lt never occurred to him that his appointment by politicians should influence his conduct as public officer; Foley obtained an injunction against Connolly and stopped the wheels of the city government; witness held that the suit did not lie; that no indtvideal could sue on behalf of the city, Q. How was it that these reformers were able to ob- tain from Judge Barnard ap injunction that every lawyer regarded with contempt? Witness—All I can say is that he granted it; it wasa time of great popular excitement, It was at this point that Mr. O’Conor entered tho court. A fumber of gentlemen stood up and handed | him chairs. +He took his seat at the table of the plain- tiffs’ coupsel.* Mr. O'Gorman was further examined by Mr. Field as to his conversation with Messrs, Peckham and Barlow, and he said he told them he did not con his office of Corporation Counsel a political one, and ‘hat he was unwilling it should be used for political purposes. ‘The Court here took a recess, and on the reconven- ing of the Court Mr. George Ticknor Curtis was called to prove that Mr. O'Gorman retained him in the suit against Tweed, Mr, O’Conor said he was astonished to hear the evi- dence given to-day, He said it was wholly irrelevant 4 weed and Connolly | to the issne whether the defendant had committed — frauds or not. The action, he said, was brought under - the statute of 1875, which gives a right of action wholly irrespective of other suits, He objected to wasting more time on questions asked for the sake of having something t about, as there was no defence to in- terpose. poke for nearly half adi hour, insisting against the relevancy of the evidence in question, and, further, that His Honor was not to assume aa to the food or hee saa, in bringing the — ry emphat . using prett jain langut and evidently meaning what be a ™ ~~ Judge Westbrook said that he would hold that there ‘Was no evidence, as as this trial was concerned, to raise the question of the bona fides of that other sult, Mr. Field, in reply, said the learned counsel had no Tight to say in this or any other case that there was no defence. . The defence sets up that there were three other ac- dions pending against him when this one was com- men No doubt that extraordinary piece of legisia- “tion, the act of 1875, authorizes bringing this suit, no matior how many others were pending, but surely His Honor would not hold and say that while Mr, Tweed” ‘wns bound by three suits, another, tor the very same mater, could be brought against him? Thank Heaven, we have a constitution which says that no man can be deprived of his life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness without the process of law. ‘The Legislature could not authorize the Court to try Mr. Tweed different irom any man on the jury. The only ground which the Legislature could possibly authorize this action would be on the ground of bad faith in the others, and they do nos state that, In that way he considered the testimony Was pertinent. 'r. O'Conor again moved to strike out the testimony ‘as to Mr. O'Gorman’s good faith. The Court granted the” motion, but added that In ‘the purposes of this case there was no evidence of bad _ ‘and would assume that suit wag brought in good jt -Mr. Field here called for tho production of a letter from the Attorney General to Mr. O’Conor, from which it ager be shown that he bad authority to compromise oul a copy was handed in. Mr. Rufus F. Andrews was called by Mr. Field to prsre that he was counsel for Connolly, and that Cor iy resigned virtue of an arrangement with the ‘authorities that he should not be molested. This was offered with a view to show that if Connolly was exon- erated Tweed should be, Mr. O'Conor said there never was a more monstrous proposition dressed up from mere leather and prunel!a, and called law. One scoundrel is told he won't be pros- eouted, and therefore another of the scoundrels who bel; him steal the money can’t be * e Court allowed the testimony, Mr. Andrews then related interviews of himseif and Vonnolly with Mr. HMavemeyer and Mr. Tilden, at which it was arranged that Connolly should delegate his authority to fir. Green; witness cannot remember which of the party Paige an Sue elias Par mone Counsel thea ut in evidence copy judgment rot! in the caso grthe People va. the Executrix of me which plaintift begyree Aa docree ereditors ; alt counsel will show Wosday. ana thatthe oo - 0 the rest to re Watson. th a ‘The Court was pooh ae op ee q uM ver, and he ¢ Ho spoke | ‘NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1876—TRIPLE SHEET, wants to got acrier who is a a gentleman who Was listening to the “the needn’t go all the way to iy.” Id be dificult,’’ answered the gentle- man addressed, ‘‘to.get a better crier than the one who just adjourned the Court.” “The easiest thing in the world,’ retorted the first gentleman. ‘He can-frequently be found in this city, and almost any evening in Brooklyn. He is the test crier in the world, and his name is—Thomas & Shearman.” THE LAWRENCE FORGERY SsvUITS. In the caso of the United States against Charles L. Lawrence, extradited from England in April, 1875, pur- suant to the Extradition act of 1870, on the accusation of forgery and uttering a certain bond and affidavit within the jurisdiction of the United States relating to entries of merchandise into this port, ana wherein the defendant has set up that he cannot be tried here for any other offence or crimes other than those for which Be was extradited, the United States District Attorney, George Bliss, has filed a replication, before Judge Bene” dict, in the United States Circuit Court, holding that the act of 1870 expressly keeps in force certain prior acts of Parliament as solely applicable to persons de- manded for extradition under the treaty of 1842, which do not in any way limit the crimes for which a person extradited for a crime embraced in said treaty may be tried‘after such extradition, and that in fact and by the practice of both vgn to said treaty there has been no limitation to the number aud character of offences er 4 person So extradited has been or may be tri In the replication the United States Attorney admits Lawrence's English birth, bat claims he is a natural- ized American citizen, and sets forth the particulars of his extradition for forgery. Ho denies that the order of the President or of the Attorney General were in- tended to enforce in Lawrence’s favor any rights guar- anteed to him by any arrangements between the American and the British goternments, and denies the existence of any such agreements. He then gives copies of the correspondence between himself and the Attorney General. The tenor of this correspondence has been heretofore made public, and amounts