The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1855, Page 3

‘The Beantics and the Biunders of the Trea- pury Deportment. TO TH% EDITOR OF TUE RERALD. We enclose for publication @ condenses statement of ‘the care of the United States Ageiost Col. James Collier, ecently decided in the United sta(és fireult Court, We bave sought to state the material fats pearing upon the questions litigated at the trial with entire at curacy, as they aze shown in tre case as settled, and tae evecial verdict. If any exror in facts or figures shall be Pointed out, they will be promptly corrected, The case having been fully tried, argued and decided, the state- quent, as it appeared upon the trial—and will befoand in ‘the case in a more extended form—is aubuntted, without comment, a6 an act of justice to » pulic officer. D. 8 DICKINSON, Buwomayton, Dec. 10, 1855. 9 JOHN A COLLIER. UNITED STATSS CIRCUIT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, NEW YORK. The United States vs. James Collicr, late Onllector of Up- per California.—Chanes O'Conor, counsel tm United ‘Rates; Vanicl S. Dickinson aod Jun A. Coilivr, eoansel for defendant, This was s suit commenced 10th May, 1852, to recover @ balance claimed to ve due the United § amount claized in the declaration wa $ 91 The 1804, betore his bad been several es distinct accounts sisted ut the by ‘thefitst claiming the above bala: re-stated after the commencem: 1853, revuced the bslance clai Jeft ony the following questions to be» }ig: 1, The ion to which the Collector was enti- a pact of 8d of Marco, 1849, 2. The Collector’s shave of seizod and forfeited liquors. 3. The payment made by the defendan® of 16th Septem: , 186: 4. The liability of the Collector for money stolen from ‘the Deputy Coliector’s office at Monterey. ‘A question of interest, not soxterial now ta beatated, an the balance was in favor of the ceeot wad py ta- ourt on elther « argued ‘The care was estions of law toserved, at a apecial term of the Circuit Court, ia September, 1956. ‘The fina! decision end judgment of the court will appear by the certitied copy of the rule aunexad. The following is ® condensed xta:ement of the facts, as shown by the case and special verdict, upon the sewral vpoints litiga ed: — COMPENSATION OF COLLECTOR. ‘The act of 3¢ of March, 1840, under whi:h the defen! ant was appointed. provided that tha Usllector should receive a compensation ‘ at the ra‘e of $1,500 » year, aud ‘the fees and commissions allowed ny law,” ‘The letter of instructions of the sec etary of the Trea- -wory, Of Sd of April, 1849, after referring to the act of 24 -of March, 1799, as enumerating the official fees of Collec- tor for particular services, and giving « commission of ‘three per cent on Collector's reveipts, proceeds to say: — «Out of the emoluments you cannot bs ul owed to retaia more than at the maximum rate of $3 000 per anaum, te ‘be computed from the beginning of your offictal term, ay reseribed by the tenth tection of the uct of ith of May, 8-2. Your compensa‘ion wilt commence on the date of the approval of your bond.” fefendant tok the oath of office, and hia oMczal bonds were approve! oo the 3d day of April, 1849; and he claimed com:ensa'ioa from that dete, in the sords of the act, ‘‘at thy rate of $1500 o year, and the fees and commissions alowed by law.’” Under the inatructions of the President und the Sesre- tary of y, the Collector instead of teking the cheaper, more expe“itlous and comforiaole route across the Isthmur, took the overland route to Califorata, un‘ler eecort ofa party of United States troops, detached upon this service by the government, and which the Uollector joined at Fort Leavenworth, the appointed place of ren- dezvous, which was about 1,800 m les from his re-ilence. Toe journey proved to be oue ot great barcshio and peril, occupying about six monvhs, and the party, tor several cays, being compelled literaliy to fight their way through hostile tribes of Indians, in which the Collector and bis cepuaties tagger png and he only ren shed his Francisco, op the lzth Novem r, 1849, The deputies took ‘be oath of olfics hefore leaving for Californis. The letter of instructions fiom che secretary of the Treasury xsys:—‘Their compensation will com- mence from the date ot their oaths of office ’ jent, under these instructions, paid the depu- ties trom that date. ‘All these payments appeared {x the Collector's monthiy and quarterly statements and returns to the Treasur, Department, accompanied by the proper vouchers, an Bo objection was wade by the d+partment uatil months atter the defendant's return feore California, In all the varions sta ements of the defendant's ac counts atthe Treasury Nepartmen:, wade atter his re- torn, and prior to 7th March, 1853, the department re- ‘foned to credit the defendant avy part of is siary o- -compenration from 2d April to 12th November, and they isallowed and rejected all the payments for this pertod made to the aeputies and otuer subordinate officara, and pel over ull these sums to the defeudans, and de- manded of him to pay the money into the treasury In the account of 7th March, 1*53, long ater thas sult ‘was commencec, the Treasury D-partment, for ths first time, credit. the defendant’s salary for this rejected ye- riod, from 84 April to 12th Newember, but then aly wt ‘the rate of $1,600 a year, and nothing tor commision: ana they say, In this starvement of acoompta, “amount ebarged by him for commissions, being threw per cent omall bis collections, di-alowed. When the tate Collestor shall buve renderes, ax required, & , a stato ment, on wath, of his officist feos, the sam of six thousand doliavs, the maximum fixed by tha Sth ssc thon of the act of Marco 3, 1861, will be allowed outo ea1d 1¢¢8 and commissions.” ‘The act referred to, or intented, was March 3, 1841. ‘The former Secretary hid fixed the maxima allowance at $5,000, overlooking, <r not regardiog, the act of 1811, ‘The defendant clvimed that as the sub «yusat act of 184) contained no Haliation and the act of 1841 had refernace oply to the Atientic ports. California not yet naving been acquired, sud then belonging to Mexico, he was en‘itled to his fees und commivsions more or leas, wicbout limi- tetion. onc vhet if the maximam hat'ain did ap- ply, all restrictions and limitations wers expressly takea PF ‘as to Caltfornin, by the joint resolution of Congress of 14th ot February, 1860, ‘Ibe Cressury Department, in another stated account of 2d September, 1863, credits defendant his compen- sation from id April, 1849, to 14h February, 1850, at the maximum rate of $7,000 instea’ of $4.00), the ma: ‘mum under the act of 1841, but changes the defendant with all the fees ata high imagiuary and exsggerated amount, ae will be seen, anc for this period gives no com- wiwions. They alow ndant full commis ions o* 3 ‘cent from the 14th aary, 1850. to the 28th of ber, 1860, all which bad been previously disal- . ‘They allow defendant a vulary from the 28'h of ter 1860, to 14th January, 1861, at the rate of $10,000 per annum, instead of the rate of $1,590 pre viously credited, or their own maxima n limit of $3,000. The Gourt Leld that the defendant was entitled to what the act gave him, and precisely what defendant hed cleimed—e pam pene ‘at the rate of $1 6008 year, and the fees commissionn allowed by Inw.’