The New York Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1868, Page 5

NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. -MTED STATES DISTRICT COURT—iN BANKRUPTCY. Hearing Motions, Before Judge Biatchford, mm the Matter of Robert C. Rathbone, Jr.—In this ease, on a late occasion, the bankrupt’s petition was @umissed on certain grounds already published tm the HERALD. After that judgment had been given the bankrupt proposed to givein new and im- portant testimony, which he averred would induce the eourt to reverse its decision, The motion to reopen the case and heur the evidence proposed to be given was acceded to by the court, and the case was set down for bearing yesterday. Counsel ior the bankrupt moved that the case ‘should stand adjourned until Suturuay next, and, counsel for the opposing creditor Souselung, tue Judge adourned it accordingly, Mr. ‘Waite tor tie bankrupt; Mr, Merdinan for the op- Posing creditor, in ie Matter of Louis Meyers, bankrupt.—In this ease Counsel jor the crediturs was heard to oppose a motion ior a stay of proceeunys upon the grounds ‘uat a deed of conveyance hau been executed by the bankrupt to 1s wile in 1864, ata time that creditors held judgen.s aguinst bia. ‘be property 80 con- veyeu lay in or een deveuth and righta ayenues, and was represented to be of considerable value in eXceas Of Wuat it Was at Lhe Lime of Couveyauce and for ue sum wwerem speeied. Counsel moved tuat that couveyance should be regarded as a deed of Gast, and to be held us suci aud in existence tor the Deneut of the creditors, and 10 be soid Yor that pur- Ferg Udiess the judguicnis re.erred to should be saus- wd, Couusel lor tue banksupt contended that the conveyance in question Was an equitabie Listrument, Gud justiy eaccuted Lo the Whe O tue bankrupt tor her owa,use ani beneut and in ier own right. The Judge Wok the papers and reserved hus judinent, ie A. byett for the ereditors;.Mr. Boardman for ‘the bankrupt. 1a us acter of William H. Knoeppel.—This case Was ad,ourned to the 2.d inst., Mr. tdwin James ap- Peamny for the bankrupt aud Mr. G, A. belxas ior oreditors, iward Cozens Jor Himself and Against His Co- Partner, John M, Butman,—Proof of service was made in this vase. A delauit Was waken and adjudi- Gaon vl bankraptey made. AhiUuud G. uvvui's v3. Ely Hoppock.—Proot of @ervice was made, The deiendunt appeared by Mr. Cuaries ‘lracey as bis attorney. se wed a denial @Qu demanded that ihe allegation us to his having eOumuited bLunxrupicy should be decided by & gu Grder according,y; case set down tor June 2, Suni- lar proceedings Woox piace i reierence to the case Of Kichard ». rock v8. Kiy Hoppock, and the court Ordereds trial of tue mater on June 2, Application toe Aunul Order ef Discharge. In the Matier of Nelson Clements.—The bankrupt obtained iis discharge irom the court in Noye.ber Yast. ‘The imewbers comprisiag tue late arm of Paelps, bss & Co. have petiuoned tie courl, pray- ing, on certain grounds, Nhat the discua ge shoud be annulled. ‘The case wul come beiore the court on 4 inst., When Nelsou Cieiuents is to show Cause the praye: of the petitivuers siouid not be granied. Petitions Filed in Bankruptcy Yesterda: Jacov Mould, referred to Register Vitcn; John Dav.s, Jr., reierred wo Kegister vayvo Suber, referred io Register A.lew. ‘the above peti- toners ae of New ork city. George B. bout, Beekinan, Dutchess county, referred to Kegis.er Beuie; Henry shueffer, Morrisaula, Wescenester county, recrred to Register Close, URITED STATES DISTAICT COUIT—CRIM:NAL B3ANCH. Obarge of Embezzlement Against the Presi= dent ef a Bank—The Van Campen Case. The United States vs. Samuel R. Van Carmpen.— This case, which has been reported from time to time while before Commissioner Betts aud befure ‘he defendant was committed for ural, was yesterday brought before Juige Blatchford on writs of Habeas corpus and certiorari on motion for his discharge. Mr. Seward, counsel for the defendant, coinmenced Dy reviewing the principal features of the charges ‘against his client in which it was alieged that he ‘Was the President of the First National Bank of El- mira, in the State of New York, and that while he old that position he had wilfully and fraudulently embezzled various sums of money, the property of the bank, and appropriated same to nis own use, and which im the aggregue had - ed to a very large amount. The learned counsel then read the testimony taken beiore Commissioner bet.s, on which the de‘endant was Coumited ior trial. Judge Blatcutord desired to see the ledger in which the false eniries alleged to be the acts of the defendaat were made, and this being pro- duced the entries) were pointed out and minutely scrutinized by his Honor, Mr. Seward then pro- ceeded with his case by saying that irrespective of his position as advocate he felt a great interest in the issue before the court; for in tits case, contrary to all caves mm which sympathy for the accused and interest in his favor on account of his station in life and pre- sumptive beliefin