to in- structions from the Attorney General to try Lawrence first on the extradition charges, and, if he is acquitted, to then hold him for further instructions, Un the 8th of January Colonel Bliss transmitted to the Attorpey General a copy of the new indictment against Lawrence for what is called bale enraged ‘en Which was the one chiefly referred to in the extradi- tion papers, and is the one on which he js now ar- raigned. On January 10 the Attorney General tele- graphed not to try Lawrence until further orders, On January 27 he gives instruction, if any attempt 18 made to bail Lawrence, to have the-bail put at the highest ible Hgure, and to insist on bail on the other 4 nts. On February 9 the Attorney Gen- eral telegraphs to delay no longer, and to use every means to prevent an attempt to escape. The District ‘Attorney holds, in conclusion, that the offences speci- fied in the indictment are the same as in the warrant of extradition, and says, if tne Court ought to take any cognizance of the instructions sent to him, then he is not prohibited from the prosecution of this indictment, ROBBERIES IN PALACE CARS. In August, 1873, Mrs, Sophia Sewards came to Jersey City by way of the Erfe Railroad, Her husband, Mr. Sowards tho lawyer, two children and nurse, accom- pamed her, They took a Pullman palace car, paying $3 for a special, compartment, Previous to retiring Mrs, Sewards took off from her fingers three diamond rings, put them in her pocketbook, and then put her pocketbook into her dress pocket. In the morning the Tings were gone, some one during the night, as “alleged, having’ entered their sleeping apart- ment and abstracted the rings from her pocketbook. Sho brought suit against the Pull- man Palace Car Company to recover $1,089, the alleged value of the missing jewelry. Thorcase came to trial yesterday before Judge Van Brunt, holding Trial Term of the Court of Common Pleas, The an awer, the jurat to which was signed by General Horace Porter, former ord secretary of President Grant, and now Vict President of the- Pullman Palace Car might be found to haye misappropriated, and did | Company, interposes a general denial of the allega tions set forth in the complaint. It was further averred that-the paiace car Evening Star, upon which the robbery is said to have been committed, was at that time the property of the Erie and Atlantic Sleep- ing Car Company, and therefore that tf there was any ability it did not upon the defendants in the suit, Various witnesses were examined for the prosecu- tion, In¢luding the plaintiff, who detailed in a very clear and straightforward manner the circumstances attend- ing the loss of her diamonds. On the conclusion for the prosecution motion was made to dismiss the com- laint, which argued at considerable length by r, Abraham Green on behalf of the defendants, and Mr. Anthony R. Dyett in opposition to the motion, Judge Van Brunt took the ground that the lost dia- monds, being personal property, wero kept entirely under control of Mrs. Sewards, and that in respect to its lose the company could hot be held liabie even under the rules of law regulating the liabilities of inn- keepers or public carriers. He therefore distuissed the complaint, Mr. Dyett strenaousiy urged that the case might go to the jury; but his entreaties were of no avail, HARRY GENET’S COURT HOUSE. By a rather singular coincidenco, while the $6,000,000 suitagainst Tweed is being tried in one corner of the Court House, the defendant himself being absent, in the diagonal corner opposite, before Judge Donohue, ‘was being tried yesterday the suit brought by the city against Harry W. Genet to recover the moneys he 1s charged with having fraudulently obtained from the city in connection with the building of the Harlem Court House, the defendant in the latter suit also being absent. But the fugitive Genet was ao paltry peculator as compared with the Titanic Tweed, and neither 1s there so ,much money to be mado by prosecuting lawyers, and so, of course, but short work was made of Mr. Genet’s case, In fact, it was only an inquest, there being no defence put in. The principal witnesses were Richard G. Hatfleld and Artemas 8, Cody, The former had ex- amined the amount of materials furntshed the Court House and the work done, and gave an estimate of the amount of money actually required to pay for the material thus furnisbed and the work performed. Mr. Cody showed the warrants drawn on account of the Court House, and the whole thing resolved itself into a simple matter of addition and subtraction. A verdict was rendered for $204,250 in favor of tho city against Genet, with $2,500 extra allowance to counsel, THE BARREMORE ESTATE. In September, 1874, Alfred Barremore, as is well known, died, leaving an estate valued at $1,500,000, His daughter, Mrs. Eldridge, was excluded from being @ participant in the division of the estate pursuant to a deed of trust alleged to have been given by the de- ceased shortly before his death. Mrs. Eldridge, suc- ceeding a hearing of tho case before the Sur- Fogate upon the subject of admitting the will to probate, brought suit to set aside the trust deed, A motion was made yesterday in Supreme Court, Cham- bers, before Judge Lawrengo, for a commission to ex- amine, among others, the nurse who attended upon Mr. Barremore during his last illness, and is cognizant of the circumstances under which he signed the deed, There was quite a lengthy argument on the motion, Mr. Clarence Seward appearing for Mrs, Eldricge and ex-Judge Bosworth for tke trustee. The ground of op- position was that the only proper way to examine the nurse was orally and not by commission or interroga- taries, Judge Lawrence took the papers, reserving his decision. o DECISIONS. SUPREMR COURT— CHAMBERS. By Judge Lawrence, Sheldon, &c., vs. Ray.—The plaintiffs sue as part- ners, and a denial of knowledge or information suffl- cient to form a belief as to Such partnership is made by the defendant, An offset or counter claim ts also averred by the defendant, The answer may be false, ‘but I do not see how I can hold it to be frivolous, ca vs. Kent, 46 N. Y., 672; Thompson vs. Erie ailway Company, 45 N. Y., 468.) ‘The case is one which can be put upon the short calendar and tried very speedily. Motion denied, without costs. joody vs. De Mooay.—I will sign the order in this case yn the amendment being inserted which is pro- posed by counsel in his points Stanley vs. Borger.—Thbe affidavit on which the order fought to be sect aside Was granted is not among the rs. menith vs. Koch.—Motion to overrule answer as frivo- lous granted, with costs, and judgment directed for laineimt. Poe vs. Moll ‘The case of Maghen vs. Dunca, 81 Barb., 87, see to me to sustain the right of the Sheriff to tax the item which 1s disputed. Schuyler vs. Stevens.