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The New York herald., 1878-03-09
GENERAL SESSIONS-PART 1.
Before Recorder Hackett
A sw1Np1ER DISPOSED OF.

swINDLER DISPOSED OF.
Louis NJ. Davis, alias George w. Maxwell, alias
George W. Matsoil. whose exploits have already been
chronicied, was arragned ut the bar yesterday by
Assistant District Attorney Bell on two indictments
charging HIM with obtaining money under false pre-.
tences. 1t will bo remembered that the accused at
one time represented himself a son OF tho late
Superintendent Matseil and later was a newspaper
reporter. He was arrested by Detectives O'Connor
and Fields of tho District Attorneys office, ana
seat 10 the State Prison On his roiease he
renewed his operations obtaining small UNITS IRON
tho friends vi ncarceratcd conv;cts, represcD ling
himself ut one time as DR.. H. II. Adams, and again as
Dr. stephen H. Ferrcl, physician 10 Auburn Prison.
and averrng that he had considerable influence with
tue authorities. From the wio OF Thomas Weeks he
received SIS on the statement that he mad rcen par
doned, but that, being Ia Ill health, the money was
needed TO convey him TO the city IN palace
car. In OF james Cahi, lifc CONVICT
he obtained money to pay Tor the record "a con-
viction When the prisoner was arrested he had the
temcriy to sign tue name OF George w. Matsell, and
forth that nc was years o aee tnat he
lived Williamsburg and that ho was photographed
Ar. Potter Mitcnetl, his counsel, tendcreu plea Of
guilty TO OF the indictments. He SAID he believed
the prisoner was not OF sound mind, having been
twice IN lunatc asylum IN Vermont ! he prisoner,
he urged, was man OF good family and was en-
dowed win no ordinary amount OF Intelligence. AS
sstant District Attorney Bel observed, in repy, that
tho prisoner had, Tor lunatic, displayed moro than
ordinary snrewdness IN Mis- vanoas swndllns opera
ti,ns. Recorder Hackett sent tho prisoner 10 tho
Peniicntiary Tor the term oil three years.
THE KNIFE AGAIN.
Terence Reynolds Of No. 1929 First avenue, was
arraigned trial on the charge OF ieonious assault
From the evidence adducrd by the prosecution It ap
pcarea tnat March, 1885, the accused, with two
Others the lager beer saloon at No. 81 Bowery
where they partooH OF some drink for which they
fused 10 pay. The bartender, John Hagentach In-
sisted being paid, when row ensued, anu II was
asccrtained That Reynolds was apprOpriatng several
bottles OF beer Hagenacb IN endeavorine 10 retain
the beer severe stab wound, from the ell
iccts OF which was confined IN hospital Tor two
months Tho jury returned u verdict o! guilty of
feIonious assault with intent TO do bodily harm. Mr..
John 0. Mott the prisoners counsel, urged that since
the his client had been out on bail that he
had followed his ayocaton indusriously and tua his
conduct had been commcndable. la view OF T. ESQ
facts Recorder HicKet imposed tho mitigued punish
mcnt oil Two years In State Prison.
CAUGHT IN lie ACT.
William II. johnson, negro, was caught in tho act
of attempting 10 commit a burglary at No 800 West
Fiitcth street, and conviction yesterday sen.
TO the Penitentiary Tor one year.
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AN CID CITY CLAIM.

Assistant Corpdation Counsel Z. Henry Lacombe
applied yesterday In Supreme Court, Chambers, for
an order 10 show cause why the SUIT Of Gideon Lee
Knapp against thtcity should not be discontinued
further proceedings in It stayed and supplemon tai
answer served. I've suit brought by Knapp In
1865 TO recover $lt OOO for damages building
piers for the use bI ferry at the loot OF Fourteenth
street. East Rivei In 1851 leasc OF Terry franchise
from Fourtcenth III street 10 Greenpoint made TO
one Schultz, wh0aiterward assigned to Knapp. No
accommodations tere provided at the loot O Four
teenth street Iora ferry SLIP go he obliged %
shit us he could landing sometimes at one place,
sometimes at hclher, ana hnally hired slip
~ The loot OF tnth street, paying an enhanced
rent for the sane He claimed that tho lease
from the city cotained a covenant, cxpross or I'M
plicd, build thcpers forming the sip; tns was dts
puted by the Ity, AMI IN 1865 Judge Bar
nard rcferrod the to John b. Haskn as sole rcl.
erce. II was tre before him by William Fullerton
ior the plaintiff and John X. Hackctt Tor the de-
iendaD and In 1S6 the referee reported IN avor Of
plaintiff Tor $4,000 Plaintn, however, did not Gu
Tor judgment updn this report, but submitted ms
claim to the Boar OF Audit created by chapter $50 Of
he laws OF 1861 The Board disallOwed his clam.
Mr.. Whitney, COOPERATION Counsel, now applies, on
adaviis stating hat tho pain.in threatens 10 enter
judgment the I'D report (Or $l49. .OCO and eleven
years. ntercst fG order usconl inuing the action,
the ground taa submission 10 arb,rators alter ac
ion brouc nt is au hban donmcnt oil the action.
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HONOR AMONG THIEVES.

