The New York Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1859, Page 4

4 mont to be posted at the national (Columbian) and oom- pany armories for the protection of the goverumont pro- perty.. The order was promptly oboyed by the Adjutant ‘of the District regiments, Major P. ¥. Bacon, in the ab- fence from the city of Colonel Hickey. ‘About midnight we made our way through the avenue mud to the armory, and on entering the grounds ‘were brought up with a r-and turn by a bit of sharp steel fat the end of a murderous looking tube leveled at our bead, Maino and by asharp admonition to stand in our tracks. Not wishing to imperil a life of considerable value to our wife und Daby (a boy), we promptly decided to do voth ag rash, and waited until ab order was obtained for our a mission. Inside the armory, the ground floor drill roams ‘we found the soldiers on duty for the night varloasiy i posed in groups, smoking, talk: &ec., iow ne me turns to relieve the guard stationed about th served to Whi The receipt now and then of hes from tho ‘seat of wal @ Weary hours. \ Capt. Tait, of the National Guard, yas tho senior offlcer re under the com |. The Union Guard 2 0 Beer ot i C. McLaugh! he Yagers of Capt. Beohwartzman, aud the Light Infautry of Lieut. John aoe T, McLaughlin, of the Union Guard, was appointed fain of the day, or rather of the night, gy es ol ng of the muskets upon the stone pavo- ments as squads of the soldiors were called to relieve Juard; the exchange of watchwords, the sharp chal- fonges “ Who goes there?” all served to give a military Yook to the whole proceedings. All access to the arms ti the building not immediately in use had been cut off. The companies, we may add, turned out with alacrity and cheerfulness, though not a few of the members were sum- moned trom their Seda. ‘The force at the armory was dis- missed at sun yise this morning. ‘Tho Alexandria Riflemen, Capt. M. Mazre, left for Mar- per's Ferry this morning at half-past three 0’clock, acoom- ying Governor Wise. The Mount Vernon Guard, Capt. Bain, ‘are equipped and waiting the arrival of the Rich- ‘Tmoud companies this afternoon, when they will join them ‘and proceed to the scene of the disorders. ‘The receipt of a telegraphic despatch from Baltimore bout ten o'clock this morning, stating that the United ‘States forces had had an engagement with the insurgents, and that Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, who left Washington fm company with the marines yesterday afternoon, had ‘been killed in the fight, as well a8 three marines, created the wildest excitement on Pennsylvania avenue. Crowds ‘of people collected about the telegraph offices and hotels, and thousand rumors and surmises were bandied from mouth to mouth, many of which obtained currency among the citizens. A’ subsequent despatch, conveying intelli- gence of the storming of the government works by the Eoldiers, and the capture of tho ringleaders of the forces, had the effect of allaying the apprehensions of the multi- ‘a great measure. yy men and telegraph operators, we need hardly say, aro button-holed at every corner to-day by Persons anlous to learn something “ater from Harper's verry.” THE LATEST NEWS. SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD. Hurrmr’s Ferry, Oct. 19, 1859, All the evening reports have been received of the movements of parties of insurgents in the mountains. ‘Word came from Sandy Hook, a mile or two below, that Cal. Garrett's family were murdered, and that al) tho families were fleeing. A company went down, but found nothing the matter, The alarm came from parties of Scouts on the mountains halloing. ‘Two negroes have just been lodged in jail, one of whom is said to have entertained Capt. Cook last evening at his cabin, This mountain is near Samplis’ Manor, and an mbuscade was set there to enspare Cook to-night should he return. Lee's marines have just returtied, and state that Gar rett’s family are all safe, and no volley has been frea. ‘THR GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. Hanper’s Fersy, Oct. 19, 1859. ‘The prisoners all have beon taken to the Charlestown ail in joint custody of the Sheriff and Marshal. Captain Brown is considered out of danger. His son died last night. The wounded mariner is also dead. Governor Wise bas gone to Charlestown wih the prison- ers. Captain Cook is still in the mountains. The scouts re- port having tracked him from the house where he eat breakfast, Col. Lee, with the marines, leaves for Washington to- te ae eight o'clock this evening great commotion was cauged by # man coming in and announcing that the black republicans were destroying houses and murdering the people at Sandy Hook. The people are arming, and the ‘excitement is increasing. Of course it must be a false ‘ EXgvEN 0'CL0cK. ‘There was great consternation for two hours to-night. All the men, women and children at Sandy Hook and ‘vicinity came flocking in. It was reported that Cook was murdering the whites in that pleasant valley. Everybody ‘armed; but it has been ascertained to be a false alarm. Gov. Wise has gone with some armed men to search a cave, where it is said fugitive slaves are concealed. Quarter Past EvevEs 0’Ciock P. M. Colonel Lee has concluded to remain with the marines. He has now gone into the valley with thirty marines to examine into the truth of the rumor. A party of thirty ‘armed citizens had also gone. Mr. Moore insists that he beard screams of murder and cries for help at Garrett's, in the valley, with reports of firearms.’ Not less than three hundred men, women and children have arrived, ‘The Balloon Mania in England. The editor af the Newcastle (Eng.) Daily Chronicle ‘accompanied Mr. Coxwell in one of his ascents lately. He thus describes his aerial yoyage:-— ‘The sensations of the aeronaut are of the most delightful amd inspiring character and must im. press with an almost devotional feeling any mind capable of being moved by the beauty of nature. ‘The calm stillness, the absence of the slightest sense of movement, the bright light, the pure air, and the magnificent area of vision, make up a sum of pleasure which no pen can possibly describe. “We are now about six thousand feet above the earth,” says Mr. Cox- ‘well in the coolest possible manner, and at the moment < pop”? goes a bottle of ginger beer—for a few bottles of “pop” and half a dozen biscuits were the whole com- missariat of the commander of our acrial vessel. The circumstance was immediately explained, for Mr. Coxwell is a scientific gentleman, not ‘a mere batloonist: and we ‘bad a brief lecture on the fact that, the pressure of the at- mosphere having been removed, the carbonic acid gasin the bottle had had less resistance to contend against, and had consequently ‘gone off.”” The lessened weight of the air ‘was at that moment manifested in many interesting modes. some of which we noted. Our finger ends, nose tip and external ears tingled, as Albert Smitn relates is always the case in the journey to the summit of Mont Blane. The internal parts of the ear were affected in the reverse man- ner to that experienced in the descent of the diving bell. | As the depth of the water became greater, we remember suffering cousiderable inconvenience from the pressare to the air in the bell upon the tympanum or drum of the ear, which was only relieved when the air contained within the dram escaped by the eustachian tube; but here up in the atmosphere 6,000 feet, the air within the cham- ber of the ear had expanded, owing to the pressure on the | outside of the tympanum having been removed; and we were partially deaf, till by a movement resembling yawning which is practised by persons used to diving bells), the eustachian tube, which connects the back of the throat with the internal ear, was opened, and allowed a portion of the expanded air to escape. The pulse was beating 85, and no cold was experienced, though the evening was chilly in the lower regions. One of the most striking phenomenon we noticed was ‘the echo from the earth. After calling out over the side of the car’ ‘Where are we?’ nearly three seconds elapsed dere the land