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THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC LIBRARY LOTTERY.
CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 20, 1871.

CAMBRIDGE, Dec 20 1871.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Can you inform me If the lottery Of the enclosed
advertisement mas ever been drawn They stated
III their prospectus that the result Of the drawing
would appear In the HERALD. ] take your paper,
but have looked In vain for some announcement.
Enclosed please find stamp. II you Will furnish
me any Information within your power you will
greatly obge N. j. BRITAIN.
NEW YORK, Dec. 70, 1871.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--
The Louisviue Library Concert and Lottery, so
prominently advertised In your Columns, had .
drawing last Saturday, which was 10 have been
published In the NEW YORK HERALD OF the 18TH.
Your readers have not been able to find the list OF
72l gifts and numbers reported In your columns az
promised by the company The Louisville papers
al Saturday and Monday last must certainly have
fuu accounts OF this drawing, and as you must have
SONIC OF these papers ON ele, do let Thousand or
more anxious ticket holders get some Information
through your Journal, which publishes AL the news
for everybody JAMES X. PORTER
ANswEE-we wound state trat the drawings took
place In Louisville on Saturday last, and that the
numbers that drew the prizes published In the
papers OF that city on Monday NO. 8,27s secured
We capital prize Of $4,000
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ANOTHER JERSEY RING.

Ferrofisg Out the Frauds Of the Huds0a
County Board of Chosen Frceholders.
The people OF Hudson county, New Jersey, have
been So engrossed by the municipal frauds perpe-
trated In Jersey City BY virtue OF the Bumsted
charter, that little no attention what
ever was bestowed on the transactions OF the
governing body Of the county-the Board OF
Chosen Freehoidera I. Wall oe Remembered that by
q recent decision OF the Supreme Court several
members OF the Board were obliged to vacate IN
of those elected the charter election OF this
year. The old Board. which constituted very close
..ring," resisted the claims OF the new corners TILL
the latter compelled them TO retreat. The admis
sion or the new corners was the death OF all the
schemes by which the county was neeced OF tens Of
thousands OF dollars.
Mr.. Rankin, one OF the new members, opened the
bail by calling for a financial statement OF the
Board for the present year. The statement was fur
nlshed at the following meeting; but the shrewd
Rankin, after searching examination Of 1t, ex-
confdlng credulous and passive members Tue
report was garbeu, inaccurate and incomplete.
After warm and very personal debate the con-
sderatOn oil the subject was postponed till yeSer-
said he had completed his investigation, but SO
far rs ne mad gone he found that there was sum OF
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.
He also found,.r1af the sum OF $4,000 had
furnished to the County Clerk, Surrogate and
Sheriff, who had always previously to furnish sucn
articles for themselves. The County Clerks office
Is worth July twenty-five thousand dollars year,
the Surrogate's live thousand and the Sherin's at
least eight tn0usand; yet the people have been
taxed by the .Rlngn TO put more money into
the pockets or these of1icers without any
warrant IN law. Mr.. Rankin complained that
the expenses for November were not included IN the
financial statement. His exposures created such a
scene as had not been witnessed for years IN the
meetings OF the Board. The Old fOges who boosted
that everything had been done quietly heretofore,
wriggled aud protested and moved and resolved
but 1t was manifest That
was sounded. Rankin will resume the subject at the
next meeting when he Will expose the extravaganza
in the amshouse appropriation, the furnishing OF
drugs, provisions Goals, &C., and especially the
exorbitant charge for the Court House steps. He
has ascerIained that the "Rlng divided the spoils
among themselves, one member furnishing coal,
another 1onr, another potatoes, another the meat,
and SO on all contrary to the express provisions OF
county for some departments OF county officers Is
positively startling All these frauds will be laid
tentiOn OF the next Grand Jury.
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SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Boy Cnt in Two by Freight Train In


