9 TC «TATE GROWING RICH. A DIAL GC a t— yr MINERAL WEALTH AND RAILWAY DEVEL OPMENT. rug “BLOCK” OR JRON-SMELTING COALS OF IN DIANA THE RAILROADS ORGANIZED FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT. fo the Editor Sir: Indiana is rapidiv assuming a front rank among the States of the Union. She has been hitherto principally noted for her agricultural productions. It was well known that her soil waa fertile, that the apnual yield in co. and wheat was enormous, that she pos sessed a magnificent body of timber lands, and that her patural and artificial communications gave her free ac cess to the markets of the world, But now she is enter ing upon another phase—that of a mining and manufac turing State. This change has heen wronght by the dis covery, in ier coal fields, of one or wore seams of coal which have, in a ernde state, all the propertics of char eoal for reducing iron Ores, and bringing out a soft, car bonsceods pig metal, susceptible of conversion into a tough, malleable iron, or futo Bessemer gteel. The lutter 1s the severest test which can be applied to the various forms of fossil fuel. These peculiar coals, to which the term “block” has been applied, occur near the base of the coal measures. and cun be traced. with occasional iuterruptions, all the way from the middle line of Fountain County, abont 100 miles south of Lake Michigan, to the Ohio River, a distance of more than 150 miles, entirely within the State of Indiaua. Tue conglomerate, for the most part a heavy-bedded sandstone, which rests at the hase of the coal fleld, crops out in bold ledges, and gives to the conutry su broken con tour. Hence, in the projecting of the older railroads, this region was shunned, inasmneh as deep cuts and fills, as well as high grades and abrupt curves, were required. The projectors were jenorant of the inestimable wealth atored beneath the surface. Had, for instance, the Louis ville, New-Albany, and Salem Railroad becu located 20 miles further west, it would have rivaled the Reading Railroad in the mount of its freights, and i's ~tock would have commanded the highest premium in the market, in stead of being, as it now is, in the hand< of a receiver. It was but recently that the value of the block coals became known and appreciated. In 1867, the first furnace was erected, and soon after, the erection of six others followed. The auccess of these turnaces and the wide spread demand for these coals as a domestic fuel, led to the organization of new lines of railway, some of which have been completed, while others are in the process of construction. A brief enumeration of these roads, and of the markets which they are intended to supply, may not be out of place. The Bt. Louis, Vandalia and Indian anolis Railroad erossed this coalfield already. The Indianapolis and St. Louls Railroad, completed a little GVEr YCAT AKO, TUNS, SO far as relates to the coal region, within cannon-shot of the St. Lonis, Vandalia and In dlanapoliz Railroad. Instead of seeking to develop a new fleld, it boldly elaimed to share with its rival in the trnfie already developed. The Bloomington and In dianapolis Railroad, fopened within the last two years, crosac< the coal belt in Fountain County; but thus far no colicries have been enfReiently developed to give to the road any sabstantial freight; although the indica tome are that the peculiar sean carrying the block coals ha~ its onterop in that vicinity, The Vines nnes, Danville and (hieago Railroad, to he eompleted by the first of Japnary, will form a more direct Cotmeetion with Lake Michigan than any of the existing routes, and at the game time will have access to the Ohio river af Evansville. Jt has been built with express ref erence to he coal traffic, and hence all abrupt curves and steep grades have been avoided; and it fa equipped with locomotives, capable of drawing trains of forty care. Tt< line is 15 miles or more from the onterop of the Mock coals: but it witl receive its freights from the cross lines centering at Terre Haute, The Vincennes and In dianapolis Railroad erosses the eoal field of Greene County diagonally, but unfortunately the block coal seam wedges out, or has been removed hy drift agency in this vicinity: at all events no mine of that particular con! has been developed along its line, The Tudwna Mineral Railway, upon which work will commence next 8pring, will start at Bloomfield, and strike the Ohio River near Troy, having special reference to the development of the magnificent splint coals, which oconr in the castern part of Spencer County, the best in the whole series of Indiana coals, The Logansport, Crawfordsville and Sinth-Western Railroad, just completed, intersects the block coals on Sand