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A QUEER CASE OF liAROENT. WIFH BBATI1I0. NOTHING IN IT. ATLANTIC AV. INSUBANCE.

1 EDITION BREDREN." or a murder, at any moment, and the polios are on tha lookout. Ber. Kfr TI nrrar's Statement. The Ber. Jeremiah B.

Murray was in the basement of tha little wooden ohurch toU afternoon when an Kmilx reporter called on him. The apartment waa dreary and dark a few rough benches were the only furniture. Several of the assailed pastor's trusty friends were about him tendering their sympathies. The Hot. Mr.

Murray Is about forty years of age. Be la somewhat portly bii countenance is adorned with chin whiskers hia complexion, has a chocolate tint Ua faoe ia fuH and round, and when he smiles it beams forth gbod nature and contentment. The reporter asked blm for a statement of Ua troubles, which he gave aa follows The lUoxx baa already published tha facta about the expulsion ot Simon King, some time ago, for insubordination and violation of the church rules, which provide that the pastor shall preside at the meeting of tha Board of Trustees. He resisted me In my efforts' to preside. By virtus of his expulsion from the church, alao oeaaed to be a trustee.

He applied for a mandamus to compel the Board to allow him to exercise hia office. Justice Pratt denied the motion for a mandamus, and the case went to the General Term where the Judgment was sustained. For some time QtnETTJDB AND PEACE REIGNED among ns. The trouble broke out again in August, when one evening, on my making an effort to enter the meeting of the Trustee Board the door was lookod against me. Those parties locking tha door were expelled for violation of the church law.

iBhantgivo you their names. Then there waa a meeting of reconciliation and the result was that those agreeing to be corerned by the rules of discipline were reoelved back ward their schemes of retrenchment. And what waa tha action of our authorities 1 Instead of taking a broad view of onr necessities and recognising the importanoo of an early completion of this work, they strengthened the hands at otherwise feeble remonstrants, and what wu senseless cavilling soon swelled into abnae and in vecUva. Tha Gouxmtttae of the Common Council, lo whom the matter had been referred, quail sd before a misjudged publio opinion, and shrunk from an official expression of what was believed to be their individual oonvlotiona, end tha matter went over to the present Common Council of 187d. Strong party antagonism wu now added to the other elements of opposition, and the political oanldron baa boiled until the scum thrown to the surface has nearly ob eonred what waa dean In Its composition.

A new committee of the Common Council came on the stage, and taking their one from the late Mayor of the Oity who rapes tedly siigmaiiied the scheme of the storage reservoir as a swindle, end has most emphatically stated i "That not a gallon of could ever be atored In the reservoir." They expressed their readiness to accept the scheme the reservoir as a success, 'providing twelve (12) feet ot water could be stored in it." The gates were accordingly closed on the 13th March by order of the Common Council, with directions from hia Honor the Mayor, that the incroase of water, if any, ahonld be reported to him dally. By the morning of the 27th the fact of 12 feet in depth being stored and rising, has annihilated the opposition and fulfilled entirely the direction of your Honorable Body. Beyond tnis. and In all reason, considering the incompleteness of the work, and the neoesslty for looking to its abso soluta safety, this test should not go, and Wat WILL NOT BE FUBTHEB RESPONSIBLE for it. The Mayor has, however, ordered the gates to be Sept closed tor a further test to 19 foet or the extreme capacity of the reservoir when fully completed; thus experimenting upon the capacity and strength of a reservoir holding now near (500,000,000) five hundred minion of gallons, and dally augmenting, and which has been charged as a worthless etruatare a fraud upon the publio and incapable of storings particle of I water, and built in the interests of oontractorB, aolely, npon whioh work has been anspendad for Bevonteon months past, undergoing in the meantime, the storms of two Winters, whilst it is well known that an import ant element to Us safety, to wtt, tha paving of the dam was but half completed.

AU thto tn the aoo of such a calamity as that near Vf oroesler, which was a oompleted work, watohed. imd tended with the utmost caro. What shall we say of our municipal authorities. Are they dated with the olamor among themselvea If the reservoir bo needed, which fact can aoaroely pa disputed, then to complete it to its highest capacity which can be oflected now kt leas with less Iobb of stored water, than at any time in the future, is imperatively demanded. Another year should not bo permitted to elapso, with, tbtt work Are our njuololpalaut).

id to Joal in bo called reform, that with, tho proof before them of tho utility ol the vork, and that the test directed by themselvea has boon successfully made, they ahut thair eyes to tha true intoreaCj of tho oity in order to make or gain a little popular capital from parties who know nothing practically of this reservoir bnslaesa. caring really nothing for tne city's interesta, but doing what they think will inure to their political advantage. This spirit of demagoglBm has been too manifest in tho opposition to this roservoir project. Members of the Common Council who really consider that the wolf aro of the city imperatively, calls for the completion of this work have.by thoir timid votes beoome supporters of men who, profoundly ignorant of tbo principles which underlie a work of this magnitude and oharsoter, yet assume to possess the powers under the charter to control and direct it. Tlte Acooater Becomes tno Prisoner's Bondsman.

A rithor peculiar ease of in whioh the accused and the complainant seem to have been on terms of intimacy, occurred yesterday morning. Edward Cane, of 331 Sixth street, and John Taggart, aged 21 years, of 112 North Third street, were in a liquor store, on tho corner ot Grand and Fifth, streets, drink fog at the same time. Each man, It is alleged, waa three sheets in the wind. Presently Cane searched hia pockets for money to pay for drinks, and to his astonishment missod 4230. Ho acensod Taggart of Bteallng it, but the latter protested bis innocence and offered to suhmlt to be searchjad.

An officer, however, was sailed in and Taggart waa taken to tho Fifth Precinct Station House, where he waa looked up, notwithstanding that he appealed to tbe complaisant to go to hia residence first and ascertain, whether he brought out the money with htm. Two hours attar Taggart waa locked up Cans entered tbe station bouse, and with an air of apparent magnanimity, desired to withdraw tho charge, alleging that ho was willing to lose tha money rather than have him detained. Of courBe the prisoner could not be relessed. Cane next took a carriage to the residence of Justice Elliott, who accompanied him to the station bouse, where be opened oourt and admittod Taggart to bail, Cane being the bondsman. BLACKMAIL.

An Attempt General to Victimize Steimnctz. His Parse and Domestic Peace Both Threatened The "Little Game" 'Exposed And the Chief Player Arresied. Tho in relation to an attempt to lovy blackmail upon a prominent citizen of this city, Gen eral Wm. G. Stelnmetz, were developed on Balurday last upon the arrest of a man namod Alvln Wuenecher upon a warrant issued by Justice Obernler.

There was also ono woman engaged In the conspiracy, ana two others at least wero acoessory to the plot whioh, by tho prompt aotion ot General Stelnmetz, has been summarily nipped In the bud. Thu worst feature of tbe affair is tbat tho wife of tha intended victim camo into possession of a letter sent by tho womsn referrod to and directed to the residence of General Stefamoiz, at No. 38t Henry street. After reading the contents, Mrs. Btolnmetz was led to bcllovo that sho no longer held tha affections of her husband and refused to continue their previous marital relations.

In consequenoc, the General took ateps to unravel what to him waa a profound mystery, and succoodod quickly and in a manner entirely satisfactory to himself and family. THE LITTLE GAME. It appears from the statamonts mado by General Stoinmotx to Justice Obernior on Saturday afternoon that on tho evening of March 23, two women giving their names as Madame Keyaor and Miss Emily Zttck ert, and their residence as being at No. 113 8000118 avenue, Haw York, made a call at his residence In Henry street. He not being at home at the time they left a noto with his wife requesting him to Bee thom at their residence at his earliest convenience, to settlo some business of importanoo to bim.

As ho paid no attention to the noto and neglectod to call upon them another and more Imperative summons was received by mail on the third succeeding, which also, in tho ab sence of her husband, Mrs. Stelnmetz took In. This second letter was a threat that, unless tho matter be tweon him and Miss Zuckcrt was not promptly aottled, his photograph and a few lovo letters addressed to and held by tbe Zuckert woman, would bo sent to the odftor of the Siaatu Zeitung, Mrs, Stelnmetz did not apprise her husband ot tha rocolpt of tho letter until two days moro had passed, when yet another came to the houso, signed by Mrs. Schroibcr, of No. 335 Ninth street, N.

Y. It, too, was a reminder to General Stelnmetz tbat something tbat bad occurrod in her bouse must bo Bottled for and at once, otherwise ho would have to stand tho oonsoquouoes of an exposure That was a settler for Mrs. Stelnmetz, whoso virtuous indignation may bo tho better Imaginod that described. The poaoeful harmony Of a hitharto happy family was disrupted, and all in ooneequonco of tho throo brtof lot ters whioh, to Mra. Stelnmetz, spoko volumos to tho discredit of ber liege lord.

Explanation be bad nono to give, of a oharaoter satisfactory to the outraged feelings of his wife, beyond a mero, yot positivo denial of gnilt on hie part. His inability to substantiate his innocence by other evldenoe than his own, and tho proepoot of family ties soon to bo aun dered under the most damaging clroumstances possiblo to a man of honor, impelled Genoral Stelnmetz to take practical means to investigate tho mattor. Ho realized tbat ho was tn poril socially and that his good name and all also ho held dear must suffer, should no fall to mako dear tho fact, SB bo know it, of hia ontlro Innocence. To that ond ha procured tho servioea of a detective, accompanied by whom ho viBltod first of all Madame Eeyser, in Socoud avonue. Without revealing bis identity ho luquirod for Miss Zuckert who, he waa informed, waa thon at Mrs.

Sobroiber'a In Ninth street. Ho also asked whether a General Stelnmetz had over called there to seo Miss Zuckert, and whon told he had requested a doscrlptlon of tbo man whioh was accorded. In some points It tallied with his own appearance. He and the detective next proooeded to the houso In Ninth otroot, whero they found and had an interview with Miss Zuokort. To his quory as to whether aba knew General Stelnmetz, Miss Zuckert roapondad that sho did quite well, and after somo persuasion permitted nor visitors to look at a photograph ot bar Goneral Stolnmotz.

Tho portrait was singularly like tho General except It presented tho foatures of a maa less than 26 years of ago, whilo tbe real General lacks but a yoar or two of being forty yoare old. A letter was also Btiown thom by Miss Zuckert, datod at Philadelphia but post marked Brooklyn, In which tho writer who siguod bis name as Julius Stelnmetz stated that ho was engaged inspecting tho Centennial buildings. Further, Bho was given Io understand In tho letter thot ho would return lo Now York again in tho oourso of a few days to bask in tho Btullos of hia oharmlug Emily; also, that ho would furnish tbo equivalent lor board duo by her. Al this point camo the drat denouement, Hhich for Mies Zuckcrt and the woman Schroibor waa A OEHTJINE SOItrnlBE PARTI. Directly after having road tho lettor General Stelnmetz Introduced hlmBelf to both women in duo form as (ho only and original party entitled to boar tho namo, who had a reBidence at No.

384 itonry Btroct, Brooklyn. Tbey doubted that Bitch could be tho foot and both women pronounced him a fraud in their oplniou. To convince thom as to his Identity, ao far as tho reception of their letters at least was concerned, ho oxhibitod tho throo missives sent him. As to his right to tho namo ho urnisbod indubitable proof in tbo form of oftlctal communications from Washington which the womon admitted could not bo galnfiald. In tholr quandary be aud tho tpjteetlvo took leavo or Miso Zuckert and ber boaraingrml8trcBS.

having in tboir possoBaion both tbo photograph and loiter of tbe man who bad assumed to be Goneral Stelnmetz. To trace the photograph was on cosy mattor, aa it bore tbo namo and address of tho artlat, who is Mr. Jacob Wolff, of Droadway and Dobcvolao street. Thither Gonorai 6tcinmotz and his detective bent their steps, fooling hopeful for an early olucidatlon, aud on that point were not disappointed. The photographer informed them the portrait was that of a tailor living at No, 6 Cook street, named Alviu Wuonscher (tho under arrest).

Not a moment's timo was lost in seeking tbe tailor's abodo, whero Wuonscher was found busily engaged operating a sawing machine. Ho did not deign to deny that the photograph was his, but told a niOHLY lafPBOBATJIjB 8T0BY about the letter signed with tho name of Julius Stelnmetz, when his attention waa oaUed to the significant oplstle, coupled with an admission that he knew MIbb Zuckcrt. Wuonscher went on to state that a week ago last Thuraday.he was seated at a table in the Atlanta Garden, Now York, and there caeually made the acquaintance of a man calling himself Julius Btolnmetz. This man, ha aaid, Inqulrod ot him if ho knew ot a woman who would make a good housekeeper, and Wuonscher says be recommended Miss Zuckert. Ho was to boo her and meet Julius the succedlng day, the latter portion of which arrangement only was fulfilled, as he failed to eee and consult with her In regard to tho position.

