The New York Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1876, Page 4

4 CHARLES O'CONOR. The Charges Against Him Pr nounced Malicious, OPINIONS OF PROMINENT LAWYERS. | His Defence of Mrs. Forrest Thought to be Kind, Generous and Chivalrous. PRESENTATION LETTERS AND SPEECHE: Pas ste ap SE SR | Mr. Charles O’Conor’s reply to the charges made Against him in connection with his action as counsel for Mrs, Edvin Forrest in the celebrated Forrest divorce suit, which was published in full in the Hxr- | ALD, naturally formed a principal topic of conversation throughout all circles yesterday, It was among law- | yors that the subject was fully discussed, | As sumples of the general opmion held by the most | eminent lawyers of this city interviews are published | which were had with Chief Justice C, P. Daly, ex Judge Fullerton and Henry 1, Clinton, Appended also will be found the statements of poth Mr. Henry | Sediey and Mrs. Sinclair (Forrest), in which it will be | found they maintain the charges to be true. | With regard to tho assertion that has been made that it was with a view to support herself that Mra. Forrest | went on the atage, a contrary opinion was expressed yesterday to the writer. Indced, some of ber former friends, occupying prominent positions in the com- | | munity, state in most positive janguage that the very fact of her appearance on the sta; furnishes the proof that she aiways expected | to pay Mr, O'Conor for his services. She repeatedly, | Vhey say, stated that it was in order to obtain money | so pay him his costs that she jutended to appear betore | the public, Her début was against the oxpress wish of | her counsel and others interested in her, for it was | thought such # proceeding could but tend to prejudice | ber case, | JUDGR C. P. DALY'S ViEWwSs. In a conversation with Hon, Charles P. Daly, Chief | Tustice of the Court of Common Pleas, that gentleman | stuted that he thought the reply of Mr. O'Conor to the | charges that bad been made against bim wos hardly re- | guired, for no one believed in their truth, He, a8 a | tended to have the {dea conveyed that ho had | entered the suit as counsel, without expectation of ul- | timately recovering his costs, ‘These costs were ex: | dingly stail for the magnitude of the case and the | h of time in which he was engaged m asserting | Mrs. Forrest's rights, He thought Mr. O’Conor had | The case was a most | and complicated one, and but few law. | could have carried it through to such a | slulissue The idea that Mr. O'Conor was to re- ¢ uv pay hod probably gotten abroad from the fact | that it was known that his client bad no money to ex- | pend, xpd tbat he, in order to win whe baitle, was obliged \o puy out large sums from bis own pocket, but | that he felt sure of ultimately winning a victory, and, | as a consequenc the — setties bebaved most magnanimously, Intricate yers Atthe time he (Judge Daly) ma to Mr. O'Con rol bebull of the laaies he bad conceived then or before that that gentleman had | ‘atuitously. It was not so understood, as fur us he knew, by any of the subscribers to the present, | or by the pioicssion generally, Mr. O’Conor he ulways looked upon as a most upright man and cultured yenticinan, whose honor could not ve | impeached. The charges, he thought, were wiltully | malicious as well as irivolous. He had’ not had time, | he said, to read Mr, O’Conor’s reply as presented 10 the Bar Association, ana was, therefore, upable to taik | upon that pont. | UBNKY 1. CLINTON'S OPINION, questions put to him yesterday by the | With regurd tothe charges mace ugainst Mr, | I think them simply absurd. They were so | thought when tu were liret’ published, und there Was no necessity for Mr. O'Conor to notice them in any way; yet, for all that, I think his | course has been wise if only as uu example to younger members of the Bar, In respect to the charges made | by Mr. O'Couor im his bill of costs I think they have | Wore ridiculously low, in fact the amount he received in allwas by no means a fair remuneration for bis ser- vices, ‘The suit lasied nineteeu years. That he | ever intended that it should “be considered That he was acting as counsel gratituously | I do not t ope instant bveleve. He stinply, | in the tirst piace, had no idea that the legal proceedings | Would spread over s0 long a period, and m the next, | not doubting Ris finally securing a Verdict iu tavor of | dirs, Forrest, be OUT OF PURR KINDHEARTEDSESS, generosity aud sympathy for a woman’ situated as { Mos. Forrest’ was, was content to help i and ust to the future for iis reward. The | seit was a costly one, and Mr. O’Conor | advanced large sums to carr bly from this tact becoming got abroad that he was howeve @ Suppo: it on, and it was proba. own that the kn ton would be p impr ssion 1 think, posterous, | for bow aman like Mr, O’Conor aflord to give 80 many years of his time for nothing As tt turned out 1‘ funcy he would have n better without ever having bad or after all, I fl Jars in cash worse ait than when he w se, taking into cou- Hideration the loan be made of | $15,000 to one party and smaller sums to others The charges wero published I feel certain in order that some private end | Might be pained, and [am the more convinced of that | finer reading Mr. O'Couor’s statement, tor, in bis re- | Tmarks he wakes allusions to ‘al fucts Which, con rudered im conjunction, are very significaut’ Mr | O'Conor’s action throughout, Tink, was most kind, | generous and chivalric. { JUDGE FULLERTON'S OPINION. } A visit was pald by a HeRatp reporter yesterday | afternoon to Judge William W, Fullerton, of the firm ot Fullerton, Kuox & Crosby, with a view to obtaining | the opinion of the Judge im regard to the charges | against Mr. Charles O'Conor. The tollowing conversa- hop engue Revorrxe—Judge, have you read the answer of Mr, Charles ’Conor to the charges wade against bim with Feference to his action in regard to drs, Forrest? Judge Fortentos—Yes, Lbave, I read noarly all of te Rerorter—Do you think there is any just founda. | tion tu the charge ? Judge FeLtextox—I think itis a gratuitoug and un- necessary erilicwsm on a really kind aétion, The world | Will never know the amount of real hard work that Charles O'Conor gave to (natease It was one of the most complicated suits that Was ever brought to trial, sud yet in all the numerous counter actions that were wrought be never made a false step and gained every point for bis chent that could be secured by law, KrER—What do you think about his bill of se? ye FULLExtox—I think dt not one quarter su cient to compensate bim for the amount of work he | put into the case Ravoxren— Butrt is reported that he agreed to con- duct the case without any tec, Judge FuLtentox—that is hardly probable, but such story may probably have arsen through the fact tat there was very sittic prospect of his ever reaping any benetit trom the cause, as very few people belteved