riftn who tad Men sober for a whole year would re turn home on election nlgbi drunk. The whole year bud been xpent in plotting and planning, and he thinks lie must take homeihiug. When he gets op In the morning He mum take something. When he nieetH a irlenu he must take something, and Anally something takea dim. (Laughter.) our most able aud talemed iucn had gouu do*a to their graven drunkards. lie referred to one particularly, who Mine tr<>m the west, and who would have been JToKlOf *t If de hau lived a little lontror. The Chica go Ore illuminated uia tombstone. There were more politicians DIED FROM IHLIRIUM TKKMBNH than any tiling else; but the phjatStsns, with regard to the leellUKS oi the laitnly, usually made out the cert locates of death irom epilepsy, dUt-ase of the twain, or sometli lug else. riie Connolly*, tne Hails and the Swectirs, wno were i hey t onlv the 011 lortunates. Unfortnnute merely because they have been found out. New Kork was uo worse iban other cities. The same corruption existed elsewhere, only there was a greater opportunity tor stealing in New York. Tlila thltvmg was not to be charged upon any one great political party; for nottt parties haa BOTH II AN OS IN TUE TKLASt'itV. The democrat has opened the door and the republi can has gone iu aud done the stealing, and the re publican has stood at the door while the democrat ban gone in. The people should not be so uucoucerued. They should see that nouest citizens were placed in power, and they were not responsi ble lor the terrible condition oi affairs in New lora, Philadelphia and Brooklyn. The responsibility mast be laid at the doors of the respectable men; like cowards tuey havt abandoned the tleld to a rumaniy and dishonest mob. t hey have proved recreant to th lr highest trust, and the only atonement now left is to return to tne field aud recover the ballot box from the hands of these corrupt politi cians. lie sometimes thought that this political corruption would swamp our whole country, and ?ben ne got DOWN OH HIS KNEES and cried to 090 to save the eonntry. The country might yet be saved irom the fate which now threat ened it, and there would, he hoped, be a bright morning of deliverance. 1 After prayer the congregation was dismissed. Pl.YlODTn CHURCH. The fmwct of Ure-l'lty for tb? Wr*?i e wicked. What heatheu )in (here is yet in a l our laws and moralities We eed another Christ to die to teaen men in these modern aavs to love. I alriior sin, but 1 have tried for forty years to abhor sin and irve the sinners, rue great builorer stands forever teaching love and lorglvene?a Men preach sermons about love ana iLen go out Into life and for fet it, and treat men us If tbey were brutes, am In sympathy with all tbe scientific thought ot j the time. iBere Is utue that 1 do not reau. This olten gives inc doubt and trouble; but there Is one orient for me. 1 do not believe that the law of love can be proved by natural theology. Uut i find all through the Uible that es and metals Into innumerable ?ad important uses. Ail the achievement* or au dent and modern lime* were the result of a wise and skilful use ot natural torces outride 01 man. lie anight aay, wltn almost literal truinfumess, "loan do all things through natural forces, which streugUi rnetn ms;" for It was but anoiner method of saving, *?1 eon do all things through dod;" for natunil forces were expressions o( tue Uiviuo will acting through loorgeute matter. 'ihe preacher went on to say thai this principle was ss true In the spiritual as in the natural world, and that it seemed to him no greuter injury could be done to Christianity than in arraying it tu its conditions ana law* in opposition to nature in Its conditions and laws, removing u iroiu me realm or common sense and suiroutidlug it Willi a kind oi mysticism. The law whs that spiritual forces were ao more capricious than uatuial forces, and the conditions of the former were more clearly eel lortn in the bible than the pos sibilities or the latter were In the book at uatiira. Man could bring the ureal spiritual forces to bear upon lumseii, and to a certain extent Sn others in efffeotuuting tbe work of salvation, working of ttus princtu.e in lue realm of nature and or grace wa.* elaborated and enforced by apposite Illustrations, liy studitug, mastering and applying the lorces or tue spiiin.ai world; bj em bodying tbe power of Christ's life stid love man uilgut go ont into ine worm to remove the moun tains oi sin, to uproot the dees ot social inii|iiity, to heal moral diseases, to convert iiiotai wastes Into blooming Ldeus. ,tnd lo open up communica tion between the soul ot man and the skv. Luther brought about the Reformation aud Wesley and Whitfield the revival that w.is >ei b.es-ing the world, it might tie said th*i tioii did mat thiough them as instruments. Bui were tliey uot ireef 1* ?oey waro not driven nv a lorco tneyoonld not. restrain, men they did u just as truly as a man MHVarwA proatiesi prairkr into a friiilinl field. it was empbatii ally true that without Christ and the energies at His spirit mail could do nothing, btr. woe not :tn* i?|naiiy true in the mutual world f Ui i 2JJ1 siaud apart itom ubcmical and mtiurul lorces. Conn i ne dor it was me branch that bore but it derived lis vigor irom the vine. Uou'S i t',i convert men through the voluntary ajwncy or those already ennvsr'ed. 