The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1867, Page 5

THE NEW QUARANTINE. Visit of the Quarantine Co: Board of Engineers to the Works. An act of the Legislature, passed om the 2ist of April, 2866, constituted the Quarantine Commissioners and the Mayors of New York and Brooklyn, s board to deter- mine on a site for anew Quarantine boarding and land- {ng atation for the port of New York. This was a really ‘mportant matter, because from the presence of the dreaded visitor—cholera—in Europe at the time, and the uncertainty as to the period when ‘would make its unwelcome presence im our midst—probably introduced, as it afterwards was, on Doard an English emigrant steamer—it was necessary that some fitting place should be prepared immediately, fm an isolated position, for the reception of the victims Of thej dreaded scourge, Seguine’s Point, a somewhat faolated place, on the shore of Staten Island, was se- Jected by the Board of Health as a very desirable lo- ality on which to erect temporary structures antil a ‘More suitable site could be determined on, But the op- Position and animosity of the inhabitants of the neighborhood in particular, and of the island fm general, to such &@ course was so great that after the seizure ot the place and its occupation by a force of Metropolitans, and the outlay of some money there, the attempt was abandoned, Still the necessity Of providing a suitable place, with as little delay as pos- sible, was urgent, and Coney Island, Barren Island and a few other places were mentioned; but fresh difficulties arising to prevent their occupation made it necessary ‘bat the Board of Quarantine Commissioners pro fem, should select some spot where the Quarantine hospital could be erected without fear that the ser- vieo of a writ of habeas corpus, or any other legal document would render null their opera- Nions. At length, in June, 1866, A. W. Craven and Jobo W. Rich, engineers, and Dr. John Swinbu Health Officer of the port, went down to West Bank, in the lower bay, and after a careful survey and making the mecescary observations they decided that a permanent structure could be erected on the West shoals which would answer for a quarantine hospital, a board- 4ng and landing station. a . Rich prepared the draw- ings for the proposed buildings, and the contract for their erection was awarded to Mr. Swift, of Brooklyn, ‘who agreed to complete the works for $310,618. The examination mado by Mcssrs, Rich and Craven showed the sand on West Bank to be extremely hard; ‘and bearings taken from the wreck of the ship William Lindsay, lost there some years before, proved that it remained stationary. It was determined to erect a foun- ation of crib work, filled im with stone, and on this to Dduild the necessary stractures. The first crib was sunk on the 14th of January, 1867. After that time the wea- ther was so bad that the work was ed, and the second crib was not lowered until the 28th of February following. This crib, not being securely fastened, was washed away by the waves, and after that the work ressed slowly, in consequence of the continued un- vorableness of the weather. Latterly the work has been going forward more i ty, and the foundation bas taken a tangible form, The mear approaeh of the be cay “gaa gales rendered it neces- sary that tho Board shoutd seo for itself whether the work, so far as it had progressed, has been done accord- ing to the contract; and the examining engineers also desire to see whether any changes or alterations should be n 5 cordingly at about four P. M. yesterday, Mr. Cyras Curtis, President of the Quarantine Commissioners, and Dr. Anderso: on ‘tue part of that body; Mayor Booth, of Brooklyn, Jobn W. Ra constructing engiueor; A. W. Craven, Dr. John Swinburne and Mr, Henry C. Johnson, counsel ‘to the Quarantine Commissioners, accompanied by afew friends, among whom were ex-Mayor Kalbfleisoh, of Brooklyn, Colonel Wood and Captain Goddard, em- barked on the Quarantine tug A. Fletcher, at Quarantine Landing, and proceeded to the lower bay to examine the foundation. The late hour of departure was occa- sioned by the state of the tide, it being deemed neces- sary for a thorough examination to 1 tthe place at Jow water, The day was favorable, ‘and scarce a ripple disturbed the face of the water as the party ap- proached the huge structure, which loomed up, solid and rough looking, from the waves, Calm and still as the lower bay ap) yesterday, few could imagine the difficulties encountered in laying the foundation, as at times when the southeast gale blew the sea made a lean breach over the whole concern. After effecting a lanaing on the southwest corner of the foundation, and the display of sun feats of agility by several of the party in jumping over the piles of tim- ber which lay in their path, a thorough examination was made of the work, Altbough the plan of the work has been was 4 described Haraco, a briei jasioners and before in the columns of the sketch of Mt will not be out of here, The cribs of which the foundation {s composed are made of heavy pieces of balk, twelve inches square, crossed and bolted firmly. The interior of these are filed with stone, which sinks them and keeps them in their places. Below low water mark these cribs had to be made in sections of about eighty ioe ‘that level the workmen commenced to joints and the structure is now being built uniformly all round. These cribs enclose an irregular of about an Acre, which is to be flled'tn with sand, und on this are to be erected the quarantine buildings. The ander- structure is 688 fect from point to point at its greatest length, and 228 feet at its greatest width, and lies one and a half miles and one hundred and magn $ yards from the nearest point of Staten Island. It is irreg: ular form baving six sides—the two facing the soat from which the severest gales come form a sharp point. ‘The northwest is also the same. The cribs are thirty feet wide at the base, and twenty fect om the Out. side them arip rap thirteen feet wide at the will run around the whole, This will be much stronger at the southeast than at any other point The opinion of the examining engineers was the foundation could mot be injt by any storms during the coming winter, and that it would answer fadmirably the purpose for which it was designed. e non-scientific members of the party were also favorably impressed with the ap- nce of the work. It is now at the southwest end we feet over high water mark, and will rise ten feet Bigher. The water all roand ranges