The New York Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1877, Page 4

“MEXICO. The Operations of Diaz Completely Suc- cessful in the Interior, A PROCESSION OF 30,000 IN JALISCO | ‘Ministers Ogazon and Vallarta—Thé Conser- vatives on the Move, INTERVIEW WITH IGLESIAS. | Crry oy Mexico, Jan. 15, 1877. On the 34 of this month the forces of Iclesias, commanded by Antillon, were defeated at La Union de Adobes by the troops ofViaz, in an action which lasted from three o’clock in the afternoon until midnight, General Martinez commanded the army of Diaz, The victory was complete, and a large amount of stores, artillery and ammunition was taken, together with a | sum of money, which the ex-Governor had obtained | by forced loans and contributions in the cities, vil- ages and haciendas through which he had passed, General Diaz was most warmly welcomed in the towns and cities along bis line of march, meeting with opposition in no single instance from the people. On the contrary, his entrance among them and accept | ance of the “Plan of Tuxtepec and Palo Blanco” were celebrated witu every demonstration of joy, and no ordinary enthusiasm, 1t 18 considered that virtually the revolution is at an ond, at least for the present, in truth thero is now “how no organized armed force in oppositionto General Diaz. General Diag now occupies Guanajuato, having ap- pointed Coloncl Mena Military Governor, The state bf Coahuila has adopted the “Plan of Tuxtepec,”’ in sup- port of General Diaz, and the State official paper bas published the news of the instalment of the Supreme Court of Justice, according to the declaration of the law of the 15th of December last. The government of Jalisco, under date of the 6th tnst., telegraphs tho fol- towing: — ‘The capital of the State of Jalisco bas submitted without conditions to General Porfirio Diaz, with its garrison of 3,000 men, under the command of Romauo, who awaits bs orders. *°* eux has been made constitutional eral Peres Custro has tlso pluced hi the illustrious con- queror of Tecoae with a respectaule force encamped in the vilingo of San Pedro, a league from Guadalajara * As you have already been advised, San Luis Potosi has proclaimed Diaz, and late intelligence assures us that General Sanchez Rivera, one of the earliest sup- | porters of Iglesias, has recently pronounced in that State, with bis command, in favor of the same leader. ASPIRATIONS OF THE CHURCH PARTY. ‘The State of Michoacan, although it long ago de- slared its adhesion to General Diaz, is still in a con- ditiun of discord. The old Church party has come for- ward with considerable strength, and asserted its rights to public offices, declaring resistance to all who oppose it and non-support to the chiefs of the State government who will not favor the re-cstablish- ment of Church power, In consequence of this dis- cordunt element collisions and bloodsued have already vecnrred, causing nots little anxiety to those whose Aspirations are for peace. THE CANDIDATES POR OFFICE. The Commission on Elections, which met in Mexico City during the last days of Decemver, has the following official list of cundidates’ tor the Prei dency and Magistracy of the Supreme Court-— For President of the Republic, General Porfirio Dinz. For President of the Supreme Conrt, Ignacio L. Vallarta, For first magistrate, Pedro Ozazo: se M. Mata; third, Manuel Alas; fourth, Antonio Martines do Castro; fittu,’ Protasio Tagle: sixth, General Miguel Bla seventh, Jose M. Bantista, Second supernumerary, M Saldafw; third, Trinidad Garcia. Attorney General, J quin Ruiz, District Attorney, Eligio Munoz. A NON-OFFICIAL CANDIDATE. The Monitor sustains as candidate for the executive »Mfices Geveral Diaz for President and Sefior Igicsias for President of the Supreme Court, thereby counseliing sompromise between the two opposing factions, But thotr antagonistic ideas are of too recent a date to Allow of any probability of their names being assoc}- ated on the saine plattorm as candidates for the chief offices of the Republic, No other names as yet &ppear for nomination, and asthe time appointed lor the elections, uccording to the “Plan of Tuxtepee,”? 1s fast approaching, it may transpire that no others’ will be put iorward, DIAZ “TRIUMPHS” AT GUADALAJARA, The foilowing telegram, which has recently been re- ceived in Mexico trom Guadalajara, shows how com- plete bas been the triumph of Diaz in the interio “At this moment a culutmn of 30,000 people te passing in front of the Palace, and the excitement is immense, tven to delirium. ‘The popularity of Diaz is unlim: ited," THE DICTATOR EXPECTED AT MEXICO, The speedy return of General Diaz is daticrpated in this tapital, although we have it trom private sources that | dis artival may bo delayed until’ after the elections, | He is desirous of affording his oppongnts no opportu. | nity for saying, in case he should prove the successful tundidate thut he exercised an undue influence im bringing about such a result; such action on nis part peing heretofore unknown ‘in this country. This proves how little foundation there 1s for styling him Jictator, It is believed he will occupy himseli mean- while with visiting and making bimself famihor with the political und military condition of the central | and Pacific coast States. | THOSE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ARB COMING. We Know iu a positive manner that the $300,000 | destined for the first payment of the American claims are in readiness in silver dollars, and will leave this city within twenty-tour hours for Vera Cruz (loth inst.) im the custody of Senior José Maria Mata, for shipment on a war vessel, if convenient; otberwire on an American steamer for New Orleans, thence direct | to Washington, The accomplishment of this so soon atter the ilight of Lerdo; he taking with bim, as he did, so much of the country’s treasure, leaving it almost bankrupt and burdened with the innumerable obliga- lions which the mainteuanse of an army always brip, has cost Mexico many sacrifices, and certainly this desire evinced by a government struggling under such herculean diilleultics to meet its national obtigations | At suen a moment should not fail to be appreciated, ‘The Treasury Departmant has lately embargoca the Sugar hacienda of Mr. Wiilam Barron, near Cuernavaca, | side have also declared for Igi 8 Place. * BS 3 & | Schodack . Stcyvesant, Coxsackie. Athens. NEW; YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, rnorsof the States of Vera Cruz and vota declined becoming-eandidates for sitions in the uear approaching elec- Couttolene giving a* reasons that he as- the revolution for the maintengnce ‘according to the laws of the constitution, ad deen ruthlessly violated. That revolution so glo- riously ended, be did not for a moment wish ‘t con- sidered that be would use the influence that bis ser. vices bad created to favor his own prefermen' ther dia he wish the enemies of the cause to believe that he had ceased to respect the principles of free suffrage. BETTER PROSPECTS FOR IGLESIAS. Sax Fraxcisco, Jan, 30, 1877. The steamer Newborne arrived here to-day. from Mexican ports. Among her passengers re L. A. Me Contador and Sebastian Garcia, of the Custom House at Mazatian, both partisans of Iglesias. They report everything very quiet, and that up to the present time four of the Pacific States— namely, Lower California, Durango, Souora and Guer- rero—have declared for Iglesias. It is currently re- ported at Mazatlan that three States on the Atlantic