'Ihe speaker, in ajiimiiiaion euniroj*! iliu imint Uiut Uinsliitns WOfP I irffporuHm* rot using the spiritual forces of the Gosoel In the execution of Its purposes, and showed that tins position did not transfer the mode of Human salvation from taitli to works, distinctly suiting ttiat faith united the soul with the Saviour, and mat all things were possible to him tuat be Uevcth. WAUUXtaON Alt. ME BAPTIST fBlllCil. The Furrlvfii linn? 4 Nernon liy lie*. P?v,d >lo?rr, Jr. Rev. David Moore, Jr., the pastor of the church wiuoh is situated at the corner of Washington aud Gates avenu-s, preached an eloquent sermon yes terday morning be ore a large congregation, re fore announcing his text Mr. Moore slated ibat the aggregate amount of donations made by that church for the reliei of tue Chicago sufferers was S9M. His text was from (he Epistle to the Romans vL, 22? "But now being made free from slu and become servants to Qod ye have your fruit uuto hollnesb aud the end everlasting life." The preacher said that the leading doctrine of this section of the ?oriptuies of which the text formed a part was that tree grace does not, as some have supposed it would, lead to free Indulgence In sin; bnt, on the other hand, it Is absolutclT essential to the exercise of holiness. In other words, and perhaps more simply, the doctrine of the lext, espe cially the latter part of ine proposition, is that for giveuehs must precede holiness. There must be a consciousness ol free forgiveness from God to us before any progress can be made In becoming holy m God is holy. The main thought that be desired to illustrate was that which he had been stating. Let us look at the blessed stale or condition into which a man comes who believes in Christ. WHAT IX)K3 TUB Ar6sTLK MEAN when he says "Believers are made free from slnV" No, ne does not mean that, lhe Apostle could not mean mat. He touches otherwise elsewhere. He ikimseU jells us that he regards himself as not hav ing attained perfection. His whole neart is set upon it, but be lias not got to iU When the Apostle speaks of believers being free from sin he means to say that a believer in ybrtoj is fully forgiven, lie personified sin. He re.Vesentwl sin as a lordly tyrant lording over the guilty man aud oppressing and enslaving him, filling him with fear uud disgust of God. and driving him as a slave into various kinds of slu. He represents slu an a taskmaster and a tyrant. Now when a mau weary of his burden, and, con- cious ol his helpless ness, comes to Christ? when the burdened aud weary soul drops iu*elf into the arms ol that Deliv erer who Is able to deliver us from our enemies? when a poor liioer touches THJt atiltfTitli OK VKEB FORlilVENESS which Christ holds out to him, from that moment he is forgiven and jus tilled. His past sins are not only forgiven, but he is positively Justified before God, and there comes into that bellev?r'>i soul a consciousness that lie is forgiven. Right along by that sense ol forgiveness there springs out in the heart of the forgiven an eternal, grateful love which leads him to give himself to God body aud soul- This ts what the Apostle means by being made free from s?n. What la the result ot Hits eman cipation the preacher asked. The Apostle, lie said, leaches that this state ol freedom is mndainental to righteousness of life. The present result is righteous ness in life, holiness of heart, salutlmeas ot charac ter. A lorgiven man will be holy. He has the germ of holluess in him. Mr. Moore did not say tnat this forgiven man would not have strong temptations, requiring 011 his part watchlniness, struggling and conflict, but he did mean to say that although the forgiven mau would have evil feelings you would find In him a power which would resist and over come tliein. He will never take sides with Ills sius, but with God against them. forgiven man will be a good man. IP rtF. 18 A POLITICIAN he won't sell his soul to the dcvlL He won't use the position he occupies to steal the people s money auu organize corruption luto a system. U he is a clerk he will not pifier. If he is stretched on a bed ol pain, with h poor family dependent upon his ex ertions, ne will trust m God. So you can take it, in all the ramifications of social, domestic and busi ness life, a forgiven man will be a good man. Not only will the forgiven man be holv, but he Is the ouly man who will be holy. Therefore, an unfor given man can never have the fruit of holiness. In concluding Mr. Moore said that bo had tried 10 show that in the Dlviue order 01 saving men's souls there must oc faith in Christ first of all. This was lhe first step in true religion. t EI VICE 3 IN WA HOSDTGN. I>r. NrwnxR en Ibc Power of Orrnt ('Hies? Tbo L?m the Nation and Christianity Feci* in Cbicng*. WASHINGTON, Ocu 22, 1871. Serv.cea were h^ld as usual in the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church to-day. A verr targ>5 audience was present. Among others President Grout and Chief Justice Chase were found In their accustomed places. I?r. Newman spoke upon TI1K POWBR OF GREAT CITiKS, and drew his text from Lake six., 41? "Be beheld the city and wept over it." lie negan by snowing that Christ and His Apostles recognize J the power or great cities and made them the ccntrca whence em anated the light