The New York Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1878, Page 5

, ELECTRIC LIGHT. The Invention Discussed by Members of the American Gaslight Association. Is IT PRACTICABLE? A General Impression that Gas Will Not Soon Be Blown Out. ‘The American Gaslight Assuciation met yesterday in the Filth Avenue Hotel at its fiith annual Conven- tion, “About one bundrod and twenty: members wore present, among whom were delegates from most of the large cities, Business was bogua atten o’clock, the President, General Charlos Roome, of the Man- battan Company, occupying the ohair, The following pficers were elected for tho ensuing year:—Presi- flent—Charles Roome, New York. Vico Presidonts—W. H, Price, Cleveland, Ohio; George 8. Neil, Charles- sown, Mass.;T, Littiohales, Ontario, Scoretary and Treasurer—Chariles Nettleton, New York. Executive Committee—Wailliam H, Deniston, Pittsburg, P Goorge D. Cabot, Lawrenee, Mass.; A. Hickenlooper, Cincinnati, Onio; Henry Cartwright, Philadelphia, Pa; ¥. G Sherman, Now Haven, Conn, ; Henry Stacey, Undianapelis, Ind. AN INFORMAL DISCUSBION. Shortly alter twelve o’ciock a recoss taken ti two in the afternoon, During this !pterval and alter the adjournment im the evening the members diseussed the gracticability of the electric light tor Gomiciiiary use. “I huve witnessed experiments made with the @leciric light,” sald Mr. Henry Cartwright, of Plila- flelphia, “and I am very. sceptical about tts having been perfeoved. The Exposition Buliding tn our elty bas been lighted by it, and I am sure that gos would Dave-been far more efficient ant satistactory.”” PROFESSOR EDISON'S INVENTION. “Yon have not much Jaith, then, in the success of Mr, Edisou’s invention? You think it is: smpossibie 40 do what he claims to nave done?’’'ho was asked, “No, Ido potsay that, Of course1 do not know avything about bis invention, and 1 cannot condemn it witnout secing it. But 1 seems to me that he fails to consider properly the great costliness of using electricity for illumination, It is very easy to say that each burner or lamp will cost only so much per or hour; but I really think that he 1a 1gnorant of the actual expense of bis proposed system.’ Another yentioman remarked “People are very eXtravagent in some oO! theif uotions about electricity. Thuy are ready to believe almost anything in relation to ay The alchemists ol the Middle Ages were not Tore credulous avout the philocopier’s stone, ’? Mr. Henry Stacey, of Indianapolis, said:—“On last Monday night 1 happened to be in Baltimore, and I Witnessed at the Murylund Ipstiture some experi- ments with Tn very brithaut but it wat Baptly una sitas the jouncement of Edisen’s tuvention af. fecied gas stocks io Luatunapolia??” ‘No, wir.”? Mr. P. Munginger told the snap representative that he bad been exy nting with the elecirc light for years, “The eyv,’’ suid he, “ounnot bear more than an 18-canule flume, and the electric light Gannot be divided, In Puiladelpnia it hus been prow duced 3,000 eet irom the generating macuine with the power reduced one buli, But bere is anotuer q@ficulty. Suppose tat this hght is piaced in every Bouse. Who wunts to putin a new piece of cervon evory hour or sv during an evening? ‘Ihe Wallis Machine requires 4 less frequent chanye ‘shun any of the others, -1t employs carbou plates 12 inches long, inoh tbick, and they are set ‘There are few estabiish- dvantigeously lighted even engine is Fe. Quired tor driving tue generating machi It, tor Tostaucé, you wanted to |i hallor a depot for uly three hours you would a: to keep in your em- ploy an engineer and stokers,umd you could never et any light watil the fires had been built and the ilers heated. Where sieum power is siready con- tantly employed ine elcetric light could be used to advantage, but not visewhere. * Pure carvon, nightly Supplied, might produce a coustaut light; aud it you Gan wake It pure white it will be dearly porlect. (EFFKOT UPON GAS BTOCKS, “{ think, however, that ‘tis whole discussion of She electric light has been devised for the parpose of Knocking dowa the gas stocks.” W. H, Price, oi Cleveland, Ohio, satd that ty bad not Veen percepubly affected. iwore difllcait to sell them now tana fis company bad never the subject of the olectri Fectors bad Veloped us to demand investigation, think that the mass of intelligent people were mach interosted 10 tt, “Do you think that electrictty wiil finally super. Sede yas us an iiiumaatiog means?” “Phat “is One O1 those things toat no fellah can find out.’ Ihere 1s, however, a geueral teoling among men who electric I'ght may be periected so will Fival toat of xs, When that com will burt the gas b ens, Of course.*? “Do you eit will ever be furnished as theaply as “Tho question of cost is an excocdingly difficult one. it bas not been iulty determined. There aro no Guta Upon which to form an estimuse,” Mr. M, 8 Greenough, of tho Boston Gas Company, said that gas stocks bad suffered in market vuiue 10 Boston. Thoy bad talien from cighi to ten per cent. The gueasinéss, be vbought, was groundless, ‘Ine exhibition ‘of the electric Hebt at tho Mechanics? Fair hud reassared ¢ho hulders of shares by demon- tra.ing that it could not take t ce of gas iignt i now recovering gain, He bad during the past summer ior the purpos fectric gm, aud bis opinion ef it ke that of Mujor Dresser, wuich the Herxatp pavdlishot Ing: Monday. He found the ex- bibiiions Very woRatistactory. THR JABLOCUOFF CANDLE. The Jablochoif candice is accuratwisy described as follows:—there ure two rods or needics of carboa Placed side by side and insuiated by plaster of Paria Or a mixture of plaster and Kuohn, ‘ine neodies are Made of retort carbon and coment, and are one-ciguth of ap Ideli In diometer and ten inches jong. They ari fixed ip metal sockets to which the wir Each neoul Four of + Opal glass giobe. A: changed to the next. WX oars, They cous twel 14 not think thal could be invented, Gas, he thought, Bora is OWN against any otber tluminaiiug erin! At the afternoon session of the association Mr. Uhumbers, of Trenton, N. J., read a paper on “The Uso of Petroleum m Maning Gas,” and Major G. Warren Dresser read one on “Gas Making io Lon- don.” Most of tho