On that Friday this now acquaintance ot Wuonsoher was In a hurry to start for Philadelphia, and, aoiordlng to the tailor's Btatoment, requeetod WucuBcher to write in his namo, Inviting her to call and sea bim at his resldcnoe, No. 387 Gold stroet, Brooklyn, on tho 0th of this month. Wuenscher said ho wrote as Julius Stelnmetz bad Instructed, and tbat was all ha knew about tho affair. After hearing him through, as related above, General Stelnmetz, loaving tbo detective in charge of Wuenecher, sought Justice Obernler, to whom he rolated bis grievance and produced the threatening letters roceived for inspection. Tha magistrate, upon a formal complaint preferred by tbe General for attempted extortion.

Issued bis warrant in ahort ordor, armed with which document, General Steinmota returned to tho dwolllnB of the tailor. Escorted by the detectiro and hie employer, in addition to an officer of the Sixth Precinct, Wuonscher waa Bhown to tho Stagg stroet Station House, whero "he was detained until thiB morning a prisoner. THE CASE IN COURT. This morning Wuenscher was arraigned beforo Justice Obernler to answer a charge of attempted extortion, to which he plead "not guilty" as a matter of oourso. As be waa wholly unpropared for an examination, and tho complainant's witnesses were not alt prssont, the hearing wu postponed till to morrow afternoon.

FORT HAMILTON INSPECTED. A Sunday Visit or tho (secretary of War and General Sherman. Judge Taft, tho Secretary of War, General T. Sherman and General W. 8.

Hancook yestorday informally tho fortB in Now York Harbor. Thero wero also of tha party General O. M. Poe, General Frye. Oenerol Sawtelle, Captain Mitchell aud Colonel Fortonletto.

They arrivod in Jersey City from Washington at an early hour yesterday morning, and at once went on board tha Gorcrnmont boat Henry Smith, which transported them to the fortifications. The distinguished party flrstBVIsIted Fort Hamilton, where they were received by General Getty, tbe commandant, and tho officers of the fort. Shortly after nine o'clock tha Sunday parado took placo, and Mojor Slnclair'a battery of light artillery waa inspeoted. The entire command was thon drawn up in lino on tbe parado ground and reviewed. Subsequently the visitors walked about tho fortification and examine the casemates and walla.

Tbey then passed down the battery and looked at the monster filteen inob guns among the earthworks. Afterward they breakfasted with Goneral Getty, at his quarters. During the inspection Bavoral of tho aoldlors who bad accompanied General 8horman on hia "march to tbo sea" recognized him. Ha shook them by tbe band and aaid he waa glad to meet thom again. After leaving Fort Hamilton the party vialtod the forts on States Island and at Sandy Hook.

AMICABLY SETTLED. Timothy Donohue, of 486 Hicks street, and Thomas Moron had a little tow at the above numbor on Saturday evening, and daring the quarrel, which occurred about family matters, Donohue struck Moran over the head with a club and Inflicted a alight scalp wound. Officer Fltimorria arrested Donohue and took him to the Third Preolnot, but Moran refused to prefer any ohargo against blm, and ao ho wu dia abarged, An Arxext that r.tr oat 9t Captain Ferry Strict Puclpllne. There is do preolnot In Brooklyn or Now York ettber, for that matter, where the patrolmen are better drilled and trained than those attached to the Third In BntlM street. Captain ferry, himself shrewd and expertenesd officer, takes greet ote to VniVraet hie men in every lltUodeUll of their duly, and the result iathUthT reflect credit on bim Id their work.

As an Instance ol this an arrest wutaade yesterday morning which showed good Judgment on the part of Officer Doyle. He was stationed at the Hamilton Ferry, when men came along and wat. about to cross. He had blood npon his hands and a spot or two on his faoe. Tha officer stopped him and asked him what waa the matter.

The man refused to say and wanted to pass into the ferry house. Officer Boyle quietly arrested him and took him to the Third Preolnot Station House, ana there he gm the name of John Sullivan, of 22 Morris street, Now York. He accounted for the presence of the blood stains by saying that he had had trouble with his wife. He was detained at the station house and Ofllcer Boyle was Bent to his residence In New York, and there he discovered that Sullivan's story was correct. He had boaten hia wife until aho bled profusely, and though she wai stilt suffering from his cruel treatment she refused to enter a complaint against him.

The officer reported these feels to Captain Ferry, who had no other alternative but to discharge Sullivan bom custody. GAS. Important Eeport 01 the Common Counoil Committee! The Contracts to be Awarded to the Old Companies at $2,25 Per 1,000 Feet The Common Counoil Committoe on Lamps and Gas submitted tho following report this afternoon lb A Uamrablttht Common Council: Gentiaubh The undersigned, your Committee on Lamps and Gas, to whom waa referred the subject of lighting tbestroots and pubbo buildlngaln this city, have had the same under careful consideration, and beg leave respectftiHr to lubnitl their report. An exceptional agitotion having prevailed of lato upon tha tonic of illuminating the street and publio buildings, vour Committee have felt it tholr duty to aiul at a Hi nl pnlntlnn of the controversv. The Price wl provaileJ during tho past year and preooding years was Jli.50 per 3,000 feet for tho city and $3 per 1,000 ftet to private consumers.

A prevailing publio sontlment that theso prices woro too high, together with what was rightfully expected would be tho action of the Board, havo bad an influence in causing a reduction. The bids of the Bovoral companies for 1870 are modified at at tho rate ot S3.35 per 1,000 feet, while a corresponding advantage has toen accorded to tho private oomaumor. This favorable result we hare endeavored to improve upon without suooess. The companies allege that a further reduction would be ruinous to the business of most, if sot all, of tho companies, and that they haro mads all the concession tbey can afford. Your Committee have made exhaustive investigations into other modes of furnishing illuminating power, but with no aatiafaotory result.

We have had under consideration tho various plans aud devices for lighting with oil or other substances roferred to us by your Board, and have examined many ingenious cuethoda, but none of them aro oommonded to our Judgment aa feasible or economical for the uso of a municipality. In coming to tho conclusion to recommend tho oxeoution of the contract with tho gas companies at tho prices' alluded to, wo aro governed not only by tho consideration that we aro unable to get any better terms for what we consider tho only present practical mode ot lighting the city, but we aro called upon to consider that the gas companies aro a very largo oloment In tho prosperity of the oity. Thoy state that they have a capital or 17,200,000 invested in their business, with an additional lndsbtedness of about ti 300,000, reprosontlng actual proporty worth $0 500.000, upon which tbey pay annually to the city, In th'o form ot taxes, upward ot auoO.OOO, besido giving employment to a laro number of our cWzena. While we oro Justified in atriving for the lowest rato st which tho companies can afford to furnish gas, wo oro not Justified in imporilling suoh a vast intorcst so closoly allied to the material growth and prosperity of tho municipality. Tho city being tho consumer of about one sixth of tho gas manufactured, may perhaps properly expect a lower rato than tho private consumer, but whilo it haB olaima as a largo consumer, it also has duties and responsibilities, and these involve a watchful care not ouljr over the interest ol tho taxpayer, but also over every ontorprisa entttlod to lta protection.

We might light tho streets of the third city in tho Union, with oil, at a slightly less rate than wo can with gaBt and cripple, perhaps ruin evory gas company within its boardors, but wo cannot conceive that auch a proceeding would bo eithor wiao on our part or just toward the gaa oorapanios. Theso considerations, togothor with (heir Btatoment that tho stock of tho companies is wldoly Bprcad among our own people (averaging ovor 400 stockholder to each company) induce us to reflect that notwithstanding theso companies aro Bald to bo Bouileas corporations preying upon the public they aro certainly tax payers and a constituent part of our great city, and that to bo without thom would approach ta calamity at least until Eomo ohoapcr, safer and more diffuaivo light shall bo dl6coverod than is at prcsont ollcrod as a substitute for gas. Whito wo regard tho inlorests of tho gas companies as entitled to fair consideration and reasonable protection, we thoroughly recognize tho demaud for economy in all branohoa of the municipal goverumcnt, aud wo know of no one Item of expenditure in which ao much cau be Judiciously saved with as llttlo injury to tha public as iu the gas account. We favor patronizing a valuable local institution by purchasing gas, but we must bo governed in bucU purohaeo by tho same rule of retrenchment whioh prevails generally in the community, and must lop off all expenaes not really necessary. Wo havo already a proposition whereby wo save twenty five conts por 1,003 foet, wo havo cut off tho free supply of gaa to churches.

Our rocommondation having been adopted, to exchange tho four foot burners on stroet lamps for three foot burners, a change has boon oflected which has not sensibly decreased tho illuminating power but whioh has decroasod the expense for gas at an appreciable rato. A resolution appended hereto suggests another Item for your consideration in tho cutting off of 2,878 strcot lamps which will, if adopted, result in a saving of $97, J76.12 per year. In making this latter rocommondation your Committee havo met with some difficulty in arrlv lug at a harmonious report. A portion of your Coni mittoo arc of th; opinion that whero Blrcct lamps havo been been paid for by property owuors, such ownors should be entitled to the benefit llowiug from tho uso thereof but tnkidg iuto consideration that tho achod ulo recoiumoiidod is (with four or llvo oxcoptiong) tho schodulo recomuiondoa by tho Roard of City Works alVr a careful survoy of tho situation (as por their rrport to bo found on page 219, printed minutes of th') Common Council, October 4, 1875), and desiring to msko ovory reasonable effort in tho direction of economising tho city'a expenditure. Your Committteo unanimously recommended tho adoption of the resolution dircctlii'! tho gas to ho cut off from theso lamps and tho service to bo capped, leaving tho wisdom of such a course to 1 tested by actual oxperimont.

Wo intend at some future doy to recommend Bomo pbn for saving gaa in tho public buildings by tho uso oi gas regulators, various experiments in regard to which are in progress. The following usurps onsen iipyuiuu auuyuuu ui mia report will not be devoid of interest to the taxpayers: AviirnriRtion for linbtiogt streets In 1875 $575,000 Apportion for llgutiug public buildings in 1876. iJ.OW ABl ronrlVlVon lluhtlna the Blvoots in 1670 Appropriation lot lighting puuuo uutiuttiKS imo Total v. i at 853.000 Npniihoro! street lampa uaiuoduy city mio, las per report ot Uoird o( City VVorka). NiimbiT of slroot limps ligtitflU by city la IH7S, lota 1 1,031 P9 cnoreu lamps, B.tTi street lavnpsaa rocommendeil.

Cost per joar lrr oacli street lamp iu 1815.. $41.8 1 per ii.tr fur oach street lamp Iu W6 (Jo tot (Vst of Untiling stsoots and public buildings In 187o (to April 1M 12. ,931 Costonightlng stroots aud publio build.nga from April 15 to December 31 Katfinatia Sivtnn in 1878 65 Troni this amount estimated aa to bo saved mast bo deducted what over now lamps may bo lighted which however will bo vory few, and tho coBt of capping tho uulighod lamps about $0,500.00, leaving in round nuto re if the accompanying resolutions are adopted and adhered to a reauctlon in 1867, from the cost of gas In 1876, of the Bum of two hundred, and twenty seven thousand dollars. Attached to tho report wcro resolutions providing for contracts with the gas companies for this year to furnish gns at and for contrsols for lighting and extinguishing at one cent por lamp each night, and also a resolution directing the Department of City Works to cut of 2,879 street lamps. A VERr WICKED HOAX.

Showing How tho Brooklyn Clertrr were Victimized on All Fools' Day. Lust Snturduy was All Fools' Day, as divers individuals iu this city know to their coat. Among the other soils" porpotrated was ono whioh for uuro generato cussednosa" carries off tho palm. During tho forenoon of tho day, tho following note was received by forty different clergymen in the oity DEJtitSin Please bo at tho Piorrepont Houso on Sat urdav, April at 3 o'clock, P. to perform the mar riago' ceremony between Louisa 1).

Campbell and Ferdinand L. Driatow. I remain, eir, very respectfully, F. L. Bbisiow.