beneath mocked ws by a distinct repetition. © experiment was several times repeated at various alti- tudes, and the time clapsing between the shout and the echo afforded a rough idea of the distance of the balloon from the earth below. Shortly after rising into the air, Mr. Coxwell completed every provision for descent, by panging out his streng grappling iron, and arrang' ig the ballast, 80 as to be ready for immediate use. He then folded his arms, sat back in his seat and became as enthusiastic on the delights of crostation as the newest convert might have been expected to be; from time to time noting the rate at which we | were travelling, and the distance still left betweet us and ‘ise the sea. To test whether we were ascend- or descending, a sheet of the Daily Chronicle was | torn into small pieces and thrown out. Marvellous to re- Tate, they appeared to drop down from us like pivces of metal; we say appeared, for the motion was ours, we ‘were ascending rapidly and leaving the scraps of paper Dehind us. We met with them again afterwards, and ‘overtook them before they reached the earth. The valve ‘was pulled and fresh scraps of paper thrown out. ‘were descending, for the signals were left behind in the upper air; by no other means could we know that tho serial vessel was going up or down. Down, still down. ‘The hay and corn stacks, whose tops had hitherto only looked as large asthe end of our pencil, were growing jarger; we could see the wheat sheaves in some of the fields. “‘Where are we?’ came back as a quick echo; but ‘we got an answer also from a distant voice, louder than the echo, replied, “Not far from Hilton Bridge.” The in. formant was invisible; and at the moment we overtook the paper we had first thrown out, and passed the signaks in our downward incline. Shouts of people, yet invisible, reached na, but wo rapidly neared the ground, and a slight vibration a few Minutes afterwards told ‘touched the arte ; told us that the grappling iron had aati Ac dead Naval Intelligence. Guard for the United States steamer Saranac ‘Tho Marine in Se 188 sailors, as a On the new marine bar eapldly. The wal rracks 16 advancing rf ret me 0 Portion of the ‘buildings on, and the building win bo ross Rorkmen will be We | CURIOUS FINANCIAL DEVELOPEMENTS. THE COLCHESTER BANK CASE. CONFESSIONS OF A CONNECTICUT GASHJER. Notes of Waiters, Porters and Mythical Individuals Discounted Freely. WHO GOT THE MONEY? What Had the Lelands to Do With the Concern ? LOG-ROLLING IN THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE. Three Thousand Dollars for a Bank Charter. Curious Operations in the Nutmeg State, &eo., &e., &o. Special Correspondence of the Herald. Coxcumsran, Conn., Oct. 18, 1859. ‘To-day commenced the examination in the case of War- ren Leland, of the Metropolitan Hotel, chargod with di- vers heinous offences, alleged to have resulted iu defraud: ing the Colchester Bank of this place of the sum of $62,000. The prosecution did not close tho case, but some of the allegations, it will be perceived, involve some of the most serious charges of sharp operations ever known in this country of such curious financial history. It is but fair to the accused f state, in the outset, that he claims that this prosecution is originated for the purpose of extorting black mail. The history of the trial of Samuel F. Jones, tne cashier of the Colchester Bank, on a charge of defaleation, his astonishing escape from conviction, the sharp practice in the arrest of Mr. Leland, his giving bail for $40,000, and the comments of the press thereon, are fresh in the minds of the reading public, and need not be repeated here, ¢s- pecially as the evidence, as the trial proceeds, will dis- close the relative position of the parties and the circum- stances. The investigation was commenced this afternoon before Justice Lamb, of this place, who issued the warrant for the arrest of Mr. Warren Leland, and several hundred spectators collected in the Town Hall from the surround- ing country. The trial is quite a godsend to the dulness of this superannuated town. The array of counsel is something of an indication of the importance of the case, there being three on each side. Messrs. Starkweather, Halsey and John T. Waite, of Norwich, the former coun- sel of tho bank, appeared for Mr. Jones, the prosecutor, the alleged defaulting cashier. Messrs. Wells, Chapman and Strong, of Hartford, the former counsel for Jones at the time of bis trial, appeared on this occasion to defend Mr. Warren Leland. ‘ Mr. Waite opened the case for the prosecution by reading the complaint, which get fort, with, the customary verbosity of legal precision, three separate charges against Mr. Warren Leland, comprising allegations that he had stolen the blank notes of the Colchester Bank, with the intent to lf them up and circulate them; that he had filled up and passed these bills, and that be had conspired with various others to de- fraud the Colchester Bank. . ‘The Justice, upon the reading of the complaint, asked Mr. Leland whether he plead guilty or not guilty, to which Mr, Leland replied, “Not guilty.”” Mr. Starkweather then proceeded to make a statement for the prosecution. He said that they expected to prove than Warren Leiand engaged in obtaining the charter of the Colchester Bank for the purpose or defrauding tho honest stockholders and the public; that he had written letters before the charter was applied for in his own name, and under assumed names, stating that he was get- ting up the bank for the purpose of making money plenty, and endorsing it generally as bis bank—referring to the operation from the first as his bank; that he subscribed for stock, but never paid a dollar; that he made arrange- ments with various parties to issue a large amoumt of over issue of the bank; that he sent fictitious notes, putting the names of other parties to them. in his own baudwrit- ng;thethe bed Deen guilty of intentionally passing the bills of this bank, and filling them up and defrauding the bank; and that he was guilty of conspiracy in defrauding he bank of over $50,000, which he had now in his own hands. Mr. Wells—How much? Mr. Starkweather—Over fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Strong—That is more money than the Bavk ever had. Mr. Starkweather—We shall show that Mr. Leland and the firm of §. Leland & Co. have defrauded the bank of over $60,000. The first count is for passing a large amount of these bills which were filled up by Leland himself, some in Colchester, some in Hartford, and some in New York—more than $100,000 of over issue having been made either by him or through his complicity, and distributed through bis servants in New York. The next count was for obtaining the bills of the bank, in fact stealing them to a certain amount; and the last count was for the conspiracy. His friend Wells, on the other side, had been factorized tn the civil suit. Mr. Welis—Am I factorized as the agent of both par- ties? Mr. Starkweather—You are factorized as to Warren Le- land, and as to Simeon Leland. Mr. Wells said that it was some news to him at any rate. He was unaware that he had any property of War- ren Leland’s or Simeon’s either. He considered the state- ments made by counsel as intended only for the public eye. He looked upon the whole proceceding as bogus, and instituted for the purpose of procuring black mail from the accused. He had in his pocket a release by the bank to Warren Leland and Simeon Leland & Co., from all ob- ligations whatsoever, which he would read, to show what claims the bank could have upon them. He then read the following: — For value received we, as receivers of the Colchester Bank, duly appointed, do hereby release and discharge Simeon Leland, Charles Leland and Warren Leland, of the city and State of New York, individually and as members of the firm of Simeon Leland & Co., and said firm of Simeon Leland & Co., of | and from all claims and demands and causes of action which | the Colchester Bunk has or ever had, in our said capacity of re- ceivers, against them or either of them, or against said copart- nerabip of Simeon Leland & Co, Dated