The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1876, Page 7

. fortanate en NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, CHEAP CABS. A Great Want Unsupplied ie New York City. NECESSITY FOR A REFORM. The London and Paris Systems Contrasted with Ours. OFFICIAL HACK AND CAB ORDINANCE. While the question of rapid transit commands so | ueb attention in New York one of equally great im- Portance—cheap cabs— is not lost sight of. It isnot a general habit of our citizens to patronize hacks, be- cause of the extortionate prices charged by the drivers of such vehicles, Notwithstanding the numerous or- dinances parsed time after time to regulate the rates for carrying passengers, the Johus demand and inva- riably obtain extraordinarily high fares, No one of our citizens who happens to need the use of acab but has felt the necessity fora strict eniorcement of the laws governing cabmen. Tho regulations on cabs are tarried out successfully in London, because the pas- tenger knows the rates and distances as well almost as the driver. Every cabman in that city has a book containing correct schedules of his distances and rates, ond the samo are placed in a conspicuous place in the vehicle, For instance, London, having Charing Cross for a centre, is divided into an inner and an outer circle, with a les- ser radius of tour miles and a greater of twelve, In the lesser the rates are set down cheaply. One shilling is charged two persons jn a cab for each of the first two miles, and sixpence for each of the succeeding two. Beside this, in the matter of time rates within the radius, the charge is only two shillings and sixpence for the first hour and eightpence for every quarter bour or fraction of a quarter hour afterward. Compare these with tho following, entitled:— Ax onpixaxce, to amend chapter 40 of the Revised Ordinances of 1868, re- Inting to hackney coaches and cabs, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, in jommon Council convened, do ordain as follows :— ARTICLE IL—RATKS AND PF Axe, 2—For conveying one or more passengers uny dis- Sance not exceeding ono mile, $1. SKC. ¥.—For conveying one ot more passengers any dis- tance exceeding one and not exceeding two miles, . 4.—For conveying one oF more passensers uny dis- cogding two and not exceeviug three miles, $2, —For convesing one or more passengers a a= ceeding threo. aud nod exceeding four tallen, 82 50, —For conveying one or more passengers any dis- four miles, not otherwixe provided for, will be at le or part of wile, . 7.—To and through Pari’ from any point in and between Fourteenth and econd streets and re- turning, with privilege of keeping carriage three hours, 85. ‘Ske. X—To and through Central Park from any point north ot Forty-s:cond street and south of 130th street and returning, with privilege of Keeping carriage two hours, #4, uc: 9.-To and through Central Park from any polut be- low Fourteenth street and north of 175th street to Kings- bridge and returning, with privilege of keeping the carringe three hours, $6. Hs Sxc, 10.—To Harlem and Manhattanville, south, of 130th Mreet, from any point below Fourteenth street, ahd return, Jug, with privilege of remaining there one Aud one-half ours, Ske. 11.—To Harlem and Manhattanville, sonth of 130th Breet; from any point in and between Fourtcenth and Forty decond streets, and returning, remaining there one hour, $0, Sec. 12.—To High Bridge and north of 130th street, ‘and Yeturning, with privilege of keoping the carriage there one and « halfbours, trom any point south of Fourteenth street, See. 13.—To any pomt north of High Bridge and to and south of Kingsbridge, and returning. with privilege of re- \ty-five cen: 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, from any point north ot Forty-recon Feet’ and in and south of Fifty-ninth street, the fare will $1 less. SKC. 16.—To balls and theatres and returning. from en; North of Fiity-nint! int below Fifty-ninth street, $3. treet, each additional mile shall be charged for ut a rate Bot to exceed fitt nts. Suc. 17—For the use of & carriage by the hour, with the lee of going from place to place and stopping as often god long as may be Lea ay 1 50 per hour, excepting cubs, the fare for which will be $1 per hour, BEC. 18.—Sections 7 to 18 of this article will be for one, two, ree or four ngerd. No charge shall be made for children under eight ‘accompanying adults. — “line batls,"’ one or two passen: toany it south of Fifty ninth street, €2; each additional pas- benger fifty cents, North of Fifty-ninth street, each addi- Sional mile shall be charged for at a rate not to exceed fifty ‘sents per mile. ‘ec, 21.— Every owner or driver of any hackney coach or tab shali carry on his coach or cab one plece of baggage without extra’ be may ® mile, as from avenue B to Sixth avenue, or Beven block: be deemed to Ninth avenue. m. DKC. 23,—All tes as to the singh’ distance shall be settied by the Mayor, or such other person as he may lesignate, ‘SKC. 24.—In all eases when the hiring of a hackne; Prgab ie not at the time shereef specified to be by the hour it shall be deetwed to be by mile, and for any detention ex- coeding fifteen mi so.working by the mile, the dein rate of $1 per hour. Ske. ‘he owner of driver of any hackney couch or gh shall not aemand or be entitled to receive any pay for the conveyance of ane passenger unless the number of the carriage and rates of prices be couspicuously fixed in ana on paid carriage or eab, us heremafter provided by section 1 of article IV., under penalty of $5, Sxc, 26,—The owner or ariver of any nuch conch or eab who may de: d reeeived any fare .in excess of what is provided for in this article, shall return the excess received and be liable to a peualty of ‘Sx¢, 27.—Bver cab shi coach licensed owner or driver hackney coach or the right ant hi of the person or persons employing him on their entering his ‘coach or eab, and may refuse conveying any such s does not comply with said demand. ‘SBc. 28.—The fare to Jerome Park and Fleetwood Park will be as per sections 14 and 15 o! this. article, with privi- lege of remaining from the commencement of the first race to fifteen minutes alter the conclusion uf the last race on Face dave. ‘Src, 20.—Every licensed owner or driver of coach, carriage or cab in the city of New York, shall be with his coach. carriage of cab Pp or at any of the steamboat or other landings or rail depots, oF while waiting for employment at any place in said tity -ebiall wear conepicuously on ble left breast @ badge in ie the form of ade of German silver or uther white metal, a ficient to admit the number of he coach to be en ‘con in plain black Sgures and in length, with the word “Licensed” above and word “Hack” beneath such num- der, in semicircular form, the letters to be not less than Der rosin of an inch in length. All complaints for violation of the above ordinance to be made to the Mayor's Marshal, room No. 7, City Hail. NEW YORK’S DISGRACKFOL SYSTEM. The practice of New York hackmen is to totaily dis- regard all law and ordinance, and to get all they can out of passengers. It tleman xo to the Astor House, for instance, and a ty-third street, the first question asked by the driver “Where do ye want to go?” “Twenty-third streot, What's your fare?” ‘Two dollars,” replies the eabby. “Well! Is that proper fare?” , “Oh, yes,” rephes the driver, and away you go within the city ordinance. But should a man be un- ough to ask a driver at the Battery what he wants for driving him to Union square he will be charged $2 or $2 50; certainly nothing