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THE INNOCENTS IN BiNGER. y Ifbat Serenth Ward QMldren Are Exposed To?Dan^erovi Condition of Grammar School No. 2?Dark 8tairs, Fall- / ing Ceilings and Horri ble Ventilation. How Children Are Herded Together Crowded Class Booms Illy Ventilate. A School Building that Qugtft To Be Depopulated. A few days ago Mr. Lemon, the well t noWn pen cil manufacturer, ?callcd at fhc IIkraid ounce and represented that the Seventh Wwil Grammar School, situate in llcnry street, near Rutgers, is In ? condition dangerous to the llvon ?T tho fourteen ?r fifteen hundred children in d?.ily attendance. This gentleman stated that it was notorious that the ceilings were very dangefroTta, large patches having fatten at times, but fQ'i tanately at an hour ^rhen the school was not in pension; that in the ?ear was n dark wooden narrow stairs not suffi cient to afford safe egresain the event of a panic caused l>y fire or other excrement, and that the ?trhctnre as a Whole unlit Tor the purposes Sor which it is used, and ?xcERDiiraur PAjfaEKbrs. A'reporter of the Heralp "woh Instructed to visit ^he building and make a cafe ltd inspection, with a *vlew of owning no alarm among the parents by ^premature publication. Yesterday he made a criti cal examination ol all 'parts of the structure, and while it is to be resetted that there should be given any cause for concern the condition of the school certainly oal's lor A FA>THFUL STATEMENT -af Its appearance and actual condition yesterday. Before visiting tha school the representative or the Hkralp called at the Board of Education and was Informed that, reports of its dangerous condition ? having rcachea the Commissioners, they had caused an examination to be made by the Department of Buildings, and the report showed it to be IN A SAFE CONDITION. The reporter called at Mr. Macgregor's ofllce, and was assured by the chief clerk that on the 21st in stant, ' at the Instigation of the President of tho ! Board, the inspectors reported the structure safe, with the exception of the plaster coiling of the hoys' play ground in the basement and the pri mary and mule departments. On calling at the school Mr. Haggarty, the Prin cipal, was informed of the character of the re porter's visit, and that gentleman kindly escorted ?lm through the edifice, ol' which the following is a rough diagram. The building has a frontage of *6 feet on Henry street, and the main structure extends loo feet. It is three stories above the base ment, built of brick upon a stone foundation. The main structure is probably forty or lii'ty years old, but the wings shown on T1IE DIAGRAM are of more recent construction and are about twenty feet square. Below is the diagram ol the main tloor Class - D - I I I I I Koutn.s. Amintl) rocm n L'. iTi aclit'i s I ile.sk. I ! I 'A I - D W I D 2 2 I S o -1 0 1 W llcnry street. EXPLANATIONS OV liUURAM. D?Poors between conuictlut, ruoni.-. W?Window*. II?BtnirH; those In front winding to the loft front the main or lront IihII, bring well lighted and about Hir? ?? feet four indies wide. Those ?u the rear tjultc dark, and about two feet six inches wide. Under the front of the main building and ex tending bac* to the line of the assembly room la the janitor's room. Under the assembly room are TWO "PLATHBOOKDS," as they are callrd, lor the children. They are divided by a partition running from the front to rear into male and lemale department*, and are ?bout twenty by tifty leet in dimensions. They are simply large rooms, "with low ceilings and smooth, edished floors, where the children can romp to elr hearts' content when the weather Ib too in clement for them to use the yards. The general arrangements of the other stoites are on the same plan as the diagram. On clihcr side of the in: in bonding are enclosed stairs, extending from thn female and mule yardu to the first story class rooms. The reporter first examined TllE t n?r l '.OOR, And found, by a critical inspection of the ceiling, that Mr. Lenaa'l reports were fully sustained. The plastering of the assembly room is cracked badly, and large patches where others have fallen down at various times are loose or so badly cracked that large portions <n the ceiling arc liable to Tl'MBLE WITH K CRASH AT ANY TIME, with sutticicnt force to seriously maim if rot kill the children who may be under it. The ceilings of the class rooms on the iixrlit and lclt of the liall and stairs arc also cracked badly and the iatlilug seems to be giving away from the beams. The class rooms at the extreme cuds o( uic wings seem to be safe tor the present, although the plaster seems crackcd slightly in spots. The rear CLASS KOOMS A It E NOT SAFE, the plastering of the ceilings beiny more ci less cracked and louse. The celling of THE SECOND STOHY Is comparatively safe, only small cracks being visible, and the lathing seems to retain a llrm hold opon the licams. Au inspection of the upper story proved it to be DBCIDKIILY rNSAKE VCR OCCCTANCY. Tlie celling here, like that or the lower story, !s badly crackcd, and portions that hate fallen ail ?gain giving evidence of a Ccsire to comedown With a rush and BKAIV THE LITTLE MNOCENTS who nre crowded il?o the illy venult ted class rooms, indeed, with the exception oi the rooms in the corners of the wings, the ceiling of this floor is as bad as that or the first story, but the danger dues not stop here. A visit to the buys' play room, in the t>a-etnenr, u enough to alarm any visitor. Neaily all tun l'LASTKH 01 THE CEILING IS I.00SE, and only a short, time ago a patch many yards in extent came down with a rush, fortunately on a line day when the boys were out in the'yard. Had the day been wet the children would have been within, and few would have escaped DAltUBROt'S lN.II'KtKH, If NOT DEATH. The janitor has knocked down a large additional space of loese ceiling and yet it Is not safe, one evening while the janitor was in bed in a roon off his parlo'* about seventy-five square ieet of plaster Icll from the parlor ceiling, breaking hit stove and lun'ltnro and indicting oilier damage. Had his lamll.v happened to )> ? m the parlor at the time they wou.d have doubtless austained severe Injuries. There are in <JcIty attend:* noe about FornrutN hcm>kki> ohilphev, iiearly all of whom urc exposed to these ci augers, ?u addition to T3E IMl'CRK AIR created by herding more than double the ap pointed number in Uts clon rooms. Mr. Hnggerty reports that while tic usual limit should be fitly to each class, so great i.: the demand for admission that there aw in manj of the classes at high as one hundred and twenty. This number of children are confined ill looms le*. than twenty feet square, ano yet tlie.v live and acquire education under difficulties, i'lte