The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1879, Page 5

THE STATE CAPITAL, Important Queries for Senators and Assemblymen. CORPORATION RULE. Bills that Are Put Forward for Ques- tionable Purposes. WHAT WILL BE DONE? A List of Measures for the Peo- ple to ‘Watch. Axnany, Feb, 24, 1879. With the Washington’s Birthday recess of the Leg- Islature an opportunity arises for speculation and criticism of the legislative outlook for the re- mainder of the session. The conundrum that seems uppermost in the minds of everybody here is, Will the Legislature of 1879 do any- thing at all? or is the gathering meant to afford amusement and the usual amount of political wire- pulling, lobbying, &c., with attendant “benefits.” Of course it is easily understvod that the forms of law must be complied with in the assembling of the Legislature once a year. Appropriation and supply bills to carry on the machinery of State government must be passed, but the important query here pro- trudes itself—for what other purposes do this august body come together on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of each year? Good l#ws have undoubt- edly been passed in former years, while many evils are allowed to prosper and flourish in State govern- ment which might have been easily rem- edied if legislators acted alone from stand- Points of honest conviction. It is not by any means @ difficult problem to solve as to what should be done at the present time in the passage of laws tending to alleviate the sufferings of taxpayers and to lift the corporation yokes from off the shoul ders of the community at large. At the commence” ment of the session I gave a list of the bills which ought to pass without obstruction from any quarter. Nothing-has been done since of a tangible nature to forward such necessary reforms. Will anything really be done? The question is asked here day after day and night after night. MONUMENTAL FOLLY. ‘The answer is as much befogged as when Speaker Alvora’s Jerusalem gavel first rapped this “im- maculate” Assembly to order in the gorgeous chamber of the new Capitol, which recently resounded with thundering congratulatory ex- Pression of Commissioner and Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer and pre-Adamite histor ical reminiscences from Mr. Erastus Brooks. Speaker Alvord, too, regaled the large audience sit- ting in the capacious armchairs, manufactured ex- pressly for legislative halls, with some ancient narra- tives of great and good men that had come on the political stage and disappeared with the shadows of mortality. Not one of the three speakers, however, alluded to the ten millions spent on this immense mausoleum of folly—ten times too large for its intended uses, and probably destined to be as much of # landmark for the finger of public scorn as the new Court House in New York city, al- ready growing dilapidated before completion. A local poet has written a very amusing satire upon the whole colebration of thet eventful ovening. Among the lines, in narrative form, are the followin, There was Governor Robinson, looking at the job in stone, Barrin’ bis goggles wouldn't let him com And "twas unraisonable and quite ansaison: For to expect him th to bate their drum. But his friends was sayin’, as they made their way in, “Sure doesn't it bat jivil for expinse.”” . Till Senator Harris went, with small ombarrassmont, ‘And show'd 'twae ais'y makin’ the costs imminse! This stuff may probably give some idea of what the taxpayers in this vicinity think about their won- derful Capitol and its projectors. GOOD MEASURES BEVORE THE LEGISLATURE, A perfect avalanche of bills has been hurled into both houses. Many of them were introduced un- doubtedly for striking purposes; others were brought here by conscientious legislators, with the intention ot pushing them through if ible, while others again are placed on the files, with the object of distracting attention from jobs insidiously coming after at a later period of the session. Nearly two months have elapsed now since the opening of this Legislature. It might be well to give s hasty glance at a few of the principal bills of interest to New York citizens which bear upon their face the impress of fairness and honesty :— 1, Reducing the fares on Union ferries to Brook- lyn.—Introduced by Mr. Sheridan. 2.-Reforming Corporation Attoruey Boyd's office.— Introduced by Mr. Secbacher. 3. Compelling one horse railroad car companies in New York city to employ conductors as well as drivers.—Introduced by Mr. Mudigun. 4. Preventing the overcrowding of horse railroad care in New York city.—Introdu Mr. Grady. 5. Providing for the appointment of two judges to hold special sessions in New York.—Introduced by Senator Hi in the Senate and Assemblyman Var num in the House. 6, Providing for the appointment of three railroad commissioners, who shall: ave entire charge and Jurisdiction over all railroads in the State.—Intro- duced by Senator Loomis. 7. Abolishing the Dock De; it and transferring its power to the Departwent of Public Works.—In- juced by Senator Murphy. 8. ‘Abolishing the Insurance Department and trans- ferring its powers and duties to the Comptroller's office.—Introduced by Mr. Skinner. 9. Providing for the construction of a bridge over the Hudson River between Fishkill Landing and Cold Spring.—Introduced by Mr. Brooks. 10. Preventing clerks of courts of record from charging fees in the filing of notes of issue. 11. Concurrent resolutions providing for an amend- ment to the constitution by which we are to have biennial instead of annual sessions of the Legisla ture.—Introduced by Mr. Skinner. 12. bees ef the referee ng? in Now York by gizine the Chiet Judges of the Superior, Common oom fre a th power to appoint twenty first class, reputable lawyers as standing referves.—intro- duced by Mr. bein, 13. biome leg: ee ~ all oa at six por cent, and specifying proper safeguards, so as to pre- introduced by Senator dick. vent usury. to improvement of Harlem River and 14. Relati Spuyten hae Me Ay which bill provides for giving consent of ‘State to improvements in this vicinity by the United States government, by which the lat- ter may take and hold the lands necessary for such ‘work. Seoae et by aaa pti Ww. ing it a misdemeanor to charge illegal wi Introduced by Mr. Youngs. 2 16, Giving mechanics’ liens a preference in all cases,—Introduced by Mr. Simonson, 17. Reducing the salaries of the Aldermen in New York from $4,000 to $2,000 and increasing their terms from one to two ycars.—Introduced by Mr, Dean. 18, Giving the Boar! of Supervisors in Brooklyn er to cut down all official salaries in that city ten F cent after the Ist of January next.—Introduced by ir. Stevenson. 19, Making it unlawful for railroad companies in this State to confine any animals in their cars for a longer period than twenty consecutive hours, with- out unlo the same for rest, water and feeding, for a period of at least seven consocutive hours, un- less prevented by storm or accident.—Introduced by Mr, Galvin, 20. Reducing the salary of Commissioner of Jurors in New York $15,000 to $5,000 per annum,— Introduced by Mr. en. 21. Let cog Mr penalties for dumping refuse matter in the North and Kast rivers and Bay.—Intro- 22. Takei away the dution of street cleaning from the Police Commissioners in New York and handing the work over to the ent of Public Works. Introduced by Mr. Langbein. 23. Mr. Hepburn’s Apportionment bill, giving New York twenty-five members of Assombly and Brooklyn thirteen.