The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1876, Page 5

fis GENERAL SCHENCK Report of the Committee of Foreign | Affairs Upon the Emma Mine. CAUSTIC. REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS. “TN Advised, Unfortunate and Incompatible with the Duties of His Offi- cial Position.” SPEECH OF MR. HEWITT, OF NEW YORK. How Widows, Clergymen and Half-Pay Officers Were Robbed. Wasuureron, May 25, 1876. __ Tn the House to-day Mr. Hewitt, of New York, from ‘the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the fol- lowing report in reference to the connection of General Schenck while Minister to England with the Emma Mining Company :. REFORT OF THE COMMITTEE. “On the 28th day ot February, 1876, the House adopted @.resolation in 4 ; following words (page 1):— Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be authorised and instructed to inquire further into the con- ‘ection of the Uni States M! er at the Court of St. domes with the mms ming, so called: that It have power 7 3 nN i y ry Committee vo ait during the sersions of the House, The yudence which had taken place in refer- ence to this subject between the Secretary of State and General Robert C, Schonck, the Minister of the United States at the Court of St, James, and the communica. tion of the Secretary of Stute accompanying the cor- apt gp been previously reierred back by the 5 House to the committee for further consideration (rages 40). This cor dence developed the fact that in the respon: month of November, 1871, the American Minister at the Court of St. James had become a stockholder and a director of the Emma Silver Mining Company of Lon- fon, a corporation formed in Great Britain, the coun- try to which he was accredited, for the purchase of a mine inthe United States, which he represented as E inister Pienipotentiary. So jar as tho committee havo been able to ascertain, and believe it to be true, this is the first occasion in G Bociated, while acting ns Minister, ina private enter- * prise, on in own country, but offered for wale im the country to which he 18 accredited. The questions presente!!, therefore, for inquiry and consid- bration are as follows :— 1. Whether it is proper for an American Minister to- allow the use of his name, and consequently of his offi- ojal position, for the two cannot be separated, to fur- ‘wher the sale of American property in the open markets ot the country to which he is accredited. 2 Whether his relations to the vendors of the prop- efty bave been stich as to cast suspicion upon his mo- ves and subject his action to unfavorable criticism. 3% Whether bis subsequent action in connection with the company or its shares, by dealing in them or other- iwe, is compatible with the proper exercise of his diplomatic functions and the maintenance ot a position of bonor and usetuiness at his post of duty. 1f the committee are right in their view of the inquiry | submitted to them tt will be seen that the q: the real value of the Emma mine has no special ‘ng upon the conclusions to be reached. They ha however, felt themsclves compelled to take a large amount of testimony on this subject, because evidence beating upon that point had been taken prior to the arrival of Genoral Schenck, who, therefore, insisted tbat it was necessary for his deience and vindication that jurther testimony should be taken, and they were ‘unwilling to deny to a man so long and eminent in the Dublic service any privilege which he might feol dis- posed'to claim. He has, therefore, had (ull liberty to produce evidence giving tho whole history of the enter- pris®, and the result is tho volume of 879 printed pages, which ie herewith submitted to the House asa part of this report. is ‘The report then gives a résumé of tho facts as they appear from the evidence which has already been pub- Wshed'in extenso in the Heraud, including the corre- spondence had between Seoretary Fish and General Eohenck on the subject of the connecon of the latter ‘With the company, and concludes with the following: ‘THE FIXDING, The committee therefore find as to the inquiries @mnounced at the beginning of the repo . First—Upon the authority of the despatch of the Becretary of State that it was not proper tor the Amert- can Minister at the Court of St. James to connect him. self as a director with the Emma Mining Company of ion: 18 confirmed by the authority tion of be London, is posits of Phillimore (vol, 2, page 194), who say: truth, every State ought, by expressly forbidding their Soumerce with ihe sncred duty uf epreesnt tion, to prevent say pene ya of the kind ever Nowa "lawn | neque proprits negotiis se interponere de. Second—That the relations of General Schenck to the picion upon his motives and subject his worabie criticism But the commitico suticsneore vate trade or arising. The pools uted—"Enim gui Ie vendors of the Emma mine were of such a character he was not guilty of a fraud or of any aetion to a! believe that fraudulent intention in his connection with the com- pany or the venders of the mino, —That his subsequent speculative dealings in the shares of the compauy were not compatible with jon and the maintenance ot uselulpess at the Court bis diplomatic tion of honor he was accredited. The committee, therefore, submit the following reso- Yation, and unanimously recommend its paneage by the House:— RESOLUTION, Resolved, That this House condemns the action of Gen- rt C. sk. United States Mi the Coart Einma Silver The report having beon read Mr. Hewitt addressed the House as follows :— SPEECH OF MR. WITT. Mr. Speaker, is the unanimous verdict of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in reference to the con- nection of General Schenck, late the American Minister at the Court of St. James, with the Emma mine, ana sboh, doubtless, will be the verdict of this House and the general judgment of the country. This verdict has been reached Only alter weeks of patient investization, in which G Schenck has had every possible op- portunity for hie defence aud for bis vindication. The committee have performed their duty with a profound sense of the consequences to Gi nck, alter a career of over forty years im the public service, avd with a sincere desire, 11 possible, to shield him at the close of that career from the censuro which they aro now reluctantly constrained to inflict. If bis reputa- tion bad been alone concerned, the mantle of charity apd silence might have been arawn over the facts of ‘this unfortunate affair; but unhappily the honor and dig- f the people of the United States became neces- nly involved in thoatfair, when, upon the ‘8 copy of General Schenck’s Ie of resigi admipistration failed to recall mission for having deliberately violated, in this letter, alter explicit notice’ irom the Secretary of State, the well settled principles which should govern the canduct ot our representatives in foreign countries. ‘The committee would have failed in their duty it they hadadmitied by their silence the doctrine that an Awerican Minister may use his official sation tor the Es purpose of promoting private gain, and be allowed to | Positions 1m public | Fetein his high office. Ol alt ih fe, the ambassador occupies the most delicate, the Most teaponsible, the most honorable, abroad the majesty of the pace a carries with him into foreign lands an absulute immunity trom arrest, ‘The flag of his country makes his domicile sacred trom intrusion. No matter what crimes be may commit, he fs amenable only to the laws