from eight to ten feet deep, and the sand, which lies on every side, will break in ‘a great measure the force of the wai A Detter site could be bad further in on West Bank, on ridge which was quite bare yesterday ; but the clause in the act of legislation protiibiting the erection of the hospital within one mile and « haif of Staten Island pre- ‘vented the occupation of that point, ag it is within that distance of the preseribed boui By the terms of his contract Mr. Swift should have had the work completed on the 1st of June last, but the time has been extended to the 15th of May next, the severity of the weather and other causes rendering the extension necessary. It is confidently expected that now, as tho most difficult part of the work is complesedy the work will be Balehed at the time Cat a farther @: jon will 68 unpecessary. thfrty to forty men at work day there, but this pum- Der will shortly be increased. {Bhips cannot approach nearer than from one mile and to two miles of the quarantine establish- invalids nsferred to the coliation which had by Dr, Swinburne and which sea breeze enabled them to pay The excursioniss arrived at the short th "i me es time the Caan belonging, to the Quaran. and used asa Doarding station at present, will be offered for sale at blic auction, The principal cause of delay is in order have some human remaias which are buried there ve Arrival of a Vessel with Cholern on Board— ts Sixteen D. on the Voyage. Yosterday the steamship Minnesota, of the Williams & Gulon line, arrived at this port, after » passage of ‘Mirteen days and a half from Liverpool. On arriving at Quarantine the health officer, on boarding the vessel, found some of the steerage passengers suffering from a @iscase of rather an equivocal character, from which there had been sixteen deaths during the voyage. The symptoms of th sease aro vomiting, purging and cramps, although as far as Dr. Reed, the health officer, could ascertain, there was an absence of the rice water discharges characteristic of Asiatic cholera. At prosent there ness on board, all of which And it is a remarkabl hitherto occurred are pengers and that the cabin passengers touched, Eleven of the deaths on the voyage were re- ‘ted by the surgeon of the vessel to have been caused By'wnst he terme Engiish cholera, hd the other the were from various other causes. The vessel was invertase Ses Sean hae “4 bo and will ined there the = period. The “ate case occurred on Septem- Hlowing if & list Of the names of the eleven ho died om the voyage, Of the other ve who died four were sailors and one the ste: of the ves. ward sol:—Janz Wabraren, aged 11 years, a nat J. fond, Beroard Carrell, 1, Matgeess Lax ole Pan Gafoey, Treiand; Charloue T Micbacl Bird, 79, and Patrick Flanagan Car Westemburg, 25, Sweden; 60, Epbraim Hicks, 2, and Nicholas 11, Ireland, 1 The Minoesota had 65 cabin and 7 wengere THE WOME FOR WORKING WOMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Worxina Women’s Homa, 45 Elizabeth street, 2 Sept, 17, 1867. } The trusteos of the House of Indusiry are happy in . being able to announce that the Homo for Working Wo- men will be open for the reception of boarders on the Ast of October. It will accommodate nearly five hun dred. All fernales of good character who wish to engage Doard may now make application at the office, 45 Elza beth sireet, one door above Canal The charge for Doard and’ washing will be per week, NEW YORK On Tuesday of next week, from two until five o'clock, the clergy of New York, Brooklyn and vicinity, the bench, bar, members of the press, and coutributors are invited to visit and examine the house, On Thurs- day, at three o'clock, all interested are invited to attend the inaugural services, On Saturday, from twelve until eight o'clock, the house will be thrown open for the in- tion of the wot women of New York and jrooklyn, 8. B, AY, Superintencent, POSTAL AFFAIRS: eee The New Treaty with Great Britain. ‘Wasurnaton, Sept, 17, 1967. As the recently published circular of the Post Office Department relating to the new tresty with Great Britain for the reduction of international postage con- tained numerous important errors, the following state ment of its operation will be found valuable:— . On and after October 1, 1867, the rates of tobe levied and collected in the United States on international pers, book packets (including printed of Photographs intourapns, aneott of morta, ee), and par. ie 8, shee , and pa aa or hd coi (including seeds and grain), 1m the United States and addressed te the en ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, will be as Ne 2 cents each. Book packets (including printed papers of all kinds, ‘maps, plans, prints, engravings, drawings, photographs, lithographs, sheets of music, &c.), 6 cents por four ounces or fraction of four ounces, . Patterns and samples of merchandise (inoluding seed and grain), 8 cents per four ounces or fraction of four ounces, The above charges must be fully prepaid at the office of mailing, by means of United States postage stamps affixed outside the packet or {ts cover, and are in full to destination in the United Kingdom. If mot so prepaid the packet cannot be forwarded ‘The regulations to be observed and enforced in the United States with respect to international printed matter of all kinds and other postal packets hereafter enum are as follows:— NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PRINTED MATTER, Newspapers, circulars, pamphlets, periodicals, books or other printed papers (including maps, plans, prints, engravings, drawin; Photographs, litho, hs, sheets of music, &c.,) must be wrapped or enveloped in covers open at sides or ends, 80 as to admit of the enclosures being removed for examination. No newspaper, pamphlet, periodical or article of printed matter may contain any word or communication, whether by writing, printing, marks or signs upom the cover or wrapper Goreot, except the name address of the person to whom it is sent, the printed title of the publication, the printed name of the publisher or vendor who sends it; or in case of newspapers or other regular publications, when sent to subsoribers direct from the office of publication, the printed date when subscription expires. It must not contain a letter or any communi- cation in writing or other enclosure, 7 The law and regulation of this department which ex- cludes obscene booke, pamphlets, pictures, prints or other Pa gasp of s vulgar and indecent character po 4 wale vA See Tolaed Stat - are od to pore forced with