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THE BRIDGE. REPUBLICANS. THE ALDERMEN. made the King disgorge over $1,000,000. Tho Rochester platform makers hove blundered into provoking from Mr.

Fairohild a masterly campaign document for himself nnd his pnrty. It remains to be seen whether Tweed and tho Republicans will succeed in their joint purpose nt this timo to defeat the nomination of nn Attorney General of about Mr. Pairchild's quality Mr. Fairchild himself for instance. premeditated, and that a young life was taken by a friend who has sinoo absented himself from the city, after the fashion of more refined criminals, will doubtless aid in balking justice.

The roller skating people want tho Aldermen to attend the Rink. The average Alderman ought to be expert on skates if walking on slippery places has profited him any, DRAMATIC. and Heyward atreeta, and Bedford and Myrtle avenues, $637.48. On north Bide of Myrtle avenue, $64.37. On north side of Sixth street, $255.

Flagging eldonalks on east Bido of Washington avenue, $585.30. Fenoing vacant lota on east Bide of Orchard street, $159.36. Tho estimates were adopted. WATER FOB GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. The Board of City Works transmitted a request from A.

A. Q. Bird, of tho Untied States Army, at Governor's Island, for a Bupply of water at that post. Tho estimated quantity asked tor is 20,000 gallons daily, to bo supplied through a meter located within the city. The OommisBlonerB recommended lhat they be authorised to grant the request.

Referred to the Water and Drainage Committee, IHE AMBULANCE SERVICE. The following was recelvod from the Board of Health To the Honorable the Commmv Council: Mr. Bherard to take any snoh action without first asking him whether he would act or not. Supervisor Egolf moved as an amendment that tho Chairman of the Executive. Committoe see Mr.

Sherard personally about tho matter. Bnokloy I have seen him and fried soveral times "to get him to do his duty, but ho haa declined, Mr. Rogers was then elected In hia place. Mr. William fl.

Podjjer offered his resignation as a member of the Committee, because he was employed in tho Poet Office and had to obey tho ordor oi Presidont Hayes. Aooepted. On motion Mr. Pillsworth was elected fn his plao. A number of proposals for membership were rocolvod and rolorrod to tho Executive Committee to report at tho noxt mooting.

Tho roport of the Executive Com mitteo was again presencod by Mr. Buckloy who had tn the meantime obtained other signatures to it, and it waa on motion adopted. Mr. J. H.

Laudon, a Dnllod StateB etorekeeper, tendered his resignation as a member of the ABSOoiattou. It was accepted. Captain J. Houry Story tendored his resignation as a member of the Finanoo Committee, aud Mr. Peter M.

Watt was elected in his placo. The roport of tho Oonimitteo on the Revision of the Holl was thou read by tho Secretary, it being handod by Mr. Buckloy. It gavo tho names of twenty three non Republicans and twenty two uon residouts, and recommended that they be stricken off iho roll book. It was moved aud carried that tho names bo aoted on singly.

Mr. Spior said that on tho list there was tho name of John Whitehead as not being a Republican, ho Knew that Mr. Whitehead was, aud further tho gentleman himself was present to prove it. Mr. Whitehead arose, and said he always had boon a Republican, aud he didn't propose to loavo thu plank now.

On motion his name waa dropped from the Committee's roport. In thu caso of Mr. Tiiomss Bonai gton.lt was olaimed that bo wftB not a Democrat but a Republican. Mr, Buckley said hie C'lnmitteo did not say ho was not a Democrat, but thoy did aver that he was not a good Ropubltcan. who had deceived him, having a spark of na" tivc generosity in her make up, repented of her misdeed sufficiently to get up a mock seance and illustrate the ways in which she misled him.

Another man was more easily cured he had a spirit leave tho cabinet and come near him he smelt liquor on the breath of the person and quickly reasoned that spirits did not require poor whisky to keep up their courage. Other equally as unfortunate instances were brought to light yesterday and the previous Saturday, atul the wonder of it all is that bo many people should have willingly deceived themselves. Mrs. Bliss, for instance, is a Spanish woman and speaks English imperfectly, yet she could talk to people with impunity and noi be recognized. Several persons out of ns many hundred learned her tones, and finally she was forced to play mute while a better trained linguist took tho stump.

It seems strange and it is pitiful thnt people will give themselves up so unreservedly aud with evident relish to a humbug like this, which bears on its face every time the proof of its utter worthlessncss. It would appear from the statements of the majority of witnesses yesterday that belief in Spiritualism of this sort makes fools and idiots of people, and that the groater degree of imbecility they can develop the hnppier they nre. Not all nre so, but the exceptions prove the rule, and tho doubters who will not believe this stntemout should read tho proceedings of the Court. Local Railroad Franchises. At the meeting of the Aldormcu yesterday, application wns mndo by tho Prospect Fnrk and Coney Island Railroad Company for permission to run steam cars from the present terminus of their road nt Tenth avenue and Nineteenth street to Hamilton Ferry, via Ninth aveuuo, Fifteenth street nnd Hamilton avenue.

The question was reforred to tho Railroad Committee of the Board, and before final action is taken tho property owners on the specified route will have a hearing. Should tho privilogo sought be granted, the City Railroad Company, who are now using steam from the city lino to Fort Hamilton, will in all probability ask for similar permission. We do not anticipate any very serious opposition by the property owners to eithor or both of these companies, for we think it will bo shown that steam motors nro now available which gtvo as little annoyance as horse cars, while by reason of their swifter transportation they gave marked encouragement to outlying property. But acquiescence of individual property owners does not close tho case. Tho city as a whole has something to say and that something is this That franchises are things of valua aud being so they ought not to bo parted with for nothing.

Because a railroad will not improve this or that particular piece of property is no reason for making a free gift of tho right to run it. Tho question is whether the privilege asko.l for lias a money value and if so what value That private corporations havo a lively appreciation of this point was shown by tho bargain of the. Atlantic avenue Railroad Company with tho Long Island people. Mr. Richardson and his associates had obtained a franchise for a steam line on Atlantic aveuuo, and they sold it to the Long Islaud people for a very substantial price.

Why should tho city bo more liberal to those railroad men than they aro to each other No reason can be assigned. What, therefore, the Aldermen ought to ascertain beforo proceeding much further is, what the Prospect Park and Coney Island lt'iilroad Compnny will give to the cily iu exchange for tho privilege of running stoiim ears to Hamilton Ferry. That they ought to givo something is clear, for if tho privilege were worth nothing nobody would U'flut it. They need not necessarily pay in money direct. Tho compensation may bo in (luccd rate of faro or in accommodation given nt hours when thoro is litt'o travel.

TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2. 1877. TIii vapor tons Hie Lnrackt Circnla. (ton nny livenine Paper l'liblislicd tii flic Unlteil sinU'N. It.s value ns an Advcrtiiaim; AJodtum I tlicrcioro ni pnreni.

Tlio Albntty si motion. llio Convention of the Democratic pnrty will meet in Albany to morrow. Our ciia iintclios show that thora is a great deal of nclivity nlroaily displayed on the ticket question. The delegates who want the old ticket renominated know whrit they want and whom they want have definite purposes and persons and nro organized round them. The advantage of this is very great.

It is appreciated when the uncertain views nnd" many candidates of the other side nro observed. There is no positive centre of unity among the new ticket men. There are ns many candidates ns there are counties. This and that and the other loonl favorite has his special friends. On the new ticket side there are about four times r.H mnny entries as theTJ will be Some of the new ticket delegates arc uu ngaiust the old ticket.

'I'ticsi! implaciibles, however, arc not at all sure of tli holding out qualities of the countrymen, who wish to some special local complimentary mention and votes at th start. A fier the debt of courtesy has beeu discharged, the implaeables apprehend th.it the unpledged countrymen may conclude that it is the next best thing "to oblige the Governor" and vote for the new ticket. The situation is at this writing the same ns it was yesterday. A balance of power is conceded to the rural delegates who have come up unpledged and un iustiMcted. Hoth sides claim to have the ri dit of reversion iu that unpledged element, after it shall have first voted for ft lot of small fry.

These rival claims can only bo decided the or by mora trustworthy nnd close canvassing than has yet taken place. Jlcftnwhi'e the deelaiMtions oi each side are worth a passing notice. The old ticket men claim 200 votes for Mr. Bigelow even on tho first ballot. As votes make a majority in a Convontion of 381, this 200 claim, if it i3 correct, ends the case and wins it.

On tho contrary, the auti renominationists claim "nt "least 10S" who are opposed to ronomiaatiou. That cinim and tho other cannot hoth be true. Our contemporaries have advices from their special correspondents to this effect: The Sim slates that the old ticket men are very anguine, claiming 220; that tho new ticket men also claim a majority; on the whole it thinks that the latter have the bettorbasis. The Tribune says it seems little too soou to sr.y certainly that the old ticket men have a clear majority but it very plainly iooks as if they Lad, and it is manifest that the Canal ring candidates who have been piit forwj.nl of Into weeks are beateu iu advance on the whole, it says, the old ticket men have a clear lend. The Time says the fight will be long and bitter, but it concludes that the new ticket men have tho majority.

The Jleru'd fully interviews both sides aud conu.s to this significant conclusion tho old ticket will cither be renominated or they will be able to dictate nominees who will be as anti Tammany nnd nuti Canal as they themsclv nro. In the event of a all round being found impossible, the thinks there will bo a to uight of all the finti immany and iiuti Omul delegates, nnd ihey will agree upon a ticket mad iij) of the friends of Governors TiUL nn.l Robinson, mva still' for reform than even the present incumbents, and that ticket will be put through. The conclusion of ihe Kew York papers amount to the same thing the Eagle stated yestcrlay. The nninstrue countrymen hold the balance of power, and neither 6ide is so sure of a moiety of them as it would like to be. Any reader who is capable of judging of the signs of tho tinv.s cannot fail to see that the best thing the Convention could do would be to nomimde tho old ticket from top to bottom, make a piriform to match, do both as soon as possible, adjourn nnd prosecute a short, sharp and decisive canvass.

Tho candidates would be the platform. The issue of administrative reform wculd bo made more emphatic than it cauld be made in no other way. "What the farmers call tho policy of cutting down the taxes would be guaranteed for the years to come. The elements in tho Democratic party thai have to be despised or apologized for would he made take and keep back seats. The record of tnx reduction, canal reform, ring prosecution nnd of economy in all parts of the government would present a practical business statement and argument that would commend tho nominees to every taxpayer.

This course would be sensible in the highest degree. It would be one to which no risk or mistake could attach. It would make the victory, which is certain in any event, ono that would present the party nt its best, not merely as the instrument of good government but as the rewarder aud crowner of. its p.goits. Regular Monthly Meeting; of the Trustees.

Wire for tho Brldp Suspenders Bessemer ts. Crucible Steel No More Passes for tbo Foot Dridgo Financial Exhibit. The regular monthly meotiug of tho Board of Trustees of tho Now York and Brooklyn Bridge waa hold yestorday afternoon at tho Bridge orfico, on Water streot, near Fulton Ferry. Present Hon. Kenry C.

Murphy, Presidont; Arthur Leary, Hon. J. 8. T. Stran ahan, Wm.

C. Kingsloy, Chas. II. llaawcll, II. A.

Sm alley, Uon. Henry Slocum, Wm. Marshall, Colonel Thomas Carroll, John G. Davis, Wm. B.

Maclay, Controller Burrell, Wm. B. Leonard, Thomas Hitchcock, Hon. Thomas Ktnsolla, Tho roll was called, and a quorum bolng present, the miuuteB of tho mootlug held July 12 woro road aud approved. Tha Socretary then read tbo minutes of tho mooting of tin Executive Committee hold August wove approved.