Gustave Schmidt, of Melrosc, was loisurcly walking
along Chatham street on Thursday evening, when
suddenly he felt himself jostled somewhat rudely by
young man, and simultaneously his wallet, coutain.
ing S2O disappeared from his pocket Connecting
one circumstance with tho other Mr.. schmidt
cludcd that II would be better Tor the community
the young man were cured oil his jostling pro-
pen nsitics. IL therefore seiZed hlni by the
collar aud was about marching hm oil 10 a station
house when n second young man, moved by sympathy
and an apparent previous understanding, flushed TO
the rescue. la the stiuggic that ensued the hrst
young man managed TO escape, but oit has companion
hrm IN the grasp OF The inoignnnt Mr. scnmldt Yes
tcrisy the prisoner arragned before Judge Bixoy
OF tho Iombs Police Court He gave his name as
william Clark but could not give the necessary
81, 900 bail. The original young man and tho wallet
"A re still missing.
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ORDER OF ARREST VACATED.

Judge Donohue yesterday rendered a decision In
the matter OF tho application Of Rodney NJ. Wnipplo
for his discharge arrest in SUIT brought against
him by Jonn $. Pouty Co., OF The Prouty Hardware
Manufacturing Company, the ull facts oil which have
already been published In the HERALD. In his opin-
ion upon the ubiion Of the defendant Whippe,
asking lor his discharge, Judge Donohue says
ION tho mcrts oil tho case. which 1 havo
looked into how far the merits
would justly an p,cricrence in the plantfs ;avor
and grounds on te doenuant's motion Tor discharge,
ana ON the paprs no reason TO change my views.
1t seems the extent OF the charge against de-
icndnts ESTABLISHED Is tho exaggcration OF the value
by defendants, AMI that plaintiffs had full opportunity
Judge for thcmlcvcs, ana that the piantlI equally
exaggerated tue property he held On tho wnoc case
do ihnk tht merits as shown NY the whole proof
justify the hOdrg OF the dclendant and the order OF
arrest must DO vaCatcd."
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CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.

Bios contracts for the supply OF provisions and
sundry articles were opened yesterday by the Com
missioncrs of Charities and Correction The awards
will be made to-day TO tho lowest bidder, as ioI-
lows:-5 900 pounds OF butter at 15sc, l.. j. Seaman
lo0o barrels oil potatoes at 81 % per barrel 100
barrels OF onions at 81 I5 per BARREL c. p oodrun "
Co. 100 bales OF hay at 74lc por hundred. Williams
Kickerson: $50 dozen o men straw hats at 81 22%,
L. McCann; 5000 barrels CT -four at SO Al i-3 per
barrel, H. X i. b. Thurbcr Co. 200 tons OF coal,
outdoor poor. at SO SO per ton, james d. Leary;
1UO boxes OF roofing tin at Sc per box, Bruce Cook.
Tho remaining contracts ior small amounts, ~
GLIDING household supplies, such as provisions, cloth
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CITY OFFICIALS SALARIES

Tho following is Mayor Eiy's response to Assembly
man Fish in regard TO the proposed reduction in the
salaries OF school teachers 1rcmen police -
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT CITY HALL,
NEW YORK, March g. 1878 (
Hon. HAMILTON FISH. Jr. Chairman Assembly Committce
Citcs:-
sR-In answer to your communicat tion requesting my
views the reduction of the salaries OF scnooi Teachers
policemen and lire euen would respectfully
Frd-I In favor OF reducing the salaries OF the
school teachers, policemen and Hrcmen in Office.
Second favor. vacancies occur, o making the
new appoi nt lower salaries
7I THINK IL unjust assail those employees the
city whore salaries 800 per less
while higncr salacd officials are iefi unnoiesed
SMITH ELY, JR., Mayor
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TAXITION OF COSTS.