less. There 18 no gauge or ritual at present in use whereby cabmen can be governed. A few actual instances will show this to those unacquainted with the extortion practised. A short time since a gentleman arriving on one of the European steamers put bis trunks and himself into a cab, and waa driven to his house in Ninety-third street. For this simple tervice, and for travelling a distance of leas than six miics, he was compelled to pay the sum of §10, or about what he would be asked to pay in Paris tor on entire week. Another gentleman, needing 4 cab to taxe him to the train-boat, foot of Cortiandt street, from Thirty-fith street, had to pay §5, while only «few days ago two gentlemen, hearing that a friend was in Hevue Hospital, paid $4 tor the use of a back trom the City Hall Park. The usual charge per hoor is $1 50, and it is always conside the correct thing by cab- men to charge avout doubie what their licenses permit them to receive. What is needed ts a strict epforee- ment of the ordinances, such as they are, and tho tolice instructed to correct all abuses brought to their ce. Thre will be one step im the right direction imext one should be an even greater reduction of | the veg and the establisbmont of certain depots or Statios Ail yehicles attached to a station should be Under ihe surveillance of a police officer and a sronghand laid on all cous drivers, The truth ithe drivers are not content with their wages (Hf the belong to stables), and charge more than they PSY thir owners Others who own cabs prefer to Standyie for hours and make a whole day’s prot on one ¢ two fares to taking moderate prices and being busy. It is quite evident that if the rate of {ares were ®0YUng like what would be proper for such service cad8 ‘ould be more patronized, the animals would be eultler, and would not feel that they were being aciually rob Now that the Centennial is to bring to our city large pumbers of strangers from broad, it behoves the authorities and the huck- Me 5 act mconcert and not love the golden oppor- tunit'to give the public proper accommodation for JaiF bm unoration, PERSONAL ‘TAXES. ASU;committeo of the Assombly Committee on o composed of Messrs, Guyel, Whitson and Pea- body, Ibid a meoting at room No. 111 Astor Houso reste! Frederick Gugel, Jr., presiding. The ob- jéct of tle meeting was We tugectute into vid method Of the Assesment and collection of personal taxes. The Recervr of Taxes, General Martin T. ModMahon his Marsha, Mr. og the Attorney for lection of A‘rears, Mr. E. D. Gale, were in att snd gained ‘a idea of ihe inquiries thut would committee th jurned lor one week, formal exam nation ef wnaennee ‘will take ro gg 9 OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. A STOPPAGE OF SUPPLIES—-NO GAS, NO WATER, NO COAL—ARE THE MAILS TO BE MADE UP OR DELIVERED? The peremptory order issued by the Secretary ot the | Treasury to Postmaster James to cut off the gas and | water in the Post Office naturally created a fooling of | astonishment among those having business there, or | who are in any way conversant with the immense amount of labor performed in the building at night, | Forebodings of irregular mails and the non-delivery of | letters were entertained, and Mr. James was over- wheimed with visits from those seeking information as to the precise state of affairs. ‘The Postmaster contented himself, in many in- stances, in exhibiting the official order received by | him, and he was at first at a loss to determine on his Proper course of action, He finally decided to appeal | to the head of his department, and accordingly sent | the following telegratn :— Hon, J. W. Mansuans, Acting Postmaster General, Washington, D. By orders from the Secretary of the Treasury I am directed as custodian to shut of gas and water and to discharge engineers, laborers and others, by reason of the exhaustion of the appropriation. We have coal on hand, and engineers volunteer to remain. ti separabie from poverty, and therelore we can go W out cleaners, But after to night gas will be sbut off, and all night operations, and aii day operations in base- ment and sub-basements, including newspaper depart- nents must cl unless it 1s possible irom some Post Office fund to pay go bills. Unless it is done t tire postal service here will ve crippled, T. I, JAMES, Postmaster, In the meantime he ordered Mr. McAfee, the Assist- ant Custodian of the butlding, to discharge all of the cleaners and ay many of the engincers as possible, | Acting under these instructions Mr. McAfee removed twenty-two cleaners and fourteen engineers, The area of suriace to be cleaned in the building every day, counting ail the starrWays, rooms, passages, &c., 18 Toughly estimated at seven acres, besides the multitude of windows and skylights. Heretofore the building has been kept remarkably clean and neat, but if the operations of this necessary department are suspended many days the dirt that must accamulate will not only surprise and disgust the public, but the amount of work performod will be the moro clearly apprectated. But the most important feature in the working econ- omy of the Post Oflice building is that of gas. With- out it no work can be performed alter six P, M. No ! mailscan be made up, and pone that may come in before daylight can be distributed, So Perfect isthe | sysiom bew observed that the rapid and prompt de- pvery and transmission of mail mattor is taken by the eublic as @ mere matter ot course, but if the night | mployés are compelled to suspen d operations the | delay and inconvenience occasioned will be seriously | felt and prove a positive love to the community. There may be some who will wonder how it is that | the Secretary of the Treasury has the power thus w | to suspend the operations of another department of the overninent, The explanation is that all government uildings are under the supervision and care of the Treasury Department, which has to heat, light and keep them in order, As Yostmaster, Mr. James is made | Tesponsible custodian, with an assistant to look after | the details of that branch of the work. Being Post- master, he was much perplexed whut to do yesterday, for, while he was compelled to obey the orders of tho Treasury Department, he was, of course, solic.tous about the postal arrangements under his charge. Receiving no answer to his telegram to tho ‘Assistant Postmaster General, he finally sent for the officiais ot the Mutual Gas Company and requested them to cutoif the gas. The gas company, seeing a fix the Postmaster was in, decided to postpone action until to-day, so.that last night work ou the out- going and incoming mails proceeded as usual, and unless the order of Mr. Bristow is countermanded to- day, or in some way got over by Postmaster General Jewell, who fortunately happens to be on his way here, the gas will be cut off at two o’cluck, and the matis re- main in statu quo, The explanation of the Treasury order is that the Congréssional Committee on Appro- riations have so far neglected to act on the request of itr. Bristow ior a further appropriation for the maintenance and care of ull governmental | buildings hroughoat the United States. The appropria tion received for the year was $300,000, und it is esti- mated that $100,000 more will be needed. It is to be hoped that the committee will take speedy action and thus remove the present vexatious and unpleasant Lust night Mr, McAfee extinguished all of the lights possible, leaving only a sufficient number for the trans- Action of necessary business, so that the building looked dark and dreary. fhe