facts adduced bad reierence 10 arduary products, Gas in London costs nimety nis per 1,000 cubic leet. Lt was shi much cueuper than hore and market for the ummonta water, coal t coke whieh are lott by the gas making process, for crushing coke was to in abot M facilitate its sale, A LROTURK ON RLECTAIC LIGHT. At Ove o'clock the sasociaiion adjourned until to- ‘This evening it wilt proceed iu # body to the Tostivate, in Hoboken, and listen te a lecture by Professor Morton on the electric light The leo- urer will Ulustrato his remarks by experiments. EDISON'S VinWS COMBATED, Protessor H. H. Edgerton doos not seem te put Much iaith in the report that dir, Kuison has made a Great discovery in ection with the electric ight. Al jenat be dues mot seo +0 believe that Edison has nado any discovery ut all, 1n a letter to Mr, The. odore Forstall, superimiendent of Now Orleans Gas light Company, under date of the 14th inst., Mr, Eagertoa says :— ‘dusooonn Forsrain, Beq. DAat SIR—A grand lnroe ia being enacted here iu Our vastness for the Ol gullivie Gothamites, L fond you alt (he newspaper clippings | oan tad veartng on the Kubjeow You will soe that dir, Bdiwon, ine Wissrd Of dbenio Park, Das, a8 the popular expression ja vented a means of Uividing olectricity.”” This |ppoved Lo have svived the problem of jon of J measured the tilumnoting power und found it to be twouty instoad of 200. Very possibly the current concentraed on one luinp may wave equaled 1.200 gas jois by actual test, and trow that it Was taken lor granted Jam ps would equal 200 gas Jers, Abia evormous lose KuOcKs all the ecomomy out of viectric liguttiog, for [ found that right on tho spot the Kings Gounty Lights wishing Light to ive than tho bare cost of te Parties imaowlactaring 1, Hence, m opiuion, the economically possibie, ex- Fequiring or permitting conoen- not less ul ct each of the mix jouw of Fees to those who Datieries that With ten powortul “caps? wilt be given, wor with twenty nor It t® only when We mount up into ol Verlis’? that any amount of iy exuctly the same way the SEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 will be dissipated by eabdivision, so tb: into ton the current afforded te of light would fect, Mr. L perimental deta and observation The ligothouse authorities in Engl that 290 cubic feet of gas per hour, co burner, afforded a light of pearly 8,000 candies, whercas, divided into 58 burners of 5 cubic feet enh, the light of only 580 candies would be given, Mr. Hyppolyte Fontaine, engtocer of the Grumme Company, manutactarers of electric light ma- chines, says:— The electric ight does not hi Hight, nor with eat + will nos rey lutionise, often beon averred, the question of lighting, dearbying what ts now in. use, monopolizing evory industrial application, domestic and public. The electric light has marked out for it Unuer Inany circumstances: ing the: cousamption of the other lich ther dovelopment by domoustratin, Mure powerful und comptete illum! Undoubtedly Mr, Edison will wind up witha round tura at the lngurmountable obstacle—the enormous Joss due to subsivision of the current. ‘diy knows what to believe of Edison. The make bim out to be gular mechanical sen of the Joba Keely order, bat 1am told he doos not talk tu scientific people inthe same straio paper reporters, No ond of announce- of what Edison is going to ao are daily made, ne world wags oa and nothing more la heara from This last piece of newspaper i Jonger, a& every one hates heartily—they are even more disagree Rolses onthe Metropolitan Railway, because they can’t be avoided by moving. You notice from the reported interview with Gen- era! Roome that tt is neveleotrio light that disturbs bia dreams. It is the ‘‘schomers” who bave prevented him tarpishing the mild, radiant light of Maunattan Y gus so the poor man at $2 per thousand. That is good! “THE VANDERBILT SEANCE, how: foro with gas light, nor fit i tw olin far tre BEVEALING THE MYSTERIES OF THE MEDIUM EUSINKSS—A MAN WHO MONOPOLIZES TRUTH AND IS SOLE PROPRIETOR OF A TELEGRAPH LINE TO THE SPIRIT WORLD, ‘The oxpectation that Mr. Olintom would converse with some members of the ‘majority’! throt the modium, ‘Dr.’? Mansfeld, attracted to the Surro- gate’s Court yesterday morning a larger crowd than usual, The direct examination of this witness was oonciuded by Mr. Lord on Tuesday alternoon, cense- quently he belonged to the defence yesterday, He was instructed by the Cuurtetore bo retired that he was at hberty to refresh his‘momory by uny doous ments or memoranda be might bave. When be took the stand ho stated that he had refreshed bis memory from bis memoranda, but as those were not in court Mr. Clinton objected to bis testifying to any n discovered interviews with the deceased, The Sarro- gate sustained the objection, saying that it would b Great injustice to the defence to have a witness give testimony from documents that wore not in court and whieh they could pos soe, Witness might falsely testify and the deience would bave no chance to moes the, testimony, On Crost-eXxmination witness sald he bad been for the Jast twenty yours a writiag spiritualt: meo- dium; be had p received the degree of M. D, from apy medical institution; did not claim the title; it bad been awarded to bim by the publica and by friends among whom ho practised at one time, Here Mr. Clinton produced a oard imscribed, **Dr, James B, Mansfeid.” Witness testified that the ex. hibit was bis busiuess card; that be used the **Dr.’” because he was generally known as Dr, Mansfeld; concerning bis previous bistory he testified that he tone time adry goods merchant, thut previous he haa been 4 dry goous clork; ho was born in Wadley, Masa,; irst saw Vommodore Vanderbilt, Spenk to bim, in 1864; bad received communications from him ju 1857, when bis kidneys were out of or- der; these communications were through the post at Boston, SPIRIT MESSAGES. Mr. Clinton—Yesterday you spoke of the Commo- dore writing messages aud sealiug them up, messages to spirits; did you read these commuaicatious ? Witness (alter much preliminary talk nos at all to the point) auswered that bi “How then,” asked dr. what the messnges were?” ‘ne Commodore zhowed them to mo after the answers bad been returned.” ow long a ibtake you to communicate with the spirits by your telegraphic system ?’