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improvement claim, il mandatory upon the Personal. OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS. FRlCTNOTJflEE. THE PRESIDENCY, ALBANY. VLUUA LUI I IUIIi ft WKDBK8DAT KYKSPfG, JAW.

10. Pigeon Shooting and duelling, Hie oommnnttr begins to breath mora freely cbeerioff telegramB from Slaughter Station (naaaed, we auppoaa on the hicuf a won Itoendn Idee; nave gladdened hatnanltariao quiduunos wfth the news that tbe doughty warjiors who trtveled to a bleak corner of Dolaware for fitting spot whereon to perforate each other are, after dlaoharge dtno less than six cartridges, alive and kicking aa the well pommeled darling Of Mr. Punch and the amiable Judy. Long may they kick, if only they would cause less bother to decent, plain, downright folk, by their illy squabble. Madame Humor had it yesterday, that the son of his father the gay and festive young editor of the Herald was in piteous case that daylight was shining through his viscera then that the gallant Fred.

Hay nephew ef hist uncle had not merely boon hi met rung, but drilled through tbe preoordium, (hamstrung he could acaro-ly he unless the editorisl pistol like Tim McCloskcy'l is made to shoot around corners) and thon tt was cert i lied to by one who knew alt about it, bloss you, that Jim was safe, but that it must be owned Up that Fredflad received a slight hurt. Now we are wiser than tbe sagest of the whisperers hud taking the public confidentially by tho button, we proclaim to all tbe readers of the Times in Lincoln's soothing phrase tbi 'tt'body is hurt." How in the name of gun-flints and percussion caps, it oama to pass that a "sport" iilte lien net so lamous for bringing down his pigeon each timo, that tbe poor bird felt itself as soon as it left tin trap as much "kilt" as Captain Martin Soott'i "gone coon," and that modern UaWkeye, Bo-gardus, looked on bis calm and steady nerve with positive envy how it-came to pasa that be should aim thrice at so ample a target aa the bread-basket of his aoi-dtsant brother-in-law and thrice miss it, seems, to aay the least, a trifle queor. l'erhaps like Bob Acres, tbo twain had been shaking hands for half an hour in the cold January mornmp, between the confines of Dolaware aod Marylandsagacious provision for the cfca(4s of the unhappy survivor. Perhaps the provident becouds of these hot youths pursued a course similsr to that taken in the famous encounter between JoiTYey and Tonnnjr Moore so mercilessly handled by Byron in his "English Bards aud Scotch Reviewers" wherein pellets of paper were tenderly substituted for leaden ball? ttuu saving for future emergencies the relative of tbat gallant soldier, whom, bearded like the pard.we have seen stuck i r-4- -it aomonues 01 xuooftiju Aw Am to rental "an Aot entitled an aot to widen and improve North Haoond atraat In the City of Brooklyn," passed April 19th, 1871. Haurrtoa 1.

Tha act entitled "An Act. Act' paaaed April 19th, 1871, being Chap. M9 of the Laws of 1H71, if hereby repealed. Sac. 1 This aot shall take effect Immediately.

It waa read twice and referred to the Com mittee on Cities. 1 Bribery at Primary BleetLona, Mr, Marvin intmdnced a bill to emend the aot of 1866 entitled "an act to protect primary meetings, caucuses and conventions of political amendment provides that "if any person shall by bnbery.or other morns or device attempt either direclty oaiodiFeo(ly to in fine oca any person. delegate or substitute entitled andsr the call of any political party to vote in any primary election, mteung, caucus, or ooorenuon of such party in giving his vote or ballot, or deter him In giving the same or hindor him Iu the free exercise of tbe right of suffrage or if any person shall knowingly or willingly vote or attempt to vote when not entitled to vbte under the rules and regulatiomi governing such primary election, caucus, meeting oroouventiou or PBUMOKATa ANOTllXB at any such primarf election Ac, and shall be confuted tuercur, suuu usituu au unenuiun aud ooovicted sball be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and sball bo hued or imprisoned or both, according to the discretion of the Court, such fine in mo case to be less than t250 nor to exceed 500 nor such iniprfeineut less than four months nor more tban one year." The bill was rtferredto tbe Committee on Cities. Should it be so ted upou favorably the same law tbat now provides for the punihmeut of offenders at local, State or national elation will bo 111 force for repeaters at piimaryjeloc-tions. A Sweeping Measure.

General Spiuola, of New York, introduced tbe following general bill Aa Act to provide for the abatement of nuis ances by Boards sf 'Health of incorporated cities. Section 1. rVhcnsver the Board of Health of any incorporated city in this State shall find and do 01 tue opinion auu vuau so aeciare tuai iroui or by reason of any pursnit, matter or manufactory, aituate without tbe limits of such city, or by the nature or condition of sewerage, drainage "or venUlaUonaAT'the same, or connected thewwithhiieeis or will be injury or dneger to thurfeor health of inhabitants of such city, oris or will be pollution of the air or water jabpply uf such city, or a nuisance m-juriousbffectiog tbe same or tbe inhabitants thercoff it shall bo the duty of such Board of Healt to MASK BCMMABT ATP14CAT10X, to the Snprettio Court ora justice thereof, or to the County Court of the County wherein such pursuit, matter or manufactory is situate or is carried, or for relief in the premises. Sec. 2.

Upon snch application tbe court or oPJuci to bom the same is so made upon satis factory proof, by affidavit or otherwise of the substantial proof of the matters cothplainoetof, may order the persons or bodies corpora or carrying on such matters, or responsible therefor, or in charge or occupation of the buildings or premises used in such business, matter or pursuit to Bhow cause before such court or ofhee at a specified time or place why tub' Bauer applied for should riot be and may also temporarily njoiu tho continuance of the matters so com- filaiued of, and upon the return of snob order, 0 show cause, on the hearing thereupon, snch count may order the summary abatement of tbe matt lis so complained of, or make such injunction perpetual, or grant such other or further relief to fhall appear to be just. Har, 3. Tbe said Board of Health may also give notice to any such person or body corporate, demanding or requeuing 4b at they pisuoNitHuicsutu rcBiurr, matter or manufacture, at the plauo where the same has been pursued or carried on, and tbe business, matter or pursuit of which has been deplored as so causing injury or danger to such city or its inhabitants, and 111 case of refusal or gleet to comply with such notice, may bug for, siia uiKn nrooi or sucn ruiiicai ana iiea-ieci ana injury or danger, Bhall rwe-ive in any court of fusal or neglect. This measure is eimflar to one introduced tatt year aud killed toward the close of the session. Under its provisions the Board or Health, say of Now York'or Brooklyn, would be authorized to go into an adjoining county or portion of tbe State and there take summary action for the removal of establishments which they might deem to bo a nuisance or detrimental to the health of the fn-hubitants.

So.also, would the jurisdiction of the Health authorities of long Island City and New York be extended to Brooklm. and tbere ia lit tle doubt hot tbat the passage of the bill would rttiult in serious trouble between the authorities in different localities, for, should tha Brooklyn Board of Health, for instance, co over into' Hunters' Point and' aup- Sress some of the oil factories, or bone ren-iring establishments there, tbe Health eushor- itie at iong island uty would nc uaeiy to retaliate by putting a stop to similar nuisances in the Seventeenth VYara of Brooklyn. Even some or tbe New York members do not favor tbe measure, and ita ultimate panaage under tbe circumstances ia doubtful. -Ita promoter! are residents of tbe east aide of New York, wbo claim that unless such a bill is Pawed tbere is no hope for relief from lliiiai aaTillliii odw 1 arising from tbe factories ofQreenpoint and ImfcOg Inland (lily. Thirty-fourth Street Frtry.

