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THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
Report Of the Law Department Of the
City OF New York.

CRY or NEW YORK LAW DEPARTMENT J
Officx OF COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION.
April ~. 1871.
Hon. A. OAKLEY HAIL, Mayor &C. -
DEAR Sfs-iicrewltn nave the honor to send you
report al The business OF this once, as requested by
you ~ your letter OF 29ih March, utlmO.
am, dear SIC, faithfully yours,
RICHARD O'GORMAN
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APRIL Z, 1871.
Hon. RICHARD b. CONNOLLY CompiroNcr:-
DEAR SIR 1t IS stated IN the jy,CUhe newspaper
Of this date that Judgments have been Iasen
asaint the Mayor &C., by default IN the fvilow,
cases:-
March 49, 1870. John OC. Lynch ct a FOR DID, siy as
hpri - 1870 Harlem GaslIsh, Compuny.... %. 81
April ~ lsu. .scorsc Mckenzie a. o. ss ~
Aug IL, 1870 m New YORK Gssgli Conrany =. 1870 %
cSarse IS made iaereu {. a. AGAINST this y.
ment.
have never received papers in ans OF these cases
from any OF the other departments, anu nstTuc.
tions OK information on the subject.
VIII You 20 Kind enough TO inform me whether he
papers were served on YOU, aud, II so, the reason
why they were not sent 10 the Law Department tor
defence.
These Judgments arc irregular and wholly void
and inenectua against the city, MS not entered in
accordance With section = caanter $40, Laws oil 1865.
Truly yours, RICHARD 0'GOKMAN,
Counsel 10 the Corporation.
AS TO Judgments marked ], and g. ora eis
have been made by The Court vacating them ON that
account.
CITY OF NEW YORK. DErARrMENT or F.SANcB,l
CONTROLLERS OFFICE, April 10, 1874. !
Hon. RICHARD U'GoRMAS, Counsel 10 the Cvrporl-
uon:--
DEAR SiR--rn answer to yours OF the 7th Inst.
relative TO Judgments have the honor 10 reply that
the claims upon winch Nos. and were Obtained
were HE'D In this department Tor adjustment IN
pursuance OF sections AMI or tue ec, chapter $751;
Laws OF 1858. aud also Of scctlon 10. chapter 3Ss,
Laws oI 1870, giving the Comptroller power 10 AT
Just and pay claims in litigation. Judgment was
entered up by the attorney record NpIrion OF
the usual time, and said judgments haytng been
scheduled with Judgments OF record an apprcplia-
uon was made by the Legislature ls6J-,U 20 cover
them, and lhey were dry SATISFIED and pad. Bins
NO. !, Lynch OF al, were duly audited. The claim
No. 2 was submitted to eminent counsel--Judge En-.
nett and Townsend scudder-whv rendered Opin-
ions sstr0ngiy favoriGV payment
In regard to Judgment No. q we are informed that
the plantii's attorney has consented 10 vacate L.
ana has prepared an order 10 that effect
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CoUsI or Np:AlS CALENDAR.

ALBANY, June Ia, 1871.
the following IL tho Court Of Appeals day calendar
for June l3Nos. "a 3l 30J, 3d. 327, 32S $50, 81.
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BOARD OF EXCISE.
Report OF the Excise Commissioners OF the
City and Comfy OF New York
OFFICE or BOARD or EXCISE, ]
No. 30l MOrr STREET.
NEW YORK, MAY |, lo7l.