The minutes of tho Floaneo Committeo on their rno 'ting held August 8 were also read ond approved. Also, the minutes of the meeting hold Soptombor 7. Tho President aiild ihore had heou a long vacation, durinu which the work ha I boen going on, but thoro was uot muoh now business to present before them. STONE FACINOS. Iu pursuance of tho rosolutlon adopted at tho last meeting, proposals for uruuito for tho facing of the lcisoory ot the approaches ou both sides ot the river.

In pursuance of that inatvucltoii tho pVi.peoals baa been advertised for, and twenty one bids had lon received aud opened by tho Executive Committer. It would ho ujsoo'Sorv lo, oxa clue the bids, aud the akill of the ongiuoofd would bo neoesssry lo estim Uo the matter, aud ho woiil.1 recommend that t'io biuB bo referred baci to th? Kfcatfvo for fpoedy consultation and report. Colorol Carroll movol tho bills bo so reforred. Adopted. Tne bids for 1,300 irnn sockets for the wire ropo suspenders worn brought up, and the Presidcm stated that bids had been received.

Referred, on motion, to the Executive Coniuiltloo. Tho Chair stated thnt the bands which would go around tho cables when completed would be manufacture! in own shops. The Chair stated that tho Exoeutivo Committeo had advertised for proposals for 70,000 lineal feet of steel wire ropes, required for the suspenders nf tiio Bridge. Those aro tlio ropes by which the roHdway of the Blidgo io suspended from tho cables. Tlio specifications oill for Bessemer steel wiro as ttie material to bo used In tho construction of thoso siiBpendnrs.

It was estimatod that tho cost of tho suspenders would bo abom fcWjOOO, BESSEMER V8. CRUCIBLE STEEL. Mr. Kiusella raised tho question as to wliell pr it would not bo hotter to a better quality of thsn Bessemer. Tho Chair road the recommendation of the engineers, whioh was to tho olToct that the 'ssomor steel would bo ol Buffleieut strength for tho purpose.

It was moved thot tiio eiiooiflcatious already prepared and which called for Bessemer Btool should bo adoptod. Mr. Kiusella Bald he would nover vote for using an inferior arlio'ewheu thoy could get a bettor ono. Ho moved as an uuienJmont thut oast stool be substituted for ilossomor stool. Mr.

Slrauahan soil tho object to bo attained was a oortain degroo of strength. It oould be attained by tha uso of iron wire, it it would requiro a larger Bisod lvpo; wlthcruolblo steel a smallor size ooulil bo usod. Tho sustaining power In auy event would bo tho earuo. lu this caso tho work could bo replaced at any tun if found defective. Colonel Cairoll said if a C83 quantity w.

u'd bo ro quirod by iho use of crucible oteol, then they had hotter uso that material. Mr. Marshall said tho englnoors hod everything at stake in tho aucoess of tho outorpriso, aud ho thought t.jey oould rely upon thoir JmUmont. Mr. Kiusella said tho question of Bessomor veraaa crucible steel had already beon gone over in tho discuss! of tho quality of steel to bo usod in tho cables, Bessemer steal was urged, at that (line, and was re commended by the Engineer, but tho Board dooidod very wisely, that thn b.dter mstorial should bo UBed.

The question of Bessemer steel was brought before them in a way that was uot satisfactory to some of tho members of tho Board. Ho believed tha beat material was the cheapost and because they conil save $1,000 by Ihe use of liesseiner stool, aa atated by the Engineer, should not bo considered, and should uot weigh tn their mliuls in thoir decision as to tho material mod. It was Inquired wheth the size of tho rods would be Hie same without regard to tho material used. Mr. Straualian said uu ho undorntnod It tho ului to bo attained was a rt ilii degroo of strongib.

Mr. Struiudi iu move that tho matter bo roferred buck to the Exeoutlvo Committee, with Instructions to examine in io the question as to tho quuitty of atool. Adopted. NO MORE PARSES. Mr.

Kinsolla said ho thought there ehotild be omo rule iu regard to tho issuing of passes. lie con si. lerod it very foriuuatu that there had beoti no ae ei.lents thus far. ft was tortunate that Iho man who fell on tho foot bridge did not tall oif. He moved that no more passes be issued to cross the foot bridge.

Mr.ltiloysRlJb.il would aocoud tuo resolution moat lieurlily. Mr. Leonard said ho thought persons who cross the foot bridgo di I it on then own rcspouiiblllty. Tiio rcso'uiiou was unanimously adnplo I. Mr.

Kiusella luqiiticd how many Btiands hs 1 beon d. 'Thu Chair replied that sixteen strands had heou coui 11 Mr. Klneella nskod if the work was not proceeding BOllleWlllH In viy. Tho e.i:ii.'i.i:m sail It wns proceeding very rapidly. T' ey be to lav tho strands the 10th of last Juno.

Tiio lh'M two iiiou'itiH wero to a oertai i oxtont experimental. In I'ooil wentlier (h would complete about tdx strand a in mill, and In a shorter limn ilin.li was Riuielpded Ili'i olli 'Mneny si': slraml would lio com pM.id. Ho thought lhat a little ovor a year from tho present tune thoy would have tho ulrauds completed. 1 til! Orlglimi OSUUiaiU "in n.o Ji.ir nan part of the work, and from present appearance they would finish In a year aud a half from ihe loth of last June. Tho Hoard limn adjourned.

THU FINANCIAL F.XItiniTS for the pant throe mouths show tho lullon'iug condition of affairs JULY. Receipts iiipeii.li'.iiriis AUtilisT. SlUHmW Kxpomtiuires 101,811. IW BKl'TEMIlKll. Keolllls Kxlioll.lHuros sSirjl.ioo.47 FINANCIAL.

CONDITION. Statement of the tlunucial oonditlon of tin Ttnw York and Brooklyn Dridgo ou Saturday, SuuUmiljcr 'JO, 187 CASH ItfOKIPTS. City of New York 2.70O.(KHl u.l Oily of llrouklvn Kout 72,117.08 Material sold Interest 43. DI.IM Horses Imruoss Bold li.UJ.OO WtiarliiKu 8.71.W bOOWa Bold Total f.flll liXI'KNIiITtlllHS. Knginoorlng, nalorlos, oto Hi nl Ullice ((Tpmises, salaries, etc Timber and lumber Consfriictli'li expenses Tools Lihrfr Mttcliiuory Vretpht, eariatu a id rowacu Printing and advoitldui; Lund, l.ind dauianui and bull.

Hons Li'iioslono Cr.mito intorost Horses, wagons and harness Cast Htool oablo wire Insurance Taxus Mcou'8 aud rooaira Loss on Now York li unlit IioiicIb I.OSS on Kyry York 7 pel bonds tli co 1 ii i ti re J. Llujd llalgu Tn'nl Cain in Atlantic Htito Hank in l. iid Island Hank Cash iu petty cash. Total J. Lloyd retalnnd on contrnot F.iKle lin.

iriy Uoinp.iuy J. ii. Jolin.i.ei unpaid bid li. C. I iehiirilson ,1.

D. AInillli Salaries ior Nop! ditto. C. iltmetl rotulticd ou Totol a.iwajo 31 IW.Ms (ill S0.lli K4H1.M I.ll7ii. 1117.78 27.W.I.W Ht3a.cs bWM.m 8,10 18 103.lM.lil 96i.3U io 6.125.05 Ip.IHIO.OO Ml IS I MUSS KOTIti M.

SUNDAY EAGIiI'j. ottur.it Youu c.vttttimt to li.avh Tim on If NN II I) (7 1) NN fl I) Ull NN HDD A AA A A AAA A A ssss Bass' A8 AH ON Till'. tlTUICIt DAYS Ol' TIIK CONTAINS ALL THU NICV7.S. PKICK TUilfifJ CKNT3. AT THE HARDING MANF'U COMPANY'S retail store, 467 Fultomtroot, jok can boy tho beat aual liyol dress shlrli 8 for i7.ttl.

4 ply linen eolors for 71 cents, 4 ply linen oufta, pairs for 1 fo. This house iocl a largo order business in shirt, tS mads to measure fo 88.60. SEASIDE LIBRARY LATEST ISSUES. 83. VEUNRR'S PRIDE.

By Mrs Henry Wood. OHltlSTIAN'ti AlIliTAKK, By Miss Mulct. 81. MY MOTHHK AND By MIm Mul''" I 80. I1ANIKI.

DF.KONDA, By (ioorgo Hot Ko. 79. MADCAP VIOLKT. By Willl.in lllaok 0o nmvViTlt CAtINi'. Br Charlns K0 M1MTRKHH ANUMAfD, By MiM MulocK.

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I)kah Sui Pleaso add roj tostlmooy to the many ofyoui wonderful poweil In curing iIIbii.iso havo beuri i unerel from rheiimatism for iho tivo roirs, which aSooted my wholo lystom. 1 trlod many oooti.rs andeiery kind ol modlcinu hoard tll of. Mv disease seemed to camo ronl a hurt I rocolvod some ear ago. I reotlvtd no baaent until placing myolf miner yeur treatment, a low weeks ol hich una comiiietclr cured mi and restored me to perreel health. Mrs.

Wahd, 663 Welt Fllty fltth st, V. Y. FOUND. A cure for Rhoamaflsm, removing the dlsoise onMrfly from tlio ytora. COI.iM' HHIiUMATIC HKM rillY, 60 cent and il a bottle.

D. V. COLES, Proprietor, lUhway, N.J. Sold by druggists. HOW FUNNY The Bridgo wonld look with shirts hung all ovor tho osbles wkhp rin.

An tw ihn skirls at tbo nsvr itoro, 437 Fulton street. The mso of Brooklyn find them ever so much easier to get at than if th.y were hung on tha Bridge. will bny half a dozen partly will bm half adoion oompletodren eblrii. Undorwear and umbrellas, noao hut ths bolt. Prlooi noas bat the lowoit.

KKEP, 437 Fulton it. THE POPULAR CHAMPAGNES iuTmportatlom.) Thoy sro abnoliltuly pure, trn.tmm. biini fsnuonud lu the bottle, reuurtag two loars to por FULTON STKEKT and 700 BltHADWAY, W. aseTfor GAFF. FLK1SOHMANN A CO.

'3 C6.MPBE8BEU Tim iranulna article bon our trade mark and slgaatvjre. to whioh ne invite ineolsl attention. 7113.05 ...9 9.71.2i lm.BO I.IM 6,0.1 4,110.18 4U0.0O A Stormy Meeting of the Pourth Ward Association, Rival Factions Malting a Show or Them sokes Meetings in tho Twentieth and Twenty second Wards. A regular meeting of the Fourth Ward Ho publloan Association was hold last evening at Sawyer's Hall, corner of Fulton and Jay stroets, and proves ono of the moet rowdy and disgraceful political gatherings, which has ever taken place In this city. For nearly two hours tho room was tho scone of the most blttor wrangling and not only were foul epithets freely indulged In both on tho platform and on tho floor, but aotual violence was on ono occasion resorted to, aud thoro wb an eicoedlnsly narrow osoapo from a froo fight.

Tho meeting was a rogulor one, and in tho oall It was announoed that a largo attondauoe was oxpectod as business of importanco was to come up for consideration. There were from ovonty flvo to one hundred mcmbors presont and about tho same number of outsiders, among both of which thoro was a fair sprinkling of tho'Tillary gang. 8amtiel the President, ocoupied tbo ohair, und George Dillon and B. J. Mul hollaud actod as Secretary aud Assistout Secretary respectively.

mo nrst Dusinos was ino reainiii oi iuu luuimio hv the Assistant Secretary, who had lilmselt i them and inserted in them a roport of eomo troublo whioh ocourrod bctwoon himself and Mr. Josoph Reeve at the previous mooting. On motion of Mr. WalJenberg, tho namos of 8. Sohalor, Wm.