? ‘Usually aboot twenty minates,”? ‘How jong alter a nan dies can you communicate with him 17? : ‘The Doctor oast bis eyes to tho ceiling, toyed with his gold-rimmed spectacles tor some time and then, Veaining with satisiaotion, said that the gutokest con- nection be ever mare was ten mivutes. A MONOPOLY oF TaUTH. Several times the Court had to call the witness to order for bis persistent efforts to drag e shop’? into his answers, like tue Buglish witness of fame who wound up all his unswers with, “and sell mu’ id BOL, Citmion, “did you know vn know,” asked Mr, Clinton, **whetuer the 8 tell you the truth #7? 1 give communic: a spiri 7 Mis you kuow if spirits always tell the trath, or whether some of thetn verorate liars?” Witness said that he eved all communications through bim were genuine, but with their trash or falsity be bad nothing to do “Do you not believe that some of the epints are Viliapeus jars?” “Some apiriis may lie, but all who speak through’ me tell the tratb.”’ (Laugbter,) “Then Lam to understand you'to say,” sala Me, Clinton, “that you nave a monopoly of the trastital apirite and otber medi 1 1 ot improved the oceasien by unnouncing several times bad the pi with the Father of bis Country and Bon Fraokiin, In exp'aining the vapid communication spoken ot a maa miaaces reaiter his Tequosted him to send a m Heo had never heard of the mun be “Could you give us a commi ed Mr, Clinton. OTHER MONOPOLY. “Explain to the Court,”? said Mr. Clinton, “now you communioate with the spirits,” “When I get under spirit tnflueneo,” sed the Dovtor, “the Index finger of my left hand works like & telegraphic key, and my right naad writes out What is telegraphed tprough my leit by the spirits,” “theo you are the solé proprietor of a telegraph he between this and the Other wortd?” “Yes,” wud theDoctor; “1 don’t know of any other person who velegraphic odmmunication with epirite.”” MENTAL WEAKNESS. rs Mr. William M. Park: t called to the stand. He testified that tb «saw he showed signs of mental weakness aud # unoataral mi DEMANDING A monT, ._ After the cathog uf the patnes of several witnesses ‘who Jid not respoud Mr. Clinton of tne Court to the fact that the the contestants had expired, He hoped the Court would not allow any further tudulgebee. A long ar- trom Ju Black followed, in whi rt the power the Ouurt so Hore ih test There was not, so far as ne knew, for such a course on UW be Court, unies: i ounsy lv ry bad been short, sayin, 180 Was A plain 1 he couid get tho camel through the eye of bis nesule, & hoot behind and to cut off the oth: made to have Mr, Lord divaige the witnesses hi call, bat ly dectined, b. cease when hi avune wo my Witnesser bad been tampered witu. THE “VAIKMOUNTER,” juster too sbort in tho sleeves ai tail to bide his biack coat, carried a carpot-bag in oI hand and aa umbrelia im the other and were butter- ‘But Inexpressibion, “Take it off Ket Police Coart. “Wine?” ojo thathat! Whe “That hat?” sald a “ob, I've had that wince the war,” “Who are you?” ‘Anasa Dickerson, of Danville, Vairmount,"? “Where of earth did you get him, officer?’ “He was roped inte # div Thompson street, and a8 | learned he had comsiderable money on Lim I took him in. He was drank, too.” “Judge, Vil be goso darned ofl was! Bi you don’t ne je man with the duster, you got ii?” turning it over complacently, me you it you taik that way,’? “You can fine medud be darned, I've got $147 In my shift Bow thas your offiver atan’t Oud.” “What are you doing ia New York 2” “Kem down io buy goods, Won’ come you treat me so pesxy mean.” “Now jet me give you some advies,’ ‘Don's want yer advice. Rockon I’m older’n you, Got a boy out Wost worth $40,000 who don’s drink or chew tobuccu!" i Jock you up if you come here again |" il bo divg aWecied ef 1 don’t take oppenl et you dol” BLACK PRESIDENT LIKELY TO BE DEFEATED— THK MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AYFAIRG STILL BEGGING YOR A MAN—-A PROGRAMME FOR REMODELLING THR COUNTRY—THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN—REPOBTED MAS- SACRE OF PNOTESTANTS, ® Cary or Mextoo, Vot. 3, 1878. Bince September 16, the opening day of the sessions of the ninth Cangross, until the present date, neither the House nor the Senate has moved or passed a law of any importance whatever te this country. In fact, the honorable members are only skirmishiag for party advantages, Congress ts divided into two fac- tous—one for, the other against Justo Benitez, whom tho Monitor ealls the ‘black Presideni,’’ Although he is only a Senator, he ig tbe actual governor of the Republic, and is working might and main to be oclected President Diva's successor, Tho Oubines Ministers have to dance to bis piping, and tbat Js the reason why the Foreign Office still goes a begging fora tenant The conuition for obtaining the portfolio seems to be that the Secretary of State isto bo advised and guided by Justo Benites and the Minister of Justice, Protasir Tagle, wno is Bovitez's tool, It is generally known ‘that the office has beeu offored tothe following gen- blemep;—Ezequiel Montez, Manuel Payno, Fred Lurainzar, Duvian (to whom it was first offered and who made the broker offering 1 to the others) and Jouquin’ Ruiz, Dublan isan Oaxaca man, thereforo @ townsman of Dias, Benites and others in power, and he would have been prejerrea by them, Ruiz is a crabbed lawyer, and would get Mexico into a row with (he Waited States in about a tortmyght. But BOO of thése yentlémen Would accept the ofllce to bo supject Lo Benitwz's behests, A + PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME, 1tjs comical to think that jn this country of apor- tanevus revolutions any one should make up a pro- grammo for eighteem months ahead; bat one nas ac- tually been chalked down for ine noxy Prosidontiat 0 home t? hea I’m ready, Good day|’’ election, at which time also'® number of State Gov- ervora will bavé to be elected, 1t is this:—avout three months before e.ection time Geuorals Nogroio and Garcia de Ja Cadena (now Governor of Zucutecus) are to pronounce ugdinss Diez. The latter will then deupateh troops aguing those wo genticmea, which Jorces, however, are never. ta meet, the enemy. This is to go on will election time, when President Dig will issue a prociamution that en account of the in- surrection no election cau’ be hold, atid he wilt give the Presidenoy into the Bands” of ‘the ez-oficio View President, Ignugio Vallarta, ‘the iotter is thea to lay bis wires for manipulatiog the polls; shortly alter Ward the sham prouungiados will submit, the elec- tions be held, Vallarta of course be elected bona side President, and Negri nd Cudeae are to be rewar With the pews sous in tho Cabinet, 1 his programm. 