jas. They say that Diaz bas no soldiers in any of the States which have declared against him, and should they be sent from other States the people are preparod to resist thet. The feeling among the people of Lower Callforuia im favor of Iglesias 1s almost universal. INTERVIEW WITH IGLESIAS. ~ Ban Fraxcigco, Jan, 80, 1877. Iglesias bas been Interviewed reyarding the state- ment telegraphed from Washivgton Souday night He says it's entirely wrong except upon one point, which ig that the constitution of Mexico does not actually probibit the re-election of a President. But eveaon that point there is reason for complaint against Lerdo, for be had agreed at his first election that he would not attempt to hold the position forasecondterm, Hesays the other statements in the despateb referred toare not based on fact. ‘‘1am not an anarchist or breeder of revolution, nor do I assume infallibility of judgment, I declared in my Orst manifesto that the right was not vested in mé to proclaim the election of Lerdo void, but that it was vested in the people, and 1 called upon them to deside the question. MIS CHARGRS AGAINST LERDO. “1 claimed then, and stil! claim, that his pretendea election was unconstitutional apd fraudulent; for, In the first place, it Was not general, avd in the second it was not an expression of popular sentiment. Several of the States—some six or eight—were occupl Diaz, and there was, consequently, uo vot them, and in many others the military, by Lerdo’s orders, took possession of the polls, to the entire ox- clusion of the constitutional officers, the consequence being that in these States @ meagre vote wi and that, of course, was solid for Lerdo, The latter’s partisan’s declare the election was vglid because it was declared so by those members of Congress who owed their own places to it SKLP-JUSTIFICATION, “ephey made this declaration on the 26th of October, and I issued my first proclamation two days later, although Lerdo’s first term would not expire uviil the Istof December. This arose from the uecessities of the situation, for this’ decision of the uaconstitu- tional Congress was a coup d'état, and by his sanc- tioning it and by his action Lerdo lost his legal title to the Prosidency, well in the present as im the future. Goneral Comonfort in 1857, two months alter he had entered the Presidential chair, subverted the | laws, and Juarez, the then Chief Justice, declared himself President and was supported by a vast ma- jority of the people, 1 have but iollowed his example. ‘THK CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDED “At present, Whatever may be the doubts of some people as to this point, as Lerdo ts no longer in Mex- ico, and as be declares bis intention of remuining away, I, as Chief Justice, am the only person consti- tutionally qualified to assume the executive of the goverument My absence is different, for | am here by accident only. I have not the slightest intention to go East, neither to New Orleans or elsewhere, but our men-of-war or in un American steamer, and it is my !ntention to land upon and remain upon Mexican soll, even if 1t must be us a prisoner. NO FORKIGN AID TO BE ACCEPTED, ‘as I have recelved several offers of military assist- ance from American officers, I reiterate the tact that it is utterly Impossible for me to accept their aid, Ours isan internecine struggle, in which foreigners should take no part, and I should rather feel that every hope is lost than to accept victory by such means,” Iglesias further remarked that he was informed as to the person trom whom the Washington statement emanated, and in his manner exhibited indications of strong indignation. A MAGNIFICENT CROP—TRE LARGEST AND EARLIEST HARVEST EVER KNOWN—A PROBA- BILITY OF CHEAP ICE NEXT SUMMER, Povekezrsix, Jan, 30, 1877. This week will practically close the ice harvest on the Hudson River, and by Saturday every house will” be packed fullot the thickest and handsomest clear water ice ever housed, The following detailed report of the entire work shows how vast the ice interests of the Hudsonare, Within five years tne business has grown enormously, and every year new houses are be- ing erected in the Upper Hudsou. The fifty houses contain 480,000 tons of ice. ‘The following is a recapitulatory table, carefully pre- pared from tne details, giving the ames of places each place, &¢. :— ON Hamburg . South ot Hamburg. . Catskill, ccc. Opp. Germantown. . 9 eo a8 at ms 0d talied Meacatian, and also the country residence of Mr. Escandon, at Tacubaya, to secure the payment of the forfeit claimed as incurred by the Central Railroad Compaay. of which the above gentiemen are the prin- | cipal parties, jor non-fuifiiment of their contract, | fhe afair will no doubt eventuate in a troublesome litigation. IGNACIO Le VALLARTA, | This gentleman, who is now the official candidate for | © the Pregidency of the Supremo Conrt of Justice, was | porn some forty-cight years ago in the beavutul city of Guadalajara, tue “second capital of tho Republic.” Ho is by profession a lawyer and 1s an eloquent speaker. = SPSESees : fie ee eer eee eer ecereiene | “seubug fo-oN Flatbush. . 3 Turkey Port 1 Kavesport, 1 Barrytown ¢ Opp. Barrytowa....| 2 1 1 Bast Kingston, ‘ : Rhinebeck... oe] 2 18,000) 15) South Rondout.. 1 20,0007 160) Staatsburg 2] 40,000] 336) West Park 1 30,000] 100 Poughkeepsie, 2 25,000] 300) Marlborough 2 30,000] 300) Hampton.. 1} 18,000) 70) Highland Lil 1 60,000} 200) 1 20,000] 1001 8 80/000] 500 30] 1,403,000]8 ,380) 614 [46 The wages of the men thus employed vary. Those who Work inside get !rom some companies $1 75 per | day, and others $1 50 Outside men yet from $1 to | princi. | will leave this place for Mexico, direct, either in one of | where the houses are located, the number of houses at | THE NEW JERSEY MOTUAL. A Check on the Scheme for! Amalgamation. LIFE '!NSURANCE INTRICACIES. | The Examtner’s Statement—Probable Appoint- meut of a Receiver. Jo the provisional report made January 10 by Mr, D. P. Fackler to Mr, Henry C, Kelsey, Commissioner of Insurance of New Jersey, appear some tacts regarding the aftairs of the New Jersey Mutual Lite that have | not yet been made public. Something of the modus operandi of that concern may be discovered trom Mr. Fackiler’s remarks, together with some idea of the in- ducements the officers have to avoid further scrutiny, it possible, Mr, Fackler says:— “Aided by an experienced accountant, I investigated their books and soon discovered that the apnuul report of December 31, 1875, wus grossly incorrect, as it omitted from their liabilities $150,000 of indebtedness -shown by tho books and the company’s own private valance sheot The items composing this large sum were:— Bills payable......++s0e + $109,556 02 | J, H. Stedwell, president. + 117,604 S44 Second Natiousl Bak 5,000 00 Personal accounts. 