niatiag*mcnt and discipline oi'the school teems to be or ?i high order, and all the teachers display a laudable ambition to make theirs model c.asses. On occasions of El HE IN THE Bl'lI.niNU and arijiusent structures, the discipline is so per fect that all the children have been got out in the one. space ?r three minutes without causing any panic or unnecessary alarm to parents or children. Tlie above Is, the reporter believes, a faithful picture of the danger that threatens tne pupils in' this school, and while there le no desire to create alarm or concern to parents It is the duty of the press to point out. ihe danger, that the proper remedy may be employed by the Hoard of i'ublic Instruction to avert u catastrophe that sooucr or late< must startle the residents of the ward unless the first and third floors are AT (V.'CIC OBPOPILATI P *o< the wJi'-gs jeiiirMtc i ami w-Mwl im^e.'i Metjr. Until t^iln is <tone there can bo no safety to the children, win are ho deusely packed within Ira walls. W^dle admitting the dangerous condition of tbe Qfiiiups, the principal stated that the Com misaionen oi Education are aware of the dauber, ami lie hoped nothing would 1>* published lest the residents of tbe ward rernova 'their children from V\e school. Prow oiher officials tbe reporter learned that at varioOH times in past years, and frequently during the last year, the MX? At. HO Aim H\9 VADK lUCQl'ISITIOM upon the CommiSHiKncfM lor these repairs, and have personally, up weil hh through tho teachers, represented the dftng^r and the inadequacy of the accommodation, 'ycit vio rellei lias been given. Tiro residents or thowaftl, who take an especial pride In the school (w'/dcli ranks very high In our excellent common school system), have endeavored to get either a new wcIkxjI or have the present one put, in thorough repair, yet they have been unsuccessful. They charge tl?*t Tim UOMMlttilONEliS KNDANORK TII? MVE8 of their children by professed economy, while they make lavish expenditures for schools In more aris tocratic neighborhood* where the population W very sparse. It Is to lie hoped thai tiro Commls ?loners -will nt once seo the necessity of spending a lew thousand dollars iu repairs upon this school, If not upon AN UNLAROEMENT THAT IS OBKATlY NEEDED. TIm:t have sufficient ground ioopi to erect two wincrs in the rear (show* by the dotted lines in the diagram), at a wmall expense, that would give twelve additional class rooms ami render< the crowding of vm> children into small and wretoh i-l.'* ventilated class rooms unnecessary. The reporter, by invitation oi President Hag gcrty, visited THE MUMARY SCHOOL OF THE WAUD (No. 30), orer which Miss Ravwood presides ns principal, and be found it in striking contract to the one in llonry street. While the class rooms are crowded the school building Is a model of neat ness, and the general arrangements arc excellent, while the order and decorum ol Miss Haywood's pupils can scarcely be excelled by any primary school in the city. What TJiey Say at the Board ofEtlaca* tlon. Yesterday afternoon tho reporter vlaitcd the rooms of the Hoard of Education with a view of ascertaining tbe Commissioners' side of the story, and more especially that ol' President Smyth, who, one or the attach^ of the school yesterday stated, had recently Inspected the building, and expressed his fears that the front stair, in the event of a great strain upon it?such as occurs at every reception? might go down. Mr. Smyth and other members of tbc Commission were absent, but the polite Secre tary of the Hoard, Mr. Lawrence D. Klernan, whs lu Ihh office. From him it was ascertained that the building was erected about 1812; that requi sitions have been made upon the Board lor a new building; but he did not roc ollect that repairs bud been asked for. He denied that the Commissioners had discrlm* nated against downtown schools and in favor of the more aristocratic ones up town In the disburse ment of public inoueys for school purposes, and stated that the recordB of the Board would show the facts to be the reverse. When informed of the dangerous condition of the plaster Mr. Klernan ex pressed no surprise, and remarked, in substance, tha' tvas a common complaint from the old cchoo) buildings?that the falling of the ceilings was a common occurrence; and when asked why the Commissioners did not render them safe, he laughingly replied that it was probably owing to tho fact that Comptroller Green nad thrown obsta cles in the way of the Board. Mr. Klernan was anxious that the reporter should see President Smvth, and remarked thai lie leared that In the event of a publication of the condition of Grammar .School No. 2 Principal Haggerty would find himself in a lew days without any puoils. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. THE CITY FATHEBS. Meeting of the Board of Assistant Alder men Yesterday?The Frantic Wire pulling of Outsiders to Gain the Clerk ship?The New Era of Economy?Mr. Kelly's Financlul Reform?1The Hys terics of the Corruption 1st Party Payment of Dills?The Report on the Trial of Dummy Engines. A meeting of the above Hoard was held yester day, There was just a quorum; and on the motion of Asslstaut Alderman Uomnson it was dcclded that when the Hoard adjourn it should bo until Wednesday next, at two o'clock. There was a large attcndancc of specta tors, Including some of the disaffected, who are unfriendly to the retrenchment movement of the Clerk of the Hoard. It was rumored in the Chamber that the candidature of Mr. Moloney (brother-in-law of Sheriff Brennon) for the Cleric ship of tho Hoard is withdrawn, and that Mr. p McMullen, formerly of tho Transcript, is to bo sub stituted. Tho /lank movement of the Clerk in re ducing the estimates has. DISCONCERTED TUB CORIJUPTIONIST PARTY, and it is difficult now to conjecture what will be bnsiifess waiTtransac^eaf??Urnmcn*the fo,lovv'ug A number of applications for pavment of rfrv claims were read and approved, including a bill of printing, $7,.lfi8 87, of Sir. Martin Urown from March to November, 1872. iloni CLERK KELLY'S FINANCIAL REFORM Assistant Alderman Robinson moved the follow niah^o? 00 "That the Clerk of this Hoard rur Dish at our next meeting an explanation nf ti? Items that he has sent as anestimaK r .^PPor^0n?cntf lor the expenses of the Hoard of AsHtstant Aldermen tor the year.