that Forrest would gain her uit. Rerowrex—It was uot 4 favorable suit, then, that he but underiaken! Judge Fuite Forrest entered I should say not, especially when nter xetion against Mrs. Forest aduhery, People’s opimoens were divided; some Were With Forrest and some with Mrs. Forrest. Reronten—You have veen a partner of Mr. Q’Conor? Judge Featxntox—Yes, sir, | jomed him op the day he Was summing up Mrs. Forrest's care. He took @ Fery great interest m the plainti or he never would have udvanced ber the large sums of money which she received trom lnm time by time, He paid ali the e pebses of the suit aud made special advances to her Tegular mtery KVORTER—Then, 1» your opinion, Judge, Mr. Charles O'Copor hus acted in every shape and form asa an should have done? Judge Fui.entos - Yes, sir; ldo not think for one Moment that Mr. O'Couve would ever commit any act Teliccting discredit on the prolession of which he is auch a briliant ornament. Mie, SINCLAIK AND MR. SEDLEY, lm repiy to the imquiries of a Hexano reporter Mr. Henry Sediey said yesterday that at present he would aes to Say nothing in the Hewspapers in response to ir U'Conor's document, If a properly constituted committee for the — invest of the whole matter cals ou will be Teauy to luy deiore them evider ip his possession, as the nearest um Mrs, Sineiair, os bears upon the qi From this asvertion it ix clear that be is pot willing to concede all that Mr, O'Conor states, but for the present | prefera to be silent. As tor Mrs, Sincla adheres to the statements the made m the orignal rep She did not seek Lhetr publicity, but merely made the assertions cred | ited 10 Ler iu rexponse to direct questions. Sbe, too, | prefers to Sav nothing about the matter at present, foretban that her tirst statements are trac. THE LADIES’ VASE. | The following is acopy of the letter seut by Judge Charles P. Daly to Mr. O’Conor, presenting to the atter, on the part of thirty ladies of New York, a vaso of sviver, ag an expression of their admiration of the seepsetior in his detence of Mrs. Forrest. Appended | dso is Mr, O'Conor's reply :— i JUDG DALY'S LaeTTea. i Rees he cerceeaee a cates oh ss | Maker | residence of General Charles W, Sandford enry L. Clinton suid substantially ug fol- | | | i daily poverty, quite unable to return to their natt r | this country | sets of obligation for your noble conduct toward oue of our own sex! i h t for your prompt and generous expousal of Mes, For the uutlinching energy aud endurane with ducted it, her triumph over seemingly resist and calutiny probably never would have been t's cuuse A teh y res wh cy rongs and iced coammerat ited cons helmed ome and fire- fair name is ce aronnd evi side in this community, and that every wom! aaler vy the example. Hy this, your most chivalrous defence of the weak aya’ the strong, you have won for yourself the admiring res of the public at larg chal ments the givers of th With two or th we bat we offer our si in, gratefully ant aN CMARLES O'CONOR MONORED BY O'CONOR’S REPLY. JUDGE DALY—aR, New Yours, Feb. 28, 1852, Hon. Onautes P, Daty:— | My Deak Sin—To my kind country i} gift und far richer words of commendation you hat | ask leave to convey, through you, their cho u sion of my deep feit thankfulness. | They have estimaved altozether too highly my humble | services upon the occasion alluded to. | } even those whom impartial Justico arraigns upon credible evidenee a fair hearing Is the frst duty fe asl is the duty of any class bu s more untiring ditigence Jousequently, when a frie of reputation till then unblemished vage which atte appeal fur a aid pre e noted & consciousness of their injustic aud a jndge, know full well tron y cheerfully any of my peers at the Har w: the efile and deemed ut, as I did, ® boon rasher thun @ urden. An enlightened Court aud jury, upo had written that they were true of our nature, made the way from its vutyet A PATH OF PLEASANTNESS, | My tusk was, there Hy the righteous verdict of | that Jury, uy Justice Vindiented and innoceuce reassured of tts safety | against wrong, however powerful and unscrupulous the ae- sailant, That result devolved u for additi edd can respond only to the | | recognize the ciple whieh they rep Lot me, then, pray for myself and my brethren of the Bar, that we tion the ver cherish with unswerving dev pure and elevated sentiments which their approval has cou- sverated. With greal respect und esteem 1 am, deur sir, yours truly, CHARLES O'VONOR, THE SECOND PRESENTATION. A short time after the pregentation of the ‘Ladies Vase’ a number of members of the Bar met at the tm order to testify their admiration and approval ot Mr. O’Conor's conduct in the Forrest case, ‘The tesfimonial selected to be given him tn the first place took the form of a banquet, succeeded by the presenting to bim by Mr, Daniel Lord of a handsome silver piteher, which had been subscribed for by eighty of the most distinguished members of the Bar, ‘The following are the addresses delivered on that occasion, together with the inscrip- tion on the plate:— MR. DANIFL LOKD's ADDRESS, Sin—Your professional i } prise, ated with disgrace, ¥ tw the Court and Jur verted your defence ‘into ® conquest, eens th FY nproved, by the law and the evi that she wax innocent, You You filled with x at oftice of the profession which allies it to chival uid not fast to notice t i ehiel he pationce, labor und ps wur duty: your forbearans rance with under trying with unexpected difticultie disinterestedness aud eloquence; we may and na did +, your | do” xympai the | gratification of your success, We do not presume to speak | \ for the pub it has long spoken for itsvifin the confidence it reposes in & We take no part in the so far terminated would not become ts, Siuply as teubers of your profe: we appreciate this effort so successtully | made, We would perpetuate our estimation of it by an en- | du emorlal of our respect and este We know that one gitt, now before ci r om. will not be the less dx. Hy strangers it recording the ver: ptable from it# being the gift of re honorable to you a | ( ’ and oI tors, the competent judges, | the daliy witnesses of your protexsionul life, Accept this expression vf the howor in which we hold you. | i | We twel that in this expression we do honor to ourselves. NR, O'CONOK'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT, You ENTLEMEN, MY Hoxonep Associates: Mn. Lonp as: at me Ba For the high distivetion you have conf y return my simple thanks. Ad the emotions it hax excited studies of our fession are ascertainment 3.) the ite more netive labors ix the entorcemont of Justi voice of approval from a cliss engaged in such clovating pursuits carries with It the welght of authority. But Tam not so vain ax to think that this, your generous set, ix due te having dine ct our * U tune w fe citing to exemplify the fact, and my whole merit gouststs in this, that E did not’ fail in’ a dat whieh the first