wet weather yesterday made the jes and stairw: a ry dirty, the slush being in perfect sheets. Mr. McAfee sveing a few of his dis- consolate cleaners standing idly by told them that if they chose to volunteer to clean up the corridors they cuuld do so, but he could not be responsible. A few of | them did volunteer, and the damage that otherwise | would have been occasioned prevented. Had not these | men performed this work the interior would to-day be in a shockitig condition. AT THK CUSTOM HOUSE. The excitement at the Custom House yesterday with veterence to the order of the Secretary of the Treas- by More expenditures for fucl or light, f the exhaustion of funds set aside tor sa.d requireinents, was intense, ‘rhe engineers wore not discharged yesterday. They received their pay under tne heading of “expenses of collecting revenue.” POST OFFICE RECEIPTS. Postmaster James’ quarterly account shows the fol- Jowing exhibit:—January receipt, $283,226; for Febru- ary, $269,731 70; for March, $298,579 19, reulizing a total for the quarter of $821,537 63, The box rents amounted to $19,576; the sales of stamps, $782,791 62; unpaid postage collected, $18,503 02; the postago charged against the office on unpaid letters, $9,321 63. The balance due the Treasury on the Post Office ac- count is $617,742 87. The receipts ior the past quarter | have been unusually largo, almost reaching in amount | those of the quarter ending December 31, always the largest in cach year. THIRD CLASS POSTAL MATTER. | Acommittee of the Board of Trade, consisting of Messrs. Patrick Farrelly, B. K. Bliss, G. W. C. Clarke and Wallace P. Groom, had a conferenco yesterday with Postmaster James in relation to the bill intro auced by Senator Hamlin rolating to third class mail matter. Tho committee objected to the mileage | clause in the bill on the ground that merchants and other senders of third class matter were often unable | to tell the exact distance from one post office to an- other. The proposal to stamp all such matter with the name of the despatching office was also declared to be impracticable in many cases, and other clauses were declared liable to misconstruction. The Postmaster could give them no assistance, as he had not been con- sulted by the framer of the Dill, so the committee in- tend to conter with the Postmaster General. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. A meeting of the Board of Trustecs of tho Fast | River Bridge was held yesterday at the office of the company, in Brooklyn. President Murphy occupied the chair, There were present the following met bert Mayor Schroeder, Comptroller Powell, Pres: dent Slocum, of the Board of City Works; ex-Registrar Marshal, John Riely, J, Van Shaick, Messrs. Turneure, ‘Thurber, Strapaban, Motley, W. C. Kingsley, McLean report, which was read, it ap- pears that the reveipts of the month of March amounted to $139 31, and the expenditures were $4,162 29, A statement of the financial condition of the company shows that the total amount of money received up to date was $5,974,352 30. The amount expended was $5,973,886 70. The cash on band in tho Dank is $406 60, The outstanding liabilities of the company aro $599,835 62. besides unaudited bills | amounting to $10,497 81. The secretary then a memorandum of the action of the Executive Commit- tee with reference to the awarding of the contract sor wire rope tor the temporary bridge, which it is pro- posed to commence in July, provided the tower on the New York side shall have been completed by that time. It was resolved that tneso bids be roterred back to the committee, with power to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, | BROOKLYN’S GOVERNMENT. ALDERMEN REGENT AN INSULT—THR RESERVOIR FIGHT AGAIN—BADEAU'S OFFER—GAS. The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, President French in the chair. The meet. ing was protracted and was remarkabie for the oratori- cal display of the membors, to the great joy of the lobby. The Hempstead Reservoir proved, as usual, a | life source of argument A coi Jommissioners Adams and Fowler was received, setting forth that the reservoir had been tested and jound to contain the twelve feet of water required by the Board of Aldermen. To leave the work incomplete ‘ax it now 14, they said, would jeopardize the reservor Itis not safe, and the Commissioners recommende: the completion of the work with granite, as origially | ‘8 great deal of matter which was oifensive to the sensitive members of the majority, touching * zeal for so called reform,’? “doing that which will inure to their political advantage,” ‘a xhibition of weakness as the one in contem- piation by your honorable body,” &c. Alderman Rowley move. the reference of the com- munication to the City Works Commissioners, as it was insulting, After a warm discussion 1t was sent back, From Messrs. Kingsley and Keeney a protest against farther testing the dam tn its unfinish ce.ved. They claim to have lost on damage to ma- chinery by the antimely Racin! Ppa water, $20,000, committee, The communication was a . the Legisiature to repeal t! | | | | | } | The matter requests he act providing for the expenditure of $600,000 for the without result. The Law Committee reported in favor of the sccept- ance of the offer of ex-Tax Collector Badeau to pay over $30,000 to the city, the value of his real and personal estate, and to him ar against him. ‘The rey by ‘The Committee on Lamps and Gas recommonded the execution of contracts with the gas beg -oyned at $225 per 1,000 fee: and the abolition of 2,879 Iamps, at a saving of $227,000, | compietion of the reservoir was discussed, bi | j 80 here from present appearances. RINKS AND RINKING. BOLLER SKATES AND SKATING—A REALLY GOOD, HEALTHY SPORT. The rink fevor which has so rapidly permeated European society is at last taking deep hold on our own people, and in addition to the rink in the Plimp- ton building, on Stuyvesant street, private parties are getting up clubs for the purpose of enjoying the health- jul exercise in this city and Brooklyn, the rinks to be comparatively small as they are intended for the use of the members only. In San Francisco and Sacramento, Cal, and Portland, Oregon, public rinks bave already been opened and $35,000 worth of the roller skates have been shipped there, so that the go-aliead peo- ple of the Pactfic slope are enjoying a fashionable and popular sport which originated in New York before the | New Yorkers themselves are allowed to participate ex- cept in a slight degree in its delights, This, on hand, arises from the inability at presont to manutac- ture the skates as fast as they are ordered, and a desire on the part of the manufacturer to distribute them at a distance first, so that the appreciation of strangers will prevent the possible detraction of neighbors, on the Principle that a prophet never bas any right in his own city, No sport or exercise is so commendabte for its healthy, social and enjoyable excitement as skating; butup tothe last few years, with one or two ex- ceptions, good ice has been the one prerequisite jor its enjoyment, while good skates have also been found Necessary in order to realize its entire attractiveness, For years the ingenuity of inventors had been directed to perfecting the ice skate until the contrast between the ‘shank bone of a sheep or deer tyed to the feete, and under the heels” and the finished “Club Skate’ of to-day, with its plated mountings and metal fastenings, #8 great as that between the auriga or wain and the railway train, or tho coracle of the an- cient Britisher