*' Assistant Alderman I'jnckney said he honed that resolution would prevail, for the present Clerk hilfi been the only one who hud daredto sendto I e Thil i n Apportionment- a moderate estimate. The resolution was unaniiuously adopted THE KAII.ROAD 1H-4IM1E8. Assistant Alderman Connor, as Chairman of tho Committee on Railroads, presented an addition ii report in support oi a iVsolutionofthfiloardof Jv?.' ?imen ft",1'or'zinK the Mayor to Issue licenses tor the use of dummy engines on the city railrouds rrl'.stated that there was no delegation trom the public to oppose this at the meeiViie i the committee, and they therefore rcwmmemled prTutCc.rPOrt WaS rcceivc(1 an<* ordered to be CITY BEFOEM. The Assistant Aldcrmanlc Retrench, mrntf The Btatcment published in the papers cf yester day snowing the estimate made by Mr. M. J. Kelly Clerk of the Hoard of Assistant Aldermen, has created much comment. All, however, seems to be ta\orible to Mr. Kelly* The anDronri'itionn fm* SKK? rcrerrcd 10 iu t,lc estiiiute wMe a' ioi 1871. 1871 Clerk -tT , P?r Annum, n Index Clerk $j jfifl '?$& 1%5 W WOl Uent. '..... 2W sixth A^'stant 2.M10 t-'erm-ant at-AriiK J? KnirrofKiBp Clerk 3,000 Ass't Seiy't at-"in." ?'2S ?^urnstcwrk 3,(K0 Doorkeeper . !? " iA^n Record ulerk 2,sou Header... ! 1,'^ Total This "iuolet-p estimate was reduced "bv lim Hoard ot Apportionment in 1872 to <'4.100 on which tlie "ilvvy" waa made as follows:?' ' Cler*...? .. ,^!%S I ml or Clerk....^ ^'i'rtoo RSRtgSr?K::i?! 15 second Ari?unt<;ierk 1,100 As^isT^t do . 'liird AnsioUntCfcrk.. l.WIO Reader. general Clerk... 1,000 Mrfeonfcr.!!"'* ! ^ tngrossing Clerk l.ooo Messeu*r toPre?d-t! Jw To'nl * Mr. Kelly's'astitiate shojvs that the work can be doce by aclert:, $4,ooo; a deputy, fc?,ooo: two as sistants, $l,800?an(l fi.'ioo: a doorkeeper, $1,200* a <*i'"V? ^ a r !VS'' ak<J two meaaeoge'nL Mi l ?*. J on,v 'e'lu,KiU; 'bat the clerks be aide to wine aud^iii attend regularly vo business. NEXT YEAR'A MUNICIPAL EIPILVSE& The Millions RAqnlrtd to Rnn the City and Cunity Governments Oaring 197J. Rstlmfttc* from Various Department*. Others fltlll to be Heard Kro.n. ?he following is a table of the estimates revived by tiie Comptroller from different department* of the city and county government of the exwadl tureaconalde**! necessary lor the .coming year-of n n?i r ... CITT*EXPENSES KOK 1S73. Biinril of Aldermen, a Hoard of A??i"taut Aiiernwn... Dci<ar< merit ot Public .Vorks tvi'm, Healih Depariinent... . J.sei.wy Department of DiiiUlintc* Police Departnieni * Police Struct Cleaning Department! Department of Puliiic Distraction.... College ol the Cit.v oI .New Yolk .!!''" Hoard of Assesson..,. ^ First District Civil Court'...!. ?.!.!!! Second District Civil < ourt,.... A fourth District Civil Court *. ... ..." tilth District Civil Court .. .... seventh District Civil Court.. Eighth District Civil Coort... . . Hrst District Police ('< art . . " . . H?<;ond District Police Court .!'." ....! "ilrtl District Police Court. I?'*' MUVor^Vi? ?Vtt1 "I?0 >et ,)een received fr^m the " Apartment, the Department oi ofVubi!? ?Pd for^ctlon, the benartrntnt D ?tri. ? i ll i ' i ..Law '^epurtment, the Thir?.' mucoid VlVM IJonrt. J the Ninth District Civil Court, the Fourth District Police Court or the Filth District Police Court. UOITNTY KXPKN8BM FOR 1873. Roartl of Coroner* $01,MO Board of Huimrvlirorii <uieuil>ors and clcrka.) 64.U00 County Clerk 40 Clerk of Supreme Court I2ft*742 Clork of Superior Court I(i7 8 *J ?: > rf *>' Court ot Coiniuou Plena I7()!7i? Clerk or Murine Court 140 JUO ?'liTk of Court of Hern i al Herons anil. Ove* uiui ' Ttermner 55 300 Clerk ol (,'ourtoi Special Schsioiiii. ?.............. iM.OeO Clerk of Records. 22,ri20 J'!"r? 0!!},:o?i>iilnHioni r? of Juror.i office'.l&loiM ( lerk ol Surrogate's officc U),0(X) A?ylunih unci iHurituble lUslUuUons !...!!!. juj'oou *?I#I $l,70ij<7 No cstlnvfttra have been reoeived from Commis sioner of Taxes aud Assessment, or Irorn the Dis trict Attorney and the city REAL ESTATE AFFAIRS. The Bunks Katate Under the H?mmcn> Itatea of Ilortgngei?Pioperty Around the Proponed Crystal Paluce?Important and Hlf(h>Prio?d Ltcasc of tlie Mainpnon Instate, Broadway, Corner Bond Street? Broadway Property Vala<d by tlie Million?Dr. Hull't Chnrch fn the mar ket?lion Tweed's ParcUaae?Oat of Town Sulci. With the exooptlon of some few private transfers there was vory little business of any importance transacted inrcal estate yesterday. Great preparations are being made for the dis posal of property to corao off to-day at the Ex change, which Is expected to rualize high prices. The sale comprises forty-two parcels of valuable city jiropcrty belonging to the estate of the late David Hanks, and Is held by Mullor, Wilkins X Co., auctioneers. A number of other sales by other auctioneers aro advertised to come off to-day at the same place, some ol the property being well localcd aud quite valuable. Last week's transactions in Wall street and other Cannes, some of which have been mentioned In our article of the 'J4th inst., have conspired to cause a stiingcncy in the money market, so far as invest ments in property aro concerned. Tills state of affairs has hail the greatest inilueucc on the rates of placing mortgages. The ruling prices yesterday at which property could be hypothecated was as followsFirst mortgages on llist class real e?Ute, 3i? to 5 per cent; second class (tcuorncmj property, first mort gage, o to 7ij per ecu*. Second mortgages in pro PiVfi J1 ' above. There was, however, very little done at these rates, and the tendency late in the day was towards a moderation In the demand for bonus on mortgages?concessions to this end belug made by lenders. During the present week there will be offered large plots of property from Ninety second to lltuh street, between Third and Filth avenues, at private sales. This locality Is rapidly being built up with iine residences, and, being complete as lar as grading, curbing, sewering, Ac., Is concerned, purchasers can at once enter upon building: whereas in other regions of the city the state of the streets is not as propitious lor immediate improve ments. Should the Crystal Palace scheme become a rea lty the property just quoted will be enhanced manifold in its present value. Messrs. E. II. Ludlow A Co. yesterday concluded a lease or ton years on the property known as the estate of the lute Joseph Sampson, corner of Broad way and Bond street, with Messrs. Brooks Bro thers for $eo,ooo per annum. A new building, which 1h to be erected, will be of brick anu Iron with a loll frontage ol eighty-four feet on Broad way and 135 on Bond street. This firm could have purchased the property on Union square now oc cupied by them at the comparative low llgure of $375,000. They offered $35o,oou, which was refused, when a prominent sewing machine company stepped in, paid the first named sum. and next May takes possession or this well-located eddlce vesimeiitaV1IIB mUd? a>0liUg by their in For business purposes Broadway, from Union to Madison square, Is the most sought alter aud highest priced spot in the city. One piece of prop erty In this locality was purchased lor $100,000 fn 1804; two years alter it was sold lor $300,000. Last week the present owner refused *00(7,000 lor the same plot, and expects beiore a great while to realize $1,0110,000 therefor. A rumor has for a long time been In circulation that Dr. Hall's church, corner of Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street, adjoinlug the establishment of Arnold, < (instable A Co., had been purchased bv Mr. A. 1. Stewart. Such is not the lact. Mr. Homer Morgan, ot No. 2 l'lnc street, has this same property?eighty-four feet on Filth avenue und 150 lect on Nineteenth street?lor sale, aud the price demanded is $000,000. 