respect to books, pamphlets, pictures, or other publications of like character addressed to the United Kingdom or other foreign country. BOOK PACKETS, No book packet may contain anything that is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, nor must there be any letter, nor any communication of the nature of a , whether separate or otherwise, unless the whole of such letter or communication be printed. But en- one foot in width or depth, iy book packet which is not open at the sides or ends, or has any letter or communication in the nature of a letter written in it, or upon its cover, cannot be received or forwarded in the mail; and it is the duty of postmasters, whenever they ground for suspecting ‘an infringoment of any of the above conditions, to foo and examine book packets, patterns, samples or other postal packets posted at or passing through their offices. PATTERNS OR SAMPLES OF MERCHANDISE, Patterns or srepige of merchandise must not be of ich rule excludes from the mails all or whatever may havea market value of its own apart from its more use as 8 pattern or sample; or where the quantity of any mate- rial sent ostensibly as a pattern or sample is 40 great that it could fairly be considered as having on this ground an intrinsic value, No packet of (rose or samples must exceed twenty- four inches in length or twelve inches in breadth or depth, or twenty-four ounces in weight, Patterns or samples must not bear any writing other than the address of the persons for whom they are in- tended, except the address of the sender, mark and numbers, and the prices of the articles. There must be no enclosure other than the patterns or sampies themselves, The particulars which are allowed to be furnished under the preceding paragraph must in all cases be given, not on loose pieces of paper, but on small labels attached to the patterns or samples, or the bags containing them. Patterns or samples must be sent in covers open at the ends, so as to be of easy examination. Samples, however, of seeds, &c., which cannot be sent in open bebind nd be Crops! a bags Ce or bd material, fastened in such a manner tha\ readily opened for jon. ae mo inatic Patterns, samples or other packets containing liquii ‘explosive chemicals, or other articles’ undly 3 any oflcor of ihe Post ‘Oflee, ae pallively ‘cluded any of of the are from the mails, REGISTRATION OF LETTERS OR OTHER POSTAL PACKETS, Letters or other postal packets posted in the United Btates and addressed to the United Kingdom, may be registered at the office of mailing on payment of a regis- tration fee of eee in addition to the postage charg: of which must be prepaid. But the redeoed toglatration fee of eight cents on letters will not ffect until January 1, 1868. The registry fee for letters will continue at twenty cents until January 1, 1868, INTERNATIONAL PRINTED MATTER, ETC., RECEIVED PROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO RE DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE, Newspapers, book packets and patterns or samples of merchandise originating in the United Kingdom and ad- dressed to the United will be received in the United States fully prepaid, and must be delivered free addressed of charge to the party at the office of destina- tion tn the United States, SPROIS REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN RACH COUNTRY. Article five of the new convention also prescribes the following specific regulations to be observed and en- forced in each country, vjz:— Neither office shall be bound to deliver printed papers the {mportatiog of which may be prohibited by the laws or regu long as any customs duty le ehargeatie fee Used i uty ts cl ia the Unit ‘tates on the importation from the United Kingdom of uy ot the jumerated sbo' customs. duty shall be levi. 1s shall accrue to cept as above. no charges 1@ country In which interna. or samples of Rre., Sony CAony. wy and io ad, October, 1867, the 7 lifferent’ kinds of printed hereinbefore enumer- ated, the regulations herein estab- Mashed with to each classification of the same. REGISTRATION OF LETTERS AND OTHER PORTAL PACKETS AD- DRESSED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AMD COLONIRS, VIA ENG- Letters in the United States and addressed to either of ioned countries or colonies, may be registered at the office of mailing and forwarded to destination, in the British mail, via England, on pre- payment of @ registration fee ' of twenty-eight cents twenty cents United States and eight cents British), rom 1 to December 31, 1 and of a rocistra- tion fee of sixteen cents (eight cents United States and eight cents Briiish), on and after January, 1868, in ad- dition to the rates of omlinary je chargeable thereon, viz.:—Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Constanti- —— East Indies, Feyt, viz. :—Alexandra, Suez a ie eae leet, Ceeue Sar Hong Kong, Jar: ew South Wales, Queens): Si Helena,” Sierra raltar, Livers, ita, Mauritius” Natal, a a ti South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia’ And on and after January 1, 1868, other postal packets addressed to either of the above named countries may alto be registered on prepayment of a registration fee of sixteen cents (eight cents United States and eight cents oa Md addition to the established rates of ordinary thereo! postage a. ‘The following will be the rates of by British ‘mail on and October 1, 1867, to British and = Li Ae Porto re | Seay pam of Colom- uda, count Conat of South America, Australia and Now Zealand :— a West Indies, from New York To British and foreij vimsan Juan, and to Usited States of Colombia, from (Aspinwail), eighteen c Ey New York via Colon ounce or und To Bermuda, from New York or. req Boston, via Halifax, N.S. Ten cents por single rate of haif an ounce or ua. der, on letters; and two cents United States postage only; countries on the mail from New York or San Francisco, via Panama, thirty-four cents per single rate of half ap ounce or un- dor, on letters; six cents each on newspapers; and ten Francisco, via Panama, twenty- Single rate of half an ounce or under, on leuare; ots cents sch oe sewpeper and ten cents per Prepayment required, Made ear POSTAGE ON INTERNATIONAL LETTERS, So much of the new postal convention as relates to in- ternational will not take cfs ti thetan ot Done the meantime the postage charge on Unue, as at present, at twenty. conte we a wanes ox onder. Be aa an of January, 868, it — Mt be optional, ment of which wi ry paid or insufficientiy addition to the deficient on delivery, The