—I the lower House. on hems Ce in rates of Sanapcets. n, storage jug of property carried wholly 2” by railroad in the State,—Introduced by Mr. 1 26. Providing & reformatory for women at a cost not to exceed $300,000 —Introduced by Mr. Ogden. 26, Cutting down the number and salaries of em- tC hed in Senate and Assembly.—Introduced by Mr. inner. ‘27. Abolishing the fee system for Register, County Clerk and Sheriff of New York, and paying the first two $10,000 per year and the last $12,000,— Introduced by Mr, Varnum. 28. Providing for the consolidation of Brooklyn with the towns of New Lotts, Flatbush, New Utrecht, ‘Grayorend and Fiatlands.—introduced by Mr. Sori: dan. 49, Compelling street railroad, gas, ferry and other corporations in New York to pay three per cent of their eon receipts into the city treasury.—Intro- duced by Mr. Seebacher. Dd jalties for charging illegal 0. 8) wise ROME Ne $0 ae Compelling justices of tho Supreme Court to NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET, order a summary investigation as to town-and city offictals on the application of twenty-five taxpayers where fraud and misappropriation of public funds are Pngpected.-Susnaine by Mr. Fish. The above are among the most ( apposed measures at present in Senate and Assembly in which the peo- ple, not alone of New York end Brooklyn, but of the whole State must feel a deep interest. WHY CAN THEY NOT PASS? It such good measures are slaughtered it will not be a dificult matier to reason out the cause to a truthful conclusion. There are between 800,000 and 900,000 voters in the Staie of New York. They send 128 Assemblymen and 32 Senators to repre- sent them yearly in Albany. Of late years atew corporations control the anajority of those represen. tative: lind man, groping his way, can readily pennies sink. o, irs if be only remains few days. ‘The plan of operation seems simple enough. Tracing the actual rewards tendered for such pliant submission to the behests of grasping corporations is a task not so easy in its accomplish- ment; but the moral certainty as to the infamy and guilt of certain parties in the Legislature who aid and assist in this outrageous system is, nevertheless, just as strong and convincing. It will only require public attention to be carefully directed to the pres- ent Legislature to find out where corruption lies and what class of men are responsible for it. Let ublic lip out this list of equitable measures, watch them as discussed in committce and on the floor of the Senate and House, give heed to the bo culiar tactics pursued in smothering them after in- troduction, criticise the apathy of the members re- sponsible for their introduction and the double dealing of those who proclaim loudest reform principles, and a correct opinion may be formed as to how this entire crooked legislative machinery is operated. When election day comes around it will thus be easy to sift the wheat from the chaff—the men who selland the men who buy; the men who pocket the money of the corporations and the iy who have stood up faithfully to their trusts and their consciences. WILL THE LINES BE DRAWN Now? The y of ‘*high moral ideas” controls the pres- ent Legislature. The ‘tick! * process, however, is observable in both honses. “You tickle me, and I'll tickle you,” seems to be the motto in certain quar- ters. Whenextreme party issues do not arise the plan is understood to be to bargain for the passage or killing of one bil! or set of bills in return for favors extended from one side or the other. Before the ses- sion becomes much older will it not develop some man with brains and honesty enough to rise above the turpid pool of politics and denounce this state of affairs? Gentlemen of the experience, tact and in- fluence of George B. Sloan, Hamilton Fish, A. B. Hep- burn, I. I, Hayes and Erastus Brooks in the House, and Joln C. Jacobs, James H. Loomis, George Raines, William H. Robertson and D. B. St. John, in the Senate, might rise above party faction and Reotition intrigue, in denunciation of this system of lobbying, corrupt corporation influence and secret wirepulling between individuals. Why don’t they do it? The atmosphere of Albany is thick at all times with insidious rumors. The necessity for the been of equitable laws by which corporations will be roportion sonal and real taxes to Pp of per- the State is fully ap- parent to all right thinking minds. Mr. Sloan is recognized as @ gentleman of force of character and honesty of purpose. The leaders who tought with him on the Speakership issue bear similar reputa- tions. Is it probable that this phalanx will hoist the banner of reform and march courageously against the corporation (insurance and railroad principally) rings which are said to hold the present gislature by the throat? Or is it possible that political ain- ditions hold them back at the last moment in the pike a always entered into at the State Capi- tol every year? The closing days of our present ses- sion can alone determine such issues. A WAY FOR THE AMBITIOUS, We have any number of candidates in both houses for State offices to be filled next fall. A thorough ex- lanation of the conflict here and the men who stand by the corporations against the interests of the masses may bring many of these ambitious states- men to political graves long before the State conven- tions are called together. The democratic minority can well afford to rest on their ours. ‘The people of the State must hold the republican party fully responsible for legislative omission and commission so tar as the session of 1879 is concerned, Brigadier Geueral James W. Husted wants to be Licutenaut Governor. Then if he does let him advance to the front in the good work of striking at corrupt corpo- ration influences. He claims to have made Alvord Speaker. It looks like it here, for Westchester and Rockland counties aro very fully represented in patronage on the floor of the Assembly. Onondags comes next in order on that head. Mr. Sloan, too, is prominently mentioned for Governor. If he us pires to the position let us hear trom him in de Yence of the people's rights as against ern in- fluences and corporation pap. Hamilton Fish, s aie Sitotoores of considerable promise, aims, it is said, to be 5; er of the next Assembly. Will the logrolling him and keep his lips sealed until the corporation juggernaut crushes out his brilliant hopes along with scores of others who now hold high heads around the halls of the new Capitol? OFVICIALS IN TROUBLE. The cases of Kegister Loew andCounty Clerk Gum- bleton continue to excite a good deal of attention here in executive circles. When the charges were first preferrea I received information from roliable authority that both heads would undoubtedly fall in the basket. “Governor Robinson,” remarked my informant, “knows but onv law in connection with such cases. If the charge of pollening illegal fees is established he believes in the radical remedy of immediate re- moval. He is not a half-way man by any means. Within the past few days things appear to have taken somewhat of a change. Tremendous efforts have been made to influence the Governor, particularly in the case of Loew. Several gentlemen called to see him trom the unti-Tammany side, cong Senge Colo- nel Herman Uhl. Petitions, too, have handed in from lawyers, judges and personal friends of the Register, usking that leniency be extended. These repeated onslaughts on the Governor are understood to have had some effect, and I sm not now 80 con- fident that both will be removed.” ind movement looks like & political one, does it not?’ “Yes; it has certainly that appearance, but such @ condition of affairs does not alter the Governor's responsibilities in any way. He is bound to act solely on the evidence before him. Iconsider the visit of that ‘Tammany delegation did more harm than good. It may resuit in placing the Governor in an embar- rassing position. Should he dismiss the charges it will give his enemies an opportunity to say that he did so in the maki ote — poltical bargain with Tammany as to next November's election, when a Governor is to be chosen by the people.” As matters at present stand in Albany nobody seems to be able to guess what will be the uléimate mination of Governor Robinson. Nothing has been heard of the preparation of charges against Sheriff Reilly. ABOUT AN EXCISE LAW. No definite steps have yet been taken to secure the passage of a proper excise law for New York city. Several bills have been introduced in the Assembly on the liquor question. They were referred to the Committee on Anternal Affairs, of which Mr. Wakeley is chairman. It is understood that «date will be fixed next week to hear the opponents and advocates of legislation in this connection. With proper and discreet ment on the part of the liquor inter- est of the metropolis there is s1 robability that they will be able to secure such relief as may be re- quired from the present Legislature. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS. In the case of the People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert L. beggroreg be mages Allan C. Beach, us Secretary of State, the latter has appealed to the General Term trom the order made at the Special ‘erm, February 1%, directing him to file the certiti- cate of incorporation of the Kesler Mining Com- any. ‘The Governor has filed the following bills :— ‘Yo authorize the Clerk of Suffolk county to sign certain records not signed by his predecessor. To amend the act autho: the Medina and Ala- bama Plank Road aS sell part of their road, For the relief of Tenny E. Dibbage, of Oswego. ‘Treasurer Hayes, ot Ulster county, reports, pur- suant to the order of the General Term of the Su- reme Court, that the amount of court funds in his ds is $14,859 74, of which $3,679 29 is invested in qortga the remainder being deposited in sav- ings ban! ‘he bond of Julius Deitz, Receiver of the Westpha- lia Savings and Aid Association, of Butlalo, was tiled to-day. The bond is for $10,000, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the receiver, and is signed by Iguatz Woephel and Jacob Heinmenz, OFFICIAL EXTORTION. COUNTY CLERK DELMAR, OF BROOKLYN, CHARGED WITH EXACTING ILLEGAL FEES—A PETITION TO GOVERNOR ROBINSON FOR HIS REMOVAL. There has been submitted to Governor Robinson 8 petition charging extortion on the part of County Clerk Delmar, of Kings County, and asking for bis removal, of which a copy is as follo' ‘To His Excellency Lucius Rowinson, Governor of the State of New York :— The petition of William Beggs respectfully showeth :— 1, That the petitioner is an attorney and couan- sellor of the New York Supreme Court, residing at No. 158 Lawrence street, Brooklyn, and doing busi- ness at No. 98 Broadway, New York city. 2, That an action, wherein the ‘itioner was iw and James Armitage was detendant, was ately pending in the County Court of Kings county, having been nd tht there for trial by a jury, on ory from & justice's court in the city of Brooklyn. ‘hat in order to have same placed on the calendar of said County Court for trial petitioner was obliged to jo in the Kings County Clerk's office a note of issue. 3. That upon filing same in October last, this pe- titioner paid to said Gounty Clerk a fee of ‘seventy- five cents which he deman of the petitioner. 4. That the case was not tried in November, but went“off the term,” and, in order to have it placed on the December calendar, a second note of issue be- came necessaty and was filed by petitioner in said Clerk's office on 18th November last, 6, That on filing said second note of issue a second fee of seventy-f nts was demanded of this peti- tioner and paid by him to said Olerk; and that on this occasion your petitioner stated to said Clerk, or his deputy (by way of remonstrance or as protest against a second payment), that he had paid a tee of seventy-five cents on filing the first note of issue, but the Clork replied that it mattered not, that the feo must be paid each time it went on the calendar, 6. That owing to pressure of business on the Court in December, case again went “off the term,” and a third note of issue became necossary for January, and was filed by petitioner on December last, on which ogeasion he paid to sald County Clerk a third fee of seventy-five'eents for filing 8a me. 7. Owing to the illness of defendant, the case went off the January term, and a fourth note of issue be- came necessary and was filed for February term on or about January 22, and upon such filing petitioner paid to said County Clerk a tourth fee ot seventy-tive cents. ‘The case went off the February term, but the death of the defeadant appellant, ubout a week ago. rendered a fitth fee unnecessary. di 8. That in another action, lately pending in the New York bang are Court, between your petitioner and Alphonse Fricdrick, your petitioner, in order to lace the cause on the Circuit calendar, filed a note of issue and paid to suid County Clerk of ‘Kings count on or about the 24th December last, a fee ot s five cents, and, in addition thereto, paid him on the trial a fee of $1, besides $3 jury fee. 9. Upon information and belief your petitioner poy, that it is an invariable rule of the said Clerk to demand and receive on the filing im his office of every note of issue for the County Court and Supreme Gout Circuit calendar a uniform fee of seventy-five cents. 10. Upon like information and belief your pe- titioner alleges that the income derived by the said prea Clerk from this source approximates, if not actually reaches $2,500 a year, estimated as follows:— The Circuit calendar for January last had 349 cases, on each of which a fee was paid of 75 cents.. $261 75 There ave terms or circuits per year........ 6 TOG]... .0.0sceececcsesesrrccceesesseeee s+ $1,070 50 ‘The County Court calendar for last four months averages, cases 45 Bee for each Case,.....+++0+00+ ‘Te, $33 75 b=} Terms in the year......s.seseeseeeees 371 25 RE AR Seat 941 75 Add for cases “off term’? and often noticed one-fourth (one-third would probably be nearer the mara)... : 485 44 Grand total........... +++ $2,427 19 ‘Thus we have the humiliating, the degrading spec- tacle of @ vulgar and illiterate official, the represen- tative of the power centred in the criminal classes and the substrata of Brooklyn society, literally rob- bing the public to the tune ot about $2,500 a year, for which it gets no return whatever, in services or otherwise, and on the other hand aclass of men who talk much and loudly of the independence of the Bar and the honor and integrity of their profes- sion tamely submitting to the imposition. 11. I beg to anticipate a question which might naturally suggest itselt to the mind of Your Excel- lency—v! “Why did not the petitioner resort to the courts for redress, and seek to compel the clerk by mandamus to file the note of issue without a fee?’ To which I give but one of several answers— viz., my past experience in that line convinces me of the utter futility of such a proceeding; and that, beside bei: & waste of time, labor po! vitality, it would but furnish food for derisive laughter on the part of Delmar and his sympathizers, us the sequel will show. I recovered judgment, a few years ugo, for some $152 im the Justice’s Court, Brooklyn, held by N. B. Morse, Jr., as Justice, who attempted to extort from me $3 50, to which he wa: not entitled by law, and refused me a tran- script of the judgment. Justice Gilbert, of the Supreme Court issued a peremptory mandamus re- quiring him to give the transcript—he disobeyed the us, and, despite many efforts and much labor on my part, I failed to have Morse compelled to yield obedience. The consequence was that Morse his laugh, and I, rather than submit to extor- tion, lost irrevocably all benetit of my judgment tor $152, the debtor having left for parts unknown. subsequently demanded from his successor, Justice E. W. Bloom, a transcript, and offered to pay a svcond fee, showing him at same time section 961 of the Code of Civil Procedure, rendering him liable as for demeanor in case of his refusal, but he had the audacity to tell me, after consultation with Morse, that he would “prefer to be maudamused” rather than we Thave never yet got the transcript. 12, Your petitioner further alleges thut the rev- enue thus derived by the Clerk of the County of Kings is neither more nor less than public plunder. Thero is no law of the State of New York authoriz- ing, directly or by implication, the demand or ac- ceptance of this fee ot seventy-five cents. It had its origin in the old fee bill of 1840, as follows:— “Every cause noticed for trial or argument, and entering same on the calendar, twenty-five cents; for services upon the trial of a cause, to be paid by the party moving on the trial, fifty cents - Edm. R. S., 688. But the old fee bill, so far as it relates to the Clerk's fees, is repealed—15 How., 225, and the Clerk is not entitled to a separate fee for filing note of issue—Boynton ve. Dermott, 3 How., 232. The Clerk in placing the cause on the calendar acts without compensation (Benton vs. Sheldon, 1, Code R., (34), because the Code declares (section 312), “He shall receive uo fee for services whatever in a civil actiow’ except $1 trial fee, $l entering of judgment and five cents per tolio for copies of papers, &c. This section of the dode has received the following authoritative judicial construction:—‘‘The trial fee of $1 was obviously intended to pay the Clerk for the ordinary miscellaneous services required of bim in the progress of the cause, as well as the services rendered in the court on the trial, and must embrace the service of putting the cause on the calondar.— People vs. Supervisors, 15 How., 225. 13. I have examined very carefully Edmunds R. S. and all the volumes of session laws passea since the last volume of Edmunds, andI am unable to find a single trace of authority for such a fee. I charge, therefore, under the solemnity of an oath, as follows:— 1. That John Delmar, Clerk of County of Kings, extorted, under color o? his office, from your peti- tioner, William Beggs, the sum of seventy-five cents in the month of October 1878, as a fee lawfully pay- able to him, said Delmar, on ali in his office a note of issue to have placed on the calandar of the Kings County Court for trial a cause wherein said William Beggs was plaintiff and James Armitage was defen- dant. 2. That said John Delmar extorted, under color of his office, from said William Beggs, on the 18th day of November last, a further sum of seventy-five cents as a fee lawfully payable to him, said Delmar, on a like filing. 8. That said John Delmar extorted, under color of his office, from eaid William Beggs, on the 24th day of December last, s further sum of scventy-tive cents, as a fee lawtully payable to him, said Delmar, on @ like filing. 4. That said John Delmar extorted, under color of his office, from said William Beggs, on or about the ‘22d day of January, 1479, a further sum of seventy- five cents as a feo lawfuliy to him, said Del- mar, on a like filing. 5. That said John Delmar extorted, under color of his office, from said William Beggs, on the 24th day of December last, a further sum of seventy-five cents as a fee, lawfully payable to him, said Delmar, on the filing in his office of @ note of issue for placing on the circuit calendar of the Su) Court for trial a cause wherein said William 8 was plaintiff! and Alphonse Friedrick was defendant ud I submit under oath as follows:— ~ 1, That said acts of extortion by said Delmar are absolutely incompatible with the faithful discharge of the duties of his office as Clerk of the County of Kings and ex officio Clerk of the Supreme Court. 2. That such acts of extortion by said Delmar volve @ violation of his oath of office; an 3. That they constitute such a malfeasance in office as to warrant his removal therefrom. Your petitioner therefor prays that your Excel- lency, a8 Chief Executive of the State, will exercise your prer ve aud remove said John Delmar from the office of Clerk of the County of Kings, and your petitioner will ever pray. WILLIAM BEGGS. City and County of New York, ss.—Walliam Beggs, being duly sworn, says he is the petitioner above named; that the foregoing petition and all the tacts and matters therein stated are true of his own knowledge, except a8 to those matters therein stated to be alleged = information and belief, and as to those matters he believes it to be true. WILLIAM BEGGS. Sworn to before me this 24th day of February, 1579— Joun L. SuINGERLAND, Notary Public, county of New York. THE CENTAL SYSTEM. Tho following letter in relation to the proposed “cental”’ system was received yesterday by President Edson, of the Produce Exchange, from the corre- spondents of the Exchange at Liverpool :— i Livgnroon, Fob, 9, 1879. Fraxxury Epsoy, President of the Produce Exchange :— Dean Sin—We hote with interest your remarks ax to the 6 little doubt that a mercantile poople ready a decimal comage, will speodily e in- 8. The tormal notification of the order issued which legalizes the use »: tal” ot “new — hundtredweight,” nds as the underlined words being an unoxnected but very wol- come advance upon our present position—vix,, the use of the words “new hundredwoight,” as the old must in the nature of things give place to the new, and ere long of Parliament will be obtained which’ will one hundred, a E to disappear, replaced by agree with you that, until t of the reform cannot be experienced. Moantime mach is € here by the extension, in its birthplace, of the jal system frown wheat to ali articl © trast you will not relax in your valuable efforts to wheel into Line with Liverpool atid ‘Frisco, Mr. Grant, superintendent of the Exchange, “od that since the agitation of the cental system by the New York Produce Exchange letters have been re- ceived from boards of trade and exchanges through- out the country promising their active co-operation when the movement is fairly inaugurated, THE MOLLER SUICIDE. Mr. John Moller, who was mentioned as a brother of Christian Moller, who committed suicide while insane, on the 12th inst., in Hoboken, was described in the report as alate partner of bis brothers, Peter and Christian, and who, “moving away,” had “lost the greater portion of his tortune by speculating.” Mr. John Moller denies most emphatically that he did anything of the kind, On the contrary, he says he has been living in New York for the past eleven years, and instead of having lost nis fortune in specu- inting or in any other way he has been living com- fortably on his income for the past four years, GRALEFUL SAILORS. To Tux Eprron or tHe Henap:— May I be allowed space in your columns to thank Captain Abrens and the crew of the Bremen ship Lina for their bravery in saving my crew and my- self from the