—An allowance of $150 is granted to the defendant. Tadiken va, Cantreil.—Motion for leave to file and serve a new undertaking is granted on payment of $10 costs of motion, Lindsay vs. Lindsay.—This motion must be dented, without costs. (Sny jer vs. Snyder, 3 Barb., 624; Jones vs. Jones, 2 Barb., 146 Haight vs. Nisbet.—Motion to vacate attachment ts dented on these inds;—First, delay in making mo- tion; second, the Court should not on re motion try the question whether Nisbet was #0 much indebted to liis partners as to have no interest in property attached; third, the remedy of the other partners would seem to be by action (Borcher vs. Rombler, 4 Abb,, 3896); fourth, the other parties, not being par- ties to =. one segs gi gd bee bof Barb., 412); fifth, the question sough' spose by this motion can be aon deliberately examined at the trial; a the deiéndaut may advance the causo under ru) a Schneider vs. Reimer.—The amount of bail required of bailee by the order of arrest seems to be excessive, 1 eball reduce the amount to $1,000, Stotts ys. Cantrell. —Granted. Machado vs. Saltus.—Motion for the appointment of a@receiver is denied, without costs and with leave to eecunsee ve. dascbe:— ne of Ube objections sastgied ve. Jaco! ne by the viatntin for rewurming the undertaking. wae and several (see Hart’s affidavit. been submitted, I for plaintiff during case as conclusive against this motion, I do not bererlons Benepe ence to the case in the papers, Let the unde: ing be submitted on or before Friday, March 3 Counsel may also hand in authorities if they desire to do so. Chase vs. Sperling.—As to of the claim the an- Swer alleges that the terms of credit had not expired when the action was commenced. I cannot regard such an answer as frivolous As there is no in the apswer in reepect to the firm of Chase, Stewart & Co,, it seems to be irrelevant if the effect of the an- to admit that a portion of the plaintiff's claim is due; the remedy would seem to be under section 244 of the Coda, Smith vs, Wright.—In this case I deem it proper to order a reference to take the testimony of the parties, also have made affidavits and shall direct the matter to Stand over until the referee can report. Danby vs. McKenzie et al.—The right of the plaintiff to the relief which he seeks 1s, in view of the denials and all ions contained in the answer, altogether tuo doubtful to justify the continuance of the prelimin: injunetion, Motion to continue the injunction denied, with cost The injunction is not among the papers banded tn, Burrell vs. Perry.—I understand the counsel for t! Judgment creditor to concede that the debtor might, by a formal motion to gg er ge relieve himself from this examination. is being so, and an affidavit having been filed by the debtor setting forth the pro- ceeding in bankruptcy, I shall regard what the coun- sel terms a suggestion “of the bankruptcy of the de- fendant as a motion’? on the part of the defendant made upon the return of the order for his exemption from examioation on account of the bankruptcy pro- ceedings. (R. 8. U. S,, 5,146.) I think that the order should be vacated. The question is important and should be presented to the General Term. Auffmerdt vs. Goldstein.—I am very strongly in- clined to the opinion that the defendant has not been in actual custody within the 288th section of the Code, No briet bas been submitted by the counsel for the de- fendant, As the case involves the liberty of the citi- zen, I will appoint a further hearing for Friday, the 3 of March, at ten A, M., when counsel on either side may be heard or present points or briefs, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. By Judge Donohue, Weil vs. Borchardt. —Findings gettled and signod. Blackwell et al. vs. Ward; Blackwell vs, Armstrong. — The proofs clearly show that the defendants sold an imitation of the article put up by piaintif, The plain- tiff 18 entitled to a perpetual injunction with costs, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM, By Judge Sedgwick. Leonard vs. Wilde; Lombardo ys. Forresta' et al. vs, Archer et al. ; Constantine vs. Rap) Marsh; Rust vs, Hauslot.—Orders granted. Kurshedt vs, Nauheim, Nos. 1 and 2; Same vs. Mey- er ot al.—Referee’s report confirmed and judgment of foreclosure and gale, ¥ SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. iy Judge Barrett yesterday set down for Monday next The argument on the motion to make the stay of pro- ceedings permanent in the case of William J, Ree, con victed of negotiating forged bonds. Judge Lawrence yesterday, in Supreme Court, Cham- bers, postponed until the 8th inst. the argument on the motion to confirm the report of the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment in the opening of Fort Wash- ington Ridge road. in the Brooklyn Ring suits it was arranged yester- day between Mr. Parsons and General Pryor to with- draw the interlocutory motions pending in the court, and leave the sole question to be passed upon judicialiy whether the trial shall take place in this city or in Brooklyn, In the suit brought by Julia Oatley against John Fottretch, tried before Judge J. F. Daly, in the Court of Common Pleas, the facts of which have already been published, a'verdict was rendered yesterday for $250 for the plaintiff. Messrs. Hall and Blandy ap- peared for the plaintiff and Joseph Fetiretch for the defendant. Chief Justice Monell, of the Superior Court, yester- day, in a suit brought by Madeline L. Gentil against ex- Sheriff Brennan, gave an opinion holding that a mar- ried woman, in’ allowing her husband to conduct busi- ness for her ‘and to treat the property and deal with it as his own, does not divest berseli of her title, and that she could hold the property as against her husband’s creditors, Suit was commenced yesterday in the District Court of the United States, before Judge Blatchford, to re-, cover $130,000, alleged to be due to the United States for stamp tax and penalties for neglect to affix stam) to a medicine known as ‘‘Boonuekamp Bitters,’’ The brary are Samuel R., Frank H. and Willham H, a trial of Austin Black, ona en of subornation of perjury, was resumed yesterday rett, in the C of Oyerand Terminer, Various ad- ditional witnesses were cailed for the defenco, includ- ing in the number five who testitied that Dasenbury admitted to them that Mr. Black never authorized | him to procure any evidence for him, Dut stating that he was offered $2,600 by another party if he would testify that Mr, Biack authorized him to buy witnesses for hyn. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett, SOME WRONG SWEARING SOMEWHERE. Owen Geoghogan, keeper of a drinking saloon and dance house in the Bowery, was arraigned to plead to acharge of assault preferred by Adam Neil, of No, 77 Forsyth street, who claims that on February 14 he was knocked down by Geoghegan and that the barkeeper of the latter, one James McManus, struck him with®a chair, The two were arrested taken before Justico Kasmire, who yoleased Owen “tor want of and hetd the barkeeper in $1,000 to answer. Mr. Neil went beiore the Grand Jur; d_ procured indictments against them, whereupou Detective Richard Field, of the District Attorney’s office, rearrested Geoghegan. The | prisoners pleaded not guilty and Were held for tr THE BATTERY OUTRAGE. Perrin Finnerty, the policeman who, some threo months ago, was tried before jury, which Gisagreod, on a charge of outrage preferred by Maggie Igol, was placed on trial yesterday, The caso will probably be remembered, as it excited gonsiderable interest at the fore Judge Bar- | idence”? | time, being talked of as “the Battery outrage.’? The | girl claimed that the officer outraged her in the B: tery Park and afterward at the Eastern Hotel. T! principal witness for the prosecution being the co plainant site was placed on the stand yesterday by As- sistant District Attorney Bell. Her direct examination impressed the jury very strongly, but being cro: examined her manner was so violent and her repli 80 contradictory that Mr. Bell discontinued the prose- tion and entered a nolle prosequi, POLICE COURT NOTES. James Green and Richard Green, of No. 82 Pike street, who were arrested on Wednesday for robbing the store of Damiel C. Davis of a large quantity of sun |, umbrellas, were taken before Justice Bixby at the Tombs Police Court, and held in $500 bail to answer, | The alleged receiver of the stolen property, Adolph Simon, of No, 19 Bast Houston street, was also held to answer In the same bail. At the Tombs Police Court yesterday, before Justice Bixby, Samuel Cobn, of No, 92 Chatham street, was held in $1,000 bail to answer a charge of selling lottery policy tickets, Lilly Fulce, of No, 98 James streét, a courtezan, was | committed for trial by Justice Bixby on complaint of John Ryan, who charged that whilo in her company she robbed him of $75. Ryan, who hails from Chicago and is a laborer, was sent to the House of Detention. Sophia De Forge, in the Court of Special Sessions yesterday, was convicted of keeping a disorderly houso, and was sentenced to one year in the Penitentiary and fined $250, | Late on Wednesday night Patrick Murphy, of No. 191 Mulberry street, an ex-policeman, accosted Pauline Metzger, and informed her that he was a detective, and unless she paid $2 he would arrest her. She paid him the money, but her suspicions becoming aroused she informed OfMcer Escti of the occurrence, and the latter subsequently took Murphy into custody. In Court, yesterday, he was held in $1,000 bail to answer, the compla nant, Pauline Metager, being sent to the House of Detention. ‘On the 18th of May, 1873, a newsboy, named John Facen, who gave his residence as No. 351 Weat Thirty- eighth street, stole from the cash drawer of the Henatp uptown office, the money being in the care of Mr. Theodore Took: Since that tine the boy bas not been seen, buton Wednesday Mr, Tooker recognized him in the street and havded him over to Sergeant Lefferts, of the Sanitary squad. In the Washington Place Court yesterday he pleaded guilty to the char, and was held in $1, 600 wo apeWer. ama si ‘On the 10th of February a y man, giving bi name as Ferdinand Duval, bought some goods from Emmanuel H. Schlamovitz, of No. 1,234 Broadway. Ho paid half cash and gave two notes at two months for nce. On Saturday last he bor signed by song mote Sel goods by false prew tions De Laurier was yesterday discharged by Judge Morgan, on the grounds that no false pretences existed at the time of bis first arrangement with com- plainant = when were purchased; goods and the defendant, hg Gena py be m was or from the fact another name, could be perpetrated on the complain: “Ub check was given for the goods ander the name of be Laurier, which was perfectly sound and De Laurier intends to sue Schiamovits for ,000 damages for false imprisonment. At the Fifty-seventh Street Police Court Louis Banton charged Patrick Rafferty and Willtam Sullivan with as- Mt and Lance by knocking him down and peltii him ao snow! * natterty was fined §10 Sule van Reitly, James Nolan and Thomas ©: ee pena co Wet Toe premise Ne. who 203 Bes- Health, He was arrested and fined $5 at the Fifty- Beventh Street Police Court : At the Harlem Police Court John Reilly and Obarlos Clark were held (or trial on @ charge of breaking jato a house and attempting to steal a quantity of lead’pipe. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. bse Kare Ee wes an Aer rence. —Nos. 71, 86, 90, 93, 99, 1 197, 209, 210, 25%, 214, B00, asi, oa, 838, 338, 340, 241. Scrxeuz Covar—Guxwkat Txnw,—Adjourned until h — Covrt—SraciaL Tenu—Adjourned for the rm. Supreme Covrt—Circvit—Part 1.—Adjourned for thoterm. Part 2—January Term continued—Held in General Term room by Judge Westbrook. —Case on—No, 2064, Part 2—Held by Judge Donohue.—Short causes— Nos. 1058, 1756, 1751, ,. 192, 1190, 2426, 2838, 1708, 150434, 182044, 177244; 1858,"1404, 2496, 2420, 1780, 2201, 2519, 2402, 2 9," 2390, 1411, 2505, 2387, 2502, 2480, 234 2514, 1918 Part 8—Adjourned for the term. Surxnion Covrr—SreciaL Tenm—No day calendar. Sursaiok CovrT—Genanal TsRx%.—Adjourned for the term. Soperror Court—Tara Tsum—Parts 1 and 2—Ad- journed for the term, — Visas—kquity Tsra.—Adjourned for the m. Common Pieas—Tuiat Tenu—Part 1—Held by Judge Joseph F. Daly.—Case on—No, 777. Part 2—Held by Judge Van Brunt.—Nos, 1454, 1473, 1302, 2173, 2174, 1474, 1453, 219, 1471, 1445, 1441, 2284, 1076, 1084, 1653. Fart $—Held iby Judge Van Hoosen.—Caso on—No. Common Puras—Srxctat Tera—Held by Judge Van Brunt,—Campbell vs, McEwen. Receiver appointed. Marine Covnt—Triat Teru—Parts 1, 2 and 3— Adjourned for the term, —" O¥ GENERAL Sxssions.—Adjourned for tho rm. Court ov Orme AND TarMiner—Hold by Judge Bar- rett.