OFFICE or BOARD or EXCISE
No. 3ol MoTr STREET. \
NEW YORK. May l, 1911.
Hon. A. q HALL, Mayor
SiR-Thc Board OF Excise respectfully submits
the following statement showing the result OF the
operation Ot the present EXCISE Law Tor the year
ending April 80, 1871
Total number of licenses Granted from the lat May
1870 To the Nth Of April 1871 Ts40 amounting y0l4
Or. Rebate allowed on uneyprel licenses the
late Metropolitan Board OF Excise. 36l 10
Dr. Total net cash received for cenaes Ell
cLAssIFIoATICN
10 first grade licenses nj Si51 .......... 81 500 20
Fl ,econd gr ode licenses AZ $780,. ....... $3.50 ~
Rebate allowed on do .................. lao 10
b5ss third grade licenses at $50 e27s, 500 90
- ss62sS 10
l7a6 fourth grade licenses. 100. .... s,a 80 %
Rebate allowed on 10. ............... $500 rs
- bli7o %
Licenses altered from Grade No. to Grade ST. .e1 VI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .asas579 81
Cr. BY balance deposit with City Chamberlain
10 The credit OF the Board ss7s7ao %
BY d sburs 'manfs for salaries, legal expenses
and 0lce ncientais, Observation-Disclosures. 4bSi5 81
BY cash in the hands Of the Treasurer OF the
Board...... Observation-Disclosures. 2I4 0l
Iotal .x5-iJN 81
The BOard awaits itself oil this opportunity To aC-
knowledge the prompt and efficient cooperation
received r0m Ponce superintendent James j. kelSO
III iis eI)rts 10 secure Il general am uniform OBJ
servdnce OF the law, without, however violating
tine rights or citizens TO secure under lhe const
sonaDc searches and seizures.
Respectfully submitted
JOHN II. WILLIAMS, President.
JAMES O'NEII, Chef Clerk.
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trial for the last ysn asys and the Court ordereo
sealed verdict lhle morning.
cousT or COMMON ptsM-spsclAl Term.
Oeciri0n..

Oecisi0n~.
BY Judge Larremore.
Martin rs. Fdlacr.--Mo,ion Tor Judgment on the
demurrer as frivolous denied, WIN ten dollars costs
TO defendants 70 abide event.
f9cherag.u Us. COggiu.-Motion to inspect books
granted.
aiarein us. Abecco.-.lecelver appointed.
Cuihaiqfae Sd .gciD,aa rs. Au0ust .Saeyo nlGa.-
Receiver ordered.
SusAcGkTE'S COURT.
The Mccall hill win Case.
Before Surf gate Hutchings.
This long contested snt was brought to . close
yesterday, counsel On ether side having concluded
their arguments pro an1 con- The Surrogate VIII
render HIS decision at an earl, day.
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correspondence.

APRIL 7, 1871.
Hon. RICHARD b. CONNOLLY. Comptroller
DEAR SIR 1t Is stated IN the jr,Cuhe newspaper
OF this date that Judgments have been taken
againt the Mayor &C., by default, IN the fullow M
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Report.

CRY or NEW YORK. LAW DEPARTMENT., \
OFFICE or COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION
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ITO BRICKMAKFRs. SALE ON TIDE WATER,
l. near Eew brunswick. N j., valuable Farm, coqtan.
ing large and chance sci.
offered. Inquire OF q. l.. HARDEN BE t0u l;y George
ct. New brunswick.
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quirements of those requiring
skilled or unskilled labor Of any
description, or Of opportunities
for the investments Of small cap
italists, (Dot mere specualtions.)
Your personal position may enable
you to mention our purposes and
aims to influential persons, and
we shall be happy to correspond
with all anxious to avail them
selves Of such advantages as we
Offer
Any communication or an
nouncement of sufficient interest
shall be inserted free of charge in
our newspaper, and will always
be welcome. We trust you will
bear this in mind, and we espec
tally invite your attention Of our
purposes and actions in any quar-
ter where good may result. Our
Mr.. Reed is himself an American,
and, therefore, we know how to
appreciate and use such informa-
tion as you may give to US. Could
we receive copies of some Of the
principle newspapers in your
State, they would be Of great ser
vice to us. We remain, dear sir,
very respectfully,
REED L. KEIM.
To Francis P. Porcher, Esq,
Charleston, S. G..
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A Neglected Duty-HoW to
Do It.