Mr. Buhner of Queens County presented the drift of an act providing for a reduction from fovir to two cents in tho rate for foot Basaencrers acros the ferry lying between Thifty-fowrtb en 1 iicw iui, iuu uuiig laiaVQQ fJtfy. 1'UU bill too, is similar to one tbat was before the mum tee on Commerce and Navigation during a freat portion of last year's i-e-sioo. It finally beaten through, tbo ioflueuce of tha ferry magnates, but like Bduquo'ti gho-t the raeaaaro ill nut down," and now again it comes up to annoy the proprietors of tbe monopoly. ANOTHER MISSING MAN.

A Milk Dealer of This District Said to flare Quit the Place and Forgotten to Take Ilrs WHe and Fonr Children. Mr. Christopher Johanna, who ia a milk dealer, and whose stand ia on the corner of South Fifth and Sixth afreet, where he baa beep located for about twelve years, disappeared yes-teiday, and it ia generally suDposod tbat he has abandoned his family. Ou taking his breakfast the morning be was observed to lo very happy and light hearted, and promised to return at his customary hour of one o'clock, after serving his milk route aiid si tting his cans. At Oi.HO -oClock he was at Bout's erocery Btere.

cornor 6f Grand, and Hecoi'd streets, and ifked one of tbe clerks to kef an eye on bis horse and wagon, while he went to a neighboring shoe store to set a pair of boots mended. He soon after returned with a pair of boot nnder his arm aud again asked Ihe clerk to look after his horse and be returned. He did not return and tbe horse and vehicle were sent home by Mr. Host. At about four o'clock he was seen to orosa tba Uraod Street Ferry with a blanket and tbe boots nnder hia arms aud a bag in his hand.

Since that be haa been misainx. Mr. Johanna ia forty-seven years of age, light hair, sandy beard and moustsche, stoop ornu- hi and is round shouldered. He was attiro an bid pants, boots, graen oisdVlllp-black velvet veet, woolen jaoket and rreixo cap. Bttuior connects his disappearance with that of a servant girl on (trend street, but there seeing to be- no authentication for the atory.

Aa far SB ia known he associated but little, with worn to outfide of his family, and as one of the family expressed it, "was not that kind of a man." Be have a wife and fonr child ten, tbe vouoneit a hibv. There waa a statement in circulation I that he ran awav from home a rear or two asroAl uut iiiu uin who tvutui uiiu uui huh uj uw entreaties hncoeeded in inducing him to retnro. but this Mrs. Johanns emphatically denies. Tbe atrount of bis business is not known, but 11 suppose to bavo averaged about 020 a day.

Home time ago be complained of bis custom, tbat be waa making only about 8 a At attout tbe same time he fosr, or pretended to have lost, his book of accounts with the Wil-liamaLnrgh Savings Bank, where, in 1874 his depofita ran aa bigh as ftl.iloo, and where it was so placed that no ono bnt bun-self could draw them. Frota the date of the ohm of bis bank' book -his deposit decreased, aod it is not improbable tbat he waa secretly accnroulatmg money in some other savings institution wbicbirhe drew before leaving the oitv. But 5 are left to his credit in tbe Savings Bank. He owned the bourn in which he resided' end trammeled bnafofwa. He 'waa alao owner of a farm in come wetrn State.

The police are been notified of Johanns' disappearance aud detectives arc endeavoring to discover his whereabouts. Tbe fears foul plar. which at first I a. 11..1 I i. a.

I 1 harraased bis famiW, are giadmjly being Abandoned. Hi wife will probably continue the business. The Sew York Tlaue" aod the Tbe New York Timet to-day published a ra- traction-of ita action gainst the Measra. Good- I ell, of tbe Gravhic, and apologises for their publication. It understood tbat tbe libel isoit of tbe Masarav Uoodsetl ajralaat tba Tim have been diseonUnnad.

the dWaadants paying tba costs of the praamta, Thorn waa avert full diMttudoa la tbaJn- dlctsrr Committa yetwday of the case of Banes, the tieerape maonser, bat no eooela-aion was reached. Tbe disc si on abowed, bow. ever, plainly that a majority of the Committee favor -tba eomnrftBoent of Bar nee until ha prtrtucca the depaxhes oalied for. Tnjun. ItUsAi4lhat adMMbter of Oaorge Francis Tiuin one of thwueltee ia VYaelungton society tnu winter.

GcBHiflOH. Tha Bar. Almon paa-tor of All Souli Church, who haa been severelv fill for a weak, waa an far recovered yesterday as to leave his residence, aud his early restoration to peneoi naaitn is eonuuonuy expected by tus oongregation. euros1. At tbe Oomtqoe to-morrow evening, Mr.

James E. Carton will have a benefit, when several famous New York actors, will ap pear, having enthuatastioallv volunteered. A daaaling bill will be presented. Mr. Carton Is an actor of versatile talents, and one of the "beat fellows" in the profession.

If a benefit for him does not fill the houso, the mauagars may as well close it up and "go West." BwmiiuBNK. Algernon Charles Uwlnbarno is rather severe on tbe rurocity of Thomas' Oarlyle. Hwinburno believes in the Turks, and in a pam phlet about thorn thus berates Carlyle, who be lieve, in the Itusslaus i "Cruelty in Ireland, cruelty in Jamaica, cruel ty in tbe plantation, cruelty in the fall each of these in turn has naturallv provoked the sua- malic brand'of his approbaiion.eacb in turn has deservedly incurred the indelible ooudemnatiou or ins praise. Hntborn narrowly escaix-d a second practical joke While in Detroit, a few dayB ago Le was led to believe that he was to receive a testimonial from loading citiaons, tbe article presented )ieing, in fact, a diamond scarf-pin of bis own, which had been abstractaVl trom bis dressing-tsble. The trick was disoov- jost before the hour appointed for tha presenta tion, and Sothcrn waa ro-tncnsed at its contrive tbat he discharged him ronUiia company.

-TJotxkb Hoaa, General Butler and Judge Hoar met as opposing counsel In an action fur damages -for lose of life brought befora tha HaaBaohnsetta Suprenfe Court on exceptions last week. Butler cited from Job, Yea, all tbat a man bath will he give for his life," when Judge Hoar remarked tbat that wiu a plea of tbe devil in a motion for a new trial, and h. didn't think that the Court would be more im pressed by it because of its modern endorse ment. Tnz case of ex-Judge Dailey against Mr. O'Reilly will be called in Justioe Elliott's Conrt to-moiiuw morning.

It ia rumored that a large number of prominent politicians have been subpoenaed, and a local aensation ia promised. A bckplr of olothing for, the suffering Ameri can family can be had by applying to Mrs. John Boylo, 146 Keap street. BENNETT-MAY. Xhe Reanlt of the Duel Still la Mystery -Dr.

l'helps Sent to the Tombs for Refnslns; te Testify. The circumstances of the dnel botweenSfr. Bennett and Mr. -May are still unknown, but many conflicting reports are in circulation. All accounts agree that Mr.

Bennett was nnin- jureu, and according to some stones Mr. Alay is also unhurt. One version of tbo affair is that three nhotB Were exchanged without effect, aud that the matter was tbeu amicably arranged, on the baHis some unknown ''proposal" made by air. xJcimetx 19 nis opponent. On the other band, positive statements are made'that Mr, May received a painful but.

not serious wounu, eiiner in tne pistol arm or tue ncrlit shoulder. Dr. Charles Phelps, who Is believed to have acted as Bennett's surgeon, was summoned be fore tbe Grand Jury to-day. It is believed that sunpeeuas wiu aiso ne iBsuea xor xiennett ana May. l)r.