and lire of their doctrines, and then passed on to consider tne work of the more thorough evangeiis ition of great cities through the instru mentalities God has onlaine i. Cities are centres of power and centres of wickedocss. There la some thing sublime in a grand city. When all that makes thoin up Is taken Into consideration they cannot be contemplated without admiration. Such cities are ao bound together by commercial relations that the prosperity and adversity of one are felt by alk From large cities come the social customs, the fashions, the amusement?, the forms of worship tnat are copied by villages and rural districts It is there ti:at the literature of a nation acquires id tone, aud there that politics, politicians and states men bave their home. In all great elites there are acts or devotion, deeds of eharity, sell- ab negation in tne cause of right which kindle God's amue, but there are also Inhumanities and atrocities which provoke Ills frown. A great city is a minia ture world, 'liiere the prosperity and adversity of humanity meet In extreme*. There is not a city in tiiis country that lias not as much need oi missiona ries as Poo-chow or Calcutta, and it is of import ance ror sensiole Christian men to ask what is the CAt'SB OK THH OR* AT WtCKMMltM OF OITIBt The cause is primary or socoudaw. II primary, theu Christianity is a failure? which no Christian win admit, God works In morals, as in phvsics, through secondary causes. It Is a scriptural doc trine that civil government is ordained for tne pre servation of virtue, i bo prevention of crime and the punishment of the guilty. Much of the evil of this city aud ail cities is traccabie to intemperance, but civil government does not only not do away with this source oi crime, hut by its sanction gives respectability to a business wnlob should be oou* deuined as usurious ami inhuman. A1 though it may be a question whether absolute prohibition would remove ihls source oi misery ana slu, yet U is certain it wouid throw tho weight of authority on th? sole of the right, and it would not increase the evils of inienipeiauce, 11 il di l not d<} stroy them, it wouid tius be iar better that gov ernment should give no sanction to tho subject rattier than, as at present, give Its influence for in iriiinerance lustead of sobriety. In this city, as elsewhei*, there are LA Ws that can RKACII INTGMPKHAM'B, idleness, lasciviousuess and gambling, but these laws are dean. They are the gravestones of a (lend public sentiment, oroi dead public olltciais. M? h are taxed to pay rot the iulthiul execution oitncsc laws, but rrom cowardice or connivance with the crimes! ihey are uot executed and Christianity ii called in qnestlou mr their non-execution. Another cause ior wickemos* is found in the hu t thai tne Ciiur h has no unity nml sysiemaucpiati ror the permanent improvement or lie poor. Much CKIMK COM KS FROM I OVIRTY. Much or the theft, arson, prostitution and murder can i>e traced lo this. The Church has done nobly, it is true. She has raised charities nnd schools and eliurches, bat Its churches are lor the rich. Cutler the present system a cuurch is a social aristocracy. Tne poor will not enter snch a temple as this, though they are thrico Welcome. The beauty of this church should not be dimiuishea, out there should be places provided where the POOR CAN FBEk WELCOME. where on the pillars should be written, "To the poor the Gospel is preached." l?r. Newman closed his eminently practical ser mon by urging nis people to system and tioiiy in *ecaring a permanent means or relief lor the needy, and he runner announced that not only were some of thoi-e present ready ror snob work among tho dosiltnte here, but there were those teady to sub scribe monthly irom Ave to oiM hundred dollar* lor the permanent renar of the wauy in t tie Went who, in consequence of the late flies, are homeless ami buffering, and laviteu all. to be helpers in tins good work. psomwir ErwtopiL cowmio*. haltimohb, October 2i, 1W1. Tins morning the convention received tne report of the committee on Canons, opposing the alteration of ihe constitution so an to provide lor the representation of minorities; a so from the same committee a report op post mi amending canon 2, title 2, providing that in the case ol a trial of a minister tor holding and teaching publicly or pri vately and advisedly any doctrine contrary to that held by the Church, the consent or two-thirds of tne number or persons constituting (he court or i trial shall be neces*ary to a conviction. A report that the proposed amendment would l>e In conflict with the provisions or the k>um lint ion, whiuii gives to the dioeese the right to Institute mo mod.' of trying clergymen. Rev. !?r. Van Uri'Srv, of Ontral New fork pre sented a i anon from tiw cumnnu?w e btaic of the Church ou th? subject or sisterhoods, accompa nied with the following resolutions:? Rriolvrul, That tbli boua* r?g*r with deep Internal tha work of the women lu the Church and the formation of iiioti CbrleUat) nrjaDiimUoM ai may tonal* wHb Uw paTemmeui and rut?i of 11k Church. RpRolrrd, That It ba recommended to tba reaprctlva rilo ecan and miMionary jurlidictton* whlrh may d??tr* tb? aid ot niicb orirani^atlona to ailop' aucb m*a?nr>'? aa may pro mote the rflloifucy of inch auxiliaries and |Uard agalnat aboaea. The