his innocence had been ali en @wuy. He knew the defendant for many years, and always regarded him, as he stll re- rds shim, as @ gentleman of _ the west integrity aud hitherto of unsullied and un- impeachabie character, He contended that there wis not a scintilla of evidence which ould jusiify the charge against him. and he would ‘umicrtake to satisfy the couct that in the evidence on Which tue deiendant was accused there was nov @ single allegation against lis upright character and gvod name. in sume of the items charged against ue de‘endunt, whch in the aggregate amounted to $o7,v0u, aud called misapplications and embezzie- ments, no. one of which could be sustaned, and he wouid undertake to explain them away. Mr. Sew- ard concluded by moving that the defendant be dis- charged. Mr. Phelps, United States Assistant District At- torney, foiowed on the part of the prosecu.iou, sub- mitting to the court that the case against the ac- cused wss only a mere inquiry, and conteuded that there was provabie cause to hod him for trial or to adiiit him to bail. According to the evidence taken before Commissioner Betts tne charge avast the defendant was not whoily groundless, and he Would cousent to his discharge without @ trial un er the ordinary course of the administration of justice iu tue United States. The court reserved decision. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUAT. Large Seizure ef Whiskey. Samuel C. Frezee and five others were brought up im custody befure Commissioner Osborn on a charge of removing whiskey from a distillery to a piace other than a bonded warehouse. The evidence in the case produced by Mr. Bell for the government ‘went to prove that the defendanis were arresied at an early hour the previous day, having in their pos- session a large quantity of whiskey which they were fm the act of removing from a distillery in Forty-fifth Street and First avenue. They had seven horses, three trucks and one cart, ali of which, and the whiskey with which they were laden, were seized and delivered up to the custody of tie Marshal. The defendants were the owners and drivers of the horses and vetucies, and stated in cheir deience that tuey Were employed to remove the whiskey, and knew ee those who had employed them nor about the intention of the parties, nor of the owner- suip of the whiskey, nor anything else about it but to convey {t away on their carts and be paid for it as they would be for any other Peed ‘They were held to bail, two in $2,000 each, and four In $590 each, The examination is to be held on Tues lay next. Mr. D. C. Birdsall deiended them, SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TEIM. Tho Projected New Boulevard—Application to Confirm tho Report of the Commissioners— Obdjections Interposed. Before Judges Barnard, Ingraham and Sutherland. dn the Matter of the Confirmation of the Report of Me Commissioners af Estimate and Assessment of te Boulevard.—in this matter yesterday morning Corporation Counsel O'Gorman moved for tie con- Srmatiou of the report. Objection « the confirmation was interposed on bdehaif of Join Brower, Rudolf A. Whitthaus, Messrs, Groves, Clark and Campion, Robert Marsh and the owners of certain lots located on Sixtieth and sixty- Grsi streets, at Eighth, Ninth and Tenth avenues, ‘The objection of wer Wus disiaissed on the ground that he had not made objection to the report, @o far as concerned his property, before the commis- @onere within the thirty days prescribed by law. Abraham R. Lawrence, Jr., appearing on behalf of Mr. Whitthaus, said that the first objection he inter. Ee was jurisdictional. He claimed that the act of 865, under which the Commissioners had proceeded, was in conflict with the first and second sections of article 10 of the constitution, as it vesied powers in the Bommissioners of the Central Park which by the constitution of 1846 were vested solely in the authori- ties of the city of New York, relating to the exercise ‘@ all local powers. The 0 streets and pub Uc places etri @ local power, It the Commis- stoners could be authorized to do the curbing, grad- fs Bape flagging of all the streets on the westerly site of the city, he did not assume that the Legis- lature eet transfer these powers to other om. cers, but be ‘ench a8 elected by the people or ited by the local authorities, The intention constitation was to preserve to the local author- ities the exercise of the functions vested in them and of which they were then possessed. The Com- mussioners of the Central Park were not local office ‘but were created PAs speeial legislative enactmen and continued in their oices by legislative action. ‘The property of his client was bounded on the north by Seventy-third street, Mr. «Gorman rose and said he wished to call the attention of the court to the fact that it waa not the eonstitutionality of the legislative powers of thie State that was Mr, haus’ motive in com NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. at atmy tenting thie matter, but s the question of the