rule of our profession rigidly exacts fom alt its members. Y digmet tn my tavur, permanently Fee is corded 1 honor of inestimable value. roceived it will brighten | every zature af mw: tude to you for its be- stowal will animate m: nts, me INScRIPT On the pitcher was eng: ed the arms of the 0’Con- nor Don, with the motto, “From God Cometh the Suc- coring Champion,” Bexides the arms, which in heral- dic parlance are aryent, un-oak tree vert; crest, an arm in armor ombowed, holding a sword, argent pom- mnelled and hilted or, entwmed with a snake: proper, On the reverse was the following inseription:— ecscccanescccerarsecsecesessseierese ress sebesetttt seg vy; their appr guished h has distin- and of the Real, disinter learniny and eloquence which have rendered his professional career illus: trlows, (Mere foliows the names of the donors.) pevaccere-eseceveses 3 3 3 3 3 3 : Qrvvcrvccsercssse ress esse sess eeee rege ssa tt we Best awery CHINESE MANIFESTO, [From the Alta California) To Tux AweRICAN PURuC ‘The United States has been open to Chinese omigra- tion fer more than twenty years. Many Chinamen have come; few have returned. Why is this? Bo- cause, among our Chinese people, a few in Califoriiga have acquired a fortune and returned home with jo A desire to obtain a competency having arwen in the heart, our people have not shrank from totl und trouble, They have expected to come here for one or two yeurs and make a little fortune and return, Who among them ever thought of ali these difficulties? Ex. pensive rents, expensive living. A day without work means a day without food. For this reason, though | wages are low, yet they are compelied to labor and live | | | i | nd. “Now this’ bonorable country ts discussing the portance of protibiting the further emigration of the ch c. This is very good indeed, First, because it will reheve the Americau people of trouble and auxicty of mma; secondly, the Chinese will uo longer be wan- derers ina foreign tand, Boch parties will thus be bene- fed. But this result should be brougnt about in a re: sonable manuer, Its said that the six Chinese compa: bay and import Chinamen into this country, How can such things be salut Our six compunics have, year after year, sent letters discouraging our people irom | coming to this country, but the people have not b heved us and have conunued to come, The necessary | expenses of these poor newcomers ure a constant dram upon the resources of those wlready settled here, | £0 that the Chinese residents of this country are nlso opposed to this rapid Chinese emigration. But the © Tenge of this honorable country ate constantly calling tor Chinese cheap labor. The white laboring | men of this country are very angry because the Chi- dese obtain employment which tuey claim belongs to white men alone, and so they hate the Chinamen, | sometines throw stones at them, sometimes strike | them ou the street and constantly curse them. The Chinese people cannot return such treaument in the same kind, lest other nations bearing of such things ould Fidicule the Jaws of this honorable country ax of no use, To pooutbit the Chinese trom coming to is nota dificult task. Formerly His Imperial Majesty our Eupercr made a treaty ot aud frendship with tie government of | th country, opening the commer cial relat permitting tree intercommant cation between the people of the two countries, This treaty 18 1m accordance with the law of all nations, And now if the American people do pot desire the Cumese W come here, why uot go to the Emperor and wk gepeal of the treaty, or Why not mit the num. ber of immigrants on each steamer to a very few, ‘Then more would return and jewer would come, and, not ten yours would elapse betore nota trace ot the Chinamen would be Jott in thie great und honorable | country, Woult pot that be well indecd? But let | there be counsel aud consideration. It cannot be said | that Chinese iabor impoverishes Unis country, and are not the customs paid by the Chinese a benstit to this couutry? Now, let the government of the United States propose ‘to the government of China a repeal or change of the treaty prohibiting the people of cither country from erossing the ocean, then shall we Chinese forever remain at home and enjoy the happt- hess of iathers, mothers, wives and children, and no longer remam strangers a strange land. Then the of this country stall Bo longer be troubled by the competition of the Chynese, aud our | ere people no longer be subyected to the ul udignities now daily heaped upon them in the open streets of this so-called Christian laud. If this can be hed, we Cuimese will continually offer te the virtue of this honorable country our deepest gratitude and thanks. SIX CHINESE COMPANIES ASSAULT, Otto Kurber and Charles Schnitzer, the alleged as- Satlapts of Frederick Rubsam, at Greenville, were ar rested and locked up in the Fourth precinct station at Jersey City yesterday. Rubsam ix in a very cfitical condition and his physeian sintes that if fever in he will die, Rubsam presided ay at a mecting of u German club on Monday night, and had # warm dispute with tue prisouers relative to the business of the club, Afier the meeting adjourned Kavsam was on lis way Dome threugu Bergen wvenue, when he was attacked and felled to the ¢ terrible blow Irom one vi the prisogers, ey the tall upon him and beat lim Ul he became jnsensibie, He was carried to bis doiao iy an Uneonseious con dition, He identitied both ihe prisoners as his as. sajlauts PROBABLY FATAL | | Gapping ot hands, ) whiel | When his presence ix so. much missed tr | consecration of the holy oils, a | Good Friday m | in procession from the principal altar to the repos: HOLY WEEK. THE TENEDRY IN THE CHURCHES YESTERDAY— ILLNESS OF THE CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP-- PREPARATIONS FOR MAUNDY THURSDAY. ‘The first of the three most solemn days of Holy Week was yesterday observed in the Catholic churches with the usuai ceremonies In each church the masses were celebrated in purple vestments and tho altars, crucitixes, pictures, statues and candlesticks were all covered with cloth of the same color, The sacred edifices presented an appearance of mourning in har- mony with the scenes in the Redeemer’s life which the Church was commemorating. To-day and to-morrow these commemorations will be continued. The office of | the Tenebrw was sung ip wany of the churches yesterday | morning or aficrnoon, the faithful attending in large numbers, thus toatilying by their devotion their strong belief im the Ser:ptural and traditional history of the | | terrible closing of Chriai’s life on earth. During the day, also, crowds of men and women, the latter espe- cially, went through the devotion known as the “Stations of tho Crosa,’? which consists in saying sore prayers before the pictures representing the differ- ent stages of Chriat’s passion. The cburchesin which the office of the Tenebrw was sung