of his own country, upon the soit of which he is supposed to sland wherever his foot may — rest, But while no harm can come to bim personally by apy act of his, he con commit no act, Whetuer noble br tofamous, which does not directly aflect THE HONOR OF THE NATi which he nts, Hence his guiding rule of action must necessarily be to subordinate al) personal und pri- vate interest to tlie natioual honor, and bi: ty from prosecution is the very reason why he train irom may susta while he 18 protected irom personal responsibility, Of all places in the public service 1 is ‘one 1m Which geli-depial is the most necessary, the jouous and must honorable. On the so delicate is his position that the sightest intimation from the Power to which he 1s ac- sredited that his presence 16 unvcceptabie is hela to be the warrant for bis recall without demurrer and with- out explanation. [t true that foreign najions exer- tive & Wise discretion on subjects of so muct delicacy, and govorally forbear 6) intimate dissutisfaction, even when there 1s good ground for it; but Une i all the & proud and sensiuive people should not, be hus iliated betore the civilized world by the continuance in office of a representative who has fallen vclow that high standard of honor which wo desi to mamtain among the nations, «‘ Cwsar's wile ebould be above suspicion.” The honor of the aunbaseadors of the United States should not trum the own acts become the subject of criticism in tue news- the clubs aud tte social eireles of the countries | to which they are accted ited i. cy shed of a fiult which would be vonial publicly conteaved, they shouid not aggravate t offence by repeating it, ae General Schenck did in bis letter of resignation, suffered to go upon the records ot tho Stato Departmont without prompt ust rebuke the soar seed god pene thus Bo irom the respon: 18 flagrant violation seate well-settled usages of diplomatic intercourse aad tonduct, Bnsewyy be ey th hungoit unequal to yuo reposed im owb government of that government to Uf this view of the bo correct—and there would seem to be i, when ad- 1 promptly He represents | wags So any operations by which others | | give up lis just claim tor £2,000 } | BO possible escape from it—the responsibility forevery bour of the disgrace which, for more than sy years, bas, out of this transaction, rested upon the Awerican wery bia minded lover of his shame, is brought bome to the would be no occasion to this unhappy | BP } ly servants for any serious violation of its own its instructions, or of the and long established Intercourse to the end ti the repetition of such offences may hero- atter become impossible, and the fair fame of the American people never Ley be tarnished by such disgraceful transactions. I do not forget the wise and witty French proverb, ‘“Zavons notre linge sale en | famille;"* but this linen was soiled abroad, and has so ‘Tong been worn in the face of the whole worla, that we have no choice but to make its puritication as conspic regulations, | settled — principk of diplomatic well no was polluted, For this dreary and unpalatable tusk, necessary and profitable, however, “tor reproof, tor correction, tor instructions in righteous- ness,’ the materials furuisbed by the evidence sab- mitted with the report are ample, 4 PEARYUL SUMMING UP. They serve to show how the ambassador of the United so far forgot bis high station that be not vnly consented to become a director fn a company propos- ing to sell its shares im the country to whic! te was accredited, but allowed his name and official utie of “American Minister’ to go forth in the prospectus ast he voucher of ‘exceptional character,” how, by sub- scribing publ aceording to his own statement, for £10,000 of tock, apparently Upon the sume terms as the other subscribers, but in reality upon a private arrangement previously mi with the \enders, in which he put no money at risk, and was absolutely aaranteed against luss, the envoy of the great Repub- ic placed himself in the attitude of A “PUrPER” atan auction sale; how he speculated in the stock of a corporation which he thus helped to create and direct; how he seemed to be incapable of drawing the it and speculation; how 8 of legation in’ these speculative operations, and availed of the sorvices of the other to watch the fluctuations of the stock mar- ket and practically act us his broker for the sale of shares; how he records his | opinion that it is @ proper thing, not merely | for an ordinary man, but for au American Ministor, ‘ to sell'stock short,” that iv, to sell what he does not own, and expresses his regret that ho did not da so and indemuily himeelf against loss by trausfer- Ting it 10 some one else not iu possession of the infor- mation which he had received through private sources; how he so confuses his accounts of profit and loss that he cannot separate the profits which he actually did or might have realized out of his origina! transaction with Mr. Park, with the losses which he made in specula- tions in the stock having no re'ation to this transaction with Park; how he accepts credits upon @he note which he had given to Park, the nature and origin of which be had no knowledge whatever, except that they arose out of transactions wherem he was at no risk; how be declines turther credits of character, becauso he that the limit of favors has been reached; how he arrived at this conclusion only after the public press bad been filled with hostile criticism; how bis memory as to the mode of payment for the second allotment of shares leads him in London to swear that Park did not Provide tbe means for the payment thereof, and bow elore the committee, when it had been clearly shown that Park did provide these means, he retracts the statement he made in London; how inthe final settle- ment with Purk be transfers to bim in payment of his indebtedness stocks upoa which he continues to draw the dividends; how, on leaving London, he 18 forced to plead his diplomatic privilege as his defence against the service pt a writ in a civil action growing out of his un- fortunate connection with this disastrous undertaking; and how, finally, he reiterates his inability to comp hend the false and un/ortunate position in which he is placed betore the public by a series o/ {il advised trans- actions in which it 1s charitable to regard bis memory as at fault and to look upon him as the victim of de- signing and unscrupulous men leading and persuading him to an equal ruin of reputation and parse. COURSE OF SENATOR STEWART. These materials serve to show how William M. ator of the United States, while acting ‘aclient, who bad placed his interests un- reservedly in his hands, with whom be had arranged fora contingent tee, which should have bound him all tbe more jealously to guard the interest of his client, became the purchaser of that interest, at a time and under circumstances when he couid have computed its value With almost mathematical certainty, at a price | which gave to the client $150,000, which was practically the contingent fee, and gave the counsel the larger sum, $275,000, which should bave gone to the client; how this magnificent sum, which was paid by Park to Stewart, not in pursuance of any express written agreo- ment, such as usually regulates large money transac- jons even among the best of friends, but ia accord- with ag unwritten understanding apparently ‘based upon a sentiment of honor, which has been for- mulated into the Kuglish language; bow the legal re- dress