fine to be and United States on a1 OF insufficient! tional letters received from the United after January 1, 1868, will be five cents POSTAGE ON LETTERS, ETO., FOR FORMON COUNTRIES SENT It ORDINARY MAIL, VIA ENGLAND, The present rates of postage, as stated in the “table of Postage to foreign countries,”’ upon letters, &o, ad- iressed to countries and colonies by British vie England, will continue to be levied in the United ‘Until the 1st of January, 1868. PORTAGR OF LETTER?, RTC., ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1968, oe ne AND COLONIES PER BRITIBE MAIL, The annexed table shows the rates of shar ike Tet of J yeary, Te6t, on Cid bale outa on let ne book packets and pesierne or samples of mproban dias HERALD, WEDNESDAY, forwarded per British mail, via England, to the under- mentioned countries and colonies:— 2 e BRRESLSSSY wssesss! alletltat — Pape A Hedy Ty: z ‘Aust sy} | ue) Besest aa) al Berton a} 6) 14) i gol 8) is] 0 | wl a 18] 90 22) 6) Ia) 2a] 6 6) 14) gold 8! 18) 2 13 2) 56) 14 a | i via 8 34 14 vis € 18) via Marseil 2 . ve via Southampton Sl BS} 14) via Maraeilles. $i 6 | HH oo o Aemor nea rr oenanarararasersearaa Phillopine Islands via Southamptor spd Failippin lands via Mareeill . Blerre Len 12) 4 Bierra Leone, 13) 6 * Cannot be sent. Nore 1—When the letter ‘‘A”” is prefixed the foreign Postage (which in each case is twelve cents) is increased by an additional rate for every 7% grammes (3 ounce) or fraction thereof. The United States inland and At- lantic sea postage (which in each case, on and after the ‘Ist of January, 1968, is ten cents the single rate), ia in- creased by an additional rate, half ounce or fraction thereof, Upon letters for all other places an additional bred oe reckoned for every quarter ounce or fraction ereof, Nore 2—When the letter ‘BY’ is prefixed, an addi. tional rate is to be added to the foreign portion of ¢! postage for each four ounces, or fraction, thereof if the newspaper exceeds four ounces in weight. The foreign Ppostoge yn each case is ascertained by deducting from the amount set down the sum of two cents, which i United States portion of the postage on a sing! paper, regardless of weight In all other cases ‘age is for each newspaper, without regard to we! oe pric rate hog eS. fea Book yest ee packets of patterns, &e. respectively, are cha for each four ounces or fraction thereof. The book and packet posts to Egypt extend only to Alexandria, Cario and Suez, UNITED STATES OFFICES OF RXOHANGR FOR BRITISH MAT... The offices of exchange on the side of United States, are Now York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Port- land, Detroit, Chicago and San Francisco. ALEX. W. RANDALL, Postmaster General, THE TURF. First Day of the Hoboken Races. With the exception of an interval of sultriness during the middle of the afternoon the weather was extremely propitious for racing yesterday. The track was in excel- lent condition—a little too dusty, perhaps, but asa whole may be looked upon as more than ordinarily good. Owing to defective afrangements somewhere the entries were not given in the newspapers of the day, which, as might naturally be supposed, bad the effect of lessen- ing the attendance, which was by no means so great as it would have been under other circumstances, However, those who were present had a very enjoyable afternoon’s sport, as the running was quite as good as expected, particularly in the colt race, which was handsomely won by Mr. McDaniel’s filly. Mr. Morris’s entry was the favorite in the pools, selling at about two to one, or nearly 60. The defeat of Cleopatra was quite a disappointment to numbers of pool buyers, who looked upon her success as almost a certainty, and seemed quite chapfallen at the resait, What caused this great devotion to the entry of Mr. Morris we did not learn, but perhaps it was owing to the prestige of his fine stables, The running ‘was very fast for two year olds, the time made by the Planet filly being 1:48%{, while Cleopatra was within a length of her heels, A hurdle race was included in the pro- gramme of the day’s sport, but owing to the lack of entries, did not take place, The second race of the day was the heats, for which there we: ery passable affair as regards time, Clement, the winner of the race, being 80 decidedly superior to his competitors that he was pushed nowhere in the running, and, won the event in two straight heats. The were than were present at Seacaucus yesterday. The details of the running yesterday was briefly as follows in FIRST RACK. The horses were brought upon the track a short time before the hour appointed for starting. After a certain amount of time spent in preliminary walking and gal- loping about the course they were brought to the judges’ stand and started off for the heat well together, McDan- iel’s entry having the lead, which she retained to the _ ‘er-pole, when the Breckenridge filly went by her, the Eclipse filly still in the rear. They ran on in thia way, with the Breckenridge filly at the lead until they turned into the bomestretch, when she, beginning to falter, was passed respectively by the Planet and Eclipse fillies. The race Was now over so far as she was concerned, and lay between the Morris and McDaniel Cir] which strag- gled vigorously ap the homestretch, until the goal was reached by the Planet filly, about a length in advance of Cleopatra, ia 1:48%, with the Breckenridge filly pretty to her. following is the summary :— en Races—Tuerday, Sept, 17.—Great Stallion yes ad Premium of $500, for two year olds, dash of a mile, Col. McDaniel entered b. f. by Planet, out of Adeigisa 1 M. Morris entered ch. f. Cleopatra, by Eclipse, oft. gf Ella Rogers by Hermes... 1. B, Read ontered b. f. by ~ Bounie Scotiand CR. First Heat—The second race was betwoen Clem ‘St. Patrick, Passaic and Jubai, mile heats After ordinary preliminaries had been gone through wit horses were turned for the struggle. At the tap o dram Jubal went off like a rockat, with Cle: it fecond, Paraaic third and St. Patrick fourth. In this way they Tan around the upper turn, but as neared the quar- ter pole Clement was observed to pass him, Jubal fall- ing Into the second position, and keeping ‘it until he reached the half mile pole, when ho resigned it to St. Patrick. The race now evidently Iay between Clement and St. Patrick, between whom a spirited contest ensued while coming up the homestretch. It ended. however, by Clement landing fret at the stand, in 1:50, Pairiek close up, Jubal third and Passaic fourth. Seond Heat.