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THE COURTS.
Mandamusins: the Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund.
THE LEASE OF THE GRAND STREET FERRY.
Science as a Revealer of Forged
Handwriting.
TIIE AUSTIN BLACK SUIT.
The Leg'slalure, at Its Inst session, passed an act
authorizing the Commissioners of the Striking Kund to
?ell at publle auction the lease for ten yours of tho
ferry from the loot ol Grandflreel In this city to the
foot of Grand street in Lirooklyn. Pursuant to such
Met the lease of the terry was offered for salo at public
auction on the 18th of April lust, when tho Temple's
Ferry Company gave lor It the highest bid, being
$1,100 per annum. In addition to the payment of the
auctioneer's lees tho People's Kerry Company paid
twenty por cent ou tho first year's rent. All thut re
mained to perlect the salo wits tho execution of
tho leaso. Upon this point there bus boon a
hitch, and, us the usual sequence ol such
misunderstandings, tho raso is now before tho Courts
for adjudication. This appeal lo thu Courts lias been
the rosult of a conllict between tho Pooplu's Kerry
Company and tho Commissioners ol tho Sinking Fund
In regard to tho terms ot tho leaso. It is claimed by
the terry company that, In violation of tho act ot the
Legislature conferring upon it power lo soil tbe loose,
tho Commissioners of the Sinking Kand have Inserted
In the lease au unauthorized and unlawful provision
and restriction requiring tho surreudor of the lerry at
any time on three months' nut ice to the Department
ol Docks, in case the latter require thu same in
orler to prosecute its itnprovetiftmi ol the
city docks. It is claimed that such restric
tion gives to the Department ol Docks power lu
terminate the lease at Its pleasure, uud that in par
ticular such restriction and provision nro Inconsistent
nnd in conllict wnh the third seutton of the act under
which the lease was sold by the Commissioner* of tho
Sinking Kund, by tho torm ot which it is expressly pro
vided that the lessee under such leuse shall, at the ex
piration ot the term thereof, be paid the value ol ido
buildings, bridges and rucks, which sliall have been
provided by s.ucli lessee for the operation of tho Iran
chines under tho lea?o, and that such value should tio
determined by arbitration and appraisal, and that such
provision and restriction in oiiect authorize the l)o
pariinent ol Docks, at any time during tho continuance
of ttiu lease, lo take Hie buildings and other im
provements of the lessee without making any
compensation wLatovcr therefor. An effort was
made by tho lorry company to have tho re
striction referred lo omitted from tho lease,
and au offer was made to execute a leaso drawn up
without any such restricting clause, but Comptroller
(ircen, acting on hehalt of llio Commissioners oi tho
Sinking Kund, refused to have any other lease executed
than one embodying such restrictions. Uno ol the
grounds of objection to any such leaso as that submit
ted Is thut the ferry has been long out of use and the
buildings and lerry fixtures at each terminus, including
the piers, docks, slips, wharves, bridges and floats, have
become dilapidated and unlit lor use, all ol which ne
Ct ssilutes a largo expenditure of money on tho part
ol tho ferry company, and for which outlay
it is claimed there is no possible show of
reimbursement unless u dillorent sort ot lease than that
proposed is executed. U|nm the above-stated facts ap
plication was made to Judge Donohue, in Supromo
Court, Cliumhors, lor an order lo show cause why a
] oremplory writ of mandamus should not be grunted
directing the Commissioners ol the Sinking Kund to
execute to the People's Kerry Company a lease of the
Grand Street Kerry tendered by such lerry company to
the Commissioners on the 28th of April lust, such lease
being tree lroui tho restricting clause referred to. The
order was granted yesterday, uud thu case will come up
for urguiuent on Monday next.
THE CERTIFICATION CUECK SUIT.
There was another wry large crowd in attendanoo
yesterday In Supremo Court, Circuit, liold by Judgo
Dykiuau, to witness iho continuation or tho trial ol
tho suit brougut by Austin Black to rocover #(Kt,000
on a check, tho oerlilication or which by Altrod Tluiji
Eon, tho teller. Is cluimod by thu bank to havo boou a
forgery. Tho plaintiff was represented by ex-Ju.lgo
Kullerton ami Mr. Edward W. Goodrich, and tho bank
by Messrs. Luther 1C. M.irsh and Henry L. Clinton.
Tho day's proceedings opened by furthor testimony
in rebuttal on behalf of tho plainlill', the Hrsl wit
ness being J'etor H. Vandcrwator, Professor of
Chemits'ry in Cooper Institute. llo llrst examined
tho chock in suit and oibors, tho certification of
which by Mr. Tiuipsuu are acknowledged to bo genuluo,
by tho microscope. He stated thai tho chock in suit
pi ese tiled the same geuoral lcatures as the other
checks, and bo pronounced them as unqualifiedly tho
s.imo Certification. When idtM, on cross-examina
tion, whether tho ink In the genuine cbocks and In
tin* one hi suit were not ol a diilorent shafo ho raid
they wore, bill this, he explained, was occasioned by
?xpo?ur? aud lading aud by handling thu check a groat
Heal.
A a:ereo4copic exhibition ol tho check In suit was
next given by Mr. Kungi, a photographic artist, the
roo.o uaving been darkened lor tli<; purpose. An
i ifUMiK picture of tlie contested abode waa thrown
3U llio wall, bringing out 'ti well developed propor
tion every letter and shading. It was claimed
'.hut tlio bold, iron character ol tho certifica
tion, as thus shown in the m igmflod dellne
Ition ol tlie cheek, g?VC indubitable proof that
.ho cert I ficat ion was lu the handwriting of Mr.
.impson. Aside Irotu ilie legal bearing of the exhibi
tion. it wits thoroughly enjoyed on aceount of its
iriistic and novel leaturus. At Ino clo?o of this exhi
bition and when tin room was again rt stored to its
lortnal ligbt, lunher witnesses wore examined, tho
latter being ealleti in surrebuttal on behalf <d tho
Sank. William O. Iluntor.au expert in the matter of
h iiidwritin:. pronounced the certification ol tho chucg
in bull a forgery. Attor he had explained tho alleged
dillcruiicus, hi Ins opiU!?0, 111 the handwriting ol the
Confessedly genuine signatures ol Mr. Timpaon and
thai of thl check >11 suit, ho was cross-examined at
length by Judgo I ullorton.
"How much do you cMtrgc for your services as
expert in this case?'' inquired Judge Eullerton
??I Charge $300," answered the witness. "Von see.
1 live in Bo )on, and It is some troublo to come here."
? Is that ull the p ly you get?"
"No; 1 got #00 a day for attendance."
"How long will your attendance bey''
"Tliatwili depend upon tho length or your cross
ixamtnatioa "
"Well. 1 am through now; I will try and save the
bank -imctlutlg. "
,/.unes McDoua, Vice President ol tho National Hank
Note Company, examined tho contoeteu ctiock, and
g.tVW it as liia opinion thai me ceri ideation w as a
forgery. He said that It was very evident to hitu, on
examining the Check through a glass, ItMl the writing
of tho certliicaiion was nt elo by drawing an
original tracing and then retracing it on the
Iheck. Lorenzo Falrbank. another expert in the mat
tor of handwriting, was next caliod. He pronounc <1
the certification oi the conic at cd check a forgery, It
Mas alter fouro'elock wlieu Ins examination was con
cluded. An effort was made to have tho iMol ad
lourned until next Uondav, but some or the jurors ex.
pressed an an\ieiy to have the case proceeded with,
nnd Judge liykmn said lie wonkl havo to bold court
in White Plains on Monday. Aitor iunt Inrther dis
tils.-ion 11 was finally concluded to take a short recess
lud go ou with the trial
On ihe ronascmb ing of the Court Mr. Henty L, Clin
Ion summed up on huhalt ol" i.cfendaiit and ox Judge
Kullerton for plaintiff. Jedge IKkui.in then charged
Ih ? jurv, wi o retired ai eight o'clock, with tnetfuo*
tlons to briug in a sealed verdict this morning.
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. #
John Mciiucktn, lirst mate of tho American hark
Emma C. Lltchiield, was examined before I'niied
States Commute nor O*born yesti rday, Charles An
derson, second mate of the vc sel, having charged
bun with reji-atod cruelty during ft voyage or tho ves
sel. The evidence tended to show that Audersun was
an incompetent ?nicer, nnd McOuck n, having exira
labor to perform in cousei|u< nee, revenged nltnseir
u|?ou Anderson by boatinc otnl climbing him. The
complniiit was dismtased by the Com ni i >IDMr, but
the case will probably he luk-.'ii before tho Grand Jury.