resolutions were adopted. Other interesting reports were presented and dis posed of. alter winch the order of the day, the con md<>ration or the proponed canon on ritual unanim ity. waa taken up. A long, interesting aid very animated debate fol lowed, In whtcb Mr. Andrews, or OMo: Mr. Fogg. or Tennessee; Re*. Dr. l)e Koven, or Wisconsin, and Jndd, of Illinois, took part. Pending Mr. Judd's remark, at four o'clock the House adjourned till Monday. NEW YOrlK CITY. Arrests lor the week, 1,671. Vital statistics for the week ending Saturday, Oc tober 21:? Deaths, 441; marriage*, 21-2; births, a7?; still birthB, i?. Fire Mar. r. ii McSpedun reports twenty- Ave fires for the week ending October 21 at noon. The esti mated loss id $63,815; amount of insurance, $144,300. a lad, named Prederick Garps was taken to Beiievne Hospital on Saturday by Officer Murphy, of the Twenty- Orst precinct, In a critical condition from Having fallen from the roof of a lour story brick building in Kant Thirty-second street. On Friday night Michael Corcoran, residing at 070 First avenue, became involved In a quarrel with his wife, Mary, and stabbed her in the arm with a table knife. He was taken to the Yorkviile Police Court yesterday, aud beid for trial in the sum of tsoo bail. James Murray, a saloon keeper, of 87 River street, who has been ill ror a week past, rose -from his bad at four P. M? went into the street, and at half-past six was fonnd lying near the Newark and New York Itallroad track at Brill's station w.tli his throat cut from ear to ear and his stomach ripped open. He was taken to Hi. Michael's llonpitai, but no hopes are onrertaiued of his recoveiy. William Molntyre, residing in Firiy-ninth htreef, near Madison avenue, on Friday night dragged his sick wtfe out or oed by the hair of her head and Ent her into the street. She canned his arrest, and e was yesterday sent to the Inland by JosUoe nizny because he refuse 1 to aid his wire and a fam ily of live childreu. He admitted working con stantly, and that his earning* were $4 a day. Even in the conrt room the wretch could not retrain from abusing the poof creature who has the misfortune ol being hi* wi.e. Coroner Schlrmcr was on Saturday Informed of the death of Henry and Samuel Friedman, aged respec tively three and five years, who were crushed at 108 Mercer street on Friday evening by an iron basin weighing ?oo pounds falling on them, as heretofore published in the llSRAMf. The ba in, which stood in an almost Derpemlioolar position against the roiiine. was pushed over oy an nnknown man and fell on the children. Whether the basin was pur posely unset docs not appear. The matter will tie investigated on Monday next. Tlio parents of the deceabed children live at 07 Mercer street. The Rev. William Alvm Bartlett, ofChlcaero, ono of the pastors ot that unlortunute city who were burned out during toe great conflagration, told "The story of the Chicago Fire" ou Saturday even ing to about, sixty persona assembled at Cooper institute. Hie reverend gentle man labored under the disadvantage or havinsr to tell what tie kuew, saw and heard during the rew days of terror walch fallowed the terrible days of the Are. long after all the newspapers had told everyming or interest about the disaster. However, nlu hearers seemed to be very mucli interested. An Investigation was yesterday ooairucnoecl be fore Coroner Scnlrmer in the case ot Mrs. Mary Foote, late of 417 Pearl street, whose death was flie result of Injuries received last Friday week by being knocked down by a run i way hyr.so studied to a carl belonging to Messrs. Koseudale A May, merchants in Chatham square. as pre viously reported. The testimony showed that the tfay previous to the occurrence Mr. Itoscndaio had taken the horse rroui the Third Avenue Railroad Company on trial, aud ir kind, good and sound he was to buy tilin. While the horse was hitched to a post in front oi the store he became frightened. probably at a passing horse and wagon, aud broke loose. Mr. May seized the horse bv the bridle and endeavored to hold htm, but a'ter bolus dragged fifteen or twenty rcet was compelled to let go. The animal then dashed up Chaiham square and in his flight ran over deceased, intlictiut; ratal iniurioa. owing to tUe absence of the man who delivere l the horse to Mr. Roseridalo the further investigation of tfte case was adjourned till to-?lt?y. BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. Family Scaldnd. William Shaw, a child three years old, fell into a boiler of hot water at No. 17 Taiwan street, last night, and was so badly scalded about me body that lie died snortiy alter. A Krroiene Accident. While Panic* Began, or 102 York street, was Ail ing a kerosene lamp at six o'clock last night, the mid ignited and burned htm in a serious manner before (he fiances could be extinguished. Fire at Greer point. Ttie building SI Greenpolnt avenne. Oreennoln'. took lire at about two o'clock yesterday morning. The first floor wan occupied an a cigar atoro by Richard Nceley, whose loss on stock and fixtures is estimated at $700. The imildlug. owned by Mr. Morton, was damaged to the amount or $5oO. Fn 'Ml Brrali of mm Aei-itiruf. Mr. Andrew Christian, manufacturer of children'* carriages, at 05 Maiden lane, New York, died ai liia residence, in Pordham, on Saturday, from