? ‘Th ment estimated the official foes Treasury at the rave of $3 898 per month. Jt was proved on the trial tnat they amounted only to $1,500 per month, and it was #0 found by the special verdict. “TeTarther appeared that the officts! foes returned under oath by T. Butler King who, under the new act, was Bound to ‘account for and pay’ all the fees iato the Tres. sury, with an increased revenue, only amounted to 81,616 per month, and this account was in the Treasury De pertment when they made their estimnte ‘The grove emownt of feor during the defendant's term war estimated by the Deourtment at $55,000, which was -gharged to defendant in this account of 224 September, i The true amount proved and found by the special var- diet wae $1,000, But whatever the amount 0° fees was, the Courtfdecided that hey belonged to the defendant. COLLECTOR'S RE OF SEIZED LIQUORS. The laws of the United taxes prohibit the importetion Of brandins in corks of less capacity thaa 15 gailvas, and hn, lation of the act subjects ‘ship and cargo to for- “feitore. In the chreular of the Secretary of the Treasury to the collectors of the revenue, of wth July 1849, their arten- tion is epectally directed to the provisions of this act, which “must be i mr ” Under this act and 1! Apecial instrvetions, the de- ‘Various seizures in cases where there was, eunfersediy, a clear vinlation of thi: act. By the act of 34 April, 1849, for violations of the Tevenur laws were to be brought in the Mnited States ‘Courts. in Louisiana and Oregon, there ‘hea hefog no or- gevieed courts having jurisdieiion in California. There were incunerable dificultios in the wag of their ee oes eases in Oregon and Lonisiana nor wae here any Marshal or other officer authorized to serve ‘the necessary process. ‘The owners and offenders, wishing to avoid trouble and = in ene of acknowl: ens ay Seng in writing, surrendered the fyrfei'ed Uquors, a thorised the Colleater to ell them, withoat trial or de- cree of condemnation, . ‘This was done accordingly, and returns larly made Dy the Collector to the Departaaet, ‘The amount of proceeds of setaed liquors was $94,104 (6, the whole of which was charged the de- fendant by the Treasury Department. no objection made se to the course purmed hy the Collector, un long after his retorn from California. oll ween if, 10 thir ease tthe com of " Treasury Department refi it it, on the ground that there had eonder nation.” ‘The defendant inriste’ that this was an hare -condemnaticr”’ wee necessary, the United States bad no ae ty of the ; fact of each releases or abandenmenta on the part of the owners was found by the apecial verdict. ‘The gross amount of procerds wee beeihen xe} the Collector was entitled to one half of the net | celpt of twenty-seven (Incl: these bonds); and ‘au thenticated copies” of the a st papers d “i exempll fied by the Secretary of the Treasury, and farnisnsd t» the defendent’s attorney, under date of 17th September 1853, were also produced on the trial, ‘The vouchers in relation to the expensee, chargeable to the roveeds of seized liquors, were all regulariy re turned to toe Treasury Department, with the Cullwotor’s wontbly ani quarteriy retuns. ‘Tney were ob:alne> from the office cf the Commissioner of Customs by tas Auditor, when he stated the acrount of March 7, 1894; ard the amount being thus sscertained ard reported by the Auditor, bis secount and all the voashers wero re- turned to the office cf Commissioner of Customs. wy, nevertbelese, rJected the whole c edit for Collestu:’s re Be foslowe in *pended for statement of the experses of storage ch exre, on receipt of which th» question whethor the ate Collector in entitled to a molery of the net pro- ceeds, will be acted upon by the Depsriinent,’” ‘On the came dey the Treasary Department perem ‘o- rily directs the defendant to pay the whole amouut invo thé Treasury. ‘The Court decides that the defendant is entitled to tis net proeseds of seized liquors, $34,019 1)— a nt claime). pnected with this point, because cf tho attempt on the part of the freasury Department to chirge tho de- tepcant with damages paid to the owuers of certain Trench versely for reclamations, ander color of the so of tepiember £8, 1860, whieh authorize? the payment only in cases of ‘ improper seizures,’’ is tho SEIZURE OF PRENCM VESSELS FOR A VIOLATION OF THK NAVIGATION ACT oF 1517. The act probibita the imp rtation, in foreign versels, of goods not the growth, production or manufacture o the country to which the verse: belongs; and the viola tion of the ‘act subjects vessel and such goods to forfuit- ure; but the uct provides that this prohiviion shalt avt beextendea to vensels of any foreign na ton that wall met hav ihe regulation, At the time defeadant loft ce had not extended any such privi- — Awe: ica: els. in June, 1849, the Secretary of the Troasury was off ly informed by the French Minister tuut ‘by a recsat 1 France, such probibition was no longer entered st Americus vessels, and the like privileges are efore claimed in American porta for reach veaseis. is right is reccgrized hy the Secretary of the Tressu- vy, for the first time to bis letier ty tue French Miaiste-, of @th bap! aap and the Treasury Depsctment thers p- on giver necessary iustructions to the Collestors of the A‘lantic porta. but no notice of this change in our com- merctal relations with Franoe was given t ths Cotine‘or ot Upper Calitornia, until by letter of the Sscretary of the sury, of 12th of Februsry 1850, when he