17,804 83 | Total, “Lt was at drst difficult to believe that the company bad made sucha palpably false statement, but we proof was as perfect as could be, and the facts were reported to you on the 23d, The examination of the ledgers and collateral books brought to my attention many strange entries, which the — secretary and cashier (who nominally ‘keeps’ the vooks) said could only be explained by the president or by books at the w York branch office, This answer was returned to nine-tenths of the requests for explanation, and the President was always away or else wus without the books or papers containing the explanation. ‘The fact thatthe officors in charge of the books and of the business of the main office muke eptries on the books without understanding the matters involved gives ground tor grave suspicion that they feur the transac- tions are wrong and prefer to be ignorant of the facts, or else that they are mero clerks to the president and unworthy of the title of officers.” THE BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS, Mr. Fackler proceeds to say in his report that the bookkeeping was extremely complicated, particularly s regarded the New York brauch office, In one cuse the “furniture account’? was credited with $36,000 and the Ipdger entries did not balance, The book in which loans on bond and mortgage, &c., were recorded ave almost no information at all. Mr. Fackler re- lates how much difficulty he met with in trying to ob- tain the books and papers. ‘Yhe President several times decoived him in this pursuit, and he finally made a formal written demand on the officers tnat all the books and papers and assets of the company svouid be shown him at the Newark office on December 26, On that day there were sub- mitted to him— United States coupon bonds of a par value of. $132,000 Virginia registered bonds, par value 41,800 Aud Louisiana coupons, par value 3 10,000 Mr, Fackler says, in’ his report:—“The company's ownership of the coupon bonds ceuld not be proved by the cash book, and could only be inigrred trom their apparent possession. AS the President admitted nearly one-half of the United States bonds virtu- ally belonged to the company’s attorney (Mr. Noyes) to secure moneys advanced by him, it was 1 possible to be sure that the other bonds might not either be borrowed for the occasion or already bypothecated for loans, of which your examiner could notlearn. ln view of these tacts the president was requested to keep these bonds within the State of New Jersey until the examination was completed; this he declined to promise, He was then requested to pro- duce them on the following day for tarther examina- tion, which, however, he did not do. Finding that my repeated requests for- mortgages bad not been complied with | transmitted to the Preai- dent on January 2a written request that the mort- geges on New Jersey property should be exhibited by noon on the d,_In response to this mort, ing only about $70,006 of loans wer with mortgages for $14,800 (hy pothocated at the Second National Bank of Newark)—are all that have been shown to or discovered by me up to this time, though I bave made mauy turther verbal requests for them, and on January 5 served a written requisition Tor the mortgages on property outside of New Jersey, As bo proper official explanation or apology has been vouchsuled for the repeated failure to show other mortgages, if they have any. | can only report what I have actuaily tound—viz., $84,500. To this must be added on deposit with Treasurer of New Jersey, $100,000, and the mortgages by the Hope and Common: wealth Life Insurance companies on deposit in Albany, 289,000. , ‘To recapitulate, the only assets that Ican report at this date are as follows. ASSETS, | | Loans on mortgages, Fay... +... +--+ $373,500 | United states bonds, market value, say 150,000 | State bonde, market value, § 35,000 | Cashin bank, say 10,000 | 350,000 8 50,000 | Net unpaid and delerrea premium 240,000 TOtal....eessevcerscseescssevecseeres Prefacing his statement of the liabilities Mr. Faik- | ler speaks of the deeeptive twenty year term policies peculiar to this company, an! on which the legal re- | serve is with difficulty determmed. It was marly this class of contracts that the company offered to the $1,208,500 | policy holders of the Continental. | LIABILITIES, | Reserve..........0+6 « «$1,500,000 Death claims appear to be (for December | tuere were no deaths reported)... 63,000 | | There is due the Second National Bank. 10,000 | | There ws due the company’s attorney, Mr. | Noy: es +. 47,000 | There is due Mr. J. J. Anderson and others, | entimatea 10,000 | Total liabilities, exclusive of capital $1,630, 000 | Total assests, so far as showr... 1,208,500 Apparent deficit..........6 eesues Mr, Faikler say: The company’s business seoms tobe loosely conducted; many policies have been | issued at premiums below the het rates—one of the | most remarkable cases is that of N. N. Halstead (a airector), whose $10,000 policy pays a premium of | $612 60—the regular tuvle rate would bo at least fifty percent more—the ‘net’ is $782 40, At least one | airector’s policy was issued without bis request, with. | out a medical examination and without any actual pay- | ; compel the retura of assetsto the Stat | dered that the New Jerse; a Leated & ier ae ° that such a proceeding was neither regular nor legal. ‘That the tipalgumation was fraudulent aod made for the purposes of delay and defrauding the policy hold~ ers. He asked the Court tnat the New Jersey Mutual be enjoined from transacting further business until the returp day of the order ag ted tor, it the i officere of the ‘New Jersey Mutual ai Capital be required to place all the asset 0 the former corporation within the State of New Jer- aey. is ncellor Runyan, aiter considerable argument the part of counsel, decided that he could not grant the injunction, and that he had not jurisdiction to But be or- Mutual should show cause 0 6th day of February, why re. and meanwhile the assets or securities before him, on Tuesday, @ receiver should not be that no further transfers should be made. WHAT'S IN A NAME? New Yors, Jan 30, 1871. To Tuk Epitor or tHx HeraLp:— Permit us to call your attention to an article in your issue of this date entitied “Soulless Insurance Cor. porations.”” As this article does not apply to this company will you kindly mal correction by stating that in using the title “Contin 1 Insurance .Com- ferred tothe “Continental Life Insurance ration is sioply “Continental Insurance Company,” and in osing it, ‘without specifying that your remarks applied to th life company, (Whose ttlo is “Continental Lito Lusur- ance Company’’) the public would probably, in many instances, coufound the two companics, to our detri- ment B, CG. TOWNSEND, Secretary, A. OUR PRISONS AND CRIMINALS, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE PRISON ASSO- CIATION—ALL THE PRISONS OVERCROWDED AND THE COUNTY JAILS FILLED WITH TRAMPS, Tho thirty-first annual report of the New York Prigon Association to the Legislature was issued yes- terday. Itisavery long and exhaustive document, and bears the date of March, 1876; the work of col- lecting the facts being very tedious and tho classifica. tion of crimo, its results, &c,, intricate and diMcult ‘The report says the disturbed and greatly diminished industries of the country have set loose a vast number of laborers who seem t> make New York their ‘ramping ground. The new law of commutation has set loose a vast horao of habitual criminals, the result of which is that the local courts throughout the State bave been constrained to fll the common jails with petty offenders, mostly of the vagabond class. Not- withstanding the operation of this law, at the end of the year 1875 the jails were crowded to a greater ex- tent than at apy previous timo in their history. The common tramp readily becomes a helper of practiced ¢ pala, and the relations of the two classes have become fearfully intimate and must be severed as effectually as possible. The increase of habitual criminals ia too serious to ba regarded as a casual evil which may cease with a return of general pros- perity and a demand Jor