were St Patrick's Cathedral, in Mulberry street; St. Stephon’s, in East Twenty-eighth street; 8 Joseph's, Sixth avenue and | Washington place; St, Ann's, East Twelith street; St. Francis Xavier's (Jesuit), West Sixteonth streot; | St. Vincent Ferror's (Dominican), Sixty-fifth street and Lexington uven2e; St, Nicholas’, Socond street; Church of tho Holy Redeemer (Redemptorist), Third streot, and the Franciscau church, Sullivan street. At the Cathedral in the afternoon the service was presided over by the Very Re owing to the absence of the Cardinal Archbishop. The priests present were the Rev, Father Kearney, Rev, Father Kane, Rev. Father Mori, Rev, Father Hogan und some filteen othe from various churches in the city, As is customary, some of the students from tho ecclesiastical semivary at Troy Vicar General Quinn , tlons were:—For the Missionary Socicty, $27, the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, church extension, $1,690; for tract distribution, $1,009; for Sunday School Uniov, $1,007; for Freedinen's Aid Society, $1,246, 4 the Conference was requested to send to the © mal Commission a resolution asking them to exclude intoxicating drinks from the Centennial grounds, Ap- Po.ntments will be made to-day. NEW JERSEY RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. ‘The Classis of Newark, a body composed of members of the Reformed Dateh Church, have Just coacluded a seasion at Woodside, Before adjourning Rev. George 8. Bishop offered a resolution which proposed to in- struct the delegates to the General Synod to advocate tho immediate dissolution of any committee which might be appointed to consider the advisability of unit” ing with the Presbyterian Church. A substitute, of fered by Rev. Mr. Terhune was adopted, It provid While reciprocating all fraternal feeling and ex- preasions with the Northern Presbyterian Chureb, deem it expedient thatthe Committee of Conference for union and co-operation be at once disbanded. The following delegates were appointed to the Particular Syuod at Now Brunswick :—Rev. G. 3. Bishop, H. H, Van Vrauken, E. P. Verhune, A. M, Quick, and Eiders P. 8. Duryee, HH. , AW. Baker and Miller, Secundt:—Kev, ken, Oscur Gesuer and G. E. Hart, and | Crane, G. L. Van Einburgh, J. L, Merrille Browe; to the General Synod: KR. Blauvelt, W, J. R. Taylor; Elders, Rdgar Farmer, } William H. Kirk, s. Rh. W. Heath. Secundi;—G, A. Abeel, D. D., Ji Kershaw, A. M. Quick; Eiders &. Skinner, Senator F. 1.’ Frelinghuysen’ and B.C. Miller, ‘At Madison the Presbytery of Morris and Orange ha#bcen holden for several days, The application of } the church at Morris Plains for the Presbytery to or- | dain Mr. Samuel Gardner without fustalling bim as | pastor of their church, because they Were too poor 10 | guarantee him a living, excited much discussion and was relerred to a committee, who reported adverst . C, kiders 5. 0, and Jam | South Orange was chosen as the next plu | of meoting§ The question of the General | mbly to have delegates appointed by the Synod, “and not as now by the Presbyteries, Was voted upon, und rejected by a two-thirds vote, legates to the General Ascembly were chosen us tol- lows :—Ministerial deiegates—Rev. Oliver Crane, D, of Morristown; Rev Nathaniel Concklin. of Now Ver- hon, Alternates—Rey, J. 1. Dauner, o: East Orang w in attendance, those selected to: participate in e. this your's cerowonies, being Kev. Mee Douguerty, | Rev. Mr, Bardwell, of Whoppany | Lay delegates—M deacon; Rev. Mr Lane, sub-deacon, and Mossrs. | George W. Suow, of Orange; Mr, Roiztter, of Parsip- Fitzpattick “and” Quin, all of’ whom will | pany. | Alteruates—Mr. Vutts, of aladison; Mr. } lake a prominent part’ im the ceremonies | of | nl dc drei the week, as they di m the sipging of the | me gee gt ce cogs 7d “Lamentations.” hese ‘“Lamentatious,”” as the; COLORED CHURCH ‘TROUBLES. world knows, are of the most plaiutive style of Gres | filet gorian music, and when weil suny, as they Were yester- day afternoon at the Cathedral, tlils the hearts of listen- ers with sympathy and fervor, which are increased by the saddened appearance of the suoctuaries, The chanting of tue office en chore was the essential feature | ol the service. Aiter cuech verse of the “Benedictus’’ | one of the candies on the triangular candlestick was extinguished, and while the “Miscrere’? was being | ug the top light was concealed behind the liar, and the close of the office a noise was made by sligh when the hidden canale brought forth to be replaced on the candlestick from it was taken—the convulsed state of nature ut Christ’s death und His ever preaont divinity bewg | thus suggested. itis Linivence Cardinal MeCloskey was not present | AL the service yesterday, nor will he be at any of the | ervices during tbe week, The health of His Ewi- | ence continues to be very bad. The greatest sym | pathy has been muntiested toward oun in his illness | by the priests of the city, especially at this time, | vices of Hoty Week. It was hoped last week that the | Cardinal would dv uble to olticiate this Morning at the ceremony winch takes place only on Maundy Thursduy of the udvicv of biy physicians His Eminence concluded that it would be a very imprudent step for him to take, | us 1b Would necessitate celebrating tnass in the church, | and he would be, theretore, obliged to fast unti? about one o'clock in t@o alternoun, a tatigue which be was | ; motatall able to endure, Under these paintul eircum- Stances the oils for the archdiocese of New York will | be consecrated this morning by Bishop Loughlin, of Brooklyn, and then conveyed to the sacristy of St. Putrick’s Cathedral, on Mulberry, street, where, in tue | usual manner, the priests of New York can ‘receive tuem durit the da; Cathedral this morning will begin ‘al Quinn ollictating. On rvice Will aise begin at ten © clock, the Rev, Futher Furley officiating as celebrant, and the sermou bemg preached by the Rey. Futher Henuing, of the Redemptorist Order, At the Easter Sunday igh mass the sermon will be preached by ono at ten | of the Jesuit Fathers of the Church of 5t. Francis > Xavier. In allthe folie churches yesterday the greatest activity provi an the preparations for the reposi- | vories or temporary altars on which to-day reposes the biessed sacrament for the adoration of the fuithiul At the service this morning the sacrament will be carried tory, and will be brought back to-morrow morning dur- ing the mass of the presunetificd “to be consumed by the olficisting priest, there being no consecration of tho hust on ‘Good #riday, the only day 1 the your that such Is the case, ‘Thc | Jad:es of the diferent altar xocieties and ladies ot wealth | und leisure usuully devote themselves to the adori of these temporary altars for Maundy ‘thursday Costly articles of gold, precious yases and other sui able objects are loaned to the churches for the oc sion ‘The most beautiful tlowers of the searuy and Lino | choicest exotic plants are tastelully urragged uround | the alta jd numberiess lights make the resing | @ blessed sacrament resplendent, Ibe eatest taste and skill are displayed annually in these | corations, ‘The faithful woretppers go round during | duy and evening to visit these altars, spending « | brief ume in prayer and the admuration of the illumin- ated little sanctuary in each, | ‘The oilice of the Tenebrw will also be sung to-day | and to-morrow in those churches in which it was | sung yesterday. | MOODY AND SANKEY. Next Wednesday evening will be the last af the re- Vival meetings, and the crowds in attendance ut the Hippodrome in consequence increase day by day, At the noon meeting yesterday, at which there was ap ins | Easter Monday, April l%, in the American Institute | meuse audience, Mr, Moody spoke on the ‘Water of eternal life,” and he was fullowed by Rev, Dra Osborne, Armitage and others, Mr. Sankey sang the 123d hymn, “I know not the hour when my Lord shall come,” and Rev. Dr, Kirkpatrick delivered the benediction, At | the opening of the afternoon meeting Rev. Dr. Hep- worth readan extraordinary large number of requests for prayer. Rev. Mr, Praisted prayed aad Mr. Sankey sang a solo, a new bymn, ‘We are Marching to Canaan with Banner and Sony,” and hymn, “There a lund of pure delight.” ct ot Mr, Muody's lecture was “Phe t Adams. "* Mr. Moody announced that next Wednesday nigh bemy the last night of these meetings, be reserved tor young conforts, and tickets could bo procured during the week, In the evening there were 8,000 people in the Madi- sou ‘chue ball and au overtiow meeting of 4,000 per- yurth avenue ill, Mr. Moody's -ermon was on ‘Docision,” from the text, “How long bait ye between two opmions ¥ If the Lord be God, follow him, ‘There are a great many Frotessions pathy in this world which do vot mean any Ihere are a great many people whe profess tu love but profession means hothirg but self. N Gou, | No one here | cares about these vaciliating people, neiiher does | God care forthem, If youdon't think there is any- thing tn religion why come to thes? meetings? | lt you don’t ‘believe in the — Bivie, | if there is no hereatter, this is the only hte, why, | let us burn up all the Bibles, Let us turn our eburches into theatres and dauce Louses. Let us eat, drink and be merry, for we wili soon ve gone. I hope to see the | day when ined will be either imiidels or Christians, Let them come out and say it. But I never saw wi infidel that wanted to live in a country where there wore not Christians nor no Bible, METHODIST CONFERENCE. Yesterday the Conference, after an hour and a half of secret couccil, decided to siut the door against all applicants for admission on trial this year beeause it | siull, A class of thirteen young meu are therefore aid over for another year. ‘The following named Triers of Appeals were ap- pointed by the Bishop:—Revs. Dr. Curry, H. F, Peuse, | J, Roche, G. Taylor, J. M. Buckley, W. McAllister and LS. Weed, The examining committees were also xppointed for the next year, On the Yrelminary Course, Rev. F. Brown chair- man; on the fret year’s course, Rev. ©. M. Griffin chairman; second year, @ Stillman chairman; third year, J. Smith chairman; fourth year, £. 3.’ Weed chairman, On Local Preachers for Deacon's Orders, C.B. Ford chairwan, Ou Local Preachers tor Elders’ | Orders, © W. Forduam chairman. Tu preach the mis- stor + H, Bareh alternate, Chareh | jension and miss boards were ciecied aleo. | Chaplain MeCabe addressed the Covference in the | duterest of chureh extension. During the ten years’ | existence of hws society tt has atded 1,700 churches, Tov of which are im the South It bas $250, in its Joan fund and $150,000 more is on the way there by bequests, It has turned over $60,000 twice sinee the veginuing of its career, ant every tuird church m this country belongs bow to Metb- Odists of one Dame vr abother and one-fitth of ali the peope in this country profess Methodist faith, The Teport om education conveyed the pleasing intelli thot Mr. A.V. Stout hed yiven $40,000 to Wi ore Voie ity and $40,000 to Drew Seminary to em sident’s chair in each, and Mr. Olwer Hoyt bas $26,0L0 co @ professorship lirst named i+ stitution, Mir, Stout bas also giveu $10,000 to the Churen Extension Society, The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society rai and expended last year $00,000. The amounts raised for the support of the bishops was $1: & decrease from last yeur of ; tor chureb building aud inprovements, $130, Fe | support, §: 731, which shows 39 from last y: pa of the Conierevce, amount ou @ total, yaluation of reduc- tion of js beau) hall wou | | i | committee to draw up an aceurate detinition of The debts on the | ‘The matter of tke application tor an injunction to re- | StramRev. Jeremiah B, Murray, pastor of. the Fleet place (Brooklyn) A. M. E. church, from occupying a portion of the building as a dwelling, thereby prevent- img the trustees from closing it, was argued belore Judge Gubert, iu the Supreme Court of Kings county, yesterday forenoon. It was setticd so that the mouou Jor an tujunction ts denied, Mr. Murray 1s to coutinue bos ministrations until the further order of the Court, He is permitted to occupy the study in the basement for legitimate purposes, The motion for an injunction may be renewed by either part AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PREVEN- TION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, Yesterday a meeting of the Executive Committee of the ser- | the American Society for the Prevention of Ciuelty to | Annals was beid at the headquarters of tho suciety, Mr. Royal Phelps in the chair, counse! of the society, Mr, Gerry, reported various matters relating to legislation affecting the cause at Albany and Washington, The President reported that a space had been obtained at the Centennial ior repre. senting the work of the socicties in America, A large Danner, bearing the emblem of the society, with the bame of e1ch State society and its President through- out the Union and Canaga inscribed thereon, will be suspended over a jarge collection of pictures, photu- grapus and instruments of torture forieited. The tilul sik banner of the society will also be ex- hibued, -\ letter was read from the New York Transfer Com- pauy, inclosiug u dralt tor $40 and passing « vory hign compliment on the society, Letters from C. W. wola and E, 5, Jatlrav re also read juclosing drat fur $100 in aid of tho cause. Several new members Were clected, Reports were read from kindred sucie- ties at home and abroad. The Superiutendeut reported that since the 1st of January the suciety had prosecuted 149 cases of cru- elty. Four gangs of dog and cock fighters had been ar- rested, trea und panished; 365 disabled borees had Veen suspended trom work; 68 compiuints had Leen investigated aud tha evils remedied; 35 disabled horses: removed from the streets by