—It was very evident from the ronning of Clement in the first heat that his competitors were entirely ont of place in the race with s horse of his apeed, and that his winning the race and money pretty much as he pleased was a forezone conclusk When the word was given in this heat Jubal eprang off with reached the quarter A ; 7 eaten tas pote: . Patrick, accelerating his pace, gave him the go by. Jobal held en to the second position a while longer, but was passed respectively by St. Patrick and Passaic the {erece the homestretch. After pass bal et Tearsll pole Clement had little else ‘0 at such pace as au! than come ited bim, and won handily in 1:50; St. Patrick second, Passaic third and Jubal fourth, The following is the summary :— Dav.—Premtam of $350, ue fom all ages, mile heats. Colonel D, McDaniel named br. c. Clement, by Lex- fi , out of Lucy Fowler, 3 years old 11 B. a ens. St Patric “e it. George, dam lancoe. J. W. Pennock named ch. h. Passaic, by dara by Glencoe, ’5 years old. 33 Dr. J. W. Weldon named b, c. dam Julia, by Glencoe, 3 years o! aa Time—1 :60—1 :50, TROTTING AT MYSTIC RIDING PARK, MASS, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Bostox, Sept. 17, 1867, 10 o'Clock P. M. } A four days’ horse fair opened at the Mystic Riaing Park, in Medford, to day, which promises to bring to- gether, bofore ite close, some of the finest horses in the vicinity, The attendance to-day was very good and the races close and intercsting. ‘The first race was for purses of $500 and $200, best i : il The steamer $t, y, passed Father int anne way te uobe WA Fa Ba DoE SEPTEMBER 18, 1867—-TRIPLE SHEET. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUR’ Charge of Fulsely Personating = Revenue Oftcer. + Before Commissioner Betts. The United States vs, Bernard Hess.—The defendant ‘was some time ago a regularly appointed officer of the Internal Revenue Department, He, however, was lately discharged, but according to the complaint continued to represent himself as still in office and authority, but secretly conducting matters on the blackmail system. On the 4th of September he spotted the distillery estab- Mshment at the corner of Thirtieth street and avenue A, Upon that oocasion he told Mr, Hanlon, one of the pro- of the establishment, that be was an internal Tevenue officer, with power to seize and to hold goods, Upom that occasion he also directed two police offi- cors to selze any goods they might see coming out of Gs peanllehwons: pul 1 naan ~~ is charged, the proprietors of the distillery paid Hess a (a) of $200, leaving a balanve of $300 to be paid at another time, a8 an inducement to withdraw the a) »? he (Hess) had watching the premises, This sum, it is alleged, Hess himself named as the amount he wired as the bribe to secure his non-interference with the workings of the distillery, Hanlon, aseertain- img that Hess was not an officer at the time, preferred a charge against him for faisely personating himself as a revenue officer and LH ap 9 blackmail. The case is still on, Mr. Joseph Bell, Assistant United States Dis- trict Attorney, prosecuting; Mr. D, C. Birdsall for the defendant. The Altenhoim Case. Before Commissioner Osborne The further hearing of this case was resumed yester- day before Commissioner Osborne, The charge against the defendant, Mrs. Eliza Altenheim, it will be remem- dered, is that she falsely swore, in a schedule which she has filled in bankruptcy, that she owned a cortain house in East Sixteenth street, Mr, Edwin James, counsel for Mrs, Altenheim, opened the case for the dofence. He stated that the real prose- cutor in this case was Mr, Charies BH, Bertrand, who had lived for some time in the house of Mra, Alten- heim, and who now, forgetting the kindness the lady had shown him,’turned round and got up thi charge of perjury against her, which he (Mr.. Jame would prove was a deop-dyed conspiracy, resorted to f the purpose of depriving his client of her property. A of the 14th of December, 1865, had been exec house to Mrs. Altenbeim. That d custody of Bertrand. It was not fort! refore it must have been purloined by In Bertrand’s diary, which counsel pro- there were entries which he said would be proved to be in Bertrand’s handwriting, showing that the deed of assignment of the house had been executed to Mrs. Altentieim. How, then, could Bertrand account for the fictitious Emeline Meney, whom he brought forward to prove thas she had paid $8,000 10 Mrs, Altenheim—for if that were @ genuine transaction why did Bertrand subse- quently pay interest upon it in the name of Mrs. Alten- heim? After the learned gentioman had gone carefully through the facts of this extraordinary case, a witness ‘was about to be examined tor the defence, but owing to the non-production of a deed, the production of which Mr. James considered essential for the defence, the mat- ter was again adjourned till Monday, BANKRUPT COURT. Filed Yesterday. referred to Register Dwight; referred to Register Ketchuin. duced, Pet David Felt, cit} 8, Hanlon, city, Joseph . COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett. ‘The calendar of thie Court yosterday was very large, and, althoagh a number of casos were postponed, As- sstant District Attorney Bedford and the Recorder dis- posed of a groat many prisoners while the cours was im session. LARCRAY AT THE TROY STEAMBOAT OFFICE, Charles Miller was triea and convicted of grand lar- ceny from the person, in stealing a gold watch from Peter Gilmore, on the 2d instant, while he was pur- chasing 8 ticket at the Troy steamboat office, on pier 44 North river, As soon as Mr. Gilmore missed the watch he turned round, saw the prisoner running, gave the “Stop thief!”