labor. The total number of people in the prisons of the State, exclusive of the criminal ingane, at the clogo of tho your was 7,385, showing an increase of 1,866 con- victions over the previous year. The report recom- mends that a correctional exhibition be established tor the keeping ot tramps and vagabonds where they shall ‘ve cumpelled to work. The crowding of jails with this idle class 1s considered short sighted und blind policy, They should be made to ieel the superior torce of Teens and the strong will of an instructor in jabor. The system of advising with criminals before their roleago bas been kept up during the year in tho three State praia, notwithstanding it has been impossible to make suitable provision tor each mau discharged, the aid and advice of the association being olten dis- regarded by the prisoner when liberated. The associ- ation, has, however, endeavored to obtain a personal bold on every man or Woman discharged and by aiaing have established a large number ina uselul career. Nearly all who reform trom vices are under twent five years of age, Instauces are réro where men re- form who have been in prison several times, FEMALE CONVICTS, The condition of the female convicts is said to be much more deplorable than that of the men. Not only do they seem to abandon ail hope ofa better life, but in their desperation their mental and moral condition becomes more hopeless than that of the males, This isa needless evil, for experience shows that in Eng- jand and Ireland, whore tho stimulus of hope is main- tained and methods of skilled employment are intro- duced, the percentage of reformation Las become lurge. ‘The evils of crowding women in 3ing Sing are depict as very great. Obe bundred and ings Av mB convicts were crowded into eighty-four cells, Little or no dis- tinction can be made, and the occupant of one cell may be an old offender, a graduate in crime; the other a young girl, in prison for her first offence, who desires to return to her home and endeavor to lead a better life, Her resolve is soon destroyed when she is shut up nightly for twelve hours with a woman bound to bring all she comes in contact with down to the same level as herself, Astor the physical effects, the matron of the institution says she shudders to think of it, THE CROWDING OF THE PRISONS. The cells are 6 feet 8 inches high, 8 feet 5 inches in length and 4 feet 1 inch wi ‘Two women are shut during the long nigbts of winter in these little box and during the short hot nights of sammer. Their ciothing, worn by day and only changed weekiy, must be either hung on the walls or ieft on the floor, The two night buckets must be there, and in what a trem- bling and sickened state they emergo may bo imag- ined. Four feet from the doors of these cells—whose iron grativgs emit air and the odors of the bed cloth- ing—the table 1s spread for their meals and seats are placed between the tables and the cells, More ceils are imperatively needed, and a new mess hall is neces- sary. Baths are required, and likewise books; for the expense of a bad woman ‘to the public who com forth from a tengthened imprisonment unreformed is far greater than any possible cost which may be in- curred in reforming her. There were 553 female con- victs in the six penitentiaries at the close of the year, The county jai's are now castles of indolence, where vagrants and tramps find lodging and full subsistence, awarded for the petty misdemeanors they have com: mitted. Probably no other State bas suffereu so much from tramps as New York. Tho State prisons contain nombers of them who, while travelling, were detected in crime, and found to be habitual and woll known criminals who bi assumed the garb of laboring men better to ply their vocation, The county jails in this State are declared to be a disgrace to a civilized people. They bequeath to us in the centennial year of our history many of the evils of the Bridewells and jails of England in Howard’s time, The gains of jail keepers are depen- dent upon the number and vices of the prisoners, and the sheriff, head keeper, will not relorm abuses unless he is made Aofficer, It tsa tact to be deplored that the largest profits of jail keeping and tho traditional perquisites of the county sheriff should be dependent upon the increased number of prisoners and of their vicious indulgen¢es in the county prisons, ‘he fact that over 90,000 prisoners are lodged in the county jails of the State shows how important it Is that the condition of these lucal prisoners should be under constant observation. WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION, During the year the association aided 1,459 persons discharged {rom prison, independent of aid rendered those discharged in former years; 503 were assiaved to employmont; 732, without home and friends, provided with temporary homes and lodgin: were furnished means with which to reach frie: distanve; 411 were supplied with clotning; 92 were providedywith tools; 74 prisoners’ families were aiaed making @ total of 2,065 cases re- 187 1.-TRIPLE SHEET. E ' { i /preme Court, General HE STATE CAPITAL. Martin Nachtmann Holds the Fort in the Assembly. THE MARINE COURT THREATENED, A Prussianized Police Commission—“Johany” Davenport for Superintendent. ° A NEW PARK FOR NEW YORK AvBaxy, Jan, 30, 1877. For so early a day in the session a fair share of ousi. ness was done in the Assembly, and nobody fell asleep except a forlorn tramp, with a new overcoat, who strolled into the ladies’ gallery and spread bimeelf tn slumber over half a dozen seats, His snores fell upon the quick ear of Mr, Husted, who moved for his sup- pression, and that put anend tohim. Fora Dutch- man Martin Nachtmann made an astonishing chair- man in Commitvee of the Whole. Some mem. bers thought the laugh came in when Martin was called to the chair, but they 'e very greatly disap- pointed. Ona bill relating to certain justices of the peace, General Spinola moved to strike out the enact. ing clause, and immediately after another member moved that when the committee rise it report prog- Tess. The Chairman decided at once that the last mo- tion was out of order, ana presently Messrs, Alvord and Husted, the unimpeachable toploftioal parliament- arians, rose to dispute the Chaitman’s decision, but Martin held fast to his faith in Crosswell’s man- ual, while Spinola, as bottle-holder, threw him words of encouragement {na semi-undertone, “That’s right, Mr. Chairman, stick to it; an old dog for a hard road, Givo ’em fita,’? Alvord appealed from the decision of the Chair, and Martin’s Pomeranian blood mounted to his forehead, but despite Crosswell’s manual and Spi- Dola’s assurances the House sustained Alvord, though Martin, nevertheless, made an tmpression that he was @ man not to be lightly sneczed at or coughed down. ‘TAR IDOL OF CHRISTY FLECKE. If Christopher Flecke had his own way he would } Vest all.the powers of the city government, Including the Excise Board, in Mr. Allan Campbell, Commissioner of Public Works, ‘Yo-day he sent up a bill wiping out the four commissioners appointed to look after tho completion of the new County Court House and trans- subs their duties to the Commissioner of Public ‘ork! A PARK OMITTED FROM THR Mar, The same gentloman handed in a bill authorizing the Department ot Public Parks to acquire title to a goro of land at the fork of Ninth avenue und the Su Nicholas Boulevard, belonging to a Mr. Monteith. The reason for it appears that this gore was marked down as park 27, but was