The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1876, Page 5

— THE STATE CAPITAL. . Mr. Hepburn’s Excise Bill Almost Defeated. A REVISION OF NEW YORK CITY CONTRACTS Defeat of the Park Bill by Re- publican Votes. A NEW POLICE BILL. Passage of the Court of \Arbitra- tion Bill by the Senate. ALBANY, March 28, 1876. | In the Assembly this evening the bill authorizing the Board of Education of the city of New York to Budit the claim of certain parties who, it is alleged, performed work for the Board in the years 1870, 1871 | and 1872, was defeated, only getting forty-cight votes, On motion, however, of Mr, Whitson the vole was re- | bonsidered and the bill laid on the table, THE EXCISE BILL, ‘The Hepburn Excise bill alsocame up on its final | passage. The second section, which provided that whenever it should appear, by proof or otherwise, on any trial for trailicking in liquors without first having obtained a valid license therefor, or for not keeping any condition of such license when so obtained, that any substance having the appearance of intoxicating liquor, ale or beer had been wold, exposed for sale or trafficked in, it should be deemed prima facie evidence that gach substance was intoxicating liquor, ale or beer, ro Bpectively was stricken out, and the bill finally defeated by a vote of 50 to 37.- A motion to reconsider pre- | vailed, and the Dill, like the previous one, was laid on the table. REDUCING THE PAY OF SUPERVISORS, The Boaras of Supervisors who have been petition- Ing the Legislature to cut down the pay of the judges apd members of Assembly got a dose of their own medicine by the passage of a bill reducing their pay trom $5 to $3 a day. LRGISLATION FOR NEW yoRK In the early part of the session Mr. Woodin intro. fluced a bill to reorganize the financial and contract systems of ‘tho New York city government. The bill has undergone elaborate amendment in commitieo, | and was reported this evening to the Senate, -The yeneral grant of all powers not otherwise granted to the Common Council is withdrawn, Vetoes and money putlays are to be by a four-fifths vote, and no ordi- | nance for an expenditure resulting in an assessment ban be passed except the Comptroller shall testify to the existence of an appropriation. The powers of the Comptroller in the payment of assessment bonds which have or may become a charge against the city treasury by consolidatea bonds are extended to all possible forms of such quasi-indebtedness. The right of decid- ing as to the reception of the lowest bid in letting work by contract is left exclusively with the Mayor, in place of the Mayor and Comptroller. Fhe provisions of the bill in reference to contracts is practically unchanged, but the clause makihg the ac- tepted bill the consideration for which the work as specified must be done, is struck out, and instead of the Board of Revision sad Correction of Assessments pro- vided by the original bill, the confirmation of assess- ments is left to the present Board and that Board is ampowered to require every contractor to {ulfil all his contracts before any part of his work js passed upon, The powers of the Street Opening and improvement Board are extended over the entire Island and the Board is left as now constituted. Woodin, from the Senate Committee on Cities re- ported the bill to provide for the deposit and disburse- ment of public moneys in the city of New York, also the bill authorizing the Commissioners of the Public Parks to contract for the collections of the Metropolitan Musenm of Art, and the American Museum of Natural History. RIVERSIDE AVENUE. Mr. Bixby imtroduced a bill authorizing the Comp- troller to issue bonds to cover the expense of laying out Riverside Park avenue. THK BATTERY PARK. Mr. Gerard resumed bis motion for the recall of the Battery Park bill from the Assembly, and, after several amendments were yoted on, the question was laid on She table and is still ponding. A POLICE BILL. Mr. Fish introduced a bill to increase the efficiency of the police service in the city of New York, which is recommended by the committee of the last Legislature, to investigate the cause of the merease of crime. Mr. Fish said he did want to be considered as indorsing it. | It provides for a board of four persons to be appointed _ as now, to hold office six years, but those first appointed shall hold office for two, three and five years respectively. The police force shall be appointed by _ the Board, and shall be composed of a general superin- | tendent, a superintendent of detectives, four inspec- ors and as many captains, sergeants, roundsmen and — patrolmen (of the latter not to exceed 3,000 in num- ver) astbe Board from time to time may determine. The Board may employ not to exceed thirty detectives and &s clerks and other persons as they may teem necessary. The position of surgeon is abolished. The Board may supply physicians, not to exceed thir- bs who shail be examined as : fitness, g S25'83 The lowest... Dhief Physician..... bysicians. ose pet oss oS a Ss after the passage of Apportionment a de- | partment estimate of the additional expenditure fur the unexpired portion of the ensuing departmental year | Cle may be neceesary to carry out the provisions of © 18 act. | ‘The bill is lengthy and contains the usual provisions — Tor the regulation and discipline of the force, The bill was ordered printed. ' TUE PARK HILL, } ‘which has been fought over so many timos inthe Com- | mittee on Cities and in Committee of the Whol up to-day in thé Assembly on its third read: the bill now stands, the commissiou remains un- | ‘changed, Mr. Withamson’s term being extended to May 2, 1877. The bill was lost, omy receiving 57 yeas to nays, ‘king cight votes for the ronstitational — majorit, Mr. Forster, when the was announced, a motion made that the vot be recousidered and that that motion be | laid on the table. This motion prevailed, and so tho bit has yet another chances tor life. I, however, the vote to reconsider is lost when it is called up the bill is | dead for the session. All the democrats voted the bill except Maxfield, of Ontario county. ublicans who voted against 1 were Gallagher, Gulick, odges, Lawaon, Russell, Shannon. THE BATTERY PARKs The bill which passed the Senate on Friday prohibit- ing any railroad company to run their tracks in, on or ver any lands in the city of New York set aside for | ihe purposes of a public park was sent to the Assembly ph tira Mr. Mailer, who had introduced a similar dill in the House, made an effort to have the Senate bill [4 on its third reading when that braer of business had | reached. He had to obtain unanimous consent to have his motion prevail; but Mr. Forster objected | to its consideration, and so Muller was discomfited. It was claimed by the friends of the bill that word had been received irom New York that the Flevated Rail- co erg! hytong § in the ea ng devas. Hom,’ as thoy u custing down tho trees in the Bawtery Park.” Y Nuns ANOTHER VOTE AGAINST GREEN. Senator hae