1 Mr. Homer Morgan likewise controls the south east corner of Broadway and Tweuty-second street, 100X125 lect, which is offered 011 a lease ol 'wehty-ono years at $20,000 per annum ground lent. 1 lie present lessee, however, demands a bonus ol $Joo,ooo to induce him 10 pait with his lease. Tins property adjoins and forms one-half or the block lormerl.v owned by the estate of the late Jacob Cram, and now tlie property of -Boss . U ,wus ?nginally purchased by him for $(>00,000, but Is really worth more money aocordinir to the p; ice at which surrounding property is held Hie above merely illustrates to what high value Bioadwa.v real estate, between Union square and Twenty-sixth street, has risen within a lew years, one Hundred loot front on Hroadway, between the two last mentioned squares, at present well rented. Is held at $1,000,000 by Mr. Morgan. Messrs. Wlnaus, sands A Garrettson, 55 I.ibertv street, sold last week eighty acres of ground 011 Central avenue, White Plains, at *4co an acre This plot of ground is to be laid out in villa sites and built upon next Spring. Jere Johnson, Jr., held a sale last Saturday at Morth Kingston. Ulster county, where he disposed ol 100 lots, 25x100, at $7,ooo?aii immense price, considering that the pioperiy is located one mile and a hall from Kingston. TU3; nUTUODfSl I'itEM'HEK'J. A discussion on "Prayer?Theories and Facts? Little Known About It, or About Cod's Methods of Answering 'Tyndal's Test,'" was again in dulged In by the Methodist preachers yester day. The idea has taken a lar wider range than that proposed by Mr. Oalton or Professor Tyndal, and prayer in general, both as a theory and a fact, lias been put Into the crucible and pounded and mixed until what was designed to become a homogeneous compound has resulted in a mixture of a contrary kind. About two months have been spent debating on this subject, and several emi nent ministers have spoken, but a greater diver sity of views could hardly be produced by any proposition which might be inno ducol than has been brought nut by this. The main question lias been left where it was, be cause no man knoweth the mind of the Lord and none can become Ills counsellor. No man can say positively whether Hod answers prayers for physi cal benefits 011 the Hue of natural laws or other wise, and hence It. Is Idle to speculate. Proofs exist that God has answered prayer lor physical blessings by granting such blessings to the seekeis. Hut Hod's ways are not asourwa.\s, neither arc His thoughts as our thoughts, audsome of the debaters on this subject, as well as the propoundera of the text, have made the mistake of LIMITING TUE HOLY ONE, and binding liiin down to certain limits and grooves of their own. Kuv. A. D. Vail yesterday went over the giouiul very exhaustively. lie maintained that we cannot properly separate natural fiom moral laws nor Hod from either in a certain sense. And that the physical and the moral tend toward the spiritual, aud the lusher was the con trolling thought In the mind and will of God, ami hence provision is made in the order ol the uni- ? verse roi piayer. From (lod's will ns a railroad centre there radiates divers lines of natural, moral o: spiiiiual laws, upon any one of which God as engineer can run Ills trains ol blessing to the hearts and homes of mankind. Mr. Dickinson protested against the i lea of separating Hod lioin matter as the engineer Is separate irom his engine. Nature Is the offspring of trie thought and wlll-nower of God, and by his volition it Js kept in being and In motion. And the true Idea must bring God into every atom ol matter una into every attribute of mind. Mr. Ilensot could not understand why we should pray for some things uud not for others, when '.Christ sa) s, "ASK AND YE BIJ.UX Ul'CKIVK, ard all things rhatsoever ve shall ask in pmver, bejjuving, ye a'.it 11 receive."' A Hood ol water breaks over an embankment twenty lect high and carries death and destruction with it, yet not oily thinks of prsvinu t > Go to dam up the water or prevent its deitructive How. And why not, when Okrist has said ask y Mr. .Whateiy restated more accurately Professor Tyndal's view, or prayer as put jorth ei.'iit years ago in relation to the cattle plague in Kngianu, and showed that Dr. TynC.il makes a marked (lirdiuc. tlon between ??changing-' aud "lut< riering with" natural Jaws. And Mr. Wliately could see i.ow, in the case of the sick lor instance, God as a spirit acting on other spirits might suggest medicines or treatment which, If adopted, would clTect cures, fcnt if not heeded the patient might die. Hut he Old not think that God answers prayer by interfer ence with natural laws. The dentil of Hov. Mr. Had Icy, of Wiirren street Metuodist Episcopal church, Hi ooklyn, was an nonr/v ed. ami a committee ol eight was appointed W attend the funeral. Another committee of three wtk's appointed to diait suitable resolutions on the cvaiit. PIkKIJNa A POCKET Oil A CAR. George Handlers, who gave his residence ns 190 Orchard streef, wns charged with picking the pocket of Henricti GodeJic on a Third avenue car on Sunday evening, relieving him of his watch and pocketbook. lie leaped rrOi^i the car and ran to wards Hroadwav, but was stepped and arrested by an officer of the Fifteenth /T^cJuct. JJu was K-'U to answer by Judge cox. THE POLICE. The Flag Presentation and; Pa rade Yesterday. SCENES IN THE STREETS. Assembling in the 8quare?Tie Address and Re ply?The Flag?Fasting in Review Down Broadway and the Dismissal. An embroidered silk nag was presented by George W. Savage, on behalf of the citizens of New Yorx, to the policc yesterday afternoon. About fifteen minutes past two o'clock some twelve hun dred men of the force, with their oltlcers, reported to Captain Copeland in Madison square. They were formed Into line and marched across Tweuty-Blxth street to Filth avenue, beaded by Superintendent Kelso. The line on the uvenue was continued as far an Fourteenth street, where the column was turned into Union square, end to Seventeenth street, where the presentation took place. Along the route taken by the parade the policc were greeted by hearty plaudits from the populace. The mar