overlooked, as the clerk omitted to color it green on the map, the line that designuted public parks and squares, This bill is to remind the department of {ts oversight and remuner- ute the ownor of the land, THRKATENING THE ANTIQUE. Abill similar to Bixby’s for the abolition of the Marine Court was sentup by Mr. Straban. The court ig doomed, as the lawyers appear to hold iv in ab- horrence, and they are strong in thts Legislature, DON QUIXOTK IN THE HOUSR. Mr. Floyd-Joues, who is a legislative Don Quixote tn his way, felt a pang of remorse that the lust bill he sent in Was not peppery enough tor such people as bet, buy and keep pools on elections, so to-day he came forward with a regular stinger, whieh pro- vides that, along with the other penalties for violating the law against gambling on election, there shall be added disiranchigement for not less than three and not more than ten years, WANTS TO SEE JUSTICE. Mr. Marvin, of Brooklyn, an activo little fellow, who is constantly poking bis nose into obscure and defec- tive corners of the municipal machinery, introduced a bill amending the charter of Brooklyn so that tho boards of police and excise must prefer their com- against violators of the liquor jaws before the in which such violators reside, dd the courts, Jong with the usual penalties, may if the derelict rumselier. BOARD OF NKALTH. ting by Way of preface that the revoke the license. A STA’ Mr. McGroarty, 8 | thing had been sont him from well-informed com- | mittee of physicians, introduced # bill to establish a State Board of Health, which provides that the Gov- ernor shall appoint eight persons from the like num- ber of juvicial districts, five of whom shull bo pbysi- cians of ten years’ practice, who, with the Health Oif- cer of the Port of New York and the presidents of the Boards ot Health of New York and,Brooklyn, shall con- stitute the state Board of Heulth. ‘Theif dutiés are defined at length, WHAT MAKES THE JUDICIOUS GRIEVE. Mr? Langbein, thougn smail, bids high, indeed, for popularity in bis bill to allow delinquent taxpayers as many as five years to liquidate their indebtedness to the city, only providing they pay tho interest on their asgessments. ‘These assessment vills are quite nu- merous, and all of them are against the interest of the city. In tact they have only one object—to chisel the city treasury out of its lawiul dues, DECISION BY THE COURT OF APPRALS, The Court of Appeals handed down its decision to- day in the appeal of the receiver of the Continental Lite Insurance Company from the order of the Su- ‘erm, dismiasing the appeal, with costs. ‘A FIELD DAY IN THK SENATE, It was afield day forthe orators of the Senate, the Dill regulating the salary of the Superintendent of State prisons giving the rotrenchment and reform advocates an opportunity to give full vent and scope to their opiniol ind Woodtu’s electoral count resolu- tions and the historians and lookers up of authorities another chance to display their erudition. The State i n Dill, as originally tramed, provided that the ty should be $8,000 per annum, and on this the republicans made’ their fight. {t seemed to be generally conceded that Mr. Pillsbury would be nom- inated for the position by Governor Rubinson and that he would be acceptable to both parties; but it was evi- dent that Woodin gnd his colleagues did not want the salary fixed at too liberal a tigure in the event of some otber democrat than Pillsbury eventually occupying the office. After a good deal of discussion u sort of compromise was agreed upon, and the bill as passed putsthe salary at $6,000 and gives an allowance of $1,000 for clerk hiroand $1,000 for travelling expenses per annum, BILLS REPORTED. The bills to regulate the rates of wharfage and prices: of wharves, bulkneads aod slips in the cities ot New York and Brooklyn; to provide for the tucorporation of exchanges and boards of trade; for the punishment ot defaulting executors, administrators, guardians and trustees; to enable the Orpvans’ Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopa: Church of the city of New York to acquire aud bold real and personal estute; in | relation to the Foundling Asylum of the Sisters of Charity in the city of New York, and, finally, Baaden’s cheap gas bill, were reported favorably. A RAMSAR Ah ith } ScheN, stating as his prime gealisesiton, for the office that be is chairman of the Tammany Organisation. Senator Bixby immediately nomuated Parke Godwin, saying that it was quite as much ¢ qualification in bim for the high office of Regeat tha’ he was not a member of any Tammany Hall commit tee, and be was nominated, ‘The republican caucus nominated Chauncey M. De pew in place of Jumes W. Booth, and Charies E. Fiten, of the Rochester Democrat, in piace of George R. Per- kins. The election takes place w-morrow. ‘To-morrow Senator Bixby will offer a resolution that ‘a special committee of three be appointed to prepare and present \o the Senate a bill which shall embrace the following subjects :— $ First—A proper method for the amalgamation of life insurance corporations under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Insurance Department and fur the prevention of abuses in such a} Ination. Second—A just method and proper restriction in the mvestment of the capital, assets and surplus of life insurance corporations, Third—Suttable and proper restrictions in the ex- Pendiiures of money belonging to such corporations. Fourth—Provision for more complete and thorough details in the annual reports of life insurance corpora- \ tions, and a more complete and systematic investiga tion of the affairs of such corporations by the Superin- tendent, It those members of Assembly or heads of de- rtments who are constantly introducing or sending ere bills for ley lation in regard to New York would city charter carefully they would of superfluous werk they aro doing, ABINGDON SQUARE SAVINGS BANK, ALBANY, Jan, 30, 1877, The order granted by Justico Landon, aliowing the receiver of the Abingdon Square Savings Bank, Mr, Frank Thompson, to pay a dividend of $12,275 20, was led here to-day. ART MATTERS, ° SALE OF THE WINTER COLLECTION OF AMERI+ CAN PAINTINGS, The reception given last night to the Winter colle tion of American paintings was docidedly culd, and the feelings of the artists must bave fallen below zero as their pictures were knocked down at prices which must have taken their breath away, The only exam. ple ofa similar slaughter of the innocents was wit- neased on the occasion of the Spanish sale, What ever may be the feelings of the owne of the Winter collection there should be nothing but rejoicing in the homes of the buyers, for they certainly obtained bargains not often obtained in this or any other city. The peculiar feature of last night’s sale was the cold blooded impartiality of the slugnter-— every body suffered. Even the mostiavoraed of our ar- tists fell far beiow their usual prices, and though thi preserved their relative goou fortune they wore made lo ject the hardfistednese that prevailed, Tho¢e were no favorites, and every artist was sold in more senses than one, The prices obtained ranged auywhere from $8 to $51u, which was the highest bid ot the haan) ‘This was given for a large and im- y portant work by G. Inness, and could not have been obtained at tho artist’s studio for tho money. The highest prices were realized by the following works:—*"English Chaunel,"’ A. =Wust. . $235; “Stormy Sea,” W. de Haas, $135; “Moonlight on the Hudson,’ $130; ‘Master