The challenge to the I nited Slates (irand Jury tiled
In tno United states Circuit Court hy I nilip 11. luska,
is defendant in the charge "of denim . In "crooked"'
* tusk' y. and as Code feed ant Wltli Renrv C. Ely. I >hn
H. El\" and Louis Knofman on a charge nf conspiracy,
ease op yesterday before Judge veiiodict, Rener.il
Poster, Assistant liistrict Attorney, liied an objection
to the chaucngc. and asked that tin objection tie sus
tained. Mr. E. T. Wood, attorney for I uska. withdrew
his plea to tho conspiracy Indo imeut Ironi lln* court
in order to remove it to Brooklyn. The argument on
the o jection to tho challenge was set down for Thurs
day next
COURT OF GENERAL SESSTOSa
Before Judge Sutherland.
TIIK WOflK <?l THE MAY IT.Ml.
Tho May term or this coirt, which en led yostsrdav,
was a notable ono In respect or iho amount of business
transacted, more than 409 ease* Moving boon disposed
of in it On '.Vedne-dity last twenty six criminals wore
lent to the Stato Prison or Penitentiary, and on Thur*
day lorty-llireo. AH the work was accomplished In
?pile or iho :act that nearly oue-hjll ol tho lorin was
occupied ?xolu?ivoly wiln tho trial and convjciion or
Uhar|e?< J. Willtam-on, one of the notod Robert*.(?!e,,-on
|aa< ol boud forgers. "I he Brand Jury yesterday, aft r
prjsoutiug the docuaeui which wu j riut slsuwhero
recommending tho Ilcon*lnj* of houses of prostitution,
wore addressed by l)i*lrict Aitoruey Phelps Ui moat
complimentary terms. liu lknitted tbeiu lur the
lideiitv. judgment aud discrimination they had exer
ci-ed in disposing ot itio immense quantity oi business
with which tboy were coutrouted hi li.o beginning of
the term. The District Attorney's remarks were
emphasized bvJudgo Sutherland, whg tbcu dismissed
the grand and petit jurors lor the term.
hOMK PETTY CASES.
William Heed ntul William Perry, convicted on Thurs
day ol complicity in a lorgery, were seutenced yester
day to tho State Prison, tho former for two years and
the latter for ono vear and a half.
James O'Neil. jointly Indicted witli James Scott for
pickiug the pocket of Robert .1. Brown in Broadway on
Anrll 111 was convicted ol larceny from the person and
sent to State Prison lor three years.
FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COUBT.
lloloro Judge Kilbrcth.
MAUltlEl), NOT MATED.
An old gontloinan namod Louis Warszaur, who lives
at No. 783 Lexington avenue, was held fur trial at
the General Sessions on a charge of assault
and battery preferred by tils wilo llose. The
wife claims tliat her husband is an habitual drunkard,
and that he continually abuses and beats bcr. That he
now* and then gets under the "inlluence" even bis
counsel admit ted in court. His couusel, however,
claimed that the wile was trying to get possession ol all
the old man's remaining wealth, about $200,U00 in
cash and real estate, in additiou to two houses which
she has already obtained Iron) him by issignmcnt and
$20,000 in cash. The houses ho assigned to her about
two years ago, but to discontinue a suit which she had
commenced in tho Supreme Court to have him declared
an habitual drnnkurd. About a year ago she had him
placed uuilor bonds to keep tho peace in this Court,
and a low nights ago she removed two eart loads of
luruituro Iron) their residence in Lexington avenue to
noiuo placc unkuown. The dclcndnut was admitted to
bail.
POLICE C0U11T NOTES.
Rend V. Milhaus, tho importer of drugs of No. 15
Dey street whoso arrest on Thursday evening on n
charge of bavin; obscene pictures In bis possession was
published In yesterday's Hkiialii,, was held to answer
at tho Tombs Court, boforo Judge Wandell, yesterday.
Mary Jane Harding, a disreputnlilo colorod woman,
was hold lor trial at tho Tombs yesterday tor stabbing
Charlos 1'erdan, a negro, in tho lutuplo, with a pocket
knife, at tho corner of West Broadway-und Franklin
street
James Moiles, of Boston, was robbed of $125 in the
concert saloon No. 4 James street, bv Margaret Court
ney, ono ol tho inmates. She was committed lor trial
by Judge Wandell yesterday.
Henry Schvonwald was held for trial at tho Tombs
yesterday lor having struck Fanny Hess on tho head
with a boer bottle and then stabbed kor in the luce
with an ico pick in a disreputable house in William
street.
A well known professional thief named Michael Whn
len, alias Fish, was sent to tho Penitentiary for six
months yesterday by Judge Smith, of the Washington
Place Court, he having been arrested whllo endeavor
ing to break into tho premises ol Alon/.o lilauvelt, of
No. 3y8 West Twelfth slroet.
Frank J. Sehumul, ol Xo. 90 Second street, loll
asleep ou ono or the benches In the City Hall Park, and
Thomas Downey, of No. 37 Frankfort street, stole his
watch worth $20 and his pockelbook containing $11.
Dow ney was committed to the loiiibs.
Olllcer Ahoarn, ol tho Sixth precinct, found Ooorgo
Thompson in Baxter streot yesterday with eight unfin
ished mon's coats, evidently stoleu. The prisoner, who
said he came irom Heading, Pa., was remanded by
Judge Wandell until to-day. Hudolph Sncllbnrk, of
No. 218 West Thirty-eighth street, wl.o snnl ho workod
In a doctor's ollico, was held for trial by Judge Smith,
at tho Washington Place Court, yesterday, Kir fraudu
lently obtaining a quantity ol stationery from l'hllip
Frank, ol No. 228 Church street, by representing ho
had been sent lor it by Dr Perry, of No. 4'J lloud street.
DECISJON&
SUFBEME CO t it 7?CHAMBERS
Dy Judge -Dykmau.
Kdelstou vs. Sbnndley and uuothcr.?Motion for a
receiver denied, without costs.
SLTERIOB COURT?HTECIAL TERM.
By Judge Sedgwick.
Honors vs. Howe; Graham vs. Tlio Washington Lilo
lusui-unco Company, and Hotte vs. Bruckol ot at?
Kelerences ordered
(irulminvs. l.lddy.?Default opened.
Treaey vs. lleeker el al.?Interlocutory decroe signed
and filed.
Treacy vs. Ilecker ot uL?Findings signed nud filed.
Rayinir et al. vs. Strew ? ordered on special calen
dar tor the first Monday of June.
Salter vs. The Kberdale Coal Company.?Motion de
nied, with $10 costs to abide event,
ttayuor vs. Martin.?Ordered on calendar for first
Monday of June.
1'ollenz vs. Ki>erspackor.?riaintiirs complaint dis
missed coiiditionaiiy.
Ciiaik vs. Hiss.?F.xtra allowance to the plalntlfl
Stevenson vs. liegeman el aL?Order for Judgment
tftcvonton vs liegeman et al ?Order sinking out
the naino of dclcnuaut, John Brown, lroui iho sum
mofii and complaint in ibis case.
Hy Judge Speir.
Moore et aL vs. llelloni, Jr.? Jilil of exceptions or
dered on (11a
COMMON PLEAS ? CHAMBERS.
By Judge Van Brunt.
Matthews vs. Irish and Dodge.?Motion granted,
upon paymeut of $10 costs, defendants stiliulutlug to
try on use in second wock ol the Juno term, unlets
ttioy can show pood grounds lor postponement. Sup
plemental answer to be served in live days.
Richards vs. l'hippany,?Motion to continuo injunc
tion granted, with $10 costs to abide event.
COMMON FLIAH - EQUITY TERM.
My Judgo Van Brunt.
hage vs. Vormilye.?mo memorandum.
MARINE COURT?CHAMBERS.
By Judge McAdam.
Whiteside vs. Smith.?security ordered.
Wymau vs. Newhatts.?Five per cent allowance
granted.
Straus* vs. Roosting.?Julius Cteaar Langbeln ap
pointed receiver.
Woods vs. Burns (two cases).?Motions demod.
llolfnum vs. Bobbins.?Default opened.
Oral vs. Brown.?Attachment lor contempt ordered.
Malford vs. Ashley. ? Motion to punish dennd.
Wtioeier vs. FruuchmeohL?Default opened on
terms.
l'aliner vs. Van Winkle.?Judgment for plaintiff.
I'et tiers vs. Fltzpatrlck.?Thinl parties ordered to pay
over moneys.
Hasbrvck vs. Stoken; Meyers vs. Fiynn; Meyers vg.
Lambert; Lozano vs. Doollng; Macy vs. L'lman;
Wheeler vs.' Freu linicht; llullamar vs. Ulrsch.?Mo
tions granted. ,
Adauis va Koveny.? Default noted.
Carroll vs. Cullen.?Bona approved.
THE RUSSELL MURDER.
John llalliman, who struck William Russell on the
head with a barrel stave, causing his death, in June,
1871, was yesterday taken bofore Judge Mooro In the
Kings county Court ol Sessions, aud on a motion tnado
by his counsel, ex-Judge Troy, be was admitted to ball.
The amount fixed was $1,500, and Mr. Quigley, a resi
dent ol this city, acied as bondsman lor the prisoner.
Ill Chicago and San Frnuclsco, where Halliinan has
worked xtncu the homicide, he h is gained rnauy warm
friends. who vouch tor his sobriety and steady hahtla.
llalnman is a man about thirty years old and baa a
wile aud one child.
matrimonial misery.