If all the survivors of the war
could be interested and induced to
Join the Survivors Association.
and pay one dollar each year,
quite money enough would be thus
obtained to carry out the plan OF
educating some of the or
phans of the dead, as sug-
gested in our last, in its three
parts, in local District schools, in a
State central school, and At the
Virginia University. In order 10
collect the annual contribution OF
one dollar each, an honest and
deserving disabled soldiershould be
appointed collecting agent and
canvasser in each County, and
paid twenty per cent. for his work,
Who is there that will refuse his
application, or grudgc him his
twenty cents out ofeacb dollar?
Ifan active executive committee
be appointed in each County to-
confer with the ladies and get up
i County Survivors, Fair in De-
cember, we believe that this alone
would provide sufficient funds.
What Christian will refuse assis~
tance TO such i fair? What Jew
what Turk, what infdcl? Does
not the entire world accept the
doctrine that "pure religion and
undefled is this-to visit the
fatherless and the widow in their
aff1iction ?" Thank God, however
much we may differ in dogma, the
tear of bereavement makes US all
one III heart, and We all bow
down, in humble love and faith, az
the graves ofour dead. And what
citizen viii! refuse cooperation in
such a fair, since his local school,
and halt:paid teacher will reap de-
cided indirect advantages from the
direct benefit conferred upon the.
orphan? Let not that benefit
too, though conferred on a few
only, be uuderrated. The educa-
tion of one destitute orphan boy,
Warren Hastings, saved TO Eng
land her Eastern Empire.
E WinnsJ0ro Nescs.
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immigration and Labor.

The following letter contains
Some excellent suggestions on the
labor question, and explains itself:
The UNITED STATES
EMIGRATION AND BANKING AGEN-
cY, No. SO F1NsBURY CIRCUS,
LONDON, ENG Aug. 2, 1871.
DEAR SIR: We havo pleasure
in informing you that this agen-
cy, being very largely engaged in
forwarding first class cmigrants
to the United States, proposes to
issue, at once, in this country, a
newspaper, specially devoted to
United States, with reference to
the subject Of emigration and.
also, a volume covering q descrip-
tion and particulars Of each State
in the Union. The vast mum Der
of superior mechanics, artisans,
famcrs, small capitalists and 9TH
crs, (the real bone and sinew of
ng!and,) who desire authentic
and reliabIo information upon the
advantages and privilege afforded
by the United States, is almost
beyond belief; and wcrc it not
that we are in active and inces-
SAINT communication through some
400 agents with all parts of this
country, we should scarcely our
selves credit this eager desire on
the part of the very best classes
to 60 to the United States. The
supply of this much needed intor-
nation we ha7e undertaken, and
ask your aid, by sending to US all
the information within your pow
or bearing OF the needs and re-
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The Prettiest Women at New
port.