at Norwich this 25th dsy of March, 1869. Witness our hands and aeals the day and Year aforesaid. [1.8] HH. STARKWEATHER, ins.) |. ¥. THOMAS, Receivers of the Colchester Bank. | He therefore looked upon all the statements made as in- tended only to injure Mr. Leland in the eyes of the com- munity, and perhaps to influence the minds of the jurors of the county. He intimated that Mr. Starkweather had | been engaged in newspaper publications against Mr. Leland. | A long discussion here ensued as to which of the coun- | sel had written for the newspapers, and after many hard insinuations a8 to motive, Mr. ’Wells proceeded—He | thought the prosecution would have difflculty in showing that Mr. Warren Leland had anything to do with getting | the charter of the bank; that the charge was an implica- tion of the members of the Legislature; that Mr. Leland | could have been in much more profitable business than | in stealing the notes of the Colchester Bank; that the other parties to the alleged conspiracy, if they existed, ought to be named; that the charge was untrue in its de: tails and its generalities, and that before the investigation | was concluded it would be seen that another man than | Mr. Leland was responsible for the disordered stato of | the bank affairs. | ‘The witnesses for the prosecution were then called and sworn in a body, according to the custom of the State of Connecticut. The prosecution put in evidence the charter of the bank, and the subscriptions and organization of the bank, the defence objecting. ASTOUNDING TRETIMONY OF CASIITER JONES, Samuel F. Jones, the former cashier of the Colches. ter Bunk, who was prosecuted by the bank for defalcation, and not convicted, was the first wit- ness called for the prosecution, He testified: I reside near Rye depot, New York; it is in the town of Harrison; I waa the cashier of the Colchester Bank; was appointed October, 1856, and continued cashier until the 18th of July following; I assisted in obtaininy | the charter; before the Legislature (defence onyectedy | Warren Leland and Simepn Leland were connected wit | Me in obtaining this charter; the last of 1855 or the firat | of 1856 I became acquainted with Warren Leland, he having married a cousin of my wife: I afterwards became acquainted with Simeon and Charles; there had been | business relations between myself and the Lelands before tho organization of the Colchester Bank; Thad a conversation with Warren Leland, in which he spoke about organizing a bank; he asked me whether I could procure a charter for a bank in the State of Con- necticut; I said possibly I might, it was a little out of my Q Did he say anything about the Colchester Bank? Defenco to this evidence as irrelevant, and after extended argument, in which the defence claimed thas no evidence could be received relating to the pro- the bank and procuring the charter, the the line of inquiry. Jones identified a letter received from Mr. Leland hich the prosecution proposed to read, that the date was prior to the formation of Janeary neat, for occupation, it "® guard have all been sup. di ou an to the United states rooms of the s Charlestown, Nov. 1. Toners I: : ent t0 the roomie tres of seas ’ . Grier, of Pennsylvania, senior cha; Snthe nary, bas resigned | Heentered ine service anck ¥ as in the case of the former question, that the bank could not be defrauded before it was in existence. ‘The Court overruled the objection in a very Incid de. wae! Peer would hen eee the gentleman bd spoke of “comprehending these vagrom ie learned Court sustained the decision by an illustration commencing as follows:—If two mea conspire ir and enter into an it, sell a horso—.’’ Tho counsel, after vainly endeavoring to comprehend the lluetration, noted an exception, and the case pi ‘ ‘The following letter was then offered in evidence, aud after belug examined, discussed and objected to, was ad- mitted by the learned Court. CURIOUS LETTER OF AN ALLEGED BANK ORIGINATOR , Metnorourtan Hore, March 12 (no year). Friexp Jonrs—I have irecelved your letter, and ain much pleased to hear 20 favorable reports. 1 don’t see why your plan is not going to be consummated at an early it looks f money would be plenty soon after “abad rita.” Itiea big and to cerry itibrough both job to take a charier from draw: Yonses, and then. tay get the Governor™ to vein iG, ant then 10 get the commissioners to do their duty; but you are so well acquainted through the State you can carry it through when once Dxed. Itty great privilege to issue paper fe tis a prtviiege that should ouly be granted to P gh moral character, In addition to their being men er wesith, tina privilege that must be carefully aud Ju diciously acted upon, or otherwise the public might wake ‘ep seme day and find thatthey had in thelr pockets well printed paper instead of money. Tineroly make these remarks that, fn the selection of the men in Colchester that are to receive this, fmportant and valuable trust, you may select meu that are lly reliable and trustworthy, Yours, truly, eed WARREN’ LELAND. ‘The following was admitted after a similar proc NICE PLAN POR EASY GAINS. Merroro.itan Horet, April 4, 1856. Dean Friexp—I got home this morning. "I was detained & day or eo mare than T expected, but I had important busluess to attend to that I could do better than any oue else. There is not but one thing that I can gee that I would alter, and that is not very important. I would word it in this way—"'To be paid in gold: or allver, oF bills of apecie paying banks.” If they pass it in this form It would be valuable to us, or a convenience at Teast, If they passed {tin your way, I don't woe how we could use it to any advantage to us, If’ they should strike out the lust clause ft would not hurt ua muck, as we could pay specie. Please look at all the Inws pertainin, in your State, T should like to see them when it for you to get them in shape. J want to be T hopa to see you here often, and I want it understood between you and me that when you come to our house youare not to pay or offer to bankin convenient topay. We are en ‘in an ent for the benefit of the nbeZ mlillons, ai6h Sa. shail want Yo cemsfa "i and then we better w other’s views, and one half of all the a T merely mention these Sey expenso me. Tse 2 Me ae WARREN LELAND. P. S.—T sball send the by express—it should get there by to-morrow. Yours, W. Le Endorsed Mr. Jones’ counsel explained that the reason to be as- signed for Mr. Warren Leland’s exception to his draft of the charter might be appreciated from the fact that, with the proposed alteration, the bills of other banks than those in the State of Connecticut could be received. Examination resumed—Q. Who paid for tho expenses of getting that charter? A. It was paid by me sir; 1 handed over the money to the in the case. Q. From whom did you receive it? A. Warren Leland furnished one-half, and the other half I furnished; there ‘was an expense of gott the charter through. Q. What for? A. For log-rolling the Colchester Bank charter through the Legislature, Q. What other letters from Mr. Warren Leland havo you in your possession? A. Abouta hundred and fifty; L have some more here. Q. What other letters have you? refor tothem. A. Here is one from Warren Leland, with no date; it is in his bandwriting; I cannot tell tho date. (MYSTRRIOUS PAPER. } Dear Sim—Yonrs of Monday come to hand this afternoon. sball go down to the express in the morning. Dunham is here again, but have not acen him yet. I hardly think he will be round this week. y¢ got_here this afternoon, and leaves for the Kast in the morulng. T shall send up some more paper soon—bope everything is moving well with you. Wank En” Q. What do you know about that letter? A. It is one of many that were written to me in pursuance of an agreement to furnish ‘paper; there was “ paper ”’ fur- nished by Leland to the bank at various times, and for ‘various amounts; sometimes for large amounts; I always called it “ bogus paper.”