Now tho namo Blgnod to this note had a sort of golden sound. It resembled as it were tho chink ot doublo eajl or tho rustlo of Treasury notes. "Bristow! Mayhap ho is tho nophew or rolatlvo of tho ohief mag nato of tho Treasury." Such were the visions which lilted through tho minds of numbors of the recipients of tho noto, as thoy put on a clean neckcloth and prepared themselvos for tho oxpectcd oeromony. Half an hour before tho time appointed, two young men who havo no regard for dignities, nor reaped for persouB, stole quietly Into tho hotel, and stationed thcinsolvos in the waiting room adjoining the main en trance. Throo ocIook oome, and as tho hand upon tho dial pointed to tho hour, tho front door openod, and In walked a alatoly white chokered gentleman, who proceeded to tho desk and blandly inqulrod for Mr.

Iiriitow," at the earns time exhibiting his noto. Tho urbane olerk replied that there was no such goulloman stopping In the houso, and tho cleric." departed greatly marveling. He bad barely left tho door, before another entered, with speculation in his oyo, and bo also departed with an oxprce6ion upon his face which showed that ho behoved this world to bo hollow and his doll Bluffed wltb Biwdust. Bcv. J.

D. Fulton was among tho uretairivala, but he saw the Joke In an Instant, aud lit out" with speed. Rev. Dr. Talinago and Rev.

Dr. Stores soul notes by telegraph boyB, to the effect that clroumstances over which they had no control, prevented them from attending. A note had been Bent to Mr. Beecher, but tho witty Plymouth pastor was too keen to bo oaught with such chaff, end gave no response. Ono absent minded clergyman had forgotten his noto and tho name, and hunted through tho register for aomo time in hopes of finding it.

For over half an hour the flood tide of ecclesiastical inquiry, broke in bland murmura around that devoted hotel clerk until upward of thirty members of the cloth bad inquired for Mr. Bristow." As each one discovered the wickod device which had lured him on and felt his crisp and rustling hopes wither before the blast of adversity, be turned and departod with a swirtness which betokened a forgotten engagement or an undnlahed sermon, and with a lively senao of the total depravity and utter wickedness of mankind. It was noticed yesterday that some of thom prayed vindictively for the regeneration of tho human race. And these unrepentant and grace young men gloried In their shame, and, when all waa over, went out and comforted themselves with warming and nourishing fluids, composed of the juice of the corn, the rind a lemon, and withal a llttlo sugar. AH TJNPBOFITs.BI.1! A man of aboafc twenty two years of age, hsvinir a sandr mustaoho and dressed rather shabbily.

went Into Taber'a drug store, No. 858 Myrtle avenue, n.h,rrtar nhrht. He bought two sheet of writing for a cent, and while Taber wai getting he stoleaooopleof large bottles of cologne from off toe counter, Taber la out about Tbe Cowenhoven Heirs Beaten in Court. Third Trial or Their Salt Against the Oity to Reoorer a Big Slice of Atlantic Are nne The City Victorious Opinion by Justice Gilbert. A strip on Atlantic! arenas, between Fiat bush avenue and Cumberland street, was given by John Oowenhoven to tbe old Jamaica Railroad for the laying of a track.

When the railroad waa dissolved it conveyed the land to tbe city for the purposes of a street. Tha heirs of tbe Cowsnhoven estate sued the city to recover tho land, and the action has been tried three times. The ground taken was ihst when tho land oeased to be used for the purposes of a railroad it reverted to its original owners. In the first trial the city rested on the ground that the acquirement of the land for the purposes of a railroad involved also its necessary bestowal for the purposes of a street, and that tha two acta of the Legislature authorizing the conveyance of the land to the city wre in accordance with that section of the Constitution which permitted tho Legislature to alter or repeal the franchises of a railroad. On tha first trial, Corporation Counsel SeWltt held that this power of the Legislature embraced the right to alter tha purposes to which the lands of a corporation had originally bean put.

The Court deoided in favor of tho oity, and the General Term affirmed the judgment. The Court of Appeals, however, reversed it, and the case waa tried a second time before Justice Pratt in equity. TUB NEW PODfTFOB THB OlfX on tho second trial was that tho act declaring bonds which had been thrown out to the use of the public within the city for five years, to be strictly applied to the oUo In hand. The eity was defeated, and, under the statute governing action, 5 1 ooei and had a new trial. Tho third trial waa beforo Justice Gilbert.

It was proven that the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad continued in operation after the transfer of the old Jamaioa road, with one of lta tracks llvo feet on the very ground in dispute, and the Atlantic avenue Railroad buo ceeded to tha old railroad's privileges by purchsse at a foreclosure Balo, under mortgage glvou by tho old road prior to the grant by it of tha land to tha oity. Tho argument turned on the question whether the owners of tho right of revoralon to the lands taken and used by a road oould maintain an ejectment against tbe city whon it had paved aud sewered the adjacent parts. It was held that the owner of the fee in a stteet might havo an action of ejectment against a road, but tha point to be decided was whether suoh an action would lto against a atreot when tha lands had been taken for the purposes of a road. Tho opinion ot Justice Gilbert Is annexed. As will bo seen, be deoldes to favor of the city: OPINION.

fart L. Slrona. el vt. The Citu afBrooJclun. Gii bzbt J.

It is not necessary to define the preciso nature of the estate acquired by the railroad company in the locus in quo. Their act of incorporation authorised them, "in case the corporation should not be ablo to acquire the title to the lands through which their railroad should belaid, by purchase or voluntary cession, to appropriate so much of euoh lands to its own use as might bo neocsBary for tho purposes contemplated by the aot." Thoso purposes wore tho construction and maintenance of a railroad, with suoh appendages as should be doomed necessary for the convenient use of tbo aamo. (Lawa 1833 chap. 556, eoea. 16 to 22.

id sec 2.) Upon an adjudication tbat the land in controversy waa necessary, the whole ot it was appropriated and paid for. That adjudication cannot be drawn in Question in this oollsteral action. The proceeding to acquire the land operated as a stat utory conveyance to tno particular uses aooimrca ui uie Statute, oucn ubos, iu tneir nature, roquire mat mo railroad company shall be vested with tho right to the exclusive poBsossion of tho lsnd. Any concurrent enjoyment theroot, by the reversioner, in any mado, or for any purpose, would bo incompatible with such uses. The right thus acquired, therefore, la more than an easement it is an eatato in the land, oarried out of the foe.

Tho residua of tho eatato, that is, tho rover slou, romained in the ownor of the fee, and has become VESTED IN THE PLAINTIFFS. Whenever tho estate of tho railroad company shall terminate, the possoaaion will lmmodiatoly rovort to tho plointiffs, and, in Judgment of law, they will be tn possession sb if the statutory conveyance to the railroad companyhad not been made. (1 Cruise Dig. tit. IS, p.

4, boo. 20; 32 Munger vs. Tonawanda It. 4, Com. 349; Jackson vb.

Rut. 25, Vt. 116, Brainard vs. Clapp 10, CuBh. 6).

But a mere perversion of tho uso of the land would not work a reverter. I think, also, that under tho power, reserved by tho thirty second section of tbo act of 1833, to alter or modify said act, It was competent for the Legislature Blono, without the consent of the owner of tho feo and without further compensation, to onlargo tho uses to which the railroad company might devote tho land. That the Legislature did, by tho acta of 1853, chapter 320, and 1855, chapter 475. It is truo that It waa sought to do moro by thoao acts, but bo far as tbey affeotod the reversion they were void. As an authority to tho railroad company, however, to allow tho city authorities to uso the land for ihc purposes of a public street, conjointly with then: own nso of it for Tailroad purposes, I see no objeotion to it.

Indeed, when the railroad company ceased to use steam as a motor, and adapted their road to city travel by horse cars, it is by no moans clear that thoy had not tho power, under tho original act, to authorize the use of their land as a stroet. For to what advantago to itself could it operate auch a railroad anywhere, exoopt through a pubfp street A street would have to bo a "necessary appondage to the convenient uso of BUch a railroad." Such changed use in no way Injure the reversion. Tho Legislature had no power to authorize a transfer to tho city of tho right to uso the land after tho termination of the use of it by tho railroad company, without the; oonsent of tho ownor of the reversion EXCEPT UPON MAKING COMPENSATION to him as provided by tbo Constitution. That is the principle which the Court of Appoala followed when this caso was beforo it, and I cannot find that they decided anything else which is essential to tho determination of tha questlona beforo mo. II appears to mo to be Immaterial lo Inquire Into the lnirnl efTpnt nl the cossion to the defendant, oxoept aa it bears on tho question of abandonment.

Tbe plaintiffs must recover, if at all, on the strength of their own title, and not on tho weakness of tho defendant's. Tho right to enter into and tako possession of tbe land is tho foundation oi an action oi ojeoiuient. Auyiuiug which shows that this right does not exist in tho plaintiffs Is fatal to their suocose. The rluht must be a right to tho actual nossosston of the vronerly SDd it must bo an immediate right to enter. A rovoraion, as uturo cstato 1b not sufficient to support ojectmont unless coupled with Bomo forfeiture or defeasance of tho previous estate in possession.

(2 it. a. ooo, sec. Rowan vs. Kelsey, 18 Barb.

48i, Doo At Wllsou, vb. Philips, 2 Bing. 13; Doo ii Wilson vs. Abel, 2 M. 8., 541).

Tho counsel for tho plalntiffB contonds that this caso Is within tbo principle laid down in Carpenter ve, Oswego, Ac, It. 24, N. 055, and in Wager vs. Troy, Arc. It.

25. id. fi'J6. namely, that an owner in feo of laud upon which thero Is a highway, may maintain ejectment against a railroad company, who. without authority, occupy tho land for tho use of lliBir railroad, I think that principle DOES NOT APPLY, for two reasons: In tbo first placo, nn easement like tbat of a highway is not an eatato iu land, bat is uu incorporeal right, merely, and the owuor of tho land la entitled to recover tho possession of it from a trespasser subject to tho casement, Jn tho oiso beroro mo, tho railroad company has an estate in tho land In posseas Bion, and the plaintiffs havo a reversion only.

Thoy havo no prosent right of entry. The reversion, it is trno, 1b a present and vested estate, but tho rigul to enter intopoescsBlon will not oome into existence until the termination of tho precedent cstato VOBtcd in tho railroad oompany. In the second placo, tho uso as a public Btrect of a portion of a strip of land which hss boon acquired for tb purposea of a railroad, 1b very different from, if not qulto the reverBo of, that of maklug an exclusive appropriation of a part of a highway or atreot, for a railroad. In tbe latter oaso an additional burden is imposed on the laud, and It Is the giving of an additional easement to tha publio, but of an exclusive right to a corporation while in the former the reverso is tho case. (Seo Barb.

407, 4 Kor. 016, 39, N. Y. 412), UnleBB, tboretoro, tho railroad company has abandoned the use of tho land, THE PLAINTIFFS HAVE NO BIGHT to recover tbo posseeBlon of it. Tho facts that tho defendant has accepted tho ubo of tha land for a street, has adapted it to Buoh ubo, and ox crcises municipal control ovor suoh stroet, cannot avail tho plaintiffs, in the absence of a prosent right of entry.

All thoBO acta tho defendant has a right to do with tho permission of tho railroad company and tho authority of tho LogiBlaturo before mentioned, so long as tho oalote of tho railroad company continues. It does not follow that the plaintiffe.havc a right of entry, bocausethe defeudant ACQUIRED NO TITLE by the cession as against them, or bocauso tho public has acqulrod as against tho railroad company, a right to use tho land as a street. Thoy must show an actual abandonment by the railroad company. That thoy have not done, Tbo railroad is Btill operated botween its original termini and a portion of He roadbed, and ono of its rallfl still rosts upon tho land In controvorBy. Hb route has boen changed and its tracks have boen moved to accommodate tho exigoncloi of Ja rapidly increasing population, but it has neither lost any of lta franchises nor given up the land which it acquired.

Nor has it ceased to bo a railroad because there Ib a Btrcot alongsldo of it, Moroover, it appears tbat the railroad oompany has roaoquircd thooatato in the land which it had before tho cession to tho oity. Tbat was bv means of a couvcvance from a pur chaser undor a foreclosure of a mortgage given by aaid company beforo suoh cession. Under such circumstances I cannot hold that tho railroad oompany has abandoned the uso of tbo land. Upon the whole case, therefore, I think tha defendant Ib entitled to Judgment. honey market.

Wall Btbebt, April 3 3P. M. Among tho transactions between calls and at the Second Board wore Union Pacific, 1st, 105X Boston, Hertford and Erie, 1st, 23; Chicago, Bnrllngton and Quincy, 7's, 110 IliinoiB Central, 89; Consolidation Coal, Missouri, 104X HMO's, 117tf District of Columbia, 09 St. Paul Sinking Fund, 86 Northwest, gold, 93. The Assistant Treasurer paid $1,000 on account of in.

tercet and $60,000 for bonds up to noon. Gold was steady this afternoon, moving between US)i andllSK. Exchange was quiet but strong. Tbe spec ulators In gold are awaiting the action of the Honate on tho silver bill. Tha detailed Btatoment of tho public debt shows tnat tho 6'a of 1881 now outstanding amount io The issue for funding purposos was $500,000,000.