—Case on—The People vs Austin Black and John Dusenbury, attempt at perjury, THE NICKEL COUNTERFEITERS. Yesterday, in the United States District Court, be- fore Judge Benedict, argument was heard for an arrest of judgment and for a hew trial in the case of John and Thomas Loughery, the brothers: who were convicted of counterfeiting nickel five cent pieces in December last. | The counsel for the prisoners argued that tho jury on the trial of his clients was not regularly empanelled, and that they were not drawh from the bystanders as the statutes require. He also contended that his clients, having been absent during the last two days of the trial and when the verdict was rendered by the jury, their conviction was illegal. Assistant District Attorney Hoxie held that the jury ‘was selected from the bystanders, as contemplatea by Jaw. The trial was in progress before the Court and jury, and prisoners could gain nothing by their wrong- im court, Several authorities were cited in support of the argument, and Judge Benedict took the papers and resorved his decision. ALABAMA CLAIMS. Wasutnaton, March 2, 1876, In the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims to-day the following judgments were rendered :—Case 1,182, Charles A, Dougherty, of Philadelphia, for loss of personal effects, &e., by the destruction of tho Tacony by the Florida, June 12, 1862, $772; Case 774, Edward 5. Cook, of Boston, Mass,, for loss of personal effects and wages by the destruction of the Whitting Wind by the Coqueite, June 6, 1863, $657 85; Case 764, Joseph Wannabie, of Fort Scott, Kansas, for loss of personal effects by the destruction of the Talisman by the Alabama, June 5, 1863, petition for a rehearing filed; original judgment set aside and judgment en- tered for $1,741. Adjourned, A BROOKLYN DIVORCE SUIT. Action for absolute divorce has been commenced in the Brooklyn City Court by Mrs, Jennie B. Gill against her husband, William L. Gill, The ground upon which application has been made is adultery, The rties, Who are most respectably connected in Brook- yn, Were married in 1864and lived together till 1873, when they separated in the West, where they were then living, and hay. not since met. They have two chil- dren, a boy of six years and a girl nino years old, The defendant practised Jaw in Brooklyn for several years and was a member of the Board of Education, THE WEST-BRECHT MALPRACTICE CASE. On Saturday morning (to-morrow) the persons now in the Raymond Street Jail on the charge of being con- cerned in the malpractice case which caused the death of Christine Brecht, the young girl who was betrayed and then led to submit toa fatal operation, will be ex- amined before Justice Delmar. The prisoners are the former lover of deceased, Hans Stater, and Dr. West and wife, The latter, who live in Bleecker street, New York, are alleged to have prescribed for the unfortu- Rate young woman. Coroner Vreeland, of Newark, N. J., who held the inquest on the body, bas sent the apers im the case to the District Attorney of New Vork, who will lay the matter before the Grand Jury there. The prisoners will be transferred to this citys asthe alleged malpractice took place in New York, though the girl died in Newark, SUICIDE IN A CELL. In consequence of a slight scalp wound received whiie intoxicated, John S. Gantz was admitted as a patient into Bellevue Hospital on the 14th of January last. A few days since he developed symptoms of in- sanity, and was placed under restraint. At threo o'clock yesterday morning he was found suspended by he neck to the of hia cell window, havi “an up eet with which he had made a slip noose, The body was cut down while ‘yet warm anda physician sun moned, but life was extinct, The deceased was a farmer, thirty-three years old, unmarried, and a native of Germany, e SUICIDE OF A GERMAN, A blacksmith named Ernest Hardy, of German nativ- ity and thirty-five years of age, committed suicidé yesterday forenoon by shooting himsolf with a pistol through the head. Deceased, it appears, has been out of employment for several weeks past, and had in- dulged freely in strong drink. He was frequently beard to express a determination to take his own life, Yesterday morning at cight o'clock he left bis home, corner of Cowenhoven lane and Stewart avenue, near Bay Ridge, and called at several drinking saloons in the village, where he partook of whiskey. He was much depressed in spirits, and said ho would not long begalive. About ten o'clock he returnod to his home anf went to an outhouse on the premises, where he | shot himself in the right temple. The bullet passed through the brain, and when his wife, who wasthe first to reach his side, found him life was extinct. He leaves a wife and four childron in absolute want, Cor- oner Simms held an inquest on the body, and a verdict in accordance with the facts was rendered. SUMNER’S ALLEGED FORGERY. The friends of Perrine H. Sumner, the alleged Cali- fornia forger, now in jail at Jersey City, have made another desperate effort to effect his release. A tele- gram was received yesterday by Sheriff Laverty, to which the name of Colonel Stebbins, private secretary of Governor Tilden, was affixed, setting forth that the Governor had revoked the mandate for the arrest of Sumner on the requisition from the Governor of California, and Girecting the discharge of the prisoner. Sheriff Laverty disregarded this missive for severai reasons, First, the telegram was not an Offi- cial document, and might be sent by any person; snc- ond, the Executive of New York has no authority over the officials of another State; and thirdly, the prisoner is in costody under an order of the Vourt which the Sheriff has no powerto set aside. Sumner’s couasel have appealed to the Supreme Court at Trenton from the decision of Judge Knapp delivering up the prisoner to the California officer. A New Jersey ollicer hovered round the jail all day yesterday to arrest Sumner on another suit in case should be discharged. No riage was received by the jatier yesterday relative to e CASE. MRS. MILLER'S MISFORTUNE. At ten o'clock Wednesday night Officer Engernan, of the Eighteeuth procinet, was informed that an un- known woman, barefooted and scantily clad in a night. dress, had Just attempted to drown herself at the foot of East Eighteenth street, Proceeding thither the om- | cer found & poor creature shivering with cold and had her removed to Bellevue Hospital, where it was ascer- tained that she was suffering from an attack of epi- lepsy. When sufficiently restored she gave her namo as ies. Hourietta Miller, of No. 627 East Eleventh street. She bad retired to rest with her two” obildren nino o'clock, and did not remember leaving her bed. Yesterday afternoon she became violently insane and was consigned to the cella. CORONERS’ CASES. Coroner Croker yesterday held an inquest in the case of Emil Hirlé, aged sixty, of No. 528 Tenth avenuo, who fel down stairs at his residence on the 19th ult., fracturing his leg and necessitating its amputation on the 2tst uit, He died on the 28th. The jury brought in a verdict of accidental death. A similar verdict was in the case of Edward Kraus, eight years old, of No. 6 Columbia place, who fell down a stoop in the hailway of No, 238 Seventh street some months ago, dying on the 25th ult. SUDDEN DEATHS. The following cases of sudden death wore reported at the Coroners’ office yesterday :— Mary Ann Proston, three months