Gorge ag a wonderiully fort }@ legisia- tor, He opposed the Convict Labor bill in the Senate when it was introduced, in tact fought against {i in 118 every stage, and when it finally passed both houses and was sent to the Governor he began a sicgo upon the Executive Chamber, which ended by the capitulation of the ’ Governor, who vetoed the mesure. Some time ago the Senator intro duced a bili relating to the paywent of assessments for local improvements in of New York. Comptroiler Green’s age y could to secure the defeat of the bill in the Senate, but Mr. Morrissey knew no such word as ful and te went quictiy and 80 strengthened bimseli that Green’s plans were nowhere when the bill was put on ive final passage, Asa last resort Mr. Green sent up here, last Thursday, a memorial to the Assembly | strongly opposing all legislation of the clar- acter proposed in the Morrissey bill In - he set his face against the passage of all bills for the relief of taxpayers who were unable to pay their aecessments for local improvements, with the interest now demunded. but Mr. Morrinsey’s in. Sucnee, somehow, Was tov much for him again, and | against the bill out of uinety-eight. The Commissioners | cock, Archibald C. Niven and Louis | affairs of the prisons. |of the whole city. ) money and cau: | ments for sewers are the only security, : NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1876.-TRIPLE SHEET. Assembly by a vote of | to-day his bill was passed in the It reads T7 to 18 The bill Is a very important one. as follows :— AN ACT RELATING TO THK PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, colt iste 6, and which wt the time of the ol act have been returned to the Clerk of Arrears for collection, | may be paid at the option of the py um tinble to pay the same, in three equal instalments, as follows:—Tho | first instalment om or before the Bist day of December, 1870; the second instalment on or before the 31st day of Decem: r 1877, and the third instalment on or before the Slat day of December, 1878, with interest at the of ej cent per annum thereon. But nothing contained in section shall probibit the person liable to pay any assess- ment from paying the whole of such assessment iu one pay- ment if he may so desire. xc. 2—No lien shall be enforced by said cfty for pay- | ortion thereof, if re provided. in any way affect city in relation the recovery thereof, may mado as provided. Upon a failure the pay- ment of said assessments as herein provided, the privileges atte con! halt be forfeited, and the said as- s, or the ce remaining unpaid, upon such forfeiture, be enforced as if this statute hud never been passed, ‘Sec. 4.—This act shall take effect immediately. STATE PRISON INVESTIGATION. The State Prison Commission bill, which passed the Senate weeks ago, was passed to-day in the Assembly, after quite a lively debate. The House cut aown the pay of the Commissioners from $20 to $15 a day, leat ng the total appropriation of $20,000, as the Senate | adopted it, untouched. There were only two votes — ment of said nsser payment of the same is m: dec. 3.—Nothing herein containe Tights or remedies o! sald — assessment the payments named in the bill are Sinclair ‘ousey, George R. Bab- . Piisbury. The Dill gives them full power and authority to investigate the pecuniary affairs, condition, discipline, manage- ment of, and Any other subject or matter connected with or pertaining to the several State prisons of this State, covermg at least the last preced- mg six. yenrs; but the commission, in their investigation, are not restricted to this period, They are authorized to examine any person as a wit- hess, on any subject or matter connected with the past or future ailuirs of the State prisons of the State, and to use, inspect or examine any book, account, document, voucher or writing in the possession of any perso under his control, relating in any manner to the future afairs of the prisons. Any member of the com sion may issue a subpana commanding such per: | to appear beiore the commission at a time and place to be specitied to be examined as a witness; and the sub- pena may contain a clause requiring the person sum- moned tv produce on the examination any books, paper, document or writing in his possession or under his control relating in any manner to the past or future GLORY FOR THR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. It was finally decided by the Senate, to-day, that the Chamber of Commerce of New York shall have its Court vf Arbitration, at the expense of the city, to the extent of being allowed all over the amount of {ees re- ceived necessury to make the sum of $13,000. Ifthe court do no betier than it did last year in the | | matter of fees, the city will have to foot pretty nearly the whole Dill of expenses. The .de- | bate’ on the question was quite lively and long. The Conlerence Committee reported in favor of making the city bear the expenses of the court. | Mr, Gerard protested on the ground that it was uncon- | stitationaf to incorporate this particular and local item | in the Appropriation bill, the provisions of which were wholly for State purposes, Mr, Jacobs made a motion, | that Was lost, to recommit the roport with instructions | to amend by providing that no tax for the purpose of | sustaining the Court of Arbitration be levied’ upon | the.city of New York wiphout the consent of the local authorities. Apother motion to recommit with in- structions (o amend the report, so as to provide that | no tax be levied on the State or city for the support of | the court in question shared the same fate. The report of the Conference Committee was then agreed to by a vote of 24 to 6, THE GOVERNOR'S PET BLL, Governor Tilden’s fuyorite measure, in charge of | Senator St. John, to enlarge the powers of the Canal Board, underwent more discussion, and was ultimatel: recommitted for amendment, to strike out the fourtl section allowing the Cunal Board to designate three of its members a committee to conduct the investiga- tions, with power to send for persons and papers. In support of this motion Mr. Harris said that two members of the Canal Board wero members of the late investigating commission, who held that counsel for witnesses had Ho rights. Ho thought it would be unwise to give to the Canal Board the power provided for in the fourth section. A commit. tee of bree is authorizad to make investigation, a majority of whom may be the two gentiemen who be- longed to the Canal Commission, and who held that counsel for wituesses must sit like dummies during an examination Mr. Woodin held that the section as it stood was in the interest of Governor Tilden, Mr. Starbuck—Thbe Senator from the Twenty-fifth (Woodin) always seems to see before him the ghost of the Governor, Mr. Woodin—That’s about all there is of him to see. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. Mr. McCarthy, from the Senate Committee on Privi- leges and Elections, to which was referred the petition | of James Cavanagh, claiming the seat occupied by John ©. Jacobs, submitted a be tee in favor of Jacobs, which ‘was unanimously adoptes | In memory of Prosper M, Wetmore, a regent of the University, Mr. Prince offered the following, which per M. Wetmore, fof Queens 8 recently died, after along life of Lie and 3, in which he id with henor many public notably that of Regent of the University for al haifa cectur Resolved, at ‘Tiint this Senate considers it_no more than due i f the | SEWER ASSESSMENTS. j WHAT THE CORPORATION COUNSEL THINKS OF | THEM—THE THEORY OF THE LAW AND ITS PROVISOS, ! The following letter was forwarded to the State Leg- | tslature yeste: , by Mr. Whitney, Counsel to the | Corporation of New York, touching the bill now be- | fore the Assembly on assessments for sewers and | drains :— | Law Deparraest, | Ovrick oF THE CouNSEL TO THE CoRroRaTioN, | New York, March 27, 1876, | To THe HONORABLY THE ASSEMBLY OF TUR STATE OF | New York :— | GextLemeN—I have the honor to acknowledge the Teciept of certain resolutions adopted by your hovor- able body upon the 7th of March, inst., making cer- tain inquiries with regard to the reasons thal infla- | enced me to indorse my spon, upon a bill subse- quently introduced into the House, entitled, “An act \ relating lo assessments for the construction of sewers , and drains in the city of New York.” | Betore answering these m detail, it1, perhaps, de- | sirable that I should explain the circumstances which | render the passage of this bill expedient. The theory of the law, as is doubtless well understood, tbat in the construction of a sewer the municipal authorith Act as agents for the owners of the particular property benefited, and not as agonts tor the property owners e city advances the necessary | v8 the work to be done, expecting to be repaid by the imposition of assessments under the | property benefited; and if, for any reason, the assess- | nent the taxpayers in general bear the loss. In Tespect to sewers the question has quite recently been raised, for the first tite, whether an ordinance of the | Common Council, authorizing the work ineach case, | has not beén necessary to the validity of ail contracts | for the construction of sewers entered into since the passage of the charter of 1870, The practice in ths regard has been loose, it never having being supposed that an ordinance was necessary. The assessments tor sewers now outstanding and un- collected amount to $2,073,479 74 The amounts which have been advanced upon contracts for sewers in progress or in which no assessments have as yet been imposed reach the sum of $594,042 20, making a grand total of $3,267,52 This amount the city has expended, for the payment of which the assess- A vory large proportion of this whote amount would be lost to the city if it should be held that an ordinance of the Com- mon Council bas for the last five or six years been | necessary. | Upon iny accession to office in August last I advised the Commissioner of Public’ Works that the question had been raised, and, while I entertained the opinion thatan ordinance was not required, still that it was not desirable, with regard to future contracts, to incur such a risk, He concurred with met the importance the practice of his department, and no | contracts have been since that time made, os I am in- | formed, which were lable to this objection. After | conterring with the Mayor and Comptrotier upon the subject I, at tacir suggestion, drew a bill with regard | to these Sewer assessinents, removing the doubt. Thi bill was copied after the acts of 187: 1874 with ref. erence to assessinenis, which acts, models, have this merit, that they have beeu fully sustained by the Court of Appeals. | It is true that it may be said that these assessments | are now legal and need uo act, and it is possible that | the courts may so finally hold; but there ix at feast a | doubt, and the city will be compelled to go through a sea of litigation before it is settied, unless the Legisla- ture shall remove the doubt. Already as many as forty proceedings have been be- gun on asingle day to vacate assessments upon this ground. HKetore drawing the bill the subject of the pending and uncompleted contracts was fully cor ered. With regard to them this sitaauon exisis:—Tho city had made paruial payments upon these contracts, amounting to several bundred thousand dollars, vetore | | the question as to the necessity for an ordinance bad been raised; but, when the point was taken, turther payment upon these contracts was stopped until the ol, question should bave been disposed Unless they aro legal, the city can never recover beck the mouey a J, as they have all been let to the lowest site letung after advertisements, | know of should not be legatized.” The only seen upon these contracts were | » of them wero not being prop. | proposed bill would bi f periorman on of the cireum- | erly | bearing ith vhes pre ut of Winel this bl has ¢ rin detail the Inquiries addre The first inquiry la, Who swomicted the bill tome and upon whose application | made the indorsement? ‘Answer—It was submitted to me by Mr, Cole, my as- sistant in charge of assessment business and who w apxjous to have some action by the Legislature; at his request | indorsed it. - ‘the second inquiry is, Whether, under the recent decisions in the cases of Brown vs. The Mayor and Neison, Jr, va. The Mayor, the effect of this bill, if passed into a low, would not be to authorize the Com. | missioner of Pablic Works to proce d of his ow mo- | ion in ali works relating to sewers, drams and cul- | | rage whether such contracts were 0" | any other appointments but democratic the Sen: | estate belonging t | gale. verts, superseding the Common Council with respect to such work? Answer—I do not so understand the decision in those cases. They hold, so far as this question is concerned, that when a legal contract bas been made ana the Legisiature subsequently recognizes it by making pro- ‘vision for it 1t is a legal ratification and cures defects. But this doctrine has never, to my knowledge, been carried to the extent of ratifying furure contracts or to theextent of being interpreted as a grant of power to any officer or department as to future official action. ‘he third inquiry is, Whether the effect of the bill, if it became a law, would not be to legalize several illegal contracts entered into by officers of the city inguin 4 ‘no jurisdiction or authority to make or enter into suc! contracts; and whether all such illegal contracts were not approved by the Counsel to the Corporation before being so entered into? Auswer—There are really three questions here, First, whether the effect of the bill would not be te legalize the outstanding contracts. In my opinion | such would be the effect of the bill, and that is the only way in which the city can get back the money it | has advanced under them. Second, whether the con- tracts are not tilegal and have not been entered into by officers having no jurisdiction or authority to make | them? This is the question with regard to which the doubt exists, I am of opinion that the con- tracts are legal now, but it is # question in relation to which lawyers might properly differ, | Be" approved by being entered the Counsel to the Corporation betot | into? The form of the contracts has in each case been approved by the Counsel to the Corporation; but in | these cases nothing appears in the form of the contract | showing whether or not an ordinance of the Common Council existed. It is, perhaps, proper for me to say that! cannot find that there are any contracts out- standing baving my indorsement upon them which bave pot ordinances of the Common Council authoriz- ing the work in each case. The fourth inquiry is for the particulars of all such | outstanding contracts, the a: or dates of the same, | the works to which they reter and the amount involved | in each contract, Answer—I attach hereto a schedule of the outstand- | ing contracts, | The fifth inquiry addressed to me is whether, as to | all or any of the contracts, there have been accusations | of fraud in the execution of the work by the collusive | action of the contractor and the inspector of the work | or other officials of the Department of Public Works? Answer—lI have no information, except such as bas appeared in the press from time to time. ‘This Dill, as I have heretofore said, would have no effe: jpon the question of proper performance, inasmuch as every !e- 4 contract, whet legal in the genre or legalized y act of the Leg: ure, must be fullilled in accord- ance with its terms in order to sustain the right of re- covery under it, The sixth inquiry calls for a statement of all actions now pending or decided since the tirst of January, 1875, in which the city of New York is or was detend- ant, and in which the defence interposed directly or indirectly, was or is want of authority or jurisdiction | to enter into the contract? Answer—I annex to this statement a schedule in an- swer to this inquiry. i I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM WHITNEY, | Counsel to the Corporation, =| NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. CONFIRMATION OF THE GOVERNOR'S NOMINA- TIONS BY THE SENATE—APPROPRIATION BILLS FOR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS—TAX- ATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. | ‘Trenton, March 28,1876. | At the opening of the present session of the Legisla- ture, Representative E. Drake, republican member {rom Essex, introduced a bill providing that all keepers of inns or saloons who became convicted of selling liquor untawfully, shall forfeit their licenses for three years. ‘The bill was amended by making the forfeiture one year, in which shape it passed the House last evening, A desperate attempt was made to-day to reconsider the voto, but it failed, A bill was introduced by Mr. Cunningham, exempt- ing from taxation all persons whose personal property does not exceed $100 in value, The bill appropriating $200,000 for the care and maintenance of the deafand dumb of the State, the building to be located at New Brunswick; $140,000 for the feeble minded, the institution to be at Bordentown, and $10,000 for the blind, who are to be cared for at ‘Trenton, both nouses to-day. Mr. E. Drake’s bill forbidding the running of more than two Sunday excursion trains each way on any railroad in the State was passed in the House after a sharp debate, by a vote of 32 to 22. In the Senate bills Were introduced taxing all per- | sonal property one anda half per cent, in heu of all | other taxes—mortgages to be taxed where property is located ; forbidding the charge of more than $100 for tavern licenses, and to appoint three commissioners to arrange with commissioners from New York the boundary line between the two States. The Senate, in executive session, this afternoon con- firmed the Governor's nominations as follows :— For Secretary of Pa eary S Kelsey. Clerk of Court of Chancery—Henry 8. Little, ! Keeper of the State Prison—General Gershom Mott. | The Senate being republican and the Executive demo cratic, there has been a deadiock over these nomina-- | tions lor the past month, because the nominees are all democrats, Seeing that the Governor would not make t Jast consented to confirm the nominations, 01 nominations were confirmed as follows Judges of Inferior Courts—Sussex county, Thomas Anderson; Passaic county, John 8. Barkalow and | Perrigrine Sandford; Atlantic county, Simon Haw- thorn; Salem ty, William Sommerville. Cominissioners of Pilotage—David Cox, George W. Jobnson and Andrew A. Smalley. In the House the bill for the dainming of the Delaware River at any point between Trenton after faint opposition, was passed by = will bring millions of capital, it is presumed, into ‘ren'on, { A general bill for the organization of canal companies | was passed also. BOARD OF ESTIMATE TIONMENT. Aregular meeting of the Board of Estimate and Ap- | portionment was held yesterday at the Mayor’s office, the Mayor in the chair. A long discussion occurred on the question of the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, Comptroller Green objecting to that portion of the minutes relating to the appropriation of $10,000 for surveys and soundings for the Harlem Bridge. Messrs. Wickham, Lewis and Wheeler in- sisted that the minutes were correct, and on a party vote they were adopted. The Comptroller, of course, yotod “no,” protesting that they were not cor- rect minutes of the last meeting, The Comptroller 1 there was Lo appropriation to pay the tor the construction of the Third Dis- a AND APPOR- | would pay the sa! priation was mado, he replied that he would pay every Just and legal claim against the city when funds were provided. The claims of these Commissioners were referred to the Comptroller. % | A resolution authorizing the issue of $20,000 assess- ent funds to pay the laborers on public works was offered by the Comptroller and adopted. ‘The Comptroller announced just before the adjourn- ment of the Board that he would not sue the bonds as to the Harlem Dridge construction, as he considered | the action of the Board “unjust, wrong and illegal.’ | WATER WASTE. | | THE CROTON Tho special committee of the Common Council ap- pointed to report upon the feasibility of using the salt water of the North and East rivers for fire and sani- tary purposes will to-morrow report to the Common Council adversely to tho proposition. The report will be in favor of utilizing the vast quantity of water that flows over the Croton Dam and is wasted. This is estimated at 300,000,000 gallons per day. The commit- this great waste can be made avoidable bya expenditure for a new aqueduct and ad- | ditional Croton mains. MUNICIPAL NOTES. ‘There was an unusual gathering of politicians about the City Hall and departments yesterday. Some were there lobbying in the interest of their personal friends who desire appointments in the Excise Commission, while others were besieging the Commissioner of Public Works for the appointment of friends as in- spectors on the public works when the spring ope: } The Committee on Streets of the Board of Aldermen, | to whom was roferred the regolution to change the name of Chatham street to Park row, met yesterday tas pone Of the parties interested appeared to advo. * cate the proposed change the bearing was adjourned | until noxt Tuesday, ven o'clock A. M. On Monday, at el A. M., a large amount of real ie city will be sed by public bid for five years from May 1, 1876. The sale wili take place at the Finance Department, and the parcels to be sold will meinde No, 118 Sulit treet, for four yeara and nine months; No. 49 Beekman street, the old school house, corner of avonue © and Second street, South Fordhat lots about Hamilton square, on the Harlem Market and Fort Gansevoort map, and other choiwe parcels of city property. Twenty per cent of the amount of the yearly reutal bid must be paid to the Colleccor of City Revenue at the time of MARK TWAIN. Yesterday afternoon Mark Twain delivered a lecture at Chickering Hail on ‘Roughing It in the Land of the Big Bonanza.” The house was crowded, aud Mark's gtapbic humor and grotesquery of «expression amused the audience greatly. He will lecture atthe same place, same time—half past one o'clock P. M,.—to-day, wnd again on Friday, RELIGIOUS MANIA, | | Jujin O'Shea, a domestic, agea thirty-two years, of | No. 954 Second avenue, is auothér victim of religious aementfa, Sle imagines that datan i pursuing her and that ber doom is sealed. Yesterday sho wae re- moved to Bellevue Hospital and consigned ty the veils, (crate side, and thus draw off a vital support from th FOLITLOA LL: | The Political Outlook in Con- necticut. | THE TICKETS AND THE ISSUES The Greenback Men and the Pro- hibitionists. New Havew, March 28, 1876, We are to have a quadrilateral contest in this State ou Monday next, There are four tickets im the field, We generally have had three, but this year the green. | back heroes come to the front and propose to fight it out on their own line, For the information of those who take an interest in ‘‘Nutmeg State” politics, I will here append a list of the four principal tickets, as far es the nominations have been made:— DEMOCRATIC. Governor—Charles RK. Lngersoll, of New Haven. Lieuteni Governor—Goorge G. Si/l, of Hartford, Secretary of State—Marvin H, Sanger, of Canterbury, Treasurer—W\liam E. Raymond, of Canaan, Gomptroller—Alired R. Goodrich, of Vernon, Congress—David A. Wells, of Norwich, Senators. Dist. 1—Charles M. Pond, of Hartford. 2—Chester Johnson, of Enfield. 8—Timothy C. Coogan, of Windsor Locks, 4—Caleb B, Bowers, of New Haven, 5—Benjamin Nichols, of Oxtord. 7—Alexander 8. Palmer, of Stonington. 9—William T. Cutler, Jr., of East Lynne, 10—Samuel G. Beardsiey, ot Trumbull. 12—Frederick W. Bruggerhom, of Darien, 13—Edwin A. Buck, of Windham, 14—T, P. Leonard, of Putnam. * 16—Herman B, Eastman, of Roxbury. 17—Jacob B. Hardenburgh, of North Canaam, 18—Charles ©. Hubbard, of Midaletown,* 19—Washington F, Wilcox, of Chester. 20—Epbraim H. Hyde, of Stafford. 21—Jaber L. White, of Bolton. REPUBLICANS, Governor—Henry C. Robinson, of Harttord. Lieutenant Governor—Frederick J. Kingsbury, of Waterbury. Secretary of State—Francis A. Walker, of New Haven. Treasurer—Jeremiah Olney, of Thompson. Comptrolier—Eli Curtis, of Watertown, Senators. Dist. 1—Stephen M. Wells, of Wethersfield. 2—John L. Houston, of Enfleld. 4—Samuel E. Merwin, of New Haven, 5—Frederick W. Fenn, of Meriden. 7—Benjamin F. Stanton, of Stonington, 8—Willis R. Austin, of Norwich, 9—Silas P. Abell, of Levanon, 10—David W. Plumb, of Huntington. 12—Seleck J, St. John, of Nortn Canaan, 14—Usecar Tourtelottes, of Thompson, 16—Charies D. Biinn, of New Miliord. 17-Alberto T, Roraback, of North Canaan, 18—William H. Beebe, of Portiand, 19—Julius Auwood, of East Haddam, 20-—Wiiliam M, Corbin, of Union, 21—Patten Fitch, of Bolton. GREBNBACK. Governor—Charles Atwater, of New Haven. Lieutenant Governor—Francis Gillette, of Hartford, Secretary of State—Lucien V, vey of Winsted. Treasurer-—Loren F. Dodd, of New Britain, Comptrolier—Jobn A. Peck. of Naugatuck, PROMIRITION, Governor—Henry D. Smith. Lieutenant Governor—Jesse G. Baldwin. Secretary of State—Truel P. Cowles, Comptroller—Dabney Carr. These are tho principal nominees put in the field so | Several | Senators and a member of the House of Representa- | far. This week the list will be complet tives have yet to be named by both the aemocrats and republicans, Vacancies will be filled up everywhere by Thursday, leaving the battle ground clear for action on Monday next, April 3. THX POLITICAL OUTLOOK. Connecticut is not much of a place to get up an ex- citement. The canvass hitherto bas been somewhat tame, and would prove more £0 had it not been for the jate republican victory in New Hampshire. There is no disguising the fact tnat the republicams of Connecticut have no sanguine hopes of carrying the State next | week, Such was undoubtedly the impression created | upon my mind in conversing with some of the leaders of that party here to day. STATISTICS corroborate this apparent want of confidence to a con- siderable oxteut, There are no local views calculated to increase the republican strengih from last y: contest, and the quadrilateral fight just inaugurated ‘adds considerably more likelihood to the chances of | National Convention from the Fourth Seuatorial dis- republican dofeat, A glance at the figures of last year | will give some idea as to the chances of the coming | fight:— TFotal number of votes cast for Governor. + 100,938 Ingersoll (dem. ) + 63,752 Greene (rep.).. + 44,272 Smith (prowivitionist) Scattering......... Ingersoll’s majority..............-+-+ + 6,521 By these figures it will be seen that Connecticut is a close State, A little over 100,000 votes of last year were divided almost equally, and a ripple on the polit. real current either way immediately preceding election might have turned the tide of battle The evidences ot closeness this year are not quite so conclusive, unless we look upon the fight with differ. | ent eyes from that of long-headed New Haven poli- ticians with whom I conversed on the situation to-day, | THE GREENBACK PARTY comes up as a new clement in tho canvass. The pum- ber of votes it wi!l bring to the ballot box on Monday next 1s an open question, Vrophets differ materia ly in their estimates. Some place it as low as 400, while others go as high as 19,000. If the latter prophecy is im any way correct, the complexion of ihe whole fight may be changed, aud the republicans carry off the palin, Targue from the basis that Mr. Robinson, th republican candidate, will receive about the same u ber of votes as were cast for his party ip 1875. Th greenback vote must altogether come irom the dem ticket. But when I put forward this theory to-day to prominent politician who claims to be independent, scotued the idea that democrats could alone be found in Connecticut on election day to follow the greenvack “Gopfalon.” “Why,” he remarked, “no later than ee 1 heard ew Haven assert openly that he kuew a number of voters of his political creed who held strong inflation views and would not hesitate to support the beni og of that ticket. The probabili- ties are, however, that very few republicans will be found hei 9 g at the shrine of the greenback god- dess when the hour comes to cast their ballots, cut's politics aro not idle, however; several meetings have been held in 0US parts of the State, and this week we are to have gatherings at New Haven, Hart- ford, New Britain, Winsted and other places. Mr. Charles Atwater, their candidate for Governor, is a very respectable man, He lives in Now Haven and is President of the Mechanics’ Bamk. In 1872 he was the democratic candidate for Licatenant Governor, and headed the Charles O’Conor Presidential electoral ticket from this State. Mr. E. H. Gillette, of Hart- ford, 18 chairman of the State Committee and Dr. ‘J. Phillips, of New Haven, secretary. The com- mittee has received letters of sympathy from infla- Uonists in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and other States, and the work ts cheered on almost nightly by local orators. They claim to have no money to spend on dispiay. it would not look like throwing cash carelessly into the deep Sound waters washing the shores of Connecticut if the republican managers The movement, tomy mind, looks uncommoniy like ‘a strike,” but to any one versed in the stratagems of New York city politicians, euch a palpable strike must meet with only passing notice. The “boys” of Connecticut are simply like the “poys’’ of the First, Sixth, Twenty-first and other wards in the city of New York. A “bone” must © | ness of the meeting, an early adjournment was bad, | WESTCHESTER TOWN ELECTIONS. the republican Register of | a | The annual election for Supervisors and other local \didates are merely set up to be knocked down ersoll, who carries tne democratic banner, is the present Governor of Connecticut, and has been four Umes ele to that oilice, He resides in New Haven, and is wyer by profession.. Mr. Rovinson, the republican candidate, was formerl~ Mayor of Hart- ford. He 1s understood to be very popular, having | been elected Mayor of a democratic city. He is also a | lawyer by profession, having almost a monopoly of the large railroad practice of this State. THE CO” ESSMAN. Connecticut sends four Congressmen to Washington. We bave an election only in the Third district this year, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Henry H. Starkweather. This distriet is composed of | New London and Windham counties, Mr. D. A. Wells has been nominated by the democrats and Mr. John | 'T. Wait by the republicans. We are likely to have a close contest here. The vote at Jast election in this district was as follows :— Henry H. Starkweather (rep.). Lafayette 8, Foster (dem. Elisha 8, Palmer (pro.). i e NATIONAL I8SUKS. Republicans here claim that the recent scandals at | Wasbington will not miittate to the extent of ten votes against their organization. With Belkpap on one side and Pendleton on the other, they consider the accounts are about balanced. The republicans of Connecticut Promise to stand by the colors of the old party, They do not believe in going after false gods. They are not willing to again thrust the reins of power in the hands of an orgavization which sympathized with rebellion and now indorses the sentiments of men like Hill in the Congress of the United States, Of two evils the are willing to choose the least, and the latter they look | upon as their own party. ‘This isa specious argument, | Lae Og only one used by them as far as I have yet | card, +. 9,000 8,054 659 Mr. Robinson, the republican candidate for Gov- ernor, has recently spoken in the | Music Hal, in this city. [ take the following extract from this lengthy speech, which summarizes the Connecti- cut republican platform in the election of the 3d of ‘April:— Everybody understands that this campaign must be de- cided on national issues, which are few and simple, Some questions which have agitated the public mind have been | settled. The third t bugbear is ended—it h wi vanished, We have no ard to the merits fablic eareer, by univ has done anything wre history will state the wr the republican party need not be ros; questionably be has made mistakes; unfortunately many of his appointments were unwise, Tt may be that cious in friendships and that through bis tena ng to friends he has trusted persons by whom the p: Suffered hurm, but it ix also true that he has been bi by men whom he has trust e might safely trust. I hw use euch of us is in som in regard to him, be: him | degree responsible for aud it is this. There ber side to the picture, ‘Notwithstanding any errors firmities of personal character yet if, when the country was and Ife at her service; if, in wad skilful, ver sub- always pi ry; if by his sword, magnanimously gl to his subordinates, and if in peace, as the exucted redress for wronis com- ns and wai peace with po sof action whic by forei | if be established national faith and i wot be repudiated so long ax he is P in protecti black man and was ju man of the South, and humane to the red man, then L say it is not in Vain that he has stood for seven long years with his bare head bea'en upon b 18 of calumny and abuse, betrayed by | trusted nnd distrusted by others. beari silence aud a patience which is pathetic. Grant may safely c generations to come—(appiause)—knowing well that hi tory always preserves fresh and reen the memories of men who, whatever their faults or errors, the ‘Ri (Applause.) We have d with the democratic p: question has disappeared. The democrat nas the especial friend of the e certain than that the attitude of the republican d the South is brotherly and kindly. ‘The issues of the war are over, und the republican pirty of the North recog- ie the sincerity and honesty. of the people, the hi ad the endurance unsurpassed among nations in resisting for four long years the overwhelming forces brought agninst | them. | out the > ti: the republican party recognizes, and holds right hand of lellowship, | A DEMOCRATIC RALLY. | Noxt Saturday night we are proiised a democratic mass meeting at tho same place, Lieutenant Gover- | | nor Dorsheimer is announced as one of the speakers. THE UTICA CONVENTION. The selection of delegates tor the Utica Convention is | | now occupying the attention of democratic politicians, and the district organizers are already at work prepar- ing for the campaign, Tammauy Hail is not taking any | direct action, as since the row at the Rochester Con- vention of 1871 about the “one mau power’ anew sysiem of primaries has been establisned. Acall will be issued by some prominent democrats in each clec- tion district for a meeting to clect adelegate toa gen- eral meotivg, in which every district in each Assembiy district wil be represented. Three delegates will then be selected to resent tie Assembly district, and they