Tho balance bae been exchanged for silver bullion. The stock market was unBettlod land gonecaiiy won thia afternoon. Thero was a fractional recovery oC tween calls, but at the second board priccB fell off again, lod by Lako Shore. Gold closed weak, stocks were strong, and money loaned at 4 per cent. Tho following table shows tne course oi tne guiu atock markets for this day 3 P.

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1040 regtateTOd. 12 Second call. 121 mv lie 11 ia iwaf wm US US tl Important Law Decided. A Decision and Opinion bj Judge HoCae Affecting the Conditions of Business ia This State. In the City Court, some weeks ago, the case Of Ihc People of ihe State of New York against John MoCann came up for trial.

It waa charged that the defendant, acting aa agent for tha New Jersey Plate Glaaa Insurance Oompany, had laaued a polioy in thia city, and that the Company had no right to Issue policies' in thia Stale, ae they had not complied with tbe statute. A verdict waa found for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed from tho order denying a new trial. Judge MoCuo, of the Oity Court, baa just rendered an opinion at General Term, affirming the order. Judge Nellaon concurs. opinion reads as follows THS OPINION.

Thb Crrr Conm 01 Bbookmh, Oisihu, Tsuim. The People of the State of Nets York against John Ho Conn. This action is brought to recover a penalty claimod to have been incurred by the defendant, under section 7, chapter 308, Lawa 1840, entitled "An Act to provido for tho Incorporation of insurance Tho particular violation alleged is, that on th 27th day of June, 1818, the defendant, acting for Ihe New Jersey Plate Glass Insurance corporation organized under the laws of tha State of New Jersey, issued and delivered to lbs Phonlx lusuranoe Oompany of Brooklyn a policy of Insurance of plato glass in a building known aa 98 Broadway. Brooklyn; the said New Jersey Oompany having failed to oomply with the requirements of aaid aot of 1849, and being, tnerofore. unauthorised to issue policies within this Assuming that said act of 1849 applies, the proof waa abundant a.

,0 the Ration cf the counts set forth in ilhe complaint. The plaintiff had a verdict, and tho defendant appeals from the Jndg mont entered therein, and from the order denying the motion tor a ti5W The real, and indeed the Anlr question In the ease Id presented under tho defendant's exception to the ohargo ot tho Oourt at folios 76 and 76 of case. The Court charged tbat under tho existing statutes' in this State, tha New Jersey Plate Glass Insurano Company "had no right to iseue polloiea, because. It had not complied with the prerequisites which the statute bad provided." Tbe question, whether the defendant was acting an tho agont of tho Plate Gums Insurance Company was proporty left to tho Jury, and was disposed of by them according to tho evidence. The act of 1849 (chapter 308) provided for the Incorporation of oompaniea to make insurance upon, First Marine risks and risks of transportation and navigation.

Second Fire risks and risks of inland navigation and transportation. Third upon health and Uvee, and, everything appertaining thereto, and to grant, purchase or dispose of annuities. These were the only OF BISKS CONTEMPLATED BT TUB STATUTE no campsny organized under the aot could do business unless poBBeesed of tha capital prescribed, and no agent of any foreign company oould take risks or transact any business of lnsursnoe in this State without procuring a certificate of authority from tho Controller, A violation of thia section involved a penalty upon tbo offender, to be sued for by tho District Attorney ot the county, section 7, (chapter 308,) Laws 1849, and it is claimed that the language. Hor tremutot any bUBtnoss of lnsuranca in this State, must bo referrod to the three clasBes of lnsurauoo recognized by this aot, auu cauuot do reierroa to tne DUBUieBS oe insuring plate glasB, which was a department of Inaurance not known at tnat umo aa separato and distlnot from tho ordinary fire risk. In 1891 (chap.

95) was passed an act having special rofurenoe to companies transacting (ha business of Ufa insurance in this Stato THB SAME PBOBUJITION substantially as was contained tn tho act of 1849 agalnBt doing busluoBS in this Stato by foreign companies or tholr agonts, and tho same penalty for a violation of tho law was ro enacted. This act waa intended to bo, and was In effect in itself complete for tbo purpoao ot rogulattng the business of Life aud health Insurance, and so much of the act of 1819 aa waa inconsistent therewith was expressly ropeelea. Tho act of 1851 has boen amended from time to time, but this does not alloot tha queattou under examination. In 1853 (obap. 48o) there was paBaod an act to provide tho inoorporatiou of fire insuianco companies.

By eec tiou 23 tha prohibition against foreign companies and their agente, exoopt under certain conditions, was ro onacteu, and the name ponatty imposed for violations. This aot also was intended to bo a complete and independent act in relation to InBurauoa against riBka by fire, and iuland navigation, and so much of tho act of 1849 aa related to this branch of insurance, was repealed. MODIFICATIONS OF THIS AOT havo from timo to time boon made, but none which extended tho nature or class ot the riBks to be insured against. Tho act of 1849 therefore, by tho repeal of tbe soveral provisions rotating to health and life insurance, and tiro and inland navigation risks, practically beoamo au act undor which oompanios could be formed for Insurance, against marine risks and risks for transportation and navigation alone, and tha penalties imposed by that aot could operate only upon companies doing buBinosB of tbat oharaoter. In 1861 bowover (ohap.

334) was passed en act which required foreign insurance oompaniea, transacting tho business of fire, morino or lire insurance or any other kind of insurance in this Stato, to mako and file with the Insurance Department of this State, annual statements, aud BOotlon two of tha act, lmpoaod for a violation of this provision, the same ponatty then provided by law, in oase of the falluro of any insurance oompany, organized under tho lawa of this State, to make the annual statement required by taw. Tbo tortus ox iniB act are Droaa euougn to tnctuue too Insurance of plate glaBS, or indeed insurance of any kind whtch might thereafter bo Introduced as a separate and distinct branoh of bueinoss, and have tho force of rending any violation of tha law expressed, subjoot to the ponalty of $500 for oaoh offonse. to tho same extent as if the words "or any other kind ot insurance in this State" had been contained In tbo original act of 1840. Dexter Limerick Plaai lloed re. Allen 16 Barb.

15. Wo ore of opinion tbat this act la decisive of tho question now before us tbe fact tbat lnsurauco of plato glass as a distinctive business Ib of bnt reoont growth, does not affect tho principle nor Is It rondemd inapplioublo in tho case at bar, because the act of 187J (ohau. 617), which is a goneral act in relation to com Eanlos organized for tho insuring ot plain glass, pro ibits tho transaction of this kind of lnBUranoo business by a foreign oompany within this Stato, shall have first mado a deposit of $50,090 with tho Insurauce Department In ibis State, aud that no ponalty is tmposoil for a falluro to oomply with this last requirement. It doos not any tha less mako tho provlelonn at tlm act (1849) roqulrlng annual elatotnents to bo filed under a penalty of $500, binding upon Bitch foreign company unil its agents in thiB Stato. This additional legislative prohibition is cuniulatlvo merely, and docs not uven by implication ronoal tho oarlior logislalloii on this nnl Ject.

Wo think tho ohargo of the Court was a correct exposition of the law as applicable to this caso, Judgment aud order appoalcd from affirmed with aosts. A. McCuu, Judge. I concur, J. NKmsos, J.

O. O. TWO STEAK VESSELS LAUXCIIKK. On Saturday afternoon two largo stonm vessels wcro launched from tho Greenpoint shlnyurtlH, which notablo or oil Is, as tbey aro Buch iu theso depressed limes, were witnosBed by largo assemblages of interested spectators. From tho yard of John Englis Jt Son, Bhortty after 2 o'clock, tho naw BidowIiM steamer City of Trq, whioh was constructed for the Citizens' Steamboat Company and intended to ply oil tho Hudson River, was dispatchol from tho ways iu fine Btylo.

Tho steamer Ib 290 foot in length ou dock. 70 feet In width, is IS foet depth of hold and la rain) a) a oapaoity of about 1,500 tons. Tugs towod tho nobla craft to tho dock of the Qutntard Works on thu How York sldo whero the engines and machinery will lm placed in position. Tha City of Troy is of the sun. dimensions as the Sean Richmond and Daniel Drew, will be furnished in a similarly handsome Btylo as tho first named of the two, and bo a regular paosonger boat betwoen New York and Troy, About an hour later a monster ferryboat, named tho Fanwood, was likewise tranBforrod to tho bosom of tho deep from the yard of Lawrence A Foulks, at tbo foot of Noblo Btroot.

This boat was built for the New Jereoy Control Railroad, and Its dimensions aro as follows Bitromo length, 330 foet breadth, 60 fool depth of hold, lStf feet, ond a carrying capacity of 1,300 tons. Fletcher, Harrison ti Co. aro to put in tho onglno and machinery. Tho same firm havo contracted to oonstruot a largo Bido wheel steamer, the keel for whioh will soon bo laid. Mr.

Henry Steers her nearly oomplotcd a Sound Bteamer for the Stonlngtott Company, and expects to launoh tt in about Bix weeks. TWO SNEAK THIEVES CAUOllT. Two young mon, giving tUoir names fit; Charles Cameron and Frederick Wood, went Into Young's dry goods etore, No. 319 Myrllo avenue, ou Saturday, and one of thom wanted to seo some kid gloves. Samples wero shown, and tho mon said that thoy wantod to got a gross of gloves and would call again.

Mr. Young Buspooted thoy wero thieves, and as eoon as they want out ho notified Ofllcor Thomas Sbanley, who followed them up Myrtlo avouuo to Adolphl Btroet. Thoy saw he was after them, and started to run away, but Sbanley caught them both. On searching Cameron, a book, valued at $1.50, waa found on him, and it was dlaoovored that it had pro vlouely boen Btolon from W. J.

Wcodon's store, No. 119 Myrtlo avenue. Justice Thomas M. IUloy hold tho pria onors for examination. TUE CENTENNIAL.

FUND. Tho Brooklyn Women's Centennial Committee, report tho following additional subscriptions to their Banner and Mount Vernon Fund: Contributed through Mrs. A. A. Low 8J9 1 Contributed tUrouRii Mrs.

Aro nor Contributed through Mra. H. J. Stevenson Contributed through Mlas Bobbins and Mrs. Oontribationa 'left at Koo'nii of Female ifnipio B1.U6 10.00 23.00 50.00 Contributions let at JiVrnoar Burn ham's l.SB at Mercantile Library SO Total Proviouitj reported Total for Stato Banner and Mount Vernon Fond.

ran Hot! SIT VEIUtOST FOND. Contributed through Mrs. AroUer Contributed through Mrs. D. O.

Kellogg 31X1 7.00 Total W3B.W Mrs. J. S. T. Stbukauak, Treasurer.

THE ABT OF DOXINO. A grand gathering of the professors and oi cmplara of boxing of tho Metropolis will take placo at tbe Rink In Clermont avenue, In this oity, on the 94th of April, on which occasion tbo noted boxer, Johnny Dwyer, ia to be the recipient or a complimentary testimonial and presentation In tbe form of an elegant gold watch mado by Kreltlerof Sanda atreet, and valued at $450. The programme of tbe entertainment follow ing tho proaantatlon will be participated tn by Profo. sors Ottlgnan, Miller and Clark noted teaehora of tho manly art and practical illustration of boxing will bn given In trlala of skill between Johnny Dwyer and William Miller, and between Bteve Taylor and George Rooho. Victoria C.

Wood ft Will leotnro at the Academy of Music, Thursday ovanlng. April 6. Ticket, can Ml Fulton st. 181 Mont.su. sc.

and .1 IU Dread waj, N. MM adtertiaemenU tunttt.or.T' California Wator For tho ToUot, Nursery and Bath. Fragrant A doiightbil substitute for Cologne or gilta. SinOKY GHI9INEVS. Never falls an bad drarta ot qawn am djmtta vn IsjtSw iuana Con cord J.

it. The Charge Against Commissioner Fowler. The Iodlctment Against Him Abandoned, Another Specimen for the Museum of "Profe88lonftlM Beform. About three weeks case of the People against WBHam A. Fowler waa brought up in the Court of Sessions, upon a motion to dismiss the case, on the ground that a suffloient Umo had already elapsed for tb trial of ine cause.