and the finished craft ot the New York Yacht Club to-day. The necessity of ice, however necessarily conlined the enjoyment of skating to the winter season in the few short weeks King Frost laid his congealing hands on the waters of our ponds and rivers and made them tributary to the “rockers” and runners of the skate loving community. Attempts have been made from tme to time to, ag It were, upset ‘the season, and in the comfortable rink, by artificial Teans, coat its flooring with a sheet of manulactured jee; but the expense has generally been so enormous that it has not as yet proved a successiul enterprise, as Professor Gamjee, the prosent experimenter in London, will find, to nis cost. The onty successful substitute has been tho “‘rollor skate,” which now in its perfection fully equals the steel runner, and the try of motion’ finds its par- al’el in each. Accidents have been charged to both; ‘Dut, with care and attention, they can be almost en- tirely avoided, During the past fourteen yeurs, on all the igure skating resorts in the neighborhood of New York, there has not been a single instance recorded of persons drowned while skating; and though some accidents may have resulted’ from imprudent exposure to cold, or negligence to protect the person from its influence after the active exercise, they might all have beon prevented by pru- dence and care, The accidents to limb which occa- sionally happen are no more in proportion than any other sport is liable to, As far ag roller skating is concerned, of 60,000 visitors at the Chelsea (England) Royal Avenue Rink only one met with an accident, and that a broken arm, care in the management show- ing that the percentage of Ganyer 18 in favor of this novel thuugt not altogether new amusement, Roiler skating was attempted in Paris in 1819, the skates consisting of a sole with three brass wheels, two on an axle under the ball of the foot and the third under tho heel. The actor Dumas introduced them on the stuge, and when the opera ot “Le Propnete” was first produced in 1849 one scene included a bullet on roller skates. In this couairy a few years luter the idea took’ the form of a_ skate with four rubber rollers fixed longitudinally, but these, as well as the improvement—iwo very short axles with rubber rollers at each end directly under the foat—soon tell into disuse in consequence of the dan- ger in describing a quick curve from the fattening of the rollers or their sudden wear by the heat from iric- tion. Jackson Haynes and two or three other experts achieved notoriety through it, but the sport, though acceptable, fell into disuse for the reasons stated. Mr. J. L. Plimpton, a New Yorker, conceived the idea, however, that with the proper appliances roller skating would be accepted with even more than favor, and he therefore devoted time and money to the de- velopment of hix theory. Several years of morulying failures and the expenditure of over $20,000 in money finally cuiminated in the prosent roller skate, which has created such a iurore in Kurope, and is hkely todo ‘The skate 18 30 con structed that the most awkward can use it, its broad boxwood rollers, by its rubber flexibie joint, enabling the wearer to glide over the asphalt or cement as easily and as saiitly as on the cutting blade over the ice. Piimpton’s great invention is the joint spoken of, and it consists of a spheroidal cylinder of rubber, so ar- Tanged tn the centre of the sole of the skaio that by the slightest inclination of the foot it causes the axles of each wheel to converge and thus change the line of mouon, - This has been pronounced in one sense a new mechanical principle, or rather a new application of a principle, and as such it has beer. secured by letters patent to Mr. Plimpton, who thus secures for a long term of yours the exclusive right to manutacture and use the present roller skate in all parts of the world. In order, however, to make it altogether an American mventioa and sport, the whole world is supplied from one factory, where they only can be made—that of Mr. James J. McCormick, corner of Ainslie and Tenth streets, Wilhamsburg. There night and day scores of mechanics are busy turning out the skates. New buildings are in course of erection to increase the sup- ply of an articie of manufacture tor which at present there 18 an enormous demand. The sport in England i called “‘rinking,” and the attending 11s introduction has decided aifirma. that it 18 not dangerous, is a healthy amuse- da lasting one. That it is healthy may be in- ferred from the appearance of the ladies who indulge in its enjoyments, furnishing. as it aoes, an improved condition of body and mind bo other exercise can give. The gymnasium, by its violent curriculum, tre- quently injures more than it benefits; equestrian ex- ercise, walking and boating possess only portions of the benefits of roller skating, which at the most only provokes over fatigue. ‘Roller skating stimulates the entire system, increases the circulation, arouses the viscera and limbs trom lassitude aud awakens the brain, thus bringing into play recuperative powers in the system,’’ so that in the course of a few weeks’ practice in the out door “the slonder stoop not, the nervous are fearless, the stoutish show no pertiuous fat and the awkward become graceful.” As to its lasting, the social enjoyment which is one of the chief characteristics of skating, its opportunities for conversation, the many games that may be enjoyed, the clegance of its dances and the ®xquisite adaptation of its motions to music, inderse the opinion of an ish engineer, who predicts its equal coa- cricket and dancing. Rinks are known as ‘‘open”’ or ‘‘closed,”’ the former having the proference in the Old World, bat so far on this side of the Atlantic closed riaks only are in opera- tion. ORICKET, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COMING SEASON—THE CLUBS AND THE CENTENNIAL MATCHES, During the coming summer, cricket, which for years has held a secondary place to base ball among the field games of this country, promises to take a moro prominent position. The arrangements for matches and the proposed doings of the various clubs hailing from New York and its vicinity will be found detailed below :— THR ST. GRORGR'S CLOR ‘The St, George’s Cricket Club was established in 1839, and has always held a front rank among cricket clubs inthis country. Their playing ground is situ- ated at the foot of Nixth street, Hoboken, the in- closure occupying a space of about 700x300 feet. A new roof has been put on the club houso, and next week it will be painted and thoroughly cleaned, George Giles, who so ably managed the grounds last year, has been re-engaged a8 professional and will take care of tte members’ wants during the season. From the present outlook Giles will have his hands full, as when the season opeus there will be a continuous run of matches, not only with the local clubs, but with an extra oumber of Visiting elevens. As yet, however, no definite arrangements have been made; but it is expected, and the expectation amounts almost to a certainty, that the Young America and otber clubs in Philadelphia will visit the St. George's Club and play ames upon their grounds in Hoboken. Alter that mes will be Upon the new cricket grounds in jindeiphia. It Isatso exported that an Englisheleven | ‘will visit the Centennial bition and compete with their countrymen in Philadeipbia, New York and other | cities. The St. George’s Club 1 alsoin negotiation with the Halifax, N. 8, tenm to play several matches, Altogether the season