A day or Two since, at Chambers Of the Court OF
Common Pleas, Inc Counsel 10 the Corporation dis.
missed several ctuscs lor lack OF prosecution. Upon
the taxation OF the Guys costs hereunder tho clerk
dsa,lowed SIS cpsts after notice, for the that
the causes had icvor been placed on the calendar.
The defendants, however, produced their notices Of
trial In each case and argued that nasmuch as issue
had been joined hcy had reason TO believe that the
would be placed on tho calendar and would DC
tried, that therefore they we're clearly entitled 10
after notice compensation Tor preparing Tor
trial. &c. The parties then went before Judge Lorrc
more, at Chambers, wbere The ruIiue OF The
clerk was sustained THIS decision, although at
nrst sight apparently at variance with the practice
prevailing IN tnis district, Is only M afirmance OF
Browning ct al vs.. Page CT al, How. Prac 4S1,
winch nolds tDut notice OF trial " nuIty uhicss a
OF issue hcd aud me cause placed on the cat
endar Culver Felt, 30 How. frac. 442, holds that
lnis district when causo Is noticed ior iral Tor
particular Term II must be put on tho calendar Tor
that term, otherwise the party cannot take regular
deuuIt at "a subsequent term upon That notice. IL
seems, therefore, that notcc OF trial Is not cHectua
unless also note OF ISSUE II lcd and that, TOO Tor
the same term or which notice OF triai Is served, aud
that costs alter notice do until the notice
Is perfected by placing the cause on tho calendar
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
MUNICIPAL NOTES.

Tho Sinking Fund Commissioners yesterday author
izcd Comptroller Kelly to issue additional dock
bonds to the amount OF $50 900.
An application has been made to tho Sinking Fund
to permit tho old Fronkn street station use TO be
used AS dormIi0ry Ior the Leonard Street Night
Sneltcr
The Adcrmanic resolution authorizing the cstab-
lshmcnt OF ferry from pier l. North River. to Go.
wanns Bay has been referred To COmptroiler KoIy
by the sinking Fund Com IN ssioncrs.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
NOISY ENDEARMENT.

a sound like the suction of hre engine caused the
magistrate in the Tombs Police Court yesterday to
hit his head in as,onsnment. 1t was then learned
that the unusual noise had been made by n prisoner
taxing leave oil ms wiic An vIiccr hurried to him
and asked HIM what no meant by arvusing the neigh
Dorhood. "Can't fellow KISS his wife ~ the pris-
oner Indignantly quoroa, as NO wiped his moutn with
his sleeve.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
STRUCK WITH A BOTTLE.

quarrel arose between Two youaa men yesterday
In spring street, near tho Bowcry, when Charles
McKonnu aged seventeen, struck on the head with
u wcrs beer bottle IN Inc nands ol Louis Buher and
severely injured. Tho youth was removed 10 INC
Chambers Street Hospital
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OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

[NorE-I.stters intended for this column must DO
accompanied by tho writer's full name ana address 10
insure attention compianants who unwilling 70
comply with this rule simply waste time In writing
Write only on ono side OF tho papeE-En HERALo.l
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THE GATHERING or THE STORM.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-
Some time ago signed petition for night trains
upon Inc Green Street Elevated Railroad 10 DO.
sent 10 the Legislature. understand this company
wishes 10 excused from running evening trains, be.
IL Will not, they say, pay Do they not make
money enough duriCg Inc day tV give their employees
little extra time by nirng other hanls in the cven-
ings? / would suggest u night train mass meeting
RAPID TRANSIT.
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PRAYER OF THE CLERKS.

To EDITOR HEKALD:-
Cannot law be passed compelling all tho stores to
close ON Sundays? Tho butchers aud grocers clerks
have made frequent complaints the subject but IN
vain. they would ike 70 nave little more Time 10
attend church aud ENJOY The open air. CLERKS.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
FILTHY EAST SIDE STREETS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Tho side OF the city Is in horribly nlshy con-
dition. Many OF the streets have not been cleaned
last year. East Eleventh street 10 particularly
had A RESIDENT.
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was charged, before United States COMMISSIONS 0s-
born, yesterday. with sending through the mails lot
terry circulars The complaint was mado by Mr. Isaac
Rosenthal, and after testimony In reference p tho
circulars, which proposals tor the sale OF bons
OF the city Of Vienna, guaranteed by tho Autrifn
government the Commissioner said IL appeared
that there chance In the schcno
devised by the Austrian government by . system oil
drawings under tho direction OF the Austrian Faucs
Minister by which any ono or some one OF ;hese
bonds may draw prize, but the element OF fraid -
entirely out OF tho case because In any event. pro-
vded tho holder the bond 90 10 the period Il re-
d-mpton (l924) receives qud pro quo for hs in
mont tnere reason 10 believe but mat
there full guarantee Tor his investment, With
interest," in any event. Tho complaint was, therefore,
dismissed.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
PAY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