old, of No. 9 Mul- berry street. Emil Schwab, five years old, of No. 382 West Thirty- seat es ea a qe Goal waite as Work in b Vobeave Hom ‘weet BUSINESS TROUBLES. Frederick Vimar, a prominent dealer in human hair, bas mado an assignment to Charles Tag for the beneft of his creditors. Frederick Vilmar is a Briga- dier General im the Second brigade, N.G.3.N.Y., anda large owner of real estate. He owned the handsome premises on Bond street, which he occupied, and hold @ leading position in the hair trade. His liabilities are supposed to be priuctpally abroad, but their magni- tude cannot be ascertained at present, A. L Torrey, packing box manufacturer, of No, 98 Nortolk street, has been sold out by the Sheriff. The Grst meeting of the creditors of Runyon W. Martin, stock broker, will bo held at the office of Register H. Wilder Allon, No. 152 Broadway, on the toch inst., at twelve o'clock. The examination in the matter of Myerson & Plant 1s being continued before Register Fitch, of No. 345 Broadway. Ameeting of the creditors of M. T. Russell was called for yesterday at the office of Register Dwight, No. 7 Beekinan street, to show cause why the bank- rupt should not be discharged. No creditor appeared in opposition, The third dividend, this one of four per cent, in the matter of James L. ‘Aspinwall, wholesale druggist, formerly of William street, is now being paid by the assignee, Mr, George M. Olcott, of Dodge & leott, of Wilham strect, This will make a total of thirty-nine por cent thus far paid, aud there is a prospect of a arth one being declared, The following insolvent schedules were filed in the Court of Common Pleas yesterday :— Julius M. Daoois to Albert Delouest—Liabilities, $3,331 72: nominal assets, $3,295 30; actual assets, $836 43. Bond ordered in the sum of $2,000, Max Marks to Otto Andreal—Liabilities not stated; nominal asscts, $1,971 13;* actual assets, $1,971 13. Bond ordered in the penalty of $2,000, Tho Eagle Condensed Milk Company, No. 55 West Eighteenth street, is in the hands of a receiver, Mr. B. Bartram, It was organized about four years ago, with a capital of $75,000, Geerge Conklin being the Prosident. ” The factory.at Amenia, Dutchess county, has just been sold by tho receiver to Jobn G. Borden for $12,525, ‘The effects of the New York Knitting Machine Com- pany, No. 682 Broadway, were sold by tho Sherif for $800, to satisiy a Judgment of $300 obtained by Martin B. Brown, James L. Davis & Son, grocers and commission merchants, No, 154 South street, havo been compelled to ask an extension from their creditors for three, six and bine montl James H. Baggett, of Baggett & Co., cotton, has gone into bankruptcy. fis liabilities aro distributed among fifty-two creditors, many of whom reside in Charles- ton, 8. C. The assetsure nominally $58,562, but they are entirely worthless, ‘The suspension of Henry M, Silverman, manufac. turer of furs and caps, No, 554 Broadway, has caused considerable surprise in the trade, The firm bas a large manufactory in Brooklyn, and has enjoyed the highest commercial credit, The main cause of the suspension is the,general business depression. Messrs, Samuel Shethar and Martin Bates have been appointed acommitiee by the creditors to examine inio the affairs of the firm, and they are busy with their inves- tigation, THE TAILORS’ TROUBLES, Tho twelve tailors arrested on Wednosday evening by the officers of the Fifteenth precinet for patrolling in front of Brooks Brothers’ store, corner Broadway and Bond street, and acting ina manner calculated to cause a breach of the peace, were arraigned before Judge Kilbreth, at the Washington Piace Police Court, yesterday on a charge of disorderly conduct, The complainant in each case was Mr. John E, Brooks, of No. 19 West Thirtieth street, junior member ot the firm. Tho full particulars of ‘the strike aud its ensuing troubles were fully published in yesterday's Hkeatp, ‘Alter a very long and tedious examination Mr. Brooks Withdrew the complaints against ten of the men in order to make a test cage, and the other two, Eugene Bourcter, of No, 440 East Twelfth street, and John Hig- gins, ot No. 78 ldredge street, were held in $500 each to Keep tho peace for six months. At the request of Mr. Brooks the two men were allowed to go on their parole to furnish bail on Monday, The court room was completely ited with the friends of the prisoners, the latier looking none the worse for their night's rest in the station house, Mr. William O, Lenthicum, of No. 174 Broadway, made complaints against three tailors, Hormann Lote chied, Louis Gordasky and George Newton, for block- ing up the sidewalk in front of his store and dwelling, No, 174 Fitth avenue, talking in an excited manner, and taking possession of the doorway of the house, where they had no lawiul _ busi- ness. Feuring a breach of the peace by in- timidating his workmen he called in Officer Canning, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, and caused their arrest Mr Lenthicum swore that the men had formerly been employed by him, but about four wecks ago the; struck and loitered around tne Place, sometimes crowd- ing into his doorway to his great annyance, At the time of the arrest there were from ten to fifteen othera on the street, Mr. Robert Dunlap, of No, 174 Filth avenue, corroborated the above evidence. The pris- oners were fined $10 each, and required to furnish $500 bail to keep the peace for six months, THE TYPE-METAL GREELEY BUST, About three years ago the type-setters of thé Metro- politau press determined among themselves to erect a type-metal monument to Horace Greeley, and held meetings to forward the project. They soon found, however, that they could not carryout their intention within a reasonable spaco of time if they excluded all but “typos,” so others were permitted to join in the undertaking. Tho “typos” invited many persons in- directly connected with the newspapers, and the result of their solicitation was the formation of a socicty about two years ago, with Thurlow Weed for presi- dent, to ‘make all the necessary arrange:nonts for the work in hand. Since then the society has worked steadily and successfully ond now has in bank the necessary funds for the monument. Yesterday afternoon a ineeting was held, and a design of the bust was presented and approved. It will be a colossal bust fourteen feet six ches in height, including the stone work. Ina few days it will be in the founder’s hands, and it will be completed during the coming summer, Agreements have also been signed for the masonry, 80 that the whole work may be completed and the bust may be in position over Mr, Greeley’s grave, in Green- wood Cemetery, by the end of the coming summer or early in the fail FIRE ON NINETY-FOURTH