the ainbulances, and 284 condemned avimals humanely aestroyed| by the ollicers, The meeting then adjourned. -FINE ARTS. Mr. R. Benecke, of St, Louis, has published some churming photographic views of Black Hulls scenery, the negatives of which he gathered last summer while accompanying Professor Jenney’s expedition. Under the slereoscupe they preseut to the cye the picturesque features of the lovely ludian reserve, almost obviaging the necessity of travelling thither to realize their | unique beauty, ORE TRS ATHLETIC SPORTS. A comphmentary benefit will be given this afternoon at Harry Hill's tu Mike Cobura, the weil known light weight. Joc Goss, the Enghsh heavy weight, who has come to this country to fight Tom Allen, and all the best boxers ip the city, will be present, Mike will be ou hand ready Co meet any hght weight in Amer.ca, | “The champion tuternational bicycle contest between | D, Stanton, champion of England, aud W, C. MeCiellan, | champion of America, for $700, ‘will take place on butiding, avenue, corver of Ddixty-third street and Third Mr. Stanton’s record on the other side | of the water is unequalled, and during his career he has beaten the best trotting hores 1 th | country. In a recent mateh, in which he competed su people were present. ‘The fifty mile race will com- | meuce on Monday at teven P.M, Mr. Stanton 1s | practising every day in the American Institute, and on | Qiotaay evening expects to make remarkably quick | time, | On Saturday evening there will be a grana giadia- beneilt of Professor William Miller, the Graeco-Roman | wresier, John Dwyer, Wiiham Edwards and Regis | Senuc will be ainoug those who will contribute to the festivities NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, The Executive Committee of th tional Rifle Asso- | ciation held a meeting yesterday. Mr. John Warren | cata O'sbangnessy was elected a Ile member. An offer from the proprietors of Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times to furnish a Challenge Budge tor mouthly competition | was accepted, and it was decided to hold the first match for the trophy early in Muy. Cofvuels Gild sleeve and Wingate were appointed as a special reg- ular military rifle as distinct from a spocial mulitary nile, CHESS. tional now stands as follows Won. Lost. Drawn. 8 0 9 1 6 1 1 6 6 3 3 2 0 9 2 3 2 5 4 4 4 3 1 8 1 6 Ae | 6 7 1 5 4 4 4 SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY. ‘The Seventh Regiment New Armory Fund Committeo report the following amounts subscribed up te daie:— Regiinental subscription. Veterans’ subseripuon. Citizens’ subscription Ladies’ subscription, A NUISANCE. fo rus Evrron ov raw Henany:— I read with great interest mm lest Sunday's Heratp the account of M. Lurgeau’s exploration of the Sahara, in which we are told that many of the natives Of the Souf are aillicted with ophthaimia, chiefly caused by the sweeping of sand through the air, &c. How would this traveller be surprised to find an al- most sunilar stato of things, accompauied with like results, bat produced by articil means, in the great olty ot New York? I refer to the Second Avenue Rail- Company wrinkling their track with fine which the strong Winds of this season almost the detriment of the health of thousands, Pe suffered years ago from ophthalmia I sudden), ‘eyes aifiicted again, and my physician tells eWing to dust. One of my children was tak TAL probationers, 237 Jay achoois, With 5,962 ollleers juptl churches and 146 Dursonages, = fiers “The benevolent colice wek with mfawmation of the lungs, and other children } etry here are troubled with fags J complaints. ‘ould tt not be the busidess of the joard of Health to Jook into this matter? ADULPAUS MULLER Rev. H. Veshlage, C. | Tho minutes of the | ot ty say arresting, tue practice of extortion so uni- | h yeur, but, by | previous meetmy having been read and’ approved the | sstully against four trotting horses, over 10,000 | torial display ut Thowas’ Cevtral Para Garden tor the | The score at tue tournament at the Café Interna. Le Srocceomconcnmmeim NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. CHEAP CABS. Marshal Kelly Admits the In- sufficiency of His Inspectors. WHY “CRYSTALS” WERE WITHDRAWN. New York Transfer Company on the Situation. THE REAL COST OF CABS Shall There Be a Cab Com- mission P Few discussions have commanded so much attention as that which has grown out of the Hxnatp’s exposyre of the cab system of New York. Every citizen's tn- terested in it and looks toward some reform fiom it, But in its present stage net much should be expected, Tne peoplo who profit mmmediately by hacks and coaches are engaged rather in recrimination than re- cuperation, Wile they fight the system continues as before, and nothing of real value is being done to 1m- prove it. They are only secking faults in euch other to subinit to the local government for the purpose of | having one or the other of those im use continued, Recently tho Heratp very clearly demonstrated oo the showing of the most trank of either party that Doth were wrong, and thut tho great trouble was that | they could do just ag they pleased, because they repre- sented political cliques, to be used during election excitements, and also becuuse seven inspectors were “next door to nothing,” so fur as their duties were con- cerned. Kyen the so-called kings of the business, ugroed that cabs could bo run at extortionate prices and unsanitarily without lot or hindrance from the civic authorities; and, further, that poor mes, owners of the vehicles they drive, must charge exorbitant Prices to carn a living. Besides ali this, it 1s admitted that the talk about the cost of the conveyances and their outfits is the sheorest humbug, inasmuch as nine-tenths of those now on the stands are very di- lapidated concerns indeed. And so it comes to pass that the excuses offered by persons inierested in the back business of New York to-day are trivial at best, if not absolutely untrue. The trouble is, and has been, that they do what they like, and that the inspection to which they are subjected ts only preliminary to their getting a license to drive their exorbitant trade, to the | werious inconvemence of the people Even Marshal | Kelly admitted yestorday in presonce of his inspectors that it would be utterly impossible for the soven men acting in that onpacity to d» aught toward checking, versally complainea of. **We have seven men now,” said he, complacently, “as inspectors, and we can | Keop the coaches in good conaition, can't wet” suid | he to the inspector present, who promptly replied in the affirmative, But ho only roferred to the outtt aud gear of the cabs, and not to the abuses condemned. “We caunot, of course, regulate or control the actions of the drivers in their dealings with passengere,”’ sald he, laughing, “but for the purposes prescribed by the ordinance we have, in my judgment, enough inspec- tors.” That is just the