Thompaon aud Thomas Hutching ivoro placed on the roll. Mr. Waldenberg then referred to tho nonsonso of inserting in the minutes tho particulars of tho PERSONAL CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MUI.HOLLAND AND REEVE and mado a motion to striko out all that portion as entirely lrrelovaut. Tho recordB of th'3 Association should havo nothing to do with matters of that kind, aud it was very bad tasto and poor ju igment on tno part of the Assistant Hccrolary to insert them, Mr. Salt moved that that portion of the miuntes referring to tlio declaration of tho Chairman that Mr.

Dillon had been elected by a voto over Mr. Muiholland should also be strickou out. It was ou this point that alt the stiteevineut wrangling ocourrgd, the rival fictions choosing tho question as one on which to test their strength. Sir. Foley moved tho adoption of tho minutes as read, but tho motion was lost.

Mr, Reill raised tho point of ordor that tlio amendment of Mr. Salt was out of order, inasmuch aB Mr. Ddlon had boon duly declared oloelod by the presiding ofl'uer. A scene of the utmost confusion then ensued, five or six persons being continuously on tno 11 and tho Chairman lciug unable to oxorcitio the slightest control ovor the meeting, ho looking aud as if no was utterly bowildereJ. Mill tol.

and, from hiss at at the desk, took a prominent part in the valvar langu.ijjj indulged in, Biich shut up yuur cnuth, you snoozor," "ho don't undoratana hia business," Tho Chairman failed to comprehend tho point of order as raise 1 by Mr. Uolll, and refused to cutenniii it, and tho latter not Bit down until a decision was givcu one or the other. Whou matters wore iu this state aud when unlvorual uproar prevailed, MR. JOSEPH REEVE GOT ON HIS FEET, and by force of lungs made himsoif heard over tho hibcl of voices. He supported Mr.

iiieli'saciiou nua insi that the Chair Bhould uecido whether hid point of was woll taken or not. Tlio OUairuiau finally declared that the point of order was uot woll taken. Mr. Ueovo j.impcd (o hia feet and exclaimed "I appeal from the decision ot tho Chair." One lienvlii Mollu (interrupting hiuil I have known you for tweutj fe'lr yeirs, and vn are a suooitir. I have heard you talk to the Democrats in this room, when yon wero out of hero wo always got along bultor without you.

Mr. liojvc 1 call npon tha Chairman to Bianco this man or expel him Irom tho roiui. The iiuostiou is a very simple one, and has uot boon property considered by tho Chairman. Mr. Dillon's elocliou at the previous meting was duoulod by ballot, and it was so declared by the Chairman, and thoreloro that fact must bo stated the minutes.

Mr. Mclveuuy maintained lhat tho Associatiou bad a right to review its former uctiou. Mr, Foley Lot us havo tho roli bok and call tho roll. Mr. Dillon Tho roll book Is not hero.

Mr. Foley This isouc of your 1 1 1 jes. You ore a nice, kind of a fellow to have for eeoretary. Aftor an excited controveisy tho Chairman tlually put Mr. Reeve's motion appealing irom ihe decision of tne Chair, the and As.sistiint Scmii.u bainj; seloetoil to take tha voto, whioh was a standing one.

Although the voto was neirly two to ono iu l' vov of Mr. iJjcvc, tin! seer jlary could uot ajjreo, Muliiolland insisting that the contrary tin caso. It was then agreod that tho factious should separate, ono taking one eidu of the room and ono tlio other. While tho count was b'ing maoe, Mulhoiiaud struck a yuuu man named John F. itoill A VIOLENT BLOW ON THE SIDE OF THE READ winch drew the blood, aud would have knocked him down had he not ho in failing.

For a moment or so thlugs looked very squally, but a further collision was averted by the coolness of Mr. lUcve uud his frieudi. Tho second effort to ma) a satisfactory count was equally as uufuieccsFful oh ihe first, uud tlually Messrs. lieuuott, Foley uud itcKen uey were appointed to solve tho but not ono of hem could come to any sort of agreement, all differing in reforci.ee to members who voted one way aud the other, lsenneit declared tho voio not sustain iho Chair carried, and Foley and McKenn. decided to Iho contrary, but tho Cliairmau refused lo decnire.

ilien hcciuuo evident to the orderly parties of tho Association toat no business coul.i bo transacted, aud an adjournment was acquiesced in biT bolii factions, aud the gas was closed off and the hall hastily without any Tho of hall, fe iring a disturbance, had taken pitfcatKioci to eaaa lu tiio tnulion Louss lor Biftance, and lime or iour peace i.ou wero within easy reach. Twentieth Ward ItupiibSio.ruiSt The Twentieth Ward Republican Association met last evening in the Chapel, No. '2tM Cumberland streot. There was a large attendance. Samuel Belchor occupi.

the chair, and Clareueo A. Barrow acted us Secretary. Aftor tlio reading of tho minutes of the lant meetliu', irh.ch ivcro approve 1, Hie report of tho Iuvesti.iling Committee was ouilo.l lui. Too following namos wvre ivnortoJ favorably Ina.io Shippnr.l, William Dalmu, Ou.rgo Crcightun, Henry SbioparJ, M.elinol J. Dowd, Jumos Logon, John T.

Cooper, John V. ull, Joiin Keboe, Patrick Wood, Cornelius Quinn, Mauricj S. Kerrigan, John Gallaghor, Peter Heron, John Hevou, Thoimu McSliauc, A. Hodgkiuaon, Joiin It. Shaw, Matliias Toole, Oli'rrnce W.

Montgomery, Marshall W. Davidson, Kdward W. Potter, Cliarlja M. Day, Albert Day, Malcolm Brldgeman, David II. Hawkins, Thomas 3.

Tilnoy, William U. Wndstvonh, John H. Coombs. Samuel W. Parker, Charles W.

Brown, Honry A. Hauler, William J. AchoBOU, Major E. Page, George F. Carlifs, Wotistur It.

Wplklcy, Jacob Schaffcr, John L. Mitchell, Sauuiol Moiria, William 0. Wallnco, Woohington LgvKe'u, Herbert E. Bill, Emory J. Hayuos, William R.

Woodward, Charles F. Armstrong, David BuUre, Jaine? C. Sweeney, Theo 4oro Groto, James Pendergast, Piorson C. Royce, Frederick W. Cobb, Jaiuos M.

King, William Mc Konsio, Patrlok Mallon, James M. Smith, William Bor ker, John Beaton, William L. G. Wiltae, William J. Kout, Honry Hoinbockol, John W.

Ortiz. John F. Michol, James 8. Andrews. William Baker, William II.

Bakor, R. D. Wood. Poter Koonan, Albert Millswoi th, Edward Funk, James O. Wright and J.

L. Conner. Timothy J. Crouin said that there had probably been some persooB indorsed by tha Investigating Coniuiittoo who wore not Republicans. There were Democrats induced to join Republican associations by candidates.

Probably soma of tho men Indorse i wero Federal offtoe boldets aud uouo of them were wanted in tho association. Mr. Ferris, of tho Investigating Committee, sold: "I am otnployed by tho Government, In tho Navy Yard, but I do not oall myself an otllceholdor. I ha vo to work hard lor tbo salary which I receive. Myself aud associates gave ospooial attention to Iho oases of tho mtn whose names were road to night, and in evory caio wo found thom what they wore represoutod good Republicans.

Mr. Bocedict I don't know that wo havo any authority to iuvoatigato tho work of our Investigating Committee. If auy person knows aiiythiug against any of tho men whose nanlos were road, bo should got up aud say bo. I don't think tho Committee ought to bo hauled over tho coals. Instead, this Aosouiat.ou Bhould tt.au them for neglecting their private business and doing tho work of tho Association.

Mr. Cronia said that ho mado no roiltetton on any person, but onlv wanted to bo sure that the Committee hid done Its duty. He was satisfied tha: thoy hail, and if tho motion to approve their roport ivas not socoudod, he would second it. Chairman It has beeu scoonded. Mri Fay It is tho bano and onrso of tho Republican that a cortain class of men aro Bent to iho wall, here is a ring to some of tho names which woro read that does not sound well to souio persons preseut.

If the fathers of thoso mon had boon false to their raco and changed their namos, there would bo no reflections CBBt on their sons. They are uot ashamed to have an or a Mc in front of their names. The man whom I vouchod for, Mr, Korrigau, la a gentleman, cd uoated and wealthy. Show mo the Democratic caucus, primary or pow wow In whioh ho took part, or toll mo did ho evor cast a Doruocratlc voter I can namo mon who go around tho ward Baying don't truBt thla man or that man; ho will go back ou you. Some of those mon whou they enter a saloon havo to lay ton cents on tbo bar boloro thoy can got a drink.

I wanted to know somothing about tho sooial oonclition of tlicso men, and I caded on a groceryman, with whom one of thoin dealt. I asked him how was tho man's orodit. The groceryman replied, "I would not trust him for a bag of salt." Our country and creed are constantly oast up to us. I saw mon go Into a mooting and havo tracts shoved under their nose. Thoy wont to that meeting Republicans, but they left it Democrats, We dou't come here tor patronage; the Republican party hB nothing to give.

Wo never turn our back on a friend, and we don't forget a foe. If you don't want tho men whom I have vouched for led them to go their way, and thoy will go, Mr. Fay was applauded sevorat times in the course of his remarks, Tho report of tho Investigating Committee was adopted. Tho resignation of Edward McLeer was read and accepted. A member moved to adjourn, and Mr.

Timothy J. Oronin asked Mr. R. D. Benedict to tell th.m something about THS STATU CONVENTION.

Mr. Benedict said that tho delegates from Kings Oonnty held but one caucus, nothing definite waa arrived at, and when thoy went into tho Convention overy man was on hiB own hook. He had bop3d that the delegation from this county would present a front. Tho roniloman oculd onlv aocak for himsoif. 1 He voted against making Mr.

Piatt Chairman and also aoaiDsi the resolution crtToied by Mr. Curtlfl. There were three elements in that resolution. Tho first reforred to tho validity of tho Presidents tltlo to his office, tho sooond ouloglzod the President's patriotism and the third Bald that the Preaidout'a oourse was striotly In accordance with tho platform of hut yoar. If the first two had been put as a separate motion, there would have been no voice rained against tbom, but tho President's oourse was not in oonformtty with the platform of last yoar.

No matter whether the officeholder is capable or honest, he is asked to refrain from all political action. Tho Convention was largply personal, but, as Senator Pierson said after It d. Journed, there was no one who had anything to say against the good of the party. Mr. Benedict closed by Baying that all Republicans Bhould bury thoir differences and work hard for the success of tho ticket, which had betn nominated.

Tho meeting thon adjournod to meet on Wednesday night, Twenty second Ward Republicans. A special meeting of the Twenty second Ward Bepublioans was held last evening at Eureka Hall, corner of Fifth avenue and Seventh street, for the purpose of acting upon the reports of the Exeoutlve and Finance committees aud the Committee on the Revision of tho Roll. Mr. iBrsel A. Barker occupiod the cbalr, Mr.

S. F. Grossing acting as Secretary. There was a good attendance. Mr.

Buckley, the chairman of the Executive Committee, presenod a report signed by himself only, sod recommending the names of twelve persons to be added to tno roll out of a Urge number of names presented at the last meeting. Be moved its adoption. Mr. Dira hoped it would not be paised, as there was only one signature. Mr.

Pillsworth moved tbat the entire report be referred back to the Committee. Mr. Buckley stated that the reason his name only was signed to the report waa because he could not get the other members of the Committee together. A gentleman present said that he had joined the aatoolation last January, but could not vote at tha primary because his soma waa not down on the roU. Mr.

Buckley then amended that the report bo referred back until ho could get tho other signatures affixed to tt. Carried. It was then movod that the President, of the 'ooI tlon fill the vacancies in the Executive Cotaroitteo. Mr. Pillsworth moTed that the Association do this.