Yesterday application a us tnado In iho Brooklyn City
Court by the counsol for Mrs. Charlotte Heese, wlfo of
Frederick Reese, a well Known Williamsburg dentist,
lor alimony pending a suit lor divorce. Tho pialntlir
is a lady about thirteen years older than her husband,
whom she charges with gross immoralities. One of
tho affidavits presented was by bis nieco, Wilholminu
Rosa, wiioui he brought Ironi httrope, aud by wIk>ui
he ih chnrued with having had two children. Iho
wife also swears that iho husband owns the house
in Kighth stroel, where be lives, and thai H is worih
fl'i.boo, with a mortgage of $l.u<>U; that he has also a
Urge bank account In the Kin^s County Savings Hank,
and that the net profits of his business in April last
were $3'.#0. The defeuco dented the statements ;is to tho
plaiiitilf s propertv and claimed that the bouse was
only worth
J udne Neil son granted $100 counsel fees and decided
t< at the wile wan allowed to livo in tho house, the hus
bind to pay ull the bilis tor her adequate -uppori and
$3 per wo 'k besidi s. A referoo was appointed to take
testimony and report.
THE roMPTON BOND CASE.
In the case of the Coopor Instituto against the Inhale
ilant- of the township of I'ompton, which has occupied
the attention ol the I'riiteil States Circuit Court at Tren
ton, N J., Mr. Barker Gunnmcre summed up for tho
jilainiill to-day. and Judge Strong, after reviewing the
l.i w slid facts, diroeled the jurvto tlnd a verdict for
the plaintitr, which they did In the sum ol $18,102 Uv.
UNITED STATES COURT.
8ENTEXCE8.
Judge Benedict yesterday ren Icred decisions In the
rases of Howard, the "sawdust" swindler, and ft K.
Olncy Winter, tho oinlieitxhng I'ost Office clerk. With i
regard to Howard, In whose behalf a motion lor arrest j
Ol jBdgmrat wae made, the Juuge stated that the In- j
dictment wss properly framed and the defeudant was
within the construction of the statute, and tho convic
tion matt bo siisUune I. Alter (ieneral Foster bad
moved for sentence, Mr. A. H. l*urdy, How
ard's conn*' I. asked that sentence be alto
gether sus| nded or the puntrlimeut mitigated,
on tho ground that the witnesses in the
case had eon mined wilful perjury, in testifying that
they had come here to d. teci toe obtinlfcrfellera, when,
in reality, their int< uiiou was to pure,im-a and us< coun
terfeit nuHf. Titore liad been no fraud, lor counter. f
felt money Is Mihliit,'. and, therefore, oaunoi Im ,
bought, mid Howard . had given the in something?a j
saw dual bo*?lor their uouoy. U? Ho nor said t?*t {
tills reasoning was very Intreniou*. but lie must sen
? Doc Howard to thirteen mouths' imprw ouiuvut 111
K>ug?> Couuty Peuitemury uud to pay a llnu of ffiOO.
iu tbe cuse of l>. K. oiney Winter. mottou for an ar
rest of judgment was denied, aud the prisoner wus
sentenced to ihn Mint! for eighteen months.
Augu?t Kliue, who pleaded guilty to liu|>erfonatlnir a
pensioner aud drawing bis pension, was sentenced to
tbe Kings Couuty IVnitcntiury lor lour yum uud to p.iy
a lino hi $1.
In the ca>n of William II. Dnrchard, formerly Post
master at Florida, Orange couuty, who was convicted
lor unlawfully detaining letter?, couusei moved that
tne punishment he reducod to a lino and that sentence
bo suspended until Iturchurd could pay the due, ho
having been premised employiuout iu Newark, N. J.
Qcneral Foster consented to postpouo his motion lor
scntenco until thu lust (lay of tho turui.
JUNE TEKM.
The June Term of the gueen* County Circuit Court
and Court of Oyer and Toriuiner will couveue at the
Court House, North Heinpstoad, on Monday next. Judge
1'rutt presiding, aviated by Justices Baxter and Cliipp.
There arc about eighty cases on thu civil calendar, and
tbero is considerutile criminal business besides, includ
ing tho cuse of Fowler, the Kinder homicide, and that of
tbo Alburtsons, tbe North Side incendiarics.
COUBT OF APPEALS.
At.iusv, Juno 2, 1870.
No. 202. Dodge vs. Village of Oatsktll.?Argued by
Jacob 1. Weruer for appellant; J utiles B. Olney lor re
spondent.
So. 181. Fulton vs. AVhltuey.?Argued by Samuel
Haud and K C. hpruyuo lor appellant; A. K. l'otter lor
respondent.
Ho. 144. Miller vs. Burlier.?Argued by M. M. Waters
for appellant; tioorgo M. Kennudy tor respondent.
Adjourned.
Tho lollowing is the
CALKMIAR
for Monday, Juno 5:?Nos. 1U0,'.;, 218, U<i, 228, 102,
37, 47, 201).
ntOSj ITUTION.
SHALL IT UK LEGALIZED IN OUB MIDST ??
XJCBKSiKO OF HOUSES' Olf ILL FAME KSCOM
MEXDKD Br 1HK UK.IND JUKV O* THE
COUHT OP GENKKAL SESSIONS.
At tho closing of tho May term ol the Court of Gen
oral tjooaiouB yesterday alteration tho tiraml Jury ou
tored tho court room ami banded the following pro
senliuoul to Judgo .Sutherland:
Tiik Coikt or Ukskkh Skssio.vs tie tiik I'kack ?ok
tiik City and County or Nkw Yokk:?
1 lio (.rand Inquest ol tbu couuty empanelled In Ibo
month oi Muy in closing their labors respect iuily pro
ftenl. TlMl they desire to cull the, attention ol tho
court to tho growing evil of prostitution in thin c;iy.
Houses oi prostitution, formerly conhued lo a grout
extent to particular localities in the city, have ol lato
years, with the increasing growth of our population,
bccoino scattered through ad parts of tho city. Tho
?nek ol sulliciont power to properly deal with this evil
under existing legislation Is very apparent. The houses
can only bt. dealt with as disorderly houses, and
w hero they are kop* iu such manner as not loo grossly
to ollcud the senso ol public decency a convic
tion is exceedingly dllllcult, even iu the ease ol houses
well known to lall within the definition of tho law. II
broken up liy the consult action ol the pollco In ono
district, where they may have become mioK ruble from
their numbers, the result is ihat they reappear In other
localities, pernups previously respectable. Iu many
portions ol the city property has become almost worth
less lor occupancy lor respectable persons either lor
business or lor residence, because it has been invaded
lij houses ol this class, aud when they are driven Iroui
ono such district tho only result Is that they devastate
another. Even if all houses of lilts kind, by u close
and untiring enforcement of the law, be entirely sup
pressed, the only result would bo that prostitutes would
harbor in tenement houses and other dwellings inhab
ited by respectable people, and. by their example aud
conduct, do much more to deprave the young than
they do at present, ludeed, it is <|uito settled that legis
lation to suppress prostitution Is aud must be inoilcc
tivo. And the lact that a business notoriously illegal
can be safely carried uu In deUancc ol too law lends to
duiuorulixo public sentiment and is especially injurious
ill its ellects upon iho oliicers ol the police charged
Willi the enforcement ol the law.
Iho members ol this inquest aro aleo deoplv im
pressed Willi tho vast evils Inilicto 1 U|OU society by
the introduction through prostitution of the worst and
most dangerous types ol diso .se inio the whole com
munity, whose ravages are not limited to those wijo
Voluntarily expose themselves lo its dangers, but aflect
directly or ludirecllv all classes ol society and eulail
nulold evils upon posterity. This last consideration
has impressed itsell upon tho members of this inquest
in their observation of tin- inmates of our penal lusti
tutioi.s. 1'his inquest is (irmly of iho opinion that
however abhorrent 10 the views ol mine any legisia
tion may be which appears to legalize so great au evil,
still the fail must Bet be lost sight ol that it is an evil
iinpossioio to suppress, yet comparatively easy to tog
ulato aud circumscribe, aud tbui suitable legislation
lor its restriction to ]iarticuiar localities and fts
carelul aud constant supervision bv the llourd*
Health and ol I'olice would do very much
to check the evils growing out ol 11; the
spreud of disease would be almost, if not
entirely, stopped, tho employment ol houses of this
description as resorts ol thieves and receptacles lor
stolen goods would become well nigh impossible and
the very patronage Itsell ol such houses would be ul
niost entirely limited to those who aro not ashamed or
airala to bo seen visiting them. It seems wholly un
wise to forego the beuollt* that may be derived Item
such a system through a ?onilmental dread of apnour
mg to countenance evil. This inquest begs to preseut
to lite Court the lollowiDg resolution :
_ Ke-olveu, That tho Legislature of the Stalo of Xew
York be earnestly requested to adopt as earlv as practi
cable some system ol laws calc ulated to ronttno houses
of prostitution In the large cities ol this Male witliiu
certaiu speciueil limit?, aud to subject ilium at all times
to the careful and vigilant sujiert isiou ol the Hoards of
Health and I'olice.