18 10 be reserved as tho Iast resort for veleuting Bevites, Who osherwise is pretsy ocrian nimseli eivoted, t MIRCELLANNOUS NEWs. Zamacons, from Wasningion, bas written t {fiend here that he will provabiy not come itil the United States Congress: meets, so 48 40 have tue cause of Mexico uuvocaiqg by cer members of that body whom be will inspire. He will uot accups the office of seoresary of Stase Will nis cousin Zama. cona, « Representative trom Puebla in the Mexican Gongress and the leader of the unti-Benitisias, shail have worked overa majority. He only uecds vow to win Over eleven more votes to bis party when he will uave tbe desired wajority, and he hopes to have them by Uctober 31, when the grana (nmi of the respective strengin of the two parties Wall be made at the electiou of 4 new Spaaker ior 11 House and sident of the Seaate, wich elected and changed monthly, It y 18 won Mr. Zuinacona will co! “home, oven Volore the meeting of United Stutes Con- the gil aks hares, of the Foreign Office, ied” age pub! jo ier Luis Potosi to a firia in Abexics eral X——, tu the amouat of $83,000, tor contraband tecelved, The initialsof the two cummeroial houses are given. General Naranjo, who ts vinted at as ine one im whose iavor tho Yruer is supposed to have been made, with two other gouerals, havo published a card asking the Trait d' Union vo give the pame oi & in tavor of a Gen- PresideutDisz bas ordered tne courts of Justice to mVestigate The subscript Tassou iu this city ander tue auspices of Uuiied States Minister Foster in aid of the tover-siricken districts has reached the #am of neurly $2,500, The silver Conduct trom Zscateoas, with more tnau $1,000,009, guarued by so Wo huadrod weil armed mea, ar- fived in this city September 30. HOW TO KBMODKL MEXICO, A paper of Puevia Vity, on Sepromver 23,%bas pub- Nsued @ plan ior remedviling Mexicu and ,etting a Jew ‘‘stamps,’? The article is beaded “Guod and Diss interested Coudsels.” It says:—“Duily, Mexico is in are 1 Loving WH Autonomy, liberty and douse, throuxh tue plots of iis val polls are tempered With and inani»uiated, too hay avout mine uniilivn jababituats, of acarovly ove willie said to be civiliz ance. time of not e, made Moy Progress, entber morally or puysioully—vorderiug almost on idiotism—and the lisuility ef their beiug led by uoserupuious political designers “is the caase of all our eviis. e.have an immense border wong tue Irontiers of the United States, Guatemala aud Belize, Weare pot abse to take care of it and will always bo apt tw ve encroached upoo by our neigh. dorsum the prevext of oar raiding on their serri- tory. dost of this ironuer 16 a desert, veiug outlay to us of troops and their muiuie 4acome, Uur mn the largest scaie their t advantag their sia We cannot reckon on the patriotiem of our idiotic Indian population, igoorant of tue mean- “ing of the term native Country, nor cun we reckon on those whose ouly country and gou ts money, nor Ob tndse whe preter tue Vatioae and its clerical gov- ernment to ine civil goverhiment, «ad wno do net Quarrel with auy invader, so that their righis aod Tiches ure aot wuched. sidering, thereture, that our éhief duty 1 t0 preserve var nationality wad Avavor to becvme au invelligent Pation— TUM PROPOSRD PLATFOKM, jut vo eave us from leu Staten May VO aumited as bidders it those above intiicated do not present tuemselver, % lhe Mexioin inbabiiants of ine rections sold aro ie to be weil colonized, to serve as a barrier against futuro enctoscuments. 5, For the Dbought from ti nous classes lands are to be jandholders, to be paia for in @flors ts to be maue bo vivilize 6. Mechanics and savings bunks are to be estab- ened, 1. A system of public schools is to be rigidly on- joroed. 8, telegraphs, public works, hospitais aries are to be estubliened. ® By establishing & national guard the large army te to be reduced to one-third 118 present size, 10, The navy, ordnance and armorics ure to be im- oe present Biate of aMairs ienas guished, our cnudren would the Mexicaa Republic perish, withor olor ever having existed. On ihe oi map of M would = vecome som ier, LOL its uuwnomy would rena we might acquire respectable suins of moucy net Otherwise to ve had. aps, 1b ounciudes, descendants, us, may come to reacquire what to-day ciroumetan wa to sacritice! jn high position ia 4 “Seates mint any desert tract of lanu in Alaska, And the cow roe of the yoou col ous +0 our border will pro! due time tail inte the lap of Uncle sum 11 hoot having any troub! Protestants, wounding & humver Desides, The Gur- ornor of the Siate bus seut troupe to t dimtarbenoe, la Puebla «iso the mod ening to oreak Op Lue, Provestant mission: Butler here a few days ago through Miuister Foster obiaroed au inverview with Pre ut Diag, Who prom- isod to do all 1a his power wo provect ail reli, nominanone, ARS ENIC BY MISTAKE, Mrs. Jonn Roe, of Patchogue, LL, tooling il just botore retiring ‘La nigol, weut to hor medicine Chest aud todk from it what she supposed was a Dover pow: Mixing it In ag ok it and d with violent cramps and vomit- pection of (be ginas showed that she Wty of arseoie suff three persone, Val ald wae «onan pour Woman died i great agony Abows a King tue t 080 «= Mra, Roe Was sixiyeuri Of age, and a life-long resident of the Village RUINED BY. SPRCULATION, _ re Why Assistant District Attorney Hoxie, of Brooklyn, Resigned. A CONFESSION OF GUILT. Teking Money from the Government’s Debtors and Losing !t in Wall Street. Considerable oxciiemont was caused in Brooklyn yesterday alternoun by she announcement shat As- sistant United States