waterlogged bark Kennedy West, of St. John, N. B., on the 14th inst. ‘The circumstances of tho reacue were such as to reflect the greatest credit upon all who were engaged in it, and our subsequent merous treatment on board the Lina will never be forgotten, GEORGE EL, FITZGERALD, Master. RECEIVER PIERSON’S SUIT. FREDERICK A, FREEMAN STILL IN THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF—WHAT OTHER DEFENDANTS IN THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY HAVE 'TO SAY. In the suit brought by Henry R. Pierson against Frederick A. Freeman, Sheppard Homans, Everett Clapp, Audrew W. Gill and John G. Holbrook, the only arrest made thus far is that of Mr, Freeman. As already reported, he was taken in custody Friday nigh on an order issued by Judge Donohue, and re- quired to furnish bail in the amount of $30,000. The suit has made quite a commotion in insurance circles, where the defendants are all weil known, and various motives have been assigned tor the action. On the face of it the suit is to recover from the defendants $252,500, with interest, which sum they are charged with having appropriated by fraud, A MIXED ACTION. ‘The history is rather a confused one. The Widows and Orphans’ Life Insurance Company was sold or transferred to the Mutual Protection, and the joint concern was christened the Reserve Mutual. Some 48,533 shares of the Reserve Mutual stock were sold to the Guardian Mutual Company for $252,500. Inthe affidavits upon which the or- der of arrest for Freeman was granted it is claimed that the defendants, who at different times held office in the three companies, contrived to give Messrs. Gill, Clapp and Holbrook a controlling in- terest in the stock of the Reserve Mutual, and then exchanged 3,533 shares at the par value of $25 (and declared to be of less market value), for $252,500 of the Guardian Company’s good money. ‘This, the affidavit declares, was offering a large bonus on stock of little value, and the defendants are charged with appropriating to themselves both the money and the stock purchased. Mr. Freeman is charged with having received $150,000, Mr. Ho- manus $54,000 and Mr. Holbrook $45,500 of the pur- chaso mohey. Messrs. Gill, Clapp and Holbrook are charged with appropriating the reserve Mutual stock. AN OFFICER OF THE GLOBE, Mr. Freeman is now the Second Vice President of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Company, of which his father, Pliny Freeman, is President. The latter, an old gentlewan of eighty-two, was compelled to seek 4 warmer climate for the benefit of his health, and is now in Georgia. Another son, James M. Free- man, was secretary of the Globe until their certifi- cate ‘was taken from them by the insurance depart- ment und a change in the management demanded in order that business might be resumed and the policy holders secured. ‘Then Mr. C. Seton Lindsay was elected secretary in place of James M. Freeman. When Pliny Freeman went from the city Frederick A. Freeman was elected second vice président, after much opposition, and in his tather’s absence has had virtual control of the affairs of the com- pany. In view of the Globe troubles many persgns construe the present suit as being in the interest of the opposition to the Freemans, and baving for one of its objects the removal from the Globe of Frederick A..Freeman. Such at least was an opinion offered several times to the reporter of the HemaLp yesterday. Anything, however, that may be recovered by the prosecution of the suit will, of course, result to the advantage of the unfortunate Guardian policy holders—i. ¢., the insurers in the Widow und Orphans and Reserve Mutual—as well as those who took out policies in the Guardian direct. A MONSTROUS BAIL. Frederick A. Freeman was about town all yester- day, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff McGonigil. He left the Astor House éarly in the morning, tor the supposed purpose of procuring bondsmen; but, as the bail is fixed at 0,000, and his bondsmen will have to qualify in double that amount, it is thought that he will experience great difficulty in obtaining the necessary sureties. It is understood that his counsel, Mr. John E. Parsous, will to-day move to quash the wholé proceeding on grounds not yet explained. Freeman declined to speak of his affairs to the reporter, and appeared much affected by the situation he occupies. His frieuds say that his principal regret is for the influence these events may produce on the baer, “rue and welfare of the Globe Company. Deputy Sheriff McGonigal said he should probably not take his prisoner to Ludlow Street Jail for another night at least, but allow him to remain at a hotel at his own expense. Mr. Andrew W. Gill, another defendant, is said to be somewhere in Colorado, and thus for some time out of reach of a summons. He was president of the Guardian, and, it is alleged, resigned that office to be elected president of the Widows and Orphans’ and trustee of both the Widows and Orphans’ and Reserve Mutual, in order to carry out the so-called con- spiracy. The prisoner Freeman was president of the idows and Orphans’, and resigned, as it is said, to imake room for Gill. ‘The attorney for Receiver Pierson in these pro- ceedings, Mr. William ©. Trull, informed the re- porter that a summons like the others had been oe tor Everett Clapp, but not served, so tar as he ew. MR. HOMANS’ REPLY. Mr. Sheppard Homans has. received a summons, but not a copy of thecomplaint. Until the latter reached his haids he said he did not desire to make astatement. He had, however, declared that he was neither an officer, director or stockholder in the Guardian or Reserve Mutual. So far as the trauster of stock was conce e believed it had been sanctioned at the time by the full bourds of directors of both companies. He had not one penuy’s interest in that transfer. Mr. Homans suid he was once a director of the Widows and Orphans’, but that was lore Mr. Freeman was attached to it. He was never connected with any company with which Mr. Freeman was connected at the same time. He had sometimes been consulted by the Widows and Orphans’ in his capacity of actuary, and had been paid for such ‘services, and for none other. He heartily opposed the transfer of the Widows and Orphans’ to the Mutual Protection when the plan was first discussed. When asked if he any recollection of the $54,000 alleged to have gone to him as his share of the scheme, Mr. Homans said he had not, and that if any such amount passed through his hands it was for other ties than himself. He con- cluded by suggesting the real motive of the ac- tion, so far as he was concerned, was very ditierent from what it appeared to be. ‘MU. HOLBROOK EXPLAINS. Mr. John G. Holbrook has also been served with a summons, but no complaint. He was found yester- day at the office of the Blobe Life, of which compan; he is called the be oy verge of agencies. He said however, that aa the Globe had no agencies he was yed as an expert in “adjusting technical differ. The affidavit in the suit charges that Mr. Holbrook was elected secretary of both the Reserve Mutual and = Widows and Orphans’ when it became necessary to give them 8 set of officers to preserve their franchises. But he explained that his real connection with those com} jes was also as “an adjuster of technical differences.” He declined to discuss the merits of the suit to any extent, deny- ing, however, that he had profited anything by the alleged conspiracy. He had no recollection what- ever of ever having received $48,500 as his share. When the proj occasion arrived, Mr. Holbrook