On'motlon Mr. James Slmmone was elecied to fill the vacancy in Ithe First District, and George Wagner 'Vtthen moved that Mr. Thomas be elected to the Committee in plaos of Mr. Sherard, who had not attended to the duties required, of him. Mr Pillsworth thought it would bo discourteous to I I I Rapid Transit in the Eastern and Western Districts.

Poles for the Tclcphonc At the Rinlr. on Boilers The Free Art Schools Money for Sewer Repalrs The Municipal Burial Plot In tho Way of the Ambulances. Unauthorized Use of Streets for Railroad Purposes Where Streets Need Repair lujr Taxing tho Property of Corporations. A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held at two o'olook yesterday afternoon, William II. Kay, Presldont, In the ohair.

Tho minutes of the previous meoting were road and approved. PJtOSPEOT PABK AND CONEY ISLAND BA1LBOAD OOMPANI. Aid. Burnet presented a petition from tho Prospect Park and Oanoy Island Railroad Company setting forth that by Chapter 307 of tho wb of 1874, tho naid company is authorized to construct and operate an extension of its ndlrovi from Tenth avenue and Nineteenth slreot, through Nineteenth street to Nintiavoauo aud Fifteenth street to Hamilton avenue, and through Hamilton avenue to Hamilton avonuo Ferry. Tho oxtonBion ia now constructed through Ninth avenue and Fifteenth atreet to Fifth avenun, and it ia the intention of the company to oomploio such extonsion to the Hamilton avenue Ferry aud to oporato such extension with improved steam motors and not with horse pow.r.

The potltion wis, ou motion of Aid. Burnet, reforred to tho Railroad Comniittots, and Ala. Kaao movod that when tho Coniuiittoo meot tho prop.rty ownors alonfj the route bo notified theroof. THE TEJjrjPHgjfE. The f2li.wiflB w6 i received' from Chas.

A. 'mnSsw'rof the Telophono Company of New 1'ork To the Honorable the Common Council Tho uudersignod would respeotf ully aBk pormlasion to orcct telegraph poles on tho following stroois Commencing at the oor'uer of Dock steot co Front street; through Front to Washington streot, to Water street, to Gold stroot; Nassau street to Hudson avouuo, lo Park avenue, to Graham street, to Wallabout utreot, to Lynch street, to Union avenue, to Aluslle street, to North Second rtreot, to Third Btreot; through Third Btroot to Greenpjiut avonuo, to Woat otreet, to Newtown Orebk. Poles to bo painted aud stenciled and in accordant witli tho ordmanocB of the City of Brooklyn, In connection therewith Aid, Hay offered the following 1 Resolved, That all telegraph companies hereafter erecting polos in the oity shall paint them in suoh manner aa the Board of City IVorto may diroot. Laid over. Aid.

Ray subsequently offered tho following which was adopted Jtcsolved, That the Wostern Union, Atlantic and Pacific, Eastoru and all other telograph companies onorailng in ihis city, and tho flro department, bo and are hereby directed to paint thoir teiegraph poles as the Board of City Works may direct, STEAM ON BUSHWICK AVENUE. AM. Williams prosentod tho following To the lloMrablo the Common Council of the City of Jlrooklyn: Whereas, There is a general demand throughout tho City of Brooklyn for a more expeditious means of travel from tho outskirts 10 the hoart of tho oity, and Whereas, Ttib Brooklyn City It. R. Company is now using the now Bieam motor on its Third avonue liuo, and Iho same ia being found, in all respects, an improvement over horso power, and is thoroughly successful, and 18 affording great satisfaction to all patrons of said road and property owners alonj tho line; now, therefore, we do pray you and respectfully ask your Honorable liody that we, tho undersigned, niuy bo permitted to use tho now improved Philadelphia motor for propelling our cars from our dopot6 to tho city lino and return, or from suoh other points along the lines of our road as to your Honorable Body may seem most lit and proper, and your petitioners wid ever pray.

The J3cshwiok Rahjioad Company, W. H. Hustec, Prcsluont. Brooklyn, October 1. 1877.

Hjforrcd to the Railroad Committee. WANT JUSTICE DONE. Aid. Ormsboo presented a communication from property owners in tho Fifteenth Ward, oalling atton riju to the fact that two years ago they petitlnnod for the grading aud pavlug of Frost street, botwoeu Union uveuuo aud Lorimer atrcot, and tho work was dona before tho earth had settled and the street is now iu a miaorablo condition. Sotuo of tho property owner.) refused to pay tho assessment, and on carrying tho matter intj court succeodoa iu having it reduced one naif, and thoso who did pay the full niiount now appeal to the Common Council to have returned to th the money paid in excoss of what they callod tho rightful aBses incut." lieferied to the Law Committee.

RAPID TRANSIT IN THIS EASTERN DISTRICT. Aid. EaBton proscn ed the following Office Broadway Railiioad Company, BnooKLYS, ft. Ootobor 1, 1877. To the Honorable the Mayor and Common Council: Gentlemen In this ago of improvement in rapid transit, and more par.icularly tiuce tho lutro.lnclion of Iho new motor power on Third avonue by permission of your Honorable Body, tho attention of ycur citizens has been awakoned to the necessities of Iho hour, and a general focling of approbation in lavor of uavlug tho same iutroduoed iu tho Eastern District.

To meet this want wo thcreforo petition your Honorable. Body for permission to introduce the new motor power ou Broadway, from Flnahing aveuuo to East New York. If this In granted our compauy is prepared to take inline liatc steps to introduce this much needed want. Trusting that your Houorabio Body will t'uf orally eu urtain and grant our pstitiou, wo remain, Very respectfully your humble s' rvimt', Bboadway Baji.boad ComrAsv, Euwm BEmis, l'rctiiilont. Referred lo tbo Railroad CGtnm INVITATION TO ROLLER SEATING AT THE BINE.

Aid. Bairu presented tho following To the Honorable the Common Council, of (fie City of llrooklyi: Gentlemen The management of the Brooklyn RiukhaBtho pleasure to invito tho members ot too Common Council to accept a moat cordial aud hearty welcome at the Riuk In Cloimout aveuuo, either in a liodv. or individually as they may havo opportunity, and therefore most respectfully requesU yuur llonor I able Body to ucoeuc tho cards of admission herewith prepeuted. i It will occur to your Honoraulo Body that any allu aiou to the advantages of Holier Skating id tho ruv.ku of thoxo who e.nj jy tho exercise, or any c.mmien.l.itiou of iho art, however daaorviu. oulit noi to lie ma le in a communication or this kind.

For tlii rea ju I aui instructed by Ihe management to impress upm your i Honorable liody the importance of vimting ltirik at any of its afternoon or ovouing fur iho purposo of obsorviug how a popular exerciu, at onoa a source of hualth and amu'omcnt, may be conducted in the nitdst of a great oity, and be umitieudel by vice, vulgarity or other impurity in auy form. I have the houor to be, gentlemen, Yours most respectfully, James C. Hill, Socretary. The invitation wrb accepted. A VETO.

Tho following wob reoeivod from his Honor tho Muyr: Mayor's Office, City Hai.l, September 20, 1877. To the Honorable the Common Couiici'f Gentlemen I return without my approval tho resolution passed by your Honorable Body on the 6th of September, 1877, directing "tho Auditor not to. audit or the Controller to pay salary to any ono claiming to act as Assistant Koepor of tho Cily Hall, exceptiug to Win. R. McGuire, tho legally appointed Assistant Kcopor of tho City and Assistant Sorgoant at Arms of your Board." On the 9th day of April, 1877, a resolution was passed by your Bftnorabla Body appointing Wm.

B. McOuire AssiBUnt Keeper of tho City Hall. That resolution was returned without my approval on tho loth of April. Tho matter was thon referrod to tho Law Committee, in connection with tha Corporation Coun boI, for roport. Tho Law Committee on the 231 of April reported as foUoivs: "The Assistant Keeper of tho City Hall under the decision of Mr.

Justice Pratt, mndo tn 1876, In relation to fee engineer of the City Hall, is appointablo by tho Board of City Works. Tho Coiu rniineir tliorefore. nad no authority to pass tho 1 resolution, and tho veto of the Mayor was within tho scopo of his powers." Tho Corporation 1 Counsel subscribed lo tho report in the following lau 1 gusgo I liud tho conclusions stated in tho forc going report to he in accord with my view of law as exureesod to tho Committee." It is truo a minority of the Comraltteo presented a report which they took a view of tho law wholly at variance with lhat of a mnjorlty of tho Committee, and the Cor poralion Counsel and your Honoiable Body, by a vote i of 13 to 12, passed a resolution expressing the opinion thnttU? pOacr to appoint was vested in the Cmnnon 1 Cnuneil. no further Botion was taken. Mr.

McGuiro did not enter upon the duty until May 1, 1877, having beon appointed in the moautimo (April 7, 1877), by the Department of City WorkB. Ho hs since beon discharged by tho eame authority, aud has no furttter claim against tha city, if tha opinion of tho Corporation Counsel is worth anytbiug on the law in the matter. Aside irom thie. howover, 1 believe thai the Department of City Works being intrusted with tho caro ot tho City Hall, has tho right aud power to appoint an assistant, and oall him Assistant Keeper of the City Holl, ad he being an employo of that Department whose services are properly certified, he is on.ltled to such comnensation as tho portment of Oity Works may fix. providedjtho iuuds appropriated for salaries of oniployes of that Department are suffleieut to meot tho outlay.

Bospaotf ally, F. A. EcanoEVEn, Mayor. Laid ovor under Ihe rules. THE ART ASSOCIATION.

The Mayor transmitted a communication from A. W. Hutted, Vloo President of tho Brooklyn Art Association, calling his attention to an act ol the Legislature paused in 1870, giving power to tho Common Council ou tho reoommendation of tho Mayor to appropriate the sura of $1,000 in each yoar for Iho nialntonauco of the free art schools of tho BrooElyn Art Aas.icianou. cordanco with the request the Mayor recommended that tho sum of $1,000 be inserted in the budget for the year 1S77. Referred to tho Budgol Oommiftea.

SEWER REPAIRS. I The following was received from the Board of City Works To the Honorable the Common Council Gentlemen Iu making up the amount noodod for repairs and maintenanoa of sowers for tho year 1877, this Board estiuiatod tho amount that would probably bo received from sower permits at $25,000. Tula amount was deemed necessary for Bewer purposes and tho balance was bout to the Board of Estimate to bo inserted in their budget to tho Common Council, to wit Tho sum of ThiB sum was roluccd somewhat by (he Board of Estimate. There, has been received for sower permits and paid over to tho sewer fund to thi Department the turn of about $15, OOO. Tha moneys bo received have been mado by tho predecessors of the presont Controller a part of tha appropriation for tho year in which they are received, but the Controller 1b not willing to continue the practice, and requires that your Honorable Body shall authorize its expenditures beforo disbursement by him.

We would respectfully ask for the passage of the accompanying ordinance as tbemonoys tho general tax levy for eewer maintenance ara about expended. Yory respectfully. H. IV. BLUOUfli, irrwoiuem, THE ORDINANCE.

An ordinance in relation to 6ewer permits The Common Council of tho City of Brooklyn do ordain as follows Seotion 1. All moneys received by tho Department of City Works from plumbers In payment for permits to connect with sowers Bholl bo paid ovor by the Commissioner of City Works to the City Treasurer, and shall be jroditod by him to the General Sower Fund, as provided in section 9 of the Sewerage Act of 1853. 8ec. 2. Said moneys shall be aud constitute a part of the fuud for the maintenance of sewers, and tho proper officers shall disburse paid moneys in tho same manner and for tho eame purpose aa is disbursed the fund foresaid, in addition to aDy other sums appropiiatod for said purposo.

Sec. S. The money heretofore returned by the Board of Oity Works to the oredit of said account shall be disbursed for the repairs and maintenanoo of aowere aa ret forth in section 2 of this ordinance. Referred to the Law Committee. THE MUNICIPAL BURIAL PLOT.