. pursued him, and was fH who captured the fugi- found broken, near where Miller stood, When Miller was arraigned for sentence he said he could prove, if he had time, his previous good character. His Honor remarked that the evidence was so clear against him that it would not materially atlect the punishment. The rder, however, postponed sentence for a few days, but intimated that if be could not show his previous good character he would send him to the State Prison & five years. John Smith, who was indicted for grand larceny, Plondea guilty to an attempt to commit that offence. je was charged with stealing on the 12th inst. fifteen ree valued at $200, the property of Calhoun, Hagan BURGLARIES AND LARCENIES, Rogers pleaded guilty oan attempt at burglary ind degree, baving been charged with burgiar- jously entering the stable of Martia & Siokes, 127 Hud- Sqn street, on the night of the 27th of August. He stole ‘8 eet of harness worth $35. Smith and were each sont to the State Prison for two years and six months, Will\aim Morgan, who was indicted {or stealing, on the 20th of August, a gold watch, a coat and $9 in money, thi Prope rpg of Jesse B. Jeffrey, pleaded guilty to an per takea from on emplo; Charles in the thi trate that crime. Tbe proverty was a schooner where the prisoner was steward, He promptly admitted his gully and as the complainant interceded in his behalf, the der imposed @ light sentence—four months! im ment in the Penitentiary, bert Hubbell was tried on an indictment charging him with stealing $65 worth of clothiug from Theodore Flandrean, at a boarding house in Tenth avenue, on the 13th of February. It appeared from tne testimony that the complainant claimed to ideatify a coat months after- wards which Hubbell was wearing at the time of bis arrest. Mr. Bediord virtually abandoned tho case, inti- mating to the Recorder that although the accused might be moraily y the testimony was insufficient in a legal point of view to sustain the indictment, The Re- corder coincided in his opinion, and directed the jury to render a verdict of not guilty. Michael Devjin was placed on trial for an alleged grand larceny. complainant, Sophia Sessenbettel, who keeps a store at No. 681 =econdjavenue, swore that while absent from the counter for a moment on the Sth of August, her money drawer was robbed of $40 by Devin, who was secreted under the counter, When she returned he ran out of the store, she only seeing bis side face, He was not arrested till some days after the igged theft, and that was brought about oy statements 0 ber by other parties, which were inadmissible, ‘The jury Suiled to agreeaad the Pg 4 discharged Tecortgr informed ie Owe, a Poulin that head pay updo his fature good con- duct whether he was retried upon that indictment weaee *) Tok ph eran ‘Georne whey indloved, store of Jose, : for stealing $100 worth of toole from Lawrence ‘and Annie Meyer, charged with stealing $109 worth clothing from Anna Jardinas—each pleaded guilty to an attempt st iarceny. The property in each case having been recovered, and there being mitigating circam- stances, at the request of the complainants the Recorder spended sentence for the present, keeping the judg- ent hanging over them for their future good condi ALLRORD THRPT IN A JEWELRY STORR. Late in the afternoon a looking man, named James Bennett, was put on tral, charged with stealing on the 9th of August a wed from the store of Len street, Melvill charged with stealing a Mr, quested bis Hoaor to direct the jury to render # verdict of not guilty, om the ground of @ variance betw: proof und the !ndictment, so as to enable the prosecution to rectity this beg Sey ag anew Counsel for the accused opposed wes ler, who remarked by the Records would consider bimself unfit to preside on the in the ap A Apes already before the to let the case proceed, The jury gezy yee end Bennett was remanded trial. John Meyer, jointly indicted with another party, bry od breaking a iat} Ne gprs Bowery, Bleeded uilty. worth of pistols was taken,’ He wast eoal to the State Prison fortwo years and six months. M GRAND LARCENY, George E. Wilson was tried and been indicted : $49. by an officer, and both of the were taken to the station Bouse, Counsel for Wilson put Mater the stand, who swere that when he (! mad proposition to assist him in taking the box Wilson de- lined to do so, The jury. a nem that Wilson acted and iy Wilson walked away, but f complicity with = S atte thik ‘D passing sentence, jer Vinged thet Wilson was old thief, and sentenced bim Ucan Majority of Last Year. Avavata, Me,, Sept. 17, 1867. atthe Prk Aap og) 86, and Pillsbury for Chamberlain gute The same 0,816; ‘majority for Chamberlain 2, . THE LIQUOR WAR IN MASSACHUSETTS, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Gathering of the Moral Reformere—Som the Views of the Good and Virtuous—Their to Carry the Coming State Wororsren, Mass., Sept, 16, 1867. The spirited political campaign in Massachusetts, frequently foreshadowed in former correspondence of the Herat, has now fairly commenced. On matters not much difference of opinion, for, as is well known, the voters of Massachusetis are almost @ unit for the Oongrossional plan of reconstruction, and equally unauimous for the im- peachment of President Johnson if a good case can be made out against dividing him. The dividing question is ram—whether its sale shall be restricted by license or whether the sale shall be probibited altogether, At the convention of the republiean party in this city last week the question was not passed upon, not- withstanding both the prohibitionists and the P. L. L.’s (the Heense party) made strenuous efforts to work a favorite plank into the party’s platform. The probibitionists, discovering the fact that there is a grow- ing public sentiment against them. have planned a systematic course of going through tho State and advocating their cause, and the opening chorus has consisted of mass meeting here to-night, which is to be followed by a general State Convention to-morrow, So far there are evidences of considerable of a demonstration. The meeting to-night was large and thusiastic, ‘Some two thousand were present, and all parts of the State were represented, and all seemed to reaiize the fact that energetic effort is required to secure them @ majority in tho legislative halls next winter, as will be seen from synopsis of their proceedings. WituAmM MoCorney, of Worcester, one of the ener- getic prohibitionists of the “heart of the wealt!),’? called the meeting to order, and Wil Spooner, always on hand on temperance occasions, was chosen to presi In assuming his duties he said that the present was a most important crisis to all who be- lieve that the aid of law should be brought to aid and back up moral effort in behalf of intemper- ance. He congratulated — hi that =the prohibitory law was enforcod now, and believed that it was doing more to restrain the liquor traffic than all the license laws which could be enacted. Next to Christianity the cause of temperance was the most important, and its friends should rally around and support it, It had been said that alcohol is necessary as food; but he Delieved that it was only necessary for crime, poverty and pestilence, Those who are afier a repeal of the prohibitory law the passage sa under the nom de plume of the “P, L. L’s.’’ They came to Wor- cester a week ago to carry the Republican Convention, but they were overpowered almost four to one, but from. this fact he did not think the temperance men should Temain idle, but continue to work vigorously and in- dustriously, and attend he primary caucuses and see that the right men are nominated, for while the repub- lican party is in the majoritr, the man nominated is almost sure to be elected, and it should be seen to that the P. L. L.’a do not control the nominations. The first speaker in order, according to previous ar- rangement, was Joun W. Berry, of Lynn, the Secretary of the Probibition Campaign Committee. He said that all the respectable newspapors, and even the Lord him- self, were in favor of prohibition; and the fires were blazing brigbtly all around the border, from Borksbire to Cape Cod. All that they needed to insure success was vigoroug action, for the present is the Gettysburg of their cause. The platform of the P. L. L's is the whiskey jug; their watchword, license and sin; and the devil is their captain; and all who favor a pure and untainted community should be true to God and the country, and do all in their power to roll on the grand car of temperance, and crush beneath its wheels the infamous clique. who oppose them. God never allows license to sin, and humanity should not allow it. He then pitched fiercely into some of those who appeared before the Legislative Committee last winter in favor of a license law, applying such terms to them as mistaken ex- Governors, wine-bibbing priests, debauched clergymen and recreant professors, and in closing he came down roughly on all Who took a different view from him of the liquor question, and urged those who were with them to bh hard and ul ly and the victory would be eirs, Rev, Mr. Vinner, from the little coast town of Rock- port, was the next and most enthusiastic speaker. He waxed warm and eloquently for prohibition and against license ; said that a free liquor traffic pad me ‘he Ger- mans and tho French the vilest and most debauched people on the earth, and expressed the hope and confi- dence that the citizens of Massachusetts would cot imitate them. As the old Bay State had been the first in all past reforms it should be her pride to take the lead in this, and preserve inviolate upon her statute book the glorious prohibitory liquor law. Rev. W. A. Staxr, of Marlboro, followed the Rockport divine in @ similar denunciation of spirits and spirit drinkers. He counselled all to array themselves in a solid phalanx against the liquor traffic and carry the ext elect by wholesale, and thus crush forever the greatest evil in the world. Mr. O. R, Ciarx, of Winchester, then followed, and aid that be was now forty-eght years old and hed never in his whole life drunk # drop ine, liquor, beer or cider, and he bo- himself to be a living refutation to that such stimulaate are . He @ coming campaign was te bo a lively es e temperance men were vigilant the day woul: bo theirs. He called the P. L. ‘Pretty Little Lambs,” and the probibitionists would see to it that they were siaughtered this fall. In speaking of Governor Andrew and bis services towards securing a license law, he said that he had @ great deal of respect for him, but it was one of the beauties of the republi- can party to denounce any man when he was on the track, and he therefore denounced the ex-Governor, Mr. Epwanp Tuourson, of Boston, made tl losing speech, and a very fanny and happy one {it was. The substance of it, leaving out the jokes and anecdotes, was death to license Jaws, and punishment, next to death, to all who engaged in the liquor selling traMic. beljeved that the prohibitionists had them all WO a ee out at the mext jection, The meeting then adjourned amid much enthusiasm. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION. Address by Senator Wilson, Mr. Parkhurst ahd Others—The Resolutions. Woncesrer, Sept, 17, 1867. ‘The State Temperance Convention met in Mechanics’ Hall at ten o’clock this morning, there being @ fair at- tendance, though the hall was by no means full. The Convention was called to order by Mr. William B. Spooner, of Boston, and was temporarily organized by the choice ef Rev. M. W. Parkhurst, of Woburn, as anid JN. Berry, of Lynn, as Secretary pro re inst the free sale of 4 burden and a If there was ever "a will that time is to rail ‘SESSION, nerios of resolutions were adopied, among ehettarS the tollswings mn ‘a honey tte nerdy comme tad ortme OF morat evn te Teftaded ot ‘ny plee of publie meonesity, nor by any law of inesotved, That the awe derigned to, regulate the sate of SNE Horope; inetaea ot restricting the eale they omy tend to what f¢ really dishenorable, and the a i monopoly, produce « revenue to the govern: 8 end ries Of drenkown: citizen in the guilt aod ame oft nets of which tne are public 4 jon and volved, That th 'Prohibi Law of 1885,"" havis iat the “Prohibit ot NG hai gon therobghiy’ Weled 65y thet elurta; sifted tn ner ree in ite miout details, and sustained by the en in thé land, ehonid remain on the statute book and be su the of the eommonwealth; that its en Teason- able and essen: any m ‘that woul bin merous oad i blow 8 disgrace on Hi aod tmpartial en fc toe of the community und seeure reenter ‘Past we tejolee to 009 the pri of ster ian cena 5 stitutional Convention, in introducing prohibition into the State constitution, aud we recognize In the act the coming duty and destiny of all America, and trust that ere long thi of every State in'the United States will thus protect the people against this yet wide ruling iniquity. Resolved, That we consider the question of temperance ia rational point of view as second only to that cause which bas so long affected our general policy, aud that as the great Work of emancipation is perfected we recoguize the peces- sity of engrafting the prineiples of prohibition upon all or- gpatzations that shall continue to direct end control the There w convention, dents. nearly eighteen hundred delegates to the Senator Wilson was one of the Vice Pres! YACHTING. Firet Fall Regatta for a Champion Pennant. The spirited members of the Atlantic Yacht Club of Brooklyn, ardent professionals in the pastime of yachts ing, are loath to leave their favorite boats for the season without additional triele of speed, and thus they have arranged to have a series of autumn regattas for a cham- pion pennant, The first will take place on Saturday, September 21, and the following course, rules, regu- lations of eailing, &c., have been agreed upon:— The course will be from am