of the Occasion,” W, “Sunlight After a Storm,’ George Innesa, $155; “View on the Bronx,” J. W.' Casilear, $115; “Black and Tan,’ Jame: |. Bes “\Voodland Bath,"’ Eastmau Johnson, $305 Landscape,’’ Arthur Darton, $100; ‘*A Gray Day N Creedmoor,” Charles H. Miller, $115; ‘The Lookout,” G. H. Story, $250; “Gulf of St. Lawrence,’? Edward Moran, $150; ‘‘Landscape,”? James M. Hart, “Valley of the Tiber,’? George Inness, $525; Sunshine,"} J. G. Rrown, $255; ‘Landscape, Bristol, $220; autumn Landscapes,'’ W. Picture buyers can judge by this tls were obtained. The most important works of the collection will be sold this evening. Among the are Edward Mo- ran’s “Mackerel Fleet in the Bay of Fundy,’ an ex- cellent example of his work in this style, and his “New York Bay,” with a striking Turnerosquc effect ; Benetrain Irving’s ‘Challenge; several important works by Inness; a very strong Konsett; soveral of David Johnson's exquisite gray pictures; a sunset by Bierstadt, and a strong picture by G H, Miller, “Phe Burning Bush.” Story, Cropsey, Brown, Gu, and De Haas aro also represented. There 1s also fine work by J. C, Thorn, who ts not nearly as much appreciated by hia countrymen as be deserves to be, called “The Peasant’s Prayer,” and is full of charming sentiment. It is free in drawing and posi- tive in color, The story 1s touching im its simplicity and will not lose its intereat with time, The sale cone tinues to-night at the Leavitt Art Rooms, THE LITTLE WANDERERS, H, Beard, $100; J.B. Hart, $175. | what bargains HOW TWO GENTLEMEN OF TENDER YEARS GOT LOST AND WERE FOUND. With every report of a child missing which comes to public notice of late there is apt to be associated some apprehension of abduction, and in consequence a vague sense of terrible danger to the helpless straying little ones possesses all interested in their welfare and re- covery. But not all those missing ones have been stolen, Yesterday the following announcement was handed to a Heratp reporter for investigation :— OST—CLARENCE IRVING, 8 YEARS QLD; LIGHT zolden hair: was dreased in blue overcoat, red tie, tur- ban hat, Left the house of bis granamother, Mrs. Page, 142 Christopher street, for home Sunday, January 28, a1 3 P.M. Any information of his whereabouts will be thank. fully received by his mother, Mra, IRVING, at St. Stephen's Hone, 154 Kust Twenty-cighth street. To finding No, 14% Christopher street the first effort of the scribe was directed, and in this it must be con- fessed he failed sigually, There was no difficulty ip finding No. 140, w liberal allowance of 144’s and 146’s, but there wasno 142, With the reflection that it must be paintully confusing \o aischarge the duties of @ letter carrior in a street where three 144’s and twa 46's contront one, the investigation was dropped at this point and taken pp at the Twenty-eighth streot end. ‘There was met another puzzle, No. 164 being an un- occupied house, At No, 145, however, was found St, Stephen’s Hone, and there alo it was discovered that the missing voy bad turned up safely, after about twebs)-.our hours’ absence§jirom the Home. Little Clareuce, who 18 # bright looking boy, had beon given two cents by his mother and leave to visit his graud- mother at No, 142 Chrystie (not Christopher] street, and on Sunday, forgot where ho shouid get out of the car on the return, and rode back and forth at the expense of some kindly disposed passengers, until finally a Mr. Alexander voluntcered to see him safely home, Mr, Alexander did not succeed in finding St. Stephen’s Home until Monday evening, and meantime the boy’s mother and the Sisters of Charity im charge of tbe home were in a most uncomfortable way, fearing some one had a ducted him, Naturally the Judies having charge of tho voy were rejoiced at his return. The mother, who had become almost distracted meanwhile, did not learn of her son’s*suicty unuil yesterday morning, ‘THE PRODIGAL’S KETURN. A general alarm, sent out by Superintendent Walling, yesterday, ordorod the police of the various precincts to keep a sharp lookout for a missing boy, as they bad had to do the day before. In this case the absent one is a littio fellow, ten years of age, pated John Gray. Iv appears that he pupil in Transfiguration School, corner of Mott and Park streets, and that on Friday last he failed to re.urn home and bas not been seen since, Mr. Phil- lips, the schoo! teacher in charge of the class the boy attended, says that he sent him on Friday after # truant boy and he did not return to tke school, «been Mdentilied with * | $1 25 perday. Boys get from 80 cents to $1 25 per | ment of premium 0 year: He bas ail along been fMidentilied with the liberal party. INTERNAL MANAGEMENT. during th year; A PRUSSIANIZKED POLICK COMMISSION, He took un active part in the revolution of 1856, and | “aY, and a ian with team gots $4 per day. The crop | wigo in the “war of reform,” which lasted three years, from 1867 to December, 1460, Daring the early strug: gles of the “constitusionalists’”? he participated in the trials and privauions 0: the long When the iiberals captured Guudalajara, fu the second week of November, 1800, Vallarta was sec y to General on Pedro Ogazon, who became sonstitutional Governor of the State, He becaine a Cabinet officer, as Minister di the Interior, under Juarez, and was called (o the Governorship of his native state of Jalisco by the sufirages of the people. He has algo been a member of the National Congress, und js now Minister of Foreign Attairs unger Diaz I ig said that be isa Free Mason, and that be bas reached the thirty-third degree in the Scottish rie; a position which is supposed to be highly esteemed in Europe. GENERAL DON PEDRO OGAx ‘This distinguished leader way born in Guadatajara in the year 1820. He was educated in the university of his hative city, and adopted the law as a profession, He speedily distinguished himself, and became Presi- deut of the Supreme Tribunal of the State of Jalisco. In the war of 1556 he became the secretary of Gen- eral Don Ignacio Comonfort, and served through the campaign, which resuited in the tinal ov it Santa Anna. He was also for a while secretary of the celebrated General Don Santos Pexollado, and dis- | charged the sane duty for General P: ii. Twice his fellow countrymen caiied him to the Governorsuip of the State of Jalisco, @ momber of Congress, and aiter Lue expulsion of the French be was chosen First Ma, ate of the Su- preme Court of Justice, Lerdo then being its Prosi- dent. As Lerdo accepted the portfolio of foreign aifairs under Juarez, Ogazon became de facto President | of the Supreme Court. During the war of intervention, when martial law wus proclaimed all over the Repuplic, Juarez contided to Ogazon the military governorship of the States of Jalisco and Colima. Une of bis admirers , With Telerence to the position taken by him inthe recent revolution against vx-President Lerdo.