? Q. Explain. A, It was manufactured paper. Q. Who manufactured it? A. It was in the handwrit- ing of Warren Leland, most of it. Q. Examine these notes and state what you know of them. A. These notes were obtained by me from the Bank at the time of my settlement with the bank in Sep- tember. What Warren Leland and myself meant by “bogus paper’? was genuine paper signed by irresponsible parties, manufactured for fictitious purposes, the makers of which and endorsers of which were fictitious. Q. In whose handwriting was the “bogus paper?” A. It was generally in the handwriting of Warren and Simeon Leland—not ali of it, but much of it. Mr. Jones then proceeded to describe this bogus paper in a somewhat conversational way, as follows: —Here ig a note dated August 16, 1857, ig to make up the assots ie tt a ck ee Be up at the ie settlement; It is for $1, It is to the order of McBride & Wiliams, and signed George W. Hess Jr.; Ido not know the handwriting on the face; the endorsement is in the handwriting of War- ren Leland; I do not know such a concern as McBride & Williams. Q. Did Mr. Leland say, or not, that this was fictitious paper? A. He did, sir. Q. How was the first installment on the capital stock paid? A. It was paid on the 2d of October, 1858, and the paid in god and iver, and lle af pode paying beaks in gold and silver, an payi this State to the amount of $10,000; some of this was paid by the stockholders of Colchester and other parts of the State, some by me, or by men who did their business for me; we had to use terms to designate certain stock from certain other stock. Q. What proportion was paid by Mr. Leland? A. About seventy-five per cent by us—jointly, I mean; I can tell by my book to a dollar. low about the second instalment? A. The bank was 01 and the ten thousand dollars passed to the charge of the directors; they called a meeting, and ordor- ed twonty per cent more at tho end of thirty days— that would be November 2, 1856, and the amount $20,000; that was paid in in this way:—It was necessary to have something in my hands to si the Bank Commissioners in case they came around to visit us; Leland sent mo a certificate of deposit of J. $. Swan, of New York, for $5,000, and the checks and notes of S. Leland and Co., and a note with G. F. Bellows ag the maker and H I think they sent me the notes ef 8. Leland & Co. signed in blank and endorsed in blank, to be filled up as netes- sity required; those are here and not al! used; matters ‘stood that way until the 2d of December, when the last in- stalment was paid in and the bank went into operation; it ‘was necessary to have $50,000 in all, and Leland sent mo notes of various kinds—some of 8. Leland & Co., and some that I was not so well acquainted with; part of them were in the handwriting of Warren Leland, and part were genuine notes with bogus endorsements; they were all ‘one and the same thing} as to value; when I went to New York I saw both tho Lelands together, and conversed with them both on this subject; there were one or two of these bogus notes signed by Leland’s barkeeper, and one or two by his porter. Q. And these notes represented part of the capital stock of the bank? A. Yes, sir; about three- quarters; these notes were for different sums, dated all over Christendom—or all over the United States—some at Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and New York. NICE WAY 70 MEET NOTES. Q. As these notes became due, how were they met? A. The notes were sent down to the bank by S. Leland & Co.; as they became due they were taken up by 8. Leland & Co., and new notes sent up, which notes were discount- ed in advance; when the notes were sent to New York through the Suffolk Bank, Leland & Co. took them up; I bought these notes from the bank and paid for them in the stock of the bank, and that is the batch I have here; my impression is that it was $62,000 that I took up; some of them were signed Jones & Wilcox; there is’ a note of $8,000, dated December, 1866, at Syracuse, signed R. G. Field and endorsed by Mr. Little; that is a note that was rotested; there is another from McBride & Williams; here is a hote for $1,600, signed by Richard Conlan, an Irishman in the employ of Mr. Leland, endorsed by Colton & Mead in the handwriting of Warren Leland: the en- ement J. S, Jones is in my handwriting, by my father’s authority; we often laughed at the large discounts of Colton & Mead;’the next note is dated Cincinnati, July 20, 1867, for $1,156, signed FE, H. Woodman & Co., aud en- dorsed A. B. Garfleld; another is dated Salem, Wis., April 30, 1857, and is for $1,860 27, has seven mouths to run, drawn by John K. Calvert, a man in the em- ploy of ren Leland, and endorsed by L. Comstock & Co.; the next ‘was from Columbus, Ohio, June 80, 1857, for $1,825,§drawn by R. H. Murphy, an Irishman in the employ of Mr. Warren Leland, and’cn- dorsed by Clark and Wood; the next is for $1,086; that I don’t know anything about. Another is for $1,823, dated Chicago, April 25, 1867, drawn by Richard Conlan, and endorsed by Colton & Mead; this was sont for collection, and endorsed John S. Jones in my own handwriting, and endorsed B. F. Sharpe, by him ordered to be pald to Ed. Tyler,and by him to the cashier of the Metropolitan Bank; no endorsement of payment. Another for $2,000, dated Harrisburg, December 22, drawn by Robert Leo- nard to the order of H. J. Peterson. Another is from Richard Conlan, endorsed Colton & Mead in the hand- writing of Warren Leland. Another is payable to Lang & Henry in the handwriting of Warren Leland. Another is drawn by James E. Clark, $1,160, dated Chicago, Au- t, 1867, in’ the handwriting of Leland, endorsed Lang & Henry, in the handwriting of Leland. Another note of Robert Leouard, dated Dayton, Obio, Junc 24, 1857, for $1,250, papable to the order of Lee Smith, in Leland’s handwriting. Another js $1,500, with Hull, Thompson & Co., name in Warren Leland’s bandwriting. Then comes another $1,500 note from Teland’s Irishman, Con- lan. Another payable to order of Ramsdall & Pendleton, in the handwriting of Warren Leland. One given by Michael Lamb for $1,011, payable to the ordor of Colton & Mead, in the handwriting of Warren Leland. Q. These are the,notea that were sent to you to fill up? A. They sent me notes at different times. Here is a note, signed Simeon Leland &3Co., not filled up, the sig- nature is genuine; also one, signed Horace V. Wilcox, The signature is genuine, but the transaction bogus, These were blank, That note was intended to be used for any mrpose I saw fit. Tn plain words, to humbug the Legs- ture and the Bank Commissioners with when I went be- fore them. Here is a_note signed in Diank, and endorsed 8, Leland & Co., in 8. Leland’s handwriting, and two moro of the same character; another of Lamb's; another for £895, one for $750, one for $1,694, signed ©. F. Whitcomb, one of Leland’s employés—a barkeeper, I think; one for $655, signed John Wood, endorsement of McNulty and Herd, in Warren Leland’s writing; another dated Salem, Wisconsin, drawn by John K. Caivert for $1,650 and en- dorsed by L. Comstock & Co; one for $1,000 drawn by Richard Conlan and endorsed by Colton & Mead, in War- ren Eeland’s handwriting. Q. What was the representation of Mr. Leland? A. ‘That these were worthless notes. Q. What was the object of Leland in putting this “pa- per’ into the bank in this manner? A. The object was, if funds were taken out of the bank, it produced a vacuum. ‘These notes were got up to supply the vacuum. Mr. Jones here identified the following gem as the hand- writing of Mr. Leland:— DON’T BE feet pee ew Yorr, Oct. Dean Frizxp—Don't be alarmed, there will poy Ar x. amination until about the time matters start. If there is you can fix it with them by having the certificate paid, and also the note; but I don’t thin! will require it, or youcan have {eu own family not pay Jn theirs till the next one comes due, the best youcan. Yours. (No signature ) Jerome will go up Frida; 1th the bond. EVERYTHING 0. K. Duo. 23, 1864. yDEse Bam got home eafe sn sound yeserday thoraing. ve ordered an haber ore ant. Thowe that they had om hand were be done by Friday, and sent at te days from the others became due, if I have got the dater right, I will be getting the or ready Aas can, but I want itto