encloses » yy ot bia letter of 6th July, 1849, by mail, to tue de- t, which reachex him ia the followtog May. In the be Cellector had weized sone Kren sh voswin n #f this act but reléasen such as gave bonds fe “be decision of the Secretary of tue Treasury. Tre Treasury Lepartment were advise’ by Colteclo-s letter, of the 20th November, 1849, that the Collvetor eid seize such French vessels, violating this act. ‘Ihe French Minister, afterwards, made cleims oa bevaif of the owvers of the-e vessels, for such illegal seizures, ail of which were prior to May, 1860. ‘The gfound of comp'aint on the part of the Freach Min- ister im, that although the privilege to French vessels i+ expressly recognized fo the letter of the Srcretary of tho ireacury of 6h July 1849, yot ‘as ia'e as May, 1850” bo instruction or no'ice of the change in our commercial relatins were eee to the C lector of Upper Californts, “who confived binself rigidly to the terms of tna law, ond the instructions of hia government.” Large rum bad been paid by the Tressary Dey eat to the owners of euch French vessels, which the Treasury Jepartment now set up against the clam of the defeadant for his share of the seizes Nquers, Bot it appeared that the selzing of the brandios were for im poring ‘em in pronibites packages, and that the neizures of the liquors were legal se'zures, aod the defen- dant did net claim any share of the vessel svized for the viola‘ton of the Navigation act of 1817. The Courtdecided that the Collector’s claims for his share of he seized liquors was not affected by the pay- ut of these French claims, - PAYMANT INTO TOE donee ov 16TH SEPTEMBER, R53. Suite were brought against the Collector in California for oflicle! acts, and #hen de‘endan’ rendered his account for the Inet unexpired quarter, he seraived in his hands ‘8 rum sufficient (0 indemnity himself egainst these sults, and ont the Deparusent should give assurance that the government would protect him, sll which was substan- Ually stad in the account. ‘These assurances bet Kiven, 11e cetendant paid into the treasury, on the Liu eptember, 186, the sum of $128,646 06, which fasiuded net only the whole bslance in hia hands, (reta'uing bis semmitrsions and the Collector's share of liquors, ) but slo fecluded the woney stolen from Deputy Coliec- tors office at Monterey, which the Department hed cho rged over to the defendan*, and requested him to pay. ‘This sum was the precise amount he had proposed aad chered to pay in, before and at the time of the account of the Tth March, 1853, and which, ifaccepted, acsording 10 tar Auditor’s statement, would bave, lef only the ques- tion of defendant's commisnons, ani the defeadant’s lia- bility for the stolen money, te be deciced by the Ceurt, and the sccount of 7th March, 1853, wan to have been arated accordingly; but when the account came ba:k to the «fice of Commissioners of Customs, another item ot creost of 834,016 43 ( Collector's share of seized Iquerr) was rejected, tor the went of statements aud veoucberr—the whole of which were, and had been for months, in the Treasary Department, and had just been curefully examined in the Auaitor’s office, and returned to Commisrioners of Costoms, ‘Thiv psyment of 16th September, 1853, was made to the Arrisiunt Treasurer in New York, and duplicate re ceip's given under the instruction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and on the seme day the Assistant Treasurer gave oficial notice fo the Secretary of the Treawry ot ruch payment, and forwarded to him copies of the re- ceints: and bis letter of the 17th Leptember acknowledgod its yeceipt, and declared it tobe ‘natisfsctory to the department.” Notice of the payment was al-o given by Gefendant’s attorney to the Commis+ioner of Castoms on the same day. Yet on the 22d of September. 1853, a new account was fate’ in the Ureasury Department, and this eredit of $118,546 05 was altogether omitred. On the receipt o this account, the attention of the Commitsstorer of Oa: toms was cal.ed to this omission by letter of defendant's attorney of 6¢h Corober, which the Comm «stoner ‘haa- tens to acknowledge” on the JIst, and fo that letter states that ‘‘no official notice had been given to bim of ite payment; but lem now (81st Uctorer) directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to carry the rum #0 paid to the aceount.’” Nevertheless, when the canse was it to trial in April, 1864, the plaintiff’. counsel introduced the ac count of 224 September, 1863. duly certified under the seat of the Treasury Lepartment, and signed by the eer = tary of the ‘Treasury, in person, on the 29th Sep‘em- ber, 1863, where this credit is entirely omitted, and the counrel for the government stated that be was not {a- siructed to admit the payment, ond claimed the whole bela pena mleneies ‘wo be due—Ddelog the sum Ha'ed account included a aebt for the magia ry fern, $56,001 72. exceeding the actual amount more thaa 160 per cent, ané vd part of which —— to the go- veriment; but by the very terms of the act were given * te the we sith cullectar.”* The account also cisimed interest upon its ficritious balance, trom the time cefendent lett the office, 14th Jan- uary, 161, stated at the sum of $3,286 61. Gn the trial the payment ot 1¢th September was of courre ollowed; and thir iesving & balaoce ta tavor of the det ndant, no interest was slic wed on either side. MONEY STOLEN FROM THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY COL- LECTOR AT MONTEREY. The act of 24 March, 1849 provided that there shonld bea Lepury Collector's office at Monterey. This deputy war to be appinre jot by the Collector alone, but tne ctor nominates, aud the Secretary of the Treasury are. he deputy in a rworn cfficer, with a salary fixed by a The Collector's office, (whether ssf» or the building the government provided. December 1860, this cfliee was broken open and robbed of $8 110 29, without the fault of the Deputy, end cortain’y wit the fault of the Colle or, wh se datier requl hie coo. nt attencance at San Francis: hich wes one hundred ane fifty miles distant from Monterey; nor had defendant ever vieited or sen Monterey during bis entire officie! te The fact o” the robbery was not denied, nevertheless, the whole of this stolen was chi by the Trea- rury Department to the detendant, and he was perempto- ny required to pay this amount into the Treasury. he defrnéant