That tins Court lie rOspcctfully requested lo lorwurd
a copy ol this presentment lo the Legislature as soon
as It shall be in si ssion.
KDttWUD VAN VoI.KENHlKGU, Foreman.
Fukoskich 11. ClIAri.v, .Secretary.
HEALTH DEPAliTMENT.
At tho meeting of the Hoard of Health yesterday the
following report was received Iroin the Deputy Kegis
trar of Vital Statistics:?
There were 4--.U deaths reported In this city darlnir the
week i ndliiK Saturday, May J7, beluga eectvase ol Jt ??
compared with Hie preceding week, and id Uu than were
rep orted durlnir tlie e.irreapnudlu? week ?f but year.
the actual ntiuihcr of i.emlis which occurred duriii" the
wsi'k endiucr May 'J ' wis 4MI, u inch repreaenta an minusl
death rale ..I Ji.l.Kll per l.WXI persona living, the population
eatiiuaied up I.U >S4 7..1I i ?ii?i?iiot
There ??> a deeresse In the number nl desllis reported
la?t week, compared with the aeck pr.-vlona. of 4i? from
symotle di.ume., 4ol ooiMtltuiloaal di?ea?ev 3 or?m.iilpox I
?fuieaalea, 1 oi .carlatiua. 12 ol diphtheria. Ool membranous
croup, ..Ol whooping coujth, H ?i i> pl.oKl fever. I of cancer
1 ol plitimia pulinuiiulK 1 I.r pneumonia, a of hidrocuphaiiia
and tubercular meningitis, |H deaths in Inatltutioiia snd 14
ol children under .i yearn ol airu, und an increase of 14
deaths from local dlavaaes, S? of developmental, 9 from vlo.
lence. 1 from typhus lever, J Irom puerperal diaeaaea I fr-.ni
diarrlm-al diseases, 1 ironi br? cMu?, 2 Irom diaeases ol thu
heart, 2 from msranuiui and .terolnla, M In.ui ui?ea>es ,if the
nervoua .ystern and In Irom lirlglii s disease and nephritis
Tlie total number of deatha reported dutiuir the week in
elmPd 4 from smallpox. ?.'? S! Irom acarla
ttn?. 114 final measles, ft Irom wh.iop.uB tungh. 4 Irom iu.mii
l>rauoa> croup, 4 from malarial levers, I Irom cerebro
spiaal lever. 7 4 Irom uhtiii?l> piilmtiualta, fla Irom pn.-u
iu and hri.neiiitis; J IW ol etiil.tren under y, ar> ol aire
J4 of peraoua I'lyesra ?r mure ; 2.Vi occurred in bvuaes
Byinb
?u<J , ^ iu
cuiilttiuinK 4 Uuillio* ?nd over, loil In touVtY"Cu7itInine
X tuiitilivM hihI les.s. 77 la iiihtUmloim, ? 4ii lit?|?ls niid l*o?rd
li?i< holing* Hrid iho balance nt the
doMtllN Wtil
1 '??'? on the
the fillll, ?..v "V.vm.i AMU ?u uu I cits tup. III*) HVttrHLfO
?If "I who (liml from ?inallpox wmh
HI years. < lo oaths, 7 (la><; of measles. 2
hT r i i. i scarlatina. H yesra
1 month. 1.4 Ita%?; or diphtheria, 4 yenrn, :i m mtlis 1" days'
of mi-inl>ranou> cr..up, iyesra. 1 month, 23 days' of whoop
lag couirh. II months, In day.; ol m.ilarmi fnvura ;*I years
7 cerebri, spinal lever, s rg?, j
moiltha 1 I,h iliatrlbulion ol the mortality by warda .luring
tliu ?lfii.>L i It. Ilio V ue I'.n ... . f
.v. ?? .4 iiin111ii11<tint, ?? \it i.tn. is und hourd
mfi<I iho UitUtico in the ftrcutft. rinrn Ac ? 4
were rvi orted on tnu l.aae nent ilo.ir, H4 ou the Hrst
the aecoiid, 1H mi the third, 2H uu the fourth, .1 on
Ii, 2 on the seventh and lo on the top. The avera?fe
humidity wai 00, aaturntiun being 11*4; the mean readme ,'f
the baromet-r waa ati.mrj inch. ?. .. 1th a raiiilail of (VmI
iiiciiea, and thr number ol miie> trav.'lb'd bv tint wind m .?
The annual .lesili rate per I r*?l ol tho satimated or enu
merated population, Irom tiie mn>l recent weekii return. ..I
H?t??i was IKH5; Itrooklyn, Jo.7(1; I'lHiaUelpfila. Iti.ttU;
Kichittoiul, 1^ '^. thiciiio, 1 H,il7; n^iiiucti'ii l'i ,v)
Cloelaud St. ixinis, IX.H-, Jialllnioi. . III. ,.V
\ ? I 1 m ? . l'i lift' I llllll.lll 'I k I ,u. 1 . - ? a... *
Tho lollowing is n comparative stnteuicni of cafes of
contagious diseases reported at this bureau lor iho two
Weeks ending May 27, lsTU:?
ll'.rt Emtlij
TypliUi fever J/"*.Tn
Typhoid lever 3
Scarlet lever OK
t-'erehro-apiiisl meningitis " y I
>[e?>iea
Diphtheria 7;i -jt
SmalltKix. *32 i ,
inhanity.
Thorc were received into Uellevne Hospjtal during
the month of Msy Inst Ofty fonr insane liticuts, the
youngest of whom was twelve years old and tho oldest
ility nine. Or tbls number twenty-six were males,
twenty-one were born in Ireland, eleven in Germanv'
nineteen in tho United Stalo-, one In I ranee snd two
In Canada. In addition to these there wero livo
patients admitted who had tttteinpted suu ido anil Mho
are tiowr believe^ m tic in -atie, thus making a total
number ol llity-nlnc Insane persons uumiticd to tins
ono instilotlon in thirty on days ?r nearly two a day.
PATBOLMHN Allli AH; NED.
Three of the Richmond county patrolmen ware ar
raigned before Commissioners Mar-li and Wright yes
terday, one lor using improi or lan^u igo for an oftccr
one lor being live uiinntcs bebltid time and the third
lor being on post without his pistol. Decision was ro
sui vod uatU a mewling of tbu mil liuard,
REAL ESTATE.
At tbe Kxchauge yesterday K. V. Harnett told, iu
foreclosure, a tliro? story brick bouse, with lot
(JxlK). 11, No. 67 wust I32d street, tor $0,400, to
William J. WuUh. Also, in foreclosure, u house, with
lcasu of lot 30x51, oo west side of 1'Utrd avenue, 80.5
left north of Sixtieth street, lease having ten yoirti to
run, ground rout $200, for $7.ooo. to Mary <X OttlDKer.
K. H. 1,ml low & Co. sold, by order of tbe assignee
of Messrs. Schachardt k Co., tbe following city prop
erty:?No. 29 Washiu^iou place, bouse, with lot
j&^xlOO, lor #20,000, to William D. Crunshaw;
No. 0U West Third street, house, with lot 25x00. lor
$11,000, to William I), Craushaw; No. 203 Kultun street,
helwueu Church ami Greenwich street*, house. Willi lot
2.)X*0, lor $27,500, to Willluui Keinsiii; leasehold ol
property ou southeast corner of tiraud und Wooster
streets, comprising one tin co story und one lour story
building, with lot 18x75, lor $10,750, to William Den
ton; No. 337 I n ion street, Brooklyn, house, with lot
25x100, lor $6,360, to A. It Muthi'sou; n house and one
acre ol land at South Haven, Sullolk county, N. Y.,
lor $250, to William Kcnisrn.
Scott ?t Meyers sold, iu foreclosure, three bouses,
with lots eucii 25x100.-1, ou north side of Kilty ninth
street, between Second aud Third avenues, each with
two mortgages, one ol $11,500 with intcivst Irom July
1, 1">75, aud ouu ol $3,600 wilit Interest Irom Juuo 1,
1876, as billows:?One (or $200, one lor $225 aud oue
lor $250, uli to the piaintlll'.
TUANSrRKS.
13tli lit.. ?. I., 822 It. w. of av. U, 10x103.3; L. Seliluas
?lid wife to Willi,mi W Ciuik $8,000
44th bt , a. s., 0. it. e. of I Itli av., laxHO; Jami'i
O'Neill and wIffl to Alice O'Neill 5,501)
123d ?t? ?. a.. W0.U it, w. of lit a*., 11.8*100.11;
John Harvey to Juno ilarfrruvs 10,000
123.1 st., same property; Jauc Hargrave aua huatiMud
to Henrietta llotallnu 8,4611
Stanton ?i., ft. m;.8 it. e. oi' Forsyth st.. 44.5 i-3x
75; James Hawkins to Japtes 0. Hawkins .... Norn.