The motion waa opposed by Mr. Albert Bttolmey, who appeared in behalf of tho Attorney General, and after argument the motion waa denied, bnt Judge Moore said that if the case waa not disposed of in some way before the end of the Term ha would entertain a motion to dismiss. The term ended on Saturday last, but nothing in regard to the case bad been heard from the Attorney General. Thia morning Distriot Attorney Britton appeared in the Court of Sessions, and moved that a nolle prottqui be entered in tha caee. The Court granted the motion, and the nolle was accordingly entered by the Clerk.

The examination into the ease by the Attorney General's representative showed that there was nothing In it npon whioh an eocton could be based, and the indictment must be added to the long list of trumped up charges brought for "effect." The charge against Mr. Fowler waa that he had blaok malled one of the gaa companies out of 1 1,000, using his official position to obtain the money. The announcement that a nolle preeequi had been entered In the case of Wm. A. Fowler, Commissioner of Oity Works, was received with general aatisfiotlOQ at the Oity Hall.

Mr. Fowler wa congratnUi bj numerous, rrjends, and Vas the happiest man in the HalL Be baa been, confident oil along that the prose ntlon would not amount to anything ana now tnat it hsegbetN? officially QRlcha TrtOdJoaMvn Is com, plete. FIRE IN FUliXON STREET. Vom confectionery Store Burneti out tills About six o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the confectionery store of H. O.

Voss in Fulton street, above Pearl. It Is supposed to have been caused by a defective flue which led from me neater to tho atoro floor. Before the engines arrived, and thoy were there before the alarm from the Hall had been rung, the double store need by Mr. Vosa was in flames. Ohief Engineer Nevtna and Assistant Distriot Engineer Far ley urged the firemen to their utmost, and it waa only after very great efforts had been made that the building above the atoro was saved.

The loss sustained by Mr. Voss on stock and fixtures amounts to about $3,600. A quantity of valuable machinery was alao damaged, but it waa covered eo with the AtbrU that tho amount could not be ascertained. Mr. Vosa ia fully insured.

Some of the tenants on the floor above tho stord had their furniture damaged'by water to the extent of $1,600, but ihe loss is covered by insurance. Fire Mar shal Keady, commenced an omoiai investigation aa to the origin of the fire at noon to day. THE RESERVOIR Its Completion Tnis Season According to Contract Becommended. An Interesting Statement by the Board of City Works Concerning the Water Supply and Water Consumption of Brooklyn. Commissioners Fowler, and Adams, of tho Department of City Works, bad a consultation; thia morning and came to the conclusion that It was neces sary that the storage reservoir at Hempstead should bo completed during this season and that no further test of the reservoir should be made until the completion of the work.

Tho Board subsequently mot, President Slooum pro siding, and CommiBBloner Adams offered the following resolutions THE BESEBVOIB SHOULD BE FINISHED. That it la tho iudiment of this Board as absolutely in tho interest of the water supply of thlB city, that tha storage reservoir at Hempstead should be completed during tho present soason. JtMotrred, That tt la the judgment of this Board that no greator depth of water be atored in said reservoir than at the present, Bay twelve feet, until the work ia complete, and fitter aa was oontemplatod in the original contract and specifications for test, and that urthor tost in the present incomplete state of tha work is unjust to the woric Itself, prejuuioing its eaxety ana inimical to the true interests of this city lieeolvei. That it be referred to Commissioner Fowler to report a communication for trans mtsaion to the Common Council, urgently requesting them to take Immediate action for the oompietfon of thia all important work, in order that it may fulfill the purpose for which it was designed. These resolutions were adopted, President Slooum voting tn the negative.

Commissioner Fowler afterward reported the follow ing communication BBOOKL.TK, April 3, 1H70. To the Honorable the Common Council. Gkntlkhkn Tho undersigned representing a department of tho city government second to none in its importance, ana cnargea witn lnioreeis emornoius thoir Bcope, nut only tho ultimata material prosperity of this great city as a whole, but mattcre affecting the dally comfort and well bolng of oaoh inhabitant thereof, bog loavo to addrcas your Honorable Body, in a tono of earnestness, whtch they hopo will not bo mls construod iuto that of censure but alive to tho importance of the trust committed to them, they will bo derelict in thoir duty, did thoy at this timo heaitato to express their honest conviction, with tho boldness bo coming their official rcsponsibidtios, and with such reliance on the collective wisdom of your Honorablo Body for recognition of tho right, as tho records of tho municipal government of this city Justify them In anticipatinc. The first element In tho prosperity of this city is undoubtedly that touching her water supply. Some of us can remember the etruggles of a few far sighted individuals of a half generation Binco, against the prejudices thon existing aaoinst any improvement of which tho narrow vision of tho self collected loaders prevented their grasping tho full import and tho success which happily crowned tho labors of tho fow, is now seen in a prospority which haB placed our city in tho third rank among tho populous cities of tbo continent.

There is no question among intelligent mlnde as to tho true source of this prosperity when wo numbered a population of a couple of hundred joueaad, provision was mado for a daily supply of twenty (20) million gallons of water, or many times tho thon daily wants, with a capacity of doubling that. The enterprising Bplrit which effected this result was taken as an exponent of our aims, that, whito wo wore comparatively limited in population, yet impressed with the capabilities of our position, we confidently looked forward to occupying at an oarly day THE COMMANDING POSITION whioh wo now asBume, and the boldneaa of the mea surs was an elemont in the buCcbbb, the benefits of which wo now enjoy. Some twenty years havo now elapsed, and the offort inaugurated by the Board of Water CommiBBionora five years since, to provide a much neoded incroase in our water supply, and tho first addition to thB works Binco their original construction, not by securing to the water supply many times the present daily needs aa was done then, bnt simply to provide for our present actual necessities, by storing whBt would otherwise run to waste, thus biinging up our daily water supply to a total of thirty milliona gallons. This effort, it appoars, may be rondered wholly inoperative, by a reason of a remnant of the same short sighted rule or ruin polioy, to whioh we havo referred as existing in times paet, and which nearly succeeded ia fatally crippling our resources thon, having acquired fresh potency in our councils now. It is a cheaply acquired notoriety, sometimes indeed misukon for popularity, which aspirants to publio faror achieve through tbe cry of extravagance and corruption in publio expenditures; but tbe truthfulness of these chargea, as axteoting tho disbursements on the storage reservoir, ona no part of our Durpose to dle cues Tn thia place, aa wo have every conndonce that tho courts will finally dispose of this question in a proper manner.

But we must bo pormittod in the perlorm anoo of our official duties, lo question the wisdom of denying to our people a sufficiency of the great necessary of life, and tho first element in the material prosperity of tho oity, simply because noiiry politiciana with an eye to party success, and ignorant pretenders of various degrees of respectability, but with a common want of honest purpose, and for thotr own selfish ends, raise the cry of economy in publio expenditures. We yield to none in our appreciation ot tho neccsBity of true economy, but with the records of the past as a guide, our convictions of the false character ol tho economy whioh actuates members of your Honorable Body, is BO Btrong, that we earnestly protest against its exhibition in the matter 01 suBpena tng tho oomplotion of tho storage reservoir by the repeal of tho aot providing for it, and publicly avow our Bettlcd purposo to opposo by evory legitimate method within our power the perpetration of so groat a public wrong and wo appoolto tho publio spirit and common Bonae of youc intelligent constituency in this year of the celebration of our progress as a nation, not to discredit what they havo already accomplished, by permitting so miserable an exhibition of weakness as the ono in contemplation by your Honorable Body. Much has been written and uttered In support of our views upon this question, too voluminous for reference even in this paper but wo would take leave to urge a few facts as briefly as possible for your earnest and careful attention in connection with tho history of this work. THE CONSUMPTION OF WATER Is lees per head of the population of this oity, than in any city In tho United States; the consumption per diem has increased, iu round numbors, from four (4) million gallons in 1861, to twenty seven (27) millions in 1875, and is a most sensitive Index of our prosperity. While the average conaumpuou lor 18T5, was twonty seven (27) millions daily, yet for wnTMe weeks together tc excreueu thirty 130) mil lion gallons, and ran aa high as thirty nine W9) million.

The contract under whioh tha work waa originally constructed guaranteed as the Summer supply from the sources purchasod by the city twenty (20) million gallons dally. By tho help of auxiliary machinery this has been increaaBd to twenty four (2t) million. In 1870 tbe necessity of providing an additional ten (10) millions of gallons for uso in 1876 was determined on aa a niMinrA nf nrilripncO. The UlOBt economical method of doing this was declared by the engineer who constructed the works, and who was consulted on the inhwt on shtutv and experience and ac knowledged probity stands unquestioned throughout tue country), to be tno appciii" ovoKo voir in Hemptead Valloy, to hold one thousand (1,000) millions of gallons, and estimated to cost one million fnnr hnnArM (Sl.400.000 dollars. During its construction tho engineer in ohargo of tho work in tha exercise of a sound discretion, and in view of the Bub sequent efficiency of the structure, extended the depth of the excavation in certain portions of the work to ioenre facility and oertainty of water supply, thereby increasing the cost of a finished structure, but securing the required capacity of one thousand of million gallons (1,000,000,000 gallons) at a coat far within what is ordinarily found necessary in public worka of this magnitude.

In November, 1874. the appropriation was oxpendod, and thu nnrV far finished that the oapaoity ol 1,000,000,000 gallons was secured, but there remained the necessity for a farther expenditure of $40,000, in order to render the asm safe and to oomplete fixtures, enolng, etc. The Board of Oity Works, impressed with tne importance ana tne Tir.TTMATE ECONOMY of securing at an early day the advantages growing out of the increased storage of between 200.000,000 and 300,000,000 gallons, whioh a oompletion of tha deeper excavation of tho head of the reservoir would furnish, instead of asking for the mmmit.r nnm tn vimnlAiA tha safetv Of tho dam. procured through tha recommendation of the Honoraoia the Common oouncu tne pooaoKe ui mu aw Af thaiAoiaifttii fnr thn annronriatlon of 1300,000. which weald pay off all Indebtedness, excavate the remaining area of is acres of objeotionable material within ivinfl4.ri tha nrsiont oontract at the beau of the reservoir, put In a propor shape the present ragged slopes of thiB portion of tho basin, strengthen th.

Ann nf Uia nam at nreaent unfilled and oom nlete the stone facing, and give the city a finished mnntn and satiable of furnlshinir thirteen hun dred nxiUlons of gallons gallons) to the dry Summer flow of the etreem. oT uha. nf tka Board of Clfeto Worka to the Vw.tll tn authorise this expenditure was tha coitunitj dtf4(ed tBdifUaaJi to bring How Religious War Has Been Carried Into Local Africa. Tho Troubles Between Minister and People la the Fleet Street Colored Methodist Episcopal Church The Pastor and a Band of Women Keeping Possession of the Edifice Eating, Sleeping and Living In the Yestry A Disturbance Yesterday and Twenty Policemen on Spot A Woman Thrown Out of a Window Ah leged Design to Assault or Slay the MinisterWild Scene of Fanaticism Last Evening. For over a year there has been ft grave misunderstanding between the Rev.

J. B. Murray, pastor of the Fleet street Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, end a part of hi flock. Mr. Murray was appointed to the church by the Conference In May, 1874.

lAatyear he assorted his right to sit in the Board of Trustoea as Chairman, ex officio. This was objected to, and the matter went through the Supreme to the Court of Appeals, hia claim being sustained. This decision, however.dldnot satisfy a large number of tho offioo holders and members, and the recent action of the pastor in excluding from the ohuroh some, lta principal men. brought things to AS UNHAPPY CLIMAX. Messrs.

Thomas H. Wilson, D. D. Williams, William Stomas, P. P.

Howard, Jno. Oliver and 8. 0. Bnchannan, all trusvjes, represented to the Conference the unsatisfactory condition of the church in its relations to the pastor, but the Conference have not ecen fit to notice tho communication. The trustoea woro requested by members and hearers to call a mooting of the church, but the pastor refused to make tho announcement.

They thon summoned a meeting themselves, and were expelled from membership by the pastor on the ground of insubordination. The mooting, however, passed a resolution requesting him to resign, whioh be refused to do. Last week the trustees determined TO LOOK THE PASTOIt OUT of the church, and issued tho following missivo To the Member) of the A. S. Church and the Congregation BnsTHBZir The Board of Trustees of this church, in pursuance of the instructions given at a oorporate meeting thereof, and In the discharge of tholr duty, as such trusteos, in tho preservation of the property of the chnrob and the administration ot its temporal affairs, have doomed it an imperative duty to dlseharge tho Rev.

J. B. Murray from further pastoral duties respecting the same, and have this day given him notice to that offeet by letter, he having refused to tender bis resignation. The ehnroh will, however, not be closed, and the benefits of the Oospel will bo extended to tho people as aforetime. In tho discharge of our duty we shall need tho able oo operation of al faithful, courageous and true members of this churoh.

