The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 31, 1872, Page 1

HUNTINGTO ——_ FXAMINATION OF THE PERSONS AC- CUSED OF MURDER. in Maur. ce Indicated—Ca Fhe Line of Dished Without Preducteg th fedy t-te Kelsey Still At Pre taings on Saturday aud Mo ‘The proliminary examination ot Dr. Geo. f Hanks, Claudius B. Prime, and Royal Sam- ras who are accused of tarring and feathering marles G. Kelsey, and thereby causing his death, was continued befote Justice Mont fa. in Huntington, on Saturday, Buter- pean Hall, which Is the court room, was mixed by the citizens of Huntington, Cold fing, Northport, and the surrounding towns unianin F. Downing, the District Attorney + jieons county, has been engaged by the * woners to defend them, as associate counsel +h Mr. Stanabrough., Mr. Downing took the {onat Hunter's Point for Huntington on Fri- | morning, but did not arrive there until that {cning, He was present at the examination ‘ Saturday, and made the same objection to » introduction of certain hearsay evidence h Mr. Stansbrough has continually pressed, } ative Montfort, however, persisted im admit- { xtho testimony In nearty every instance, on to ground adduced by Mr, Platt, that much i would be Improper in @ trial is legitimate fy \ prelininary examination, Mr. Downing Jy kod very much disappointed at his honor's nongs. THE LINE OF DEFENCE. in Mr, Stranabrongh’s cross-examination of William 8. Kelsey, the line of defe ce is pretty cloarly fore hadowed. It has been rumored in the village for over a month that Charles Q, Kelsey is alive, More than cbis. It is sald that hens written to his brother William since his disappearance from Huntington, and that this gentioman knows where his brother ts. Iv is flay suid that Charles G. Kelsey ts now in New York. remaining secluded until the investi tin is concluded, ‘This ts the point which the defence is evidently trying to establish. The formal complaint made against the three men pow in custody 1s not for tarring and feathering Kelwy, which would be @ simple assault in law, but Cr murder, or at least manslaughter. tn Killing him, If Kelsey can be proved to be alive, the complaint falls to the ground. The coun- sellor in his cross examination tried to prove that Mr, Kelsey had already admitted vo certain persons that bis brother was alive, He asked : Did you not, when the search was being made for your brother, tell the men {t was of no use; that your brother had only gone away for sume Mr, Kelsey said that he did not say so. “Now, remember.” persisted the counsellor, “did you not tell Mr. Dillon that Charley hi only zone away to let his halr grow out, us he Was very sensitiv He THOUGHT HI8 BROTHER MAD GONE AWAY Mr. Kelsoy repited that 1 kind,“ Ltold him,” he said hree days I thought so.” Phe counsellor then tried to prove by the wit- neas that he had bougbt lumber since the disap- pearance of his brother to finish a building be- gin by Charles F. Kelsey, This also Mr. Kelsey positively denied. On the redirect ‘examination, Mr. Kelsey said that on the morning after his brother's disap- 5 ce he had found the marks of a wagon wih one horse on a plece of wild land near his Tose. He sald there had formerly been a road there, but he had not acen a wagon cross for over six years. He drew the following diagram to explain the location of the field and the cae {| | | OO The next witness was Mr. Wm.J. Wood. He fiat old man, with silveruray bait and « smooth ave, He gave his testimony very unwillingly, Aid secined to remember but very little, ‘fhe following is bis story: A MAN WHO SAW THE MOR. When [ was called out | saw several men tp disguise, person whom 1 (ook to be Charles G. Kel shen, He was ie was walking very slowly toward ear gate. He had what seemed to be clothing in t shand Lidia aw coms WARK up something sud Uneaten ater hutne T jasoribe the person who did this, All th cuised. There were from four to #ix. 1 ve. 18 was ised. The person tied something Lover the fac ‘One holes cul @ cloth. They moved slowly arot bof the Ttoox to oe Kelsey. ‘any clothing? A. could not tel) On or uot. sit wea eculd night and saa overcoat On. PERSONS IDENTIFIED. Benides these disguised persons whom else did sth fohn McKay, ‘Dr. Banks, and itoyal They were mort h Found, ey there when you got there? A.—T re. Tain not certain whether they were Joun McKay had « lantern jad what 1 supposed tu ve the jon with either of d in eay? A.—He sald he ha rriutined up to vee this matter fixed up, oF sowett © that effet 4, 4 Dr Banks come to your house on the evening of tne tth N ? about 9 o'clock Q t Kelsey? A.—He said they aid he did not Know what they were going to do with him, Some one told me they had Caught bim near Mra. Stewart's. I don't know ether iC was Dr, Bauks cr uot, Heataid only « few He had with opt to say e bis dress, d did not come into the on the again, the saine ‘Duslu 1 shing Kelsey win Mrs. Oakley's lot, He invited we to go out aud foe itn, aud T went Dr. Banks ave anything i tern. Laid not go with bi F Tweut to Mrs, Uukley tar when 1 got uut of doors. In ™ Tsaw the tamily, and Mrs. McKay and Mre, Banks, fot remember Charlotte, Merritt wan there oF Got, My wite wen ¢. They were ail in Mre. ‘Oakley's sitting £0 t out the back door tuto ‘ne lol,” Allin the house went with me, WHAT MRS, OAKLEY SAID TO KELSEY. Q.—Did any one speak to Kelsey? A.—Mra. Oakley ud Mins Jail Q- What di Sir, Bea besaiditney had becu pu se. Tamelled 5. Oakley's house 1do to him? at's objected to. Ci beoween parties isnot to be taken agali Bartion, (Objection overruled.) Mr Wood. yihing. “A reu (log Into her at 1s all 1 recoMect Ost as far from Mrs, tone of votoe, Q id you see any blood on Kelsey's face? AI ae nut pear h to see that. T saw some tar and nversation these e it amount to ty feet from be spoke Ln ere upd t morning © was One et of paper, oral sinall or re srial, w long did you stay ten? A tes. Lleft Mrs. Oakley's house — Prom five to ten mi t ne about 10 0'¢ ame time 1 did. 0 Have sitioe (ie ae Wotint Ke A An he wen Crone-e xauniue 1), Haake suid to me you had better go and see that Mr. McKay went out the ‘ou ever Koen or heard of Chi November ? N ‘out | lef! NOT CORPORALLY PUNISHED. wes the second tine he came to the house, ad my wife and I followed him, re Uhat Mrs, Baul 1¢ Kelsey bro! {cover iu the iouse began by Chas. G. Kw Henry F. Kelsey aud a) of No} Kelse: Piola Feed. to charge it to. Chas 40 cover up the Did you mot swear in ap aUidavit made by you be- fore Justioe Montfort on the 3th day of November, yu said they bad caught Kelsey pear fence sloug ing to punish him Mr Btansbrough—That’s objected to. There ts no ciple than that » party cannot impeach thelr ‘The prosecution has Drought Mr. Wood (ostinony is iu our tavor, T object to al: twem to Linpesch their own witness, ait Fase Cle queatioo simply fF the purpose pahing Ue memory of the witness, and wot to the feat mony of tie witness, ) n't deny that t ber whether Dr Hauke cold alu street, aud they ore that, bi Tean't re wt all, The Cane found near the spot where Mr. K +y WAS tarred was shown to Mr. Wood, He sai 6 did nob know to whom it belonged. The ng eMaTRRPAY'S PROCEEDINGS. © investigation was resumed in Buterpean UAL vostorday afternoon at Zo'clock. ‘The room Was filled with citizens of Huntington and the vicinity. Benjamin W. Downing waa present as sesociate counsel for