wisoly secured by tho lawto the client under auch circumstances was cut off bya further payment ata later date, which Stewart stigmatizes as black- mail, anda reloase sccared, which, as a summary of the whole transation, as a legal curiosity and a model form for lawyers who desire to secure protection from. their clients, it is weil to preserve ;— Know all men by these presenta that {, Jamea Elias Lyon, of Racine, in the State of Wisconsin, in co ation of the wm of $50,000 to me in band paid by William M vada, now of Washington, tu tl eceipt whereof ix hereby acknowledged, id forever release and discharge t 2 wr and tem demasd, claim or of action of every descriotion that have or may claim to have axsiost him, whether legal or equitable, and especisily from’ any and all claims, demands or causes tion growing out of his relagion. cent for me in elgat mM concerning various proceedings, se called, and tl nd cor vances Reersony ead or ba ingen roperty thereto longing, an et) disposition thereat be im, ‘and all respects and particulars. wet my name and seal, at the city of London, this 18th day of JAMES E LYON. (smat.} In presence of— Oniver Gager, 45 Albemarle street, London, ‘TH. Wright, Consal-General Clerk, U. 8. A., London. How thus was secured immunity from the claims of his client, but not from the impartial judgment of the Tegal profession and of the world | MR. PARK’S ACTION, ‘These materials serve to show finally how Trenor W. Park, ‘‘a member of the American bar, the Pre: of the National Bank at North Bennington, Vt., woll known to the A ean pudlic for his connection with the Maripoxa Company, whose disastrous “failuro some years ago Will not soon be forgotten by those who suffered, the great author of all this misciiet, with « skill which has never been surpassed, going to London an entire stranger, but having ‘carefully prepared the way by large shipments of ore and glowing accounts of the production of the mine, within one short month se- cured the services of Albert Grant, the greatest mavip- ulator of speculative shares of modern times, agreeing to pay therefor arate of compensation which may be small for him, but which jn this country of primitive notions would be decmed decidedly magnificent; bow he provided in the contract for sustaiming the market pending the aliotment, by purchases of the shares at fictitious premiums, so as to gather in the money of bond fide investors, a process said to be usual in Kng- land, but which here would be regarded as little short | of robbery; how widows and clergymen and hall pay officers and others living upon aonuities were thus induced to invest their scanty capital inthe hope | securing permanent dividends at a bigh rate out of an enterprise said to be “exceptional” by the Ameri- can Minister (let us be thanklul that tional cases are rate); how he ingratiated hims into the confidence of the American representative at the Court of St, James so that within two short weeks he feit an irresistible desire to shower benefits upon him and to relieve him from the embarraesments arising {from large expenditures out ot @ narrow official income; how ho inspired the Minister with that charming confidence which accepts tavors issues @ prospectus contining statements calculated enterprise; how, when he was avout to lose, by the resignation ot the American Minister, the main upon which he relied for the sale of the remaining hait ot the shares of the company which had been Wied up | for a time, he procures a letier, which was declared to be in eilect better than to have the Miuister remain as. &@ airector, wherein his own character is reindursed and the great value of the property reatiirmed; tow everybody who could assist. or iajure the successful perpetration of the sale was conciliated by “pulls,” 06 the Senator from Nevada rarcasticaily describes them, that “by along pull, a strong puli und a pull alto- gether’ about $1,000,000 was expofded in prelitniaary expenses, of which the great American banking house of es n tu arise ax to the contine property betore the reserve procured the services, of th company, Brydyes- Williams, ry Me i., to make a | personal atpation of the mine by the payment ot £5,000 and o call for or right to take 2,000 shures of Stock at a price at whiet the call could only be profit. able (0 the examiner as the result of a favorayie ro port; how the favorable repors was made, and tbe re served shares were solu ata premium of £3 per share; how, When the public supposed these were sul tied up for wnonths to coma, they were all sold within two the report; how Alvert Grant was JAY COOKE, M’CULLOCH & CO, “a puil’” of $125,000; how, when doubts had “8 hod been -old, he jee Chairman ot the " abate protits, und ae £1 per share im Hea thereat; how he was. tidaced is clams tor One ball t stock whieh ted veen allotted to General Schenck, and | how the same was credited on Scheuek’s note to Park falling like manna from heaven, how Park bought aud sold the shares through dark ‘and devious courses, coming out at te end with a prone even on these | transactions; how, when Ure Shares were selliug at over £2 apiece in London, he bought ont his partners in New York at fess tan ball that price; how av the | shareholders’ meetings 1m Londen, which he attended, | everyting was made lovely tor everybody, so that noone appears to have any legal ground against im for maem: nity, alioough dividends ceased alter Unrteea montis, and the shares are seiiny at iweaty-live shillings ap how the whole business Is now involved tn Hite gation ou bot sides of Lie Atlantic, xo that Park de- | Ghned, tor lewf of Ue consequences, to put his accounts | pou the record, or to testity as to the amount of which he realized fort ‘of tne shares ; how lel suits © pending agai pers who have ventured to | express uninvorable opiivons In regard to an operavion Which has caused a greater svandal im tue business and | diplomatic wo transaction of modern times, to the woleb sp author of its being, Trenor W. Park, triumphantly exclaims: — “Shake sot phy gory locks at ine; ‘Thon cun'nt wot any Edit 1." All thig and much more of the same unsavory sort business ex. | und as public as was the transaction by which it | rine, tor | f | tory of the mine from the time that Lyon became in terested in it up to the time that General Schenck was | a without suspicion that they are to be roqaited; how he | to persuade the most wary, but which turn out to | be in mournful contrast with the actual issue of the | upon the funds collected from a coufidiig pavlic, so | d productiveness of me | an can find vut, to | ott | aie tN } can be Jearned from a | With submisted; but of the evidence. ‘are matters which on! fair fame of the United States u failure of the Y rhngor ig to deal promptly and Grmly with its Minister, when, by bis becoming a di | and by his letter of ‘jon, he made the grave irreparable mistake of indorsiug and reindorsing the pn lady the men who ae caused this great | disaster and this greater a What the government failed to do the American peo- | ple demand of their representatives—the stern con- demnation of this departure from the traditions of the fathers and the accepted usages of diplomatic life, cs- pecially because, to its credit be it‘said, it 18 the first symptom in the foreign department of the government of that general demoralization which seems to have crept into every otber branch of the public service. ¢ Republic can now only be saved by the exer- cise of