District Attoruey George W, “Hoxie, of that city, was a delaulter to the govern. ment and had resigned his office on that account, The amount of money tmproperty collected and re- tained by Mr. Hoxie could not be asceriained, but it is believed to be large, Tho singular monuer ip whion the delaolter conducicd himsgli ef late, as well as the metbod which be hus chosen of making public the defalcation, hus excited muclf adrscussion as to whether ho was altogetner rational, | Shortly before the Brooklyn eveuing papers went to press a young man visited the offices und lett an ep- velopo, witbout making any explanation, On open- ing the enyelopo it was found to contain the following letter of resignation:— Hasteey vistatct oF Nw \ ORK, CLINTON AND MONTAGUE STHEI Orricg Unitep States District sac Buoowurs, ». ¥., Oot. 1 A. W. Trxxey, Esq, Unirep states Atroasky, Kasten Dastaicr or New Youw:~ Deak Sik - For reayons which y rsiand [ hereby renigu the ollice of Assistant Uni ates Attorney for the astern District of New Yu i huve prepared ® statement for publication fully oxot rd Vary re spectiuuy, GEOwGE We HORE ‘Lhe publication alluded to read os toliowe:. Buooxuyy, N. ¥., Oat. 16, 1878, To those whose moneys huve bi trnsted te me bo settle various cuses pomstings In the offices of the United stmies Atiorney for the Kastorn District of New York, and wiica cases have nov yet beon settied tor the moneys accounted said moneys Loxpected honestly to ¢ mauner mentioned in the receipts civen by e ft nll other eases office, The unforvuuntely, and certainly in 5 Wall street specatasi to wh many yours ago, andin wale L have mado und lo! eu have remained fora long time with: out action vy me, with the expectation fram tine to tine that 1 mizht Ge cunvied to proeved with them, L have made every ex rvion possible daring the past two Weeks toruise the money mecexsary to protect you, but bave tailed, If] am not deprived of my liberty I believe that Teng, and it's0,1 will rotumn to you tho sums re. spectively depositod wish me wituia a reasonable sie. L fr. Toney, thy Distries Attorney, trom biame in tho manner uso of these audeven of any Knowleayo of the reeoipt of most of them aud have given to him. « full ist of the sui with tho cuses und respective amonais. ext sume, T do nos wish to wate tne offence, but I realise it most fuwiy and y- " “GLORGE w. HORE, INTERVIRW WITH TH DISTHICT ATTORSKY, A Haraup reporter Jater in the afternoon culled at the oftice of District Attorney Teuney at the United States buiding, corner ot Clinton and Moniogue streets, Mr. Teoney was closeted with Abmstaut Dis- trict Attorney Herbert Hull, Noah 2iobetts, clerk to the Regisirer, andone or two other oficiales, Au ine terview was finally accorded the reporter, and iu answer to inquiries as to what he had to say on the subject of Mr. Hoxte’s aefalcation Mr. ‘Tenney said that ho was as completely tuken by surprise as any eutsider who bad koown Hoxie could possibly be, He had had no intimauon of the matier oaul some of them wilhout the kuowiedge of fs to be able to accuse be. me Court any Coogresemen that utver hae to national disso! The lution and to War, True, we Would coutront our ened the mise, & ow Luousand patrivis Would de and our fame wih become great, but our nationality Would be extiu-pere vo jess than slaves. Then On thoy have quiteys of aboutit, That jme tystive | 4 be revurocd to his oifice trom Now York, whore ho had been trying u case. ‘then bo found Hoxic’s jetter of resignation lying on bis desk. He sodt for Hull, and they bad up to that time He said that he had no Hoxie bad taken, briut Attorney, “no way of floding out; but the moncy is irom old judg- mente that the goverument has obtained, ‘That is as He has taken money iu these view of compromising thom wita the goverment In such instances be has made no record of the fact, and bas sevt uo money to Washington, He bas never consulted me about such cases, as 1 gave bim 1 Ver to receive money iu this ailice, as 1% was not a roposiiory for tunas, All cases that are regularly .comprowised go through mo in the proper torm, and are ent together. with dence thereon with the Apocney, a by inw reement ann papors came back I sold Mi to collect the amount due and setileit. T: amount was about $2,800. He then toid me thas he had collected the mouey, but bad gsed it, He woud setsle 1, however, he ssid. Ltold bim Baturday agaiu ‘to settle it and he sad bo would This ts what ho reiers to in his lester. My knowleage of his transactions tu thas dt is mites to tos instance. 1 nave no idea as to the amount he nus collected, nor have | any ides as to the names of the parties from whem he received money, He took the mouey trom people, promising to thoir case wiih the govertment on receipt of « jated amount, — which, would remoyo the Judgment’ standing such persony as Were judgment debi ted States. 1 jad, nowever, of jorwarding the hi 'y of the oc: to bo compro be hie pocket, and (pere the matter tea, It usually takes Chroe or four months 10 sot- jo wenge through ihe ordinary chunacis, ao that be Was wot liable tu be burried, aad nobody knew oi the branbaction except bimsell.’? bty HOXIs GIVK RECRIPTS? “Did he give a reecipt to the parties [rom whom bo received ibe money ft” “t don’s kuow, Inat can be ascertained only when the porsons who are interested shall come for’ w ed the receipts Jor 7 StMct Attorney will that receipt hold goud Witt the goverament a between the party who pad it '¥,’! ssid Mr. Tenney, “for tature to- ro are, perhaps, betwoom, 3,000 and L cases On Lie books of this vflice, whieh eases Bave accumuluted s1nCo the Organization of the Court, ie probably read up the uistory of many of them, and was iaimiliar with the Juagment recurd, His action Was dikotout of a teusied clerk who should obtain a Dumber of old debts that wero considered bad, and Who on his own reaponsibility sbould collect employer, YY without recording the jac. from the books buw he tection,” you evor know tuat he specul and pocket tho me ed in Wall sireet?” “No, sit; I never decamt that Ne speculated at all, He w: bie, inteingent, industri nd dijigeut, and everything in the ofllce was kept by bim, except ia Ubis -particalar, wito