anchoyage off Elysian Fields, Hoboken, to and around a stakeboat off Yonkers, turning sameffrom east to west, thence to home stake- boat, passing it to the westward, The fleet of the club will be divided into cabin and open sloops, and each sub-divided into first and second class. Each yacht will enter either clasa of its kind by notice to the secretary of the club, om Friday, before four P. M., and, in default of such notice, the Commodore will designate its class before the hour of starting, Each yacht on arriving off Elysian Fields will report to the Commodore and anchor in line as ordered, at past ten A. M., with Jibs down, ‘ Each yacht tnust start from an anchor, and weigh it on starting. ‘Two yachts of each class must start to make a race of that class, and the yacht first home shall be entitled to the prize of its class, without allowance, Each yacht must carry its working sails and usual ballast, and obey the rules and sailing regulations of the club, unless they are inconsistent with these rules, ‘ ‘The prize shall bea champion pennant of each class, to be carried until lost in a subsequent regatta in the same class in which it was won, But the yacht carrying the same shall be liable to a challenge for it, to be made in writin, by any yacht of its own or # lowor class, the time an course of the race to be appointed by the Commodore and under the rules of this regetta, unless changed by bim, ‘The committee in ebarge of this re; dore Thomas C. Lyman, Sheppard Voorhis and Henry A. Gouge. ‘The entries for the regatta and the honor of winning the gay signal will be competed for by the following vessels :— tta are Commo- fomans, Williams SLOOPS—FIRST CLASS, Name. Toms. er. White Wing.......63....Sheppard Homans, N. Y. Addie V. ++-45,.++Wm, Voorhis, Nyack. -Fitch Taylor, Middletown, T. W. Sheridan, Brooklya, Edward Harvey, Brooklyn, Com. T, C. Lyman, Brooklyn, .ee-T. W. Sheridan, Brooklyn. ....8 V, Lowelland others, Bkl’n, SLOOPS—SECOND CLABS. Feet, Owner. 34....H. C. Walton, New York. 1.2.1. C, Fowler, Brooklyn. Vice Com. Brasher, Brooklym, R, Maxwell, Brooklyn. Wm, Peet, Brooklyn. -H, A. Gouge, Brooklyn. :C. T. Litchfield, Brooklyn, 8. T. Spier, Brook!yn. .H, W. Hubbeil, New York. . 8, Schell, Brooklyn, P. Halsey, .++-L, Wetmore, New York. 24....Geo, G, Wells. Should Saturday next prove propitious a spirited con- test god ‘a day of unequalled aquatic sport inay be antici+ pated, THE YELLOW FEVER. Aid for the Sufferers from the Disease—Ap- peal from the Physicians’ Executive Come mittee. The following appeal has been made by the Executive Committee of the physicians:— The Executive Committee, appointed at the mecting of physicians recently held to devise means for the re- lief of sufferers from yellow fever in Southern towns ‘and cities, have reason to believe that the exigencies of the case are not fully understood or ‘epee appreci- ated. Telegraphic reporta only give the number of the dead, No account is mado of those already sick, or of the number astacked by the fever daily. From the data supplied by the newspaper accounts, it is, therefore, al- most impossible to form a just idea of the ravages of the pestilence, or of the necessity that exists in infected places for such assistance as money, liberally contributed ‘and judiciously used, alone can secure to those who are suffering from the epidemic. Sktiful and acclimated nurses are said to be sentry but they cannot be had in sufficient numbers withou money; and, as the number of sick increasos, the de- mand becomes greater, and prices advance. The sum of $10,000, contributed in behaif of Galveston and other towns of Toxas, is already spent. The charitaole ree sources of most of the infectod \owns are exhausted, and nearly all places in which the epidemic has made its ay ce are asking aid from those not liable to scourged by the ce. In addition to New Orleans, Pensacola and Galveston, a m fe comes to us to-day from Houston, Hempstead, Huateville and other towns in the interior of Texas, asking for physicians, murses and money. In Houston there are now more than one thousand persona sick of yellow fever. In New Orleans new cased occur at the rate of over two hundred daily, Of these twenty-five per centum die, Those who convalesce rex quire the most constant and untiring attention during « ing from ten to nite Bo There are now, iod vi fnew Orleans alone, from four to five thousand yello fever patients who require such mR: oaly and experienced nurses can gts. a not diminished by the aumber of 8, but rather with the lapse of time; for while from sixty to seventy, die every twenty-four hours, about two hundred become wick, And it cannot be expected that ape ae want of material or the of frost will suffice bax | the progress of the disease, ‘ith fall faith im the hitherto boundless generosity the American people, who only need the arsarance of worthy object to arouse their sympathies, and who habitually until the necessity for giving ceases, the Oc mittee submit this ‘ Pecuniary ald to the amount of $2,000 a hr Bea meet the wants of the New Orleans Howard alone, Contributions sent to Tileston nid nd AN FESSENDEN N. , THEODORE WAISE Cotamiton, THEODORE GAILLARD THOMAS, KLISHA HARRIS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. have subseri of Orieans:—Wm, Rubl, Carter, Hawkins & Dodd, ve, J. in, Guédin & Co., Warren & #padone, John iy Fellows & B. Hyde's Paiup 1 ©o, I, Fitch & Allin, A. Baldwin & Co., Robbing Ste Cen hh wale oe, ces }. Boul y ee Rubens iiler, Cox & Sedgwick, Geo. 0. Btreet & allach & Co, Louis Straa- Falceman, Broa & Co., Agent. Wasursatom, Sept. 17, 1867, A despatch received at the United States Treasury De- partment this morning from New Orleans, states that Special Treasury Agons Saerbourne died at that piace last night of yellow (ever. A despatch received by General Dent s: eral W, Neaton is considered out of danger. Tho Yellow Fever ia Quarni Bostos, Sept. 17, 1867. ‘The steamer Oriental, from Now Orleans, is anchored at Quarantine with three cases of yellow fever on board, SHELL EXPLOSION IN INDIANA. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Three Brothers Seriously lojared Killed. Ciwcamnatt, Sept, 17, 1867, 6 o’Clock P. M. In Posey county, Indiana, four brothers, named Bride. homer, attempted to unload a shell, on Sunday. It ex- ploded, killing one of the brothers, took a off an. iter Gd aa run from the tetas aad the (abeet wos eho seriously injured, OQUNICIPAL VISITORS EN ROUTE TO SEW YORE. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. One