tial air of the Superintendent appeared to be very taking with the multitude, lor on several occa sions during the march to Seventeenth street the people expressed their approbation of his bTATKI.Y AND l'ONDEKOUS MOVEMENT. Captain Copeland, as next In command, received a lair share of the popular open-mouthed atten tion. iiut Inspector Dllks, who crept along behind him, was completely swallowed up by the magnificence of Major General Ulman. TIiIb olllcer was particularly distinguishable by the brilliancy of a new coat, which, it was whispered, was made expressly for the occasion. He wore a gold shield, presented to him by himself, for which he subscribed all the money himself, and for which the presentation ad dress was written by himself?all unusual circum stances in the department. The giant or tlio Fourth waB followed by the lamb of the Sixth. Captain Kennedy Is known as the straightest man in the department and the smullest. The men of the Sixth, 110 doubt anxious to sustain the reputation of the precinct, marched splendidly. The men of the Fifteenth followed the Sixth. Superintendent Kelso was evidently determined to show the public what kind of material he possessed yesterday. AM. THE CRACK COMPANIES were placed at the head of the column, and the men composing them understood they were to do their best. They looked like veterans and marchcd like men who, when they set. their feet upon the ground, were determined to stand there on duty. Captain Byrne headed his men with the same grave dignity with which he would lead them into a fight. The discipline of his force wan perfect. Captain Walsh, or the Seventeenth, witn his force, was next in line, and lie was followed by Captain Tynon and the meu of the Tenth, who showed to better advantage yester day than those of any other precinct In the column. Their marching was simply perfection and ttic thorough training of the men was most particularly noticeable in wheeling aud manauveiiug. Winding into Union square, where several of the other companies broke at the ends and in the middle o! the Hue, turning all in a heap, tlio Tenth turned as If on a pivot and In a solid mass, They were rewarded by a hearty burst of applause Iromthe surrounding thousands. The First bat talion was preceded by the band of the Seventh regiment, and these excellent mu sicians stirred up the hearts of the citizens with appropriate strains along the route. The Second battalion was also cheered on the way with music. Inspector Walling headed this divlsiou. He was the recipient of many compliments along the march, but the veteran held steadily on, neither looking to the right nor the lelt?"Duty first" being his great maxim. MAYOR HAVISMKYKR AND COMPTROLLER OREF.N pat lu a window in Fifth avenue with a number of ladies ntul they warmly applauded the undaunted Chief as he went by. At half-past two a number of 1 carriages made their appearance, containing Inspec tor McDermot (who was acting as chief of tho escort), the Commissioners, l'.arr, Vosworth and Manlerre, and the gentlemen who represented the citizens aud who were to act as a committee ol" presentation. These carriages (jot to Nineteenth street a few minutes alter the lorce was drawn up in line ready to receive the occupants, and every thing so lar worked to a charm. Tho committee and the l'ollce commissioners then got on the stand. Among the gentlemen who accompanied the committee were Mr. A. T. Stewart. Thomas N. Hall, General Shaler, li. A. Diaiuouds auu several others. The square DURING THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION bore an aspect of unusual brilliancy and attrac tiveness. Flags floated from the principal hotels iu the neighborhood and from the staU? surmount ing the Arcadian Club House. Every window was filled with ladles, and an interest In the proceedings was inani lested that made the ceremony really en joyable. When Superintendent Kelso had ail his arrangements perfected, Mr. Savage advanced to the trout ol the platrorm, and, addressing Judge liosworth and the Commissioners, delivered the presentation address. At the proper moment, he handed over the tlag, and it was passed to the standard bearer from the Twentieth precinct. The address was no doubt very Haltering to the force, who never heard a word of It, and gave proper and Intended prominence and praise to the organizers of the undertaking. With a gener osity anil attention that really deserve especial eneonrag?ment prools were provided for the press, containing not only the speeches de livered yesterday but exquisite laudations of the gentlemen who figured iu this flag business and a glowing description or the banner Itself, which, with the exception or the embroidery, is really a poor affair. The taste, too, that suggested the presentation Is very questionable, and great num bers oi the policemen who looked upon the folds of the Hag yesterday lor the lirst time are of the same opinion. commissioner Hosworth delivered an appropri ate reply, at the conclusion of which the force per formed some very dlflluult evolutions and passed in review before the stand. An exceedingly pretty picture was made bv the marching in dltfer et:t directlpns of the two division of the column and the wheeling out into Fourth avenue, file marching down Broadway was remarkably well done by some of the companies, those of the Fourth, Sixth, Fifteenth, Tenth, Seventeenth and Klghteenth being the best. The men of the Twentieth, Klghtli, Four teenth and Sixteenth were the worst. Captain McCullogh's manner ol saluting is a new one. The meu marched down to Police Headquarters and were there dismissed. A WOMAN'S PERJURY. Snatched from Worse Than Death?The Case of CSiiatave Wa-miutli In Newark? The Verdict Set Aside?A (sin-Wolf In Slterji'i Clothing. The very extraordinary turn the case of Gnstave Wasmuth In Newark has taken makes It a aiKttcr of deep tntereHt and Importance to tlie general public. As has already been detailed In the 11ki:ai.t>, Mr. Wasmuth Is a resident of Newark and baa long been the keeper of a vile den, the resort of debauched people of both sexes. At the last session of the Grand Jury he was Indicted for tive dint-rent otfenccs, the most serious beta? on complaint of a girl named Rosa Moosdorf, who Is likewise possessed of a string of other names as Ion# as a European princess'. Wasmnth's trial lasted five day*, the principal witness being Rosa, who related on the staud the same story she had previously rehearsed in (no I'ollce Court and Grjnd Jury room. Pruned of its disgusting and debusiug Jeatures, THE STORY SBT KOKTR tbat lto-.i had been but a year In the country, wont iu service at; iie!j> with Wasuiutll, and t!iat ere sho itivi been warm iu his house be clayed an indecent assault on her person, and Dually, oil the tilth nlirht ??f fcer stay in his house, lie succeeded, with the kelp of Ills wife. The tacts Had been proved in other trials that MTa.?mutli was a man ot very vio 1 nt teuiper, and tar no means a model of virtues and wMii on the stand Rosa told her story with an air of arfloasness and modest demeanor'that cap tivated i b?' hearts of Court and Jury and all. He wss unanln?Oii?ly voted the greatest monster in N w Jersey* incredible as seemed the facts, Rosa's story \was believed and Wasmuth was con victed. The crimes of winch he was convicted would have wai ranted the Court in dooming him to SKVKNfY-t IVV TKAIW IN TUB STATE PRISON and to pay flne? ^mounting to fo.ooo. So high ran the public feeling against htm that one Juror has since s:ild that he W?