Creek, in Parke Connty, and, throngh the Detroit and Fel River, and the Toledo, Wabash and Great West ern Railroads, will secure easy access to the ports on the west shore of Lake Erie. Detroit has her iron and copper smelting works, and Toledo her fron works, wlileh cannot fail to welcome this new gonrce of supply of fossil fucl, Last in the ennmeration, but not least in fmportance, the Cincinnati und Terre Haute Rallway, the ground on which has< just been broken. Starfing at the great commercial city of Ohio, it will traverse a rich agricul tural conutry, already dotted with farms, to Blooming ton, where it will bifurcate, one branch going to Terre Haute, and another via Bloowtield, to the Wabash River, where it will connect with a projected road through the state of Ninos to St. Louis. It will cross the block coal region of the sonthern part of Clay County and the west ern part of Owen Connty, where the peculiar seam ex hibits its widest expansion, and affords almost unequaled facilities for mining, It will also develop a large body of native iron ofes in the vicinity of Bloomficld, and a thick seam” of gas coal in Sullivan County. It is confl dently claimed by the projectors of this route, that the markets of Cincinnati and Louisville can be ag cheaply supplied with block coal as with the hitizminons coals of Pittshurgh or Youghigheny; and that too without the possibility of a “coul famine,” in case of a delay iu the ri ing of the waters of the Ohio. Thus it will be seen that, before the lapse of two years, the mining of these iron-smelting coals, instead of being restricted to a single district as at present, will be spread over a zone of 150 miles in extent Wd it requires no pro phetie vision to prediet that, before the lapse of half century, Indiana will rival Pennsylvania in the ainouut of ner mineral products, With yonr permission, I propose in subsequent come mumeations to describe the range and extent of the Wock-couls and their chemical and Rugsienl character ities: the iron ores, their ehemica! composition and their accessibility to the coal; and the facil ties for the Mi=tribntion of their products over widely-separated re gions, I was on the water-shed between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan before the iron deposits, which now vield nearly 1,000,000 tuns a year, were disturbed I saw the iron mountain of Missouri before its sides were pierecd, and when a few hundred tuns of loose fragments of ore only were annnally dug out of the ferruginous clay to supply two or three charcoal furnaces; and I was at Brazil, Ind., when it was an indifferent railroad station, with a single shaft for the extraction of coal, which geologists pas=ed by without heeding. In these matters, then, 1 yi not as a noviee, J. W. FUSTER. Lerre Haute, Ind. Dee. 4, 1871, EE AI A WHY TAXES ARE HIGH. COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. The following letter, from Commissioner An drews of the Tax Office, 1s published as a matter of jus tice to one of the subordinate officials of that Burean, It is necessary, perhaps, tog state that the charge wus made by a citizen who gave his name and oftered to go before the Committee of Beventy and substantiate his story. The communication otherwise corroborates what THE TRIBUNE has said _in explanation of the problem of why taxes are high: fo (he Editor of The Tribune. SIR: A comwunication published by you this mornin alle that there is “A Culprit in the Tax Office,” Not farther, that although certain “statcinents have been made t; one of the present Commissioners of Taxes and Asseasuients, with sufticient proof to cause the removal of the culprit, hie Is retained in office on account of his {ufluence with a member of the Commission,” In July last I received, addressed to ne, personally, an ADODYINOUS cominunication, making certain statements, and offering further information if desirod. In reply, I sent to the address designated a note of which the fol Jowing is a copy I have received 8 statement without signature which inthmates that further facts may be elicited by addressing Box ke. Sowe state mente contained in the pages sent I know to be erroneous, but I shall be fad o pratt poi SUED aie would Faable hod Louniptivuers to pro 5 e os or iu au wor add to the y of the nerdy rid uii 4 Gro. H. Aypnaws, Commissioner T. sad A. of Taxes and dsscsoments, Now-York, July 14, 1671. thin day or two after, the writer of the anonymous agile d upon me sod bud long conversation with w devel more fully the fact that most of .the information he possessed related to matters with WYhisizse Board were already femlitar, having disve year prior to tha the 4u7honed delinguent (yet hav »o and saved the tat-Jayers