remarkavle by.?? “Have yoo taken any measur reait’? “Wall, I havo telegenphed fully on the subject to the Attorney Goveral jor instruction aod advios in the case, and In the Meantime will occupy my ti it Iie a terribie up Hoxie Ho was au excellent lawyer and prose- MIS MENTAL AXD PHYSICAL CONDITION, Rod Jaay at whose house Mr. Hoxie tue writer fast evening that no boarding with them tor about four- i, (Hoxie) bad bei len Years, He was the only vonrder m tne house. He bad not been ike nimsell, Mra. 7 tom oro Tndeeks past He had pada with U8 BY..81t Clasping Dis months aed etry Superintendent Pulsbery uevvin tor Oppesitien to the coastitution, reiorm( the $317,411 06, ear previons, whet of ae account to "age re rgd gaa at : We Ganaus help refivetiog toad MIDNIGHT WEATHtR REPORT, War henna Ly oF tne Crier Sonat niet Wasutxatox, Oct, 17—1 A. M. Indications For New Engliaud, the Middle Atlantic Atlantte Staten, warmer, clear or partly weat) southwesterly winds and falling barome' Tonnessee Ono Valley, cloady rainy weatber and winds veering wo colder northw followed by rising Darometor, weather, warm southerly winds vee wonterty, loliowed by rising barometer. For the Upper Missteripp: and Lower Miesoart loys, clear or partly cloudy woathor, westerly w etationary lower temporatare rising eter. For the apper lake region, clearing weather, ‘Though aocial at was y tactvarn and dlistaut in his ma id 18 said to have inauiged, though met to ao lojurious exteus, in the use of stimu: wats, He is unmarried and boarded at No. 61 Vierre- pont, Dear Hicks street, on brookiyn Heights, Among lawyers he was vory well hiked, und much sympathy is expressed jor bim by mombers of tue iegai ira nity. T, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. For the lower Inke region, cloudy aad ne en eetemegeatinan. THE FAILURE OF HAAR & CO, OPINIONS OF MEMBERS OF THR STOCK EX- CHANGE—ONE OF THR SUSPENDED ViNM BR- FORE THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTER, The ptinecipal toptos of conversation in Wall street yooterday were the taliuro of Haar & Oo, and the ao, Cusatione made by them against Jay Gould and Bel- dep & Co. A prominent member of the Stock Ex- change gave it as his opivion that nine-teaths of tho members of the Board sympathized with the col- Japsed firm, ana be thought that, if a vote were taken, elden & Co, would receive the lion’s share of tho lame. 4 CONTRARY OPINION. Another prominent member, on tho contrary, cone tended that Haar & Co, were to biaine, He said there was no doubt that Belden & Co, “had had dealings with Haar & Co. in Union Pacific stock, aud that Bel- don & Uo, trusted them with a jarge amount of Union Pacific, on which Haar & Co, advanced only 59, and which that firm geld afterward ior 66, pocketing tbe @iflorence. He belioved that the whol» question of re- spovsibiiity for the sal stocks on Monda: upon the question whether Beiden & Co, gave the order to sel, He tnought 14 singular, if such were the case. that Haar & Uo, did not give that as a renson for their faiiare when they notified the prosicent of the Sivck Excnange of their suspension, Huiar & Co, should buve sometning to suow as prool, because It Was wot right lor thom to bake orders for the sale of 16,000 shares without having it in writing. ‘The whole matior, however, in bis opinion, could stand a strict investigation, MR, BBLDEN’S DKNTAL. Mr, Belden devicd the wuth of Mr, Haar’s state- ment in reference to an aliegea conspiracy onterod into between himself aud Mr, Haar ior ibe selling of sock and Doying Of gold en Monday Inst, His firm 1 tended to press the cxae a fF until thoy r covered the amount of the securities given bim, THK INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, Tho members of the Stock Hxchauge Angolvepey Commitiec—dMessrs, Donuld sicKuy, Howard Lapsioy ond ¥, N. Lawrence—were investigating the case yous terday. Jn addition to these gentiemen Mesars. T. Be Atkins and Jonu W. Kilbreth were appointed on tho tee by the Governing Committee of the Sivck private to keop tho result secret until the report bas been submitted to the Governing Committee. the office of Haar & Uo. ni ig iurtber could earned. Tbe clerks ing charge said they bud not soon their principals and knew nothing concorning their whoreabouts, ONS OF THE FIRM BEFORE THE COMMITTER. Mr. U.K. Kuebnemundt, « member of tue firm of Haar.& Uo., called at tne resideng: of rayon ives, president ol the Stuck Excuango, yesterday mourning wad protested to that genvieman that be (Mr. Kuebn- emundi) was au hovest man, aud deciared that if there had been any “orookedness’” in the transac. M1008 of bis drm Le knew notning about i, Mr. Ives auvisea Me. Muetnemundt to come vowa to h Kuensemunit’s) office and fase the music. saggesiod 10 him to go before the Lusoivency Com- mittee and stand exaiwinattoa, Mr, Kuchoemandt tyok this ulvice aud yesterday uiternoon appeared be- jore tha®commitico and gave his testimony, MK. HAAR IN LUDLOW STRRET JAtL, Mr. Haar occupies 4 room in Luuiow stroet Jail, and by ddvice of bis counsel he reirained irom giving any jurtber particulars of the Julure, He Maiutained, however, that Mis statement, whieh ap- poured in the HERALD yesterday, was, periccity oorrect, No proceedings were taken to effect the release of Haar yesterday, iis couuael, ex-3enutor Jacob A. Gross, being engaged ou'another cuse. ‘To-day, how- ever, application will be made to the Court to vacate the order of arrest or to reduco the aimougt of vail. Mr, Gross 18 confident that ne will be able to prove thut Jay Gould, Belden & Go, played a sbarp trick ou nis clients on Sunday wight. Everything cou- nected with thoiuterview at that time, he says, will be fully ventilated, OTHER BUSINESS LRUUBLES. druggists’ sundries, at No, 28 Joun street, wie ane pounced yesterday, and during the day ne madea general assignment for the benet of his creditors, withvat preference, to Josiah f, Tubby. The failure caused considerable surprise in the trade, on account of Mr. Hytland’s excellent reputation and credit He had'a capital of $40,000, Georgo P. Koese being the speoial partner. ‘The jiubilities are about $50,000, and the assists, Which consist of stock, notes