The following was received from tha Board of City Works: 2b the Honorable the Common Council Oesthmek On October 12, 1874, this Board was directed, by resolution, to grade and improve tho burial plot owned by th city in the Cemetery of the Evergreens. On communicating with the President of the oemetery we were informed that the oorporation ol tba Evergreens had sold plota in the oity'a grounds, and desired to exchange another plot of equal area for that belonging to the city. Correspondence ensued between the Board, the President of the Evergreens and tho counsel to the corporation on the aubjeot, and a communication on tho mbject was eent to tha Common Connoll and referred to )no Law Committea for a report. No action has been taken in the matter to dato. We would respectfully ask that the Law Committee bo directed to consider the subject, that the propel ty of the city may be protected in the promises.

Very respectfully. H. W. Slooum, President, Referred to the Law Commltiee. APPROXIMATE ESTIMATES.

The following approximate estimates were reoelved from the Board of City Worka Flagging aidowalka on both sides of Orchard street, $1,948.54. On north side of 81xth ftreat, $785.88. Fencing vacant lota on both aides of Orobard atreet, On soutn lde or normmn I Flagging sidewalks on south aide of Douglass street, $119.33. 1 Fencing vacant lota on block bounded by Rutlodge Judge PtntVu ItenoiMination. Tho renomination of Judge Pratt by both parties produces a groat deal of public satisfaction, nnd it is held admirably to consist with tho fitness of things.

He has done continuously and unusually well nsn Judge. Hoisa great favorite with the bar nnd tho vast number of civil suitors who have had cases beforo him have found reason to recognize the clearness of his intellect, the thoroughness of his judgment and his invariable disposition to justify ns well as apply tho law he is set to expound. His acceptability was so grent that ho carried off ngniu the highest and most agreeable honor the people of the nine counties of his Department have it in their power to bestow, and from no quarter nnd in neither party was there a rival or an objector to him. An honor of this degree, and lusting for fourteen years, bestowed on man in his forty ninth year, combines in its presentation aud in its prospect nil of the best things which men of the best sort vnlue tho most. It assure3 power for great good, great distinction, the nctivily of tho noblest faculties, a position to represent the authority and conserve the pence of tho State, to promote and declare justice among men, and with it all nu income equal to the dignity of tho station nnd sufficient for the needs aud tastes of the man culled to fill it.

The untuiimiiy with which he wan selected a secov.il time for such an would have on almost auy man the effect of inspiring in him as thorough a sense of obligation as of gratitude. It is certain to be so in this case. 'The renonriua tion by both parties unanimously is a re election with uunuimity iu advance. Judge Pratt may well feel himself in peculiar and impressive sense the recipient of nil tho honor, iu tfu highest form, which all the people of the Sccoud Jtzdicinl Department had to bestow. It can bo fittingly said, nt this lime, that the Supremo Court Judges of this Department nro nil of them men worthy of an honor eipml to that which frits conferred on General Pratt.

They nro men learned, in the law and careful iu their high office. They abstain from participation in lesser affairs than concern their duties and because of that their fellow citizens are not divided upon the question of their fitness and wfithiness. The character of he Judges secured by the elective system in this DopM lui nt can be well pointed to ns reply to Mr. Silliman's implied argumont for tho appointive plan, iu his retrospective uieo at it yesterday. The appointive plan reposed all the chances to make a good selection, or a mistaken one, in the last result, in tho limits of one, man.

Though a Governor, his liability to err was greater than the eketiye system made possible, baenwia that wus preceded by discussion aud examination within each of the p.irtivs, nnd sjm by salutary rivalry bet them. The bar lias shown under the elective system a habit of agreeing on tho most suitable of its number for Judge aud has beeu able every timo such nu agreement was arrived at to his by the domiuniil party or by both parties. No such agreement was often pos. iu the appointive system. Under it what uIhic k'.

amounts to a Bcwubil, the spec taele of iawy becoming candid this in the i'clt sense of tUo term, was a fact of not r.ire occurrence. The Governor, too, in Irs appointments, was likely to fnll back on tho unofficial, irresponsible, but quietly elective nominations of and when, iu the case Mr. instanced, appointments were made from either parly iu equal number, tho result f.im ply was a combination or understanding between tho lending politicians thcimclves, and their choice was much less likely to be tcrested aud sagacious than that of the bar ns a whole acting through tho forms of conventions. For the conditions of ft Commonwealth as Jarg intelligent and manifold iu its interests as Xew York is, the elective system is the best, not only by tho test of argument nnd eircum tnnces, but it has also proved to be signally the best in the result. At no timo has tho selection of men known to be unlit by the people been a thing tho people could bo relied upon to oil jet.

They have made mistakes but the record of impeachments shows they have remedied them too. At more than one time iu our history Governors have come into power who have been quito capable of selecting unfit men for Judges knowing thom be unfit, aud even on account of the fact that that knowledge mndo thom useful for tho political purpose of prostituting tho Bench. TUo Philadelphia Spiritualistic buj Philadelphia hns enjoyed a monopoly of humbugs of a Spiritualistic kind lately, and just now the public is being entertained with the revelations of how and in what way the Bliss family, the most recently discovered frauds, accomplished their personations of materialized spirits. James A. Bliss aud his wife were tho followers of tho Holmes who so successfully deceived Robert Dale Owen and Dr.

Howe, and in their way they were rivals to these accomplished charlatans. The Bliss party better organized, and there were lueA of them than took part in the Holmes exhibition. Four spirits would be materialized at ono time, and with Bliss on tho stage as tho medium tho bnnd looked imposing. They disported themselves variously. One wns a Turk, wad with a black snck over his bond, a black shawl and a black uslin skirt, this confederate looked the chara cter to tho satisfaction of the audience.

Mrs. Bliss played herself off ns a Captain Hodges, nnd he being a tall spiiit, she met the requirements of the occasion by stnudiug on a piece of joist. Such talent nnd ingenuity as this lady exhibited in various ways should have secured her more success than she seems to havo received. The other personators were equally ns clover, and one of them wns sufficiently tpiriiucl as to be able to leave tho cabinet and kiss a man iu the room without being detected. It is sufficient to say thnt he was a believer.

The Bliss show was kept up for a year, and their seances were so well attended that tho price of admission was doubled. The spirits at first were cautious and made but few ventures. Later on they grow bolder and even went so far as to christen a baby. Messages were sent through persons in tho audience to people living in tho city aud sometimes elsewhere, and there wero not a few enthusiasts who spent a great deal of money there, forsaking business, homo and everything to hear the heavenly messages that camo through the muffled voices of tho performers. Finally, so far had tho faino of tho seances extended that it reached the newspaper offices, ono night an enterprising editor paid the ghostly mansion a visit.

According to his own testimony he was there on three different occasions. Ho went to the cabinet and saw a face at tho aperture, and was Satisfied from tho eyes that it belonged to a living person, if further evidence had been desired by him he could not havo had surer testimony of the correctness of his opinion than was given him. Ho stood too long watching it for tho spirit's good, for Philadelphia spirits live by breath when this one could stand it no longer without a fresh supply of air, the keen wit of the scribe served him well. The spirit breathed upon him, and that settled tho matter. He know that unless spirits were different from that one, the dentist's profession would be a profitable one to follow in honven.

Straightway he exposed the performances, and finally an examination of the honse wfls made during the absence oi tne Bliss family at the seaside when was found all the pi i.vphernalia used in the get up of spirits, together with a trap door and all the arrangements for the exhibitions. Tho investigation has revealed an amazing number of dupes, and some of the most stubborn of victims, several of whom can hardly bo porsuaded oven with the testimony of the confederates before them, that they have been humbugged. One man was so infatuated with what he believed was the spirit of bis dead sister, that when the personator put her anus about his neck and kissed him he did not discover the imposition. Nor was he suspicious when she asked him to lend money to one of the conspirators. He could onlv be convinced when the woman JVc IV Park rtintre.

There was an unusual amount of dramatic entertainment iu tho city last evening all tho theatres betUK occupied by celebrltleB more or less woll known, but it was apparent at a very early Hour that the ton of Brooklyn prtfforred a drama of real humanity to tho coarse and prurient fun of a so nailed ooniedy. The attendance at the New Park Theatre was good in quantity and representative of the boat class of Brooklyn sootety as far as charaoter went. This was a surprise to nobody for Miss Maggie Mltohell Is a lady whose reputation has been fairly earned by industry, ability and high regard for tho proprieties of lile on tho stage. The dramas In which she has appeared beforo American audiences have always boen interesting; her characters have Invariably beon positive and well depleted and above all not a line, gesture or sentiment la any of them has beon open to reprobation for impurity. The fnot that she has made a fortune by playing legitimate parts lu a legitimate raannor, without once oondesoendlng to thoso meretricious artifices which ara now rogardod an necessary to the popularity of a play, artifices hioh, according to Ihe New York papers, even Mr.

Boucicault has beon driven to adopt to mako his new comedy palatable, is sufficient proof that the taste of the American public is of a far higher ordor than oyou tho most fambus of playwrights would have ns believe. That this is true especially of the Brojklyn publio, a corn on of the audlonce3 at iho three theatres would iuetaatiy prove. Miss Mitchell pliose for the opening of her brief engagement her well known dramatisation of Charlotto Bronte's fascinating story, "Jane Eyre," appearing aa usual in the part of tne heroine. It is not necessary to say mora than a few words with resard to a pioco as iamiliar to tno Brooklyn public as this should bo. There are two versions of tho play.eqnally woll known, namely, that of Miss Charlotto Thompson and thnt played last eveuing.

The narrativo emljodioi in tho vj Is of course the bbuio. Tho dratnatio treatment, however, differs considerably, especially in tho opening scenes, und though tho conception of tho oharactor is very much tho same in both instances (ho heroine of Misa Mitchell's version we comot help thinking a truer roproduotion of Jane Eyre before her commitment to tho odious asylum at Lowood than is Miss Thompson's. Care is taken by Miss Mitchell to present to the audience in tho first act a portrait of the neglected orphan In as undjvolopod and morally ragged a oondltion as possible, fall of strong but undirected Impulse, and utterly lacking in that strength and dignity of character which wrong and suffering oonvoy to a storting and high miDded naturo. The change which has been worked by years of privation at tho orphau asylum is vividly shown in tho third act. It Is completely satisfying to tho imagination, and marks the development of the woman from tho unformed and rebcllijus child, dearly defining tho oomplo tiou of an ora in her growth.

Tho subsequent acls cleverly the still further mental and moral groivlh of the woman under the mysterious, warming InOuenco of love. All this is so distinctly ami bo naturally shown that it might run tho risk of appearing co but for tho enlivening aoqucMM of events through which tho changes aro almost brought about. There Is so much of stiriins luciieut in tho ploco that interest in it oan uot for a audita culmination is reached wiln so sUtuutus after that one can allow it with a sense of calm, quiet expectancy. Of Hiss J'ltchell'iS conoeptiou of the character and her pr.rssntation of the heroine, ho Eagle has In limes past expressed Us opinion, namely, that it is forcible, bar and natural. There aro faulls in it of course, inndcqnAciu? r.ither of expression than of mo of Iiem att.

iliiilable io au imperfoct style of clo cmlon. Her ijreat uiietake is one which it is ton Iato in life tor her overcome, namely, a monotonous delivery. Her sentences aro uttered with a regular calfuce, the last words being frequently inaudible. Then too, she speaks through hor clouehe teoih. This does not destroy the pictorial effect of her characterization, but nitrka it with ftr.ing mannoriams.