difficulty; the authorities in this city have not any power to stop cheating, and so it continues, CRYSTALS AND Cans, Yesterday afternoon a Hxkarv reporter visited the oflice of tho manager of the New York Transfer Com- pany to learn what had been his experience with the \ crystals or one-horse vehicles, whose drivers were generally understood to have thé right to contract with passengers on the streets for transportation to any part of the city. The gentleman in charge said that the crys now withdrawn, did not pay, because enough people could not be had to employ them even on the low fare system, It might have been, he suggested, because the competition against them was too great; that 's to say, for the reason that their missiou—cheaper cabs—was not clearly understoud, At any rate, they did not |, pay, so they were withdrawn, Since then the Transfer | Company bas been in the hack business, because of a ! Previous arrangement with the hotels and ferry and railroad companies. ‘But,’ said the gentleman in | charge, *‘we would be just as well satistied to get out of | it tor all the proiits we realize, Werun carriages at | lower prices than ure called for by the late ordinance, | and, in my judgment, ‘carriages’ cannot be placed upon | our streets profitably at lower rates, It is true our system ts diflerent from that governing the other hucks, because we have forcmen, who det as inspectors at euch of our stands to check extortion or other | wrong. Here are our rates from the Union and New York clubs, where our stands are:— vist NDKO FROM CLUB, ‘ashineton square, orty-second street, north; Fourth avenue, east, and Sixth avenue, wi aistanee less than oue mile, including’ | tral depot, coupe, each person. | Washington square, south Fourth avenue, dunce less th tral depot, carr A wi | Forty-second stre: | between Third and Seventh | Forty-second’ street to Pitty between Phird and Seventh avenues, coupe, wo | Forty-sxee ity -n street, north, and | between third and Seveuth avenues, carriage, one oF more persons @ sf, setevee 200 Opera or the: caeh person ca) | Opera or theatre, | time oF more perso 10 Opera of theatre, below Thirteenth stra | Call atopera or theatre and wait parties’ convenicnes, | we, per beur opers or theatre and wait pari To T Caliing of shopping, Calling or sku | Ovoan steamer | Ocean st & BETW KN Locnted beww per Fs, per hour, care ate | Carriage, Loented bei russes street, Including boston steamers, to Liberty i | rs, to Liberty street, | : i { street, cnr persons, veated hielow t pe. une oF two 150 | Le including Ky Ww bi 20 1 wal 125 200 cewria Pad eoeding three hou Open carriage, not osceeding thre: Clarency, not exceeding thee by Kueh additional hone. | Coupe. Landau, not CLAMUNCE OR OPEN CA ks | To Jerome Purk, Fleetwood, Four-in-land Club, Pros. Park, Fort Washington, High i mn ibou. ated. nnd th } bers of cub on sho Pennsyty: Raat Rattrowd Windsor tlotel, of Is, OF At any of) may be ordeted fra the eub dend wt the residence of any member within four blocks of service will be charged for ws though start- r between points named, of similar ser- hour serview Fates, 1 ment for service m made ia cash by order | the clu, Drivers will be provided with cards’ foc’ that ‘par | pes o. | P*Mlembers of the club ars carmestiy roqunsted to report Any incivility or attempt at overcharge by any of the drivers. | CHEAPER RaTKS, | “You will see from tuts that we strive to run at rea+ | Sonable races; but our tigures above given are, I be- | heve, the very lowest that could be set at this time, | e heard (rom Mr. £. W. Audrews, the President of the American District Telovraph Company, bis pto- | ject, the outlines of winch the HERALD. published tant week, and I may say to you that we will try i. How suceesstul 1t will bors nuins to be seen, Cl cabs | are Decessary perhaps; but the formation of our isiand, I fear, will make them very difficalt to establish, No- | body wants to take short drives on Manhattan, which is | oblong and whose streets ran, #0 to wise | | sores tek eather inn so that a great gain ime is likely to be occupied im a s cab bere tan in London.” THR COST OF CANS. A word supplementary to this statement be said | about the alleged cost of veliclea, It bas de- | clared by the owners of the backs on both sules—Pub- together with (he Saperintendént’s representatives, | cause igi Can ecru offered by the ry business toward its re- form. The privileged classes establishment tof sates and ach licenses ho who would engage unprivileged stated it as their behef thet only rhe fullest aad freest competion could a cheap system be ob- tained. But now comes a voice from the former in the persou of Mr, Van Ranst, saving that after all the true solution of the problem my of e an by the with powers sufliciont to fx rates and see to their en. forcement. ‘They should grant the licenses to those who apphed and see not ouly that their vebicies were in proper condition, but also that the rates pul ‘up and generally understood, were charged, accomplish this I would give them the right to i lace in: spectors at each stand and at every place of public call, whose duties, ike those of the Varisian inspectors ' which were publisbed in Monday’s Heranp, should be to book and check the persons, distances and fures o those they transport from one point to another, Over. charging would, by this means, be obviated, and al) talk about “privileged” and ‘unprivileged” classes be pur a stop to. The commission should heat ull complaints against back drivers and with them, and none but respectable would then be im the traffic 1 do not seck in my affairs any privileges aboad of those en- joyed by other men, neither do I want any dis- lnction of classes in the hackipg system of New York, notwithstanding that 1 am charged with being the ‘King of the Cab Ring,’ Lf any cheaper method of running the business consistently can established lam willing to inderse 14; but, as 1 said betore, the wh trouble hes in the Uremponaiinlity of a large pul r .of those at present engaged in it and who have attached themselves to w! known as the Public Hack Owners’ Association. The truth that Ly having our cabs at stands before hotels and at specified points we cun place toremen to over- look them who will see that no injustice is done to passengers and that both proprietors and customers wet their dues ‘THR MAYOR ON THE QUESTION, Yesterday a HxxsLp reporter called on Mayor Wick: dam uud had quite a loug conversation with bita in re- nto the much vexed cab question. His Honor ob- ed (bat there wax great need of reorm in the back- system of New York. Cheaper rates and better in- pection were needed, and, indeed, a radival mange wus necessary. ‘In my ju ” guid Mr, Wick- ham, ‘the whole business of licensing cither cur- riages or vouders, should be put into the hands of the Totice Commisstouers. Had the potice the jurisdiction over these vehicles that which we now complain