One Of the really prettiest wo
men here is Mrs. William F. Shlr,
! lev, of New York. She is slen-
der, graceful woman, still very
young, although for some years a
matron, and retains her winning,
girlish manners. She has clear
Complexion, with just q hint OF
color in her checks her eyes arc
brown, and very expressive, and
her abundant hair is = dark chest
| nut.
There is a new arrival who, for
the past two evenings, has attract
ed a great deal of attention, as she
has walked up and down the hall.
It is Mrs. Hicks, Of New York, a
very beautiful and rich young
widow, and the finest amateur
couestrienne in the country. Her
mother is with her, a very hand
some lady with silver hair and
lovely face. She has four servants,
and two horses said to be the finest
in the State. Mrs. Hicks is tall,
above the usual height Of women,
and has q most magnificent figure.
Her eyes and hair are dark. She
dresses her hair very peculiarly in
a style entirely her own. 1t is
brushed smoothly down over her
ears, braided at the back and
knotted up, and surmoun5ed with
row of three putfs. She wears
all her dresses very high in the
throat, with a full Marie Stuart
ruff, that softens her face and is
wonderfully becoming. She has
not yet appeared on the avenue,
and there is a great deal Of ex-
pressed curiosity regarding her
riding, which is said to be some
thing wonderful. She was dressed
last evening in a pcarl-coIored silk,
made walking length, not even
touching the floor. 1t was trimmed
with elegant point lace, and, al
though rich, was very simple
and She was entirely without or
nament.
Among the younger ladies who
are attracting much attention are
Miss Ludlam, a pretty blonde from
! Baltimore Miss Craig, from the
same city; Miss Hoffman, from
New York; Miss Chaplin, from
Providence Miss Allen and the
Misses Henderson, from New York,
and the Misses AntelIo, from Phila-
delphia.-Cor. Boston Post.
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Coon FOR GEARY.-Goyernol
Geary stands to his ground as tc
the bayonet election law. III
Grant don't like my position" be
remarked the other day to an in
terviewer, Il cant help it. As
tho Governor Of this Common
wealth, l was bound in my mes
sage to allude to that, and to con,
demn the action of tho general
Government in using the marines
at Philadelphia during the election
Of last year. l don't believe in
that policy, and l never can be
made to believe in it. Had | the
power, I would give the South
universal amnesty. Thcu | would
say, You are put upon your good
behavior. Hold your elections in
your own way. Elect your own
candidates. Let the elections be
conducted fairly. If you are not
able to maintain order, let your
Governors or Legislators call upon
me, and l will back them with the
whole strength Of the Government
I believe that would have don:
more to secure peace than any.
thing else. You can't govern this
people with the bayonet. When
ever it comes to tLat, the Repub
lie is a failure, and we bad better
confess L..
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Laura Fair in Her Prison Cell.

A San Francisco Herald reporter
! has lately interviewed Mrs. Fair,
now lying under sentence Of death
in the San Francisco Jail. From
his letter. published in that. paper
Of the 7th inst, we extract as
follows:
She was lying on a narrow bed
stead Of painted wood, and was
habIted in a cross-barred black and
gray silk dress, fastened at the
neck with a brooch in jet and gold.
Over this was . loose tartan dress
ing wrapper, and over the skirt Of
this was thrown a black water
proof cloak, which concealed her
feet. Her right hand was under
her head, which rested on the
! snow-wbitc pillow, over which her
! thin curling sunset anburn locks
; fell somewhat tossed. They were
parted in the centre and braided,
, and ever and anon as they strayed
over her broad, high forehead,
! they wore pushed gently back by
. delicate. small, thin hand. You
! could not say she was beautiful.
Her figure. Us well as it could be
, seen under her heavy wrapper,
was rather slender, though per-
hapS well shaped. The neck was
long and round, and as she raised
herself for a moment showed that
! it supported q well balanced head
and sloped gracefully into the lines
Of her shoulders. Then the face.
What was there Of the murdercss
in that? First your gaze met d
pair of cold steady eyes Of clear
dark blue. 4 trife hard the look
! that dweit in them even while
smile was on the lips, that seemed
to befond ofdroppingatt the corners
into something between a sneer
and u pout. The nose was gently
aQulllne and sensitive as q war
| horse at the nostrils; the jaws
were rounded, but not feshy, and,
in fhe, from the rounded chin to
the forehead there was an expires.
sion more Of well-hidden, all-wateh-
ing intrigue and ruse aud latent
boldness than Of positive agrcs-
sivc badness, and nothing Of what
it is vulgarly supposed a murderess
should appear. Yet as our inter-
view progressed there peeped out
from time to time such an oe-
casiocal shadow Of mental thun-
der cloud as showed the liShtnings
! not to be far on.
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SINGULAR CAsE.-A young lady
of Pittsburg to all appearances
laid dead for % days. When she
died q thero was such q peculiar
expression on her ccuntonance,
and decomposition rot appearing
her friends refused to allow her TO
be buried, On the 22nd day she
arose with q start, as if just
awakened from q refreshing sleep,
and was surprised upon being in
formed Of her Rip Van Wrinkle
slumbvr. About her first motion
was to 20 to the cupboard and put
herself outside of a couple Of pies.
She then told the astonished
neighbors who had filed lhc house
that sho had only been asleep. q
dreaming, and became greatly
annoyed at wnat she thought was
their propensity to tease" her tor
cover sleeping herself an hour IN
the morning" It is a very s!ngu
lar case.
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Animalcule a Cause Of ChOl-
era.