stern, relentiess, uncompromising virtue, Te(using to sufrender any questiun of primes le, and — swittl: and surety destroying in their very birth the germs of corruption, which, if allowed to live, will rely sap the foundations of free government, our great inheritance and the chief hope of our posterity, The ple are, therefore, in no temper toallow sympathy with apy man, however eminent bis ser- .vices and long his tenure of public office, and how- wer much he may be entitled, by reason of his ad- vanced years or bis impaired fortune. to the tender consideration of this House, to iniertere with the via- dication of the name, bonor and majesty of the Ameri- People, from the criticism of the civilized world jing out of the errors of judgment of its public ser- vants or of the administration. The time has co when the public sentiment demands moro than economy, more than honesty; it ands purity and self-denial from its officials. The old generation of pub- lic men is passing away with the first century of the Republic. Few men are left al who can date back to the time when this government was founded by the virtueand the sacrifice of the patriots who achieved dence; but the sentiment of honor and jenial which led them to their fortunes and — their vern- it lives, | sacred honor” for the establishment of a ment in which principle and purity should be the con- ditions of its existence still survive, and it Is a mistake to suppose that because they have grown rich avd powerful the peopie of this country have become ener- vated, shameless or corrupt, THE SPIRIT OF REFORMATION. The spirit abroad is the spirit of reformation. The people are determined to bring back that better ora of the Republic in which, when men consecrated them- selves to the public service, they utterly abnegated all selfish purposes; when public officers rejected gilts as dishonoring alike to the giver and the taker; when Presidents and great ofmcers of state as a rule re- tired to honorable poverty; when Franklin with his he hada thrifty mina, rejecting all thought of gain | while employed in the pubiic service, was held in moze honor than the proudest ambaseador of the proudest empire; when Jobn Quincy Adams sold his bank shares betore he would take his seat in Con- gress, test his vote might be called in question; when members of Congress knew not the mysteries of Crédit Mobilier; when members of the Cabinet were selected because they were statesmen, ‘‘honest, capable faithful,’ and not because of their skill in managing party politics; when to be summoned into the public service was a priceless honor and not an opportunity for private gain; when a civil service system practically existed in the government, becatise it bad not yet been tormu- | lated into the perfunctory platforms of party; when & cbange of administration did not inaugurate a dis- gracetul scramble for place, and’ the fatal doctrine *‘to the victors belong the spoils’ Lad not yet been invented; when tho idea of a trast was the subordination of the trus- tee and all bis personal interests to the righttul clams of those for whom he acted; wi lawyers ‘were not acoustomed to speculate upon the rights of their chents; when vendors were not suffered to profit by false representations; when the honor and famo ot the nation were dearer and greater than the reputation or the fortune of any citizen; when degenerate men, who wore willing to barter away the national honor in foreign lands in exchange for private gains, howover great, would have been gibbeted for the general e: cration. 1t is for this reason that THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION is of the gravest importance, and it indicates a more healthy s' f pndlic opinion, and it should be a mat- ter of general congratulation thot the committce have been able by the exercise of mutual torbear- ance and patience to come to @ unanimous conclu- sion. No public money has been misappropri- ated; but the national honor, which is above all money, f has been tarnished, thoughtiessly, if you will, but if 9, by the mistake and unconscious ignorance ofa great pubilc officer, who has not yet, alter the lapse of four years, been properly rebuked by his own gov- ernment, There are positions and circumstances in which ignorance is as mischievous as crime; and I feel constrained and grioved to tay that the connection of the American Minister the court of St. James with the Emma mine belongs to thatcategory. We may pity, we may sympatbize, but we must condemn, in order that the condemnation which belongs to him'and the administration should no longer rest upon the con- sciences and the name of the American people, and that it sball forever be impossible tor this humiliating offence to be repeated by an Ambassador of the United States, or fail to be punished by his government, Much of what I have said, Mr. Speaker, might with more force, and,-1t seems to me, with equal propriety, havo been included in the report. But the majority of the committee nuve deemed it better to yield some- what of their convictions, and make the report, as nenrly as may be, a colorless statement of the facts developed by the tcstimony, in order to secure what thoy regard as of inestimable value to the rising generation ot the country, the example of a uuanimous report, made without regard to party affiliations and preju- dices, upon a subject which concerns the reputation and dignity of the nation before the civilized world. Any other Dy ten would be open to the criticism that it As dictated by partisan feeling, and the condemnation of conduct which = brought d nation, and might ot to be regarded a# a prece- dent, would necessarily lose much of Ine to the country, the honor and welfare of which should ce re- garded by every well wisher of his race us infinitely be- ce and above all party considerations, Parties are ut temporary and will surely perish with the changing conditions of the times; but the nation wiil as surely survive forever, if wo can preserve the spirit of virtue ‘and patriotism by which it was created, and which should make us all willing to sacrifice party and pre} dice ppon the common altar of the country, and join in the universal Centennial prayer, ‘“God save the Repab- he” SPEKCH OF MR. FAULKNER. Mr. Factayer. of West Virginia, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, gave tho reasons which impelled the committee to come to their decision. He said that while the comimitteo acquitted General Schenck of any fraad im the Emma mine transaction it was of the opinion that the House should censure him for permitting himself to be made an instrument of designing men, to mature and give character to a rivate enterprise. He thought that it was on official mpropriety of the gravest character which ought to Teceive tho condemnation of the House. Jt was with | pain that he should vote for the condemnation ofa man | who had held such high positions under the govern- P ment, but he thought it was the duty ot the House to missions, ‘- SPEECH OF ME, WILLIAMS Mr. Witz1ams, (rep.) of Wis., another member of the committer, next addressed the House. Ho gavo a hi } | ensnared into a counection with it, He did not int to exonerate General, Schenck, who bad to stand here | the testimony placed him, and who had committell one | of the greatest offences of his lite, which ho must re- | mine was all that the owners represented it. While | he (Mr. Williams) regretted and mourned that General | Schenck had committed the unfortunate