promises to be very suczens- ful, and the lovers of cricket can expect to be fully satisfied, Bat in connection with this matier jt seems stange to say, but it is mm less true, that the game has been supported jess year by year by resident Englishmen, thoagh from the present out- look it is thought they will in future give a hearty support to it, especially in this city, he following ato the oificers of the St. George's Club for the present year:—President, J. T. Soutter; Vico President, George T. Green; Secretary, D. B. Gilbert; Treasurer, iklin Satterthwaite ; Committees, Messrs. Gibbs, Sleigh, Mostyn and Moeran, Charles Vinton, who was treasurer of the club for the past forty years, recently met with a severe accident, which has compelied him to remain at home and re- his office. His successor is Mr. Franklin Sat- waite, One Of the oidest and most active members of the club, ‘THY MANHATTAN ORICKET CLUB. The Manhattan Cricket Club has been in existence for over twenty years, and its is the best in the city, For the past two years they have been without @ nd of their own to practise on, but from 1870 to 1874 they engaged the St. George’ that purpose, refused a iorther le: 1874-5, played games as they wero challenged, bavi nO practice; but their record was excellent in bo years. A ltew weeks ago the club met and re-clecied old veteran James President, and Mr. G. a uhe M as + The ciub will meot few weees to rags he the coming season. pected that an arrangement will be made to play and ce on the Elysian Fields, Hoboken. Appli- cation has been m: to the Park Commissioners to allow thom to. piay in Centrat Park, and their decision has not yet been announced. It is feared, however, that the Park Commissiovers will refuse, on | the ground that the spikes on the shoes will cut up | the lawn, 1n the original map of Central Park there is & plot laid out for cricket, but no games have yes been | played thereon. , STATEN ISLAND CLUB. | _ The Staten Istand Club is in good condition and will Play several matches this season. Their grounds at | Camp Washing’on, 8. I., will be occupied this season as | heretofore. Mr, William Brewster, their old profes- sional, will once more have charge. PROSPECT PARK CLUB. | The Prospect Park Club will shortly hold their | annual meeting to make arrangements for the comin, season. The club has a large number of members ant is in @ prosperous condition, HANDBALL AND RACKET. The lovors of these games met in force yesterday af. ternoop at McQuade’s court, Madison stroet, threo Jong pending matches having to be decided, The first Contest was between Messrs. William Herbert and W. Dougherty against Denis Connors and Michael McCon- nell. The first named gentiemon were successful, the scores boing:—Herbert and Doughorty, 21, 10, 21; Donnors and McConnell, 9, 21, 19. A second game brouzht out Messrs, Burke and Son ‘against Joho O'Neil and Aug. Davis, the bone of con- tention being a purse of $50, Much excitement pre- vailed in the galleries during the progress of this matob, which was finally decided as follows:—Burke and Son, 11, 21, 21; O'Neil anti Davis, 21, 16, 15. The principal «vent of the day was a struggle at American racke' in which Mr, A. Nichols, the well known “third base” of the Mutual Base Ball Club, played ingle-handod against Messrs, Edward Lawler and Michael Lynch. At the close of the contcst tho oeeer encore, 21, 12,21; Lawler and Lynch, two important events will be decided thi {ternoon ee ers of the Union—Alderman Dunae, Bernard for a prize of $400, atter which the four racket cham- pions—Fitzpatrick, James ing, Morris Moore and Jobn Lenihan—will devide possession of $200 with the bats. Play commences at hall-past one ¥. M. POSTPONEMENT OF THE CENTENNIAL TOURNA- MENT. To tar Epitor or THe HeraLo:— national Racket and Handball Tournament having deen requested by numerous gentlemen in Canada and our Western States to defor the opening of the saia contest, go a8 to enabie themselves and others to par- tictpate in the various matches, it has, therefore, boon decided 6 the committee to postpone the commence- ment of the meeting from the 17th of April to Ist of June next, JAMES DUNNE, Chairman, Braxand MoQvaps, Hon, secrotary. MINIATURE YACHTING. The American Model Yacht Association held its regu- lar annual meeting last evening, at the house of Mr, Philip Brasher, No. 77 Willow street, Brooklyn. The principal event of the meeting wus the election of officers for the centennial year, which resulted in the choice of the following gentlemen :—Captain Jobn Cole, Commodore; J. ©, Peto, President; C. 0, Ryder, Secr — N. E. Pe Treasurer; and M. Wood, Measurer. The Ai joan Model Yacht Association is in a more Prosperous condition this year than ever before, Several new yachts have been added tu the fleet since last season, all having been built by members of the club, The Haase a list of the yachts, over thirty- night, all of which have been thorously overhauled during the winter and will appear in govd trim on the pretty Prospect Park Lake onthe day of the opening Fegaita of ihe club:—Judie, length, over all, 66 inches, beam 18 inches, depth 7 inches; Muria, length 60 inches, beam 18 inches, depth 5 inches; Mattic, length | 68 inches, beam 16 inches, dept 7 inches; Sadie, length } 42 inches, beam 12 inches, depth 5% ‘inches; Commodore Yoorhiss, length 64 inches, beam 1635 inches, depth '7 inches; Emma," leagib 48 inches, bean 10 inches, depth 5 ‘inches; John Cole, length 61 inches, beam 17 inches, depth 7 inches, Among the new’ boats which will contest for the Various prizes offered by members during the summer are the Cornelia, whose dimensions are, length 66 builder); the sloop La: Bayadére, length 61 inches, | beam 19% inches, depth 6 inchos (buile by Mr. P. Brasher); a new schooner, built by Mr. C. C. Ryder, length 42'inches, beam 12 inches, depth 534 inches, andanew boat’ by Mr. M. Wood, length 45 inches, beam 14 inches, and depth 43; inches, For the opening day of the club, the 22d inst, has been selected. RUNNING AND TROTTING AT MO- BILE, Maoyoua Jockey Cius—Srrixa Mertina—First Day—Finat Rack.—One mile dash; purse $100; $70 to first, $20 tosecond and $10 to third. W. Cottrill’s b. m. Puss Broadnax, by Dantel Boone, dam Eveline, by Brown Dick....... cleats W. Cottrill’s b. h. Nelligan, 5 years, by Harry of the West, dam Eveline, by Brown Dick aes . B. Cheatham’s br. bh, Newbern, 4 years, by Van- dal, dam Lena Hardin, by imp. Glencoe..... - & Time—1:504. Sxcoxp Racs.—One and one fourth mile dash; purse | 125; $40 to first, $30 to second and $15 to third. edigree as ubove..... jewbern, pedigree as 7 Cottriils be. h. Neiligan, B, Choatham’s br, b. abov. . . W. H. Williamson's ch. m. Carrie Fish, 4 years, b; Daniel Boone, dam is Bill Cheatham,,.... . ‘ime—2 Tuep Rack—Tnorrixc.