— Seeing public institatinns abandoned, the country del Wd inte stitution Among th. for Ganon oppositio eh outrages was found moment did he vaciliate, ¥ co-operated in the decisive suecess of the never-tosve-lorgotten pattie of Tecoas. General Vinx has most justly caled him to a seat in lis Cabinet as Minister of War, severe in his morals, ener reay firmness, his acts ali bear th He"Sropoves to rowodel the nrmny, and islavoring tot ond with au energy worthy of alt eulozium. ONLY GOOD MEN WANTED. General Diaz has made every eflort to draw about bim meu of undoubted honesty and patriotism, who their united councils aud support could aid bim fm ais arduous efforts to re-estavlish constitational order, To this end he bas devoted bimsell untiringly, Joyal to his opinion of bis country’s needs, The opposition arty are rapidly decreasing, fnd the people generally are disposed to accept the prescut political régime, hoping that it may prove ad Vantageous to the country, 60 long cursed by distrac- Sous and mieraie, Generals Mier Y, Teran and Coutiolepe, political aud ” | fee should not be cheaper than ever next summer, He was subsequently elected | ci by his wisdom and | | of the present year is the largest wud best ever har- | vested on the Hudson River, the harvest was never belore finished so cariy, and there is no rexson why SKATING, | ‘The carnival at the Capitoline Lake yesterday, although uot as largely attended as on former occa- | sions, was highly attracttve, In the afternoon the ice was rather soit, bat toward evening it stiffened up | sufficiently to render the skating as One as could be de- | sired. Brooklyn’s crack skaters were out in full force, in hope of meeting a delegation from this city who had | visited the Jake the day previous and bad promised to return and attend the carnival. In addition to the masqueraders im various costumes the spectators had | the pleasure of witnessing ove of tne finest exhibitions | | of fancy skating which has taken place this winter. ‘IAN CONVENTION, | The Fentan Convention completed its permanent or | ganization at its second session, heid last night at | Military Hall, No, 193 Howery, Mr. Michael Fay, of | | Philadelphia, was elected president, and Mr, J. Barry, | of New York, secretary, afier which rules of order were adopted and commitices on “Finance,” ‘Con- THE FE | stitution,’’ “Foreign Afiairs’? and ‘ihe Future of the Organization’ were appointed, The | Head Centre, John O'Mahony, being prevented by 1ll- | | ness from attending, the annual “executive Message’? was read by Thomas ©, Luoy, theJcbairman of the Judiciary Commitice, A’ lengthy discussion concern. | | ing the affairs of the brotherhood then took place, but | | no information either of its nature or of that of tue | “message” could be obtained ou accgant of the strict | secrecy of the proceedings, The meeting -ata very Jute hour adjourned till to-day. A considerable num- | | ber of delegates were in attendance at the meeting. Gor | While Mrs, Margaret Cooper, of No. 395 Spring | | street, was on Broadway, near Houston street, on her way home, Monday evening, Clarence Van Winkle, one | | of those nicely dressed, black mustacned young men | | who stand ou the street corner, accosted her in a | rufianly way, She kuocked bis silk bat over lis eyes | and had hin arrestea, ‘The fellow was committed to the Isiand, ' | ‘MAPLES AGAIN The Committee on Teachers met yesterday after. | | noon im the Board of Education building to consider | various schoo! matiers. Tbe case of Vice Principal Mapies was brought up for discussion, No decision the case was reLderad, { | present directors and officers have notaciear title to | port trom Joseph L, Naar, whose direction was princl- | was examined for it, and ne | bis policy, although he Was credited on the policy | to the The internal aifuirs of the company appear to be very carelessly administered. ‘The book of the minutes of | the meetings of the Board of Directors hus not been | written up for two years, and, consequently, the the control of the company. Several of the former are no longer policy huiders, and are thus not enutled | to act asdirectors. Though over half of the directors reside at a distance from Newark meetings have some- times been called by mailing notices only about six hoars beiore the time for the meeting; in cousequence of this some directors were unavoidably absent, and the meetings were in the hands of those to whom the officers bad privately given suflicient notice, ‘fhe ob- ject of such action can hardly be doubted, The President, who very rarely visits the main office, appears to have undivided control of the company and asse\s, He could dispose of all the company’s marketable assets without the knowledg: the other officers and directors, & power that should never be conilded to one man. I cannot close this report with- ing that 1 much regret that justice requires it ‘The officers and clerks have treated me With much courtesy and the President alone has fuiled to comply with my requests, THE MINUTE BOOK. Attached to Mr. Faikler’s report is a subsidiary re- paily directed to the record of the proceedings of the company and the status of the then Board of Direc: tors, Among other things Mr. Naar guys:—‘By the charter of the company the directors are required ‘to be chosen by ballot from and among the members,’ and all persons who insure with the company ‘shall, whie they continue so insured, be deemed and taken as members of | said corporation, An examination of the — poliey registers developed the fact tbat, of the sixteen direu- ors, three, Messrs. Wales, Lyvecker and MeMichael, had made ho payment on their policies at all, while six otbers—Messrs, Vroom, Overton, Drake, Rankin, right, and Giles—were credited with a payment only up to the 10th day of January, 1876. Inquiry made of | ue of the latter number shows tbat, in point of fact, ¢ hod never made application for insurance, never er made any payment on register a8 having paid a year’s premium, ”? A report by K. M. Stration, accountant, 1s also ale tached. Alter detatling a number of flagrant errors in the books and accounts he says:— “Toward the close of 1876 « large addition was made ‘edit of each of the accounts of ‘J. H. well, President,’ i ‘A, W. Baldwin,’ for cash ceived from them; and shortly alter the beginning o} 1876 about the same sums Were charged as having | been paid buck,’ A similar transaction took place at ‘the close of 1874 anu begiuning of 1875." THE MOTION FOR A RECRIVER, Yesterday morning, a8 he promised, Mr. Kelsey, with the Attorney General, appeared before Chancelior Runyan, at Trenton, and a motion was made that the ew Jersey Mutua! be ordered to show cause why a should not be appointed. Thomas N. Mec ‘ed ag attorney for the company, Attorney , aller recounting th ets evidenced lieved. Appended to the report made by the committee are the reports of the jail committees throughout the State. They all bewail the presence of **tramps.’” The report enters at great length into dt: @ and pauperism. Blackwell’s Island has now a popu of 2,062 paupers and criminals against 992 at tho be- ginning of the year, The record shows maby of thom to be people of great intelligence, and the educational standard of the island’s inhabitants bas no parallel in tue history of criminal statistics, A MARSHAL’S HALLUCINATION, A strange story was yesterday told to Superinten- dent Walling by United States Deputy Marshal George H. Holmes, attached to the New York Post Office, Ho claimed that an attempt had been made by his wife and three men to deprive him of his liberty and no doubt to take his life. They had impris- oned him, he id, for four days in a close room, from which, after great suffering, he managed to escape. During his confinement in this place kis one- mies, he said, had made every ellort to killhim, They had attacked him with open force, and when that failed, with covert wiles, and by a skilfal manipalation of the mean food which they thrust in to him, they had almost succeeded in doing him to death by poisov. The man’s face was discolored and swollen 80 badly that the features can