error be did ‘not intend to condemn him with relentless fury at the | beck and ned of any one. in conclusion he said that, while all concurred in beveving General Schenck committed a grievous crror, they did not forget that he Was straining ever: fort of his nature to right all wrongs, and that he bad deciared it to be the great purpose of his life that those parties who bad lost money through bis instramentality should be reim- bursed to the fost dollar. The report went over till to-morrow. BONOUGH LETTER. Wasmixarox, D. C., May 25, 1876, | General Schenck has sent to the Committee on For- | eign Affwirs « loug letter in ropiy to that of Colonet Checseborough, in which, among other things, he | | | ANSWER OF GENERAL SCHENCK TO THE CHRESE- j 1 have heretofore explained to the committee the circumstances of iny afrival ut Parts m December, | 1872, with my family from ltaty, aud of the anex- pected aid astounding news which’ met me there Irom London in regard to the probable stoppage of dividenis on the Emma mining stock and the sudden ani disus- trous depreciation of its value which was ensuing. If ' pad no thought even thea of parting with the shares of wy original subseription, still believing the property valuable and Chat the suapension of dividends would bo but temporary. 1 could vot, however, afford the naz- ard of loxs ob that 500 shares whech | purchased on @ | deposit of creat with Jay Cooke, McUulloch & U and had been carrying since the May preceding. Thave explamed trom the bexinning to the cummittes the character of the telogfam | received; tt was dated t ) Paris, and gave me tnlormation of the apprehended condition of the Emma Mive Compauy’s afa.rs, and suggested, by way of covering my probable loss, a sale of 2,000 shares, as 1 remember, on joint recount, From the tirst [determined that #0 fat as | wus con- ) cerned Leoult not take tne possible risk of any such | gale howover much I desired to cover myself from im | pend'ng joss. Edo not consider that it sowid bi been wrong in itself to bave thus covered, if I could, ' the loss I sortained, andl have beture this stated to | thé commitice in reply, | think, to a question put by Mr. Barnum, that! was toclined to regret that I had not done so. ‘ |. When nel Cheeseborough, whom I met, as hoe has stated, in Pari agreed to go tor ine at once to London, tt was porticalarly with a view, alter cousul- tation With Others, to do Whacover secmed ber! to guard the interests of General Woodhull, who was tis cousin, and myself, He was fully empowered to act and was ware of my vie the matter, Durtug the tew jays of anxiot; ich followed there passed back and | forth vetween him and ime « number of noes and teie- | grams, which I regret have not been preserved, and } geo atter an intorvabot nearly four years aud a | halt, Le nnot account, as Ldid not ) gell 2,000, sheen ot | Sige Lt ‘. em those wi were a ia Apt: him and myself by Jay Conke, beiieved, while MeCuiloch & Company. looking ack yr iat modest income and his un‘ ourtiy costume, even though | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1876 ly to because to | distinct impression. THOUS Consequences to the Bre pubs now purports to be a copy, Ido not remember, rector | this time transpired { | many of which witness answered should not have been | | when paid by the government he drew no salary from f there were som | jarisdiction, and it was finally determined by the } | | enforce the purity, propriety and dignity of our foreign | gret for all future time, The testimony | vindicated him om he assumption that he | beneved the title was good and that the ‘police justice. A police justice can proceed with an | any person whose presence may tend to throw light | upon the sabject of their inquiry, Lut the jury may j Pa TRIPLE to Cheeseborough at any time in shares, and I have 80 stated as my ‘The tel of which he gives Tid not tele; but I dare say wt is correct. General Schenck then adds, “what has up to ince the inquiry bas been Proceeding eonfirms him in his belief that he bad not telegraphed Cheeseborough in any form whatever on the subject of the 2,000 shares.’”” General Schenck says he has no remembrance what- ever of what is mentioned by Colonel Cheeseborough im the laet paragraph of,his letter in regard to carrying | instructions from him to McCulloch & Co, to sell 200 shares, It was probably in connection with the sale of the 500 shares which they held. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. CONTINUATION OF TLE. INVESTIGATION BY THE CONGRESSIONAL SUB-COMMITTEE, The Sub-Committee of the Congressional Committee on the Department of Justice was again in session at the Astor House yesterday. Deputy Marshal Crowley was examined, He testified that he had been in the Secret Service of the govern- ment and received $5 a day, while also. receiving $2 a day as bailiff in the courts; atter being dismissed’ from | the Secret Service Department he was attached to the District Attorney's office at $3 a dav, which position | he still holaz. Captain William W. Kennoch, Chief of the District Secret Service, testified that he had never been able to find out whether Crowley had been receiving pay other than the $5 a day from the Secret Service Department; if he had known that such was the fact he would bave reported him; Crowley was supposed to attend to the business of tho Distrivt Attorney's office especially. On Captain Konnoch being recalled he was questioned as to the theft of eight cases of silk trom the bonded warehouse in Greenwich street, He testified that tho ‘Treasury Department put the Secret Service to work y, and that he tracked the goods to a of Twenty-sixth street and Third avenue, where they found the empty boxes; he arrested the man in the shop, who “squealed,” and he then ar. rested The. Wiley and through him Joseph Deane and Bubsequently Moses Ehrich, the ‘ience;"? the goods ) were fopud in the water closet of a lager beer saloon | on Third avenue, with the | SI0L USTOMS SEALS | believed thaths matter was settled | the government of the full amount now serving 4 term in the State Prison for “garroting” 8 jowoller iv his store a few years ago; tho government case never caine to trial, Willam A. Donvelly was the next witness. tifled that he bad been private secre Davenport from June, 1872, to August, 187 $1,800 a year sulary ; for about two years was employed | in the Secret Service Department at the same salary; Davenport; had been enguged on election business, pay- rolls, &c; foriy or tity men were generally em- ployea. ‘This witness had presented to him a number of checks and draits, a few of which he tdentifled, but as his memory jailed him in regard to the others, ho is to | be examined again alter he has consulted a private | memoranda of the moneys he received. Colonel Henry G. Stebbins next gave testimony. He stated that he had been a member of the Committee of Seventy; Davenport was attorney to the committee and was indefatigable in the discharge of his duties; Davenport had charge of all tho details of the campaign and worked zealously; the committee paid bim avout $30,000 or $40,000 to detray his expenses’ and as com- pensation for himself, Henry 1. Spaulding, also a member of the Committee of Seventy, was put under oath, bat as be knew nath- ng t the exponses of the Committee of Seventy, he having been u member of the Committee on Reme- dies, ho Was not asked any questions, * EVENING SESHION, Tn'the evening, at half-past seven o'clock, avother geasiun