>uld at the time have rejoiced to see biiu swung up- to the nearest lamp-post. It appears Wasmuth's counsel, Mr. \V. B. Guild, nlonc refused to believe th^ '?ir Rosa's fairly iold, bur, a-t he believed, Impossilh'o story. Ho started on a mission to discover the antecedents of tlie girl, which had thus far been a iV* leaf. His colleague found in Williamsburg that .'<osa was not a maid but a married woman, and that in consequence of her loose and lewd conduct he* bnsband hud put her a* ay. She was, In short, sJiown to be a regular she-wolf In sheep's clothing. Her arrest followed on a charge ?>l perjury, whit..*! she has aUioUfc-cd to bfi (rue, uuu sUe i? ww m jad ^waiting the meeting of the next Grand Jury. Meanwhile the Court hus set aside the verdict against tlic man Wasmutli aud granted an application for A NEW THIAL, but tlie Court did not conceal its impression that the ease would never be tried. In view of tills turn a tidal wave of sympathy has set in for Wastnuth, who will probably be released and let off with Ones In the other offences. Hut for the perseverance of Ids counsel he would certainly have been consigned to .state Prison for at least twenty years. The necessity of courts and Juries not being carried away with a fair face and a fair story, under such weighty circumstances, is strikingly obvious. NEW YORK CITY. Morri9 Wittenberg, a youth of eighteen years, died in Mount Sinai Hospital, as alleged by his friends, from the effects of injuries received on one of the city railroad cars. Coroner Young has taken charge of the case, Frank Wagner was arrested and brought to the Tombs yesterday charged witu striking Robert iian lon, of 48 Harrison street, on the head with a slungshot. Hanlon had his wounds dressed in iho Park Hospital, and a.ler comiug out he refused to make a complaint. Coroner Herrman was yesterday notified to hold an Inquest at the Immigrant Hospital, Ward's Island, on the body of Francisco Pesca. an Italian, who died shortly after admission. The cause of death will be determined by a post-mortem exami nation to be made by Deputy Coroner Cushman. Miss Abblc Coftle corrects a statement in yester day's Hkiialo, in which it was said that she attend ed bar, and was behind the same when tho fracas occurred In her father's place on Cherry street on Saturday night. Slit* denies all knowledge or or acquaintance with the parties who raised the dis turbance, and further states that she never kept company with any of them. Henry Lynch, a laborer, forty-six years of age, and born In Ireland, late of No. 334 East Sixty third street, died In Bellevue Hospital from tho effects of Injuries received on the :10th Inst, by being ruu over, corner ol Twenty-sixth street and Second avenue, by a car belonging to the Second Avenno Railroad company. The, body was taken to the late residence of deceased, where an inquest will be held by Coroner lierrman. The Poles residing In New York and its vicinity Intend to meet on the '29th of November to cele brate the anniversary of their revolution of 1830, as well as the centennial and melancholy anni versary of the crime perpetrated against theni in the partition of their country. Speeches will be delivered In Polish, Czech, English, French, (lev man and Italian. All Poles, as well as all their friends of other nationalities, are invited to unite with them next Friday, ot eight o'clock P. M., In Harmony Rooms, 141 Essex street, New York. A young man, about eighteen years ol age, good looking, well dressed and of a rather honest ap pearance, was brought before Judge Bowling, at the Tombs Police Court, yesterday, charged with stealing a valuable gold watch from John Mc Donald, of 246 East Thirty-third street. Mr. McDonald was in the earing saloon of tho Putnam House, Twenty-sixth street and Fourth avenue, last Tuesday and fell asleep there. While In I his condition his watch was stolen. Officer Gerard K. Beekman, attached to the house, worked up the case, and from information arrested the defendant, who, he says, acknowledged his guilt. The pris oner was committed for trial under $2,000 bail. BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. Excise Licenses. A large batch of warrants was issued yesterday for the arrest of liquor and beer saloon keepers wl.o have failed to renew tlieir licenses lo sell. The line 1s $50. Fatal Full. Jnmes Larkln, a mason, while engaged In re pairing a chimney at No. 221 Tillary street, lost his balance and fell to the sidewalk. He was Instantly killed. The body was taken to the residence of deceased. No. la Carroll Mtreet, and the Coroner was notified. Charity Fair. The fair held by the ladies at the Academy of Music last week in aid of t no Brooklyn Orphan Asylum was very successful. The receipts amounted to $9,427. In addition to this sum $2,.r>oo have been subscribed, payable when >">,ooo is given to meet bills which arc due on the new building. Backing Overboard!. Three hundred and flity dollars worth of property was lost in Gowanus Canal yesterday, owing to tlio mismanagement of John Davis, the driver of a horse attacheo to a wa^on, which he backed over board at the Union street bridge. Tlio har.se was drowned, involving the loss set forth. The driver escaped injury. The Williamsburg Policy Bach?ri. Henry Lundy, WilliS'n Lundy and Charles Mace, bill posters, were arraigned before Justice Elliott yesterday, to answer lor circulating and posting a printed document accusing Robert Tuttle, of f.ee avenue, of being a backer of swindling pulicv shops and faro banks. The prisoners expressed their readiness to enter into an immediate exam ination, but the complainant, Tuttle, not having been notified of their arrest, did not appear, and they were remanded until this morning. Transfer of Brooklyn Police. The following is a list of the sergeants and roundsmen of the Brooklyn city police recently transferred:?Sergeant Brennan, from the Fifth to the Sixth precinct; Serjeant Corr, from the Fifth to the Fourth; Sergeant Uunce, from the Firth