said he would able to furnish a good account of himself. Receiver Pierson and his assistant, Mr. Frothing- ham, could not be seen yesterday, having, it was said, goue to Albany in connection with afairs of the Guardian Lifé. Superintendent of Insurance Smyth was in town, and'it was supposed his coming had reference to the affairs of the Globe, but no assurance to that effect could be obtained. THE MANHATTAN BANK. HOW ITS SECURITIES ARE TO BE REPLACED— WHAT PRESIDENT SCHELL SAYs. Either to-day or to-morrow the trustees of the Manhattan Savings Bank will hold a meeting and perfect arrangements for the immediate resumption of business. Secretary Sherman has promised that if the trustees will become personally responsible for the amount he will turn over to the bank $400,000 of the duplicate bonds recently authorized by Congress, and which represent securities stolen by the burglars who robbed the bank that memorable Sunday morning in last October. The thieves who got off with the $2,747,700 are probably pretty well dis- gusted with the turn affairs have taken, Communi- cations proposing a compromise have been received trom the thieves, but they were treated with con- tempt. It will be remembered that the bank officials on the day following the robbery enforced the sixty day rule, and subsequently, as a further measure of protection, an injunction was served by the Bank Department forbidding the bank officers paying out money. All of the stolen bonds, except $48,000 of five-twepties, were registered. A list of those registered was sent to the Treasury Department and an ment concluded by which the bank was to receive the interest on them. But with- out the a security of double the amount tor the missing bonds the department would not issue new ones. Unless this were done the Banking De- partment would have to declare the institution in- solvent, Secretary Sherman has paid over $800,000 in new bonds, as he was enabled to do by the spevial law to meet the case, but he declines to pay the remaining $800,000 unless the Treasury shall be still rurther secured. The bank still needed about $400,000 in order to enable it to open its doors. Sev- cral propositions were made to Superintendent Lamb, ot the Banking Department, but they resulted in failure to obtain the consent of that department to resuming business until the necessary amount was secured, Mr. Edward Schell, president of the bank, said yesterday to ® Hermann reporter that tho trustees bad determined to give security themselves for the $400,000 necossary to obtain from Secretary Sherman the new bonds for that amount. This would still leave $400,000 of duplicate bonds in the hands of the ‘Treasurer as an unavailable asset. The Bank Super- intendent hae been uested to withdraw the in- junction itis belby he bank from paying out money, and it is believed that in a few days business will be resumed, JOHN HOPE BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. The ease of John Hope, who was arrested by Cap- tain Byrnes on suspicion of being ‘one of the partics who committed Manhattan ik burglary, was investigated yesterday by the Grand Jury, who found i indiotinent inst him. Mr. Charles W, Brooke ts bean Fetalued to deteud ihe prisowor, THE SECOND AVENUE “L.” Breaking Ground for the East Side Line of the Metropolitan Road. DELIGHT OF THE PUBLIC. The Vast Undertaking To Be Pushed with the Utmost Energy. The Henatp a short time ago published the first indications of the vast preparations being made by the Metropolitan “*L’? Company for the building of their east side line. The tearing down of a number of old buildings below Morris street, between Green- wich street and Broadway, and the purchase of about half a million dollars’ worth of property there, gave the public the first assurance that the company were actually bent upon crossing over Bowling Green and entering upon the immediate construction of their east side road, Next came the awarding of the stu- pendous contract for the iron superstructure, show- ing that the company meant to lose no time in satis- fying the urgent demand of the vast east side popu. lation for additional rapid transit facilities, the want of which has been so severely felt all winter. The failure of the Third Avenue “L” to accommo- date the immense east side travel, which far exceeds the capacity of any single road, thus hurried on the work of the Metropolitan Company. : BREAKING GROUND YESTERDAY. Since the publication in the Henatp of the preparations above alluded to there has been much eagerness among the east side public to see the first gang of laborers who should “break ground” on the Second avenue line. Yesterday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, this anxiously looked for event took place. Three gangs of laborers, numbering 100 men each, were quietly marshalled by Messrs. Ambrose & Mills, the contractors who have undertaken to build the 2,000 foundations, and were quickly scattered along Division street from the Bowery to Allen, and along the upper part of Allen street toward First avenue. Their appearance created almost as much of a sensation as did that of the ad- vance guard of Sixth avenue rapid transit on West ‘vhira street nearly two years ago. The shopkeepers and residents came running out of their stores and houses to enjoy the novelty of the scene, and s few rapid transit enthusiasts even waved their nats and handkerchiefs and gave some feeble hurrahs. The passengers waiting on the Chatham square “I” sta- tion for an upward bound train stood upon an exeel- lent vantage ground for watching the array of work- men, and quite a number cheerfully missed the first train to participate, as it were, in this interesting event. “Here is my road,” gleefully exclaimed one pas- senger. “This means businese,” exclaimed another; and similar colloquial comments ran from mouth to mouth. Meanwhile the men had taken their positions in small groups of six or seven each where the engin- eers had marked the sites for the foundations, and without ceremony their picks resolutely descended into the thick, hard, frozen coating of ice and dirt which covered the roadway near the cars. The pop- uilace appeared delighted that ground had thus actu- ally been broken on the Second avenue “L,” THE RUSH FOR WoRK. While the manifestations from the adjacent shop- keepers and residents who came out to watch the scene were of the friendliest nature, a great deal of excitement prevailed among the immense crowds of idle laborers who filled Division and Allen streets, eagerly looking for employment. The number of men put on yesterday morning was, as already stated, only about three hundred; but at least fitteen hundred were clamoring for work. They followed the contractors, Messrs. Ambrose & Mills, at every step, and kept flourishing aloft in the air letters from politicians, ministers, officers of the company aud others, recommending them for employment. “Will you give me a job, Your Honoi “Please read this letter, si “Can you ig me on to-day, Mr. Mills?’” were the pressing ne is heard from every side in a chorus of voices. Mr. Ambrose had to struggle as best he could through this dense wedge of clamoring workingmen, and finally darted up to the Chatham station as a temporary refuge. Mr. remained perfectly unmoved, and his me and sce us to-morrow morning; it’s too cold to read any letters to-day.” The offices of the company at No. 71 Broadway were actually in a state of siege; and it was difficult at one time in the morning to obtain ingress or egress at the rooms of the officers. Vice President José