the effect* of Injuries received by being thrown from his car riage, in Prospect Park, on Prldav last. Mr. Chris rinn had visited the fair at Prospect Park Fair Ground, and had presented the prtxe nab* or the babv show with a carriage, and wa< returning home through tlie pur* when he met with the accident T ibvnry Atitcinllitn, The annual course of lectures under the auspices of the Library Association will be inaugurated next Thursday by M. De Cordova, who will tell the j honest Brooklyuires all about our municpd frauds in his Inimitable humorous way. The rending rooms of the association are the most popular resort of tho literary portion of the ciiiieus 01 tiie Kantern District. Anna Dickinson. Can Sedan. Dr. Lord and other distinguished gentlemen will lecture during the winter. A \Vill(Hiii*l?urjr Pl Biit, itabcock, saniord, Cameron, l)i is* ei I Mc Daniel and others, are on the giound and will run. A wees of unnsnai intereW Is rontem Mated in riMi contest vl Uwat umhouuu or?Us. THE PUBLIC PABKS. The Charges uf Extravagance Against the Department of Public Parks. Ex|ifndit:irt's ludrr the Old Cominisnion and the New Board. Interview with a Park Com missioner. Inconsequence oi the charge* or Insinuations of extravagant expenditures made against the Depart* ment of Public Parks, a reporter of the Herald visaed the department and obtained an Interview with Judge Hilton, one of the Commissioners, when the following convers ttton ensued s? Question? I havo couie to learn whether you have anything new to add to our former Interviews, which have been given in the Herald, about the parks, tbeiroost of maintenance, Ac., as I see Mr. Green, in his late letter, refera to tnis point t Axswm? No. I nave nothing special to add to what you nave already published iron mo on tbe subject. Our first ,etter to Mr. Urein, with the reports of onr Engineer inChiefani other officers appended, respecting the works In progress under us and the effect of then stoppage, answered all that Mr. Green now desires to reopen. His last letter, Judging from the toue and contents, it seems to me should nave been signed as Pars Commissioner, and late chief officer of the Ccnral Park Commission. Q. He appears to oomplaiu of the extravagance of the preseut Board. How doss the cost or maintain ing Central Park under your department compare with Its coat under tu<5 former Commission wnen Mr. Green had charge of UT A. Central Park while under the care of the late Ceutral Park Commis sioners had an anuuai appropriation b.v law for its maintenance of $330,000. There was also an annual appropriation by la v for the m tiutenanoe or tbe Musenm and Observatory of $30,000. These amounts were usually found insufficient, and then moneys were taken by the Treasurer from the other amoun's in his bands for assessments and o her purposes, and used to the extent required. This deficiency was an expenditure in excess of the legal appropriation for the Park maintenance and was usually about $40,000 per year. This was the expenditure upon Central l'ark alone, and amounted to about $370, ooo per annum tor police and maintenance. q. But 1 bavo beard said that yon have materially Increased tbe Park police force A. Ye?, and you might add, materially improved it. There was cer tainly need for both increase and improvement. Formerly the force, with gatekeepers, Ac., all told, ?mounted to seventy-seven men; but there was constantly being detailed to assist them workmen j aud laborers engaged upon I'ark constructions, and who were paid out 01 anoiher iuud than the main tenance. This .system we did not approve. The labor ers soineuiiies appeared rude, and often incompetent, because they had not the experience or trarnid park keepers, wnose duty is to bear with a HUle waywardness on tne part of tiie public while in public places We nave increased tuts loroe to 117, and mix of which are detailed temporarily to care lor Macomb 8 Dam Bridge und Third Avenue Bri ge. So one can object to this increase, tut it most be ap parent, to all that there nre not policemen enough iu central i'ark. captain Milis. who is well known as a most, efficient oiltcer, complain-* f equentljr of being short handed, and of the impossibility of poncing tlic i'ark with Uio present number, of the efficiency or the lotce I tlnnk no one will complain. I'ney are a capital body of men, but they are not hair numerous enough lo patrol sui. acres oi park grounds, Q. Whatis the expense of the force A. It. win average lor pay and clothing aoout fifteen hundred dollars lor each man; so Hat the tony additional iucu put on by us adds to tue cost o( central Park mfliutenance $60,ouj per annum. What does tnat make the wnolc expense for all the parks t A. Ah, you must not forget iu410,0 in; add one-sixth for the residue of ihe year, would In; $74,uj0, making the total expendi ture up to January l $ail,0o!i, or {i*i7,0(W per an j nam? less than In former vrars wneu ill* city att i hot nies naetior ctred tor tliau ai any time heretofore. Most of tlieui previously were but desert wastes; we have made them garden spots, and the public has appreciated tiicni u> flock ing to tnem by million*. Now, as to the expenditure1) o:i Die parks for permanent improvement*, upwards of two million dollars sl ice May, ism? A. well, about two-thirds otthat sum has