remonstrated, but, nevertheless, paid it in, claiming on dg that the should be re- funded. a» improperly cha, nd 4 sho tours os Sealted, sak eertiy this balance in de- fendant’s favor. DIFFEREDT STATEMENTS OF THE DEFENDANT'S AC COUNT IN THE TREANUBY DEPARTMENT. The scocun's of ‘he defendant were stated five diffar- ent times at the Treasury Department in which the re- = sgvinst the defendant staced and claimed, were as follow em report of Ai 7, 1802. This suit was commenced Mey 10, 1862, and the United States claim in their dec's. ration, @ belance of, 791, Mareh'7, 1863, nest); was com: menced, account is re-ate! and the balance claimed by Commissioner Custeron, ia, But the Auditor in ceaien © atount, if apy’ 7 io In the seoount of 7th March 1868, there are credits to of proof up»m the reported to impeach the stated account, mor can the rot ap oa the tris] eny credite, unless wul to the Treeanry Department aud rejue'ed, It wes only necessary, therefore, on the part of the Unived Staten, to present « statement of the aosou leaving tu the defo dant the burden of disproving it. ‘The reverity of the law seoms to be sufficiently showa by three veriona avd widely ailferent statemeats from the Treasury Depertuent in this case, With aii there diswivantages, the do‘endant is shown to be eniitied to & balance in his favor of $8,110 20, as wear by & certified copy of the Anal judgment and order of the court, as follows :— Atarteted term of the Circuit Court of the United Stalen of a for the Souchorn district of New York, tn he » circuit, bold at ‘ho City Hall in she Friday, the thirtieth day of No- ur !ord one thousand eight h esent : the Hon. Samuel Nelo tre Supreme Court of the United © the Hon, Samuel R Betts, Distrber Ja tze: having nor, Coun ae) or pinintifi, Jobp A Coher, counsel for éefendant, ap made, and npon the avecia verdict fu amid one, wnt the reerved upon be teial, and the sane having been fully cousicered by the vourt, it 1s ordered sad \' Judge there is & balance due to the defeodant wen tb * found in the wnid special verdict, aad upntr hole case, of eight thousand on» handred ard ten dolinrs and twenty pine conta, belng the ain sant, which, #8 f und by raid epecial verdict, was stolen fod the Lepu'y Collector at Mootersy without neglect ar Cefaudt ov bis part, or ov the part of She said defendsnt, h Sad charged waninat the cefendant by the Tressury Lepartinect, ahd required to be paid, aut was, in inet, Yard inw the treasury of the Untied Siatea by roid defendant, and the watd bilance ot eight thou- rand nared ond cen dollare and teeate-atue seats, ix direc'@s to be coritied in the defendant's (avor against the Untied itarer, according to the terme of anid spectal verdiet. J. W. NELSON, Clece. Visit of the Legislative Police Commitice to the Tombs—What They Saw Phere. The Legiels tv» Police Committes, ia xcerrdance with the motion xdopted at the close of the examination on ‘Tuescay, virited the Tombs yestercay foe the purpose of making inquicies im regard to the amount of stolen and leat prope ty deposited there under the chargs of Mr. Neebitt, the Holtow clerk, While there they had an oppor. turity of examioing some of the records of erime, and the embers from the “rural districts’ were avmewhat as- es atthe revelations vhich they fonnd thereia. On eniering the Police Court they saw between tweaty and thirty perso amined ov various charges by Justice Connolly. They #o.e a motley crowd, and'+zhibt'ed evory varte’y of cha. racter, from ‘he ‘hief to the unfortunate drunkard. Mr. Nesbitt showed ell the books to the Committee, among which was ope contal sing the cares sent betore the Grand Jury. ‘There consisted of felonies and charges of assault ane battery, of which the full»wiag are the mouthly «ts- tintion from the commencement of the prewnt year: Felonies Asrault and batery. Ff - 869 525 Jn ope of the rooms they visited there was a complete Mnrary of the criminal records of the city rince the year 1.06, ard nmong the offences reported was that of a wo, map who bad been arrested on a charge of exposing eggs for #me me piace not permitted by law. Her defence was that the eggs. although laid by her hens were aot her propery; pat ceapite of her plea, she was “punished According to law,” #hich means a pecalty was imposed to the amount ¢f thirty sbilngs. ‘The next ppartment visited by the committes was that in which the stelea and lust property 14 depositea tul appiied for what by the cwners, It looked somo- the atoreroom of junk shop, end & currory glance to contain few, if any, Une of the wally was decorated hee youd, wae left th ) why it waa in his possession. geruisbed the wall b 4 the oth what ts calind « wardrede. Nierslly covered with r boxes. piveos of th, trunks, beudboxes, valises, kaives, and @ huadred rthingr There was also ® large number of odscene *, that had been taken from persons detect in the bet oF Fething i No inventory was taken of thew. 9) . Nesbitt mal rt of their value to the committer, before their final adjournment, At the request of Dr’ Covill, the committes proceo ie | erty rom to bis office, in the baswm-nt o the building, here be gsve them some intormation in re Ietion to the health ot the City Prison. Of the 31,010 0” fenders Incarcerated in the Tombs during toe your 1854, vot more than 1 bad diec, ana those be Wald wie ght in in the Inst stages of divease, Fourdeaths ba teen eoused by suffocation from ge, that had escape through a Ftcvepipe and filled oae of the cells in whic they sere nleeping. Thie howeve-, it appears, was pace theresvlt o au accident, and every precaution bad bee tasen, be told the Com utttee, to prevent the recur.eac 0: such ® catastrophe in fature. From the doctor's office, the commti'ee proceeded to the roper, in which the prisuners charged with va are confined till thete case i+ deci led or cleeberged at the expiration of their term of t. They saw the celle and those who ozeapiad them, but ft was utterly fey mrible tor then to obtsia any telfabe date for legislation, from a hasty iaspection of a few of its details. In one cell we observed four boys, elLest of whom was not more than twelve years of age. They bad all different stories to tell. (ne said be had been locked up for a pety thef', which he solemnly sssured us had been ccmmttied by another boy. Auvther, that he was ar- rested for stealing a box of can‘les that he had never reo betore he wan accused of taking them. ‘This