be all O. K. You can tise these checks As think beat—all or a partof them. Powell & Seymour, of the Mercantile, were here to-day. They were down to at- tend a lawsuit. I made an application. They sald they would be happy to loan us if they oould see tt all told them when were down again I would talk with them. They might ap, woll ba k ) as not. Tdon't care a damn whether Wey lead oc ao L tagught an NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1869. ~TRIPLE SXTEET. ‘be a good idea, I a will +b Lucy down for New ye yf hope you will fetch Lucy a my for Me The handwriting of this Jettor is apparently the same as thoge in the body of all the others. ‘The oceasion of the letter of Oct. 86, was my alarm at the prospect of a visit from the Bank Commissioners. Mr, Lelaud told me that he could borrow @ certillcate from Swan; he did borrow it and sent it up, Q. Is that a genuine certificate A. 1am hotaware that Tcaiied it bogus. ‘Tho facts are Tnever deposited with Swan & Co. any $5,000, although the purport of that paper was that Thad. In Juno, I had a ditliculty with Leland in consequence of matters conuectod with the bank, [think it was in May, 1857, that they sent up paper demanding money. I thought that coming it rather strong. I wrote th ® jotier, That leter created a difeulty, and to settle the diffleulty Warren Le- land came to Hartford to see me. They got money from the bauk in a thousand ways. For iuatance: Leland would send up a check for $3,000, having ten daye to-run, called atime check, like cherks placed In other banks! when the check becomes due it is sent for collection; they take it up and have had the use of the $10,000 for ten days. Or, When the time came to take it up, he would send up for money to take it up, sending another in its place, er anote of some sort. That was one of thesources of the difliculty. I wrote to him about it; he came up to Hartford to see me. They did not want me to got into any difficulty, Ttold him he was making me a scapegoat for their sins; Itoldthem that they must take thattrouble off my bands; T'was in trouble standing between the public and the bank, Whatever fault was found was not with 8. Loland and Co., but with Samuel 8. Jones, If there was bad paper in the bank, or one issue. of bills, or the bank had assets that wore not good, 1 was respousible for it. There was then a plan devised by 8. and W. Leland. The conversation was at Hartford, Colchester aud New York, and letters were written from Now York to Colchester. ‘Thero was a plan invented to got me out of the difficulty. That plan would probably have gone into operation except for the panic of ’57, which stopped all operations. That pian was to putin a new cashier. That cashier was to be of their furnishing, It was arranged in the month of August they should furnish @ cashier and I was to get him elected; they wero to fur- furnish a president and I was to get bim elected if I could. They were to send a man up here to reside and act as president of the baak, because he must be a residont of this State. Them all of the paper that Ihad tampered with, or which Simeon Leland and Co. had tampered with, any paper that was fictitious and worthless, or genuine papers to which our names were attached, was to be taken and put out of the way and new paper substituted in ite stead; that was to be done by the new cashior, and when the proper time ar- rived and tho new cashier, all the old circulation was to be taken up, and replaced by new circulation; all bills that had my name or the name of Buell, were to be taken up and other bills put in their place; the Cashier ‘and President were then to signa large quantity of bills struck from the plate then in our possession, and of these new bills the western section of the United tes was to receive alarge quantity; jthey would be bogus, for they would not be entered upon the books; Ido not know that thore was any amount agreed upon; it was to be as large as circumstances would permit. Q. What would become of the Cashier and President of the Colchester Bank? A. The Cashier would abscond and leave the country; they had their cashier selected and the amount agreed wpon that they were to pay him; I do not know what the President was to do; ho was to deliver the funds of the bank to S. Leland & Co., and they were to put off the money; it would be worked off in different places at the same fime; we had close times, hard times, panic times, and the bank was not ablo to stagger under the load it already had, and the result was it went into the bands of the receivers, Messrs. Starkweather and. others; this plan was broached to me in August; the name of the Cashier and President was not disclosed to me; Mr, Waite proposed to ask the witness this question:— Q._In what manner were the issues of the bank made; was there any record of the issues kept; was any officer of the bank cognizant, except yourself; were they cut and arranged for circulation by yourself, or Mr. Leland, or both; and did the Lelands take these bills issued in blank and take them away to fill up and hehe A ‘The Court adjourned until to-morrow, having ques- tion under discussion. Present appearances indicate a crop of law suits still to grow out. of this extraordinary case. The Justice has been sued for conspiracy; the Lelands have been sued in the civil courts; Jones has been sued; the counsel on both sides have been sued, and several libel suits are talked of. The end is not yet. Another Outrage Against Americans by the Hanoverian Authorities, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, BREMENDAVEN, Sept, 26, 1859. By accident I happened to be at this port for the first time, and witnessed to-day such a high-handed outrage on the part of the Hanoverian authorities that although the matter will be reported to the State Department, yet I think it my duty to place the same in the hands of my countrymen through your journal, so that all interested may see how foreign governments can, with, Iam sorry ‘to say, perfect impunity, treat our ships as if we were a Power that could not protect ourselves from insult or injury, The American ship Hollespont, Captain Kennard, be- longing to Bath, owned by Messrs. Clarke and Sewall, last from New Orleans, was lying outside this port all ready for sea; the captain had engaged his pilot, and was in the Consular Agent’s office taking his papers out, when a Person came in and reported that a boat load of Hano- verian soldiers had just gone off from the fort to board his ship for the purpose of taking seamen from it. Captain “Kennard and Mr. F. W, Specht; the United 'swtes Consu: ar Agent, immediately took a boat and went to the ship. Before reaching her, the mate in charge not wishing to re- sist the armed soldiers, twelve in number, hoisted the flag Union down, and when the cay and Consular Agent reached the vessel they found her in possession of the armed soldiers of the overian government, and whilst there nine seamen out of fourteen were taken out of the ship and brought ashore prisoners. On returning to Bremenhaven, the Consular Agent called with the captain on the governor or chief magistrate, re- | begineess eon authorities of Bremen, and his‘answer was that the overian authorities had taken the responsi- Dility of arresting these men, and that he had no power of restoring them to the ship. The better to understand this ‘matter, it is necessary for me to say that Bremen is situ- ated on the river Weser,some forty miles from its mouth, and that the water is co shallow that no ship drawing over five feet of water can reach the city; im consequence, Bremen bought from Hanovor a emall piece of territory at the mouth of the river, called Bremenhayen. ‘This is surrounded by Hanoverian territory, and a fort is manned by Hano- verian soldiers in the port of Bremen. However, they also claim the right of the river outside of the docks, and, with the exceptiun of the few acres of land covered by the docks and houses of Bremen haven, all is Hano- verian. American ships coming here are consigned to Bremen or Bremen territory, and to protect their interest Mr, Diller, our able Consul