—Best three in five; purse $100; $70 to first, $20 to second and $10 to third; for horses that have never beaten I. B. Fordney’s b. m. Edna Ear G, B. Shawhan’s 8. m. Birdie... E. B. Toulmin’s b, g. Dick Abrami 33 John McDunald’s br. m. Alice. dis, AL Williams’ Jef Boone.. dis, Time, 2:5234—2:409 4 —2 492 49, HORSE. NOTES. Detailed reports of the two-mile ranning racoat Sag Francisco, March 26, contain nothing of importance that was not given in our columns by telegraph the day after the race. Neither Hock Hocking nor Revenue | will ever rua again, the latter having broken down in the race, while Hock Hocking was in that condition before he started. The latter has been lame for more than a year, and should have been retired from the turf in 1874, Botany Bay will bo trained this year, Mr. M. H. Sanford has intelligence that his three- year-old colt Bay Eagle, entered in England for the Derby and 8t. Leger, has thrown out a curb, and, as a necessity, Bas been stopped in his work. Bay Eaglo will probably be ready to run for the St. Leger. Kentuckians in this city are offering to bet on Va- Srant against Parole, should they both start at Louis- | ville in the Kentucky Derby. They may both be beaten, however, and not placed, as there are a num- ber of first class colts and fillies among tho entries, O'LEARY, THE PEDESTRIAN. Yesterday Daniel O'Leary, the Chicago pedestrian, entered upon the performance of a remarkable feat in Aakers He purposes walking 500 miles within 144 hours, but believes he will accomplish the distanco in 140 hoars, thus beatiog a tac” perlormanco in Chicago, which was in 142% hours, GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING. To tux Epiror ov tax Heraup:— Will you oblige mo by inserting the following in | your valuable paper:—I hereby callenge any man in America, weighing not over 140 Ibs., to wrestle me, | Graeco-Roman style, best three in five, for $100 up to | $600 a side and the hight weight championship of this | country, Any wrestler wishing to accept tho above can s€@ me at Wood's gymnasium. Yours respect- tuily, WILLIAM J, AUSTIN, New Yong, April 3, 1876. SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. The London Times of March 23, in an article on the University Boat Race, says:—There has been some change in the weights of tne oarsmen of the two crews doring the last fow days, and the following are correct, the Oxford crew having weighed yesterday and tho Cambridge men on Tuesday. It will be seen that there is no great se gs ag them :— ‘Lbs. Cambridge St, Lbs, HM. ey..11 big 1. P. W. Brancker.11 6 HL W. Mercer....116 2 T. W. Lewis....11 12 P. Williams., li MEPs — EK. D, Shafto, #12 0 | G, I. Davis,cox. 7 0 W. 0, Craven,cox. 79 COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI. The annual reunton of the alumni of the Law School of Columbia College will be held at Delmonico’s, Four- teenth street, on the evening of Aprit7. The affair promises to bo one of the most successful given by the alumai for some years, and several distinguished legal lights are ex to be present. Tickets cam be ob- tained trom J. R. Adams, the president, No. 17 Warren sircet; Leicester P. Holme, gy ved No. 287 Browd- ‘way; Judge Kelly, No. ‘170 Broadway; KR. A. Van Wyck, No. 118 Broadway! Frederick J. De Leas No. Mt Broadway, aud ex-Judgo Koch, No, 322 Broad- way. in the above-named court, The tour Roel hana. | le and Philip and James Casey—will contend | Tho Metropolitan Committce of the Centennial Inter- | inches, beam 19 inches, depth 6 inches (Captain Cole, | 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. { i MOODY AND SANKEY. - The gatherings at tho Hippodrome yesterday were smaller than on any day sinco the evangelists began their labors in this city, About 1,500 persons were Present at the noon meeting, and the atmos- phere was chilly and damp. Mr, Moody bused his discourse on the fight of David from Jerusalem because of Absalom’s rebellion, when he was followed by the Hittite. He drew the lesson thut the love of Jesus should warm the hearts of simners and lead them to repentance. The inquir, tolerably tull in the afternoon, the prayers being tre quent and responsive. In the evening fully 3,000 ple were present, Mr, Sankey led the singing Stephenson and Fletcher, of Dubiin, addr: assemblage, after which Mr, Sankey sung, and Waiting for Me.” ing Rev. Dr. Hooth delivered the | closing address, and spoke of the great work that had been accomplished by the evangelists. devolved on ministers to carry on revival. Large numbers attended in the inquiry room, Mr. Thurlow Weed was present last evening, as usual. Mr. Moody presided, as per announcement, at a meet- ing of young converts in Association Hall, corner of Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue. MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE, The Methodist ministers helt two meetings yester- day morning—one in the mission chapel of the Book Concern, and one in their store, Whilo tho brethren It now | the | up stairs were telling one another how good | and happy they felt, and praying that the Lord, Himsclf would make the appointments this year in connection with the Conterence bishops and the presiding elders, the brethren down stairs wero ‘“‘making up tho slate,’ so that the bishops aud the elders and the Lora, too, should not have much trouble in making out the appointments, It is always understood that the Lord makes the ap- pointments every year for Methodist minis- ters, albeit they themselves are not remiss in looking out for number one, and thereby lessening the anxiety of the appointing power, Some of the brethren up stairs were “walking in darkness”’ as to their whero- ubouts next year, but, nevertheless, they trusted in the promises ot’ God. Others of thom bave had a hard time during the last ecclesiastical year pulling against the stream, but they would fain hold on another year if they conid, because the chances as well as the changes will be better then than now, ~The brethren in the book store had ‘very little pray” in them, after the labors of the Sabbath, though it there had been a discussion up stairs they would have taken part in it, “rey, however, had a meeting that was more agreeable, if not more profitable to themselves, while their breth- ren above wero equally well pleased. Father De Vinne, now in his eighty-tifth year, was reminded of the first Methodist prayer meeting he ever entered, sixty-seven years ugo, when and where he was con- Vorted, and he has noither lost his for Methodism nor for prayer meetings ever since, Mr. Wolff was reminded of the tirat Metn- odist prayer meetin, which he entered nineteen years ago, when he thought he was a ireethinker, but since his conversion he has discovered that bis former mental condition wax a misnomer, and that only since he became a Christian hus he been in trata a free- thinker of the best sort, Besides the New York Conference, which will meet to-morrow, with Bishop Foster, im the Free Taber- nucle, in West Thirty-iourth street, and the New York East Conference, which will convene at the same date in Hanson place eburch, Brooklyn, the Kast German Conterence is to gather also on’ Thursday morning 10 Secoad street Gernian Methodist Episcopal church, in this city. ‘here will be some changes made in the ap- | pointments in this Conference, anu for each and all of thom earnest prayers were offered up yesterday. Atter Conference the Methodist ministers elect officers for their association for the yeur, consequently yesterday they appointed a committee of five, consist ing ot Revs. F, Brown, M. 8. Terry, G. Wolf, J. L. G McKeown and Elbert 'Usborn to ‘make nominations six inches in length, represented kt the ‘moestng last SOY Se rebar No Se coeetnas na ky) Weekes Open iat to which date they adjourned. Tho Baptist ministors' Conference discussed their centennial matters, They Propose, if they get money enough, to endow all their present educational institutions and put them beyond the peradventure of failure; to pay off all tnetr church dobts and set them free; to establish new colleges and | universities where there 18 a need tor them; to increaso their miasionary appropriations and enterprise, and to raise up monuments to Baptist greatness and liberality allover the land—a grand programme, but with an important “if” in it, They may, however, betore