STREET. A fire broke out yesterday morning in the apartments of John Saur, on the second floor of the two story frame building on Ninety-fourth street, near Tenth avenue, Damage to furniture and building about $1,400; insured, FIRE AT EAST NEW YORK. A two story frame building on Atlantic avonue, near the terminus of the railroad, used as a boarding and lodging house and owned by W. Warner, caught fire about four o’clock yesterday morning. fho firemen were quickly on the scene and prevented the extension of the flames to adjoining buildings, Mr. Warner's loss will not exceed $1,000, The property was sured. A COLONY OF HORSE THIEVES, THE MILITARY MAKE A RAID ON A REGULAR ‘‘ROBBER'S_ ROOST,” [From the Denver (Col.) News, Feb. 27.] Botween assassinations, horse stealing, Indian raids and the lesser incidents of daily life, times rather stirring down in New Mexico. A correspondent fur- nishes the particulars of araid by a detachment of cavalry the other day ona band of horse thieves at Boquilla, a small settlement forty-five miles from Fort Stanton. The settlement, numbering about forty men, 13 comprised entirely of thieves, who make horse stealing their calling. Originally four or five thieves settled there. With this beginning rogues from all parts of the Territory, Colorado and Texas began colonizing there, the number steadily increasing, until the desparadoes became so formidable that the officers, knowing the ¢haracter of the gang, wero ‘afraid ‘to make an arrest When away from Boquilla, off on predatory incursions, the not in- ong would always claim to hail from some other place, The littie plaza in the midst of the colony is a perfect fort, Every means for defence has been provided, Shafts sunk at intervals about the plaza, and provided with ladders, connect, at depths from ten to twenty feet, with drifts, or subterranean passages, some of them running hundreds of feet to neighboring attem, of thieves has existed, in deflance of the law and the authorities, Their operations have oxtended over a wide range of country, and hundreds, ree thou- sands, of horses have been gente in by them and t and gold in Texas, the Indian Territory, Col- orado and Arizona. The chiefs of the colony appear, from the confession of tho mombers of the gang fe- cently arrested, to be three Mexicans named.Chavez, Maes and Lejos, who are fearless and bloodthirsty vil- Taina. They have kept scouts out on all sides, day and night, citizen by turn being subject to guard daty, and if a stranger approached the alarm was ed, while a portion of the gang showed attentions and showered talities apon him, ground, reap) ing to do so.. The cavairymen who made the recent descent captured four of the worst men in the fot, though not the ringleaders. The people got wind, some- how, of their coming, and when the horsemen galloped up to the plaza they found only afew men and some ‘women in the village. The thieves who were arrested, when lodged in the guard house at Fort and 4 con- fossed their calling, and boasted that the gang bad over 200 horses within ten miles of Boquilla, and one to ben a It is oe obs ang fan) else being on aca a) Subterranean stable, bi} an ee a singly or in small savahyaen Gadlttied themselves of the existence ofthe them. A force will Im whole hood, hath to discover ts of |.cealed animale =| Screen bog NUBSERY AND CHILD'S HOSPITAL, GROWTH AND PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION WHAT THE CHARITY BALL Arps, The Board of Managers of the Nursery and Child’s Hospital held their annual meeting yesterday. The reportof Mrs. Cornelius Du Bois, the first dircetress of the institution, contained @ history of the organization and progress of the Nursery and Child's Hospital. The report states that in the year 1854, when this institu. tion was founded, the infants of wet nurses, with scarcely an exception, diea within a year, and few who went to the Almshouse survived many weeks. At the start great dificulty was experienced from overcrowd- ing and the bad ventilation of the rooms then occupied, By experience, however, the managers have learned to avoid certain evils, After removing into better quarters acase of smallpox appeared one day. If the wet nurses had suspected the nature of the disease, the report, they would have left us, and the babies would have starved, The manager on duty at once took the little one on her lap and soothed it to sleep, This disarmed suspicion, and it was so managed that every woman and child in the house was vaecinated on that very day, and no other case appeared, The corner stone of the building now forming the east wing of the Nursery and Child’s Hospital was Jaid on the 22d of June, 1857. At that time the fecl- ing was strong against the admission of illigitimate children, but the pitiable condition of such as wel Drought to us and refused so alfected the heart of t First Directress that she persuaded the city author ties to grant the lease of the lots at the corner of Lex- ington avenue and Fifty-tirst street for the purpose of erecting a building to shelter illegitimate children. About $40,000 was spent in its erection, and the care of it was vested in the Mayor and First Directress of the Nursery. This foe hospital was just finished at tho breaking out of the civil war, andthe necessities of our wounded soldiers required the occupation of it for four years, Darin, that time the feeling on the part of the managers o} the nursery against the unfortunate waifs and strays of the city had changed to one of deep sympa With the additional desire of preventing suicides of the erring mothers whose sense of shame was shown by their desperation, the managers of the Nursery and Child’s Hospital consented to extend their care over the building then known asthe Infants’ Home, and again applied for permisston to add to their charter the power to open a lying-in hospital, and in December, 1865, this additional refuge was opened. During tho war many had seen how admirably this butiding was arranged, and it was only after many contests that it was fivally restored and occupied as originally de- signed, On the 4th of July, 1870, the country branch of the institution was opened in Staten Island, the State having granted the means, TAR GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTION, Tho following figures give an idea of tho growth of the institution, In the year ending March 1, 1856, there were in charge of the institution:—Women, 122; children, 267, Total, 389. In 1866—Womon, 157; chil* dren, 470. Total, 627. 