As onr immediate supporters, in preserving order and in carrying on the work of this churoh, we nominate Brothers S. King, J. WillTtt, A. Rose, B. Williams, A.

B. Copes, J. Treadwell, D. F. Hunter, T.

Cbisholm, T. 8ummors, B. Tobias, vi. Hicks, F. Johnson, W.

P. Johnson, C. Sprigs, E. Hicks, A. yine, W.

Goll, 8. Tilman, J. Robinson, Samuel Palmer, B. Woods, 3, Walker, F. Bpadcr, A.

Flood, K. E. H1U, Jones, B. Turpin, Isaac Brown, P. Anderson, Louis Smith, i.

M. Drayton, Samuel Thompson, Q. Wilson, Doreoy Konip, David Thompson, George Matthews, C. Hunt, Orrin Ellis, Albert Jaokson, William Harper, C. E.

Kemp. xi. xurpin, If any doubt could oxlst In tho mind of any ono as to tho propriety ot the removal of tho pastor from office, we dispose of the Bame by referring to the action of the church at its late corporato meeting, to our duty as trustoes, as explained iu tho statutes and tha discipline, and to tha aot that, within one year past, tho paBtor hoe 1. Sown dissensions. 0.

Disregarded tho Statuto of tho State of Now York in rospeot to the Board of Trustoes. 3. By moans of bogus trials and humbug protended to dismiss from tho churoh, Simon King, D. D. Williams, Bimon G.

Buohannan.W. Thomas, J. Troadwoll, Samuol Palmer, J. Wlllitt, T. H.

Wilson, Q. Drayton all good Christian men. 4. Set at defiance the will of tha church corporation in rospect to its property. We guarantee order, peace and the benefits of tho gospel.

By order ot tha Board of Trustees. Thomas H. WiteoH, President, SiMOJf 0. Bitobassak, Secretary, cAMPHfo in a onnnon. Tho pastor with a number of his followers then took possession of tho churoh, and he has slept and lived there day and night since Tuesday last.

The building consists of a schoolroom and a vestry on the gronnd floor, and the meeting room on the upper. Stalra lead from the vestry to the preacher's platform. The doors of tho meeting roem upstairs were locked by tho trustees, but with that oxcoptlon tho pastor and hia supporters wcro in full possession of tho cdifloe. Yesterday morning tho trustees and a number of thoir friends woro at tho ohuroh exporting or designing a disturbance. Tho crowd was so groat, and tho provalonce of clubs so general that spsclal notification was sent to the polleo, and twenty mon woro sent undor the command or Sergoant Martin, and subsoquontly of Captain Smith, of tho First Precinct, to preserve order.

THE PASTOR BUB8T OPEN THE DOOM and a scene of loud disorder ensued. The howling, Bcoldlng, swearing aud threatening woro of the heartiest description, but no blows were Btruck. Captain Smith acted as a mediator and pacificator, and through his friendly and judloious greeting and the promptness of tha officers generally, the tumult was quelled and tho dissatisfied part of tho membership allowed Mr. Murray to enjoy free use of the mooting room. A very largo crowd was gathered In the morning, somo estimating it at fully ono thousand poisons, blaok and while.

In tho afternoon tho aoenoa of tho morning wero almost repeated, and thero was a little quarrel otitaldo on tho sidewalk which resulted unfavorably to tho gentleman who Btood by tho mlnistor. Tho gontlo man roferred to taoklod tho wrong man and was severely bucked. Ho retired a wiser and a eaddcr man. A REMARKABLE SCENE. In tho evening tho meeting room was crowded, only a fow white persons being in tho audienco.

A numbor of policemen wero iu attendance. The Rev. Mr. Murray conducted a lively service. His discourse related to the trouble in the church, and ho undertook to justify his own action and to condemn the course of his opponents.

Some of the women in tho assembly wcro wrought up to a high pitch ot excitement. For the lnat five nituutes of tho discourso thoy arose in various parts of tho congregation and began to jump straight up luto tho air, flinging their arms wildly about aud yelliug in a most hidoous fashion. The pastor grow oxcltod also. Ho walked up anddowothe platform, stamping, beating tho desk, slapping his hands and using his stentorian voice to its utmoBl limits. At length, when probably a dozen women wero shrieking and lonplng at one time, Mr.

Muriay rotired behind the desk and began to leap also. Not less than six times probably ten BE SPBANO CLEAN INTO THE AIR, showing hl3 boots abova tbo top of the desk eaoh timo. Tho scene was lndcsoribablo. Tho perBpliotion rolled down his face, his arms shot wildly about, and the building shook with the vehemence of bis action. The colebratcd "Perfect Cure" waa not a oircumstance to tho rcvorend gentlomau'a performanoc.

After Binging aoveral hymns, a collection was taken up, and tho pastor said that tho mombors had contributed $26, for whioh God would bless them. Mr. Murray thon announced that on April 18 a mooting would bo held to elect trustoes, in tho place of those who had boon expolled from membership. Tho congregation dlBperBOd slowly, there being a etrong disposition on tho pirt of somo who hung around the door outside TO HATE A GLOBING ROW. Tho presence of the police oheoked the impulse, although some women got into a wranglo which went no further than oaths and objeotlonablo epithets.

An Eaoie reporter found the pastor after the closo of tho Borvice, standing inside tho communion rail, refreshing himself with a tankard of wlno. Despito the fiery ordeal through whioh he had passed, he was rigorous and full of oourago. Ho Bald that under htm tho church had boon prosperous, that thoy had 400 members, no debt, and $1,200 in tho bank. Ho charged tho trUBtocswith having drawn money from tho bank without propor authority and with having failed to pay him biB salary. Tho church owod him, ho said, $300, and some weeks he had not received so much aa 75 cents, so that his family were unprovided for and his children bare footed.

All he wanted was fair play. It was his right to sit ns Chairman ex ojjlct'o, of the Board ot Trustees, and tho courts had sustained him bat the party opposed to him wished to run thinga their own way and to drive him out because he would not Bnb mlt. The meeting whioh tho trustees claimed gavo them authority to oloeo tho ohurch and discharge him, consisted of only flfty nlno persons, Tho minister's steward, who. deolinod to give his name, said that in tho morning certain of the opposite party threatened to club him to death, and did actually THROW A SISTER OTJT OF A WINDOW. Numbors came around with big sticks, and did not conceal thoir Intention to assault tho pastor and hia supporters.

When they crowded Into the schoolroom in the morning, thoy wore preparea to noa tne minister, and ho called on tho women to rally round him aa his best proteotlon. An attempt to got the namo of Mr. aiurray Doay guard was unsncccssf uL The Eagle reportor stood by whon the pastor called out All you who aro going to stay and protect ma to night, descend into tho vestry the rest of you A number of trusty women, old and young, nieo out Into the aisles, and formed a goodly phalanx In front of Mr. Murray. Each one provided herself with a kerosene lamp, which stood on tho communion table, and DESOENDED INTO THE SECRET RECESSES BELOW.

Mr. Murray followed, and several men remained in tho meeting room to guard tha entrance to tho pastor's retreat. A message was sent to the First Precinct, requesting an officer or two to be sent to their aid. Among the crowd outside the churoh the feeling against the pastor waa etrong. A member donied that there were 400 members, and eald that there ware not more than ISO.

It was a trick, ho said, to send to the Conference a large number of members, to make them believe that the pastor had been very successful, whereae he had torn things to plooes. There were $1,100 in tho treasury, and the pastor could not touch that, tnank Qod. He waa arbitrary and tyrannical. The church was the pcople'B property, and tho Conference could not force them to tolorate a man whom they despised. WHAT OUTSIDERS SAT.

An officeholder said tnat Mr. Murray wag a married man, but that hia wife and family lived in Pennsylva nia and ho would not bring thom on here. They wanted a minister whose family they could know. As it was it was a matter for scandal. A trustee described the state of things in the churoh building during tho week that Mr.

Murray and his friends have been domiciled therein as perfectly In. famous. "They have all slept, eaten and lived together," the trustee said. "The neighbors say that the goings on hare been soaodalooe, and that the place has been no better than a brothel." The matter will probably oome before the Courts this week, lath meantime trmemay baro, ocaOxe, BOXDAT EVENING, APBIL 8, 1878. HOME AGAIN.

The Fulton Bank Teller Back in Brooklyn. His Arrival This Morningr $20,000 of the Stolen Honor Beeovered The Remain der Stolen from Him by a Railroad Thief. The Storj of His Pnrsult and Capture. This morning Detectives Corwin and Folk arrived In fbls city with tho absconding bank teller, U. P.

flOfcOrs. Tey took the prisoner to headquarters aVoo'ce, ane, in a few minutes ftor Superintendent Campbell arrived. Th Fulton Bank officials wero then notified of the ftet, and PrcBldent Lambert at once went over to eo the pri.cnor. Shortly after. Mr.

Bogota' bondsmen put In an appearance, and other ofll clals connected with the bank. All expressed great sympathy for their late teller, and after a few word's with him, detailed account of bis arrest wu entered upon by Detective Corwin, together with a detailed account of the moneys recovered. Detcetivo Corwin started off on tha Saturday morning after the robbery, which occurred two weeks ago laat Friday. In tho letter that Rogors nulled to big w.Te on the night his departure, ha stated that bo waa coing to buy a home for her and that abo would hoar from him Boon, On questioning her, Inspector Vfaftuj and uttoolVui Coivfln and Yolk found out that Hogors wea very atronglj sot on purobrrtlng a farm aomewhtre in Tennessee or Texas for tho purpoao of raising shoop. A letter waa alao received from Rogers dated Hackcttstown, a little place on the Choaapcako ltallroed.

Dciccilro Corwin, oo learning this fact, at once went to Baltimore, and arrived there on Monday, March 20, two days aftor the robbery DOT been committed. lie staid there for a day or ao, and visited at tho hotels, real estate offices and banks, but there was no trace ol Itogcrs to bo found. Then bo started to Nashville, aa that waa a city surrounded by large shoop farming districts, and tboro he pursued tho same course, going to tho hotels, banks, but he got no cluo to hia man. Tho detoctive hurt boon informed that Rogers had been especially studying up about Tennessee, and ho naturally inferred that bo would attempt to Bettlo down there somewhere. Corwin then went to the farm ol tvro brothers named Wright, which la near Nashville.

They are tho prinolpal sheep raisers in that part of the country and ho Inquired of them whether tbey had communicated in any way with a person who wanted to buy a farm, but the brothers could glvono information. Corwin then atarted for Chattanooga and stayed there for a day or so. He made searching inquiries all over town, but he learned nothing of the fugitivo. Then he went to Knoiville, which place ho reached a week ago Saturday, and in tho evening, lie stayed all Saturday night and Sunday, watching every incoming train, but no Rogers made his appearance. On Monday morning too doteotive com znonced his search In the town, and on Tuesday ho topped at tho office of Mr.

E. Zoan Dow, the publisher of tho Monthly Land HegMer, and here ho got THE FIRST CLUB that he was on tho right track of his man. Mr. Dow bad not aeen Rogers, but ho told the detective that ha received, on March 3, a letter cloned M. A.

J. Rogers, and tho writer inquired as to tho prices of farms there eheop farms and requested Mr, Dow to write back and to address bis letter to A. J. Brooklyn Post Office, Hoi. 181." Mr.

Dow did so, and heard no more Irom hiB correspondent until March 20, when he received a letter from Rogers which had been written on tho 18tb, and waa dated HarrUburgh, in which Mr, Dow waa iuformod that Rogers had expressed a package ot valuablo papciB to Uim, and that he ahoud keep thom in hia safe or else doposit tho package in a bank, Tho letter concluded "Send wo a reclpt or tho eamo and direct it to Staunton, Virginia, whero I am going to stop for a few days." Detcetivo Corirln nakod il he had received tho packago and had deposited It In tho Teoplo's Bank in Knoxrillo. Tho dotoctivo then sent word to Superintendent Campbell for assistance and JDotectivo Folk was sent on on Wednesday last. lie reached Knoxvillo on Friday night. On Wednesday last, tho day after his inlervlow with Mr. Dow, Dotective Corwin met a man who had seen Rogers a tittles way from Knoxvillo, and this man gave tho dc tecllro tho information that Rogers had said that ho was going on to Chattenooga to buy a sheep farm.

The dctectivo thought that ho had better stay by the pack ago until Detcetivo Folk i cached him, and ho got Mr. Dow in tho presouco of tho People's Bank officials to opoh tho package It was found to contain VIVE THOUSAND D0IXAB.8 IS BILLS. The package was the folded up and put back in tho bank vault. Tha next that Corwin heard of Rogers Was at Lowden, where he had also gone to negotiate for the purchase of arm. When Detectiro Folk got down lo Knoxvillo, Corwin had heard that Rogers had gone to Concord, bIbo on tho shcop raising business.