was held, Samuel J. Glaassey was examined, Ho testified that John L Davenport was a member of the Custom House party, or that portion of the repub- lican party which looks entirely to its own personal | benefit; considers Davenport unfit to be a Supervisor of Elections on account of his parusansbip and unfit for bolding any public office; never know that Davenport % mouey from the Secret Service until he was in Keimed of it in this commitioe; witness ceased to be a member of tho republican party in the fall of 1871, when he asked to vote for a democrat who ho thought ought to be in State Prison; belongs now to the liberal republican party. «Mr, Meade questionea witness as to a number of | items of expenditure in Supervisor Davenport's bills, | 80 high, nor sbould be logal at all. Mr. Glassey’s ves- | timony was suspended to allow Chet Supervisor John | J. Alien, of Brooklyn, to be examined, Suporvisor Allen stated that he had never seen Mr, | Davenport's account, and could not say whether his | charges were too much, « Mr. Meade then put a number of questions, based on | Mr. Davenpori’s bill of charges, showing that tho | charges presented in New York wore largely in excess | of those in Brooklyn, one of these being for maps, which cost ouly $3 (cut down trom $5) in Brooklyn, while m the New York bill tor five Assembly districts the bill was $150. The charges made by his predecessor were something over $3,000, while his bill was over $13,000, He thought that the system as it was in Brovklyn was a trand toa’greatextent, If he the same power under the State law as under 11 federal law he could do the work ns well. His im- pression was that in the work done by Mr. Davenport ubscriptions behind him. A oumber of questions as to the minatiw of his office were put to Mr. Allen by Mr. Cochrane, and tho committee thon | adjourned to meet again this morning at ten o'clock. A CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY. ‘THE QUESTION OF JURISDICTION BETWEEN THE POLICE JUSTICES AND THE CORONERS—OPIN- ION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY PHELPS. Tho present Board of Polico Justices have, on | P- several occasions since their appointment, come into , conflict with the Board of Coroners on questions of police justices to inform themselves on the law in re- | gard tothe matter, with the view, if possible, of ae- fining the duties of the- coroners and iimiting their” power within proper bounds. A caso came up on the | Mh inst. at the Fiity-seventh Street Police Court before Judge Kasmire which has given the Police Board the opportunity they desired of putting an end to the dis- pute, On the day mentioned Charles@hiclds, a driver of the Christopher and Cross Town Railroad, was com- mitted by Judge Kasmire to await the result of injuries inflicted by him on one James J. Plunkett, who was run over by Shields’ car. When the Court desired to hold, an examination in | tho case a few days atter, he sent down @airs | for the prisoner, vut he hud already been delivered ap to Corover Eickboff, who claimed jurisdiction over him beewuse of the death of Plunkett, Judge mire was also informed that Coroner held an inquost and found that Shields was innocent o! any willui intention to injure the deceased, he bad discharged the accused. The result was that Judge Kasmite addressed a note to District Atiorney Phelps, aaking his opinion on several questions of law relating | to the Conflict of jurisdiction between the police jus- tices and the coroners, The unswer of the District At- | berea with a horse SHEET. custody the defen aant i wh y mation, as | am very anxious to be ened. : thit the defendant herein named was has feom my iy without authority of law, and I trust ¢ # repetition of a similar offence will uot occur. Very respect- fully, GEOKGE E. KASMIRE, Police Justice. Shields was compelied to reappear before Judge Kas- mire for examination, and the case it yet pending, he being allowed to go on his parole. Nothing more will be done in it, however; but the intention of the police Justices is, when a similar act on the part of the cor- ‘onera’ occurs, to have the offending coroner arrested and prosecuted for aiding in the escape of a prisoner, = thus make a test of the coroner's powers under the we BOARD OF ALDERMEN. THE OCCUPATION OF WEST STREET BY COMMO- DORE VANDERBILT VETOED—THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS’ EXCISE RAID DENOUNCED BY BESOLUTIONS. 7 The Board of Aldermen met yesterday, Prosident Lewis in the chair, Alderman Morris offered a resolution requesting the Commissioner of Public Works to cause a thorough ex- | amination and inspection of the New Court House im- mediately, with a view of remedying the detects in its construction, if found to exist, and that ho report the results of bis investigation to the Common Counerl, with an estimate of the approximate cost of the work, how means can be provided to pay therefor, and such other suggestions or recominendations as he may deem of use to’the Board or of interest to the public. Tho resolution was adopted. r THE BXCIOR RAIDS. Alderman Gross off+red a series of resolutions, which were referred to the Committee on Law and the Cor- poration Counsel for a report. The resolutions were adopted seriatim, Aldermen Billings, Oudlipp, Pinck- ney, Wade and Howland yoting inthe negutive on each of the pesolutions, except on the last, when Mr. Pinck- hey voted with the democrats, The following are the reso)utions :— Resolved, That in the opinion of this Board the respective h = Jepartin 0 O@eers of the tof Police severally and jointly dpinply with the intrusted enforcement of the so- called Sanday law, if thelr pateoimen report that the places where heer, wing ‘and liquors ure exposed and sold wero bs o —— i to all outward signs quiet and orderly ou ne Sunda ay, Resolved. That ft is contrary to the spirit and letter of the law for any policeman to force an entrance into » place where beer, wine or liquors are sold, when to all outward appearances such public place ix shu ndiente compliance wit the venders of fermented liquors on Sundays. 8 gived. That the expedient of putting oficers tn eltt- gene’ @othés and arcing them. in the: garb of w spy, to ey into the places where beer, wine and liqnors are sold and di- ting them to allure proprietors or bartenders into selling to th ny kind of beverage, with a view of mak- ing au arrest the moment aaid persons have been enticed into a breach of the law, is not only in itselt a clear vivlution and in its ulterior effect allaing & procedure, a to deserve the strongest ation of every fair minded ana law rexpocting clt- ved, That in the opinion of thix Board a police ad- Ri ministration knowing of no better expedients or played by the police force of this city inst., ximulating tipplers and making Sabbath hideous by their rude and uniawful intrusion, in- Giseriminate arrests xnd brutal treatment of respectable citizens, furnishes proof only of its own tufitness and i petency. Resolved, That the Committee on Law Departmi the Counsel to the Corporation be and ure herew! quested and instructed to report forthwith to this Bos severuily or Jolutly, as they may cho Opinion the proper enfircement of the so-called Sunday law Makes it necexsury und incumbent on the pol art to such disgraceful and outrageous practices as those applied on Just Sin Re: at when this Board adj it in to. meet yen day, the 27th inst., at ¢ . M., in order to reecive and cousider the roports aforesaid of the