St int n st.. a. a., as me property; Jamua O. Hawkins
to Alary A. lln,vMns Num.
Ludlow st.. w. ?., 1011.3 It. ii. of Walttur st.,87.7j|X
88,1 ; s. /,. to iSamuel Mver 32,500
Wn mill it av., n. s., 0H4.3 it. w. el Wllllauisbride road,
25x100 (2ltli ward); Jus. Michel! to Bridget
Nolan 235
Si-th ??-. a. s., 7,'i.lt It. c. of 2d av., 2I.Ux08.t>; Jacob
Uuviil ami wife to Julim Lluuiaii 13.(101)
HhihI st . u. s i.S'o H) WxllMi Wihlaiu (j. Ward and
will) inn! others to John Ward Xoili.
Hi a I from West Kami- to Hunt's Foint (21th ward) :
David U. Pentium to Aaron 11. Fetfsrs .. 15,(00
125th St., a. s.. 140 luet w. of -itli av., 75x100.11 (half
part o(); Miny Archer aud hiisbaml to William 12.
A,-tun 33,0.10
?HHh at., ii. a . 42.1 ft. w. of V'tli av,, 25x100.5; (jeor^u
Bauer and will- to John Kilter 10,000
Hilth St., ii. s., ITH.ay, It. e. of ">th av . 78.2x100.8,;
Michael A. UolVniaa to I',inline Kolfmau.... Num.
41>t St.. a. s . 1*U it. e. ol 2il av., 10x08.0; Johu Dil
lon and wife t, llctnnrJ Klyuu 5,000
Park av. (.No. o3), u. ?., 25ft. a. of38th st., 24.7x80;
also Msillsuu uv? n%e. corner Olatat., tSi.2 2-3x
100.8; iiUo Madison av , a. w. comer 80th *t., I2iix
j(>2.2v irri'aular; also Niitli Bt., a. s., 45 11. w. of
Madlaan av., 2-1X102.2; alsoKlstst., II.>., 220.1 ft. e.
of 3d av., 25xlOs?si: Michael L. Doyle and wile to
HeiOsmln Douglass Nom.
Av. (I, c. a . 4'< ft. s. ol 5th at., 24x03; Jos. Maier and
wife to W oil M uier 7,500
8tli at., s. a., 133 It. w. j| av. C, 21.0*07.6 (W p irt) ;
also Itli st., *. a., 212.H ft. w. of av. 1), l."<.0.vla
block ('j parti ; tame to same 5,250
Cm?by at., e. a., 2r,x87.8i 1 nonius MacKellar and
wife to I iioinns 1'liachcr 27,000
4th av., w. n.DU.'Jlt n. of sfttli st., 20x70; Daniel J.
<jui|[ley ami wiieto Thomas J. I'oailv 22,000
2Utii St., n.s., 175 It, e. of Madison av., 21.0x08.0;
VVil lam E. Tread well and wile to Margaret 1..
llolTuiau Nom.
ttth av., a. e. corner of Mia at'., 74.4x10 1.4; Uuujareln
Douglas to Alios M. Doyle Nom.
WaahinKton st., s. w. corner of Juno si., 35.2^x03;
also vVii.iliiii|.'toii st.. w, s., ,'r>.2tj It. a. ol Jane St.,
17.2>ixi>t; l'eter K. Fitxpatrick and ulfo to Jacob
Sclimitt 1,500
2d av., s w. corner of 01st st.. It OxlOll.ll; Johu 8.
Uoldsmith ami vt ilu to William S. Thorn 7,000
2d av., w. a , same property ; J nines Van Ituren and
wife to Joiin S. t'oldsuiith and others .... 13,000
2d av.. w. a., M ft. n. i>r 50tb W.,S5x75;MinnaLuth
ttons to W illiam Merruicton 25,IS)0
(Ireono st..w. IH8.U It ? of Snriiid at.. 37.0x100;
Marx Uothsuhild and wile to Victor II. Uotlisclilld. Nom.
Qreuue at., w. I'll It. ?. of Hprintt at., 37.<ixltX);
Victor II. Kothschlia and wife to Marx iiothselilld. Nom.
2d av., w. a.. >Olt. n of ,'Sith st.. 25x75; tiustav Suo
Iters ami wife t., Minus l.uthi.'i>iis ,20,l*X>
150|li st. n.S., 210.11 ft. w. ol .lil av., 2."ixii>si: also
Uouvarneur ?t., a. a., 450 It. e. of t'ortlandt av .
26x11M.5 (23d ward), William W. Iluutiiiuion (ref
eree) to Heiirv K. Vooasln/ 1 8'JO
Oltli >t., n. a , 2IO ft. e. of Madison av.. 20x100.5;
I'hillp J. Joaeliiuiaon (relereo) to 11. Wulllnic...*.. 100
100th .-t., n. s..2:io it. e. of itli av., 26x100.11; Tru
iiian .11. Baldwin (rel'oroe) to John Towiishund 3,000
8l!tb st., I), s., lTM.'.l'j II. o. of 5th SV., 78xlU0.8>f;
Mnrifi's M. Morehouse (referee) to Mlcnael A.
Hoffman 211,000
Wiilett at., w. s . No. 50( It. E. MctlalTurty (releree)
tn Miobael Silbor.toli, aud others 0,250
128th St., U.S., ?-,:t2 ft. e. of 4th av., Ittx00.ll; John
l/ndley (refere ?) to Kobert Murray Nom.
Utah st., s. .-... 215 ft. e. of 3d av,, 20xl(>.'.2: (I. 1*.
.Smith irolerue) to Second National liulldini; ami
Mutual Isihii Ahsoelstlon 0 4<X)
3d av.. w. s.. ,Vi. 11 It. n. "fMllst., 50xlt*l; Johu
N. Lewis, referee, to J. l'an.lotrii and otlioi? 12,850
UMSKS.
12th at. (Mttle), Nog. 46 ami 17. years; William II.
Astor to WUliani A. M'ic>|iioid A Oo 000
2d av., w. a., n. ol ?;th at., ' years; Minna l.utliK< i ?
to Ueorue llelntice 1,800
14th st , Kast. No. 112, ft years; Alftod WsksIiiITso
CharloaC. Reed 3,000
ltilh st., l'-aat, .No. 4(>t, M years; Frank Druhe to It.
fcrnst 1,080
NOUTUAUKA.
Sax. Juhn uuil wile, to Jounett liurolioll, No. Mil K.
2?<th ?t.; :? yunra 5,000
Juct>!.?, Kaonta i<n>l li .aliand, tu hYllx Tliurniuiier,
ii .'?>ili at.. w. of UkiiuMi av.; 5 jwri tl,(UO
Joel II. "il l wifu hihI othera. to Koamen'a Hank
for Savings. No. <1 Hanaverat. ;alaoNo. ltJKxciian?-c
place mid .No. (>!? Beaver al.; .'I years 125.UJ0
Same to aatiio, n. a. l'carl at., w. of lliiuuwr at. ; 'J
year* ..... 15,000
Strong, I'harle* E. and wile, to I.1I/.H A. Travcra, n. a,
2lat at., e. of K?h av.; 1 year 2,000
liiM'il. < oriinliua, trt Mark'MMI L. Waiiiwriplit, a. a.
Hltli at., w. of 3d av : 3 i?.ir? tl,V0
liced, I'oinullua. to .loliu \V. Anilacaa, a. a. H4th at.,
w. of 2d a v.; I jour 475
Same to amoe, a. a in H-ltli ?t, w. of 2d iiv.; 1 yoar,.. 04U
Same to aamc, a. a ot K-llh at.. w. of 1<1 uv.; I year.. 47."?
Siime to Margaret I.. WaniwiiKht, a. a. of Mm at., w.
?r Jit av.; 2 yeara 8,001
Sume t" tamo. a. a. of Kith nt . w. of 2u av.; :i yeara. tt,.i<>i>
Chambora. Klinira, tc Mar) E. Qallftcy, e. a. ol ?v. I?,
n i'. corner ot nth at.; ? ? yem 1,0011
Car'iart.Thomaa and wile, to K^uiUUi IJfo Amu
i-anco t'ouipauy. n. ul lath at . v. ol tbli av 15,0 4J
lltm, W. M., to Mary Archer, a. a. of 12">tll at., w. of
llli av.', 1(1 yearn 'J 1,000
Hcckel. Joseph and wile, to Aiiiruatu !? inatein. w. a.
ul Ullnxtim nv. ami 4">:?tli ?t.; Iljrrara 12,(M)
Hume to aaine, w. ?. LoxiiiKton av , a. of 5Uth at.; II
yeara .* 12,000
Sumi' to aatue, w, a. Lexington av.. k. ot .'iOth at.; 3
yuan 10,0*1
Doyle, Anua w. anil liuahaml, to Jatnea D. Lynch, a.
e, cor. Mill av. and 5:?l at.; I year 05,000
Uoldunlth. 'lolin .-. hihI otli ra to Jamea Van liureti,
. w. cor 2.1 av. ami U7th -t.; 3 yenia 3,' 00
frceklnK, Henry nn I wife to sutuuel Well, n. a. Kuat
10th ?t. w. ot uv A; I veur 3,<**)
(Sold niitli, Jolin S anil other* to Jauioa Van litireu,
w. ?. 2d av. a. of V7th at.. 3 year* 3,000
llallld-y. Mitcliell and wile, to Julia t . Skiduioie, a.