Phelps, on being bronght before the Grand Jury, declined to state whether he had accompanied the Bennett party, or to answer any questions in reference to tbe duel until he had conferred with his counsel. The latter was sent for and bad a prolonged conference with Hall ano the District Attorney. At tbe olose of the conference, by advice of bis counsel, Dr. Phelps persisted in bin ref u-tal to answer any questions and has beon committed to uie loiuosTor contempt. The Ice in the River.

The re waa a endden increase coldness of tho weather yetXerday and duriug nood tide much of the small ice cakes were frozen together forming very large lloes. When the tide ebbed yesterday afternoon several large fiekls of, ice, some of -( them large enough to almost stretch from snore to abate? flosttsd-- down thr Bast rtvar. and were of much annoyance to the ferry boats. They also greatly troubled the tug-boats as well as tlie saihug vossels and- other river craft. One small schooner tbnt bad taken the op- ponunuy 01 niamog a trip wnue tne ice was broken, strnck a large piece, and becoming wedgod was earned a mile down tbe nvor with the tido before a rug could be bailed and assistance rendered.

All canal-boat traffic was stopped during tbe afternoon, and the Bar tern steamers improved every opportunity ef following in the wake of one of tne ferry-boats. As tbe tide waa coning in this morning, there was very nine noavy ice, ana consequently au tha river craft made the best of the opportunity, and tbe river was full rf: boats. Here and tbere could be seen large hummocks of ice, pj led np by the' tide bat, these obstructions were easily avoided. Tbe river bla been comparatively free of troiiriesome arkee tnrongnout tbe day. THE COURTS.

SUIT IMCRIES. Ddv i. tha Drooklyn L'liy Kallraad Company. Tbe ease ef John Dav. a lad of twelve reare.

by his gnsrdian, airainat tbe Brooklyn Jitv Rail road Company, came up for trial in tbe Circuit Court to-day before Justice Pratt and a iurv. It appears tbat on tbe 6th of July, 187, the boy at tbe request of the driver of a Oreenpoint ear, stepped on board tbe vehicle near Johnson street and Division to give him a drink of pump water. Wben tbe lad sought ra get off tho driver whipped on his horses and tlie boy fell in front of the wheels receiving injuries tbat necessitated the amputation of bis right leg. 8ut waa triereaf tor brought against the eompanv to re cover 10,000 as dsniagex. Horns and Peat-sail for the plaintiff, and Winchester Dritton for the defendant Mr.

Britton on the presentation of the nlain- tiff 's case moved for a non-suit on tbe ground that the defendants wure not liable for tbo aota of tbtir driver, and that the boy was guilty of coutributive tiegligr nee. Mr. atoms opposed tbe applicationor a -dia-ttjissal of the suit at length, quoting numerous entbonlice. The Court directed a axm-sait. and the case will come np again for argument by oonaent in the General Term.

FloeRrd to Death. Mrs. Mary Jackson, colored, of Nary atreoC ban begnn an action in the City Court aitainst Keeper Hbevlin, of tha Penitentiary, to recover 6,000 fur cansing tbe death of ber- sod, Wm. H. Uilliard.wbo, as alleged, was.flogged to doath in that institution about two months ago for as stated, some trivial infraction of the prison rules.

The- deceased was committed on tho 19th of July leal for six months by Judge Moore for petit larceuy. lici per Bbevlin expressed surprise on learning of the suit, saying he hod a certtiicala tbat tiie-yonng man had died troth oicoboMMn. Seizure of a Store. Mr, Jacob Meyer has bronght a suit against Mr. W.

lupine, to recover $350 for tbe vfijue of good- seized nnder an attacWnent in a grocery store in thw District claitneQ to bare briougVd totbo plaintiff and for sMQO damages. The esse came on for trial to-day befora Judge NeiUon aud a Jury. Case on. Tbo enminni slallsticsof Now York last year wire unsatisfactory enongh, but one nitirtkrer was banged. At Cblcano there were tweoty-lonr violent hillings, moat of whioh, were deliberate murders twenty-two of tha slavers were twenty-one were iodicied, two were tried and in tboae two case tbe jury disagreed.

This was emphatically Murderers1 Para- Trie Associated -Press scent at Indianapolis sent out. on the Slat nIL. a daanateh whara and statixtlsa wore ogreeahly blended. It Tgave the reoeipu and sbtpmcnt. of prodnoe arid oauie.

men eoooinded aa rniiowa i "Unas packed, 181,621 1 average weight, 170 1 number noosed from Kovambat 1 'o and of year, 304,133 falling off from U7t of U.T76. Nnaabar of deaths during tha yaor, Tbs lidou JMh Teisovtir aarttnes to an average dally eiroulattoo, hetwean Jolv 1 and Ceeraber 1, 117; of something aper-allatad in aarwapapsr Mlory. 1 MomITb Tewlhing Oordiai produ. calm and. bmUfulreiwMaehlldrwa.atenta.

A OREENPOINT HClBAND WHOM ADDRESS "BATHOSD BI-REEr JAIL." New DarelopmeaU In the Frtm DiToro Ca Br, free WunoM Obnc Hh BotnUns ffifr Object, and 8wrf toal Her Objeetioaf are Founded oa SomeUUnf Stranger Uan Ftotlba. Bevetml moDtba ago Mrs. dlth Free broopht a tvit againet her baBbaod, Sanmel S. Free, for limited divoroe, on tbe groand of oraal and iobaman treatment. As alleged the defendant frequent); struct and kieked hie wifo.

and even diove her 1 and tbelr child out of dooia. Tbe partial betbng to Qreeupoint, Mr. Free V'US B0Q the well-known builder and real estate owner of that locality. Bis remdenoe at the bonne of father in Jara atraat. Mre.

Free at preaont rssiilna in Huron atroet, and her hniband'a addrew at present ia HAYMOW STBEET JAJU This is how the latter event catiH about. When Mrs. Free brought her suit, her worse half wan a clerk in the lax ofiioe.and in receipt of 1,030 a year, betides receiving a yearly pension of $200 from tbe Government. Shortly after issue was joined in tho case, the plaintiff counsel, Mr. Henry M.

Birkett, obtained au order from Jndge Ktjuold'fl of the City Court, on tbe of October last, directing the defendant to pay alimony aud counsel fee. This hn failed to do, aiid Judge Neilson subsequently4 ft ant ad an order, on the 22d DeAmber, committing Free for t. jqmrKUvr of oooet, and ttfet he be held in custody In Ray-monatTeerjau until alimony and oouusel fee were paid. The matter came up again in Court to-day before Judge Reynolds. Mr.

Free having grown tired of his want of freedom Bought to be released. Bis plea was that he was unable- to comply with tbe Court's order, having lost his situation through being imprisoned that he had no other means, and that longer captivity might impair his health. Counselor Birkett opposed the motion which was prensed by Mr. liiugway, stating that the defendant bad made no effort to purge hinvielf of contempt. An affidavit of Mrs.

Free's was offered in evidence. Tbe paper in question set forth that, between the time the order of the court direct iDg that alimony be given the plaintiff, and the defendant's mmltmant to jail, Mr. Free bad received $220,06, and had refused to give bis wife one cent, though she was in abtolutb want; that he has fnr years pursued a oourso of CBUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT. toward her that having at -one time received some money for nursing a patient she bought him a rutg tbat subsequently he told her that be had given it to his woman, Mrs. Jones tht plaintiff is without friends in this country, and has neither father nor mother, and defendant knowing that fact, baa frequently informed her that he meant to drive her away and she was unable to do auvtbing against him, as she was FBIZHDLEflS AMD PSNVILESS, and be had a ricb father, who had great political influence in the City' of Brooklyn, and who, could buy up all the jodgos if necessity required it; that he would, nut support her, and would prefer to go to jail and rot there rather than pay her one cent; tbat believing, these state on eue underwent ereat hardships for over two yearn and that the defendant' course is part' of a conspiracy between him snd his father.