rom OF Qther Information whioh the will Mr. 8B.) did net relate x) partasent, the only point which really con. mY dubies ah ab Oost us 4 stbtewent ta De nsmwed Rwusey, bad fraudu Jeatly ofa piece of property in the Twent, ard, i EF promised to devote promptly. The investigation two ant Yacte that, beyond all t b Q 20 alteration of erasure bad been made in 1870, 88 alleged; and second, that an alteration by erasure ‘had on sald property in 1869, but that at the only the alteration could have been made, Mr, rr not connected with or employed by this facts so fully disposcd of thé statement made by 8. Dist 1 fave the gh no further attention. Wio id make the erasure ju 1569, I do not kuow, and have no Eas of nding out. The parties then iu charge of that district to hold their boition here long ngo, aud, ‘under the loose system which formerly, prevailed, the alteration may have been made by person totally un connected with the Devartuent. Vorierly the becord Books were placed upon the counter, and were dled by Doth the Just and the unjust, Fhe latter olen proved acilities thus to change assessments suit their purposes. To use Jain terms, the office was infested by an outside gang. whom it would be flattery to call thieves, who rea Iarge sums by the fraudulent alteration of assessments. 8cme of these the (‘ommnis sioners have forbidden to enter their offices, and ull of them have been strictly excluded from access to the books. To protect the interests of the Jablie, the pres ent Board have felt compelled to restr ct access to the books to joie whe can furnish proof that they are tax ers; that is to say, the person fu charge retains the Revora Book in his possession, responding to any fuquiry made as to the valuation of property, but does not in trust the book into the hands of any person unless Ratis fied he is a tax-payer. This haw, in sofne instances, been made the subject of complaint, but whenever the reason has been stated, the complainapt has admitted the pre caution to be proper. p———————————— A ———_——- If apy person desires further verification of the state. ment herein in reference to the assessment in jJacstion, the records of this Departinent will supply it, and shall be happy to make the exhibit,: Asking that you will publish in connection herewith Mr. Ramsey's affidavit, which ig Inclgsed, 1 amy truly, yours, Geo. H. ANDREWS, Commissfoner of Taxes and Asscsments, New-York, Dec. 7, 1871, AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES RAMKEY, State of New-York, City of New-York, as.: James Ram. gey being duly sworn, says that he has been a elerk in the Department of the Commissioners of Taxes and As. aessments since the first day of July, 1860, and that his attention has heen called to a communication in THE NEW-YORK TRIRUNE of this day (Dec. 7.), headed Why Taxes are High,” and signed “Reformer,” and that de. ponent is mtorined hy one of the Commissioners that sald communication is believed to refer to doponent, and has reference to alleged alterations by erasure, or other: wise, of the suns Axed for assessment. Deponent declares that he bas never, at any time, or for any purpose, altered, seratohed, orased, or change! any figures fixed or Dlaceq for assessment in the books of said department for the Twenty-first Ward (that heing the ward, as deponent is informed, where the alteratior is alleged to have been Bade), nor in any other book of any other ward, or caused the same to be done, exoep! in the books of the district to which feponsn} is assigned, viz.: the First, Second and Third Wards, and then only i Ite proper and regular disobarge of his duties as sald clerk. Deponent further says that he has no knowledge what ever of the alleged reduction, as set forth in THE Nuw. YORK TRIBUNE of Dec. 8, of an assessment in 1569, frou £90,000 to £55,000, or any other sum; and that at thé tim said reduction is alleged to have been made, he was no! employed by or connected with said Department in any manucr whatever, JAS. RAMSEY, fworn to before me, this seventh day of December 1871. J. E. CroNLY, Notary Public, N.Y. Co. THE TURP. Be SPLENDID PELFORMANCE OF A CALIFORNIA MUS TANG. Qax Francisco, Dec. 7.