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CITY NEWS THE DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK.-Upon pecition, signed by the trustees of the Mutual Building Fund and Dollar Savings Bank, " Judge Hughes, of the United States district court, yesterday issued a warrant for Mr. John E. Bossieux, president of the Dollar Savings bank. This was placed in the hands of Deputy Marshal Nye, who arrested Mr. Bossieux, and carried him before United States Commissioner Adkins, by whom he was bailed in the sum of $5,000 for his appearance at the next term of the United States strict court, which commences next Thursday, Mr. L. J. Bossieux surety, to answer charge as set forth in the petition of the trustees to the effect that their demands against the said John E. Bossieux are: First. $11,983.17, exclusive of interest, overdrawn by him from said bank. Second. A very large amount of money, the exact amount of which can not now he ascertained, received by him for said bank and appropriated by him for his own uses and purposes. Third, fourth, and fifth. certain promissory notes. specifically described in the petition. The petitioners further represent that within the past six months the said Bossieux did, with intent to hinder, defraud and delay his creditors, convey and transfer certain specified real estate in trust to secure Bossieux & Brother the payment of certain promissory notes. It is further charged that Bossieux, on 21st of February, 1874, did fraudulently stop or suspend, and has not resumed the payment of his commercial paper within a period of fourteen days. The petitioners therefore pray that he may be declared a bankrupt, and that his property betaken possession of by the court The specifications and details are too voluminous for publication in this journal The above summary presents a statement of the case in its most important aspeets. We KNOW little of the merits of this case, but the circumstances would indicate that the Dollar Savings bank, like other monetary institutions of this and other places, had not put its money 'where it would do the most good, consequently when the September panic struck it, it was unable to pay all of its depositors. The "shortness" would appear to be about $40,000. There should, however, be a practicable bridge between this sum (due mostly to laboring people in small sums), and perfect pecuniary happiness to all concerned in those deeds of trust on real estate and good notes which the bank was said to possess, and we hope it will so be found in the wind up. That John E. Bossieux has either done anything wrong in the premises, or contemplated doing so, we shall not believe until the same is made manifest by proof. He is a native of this city, a member of the city council, noted in business circles for his honesty, activity and enterprise, and socially for an urbane courteousness that has attached to him many friends That such a man should damn himself by a wilful act of wrongdoing in a community where he is so well known is not easy to believe. THE POLICE FORCE.-Mayor Keiley's message says more system has been infused in the conduct of the department of the correctional police than formerly existed-a pleasing assurance. He adds, firstly, in respect to the spring sickness which so often attack our Knights of the Billy, and secondly as to kindred matters, as follows: "I am unable to report any material improvement to the loss of time from sickness. l'his amounted during the past year to eleven hundred and thirtytwo days. As the compensation of the force is unaffected by sickness, this amount of lost time represents an outlay by the city of nearly $3,000, for which she received no aquivalent I have communicated with the authorities of four Northern and four Southern cities and find our proportion of sickness in the force considerably in excess of the most unhealthy of the eight cities. In every other respect the council will find the report of the chief reflecting the highest credit on the force, he arrests made during the year were 6,393 those of the preceeding year 6,121. The large number of arrests is supposed by the chief of police to be accounted for in part by the fondness of the colored people for this means of redressing their wrongs among themselves, but this cause can have affected but slightly the result, inasmuch as the colored arrests number but 41 more than the whites in this large aggregate of nearly 6,500. Indeed it must be said to the credit of the colored people, that while the white arrests for 1872 exhibit an increase of 441 over the arrests for 1873, the colored arrests for 1873 exhibit a decrease of 169 from those of 1872. One reason of this decline is the fact that I believe I have succeeded in breaking up most vicious and unlawful practice, for many years prevalent, of arresting whole companies of colored people on general warrants. During the year but one instance of this sort was reported to me, and as I required the money taken from the negroes on this occasion, under color of law, to be refunded to them, the experiment was, so far as I know, not repeated. "I regarded this matter as a flagrant outrage, and should feel it to be my duty to bring it to the notice of the grand jury if less stringent remedies should fail in reforming it. KATIE PUTNAM.-This charming, fascinating, and bewitching little artist, of real, modest, true naturalistic genius, was greeted at the Theatre last night with an other good house, but not such an one as her merit demanded. The play of 'Lorle, with Katie in the title role, supported by Brown as Christoph Balder, and Nugent as Reinhardt, and the remainder of the company, passed off very agreeably. To-night Sans Souci" will be produced. We doubt not the piece will sparkle with pleasantry, and that Katie will shine forth in all her brilliancy THE CAPITOL.-Donn Piatt's celeentitled above anneared