the nuded be able to ring the belis of freedom for ‘and colleges BROOKLYN PRESBYTERY. The Brooklyn Presbytery convened yesterday im Throop Avenue church, the Rev. Thomas Crowther acting as Moderator. Among the business transacted 1m the alternoon, was the refusal of the Presbytery to | strike from its roll the name of the Rev. A. Lambert. son at his own request, he giving as a reason therefor his literary and sporting engugements. The committee on assessments reported a schedule for taxation for the current year. In the evening session the overture of the General Assembly on representation was negatived unani- mously, and the Presbytery adopted an overture to the Assembly asking for the appoimtment of a small committee, who shall ascertain the mind of the churches as to the proper basis of representation, aud shall thereupon prepare an overture which may be adopted. Nominations for clerical and lay commis- sioners to the General Assembly were made. They are to be clected at noon to-day, Out of the 4,500 churchos in the United States only 1,900 have as yet reported any missionary collections during the year. The re- ceipts for the past mosith amounted to $65,000, being $5,000 more than for the same month of 1875. But unless tunds come in quicker and larger than they have the mission treasury will be in debt 000 at the close of the present eccicsiastical year, BUSINESS TROUBLES. The failure of F. L. Heiser & Co,, pote brokers, of No, 25 Wall street, was announced on the street yester- day. The firm of Henry Heiser’s Sons was organized in 1865, with a cash capital of $70,000, bat in 1873 the old firm dissolved, and Mr. F. L. Heiser and his brother continued the business under the firm name of F, L. Heiser & Co. The present firm has never been con- sidered very strong, Its iiabilitios will not exceed $50,000, I. B, Levy & Co., jewellors, of No. 307 Broadway, and Abrabam Abrahams have made assignments to Henry Ottenburg and Lowis Heyman, respectively, for the bonefit of their creditors, James L., Peter D. and Thomas T, (Jr.) Sturges havo been adjudicated bankrupts by Judge Blatchiord, of tho United States District Court, upon the potition of sev- eral of their creditors. The case has been referred to ‘Rogister Allen, of No, 162 Broadway. ‘At a meeting of the creditors of Lloyd Stiner, held esterday at the office of Register Ketchum, Bennett Building there was no opposition offered to the dis- charge of the bankrupt. The frat composition meeting of the creditors of John Heitner, dealer in diamonds, was held peorarena at the office of Register Isaac Dayton, No. Broad- way. The bankrupt made an offer twenty cents on the dollar, which was accepted by a majority of those present, making the composition binding. In the matter of Ephraim R. Steinhardt, of Funk & Steinhardt, former lessees of Irving hall, who made an offer of ten por cent, cash, in payment of his share of the tirm’s debt, which offer was accepted by the creditors at their meeting at Register Dayton’s office last week, t jurt has entered the order confirming the composition, and it will be paid to the creditors within ten days, if The meeting of the creditors of Clews & Zeidler, which was to have been held yesterday at Register Ketchum's office, to show cause why Mr. should not be discharged, was adjourned until the 10th inst, on account of the vankrupt’s counsel not being prepared with the papers, the first meeting of the creditors of Mossra, Harris, Richmond & Shater, wholesale clothiers, of No. 550 Broadway, will be held this afternoon at the office of | Register John Fitch, No, 345 Broadway. Ihe purpose or tho meeting ‘eit be to prove debts and elect an assignee, ae Register Fitch’s office this afternoon also, thero will be a first meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Har- ris & Jacob Peiser to prove claims and olect an as. signee. The first meeting of the creditors of Croney & Shuto, tailors, of No. 737 Sixth avenue, was held yes- terday at the office of Register J. T. Williams, No 4 Warren street. Forty-three debts were proved, aggre- Ling about $15,000, of which the following were the frgens—J. ‘Adriance Bush, $3,600; E. N. Van Ingen, $2,407 68; John H. Moti or, 500, and H. B. Clatlin & Co., $801 36, No choice of assignee was made, and the meeting was adjourned until to-morrow at two P, M., at the same place, ‘The firm of Avory & Riggins, steam heating and yen- tating apparatus, at Nos. 3 Broad stroet and 451 East Tenth street, were recentiy adjudged bankrupts by Rogister Williams on the petitions of J. G. Johnson & Co., whose claim was $1,610 95, and Huntor, Keller & Co,, $2,105 73, who assert that is comprise one. fourth of all the creditors. George Riggins, one of the partners, subsequently took proceedings to have ‘the adjadication vacated, stating In nia affidavit that bankruptcy proecedings were instigated by Avery, and ‘the petitioners were his personal iriends. The plan, he alleged, was to put the frm into bankruptey, and on the sale of the estate have it purchased by friends at a small sum and then deliver the Avery, who would thus get rid of Riggins and ayoid any settlement wit! ship — affairs. Mr. Riggins further = averred that there were at least sixteen other creditors ho'd- ing claims for several thousand dollars, and dented | the indevtedness claimed by Johnson & Co, and Hun- ter, Kelier & Co, Judge Biatchiord bas set aside and vacatod the adjudication and ail subsequent proceed- ings thereunder, Albert Van Winkle & Son, shi West street, who failed last jure of Albort crockery ware at No, The Hiabilities are not la Savings Bank, will t beg ment of a dividend of thirty. three and one-third por cent to all depositors whose books have been balanced, at the bank building, corner of Third avenue and Twenty third street. love | Zeidler | whole to | him of the copartner- | | | } | | | } | POLICE. DEMORALIZATION, Remarkable Movement Among the Rank and File, RAISING A “LEGISLATIVE FUND.” |The Commissioners Threaten the Men with Dismissal. Two wee! ago Police Commissioner +. | ceived information that a project was Ou ove among members of the force to raise the sum of $11,000 to be used in defeating the bill now before the Legislature making certain changes tn the law relative to the department. On investigating the matter he learnod that a meeting for that purpose had been held over a liquor saloon, at No. 436 Sixth avenue, in which some twenty policemen participated. Shortly afterward ho came in possession of documents that threw considera. ble light on the movement, but desiring to awalt fur. ther developments postponed action, Each day brought new rumors as to the strength of the movement and the growing dissatisfaction among policemen to the bill. The provisions regarded by them as especially ob- noxious are, it is suid, in relation to the gradation of patrolmen’s salaries and giving the Board power to dismiss by concurrent vote any member of tho force without trial or hearing. The former provision, it will be remembered, mukes two classes of patrolmen, To new officers and to such others as the Board may designate $900 a year is to be paid. OMlcers who have distinguished themselves by mer torious services and thoso who display more than ordinary ability in the por- formance of their duties the present rate of compensa- tion, $1,200 per annum, will be allowed. ‘This provi- sion affects only patrolmen. Higher officers, such as sergeants, captains and inspectors, will receive, by an- other provision, a considerable increase of salary. The second obnoxious provision, relating