boy bad, according to hit own accrunt, been imprisoned fo the Tombs last qummer for swimming and it is not at oll improbsbia that the seeds of orime were p! piety Booey iwnprisonment, Betore lesviog the the Black Marie’? drove into the yard. The convevanse known by th lar cognomen is a large ear, not un- Mie tho-e fi the keepers of meangeries transport from place to place, wad tad, on this enty occupants, which is much wore ly made to accommodate. As the door 8 mt repulsive sight wa; prosen‘ed wehicle op to the commit e¢, A woman, past the miidic age, was the frat object they saw, and her face was horriply dis- & beating sbe had evidently receiv tut a short tine before Next came treatment tp seme hostile encounter he had had a day two before He bad bad hardiy got out of the rehic before # lad mbout thirtees years old stood befure the cop mittee, and then a man who might have been his had not timeeven to inquire the cha. ‘The last who left it was wulleriog frum some serious Clrense nd who was sent to the Tombs till such time as toe Governors of the Almshouse could pro vice for him. He had been eowysiled, in consequence of bis destitution, to occupy the same vehicle with m who stood digraced before the community, for no ale eriination could be mace in hit case between poverty and crime. But he was not the only one whose poverty had placed him on @ level with criminals, A woman who, alhough clad in the pourect attire, still bore the ' marke of respectablli'y, was committed for alleged intoxication. She was et aiaty youre ft oge, and bad not the slightest mark of dissip.tiva ia her face. abe seid that while walkiog through the atreet the day before cebe fell, aud » policeman ar:erted her on rurpteion of drunkenness. The e@bitjtion of the Black Maria and ita occupants se the Inst prevented to the commit se, and brougat thar inspection of the Tomba to ® ciose. Today ‘will eontanue their investigation, when Justices Connoll ard Osborne, and the mysterious individual named Po: Jee will be examined. Bead of Cuunctimen. This Board assembled st their chambers in the City Hall yesterday afternoon—the President, D. D. Conover, fa the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read aud approved. Tetitions were first in order, but none of any import ance were presented. Resolutions being next in order, the Street Commis moner waa ordered to send to the Board the bids for rega lating Fourth avenae, from Thirty eighth to Fifty-eighth atreet. ‘Ibe Board then resolved itvelf into Committee of th» Whole, Councilman Mason in the ebsir, sod first callot up the report agsinat driving cattle through the streets (which bes beem heretofore published im the Hanary) and which, after s few minutes’ debate, was laid over to Monday next. A report and resolutions were then called up in favor of and authorizing « ferry fromm the foot of twea- ty TRIPA street, seroes the Fant River, to L street, Green eels Inland. These resobations were ordered to a ‘The ordinance enteblisning the “New York passenger and line,”” to cum stages ont wagons te tween and city steamboat , was them taken up. Councihnan Orancy moved thet this ordinance be re- ferred beck to the committee — parties iate. comin tter on ot which they . seme man, who w in one of bin legs McCaw was in favor of it back. It propored en enormous monopoly which s! pot be " ‘The motion to reeommit was lort. Counciimas CLaycy presented 6 1 en ee ee backinen and cabdrivers * was acer) by the Board. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1855, Uemsa weant by . The 2. the whole a; pesmes ete. Sie . Counelimas WoCantii—This is a grea’ oni nopoly, I will give $60 (00 for trian ight from an outa‘ Counciiman Lasumaora Movint to lay om the table. This motion was lost. Afier some further debate the motion to refer back was revewed ard cerr ed. Aer sowe fust er important busine s he Board at Journed tili Friday evening next, Political Intelligence. PREP ENTIAL ELECTORS 1N SOUTH CAROLINA. The fokwing bil tm relation to cn rming electors of Presid-nt and Vice President of the Uvitet tates, bas been intreduced ip the Legisiature of south Carolina:— Be it ense'ed ny the Seoate anc House of Reyresanta- tives, now met and witting fy gimera! astemoly. aud oy the sotherity eo! the same, Tha! wll fature ele stivus of a President -nd Vico Hronider of the (uited states, the Ouctorn ty te aponieed by tals Stace phel! be mp voit in the ti wg mapper, that iy te say: the pare eucted members of t @ Hone of Reprexeutatives of tris Mate ® the veneer! election ‘hen nex? preceding, shal! aesen ble wt the stite House in mit, on hy day when te pow or beren! tod hy lew for that purpose, ape ‘bey ou that eny, eball then @ voting vr ier; for w the seme per fem allo: ings of the gerernd ememoly, an” rbail also de all wod at the wee for trave lug ex ense, —————— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, pal vice they #iall receive tending the maet- MOSKHY ARK ET. Wensvapay, Dec, 12—6 P.M. ‘There wes revther s hue merret tocay, With a little more eefivity, prices ruled comederably lower, At the board Virginis O's advanced iy per cont; Ninaragua Transit, 3%. Tinein Central bonds declined \ por cvat; Frio jy; Heading, %: Michigan Central, \; Panama, 144; Cleveland and Toleds, ); Chicago ard Kock Tland, 2; New York Central Sub, bonds Ay, There were aales of Ga ena and Chicugo ac 1.0 per cent, wuich tsa decline of 1 per cent on thor previously made Evie clused at 46% per cent, eelier 20 days Pavatna fell off L por cent from the opening, with quite large rales, prinelyally for cash. The decline tn Chiraso and Rock Island to-day is altoguther wpwerren's!. The caure is the fa'!ing off in reseipta re- ported for November, Cleveland and Toledo rains at low prices sgoin. The returns of thiv rosd for November wore quite f-vorable. It lock» bad to ne@ the gross earn ings of » pew ive of railroad decrensing, as in the cuss of the Kock Isiand rend; but we must not caleulate upon avything percanent of that kivw in that company. The deprerrion fo the marke’ value of Tleveland and Toledo must be from «ome other cause t its reported earn ings, for they show # very respectable increase, Michi gen Central ard Michigan Soutsern are ausiained upon the prorpect of large dividends in January. The news from Nicaregua by the steamship Northern Light must be very aatisfa story to the Transit Company, The peace and quiet that