F. Navarro, ut whose doors the largest multitude had congregated, said that, while the company was anxious to utilize every efficient and industrious worker in this great undertaking, it was really impossible to find employment for all the worthy men in need of it. Nevertheleas, he thought that when the entire force of 2,500 men were em- ployed on the east side line and 2,000 men resumed work on the west side extension, much of the dis- tress prevailing among the laboring classes would doubtless be alleviated. HOW THE UNDERTAKING WILL BE PUSHED. ‘The opening stages of the work yesterday were naturally very slow, owing to the ice, which, in cer- tain places, was from twelve to twenty inches thick, and made it very difficult to penetrate to the sandy soil of Division and Allen streets. Mr. Mills said that after the frost and ice had been So ae the digging of the excavations would probably go on with ease and rapidity, for no rock would be en- countered below Second avenue and Thirty-seventh street. Two hundred additional men are to at on by Friday, and next week an additional 500 will be cm- ployed, raising the working force to 1,000. Thus the increase will go on steadily until, within three or four weeks, 2.500 men will be actively engaged in digging the excavations and constructing the foun- Mills invariable answer was, ‘Co! dation piers of the road. Of these 2,500 about 500 will bricklayers and masons, receiving $250 a day, and the remainder (with tue exception of a small force of carpenters and black- smiths, who are also paid $2 50 aday) will be labor- ers at $1 25 per day. The laborers remove the ice and pavement and dig the excavations, which are “ghored up” by the carpenters with bracing plank: to prevent the sides from crumbling in. Then, the laying of the foundation stones upon conc the brickiayers and masons construct the brick upon which the cast iron bases are placed for r tion of the columus. The blacksiniths are emplo; for sharpening tools. At present the permits for foundations have been received from the Departin' ot Public Works as far as Twenty-third stree: Second avenue, and the energies of the contractors will therefore be primarily bent to complete them to that point. DIFFICULTIES IN SECOND AVENUE. While Messrs. Ambrose & Mills are confident that the foundations of the entire east side “L” will be finished by August 1, with a view to the definite opening of the road uext fall, they are fully aware of the dificulties confronting them along the upper portion of the route, especially near the Harlem flats, where the foundations all have to be built oa piles. Another difficulty threatening some delay arises from the existence of # contract for paving Second avenue, which, it is feared, may deter the De- pactment of Public Works from issuing the permits for putting im the foundations until that work iscom- pleted. As the iron superstructure is now being manufactured with great rapidity in the iron work- shops at Phoenixville, Pa., aud the contractors intend to raise the columns over the bases as fast as the completion of the foundations will permit, there is thought to be little doubt that Commissionor Campbell will refuse to allow @ paving contract to stand in the way of Providing speedy rapid transit facilities for the east side. The feeling along the up- per portion of Second avenue appears to be unani- mous that nothing short of absolute necessity should be allowed to stand in the way of the rapid comple- tion of the road. VASE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL REQUIRED. It was stated in the HenaLy at the time of the awarding of the iron contract that for the coustruc- tion of the Second avenue “L” 50,000,000 pounds of iron would be necessary, the prospective number of colums bei 000 and of girders about 6,000, A still further idea of the magnitude of the undertak- ing is given by the fact that for the foundations, to be butit by Messrs. Ambrose & Mills, probably 20,000 barrels of cement and over 15,000,000 bricks will be nhocessary. ‘The foree of 2,500 men soon to be engaged on the Second avenue “‘L” will work from seven A. M. till six P. M., with an hour's intermission for dinner. Through Division street, Allen street and Twenty third stroct the columns will be placed over t curb, and through First and Second avenues over the horso car tracks, as in Third and Sixth avenues, The road will be one of much casier curves than that in Sixth avenue. From Chatham square into Division street there is a somewhat sharp curve, to be sure; treet into Allen street tl easy curve, and thence the clear path to Twenty-third street. At the junction of First avenue and Allen street the horse car ‘ks will have to be shifted be- fore the foundations can be put in. The curves from First avenue into Twenty-third stroet, and from Twenty-third street into Second avenue, are also quite easy. seoms to be a natu road has @ straigh| THE FIFTY-THIRD STREET EXTENSION. The Fifty-third street extension of the Metropoli- tan is to be opened to-day as far as Eighth ave- nue. The first Kighth avenue train will leave Rector street at 11:30 A. M. It is expected that the increase of travel from the upper part of Seventh, Kighth and Niath avenucs and the cross streets in this vicinity 5 ‘ will amount to several thousands a day. ‘Trains wil start from Rector strect alteruately for Sixth avenue and Fifty eighth street and £ighth avenue and Fiftye third street. Vie Eighth avenue trains will carry Sixth avenue passengers as far a8 Fiftieth street, so that their facilities tor reaching their homes alon; the upper part of Sixth avenue will be almost as as every, while au entirely new section of theeity, near the Metropolitan station at Kighth avenue and Pifty- third street, will be made acquainted with the bene- fits of rapid transit, ‘The strike along the west sida extension of the Metropolitan “L” in the Ninth and Eizhth avenues to 120th street continued yesterday, but it is contidently predicted that the work wil shortly be resumed With its former energy. SLOW 'TRANSIT ON SUNDAY. “We make three minutes difference in the trim time between Sundays and weck days,” said the starter of the Sixth Avenue Horse Car Company to @ Henan reporter yesterday. “That is, it requires three minutes longer to make the trip on Sundays than is required during the week?’ the reporter asked, actly.” Why is this?” “In order to accommodate the church people—to give them some time to get on and off. After all, it makes a difference of onlya minute and a half each ;, und as soon as the ive disappears it will be obe altogether.” From the Sixth avenue road the reporter went to the depot of the Broadway and Seventh avenue lines, where he learned that no difference in time was male between Sundays and week days, but fewer cars were run on Broadway on Sundays, “We make a difference in the schedule, however, cause in the atternoon and evening there is more travel than in the morning. On week days the Seventh avenue cars begin to run at tive o’clock, and. on Sundays not till hulf-past six. ‘This gives us more cars in the evening with the usual number of tips. Some of the roads make a difference in time on Sundays, and it's @ wonder some of the papers. didn’t get hold of it long ugo. On the Sixth avenue road the horses almost creep along on Sunday “Is it to accommodate churchgoing people?” “No; it’s to rest their horses. You see there's ne rapid transit on Sunday, and people must ride. On week days they make ‘the quickest time possible but on Sunday they yo back to the time they to make before there was any rapid