—Col. Dickey's Cali fornin mustang mare Kate trotted 20 miies over a very heavy track in 59 minutes 0 scconds, in San Fraucisco to-day. Her owner then vifered to wager $1,000 that she cont'd trot another mile immediately mside of 255, but there were no takers, ENTRIES FOR THE WETHERBY STAKES AT JE ROME PAKK. The following are the entries for the Weth erhy stakes for 3-year olds, $200 entrance, half forfeit, with $1,000 added the winner of the Belmont stakes to carry 7 pounds extra; of the Ladies’ stakes, 5 pounds ¢Xx tra; closed December 15 17 miles: 1. T. W. Doswell's ¢i. Huntington, by iwp. Aostralian, dam Ma rurka by Lexingion. A. Belmort's b. Oaklandz. by imp. Leamington, dam Bapta by ingston, AY Belmont's ch. e. Periwinkle, by Kentucky, dam Fleur de Champs hy Newminster, 4. A. Belmont's chi. Connut D'Orsay, by Kentucky, dam Lady Bless. ington by imp. Felipse, 1 2 fe Littell's ch. c. Felloweraft, by imp. Australian, dam Sister to dlewrld. M.A. Littell's br. Wizard, by Concord, dsm Dolly Morgan by wwenne, A 3 C. Hare's bi. eo, Aerodite. bir Asteroid, dam Fdith be Sovereign, 1. L. Lornllar)'s bh. f. by Kentacky, dam Blue Riband by Revenne, 0. D. MeDauicis's cb. f. by Kentucky, dam Zaidee by imp. Belshazzar, 10D, McDauiels’s br. by Leuwingiou, dam. imp. Wombat by West Australian, 4 i D. D. Withers's imp. b, Stonehenge, by Blair Athol, daw Coimbra v Kougston, 12. b. D, Withers's imp. b. by Mursyas, darn Marchioness by The Marguis. 14. A. Be'mont's imp. bh. e. hy Breadathane dam Fl'ermere, 14. A. Liedmont's ¢'i. c. Rilk Stocking, by Kentveky, dam Finke, 15. K. W. Caweron's ch. by imp. Leamington, dum Rebeces by ilencoe. 16. J. Coffee's br. e. B. F. Carver, by Lirhtning, dam La Victiue, 1%. J. Cuffee wr. ce. by Lightning dam Jessamine Porter. 15. 8.1. Bruev's cha Dounybrook, by Planet, dso Linda, by Sethian, 15, Hyper Travers's ch. Captain Garland, by Leamington, Jam Genista, Uy King Tom. 20. Hunter and Travers's br. f. Megara, by Eclipse, dam Ulrica, by Legugron 21. Honter Travers's bl. St:achino, by Parmesan, dam Maybell, by Hetan Ilatoffe. 22. I. J. Crouse's bi. f. Margin, by Revolver, dam hy Ringgoll. ow, 4 5 Grinstead’s ch. by imp. Austialiso, daw Lawn White, by imp. Glencoe. 0% J. A. Griasteal's gr. by Lightning, dam Mishap, by Knight of t. George, 25. J. A. Griustead's gr. by Lightning, dam Sequin. hr Eclipse, v2 i R. Batler's ch. f. Token by Lightning, dam Tokay, by imp. ork=hire, 2%. M. 1. Sanford's b. eo. Millen, by Lexington, dam Mildred, by Glencoe. HARRY BASSETT AND LONGFELLOW. As there is now little prospect of an inter national match being arranged between Harry Bassett and an English racer, on account of thedifficulty of agreeing on which side of the Atlantic it should be run, it will gratify turfmen to learn that Longfellow and Col. McDaniels’s colt, Harry Bassett, will probably meet in the cup races at Long Branch and Saratoga. ohn Har per, the owner of Longfcliow, announces his intention of briuging him East next Summer and entering him for the enp and other races, and states that Le will be glad to have his horse meet Harry Bassctt, He has always been unwilling to match his horses, preferring to run them for the public money, and” he hopes that Col. McDaniels will gave lim a chance by entering his colt {p these races. Harry Bassett, being a four-year old next year, will have to carry 100 pounds, or eighteen pounds more than last Spring, while Longfellow will Lave to carry the five-year old weight, 114 pounds, or only &lx pounds more than he carried as a four-year old, The mecting of these two racers over the Saratoga Cup distance of two miies and a (uarter, or the Monwonth Cup Course of two miles and a half, would excite widespread interest in turf circles throughout the United States. GENERAL NOTES. At Portsmouth, N. H,, recently, a lamp left burning in 8 private residence was overturned late at night, and would have destroyed the house had not a favorite parrot, Nensios what had happened, cried out “fire, tire, fire,” so luatily that the family were aroused and extinguished tbe flames. ea Who but one that had been there could have given expression to this scandalous bit of realistic cynicism? Now Is the time to rally to the festive do nation party. A douation party is a cheerful gathering, where a clergyman’s flocx overwhelm him wita head watch-pockets and eat up about $112 worth of Lis Winter provisions.” A paragraph announces the death at George town, of George C. Washington, “one of the few surviv ing desocndants of Gen. Washington.” We shall next ha hearing of “the surviving descendants’ of John Ran dolph of Roanoke. If Washington left descendants what becomes of the beautiful and celebrated remark that God made him childless that fthe whole country might cail him father Enoch Carter of Newburgh has in his pos session a watch, whieh was given by George Washington to his betrothed, Mra. Martha Custis, in 1758. The watch was made in London, is of the bull’'s-¢ye’” pattern, and has the letters of the above lady’s name on the face of the dial—one letter over each Agure. The watch was in the possession of some of the relatives in Virginia, but, us one of the results of the late war, it has to be sold with other relics to kecp starvation from the door. The Rev. Henry