the defence. Mr. Downing is a keon lawyer, and his cross-examination elicited much laughter among the spectators at tie expense of the con ‘witnesses. Several legal, Ulta were tnd: in between the two District Attorneys, and much warm feeling was exhibited. As investigation proceeds the feeling between the Huntingtonians grew @ tarring of Charles G. The frst witness called yesterday afternoon yas’ William Guilleno, the Carpenter who frst found the shirt, necktt ton Lloyd's Reach, which have since been identified as be- longing to Charles G. Kelagy, His testimon simply covered the finding of the : rticles, whic he described as bloody. The road upon which the discovery was made is formed of sand and dust, and on the cross-examination by District Attorney Downing Btans- brough it was attempted to show that what was supposed to b sree simply the brick dust which had been soaked into the ent by @ heavy rain. that he could not swear it to be blood. WAS IT BLOOD OR BRIOK DUST? wy Did you think it blood at that time?” asked att. rict Attorney Downing sprang to his feet And stopped the witness. He objected to, any introduction of Brgsurentive evidence and de, t te ng and forcible speech in defence of ottor District Attorney Tuthill of Suffolk county responded In another long and forcible speech, He contended that where a witness was asked if he saw blood and ans yea,” it was to be presumed that he knew what he was saying. it was doubted, then send for a chemist and have the shirt analyz Justice Montfort overruled the objection, and the witness answered that at the time o ing the shirt he bad no doubt that what he saw Was biood; he had never had any doubts since, In the redirect examination It was shown that all the brick In the road where the shirt was found was love and lying by the side, of the road. A plece of brick was Lying on the shirt when the witness first found It. He did not see the shirt taken away, but he saw Mr. Kelsey with the sbirt in bis possession afterwa-d. Mr. Downing cross-examined the witness at fFeat lenath as to the means by which he iden fed the shirt, but Mr. Galliene’s faith In hi Judgment ag (0 its identity was unshaken. thought that brick dust mixed in rain water would look Hkebrick, a brown red, and blood he thought would look dark red. NO INDICATION OF A SCUFFLE. Mr. Downing—Do yousy ‘that there was a scuf- flewid tne alitt was torn ofS os Mr. Platt—I object; he is asking the witness his sup- poettions ge th rying to take out & And It seems to me Very peceasary to show whether tis shirt was rolled up and left there, oF whether i was torn from a man in a scuttie, Mr, Tuthill—The more we can show of {t the better, The Justice refused to allow the witness to answer the question, Mr. Downing—Did you # on the grouud? A, A TIMID WITNESS, Mr. Warren Howard was next, called to the stand. He lives on the road leading to Lioyd’s Neck, about a qua: ter of a mile from the beach. He said that on election day he was ¢ the beach at # o'clock In the mornt Whi there he saw the shirt regarding which the for= mer witness testified. The shirt and boot wet shown to Mr. Howard, The boot he identified ‘as the one he had seen, but he said the shirt did not look like the one he . There were no unusual marks on the sand where the arti were found. He said that he heard a wagon pass his house early in the morning, about three ‘o'clock, some time between Sunday and Thurs- day; he could not Mx the exact di When he first bh the wheels t! were @ =4) toward the Neck. In about an hour he heard It return. He looked at the clock and saw It waa 4 o'clock. 'y dark, and he could not # hour. Mr. Downing ordered the witness to take up the shirt which lay on the floor in the room. Mr. Howard, who seemed somewhat nervous, stam- mered, "I never touched it before,” and seemed afraid of it. Mr. Downing took it up and placed it In his hands. He grasped it feebly with two fingers, and abook as though he had an ague fit. Mr. Downing turned it over and forced # full examination. He said it was more yellow than thet which he had seen in the Neck. The spots were redder then than now. THE PROSECUTION ASTONISHED. At this point the first serious fight in the ex- amination began. Mr. Downing—Have you been sworn before in this case? A.—Yes, air Q.—By whom were you sworn? A.—By Justice Mont fort Is the examination in writing? A.—Yee, ‘oung Wrote tt, G Who wroto it?) AI think Mr. And you signed it? A.—Ye Downing turning to the ¢ would respectfully ask for the teatime tun aye be hee sworn to and signed bef the purpose of ay what be then said aud w d was nade Messrs, Platt me, dat Mr. Downing with aaton- District Attorney Tuthilt sat with his head down, and he kept it down, Justice Mot fort fumbled the pages of him and seemed fo Your Honor, 1 y which this you 4 ey between fort remained silent for a moment. Then he looked the District Attorney of Queens county ere, tp the face. The challenge had been Le TRAE C et Wop: Fake teeciakons were we . t it—in our kets.’ District Attorney Tuthill (raising bis head and speaking very low).—"I don't know as you have any right to that. It ts the privilege and the duty of the Justice to keep it. MR. DOWNING DEMANDS THE PAPERS, Then Mr. Downing made ® ferce lunge at his opponents. He fairly bubbled over with that energetic eloquence which tells on a jury, but which is scarcely so effectual on a man of Jus- tice Montfort’s firmness. He said it was the duty of the Justice when papers belonging to the Court were for in open court to pro- duce them, ‘The Court was supposed to be inde- pendent of the two jes to the t take sides fagainst tl P wing to the Court, and he as Court demanded to'see these to be deprived of our rights,”? 6 cried, use your Honor happens to hold these papers? It is an invariable rule of law that any evidence before the Court must be pro- duced when called for by other party to the sult, Will your E ftting there ase Judge attempt to alt 7 1 cannot believe It. ey of this county con- ill not bell ny an offic papers. cannot commit this Judivlal outrage and nec ‘one as soon as Mr, Downing had f id that a great crime had been comumitied, and it had been thought best to hold the preliminary exawination in Whatever might be said of der ‘iving the prisoi ery of their rights IU was certalu that theif oo sel used unlimited freedom of speech. “ They ask your Honor,” he sald, * to give these papers to them that they may know right here In the beginning of the case all that we know against these parties. I think that your Honor has taken the right course from the bexinning, and I think the request of the District Attorney from Queens unreasunable, JUSTICK MONTFORT SETTLES THE QUESTION. Mr. Downing smiled somewh again jumped to his feet, He bega Honor; but was interrupted by Justice Mont- fort, who said ; “There's no use talking mind Is made up. bave decided that thes “Well, your Hon Ihave some rights here, tain them. ‘There, there, vo" jeard enough, ny more, for m; wasting tm 's belong to m id I mean to main- the Justice, soothingly, Let the investigativn Mr. Downing was becoming angry, but he choked down uis anger. He exclained, * I want your Honor to understand that you can’t throttle me from the rights [ have in this court. As you have denied my motion, | ask that It be recorded in the minutes to-morrow, with your Honor’s sal." ‘The motion and