been spent on tue Battery, Toinp km's Square, Washington .square, Reservoir Square, Mount Morris (square, ctiy liati i'ark aud the uumber lesa city squares, bet any sane man look at these separator, examine the work none, and then nee If tie cau say, as puidic works, wneiher they could be none for ie?s. On central i'ark we have leitthe legacy of many expensive structures to complete, wnich were designed and commenced by the /ormer CoinmHstoners. The Beivinere, a very ex pensive toy; the Conservatory, badly located and ti rrmlv expensive;* the old Paieozo c Museum, which' re were lorced to abandon; the Dairy, a useless tliius for the purpose desigued, because ol being until ly located; several expensive bridges to repair, enlarge or rebuild; the Hark wabs, very expensive; the widening of the main drive, also very expensive: a very expensive sewer from tue Meuauerie lo Piriy-niutu street; raising ihe grade of Ktgtuli a\enue some eighteen 10 twenty feet at Manhattan Square; flltiuK up Manhattan Square In greater part forty leet nelow grade, adapting the west suio of the t'ark to the new avenue grade lor about two miles, building the utaoios, pavmg ami grading tne traus verse roads, creating tne Museum and me many aulmal bnlldlnrs now formtntt the Menagerie, com pleting the Eighth avenue circle, paving Flity-nintb Hreet, completing the unnecessary square at Kiity nliitn street ami Kdth avenne? a useless waste of ground, the Ideaoi the old commission; building tne Sheepfold, erecting a nnuiber of cottages for ladles auo Children, also for men; completing Fifth avenne sidewalk ior over a tulle, lighting all the transverse roads, completing the Terrace ami great louniaiu basin, relaying tne Park walks, tue Mail, Ac. Indeed 1 might goon tor an hour enumerating the various works oi construction, but the public n familiar Willi ad the^e things, and I have but to nail MtiMition to *ome of tnem. Kvery dollar ha* been lain* M>eut aud the parka show a (nil nivaieni. r>t any recpeetaole commit too in vtiHift ?e?? examine our work and its cost Hint compare it with any prevloua work 01 i old Commissioners or an* public body Mud we win be satisfied with their verdict. It mnst be ono of approval, ami let me sar that It will give ns great pleasure to have tin* Investigation made, ami all our account 4 ami all our acta scrutinized by fny we don't care how unfriendly 1 hey mar be. I here can lie but quo couclualou, we lluuk, irom any Investigation. an.y .?r Uie ''ommittee* MM to the tie J A". wiuier.tanU a subcommittee of .Mr. Hpofford an A. Well. It may lie so, techni cally; but he did the name thing when he was Trea surer here and thought It no wrong. It lino in terest to us personally to do so, ami, did I believe the public were not sustaining us In our course, I would stop right here, disband all our toroes po lice, maintenance gangs, engineers, Ac.- and let the parks take care of themselves. This would be the practical result of following Mr. Oram's vtowa ir tnis idea had prevailed we should now have Tnlrd Avenue Bridge, Macomb's Darn BrUkre and Ford dam Bridge, either impassable or tumbled down, leaving the pnblic to cross the Harlem River tn ferryboats. But we took the responsibility and repaired those bridges when there was not a oent appropriated lor the purpose. Ir sucn condnot la wrong or cansc lor being inalUned, then i can only say that I am mistaken. Why. It Is only a few days ago that I gave direction to repair ;iie draw of MacomVs l)atn Tiridge, notwithstanding Mr. Green's views, but 1 am consoled by the tact that tn doing this 1 am making bafe lor public travel what is now regarded by engineers as exceedingly dangerous. 4. la that all you have to sav A. Vei: if that is all you want to known. If you have forgotreu aay tnlna call again and 1 shall be pleased to turonn j ou on any subject within the department. Q. A final question. Have you sent Mr. Green your pay lolls? A. No; he has nothing to do with them as Deputy Comptroller. They are vouchers on die in this department, where they belong. As a Commissioner of Pabilc Parks he knows ho has free access to them at ait times, and he or any committee may examine and scrutinize them to the fullest ex tent, but the Hoard wi'l not authorize their being taken rrom the department. The experience of the paat teaches us to carefully guard our vouchers, but they are here freely open to lusptction wheuevcr lie or auy responsible committee wishes to examine them. Much obliged for yonr Information. Good afternoon. A. Wait a moment. Here Is a state ment T have from an engineer-lti-cluef, wmch may interest you. It la a comparison of tho oost and amount of work done upon the boulevards by the former commissioners for a period of iirteen months prior to January, 1870, and lor fifteen months mere* after under the present department. STATKMRNT OF QUANTITIES Or WORK 1>0N* ON Tn* UOUI.KTASII FED* 1TB COM MCNCIMR.NT iSKP KMIIKH 21, HUB, J TO APHIS. W, 1B71. F.om Srjt.il, lHti^l /'cow in. 1, 1870, A 'I it), 187 1, Ah ml U J tonth to Jan. 1, 18.0 A'*)tU 16 Month 2U.(,o?H) uuuia fill... MS.l'UO cubic yd*. IlltfOu cable yd?. 8 t.4(iU cuiilc yiis. ?7,6tlU cubic ydi. 336, MM cubic yd?. iU,7i II fiputra yd?. 12.700 fiibln yds. 6,!!00 lin*.il feftt. ln.4uu H.