Morgan, a benevolent gentleman who presides over a sort of Free Chapel in Boston, gave a lecture in that city last week, in the course of which he related some mournful personal ex periences. He lugubriously observed that ‘the last convert which he had, swindled bim out of $56.” There wis also a droll etory of a man who introduced himself as the biggest sinner in Boston and a graduate of the Illinois State Prison.” He wauted badly to be baptized, but Mr. Morgan thought that he would try him for a While. The result, wouraful to say, was a total failure, The candidate has since been seut to the State Prison for five years for swindling the community by this same pious dodge.” It is gratifying to learn that, after this pair of Ascanrafing experiences, and probably a good Frany More i nom, Mr. Morgan has not beeatn in the e RCOUTH v is stil htin tw the sins of his city. HI ETI 4 £90 8 “The Sacred Concert,” even in Sabbath keepiug Boston, continues to be decidedly secular, and under the statute, any constable might break up the per formances and arrest all engaged in it, if he saw fit, Toke the programme for Theodore Thomas's Sacred Concert” on Sunday evening in honor of the Russian Prince! How sacred 1s the Overture to Der Freyschutz, or Liszt's Fantasie on Hungarian Afr Fautasie sur un Theme du rr Are ip Ry fir rus, “The Heavens are Tolling. from Haydn, or the “Thanks to God,” from Mendelssohn, retrieve, we sup pose, the sacred” character of the performance. Poo lo may spend Sunday evorine in a worse way than in fo teuing to good “seoniur’” wusle. Fortunately, ut the Boston Bacred Concerts, it is not customary to drink the lager-bicr or to smoke the pipes, which ‘are the high moral feature of sowe Sac oncerts in New-York, The small-pox has finally left Lowell, Mass. How severe the epidemic has been there, may be esti. mated from the fact that, since Beptember 18 last past, not less than 221 cases of varfoloid pnd small-pox have been reported. The greatest number of paticuts at the Hospital at one tine was 108, Considering what we had a right to anticipate from vaccination, these figures are not exhilarating, for such Bills of Health, even befor Jenner's discovery, would have been alarming. How ever, this J» only an additional Piel though little ia nebded, that half the evils, it mig t be sate Lo gay nearly all the evils in the world, result from the caTelomness of mun in failing to avail hiinself of knowledge. It was settled long ago that the public health dopeinda, wo will say upou ventilation ind sewerage. Do we ventilate, do Wo Care for vir sewers any the wore effectually because we can estiionte tho mortality which will resalt from neghzence dt Not ut alll We taney that we can run this woild vi our cach, und oo ICG mess wo wako of it. NEW.YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1871 EX-ASSEMBLYMAN IRVING'S TRIAL. CLOBRING ARGUMENTS—THE JURY DISAGREE. CLOBING ARGUMENTS—THE JURY DISAGKEF. The trial of ex-Assemblyman James Irving, indicted for resisting a United States Marshal wheu lo the discharge of his duty, was resumed yesterday. Jas. Keenan, Curtis Turrer, and Aaron F. Young, testified that, to their own knowledge, Irving did not participate in the fight which took place near (eoghegan's whisky den on the night of Nov. 6. The defense here rested its case, aud Judge Pierrepont desired to use U. 8. Marshal Sharpe as a wituess to rebut the testimony of O'Neill, Before the trial began it was agreed by the tounsel that, with the exception of the one On the stand, the witnesses, both for the prose “cution and for the defense, should be excluded from the room; aud that if any witness remained in the room during the examiuation of another witness, he should not be allowed to testify. Marshal Sharpe was present when O'Neill was examined, and heuce was pot allowed 10 testify. Judge Fullerton summed up for the defense. After urging upon the jury the importance of disregarding the clamor of the pres: that had already tried, convicted and sentenced Irving, the Judee, in a short arguwent, reviewed the cevidenee, aud contended that the witnesses for the Acfense had a better opportunity of seeing and knowing what took place at Geoghegan’s saloon on the night of Nov. 6 than (hose for the proseention bad, and that, therefore, the former were to he believed in preference to the latter. It was not claimed that the witnesses for the prosecution knows ingly swore to a falsehood, but that they were mistaken in regard to the identity of the man who assisted Geoghe gan to escape from the enstody of Marshal Dowley. The converse of Jude Fallerton's position concerning the credibility of tho witnesses was assumed by Judge Pierrepont, who summed np for the