1n 1876—Women, 746; children, 1,209, Total, 1,955, ‘In 1856 the outlay ‘was’ $7,523 1h 1866 it was $39,604 and in 1876 $123,200 14, Th close of the report wasa tribute tothe memory of some of those who aided the institution in its early days. The report of Mra. A. W. Van Rensselaer, the sec- retary, was also read. It recited the story of the work of the past year. Many improvements have beem added to the Staten Island branch, and the amounts realized at the last Charity Ball bas practically effaced all indebtedness. After the reading of a chapter from the New Testament and the delivery of brief con- gratulatory addresses by the Rev. Dr. Booth, Rev, Mn Brooks and others, and the adoption of the reports, the meeting adjourn following officers were elected for the exsulag ear: Wiis, Cornelius Du Bois, First Directress; Mra, ‘ O. Doromus, Second Directress; Mrs, Henry Anthon, Third Directress; Mra, Algernon 8, Sullivan, Fourtth Directress; Mrs.’ William M, Kingsland, ‘Treasui Miss Elizabeth Banks, Assistant Treasurer, Country Branch; Mrs, P. L. Van Rensselaer, Secretary; Miss R. B. Hunter, Assistant Secretary, ‘Managers.-Mrs. D. F, Appleton, Mrs. 8. L. M. Bar- low, Mrs. C. P, Burdett, Mrs. Edward Cooper, Mrs. T. A, Graven, Mrs, Elliot’ Cowdin, Mra. J. W. Ellis, Mra. KE. M. Felt, Miss Fellowes, Mrs. Arthur Gilman, Mra, Thomas Hicks, Mrs. B. M, Harrison, Mrs, Edmund Knowor, Mrs, A. C. Kingsland, Mrs. F) H. Macy, Mra Lugene McLean, Mrs. James Morris, Mr. Cornelius Du Bois, Mr. Edward Cooper, Mrs. Neftel, Miss Patterso Mrs.’Arthur Parsons, Mrs. John Riley, Mra, Archibat Robertson, Mrs. D. ‘Henry Smith, Mss M.S. Smith, Mrs. Henry Salisbury, Mre. Wallace Shilléto, Mrs. E. G. Tinker, Mrs. M. H, Throop, Mrs, R. H. L. Townsen Mrs. D, H. Winston, Mrs, W. H. Wells, Mrs. J. How: Wright, Miss M.D. B, Van Winkle, Mrs. Charles T White, ‘Mr. Erastus Brooks, Mr. M. F. Reading. QUEEN ELIZABETH. Pr. Jobn Lord delivered the sixteenth lecture in his course yesterday morning at Association Hall, The subject was “Queen Elizabeth,” and this lectaro is considered to be the best one in the whole course, The hall was crowded. The lecturer began by saying that Elizabeth stands out tn history as the most illus trious woman England has produced. Whether she was great in herself or from the circumstances that gave her prominence is a question, but thatshe had great qualities as @ woman cannot be doubted. But £ present her as a queen rather than a woman. She is one of the great links in the civilization of Euglandand one of the benefactors of her age and nee a a She was the second daughter of Henry Vit and was born in 1523—a memorable age, when Lather = was. attacking the popes— an age of discussions, revolutions and wars. Sho received a liberal education; she was probably the beet educated lady in England next to Lady Jane Grey. She succeeded to the throne at the age o! twenty-five, and her reign commenced in thé midst of perpiexities, difficulties and embarrassments, All Catholic Europe aimed at her overthrow. Perhaps the greatest service Elizabeth rendered to England was her success(ul effore to establish Protestantism as the religion of the land, Elizabeth herself wus a zealous Protestant, and she was at the head of the reform movement in Europe. It is to be regretted that Elizabeth was so severe on those who dilfered from her in those matters which are above every human authority. The next ser. vice Elizabeth rendered to England was a development of her resources. Commerce was encouraged and her wealth was doubled dur- ing her reign, and the population increased from 4,000,000 to 6,000,000. All the debts of the nation were paid off and the whole nation loved and honored her to the last. Tho characteristic excellence of the reign seems to me to be the good government. She de- veloped the resources of the nation and enforced tho laws, There were no destructive wars, no passion for military glory, no egotistical pleasures such as marked the reign of Louts XIV. The most common charge against ber is that she was tyrannical; nor can it bo denied her reign was despotic, but her’ subjects bad as much liberty as in any of the previous reigns. In her greatest severity she never went beyond the laws and seldom went beyond the wishes of the people, COOPER UNION FREE LECTURES, The next lecture in the free course of scientific lee tures for the people, at the Cooper Union, will take place in the Great Hall, on Saturday, March 4, at eight P.M. Subject, ‘fhe Claracter and History of tn Geological Record ;” lecturer, Dr. J. 8. Newberry, of Columbia College. GERMAN IMMIGRATION. During the past month 464 German immigrants arrived at Castle Garden, including 266 from Prussia, 80 from Saxony, 28 from Alsaco and Lorraine, 50 Baden and 63 from Bavaris. Une bundred and si; nine of these found employment through the Cast Garden Labor Exchange, the women as sorvants ai the men as laborers. The Relief Committee of the German Immigravt Ley Aerio the past month ex- pended $2,613 in uid of German immigrants in desti- tute circumstances, and the sutn of $3,000 was appro- priated from the funds of the society to be expended im the same manner during the present month. ABANDONING CHILDREN. John Werner, of No. 103 Second street, on going into the back yard of his residence, about seven o'clock yesterday morning, was not very agreeably surprised to find lying on the ground the dead body of a female infant, It was apparently only afew hours old. He reported the fact at once to the Sergeant of the Seven- teenth precinct, About the same time the dead body of another now born infant was found not two blocks from the other one, in the hallway of No. 34 First street, The Coroner was notified of cases. RECORD OF CRIME. Tho following robberies were reported to Superin~ tendent Walling yesterday :— ‘Tho cigar store of Edgar 8, Stackwell, at No. 11? Broadway, was ontered by sneak thieves, who stole $78 from the pocket of a coat which was hanging up. Thieves broke into the stable of Lewis Bnde, on Eighty-fifth street, nearSecond avenue, and stole $45 worth of harness. The office of R. Russel, lumber dealer at No. 216 Mow was entered and a coat stolen, The resrdence of Edward A. Shotwell, at No. 224 ‘West Twenty-first street, was entered-and $40 worth ot clothing carried away. in leat to the value of $40 was stolen from the residence of Frederick Oertel, at No, 2i4 Monrvo street, Tho apartments of John Abercrombie, No. 369 De Kalb ave Brooklyn, were enlered yesterday sud worth of j@weiry was stolen therefrom. The residence of Amos Carr, No. 998 De Kalb avo Lg Brooklyn, was also Fobbed of clothing to the val o @ house of Mr. Hendrickson, No. 904 Rergen stroot, Brooklyn, was robbed of $20 worth of prop- erty, and the residence of Henry Jennison, Nu. ic? Flatbush avenue, of a similar amount, on Wednes iay last. “fe residence of Mrs. Cook, No. 177 Willoughby ave- was entered by a on tho morn. $670 in bills and money was takes Darlor of the house