prevailed in every part of that couatry; the re'urn of the people tong ieuiture and other branghe) of indus'ry; the settlement of all the political aim- culties which have so long disturbed ail parties; the ac cession of Americans to the population; the Arm estab lishment of the Walker perty to powar, and the impetus the opening of that country must give II sorta of staple productions, cannot but prove highly advantageous to the Transit Company and largely increase its busines end profits. Itis more necessary pow than ever boefare that this compeny thould be in proper bands—-ia the hards of thore wh» would woministor ity afatrs Ja ticious- ly and honestly. Tiere {4 not a country bordering on the Gulfof Mexico pomessing so many natural adran- tages, as regards saluority ané healthiness ot climate, facility of communic-tion to all parts, value and variety of prooucts, geograpbical pori ion, &o., &5., as Nicara- gon, and it is now in hands which will develop its im menee revources, and give an impulse to imalgretion that must place ft farin advance of allather Ceatrat American republics, The Transit Company navizates the waters of Niraragaa under «pecial grants snd privileges, and ita steers connect that country with the entire Atlantic and racifis coasts remi monthly, The rivers and lakes of Nicaragua are Davigabie for the company’s rteamers hundrets of miles into the interior, and an outlet is thas furnished for every portion of its territory, The sha.e of the evontry ie po- euliar, being long nd narrow, with the rivers and lakes running through the ceotre. It is particularly adapted tostesm nevigation, which the Transit Comoany mast monopolize, under old grants. The set Jement and In provewent of Nicaragua wil! naturn!ly inereane all out side navigation, and its porta—Sen Juan del Nor. on the Gulf, and Juan del Sur on the Pacific, must be come places of impertance, The Transit Company 1 deeply Interested fa the progress and permanency of the party in power, and will without doubt recder al! the bid apd cenafort necessary to atrecgtnen and consoli tae it. Th no doing tt will establish i's buslaess upon a secure foundation, which must at no very rem te partod yloid encrmous returas. All the doubt and uncertainty which have so long existed and which have served to depres the market vaiue of Nicaregus Transit stock to points lower than before known, have been removes, ani with proper management ft must Avon recover tte former poss tien, Its throvgb Caiiornia busines ix now only @ por. Non of the pr ductiveness of the line. It mast hereafter Dave a large local business, finding an oulet on both ceouna. ‘The steamship John L. Stephens, which left San Fran cisco on the 20th of November, for I’anama, has on board $1,944,000 io gold, of which $1,744,000 in for Now York, and $200,000 for English acoount. Thi unt received by the Northern Light, via) $:70,000— makes the aggregate semi-mooth y shipment from San Francisco $2,275,000, which is somewhat larger thao usual. At the recou’ board, the only stock at all buoyant was Nicarngua Transit; that closed at an advance of per cent. The amount of business tranencted was small. ‘The market clowd very heavy. ‘The steamabip Atlantic, from this port for Liverpool to-day, carried ort $460,054 in eprcie, Ac the close the ruling rates for sterling bills was 8% 08% per cent pre nium, Albert H. Nicolay’s regular semi-weekly auction sale of rtocks and bords will take place to-morrow (Thurs ey), at 12 o'clock, at the Merchanta’ Exchangs. We are infor med that « valuable list of bonds will bs offered. ‘The coinage of the New Orleans mict in November amounted to $536 (00, allin half dollars. The wtal de- porlt of gold and silver, was $32 607. Thr Finance Committe of the House of Representatives of Georgia entimates the receipts into the treasury for the year 1866, at $(34.(00, and the expemtitures at $81, (BO, leasing @ balance in the Treasury at the end of the year of $252,960, wtich may be furtber reduced by ap. propriations to charitable and other purposs. to BLO, 220. Tho receipts for the your 1867 are extimated at $68,000, and the expe nditaces at $417,660, leaving » ba lance of $20 260. ‘The Assistant Treasurer reports to-day as follows:— Paid on treasury acovunt $972 106 96 Recrived h ~ 0n TR Bewree do, A611 8 Paid tor Arsay Often. ab 120 12 Jaid ov disbursing cleri 20,556 2 {The warrants entered et the Treasury Department, Washington, om the 10th tnst., wer For the redemption of checks eevee OT 2 For the Tressury Department.......... | 6,060 08 For the Interior Lepartment.......... see 8,669 61 For the custome. ....... 24440 On secount of tbe navy. 10 668, 62 From custome... ccee sees enone 3,016 1 ‘The receipts of cotton in Savanna by the Georgia Con tral Reflros4 for the {year ending on the Wth of Novem ber, ameunted to 200,000 baler, and the grom warnings of ‘he road during the same period was $1,425 000. At the annusl election of the Lake Erie, Webssh and St. Louis Rallroes Company, the following direere wore eected—Arariab Boody, FE. ©. Litchfield, Jas. ft, Var pum, E Whitehouse, and J. ¥ A. Santord, New York Flarmen Vompelly, and Lyman Chapin, Albany; BB. Holmes, Brockport; J. C. Colton, Lockport; Albert Hf Trsey, BaGalo; Alles Hawllton, Fort Wayne, James Spears, Lafeyetio; Russell Sage, Troy. At» rubsequent meeting of the Board, the Hom Arariah Hrody was electat Freeident, ond Lucian Tilton Vice-I"resident, and other officers as leet year. There were salva of New York Central stock to day at 64 per cent. It closed weak and was freely offered at thir price, without finding buyers. The apprehension, vague perhaps to someextent, which was generally frit that the consolidation of the several ratiross het ween Muflaln aod Albany, tn the samen er of 1863, ander the name of the New Yor Central, would be the fruitful conse of corrap- ton, cheating and wrong, while |t must s!so rerult In on immense depreciation in the value of the rt che bes barn more than realised, The public witnessed very soon after the consummetion of the scheme rome remarkable phe norens. They sew the consolidated rch take its place im market ot rates ranging from 20 to \5 pew cent avers per, An impression was edrottly craatmt by partion large. ly Interested thet «farther rise might conStently be antt tpated, end the multitede of onseph ir i-ated mall stock helters imbibed « belief that the New Yort Central wees mine of wealth which would grow richer the more (t wae worked. The pert developement was the sale by the large shareholders of thelr stock, a* the prevailing high rater—an operation earrind on efictently, but so quietly aapot toalarm the crowd, who beliewd in the infaili- Tots foanctal movement was fol- lowed by & rapid and eno-wous declive, the «tock going dow sbout as far below par asit hed beea above, A wide spread diaratiofaction was the neseasary result, The truite of consoliation were bitter enough t ali bat the few who plucked them in seasun; yet there was no halp, ond patience was strongly recommondet by d rectors who had fu'ly feathered thelr own nesta were cmitted, and immense repairs consumed recsipts. biM'y of Central stock. ‘The next developement cont of the New York Central Board of Diresth carried conrolidation througy the Legislature by uassru- pulous tampering with representatives, the Board fult that it wan @ pover in the State.’ bers are also leading politicians, organs at Albny, and it roon begao ty Interfore @ tively in popular elections, November election acme of the ehtur affiones of tha Con- 1 along the line and {wand tnstrac- tions to leading employén in regard t> the voting of the thousands of persons in the © umpac us that the Onger of this be traced In every page of our Stat important charges which will hardiy cannot be disproved, and which are rapidly produstag | their effect in the public mind. | Our attention has been ceca led to the alfira of tho | vi New York Central by a pamphiat report, jast issued in Boston, aud bearing the following title, vi Report of « committee app tated January the directors of the New York at the reqnest of the stockh le explanations to be made of the directors and treasurer’? sugsoquent to the ¢rapolide tral Railroad pax It is netorte en, ‘The report, with letters, tables, The committer H Swift, of Boston; ©, Steodios, forty-seven pages. voph Batrelle. of thin elty, A year ago, their report made (* apperrance oaly « few f Unzenrvis; and Jo- | Veal Calves che rT 7 Darn tesee- coeve Although appointed nearty | Este cise see MINING BOARD. (sheAlleghanyCoal § 100 shaGold Hi,,.03 OE Dividents 160 Ward Coal, ...b20 2136 260 Hiwanai a 18d 0... . 00 2186 is ed nthe politica action 90 Gard'r x w iM Having NEW YORK CATTLE MAKK 1, Wrowmway, 0. 1, 1856, The continued wearcity of beef cattle abled holdera te Tea bondi It bad ite mom- ap sper a Just previous to the late obtain an advanes ef full one cont » r pound at Allerton’e to-day, and the quality of the sock oGered being « deal. ded tmprovement upon ‘ast ween, sellers experienced mo difficulty tn disposing of their supplies at the @ab nos+ ment, Some of the poorest beoves sold as low aa Ta. @ Tike., while the very best sold as high as 120. 10}¢6. ber ing a ge. The advance was mostly on goud cat- wervice ladeed, | tly, which wore taken by the clty butchers, while the ime at mnoply MAY — ferior and common dereriptions wore sold priactpally for Nes These 49 the Willlamsburg, Brooklyn, and other saburben markets deuted, which | The yards wore very nearly ali cleared be ore the close, ould be le over aasold, Out prices underwent Ke— the swnge wt being Die, a Te. Swine ad- ¢¢ half cent por tb., 4008 corn fod met witha sale. Prices vary Lom bye to Bige por Ib, ive © following are the anles for tne week: Beet | Yea) Calves, 104; abeep no the probability Us thet mo Venl calves were im good demau a reed: weight. cattle, 1,109) cown mod calvin 1855, by reat Company, a ochy izing certain Ya ent diag af the and lamba, 1,600; awine, Onatral i ices Peet Catth a Uy wit 10 OG appended, mak ynsiated of Walia bwine.. days vince, It is to be presented to the yearly mowing f ntockbe , and has been primt- m of stockbolders in Albany this week, and has beon prim Pgs Syeda Kile Fh ok ed in advance. Beewes Tne committee commence hy avowing themselves | Now Jersey, ‘: “greatly retiev to (Mesers, Wale pointed, om the 20th of July counte of the tressurer. relation of treasurer Company had neither b'undereiin his pookameping wor stolen money, nor commi ied any other oatragsous aot #0 far am the committee sould olso wer #’xteen months to reach and publish this -ewalt, we tht ok “great relief’ must have beew experienced all round, Leovirg the treasurer in the bead Commitee, Mr. Swift's Committee tothe other branch of the auhjext, viz: doings of the dleeters,’ and, im #0 ding, form cify as follows:— find that another h, Palge and Hooker) oad boon ap ‘That last named oommition re- ported, as our readers know, effect that the respectable (odividual who sas alas tao the public that “various a'lege ions, Jated to impheate certain officers of the company,’ bave been brought to their notice, w ich the committee «pe: comuniites | Kentucky. 1Kt4, ty exemtae the ao Bat de. “ Haslesn about a month ogy, to une | aligns the New York Canteal Other Stock Harlem Fallroat—Cowe a As ik required Hudson Este Railroad—twine....0 ‘The market fr peeves at ec. mle. per lb, mnd good quelie D inet week, prices ranging for Jha. Cown and calves contuue in Sib—e light advance. theep wud lambs by Improved, aod even the common stock roid Ceely at the advance, The following ara the sales for the «eek +— 410 b of cattle, 32 cows and calves, 4 vou! calves, 6,408 pheep ond lamps. ‘The following 4s momorandum of salea by Baliwta & of the Walworth ned tte aetoniton the acts aad they in- caloa- also imprownd dt more readily Bune: Firsh, That very haves are made by tho | i.6 sheep lam bs..6820 75 65 elieey de lambe, 6168 n Atoeny, | yy de, mo bT OE dy cipal | yi.9 qirstiva haa oon walt | eg ing trou rails, tres & “0 87 do. io Ke, wt Balled, | 97 ee: 1 pay nrbitant price of tho Vios Presicent of the eompany and others iateres‘ed with him Average per hesd.....0secrvesrccsece, In the vioper ty. Memorendum of sales by James Motarty, Inird. That the General Superintendent is an owrer | 4, oF copartnes In the “ eotad, se ruch. participates in the prota of ihe extablishmant; ‘a for the work ending Decmter 12:— 111 sheep & lambs. 8316 6 « do int soomnive Worcs and, 8660 OD 1b; sheep & iamnbs 10 do, . 