transit.” DR. FULTON EXPELLED. HIS REFUSAL TO APOLOGIZE AND HIS ALLEGED, INSULITS TO OTHER BRETHREN THE GROUND! FOR THIS ACTION, After a dignified discussion of Dr. Fulton’s relae, tions to his brethren yesterday morning, the Baptis® Ministers’ Conference, bya vote of 23 to 1l—many’ members delining to vote—expelled the brother who: “nas flung reputations about as if they were no account,” as one speaker put it. The Conference spent its entire session on thei case. Lust week a committee was appointed to visit Dr. Fulton and labor to induce him to make a retraction of his language. The committce yester= day reported that their labor hud been in vain; theyt had written to and visited Dr. Fulton, and he abso« lutely refused to retract without coupling with hig retraction false and discourteous reflections upom the Conference. The report embodied the corres spondence and gave the reasons why the committee recommended that the former action suspending Dr. Fulton should be reaffirmed. The report was adopted) and the committee discharged. The essayist of the morning being unable through, feebleness of voice to perform his part, and there being no special business before the Conference, Dr. ‘Thomas moved to reconsider the vote adopting the comunittee’s report. When this was done he it by requiring Dr. Fulton to apologize also for his lan, se in his letter to the Henavp of January 29, and in bis interview with a reporter of this paper as published February 20, as well as his former re= marks. A number of side issues were introduced by other brethren in this connection. It appeared from thediscuasion that other. members of the Conference hud written letters to the religious papers aspersing the charactor of their brethren, and it was ‘houg some notice should be taken of them. Then question was mooted—tenderly, however, becausi of the previous action of the Conference—to exclude the press. But the suggestion was put to a Dr. Hoyt assured his brethren that the inj ones among them could have as ready access to the secu= lar press as Dr. Fulton or any other brother who uses its columns to insult them. Dr. Thomas re- colved such & suggestion ad undignified, and uaid he would scorn the fellowship of any Christian minister. who should accept it. “It a brother steals a horse,"* he said, “what have we to do with it, unions he steals it, from the lobby of this conference room?” Hence he. argued that brethren who are aspersed in the col- umns of the secular or religivus gress should seck their vindication in the Conference, and nowhere! else. Dr. Read thought it would be very unwise to spend time in the transaction of any such busincas as correcting newspaper reports or excluding repro= sentatives of the press. “It you do that,” he said, “you have a field as wide as tue world. ‘The newspa< pers are as independent as we are. We say what we like and they do the same.” While this discussion was going on motions mado to lay the mutter on the table and to substitute] & motion to expel for that of suspending Dr. Fulton. | The first did not carry and the second was noti seconded. But, as the discussion progressed, motion to expel was renewed by Kev. L. 1’. Moore, of¢ Flushing, L. L., and, after some discussion, was adopted as stated above. Under the former ruling of{ the Conference Dr. Fulton claimed the right to attend tho meetings of the Conference, but under its action ' yesterday all such right has been taken away. DISEASED CATTLE SLAUGHTERED,. VICTIMS OF PLEURO-PNEUMONIA KILLED BE ORDER OF DR. M'LEAN AT BLISSVILLE—& GANG OF BUFFIANS ATTACK A HERALD REq, PORTER. Dr. McLean hed no intention of going to the, Blissville stables yesterday, but when he visited General Patrick at headquarters he learned thet some cattle were wanted by the slaughter house peos ple. After a short consultation with the General and Dr. Bell, Dr. McLean. started for Blissville in order that he might get through the examination earty. The Hxmatp reporter accompanied him on his rounds, and as the Doctor moved about the stables it became evident that some half drunken, rowdies had effected an entrance into the cow yards. The reporter became the object of their vilest abuse and threatening demonstrations, so much, so in facta that the Doctor had to call on the deputy sheriffs to eject them. The mob tried in every way to get the reporter at a disadvantage, but they had to give up a& last and retreat. ‘They had # meeting later, at which, many plans were laid to “fix” the object of thei hatred. ‘Toward evening a yontleman ssked ringleaders of the rowdies to take a drink, and thua gave the reporter an opportunity to retire quietly, although his retreat was made amid a shower 0! stones thrown by the light infantry of the mob. CONDEMNED TO BE SLAUGHTERED, Dr. MeLean examined forty-one cows for Mr. H. Myer and condemned six to be killed in the stable yard. Of fifty-six which he examined for Mr. Wheeler he did not reject one. Just as he was about to depart he was requested to examine thirty-five cows for Mr.G. Myer, and Le did so, rejecting seven, ‘The first two batches of cattle were immediately driven to the Johnson avenue slaughter house of Moses May, and the last batch were marked and will be driven the same ronte to-day. At the slanghter. house Officer J. O'Neill was hard at work in- specting each carcass before it was placed on the rack with the good meat, Dr. McLean gave the, officer # prescription for disinfecting the hides. It consists of equal parts of chloride of lime and cars bolic acid, diluted with water. Thix preparation is sprinkled over every hide before it is allowed to leave the slaughter house. Nothing will be done at Blissville to-day, but om Wednesday the war on cattle will be ree\ BROOKLYN BOARD OF HEALTH, At @ meeting of the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen, yesterday afternoon, a report was made by the Board of Health of that city, from which the following extract is taken: — ‘The Board has for al ¢ time bad knowledge of the tact that the distil ‘stable at Blissville, containing some eight s, was contributing ‘to both the milk and most supply of our people, but being outside of our jurisdiction, wo had ne di he premises How im: 1 pwor to examine ws to the con- re kept or the health of the sick cattle this stab avered for eon part of | for the work of oradi section of the State, will prevent any further supply from ‘ cows are now allowed to be slaughtered or farm wntil aminatio: and no moat from such ani: ts allowed t be said thas been declared by our officers to be in» whole A JURY CHALLENGED. The case of The People against Brooklyn City Works Commissioners Flaherty and Bennett, Michael Dady, of the Sewerage Department, and Water Pur- veyor Milne, indicted for misdemeanor, was called in the City Court yesterday, On motion of Mr. Fales, counsel for Dady, the Court ae~ corded the latter a separate trial, and Mr. Shaffor said that before the jury were called he desired to challenge the whole array on the ground that there was no representative from the five county towns. The jurymen drawn were from & sec~ tion of the county wost interested in the conviction of the defendants. Judge Neilsen or. dered Mr. Shaffer's objections to be entered and thon directed the jury to be impunelled, Bx-Jdudge ‘Troy moved to quash the panel on the return, [8 had not been properly drawn, he celal two or more judges, other than Judges the Ses. sions, had not attended. Judge Neilson \ the panels, regular and extra, so far as they were cone cerned in the Fialerty-BKeanett case, and adjourned the cases uutil the jb Term,