|inire hurt. 3,5.1) llueitl fsct. $iW7,93it M 92, 7 Jt inxm r?. John iVir?i/l ri Same. fdrnk O, i ''a* w. II'- f j i m C. W r -Snm?. Filer tr. fT'il'h r. John K Tl ilh *83. Supreme Court? CnscuiT? Part 2? Held by Judge nrady.-No*. van. 3M, i?o?i. 3M, :wo, :?6, 16#. SUfgKJon court? Triai. Tbrm? Part t? Held by Chlet justice Uarootir.? set down cause*? Nos. 6l:>, 66% 12l.\ MM, 797, 726. 411, 107ft, ?7i, 1193, 120l?, 62J, <21, 116.) 870. tt.13, 663, 275, 741, HS1, lliO. 1161, 1217, iW1. Added caiiRi's? Nos. looi, ?n9, 74?. Part 2 lleM by .liidtfo Kroedman.? Xo?, iimw, iot ilfif, 7.0, 9;>), ISO1,, 1112, 1216, J" 10, 1100, 1274, 7i2, 1132, 1110, 1170. 1148, 88*. COMMON Pi.ka.>< Tri Al. TKRM? Part 1? ili'ld by 1 Jtiojje Van Brnnt? NM. H4#, 987, t?2, 1012, lOl'i, 772, 0:?, 744. 10W2, 922, 9?, 2?, 11)08, SOW. United Statbs Disiuht oornr? Ai'Miitt/.rv? Reforc .Indire Hlntohrord. -Nna. 22^, Foster Willis vs. J. I? Wooobtiry: 22, Tliotnas Durhaiu ve. 1.21.6 Mtrtfled Pipes; 218, John P. Brown vs. Samuel C. Loud; lott, John R Chas? vr. Hark A ice Tolnetr; 2J3, Tnonias ^iiilth vr. (Sooner et al. 14 John W. Lo<:? vs. steain?riip . Schooner Ciara: 17fl, Ainruvtus M. Cox vs. si?*aiiUiiK Clara A narita: 201, Edwin core ?n v<. steamboat Wvomitu; 224, William PhilllpH vs. Steamboats Annie and Carrie; 199, Benjamin F. sherimtn vs. Joiiu W. klott; 07, lleuiy Uenary vs. smp Prtuc?9 Albert. SHOOK IN0 IBllUMANITY IN HCB JKEH. Vestcrday aiteruoon a woman named Kclily was arrested by unicer Dewey on a charge preferred by a Mrs. Moltlmnn, 01 No. 21 Willow street, to the effect tliat her little boy, aged three yearn, had been subjected to the most brntui treatment by tbe ac cused. It appears that some dispute had arisen between the women, and the little boy committed some real or Imaginary offence afalnst Mrs. Itelllv. Tne latter immediately seized the child, lilted it into the sir and then dashed it headlong against the ground. The ehild won taken np almost senseles*, when It was found that xorious Injuries had resulted from the savnge treatment It had received. The dame was luckeu up by sergeant Hour 40 to await examinaiion. TtlE HOBO SEN HURDLE. The Coroner's inqnlailton Into tbe circumstance* attending the death of Thomas McMatum, who was rataliy wounded on "The meadows1' a week ago, wm brought to a close on Saturday, at 61 Washing ton street. The chief witnesses were Dr. Taylor and Mary Brady. The doctor's statement has already been published in the Herald. The jury was composed of a respe.ctanle number of men. who, alter a brief deliberation, rendered the lollowing verdict:? "We ilnd tnat Ttiotuaa McMahon came to his death from the efte. ts of a wound Inflicted mir ing a Oght with Moaea Henry and Ueorge Henry; and we nelteve that these men wero implicated in the ease." Qaorge Henry, who was present, tn custody, was tliereupou committed to toe county Jail. Moses Henry, who tras recovered trnni his injuries, was also arrested. A Mr. Otlhatn who bail been held a prisoner was not mentioned as having i an* I'onnecttoa with tbe affair at ail. WAITING FOR ALEXIS. A Trip Down the B?y-Sr?nei on Board the Arimlrnl'a Fln??hlp? When Will He Came f? Tke of (he flqnndrun and Their H*r Mnlrl. A strainer or small size, a One d ay and a clear confidence are three things likely to make a trip down the Bay highly enjoyable at this season or the year. You can walk on the Limited dcck forward an well aft the potato barrels and bread baskets will permit yoo, or yon cm amboiateon the leeward side and take tn successively through your olfaotorles the odor of oil from the machinery and toe penume t>r simmering salt Junk from the galley. When tnene have cloyed your senses with delight you f an enter the pilot house and enjoy a cigar, tne gleam of the ?uushine on the rippled waters, the gentle slopes of Staten Island, the Mg guns at the forts, and then you can listen to the perverse charting Detwecn the man at the wheel and his friends, the Captain and some uauttcal Diogenes who can also make the spoke fly round. The Hkkai.d reporter alter a while leU bees on listening to the cliaiT. The man at the wheel answered to the name of "Joe." What a fatality of ridicule there Li in tne hare mention of the word. The Captain looked at the helmsman as a living joke, :tnd for no other apparent reason than that be bore the aloresaid comic cognomen. Diogenes snarled at him good hamorcdly lor the same reason. Joe was or an earnest turn of mind, and wti con stantly making earnest remarks, whereupon I Diogenes would jeer and i(ie Cupiaiu laugh, said Joe, "Cap'n, I'd a dream last night." "Well, what d'ye dream?" "You know that meerschaum pipe 1 lo? over ooard?" "Did you And it?" quoth Diogenes. "No," laid Joe. "Then what's the good o' dreaming ai>ou'. sit* snarled Dlogeue.?. "S'elp me, 1 droam't I was sm >king It." ??Don't mind him, Cap'n," interposed Diogenes; -he's got 'cm bad; Ihcm Brooklyn boys is after him." Joe steered aud steered, but could not propitiate his tormentors until Lower nuarautlue was passed, when Diogenes took the holm and told him mildly to put his head In a bag if he couldn't steer any bet ter. The vessels o( tue Uuiied States squadron were now looming up ahead, and alter an amount of backing, shouuug aud steering Diogenes ran the little steamer along the port side of the frigate Congress, and the reporter skipped (that's nautical) up the ladder aud was in tautiy lace to Uce with the marine on guard upon Uio limited platiorm, which is his sentry walk. ??Whom do you want to sec r" ??Admiral llowau.' .see the officer on dcck, air. Steps on dccK and llnds a nutnbor of officers on deck but at length discovers the exact one de sired' in tue person o. a courteous lieutenant com innnder, who sends my caid to tne stanch Nice Admiral below. 