The Court domed the motion to roleaxe Mr. Free, and the prisoner was returned to jail. THE BLACKWELL ISLAND'S BRIDGE. fteeetvtng Flaoa for thft Strnctqre Work Ktr pec ltd to be Begun ihi Winter How ihe Brldg4jvitl be Bnllt-Information for Designers. It is expected that ground will be broken this winter for the projected new bridge across the East river as soon as a suitable plan can be selected.

Ten designs have already been re ceived, accompanied with estimates, and a number more are expected from some of the besten; (rineers in tbe country. Calculations will then be necessary to determine the most feasible and economical design. From those that have been received it has been estimated that the cost of the bridge will not exceed $2, 500,000, and that it can be finifdied in two vears. Tho plan will probably be selected this month. Accordiog to THE SPSCUTCATIONH PR HP ABED by the consulting angineers tbere will be an approach ou the New York side 4,580 feot of which about 1,000 feet will be in tupnel, extending from the tracks of the Harlem Railroad on Fourth avenue, in tbe vicinity of He veil ty-thnd sheet, to the crosshair of Lexington avenue.

From this peiat there will be au iron structure, curving to the centre of the blocks) between- and Sarentfioveotl streets, and continuing to tbe went bank of tbo western channel of the East I.ivor A single bdao. 724 feet lone, will be made across tbe west ern channel, and an iron structure, 709 feet -Ong. wiu micuu nuruM uiaav-well Inland. The eastern channel of the river will be spanned by a single arcb, 618 feet wide, reaching to Long Island, where Uie shore will be reached by an approach 3, i-li 0 feet long. In each of tbe long spins tue lowest part of the bridge will be 135 feet above mtan high tide at the middle of the river.

The total length will be about 10,532 feet, or twenty-eight ftet lei than two miles. There will be main approaches for carnages, aod, In addition, tbere will bexwo auxiliary approaches one in -the vicinity of Avenue New York, and tho other at Vernon avenue, Loag Inland City wbicb will intersect the main approaches, aod will be of sufficient width to admit of an eauy turn for carnages. These will also be TWO pBOADWAYB FOB OABBIAUE9 extending from Third 'avenue to the high cronnd on Lonr Island, each ten feet wide. Tue bridge will be designed to accommodate a. single truck railway over its enure lentu, otx-u-pying a width of fourteen feet.

It will be arranged so tbat a second track can be added afterward, without materially changing tbe arrangement, ortnterleriog with the uo of tba bridge. Two sidewalks, each five feet wid't, will extend either alongside or above the main carriage-ways or the railway. Two double.pa-senger elevators will be placed, one on tbe New York and tbe other on the Long Island shore. at or near the end of the long spana, with a capacity for thirty foot passengers. TUX FOUNDATIONS, Wherever practicable, will be carried to the rock.

ana tbe masonry will in ail caaea do urst class and laid in hydraulic cement mortar. Each designer ia required to allow 4100,000 ia his cover the cost of the ooffer-dama necessary to lay tbe foundations for the abutments, whicb will couHist of masonry from tbe bed rock to a height of ten feet above mean high this they will bo either of masonry or towers of cast-iron, wrought iron, or nidd steel, as preferred- by the AH masonry Will be so derfgued tbe distributed weight, including tbut of the loaded superstructure, will nowhere produce prttwmre exoetdmg 180 pounds to the square mch, and the fotiuduion CHBtines of iron columns will be proportioned so as rb limit the strmm upon their surface of contact wilta tbe pedestal Klone to 300 pound per squire incn. Tue preference in material of all tenbile members will be given to BBFIMBD WBOOHT I BO, of soft fibrous texture, roiled twice from the pnddlej)ar. with an ultimate breaking strength of at least 50,000 pounds per square inch, mid1 an elastic limn of not less than 20,000 pound. If designers prefer to use- steel in teutons, they are required to furnish evidence of its adaptability for tbat purpose, in resistance to tensile straius, to impauts aud ropeated vibrations, as well as to the absolute cert aiuty of uniformity in ita productions, aa ascertained by ex peiiintnt.

Compression members mil be either of oast or wrought iron or of mitd steel. DeBigners who propose to employ steel in compression must furnish evidence, baaied on trustworthy experiment, that it will bear btrains ts safely as wrought iron, and tbat tbere will be uniformity in its strength. Cast-iron ia not allowed for tbe principal members of the trussed will be lose than Uireo-quitrters of an umh tnisk. UaUl not be allowed where there ia a trans- verse or a tenstle etraiu. or where tbe shape of Jbe parts might cause imperfect castings.

It will be auoweo: in cowers, Dea-piates. peaesMin, and washers, but mnst be of tbe best quality of soft gray Iron. No wrought iron or stef 1 will Ha a I l-var aCrl laaa lhain thrntAlirh l.hi) fit an in ih thick, except in places where both sides are accessible for cleaning and paiutiug, or where the entire surface is bedded ia a noa-eorrosive material. The erection of- the structure must not interrupt the navigation of tbe East River or tba une of any public, road, street or avenue. A preferoDoe will be -riven to those dU(ras which at an equal cost oocnpy the least width on the ground on tbe New York an lo re- anc iuc cos or damages i be designs prom lor wooaen irentte on tuo iidokio, more eooaoimcml than iron, but a4 by so arrwiged aa to bf Uo re- The Elerated iuu Tbt ElrvaUd Bailnad Comi Utb wHIk tneir peuuoq to tba Board ot a44Bnnao Lahaaiiia af the rouUfiieaw octioa baa baas takan owtsIZw! Brw? Uweetore of the Raitrod.ibM aboutd paas a n- pa veto, sVr? change, it would AUTHOIUT ATI VR 8TATEKKIVT OF PR ESI- DBNT GBilirS ATHTUOB.

Tbe Political Demonatratlona The New Prealdeat Meat be Inaugurated at rTtuhlntoa. Wabhimotoh, January 10 The President very much deprecates tbe political demonatratlona whicb are being held in different parts of the country as only tending to unneoesiarily Inflame itlie already much agitated public mind. In an iterview just had with him, he laid he thought that it was not the part of patriots at this juncture to countenance any suoh proceedings, and be thought that wiser counsels should prevail that at this moment there waa naturally much uncertainty arid apprehension to tbe ismie of the present pohtioal complica-(ions and that it waa unwise to foster tbia by an attempt to create public sentiment in the inter-atsWf either party. That so far as ho had awcerOhued through the newspapers these political demonstrations were carried on by the party for what purpose he could potaftllj.for iruiey were Incipient revolutionary hicasureB ho thought they would not bo sustained by tbe people as the vast financial busi- nesB and industrial interests of the country would discountenance anv suoh method of solving the Presidential difficulty. If they were intended to overawe those constitutionally en trusted with the settlement of the question they would fail in that.

Therefore he could Bee no other results to be attained than A MISCHIEVOUS AGITATION of the public mind. Tbe President eajd that thera was some talk which he presumed was in spired by tbe same aantimout wbicb gave origin to the public meetings now being hold by the Democratic party, of inaugurating Mr. Tilden should he not be declared elected. Such a step could nut be taken iu a legal way ahould Governor Hayes le declared legally elected. Tbere certainly could not be two Presidents elected.

He said thefiiy place, in tha present state of tbincs. in which the inauguration could take place waa in tha City of YVasbingtou, ao that a separate inauguration in any outer city tnan Wakbiugion 1 WOULD HAVS HO EPTBi T. Under tile eighth section of tbe ttrnt article of the Constitution, Congress was to exorcise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over eucb district, not exceeding ton miles square, as made by cession of particular States aud Territories, aud the acceptance of Congress, becomes the seal of the Government of the Uuited States. Tbe act of July lo, 1790, accepted. district of ten miles square lying on tha Befo-mac Birer within tho States of and Maryland, and a donation of a large sum of money from each of those States was -accepted to defray tbexpeuses of tne erection of public buildings, which were to be erected prior to the tirst Mouday in December 1800 for tbe accommodation of Congress, and the President and the public oftioera of the Government of the Vnited States.