of— lack of proper imspection—would be removed, for every officer would then be un inspector, having mme- diately within his grasp the power to restrict drivers and see that they not overcharge, It is certain that no Mayor can know much, except through bis subordinates, of the poopie to whot “licenses granted, and he cannot at any time enter into the mer.ts of a complaint which must be disposed of sj = ily to afford redress to the complainant, Had tne police, who are familiar with the cabmen as well us other citizens, power to deal with delinquent cabmen, there would be less cause for complaint” Speaking of the commission mentioned above Mr. Wickham said that it was impracticable; and, further, that the city was afflicted with a8 many commissions as it could bear, HOW TO REGULATE THE HACK BUSINESS, To Tux Eprror or tak Heraup:— Having had some experience in cab riding and rates of fare in London and other cities im England, and having a strong hope that something will be done hero to give us the convenience of going from place to place jm a reasonable time, in a comfortaple manner and at a moderate charge, I am prompted to make the follow- ing remarks and suggestions :— The two-wheoler or Hansom 18 the favorite in Lon- don, Tho tour-whecler is mostly used when more than two are in the party and by travellers with luggage. Most of the drivers hire from the proprie- tors of the cabs and pay so much per day, irrespective of receipts, and there are many licensed cabmen who make a good living at the rates charged. The proprie- tors, of course, hire out ut a profit, so that there are two classes who realize a very fair margin at the low rates charged. Cab and driver have a separate livense, The driver wears bis badge conspicuously, and hands the hirer a ticket with his number thereon at the time of hiring, Each cab 1s numbered inside and outside tn lain figures, The driver is ni eo to curry a boox, Toned by the authorities, wi has distances calcu, Tated trom to all parts of Lonaon, and so arranged that almost a glance will show what the right tare is, In case of dispute, whatever the cause, the passenger can compel the driver to procoed t¢ the nearest police office, and if measurewent 4 in quesston the officer has authority to arbitrate, or 1 unable to decide the exact distance (a question gen. craily of a few yards), both persive can deposit $1 25 until distance 13 measured, the party who is wrong for- fuiting, In serious cases of insubordination, drunken- ees, astons pt to overchargo, fast or slow driving, &e., on the part of the cabman, he can be taken belore @ pohce magistrate, and if convicted an indorsement is made an his license, aud three such black marks for- fert it I suggest rates of fare in New York should be as foilows:—Fitty cents for two miles and under, and twenty-live cents for each mile or fraction over, It engaged by the hour, $1 per bour and portionately over, Twenty-tive cents extra for whole distance (or each additional passenger, and same for trunk or other arucle over # certain weight or size. In addition to a reasonable tariff, what we want are, one horse vehicle on two and tour wheels. They need not be ined with Ricoh Hy 2p material or expenstyely trimmed, but ehould clean and comfortable, cabs with drivers licensed, regular street stands appointed under con- stant police supervision, and a strict entoreement of ruses and regulations to ensure fitting horses and vehicles, civility, proper chargea and preventive of drivers badgering the public tor a hiring. It might be found necessary to make a rule that no cab shall be hired except from a regulation stand, and that the first cab om the stand only can be hired, thue forcing the driverg after being discharged to proceed to any stand they may elect, take last place there and wait turn Jor biring. There is in London a water employed on each stand, and we might adopt the sams pan here. Let him be paid out of the license seca v | and appoited by the police, have supervisory powers and keep a record of the number of every driver hiring from the stand and time of such hiring. In cases of lost property or other trouble the hirers in this way would have additional means of identifica. tion. nuisance to the public and police in Londop | the blocking up of thoroughtares by cabman seekin; passengers. The regalation of hiring from a stan would prevent the anuoyanco and allow proper rest- ing time to the horses. My experience in London was that in the afternoon it was Mb pag hard thing to ges horeo which was not tired out, tr MM. HARTFORD'S CHIEF ENGINEER, The firemen of Hartford, Conn., who bave since | Aprit 1 mourned tho loss of their chief, Henry G. | Eaton, were made glad yesterday forenoon by the joy+ iul intelligence flashed over the wires from the oflive of Pol.ce Superintendent P, Campbell, of Brooklyo, announcing that the lost one had been in the latter city. It will ve remembered that’ when Mr, Eaton, who 18 @ first cousin of United States Senator Eaton, of Connecticut, was first lost sight of by his family und associates great alarm for his saftty prevailed, and his photograph, accompanied with a description of | his appearauce, was sent to all the principal cities in | the Union. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, while on Court street, the hne man of the Telegraph Department of Brooklyn, David McConuel!l, saw a ‘imu about fifty years of dressed in the uniterm a fireman, “the buttons of the coat, which were of white metal, being covered with velvet MoCo on the instant that the jeatures of the man bore a striking resem- Vance to th of Hartford's missing lire chief: tain, whom had never socn. He accosted the stranger, asking if he was not from the river,” and the fireman said “No,” ho was not. In reply to the query wuetwwer name was Baton he cald that wae hot bis name, This did not satisfy the vigtiant officer, who took bin before the Superintendent. Tbe la:tcr official on questioning him obtained the admission that the individual wanted in Hartford, Supermtendemt he made a statement to the effect that hovel home under a sudden im, ion Deine anxious to the count He went trom rd to Rich: seinee tape HARMS, |. Daltine Patledepbin, D. did drop of liquor (rom the time ie leit his d, ton, whe ly eight ners would be down by the six traia to take charge of their friend. But in the Mr. Chainbers, Chief of Polico of the city of came vn to Brooklyn trom Albany, bey by telegraph of the fac had been searching in the cities along the Huason, was in Brooklyn. The meet- ing between the two officials was most cordial and pose Yi and they left together for Hartford by the THE FIRE MARSHAL'S REPORT. The quarterly ropcrt of Fire Marshal Sheldon, re ceived by the Board of Commissioners yesterday, shows, among other interesting items, that the ost | he Hack Owners’ Association and Special Licentiates— | $3, 608, | that one of the ureat diftewlues iB the way of cheap