its denial were aooordingly in- sorted in the record, LOOKING THROUGH THR SUSTIOR'S GLASSES. Daniel Pearsall, an old gray-headed man, was next placed on stand. Mr, Platt handed bim @ diagram, and asked him to see if his h was proporly located therein, He said he had no glasses, and Justioe Montfort loaned him his own, Mr. Downing said; “ He'll see it all right now throagh the Judge's glasses.” Witness said he was coing home about nine o'clock on the night of the 4th of November. He heard fret the sound of one loud voice, This first attracted bis attention, Then the voice sounded as if some man was agitated and ex- cited. He beard other voices near Mrs, Onk- ley's, and thought one of them belonged to a woman. He had not heard of Charles G. Kel- sey since the 4th of November. He said inthe cross-examination that the female voice did not seem in distress. It was loud, and seemed as though the woman was by cheerful- ness.. He beard — good deal of laughter. It did uot sound as though the parties were on- fared in murder, Ho could not eay if the voice @ heard was that of Dr. Banke. m0, OF Hove Kammis, DIGGING FOR THE BODIES. —— PROGRESS OF THE WORK IN THE CENTRE STREET RUINS. Still at the Front—Al- rolls Himeetf: Poor—Convict Wanted-Coroner Herrman Exp! At 7 o'clock yesterday morning Capt. Kennedy renewed the search for the missing bodies of the victims of the Centre street fre. Sixty laborers were told off in three gangs under Sergeants Douglass and Loonie and Detective Dolan. Assistant Chief Engin Bates, Dis trict Engineer Monroe, Capt, Hayes of &1 Engine, and several members of hook and ladder companies were present, and rendered effectual aid in removing the debris, Capt. Kennedy's instructions to the men were not to use their pickazes, but to drag out beams or iron pillars with ropes and then to shovel away the snow and refuse of the fire. Nearly the whole of the lower floor of the building was cleared by noon, but beyond occasional mistakes caused by taking burned and frozen bundles of papers for human remains, no unusual stir was created. At 11 o'clock the large safe which stood in the second story of the Caxton building was dug out of the basement, Its exterior showed evidences of the Intense heat to which it had been sub- Jovted, but beyond the absence of three legs and the fancy work which once adorned the outside there was nothing to indicate that the contents were Injured, It was removed by the manu- facturers, and will soon be placed on exhibition a8 ® proof of the excellent fire-proof qualities cf that style of safe, Justice Dowling Mitted out AMONG THE RUINS, encouraging the hired laborers and the volun- twers by his presence. While there he was to ed Inspector McDormott and the Hon. ‘saac Bell, President of the Board of Charities Mr. Hell told the Judge that at a meeting of the Board held a short time previously it had been unanimously decided to ‘urnish one hundred able-bodied men to relieve the laborers then eny eed in ea erating the ruins. These men, said Mr. Bell, would be brought down from, the workhouse by the steamboat Seneca at 2 P. M., and confined In the ‘Tombs until this morning, They were selected from those committed for Intoxioation or slignt offences, and would be promised their disch: after the missing remains were found. At the ointed time the men were brought down in charge of a battalion of keepers, and were cared for by Warden Finley. Meanwhile it became evident that the chim- ney and elevator, still standing on the west side of the building, were in an unsafe conditionand Engineer Monroe and his men attempted to throw tt down, but failed. Bernard Conway of Hook and Ladder No. | fell from the roof of an adjoining sawmill while trylog to holst « ladder there. His hands were severely out by the fall, A FORMIDABLE JURY. and Correction, During the afternoon Coroner Herrman em- panelled the following jury to Inv circumstances attending the di Stewart and the other victims, sh mains be found. They are Edward Cooper of 17 Burling slip, Peter C. Barnum of 198 Chatham street, Hobert 1. Hugart of 72 Ki ade street, Enoch Ketcham of 100 Beekman street. Jereminh juinlan of 138 William street, Meyer Stern of 486 Hugo Wesendonk of 236 Broadway, Bailey of 23 Cutharine sireet, George Re of @ Chambers st John W. Condit of 182 Chambers street, Le: J. Phillips of Greene street, James T. Whitlock of 8: South ‘iiliam C. Connor of Centre street, Wil- Fleiss of 47 Broadway, and Philip Bis- of 13 Joho stre After these fifteen ntiemen had been solemnly sworn they were kon to the Franklin street police station and allowed to view the charred remains of Jennie Coroner Herrman had the fol lowing letter in his pocket from Comptroll Green, but he did not read it to the Jury: COMPTROLL ER's OF ric! Monday morning, Dec. a 1b. | Draw sin: Your f received by me on the same evening. 1 with Incas at the close of the Sree rd of the subject matter of your letter was on Bat- lay afternoon, nor was I fully a the circum: of stances of the Till inte last ight hasten to i t I cannot the work in ‘ne bak levy —thi eer od ther ta no power to ch a's matter requiri Cy val Bare po power to act {nu such casen, teal boliding removed fe erpenses pald. *frtuy further diticulty arises please inform me, that i I may render you any further rid ia my power. Hiad I'been previously advites of the facts, the work would by thie time nave bern doar I very much rey ‘delay shoald have ov curred: and | shail do all Lean to reliwre the anxie1y © thove whe have audtered ty it Very Fee DEL it Uneex, Comptroller. THE PROGKESs OF THE WORK. ‘The work proeressed rapidly all day, but great aimaity eb experienced in consequence of tbe thickness of the ice surrounding the burned timbers, bricks, and tron. Numbers of people Assembled as near the ruins as they were per- mitted, and during the afternoon the crowd be- vat that Capt. Kennedy was com- pelled to telegraph. to. the Captains of all the Bown-town precincts for thelr reserves. of those who stood for hours watobing the work men were relatives of the misaing persons, Whose When dark arrfved no more bodies haa wee found, although @ pair of boy's shoes, several half-burned shawls, and « charred mass resem- bling bone bad been dug up. Large piles of , pleces of tin and copper, iron pipes burnt paj bricks imbers, and snow are heaped up on tl sidewalks and in the cross streets, showing how effectually the work is being dove. MORE PRIVATE HUMANITY, During the afternoon the venerable Alder- man Peter Gilsey sent Judge Dowling « note enclosing a check for to help ay the laborers engaged in dij {he remains, ‘The Judge turned tt Capt, Kennedy, and then addressed munication to Commissioner Bell, thapking him Peripetoecchouse men piced ‘ee Cape nedy's disposal, but declining thetr services, ‘The men wil be sent back to Blackwell's Island to-day, and the deserving and industrious poor of the Bixth Ward will now be employed for that purpose. Capt. Kennedy thinks. that with the Assistance given by Alderman Gilsey, he will have suMiclent funds to defray the entire ox- oval of the debris; but should it Mr. Morgan Jones will make the girl identified as Jane placed in # handsome casket, ssly for them, and removed to St. John's Chapel, Varick street last night. The funeral will take place to-day. AtTo'clock this morning the search for the missing bodies will