It further provided tbat on the tifst Monday in December, 1800, tbe seat of tbe Govenunent of the United States sball by virtue of the act, be transferred to the distriot aforesaid, all ofhees attached to the said seat of Government shall accordingly be removed thereto by tneir respective holders, and shall alter tho Sbid day cease to be exercised elue-wbere, and that the necessary expenses of such removal bhall be defrayed out of the duties on imports and tonnage, of which a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated, etc. The mandatory act of 1791 and all subsequent legislation, he said, had recognized the District of Columbia and the City of Washington aa TUB PEBMAHEKT HEAT OP GOT XB XV BUT, which could not be ehanged except upon the concurrent action of the two Houses of Oon- frcrs. The President said that the exercise of xcculive functions other than al VV asking-ton would be strictly unconstitutional and without force. In this connection the President referred to the resolution of the House of Representatives last session 111 which Inquiry was made as to the official acts performed by him and their nature at places other than the seat of Government The President said tbat be bad never performed xcuUvenots other than at Washington. That during Uie first six years of his administration during tbe heated term he bad made fortniehtlv visits to Washiuirton when be transacted alloflJcial business requiring his attention, and during the past two years all re-coids and Executive acta were executed at Vi Athington from which place they were dated.

He waa always fully conscious of the force of the statutes which made Washington TUB OOVBBMINU CITT of the nation, and had conformed hie Executive aots to the spirit and letter. An Inauguration anywncre man in Washington tue president, eaid, wonld. therefore, with the laws standing aa they do at present, be null aud void, end any attempt to exercise authority; under such circumstances, and' any recognition of saclr aa-sumcd authority by any officer of the Government would be treason. Tbe President's au thority, he said, exercised in accordance with law, la aa supreme in tbe District or Golumbia 1 if it Wre tgaJfTisoned fortrejs, and Bf dft: monstratjons or warlike concentration of meu threatening tbe peace of the. country or en dangering the security of the public property or tbe treasure of tbe Government, could be sum-niarilv dealt with, ahould the nublia safetv da rn and, by a pecxabatiok or mabtial law.

TheTreident said that be could not think that any political party would assume so grave a re-Bi)uibility which would neoegtiate such an extreme exercise of Executive authority, for ha believed that that party would be condemned to lasting oblivion by the almost unanimous voice of tbe people. The President said tbat he yet feiiassureu that tue win or the people would prevail, and bad yet confidence in wiser couasels than threats ana mumuhttions. IKrom tha New York Ban.) Burying the Sliinnecocks A Weird Melody In the Chareh and Cemetery of the KeeerraUaa. Tbe funeral of six of the ten Bhinnecock Indians rest in tbe Cirnaasian, took place near Southampton yesterday, in the Indian village nearby. The attendance was very large, not only of Indians, but of whites from the surrounding country.

The services were had in 1 be little unpainted Presbyterian church, aud were cYmducted by tbe Kev. Measra. 8 hi land and Uui lock of Southampton. Tbe widows and sisters of the dead men occupied the front seats and kept up a monotonous moaning that im-preesedthe listener like a weird melody, nsiog oa iMUDg 10 ruguisr caaenoe. ine services were oincd by a ouaint Methodist bvmn.

suna by the dusky company without instrumental ac-oompaniment, but with a oortaio rocking of body and beating of time thai added much to ita effect. Tha words of the bynin affected the female mourners to extrava gant and noisy grief, tbat was soon quieted by the reading, by Mr. Shiland, of tbat chapter of Job beginning. Man that is bora of woman is of few days and full of troublo. The services were very short.

Tha coffins containing tbe Bwuti uau uvea ion ouuuue me ouurnn, aua at tbe conclusion of the services the lids we.e LOAM) iiaui IX)W A'hxn. Ktt nT -me Wild. grief among the women Soma of lbem screamed in their agonv others fjuutcd or were convulfed with hysterics. Kven the more stoical men looked on with tears conrsi'ig down their furrowed cheeks. Then the lid I weie replaced.

The hearses, six ordinary farm wagon, received their load, and tbe processlou starud for tbe neglected, unfenood little cemetery on tbe. west sido of the Neck. Amoig those escorting the bodies to tbe gravea wore Captain White and bis crow from Life Saving Station No. 11. Tbe common gravo into which toe kodieK were loitered with their heads to the west 1 wa aerjiioircular, and had been cut with gruat difhenliv lifting tlie frozen earth.

At the grave tltcre was a repetition of tbo harrowing sct-nra enacted before tbe church. Theie ao worked upon the feelings of the spectators that the hurried away, and in a few miuntes the bhak cemetery waa de-erted save by tbo ahov-elers, who heaped bigh tpe oold A Vigorous Onslaught. Mward Boxan'a Dlffennoaa With Bis Female Friends, and Dow He Setllet) Tbem. Last availing tha attention or tut police of tba Third Pnoinot was oallod tq the (act tuat a diatorbano. ai ooonrring ftt Mo.

40 Atlslitio aveutit. On proweding to the addresa indicated tbej found that a man naoifid dard Bogaa bad teen vigoronalv assaullinff two women named Ellen Hbaj and Catharin. Keaoan. It i aitpearett bat the entire partr had oeeo imbib inn froelv and Ibat a dispute bad arisen betnaen lb era. How an neoame exasperated and earned a club with whicb be belabored the two women wilh snch effect aa to leave Ellen witb a very uneb disfigured face and bruised bod.r, and Catharine witb a broken, ana.

1st latter was eonveyed to tbe Long Island Coliexe Hospital in an ambulance end Uoitan-na looked anontins; be was arraigned before Juan Walsh and twid for runner uaminauoo. Tba Hons. Committee on Oommeroe yesterday sgreed to reeoanoeod tba neuage of tbe Oox bill regaining Immigration, wita no material M-endment exo.pt one which re-inee. the am mint of bead jnonay (rem 14 to for aaab imaaigrant It Moalenlited tbat tbe gold nroduei of Monj, ana sinee the orening of the nunea la 1861 bai btsa 110,000,000. WHir THE IN8PB0TDIO 1B0UITBGTS DID IKSMiaOAI.

Ihe OflUul Examination Rapidly Going Far-ward Where altera tioaa Xay be tU4a Blih Profit. Tba inspecting architects, Messrs. Orooka and Gaylor, reaumed the work" of examining tha public buildings (If the tity yesterday morning, Church of iCTM Trinity, corner of Clinton andmontgomery streets, being the Urst ediiloe visited" Ita auditorium ia Ml 100, and it baa a total seating capacity of about The aide windows are large and eay of access i thraa large doora open into Olintosi stroet, and the sisies, whiob are stone of ample breadtb. The body of the obapel ia H0x2'J, aud well provided with means of exit. Narecommendations ill he made in connection with tbia building.

The t'harek ef Ihe Pilgrims, Itemsrn street, has a main audience room lOOx 65, and galleries on both side of tbe building. Two dcajis lead into the vestibule, and through a side Vigor the alley can be reached. The church has a total-seating capacity of 1,100, and two modea of egress in the rear. The doora open outwarde. An additional outlet from th.

rear and another ataircase for the gallery will be reeorameudod The auditorium of the Clinton Street Presbyterian Church is C8x71 aod the edillce will accommodate 850 people. The removal of a row of seats at ithe front of the building will be suggested, aa will also tbo construction of ataircase at the eastern end of tbe gallery. The lecture room la reached by a winding ataircase and an alteration in the latter will be recommended. Tha liomau Catholic Church of St. Charles Berromeo, corner Sydney place and Livingstone streets, has an audienoe room, 104x65, and will seat over a thouasnd peopuv Tbere are three doora leading into tha vestibule and two into tha street.