?. ofUth at.. W. eflid uv. t 3 yeara 7,000
lliiirman. Margarel 1,. and liiiatiatul, to William h.
T read well. U. *. ef 29th *L, e. of .Mi.diaon uv.; lu
atuiineM B.OOO
K''Ituiuii. Michael A., to John Haaaoll, w. i. of Hi th
at., e. o 6tk av.: 3 yeara IO.OOU
Levy, Bertha. to Howtli HtelmW, n. w. corner lie
litni-.-y and Norfolk ?t,. ? i year 10,(Km
Same ulid liiiatmud lo Wm. T. Horn, No. 130 lielaneey
and H5 Norfolk ?ta,( Inatalmi'iit 2,1.00
game to Mar . K. Itoireri, u. w. comer Deluncvy and
Norfolk an,: r, y-ura lil.ooo
Jliiuni a. Mary J. ami bualiaml, lo Mutual Lile In
aiirauce I'ompauy, li. a. of Otli at., w. of av. C; 1
year 2,0>'K>
Sell Hi: (iuttinau ami wife, t ? aaiue. w. ?. of sill uv.,
.nfJhitli at.: 1 year 2.0U0
Muiiliatti.il lialldlntf and Kund Aaaodatl" n. to New
Aiuoer.leM Snviti.a Hank, e. a. of hlieriff at . u. of
liivliiutiiu at.; 1 year 1,000
Hotliarlulil Victor II. and wile, to Walter S. Jnrvla,
* ul (ireene at., between Hroome and Spriu^; 1
>?.r. 21,000
Hutliichlltl. Marx end wile, to Victor II. i.oiIim-IiIIu,
W. a. ol tlreena at., a. of SpriiiK; 2 )i?r? 10,000
Hiacr. Jolin II., to* S. Sniitli, a. a. ot KKitli at., w.
of 'Uh av : I year 3,<i0 I
Tauaelli?. tialirlel and witu anil i thera, to Luko
KnowenhofeR, w, a. of :t.t av., a. of 1 It'tli at 30,1X10
Veeulnit, llonry f, and wife, to Abraham Mender, n.
a, loOtu at., w. of 3d av. (2.1d ward) ; 5 yeara 5,00.)
BROOKLYN CKOOKED WHISKEY.
THE HTOltY OF T11E BONDHMAN Of STEIN.
The btitidmnnn of Chriatian A. Stein, lUo Illicit wblfl
kev ili-tiller of llimtklyn, Noil McUuldricIc, ltus made
alllditrlt before L'niied Sintci Commimloncr WidkIow
to the efrftct that bo hIuih"! tbroe IkiiuU of $5,000
curb lor lite nppciirancc of anld Stoin to nnawer lor tu
dii'tinenta for illicit iiistillinir, mid tho ?ttd Stem, jieml
inii tlio trial of tbe huiU Indicttuoiits, rau away Irom
said dUtrlvt mid weut to (.'uuuda* Mr. Mctioldrick
niltber dtpuni'ii Unit "bu bud uo iinqtiaininnre with him
wlialovcr, Md that be ni.ver hiiw sunl Htfll until tlio
tii^lit before lie sinnci the bond* of smut; that de
|Mincnt Mailed ?aid iHitid.-i of Huid Stem lit rei|U?at; that
be wit* represented to be atl riaht; that alter Stein ?
i Ki apo'l tn.ni *:iul district McUotdrlck received n letter
Irom bun, ot wliicb the lollowiu^ if u copy:?
louof.ro, fell. 11, 187H.
Ni ii. Me" >6tHKi, Broohlya. N. V.
MM-It your real 0'i.iMoty loward tlie government can bo
N<inldatvit by m) return to Hrooklyn and irlvlaa inyaetf up
to the Cultcd Ktaln authorltlea wen I ant ready to do ao.
1 on livini a hell ii|rfin earth, and would rather iniry nnaalf ;
In a prih .11 forever than lire aj I ?J.. t.ow, Vmi will, howvvar,
have to arrwuge and pay lay fore hack. Arrange it In any
way you think'.eat. 1 a-u ready to <lart ut h few lioura'
notice. Awaitinir your anawer, f remain, yotira truly,
CHRIS. A St KIN.
Mr. Mcfioldrlck (iwenr* th.it be went to Toronto and
arged Stem to return to Hrooklyn. but that be rdtiacd
to do Mt Mr. MeUoldrick afain viattcnl Toronto, und
Stom to <! bin thai lie expected, through Complaints
tlinl be would make a^ninat the revenue i Ulcer*, Unit be
? liould be ret free, Sioiii did return to llriHiklyn witli
M>Mi old rick, who aurretiUctcd biin lo tho L'DitcU State*
autbdrttioa, '
THE FIIEE COLLLOE.
Tbe examination of ?tudmiis attending tbe College
of tbe City ol New York bee in yeatcrday morning.
There are now In the mutilation, exclusive of tlio 600
ail milted yesterday, ft W6 young inert, of wbicb number
forty-tbrce are In tbe aonior claim, aixty-one in tho
junior, seventy-four In tbe rophamore, IIS In the frcab
itian and -KM in tbe Introductory department. Tho '
Miliject* token up yeaterday by the Senior* wore Litiu,
t.nn-l. ?nd aatrononiy; by tho JuniorR, phvalca; by j
tbe Sophomore*, mode Ml hi-uory; hy tbe Krwbtnen, ;
ahtdex. shndowa and |i?TapecUTB, and hy tlio Introdnc- ;
lory Department, KngliKh nnd chemistry. In nioat !
c i -' ? fl>e question* (,'t?en '.veto ujion printed sllpe, to !
which answers were required in anting. Tbiagavetba
same i|0eitloii? to all, and aa tfreat I^rewaa Uken to
prevent anv kind ol lolluainn, the reault will probably
be perfectly Juat, eaeb student sUbdiug on Li* own
iirtk
municipal notes.
u ( oioMcl Tom Dunlap, Commissioner of Jurors. hasn't
''proclaimed." Uu waits tlio action of tho Wt Louis
Convention whether to go lor Tllden, Hendricks or
Seymour.
Ur>un JCcilJjr is said to bo Tor greenbacks and Bill
Aliou.
Alderman Jobu Ucllly declares that If bo can't And a
lam many muu supporting Tiklen i,e will plant himself
ut tlio l'iauters' Howl, at Louis, dun?K tbu Conven
lion.
Ujc receipts of John Tyler Kelly, Mayor's Marshal,
lor the post tlvo mouths for licenses foot up $24 sil T'i
&?an?r^r:r,01 on ih*
['Zn i '"7 * "mco' tl,u ulu'n,!u"?* <>' tlie Marine
, markut swoepers. oliico rlonuurs, ollicers of
the Hoard ol hducutlou, olHcers ol truuuey and tho en
tire * ire Dopariinoai
.1 !ltl0 ,c?mi;'rolier yesterday paid bills upon reouisi
\ iir?' i * arU Education ,or tho school ship St
Uea so"LT'tMi expenses of of the ihlp.
the Hoard of K^cis,; """ ^ ?CCU,"eU by
teniae "'''''"V V1 ll?1' Ci!y ,{''r"r'1 Commission held yes
and ConnsoTlt ti !? yur' c,""?"i*?louer Campbell
n r m uL , . the Corporation were present, the bids
'10 Jt'cortl were opened. M II
the nuhl iY* CowI'u" v (constating innit.ly ?t
oC? rr ,"V; D?U? ??*??& Godwin, 1
comnouior-' i h *wh?p uua ?u?eH & Hrotliors, were
at # 1'iM.rini/ ?. r?rJ wlUi n??d" ???r. In H. Hrowii
um? ?... i ii ? ' *ty conU lor "omposition per l,ooo
tins, and thu lowest bidder (or other work.
or 'fiH?11 ,,|nclf"0y. ? republican member ol the Hoard
S |0,",CU"ly du,,|"rt'K tl",t ?'? choice is
?a finn . T' "" Wl" 1,0 aicint ln
his StiL wi'.iV n !1 tu",1"lul? s,loul'l come Iroui
campaign -' W ? thu around ot the
menmiUs?'io^ h?*'8' l'r,'fii1donl 01 Hoard of Alder
iu?erest. 8?y??T, and will go to St. Louis in his
Sevmof.?*^sUim,,,0t!>'1 ,lc,'Iarcs "'?< Ms first choice Is
??? il- ti ' ' '"timates 'hut (If necessary) he will
*? I er? lo make him I'reslilent ol the I'nlted .Slulo*
ofr 'i'nM^, ^0m|"rollLT Karl0' ol lh0 Fn'? Trade League'
.Suiiiiier ", ;"vU.!'"7 l !'U bU ""il ? " ?''"lessor
IV , i \. c"ll?f?S and necoiid, for Green lor
I resident or Mayor ol New York.