be resumed, CORONER HERRMAN EXPLAINS, Coroner Herrman says that the first notice he received from Superintendent Kelso that that officer Wished his services in relation to the Centre street fire was on Friday noon, and that he went at once to the Superintendent's office and took the statements of Capt. Kennedy and others, and wrote a letter to the Superintendent, asking him to have the ruins cleared, believin; that the Board of Police and Department 0 Public Works should attend to it, On Saturday morning he went to the Police Central OMoe, and was shown the opinion of counsel that they had no power, At 1 o'clock the Board of Health met, and they received a no power and no funds, He says that although he did not consider that the matter properly came under his Jurisdiction. until the bodies were produoed, and notwith- standing the fact that the Coroners’ ofice had no contingent fund, yet he would be willing to assume or pay $500 toward the recovery of the remains of the girls beneath the ruins, In the afternoon he visited the Comptroller's oflice for assistance, and the Comptroller requested him to make his wishes known in welting, whicn be did, THE CORONER ASSUMES THR RESPONSIBILITY, On Sunday morning he telegraphed for Capt, Kennedy, and bad @ conversation with him. ‘They agreed to meet in Centre street shortly afterward. He accordingly went there and saw men at work clearing away the débris, The captain told bim that he thought he saw a charred body in the ruins, He told the captain to engage as many men as he might need to pro- seoute the search, and let them work day and night until the missing bodies were recovered, The Coroner further says that the letter of Mayor Hall, printed in yesterday's BUN, was not dellvered to bim until yesterday afiernoon— twenty-six hours after he (the Coroner) had given orders to have the search prosevuted, $< A Kauliting Factory Burned, Furron, N. ¥., Dec. 30.—H, 8. Conde & Bon’ Knitting factory wae burned this afternoon, about 6 o'clock, Causing # total loss, The Gre originated tn the cker. Loss on the butiding, $1 4 Insurance, $7,000, Sp skook sud machinery eui00, ‘ngurunce, #40000, im the Royal Lanoash re Hartford, North Amor: tea. eran, ‘Pennsylvania, aad North Missouri Com Datites. ing out over to opinion that they had Wasninaton, Deo, 8.—The President will give his Oret State dinner on the 6th of January, the members of the Cabinet and their wives, Vice-Prostdent and Mrs, Colfex, Gonorel sud Mrs. Shor- and Admiral sud Mrs. Purtor, Stabe i «| tte White Houie cvery’ alteraste Thursday during Une seasons BROOKLYN'S BRAVE VIFTY. Ofice of the Corporation they Discoveree — Urging only for Werk Messrs. Julian Allen, W. Al Colt, and Jonse C. Smith of the Executive Committes of the Con mittee of Fifty of Brooklyn have sub- mitted a report to that body regarding the office of Corporation Counsel. They say that they have been investigating the affairs of the office of the Corporation Counsel during the past eighteen months, and that the figures and data were taken from the abstracts furnished from the Comptroller's ofMoe, the office of the Street Commission and from ‘the Law Department that from the first source were obtained the d talla of expenses ; from the second the number of streets opened, widened, Wc. In 18 and 1870, Up to Oot, 28, 1872; and from the last-named source the result of the city’s litigations. ‘The salaries of the officers of the Law Department (monthly) are as follows : ‘Wm. ©. De Witt, Corporation Counsel, fooae 4" Couns"! ferk ireet Opening Depattin Ym to Clerk Law Deparunen a4 ts Tro Cobatabies an Total, The amount paid fi Ings and wideni during the eighteen months, divided into two terms, was as follows MNS ee a MMT Aprils to Nov: iA Hopes OM Nov. 27, Ni, to Oet: 22, "72, to M. Fitegersia: Hi mos. Total 7 April 22 to Nov. 27, 19TH, to Jesee John soi Nov. #7, 1871, to Oct, 22, 187%, te J. Jonneor Total... iy Apriato Nov iA, to Winches Nov. 27, Isl, to Oct, #2, 1912, to W. TOM oa ‘ April 22 to Nov. #7, iti, to Nov. %7, "71, to Oct,'@, 72,t0 Fun ido. ‘0 vido. Henry Lovejoy George J. iarmos Thomas T, De With Total, . Paid for surveys in, for, period, and divided into the same terms: Jet term, from April 25.to Nov. 27, lsTl, 7 mon. $14,191 98 2d term, ‘from Nov. 27, "Ti, to Oct. #2, 74, 11 mow, 14,041 Grand totsi, 320 6 They say that these survey expenses do not properly belong to, nor are they under, the con- trol of, the Law Department, and that the sur- Yevorw are appointed Ly the Street Commission, er; thoir fees are fixed by general ordinance of the Common Council ; are awarded by the Street Commission, and confirmed by the Court; and while the C; is required by Jaw to certify co the Comptroller the amounts which have been awarded to the survey he has no other connection with or for th bors or charges. ‘The Corporation Counsel contends, these gen- tlemen say, that these payments were made In Accordance with the act of April 18, Isil, by which these fees, Instend of awaiting the collec~ tion of the various naseasments, were to be ad- vanced from the revenue fund, and. olaims that (hey are also regulated by the charter, and that therefore they have not been in excess of the legal rates. ‘he following is from the report of Law Department for the year ending Noy. 27, 1871: Tam not anaware that a considerable sum of money was drawn und The surveyors, with whom thie departin drew pearly ae Hiriion, tino Se eon, i mow, 6.000 ashe sarees ORR reen, 7 moe. $5,450 Feet, 11 mos, 2576 much we the retroactive and ded the payment of ail debts due, or to grow 4 Dill of #14,00 covered « period of fen gee Corporation Counsel, bill of $1000, covered & period of hree years, and ihe sur. Yerore bills, I'am informed, ware catered over # pe- Flod of eight or ten years. ‘The committee then go on to say the amount for surveys, up to Nov. 27, 1&Tl, the date of Mr. De Witt's ‘report ($14.00), is'far from being nearly as much as the total paid for searches up to that date. ‘It is scarcely to be resumed, they add, that this labor was entitled the sums set forth, that handsome chiet reolpiente—but 5 is construed as it is, this condition of things Must continue. The record of the result of the corporation law business for the past four years {sas follows: Paid into the city treasury for judgments in the or can it be doubted cit ieee, me geod] paid In ( sation oF judgments obtained against the city, 4 oleae in favor of the city iitigation for that riod, $5.78 10. During which period it Potanted by Mr. De Witt ‘aise 1Bes Shan 10. has been vacated under Assessments by law pro- ceedings. ‘The averace annual expense for the past four years of the law department wi ‘Twelve months’ ealaries at $1,109.53 per month, Abd this fer four years ‘Tne committee urge that the fees for these arches be reduced to the mere cost of clerical rvices, and that they be paid direct to the p sons who woe such services, instead of be. oe passe: under the control of a few favored o ‘They also mention that Mr. Fitzgerald receives from the Commissioners on Streets a proportion of their ut what amount the: ow not, and that there were sums receive for opening streets before the period of eighteen months named, amounting to $11.44, but to whom this was paid could not ascertain. They obtained from the Comptroller's office fur- ther amounts as having been