The aisles ar. broad.and tbe edifloe waa deemed to bo well provided with avenues for escape. The parochial school connected with the ehnroh, is three atonea in height and oonld be escaped from by means of either windows or doors, so for as the lower floor is conQerned. A change in tbe atairoaaea to the upper stones will however, be suggested, and the aonstrnoCoB of an additional stairway in the rear will be recommended. The average attendanoe of scholars ia about 600.

Grace Church P. comer of Oouilaud Uicka streets, will accommodate eight hundred' people. Tne dimonsioua of Itiiesaihlorinm are ighty-five by sixty. Tba Sunday Hcbool in the rear is easy of tbe oburcb is ausceptible of no improve-, ment except in the mattar of tbe doors, some of whioh will be altered to swing outwardly. Tha Church of Our Saviour, on Willow place, haa a main audienoe room sixty-three by thirty-one, doora leading into it from tbo vestibule.

The ssbool room la tha basement is well provided witb means of egress, and ihe only recommendations which will ba made in connection witb the building, will ba tbe removal oflho iron bars witb which the windows are furnished and wbioh would oonvert tbe place into a prison in case pf a panic. Tha Friend's Heeling House on Sohornicrborn street is reached by two broad flights of steps, and two doora lead into tbe vestibule snd three into tbe main audienee chamber. Tbe aisles are broad and tba Huuday Bcbool room in tbe basement well provided with means of exit. No recommendations will ba made exocpt one, wbicb will involve a ohange in tho swinging of the doora. Beth Israel Synagogue, a small edifice corner of Boerum and 8tat streets, has an audience room fifty-one by tbir-tj-ouci and three small galleries wbish arajreonh- ed by means of two suir-oaees.

Three doors lead into the main body of the building. Tost average attendance does not exceed eighty person's and no recommendations will be augassiad. SI. Peter's P. B.

Church ia a Btone structure on State street- near Bond. It is not provided with galleries, and the bod of the churcb is 84x63; It will seat over seven hundred people and Is well furnisned with avenues or escape. Tbe Sunday School building iu tbe rear waa oharocteriaed as being the moat perfect building of tbe kind in tba city, it is eviMi, is amply provided with of the doora awiog outward. DIED. WSdnesdar.

Jannarr 19, at two p. Mae-Kte, wife of Charles Adanis. feu osImo in Jena. Belallres and flif nds of the family are resiiectf ulnr Invited to attend the funeral services at the General M. V.

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An- VOTED CHalRIaH OF WATS 1ND EiN9. Burt tha Kings Oonatr l)elgate are Placed Snidaas Obalrmaa of (he Committee aa AxrlcnUare. (SpaoUl to tba Brooklra Timer! Albuit, January 10. Speaker Sloan to-dav announced the oompoaitioa of the standing oommittee. of the Assembly.

Oeneral J. W. Halted Chairman, of the Committee on Wjre and Meo, on which the only Brooklyn representative it the Hon. Daniel Bradley, of the First District. Mr.

Bradley ii aim placed on theOommitteo on Two-Thirds and Thraa-Fiftha )fj, Snydaia la Chairman ot the Committee on Agrisoltnre, and he la alao plaeed on the Committee on Oommeroe and Navigation and that on PubUo Printing. Mr. Lyon la appointed to the Committees on Charitable and Religions Societlea and on Pub-Uo Education. Mr. DUlmeior la on the Committee on Claima.

Hessra, Steveneon and HcUroarty are placed on the Committee on Affaire of Citiee, of which Hamilton Flab, of Potnatn, la Chairman, and on the Sab-Committee of the Whole. fiteTeneon le also on the Committee on Public Health. Hr. Uarv in ia on the Committeoa on Public Printing, Charitable and lloligiotu Societies and on Apportionment, Mr. Tigbe la placed on the Committees on Civil Divisions and on Expenditures of the House.

The general impressHion ia that the Kings County delegation baa not been so well'oared for on the Committees aa it bad reason to anticipate, and considerable disappointment is expressed. Messrs. Stevenson and McOroarty are the only members who hare been placed on important Committees, while Tighe and DUImeier hare only beeplaood at the tail ond of uuim-portant ones. Mr. Bradley feela especially sore because he baa been lefj off the Committee on Cities.

Tbe Senate Committeoa hare also boen announced to-day. Senator Eennaday is placed on tbo Committee on Judiciary, and Senator Jacobs ou theCom-mitteoon Cities. Both of tbe Kings Comity Senators are also placed on some of minog Committees. C. From New Orleans.

COnnlctWg Reports from the Sent of Hostilities Attempting to Capture the State Honse. National Associated Press Despatch! New Oblbams, January 10. A oolumn Of 500 Nicholls militia ia 'how moving on the State House to take oharge of the Auditor's office and Treasury. Governor Paotord is still barrioaded within. i All Quiet In the Cltr.

(Associated Press Daspstoh.) New Orleans, January 10. At this writing (9:30 A. the city fs porfectly quiet, and with the exception of a few armed squads patrolling the streets and tbe white ribbon badges of tbo Nicbolls' police, there is nothing to indicate the events which transpired yester-. day. Not a aingle case of violence or disorder occurred dunug tbe nignt as far aa iB known.

Tbere is lo indication of a gatheriug of the armed hosts of yesterday. Both sides are exceedingly reticent in regard to their intentions, and nothing ia knowu.of them outside of their trusted friends. End ot Ihe Ice Harvester's Strike Hudson, N. January 10. The atnke of tbe ice harvesters along the Hudson lliver may be considered praotioally at an end Sheriff Halleubock, of Oreeue eounty, has appointed Deputies at Catskill, Athens and Ooxsaokie.

ana yesterday work at these points was resumed at the old prices without molestation. Sheriff Haynor, of Columbia county.has deputised twenty meu, who are also employed by tbe loe Com pan at ltogers' Island, and to-day work was resumed at that point. in Prospect. Wahhhoton, January 10. Tbe JSoentng saya there is a rumor afloat that Colonel James B.

Obeime of the Washington Barean of the New York Herald baa sent, or la about to Bend a challenge to W. J. Murtagb. proprietor of tbo Republican in tbia eity. CoL Obeirno's grievance arises out of the publication in tbe Republican at what he deema a personal attack on the Herald attaches in ttiia oily and himself in particular.

Suauemlon of Street Oar Travel la Buffalo. N. January 10. The street railway oompanj haa suspended' ooeretiona 1-noeipal streeta on aooountof the deep snow. Telegraphic Brevities.

In an accident on the Rutland Railroad on Monday seven persons wore injured canae, a broken rail. There was a 915,000 Are yesterday at Lewis- ton, a one at A.anoasier, renn and a one at Cincinnati. A safe in the Post Office at Port Jerris was blown open Motiday night and robbed of 50 and a doaen registered letters, The new Bo-ton and Albany freight house at Spnngheld, was eruaned on Mouday by tbe weigbt of snow on the roof. One man was killed and nino were wounded. The -ex-Confederate General Joseoh E.

Johnston was upon tbe floor of tbe House of representatives ye.teraav ana received a very warm reception from tbe Democratic aide. Tlie Honse 8ub-Committee on Aonronria- tjonsJhas oompleted the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation mil. i.ast year number of Internal Heve.nne Distrlota was re- -1 1 IOC I 1. I 1 propose a siin runner roaucuon, namely, so loo, thus reqninng some of the present Districts to no ouusoiMiaua. Financial.