to the re- moval of any members of the force by the Board without trial, receives the opposition of from the captains to ‘the patrolmen, The imspectors do not, either, regard the proposed innovation with a feeling of much gratification. Karly last week Commissioner Erhardt came in pos session of two circular letters relating to the move- ment, a copy of which had been sent to the treasurer of the Police Mutual Aid Society in each precinct, THE CIRCULARS, The letters, which bear no signaturo, read as fol- lows:— 17, 1876, 7Y Mare To rue Treasurer oF tax Murvan Ain Si Dean Sik—If not « patrolman you are requested to send @ competent nnd reliable man to represent your precinct at © ting to be held at H, Meyers’, No. 496 Sixth avenue, on Sunday aiternoon, March 18, ut dno P.M. pry rampecte fully, a Skoriee: The second bears the date of March 20, and is as fol- lows: — Dean Sin—The notice which you received calling fora meeting to be held at No, 436 Sixth avenue on Sunday, March 19, at one P. M., has been the mistake of a superiur ofticer aud not of the committer. The mecting should be at two P. M., at tho Jobo Commissioner Erhardt next learned that the mecting had been held and the project set in motion, the assess. ment being fixed at $5 per man, the calculation being for $11,000, of which $10,000 was to be used to prevent the passage of the bill andthe remainder to be ex- pended in collecting the money and for incidental ex- penses, Twenty-two hundred patrolmen and officerz were reckoned upon as sure contributors to the fuod. Tne meeting was enthusiastic, so far ax speeches were ‘concerned, but rather meagre in its attendance, there being only twenty persons present, Other meetings, however, it 18 understood, have been held, and one is sot down for next Thursday. ACTION OF THR BOARD. afternoon President Sinith called a spect.4 meeting of the Board to take action on the matter, The session was with closed doors. The subject was discussed in all its details, each Commissioner believ- tng that unicss the movement was immediately stop the discipline of the force would be impaired. The rule in the madual forbidding members of the depart ment contributing movey for political purposes was looked upon as covering the case. The following gen- eral order was then adopted for immediate promulga tion to the force:— Gouge WALLING, Superintendent You wiil cause ail members of th Yosterda: police force to be nott: fied at once that tho arrangements which many of them have made to raixe $11,000 for the purpose ating such action at Albany in roxard to police laws ax the Legislature may deom wixe must not be carried out. ‘The meetings for Thursday next for the purpose above apecitied will subject all who astend them to dismissal, aud ‘ou will require an explanation from those who attended he previous ones ut No. 445 Sixth avenue and elsewhere, All members of the police force who oF ba ment of $1 of that of gislative action, will be dismissed the force. z JOEL B. ERHARDT, ‘airman Committe Rules and Disciplitie, After. the adjournment of the session Commissioner Erhardt cunsed to be telegraphed to the various pre- cinets an order for all the members of the torce who had attended any of the meetings to come jo his office forthwith. Within an hour the Jobby filled with patroimen, roundsmen and sergeants to the number of about thirty-tive. They were examined separately and thetr answers taken down by a stenographer for future a ction. Some of the number boldly admitted their con- nection with the matter, but justified them. solves ou the ground that the money wat to be legitimately employed in bp nie ng wf to the Legislature the pernicious effects of the bill Others denied all knowledge of the movement, while still others admitted thotr connection, but begged forgiveness. They wero all toid that a strict com- —, with the general order just issued would be ex- cred. ymne writer, hearing the murmurings of many of the officers at what they termed the injustice of the Board’s action, paid a visit to several previncts and conversed with the on post. As a rule th felt very indignant about the matter, although the; feared to express themselves. “Mark my words,’ waid one, “this thing won’t end hore, It will get be- fore the courts,” spoken toon the esd Commissioner Erhardt, wh ‘It is apparent to any man that this $11, 0 be gotten up for a corrupt purpose, It is too im to be consumed in counsel fees, wer of the Board to intoriere is unquestion- movement that should be crushed at onee.”” more than one prominent lawyer is at the back of the project and determined to push it, notwithstanding this action of the Board. The amount of money thus far subseribed is not known, but Heved that the sum isa large one. Who tho treasuret ppears to have been kept secret, although Commis- sioner Erhardt intimates that he knows the person. THE EXCISE COMMISSION. THE NOMINATIONS SENT BY THE MAYOR TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN—THEIR OONFIR- MATION ASSURED. The session of the Common Council yesterday was looked forward to with more tnan the usual interest in expectation of the reception of a message from the Mayor presenting the names of his nominees for the office of Excise Commissioners for the term of three years, ata salary of $5,000 per year each, The lobby ‘was very active and speculation was brisk as to the probable nominees, The candidates swarthed full force, but all agreed that the three names the Henao ot yesterday would likely be the clioice of the Mayor. When the Presidout finally called the Board to order, and while the Deputy Clerk was readiug the minutes of the last passe» Nowman, the Mayor's messenger, suddenly appeared without the bar, bearing jn one hand a large envelope. The words mes- 1” quickly ran around the semi-circle at which the Aldermen sat, and for a moment there was a pro- found silence, It was broken by President Lewis an- houncing in &® loud voice, “A message trom the Mayor! % Clerk Moloney read the message,’ which nominated Messrs, Martin, Murphy and Patterson to the vacancies iu the commission. Alderman Purroy moved that the communication bo Jaid upon the table, and printed in the City Record, Alderman Hess—It ts a question of law whether we can lay it upon the table, Alderman Parroy—The gentleman refers to that sec- tion of the jaw which says thas the Mayor and Com- mon Council shall “proceed,” &c. 1 think there is no | doubt but that the course I have indicated in this mo- tion is a proper and a legal onc. It 18 the same course adopted three years ago on the nominations of Mayor Havemoyer. General Pinckney and Mr, Howland explained their views upon the jaw, the former calling attention to the fact that the Council had laid over Mayor Havemeyer'’s nominations, Atter Mr. Howland had called for tho Teading of the law (chapter 175, laws of 1870), a vote was taken on Mr. Purroy’s resolution, and the turther consideration of the matter was laid over, and, on mo- ton mt Alderman Morris, the Board immediately ad- Journ A number of Aldermen—both democrats and repab- licans— subsequently called upon the Mayor and held a brief conterence, the result of which was tative Aldermen of both shades of that tho Mayor's nominees will be INDORSEMENT OF COMPTROLLER GREEN. A meeting was held yesterday by tho standholders in Washington and West Washington markets, when they passed a series of resolutions pra’ the official couduct of Comptroller Green in reiation to the mars kets and indorsed the bill now bofore the to extend his term of oflice, also asking ite passage,