paid for searches, surveys, &o., from the 22d of October to the 4b of December, 1872, amounting to $3,200.38, a THE MISSISSIPPI ICE GORGE. —— iF Veuve! Hunk—The Gerge at Randolph Thirty Feet High—A Fiatbeat Drawa Un- der It All em Beard Lest. Mempunis, Dec. A steady rein fott during the night which has softened the ice, causing large quantities to slough off and sink, greatly lessening the danger to boate, The river is rising steadily, ‘The floating ice is diminish- rapidly. Bre omcors of the Belle Lee, which arrived from below this morning, report that they met a large number of coal boats comparatively unin- ured, and that they also rescued a man hamed ary ‘a dredge river. Later—The ferry bo has sprung & leak, and is sinking rapidly. She valued at 7,500, and will probably be a total loss, Unin- sured. Parties who state that the | ft Randolph yesterday morning there Is thirty feet high, and that a fatt ntaining seven persons was drawn undor it, and all on board perts ‘This ews causes great excitement here among steamboat men, ‘Phe river is rising rapidly. THE HANNAH LITTLE'S CHRISTMAS, eee The Crow of a Schooner Encased in Ice Without Food for Thirty-six Hours. On Christmas mght, during the terrible storm, the schooner Hannah Little, bound for Philadelphia from Wilmington with lumber, ran on the point on Hatteras Shoals, The gale from the south was one of tho severest of the on, ahd the schooner soon filled and rolled upon her beam ends. crew of six climbed the aide of the vessel and Inshed them- selves to whatever they could find, to preven themselyos from being washed overboard, They managed to rig up a signal of distress on & ploce of a spar, The weather was freezing and the men were soon benumbed. ‘The waves broke over thom again and again, and all expected to perish, ‘On Thursday the gale abated a little, but they led to retain their positions on the side of the vessel. Their clothing Was frozen to their backs. They had neither food. nor drink, and the roiling of the schooner prectuded the possibility of bettering their condition, ‘Thurs- day wore away, and on Thursday night’ the gale again increased, and the water deluged them as before, Ie was'a night of awful suffering, and the crew gave up all hope of being resound, ‘On Friday morning the wind ‘shifted to the northwest. ‘The weather was still freezing, and the men were thoroughly exhausted, About 9 lock a vessel was discovered bearing down toward thom. “It was the stermer Hegulator, Capt. Freeman, on board which the signal of di tress had been seen twolve miles away. son was dangerous, but Capt, Freeman launched & boat, and after two hours of almost superhu- man effort rescued the exhausted crow, who reached this port yesterday. The Hannah Little was owned by L, Matthews and James Littie of Philadelphia. New Orleans, HINTON, Doo. 90.—A gentioman who just arrived to-day from New Orleans says that al! businvss te at @ otandatill in that city is pot as much activity ia business circles usually ts in the middle of the eunmer season. The people are utter’; hopetess taylor efther from ihe Hreldent orcon. ‘and thin) Ne sentiment of the North freotiead to ail log toward the South, aud fo gatirely € ry thing but money, getiing, the published sppeal wi ? ron do bo ‘on Who: can realize anything heir business and property Will do #0, and leave as eeon as possible, ee Is German a Necessity? At 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was « meeting in the Astor House for the purpose of inaug- urating ® movement to have the German language taught ta the public schools, Many of the prime THE PREACHERS’ WRANGLE AN EXCITING DEBATE BY THE MAG- NATES OF METHODISM. fon ltiente orem A New Rawnctation of Faith Orthodox Doctrines Propeunded and met with De- n—Was Johu Wesley in Error t— A Sharp Reprimand for an I or. At the regular Monday morning meeting of the Methodist preachers of New York and vicinity yesterday, in the Mission Rooms at Broadway and Elcventh street, the subject for discussion was the doctrine of annihilation, and the Rev. Mr. Terry of Poughkeepsie opened with a written essay In support of the orthodox Methodist opinions in relation to the oternal character of the future punishment of the wicked. He maintained that many passages in the Scriptures showed that the soul remains in te of conscious existence after desth, and that the theory of the annibilationists Is based upon a misinterpretation of words and pure as- sumption. The theory, he said, grew out of an attempt to construct a theodocy, but the human mind Is incompetent to sit in judgment on some of the questions involved. God has set limits to the range of human thought, as he has to the waves of the sea. He concluded that the final state of the wicked is one of everlasting torture, A DRSTAUCTIONIST. At the conclasion of Mr. Terry's remarks Dr. Crawford called upon the Rey. Dr. True. The latter was for many years a Professor in the Wosleyan University, and has une of the most scholarly minds in the Church. The call having been repeated by many voices he came forward, having in his hand an essay, which he said he would not read, but would give a brief state- ment of his views. He was not, he sald, an annihilationist, but a destructionist. He did not believe that God would cause matter which he had created to cease to exist, but that the penalty of the incor- rigibly wicked would prove to be the destruc- tion of his conscious extatence—the total cesan- tion of all his functions. Man was naturally immortal and designed to live forever, The Penalty of the law was the destruction of this immortality. At three great epochs in the his- tory of the race there were three great men through whom the law was given to man, ADAM, MOSES, AND CHAIST. With tho law the penalty should have been [hal and if the penalty of eternal punishment Is not found given by them, it should not be looked for in parables, figures, or in the defini- Hons of words. God. gave m penalty. 0, ead. To Adam, our representative he sald: “In t day thou eatert thereof thou shalt surely dle. Ths te, Physical “death, for "Adam was not damned. This is not a damned world in which we live and in which you preach repentance and the hope of eternal life. Death passed upon Adam and upon all his race, for all have sinned ; but through the intercession of Christ judgment has been postponed. I can't be objected to thus far in my theology. tov. Mr. Corbett (excitedly)—Yes, you can be wonderfully objected to. jo one here will al- low such ecclesiastical humfrumperry. The Chairman, the Key. Mr. Merwin, called Oe t to order, and Dr. Curry re ted at the aasumnption of Dr. true t af his opin- tons were those of the meeting. CONFUSION. Mr. Corbett (again rising in an excited man- ner)— in order and understand what I am doing. The heresy which Dr. True bas en o ted in bell, and should be crammed back a Min, A man who would edvocets such doc: ine Ought to be turned out of the Church neck I shall say this if Tam called to or- fice Luther at Worms, I have to speak mguinat principalities and powers, °° r. Curry again protested againat the views o! Dr, True being saddled upon the meeting. ‘The Chairman said that a tinre would come to answer the Speaker and to declare the opinions of the meeting. A Brother—Yes, and to answer like gentlemen when we do answer. ‘The Chatrman—I hope I am not