To EDITOR THE HERALD:-
There in the Fire Department about twouty-
privates who do the work and have the same
expenses as fircmcn and their pay Is only sixty odd
dollars month. Why not make their wages the same
as iremen ana do tncin JUSTICE.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
A rnAvELLER's REQUEST.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD
Why does not the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company have oice In the vicinity OF the Metro.
politan and st Nicholas hotelsf II would gresty
benefit tho line TRAEELLEh
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
pIsoRpERLY YOUNG MEN.

To EDITOR THE HERALD
1 wish 10 call tho attention OF Captain Copeland to
the young who frequent the corner Of Lewis and
Broomo streets every night ana insult respectable
vounp lad,os b. f. w.
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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:--
viii Mr. Bcrgh, president OF tho Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals, prevent the Sixth
Avenue Railroad Company from running thcir horses
two consecutive trips on tho one-horse, boOtailed
carsY j. A. B.
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A coNuNpRuM For GENERAL sHALER.

To ruE EDITOR OF HERALD
Will you kindly ask General Shaler the following
conundrum: Ill company inKstand cost the city sos
In 1873 what would a brigade armory IN Washington
square cost The city in 1882 A PARK LOUNGEk
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
AUSTRIAN BONDS.

Oscar Bauman, as tho representative OF tho Inter-
,at,onai Banking Company, Of No. 1856 Chatham street,
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HIGHEST AND LOWEST.
Tho Following wero tho highest and lowest prices Of
THE MONEY MARKET


Money on call was easy to-day at a per cent with
the closing price at per cont. Tho following wore
the rates OF exchange New York at the undermen-
toned cities :-Savannah, Il premium; Charleston,
plentiful 3.16 premium; Now Orleans, commercal3-l6
bank par, st. Lous, par Chicago steady at par, and
Boston, ~ cents discount. Foreign exchange was
somew hat nrmcr "a moderate business. Actual
business was tho basis Of 4.s3 81 for bankers'
long ana at 4s5N A. 90 tor demand sterling.
THE GOLD MARKET.
Gold opened 1919 and closed at 10lK all tho sales
OF tho day having these 6gurcs The carrying
rates were Az, g. 4 ana 81 per cent. Loans ~ the
close were made fiat
GOLD cLEARINGs THE NATIONAL BANK OF TAE STATE
NEw YORK
Currency Daance5.... ...s...s.'. A,vcsosv
Cod clcarings.. Ao,''"'""
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT.
Currency baInnces ............ 3,3l97U2
Gold eycnanccs ............... S,4U46O9
Gold balances ....................... 1,64S. .095
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Government bonds were weak at tho opening and
declined Is a a per cent Later in the DAY there was
a recovery, the securities closed nrm At tho oi-
lowing quotations -
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An Anatomical Wonder.

Chicago Journal: "a novel exhibition in
anatomy was given yesterday afternoon to
the students of Rush medical college. At
four o'clock the large amphitheater lecture
room was filed with fedged and unhedged
doctors, and in the arena stood Mr. Charles
Warren, man about thirty years of age, of
athletic appearance, and apparently iointed
the same as ordinary mortais. But he soon
showed that he differed from most men in
his make up, for there was hardly Joint
in his whole body that he could not
throw out Of place, or at least give that
appearance. He went through with his dis
torticns much to the amaZement as well as
the amusement of all He commenced by
giving clrculatory movement to the scapu-
lac, moving either one or both at time, and
without any apparent motion of the shoul-
ders. He then threw the humerus into the
axlllo, disjointed his elbow, wrist and pha-
langes. This was done merely by the con-
traction OF the muscles of the arm and not by
pulling of one member by another. In none
of his feats was there any such wrench
of one joint from another. Without
touching any part of his body with his
hands, the joints would move out OF posi-
ton. He forced the femur from the thigh
bone. This he could do while standing on
one or both feet, or while reclining. The
dislocation caused an apparent shortening Of
the limb. Another striking feat was the
turning of his feet so that he could touch the
bottoms of them while his legs were perfectly
straight. Perhaps the most remarkable of all
his powers was the wonderful expansibility of
his chest. Medical works, upon the strength
of examinations of thousands of men in the
army and navy, generally give five inches as
the maximum OF expansion. The exhibitor
could expand his from nine to twelve inches.
Those who did not take much interest in
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Probable Fate of the NurderOus AssaiI-
ant OF the King of spain.