1 saunter on tho snowy spar decu, winch is ilu-h lore aud aft, and guzo ut> at the taper m;tsrs anl spars aud tno rl"giiig none rally so hopeless to a lundsmau tike niysell. Everything la suug, clean aud i?ut. a marine comes on deck and respec lullv USKS tiiiit I go below and see the Admlra whose quarters are aft, on the gun deck. Vice Ad miral Kownn is a tali, well-built man, with auuiliirj leatures, a gray mustache aud hair, and gray, piert IiiBevos? every inch a commander. He we.comes moon nourd, and has uo objection in the World lo uiy remaining a night ou board that Is, If ht can Sud loom, the Congress being already somewhat, crowned. This j>ari of the business was soon settle 1, mid i was assigned a berth lor the mght in %lie tnid JiuDman's (iiisrwrs, mis being the only sleeping roomvacaniiu tne ship, aud that onlylor theuiiuu I declare my ciuire diiuitMiion, nort MB tola to meSTntheward room with the officers. Among gallant young admirals of tho future I am soon ?it the world it Is tUe naval officers. It is ne venue less a curious study how much reserve and disci niine there Is between tne various grades wnion go to make up the b^P'* bSinsaa 5 VP44A1 a* uie thMCfttiH? ot a ftcel. ttiw ueginJi an. MduSew oa to tue bow ot tho ship. Alt or all ?I the Admiral. severely alone in his glory. Next comes the Captain, almost as severely alone. Then roiue tho aoovo ih? gr*?i6 ol mitfsnipmcii, next the midshlpmes themselves, and following them boatswain, gunner, carpenter and salluiaker. Ueyoud them the marines aud crew, until the how sunt spring!1 almost out ol the sick hay or hospital. Iii* messes follow in tue same order, ind Tiie gun deck, where officers and men moke aud louuge, is Just as strictly Dsrcelcil off. i> is quite a pretty picture to look kiouir t til s dec* ami unserve the Captain as he sn eniu'y wnlK- tip and dowu oudtng liis Havana ou iiie port side outside his office; on the starboard side ?ue officers puff in a circle and ctiau Forward of the next nig gun the midshipmen are grouped and too in a circ.e of their own, aud bey on 1 the crew puff in as many groups as they Please. 1 need not continue tins necessary rouUne to tho oiui but can And loom to say that n noes not interfere m the slightest with the Qood feeling w hich pervades all hands, from tue Vice Admiral aft to the landsman lorward. Kvervthlna on board iho (joiwretn looks as 11, when we UuMian Scot arrives, they will be able to see what one or I'ncle ham's ships-of-war can loo* like In time of peace, such woito decKa and p. dished rails, snch einciency everywhere, from manning the nulls to maunlag tne yards. There are sixteen ui these on the congress? seven nlue-lnch on eaeriug tlown as fast as weir legs could carry Uicm, amid the peculiar Inir of the boatswains' whistles. The Coiigiess was the first to have lh yards across, auu ns sooo si that was accoiupiuued the baiul on dcck stnica up "ilaii Columbia.' The men tans Hie liveliest in terest in these competitions. The leeUmi on uoai ^1 U? generally one of gotni tempered 'mr^rence^^lf Biqch a tliinn Is possible; beyoud that there is the afore said determination to Vlna^r Bide out. llnw it Ih mat tb?i navy li waiving far a uvi?i occupying until lo spare iuonin\fii? C. K. Vreeland. O. W. liolman, t i* Sueer A- 11- Cobb, W. fci. SoAe,l, l. 1? u'reen^, 0. Salter, Charles Terrell, J. C. Frce ,UfVr?t Lleufnai* or Marine- Frank D. Webster. lay a*r*?W- Underdown. liuatsito in? John Hull. (1, inner- W. r. Iievisn. iwp^rtwHeory n n miwrs aj JMW. m ..ty-foor mannes, mauu.' a fwt?l 1411 u,tu* A REFORMER S RIOT. There appear* to hare been grave meaning in tn? suinresilon of aeverai members or th? commute* of tfte city rttormcrs who interviewed the Governor at Aliianjr Uu- other day. Judge Pierrepout and *x< Governor Salomon declared that there was danger or a riot during the coming election In N>w York, and the Irter wn clamorous tn his demand thai me stale militia should be put on guard on tnai event ful occasion. II we are to judge from what oc curred at the Bradley ratification meeting in Tblrtjr roort.li atreet on Satnrnay serious apprehension!* of Uoodabcd mu weil be entertained. The ad herens or certain or the "reformers r made an oaalaoghi on (tie outside meeting, and bat ror the opportuue arilval of a large force of police on tue scene a first ciuss riot would have occurred. This Is just the thing that would have suited Manars. Pierrepout and Salomon, but instead or being started by the Tammany supporters tt was inaugu rated by the henchmen or the so called reformers. Are theae the rioters which the Coin mltieo ol Sev enty arc no anxiously solicitous about f THE VIRGINIA AflP TE.THE88BE RAILROAD. Ri. iiMo.vn, Va, Oct ill, 1871. The application for an Injunction against the Vlt* glnia aud Tennessee Railroad catered by R. Tyson of Baltimore. was dismissed llils morning al the instance 01 the applicant, he withdrawing hi* motion and uavmc costs. Ac.