prosecution. He contended that 11 was useless to talk to juries about evi dence,if the evidenee in this case was not sufficiently clear and conclusive to convict Jtving. He also assumed that the character of the witnesses for the defense, uf shown by themselves, did not not entitle them to belief, and that they came into court with the express intention of swearing Irving clear. In his closing remarks to the jury Judge Pierrepont said: Providence has recently vouchsafcd to us a great victory —a victory of honesty over frand and eorrnption of the very worst description. The time has come when you and IT and every honest mau can bold up his hand and feel that he ix secure in his person and in” his property. When the crime of whieh T believe Irving to be gnilty was com: mitted, such was not the case. Scoundrels then held np their heads and hurled defiance at law an order. If you, by your veudict, say to the world that this man who has defled the anthority of tie United States, and beaten ong pt ity officera nigh unto death, can go free, then you will, in a great measure, do away with the effect of this great victory; and, gentle men, for God's sake, T ack yon not to do it. Judge Benedict's chargo to the Jury was the nsuul one given in cases where a mere question of fact, unincmmbered hy queetions of law, is to he decided npon, I'he jury retired at 3p. m. At 5 p.m. they came info conrt and announced that there was not the most res mote pussibility of their coming to an agrecment, Judge Benedict refused to discharge the jury, and the court took a recess till 10 o'clock. At that hour the jury returned and again aunounced that there was no possibility of their agreeing, when they were discharged. The jury stood, nine for conviction and three for acquittal.” Ji is stated, upon the authority of an attaché of (he United States District-Attovrney’s office, that two ol the three jurymen who refused to convict Irving are owners of policy-shops.” Tt is thought that Hiris ease will be tried again during the present session of the Count. In the United States Cirenit Court, yester day, betore Judge Blatchford, the hearing on the follow. ing motions in the Ere litigation was adjourned ull next week, Fnday Motion on the petition of Jimes Hl. Coleman to he paid $0,000 qe re. erives's fees; mot'on on he potion of Joy Go ud for hearing of exe p tion«< to the inve tization betors the Mast r; motion to attach Jay Gould for uot obesing the ordurs of the Mast on In the case of Duvall and others agt. White, before Judge Barnard at Special Term, under the will of Benjamin Ogden, which devised certain property to Duvall in trust, directing that upon the death of his nephew, Benjamin Ogden (who has sinee died). $3,000 be applied to erecting a Lutheran orphan house, or if such project fail, that the sum shall be divided among his nephews, it was a0 sued by the trustee that the bequest Was contingent and oSeeniory, and void as suspending the power of alienation an indefinite time, and that the limitation over to the nephews was also void for remote ness, The Conrt sustained this view aud ordered judg went to be entered accordingly. p—— At the Jefferson Market Police Court, T'elix Murphy of No, F34 Broadway was commitied, yesterday, tor sien $17) Bom Henry B. Furper, At the Essex Market Police Court, George W. Fuller of Visungiva was committed, yesterday, for strikwg Patrolman Newman of the Teutn Precinct with brass xvackl a. At the Tombs Police Court. Justice Hogan eom mitted, yesterday. John Murray. an exprecsman. hiving in Spring-st., for stealing and offering for sale a violin, value $75, belonging to Frederick Reuter of No.7 Ludlow st. In the Court of General Sessions, hefore Recorder Hackett, yesterday, Michael McGrath and Peter Smith, charged with burglary at No. 7 Avenue D, Nov. 24, were ac wtted....James Huriby, charged with stealing iron from Pier No. 8K. ki was acquitted... Mary Koss aud Mars McDermott, grand larceny, Penitentiary oue vear each... The counsel tor Jobe Fret], who was sentence!l, ou Thursday, to 20 years’ imprisonment for highway robbery. appli d for a new trish. The principal and ove of the teachers of a school in Greeuwich st., testified that Fretill was at their school on the night of Nov, 23 until 9:30 o'clock, The robbery was mount d at 10 o'clock that eveuing. Tue Keeoiler said he Hunt cons’der the case, aud it is thought that he will great a new bria en Supreme Court Chambers By Judge Brady.— McRinly agt. Lamb. Motion for judgment grauted. la the waticr of J. Levy, memoranda for connsel, By Judge Van Bruut—Lent agt. Limporters and Traders National Bk. of N. Y.—Julgmeut for Pisiutid, Superior Court—Special Term—By Judge T'reed man.—Wekrnm agt. Kuli.