This Is not noticeable in au artist who adheioa to ono part, and those who have seou hoi Jane Eyre and nothing else would perhaps fail to not'ee ft even as on apparent Ii iu only whuu the oulinrity is intro dueiid ir.to another that it ooromes apparont. llcr acting list evening was very heartily applauded, ami after two acts she was c.illo;l beforo the curtain. Tho support wasgiio.l throughout. Mr. Harris, who plays the part of LnnrliMiiciUT, (ivhy was tho simple Mr.

R'h liexter of Ihe story elevato.l to tho peerage lor the. drama is a aclor iio pcrfonned his duties quite satisfactorily. Tho company of tlio theatre waB well up in tho and though the heaviest lesta naturally with principal performers, tho minor wero carefully played and made interesting, "Jauo Eyre" will be repeated to night and tvvico tomorrow. On Thursday nihi Mr. new play "liignon" will be givon, Hiss Mitchell playing tho principal part in it.

Academy or tluslc. The audience which assisted last night at the first production in Urooliyn of "Pink Dctaiiaos," was not very lare, aud by no means en husiastlo. It was not composed of that vaguo, yet easily identified class, "our bMt aud what It lacked in numbers it certainly did not make up in appoarauoe. Tho feeling with which it loft tho Academy was evidently one touched moro or less with disappointment, not by reason ot tho performance, but through the intrinsic woakness of tho pieco. "l'mk Doiuinos" is a slight farce, rather jox tarously inflated into throe aots.

Tlio motif of tho ploy resides exclusively iu tho second act. Tno first is a somewhat tlresomo prcfaoo, tho last a moro or less amusing epilogue As to the tone of tho oomody, it can only be said that it reproduces, for a dollar and a half, incldonts and experiences purvoyod for about fifty cents at Central Park Garden and tho Columbia Opora House. When to this view of the piece Is added the fact that its exlgencios compel a young lady to depict in her as really as she can one of thoso night lowls whose Jinb iiflf is Broadway after dark and whose dostfuy is Black well's iBland, pcrhapB is still undershot. Tho soono between Joskin Tubbs and Mm Barron Is one of evening ocourrjnco at tho Argylo Booms, and a discussion of it more properly belongs to the police department of a than to its column of dramatic oriticisin. The performance was very much bettor than tho piece deserved.

Mr. Coghlan looked very handsome, wore excellently fitting clotheB, and Imported into tho realm of comedy most of tho melodramatic airs which spoil him for serious acting. Until Brooklyn has seen him in something else and that something else a part much more conetliatoryof its favor than hia light comedy Hrooklyu will respectfully decline to accept him as an enormous acqulslton to tho American stago. Mr. Stovoneon looked astonishingly llko our own Alderman Murtho, which is enough to denote tLat ho looked exceedingly well.

Ho played thnt abnorma 1 English baronet, Sir Percy Wag staff, very pleaBantly and with careful good taato. In appearance, manner, carriage and dross, tho nctcr largely disnppcaro 1 in the gentleman and it will not bo long beforo Mr. Stevenson will serioiHy compoto with Mr. Montague for such laurels as attich to thoir Joint "lino" of "juvenilo business." Mr. JennlugJ gave aa a matter of oourao, an exceedingly ingenious grotesque, but somowhut portrayal of senile lochTy, which, offensive as it was, belonged to the pieco and not to the player.

If tho naslihOBB or Jfi Barron is sonietning foreign to the lady who represented hor, it must bo said iu Mr, Jcnning's behalf that Joekint Tubbs is also a part of intrinsic and inherent discredit, and tbat if Mr. Jennings Bulvlued its indecencies, ho would simply bo leaving It unacted. Mr. Guldens made a capital simpleton, and Mr. Montgomery a bad waiter.

Mra. Booth was a rather fluish and drowsy Laly WatjilajJ', but her delightful voice and her persona! graces earned ample forgiveness for her indifference. It would bo unkind, perhaps, to Bay that Eho gavo BlgnB of gujlng" her part, with no little quiet artfulnessbut it 1b only fair to confess that she did in eome dogroo promote that impression. Miss Idnda Dieu was a charming Sophia. Hor slender tvelte flguro, her serpentine elegance of motion, her air of distinguished good breediug, and above all, tho rare delicacy of her onunointlon, wcio vastly appropriate to tha flhornctor of well horn fine and a cultivated EngliBh lady.

Hor last appoarance In Brooklyn never suggested tho intensity and variety of expression which she displayed last nih'ht. Powers, heretofore almost too ingeniously conoealed, were developed to an unexpoctod and encouraging degree. Natural, graceful, earnest and devoid of the blase indifference whioh at one time threatened to obstruct hor professional career at its very outset, tho peiformanco of Sophia Qreythornt by Miss Dietz last night was exceedingly pleaBant to all tho critical senBes. Mrs. Allan was a trifle too young for Jfre.

Tvtbt, but played Ihe part capitally, and Miss JIaudo Harrison pave about as 'faithful a portraiture of the conventional Btage chambermaid as it is possible to coDoeive. The scenery, the properties and the other details were fully up to tho standard of Union Squaro, whioh is extreme praise. The intervale between tho aola, however, wero bo long that an habitual humorict in tho audience undertook to explain them with the suggestion that tho stage manager sought by these unwelcome waits to balance the lightness of the comedy. Wood's Theatre. The appearance of Mr.

Don Thompson, in anew oamedy entitled "Joshua Wbitoomb," drew a large and oheen'ul audience to tho newly opened theatre, an audienoe whioh laughed heartily and continuously while he waa on the Btage, and which only thought of applauding when completely out of breUh from protracted caohlnnation. Perhaps it would be more truthful to Bay that Mr. Don Thompson and not tho comedy drew the audienoe, for surely it was ho and not tho piece whioh gave such genuine amusement. Joshua Whitcomu," the play, ia about aa unnecessary, uninteresting, and we may add, unnatural a comedy as ever appeared on any Btage. Without tha character of Cricte Joth, personated by Mr.

Thompson, it would he singularly free from those qualiflcatlona or disqualification wbion make a literary composition agreeable. aa the audienoe went to tee Den Thompson and not his comedy, laughed ove Den Thompson and not nla comedy, not oe need bo taken only of Den Thompson and not bis comedy. An 3 yet a word or two of quiet protest must be made agalmt ono of the fun Die8 BceneB of the comedy, on the ground that it Is indecorous. Josh is called in by little croasiDR sweeper at an opportune moment, when the child'! toother dioa. Tula lugubrious event over Josh kneels down to pray.

He is interrupted by the dead woman'a husband with whom he has previously had a "muss." Ho ceases praying just long enough to pitch tha intruder out of hl own window, and then, to theneae urolesi merriment of the audience, resumes bit prayers over the oorpsa. To tho average small boy, who turns out tho lights tn churoh Just aa tho minister begins bis prayer, "Lighten our darkness, oh Lord," this ia neceesaiily realization of profoundest humor, but all things considered it not quite the thing. Mr. Thompaon's presentation of CTncIa Joan is a bright Bleoe of rough character acting full of new and not re. fined funny business, into whioh aaliva trlcklea by ths quart, and is made funnier by tho queer, tententioug delivery 'remirk by no means funny in themselves.

The piece was well received and will be played all tno week, douiUees to large audiences. Gentlemen The ambulances of thiB Department aro frequently delayed conveying flick or seriously injured patients to the hospitals by carts and other vehicles whoso drivers refUBO to allow them to pasi, and in variom ways obstrnct them. This Board, thoroforo, asks for ihe passage of an ordinance giving tho ambulances of the Health Department, when on duty, the right of way taroujh the at.oets of the oity. By order of the Board. Very respectfully, II.

A. LaFeika, Secretary. Reforred to tho Law Committee. 2AXES ON OITY PROPERTY. A communication was received from tho Controller, asking for tho adoption of tho following resolution: IiP8ooi'd, That tho Collector of Taxes, Registrar of Arrears, and Registrar of Water RatoB bo, and tBoy aro hereby directed and authorized to rocelvo from tho Controller all taxes, assessments and water rates which may now or hereafter bo aasessod on city property, without default or intorost, and the Controller is hereby authorized to pay the Banio from any acsounts which can be mado applicable thereto, The resolution was adopted.

A REMONSTRANCE. A communication was receivod from owuers of property on Greenpolnt avenue protesting against the repavement and regrsdlng of that thoroughfaro from the Groonpoinc Ferry Houso to Qgkland streot, aa authorized by a resolution adopted March 5. lUforrod to tho Grading and Paving Committee, THE OAS REGULATOR CONTROVERSY, A commuolcation was rocolvod from A. II. Aikman, setting forth that groat lnjuelioo had beon dono iiiui ly Ihe action taken by Iho Board on September 0, iu relation to ills bill for gas regulators, aud knowing tbat thoy wore on that occasion totaled by a comniuui oaiion from the President of tho Board of City Works, containing many statements entirely at variance with the facts of the case, he asked that they would reconsider tho lnattor aud moro fully inform themdolvos in tho premises before rendering a final decision.

Mr. Aikman soya that his bargain was made directly with the Common Couucll, and consisted of a written offer mado lo them by hiin on February 14, 187(1, aud thoir substantial nccoptanoj of that offer Juue 25, 1877. Tha.t offer gavb tho Common Council the option of two methods of payment. First, tho aolieduloprlce, oftor a trial of one month, tho same as in s'llcs to Individuals; or second, a grant to him of the amount of monoy saved to tno city by first four mouths' use of machioos. Thoro was.

until Juno 25, 1877, no understanding, eithor distinct or Implied, with any man or body of mon, as to which methol of paymont would ho i adoptod. That there was an immediate roiuction of tho oouaumplloa of gas in tho City Hall upon the aUaoh mnt of the machine in February, 1876, araouuting to 28,900 foot In thirteen days as per written alatomont of Assistant Engineer Do Morri.t to tho Board of City Works March 6, 1878. That af tor that report Mr. Aik frequently urged the Board to roport the faots to tho Common Council, but thoy so porsistoutly rofusod that he was obliged to drop the matter for a tioio. He also refers lo a aohodula made by Aocouutont Fcllo trau from the.

bills paid for gas in tho City Hnll during fourtoen months bofore and fourteon months after tho attachment of tho regulators, which show that they saved tho oity 1,040.000 i'eot of gas. or $2,340.45 in four toon months. That on May '15. 1877, ho presented to tbo President of tho Board if City Works a bill for i $546.12, being tho exact amount saved by tho first tour months' uso of tho And upon General Stocum's refusal so transmit said hilt to the Common Council. Mr.

A. notified him that ho should appoal to tbat b. dy, ns ho oinsidered that by tho long delay tho city had forfeited its option to retain thn ma ohines at schedule prices, aud wore in equity bouud to pay tho larger sum. Tho Fluanco Committee, after full Investigation, took the Bame view of tho matter, aud upon thoir iport tho Common Connoll appropriated, on Jauo 25, $500 to pay for tho two machines, extra labor, materials. and that they were not justified in rescinding that appropriation September fl.

That he has, by thoir direction, pines given good bond to keep the machines in roi'air for throo years from date. nuikhiB four and ono lialf years in all. That the saving to tho city at sanio rato as hitherto will, in tho four and one half years, amount to Rolerrou to tho Lamp and Gas Committee. THE BACKUTT STREET RALLROAD. AH Ki'jo cffero'l Iho following Wlwreus, Tho South Brooklyn and Prospect I'nrk l.adrjad uupany lias hti .1 its tracks on Saeknu street, from Court to Henry witlm.it the permission of tho Common Council and in violation of the ordinances of tbo cily and the recent amouduiout of tho Constitution of tho Bmte Hcnoloed, Thai tho Board of City Works aud the Corporation Counsel bo directed to take measures to remove said tracks.