Committes on Law Departmen ¢ Corporation Counsel. A resolution offered by Alderman Bryan Reilly, call- ing upon the Police Commissioners to furnish a copy of avy order issued by thom relative to the afrest of the liquor dealers, was adopted. RAILROAD FERRIKS, ‘A resolution presented by Aldermap Gross, instruct- ing the Corporation Counsel to institute sults against the railroad company running a ferry trom Harlem to road depot in Jersey via the steamer Maryland, and the New Jersey Central Rail road Company, who run the Liberty street terry, was adopted, Mayor Wickham sent a veto of tho resolution giving rmission to the New York Central and Hudson River ‘ailroad to occupy West street by dummy engines at certain hours of the night, from Canal stréet to piers Nos. 25 and 26, While appreciating the demand for increased terminal facilities for hatdling freight be believes that this resolution is objectionable in that it would authorize the tracks row above Canal strect to bo extended through and along West astreot, which is one of the most crowded thoroughfares of the city and is already seriously obstructed tor trucks al by tho horse car railway now tnere and which would be rendered nearly useless if an additional double or single track of heavy T rails is laid there. Such j an obstruction in that part of Weat strect, so long | as the roadway remains as narrow as at present, would be not only not an addition to the facilities now e: | Joyed by the merchants reoetving or forwardi | Ireights, but an actual destruction of some of the which could not be replaced unless the resolution bo |, guarded by resirictions and conditions which it do not now contain. The piers and slips along that p | tion of the water front would be rendered almost 1ac- cossible for heavy laden trucks and wagons; whi@lr pass with diMiculty across the flat rails now lying there, but would often not be able to pass at all across the pro- posed tracks of T rai nstructed ag this resolution would allow them to be constructed. The Mayor closes tho message by referring to remon- strances he has received, one of which is as follows. ‘The undersigned, owners and occupants of property tront- treet ani vicinity, in the clty of New ‘ainsy the approval yy the Bo: dot Al. b given the New York (i na son River Railroad Company t cars and duminy en- gines through sald West to pler 25. North River, bi pril Land October 1 and ght A. Md would respect resolution and the runnin, York. wou! by Your Honor of a resolution adopt dermen of this city. on the Isth day of M which permission there jure and in many ei i their property fronting tho 8a and, as well, greatly intor- rt fore the or the occupants thereof and of the general public: that the section of sald West stroet to which suel lution applies is already enci to accommodate t ous lines of steam: pying the wharves, piers and sane, For these reasons the petitioners ask the vetoing of the resolution, Among the signers are H. Mayor; 191; G. Holeom & J. Rollback, 193; Simon Frey, 104; Andrew J, Barney, 199 and 200; Horton Clark & Mangels, 206; John Row: land, 206; Jacob Peseant, 217; Howah & Bunnell, 21 Stephen Ropes, 228 West street; Donogan & Ketily, Talmage & Truesdale, Flotcher, Harrison & Co., Will: jam Griffith & Vo., Kdward & Co,, Chamberlin Bros., Marsnall 0. Roberts and about 150 other residents of West street and viernity. A similar remonstrance was received from eighty-six cartmen and trackimen doing business along West street, The Board adjourned until Saturday at two o'clock. ulkheads adjacent to 1 GLOOMY PROSPECTS FOR LABOR- ERS. A Henatp reporter yesterday called upon Mr. Henry torney was in substunce as follows:—When a police officer arrests a person without « warrant on a charge of murder, he should take bim immediately before a examination in the case of a person brought before Him on acharge of murder, mansianghter or assault, just as in ordinary cases of felony. To await the coro- ner’s action would help him, as is would throw fight | upon facts. ‘ Tho coroner has no power to tsave @ warrant for a | person already wador commitment of a police justice on ach of marder, nor has be power tu remove such offender trom the legal custody of the police | justice, except as a wituess at the inquest, or for the | purpose of identification, and even tucn only tempo- racily. A prisoner committed by the magistrate cun- not be discharged by any action of the coroner, what ever may ve the issne of the inquest. The duty ot the | coroner 1s simply to hold an inquest to ascertain the cause of death and to tssu0 a Warrant if the result of | that inquest shall show that anybody uot already in | custody is cbarged wih crime, and, further, where | there 18 danger Uo appretiend the escape of the per- j son chargeabie with the offence be may issue a warrant in advance of the inquest. This jurisdiction, however, cannot properly interfere with the jurisdiction of tho police justice to issue warrants on compiaints made for felonies, In answer to the question whether a coroner has au- | thority to issue ‘artant for the arrest of a suspected | murderer, ex when he is at large. bat, too, aller the jury by their verdict have designated the of- feuder, Mr. Phelps answer¢ that the coroner has no au- | thority to j#eue a Warrant for the arrest of any one sus- | pected of homicide antes be be at large; ii he is in custody there is no reason jor the coroner issuing bis | warrant, por has he any wuthority to do so, The cor- | oner’s jury can compel the production before them of ; proceed without regard to the presence of a xuspeoted | beounse BC May NOt be the person who at the in of the inquast will appear to be guilty. | jhe District Atiorucy says that there Jurwdiction between tho magis- «1 coroners when they have an intelligent com: | prehension of thelr functions, The object to bo | secured In cases of homicide 1% the detention of the | | | porty charged with the crime, and, if he be once law- july in custody, there is no necessity for any other oF process to be issued for his apprehension, ‘The questions presented are not enurely {ree from difficulty, but he thought that there could be no doubs about (he correctness of the views which he had indi- cated, unless it may be with regard to the power of the | Coroner to issue & Wurraut in advance of the finding of he jury.’ That question 18 not wholly tree from Joab. Juaige Kasmire sent a copy of the opinion to Coroner | Kickhof, accompanies by the tollowing tet Fount Drstarer rou New Your, May 1 Axtwoxy E1cenorr, Esq., Coroner, eo. = Sin—Enclesed you will plewe find a trac District Attorney's in referet “0 eet ML pollve Justices ot the city of ropet performance of thelr nnd magisirate. wa ive dation as cure public s-rvanes, and as such one Mest duty to the arrive nt & proper anderstaading of oer duties se y be Abie to ndtainieter juz to A much abused and illegal practice, what had—eitner at cominon law or ander the statutes Stave—to discharge from A. Gumbloton, Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, with a view ot ascertaining what the prospects are for giving employment to the thousands of mechanics and | laborers who depend upon the public works of the city for means of snbsistonce for themselves and familics. ‘The infurmation obtained ts not calculated to raise the hopes of this ciass of laborers, and many who have | luoked forward to the resumption of work by the de- partinent as likely to result m their employment are doomed to sure disappo'ntment. ports