misunderstood. ‘The Speaker must not be interrupted. Dr. Curry—I don’t think you are ‘misund. stood, but I think you are wrong. This is the time for a protest, QUIET RESTORED, Dr, True s as at length permitted to proceed: By the m lon of the Lord Jesus Christ the Jaw wes prevented. od said to day thou sinnest thou shalt Uf He had me: than pb: coal death—if He had meant Thou shalt con- tinue to live to ain and misery and alr for. ever,” that was tho time. Pass to the time of Moses, God warned against a violation of His law by the people “lost they die.” “T set be- fore you life and death.” No eternal death was docroed through Moses, ‘The Rev. Geo. Lansing Taylor—In the first pas- sage quoted, was the sane death applied to men and beasta-“ lest they die Dr. True—Yes, just the same. 1 agree with the received views of the church as to the state of the soul up to the time of the judgment. I am heretical (as Brother Corbett says) only on the question of the final disposition of the soul of the sinner, NO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, Dr. Warren, President of the Theological Sem- {nary in Massachusetts, said, ina sermon which Tbeard bim deliver, that there was scarcely a whisper of eternal punishment up to the Ser- Inport Saabjech "go fialar en Saft | asl ful a val there was not whisper “up to that time, nor in on on the Mount. If you can find it will receive tt. If it were there, 1t would We wits Gus suction, for ft Would be facto law, ‘The figures there employed id and complete destruction. “the worm which dieth not and the fire which is not quenched,” may gnaw and burn forever, but gach victim is utterly consumed. John Wi ley--who was @ wise man, considering that hi lived @ hundred years ago, but not so wise as Dr. Curry there, or as lam—believed that the fire of hell was material fire, You say he was wrong. JONN WESLEY'S MISTAKE. Tsay he was right, but that he made a mistake in supposing that fre doesn’t burn, In neither Adam, Moses, nor Christ do we Sind authority for the doctrine of eternal punishment. The Aposties did not teach it. The Fathers of the Church in the first century neither advanced nor Suggested it, It was first promulgated in the year ‘Till then the Christians nad been con- stantly looking for the coming of Christ and the destruction of their persecutors. When it failed to come, they made up for the delay by intensi- fying the punishment they should receive when itdid come. Popery came soon after, with its many human errors, some of which remained when the Church became purified. At the conclusion of Dr. 'True’s remarks the hour had arrived for adjournment, AAS oS Astle MR. BOUTWELL IGNATION, — Mie Letter in the of the President— Ansistunt Secretary Richardson Likely to be his Successor in the Treasury, Wasuinarton, Deco, 30.—There is no longer any doubt here about Secretary Boutwell's resig- nation being In the hands of the President. It was written soon after the adjournment of Con- gress for the holidays, and the making public of the same was left to the discretion of Gen, But- er, who is the Secretary's coach for the coming Senatorial race in Massachusetts, Butlor has been on the flold surveying the situation for sey- eral days, and seems to have come to the con- clusion that it would have a good effect to make Ment a# SOON Bs Possible, Hence in the Boston ‘Traveller—Buuler's organ, W ho Boutwell's successor will be is not post- tively k. n outside the White House inner olreles, itis more than probable that As- sistant Secretary Richardson will be tendere the position, and this he will accept, The fao' that the President, only two days since, had long interview with him, id that the Assistant Secretary has ever sinc rh a very dignified and self-important appearance ts interpreted as conclusive proof by many that he is the coming man, It ls known, moreover, that Boutweill favors the appointment of Richardson is successor, who Will contini his policy of Hyndicating and moving the crops. Henry Clews has been prom ntly spoken of, and 80 has i. D, Morgan and Drox pecs, From the Associated Press, Wasninoron, Deo. 30.—The statement that Secretary Boutwell has written his letter of resignation and placed it in the h. f the President is denied at the Treasury Department, and no one at the Executive Mansion has heard anything of the kind, pinta ES 80.—The journals of Kinigsberg ve been threatened with immediate conts- Publish the tusulting references to Ger pal allocation. he C1 thon to. the Vaciean whl be instructed not ception of c ie ol Sratof Jan “es "Merman ‘Chargs. 4° . .. erinian x 4 ied rel rare ete 4 jeaye ce lace closed the ou and quit Ro .. TRINITY CHURCH ROBBED. ——— the Priceless Commu: Poor Boxes Emptied—Let- ters from the Crowned Heads of Europe Scatsered Over the Fleer, On Sunday night Trinity Church was robbed by ® daring burglar, The communion service, used during Sunday service, is valued at over $20,000, and many of its pleces were sent to the church by crowned heads in Europe. ‘This is evidently what the thief was after. On the south side of the chancel are two ves- try rooms, each having « large window. Each window Is protected by three light sashes. The Indows are about three feet above th: und, 1d the snow reached nearly up to the To opon the sashes was easy. The windows ny ‘on plvota, which enter small apertures on eac side of the wood work. They are opened and closed by i of cords fastened to the upper part of their ed; and running to small tron pulleys faa inside, @ short distance above the poger |, and thence down nearly to the floor hen the window Is closed the cord is down and tied to asmall catch between | and the floor. The burglar scaled the picket fence in Rector street, about 60 feet west of Broadway. He had placed a large stone on the top of the wall on which the fence rests, 80 fence he could step down without harp edges of the pickets. f le landed near the mb of Alexander Hamil- in @ north- westerly direction toward the chancel, The distance was about 260 feet. With an Gagger he pried open the weal, sashe went to work at the window of the middle ves- tryroom. Tyrning his back toward the heavy wood work, he forced the window slightly in- Maptitemfutd aim” HS" oa he gond Std“ cntoreds Drawing a dark lantern from beneath his coat, he took # rapid survey of the room. Inside were half a dozen deskes with drawers, all of which were locked. The walls are nearly covered with marble tablets, commemorative to the great men of the country, Under the wine dow opening into the rear of these rooms stood a box used to hold the loose earth when vaults are on for interments, and by standing on this box it was easy to force the window open. Once inside the burglar hud bis own way. Desks were turned upside down, their drawers forced open, and doors broken of, while their contents, consisting of books and letters, were eattered over the floor. The burglar examined erything, even to the letters from the English royal family and many of the nobility. He sec the contents of the contribution boxes, wnich Dr. Ogilby saya probably contained fifty to siaty dollars, Ho tl retraced his steps, ‘oly south of the Hamilto and escape Into Rector street, over the fence ‘at the point Where he had entered. The footprints in the snow north of the tomb Bete stele on Cometh meee aia Stoel tage Of the tomb wore inna * Cading that the burgiar had been frighte rect. Among the stuff wer was found, as was also a very large pocket knife, open and ready for instant use, ‘Sexton August, who generally sleeps in this room, was absent at the time. Rince the robbery of St. Pauls Church, four years ao, the church piate has been kept li tue bani vault. ‘Among the communion plate were several pleces trom the Prince of Wales and Prince Ar- thur.” When these royal youths wore In this country they attended divine worship at this church, and were each presented with elegant gold-bound Bibles. In Feturn, they each sent Yo the church some silver plate. Among the papers, which the burglars scattered over the hoor, are letters from the most distinguished Episcopal Bishops and ministers in this country and in Ehgland. they are highly prized. ——— CACHISE'S REVE (GE. —_—_ se of the Twelve Years’ Terrible has Almost Depopulated Arizona jascom's Treachery. Written by Gov. Safford of Arizona. In order to properly understand the true condition of chise and his band,I will say that he is the chief of a band of Apaches who 49 olden tmes inhabited the country from the Gila on the north to some distance {nto Sonora on the south, and from ‘the San Pedro on the west to the Mimbres in New Mexico on the east. They have, as far back as the memory of man ere runs, mat war people o' jew Mexico, and thelr living has been principally ob- tained by robbery. ‘When Arizona was first essed by the United for reasons best known to myself, Cachise sought and evidently desired peace with our people and Government, and this relatior ‘until 1890. During the time, however natantly raided upon the neighboriny in Mexico, and brought back herds o: horses and cattle. Occastonally stock was taken in Arizona by bis Indians at points distant from his country, but it Is understood that when com- plaints were made in such eases, he made an effort to restore the property. uring the year 180 a boy was made captive while herding stock on the Sonoita, and some believed that Cachise had taken him: hence Lieut. Bascom, with a company of soldiers, marched to Apache Pass, near his headq' and camped at the Overland Mail Statio: Heutenant told the station keepers that on his way to New Mexico and desired to see Cachise, and induced them to go and Invite him in, ‘When asked by Cachise what was wanted of him, he was informed that ve desired to extend the ‘hospitalities of his tvnt, as he was on his way out of the country, Cuchise with four of bis friends and relatives came in, and when seated in Bascom's tent it was suddenly sur- rounded by soldiers. He slosired to know the cause, and was informed tliat he and his friends were prisoners, and would be kept as such until the boy, believed to be with his band, was given up. Cachise protested a<ainst such treachery, and declared that he could not give him up he knew nothing of him. Watching his opp. tunity, be drew his knife wid cut a hole through the tent and escaped. He immediately called his warriors together, d in force near the station and desired atalk. One of the station keepers went to him to hear what be lad to say, but as soon as he bad reached Cachise’s lines he was seized and made a prisoner. A day or two was spent afterward in endeavoring vo effect ap exchange of prisoners, Cachise oifering to give up his if the lieutenant would release his ined to exchange only man for man, unless Cachise would surrender the boy, but Cachise steadily affirmed that he knew nothing about him, Finally he came for a last ik, leading bis station keeper prisoner with a around his neck, tied to the horn of his dle. He again offered to surrender bim if his four friends were set free, The station Keeper begged to, have the exchange made, as his life wo: forfeited if it was not but the li nt again refused, and Ca roweled’ rse and dashed off at lightning speed, dragging bis poor victim at full length by the neck. ‘Tho lieutenant then hung the four prisoners, and Cachise opened the terrible war that has since aln desolated Arizona, ‘The pe ot being apprised that hostilities had broken Out, fell easy victims, and the hor- rible murders and tortures that followed for the hext few days are sickening to relate; and from that time to the Ist of last September, scarcely & week passed without the commission of bloody dveds by his band, ‘The attacks of Cachise wore made from ainbush, and Invariably suc- cessful. Sometimes he appeared to be support- ed by @ large force, and again had but few fol- lowers. He was often reported to be at dif- ferent points at the same time, frequently re- ported dead, and generally believed to be orip- pled for lif, His force was often reported to have dwindled to mere nothing, while he would, when occasion required, make a stand with suf floent force to resist all attempts to take bim, No matter what impressions were entertained regarding him and his force, one thing is cer- tain, that he has, for twelve years, successfull resisted all the power of the friendly tribes ani whatthe Governments of the United States and Mexico did bring to bear against him ; and iso that since the Ist of last April he has been as successful in taking life and property as at any other period since be commenced hostill- 8, ———— A F Defect The trouble about the proposod charter has caused another defection in the ranks of the Commit. tee of Seventy, Not more than one-fourth of the mem- bers have approved of the charter proposed by the aub- committee and embodied in their “strictly confden- tal" d the remaining members have dif adapted Yo the city. The Sominiitee posed. chart mbers of the Committee of Bere in the ranks of the sev- eu, | it ts anid dure have deoued it adviaa: bie'to ap ¢ to confer with the Republi: cans in relation to adopting & common charter, and, in cane of & diaagroem for roorgant zation, With a View t ment, elly govern: Fire in « Dowx-Town Hotel, A guest in Froose’s C discovered « Gre breaking ou’ from a wi the third story yesterday morning. He alarm, when Mitaohe extinguished ihe Ore with & pitcher of wat ro! LOSSES BY FIRE. 2 Burko, Fender & Co. $3,000 in Ports- mouth, Ohio, Loss team tannel suFAMce 619,000. _ Hauilton, Ooe 4 ¢ m baghaure H. ries hae HY : PONT ited Gh on” ous 0m Dulin 91008) te ourenen PRICE TWO CENTS. LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS, —— DASHES WERE AND THERE BY THR SUN'S REPORTERS. ——. A Clereyman tn a Brooklyn Honse of Wore ship Rebuking ¢! stor in the Pulpit A Congrem Self-Diamissed. The Rey. Mr. Mathews, pastor of the Free Methodist Church at Third avenue and ‘Twenty-first street, Brooklyn, in his sermon last Sunday evening described the mystic brother hood of the square and compass as “ hay, wood, and stubble.” Some of the congregation re- sponded “Amen!” while others hitched un-! easily In their seats, Encouraged by the stir he had. created the pastor thundered another anathema against Masonary. At this juncture a gentle- man Inthe body of the house arose, and, ad- dressing the pastor said, “Str, that ts false."