Referred to th" Railroad Oom nitleo. USE OF THE STREETS I'OX RilLUOAD PURPOSES Aid. Kn.no offered tlio following: Whereas. Certuin individuals have filed In the County Clerk's iiIUdo what, purports to bo Articles or incorporation or tin elevated railroad compauy styled tho Brooklyn Central Emvati Hiillrimd Company, said individuals lnvn (ivslgincad route for said roiironl in such articles of incorporation which would give tii' i lit. uso of about llvo mill's of i ho puhli.i stronts in tho First, Sixth, Tunth and TwMiiiy.HiiMind wards; and Whereas, Thn proposed use of tho streets, on tho Hue has ulrofi'ly causnd a doprocintlou of the value of propt rty on the same; thcreforo i Jltsolved, Tout this Common Council lioroliy condemn tho practice of unit styled pprsoiiB or solf styled uort.oraUHiiK assuming the use of tho streets i of the city tor railroad purposes, without first ne I otiriug tlio coiiB'jnt ofhrni fourths of tuo property owner tho liuo of streets propound to bo uaod.

Adoptod. STREET REPAIRS. I Aid. Murlha offerod a resolution (hat tho Board of City Works oxpond a sum not exceeding $300 lor tho repair ot Btreots in tho Ninth Ward paved with cobblo stones, tuo amount to ho taken from any uuGXpoii.led fund at the discretion of tho Controller, nuw in tho city treasury. I I All.

Acker moved as ou amendment to add thai $500 i bo expended for the repair of streets iu tho Sixteenth Ward. Aid. Sterling movod to ur'her amond by adding $300 for the. of streets in the Ward. i Alii.

liur.iel moved lo add $300 for the First Ward. I 1 Aid. Bau paid thu roason tho streotB had not been retired, was that tho mon employed to do tho worn hud only done half a day's work when thoy ivcro paid tor a lull day. That was how tho appropriation of Sio.iXJO had been exponJort and the streets wore uot repaired. He could havo got wors dono in tho Nineteenth Ward If he had gone and asked the Board of i City Works for 11, but ho would not do it, because if ho had they would havo roquired htm to do something for thom.

Ho knew how it was, Hie election waB coming on, and uiombors wore anxious to put gangs of men to work. Aid. Donovan Bold he had succeeded in getting cvory 1 street in his ward, oxoopt ono, repaired, as ho re mamed In the city all Summer, and got evory dollar he oould for the benefit of his ward. i Aid. Griswold moved that the matter be reforred to a special commtttoo of three, to confer with tiio Board of City Works, and roport at the noxt moatlug of tho Bjard what repairs wero aotually necessary lo bo made.

Aid. Griswold'a moffon was carried. TAXING CORPORATIONS. Aid, Oriflwold efferod tho following iiesourtf, That tho Prostdont appoint a spoelal com mittoo to bo coiuposod ot throo members of this Board, whoso duty it Bholl bo to examine as to tho valuations of tho real aud personal property of the variouB corporations in the city, as mado by tho Board of Assessors, also, as to the valuationB mado by tho samo board of tho oity property as compared with that of other cities aud counties in this State, and report tho result to this Board. Aid.

Griewold said ho offerod iho resolution at tho suggestion of a number of people, as it wbb commonly ropJrtod both in public and private, that thoro wore many wealthy corporations Jn tho City of Bro.iklyu who did uot par ono dollar of tax. He was opposed to having a poor man's houso and lot fully taxod and tho rich corporations allowed to go Bcot free. The resolution was adoptod. FLAGGING. Aid.

Duana offered tha following rosolullonB, which wero adootod Resolved, That this Common Council Intend to pans an ordlnanoe lo direct ownor or owners of lots both Bides of Saudford street, bolween Myrtle and Flushing avenues, to Ufve the, sidewalks flagged with blucBtouo nagging, to tho width of Btx feet, wheio not already dono, at tho expenso of tha owner or ownors of the said liesolucd, That tho Board of City Works be and they hari'My are directed to publmh ten days' notice of euoh, Intontion. I Jlesolveil, That tHs Common Council intend to pais I an ordinance to direct the owuer or ownors of lots on tho south sido of Stockton stroet, botwoen Tompkiua and Thr op avenues, to have tho sidewalks flagged with blucsti.no flagging to the width of six foot, whoro not already done, at tho oxpenso of the owner or owners of the said lore. I Ileeotrcif, Tuat the Board of Oity Works bo and they herohy are directed to publish ton days' nofico of such i intention, GAS AMPS AND P03TS. Aid. Jonnisoo presented tho lorm of first proceedings for placing gas lamps aud posts on Beraon streoi, b.

tweon Kingston avenue ana Aioauy aveauu. auuw. FLAGQTNO SIDEWALKS. Aid. Jennlsou offered a resolution that the Common CounoU pass an ordinance directing the owner oe owners of lots ou tho south sldo of Albany avenue, between Atlantic avenue aud Pacific street, to flag the sidewalks in front of said lots with bluoatone fiaggiug to thj width of six feet.

Adopted. STREET TRAVEL. Aid. Easton oflered the following Resolved, That tho soveral railroad companies running thoir cars in tho Oity of Brooklyn bo compelled to Btop only on the street crossings in receiving or discharging their passonuera. Adoptod.

Tho Bord thou adjourned until uoxt Monday afternoon at two o'clock THE COXVEST10M OF THE AMKUICIM CHURCH. Tne thirty third trieuuiol Geueral Convention of the Episcopal Churoh of tho United StateB will meet in tho City of Boston to morrow, tho 3d of October, at 10:30 o'olook A. il. All the bishops of the Uultod States, with four of tho loading olorgy and four of the prominent laymen of each dloooso, will represent tho churoh at largo The Bishops, numbering 59, form the Upper House, and the four clergy and lour laymen from each diocese will constitute tho Lower House. The delegates elected by the Diooesan Convention of Long Island (Bishop Lttttejohn's dlooesel are; CLERICAL, The Her.

Charles H. Hall, D. Holy Trinity, Tha Rev. Noah 11. Schonok, D.

St. Ann's. The Rov. T. Stafford Drowne, D.

Bishop's Chaplain. The Eov. Wm. A. Snlvely, D.

Brace Churoh, LAY. Henry E. Piorroponr, Esq 1 Plerrepont plaae. Ex Mayor John W. Hunter, 361 Clinton nvenuo.

Honorable L. Bradford Prince, Uaspetb. William Nleoll, Islip. The Rev. Doctor Drowue, of Brooklyn, has been appointed Seoretary of the General Convention, an offloo whioh few of the clergy are able to 111.

It will be remembered that the Dootor Ib also Seoretary of the Diooesan Convention Long Island, whioh meets every June in the Holy Trinity, and the Doctor's rare ability and exaotnesa of detail in parliamentary matters eminently qualify him for that exalted position. The Convention will remain In session about three weeks. Bishops from the Canadas and from England are expeoted to be present. Among the subjects which are expected to engage the attention of the Counoll, none will produce so much interest and debate as the proposed change ot name from "Protestant Episcopal Churoh," to that of "The Chuich of America," or some suoh name. This is the first General Convention ever hold in Boston, and it is not too muoh to assert that never before in that ancient city, or even in Ner England, has suoh a representative assembly met.

The body will consist of the leading minds of the ountry from Maine to Texas and from Atlan tie to the PaclHo. PACIFIC STKEET. To the Mxtor of the Brooklyn Bogle: Are the Street Commissioners all deed? Are the funds of the company exhausted Is there any hope that Psclflo street will ever again be a cleanly tight to its inhabitants, or other than a place whioh would delight tho most dirt loving of swine Growing desperate over the filthy condition of our street, whioh Las noi beon oleaned since we moved into it, nearly a year ago, I thought perhaps I might call the attention of the authorities to the aot through the oolumna of the Bbookltk EiQLB, a paper ever ready to esDonse the came ol the distressed, A. O. M.

ino namo oi u. iiorion camo up, ana it was moved to refer it back to tho immittco, na thero were plotity of gentlemen proaont willing to prove that Mr. Iiorion wob a flir.n.iui out nepunnoau. Mr. Buckley I obj to its boiug referrod back, wo have dono our work fairly as it is.

A mouiber said: "Mr. Horton is a Republican. It is truo that hiBtycar ho swltv; 0(t eft the" grcou'oack business, but hj "ilio Tooal Reptibiicin ticket. His ii was finally reforred back. Supervisor Egolf hoped thai none bnt (he names of food Republicans would bo placed on tho roll book, ho Opod thov would allow none but those in tlio association.

It ought not to bo controlle.l by outside parties who were in tho interests of the Do.nocracy, Tliero are oamos on tho roll book now, of men who votod at the last Douiocratic primary. A number of other nauioB won Btrleken off. Mr. Austin',) was referred baok to thn Commutes, and Mr. Wiiliuu It.

Clayton was proved to be a good Republican, so on motion his name was dropped from tho jiiiitlee's list. Tho rest of tho names woro all struck off, and tho ctmg thou adjourned. CUKHEST EVENTS. Noftrfy million of tloaths nro reported by fauilno iho present year in India, Tho decronBoof tho public debt during September wae $3,882,024.80. Mr.

Dolancey Knue's Youkors coach made its first trip tor tho Fall poason yesterday. Tho rulos of the New York Produce Exchange were so amended yestorday that horeaftcr there will be but one grado of lard priruo. Tha Now York Bonrd of Police have abrogated the order requiring tho police Burgeons to woar a uniform when on police duty. Ex Miui.sler E. B.

Wnshburno is to bo formally rccoived at his old Ikuio In Galena. Apublic roeepti ou, banquet and a goueral tune to follow. Dr. Jonathan Brace, formerly for many years pastor of the Church at Millord. and oditor of tho Iteliyiuw Herald, died yesterday, agiid 67.

Iii tko Court of Gonoral So3r.ions iu New York City, yestei day. Recorder llackctt called tho attention uf the Grand Jury to tuo maladministration of savings banks. The Art Students' Longu, of Now York, op ned yesterday, au i '2011 uauies wero ou rolled. Fu.l classes aro not expected for a wojk or two. The Uuitcd States Marshals nre raiJiuc; tho illicit distillerns in Arkansas.

Last week a severe fight oecun d. in which one of the i. licit ill. rs was Killed, eeverl wouajod aud two slide capiurod and destroyed. News Camp Robinson, is to the efl'eot that there is tt great of ex.

lti went among the Indians at ihe different ageneios in ri'gnni to removal to Missouri, and It la doubtful if tins will be acconiplishad without force. Forgeries ou Canadian bunks linvo come to lijht. The Hank of Moutreal eo far han lost $1 dull; the Union Uauk, of Lower famlii, $Vli), aud the Mci'ohauts' Bank aud tho Bauk of Outario have boih beeu victimized. The colored people of North Carolina have lately called a Convention, to moo: on the ltitu of Uclober at Raleigh, tho object of which is 10 con idcr the Oihiealiomil, material aud moral condition of tho race, aud to devise some plau for its advancement. John DisttuT.ell, well known ns compiler anil publisher of guide books Bud directories, died yesterday afternoon at the New York fraep.tal I'imiii congestion of the lungs.

He has for twenty years published ihe United Slates Register or Blue Lo. k. The savings bank at Ilynunis, failed yesterday. Thu bank has a yoo.l standine, and most of its loaiiB nre good. At its last ri port His bank had depositors, and tho aggregate deposits amounted loiOiX) 7i.

The forty sixth annual exhibition of tlio American now in pr 'gress, is the most successful hel under the aitcpiees of the Institute. In athiition to tlio other viti led atlr.iclioiis choice prome uado licerts arc given aftornuou and evening by a largo orchestra. A little girl, F.lleu Gnnley, residing iu AY est New York, uc.ir Union Hill, was bitten by a bhiek spider a weok ago. Tho puncture ioamo red and swelled gradually. Medical attention availed nothing.