0 that he causes the engines of to» oompeny to be mete or | 109 re 43 #8 repaired there. *B de. 416 0 onrth. Tuat there has been an in} iclous expendi sti bo 619 09 ture ef the money by the directors in the purchew of | 4g steamboats ou Lake bile, thereby causing great losses to | 54 the compan, 16s Fifth That there have beon irregular proesetings in relation to the purchase and wale of railroad stock be- tween Boffelo and bite by nome nf ye dirne! of the Huffain and Nisgorn Faille ard Lewiston Railroods there bas been regard had to the tuterests of the New Ye mixta. That im the len: road, Seventh. That » pertioular kind of car whee and mannfactured by George H. Thatcher mitted to be used on the New President of the o the iron fo Mr. Thatoher for bis wheels, aad Genera} uperintendent (s © cavartner in the pat whee « he plan for an enter atation— Fighth That « ip the manfuccure of pw Ninth. That land on Weut Albany +0 ealled—b bitant rate by the director: These charges, though by no means unimportant, donot toveh the real canker which ix eating out the lite of the We ball notice only one of two 0” New York Central. them to-day, In regard to the fret allegation, the eunmittes may that since Aug. 1, 1858, and previous t> Joly 1 1855, (les then two yours), the company purchased of ita Preddent, | follows — 4 E. g. to the amount of one miilivn of dollars and | eam upwards, a4 folle was— a 08 Irow 4 spikes i° Axlen a0 ives... 16 Jron for bridges nA pions 14 314 89 Parl '4 Wheels (other than Thatcher's) eshwe 1,783 08 au Sundry articles—refined iron, boiler iron, 260 sheet and bar iron, see! for surings and a6 frcgs, vices, files shovels, nats, &e......,. 264,102 07 60 nent mien tw Total purchares.... 6... s000 seeeccee eee BL O98 407 30 so Mr. Corning charged upon rails over $700,000,) a commiscton of 2 over €17, that Mr. ©, rolls all the old rails for the company at | Al'erton’s i,ooo 2.5 yer ton, The committee wre dixpleased with 4 440 this proceeding on the part of the President, amd re | {haula: e!n!e, 4 commend that the practice of the company’s buying he Poo articles required for the use of the railroad from ite om- | Total Pay) is cen, sbould be dircontinned, A sensible concluston, Sut reached rather late in the Lean Richmond baving much to thelr o ruch comminston. Ther force of te mpta tions The following thows the reestpts of toe Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the month of Now the year, compared with receipts for (he corrempontiog time lavt your — Receipts for the month ending Nov. 99 rame month lavt year. Incrense Receipts ‘rom Jan. 1, ikb, w Dee. i, 1868, Fame perlod last year Increase eee The sales of lends by the Iltpels Central Radirosd ‘or November were 74,549 seres—8) 118 027 ~eversging O15 ‘The aggregate rales have neon 404,171 ores 16,206, 050—avernging O10 72 per sere Valoveville and Asvtabula Rallrved | per acre. The Cleveland, Company bave declared » per cent, reserving ten per cent, or $200000 tor ow stroction scrount, whieh wil be distributed to the euch bolsers in ees |p. Stock Biewange, 70 “a Loo Gr. @ WM 100 Migeourl O48 oy a... Ld baad bell 1% wong 1000 bate Bete of "WE PR, Se ee ee os 100 Erle Bete ot (78 #7 10-0 Had Riv let WH 100 VAG Sin bet MGoebL #1 100 Ts CHR tae 18 4 te... MO Tho «, r on en e MO NY Con hab Bee AL MOS ¥ Cen oe we the Vie LATO, AG 10 seventh We Mm. 139 10 Wa Commerce... 112 0 Vownix Hawk... Vig WD Moreh ents WO Canton On, 000, and this over and above bis profits saa merckans and manufsetar Melpated the proposed reform, individual pro6t and advantage. And further, the committee ray they do not think the company should pay & commission on the pu rails, an agente wil) contract for the delivery without several of the “allegations! which will bear a stricter examination than the committee ba: though justice requires us to adm! hite & manifert derire to conceal ail disagres Messrs. Swift, Mtebbing and Battelle have sn tantially edmitted nearly ai] (hat was maeriel in the aime allege We are cot done with the report Avernge jor head Sales ace by ha 26 rheep A latte samolent « Conteal patentad ts alooe per Cantral Kaliroms vas Corvlches that the Yor fo, & Browntag’s, eo #10 fr wheep, He Orne rarge about he, per ld. higher « folowty Use eae DLs beet cat sbeep and iamia, 82 HG 0 $60; 00 veal calvow (Ul nH purchased at au exor he coat and carver, 0.6 © 650, J veal calves, tke The rele of sheep and lamba by Fogle & Jud, a Chataberiin's, for the week cuding Leo. 12, 1896, were at Oho tires, (an item of per cemd, making “Average price par bead for 1 te understood Derwet, CirY TRAK MEvORT. Wrovmest, bes 1-6 F, ML jet and prices un. hanged. Taaateterm —Viowr— ihe market leew) rather firmer, withou: change of momen) in price. The sane cm braved shout 10.000 5 12000 bbls, ine uding comme Ptate brawls, at 18 OOM 6 OF 61, aot 1000 do wht to arrive this m:n, af 88 00, thoogh, exept ome large Jot ia one pareol ot 10000 bots offeree at Sived t y—Mr E Corning snd Mr ave given them, that er all the hing eur brands 0 (00 bole at BA rn ean heevy, W066 for consmnen to eoAew brane for eaten ged BLL for fancy G 00 WO bole sere His Ww tale was eoutinet ber, and for S110 80 TH 277 463 1a a8 2 6 9) 756 OD 8.08187 10 8044 O81 0 0. guvere very | tector Ith sol one, « lle Corres —The bles, at rteedy price ent tot ‘he Valtie Lear ned firm, eth metereie ow steve’ 11 OO) & 12,000 bashente 11 ig4. 200 © 9) alee Ml worth tern! tividend of Ove | . Te Lemon. etme provisions were ton lo Havie 2.100 oble four ware 10 turbos wheet at The ant ome Dre ebip of anet 10 tne, to bed oh tertee, but rapped to te bateren 11 10 ond Te trewrn, 00 bales of sutton were ee bell ot be chip Aine one wat Wy we at . £ Wreemmat, Dea. 12. its 1) ae Me 010 | te Serhan © Lachaage and parelased by Messrs 0 ba bo ee ee ce ee) ‘ornla were vachangea, ro “47 J ho7 Aleut (OO 6 UM packages bunch raision wore 109 be oo 4 roid ot we wen TT = a we 456 Ht ~ alee of ateowt 1 GOO bales were made at Be. 108 +0 41" | Wham how Uileame war in gud domend, 300 1 4 20 46% | bhi. tw arrive Wy the New Grarets, wore ond ot Oe, 1 GadraengoKh. VO | 100 do om the wp wt dtc, ond wmall bite at Oe rere. Navas “rove — We motiond salee of BO) bila. opirite 2h Newting KK 2 PANG | turpentine st le atte, ond 200 Dole, Common rede ot a eons Ibe, per #10 Ihe be ivered. +. nd ‘ al 7 wt ye - S ‘te viret lhe martet wae without change sales “eo ae “e om an va 1 40. “ cowpty priter “ a fr meee do mo ao Drened by ge were phew 1 Noten on eiet ot Wie re, at the sales om bed o be need Oh at HOO 5 100 whe, wh Ve wD Be 2 a 0 Wich Con 16 Feneee “a to. oh 4... » bn. Sod a . “0 (ev aod Tol RA “a o~ wo por to... hen we .,,.4,08 0 4. ee Bo de 0 Oh & he ith be Uo an bh 1 & a