amouut awarded to was the important roceeded to show that the in the valuation of real c estimates of the im question, varying from $45,000, the low appraisement, to $60,000, There was aiso an error in method of valuation by the eommiasioners. This property was all front, and the aver valuation per superficia! foot was not greater than in the case of parties whose property had but one front line. Ira Shafer opposed the confirmation on behalf of Messrs. Clark and Grove and Mr. Campion, The former contestants were the owners of an entire b ock, bounded on the north by Sixty-sixth and on the South by Sixty-filth street. Onlya portion of this property was juired for the proposed Boule- vard, but the Com! loners had appropriated the remainder also. The first assessment made by them of the valuation of this land was $25,000; but upon being made aware of the error of this _appraise- ment they increased it to $90,000. The West Side Association had estimated it to be at least worth $100,000, and ten other competent judges had set its value down at $110,000, The Commis- sioners based their second estimute with reference to the fact that it would cost $15,000 to blast certain rocks on the property; but counsel had proof of the fact that a blast.ng contractor, of undoubted coi- petency, was willing to undertake the blasting of the rocks for $9,000, The Campion property was valued by its owner at $75,000, and by competent buyers and sellers of real estate at sums varying from $65,000 to $68,000, while a bank of this city, which was prohibited from makins oans ou real estate exceeding one-half of the value of such property, had loaned the sum of $30,000 upon it, Objections were interposed to the assessment of Property located at Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets, on Eighth, Ninth and Tenth avenues, on the ground that the award was inadequate and insuficient. Counsel stated that the property was located at the intersections of leading thoroughfares, and its value Was proportionately higher than as compared with roperty not so situated, This property was located ‘tween the “circle” and Sixtieth street, and for the piece of land taken for the opentug of the “circle’’ he commission had allowed at the rate of $40,000 per area of a single city lot, while in these cases they had fixed it at a much lower figure, For the whole biock between Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets they had allowed $121,000, which was a very inade- quate compensation, Robert Marsh, the owner of a number of lots on the northeast corner of Sixty-fourth street and Broadway, also objected to the assessment on his Reew ‘as insufficient and below tne actual value. ere were on this property ten four story brick houses, all of them rented, in use and in repair, and from which he was deriving a daily income. ‘The contemplated improvement would take away eight of these houses and leave an irregular strip of land of about eight feet at one end and about iorty feet at the other. This had been estimated by the Commissioners at $81,748. 3 William Fullerton appeared as the associate of the Corporation Counsel, and after fully arguing in op- Position all the pints raised by the counsei on the other side, the court adjourned the further hearing unt the 31st proximo, SURROGATE’S COUNT. Before Surrogate Tucker. The following mentioned wills were admitted to probate:—Julia Dikeman, Eli T. Hoyt, Abraham B. Oppenheimer, Herman Bruen, Emile Bourgeoise, Levi Silliam Ives, Felix Gregoire Berteau, Henry Coggill, Jr., Eliza Maclay Bull, Emil Ploetner, Isaac M. Denman, Letters of administration were granted on the follow- ing named estates of Elizabeth Harrington (other- wise Walton), Henry H. Lloyd, Charles St. John, Amelia Ginglend, John Askew, Patrick Hoolan, Pat- rick Heavy, Robert Nelson, Samuel McMyers, Michael Ryan, Joseph H. Green, James H. Derrickson, Mar- ret Young, Robert Noble, Robert Teompacn; Wil- liam Haight, August Weink (otherwise Wink), Olof Carlson (otherwise Anderson), John Morris, Christian Reese, George W. Jacques and Roberc Drought; George Ringler appointed guardian of Caroline Gun- ther, Charies H. F. John of John A. N. Wilhelmina and William Thiner, Margaret Briggs of Mary E. Wilson, James T. Young of Anna M. Huges, Join A. Lederer of Othelia Stoher, Catiarine Aarian of Chris-. tian, Lizzie and Emilie Wentzicr. CITY INTELLIGENCE, WorK OF THE CiTY Misston.—The receipts of this organization during the last year, were $37,000. In that time it has distributed 1,007,885 tracts, held 6,217 public meetings and opened forty-six mission- ary stations. CARRIAGES FOR THE PROPHET BRIGHAM.—It is said seven magnificently appointed and finished carriages are oy yong ee in this city for Brigham Young. ese are “family” affairs. BREAKFAST THIS MORNING AT THE Howard Mis- ston.—The managers of the Howard Mission give a breakfast this morning to the needy at their rooms in the New Bowery. CHURCH OF ST, MICHABL.