Tho officer went there, leaving word that 'f Sogers came to Knoiville to hold'hlm and notify them. When they got to Concord they found traces of Rogers, but learned that he had left Ihero and had gono bock to lowden, whero ho bad put up at tho Curen Hotel, aud from there, when they got to London tho detectives wcro lolormed that on tho day previous Rogers had started for a placo called Sweet, which was about thirteen miles distant. two dctoctlvcs hired a mula team and drove over a beastly road and reached Sweetwater on Friday night last. Pursuing their inquiries, they learned that Rogers had again left Sweetwater, but as they woro about to leave the place they eamo across a mau who had seen the fugitlre on tho streets that ovoniuu. Thon they found ho bad gone to tho house of a Mrs.

Lrewsicr to board and that he was on tho pjlnt of buying a farm. Tho detectives wont to Mrs. lirowstcr'tj house, aud got there about ten o'clock ot niht. THE AliREST. When they asked for Rogers thoy were told that ho was In tho house for ho had not cjn ealed biH last iirao) but was very sick.

Tlioy went up stuirH and found them in bed. Ho recognized tiiein at ouoo aud Eaul that ho supposed they would be after him, but was that they bad come. He said bo waa perfectly willing to return lo lirooklyn. They look liini from his bosrdiDg house and installed him in tho Curen Hotel and tho next morning started for Knoiville. From that city iboy telegraphed the lacl ot llio arrest on Saturday morning and eUriaJ for Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon.

On their way homo they pasred through eevera sheep farms and Rogers, as soon as his eye rested ou them, seemed to be very much oxcltod. Said Corwin, "Howasliko a boy who sees a new toy that ho has longod for and yet can't grasp it. I think he's goue on thu eubjeet of sheep raising." THE MONEYS BEOOVEBED. Jt seems that thete has been certain sums of money recovered, aud which arc to be returned from sources which the police doelino to give to tho press. Tho fol lowiug it the amount which tho bank Is to get Found on Rogers' person Recovered at tho Knoivillo Hank 6,000:00 To tie roceUen at tho Fulton Rank from some unknown sourco 8.I 20.C0 Recovered at RuKors' roflidoncii in iirookln fiOO.OU To bo received Irom some unknown sourco Total 819,519.76 This amount deducted from $24,875, whioh is what Rogers really stole, loaves a balance of $5,355,21, which has been got away with, and the follf wlog is the explanations by Rogers on that point.

Ho aays that on Friday nigbt wben ho was traveling by went to sleep in tho cars, and while asleep Bomo thief "wont through SilD," and Btola a package containing exactly $5,000. Hetates that all tho 11,000 ho wrapped up in on envo lop. Bnd tho reet of tho amount fn smaller bills, he disposed about his porson. It was one of theso packagCB which be claims waa stolen from blm. The remaining ho spent in traveling and Incidental ox pensee.

Ho telis tha story ot the robbery with apparant truth tho Superintendent and tho bank officials beliovc hia Btory. Uo Igot away and was traveling on this very train, my conBClonco smote ma and I would have returned tho noxt morning, but when tho was stolon from me, 1 was afraid to coma back. Vou Bee I could do nothing I had boon robbed, but I couldn't tako any measures to find tho thlof, for tho money ho stolo I had stolon, aud auv attempt to recover it would have resulted in my own oxposuro." The prisoner baa not changed in tho least bo did not oven buy himself now clothes, and oppoars io hovo boen very economical with the stolen money. At ono o'clock Rogers was taken to Court. TTIE PMSOHEB.

IS COURT. Mr. Snoll, the Assistant District Attorney, appeared for tho people, and Mr, John V. Sliorter for tho ac cusod. Mr.

John A. Koxson, the cashier of tho Fulton Sank, sworo to a complaint charging Rogers with having stolen from the bank the aura of 124,875. When tho complaint was ready, usiico Yalcb called up Mr. Rogers. Mr.

Shorter i'our Honor I appear for Mr. Rogers, and will answer for him. As far as tho ploa ia con cerned, ho stands mute. Justice Walsh Then what day shall we fix for an examination 7 Mr. Shorter If your Honor pleases, I should llko to have it set down for a week from to day.

Mr. Snell That will suit rue. Justice Walsh That will be Ihc 10th last. Will ten o'clock do 7 All parties being suited tho caso was put down for ton o'clock on Mondao next. There wcro soveral gen llomen who knew Rogera who were present in tho court, and whon they bid a cbance to speak to him, they did so and sympathized with him in his position.

All tho bauk officials aro sorry for him, and thoy think that this idea of raising sheep has become so Btrong in bim that It caused him to rorgst his obligations. Hia wise has not eecn blm, as she is at homo sick and ona ble to como out in such weather as was experienced today. The prisoner, however, communicated with her through his counsel, Mr. Shorter. TELEGJUPMC BREVITIES.

Tho bettiug on tho Oxford and Cambridge University boat race Is six to four in favor of Cambridge. The London Times thinks tho proposition to call the Quoon Empress ol India will be abandonod. Hi masons and 150 laborers are on strike at Saratoga lor higher wages. Jas. E.

Lyon, the Emma mine witness, was croBs ex gmluod to day. Nothing important was elicited. The situation among tho coal mlnera on strike at rollsvillo remains unchanged. The Abytsinians and the Egyptians have not come to terms. tVcatUcr Probabilities WiBHJHOTOn, l.

APril 3 Tor tho Middle Slates, falling barometer, southerly T.inds, warmer, cloudy and rainy weather. ItEOOBD Ot THB THEBMOMETEB. The following la the record of tho thermomater, as keDt at the Baoo.TM Dah Eaolx office Ml 10 A. 40 MUM as IP. 14 44 4 A.

OA. I a p. 41 Average Umpeimtofeto dsjr Averse tasipecattu awux out lnl rear. on probation. They now refuse to abide by the role.

of probation and want to be full members. We deny that it Is right to let them. On Monday night they called a meeting np stalra in Um church and requested me to resign. There were fifty nine persona at the meeting out of a membership of nearly four hundred. They sent a communioaUon to me asking Uurt I rielgn, and I replied that I did not rooogniae ordered the ohuroh doors to their rigi1 do thia I reaoWed to be looked immeitely.

On hearing remain in the ohuroh, and did so, from Monday night until sow. My meals were served by my friend! and I alopt in the study. Yesterday morning those partloa undertook to look the doors of the church with padlocks, and FORCIBLY EJECT MS from tho premises. It waa a Utile aftor nine when they camo around. I was in my study when they began the trouble.

At the usual hour, a number of my friends having coma Into the study, tho services began. They attacked ns, hootod, Jeered and tried to lock tho doore. Borne of my friends resisted until the police arrived and others went for them. When they came one of thom, after looking at my credentials, acoompanled me to tho pulpit and restored order. There were about one hundred people In the.

ehoroh, and I proceeded with the services. During the proceedings there was some boisterous manifestation. The trustees who were expelled crowded about mo and aaid I should not preaoh. Tho sermon was omitted and I only read the lessons, sang a song and prayed. When the services were over they oamo down in the study to make another effort to look the door leading to the pulpit.

I atood with MY BACK AGAINST THE DOOB for three hours until the aftornoon Bervioes began. All tbo Umo tho truBteoa were trying to look the door, but a policeman protected me. For thosB three hours all I took into my stomaoh was a oup of tea that ono of the sisters gave me. When the time camo for the afternoon and evening meetings, I preached to several hundred. 1 will continue to preaoh until my term IB out, wmon win no in june.

xnat is, unless something is done to prevent mo by tho oourte. Brother W. S. Robs, ono of tha presiding elders, Indorsed very emphatically everything that the Bev. Mr.

Murray Bald and Inveighed warmly against his enemies. THE BELLIGERENT TRUSTEES, whose namoa tho preaoher will not divulge, aro very bitter against him and talk of getting out an injunotion restraining him from proaohlng. Simon King, tho leader it 1b said, la a peddler, residing in Oanarsio. Another la Mr. Pokes, a knight of tha whitewash brush, and a third Is Thomas WilBOn, coachman lor a reBideut of Monroe placo.

COUNTRY TOWN ELECTIONS. Whom tbo Rural Politicians Have For Office In Now Jbota, JFItU bash, Flatlnnds, Gravesend and New Utrecht. To morrow the elootion for Supervisors and town officers will bo hold in tho sevoral country towns of this county. Matters of interest relating to tho canvass, where owing to local causes, it has beoome exciting, wero stated, in detail, in the Eaole of Saturday. Tho following 1b an authentic list of tiokets put forth by the more Important political organizations New tots.

DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. For Supervisor A. H. W. Van Siolen.

For Town Clerk Henry Lubs. For Justice of tho Peace Long Term, LouiB I. Wltte. For Justice of the Poaco Vacanoy, Wm. Bherlock.

For Assessor Louis Altenbrand, Sr. For CommiBBloner of Highways John Marriner. For Auditors Geo. O. Lowe, John Gans.

For Oamo Constable Wm. C. Brown. For Constables Chrlstisn F. Relmols, Simeon Nager, Bernard Brcudet, Charles Bernet, Albert Sohnller.

Inspectors of Election, First District John Mo Geoban, Adolph Yorns. Seeond District Ibobo O. Van Biao, Valeilo Lanii Thlrd District Timothy Ryan, C. Hinriohs. REPUBLICAN.

For Supervisor Samuol Mitchell. For Town Clerk Charles Doughty. For Justice of tho Peace Long Term Henry Wol fert. Short Term Charles Smith. For Commissioner of Htehways William Glander.

For AaaoBsor John Gans. For Excise Commissioner Long Term: Matthew Cooper. Short Term Alfrod W. CarlBen. For Auditors George Fanbol, Emory Piatt.

For Couatablos Simon Nager, Paul Schlua, Jacob Miller, John Fisher, William Schrooder. Inspectors of Election First District John Field, H. Maxwell. Second District C. V.

B. Decker, John Distlcr. Third District Howard Gregg, J. Kelly. OITIZENS.

For Supervisor A. H. W. Van Siolen. For Town Clerk Henry Lubs.

For JubUoo of the Peace Long Term Louis J. Wltte. Vacanoy Wm. Sherlock. For Assessor Louis Altenbrand, Sr.

For Commissioner of Highways John Marrinor. For Auditors Goo. O. Lowe, Williamson Kapolje. Jr.

For Excise Commissioner Long Term Peter Sutter. Short Term C. W. Magulre. For GamB Oonstablo Wm.

C. Brown. For Constables Christian F. Roimels, E. J.

Dulia hon, Bernard Iirondol, Obas. Bernot, Henry Busiok. Inspectors of Eleotion First District John McGoe han, CIibb. G. Miller.

Second District Gilliam Mdert, Nicholas L. Rapeljo. Third District Timothy Ryan, Joachim Birkner. Flatbusti. DEMOCRATIC.

For Supervisor Peter L. Williamson. For Aase iBor Andrew Kuat. For Town Clark Gilbert Hicks. For Justice of tbo Peace Win.

B. Greon. Commissioner of Highways G. D. Vaudoveer.

lor Auditors John I. Bergen, Abraham Lott. Constables Andrew Uook, Jas. F. Kano, Wm.

Mills, Jas. Buren, John Brew. 1'or Inspectors of Eleotion Jacob V. B. Martenao, John Dempaey.

pr rouna Blaster aamuci iiuibu, ttm. T7.ma nommlHRinner Fe.llx nTctfaborl. Wm H. Allgee Ib Blated but had not yet decided to run. REPUBLICAN.

For Supervisor No nomination. For Assessor Andrew Rust. For Town Clork Gilbert Hicks. For Justice of tho Poaco D. W.

Costigan. For CommisBloner of Highways Goo. J. Vandeveer. Wnr Amlllnra Pharles Lililw.

A. V. Martense. For Constables Wm. Mills, Jamos Barlow, W.

H. Taylor, Charles Hunt, i iv. Atwater. For rounu Master aautuoi rtuiso. Inspootor of Election George Hamblln, A.

Vender veer. Excise Commissioner Daniel uosgrovo. Flntlands. DEMOCRATIC. For Supervisor Cornelias DitmarJ.

For Town Clerx Peter G. Kouwonhovon. For Assessor Biohard H. Bydsr. For Commissioner of Highways Garret Borgon.

For CommisBloner of Excise John I. Lott. For Town Auditors Daniel Tiemann, Stephen Thnrnr. For Inspectors of Blection Anorow J. anarrott, o.