that the force now employed on the public works in bis department numbers but 1,003 mechanics and Jaborers, against 2,887 at this time last year. Last season in addition to the usual routine work there | were constructed four and a quarter miles of roads and boulevards, that gave employment to many deserving | men, This year there is no extra work ordered, and hence the force of employés is sosmall. Mr, Gumbie- ton added that the prospects aro that Leg & of those now employed will have to be discharged for want of anything for them to du MUNICIPAL’ NOTES. Alderman Lewis occupied Mayor Wickham’s chai yesterday in the absence of that official, who made one of a party who escorted Professor Levasseur, of the French Institate, and Mossrs, Dietz Mounir, R, Fouret and René Millet, French Commissionors to the Exhibi- on, at present staying in this city, charitable and penal inst'tutions on Ward’s and Bla weil’s islands. Tho company co nprised, besides rsons mentioned, Commissioner Brennan, Mr. Isaac . Barley and about a dozen ladies, The passage up from the city and from island to island was made on board the steamer Miunehannock, and, ax the weather was all that could be desired, the trip was an extremely enjoyable one, At an carly bour in the evening the exoursionists retarned to town, the French gentlemen exprecsing themselvos highly delighted with all they had se: Somo of thom were quite familiar with the workings of the various institutions, having read Jong article some mouths ago in the Paris Revue dex Deus Mondes, vn which their administration was highly praived, The monument crocted by the city in Greenwood | Cemetery to commemorate the memories of the dead solliers inthe jate war will be dedicated on Decora- tion Day, Major Bullard delivermg the address, Alderman Morris yesterday caused option of a Fosolution asking the Corporation Coursel’s opinion as to the Fight of Feruando Wood to collect $18,000 per year rent for the offices Nos. 115 and 117 sirect. The Aldermen yesterday authorized four adaitional free floating baths by the Commis. sioner of Pablic Works, Rot exceeding cost $60,090, including their maintenance during the pres. | | ent year, ‘ POLICE REGULATIONS. Ata meeting of the Board of Police, held yesterday, the rule requiring sergeants, roundamen and patrolmen 16 make reports of their meetings with each oiner on trol was moditied sv far as to make it i Sie aueurepeesies 1a tho different reports only @ transcript of the reports themaciven, jess inde- | t pérforming the duties assizned to it than | , wheth.r in their | Mr. Gambieton ro. ; ona tour ot the | officer to transmit vo Necaquortors and not ee REAL ESTATE. A large number of would-be buyers gathered around | the stand of A. H. Muller & Sou, at the Exchange, yesteraay, in response to the advertisement of thas firm that it would sell a large collection of pieces of valuable property, well distributed about the city, to be sold by order of the assignees of John D. Phillips, ‘Tho mortgages on the same were very heavy, however, and this caused the up-set prices to be so bigh that not | acingle bid could be obtained on any parcel offered, The only sales that took place were the following :— ¥. H. Ludlow & Co, sold, in foreclosure, two lots, forming plot 60.4x100, on Fitth avenue, southeast cornor of 100th street, for $9,100 and $7,000 respece } tively, to Augustus A. Lovy. ‘ D. M. Seaman sold, in foreclosure, a house; with lot, | 25x102, 2, x wenty-fourth street, north side, | Bonet ont ot Second avenue, for $10,500, v0 Matildy | Meyer, TRANSTERS. | 144th st, 5.8, 200 ft. @. of 8th wy.. 1 panna Udell and obbe to Sarah F. ra ey Ty Bey 1E % to David Dinkelspiel, ..... ith at, n. #., 300 tt. ¢. of Ath a Moise to Mary C. Moise 24th st. same property; Henjurain Moise ce Marshall to ae 10th ay. (No. 437), we 8, 20814 fe. 8 of BBth sty 20.036579; 0. H MeMurtey ‘nd ‘wife to Adoipit Mac Barnes. 45t1 ate, 8. 8, 280 it, @. of Bd ay., 701004 Liens and wile to Frederick Lyon Jacob 53d st., m. 8, 194 eetnrer ane. wits . 15,0008 ith st., 8. 8.. 10 ; ki id wife tu A. Schweyer 13,500 Kaliske it ry ft. w. of Lexington jashinzton av. (2d . deker and wife to Philip i : ers: ; gu «Me hy 17D ft, & of a ‘av., 26xhalf blook ; Y d De a "0 Os... os. iiss ty TO? fhm, OF wath she D1 X10, Fated sidell Telghman... . oh 21.6x1 Schwartz a Sth ay, (No, 614) (le dy; Cl 1. W. Be a. of 40th at. Haries Duggin to Mary Els others. . Kingsbridge road, w. G e) to TI of, 740 8-5 fe. 14 To ‘Thomas Messenger an he SOth st., s. 8.550 ft, w. of 10th, T8.9x07.9xirr 0 It at., @. 8. 17.4x198; Delano C. Calvin (ret- ‘eree) to William Panning... Roonevelt st., No. 18, 174x193. 5335 SOth st., n. ., 146.3 tt. 6. of Brondwa; ©. gree) to 8.26, Razno 24.11 ft n. of 1 av; Uyeurs. a Green, William W. and wife, vo Security Life In- wurahee Compuuy, 5 Stoue st, and 22 Marketfeld | ton, road from K. Walker, Mary A., Alexander av. , ‘to Chau 23d wal incy Smith, ». ner Jd ay, and 7st st.; 1 year wife, to Franklin Insurane mnity Company, th st: Lyon Bame to same, 5. Zaun, Ev and husb: others, trast f Ist my..... Walling, Geo. W., to Teuton in 19th st., between Ist and 2d ave; Fy Borrow, Sumuel and others, to Oscar No. 156; 5 to same, Same to xamo, 8, 8. of /UAth si Rome to sama, s. », of 128th | Same to same, s. & of 128th | Same to same, 8, s of L Same to sami Sump to sami ity Lyear. * . to MM. Hendricks, «8. Of 50th st, w. 10th av.; J years. Same to Caledonia Free Stone Quat 3 yonr Hindley, Thomas, to Philip Day st, w. of Sth av.; Lyear. Same to same, of 45th at Janson, a and w Ne, 184 9,900 Karolsen, A. E. ‘of 571 2,000 Masterson, 5,000 oe! th» ban, A w han, Adolp y Gott sof Moran, Mich: ind wil yo Fri 2G, Cunaingham and athiers, n. s. of 134¢h st., 6. of Willis av. 3d ward) ; 3 yout ay . 3,500 Sherwood, Charies H. wite, to P, Gleason and others, w. s of 4th st, %. of Jones et; instaiments, — 625 Wade, Daniet T. id wife, to Asn Wade, n. ». of 4th st, of id av. year 10,000, a |, Frederick, to Jn 000. Burdon, pars 10,000 | Brown, Ste: | ler mt anid wide, io Autor Lib, ee joser, William wife, to Astor . of Groone sti o years. + 34,000 | Leveridge, Benjamin ©. and wile, to East Ri | Savines Bank. corner Rutgers st. and Ki 1 year. Brennan, Mat w ‘iter, H 1. ife, to Henry MeCni | 'w. corner of Pearl and Contre sts, (one- Jr. third part); 1} year. setees . 1,900 Vansindoren, Bilan, to iatriot W. Starr, No. Tit Teucl st; 3 yours ines . 6,000 rth, George and wife.to Wlizabeth Lace, 6. "a. “ot dad 8 yours. + 5,009 Jorge and wife, 00 Bot West Broadway: years. 20,000 | toJobn H, Jaffray, n. 5 | 4 2,000 | tina, rn, of Seammel st.; 1 year. . 5,000 lina and uaband, to A. Vansinderen, LAL: 3 yonrs, 9,000 James Ganapbeli, n. 6. 0 RESERVOIR PARK. ‘ Mar 20, 1876. To tHe Eprron or tax Heraty:— Lost evening I took my two, little children after dinner and it to Reservoir Park to give thom a little recreation, I had hardly | wken my seat when I was orderod by the officer to leave as he was about to lock up. T ask | why #0 | the park would bo filled with thieves and prostitutes, | “ What are tho officers for?” said I, Ho said thero | wax no money to light up the park and it was to be | kept closed the whole season, Bat why lock up atan | hour and a haif betore dark ? I saw a mighly respectable, dered out a6 be entered with his ught to the benefit of the but it seemed no one had Fights iu New York exp Tough sad poll. ticiaos,, He things New ¥ than 1) rly? Hoe said that if they kept open at nights w