Wall Stbket, 1.30 r. at. Hon.y. Jiaobauge stcadi, 4.9(Si. tiokl, 4o 5t4(ttj4', now steady, 6.

Governments steady 6'a. '81. coupons. 13V Ws, 8 new, VH 67 12 68'a, iaa I a i 'I currency l. rttocka, with exception of Western.

Union and Miohigen Central, were weak aod declined yaCg I per latter on Sk t'aul'a, Traswaotions op to this hour aggregate 34,500 tl.aie in the lollowing stocai HOBPtkWfsVlaTaeaa iH. T.Oeaim win pantavwett. ivm. 1 laiiichfOJfw Ht Japroi Mi AniMitmn ssf uora island isaama "jHIHt. Pant SHI AllM.

nrt IS In tba MvwT.TW Ta-daT. as to soutbtyw -rnwtM aootaberly or TtvT Ung to toaatrW1 Beatawraat, It Broadway: I a a.MiHM...... jo a taM Awaaaw i staamisfla lay. n. 1 Several Important Brooklyn Bills Presented.

MR. BRADLEY FOLLOWING UP TRI 8UG- VKHTIONS CONTAINED IH I4T0R SCHROKiKRS lESSlGB. rropoaltion to Enlarge the RMgeweod Ui-aerrolr Iteducing the Number of Brooklyn Com miss ion era North Seeend (Street Wldeniog-The, Bridge Over the Eaat River-Sheriff Paggetta Judicial IKalee Bill In Danger-Bribery at Prl inary Elretlona In 11ml ted Power to boards of Health In ClUea. Albany, January 9th, Tbe suggestions contained in the annual Menage of Mayor Schrovder to tba-fcrooklyn ComlLi'n Conncil, as read before that Body pa Mooujv last, seems to have given an impetus to locaJkislation. Immediately following the roadingwud publication of the message ootnes the presentation in the Assembly by the Hon.

Pan id Bradley of two bills, one looking to pro- posed enlargement of the Hidgewood Beaorroir at a cost of 4200,000, and the other to a radnc tion in the number of Commissioners in each of the departments from three to one. Both these bills are In conformity with recommendations of bia Honor. The object of the first is to provide work for the large number of unemployed laborers now in your city and, at the same time, to secure for use an additional supply ef water calculated to meet the constantly woreai-ing demands of the public upon tbe fldid. The bill to rednco the number of CommfsBioaere from three to one in each department is intend ed to cut down municipal expenses by doing away with what the Mayor coniidera useleu of ficials, who draw large salaries from the pnblio treasury for the performance ef duties that could and should be done by the respective beads of departments. The Ridge wood Reservoir.

y' The bill providing fnr the enlargement of tho reservoir was introduced by Mr. Bradley in the Assembly to-day apd referred to the Committee on Cities, as follows An Act to enlarge the Hidgewood Reservoir of tho city of Brooklyn. Hectiow 1. The Common Council of the city of Ihooblyu il herebv authorized and empowered to enlarge the Kiugewood Reservoir of said ray in sucn manner 11 may oe neemea oesi, provided that the work therefor shall bo done fey day's jlatmr and the total expenditure shall not exceed Sec. 2, Tor the purnoso of defraying the ex peuHta incurred in carrying out this act the bonds of the city of Brooklyn, of the same character and pavable in the same way aa those heretofore issued for the construction cf the water workx of said city, shall- be issued by the financial othcers tbereoi pursuant to tbe diree-tuns of the Common Council.

hF.r, 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Brooklyn Commissioner. The following is a copy of the draft. of Mr.

Bmdley's bill providing for a reduction in the number of Commissioners. It was presented today and referred to the Committee on Cities Aw A or hi relation to. the government of the city or urooaiyu. Sf.rnoN 1. On and after the nasriaeo of thii net tbe President of each of the departments of tbe government or corporation of tbe oity of Brccklyn having three peinons at tho bead tiierror, snan conmiiuie sucu arpartment and Him II pokress all the powers and discharge all the duties now imposed by law upon the throe now constituting sucn department, tire.

This act shall take effect immediately. The Bridge. Mr. Bradley alao offered to-day a bill that does not to far meet with much favor among tbe couutry members. Ita presentation was made the occasion of acme adverse criticism on the part of these gentlemen.

It provides, in substance, for the payment' by tbe Stato of one ffurtb of tbe cost of the Bridge between the citieti of New York and Brooklyo. The country il embers do not, evidently, believe in paying the cost of even a portion of the structure, they holding that it will be no benefit to the Utate at large, and that the advantages which may accrue from its completion, will be derived only by the tw cities. It promises, therefore, to be violtntly opposed when it comei before tbe orutuittee on Ways and Means, to which it has btt-n referred. JTja following Is a oopy ot she bill An Act to provide for tbe payment by tbe State of Us Just shore iu the cost of tbe New York Bridge. -TU I'ftpte nf tht State nf Sew York rtprtttnttd in Senate and A nimbly do enact 9 follow He lion 1.

Ono fourth of tbe total cost of the cfinriiuction of tlie bridge between the cities of Brooklyn and New York, over the East River, bail be borne by tbe State a't large. Hi 2. An amount equal to one tenth of the grors amount of one fourth of the interest and pitimjial ot tbe bonds issued or to be issued by the cities of New York and Brooklyn for the conHtrnction of said bridge shall be inserted in the annual tax levy of tbe State of New York to bo levied on the property outside of said cities of New York and Brooklyn, for ten years lo come, aud as annually collected nbal) be paid over to tbe treasuries of said cities in (he same proportions aa tbe said cities haver respectively been required to contribute to the cost of said bridge. Ha 3. -Tbueot shall take effect immediately.

Judicial Sales. Mr. Tigbe to-day introduced the following, wbicb was referred to the Committoo onJjidi-ciarr. when appointed An A'T to amend Chap. 439 of the laws of 176.

entitled "An Act relating to the expenses of judicial ealc in the County of Kings," panned June 2, 1876. Hkction 1. Section 1 of Chan. 439 is hereby amended to as to read as follows Kt non 1. All sales of real estate made fh the county of Kings, under judgment or decree of any Com shall be made bv the Sheriff of tbe county of Kings, except aales in partition, and where said Sheriff is a party, and except where the parties to a BUjt, who shall have actual iv appeared therein by notice in writing, by attorney or in pereou agree upon a referee to appointed by the Court to make such sale, atd uo thing herein contained shall be construed to require tbe cousent to such reference, if any pnrtytoa mut wbo shall not have appeared then 11, by notice in writing, such ootico to be aerve-d within tbe time now proftenbed by law.

2 of naid act ia hereby amended so as to read follows kc. 2 In esse of mi.Kfl oif roBECLOstma. TtTt5mwo sbalt't entitled, to ra- ciive the olio wit fees and no more 01 "ueniUDg aaie flu. I Vr draaiug each deed of promise sold 5. l'oi leceiviiag order of aale and posting noiicaa of rale tin.

Tor attending ard adjourning a sale at tbe reqeectof a plaintlff or by order of the court, tx For making report of sale, t5. 3(r ayitrg over surplus moneys, t3. AiidshdisburaemeuU actually ma.je by said fherilT or referee for advertising at the rates allowed by law therefor fees of officers, taking acknowtedgmenti and administering oatba, and all auctioneers' fees actnally paid by-eaid sheriff Or referee to be lioented auctioneers, but not to Xeeed for uneh auctioneers-fee flO for each parrel separately sold, which auctioneers' foe Bbsli paid by the purchaser of the same in Jriitinn tit Che amnnnt Md bv him therefor. i 1 he effect of tbe passage of this bill would be to lane away rrom ine uneniT ana pinoe iu uv hands of the lawyers most, if not all, of tht judicial aales. but without any reduction iu the expense.