Comptroller Oroon paid yesterday a number of1 re
quisitions ortlio Hoard of Education for ouiilt or the
s:!U4-t l r '0U'VP St- M"r>'s; u'-so a warrant lor
$ J, 942 14 for purchase ofb.iukers' bill ol credit in la
orlaauoC.l!! If" lr 1'hyt.,'ja" "r 11,0 ?"'!>. lor tho sum
oil's ?i . ??. ,,,ay lH' MUud?d lor sup
Me sutnmer uSrUuc^oro,?n ?,url- "??? ^ visited during
MAGIC KEC'lPlioCALS.
ProloHsor fiustavus Frankeustoln loctitred yester
day afternoon at Stolnwsy Ilall to about ioo peoplo
Upon "Reciprocal Identity." The title 0f the lecture
is a mmiicw hat puzzling one, aud without the aid ofdla
grams the lecturo Itself would possibly have loft tlio
hearers In a log. Tho statemeut ol tho prtnciplo it
self, which Mr. Krankcnstoiu claims to have discov
ered. is necessarily ubstruso, and really covers the
wholo ground of the locturo. This principle may bo
briefly stated as followsall tho points ol u polygon
In ono direction be numbered around tho peiimoter
and ull Its sides, beginning with any side, in the oppo
site direction, any point number then stands between
two lino humbors exactly as tho same lino number
stands botweon two point numbers. This rule, iutolli
gently applied, is sulllclent for tlio reciprocation of any
li^uros whatever. It follows from ibis that curves re
clproca e theniselves-ln other words that heir re
ciprocals are curves of like naiuro. To overr
point of a llf-ure there corresponds a lino In tho
ret. proyal; aud. cict versa, lo every lino thorn cor
responds a iioint. The points are associated with re
paid to the lines ol the reciprocal exactly us the lines
llmirn8(>TJlUl<I " r''Ki,r'' ,to 1,10 "? Hs original
I guro. Tho point and tho lino are tlio propa?utm?
i! ?i y IIM,,,n" these lructilviug zeros all
liguics are reciprocated, and ly them alone. It Is to
di.'!" ri ! f""'0 n'"ial'ks "I'P'y to liguros in u
plane. Iho principle ol reciprocal Identity extends to
.^'i'1'8 n ' Y ,,,0<ltfl<1alions of the laws above
ii f iJ C'lD V? s',owu that mlinite variation Is tius
' Without the boundaries of the typo being even
piivMOd. he inoglc reciprocals ure the symmet rieal
insuifcstatlous ol the prlnciplo ol reciproenl identity
1,ie-v thi- recognition of a lorco which is tho
greatest lorco in nature?the rori o ol svmmetrv llal
ance and variety are the Ibundation of sll bosuty. Man
tabhl mi'& i!'l!":U''- Tl'? l,ow?r of symmetry has es
tablislied the bahtneo, notwithstanding the uusymmet
rlcal internal organization. }
COltONEltB' CASES.
A body was found yeste'dny morning at pier 52
East ltiver, by Kouudstnau Oablgren. of tho Thirteenth
precinct, and brought to the Morgue. Tho police
authorities roportod that there were serernl wounds
on tho bead. Tho deceased was about lorty years of
age, with smooth lace, long black hair and uark clothes.
Tho body was remove! to tho Morguo, where Coroner
Wolimab accompanied by bis deputy found It in the
alternoou. 'Iho lutter mado an examination of the
corpse and found that tho only vioitoco to the body
was doue by llshes, which had catou away a small por
tlon of the lace. No pauers were found on tho
deceased that could csubl|>h his Identity
Mr. Kelly, a painter, thirty-live years of age while
at work on a sculfold at No HO'J Fifth avenue Veil to
the ground and was inslantly killed. '
An unknown man was yesterday found drowned in
thu Hound iiikI mmiI to tlio Moreno.
AnguslSpohr, aged thirty, ol No. 2D0 Kast Sevontb
street, laborer at the Manhntt iu lias Comoanv -c works
on avenue near fourteen.h street, droppid dead
early yesterday morning while at work there lieputy
Corooer Cashman made an examination of the do
ceascd an^i touud that he diot^from heart disease.
THAT DRUGGIST'S MISTAKE.
From tbo testimony given in tbe case of Kdna Kin
stein, wbo died from tho ciiects of medicine mixed
with laudanum tlirou^li tho mistake of a druggist's
cleric on the 31st ult., Coroner Klliuger summoned the
parties to appear hoioro liiin yesterday morning. Tho
druggist, Joliu Kabor, \>us lioid to bull in tho sum of
Jl.ooo. iiml his son, wbo mixed ihc proscription, was
lii-lil under il.WtO ball. Mr. Henry Dl?del, of No. 3*5
? Third avcnoo, appeared on their )>ehnlt and gave tho
required ball, when they were dismissed.
INCOMPETENT DRUG CLERKS.
Nkw York, Juno 1, 1870.
To thk Kditor or tiir Hkiialii:?
Dom not tbe caso ot lilllo Kdna Einstein, who
died by toe poiaon given her through tho mistake of
a drug clerk, as reported In yosierday's Hkkalu, rail
for a strict enforcement or tho law regulating tbe dls
pending of medicines in thin city? Tho faw requires
proscription clerks to pass an examination, or t<i have
graduated at some pharmaceutical eollega Two-thirds
or one-half or tho prescriptions dally put up in New
York are dis|ieiiscd by clerks well trained In selling
toilet articles, but incompetent to pass even the very
lenient examination the law provide*. Neither the
physician wbo presenile*. nor the patient who takes
tbe medicines is protected, as long as our sleeping
Board of Pharmacy allow boys and Ignorant clerk* to
dispense. II they do not ilare to interfere with our
leading pharmacies on Jiroadway anil on the avenues,
it Is hluh Hint; fur them to step out, and allow men
outride ol tbo profession to take the reins out of their
hands Your influeatlal journal. I am sure, will assist
in the (lord work by exposing tho pharmacies whero
J his daugerouri practice w cirrled on, mid whero tbe
ivch of our sick cltixens are daily plaoed In Jeopardy.
Yours, acouDiatil reader of the Hkimi.u for the last
fifteen years. HICHAUO IKYING.
FIRE BUGS ACTIVE.
Yarloul acts of incendiarism which hare occurred In
tho village of Jamaica recently liavo caused a great deal
or alarm union'.' tho residtnts, as, although the amount
or property thus lar destroyed is comparatively small,
tho fear Is that unless soino measures are taken to put
a slop to tho lawlesonesa. I hero may be a more serious ?
conllugrution. A half do/en or more small fins, every .
one of which was evidently caused by design, bavu lor- |
tuuately lieen extinguished with small leas within a
lew months. Tlie lizard of Trustees sane time ago I
ollerod a reward lor the dctecliou o! tbe incendiaries,
but it appears not to bave had the desired ulloct, and
they ore now urgod to employ the services of a sklliul
detective, which they will probably do.
BOARD OF l'OLICE.
At a mooting of tho Hoard ol i'ollco yesterday a re ho
lutiou was adopted changing the summer hats of tho
pollco from the loth Inst. The new style ia a high
crown, black Derby, with three ventilating holes.
James A. Dolan was np|>ointod to it clerkship in the
Bureau ot Vital Mntlsllrs at a yearly salary ol (1,600.
The Chlel Clerk wna directed to loi ward to the Hoard
of Health tho logal opinion ol oouiisel on the relation
ship existing between the two lioirds.
FERRY CHANGES.
Mr. Kreischer, tho uow president of the tJtaten
I<!and Kullroad Company, will make further changes
on tho lerry on Mondny next. Tbe steamer Josephine
will maWo two direct morning trip* from the trains nt
Clifton landing, leaviu : at twenty minutes to eight and
nine o'clock.
RAIN WANTED.
? The drought is now sewrely felt at tbo east end of
i Staten Island. Tbe garden cropa are beginning to suf
i ler, and tho roads arc disagreeably dusty. A heavy
I shower passed over tho west end on Monday last, but
4M M great gut*!
LITERARY CHIT CIIAT.
'A capital book is Mr. Fox Bourne's '?I.lCc tif Jobs
Knox," Just out io Loudon, In two volume*
A most complete lift* or Titian, with a history of his
times, by the well known art critics Crow and Cavai
caselle ib In Murray's (Louilou) press.
Lord Lindr-ay has a poem, in ten hook*, nearly
ready, entitled "Argo; or, Tha Quost of the Golden
Fleece."