The grave apprehenslons re.
garding the westward advance OF
the cholera will receive q new in
citementin the announcement that
the disease has made its appearance
at Konigsburg, one Of the most I'M
portant Prussian ports on the Bal
tic. A curious theory in regard
to the malady is just now rccclv-
ing much intention. 1t Is that OF
Raspail, who holds that animalcu-
lac are its primary origin. 1t is
an old theory, it is true, but none
the worst for that; and what gives
it Importance just nov is tho fact
that there is a remedy for it. In
1S49 and 80, during the ravages
Of the cholera in the West Indies,
it was found, IN examining micro
scopically the water Of the locaIl-
ties where the disease existed,
that it was impregnated with ami
malculn foreign to the place, which
disappeared simultaneously with
the disease. These animalcule
would die when placed in contact
with camphor, which seemed to
be to them a deadly poison. This
is the evidence in support Of Ras-
pail, and a thorough microscopical
Investigation Of the water in To-
calities affected, and Of the evacua-
tions of a sufferer from this pesti-
lence Of the Ganges, it is evident
will establish the fact that the dis
ease is propagated by animalcula.
In view of this, a correspondent
Of the Herald suggests, and in
good time, that
Cali water for drinking purposes
should be we'll boiled and kept
tightly covered, for it is in the
wafer where the greator number
Of animalculse are found. We
should also carefully abstain from
all liquids which have not boen
thoroughly purified by fire. \ ju-
dicious use internally Of few
drops of spirits of camphor daily
DESTROYS the animalculD as fast as
they enter the system, thereby az
resting the disease"
Camphor is one Of the remedies
for cholera, as well for a preven-.
tive as for mitigation or cure OF
the disease.-BaLtim0re american.
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A Negro Outrag ge-- Heroic
Conduct Of a Lady,

A most diabolcal outrage was
committed, on Saturday night
last, by FIVE unknown persons, at
the house Of Mr.. James II. Cos,
sett, one of our most valued and
amiable citizens. 1t appears that
the parties stole noiselessly up to
the house and fired one shot
through the windo" in the direc'
ton Mr.. GoSsett's bed, where he
was lying, the ball striking about
six inches directly over Mr.. g. S
head. They then fred through
the corner of the house, in the di
rection of the bed on which Miss
Fernandis was sleeping, th c
charge striking about footabove
her head. Miss Fernandis imme,
diately jumped out OF bed, obtain
ed a pistol, threw open the door,
and, seeing one of the assaulting
party ruDnlng, gave chase around
the house, fired at him, but, it is
feared, without effect. On exam
ining the premises, it Was disccv'
cred that there were five in the
party-one on q mule, one on
horseback and three on foot. One
foot track was undoubtedly that
Of negro, barJo0ted, and meas
urcd eleven inches another track
was about the size Of an ordinary
No. Z boot. The reason for such
an attack upon Mr.. Gossett is in,
volved in great mystery. He is
one of the most peaceable, honora-
blc and pure Christian gentlemen
in the land, and has never had the
least difficulty with any one, nor
does he entertain the slightest an
mostly towards any man. He IS,
however, an unfinching Demo
crat, but modest and courteous in
expressing his political opinions,
and never inuudes those opinions
upon any one unnecessarily. In
fact, he is a good citizen and kind
ncigbbor in every respect. The
cool bravery exhibited by Miss
Fernandis is worthy Of imitation
by all our ladies, particularly III
these dangerous times.
We sincerely hope the scoan-
drels will be caught and the law
strictly enforced against them
These negro assaults are becoming
frequent, and it behooves our cit
izens TO keep strict watch on their
premises and prepare themselves
against such scoundrcls. We sec
many signs of lnsubordination
since the visit of the ku klux
Committee and Buttermilk WAL
lace to this section. We are in
formed that the negroes have
been promised that martial law
would be declared in q short time,
if there were amy more ontrages
from either party, which means
if the white people arc quiet and
orderly, the negroes themselves
can bring it about by committing
outrages upon peaceable citizens.
We can all imagine upon whom
the hardships of political martial
law will fall. if Instituted here ust
before the next Presidential elco'
tiop.-UniOn Times,
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Frightful Calamity.
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE BY A FoL-
CANIC ERUPTION IN TIE MALAY
ARCHIPELAGO.