will clect three delegates that will represent the Con- gressional disirict in the State Convention. The delo- gate to the National Convention will be elected trom ‘each Senatorial district by the delegates trom the Congressional districts, ‘There wilt be no regular | meting of tne Tammany Hail General Committee this week, and they will take no direct action in the nomt- nation of delegates, but of course they will work indi- rectly for the success of the organization, It is rumore among politicians that Mayor Wickham would have n objection to be nominated as the delegate to the trict, - RESOLVED ON CONKLING. | The Republican Contral Committee met at Repub- | lican Hail, corner of Thirty-third street and Broadway, last evening, Mr. Jacob M. Patterson, Jr. presiding. After the disposal of some matters of slight import concern- ing the workings of the organization, Colonel Bliss, in a brief speech, offered the following resolution :— Resolved, That while expressing our hearty app: the resolutions adopted by tue recent Republica © ire to place upon record our eon: ne name of Roscoe Presidency the Conventi earnest desires of @ very large majority of tho republicans of this city. Mr. Bliss did not think it necessary, he said, to speak in advocacy of the adoption of this resolution. He thought it would commend iteelf, Mr. Charles 3. § adoption of tho re: tion from this city t y that the revolution presenting Senator Con 8" name reeeived the vote of every delegate from New York. While the desire of the republicans of this locality was emphatically to make Senator Conkling | the nation’s choice, the democrat who thinks that his rejection will create disunion, knows very little of the irit of republicanism, But while this action toward Senator Conkling was no mere compliment to him, | whoever is selected at Cincinnati will receive the un- divided support of the whole party. * The passage of this resolution and tho delivery of the little speech of Mr. Spencer being about tne only busi- ed the motion, for the ition. He was one of the delex the Convention and he w officers came off in the various towns throughout West- chester county yesterday, Although a large vote was polled good order prevailed almost generally, no arrests | being reported up toa late bourin the afternoon, ex- Parties bebind this larest machine in Connecti- | | of pta little in the direction of tis greenback party, | from the various towns cannot be definitely known be- be had somewhere, and that “bone” might as well be | made by a Connecticut ham preserver York city repeater, Humaw nature is t where and the political Barkis ig always found New TH MAIN PRIZE. ry. i | The Democratic State Executive Committee issued a | call this evening fora State Convention in this city The * Big Bonadza’’ upon which the result of this | coming election particularly hinges is the United States Senatorship. Mr, English holds the position at present, but he has only been appointed tw fill the un- expired termof Mr. Ferry, deceased, until regularly clected by joint ballot of Senate and House. Control ot the Legislature holding in its hands the power to say who shall be next United States Senator Is, theres re, a vital matior for either party. It is acknowl edged that the prohibition or the greenback votes will not at all interiere with the complexion of the Legis. lature. Those interests may bave an eflect im two or three of the districts, but that is about all. There are seme 245 members in ihe present House and twenty-one in the Sevate, Tho democrats have held both brenches for nine years, with about forty- two majority in 1875 in the House and Senate. It will be diffenlt w nge this atthe next election, The cemo ge of victory, with an inducemen art of the Jeaders to ‘spend money liv nglish is «mi and ix suid to ally during the present canvass, ie wishes t Lnue in the exalted position of United States Senator. Th imasphere of Washington sults him, and ali cther candidates tor the place have quietly slipped out of the way and left the field entirely clear jor him. bt of being ciected if bis party win: day. On the republican side we bave Messrs. Marshall, Jewett and Joseph R Hawley as the prominent candi- we, Inthe event of repubtican success either of there centiemen will carry off the prize. THE DEMOCKATIC AND REPUMLCAN CANDIDATES FOR Gov- ERNE, Charles R, Ingersoll or Hoary C, Robinson will, of i thereiore, certain | 0 cepung one at White Plains for illegal v and in this case the purty apprehended was speedily dis- charged, Inthe village of Westchester, where some the law abiding citizens feared = scenes of violence, the rivalry between the politicai factions coniined itself to the usual boisterous iingual demonstrations, which the unrestricted sale of and in- dalgence in ardent spirits throughout the day tended to promote, Although the interior of the Town Hall in the iatter village at five o’clock resembled a pow- wow of infurimted savages, yot up to that time | no breach of the pence, as the term is understood in that ancient and somo- what isolated borough, had been committed, At Yonkers a charter election was held for city ofli- cers, consisting of Mayor, City Jadge, Supervisor, Jus- tice of the Peace and one Alderman im cach of the four wards, Owing to the present demoralized condition of the democratic party in that city, the republicans felt contident of securing a sweeping Victory. The returns fore to- wie NEW JER SEY DEMOCRATS. ACTION OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE— A can YOR A STATE CONVENTION TO CHOOSE DELEGATES FOR 8ST. LOUIS, Trextox, March 23, 1876, on the 23d of May next, for the purpose of electing four Senatorial and fourteen distriet delegates to the Democratic tional Convention, to be held at St, Louis on the 27th of Jane, to nominate candidates for | the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United Tho basis of representation will be one dele- gate for each 100 democratic votes cast at the Inat C { election and one for each fraction of the is merely formal in its phraseology, and jal or State politics, It is ad- 6 volers of the State, and all ent national administration. "+ , Benjamin N, Carter, ett ©. Ackerson, Gershom ‘amuel T, Smith, Charies T. States, Th noes not all dressed to others opposed to the pre Itis signed by A. M. George ©, Lud! Mott, G, DW. Vroom, Henry and Job H. Lippincott, SARATOGA CHARTER ELECTION. | SARATOGA, March 28, 1876. At the charter election hore to-day the repubheans won a sweeping victory, electing as the Presiaent of the village Stephen H. Richards by 430 majority and two out of the Uiree (rustees, The last president of | the Village was a democrat. THE TEMPERANCE LEAGUE. Mayor Schroeder recently received a letter (rom the Temperance Wrotherhood of Christian Churches, of | Brookiyn, requesting nim to furnish that body with | the names of the liquor dealers who claim to haye paid Course, be elocted to the Gubernatorial chair. The other | 5 money to the agents of theCrusaders. His