Mr. Darwin's fortlicoulug book will be untit'od
"I'he ltesults of Cross and Sell-1 ortilization lu i\io
Vegetable Kingdom. "
lu these days ol ccntonnial celebrations the renter
will not bo astonished that It is proposed to celebrate
thu I wo hundredth anniversary ot the death ofSpniosa,
iu February next. Thu Paris committee 011 this bl
centeiiary celebration cuuUius tiio names of ltenau,
Llttru, Tamo and Julos Simon.
That indef itigablo pedestrian, Mr. Waller Whim, who
haa walked all over Englitud and nearly all o$er Eu
rope, has In press "Holidays lu Tyrol, Kufstoln, Klo
veustcin and i'anoveggio."
Another history of Queen Anne's days, In two vol
ume-1, is out from the pen ol Frederick \V. Wyon.
This period ol English history, which was not reached
by Mncaulay in his unfinished work, is very creditably
treated iu Mr. Wyon's volumes.
M. Foiksuc, a learned Frenchman, lias puhllshod at
l'urls a book entitled ' La Chance (>u La Destine," id
which the philosophy of the conditioned Is thorouuhiy
dlscusscd.
Professor W. I). Whitnoy's "Lile and Growth of
Language'' has been translated into German and printed
?t Letpsic.
Mr. W. 1). Keller has como out with "The Ecclesi
astical History ol Ireland (torn the* Earliest l'eriod to
the Present Time," In two volumes.
" Morgan's Law of Literature,'' two volumes, and
"Hilliard's Law of Taxation" have bean republished
In l.oiidon.
The great " Encyclopedia of Education," by an as
sociation of German scholars, published by Bosser, ot
Gotha, has reached tho eleventh volume.
Mr. J. Shelton couies out with a freuh book on an
interminable controversy, which he entitles '-The
Iinpeaobmont ol Mary Stuart, Some Time Queen of
Scots."
"Tho l'cr'odical I'ross of Austria" la tho title of a
treat i-o by J. W luckier, which gives a historical and
statistical view of Austrian Journalism. It is from
Gcrohl's press, In Vienna.
A now book on "Trade Unions," by a Glasgow Jour
nalist, Mr. It. Somers, will shortly appear In Edin
burgh
Tho number of newspapers and other periodicals
now published iu Austria is 810, of which 044 are In
tho German language.
Miss Coleuso, daughter of tho famous heretical
ltishop of Natal, bus published an interesilng novel
Mr. Frank Viucuut's "Through and Through the
Tropics" Is pronounced extremely readable by th*
London Saturday Rrtirw.
?"The Ceramic Art or Japan," by Messrs. Audsley and
Howes, is 1111 admirable work oua subject now attract
ing much attention.
Tho "Great L'nlverssl Geography" of M. Elis?el?cbui
Is to be translated by Mr. Kuveiislein, In sovoral vol
umes. It Is expected to replace Malto Itrun and all III*
other geographers.
Tho next book in Americin early history will be B.
F. Do Costa's "Conquost or tho Wilderness; or, Chap
ters in the Maritiuio and Colonial History of Now Kug
land." It will iuclndo tho publication, lor tho tlrst
time, of tho lost Journal of tho Colony of Sagadahoo,
in Maino, 1(11)7.
Tho "Calendar of Venetluh State Papors," published
by tho llritlsli govornuient, under the editorship of
Mr. Ilandon Rrowu, will reach tho end of Queen
Mary's reign in the forthcoming sixth volutno.
The Loudon Academy thinks that much ol Mrs. A.
D. T. Whitney s "Sights and Insights" Is "mere
maudlin chaitor, gushing raptures mid all'ectatlon."
Tho forthcoming "Sacred Books or tho Kast," to be
edited by Professor Max Mi'illor, will niako twenty-four
volumes, and will include the books of tho Brahmaus,
tho Buddhists, the Zoroiutrlaua, and tho followers ol
Coulucius, Lao-tse and Mohammed. Tho ZoudaviFta
will, for tho llrst time, ue translated entire.
Mr. Edward A. Freeman has couuiress d into a re
markable little work, entitled "Europe," his polemical
views of tho present State systems of modern Europe.
He is very bitter against all Colts and Frenchmen.
The ablu pamphlet of Henri Cernuschl on "BiMo
tall 1 c Money" has been translated and published by
Sampson Low, tff London, it considers fully tho coin
age question as it aflects bom England and America,
and ndvocatos with great vigor tho duublo standard of
gold and silver.
George Kltot will fln!)>ii tbo last book of "Daniel Da*
ronda" by about midsummer, and will spend thoautump
months In Krabrun, in tbo n<>utit of Franco.
The idculists icom to bo capturing the British public
at last. Tiie new |ihiloso|>hical quarterly, Mind, bad t?
reprint its lirst number twice, ami another new <|tiar
terly, entitled Mutlrr and Spirit, will appear in July,
Itx pur|MHo being to discuss all quer lions of science anl
religion Irotu a Christian |iolnt of view.
The Saturday /{rrieie has a queer biographical artlclo,
entitled "Tlio Lovaaof a Philosopher," which treuts al
Thomas Day, the uuthor ol ''Sandford and Morton."
Tho uow book ol Todbunter on Dr. Wliewell, witb
bis writings und letters, is packed full of learning.
Mr. Lowell's "Among My Hooks" docs not please tb?
critic ol tbo Saturday K*<ri*w, who Qnds the book
crummed with bad metaphors and faults of taste. Yet
it adibitahia great knowledgu oi the poets about whom
bo writes, and coulisses that ho haa great critical
power.
Mr. P. O. Fleay's "Shakespeare Manual" is a com*
jileto digest of ail tbo authoritative knowledge respect
ing Shakespeare's life, bis manner and method of work
and the succession of his plays in tho order ot com po
sition. It gives In brief the substance of many book!
which are oxponsivo and dilllcult to procure.
The taste for the art of gardening ts rapidly spread lag,
and Mr. W. Paul, a London practical rose grower, hai
published "Villa Hardening," which Is a valuable con*
tributiou to the subject.
Mr. Peter O'Leary bus prltitod his "Travels and Ex
perience." in Canada, tbo Rod Kiver Territory and the
United States." Ho writes as a delegate of the Agri
cultural laborers' Union, and bis book is valuable for
emigrants.
SABBATH O BSE B VANCE.
At a regular meeting of the llonrd ol Managers of th#
New York ilible Society, hold yesterday, tbo following
resolutions were adopted:?
Whereas the recent ?tf >rt? made by HI* Honor the Mayor
anil tin' department* sella( with lilm. ? coord wltli the prin
ciple* Inculcated b> the Word ol (iod which It U the special
nrovimu eftbU aociety to circulate, ibcretore l?e it
Ke<ol\e<l. That fie iieapl of Manmf"r? of the N'. w York
Bildc Society extend to Ilia Honor William M. Wickham,
Mayor "t the city of New York, and to the departments act
inx Willi bin. their <? .meat and hearty approval of the
hioti'ini'iitaVe-nilv initiated, tendliit to a more reverent
observance ol (he Sabbath day In the closing of the liquor
nalooti* in tlii- City.
KckoIv. d. That the Secretary forward to 11 is Ifoaor a Oopy
of thla re? (lutloii
TIIE SUNDAY QUESTION.
Effort* nro still b"ing tnsdo by tho Tempcrsnct
Hrothorbi>od and Us ugant, Oliver Cotter, to tuppresa
the sale ol liquor on Sundays In Hrookiyn and otbor
cities. During the past week Mr. Cotter bas been visit,
ing the didcrent towns and cities along the Hudson
Itivor as fur up a? Newburg. He reports thai be sne
ceodcd in inducing seventy-two saloon keepers to sign
his pledge not to keep their places of business open oa
HWMlajrs.
GOOD NEWS FOB THE BATHEB8.
Yesterdar one of the fruu baths of tbe city was
brought Irom t'.owanus and moored for tbe lntnmer
season at the foot ol East Killh street, and to-day tht
other will be placed at tbe fool ol Eleventn street,
North Hivor. On Monday tbo baths will be opon to
the public under tlio old regulations, liotb baths hav?
been repainted snd repaired. They cost the city
$10,000 per annum. Over Mio,oou availed thcmselvei
ot using tbe baths lust > ear, and this number would
have been augmented bad there iicen other hatha The
uptown resident* are also mmplalutag that they, have
no facility for enjoying a free bath.
DOLAN'S WIFE ABKESTED.
Henry Moore, a sailor, went into a den In the Bowery
on Thursday night and fell as oen in a chair, after
drinking considerable liquor. While be was asleep
Thomas Kasiah, ol Stati n Islnnd, ssw a young woman
?teal $7 Iioiii Mooro'.i ouat pocket. Kosiah .wont out,
calle i an oitteer and bad her arrested. She gave hat
name as Ma.gic Smith, but proved to bo Maggie Casey,
who wa? married in the Tom la to Joliu llolan, the
niarderer of Mr. Noe, iirevlous to hla execution. Oa
being arraigned Iteloro Justice Morgan, IB the KteeJt
Market I'oiice Court yesterday, she ttorriUed almost
every one In court by her blasphemous and obeeeM
uttvraai.ee. lAe was ceiunutted lor trial.