Charles DAILY, boy fourteen years OF age, who
worked at the wire mill In Trenton, and whose
father is Waterman there, was killed yesterday,
about nalf-past twelve O'Clock, on q railroad siding
near the wire mill, by train OF SIX cars laden with
iron for the mill. The boy went out from the mill,
stepped on to the siding and was seen by the engi
necr, but not In time TO prevent the accident Tie
whistle was blown twice, bur the speed OF the tram
was too great to check In such q short distance.
The boy was caught by the cowcatcher, thrown Q
considerable distance, and then run over by the
cars and cut IN two. The ody presented slcken-
ing sight. jury was called and the body viewed |;
but the full hearing OF the was postponed until
this morning, In order that full inquiry may take
place as to the condition OF the siding several acct
dents having occurred there previously.
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THIRD AVENUE CAR TRANSFER TICKETS

To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
DEAR SIR desire 10 add another to the long list
OF instances OF impertnence and violation or char
ter on the part OF the Third Avenue Railroad. Yes
terday, coming In car No. lle, which was exces.
sively crowded, from Yorkvillc, demanded OF the
conductor transfer ticket in order TO obtain seat
IN q hixty.fifth street car from the depot The de-
mand was ins0lenty refused on the pretext that the
teams we're doubled and transfer checks were not
given when teams were doubled up. ] left tie car
followed by the derisve shout OF the conductor and
sought the superintendent, who sustained the con-
ductor ano ssser.ea Una. transfer t'cke,s were &C.
this fact In The hope that their accumulation will
finally react npon pnblic opinion IN such manner
as to secure protectd TO the public against utterly
unprincipled and graspAgg @inoDolies
DECENDEB w. ISL SA&SlCIA8
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BILLIARDS.
Cyrille Dion Again challenges william Cook.
Of England.


NEW YORK, Dec. 81, 1871.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SPIRIT OF TuR TIMEs:-
DEAR SIR-Not having received any reply rom
Mr.. William Cook, Of England, to the challenge for
warded to MIN In October last and being anxious
10 test our respective abilities at the game OF bill
lizards, beg to offer him another proposition. VIA
will play him 1000 points up at the English game,
myself TO receive the odds Of $40 points; and VIII
give him 500 points In 1000 at the American game,
Tor $4,000 or 5000 side each game. Or will play
INN 200 points up even at each OF the above games
TOT y2,oO0 or t5.0 900 side, and The one having the
largest number OF points when the totals OF both
games are combined TO take the whole amount. The
gate meney to each match, less expenses, to go 10
the winner The forfeit In either game TO be s., 0O0
and to be sent 10 the editor OF The SPIRIT or me
Times. The money to De all deposited with said
editor ten days before playing or the nrst game.
will allow Nj. Cook $500 for expensos he 10 bring
out an English championship table, with threeinch
pockets on which to play the English game. the
order OF playing the games TO be decdod BY a tOss
and at least twenty days TO he allowed Tor practice
alter the order OF playing Is decldeu viii furnish
Q table similar 10 those used In Championship
matches f0r the American game.
CYRiLLE DION, Champion OF America.
N ILL Mr.. Cook desires II Will place forfeit
OF 900 and $500 Tor his expenses with any banker
In New YORK city he may nane on receipt Of his
acceptance OF this Oncn
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The Street Cleaning Com mission.
The Street Cleaning Commissioners met yesterday
afternoon in the Comptrolers olllce. Present-the
Mayor I'm the chair) Comptroller Green, Recorder
Hackett aud Judge Bosw0rth.
Judge BoswORTH in reference to Mr.. Browns
claim for street cleaning, SAID thai numerous COM
plants had been made to the neglected state or
the streets In the Fourth and Ninth precincts. the
police in the Fourth had kept books In which the
condition OF the streets al the diereny hours when
they were ON duty was regularly nOted.
On the other hand MIR. Browns inspectors os-
serted that the work had been performed according
to contract. 81
deranCe OF evidence was with the police tnat y az
to the Fourth precinct ut ne was willing 70 aloW
the claim Tor the Ninth precinct TO go undisputed.
MAYOR-NaiOr. have you not some financial pro.
position 70 maxei There seems TO be conflict OF
MI. BRowN-we claim that we have done our
Judge BoswoRTH-There is not any dispute as TO
the claims unaudited up to and including Novem.
Der H.
the CONTROLLER then called for the bills, which
are as follOws:-Fr0m October IL 10 OCTOBER u,
SIS. 693 Is, and from November TO November 10,
$ls,0e3 IS ON motion these were approved.
AS TO the claim from November IL TO November
so, that too. was approved less 5000, TO De re-.
tanned pending thorough Investigation Into the
gtreets.in Fourth precinct Tho till for street
cleaning from December TO December 10, incu'
sive, referred TO Judge B0swofth Tor tnvestiga
ton. The Board then adjourned.
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THE PROPOSED STORAGE RESERVOIR FOR
BROOKLYN.