Pail Mall Gazette: sit is generally ex-
pected at Madrid that if Moncasi is sem
fenced to death the king will exercise his
prerogatlve of pardon; though, as matter
of fact, capital punishment is by no means
unusual in Spain, nearly fifty persons having
been executed since the restoration of 1875.
The mode of execution is somewhat bar
barous one, as the condemned man is placed
upon a chair in a sitting position and then
strangled. The execution takes place in
public, and after it is over the body
is placed upon a scaffold and exposed
to view several hours, with monks
in the somber garb of penitents surrounding
it, and reciting the prayers for the dead.
The last execution which took place at Mad
rid revolted popular feeling, and the press
unanimously protested against the scandal of
these public exhibitions. The public curl
osity is stimulated by the maintenance of a
tradition which adds to the horror of the
punishment. Two days before the execution
takes place, the condemned man is taken into
the chapel of the prison, and handed over to
the clergy, who for forty-eight hours exhort
him to repentance and repeat the masses for
the repose of his soul, so that, when the
time arrives for him to march to the patti
bulo, he has already had a foretaste of
death"
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WOman's Progress.

Lucy Stone says that, although women have
not secured the ballot. they have in her time
vastly improved their condition. She remem
bers when woman was thought competent
to teach only the small children in the sum
mer schools, when her pay for such teaching
was dollar a week, and she was expected to
board around Now women are professors in
colleges, with good salaries. In four States
they vote on ali school matters. Teaching,
sewing and keeping house were
the only occupations regarded as
suitable for women. Now the CEN
sus records seventy-one occupations that
are open to women. No woman was public
speaker out of the Quaker church. Now, all
platforms are free toethem. The lyceum
offers to the woman lecturer the same open
field that it does to man. The pulpit and
the bar are both occupied by women. The
woman physician did not exist. Now they
have successful practice in every large city
and many of the smaller towns. There was
not college in the world that admitted
women. Now there are not only distinctive
ly colleges for women, but a large
number that welcome women to all
their advantages. 1t is not many years since
a married woman could own nothing that she
earned;- could not make will of anything
she possessed; could not sue or be sued;
could not carry on business; had no lawful
right to her children, and could not be their
guardian; MOI, had she the right to her own
person. Now, In most of the States, all this
Is changed or very much modified
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An Italian Romance.

Here is an Italian romance that would
serve as plot for a French play: The only
son Of noble house fell in love with the
only daughter of another noble house. The
lovers were handsome, rich and young, and
they were very fond of each other. when
the young count asked the hand of the girl
he loved her father refused point blank, with
out giving any reason. He was so firm, how
ever, that the young lover saw that it was
useless to insist. Every one condemned the
tyranny of the girls father, and the lovers
resolved to marry without his consent, trust
ing that he would speedy forgive and forget
their sobedience, A day was fixed upon,
and both repaired to the mayor to have their
union made legal. 1t was there the crash
came, for the bridegroom learned that his
papers were not correct. His name was not
registered. His father had omitted that
form. Mad with doubt and apprehension,
he flew to his father and demanded the rea-
son of this omission. What passed between
the father and son none may ever know, but
as soon as the young man left his fathers
presence he blew out his brains. He was not
the Legitimate son oil the count The count,
in atonement of his youthful fault, had
brought up his illegitimate son as his heir,
and had never had the courage to confess the
truth to him. This was the reason OF the
girl fathers objections to the marriage He
knew the secret. The boy mother was a
woman of the lower orders. He would not
survive the knowledge of his shame. The
girl is mad with grief, and it is feared that
she also will Rnt an end to her days. 81
cannot live without him. she cries in her
agony; ''let me go to him, let me go to
him.
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fact that the Adventures who are still
trying to induce the negro's vote to
re. establish c3rpetbag governments call
themselves Republicans, and have
some right to do so. It is not
however, because they are Republicans, but
because they are thieves, that the people of
the south would rather die than submit to
their rule again Let the decent Republicans
Of the north repudiate such allies, and cease
TO support, encourage or recognize them, and
the south will divide soon enough, and
though it may not build up a Republican
party, it will produce a party quite as likely
10 be in alliance with decent northern Re-
publcans in congress as with the Democrats.
Nothing but the means of renewed carpet
bagism has kept the south solid, and nothing
but the apparent alliance between the carpet
baggers and the Republicans, who really de-
spise them, has made it impossible that one
of the two parties into which the southern
people, if left alone, would ere this have di-
yided, shall be called Republican.