* Several Indies and two gentlemen, who seemed! tobe In sympathy with the bold challenger,! arose, and following him, walked out of the! church. Instantly there was a stir all over the congregation. ‘The chorister was wakened from’ sleep by the shuMing, and thinking the meeting: had been dismissed, was about to strike up the doxology. Others who had been drowsy began) pailiae on their overshoes Preneratory, to re- Iring: In the midet of this disorder the pastor Fajsed his voice and sald exultantly : : My dear brethren and sisters, t have driven the devils from the church, and i am giad of it. sfrter was then restored ; # sweet and holy calm led the building, and the chorister went to sleep again. ‘Tho gentleman who Intor- rupted the pastor and insinuated that his lan~ Guage was conspicuously inexact, Is the Hey, Mr, Mass, who intarrying with fends in Brooklyn: A Father Goes Out uy Christmas Pres- ents, and Mystertously Disappears, Mr. John Lewis Kappes, an extensive mineral water manufacturer at 99 Second avenue, left his home ‘on Thursday, Dec. 19, at about 7:9) P. M., telling his wife that he was going to choose some Christmas presente for the children, He had but little money in his posses sion at the time, and was in perfectly sound health. He did not return, and after passing ® night of suspense Mra. Kappes notified her friends of his disa ny ‘The hospitals were searched, and a description of the missing man left at the Morgue, but without effect, Skilful detectives have been engaged to prosecute the Sit'Rappes wasn mun of very temperate habits, warang. a j attache Perit home teaociations: and pot neal tiely jn 01 , 80 haeltuer met with some fatal nce been mure dered. Ve was ® rather de ht, and forty years of age. pearance he was dressed in a long black len Jacke white shirt, und: soe, fh and Tumble in Jefferson Market Police Court. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as Octavius Ommaney, aq. @ Justice of Peace in Montlake, Surrey, England, was boarding a crowded Eighth avenue car, ® well-dressed man, who gives his naine as John Wood alias Brown, snatched ® very valuable gold watoh, @ present from his constituents, from Mr. Ommaney} Vest pocket, Officer Kinsley of the Manhattanvill Police Station, who was on the car collared Wood, who ped from the car, dragging the officer after hit. A. Me ensued among the snow pil gapture of Wood. The Market, and while Mr. G aiid prisoner ‘striking bim between the Throat, The officer, who es and grabbing bim Ze cmeif but vigorous man, ‘shook of Wood's gras and with a well directed blow on the temple knocked Al in court jumped to 00 Mim over against the railing their feet amid a scene of confusio: mitted without bail. ed Yoaterday on the C The ice on the Central Park pc cel of by crowds of men, women, and children. It ts eat mated that fully 40,000 persons visited the Park yesters day, one-tenth of this number tn sicighs. With the exception of holidays or Sundays these figures are far in advance of what they have been for many years. ‘There was an unusual array of famous skaters on the . ‘them, Ke Bwift, the cham Hivo, anactEomes Willtune, Boch for the wat time on s tonr through the States. Wil pion ; Eddy Hammond, Fred and irants for the championship; M John Engler, Fisher, Jenkins, aud Cooke were there, Mrs. Ashby was conspicuous among the la #ex'portion of the pond on the eist of Bow Bridge has Deen set anid r the special use of (he fancy skaters, "On the conservatory pond was curling party, contest war's, very aimated our.” The skating laste? ‘Until 1 o'clock last night, eee Mr. Poltard’s New Boarder. Mr. Pollard of 8 Middagh street, Brooki, took ina new boarder yesterday, He was dressed ta the height of fashion, hiad an aubore moustache and thick, clustering anbaru hair. He wanted a nicely fur nished room, mot very high up, and was shown to a front room on the ¢econd floor, The young man was pleased Tim it and made srrangements to occupy it, Sytimated to Mr, Pollard that be would like Ur OF two of seclusion, and Mr. Pollard withdrew. An hour he room Mr, Pollard threw im to see it In utter confusion. rwas gone, Mr. Pollard is three dress coats, one ‘was Cou» looking for tree 01 Jacket, two pairs o Cleave, buttons, one. 4 of, ‘ si fied at'8200.. The police of fair ‘complexion, w ith euburn alt and —— A Fatal Sta o Arm. Coroner Young yesterday held an investigation im the case of John Dann, died at his residence, 8 Lispenard street, from wounds received at the hands of Jes Cordes. On the evening of Oct. 26 Dann quar 179 Duane atreet, with Charles Cordes, boarder, The dispute began between Eugene Ha 43 Bephew. concerning the relative merits of the Prussian and Bavarian soldiers during the late Franco-Prussian war. Cordes and Hauck came to blows, and Cordes produced» knife and was in the act of cutting Hauck whea Dano threw up bis arm to ward of the blow. ihe knife cut hin in the tant wrist, severing the hand aad causing # wound from the jects of which he died, The Jury re'urned verdiot Against Cordes and the Coroner committed him, & youn, moustache, A Hu Yesterday Coroner Keenan held an inquest er the body of Cecelia C, Moore, who committed telde East 118th street on Christmas Day. testimony of Mrs. Evelina E, Hall, Mrs, Moore's sister, shows that Mrs, Moore's husband was intemperate ang bad lost much money. This preyed on Mrs, Moore's mind, and she had frequently been heard to say that 6 Was tired of life aud to Wish that she Was dead. Om iatinas Day she did nor descend to breakfast, and Hall went up to ler room aud found her dead (a bed. Deputy Coroner Dr. Wooster Reach made an age topay and found that death was the result o tle polson. The jury reudered @ verdict in accordauce With the facta A Paltry Reward, At a meeting of the Board of Police yesterday, houorable mention was made of the following police officers and men for their successful efforts in rescuing. cer street a ULlOgD, Son woant Wun an ‘Thomas iceilly, Parone fhen Augustus 1 ines Munell, Thotias Mule doon, Thos, hard Kieruai, Jatnos Me Adam, Joba Leighton,’ Philip Mobr, Patrik McGrath, Rawatd Molooy, Rdward I vhuson, and lasac Wart —- A Clean Sweep in the Departments, Immediately after the meeting of the Legislae ture tn January, nearly all the offic ous munic! ]dera in the vart- departments are to be removed t Tt {# said that so n prepare Abe retained; that is, re charter and (hen reappointed, —_ JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN, preenee, twill dance in Irving ‘The Building Departme rr sod A.M, will attead ta Hill Jan. 8, Auily & body. Mr. Samuel Sinclair resigned 4* publisher of the ‘Zroune veaterday, and the resikSUOD Was Oo cepted by the Zridune’s trustees. Mrs. Adelaide G, White of 708 Second avenu whose rious disapprarauce Waa mentioned ta Tw Bum of Deo, %, was (ound )eeterday by dergeant Quiag of the Tombs Police Cou't: : . % ing reached Commissioner Van w Gomplaints barre [ta ncinw euctugertag che hr Oto Westtuato ‘on wich sire sluewalks alons , tavias Isard (wo Taspectors Caused an exui mation to de ee ee NEW JERSEY. bot Ls ‘The horse car lines of Jorsey City began rum log Care ou regular tiie yesterday. Van Winkle Bogert, Libbie Garrabrant’s lover, ts to be trivd In Paterson on Monday, on the Indictwomh Charging hlin with the murder of Kahsom ¥, Barroughe, Yesterday afternoon an ox, weighing 00 pounds, was raffied for at the Bay Shore Hotel. It was won by'Joln O'Donald, an employee of the Abatolr Company. ‘The Paterson Grand Jury failed to find an dloument yesterday Against Mr. Willan Collier Q Bilt e'eek azo dovurday, tS sisind capt Uituensy aftne Haeorse polige: tat Bed oe Sigrent Commissioner for Florida, ha sir