to tlio Seventh; Sergeant Colahan, Irom the Fifth to the Seventh; Sergeant O'Brien, from the Fourth to the Fifth; Sergeant Keysar, irom the Sixth to tlio Filth; Sergeant Fielding, from the Seventh to tho Filth; Sergeant Clancy, from the Seventh ?o tlto Filth; Roundsman Wormald, from the Fifth to the Seventh; Roundsinau Uraham, from the Seventh to the Filth. Police Precautionary Measures. Two prisoners arrested for robbery escaped from the cells of the Fifth precinct station house last week by breaking the look off the door. Tho doorman was arrested on suspicion of his having connived at their escape. lie is under bail to auswer. The Board of 1'olice Commissioners lining naturally desirous of preventing the possibility of a recurrence of such a discreditable reflection upon the police, have issued au order instructing the captains to post a patrolman on duty in tho cell corridor whenever a prisoner is conflned for any serious otTence at the station botise. The locks in use are regarded as unsafe, and patent, loiks are being supplied for the better security of prisoners. Intemperance and Arson. Fire Marshal Ready yesterday appeared before Justice Delmar and preferred a complaint of ar.-on against Mary Norrls, a woman of intemperate habits, who set Ore to her apartments in the brick tenement house, 151 Douglas street. It appears that the accused, who was taken into custody, was served with a notice of ejcctment by a constable, and this proceeding so enraged her that she pro cured a quantity of kerosene oil which she poured over kindling wood and clothing, and then set lire to the whole. Fortunately, the fire was discovered by the neighbors, and was speedily extinguished be ore any serious damage was occasioned. The accused, who Is twenty-eight years of age and haj two children, stated th.it she "male the lire because it pleased her to do so,'' and thar sae was unite sober when she set lire to the pace. Mrs. Norris wait held to await examination. Sleeting of the Board of Aldermen. At the regular session of the Common Council, held yesterday aitornoon, a communication was received from Mayor Powell vetoing the resolution passed by the Board last week to cancel certain at,* sessments on the property owned by the Industrial and Free schools on Willoughby avenue, near Graham street. The ground for objection to tlie resolution is based on the theory that ttie Alder men have not the power to cancel such assess ments. street Commissioner Furey sent in a com ni'.iiiscatiou askiug that the following improvement assessments be confirmed:? Power* street, from Wyckoff to President McDougal street, from Kulton to Broadway Ji.un Troy avenue, irom Ailin.lc iiviMiue to Crown >tr< et .t.'2 Buffalo avenue, from >t. Marks placo to city lln ? . Willoughby avenue, Irom Urnnd to Classou avenue, 20.1S4 Fifth afreet, from Fourth avenue to Prospect Park. til,283 A resolution was adopted in accordance with the request. A petition was received from the Orphan Asylum Society asking to have the assessment on tlielr building, on Atlantic avenue, cancelled, fhe amount of assessment is 15,363. Alderman Richardson said that if they hid not the legal power to cancol one assessment they cer tainly could have no Ri eatcr latitude in another assessment ot this kind. In his opinion, however, Jt was Just as legal to help to lighten the burden of these charitable institutions in tho manner pro posed as It was for them to vote $100,000 for the relief of sufferers bv the Chicago Are. or #800 to t lie purchase of a stand of colors for the British steam ship City of Brooklyn. After a debate upon the question of the legality ol the resolution toeaucel the assessments the subject was laid over for one week. FAILTJEE OF FISH FISM8 IH BOSTON. ?Boston. Nov. 25, 1872. The suspension Is announced or Franklin, Know A Co.; K. Snow A Hons; fierrlsh, French A t'o. and m kjmjMa* rn^rnaummmm J, STABBING H THE SETCIT1 WHO. A Vile Gang at the Coroners' Office Tester day-The Cherry Street Banditti Ex amined Before Coroner Herr man?Several of Them Com mitted to the Tombs. DEATH OF L?E? Tho prisoners arretted on Sunday charged with being engaged in tue light at William Coffey's grog gery, 228 cherry street, early on Sunday morning, which led to tho DANGEROUS IP NOT FATAL STABBING of William H. Lee, alias Kenton, alias Baker, and Thomas Donovan, were yesterday morning brought before Coroner Herrman by Captain Mount, of the Seventh precinct, us.-iisteil by Sergeant Thompson, Detective Jarboe and otaer members of Captain Mount's command. Tho prisoners wore followed down town by as villanous a gang of roughs as ever was seen out side of State's Prison, and besieged the Coroners' office to such an extent that it was found neccssary to expel thcin and guard the doors. Coroner Herrman then proceeded to cxnm!".c the prisoners separately, and the first one called was Patrick Deiany, of 210 Cherry street, tho man who Is suspected of stabbing both Lee and Dono van. Deluny said he was AT COFFEY'S GKOGUEKY on Saturday night, and was there assaulted, knocked down and beaten by some or the parties engaged iu the light, but he denied stabbing any one, and says he had no knife. ) William Coffey, who keeps the rum shop, wad next callcd, and said on Saturday some men met in his place to issue tickets ror a target excursion or tho Rutgers Musketeers, and a disturbance arose as to who should be tendered complimentary tickets; Lee ami Welch got into a limit, in which others took part, ami a pistol was discharged, but by whom he iio s not kuow; did not see the stab bing. John Welch, of 02 York street, Brooklyn, says ho was knocked down outside or Coffey's iloor ami lay there insensible until the police carried him away; did nut, strike or stab any one. Patrick Golden, oi 148 Cherry street, and em ployed as salesman at 261 Washington street, wan In Coffey's placc when Lee and Welch enme in and talked about tickets ror a target company or tho llutgers Musketeers; Lee was FULL OF FIGHT and boasted that no could whip any one about the house: Lou and Welch had a light, and Oolden, who wasthero, Dad an old pistol in his possession. Patrick Roach, n villanous-looklng youth living at No. 4 Pelham street, said no knew nothing about the affair; but the trouble with Pat was that he told one story to Sergeant Thompson and a decidedly different one to Coroner Herrman. i John McTierney, of 221 Cherry street; Thomas ilortley, or No. 3 Polliam street, and Freeman Bran nigan, or 214 Madisou street, were discharged, as it was shown they took no active part in the bloody encounter. William Coffey and his daughter AM>y, quite a nice-appearing girl, who were brought down us witnesses, were also released. DISPOSAL OF PRISONERS. Patrick Delan.v and John Welch were committed