and open accounts, arc estimated at from $15,000 to $25,000, Jacob Haudman, manutacturer of laces, ut No. 14 Lispenard street, made uo assiguinent jor tho benetit of bts cPoditurs yesierdyy to Robert Raveo, — His lia- bilities are abeul $8,000 and assets probaoly $5,000, 1 jon of George H. ireaor, No. 7 West y-fith sireet, reierred to Register Ketchum, shows sabilitics to the amount of $76,000, and ao ausets, Baca B. Weston, of Nyack, whose petition has boun referred to Rogister Fitch, bas liabilities to the amount $14,562, and no assets, Vanderboct & Boatty, manutactarers of straw ‘at No, 620 Broadway, having tailed to got torough with their comporiiion, buve been adjudi- by Judge Cueate on the pottiion ot ner, Regmser Dwight nas called held on November 8, when ans: ected, ecting, 10 ‘8 nee Will bee THE BONNER FAILURE. Petitions were yesterday presented to Judgo J. F. Daly, in the Court of Common Picas, by Messrs. Will- iam Belden & Co, uad others, aud Messrs, Trask & Stone and ethers, in the mattor of the assignment of Joha Bonner, & Co, In the frst petition it is stated that Beldeu & Co. vorrowed trom Bonner & Co. $45,000, secures by 100 shares of Union Pacific stock, and that on another occasion they borrowed $50,000, seoured by 260 shares of tho sume sock, These se- Curides, together with ot eit for various loans, similurly vot from Bouner & Co, by trask & Stone, Hotcukiss & Buavam aod Hamm & Murray, beequently by Bouner & Co. Kelley ior f $60,000 in gold, Not aid, sold the secarities rennzing $64,266 21, out of which chey retain $61,582 47, tue amount ue them, with interest, and 4 surplus of $2,673 74, which the potitionors ask to be divided amoug them pro rata, in anosuer sopu- rato petition yy Trask & Co, thore 18 a fursher s plus of $1,997 05 asked to ve atstrioated, Trenor W. Park olauniay proportion out of 100 shares of Panama stock, which he pledged witn Booner & Co. tor a loan of $80,000, and likewise repledged and seid. BANK OFFIUJALS ON TRIAL, 2 SECOND DAY'S PROCKEDINGS AGAINST THR MANAGERS OF THE NEWARK SAVINGS INSTI- ‘TUTION. The triatof the Pcople’s Savings Bank ‘ofMfeials, of Newark, was coptioued yesterday. Mr, Reeve, late svoretary of the bank, was recalled, He stated that he bad examined the votes bold by the bank for two ye and found tweoty-fve oreaited te William H, Randall, one of the alleged swindiing managers, and six te Mr, Doremus, auorb “manngor; all the managers’ notes wore paid except Randail’s, ond some of bis wore taken. up. On beiwg asked how he know Mr, Rhovdes, the preat- dent of the bank, had bypotwecated bouds, the wit- nosé sud :—"“The officer of the ki him; GCovenel Ali Randall; | do pot Knew adout w {his eviWOnce Was brought out by the defence with a view to shew that the bypotnecation of bouds wos not done a8 the result ot ® conspiracy—tne charze on which tho accused are tried. After fecers Mr. Alonzo Somervilie, onshier of the North Ward Bank, testified that Mr. Rueodes haa toid bim that he had used the pie’s Bank's United States beads aad bad giveu the bauk » check for the amount, Witness sa testilled that the North Wart Bank had borrowed the People’s United States vonds turough Mr. Ruedes, vad nad obtained money on them, ou n At this potus the State rested, aud Judge Depue, Apeaking tor the Coart, #aid that tbe overt act onarged 4a the conspiracy was uppropor use oi Uaited states bonds, The question should be settied whether there Was iraaduléutintent. Ihe next question was, How many deiendnots Knew of the wrong done? ‘The: wae evidence agaitist all but Colonel Allen; yot h ember of the Finance Commitee, presam oO. these i to detend THK DEYBNOK OFAN. Counsellor Coult vow upened fur the de Awolt at fest on the heretovore unblem: tion of the defendants. They had do thooght vest, The loans made DY the defonu might bave been made cunirary to the charter, but the Jory wast be satisit Iratiey rene: stitution, Lilegal ee y have beon done with the In Conclusion counsel urged that id ob bO held reaper commercial depression and its resulis, aud the Wiiitaims ana Deromus notes wid tua ula be satiwfae- i pinced on the stand one of the Wil white-hatred, accused, Colon white-benrdod, military tooking man, evid Fecont inward. fHe Colonel testified’ tha nvetwd with the Dink frow 19 o a of no’ crim: know thas Mr, Randall made anything out of any transaction, nor did he know of any one who aid; for several yours tho stook of the Citizens’ Insur- ance Company was at par; betore bis tuilure Mr, Ba CG. Smith Was lu good Commercial standing; so was Me, Randall, fhe Siate bas several Witnesses who have not you testitied, THE BAKER-IRVING OASE, The Baker-Irving bastardy case was callea before Judge Murray at tho | alternoon, Mr. Charles 8. Spencer, counsel for Mr. Irving, sommed up for the nce, He aweit upon the unimpeachable characver of th fondant and ters Were Kol necepied tf his wile, sou aud daggntor Were present, as Were also the Unlortauate gitl and hor mother, Judge Murray reserved nis aectaion, | through bis wast ‘The fatiure of Henry Haviiend, wholesale doaler tn | nbs Polico Court yestorday, OUR COSTLY BRIDGE, ee Argument on the Motion to Gompel Comp- troller Kelly to Issue More Bonds. oo, TEN MILLIONS ALREADY SPENT, President Murphy and the Trostees Charged with Fraud and Extravaganes. The argument on the wotion to compol Comptroller Kelly by mandamus to iseue $1,000,000 ponds for the Brooklyn Bridgo was continued in Supreme Court, Chambers, before Judge Barrett, yesterday morning, Moséra. William Henry Arvoux and Robert &. Strabaa represented the olty, and Edgar M, Callen and Aaroa J. Vanderpool! the Bridge Compacy. Mr, Culjeo argued on the question of the proper Iorm of bringing this proceeding that the applica: tion for a mandamas should be directed not against the Corporation of New York at large, but specially Against the Comptroller, because it was bis special foult that the Corporation ¢id not fulfil its duty to issue these bonds, Mr. Cullen urged toat the Com- mon Council bad uo right to pass « resolutien direct~ ing the Comptroller to withhoid the issue of the bonds uotilthe question nad beep judicially settled, It was as it the Common Council wore saying to the