Objections to the Awards of tho Commission.
ers Of Estimate.
The order OF Judge Pratt, OF the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, setting forth that the Commissioners OF
Estimate &c. in the matter OF the proposed storage
reservoir at Hampstead had rendered the amounts
given below the parties mentioned to which they
were entitled according to tho awards made and
that they refused 10 take the money has been filed
In the County clerks office. The order requires
payment to be made TO these parties by the deposit
Of the monev to their credit IN the Fulton Bank.
The following are the names OF the parties and
no ann nj n oil IN.
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PREVENT THE HORSES PROM SLIDING.
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALp:-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In view OF the difficulty Of the car horses keeping
on their feet IN consequence OF the icy streets
would suggest Through the HERALD that the streets
between the tracks be sprinkled with sand or ashes
AZ II will snord Q save and sure footing. TRY IT,
SuperlntendeptA SUBSCRIBER,
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$50
6,67s
WHAT HAS BECOME OF IT7

CINCINNATI, Dec. q, 1871.
The commissioners appointed by the Court to OK
anime the books of the County Commissioners have
ascertained that there exists county bonded debt
OF $6se.ooo which the County commissioners have
mover reported
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DOCKS

Tho Comptroller's Action in Not Complying WIN
the Order Of the Sinking Fund Commission
Denounced Why he Refuses to Obey Judge
Ingraham's Nandamus-1he Delay IN
the Work on tho Docks and Who
II 70 Blanca Plain Talk
by tho Commissioners.
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AT THE PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS
A Dull Day-NO Arrests Or Excitement and
Everybody Getting Calm.
Meetings Of the Street Cleaning Commits.
sion and the Commissioner Of Docks.
The Comptroller nsc-.

It was dull day at all the departments near the
City Hall and County Court House Yesterday.
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The COMPTROLLER will deposit tomorrow 470,00o
to the credit of the Board OF education, tor
the payment OF the salaries VI the public school
teachers Or course this amount VIII only
serve to pay portion OF the salaries due Tor the
last month.
City Chamberluin's OHIO.
Mr.. Bradley Is busily ENGAGED Oh his letter IN
answer to Mr. Green, which will he ready BY Satur-
day next. 1t will 60 into the istnutest details OF
the business Of the ONCE, and Will ave the various
amounts disbursed and received oy ny.
Bradley, onicially, since ne came into
Orce. In this connection II may be
stated thar the Comptroller has nothing whatever
70 do with designating the banks which are to be
city deposit cries. The law EXPIRE sS states that the
City Chamberlain should des,g tate three banks as
dopOsitOrle3 and in pursuance 81 fns au h0rlty MI
Bradley yesterday designated the National PARK ARK
Bank deposltory for Guy moneys % ;Ss pra Tne
way Bank were 10 he transferred 50 tue Park Bank
.'Dy order OF Comptroller Green'' was not correct
BROADWAY Bank in a lew DAYS transierring the city
funds then to the Park Bank.
Tho Sheriff. Ode.
There was Of course, q great amount OF hustle
around the Sherin,s ONCE, lnasinuch az nothing
had been made public Of the cause Tor the extra
converting OF tie Grand Jury. lDere was ''some-
thing up" some ''big thinsr ANA such like nom
committal and slangy inuendoas we're flying
around In lively style, but morning dehnito
could be obtalned. Toe deputies, under
Mr.. Jarvis, In the order Of Arrest Bureau,
were full OF business, but their arrests
were confined chiefly to people interested IN
private civil suits. None OF the "plg euns or their
atders in the late Ring were among the NUMBER, and
at the time OF closing the Office The afternoon 1t
was positively stated that proceedings In the ar
rest line TO be taken last evening or during the
night. The late s.BOSs''-fweeu-waS not at Ills
once Yesterday and the stairs aud railways were
accordingly deserted. No further processes were
issued against him. and It was doubted II any
would be.
Comptroller COnnyily's Case
has assumed no new phase, int remains IN the
same condition as stated In yesterday HERALD.
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The commissioners OF Public Docks held meet
ing Yesterday Afternoon, the President. Mr.. Agnew
In the chair.
Alter the transaction Of some ordinary routine
business the Auditing Committee presented their
report, which was as fol0ws:-
Balance In hand OF Treasurer, Nov. su.... $2a,stA
Amount received during November from
rents and collections from wharf prop
cry sS,0~A
Amount received from Mrs II. L. Fox,
being the lul payment Of her share OF
the cost Of rebuilding pier No. % East
klVer... ...''.....s oS~v
Interest allowed on deposit oy tho Tenth ..o
National Bank 4As
From The Mayor, Aldermen aud Common.
atty OF the city OF New York. amounts
received from Andrew H. Green, Comp
troller, being proceeds Of dock bonds
issued III accOi dance with the requisi.
ton oil Comptroller OF Docks. dated
August q, 1871 viz. -
November 11.................. 100000
November IL. ................ oV,oOO
November H.. OO,UW
800, 900
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1Otdl. ..ss..ss.ssss s.'s''s'ss'' ~
Checks drawn IN payment OF bllls
oil audit 0t September ~, October
70, November ii, 10 and - ..... $245,499
Pay rolls Of ioremen. dock hands,
laoorers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1860
Salaries Of Commissioners, 0ff1cerS,
&c, OF Bureau. .................. 18,4S2
From chamberlain, transferred to
the credit OF the Commissioners
OF the sinking Fund and drawn
during November for rents...... 74,011
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Comptroller ConDyily's Case
has assumed no new phase, tut remains In the
same condition as stated In yesle days HERALD.
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-18
state News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY

The Lewiston Journal says Edmund Chase
OF Minot, now nearly sc years of age is nroha
bly, the Oldest Mason in Maine. He was &c
preDtlced in December, 1907, passed an,
raised April IL, lSOS, in st. Johns Lodge
Newburyport, Mass. Mr.. Chase was mapr 81
to his wife, who still lives with him. fflv"n;n.
years ago. Lin
The journal says Wednesday forenoon Hot
tie French, of Hallowell, employed i'm tho H;I
Mill, caught her hand in a gearing. and h,,nre
the wheel could be stopped the hone wa.
crushed to the wrist. was
We learn from the Journal that tho oo.o
gate shipments OF shoes and boots from n.
burn and Lewiston the past week have baan
791 cases against 739 cases the week nrev;o1'a
The receipts Of leather have been As ak nonmd.
against 70. $50 pounds the week Previous
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The "Snelling bridge" on the And-osooox
gin Railroad, caught fire last Monday Sron' ~
sparks from the engine of the freipbt tra;r
Fortunately the passenger train came ALONE !.
few hours afterwards and the conductor and
engineer, with the assistance of passenosrs an
tinguished the fire before much damsna w., 20 a
done to the bridge, was
The earnings of the Androscogein Railroad
for the year ending June 80, 1871. were COS
226S7 over that of the previous year. ~-0'
The Chronicle says six large and substanti,,
cattle yards are being built at the railroad dc.
pot in Pennington, and the company are mt
ting up, fence around their grounds on The
river side. on 'ne
HANCOCK COUNTY
There have been more visitors to Mt. Dasart
TINS season than ever before. Last Saturday
the Lewiston landed about $50 passengers.
The Ellsworth American SAYS the "JJnion
River House" kept BY John Clark, was burned
TO the ground on Tuesday night The fire
caught near the chimney and was discovered
at about II o'clock. Insured for $1,000
At Cranberry Island, Aug. Sd, Charles Stan.
ley, a lad of about twelve years, fell overheard
from boat he was scullLg with an oar in his
hand, and was drowned. His body was recoy-
cred, says the American. -0'''
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-18
Items.