in Bremen, had appointed Mr. Specht, a’ man who fully understands his business, to protect the interests of American ships as Consular Agent; but there is no consul appointed to Hanover nearer than the city of Banover, which is some twelve hours from bere. Consequently Mr. Spechthad to apply to the nearest Hanoverian authority, and from him learned that the whole proceeding had been instituted in conse- quence of a tailor of Bremen haven having asked them for soldiers to arrest these sailors, who had jeft without paying their bills. The laws of Bremen and Hamburg most explicitly say that no person shall trust a seaman without the written authority of the captain of tho ves- sol on risk of losing their whole claim, and I am _inform- ed, on creditable authority, there is a law in Hanover that says that no foreigner can arrest another foreigner through the aid of the Hanoverian authorities for a debt contracted outside of the Hanoverian dominions. Now this tailor, knowing that he could not by his own laws (being a Bremen citizen) proceed against these sailors, Koes to the opposite side of the town and gets from a Hanoverian authority a boat load full of soldiers, armed with muskets, and boards the ship, taking the’seamen hecessury to navigate the vessel, in the face of the cap- tain and Consular Agent, and place thom in a Hanoverian prison, where they now remain. Tho captain has pro- tested, and the Congular Agent will report the matter to his superiors, and so probably the matter will end. I went with the Consular Agent to call upon the Hano- verian authorities, and the very guard of soldiers at the gate told him in German, in a derisive tone, “It is of no uge, Mr. Specht, you can’do nothing.” The Hanoverian authority told him that he did not care for the American government more than he cared for the smallest princedom in Germany, ond laughed at the idea of his making a protest in the matter. Now, as the Ha- noverian government has just shifted the responaibility of keeping American naturalized citizens in their army by pardoning the men serving in the same, and American com- merco is fettered and annoyed by the vexatious tolls on our vessels bound to Hamburg, which have to stop at Stacll and deliver their manifests, and even in somo cases their registers. I think it is high time some action against this petty, miserable little kingdom should be taken. It is not generally known that in coming to cither Hamburg or Bremen American ships are subjected to in- sults, and that one of the principal causes of our trade having fallen off to both of these ports is the vexatious proceedings of the Hanoverian government. I send you this letter, signed by the American captions in this port and by your humble servant, who has been living some nine years in Hamburg. JAMES R. McDONALD. WM. M. KENNARD, Master ship Holle3pont. JAS. SMITH, ship Renown. WM. D. ANDERSON, ship A. Lemont. Superior Court, Before Hon. Judge Slosson. SUIT FOR SERVICES AS A RAILWAY TREASURER. Oct. 19.—John A. ©. Gray vs. the Michigan. Southern and Northern Indiana Ratlrocd Company.—This was an action by tho plaintiff asa former treasurer of the com- pany, which he claimed as back pay for his nancial sor- vices assuch officer. The case was now called. The plaintiff, by his complaint, set forth a long statement to the effect he had materially aided the company in raising a million and @ balf of dollars by the isaue of a guaranteed stock to the amount of $2,000,000. The com- Plainant claimed not only for the labor done, but compensation for the care with which he superintendea the affairs of the company for three months, to the sum, in all, of $16,000 pairs pe tlhe te greslyrred the plaintiff, as such officer, was to have $6, Der annum for his services, and also that the plaintiff had received about $4,000 in commissions on the sums obtained on the stock issued. ‘The defendants did not appear, and plaintiff took a de- fault for $16,000. United States District Court. Before Hon. Judge Ingersoll. Oct. 19.—Smuggling Jewelry.—In the case of the United States va. One Trunk containing watches and jewelry, the Jury rendered a sealed verdict, confiscating bd ty to the government, and that the money be returned to the Claimant. The valug of the jewelry is about $5,009. INTERESTANG FROM CALIFORNIA. meee Our San Franco Correspondence.” San’ FRancisoo, Sept. 23, 1859, Summary of News—-Marriages and Deaths— Markets, do. Ou the morning of the 20th inst. While wearing ship in the bay, Captain Warner, of the brig Advance, was accl- dentally knocked overboard@by the boom and was drowned, In the libels of the seamen against the steamer Wash- ington, a report bas been made in favor of the libellants for claima amounting to $15,000. Tho United States Dis- trict Court has confirmed the report, and ordered the ves- sel tobe sold, Hight other Ubels, most of them on bot- tomry, have been referred toa Commissioner. The bark Robert Passenger bas also been ordered to be sold. The Independoaco, Decatur, Johu Hancock, Saginaw and Ewing are now lying at the Mare Island Navy Yard, all of’ which, with the exception of the Independence, which is a receiving ship, are lying in ordinary. Tho Saginaw, the first and only vessel of war ever built in this State, is rapidly approaching completion. She is built entirely of California wood, and is in consequence something of an experiment. If successful it will go far towards the intro- duction of laurel, of which she is principally composed, nto ship building. ‘A fire occurred in Sacramento last Monday, on Fourth street, near K. Tho dressmaking establisument of Mrs. Graves was destroyed, a paint store adjoining, and a tin- emith’s — door. Several otber frame buildings were destroyed. Lieutenant Williamson, U. 8. A., is about establishing a new fort at Pitt River Ferry, under orders received from General Clarke. in Flint, Sixth infantry, with bis company, is to garrison the station, An apima), said to be a vampyre, was recently captured near Forest Hill, It resembles a bat, and meagured from tip to tip sixteen inches. ‘ The total amount collected in California for the Mount ae Ladies’ Association, up to the present date, is 8)! Immense bodies of immigrants aro daily entering the eastern and northern counties of the State. They are mostly from the Western States, and though having suffer- ed considerably are tn good health. Divorces have been granted by the District Court at Placerville, in the following cases:—B. N. Hunter vs. E. E, Hunter, E. Robinson vs. A. Robinson, H. Sotzen vs. A. Sotzen, C H. Hull vs. Samuel Hull, and E, A. Do Groot ys. Henry De Groot. CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL SEATS, The idea is advanced in some quarters that Mossrs. Burch and Scott, our newly elected members of Congress, will probably be ousted from their seats, for the reason that the Legislature of California has never divided the State into Congressional districts. The law requires such a proceeding on the t of State Legis- latures. It will remembered that the poo- ple in 1858 elected Messrs. McKibben and Dudley to Congress, but as an act passed pape the time for holding the election one year, the administration demo- cracy declined to run candidates, deferring it until the resent year. McKibben and Scott were elected in 1856, ¢ constitution of the United States requires elections to be held every two years. A question arises as to whether the Legislature has power to cause a period of three years to expire between the choice of Congressmen. It is probable a contest will take place on these points. Mr. Logan, the defeated republican candidate for Con- gress in Oregon, has notified Mr. Stout of his intention to contest the legality of the election. Senator Broderick’s Estate~A pplication for Letters of Administration, The following petition was presented in the Probate Court yesterday by Mr. David C. Colton. It appears that Mr. Broderick died without making a will. The hearing of the application was set for Monday next:— .._ PETITION. To THe Honoranie JupcE of the Probate Court of the city and county of San Francisco:—The petition of David ©. Colton, a resident of said city and county, respectfully showeth—That David ©, Broderick died in said city and county, on or about the 16th day of September, A. D. 1869; that said deceased at or immediately previc wo the time of bis death was a resident of said city and county, and that he has left an estate within the jurisdic- tion of this Court. That due search and inquiry have been made to ascertain if said deceased lef any will, but none has been found, and according to the best knowledge and belief of your petitioner said deceased died intestate. Your petitioner further shows that the estate of said deceased, so faras he has been able to ascertain the same, is about the sum of $130,000, and is encumbered by mortgages amounting in the aggregate to about $55,000, and consists entirely of real estate in San Francisco, and that the only heirs at law of said de- ceased within this State are Edmund Welch and Lucy Beown, whose consent and request in writing, together with that of the creditors of the estate of said deceased to this application, and the appointment of your petitioner as administrator of the estate of said deceased is annexed and made part of this petition. Wherefore your peti- tioner prays thata day of court may be appointed for hearing this application, that due notice thereof be given. by the clerk by posting notices according to law, and fhat upon vid bearing and the proofs to be adduced lot- ters of administration upon said estate may be issued to your petitioner, &c. DAVID C. COLTON, AFFIDAVIT OF NEXT OF KIN. Edmund Welch, being duly sworn, deposes and says on oath:—That he ts a resident of said city and county; that he was acquainted with David C. Broderick during his life time; that afflant is one of the next of kin to, and as ho 8 informed and verily believes, ono of the heirs at law of said deceased—to wit: the cousin in the second degree to the said deceased; that afflant is informed and believes there are no other relatives to the said decedent in the said State, exce| Lucy Brown, who is also one of the heirs at law and the next of kin to the said decedent; that affiant has heard read the foregoing petition of David C. Colton for letters of administration, and well knows the contents thereof ; that afflant consents te said petition and application, and requests that letters of administration upon said estate may be granted eS Court to the said David C, Colton in accordance with the prayer of his peti- Dp. EDMUND WE! § An affidavit by Lucy Rrown, in similar terms to the pro- ceding, follows: ‘CONSRYT OF OREDITORS. We, the undersigned, creditors of the estate of David ©. Broderick, deceased, show to the Court that. we, and cach of us, Have read the foregoing petition and applica. tion of David C. Colton for letters of administration, and know its contents: that we, and each of us, hereby con- sent to said application, and request the Court will ap- point said Colton administrator of said estate, in accord- ance with the prayer of said petition. ‘A. J. McCABE. GEORGE W GREEN. A. A. SELOVER. JOHN A. MoGLYNN. ‘A. J, BUTLER. ARISTIDES WELCH, By his attorney, Hall McAllister. DWARD FIELD, By his attorney in fact, Edward Bosqui. Marriages and Deaths. MARRIED. ArnGER—Sirrngys0n.—In Sacramento, Sept. 18, by Rev. 0. C. Wheeler, Christian Allinger to Sarah Stephen- son. Cany—Camrnert.—Near Mottsville, Carson Valley, Sept. 13, by ev. Mr. Bennett, Mr. John Cary to Miss Ann mpbell. Friep—Mamnews.—At Benicia, Sept. 15, Honry Fried, of Yreka, to Miss Frederica Mathews, of Germany. Goopwix—Quinwzy.—In San Francisco, Sept 22, Charles Goodwin to Miss A. Quinney. Harmox—Bourns.—In San Francisco, Sept. 20, by the Rey. J. Rowell, Lorin L. C. Harmon, of Washington’ Ter- ritory, to Margaret Burns. Hawrey—Covrt.—In Marysville, Sept. 14, by Rov. E.B. Walsworth, Walter N. Hawley to Josephine Coult, of Philadelphia, Hr1—Dovty.—In Sacramento, Sept, 21, Thomas B. Hill to Maria Aun Douty. Jaxvin—Frost.—In San Francisco, Sept. 18, Henry by Rev. Jandin to Ann Catherine Frost, LaMan—Parmer.—In San Francisco, Sept. 20. James Croke, Robert C. Lamar to Miss Catherine Palmer. Manrove—Baxer —In Sacramento, Sept. 20, by Rev. J. Lewis Shuck, W. S. Manlove, Sheriff of Sacramento coun- ty, to Fanny L. Baker. Morse—Lascer1s.—In Sacramento, Sept. 21, by Rev. Mr. Shuck, Elias Morse to Frances A. Lascells, ‘THorntox—Cusnman.—In Butte county, Sept. 14, John Thornton to Mary Cushman. TayLor—AsuwortH.—At Fastman’s, Trinity river, Sept. 2, Charles W. Taylor to Miss Elizabeth Ashworth, Van Vrankex—Wricut.—In La Porte, Sept. 15, by Rov. G. A. Pierce, E. Van Vranken to Sarah Wright. Wituams—Jones.—In Sacramento, Sept. 17, at the Ag- ricultural Pavilion, by the Rev. 0.'C. Wheeler, Richard Williams to Mary Jones. ‘Waravox—Jonnson.—In Sacramento, Sept. 18, by the Rey. Mr. Shuck, Theodore Wheadon to Isabella Johnson. WipnurR—Tnourson.—In Sacramento, Sept. 18, James B. Widbur to Miss Phebo Thompson. Wrusams—Evans.—In Yreka, Sept. 14, 8. 8. Williams to Mrs, A. M. Evans, Wapxr—Coxarz.—In Genoa, Carson Valley, Sept, 11, by Rev. Mr. Bennett, Joseph Wilder to Amelia Gongle, ‘Wain=-MoDonatp.—In San Franciseo, Sept. 21, by Rev. Dr. Scott, James Weir to Miss Elizabeth McDonald. DIED. BerryMan.—At Sutter Creek, Amador county, Sept. 17, James Berryman. Deceased leaves a wife and one child at Sit. Agnes, Cornwall. Connox.—At Sacramento, Sept. 20, Edmund Maurico, bd i son of P. E. and Johanna Connor, aged 19months and 6 days, Coxpoy.—In San Francisco, Sept. 19, John Condon, Printer, a native of Saco, Maine, aged 40 years. Coorsr.—At Honolulu, August 8, W. A. Cooper, @ native of Belfast, Ireland, aged about 30 years, MeDovean.—At ‘te United States Marine Hospital, sey Ninian, penta, aged about 44 years, a native of Dunbarton, Scotland. GRAWAM.—At Honolula, Angust 8, James Graham, a native of London, England, aged 84 years. JACKBON.—At Honolulu, August 14, of pulmonary con- sumption, Joseph Jackson, late Postmaster General, aged 38 years. He was a native of Cambridgeport, Mass. Lanyoy.—In San Francisoo, Sept. 21, Sarah, wife of Patrick Lennon, a native of county Longford, parish of ‘Ardagh, Ircland, aged 36 years. Munson.—In San Francisco, Sept. 22, Waltor Winn infant son of Major Ira and BMrs, Eliza Munson, aged 1 month and 5 days. Synsxt.—In San Francisco, Sept. 18, Alfred Sybski, a native of New Orleans, aged & years and 7 months, SKANTOG.—In San Francisco, Sept. 21, Patrick Stanton, ced 32 years; a native of Ireland, OMAEN.—At Grove Farm, Kauai, August 2, Henry ‘Thomsen, a native of Bremon, aged 36 yoars. Markets. Saw Francisco, Thursday Evening, Sopm 22, 1859, A moderate Jobbing trade has been'done to-day, and from first hands almost literally nothing has transpired, There is still a disposition to take up parcela of choice brands of adamantine candlos at 1934¢. (not 16140, as types made us say yesterday), bat holders are not willing to accede to this figure. Messrs, DoRo & Eldridge held to-day a regular sale of grcorios, &c. Domyatic produce Is yuther inactive; prices, how- | dress of a beautifully soft shade of drab. ‘ hows aa ever, até quilé firm, and bak’ 3 proved tendency, Condles—1,000 boxe’ of supine P. t; 500 boxes of Knapp’s,19}¢, cash, yA NGOS rels of crushed, 11;¢.; 20 hogshead of New 70, Bi t.;at auction, 96 barroid of crushed, 10-176, a tly” 8 barrels of Carolina, 6X¢. Olive oil—120 cam’ Lard oj!—90 cases to arrive ut $1 30 por gallon, Clan 160 casks cargo, p. t. Pork—50 barrels of meas, p. t; halt barrels of extra clear, $17. Conl—260 tons ‘Sydu P t. Tea—b0 half cheats of Pouchong, $0. Cement arrols of astern, p. t. Brandy—60 octaves Amer’ pt, Lard—At auction, 150 cases, 20-1b. tins, 10%0 034c. Wheat—In fair demand at '1.60c, a 1946. per Il a8 toquality. Parley—In good request, 1-400. a 1-420.; bags choice sold at Y-Abc. ‘Oats—1,500 bags sold in at Tie. a1%c. per Ib.; the latter’ for superior quallt Flowr—Goléen Gate extra, $7; in jobbing lots, 800 q) sack Alviso Mills, $7. Syrup—at auction, 200 kegs im five gullon kegs, 80c, a 82c. per gallon, The Canals and the $9,000,000 Loan. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘The Adas and Argus rato the republican party in measured terms, but especially Gov. Hunt and §, B. gies, for being tho authors of, and responsible for, $9,000,000 Canal debt. Tho Albany Evening Journal pels the charge and endeavors to fasten the inception consummation of the scheme upon the demoeratic and especially upon the Hon, John Vanderbilt, of lyn, Gov. Seymour and Comptroller Chureh. «the confidence man’” the Argus, and “the barber,” of the Journal, (as you have dubbed them) both are anxious to clear their skirts and shift the sponsibility of the nefarious scheme from off their oulders; and yet, both stand ready and willing to enact the game eneceeunian the ee ‘the cessity of completing the State Can ‘thing more barefaced and inconsistent? Tax the Pp led the will gracefully consent to be order to replet the of ‘upt po! icians, bers and contractors, and repudiating they stand ready an@ @e willing to re-enact fon ingot alg ‘Under @ guise of honesty sm, they call upon the taxpayers to come to reecue, Another five or six millions only, intlemen, do the work, The Treasu (Go pockets empty); do, please call at the phan without distinction of party, beware. object ia not to complete the canals, but to continue plunder. Ropuaiate the nefarious scheme, yote the tax, whether it be direct or indirect; for if ever wish to see the canals honestly and to something to the Stato, don’t vote dollar laced iu this all-absorbing and everlasting political sink, ing fund. Mark me, both power and steam will be ap) to force your purse strings, but stand ‘and united upon this one question, The scheme of a direct tax, when 80 hog | mill have been already squandered, is dishonest; that of indirect tax, by tolling railroads, is nefarious, for strikes not only at the producer, but at the consumer breadstufs, and throws impedimonts in the 7, of com tand shortest route from the West, by canal and rail, is the desideratum for New York. A NEW YORK Autumn Fashions, ‘We present our readera with a description of the au tumn style of fashions prevailing in London and Paris:— In England ladies hats for the country and watering places where the leaders of fashion still were at last dates, are inf. nitely varied both in Land andcolor. The ‘‘Trianon”’ hat ia| very pretty, made in white chip, trimmed with a wreath| of acacia roses, with soft velvet jeaves, and tufts of roses, fastened by black velvet bows, placed rather forward un-| der the front. This same shape is also made in straw and in rice straw; the former is very elegant, orna- mented with a bouquetof field flowers placed on the front) of the crown, and with long maize ribbon quets of flowers inside the front—the latter simply trim. med with a wreath of mauve flowors and strings of mauye| and black velvet. ‘The most elegant riding hat worn is the Milanais, in chip. It is very much turned up at the sides, bound with | white taffetes, and ornamented by a long white feather, | spotted w th black, poe quite on to the shoulder. This ine style of feather, in white or green, is worn om ee ww hats. t feathers are also frequently 1d. Several elegant dresses, exhibited in one of the noted Parisian houses, attracted much with seven undulated flounces, ribbon. The sleeves are made wi wide chicoree, composed of A third is a rich bjue taffetas. med round the skirt with ruches; same material as the aress. These are placed with white chicorees. Half RE in \t to a point, and ruches form a berthe. an el taffetas of white ground, wit Romipecirie Soegteds, Raine woven aioe rose-colored ribbon on the edge of the hem. |. This ribbon it is odged with black lace, white gui ‘The most fashionable ball dresses gauffered rows of the same material, and ig a tunic, bordered with a similar ring. ‘was very simple and pretty. One could Ly ok gance to it by adding a flounce of English fs bint Another was a white tarlatan, lined tas, aN yn the tarlatan skirt were eleven little tan flounces, fluted alternately white and mauve, A résume of the Paris fast Sei Deuter: elves following :—There is a tendency to become somw! martial in appearance on the part of the divine pertion of creation, whoge penchant for hats and cloaks as wora by the heroes of the Restoration does not yet seem to have reached its climax. We shall be curious to see whether the approaching cooler season will diminish the number of the Diana Vernons who have besported themselves 60 charmingly both in England and on the Continent during the past summer, In the matter of robes there is as little change, the cool autumnal breeze having hitherto begun te make itself felt; but we may expect that in the course of the present month warm stuffs will of quired, There are few variations to signalize; e number of plaits and small flounces on the corsage of the dress is the most striking. Cloaks and mantles ay wo be preferred to shawis. We have seen a Doautiful oloak in black velvet, set in with wide plaits, ornamented with rich guipure, forming a capo, with similar trimming placed. upen the very wide sleeves. Bonnets have still their re- cent shape; those of uniform color are the most distingué; or, if asecond color be desired, black velvet ribbons or ornaments are usually had recourse to; wide silk strings edged with lace are also much worn, Daess For 1k Country.—Spotted muslin dress, with smooth body, ornamented on each side by two plaited bands, diminishing in width from the shoulders to the point of the waist, where they meet. Three rather wide flounces, surmounted by a narrow ruching. Puffed sleeves descending a little below the elbow, and termi- nated by a scolloped band. Rico chip bonus, with lace trimmings and small rosebuds imbedded ip mogs; cap of tulle intertwined with black velvet; white silk Prain Watxixc Dress.—Robe of taffetas, without any ornament to skirt. Square-cornered plaid cloak, gar- nished below with throe rows of ruching, close upon one another; the cape, close up in the neck, is also trimmed with four rows of ruching similar to that at the bottom of the cloak. Chapeau & la Diana, trimmed with wide black velvet, and with a flowing feather falling backwards. Watxrxe Dress.—This is a robe of gray or black silk, high-necked, round-waisted, with band attached by # fancy steel buckle. On the front of the body there are five frills, gimped out in the form of rose leaves. The frills are surrounded by trimmings, which together form, a sort of berthe. The slecves aro ornamented with three rows of small flounces. ‘The skirt, forming an open tunic, has three flounces; the underskirt hag also ome wide '‘flounce, itself surmounted by three smaller ones. Straw bonnet, ornamented with close rolling feathor. Cap of tulle, with small flowers at frequent intervals. Deep yellow strings. Interesting Commercial Case=Master’s Interest in a Vessel. SUPREME COURT CIRCUIT. Beforo Hon. Judge Roosevelt. Oct. 19.—Henry W. Nord vs. Elisha W. Ruckman.— ‘The plaintiff in this cage in January, 1856, purchasod ef one De Groot one-fourth of the schooner Ney, At the same time he purchased a master’s interest. The defend- ant was the owner of the other three-quarters interest. Plaintiff wont as master of the vessel until Juno, 1868, when defendant, as owner of the majority intereat, took ‘ion of the whole vessel, dismissed the plaintiff without the coneent of the plaintif, and appointed anothor Captain, and hes ever since had possession of the whole vesecl. The plaintiff brought this action to recover the value of his interest in the one-quarter of the vessel, and also damages for his master’s interest. It appeared in proof that there was no written evidence of any conveyance of a master’s interest, but that at the time of the conveyance of the quarter of the vessel he ‘was told by defendant that he was buying a master’s in- terest: There were a number of witnesses called the nature of the master’s interest and also rr that it was ‘understood the master, when a provi jrom twenty to fifty per cent more than alike interest ow! by acitizen. On the close of tho plaintifre Mer chert og Dean for the defendant moved for a nonsuit on the grounds: 1, That a part owner of a ship could not Lal