Comptroller, ‘Don’t obey the law.” Mr, Cullen handed to the Court a Itthograpued copy of the opinion of Corporation Counsel Whitney that the city was bound to issue these bona: , Judge Barrett asked if there w y private tn. ferests in the briage or whether it was solely a Property ot tho two cities? , Mr. Culien replied that by the act of 1875 the pris Yate stock in the company was purchased, and it was Bow eutirely owned by the twocities, Hs claimed that the amount of $8,000,000 fixed for the cost of the bridge was not a limi. if CAN TARY SPEND A HUNDRED MILLIONS? Juage Barrett asked whesuer, according to this Principle, the trusiees of the bridge could spend $100,000,000 on 11, and whether oiter the $8,000,000 provided for had boon spent the work would wave to stop until the Legislature authorized the remainder of the expenditure of shis $100,000,000? Bir, Cullen replied thut if 1t was apparent to the Court that the bridge would cost $100,000.000, it would, doubtiess, be £0 atrocious a case «8 to jusiify it im retustog the mandamus, Mr. Strabau—Tho point waich I wanted Mr, Murphy to meet, and which 1 understand bim to admit, ie that according te the original designs in 1876 .be bridge would uot have coat over $8,000,000; bus that aVagance and iraaduloucy this Koveded, understand him.toadmis cout will Judge Barreti—1 don 4. L will hear you in eo Mr, Culloa continue: recess, when Mr, Stranai wroter Kelly, Mr. Strahan olatmod that it was an invariable rule of Jaw that where an action would ho no Mandamus should be granted. The city of New d, York was & corporation, and could Mr, Stranan cited several cases in waica it was neld that an action must be brougot against the Comptroller’ and a mandamas Was refused, In all tuese caves the duty was munda- tory upun ine Comptroller to issue bouds for work done for tne oly. erence to thoir remedy agato: erediters, More especially musi proceeding against the Comptroller fai! because like otner cluims this must be passed upon by the Auditor beiore it cun properly be presented ‘ne Comptroller tor pay- ment ln a. preceding case, agaivst Comptrolier, Greea, the Court of Appeals bola unanimously that tue Comptroiler could not be called upua to pay auy demand or claim until it had boen properly examined and aodited. Mr, Vanderpoel denied that the trustees of the bridge were ordiuary creditors against the oity, SOME FRANK ADMISSIONA, Mr. Strahan dwelt upon the iact that Henry O, Cost of the bridge would of that ample provision had veen made jer the compic- tion of vue work by the Legusiature of 1875; but they fraudulent procee work except for ‘bird more than was stipulated by the Legwiaiure, Tne Comptroller was ready to prove to any iniellegent jury the a! by bim against the trustees in rete extravagance and iraudatent acts. Was it to ve tolerated that where explicit limits were placed upos puoue ollicers the experieace with the New Yurg* Court House was to be repeated whi asked for again and agai, unte 4 ten times more (ban was origtually trustees mast be heia to their a way of defending the city’s ster: law, id tion and complete the bridge jased by law, per- wita! Mr. Arnoux argued that, as the Comptroller acted under the direction of the Common Coanoi! mane damas, if granted at all, must be ai a against the Commea Council, who had revoked tueir ovareat te the issue of these bonds. Mr. Armoux quoted trom the law of 1876, providing that the woole .moant te be paid by down cities ebali not excced $5,000,000, A POINTED QUEBTIOS. Judgo Barrott—How muca nas beea paid altogether? Mr. Vulieo—Five millious aad turee Bundrea thou. sand doilars. Yes; about $10,000,000 alteget ‘million wilt be mero; y at tue vridgo,”” Mr. Arnoux alier M18 apeni, work will still be incomplete, Your Houor cannot assume that alter shey have ex- buasted the $8,000,000 tne Logisiature will at 1. bh@ Work bas to stop, tuen woy Nos jet it siop ? They think the Legisiatare will say, ‘Gontlemen, we should never have nied yoo this money if we Dad not boousht bunt you would with it, bat as you areso Fost. be influonced by any sa be to euoow the | Beiore this speech was finished the Court ad Joured aati! tals morning, enon Me. Araoax will eve, clade his argument. Vanuerpoel will reply og bebail of the Bridge Company, and J Barrets wilt then take the papers ava reserve bis decision in she case. A DEFECTIV«® AKOH, FURTSER COMPLAINIS AS TO THE INSTABILITE OF THE FOR1Y-SECOND 61REGT BRIDGE The arch at Forty-second street and First avenue, hich Fecontly fell down, ia being reeoustructed, but tm ouch as unscientific manner that the residents of the adjoining bouses are preparing to meve, asin toe Opinion of competent eogineers the whole mass of masonry must give way uotess out on better principles, A well known brid statement to a HeRALD reporter yesterday, in relation tothe work on the bridge:—‘To its present state there isimminent aanger of thi fe structu: falling in and probabiy destroying several adjoint houses m its fall, Tho drat arch ato t part of Proper position, & proper counter forte to resist the pressure irom the hall ion the bridge, The weight of ine bricks in « Hilly-toot seotion of tne oie pouuds, aod Weigat of @ Dity-iovt section of tae earth filied in above tne ai Je 3,564,000 pounde, The weuk poimt ts ia wot having « proper cvunter forte between the adjoining steps on and Loe result it tm pias anger, This pressure made them generally 4 SPLIT WALL. r ‘Wivg Wali on the northwest mde of ihe bridge Ms Open, aud the face of the adjoiming abuiment is also baiging out. This mast finally re- sult im she destruction of the adjoining brivk huuse, Unieds mensutes are bmmmodiately takeo ty strengiben the counter fortes a to dujid a bridge of the sam snould excavated Mity. m™ has also 1oosenud the steps secure, ibe excavations have beet reguiar manner as to widt rt ny places they ouly lorty-0tx (ees in Width, aud are rarely wider forty-wine teow Ther the excuvations are filty t 1p some portions of tie wor! # portion of the abacmn bu; And aga’ tbe loose reck tas be Approved orm pr design, and should have been ot diaxooal form, as tual is ackuowledgod to be inal wirougedt, Rid BOL 8G Apt to Vibrate ay tue UNO thoy ao 1