Prof. G. H. Hitchcock recently discovered
fossils in the "Helderberg' limestone az Little
ton. This is the first discovery of fossils in
New Hampshire.
hardly the first, for quite number appeared
I'D tae last Legislature OF that State.
What whiskey may do is shown by the st.
Louis Democrat, which describes how a Depu
ty United States Marshal got drunk, lost a
prisoner, was himself arrested by the police.
was dismissed by the Marshal, was put off a
tram OF cars and was run over and killed. all
in one.
Gail Hamilton argues that voting power il
based upon fighting power. If this be true.
dairs vote would overcome any majority that
her opponents might roll up.
There is an ill-starred boy in Tennessee with
many iDdiscreet friends, who have induced
him TO publish volume of his ''poems." His
name is William I. Turley, his age thirteen
years, and he calls his book "Glittering Dew
drops"
The health of Thurlow Weed, who reached
New York last Sunday, is much better than it
was when he left Liverpool.
OF the large cities, Philadelphia appears to
be the healthiest. the number of deaths being
2272 to every thousand inhabitants. Boston
stands next in the list, the rate being "a "a per
thousand. New York shows death rate of
osoo per thousand; Richmond, Va, LA,
whlle New Orleans shows rate of re- "a ner
thousand. ~
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-18

oo,,r+oss,, Of a member of the New YORK press
g.. tha;r tioures. When the collation. was serv-
"a on the steamer provided for the friends of
a., o,nb the reporters were insultingly inform
cd that the seats we're reserved for gentlemen,
az thew attempted to take places at the table.
and when at last they were called to meat
thew we're ushered in to the broken debris Of a
shattered banquet. When it is remembered
that the majority of the members of the press
were probably men of more liberal education
and a higher culture than the majority Of
their hosts, such wretched snobbery is more to
DE plttled than tosbe made a cause for anger
The great difficulty is that there are too many
OF these parvenus who are ignorant of the fac
that journalist OF the present day is general
ly gentleman by hirth-if blood tells in any
walk in life, which we deny-a thorough schol
ar by education, and man who never forget
that the true CERT leman is always courteous t.
| every body awith whom he come in contact
| whether it be the highest or the lowest in tn
| land and that he can often teach lesson IL
| polteness 70 men whose sole claim to the rec
ogntion of society is that their fathers by hare
toll and frugalty awarded large fortune TO
| their sons to disSipate.
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-18

GERRlT SMITH ON GRANT.-If there is anv
man in this country that has always been fear
less and independent in the ayowal of his sem
timents, thau muu ss.-.--I--.'
HAN worshipper, hence his opinion is all the
more valuable. He says:
1t is but too probable, however, that the Re-
publican party will sink down into a low chase
with the Democratic party after votes. So far
from going forward and making itself more
and more reform party, its murmurings
against President Grant and frequent signs of
disaffectiOn toward him reveal it's declining
appreciation of even those great moral ideas it
had already espoused. For to which of the
grand undertak ngs aud precious interests OF
the Republican party, at the time of his cleo
ton, has he been found urfaithful? To not
one of them. Identified, therefore, as he is
with them all, and the most prominent up
holder of them all, every one of them is neces
sarily disparaged when he is traduced or under
valued. For the Republican party to turn its
back upon President Grant is to turn its back
upon It's honorable past-upOn the past of its
better and more patriotic days. He remains
the same man he was in those days. He has
proved himself to be free from the accused
spirit OF caste, and true to the equal rights of
all men-Of the red man and black man as well
as the white man. He has deferred to the
popular will, instead OF moulding and fostering
policy of his own. He has proved with what
entire sincerity it was that. in entering upon
his office, he expressed his desire for peace
The late treaty between England and Ameri-
ca, in the credit of which he shares so largely,
is the grandest and most suspicious peace
measure the world has ever seen. The rapid
ity with which we are paying our national
debt is high proof of his wisdom and hon
esty. And yet such President no very small
share of the Republican party-certainly no
very small share of its leaders-seem willing
to drop! We hear them say that General
Grant canpOt be reelected. But if he, who
confessedly did more than any other man to
save our country in the perils of war, and
whose great influence in peace has all gone to
cannot be made our next President, what Re.
publican eau be? Manfestly, either he or the
Democratic candidate will be our next Presi-
dent; and if the Democratic candidate shall
be, and shall represent and be specimen of
the bad, very bad, Democratic party, what
then can save our country from ruin?