I and the Buffering child died lu tho greatest torture ou Sunday night. It has bosu estimated that the direct loss by the drought lu California, has already beeu over At least a million sheep, beside other do mostio animals, will have a narrow escape from death by starvation, within tho ncit two months, oven if the rain should bo abundant end early. There was no rnntorial change in Archbishop Bayloy'B coudition yestorday. Ho lay in a halt Htupor, broHihing faintly, and haa not tasted food since Wod ucsday last. A number of frleiida aro about his boil Bide, Bishop GibbonB llorrigttn romaiulng with him continually.

A mon interested iu tho oyster business in Talbot County, it trying the plan of presoi ving oysters by ovaporatlng all their moisturo with a patont fruit dryer, aud then packiug them lu salt. He thinks that after any length of timo, hot waler will restore thoir plumpness and juiolnoss. President Broadwell, of tho suspended Clairtnont Savings Bunk, in New York, wob informed yesterday thot hia toruis ol BOtdomout arc uot lu any way advantageous to tho bank'j dop ifl'tors, and that whou ho Is prepared to mako a better offer it may bo cntortainod. Information received from General Sheri dan from tho Dopartmont of tho Missouri loads to tho belief that the Apaches of Arizona who recently fled from Iheir reservations will bo obliged to surrender beforo long. Two Apache chiefs havo already ooiiseuloil to surrender.

All tho availablo troops in Now Mexico aro operating against them. The trustees of the Penbody fund will hold their annual mooting al tho Fifth avemio Hotol, iu Now York, to morrow. Chief Jtislico Waite, Hon. uobort C. Winlhrop, of Boston; Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota General Richard Taylor, of Louisiana Dr.

B. Seam, aud the Hon. H. 11. Hluiirl, of Virginia, and ox Oovernor William Ajkcn, ot boutb.

Carolina, aro among tho uumber. Rixty cight newspapers were started iu the United Htates and Canada, during September. Of those, 4 wero dailius, 48 woollies, aud 10 monthlies. During tbo same month G9. publications suspoaded, of which wero dailies, 45 weokllos, 2 somi wceklioB, 6 monthlies, 1 1 semi monthly.

Tho largest number of new papors wore started in Now York; tho most susponslons occurred in Illinois. The rapid movements of Josoph and his band of Nez l'ercos IndiauB through tho country to bo traversed by tho Commission, confirms the roport that he is endeavoring to reach Canadian territory by the shortest route and as eoon as possible Tho chief objoct of his presont movements appears to be to effect hlB escape, this being plaiu irom the fact that his band has passed a good many settlors without molesting them. 1 A grand reception was given to General McOlelian in Newark last night. It took ploco ot Now Instituto Holl, and was said to bo the finest political demonstration ever witnessed In that city. Ills thrco rival candidates at tho 2'ronton Convention John Mc Gregor, William A.

Hlghter and Judge Teeao woro the Committee who tendered tho General tho reception and a great number of prominout men of Now Jersey wore on the platform with him. Tho procession was honored with the proMnoe of ihe Bandolph Light Guard and many mounted mon. General MoOlollan, Senator Bandolph, Souator Leon Abbett, John T. Bird, ex Attorney Go oral Gilchrist and ex Governor Jooi Parker i made addreaBCS. One of the Chinese employes at tho laundry at Bollevlllo, N.

who died last week, was buried yesterday according to the Chlneae ritual. Tho body was dressed, including hat, gown and shoes, and placed in a common coffin, and then lowered Into a grave about three feet deep. After tbo grave had been filled in, a hol waa dug at tho foot, was reopened to the depth of six Inches and a stone pot and eomo Chinese instruments were placed in it. In a small halo at the side of the grave a dish containing two roasted chickenB, rise, a bottle and John's ohop sticks was placed. Tho trunks, clothing and all the personal property of tho Chinaman wero gatherod ovor tho grave and burned.

A heavily loaded oil train of forty cars, on the Lake Shore Railroad, camo to the crossing of that road with the Palnesvillo and Youngatown Road, about 'half a mile west of PoinesvlUe, Ohio. Upon starting, tho coupling about tho middle of the train broke, ami as the englnoer backed the forward part of tho train to oonplo with the stationary portion, a oolltsion occurred, which threw a shower of sparks back npon the fir.t oil tank car. In an instant tho nrst two cara wore in a blszo. Tho other cars wore detached snd drawn back, but tho fire raged fiercely, and was communicated to the fences, and tho railroad depot was burned. Several persons were injured in trying to uncouple tho oars from the two that were burning.

The loss Is aboot $35,000. Yesterday morning Cassius M. Clay shot and instantly killed a negro named Perry White. The Isttrr bad threatened Mr. Clay's life, for discharging bis mother, who was a cook in Mr.

Clay's employ, and yesterday he mei Mr. Clay in the road and made demonstrations which caused Mr. Clay to dismount and confront him. He ordered the negro to throw up his hands and the latter obeyed. Ho than talked to him roughly and ordered him lo leave the plsoo, telling him if he moved from his position until be (Clay) was re.

mounted, he would kill bim. As soon as Mr. Clay Bttrted for his horse the negro rushed after him, but Mr. Clay turned suddenly, snd firing twice, hit tho negro in the neck and breast. Mr.

Clay then rode to town and delivered himself to the authorities. The feeling of tho oom'muuity ia with Mr. Clay, and the jury found a verdict acquitting him, on the ground that be sctod In salt defense. Tho Bridge. At the meeting of the Bridge Trustees yesterday, common senso hnd visible triumph in tho passage of resolution forbidding tho issuing of any more passes for curiosity seekers to cross the timporary bridge.

A few days ago a man was taken with spnsms on the bridge whou near the middle of tho river, nnd came within an ace of losing his life. That lives havo not been lost is most marvelous. There is nothing to prevent person from ir.g into the water, who, seized by vertigo, should loso hold of tho hand rope nnd stumble. Hitherto tho trustees by permitting a liberal issuance' of pnsses hnve been putting premium on the insane curiosity which induces so mauy mcu and women to incur danger, where neither duly nor reason calls them. The Bessemer steel question wns referred to in a minor way.

The President stated that tho Executive Committee had advertised for proposals for 70,000 lineal feet of wire ropes, required for tho suspenders of tho Bridge. These suspenders aro the ropes by which the roadway of the Bridgo is suspendod from the cables. The specifications call for Bessemer steel wire as the material to bo used in the construction of these suspenders. It was estimated that tho cost of the svpenders would be about 80,000. Mr.

Kinselln inquired it would not be good policy to use a bettor quality of steel than the ono specified, inasmuch as the cost of steel proportionate to tho total cost was so small that it seemed unwiso to jeopardizo the work by taking any risks on that particular commodity, The discussion which followed developed tho fact that a good quality of iron is more reliable than the poorer grades of steel. The question of substituting crucible for Bessemer steel was referred for report to the Executive Committee. It is manifestly unwise in a structure that is to cost about $13, 000,000 to incur any risks nt crilicnl part of tho undertaking for tho snko of saving $8,000 by using poor rather than a first class article. Tlio Third IMstiict Con ventlOH. Six delegates, three from tho Sixth Ward and three from the Twelfth, constituted tho Third Assembly District Convention.

Those six worthies met on Saturday, and after sitting until midnight, adjourned without olect ing representatives to the State Convention. They met again lost night, and were equally unsuccessful. Tho deadlock was broken by tho Chairman in a manner which, while highly creditable to his ingenuity, reflects no credit upon his associates. There is but ono comment to make upon the proceedings of this remarkable assembly, to wit, that tno men responsible for tho action of tho members who caused the deadlock ought to be relieved at tho earliest possible day from any part in tho management of their respective wards. Democracy is a theory of administration that leaves a largo latitude for the operation of individuality, but the individuality that sells out the party and thon endeavors to rob it of representation ought to have its ears cropped off short.

Tho people of the Twelfth and Sixth wards, in permitting pretentious dishonest ignorance to swagger about in their name, go far to strengthen the claims of those who think they ought to bo disfranchised. The One Thins: Needful. The Messrs. Poppenhusen appear to have not met all of their interest om stock representing some of tho least productive branches of the manifold railroad system of this Island, all of which they now control. This is re gretable, but it is said to be reparable and that the default will soon be met.

The Pop penhnsens have moro than enough railroads to some points. Double routes that used to be rival ones between the same points are, of course, a drawback. A counter factor to make income is needed. Let them introduce to settlement and enterprise the new or virgin land which lines forty miles of their main track. The soil of it averages as well as that of the reBt of the Island.

The contrary assertions in newspapers or outside of them aro due to ignorance or malevolence. Facte, experiments, the proofs of chemistry and endeavor prove it to be fairly good land, naturally. It is nnfortuately surrounded by barbarians who talk and write it down. Put their land within the reaoh of settlers. Vindicate it.

Try it, and then it will become as productive as any other portions of the Island. What the Democratic party needs, said Tom Benton, is office. What the Long Island railroad men need is population on those lands, making farms of non prodactive but entirely arable wilderness. Another murder was added to the long list of violent deaths yesterday, when John Hand ley died from the effects of a wound made by an oar in the hands of a quarrelsome companion. The fact that tho murder was not Steam on the Slreeli.

That fitenm is destined at nn early day to supplant horse power ns motor on most of tho streets of this city is evident. The experiments made in Philadelphia with steam on the busiest thoroughfares have been entirely successful and what we have seen of it in tho vicinity of Brooklyn has beeu no less satisfactory. It is found that the steam car can be stopped in even shorter space than one drawn by horses, that it need givo little if any more annoyance than tho horse cars and it has the manifest advantngo of celerity. Tho ono objection to stoam is that it scares horses, but hoisos can be trained to look upon it with indifference, and inasmuch "as the number of people interested iu quick transit is much greater than of thoso who drivo easily scored horse, this objection is not weighty. Tho tendency of which wo speak was illustrated yesterday by an application of the Bushwick avenue Compnny for permission to substituto steam for horse power on their lino.

The effect of the coining change will be to chnngo tho face and character of Brooklyn that is to say it will make an ond of the rural features and terminate the lingering remnants of village feeling. At present, tho city is large without being homogeneous. The people of Wiilinmsburgh and (hose around the City Hull belong to ono municipality without feeling that their interests aro identical. When men can travel from one extremity of the city to the other, it will be impossible to keep alive tho petty jealousies that so often show themselves now in our politics. As a matter of fnct, Brooklyn is a name that stands for several distinct communities at present.

WTith steam transit, Brooklyn will cover ono community. A Very JisVccllve Statement. Attorney Genernl Fairchild has written nn open letter to Senator Coukling, as tho author or iudorser of thnt part of the Republican platform which reflects upon the Attorney General's discharge of the duties of his office. The platform declares that it hiia cost tho State $40,000 to support the Attorney Geuer'nl's offieo, and thnt the office in return hns not recovered or saved a cent for tho State. This is tho stntemout concealed in ninny words, to which Mr.

Fairchild opportunely and with force replies, ne refers the Senator to document No. of the last Republican Assembly, being the report of a Republican Investigating Committee upon the Attorney General's office. The report shows about to havo been the cost of tho present Attorney's General's ad ministration, or $10,000 a year. Out of this $3,000 'were paid to special couusel retained by Mr. Fairchild, and $13,000 to counsel retained by Daniel Pratt, his successor.

He shows that these retainers were specific appropriations made by order of the last two Republican Legislatures upon the suggestion of his predecessors, not of Mr. Fairchild himself. Affirmatively, Mr. Fairchild insists that Li the oase of the People vs. George H.

Bristol, Treasurer of Tompkins County, here covered $40,000 in one suit; that in on action against the Treasurer of Rensselaer County, he recovored $100,000 more: that in a like notion against he Treasurer ol Otsego CoUDty $0,000 more were recovered, and that in a suit against the Treasurer of Saratoga County $10,000 were recovered; also in the suit of the State vs. tho Bank of North America over $60,000 were recovered to the State, while' $10,000 more were saved by the annulment of the Hand and George Lord contracts. Mr. Fair child then shows that under his administration and in New York County alone, the State has.