to tne Tombs by the Coroner, and Patrick Oolden and Patrick Roach were sent to the House of De tention. Delanyis said to bo an Industrious and inoffen sive man, wao has acquired a competency by honest labor, and not a criminal who had served terms in the Penitentiary, as was stated by mistake. Thomas Donovan, one or the victims, bears an exceedingly bad record, having done service for one or more terms iu the Penitentiary. Captain Mount, or the Seventh precinct, Is still In hot pursuit or the rowdy Rutgers Club, many ol whom engaged In the SATURDAY NIGHT'S BLOODY AFFliAY / have made their escape and will remain ont o( sight till assured that it is sare for them to return. Late yesterday aiternoon information was re ceived at the coroners'office that Lee, alias Feu ton, alias llaker, had died during Sunday night In Bellevue Hospital from the effects ol the wound. Post-Morti'm Examination of Let. Woostcr Beach yesterday made a post-mortem examination on the body or Lee at tho Morgue, and round the body well nourished and of rather slight muscular development. There were round no wounds externally, but ona in tho leit groin, penetrating the abdomen, evidently made by a double thrust with a sharp instru ment. One across the ball or the right thumb,, merely dividing the skin. On opening the body the wound ol the gioin was fouud to extend from the point of entrance almost directly backwards, and in its course opened the intestines in rour places. Escape oi their contents resulted in peritonitis. Irom which death was directly caused. coroner Herrman will commence his formal in vestigation on Monday next. PUBLIC DISCUSSION HALLS. A Movement to Permit Public Meeting^ and Dlncnsiioiii To Be Held In the Civil* Police and Ohtrlct Courts of the City Alter Hours, but no Political or Re ligion* Arguments To Be Allowed*-* Letter From 1) Wlllard Parker. Early in the Spring of this year a movement was originated by some of the most prominent citizens or this city to apply for permission to the city authorities for Ilia use of the public court rooms (civil, police aad district) in order that the people at large, who cannot defray the expenses of room hire, might have a chance to meet and hold discna slous on social and other questions of interest to the working and laboring classes, such as the regula tion of wages, the sacrednesaof the marriage system, the folly of war iu a republic, and the reduction ol the taxes, municipal, .state and national. Prom* iucnt among the gentlemen In this movement are two well known citizens, Hon. Theodore Tomlinson and Dr. Willard 8. Parker, the celebrated suigeon. Application was made to the Board of Aldermen, who have the authority to grant the privilege of the Courts to the people for these purposes, and on the 28th of March the following report was made by a committee to the Board of Aldermen. Tltc Committee on Public Works, to whom was referred tin! petitions ul' vni lulls associations tor the use ol public) halls when not used by the city, respectfully report that, alter hearing arguments from the member* o> these dif ferent organizations they have arrived at the conclusion to rccoinnienit th.it t>io Civil, District ami 1'oilce four# houses be opened for tho use ot the people lor proper purposes otlier ihau political, tree of charge, when tha convenience ot'the nirhirities will not be interfered wittt nor the city property itilured. The following resolutions are, therefore, respectlillly offered for your adoption Resolved, That the use ot the hall* occupied by the Civil, District and Police Cruris bo and they are hereby granted to any portion of our fellow citizens desiring to use the samo lor public meeting* to discuss ijucstlims (other than political) that ail'ect tne interests of the gen eral public; ami be il further He?olvcd, That the Judges of tho several Civil and Po lice District Courts be mM they are herobv requested to grant permission to any respectable body ot our fellow citizens to use their court rooms for the purposes ex pressed iti the foregoing resolution, provided the business of such Courts shall In no case be interrupted or inter fered with. I>. I>. CONOVKR, j Committee PKTKR OILSEY, S on .IAMBS McLAKKN. )Pnbllc Work*. Alderman Vasck move I to amend by inserting in tho report and resolution after tho word "political" tho words "or religious," which was carried. The resolution was then adopted by the following voteAffirmative? The President, Aide mien Conover, Falconer. Fitzgerald, cilsev, Joyce, Martin. McLaren, Mehrbach, i'lunkitt, Kadd'e, Vaiice, Van Kchalck and Wilder?ft. The mutter has been in abeyance for somo time, owing to tiic necessities of the political campaign, but as the Board ol Aldermen have settled the af fair in compliance with the wishes of our citizens it is understood that committees will be appointed and that scHil-wecklv meetings will bo held at the Tombs and the Essex .Market Police Courtc ua soon, as the Police Magistrate? have been notilicd ol the action of the Hoard of Aldermen. The letter ol Hr. Parker to Mr. Tomliuson on the necessity of opening tho Courts to the people and educating them by popular discussion is worthy of perusal, and is as lollows PR. Parker's opinion. Nrnv York, Nov. If!, 187J. Dfar Sir?Yours of iho 15th Inst, is before ine. Tho proportion to employ the court houses, when not other wise occupied, is wise and, 1 think, practicable. 1 know that Intellectual and moral instruction diminishes Vlme. In tho report from the < '.miniissloners of Education for 1871 we find that eighty per Cvint of all the crime* in New England are committed b? persons uneducated. In Ohio eighty-one per cent <>i the criminals were uncdui atcd. statistic* show that cd n ation in labor ha* tho mine in' tluence in reducing crime that bonk education lia*. Statistics show that over ninety per cent of offenders are furnished bv houses in which no regard I* had to morals; where there is neither ti"nk nor labor education; where the time is passod in idleness and dissipation. Now, my dear sir, I hope our authorities will look at this matter as it is; and tf they will exercise their power to prevent crime thev will prove themselves worthy ol the hlgli position they occupy. I hey will strike out a new conrse, which wld be adopted by oilier cities and confer a lasting honor on themselves. 1 shall be happy to aid, ns a NciV York citizen, in tho good enterprise. Wishing you success with ???ipcciallv our municipal au? thoritlesiu every effort to extend knowledge and dimlni?b crime, I remain yours, .tc., _ ?. ? WILLARD S. PARKER Thko. E. Toxlikso.v, Esq. THE PROPELLER J. BER8T0HY ASHORE. Ifn.WAtTEn, Wli., Nov. 2S, 187a. The propeller J. Bersichy ran ashore on Kscanabi last night and had eight feet of water in Iiei li?;4