bardiy be distinguished, Superintendent Walling, after heating Holmes’ story, informed him that be had better go at once to Belle- vue Hospital in company with an officer, He retused the escort, saying that he would first go the Fifty- seventh street court to procure a wurrant for the arrest of his assailants, alter whieh he would go to the HMospit He then left headquarters and getting into carriage told the driver to go to No, 226 West fourth street. dress to which Holmes instructed his driver to convey bim from Polic Dr. M. K, Hogan, Holmes made known his tale of woe to the physician and was at once subjected to an examination, No wound was found, nor was any trace of poison discovered, but it was plain to be seen (hut the unfortavate man was saffering terribly from erysipelas about the head, ‘this bad evidentiy afiected the man’s bra: Dr. Hogan 1s one of the medical men of Mount st, Viocent’s Hospital, and ha, as soon as practicable, caused his putieut to be re moved thither, Last: night Holmes was raving, and required the closest attention on the part of the nurses, The police have no doubt that Holmes’ story concerns tng his erne sevoral men is the maautacture of a maniac. A FATAL PALL Ellen Bannan, aged filiy-tive years, of No, 258 West Houston su fel, down a flight of stairs at her resi in the above statementot the examin ferred to be so-called remeurance in the mational cupital, He said | dence yes jay morning, aud received injuries from which sho died a few hours afterward, Headquarters was that of | reatment at the bunds of his wife and | The Committee on Cities gave a hearing this after- noon to Police Commissioner Erhardt on the bill re- cently introduced furming a detective department, with @ separate and independent superintendent, within the Police Department proper; also grading the policemen by three successive grades, aud conferring autocratic power oo the Commission: jm the matter of dismissing members from the force. Mr. Erhardt uniolded tis and dweit upon tts manifold beneiits and nd though he may have convinced the mind of Mr, Fish, whose instincts favor a Yrussianized system of organization in all branches of government he 1s most unlikely to succeed with his Napoleonic plan of police espionage betore the body of the Legis- Jature. It is contemplated, should the bili pass, to make John I. Davenport superintendent of the detoc- tive department, an appointment that would be gen- erally appreciated, Mr. Vorman B, Eaton, before the same committee, advocated Mr. Cowdin’s biil providing jor s1x outside and six heads of departmeuts to meet asa jon and lvok into the machinery of the city government, with a view of finding out What clerical services are’ necessary aud What might be dispensed with, and also what isthe proper remuneration tor the servants of the city, the result of their investiga- tion tobe embodied ina report and iaid betore the Legislsture for action, Betore adjourning the com. mittee adopted the following resolutio! Resolved, That the Mayors of cities be th in writing on ainend cities, and t copies of all acts relating to charters to the Mayors of ci tw be affected and invite their view: : THK NEW CAPITOL, The Committee on Ways and Means held a meeting and took up the subject of altering the plan of tue New Capitol tor consideration. They resoived ww give the new plans a thorough inspection to-morrow aud deter inine the course to pursue. Several of the members are bitterly hostile to the change of design. They point to the antecedents of the architects and ask how could it be expected that such men would be capable of improving on tho design of @ regularly educated architect. Mr. Frederick Law Olmstead, they say, was originally connected with some newspaper, then be was picked up by Andrew H. Green avd make landscape gardener in the Central Park, and now be comes out a full blown arehitect, to upset the designs of a man who bas grown gray in the study of architecture, fhe lighest indication of the arcoitectural abilities of Mr. Kidiitz is a savings bank on Third avenue. FIRE INSURANCK COMPANIES, The Superintei t's report oi the fire jneurance companies Wus sent to the Assembly to-day. huge document, covering the condition respectively of over 250 companies, and will ba be got in a printed form for two months to cor ‘he companies were never in a sounder or in a more prosperous state, ‘and ovly one company—the Oswego and Unondaga— was obliged to take 10 ils sign. REGKNTS OF THY USIVERSITY. ucus this evening vominated Will- fam Purcell, of Ror in place of George RK. Per- kins, deceased, tor tof the University, For tl other vacuney Senator Wogstal vominated Augustus ‘Tho democratic | | | | luis a | Fancying he had gone homo or absented bimeelf for the day he thought no further of the matter, and bis failing to appear since he at first attributed to bis being detained at Lome. WOULD BE A SAILOR, About half-past seven jast evening, however, he was brought to bis home, No, 76 Mulberry street, by a young man belonging to the crew of the fishing smack A. A. Roe, of New London, now lying at the foot of Fulton str His companion stated that he came on board the smack last Friaay in company with an- other boy, who so00n alterward returned home. But Johnny beggea so hard to be allowed to remain on board, saying that he had no home to go to, that the kind-hearted skipper coasented to hi maining. His suspicions were soon aroused by voy’s ability to read and write and by bis talk about school, which did not seem to agree with his retended {riendieas condition, He questioned im closely about his life and school attendance and received such contradictory answere that be determined giving him 10 charge of the police, as his vessel was to saif to-morrow. He, however, chanced to see the advertisement for a missing child, which Jounny’s lather had inserted in last evening's papers, and as the description seemed to tally, brought him home to his parents, tuereby relieving them from the terrible anxiety which they had been suilering for the last four days. ONE CHURCH GOOD AS ANOTHER, Rey, Father Coghlan, 8, J., will deliver a lecture, asking fone church is as good as another, this even ing, at St, Terega’s church, corner of Rutgers and Henry streets, lho eloquent sermons of this Catholic divine bave attracted thousands duripg the past two weoks (o St, Terosa’s, where a mission has been i proge ress. On Thursday evening he will speak on the ‘Lite and Legends of St. Patrick.” roveeds of both leetures will be applied to the hianidanon of the church debt, PARTNERS’ QUARREL Some time since Alirod J. Levey and Francis P, Lockiin entered into a contract to carry on a smail Jewelry business at No, 142 Fulton streek Levey, who 46 a first class Workinan, was to manufacture the goods, Locklin to supply the stock and act as salesman and general business manager, and, according to tuo terms ci ue agreement, the former was to receive $15 a ee week aud bait the profits of the business, Everything went smoothiy for some time with tbe partners, but Locklic vegan of late to discover, he Claiins, ‘that the other was availing himself of the manipulation of the Yesterday Leve: and Was aires the Wilham: Lod Detectives Hay and Gannon, of the steamboat saa Locklin having charged Lim with stealing thirty gol Tings, three gold watches, a number of gold beaded canes aid bullion to the valne of $53, stock to curry sume of it of had his passage engaged for Europe y on board the steamer Wyoming, at Guion hoe, when he was arr v