7 Heutb Brooklyn Improvementi. Mr. Tighe alsojnlrodiioed tbe draft of an act authorizing the Common Council of Brooklyn tooi-eo, gride, pave and lomnlete Ponglasa atd Lcgraw atreats, frot 1 Nevim street to Uowanua Canal, the 00 ft of be improvement to; be levied and collected in ibe same manner as ihe ex peine for grading and paving streets Under tbaproTuiona of tba bill a petition of the properly owners is not jwmired before tbe work is commenced, toe only restriction placed upon tbecity authorities being, that tbe Common Council is required to fix a dutnot of tmoi-ment, and advertise tbe sirae for at least tbrrtf 4laya befora theyshatl finally detanama to proceed with the Tbe bill was referred to the Committee on North Beenad Street, The eonteat among tbe parties Interested in Ua proposed widening of North Second atraat, from Bush wick nvanne to tbe East River, aa anthoriard (or directed) by the act of 1871, will no be tranafarred from Brooklyn to Albany. Mr. Hnydarn ta-da submitted tba following draft of a bill intaoded to rwptfl tba act rafarrad to, which, tba property owners ia favor of tba bp in all sorts of saloons fur the lat quarter of a century, and alo tho Magnus Apollo and the great Fulminator of Ann street.

Seriously, this whole affair is not ouly ridi culous it is miserable, coutethptible; aod tbat for even mortal days the entire peoplo of the metropolis should have been absorbed in think-. ing about it and discussing it, is certainly worthy of note aa a social phenomenon of a most remarkable kind. It difficult to determine which party is most toblamo this pitiful buiiuess. With the causes which led to the match being broken olT, tbe public had nothing to do raltbough it in lamentable to find one occupying the position of owner and director of a newspaper of world wide rame, aemeaomg nimseit sucu a way as to Btart tbe scandals with wmcb tuu air now heavy concerning his conduct. But this wo do tay when the anticipated union bad been found impossible, whatever followed should either have been kept strictly private, or, if outside interference had been deemed; necessary, in vindication of the uuiuenuv ul'iuci, iuo luuirvfinuon oi in police would havo been about the best means of defence that the May family could have employed.

It is 4o be hoped, in the interebt-4 of public morals, that we have beard the last of wnat must do pronouneea as anout one or the most wretched imbroglios of the kml with which any community has ever been troubled. Roller-Skating at the Clermont Avenue Rink. Bucceetful Inauffiirntlon of the Prist I in? Laat Evening. Mr. Ilollin, leasee of the Bink, and the other gentlemen connected with him in the enterprise which introduces roller-skating to the American public, must have felt highly gr a titled by the large attendance which marked their opening last night.

Tbe spectator were seated in rows around tbe scene of action the galleries wore well filled and the spacious corridors, aa they might be termed, were perambulated during the evening by scoros of our grave citizens with tbtir families, among whom the statHy form of our esteemed Surrogate Livingtitou, and various t4lwFi jf the Twenty third HGgtmvniywvre conspicuous. Couterno'it band, undor the leadership of tbe accomplished maestro, was located at the further end, and played many tine and Btirnng selections during the evening that httingly chimed in with the pleasaut hum uf the merry-making throng and tho glancing MOVtMKNTd Oa' ABMOMtfUrJ FKtT. It was a great change thut bad coe over the Kink since the time when thereat congregation of Moody and HankeyVTjroke up. Mr. liollio and bis confreres had wl.ipervd "presto change amKat their spiriting a sea of glat," dyt.

sold and apparently fdtbomten. but gleaming with keenness wbere tbe gas light touched it and alluring to ever-lover of tbe gliding art, had usurped the place of tbe holy auditorium. Several large ste-ves set at intervals round the walls radiated a grateful beat, and tho exerowea wiftaputafd with a comfort and Riijoyracut to that was in itelf charming to witmss. lUis a general iTDprehSion that whoever can sslto on ice may at once ennuaio tho roller-bnikms, throw out a leg and dash off, if it so pica him. into infinite tjtaco.

Some of our crack abators found laet night, to their mortification pcrhsJps, tbat it was not precisely so, Tbe fad M- ttitit tbe art of roller-skating requires to te leariled aud plyliBed precisely as It sistor art, and the hfesiop ia to learn to walk on the Blib-pery element nni accomplished, tbe rapid an graceful movemeut is tlun ofeaity attainment. As every groat achievement in art, scumce and legislation has lU inception iu the Onent the 'Kast being a place full ol light," tbe denucos of tbe western portion of Brooklyn had to submit themselves for imtructiou and enligbten-meiit Utit eveuine in the mrutenes of roller- skating to a numerous body of young gentlemen and uuuee trom in rissteru UMtrict wno nad profited by tho precepts and example of our neighbor. Mr. J. J.

McCormick.of North Hecoud tjtrttt Park fame, and were on baud to give eclat to the carnival. Kbod in their winded sandals they glided over the pulwuej surface with the bght poise of A FLVIMO MRRl't RT. to the ifonder and admiral lou of their Western compeors. Among tbe latter there was mauy an awkward tumble, wbicb was duly bailed with good-natured peals of laughter, but were ttfciu 1-v the diwcomtltod and iterceveriuir re cipients aa good-naturedly A fall on glass it may be noted fa paeearu BaVtwf -7. dangerous as a tall on 100.

Tho difference on ine ttfcatcs an in lavor 01 1110 gias-aiiimmer Many of the ladies skated nnatteu jJ by Civa- Mtr, out in several msiAnces one uuim migiit be rcD thridaing the mn.u of tbe ever-changing figures with throe or four well verned dttu-sels iu hiK train. A finer exercise cmld scarcely be devised or imagiited for briuging out the play of tbe tnnfces and imparting lithe grace and suppleness to the frame. The very yoaig as vrtjli as those of mature yoar are not out of place in this healthy sport One very young mUa sue coum scarcely 1 over six a daughter or Mr. alcCormick. fluttered about like a humming bird tbe whole evening and was not surpassed tor celerity and kill by auy one on the floor, thongh tbe roKb of several of the yjuthaoo their headlong course was like tbeewoop of an eagle.

Heveral QITAXHIXJN WKBB OAMCUD by the 'Burgbcru, male and feniale, in perfect time and with all tho bigh bred courtesy and imposing ceremonial of the time honored minuet and stately paviun, 1'rofesfjom were in attendance to histrucl tyufn lorasumlt consideration not professors with idltmu stole and robe, vea-crablc vearB," rubicund tfith potaVinas of cmsttd port and fleck of paunch but lively, fhapely young graduates, in short liinto. and Glengarry boruietfl, dintinguifihed, however, a peculiar style of buvkiu on tbe professorial feet. The Rink adjoins tbe Armory of the Twenty-tbiid Kegiment, aud as Tuesday in drill night a large influx of of the itegt-meut were observable about halt-pani niue. Boon the youthful warnora were to be aeon doo-nuut the iieesaanr foot gear and spinning or cau tiously feeling their way along, as suited Hhoir 1 Mr. WoCorroick, it is undtjr-to.

ia the aoJe manufacturer of tbe roller skate, whjcb pra tected by Tanoua judgine from the impetna which this novel and delightful recreation hat received, it in easv to prognosticate for him a very extensive and lucrative bosineas. It te not a litue singular that tnoogh the roller akate la tba PBOCTTcr oF AKsaicav oKinoa It firsi became' popularixed ii London. Pari and tbe otbr large cttie of England and Prance; tout now tbst it haa got foothold (if so sHppery rer be said to aeon re a 00 in ma iu Kink, tbe exoltemaot of this ax- ieni wiu roa ibroagta tbe tattea ftn throsgh tbe prairies..