Honor yee - terday offended the Brotherhood by declining to ae cede to their request, ou the ground that the matter is now in the hands of the Aldermanic Committee of the city. Captain Oliver Cotter, the chief temperance fraternity, invites most thorough inves- tigation, and says he is confident that good will come of it tothe cause, as there is no truth in the allega- tious. PIGEON SHOOTING IN RHODE ISLAND. EXHIDITION OF SKILL BY CAPTAIN BOGARDUS—~ A SWEEPSTAKES MATCH. Provipsscg, R. 1., March 28, 1876, Four hundred persons attended the pigeon shooting at the Providence base ball grounds this afternoon, Captan A. H. Bogardus, the champion wing shot, giving an exbibition of bis skill, A sweepstakes match, each shooter having 10 birds and paying $5 for the privilege of shooting, opened the day’s sport, The following is the score :— A. Greene. W. Crandall, G, Crandall. . Tinker, The money od among the last three persons. Other sweepstakes were shot, Bogardus winning. The Captain then killed 39 birds out of 42; plunge traps, 40 yards apart and 2 birds at arise. The match was 85 out of 50, Next be shot 25 birds in 3m. 268, the match being to kill 25 in 4 minutes. Represevta- tives of the Cruelty to Animals Society were present, but did not interfere, as the Rhode Island law does not affect pigeon shooting. RACKE 5 A. HL. Bo; 0s 2 Wiiham Hare 7 George Anthony. 2 TS AND HANDBALL. A very interesting series of games were played at McQuade’s Court yesterday aflernoon. The first wi the long standing match at English rackets, between Mr. David O’Reilly, of Brookiyn, and Mr. P, Fite patrick, of New York, well known experts, for a prize of $100. It was agreed that it should be the best four out of seven games, Mr, Fitzpatrick proved the win- ner, scoring the first, fourth, @fMth and sixth. The playing of both gentlemen was marked with great ability and frequent applause was the resnit of their efforts, The third game was particularly brilliant, it requiring no less than twenty innings to decide it, and of these the marker cried ‘thand out’ ten times differ. ent as against Fitzpatrick, and eight times against his opponent, without addiog a single ace. The following is the score:— At BY SERVICE AND RETURN. ‘ Fitzpatrick—servic 6 6 9 912 9-51 eturn, 93 4 6 8 5—30 Reilly—Service. 5105 9 3 234 Return . -6 610 3 5 2-31 Fitzpatrick. 5500 1-15 Reilly... 0501 3-11 1010 1-1 Fitzpatrick. vie O111 4-9 Reilly......01010000510110002111-15 Fitzpatrick, 110100001111301001-18 Fourth Game, Fitzpatrick, 18110004211-—15 Reilly... 11150111000—-12 Fitzpatrick, 215 6 1-15 Reilly. .... 4020 —8 Fitzpatri 525 2 1-15 Reilly. 310 0-4 1 ‘A four-handed ‘match at hand ball followed the racket game, Messrs. Morris Moore and Dan. McCarthy play- ing against Messrs, B. McQuade and John Lenihan, The latter proved the victors, Score as under :— ACES BY SERVICE AND RETURN. Lenihan—Service Retr! McQuade—Ser Returt Moore—Service, Return McCarthy—sorvice. Return SCORE BY INNINGS, First Game, Moore and McCartny. 381126—2 ~ Leniban and McQuade. 42215 —4 Second Game, Lenihan and McQuade ~51452211—2 Moore and McCarthy. + 20123002—10 Tiurd Game. Lenihan and McQuade,,.. 1227300 6—21 Moore and McCarthy. 05042341—19 CHESS, In the tournament at the Café International ovster day Mr, McKenzie won both his games against Mr. Hind; Mr. Dill stands game and me with Mr. Bird; the two gamesbetween Mason and Alberoni were drawn; Mr. Delmar won one and drew one with Dr, Barnet Alberoni won two games with Baird, Mr, Ensor, the distinguished Buffalo player, who has contested matches with Brown and Alberoni, is in town, and bas entered for the tournament, To-day Messrs. Barnett and Becker play. ‘The following game was played on Monday betwees Messrs. Becker and Perrin :-— Becker. Perrin, 1PwKs PwK4 2-PtwKB4 BwQBa 3—K KttoB3 PwQs 4-P QBS Bw KKts 5—Bto K2 B takes Kt 6—B takes B QKtwBS 7—P WQKE BwQkt3s 8—P to Kt5 QKkttoK2 9—PtoQ4 P takes QT 1O—P takes P QtwoQz 11—Q 0 Q3 PwoQrs 12—P takes P R takes P 13-—-Kt to BS KttoQ Bs M—B two KS RwR6 15—Castles KKtw K2 16—K R to Kise Castles 17—P WQS Bakes B 185—Q takes B KttoR4 19—Q to B sq R takeg Kt 20—Q takes R PwoQks 21—K ww QB sq R to B sq 2—P WK RS PwKes 23—Q to K BO PuoR4 ARw BS RtoK Bsq 25—Q Ro QBsq PwB4 26—P takes P (en p.) QwB2 27—B takes P P takes B 28—R to Kes ch Kt to Kt3 29—P lo BS KwR3 Mates ia five moves. THE FULTON BANK ROBBERY. The Brooklyn police authorities believe that thr fagitive, B, P. Rogers, the receiving teller of the Fal ton Bank, who stole $25,000 from that institution om March 17, is hiding in the State of Georgia It is not true that he was seen in Kingston, Canada, on Satar- da President Lambert, of the Fulton Bank, denies the assertion that proceedings have been commenced against the bondsmen for Kogers, nor will such action be taken unloss the search should be abandoned, SUICIDE OF A TAILOR, Yesterday afternoon, August Laffel, a tailor, of No, 1,678 Fulton street, Brooklyn, was found lying dead in bed. By his side was a small bottle, partly emptied, of prussic acid, and his family express the opinion that he poisoned himself, He was a native of Schieswig- Holstem, served in the Prussian army, and was forty- two years of age, He returned from Philadelphia, where he had been working, on Saturday Jast, after an absence of three months. Since his revarn he has ex- hibited great mental depression, and his relatives bo- heve ipod a was temporarily insane. Coroner Simms vas uotifie ALLEGED ARSON. Fire Marshal Keaay, of Brooklyn, yesterday received information of suspicious circumstances attending the burning on Monday of the residence of Mr. Gustave Fuddiexor, at Bay Ridge, Charles Wind was locked up, suspicion, for examination, anda thorough investi- ation will be made, THE DEER PARK TRAGEDY. Since the appointment of an administrator of thé estate of the late David H. Skidmore, of Deer Park, who was burned in bis dwelling on the might of the 29th of January, (has been ascertained that several car. loads ot wood belonging to Mr. 8 bave been shipped to New York by the son, David, and thata lot ef other property bas been taken from the outbuildiugs. Oa -five obickens were stolen from the premises. id and Carl, are now in the Riverhead Jail awarting | ou an indictment for arson, and tne evidence against them is said to bo very strong. Much complaint ts made of the condition of the jail, and one of the brother be very ill. COMPELLING MUNICIPAL ECONOMY, Mayor Traphagen, of Jersey City, has informed the Board of Education that several claims ordered to be paid by them are in flagrant violation of the law ro. lating to the purchase of suppli fuses to sign them. Every memi voted for the payment of sus dictment, A CLERK'S EMBEZZLEMENT, David L. Shaffer, a young man employed as « clork by Mc. Joka McMahon, of Jersey City, was brought before Justice Davis yes and charged with app: vig toe 4 say oak hig to bills agen! to for collection by his employer, coulessed grume and Was committed Wor hab ‘Nh claims i# liable to ie ocntte ote