Batavia papers, received at Lon
Con by the overland mail, via
India, contain details Of 4 terrible
calamity which has visited the
small island Of Tagolanda, in the
Malay Archipelago: about fifty
miles northeast OF the island Of
Celebes.
The volcano Of Ruwang broke
out, after long interval ofinactiv-
ity. It was preceded by a terri
bic earthquake, which unroofed
the dwellings and rent their walls
asunder.
The eruption was OF the most
fearful character. Several cratcrs
opened around the side Of the
volcano, and continued their ac-
ton at the same time, the rapidity
ofthe explosion causing trench
dous roar which was heard ail
over the reighboring islands.
The outbreak was accompanied
BY conclusion of the sea. A wave
forty yards in height issued with
lightning speed, and swept all the
human beings, houses, cattle and
horses, from the surface of the
island. From every crater pro-
ceeded flashes Of electric lightning
and volumes Of smoke. Red-hot
stones, disrupted fragments Of
rock anl currents Of mud wcrc
thrown with imnensc force high
into the air, and the earth WAS rcu;
open all around the volcano.
Besides covering the whole sur
face Of the islands: the matters
thrown out accumulated in some
places, forming hills several hun
dred feet high. Amid the most
terrific explosion an island sud
denly rose up from the sea.
Four thousand and sixteen per-
sons, all Malays, arc stated to have
perishcd by the eruption. Not L
single being on the island could 10
saved.-New York Hcraid.
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THE YANKEE FACTORY GIRLS
In one Of the factories in Maine,
recently, the proprietors reduced
the wages, whereupon there was
general determination to strike ;
and as they were obliged to give
a months notice before quitting
work, they had meanwhile issued
circnlar to the world at large, in
which is the following interesting
paragraph:
I'VE arc now working out our
notice-can turn our hands to
most anything--don't like to be
idIe-but determined not to work
for nothing where folks can afford
to pay. Who wants help? We
can make bonnets. dressing, pud-
dings. pies knit, roast, stew, and
fry; make butter and cheese !: milk
COWS and feed chickens, and hoe
corn, sweep out the kitchen, put
The narlor to rights, make beds:
split wood, kindIe fires, besides bo-
Ing remarkably fond Of babies; in
fact con do anything the most ac-
oomplished housewife is capable
of doing. not forgetting the scoid'
ings on Mondays and Saturdays !;
for specimens Of spirit will refer
YOU tc our overscer. Speak quick.
Black eyes, fair forekeads, cluster
ing locks, beautiful as Hebe; can
sing like q serapb, and smile most
bewitchingIy any elderly gentle
man in want Of n good house
keeper, or q nice young man in
want Of a wife-willlng to sustain
either character in fact We are in
the market. Who bids? Going,
going. gone: Who's tho lucky
man ?"