Irving sammis. Ktve nx uia reaoa nuuxj oi. .111011.. vnr Constables Abraham Voorhlos. Henry Borrmes ter, Terrenoe Corrlgan, u.

at. otoror, juanB nam' EOT sexton aimoon if. urowu, uuu jjbumdj'. For Pound Masters John J. Morrison, Wm, Bush; REPUBLICANS.

For Supervisor John L. Ryder. For Town Clork iBaac H. Skldmora. For Assessor James Savage.

For Inspectors of Election Elias Hendrickson, Nich olas W. Brown. For Commissioner of utgnwaya rneoaore uergen. For Justice of tho Peaoo William H. Rogers.

For Town Auditors Voorhees Ovorbaugn, James 8. Serene. For Constables William B. Brundsgo, Abraham W. Skidmore, William H.

Hoyt, Daniel Denton, John H. Nolan. For Sextons First District, Simeon J. Brown Second District, Jchn Baisley. For Pound Masters First District, William Bush; Second District, John J.

Morrison, New Utrecht. DEMOOBATIO. Supervisor A. Gubner. Town Clerk E.

Lott Barre. Assessor Long Term, Aaron Lott. Short Term, D. Van Brunt. Justice of the Peace Long Term, A.

G. Cropaey. 8hort Term, A. T. Carpenter.

Commissioner of Highways Hebnlon Fnnnan, Commissioner of Excise Jan.es Parker, Town AudltorB Holmes Van Brunt, Jacob P.Moore. Inspectors of Eledtion C. W. Churoh, Peter S. Bo 8 Constables John N.

Hass, Patrick Drury, P. Leon hardt, W. Bronner, George Wardelh 8LOOUMITES. Supervisor Peter Wyckoff. Justice of the Peace Long Terra, John B.

Holland. The balanco of this ticket la the same aa the Bopub. licans. BSPUBLIOAN. Supervisor David C.

Bennett. Town Clerk E. Lott Barre. JuBtice of the Peaoe Long Term, Edward Kent, Jr. Short Term, Andrew Hegeman.

Assesors Long Term, Hans C. Pfalagran. Short Term, George Self. Commiaaioncr of Highway William Koegan, Excise Commissioner BenJ. B.

Baptist. Auditors Timothy Nostrand, Robert Benson. Inspectors of ElectioneIohn V. Pelt, Thomas Hege "constables John MoBiide, W. A.

Love, John Goiine, John N. Haas, Adrian Bogart. Grnvesend, DEMOCRATIC. For Supervisor Jsgues J. StUwell.

For Town Clork Jaoobus Lake. For Juatioo of the Peaoe Edmund Williams. For Assessor Cornelius 8. Stryker. For CommiBBionora of Highways Stephen S.

of Elections Michael Dumphy, John T. Hinman. For Pound Master Peter A.TUyou. For Constables Riohard Corson, William MiUs, John T. Butler, John T.

Hinman, Oortanus P. Hampton. For Town Treasurer Stephen SttlwelU For Commissioner of Common Lands George H. DFor Town Auditore Slephan Morris, William Bennett. BEPUBLIGAN.

For Supervisor Jaquea J. StilweU. For Town Clerk Jacobus Lake. For Justice of the Pesos Edmund Williams. For Assessor Cornolius a Stryker.

For commissioner of Highways Samuel Hubbard. For Inspectors of Elections Jsaues S. Stryker, David 8nedlcor. For Pound Master Peter A. Tilyou.

For Constables Richard Corson, William Mills, John T. Butler, John T. Hinman, Cortenue P. Hampton. For Town Treasurer Stephen J.

StUwell. For Oemmtsatrmer ot Common Lands) Barnard Doyls. For Town Aui'tors Stphe atexxis, tYiUiaxn JJan 1 If tbepowor, gentlemen, is put into your hands at all, it is for prudent and disoroet use in tho true interests of the publio, and not to become as it has, an engino to serve personal malice and political persecution. Tha reservoir test Bhouid be carried no further, but the water bold at a reasonable depth, and tho work completed in suoh manner as the law permits your Honorable Body to direct, sod the urgent need of tha city demands. There aurely MUST BE SOME ONE MIND in your Honorable Body with power and manhood to stop this senseless cry which now clamora for the entire cessation ot this urgently important work.

We bog, respectfully, as our bounden dnty, to entreat that some action be immediately bad looking to its eirly ana proper completion, no aaaition to the city's tax will follow this noeded expenditure. It is truo tho cry of fraud has boen raised by sensational newspaper conductors who by bo doing but serve their own selfish and personal ends. The discussion of this is nona of our auty, nut our duty to your Honorablo Body IB plain. This wors muBt be completed at once. Let tbe suits and charges bo what they may, and arise from whom, or whence they may, this oity must have water, and tt must not be estopped in its efforts to secure it, by personal or political interests, which now interfere to its prevention.

With you remains the power, with yon bIbo the responsibility. Wo do less than our duty If we fail to make it plain. Respoctf nlly submitted, Wm. A. Fowlkb, Thob, W.

Adamb, Commiesioners of Oity Works. PBESIDENT SLOOUM did not approvo of this communication aud refused to sign it. Ho regarded it as a sort of locturo to tho Aldermen; but further thou that, ho declined to speak concerning the matter. BILL? DEADD AGAIN. "Uncle Billy Beard," tho contractor, called upon Mayor Schrooder this morning, and offered to finish the facing of the dam with concrote, for $5,000.

It was understood that his Honor thought favorably of having tho material used and the work dono, aud said that he would consider tbe matter. PBOOBESS OF THE TEST. The depth of wator in tho Reservoir this morning was thirteen feet ono and a quarter inches, again of three inches since Saturday. Tho Water and Drainage Committee reported to tho Common Counoil thia aftornoon In favor of requesting the Legislature to repeal tho act appropriating $500,000 for the completion of the reservoir. A Protest from Kingaley Sc Keener.

This afternoon, Messrs. Kingsley Keeney, tho contractors for building tho Storage ReBorvoir at Hempstead, sent in (o the Board of City Works a protest relation to tho test to which tho Reservoir is now being subjected, and the damage which tbey will sustain by raising tho wator above a nolght of twelve foot. Tha Board of City Works referred tho protest to the Common Council. Tho protoat roads aa follows To the Board of Citu Work! of the Cilu of Brooklyn On tha 28th day of February, 1876, tho Committee of tho Common Council on Water and Drainago made the followinc renort Tho Committoe on Water and Drainago, to whom was referred the resolution oireroa oy Aiu. jtowioy, in couuection with the communication from his Honor the Mayor, In relation to tho completion of the dam of tho new reservoir (page 'io, printed minutes, oauuary 'ja 1S70), would rcspectxuiiy BEPOET That tbev have srivon tha mattor so referred careful consideration, and are of tho opinion that it 1b inex pedient to expend anotner aonar upon tuc storage rpsprvoir until it ia cloartv demonstrated to thom and tho publio that tho Baid reservoir will hold at least twelvo leet OI water, auu lor ino purpose oi aucu test, ther would offer for adontion the following? llenolvcd.

That the Board of City Works bo and aro horoby directed to Instruct Chief engineer Adams to causo tno gates ox toe morago itcsurvois at uenipsiuau, to be closed and kept olOBOd (unteBS otherwise ordered by the Mayor,) until such timo as the said Reservoir Bball contain at loose tweivo icot oi water. Respectfully submitted, William fi. Ray, Herman CorrnKLL, A. 8. Howley, Jas.

Kane, w. h. mubtita, Committee on Water and Drainage. Tho resolution was adoptod. Allhouli as contractors for tlio completion of tho reservoir, we woro va undisturbed possession of tha work at tbo timo or the passage of the resolution, having tbereon largo amount of property which would be exposed to injury; nevertheless in view of tho fact that constant aud persistent misrepresentation of a portion oi tno puuuo press, nan oronteu a uouut in tno ninds of well disposed pooplo and citizens of Brooklyn as to the practicability ol tho plan ot the reservoir as devised and adopted by tho cugincors.

wo wero quite willing to incur tho loss and damage which would noees sarily result to us In coneequenco of making tho test as proposed by said resolution. Having upon the work two Btcam Bhovols, three locomotives, and about eight cars, beside otbor property alt ot tue value oi auuut uity muusuuu uunaio, yiv ceeded at considerable oxponse to ouraolves to secure tho same from injury resulting from tho teat of twolvo feet as proposod. That test nas oeen maue ana nas resuiieu wt we auew it would, in the complete vindication of tho plan of tho reservoir and of the work done thereon so far as the eamo has been completed. We aro now informed that it 1b proposed not to withdraw tho water but to keep the gates closed until tho water is raised to a depth of nineteen feet. Against this wo desire to enter our protest.

The dam in its prosont incomplete condition is Iiabls to bo greatly injured by tho water, if raised to a depth of more than twelvo feet, and will require constant watohing and largo expense to preserve tuo same ironi injury. Beside, It is now impossible to sccuro our property against injury which must necessarily result from a urthor incroaee in tho depth of wator. Tho damage to our properly now on the works, from this cause, will not be less than twenty thousand dollars. Beapectiuuy suDmitton, KXNQ8LEY Sc KEINEY, Contractors Storago Beserrolr. TflE COURTS.

Kloe vs. ITloc Elsie A. If oe, of Orange County, sacs Jas. C. Moo for absolute divorce.

It is tho old, old story of unfaithfulness. Plaintiffs attorneys, Messrs. Dell Vanatooo, made a motion, this morning, before Justico Gilbert, for alimony and oounsol feo. Counselor D. D.

McCoomb opposed. Tired of Liberty. Last Spring a man named Christian Stein was arrosted and indlctod on a chargo of running threo illicit Btills, two in Furman and ono In Grand slreet. Ho gave bail in $10,000 to appear for trial, but on tho day tho case was called ho fled to Canada, ana proceed ings wero commenced against his bondsmen. One of thom, Neil McQoldrick, recently visited tho Dominion, and had a long conversation witn tne fugitive, wno said ho was tired of remaining away.

Acting on Mo Goldrlck's advice bo decided to return, and did bo on Saturday, when he waa delivered into the custody of TJ. S. Marshal Harlow, and placed in Baymond street Jail, where he ia now awaiting trial. Plead Cuilty. This morning a young man named Thomas Bidde ford waa arraigned for trial oefore Jnage ana a jury on a charge of having been engaged in tho business of illicit distlllng on Twenty first street, nesr Third arcane, in August last.

Tbe prisoner when arrested waa found at work on the premises, and was Jointly indioted with a man named Beuben Jones. At the last term of the Court ones pleaded guilty, and waa sentenced to sevon months' imprisonment, but Hiddelord, who claimed that ho was not interesied in tho business except as an employe, decided to stand a trial, and the result was a disagreement of tho jury. This morning ho plead guilty, and with the consent of the Distriot Attorney sentence was suspended. Grand Jury Sworn fn. This morning tho Court of Oyer and Term iner convened with Justice Pratt presiding, and associate Justices Woliert and McKlbbln.

A Grand Jury waa Bworn in for the April term. Supreme Court Decisional. BX JUSTICE GILBERT. In matter of E. E.

a supposed lunatic Order appointing a commiBsion vacatea; motion to puniBh Mr. Gtbbs for contempt denied; papers used on tho former notion to db sent to umuw iwcukv. Mary L. Strong vs. the City of Brooklyn, Judgment for tbe defendant.

Florinda Rogers vs. Horatio Losoe. The conveyance must be set aside, and tha bond and mortgage given up to be canceled, and the plaintiff must have judgment for recovery of the possession of tbo premises without costs to eithor party; judgment bo settled on ten days' notice. BY JUSTICE PBATT. G.

Wilcox vs. T. L. Wilcox. Report confirmed.

b'. E. Phllbrook vs. H. B.

Pbilbrook On plaintiff Btlnulating to refer and to tako short notice ot trial, netitiou demon; otherwise granted. H. 0. Foster vs. H.

O. Faster Motion for receiver 'rS'SuIrwto vs. T. B. Gordon Motion granted on defendant's paying oosts in both buHb to obbo, and ten dollars coats of thia motion, and stipulating in case ha suoceedB to take no costs to date.

JudgmoDt to stand va. J. McCaffrey Motion for receiver granted on terms. H. B.

Ferguson vs. W. L. nelf ens tain Motion for 4t ritmtjwf 410 mats to ahida event. j.

B. Tuttdll vs. O. It. Howe Motion to vacate Jndg AntaA rm nlalnUSS aUTralaUna In ooen Court to iUow tWandanii aaiP" to have tbe premises any time in thirty days oaUf paying platntttrt Claire leas aown..