—Thia new Catholic house of worship on Thirty-second street, near Ninth ave- nue, will be dedicated by Archbishop McCloskey this morning. CaRED For.—Since the opening of the Home Mis- sion at the Five Points sixteen hundred children have been cared for. The Mission is poor and asks the public to aid it, THE STEAMBOAT OLD CoLoNy.—This boat, which was ashore on Hart’s Island a few weeks ago, has been thoroughly repaired, and will resume her place on the East river to-morrow evening. THe RED MAN.—A mass meeting of the people is called for to-morrow evening at the Cooper Institute to consider “the present condition of the Indians in the United States and Territories, and what best can be done to protect and elevate them.” THe LABORERS’ STRIKE.—The laborers have been suecessfal in their strike for an advance of wages. The employers, with few exceptions, have acceded to their demands, SUPERINTENDENT OF WARD'S IsLAND.—Leonard R. Welles has been appointed, at a salary of $2,500, by the Commissioners of Emigration, Superintendent of Ward’s Isiand, “WESTERN BRANCH” OF THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA- TION.—This organization holds its anniversary at 286 Hudson street on Thursday evening. ASSAULTED.—A man named Thos. Reddington was taken to Bellevue Hospital greta A who had been assaulted by an unknown man in Twenty-third street, near Third avenue, with a cartrung, RESCUED FROM DROWNING.—A man who bears the nnusiual cognomen of Patrick Dulfy, while under the influence of liquor yesterday, walked off the pier foot of stanion street, it River. He was rescued by officer Wilaby, of the Eleventh precinct. PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENT.—A stone weighing about fifty pounds fell from the roof of the fifth story tenement No. 196 Mulberry street, yesterday morning, siriking a woman named Catharine Scully on the head and shoulder, injuring her, it is feared, fatally. She was taken to the City Hospi LICPNOES GRANTED DURING THE WEEK.—There were granted during the past week at the Mayor's OMce licenses to pursue the following avocations:—Intelli- gence offices, 16; boarding bouses, 3; venders, 14; public carts, 33; drivers, 24; coaches, 2; pawnbrokera, 22; second hand dealers, 93; junk shop and boats, 110; expreasinen, 16. Total, 372, Fines collected, $29. Total ainount received, $3,079 75, Tue ReCENT MaLrRactics Case&.—Dr. John G, Webber, liviag in Stanton street, has been arrested by oxter of Coroner Keenan on suspicion of having been concerned tn the recent death of Miss Emma Kingsburger by malpractice. Dr. Webber was com- mitted to await the result of the Inquisition which Is to be continued to-day. Tue Lost Founp.—Mary Ann Herrin, a girl eleven years of age, who left her home some time ago in Easton, Pa., and came to this city, her disappear- ance causing quite an alarm for her safety to her parents, was yesterday discovered in this city in the employ of a eanenee who had found her at an in- tellugence oi} in Sixth avenue, Her father was telegraphed of the fact. At Tag Morcve.—There was taken to the Morgue yesterday afternoon, in an exceedingly decomposed state, the body of an unknown man found on Govern- or's Island, where it had been washed by the tide, sack coat, trousers and waistcoat, fancy woollen shirt and fine calfskin boota, DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS YESTERDAY.—There left this harbor yesterday for Europe and coastwise ports the following steamships:—Ville de Paris (with the largest list of cabin passengers that were ever Senet from thia city at one time), for Brest and H iver 1; Bt as Antwerp, for Li Hp gt Bd Liv- erpool; Bellona, for London; Cali angow : Ocean een for axpinwal Sherman, for New’ Or i r Charleston; for Charleston; Moore, for Newbern; Fairbanks, o iWenseey ae 3.5 Green, ha ay I Portland; Isaad Belly for Norfolk, Va.s Je A. Ganet, for Baltimore, and Neptune, for Boston. FATAL ACCIDENT IN SIXTY-SECOND STREBT.—About nine o'clock yesterday morning four laborers were engaged in removing a frame building from No. 9 Bast Sixty-second street to @ vacant lot in Sixty. third street, near Third avenue. In knocking out the a inning of the building it fell with a crash and buried the laborers beneath the ruins, Three of them fortunately esc: d unin) ired; but the fourth man, hamed Jolin Freeman, was crasned to death, Hite remains inot police, in Was notified to hold an neat, Deceaseyi, was twenty-two yeaxs uf age, lived in Thirveent® street, near Bixth avenue, were ex the Ayan Ninteenth preci where Corgucr who LARCENY BY a Boy.—William Christopher, a lad of only sixteen years, was arrested yesterday after- noon by detective Mullen, of the Fourth precivet, on the charge of having stolen a gold watch and chain worth $100 and $80 worth of jewelry from Thomas Lyneh, of 20 New Bowery. ‘alter the lareeny Chais- topher took the stolen property to a house on Greene street, and upon being arrested confe:sed his gutit and gave such information as to lead to the recovery of the goods, Alderman Coman cominitted the aé cused to the Tombs for trial. A $10,000 Lakceny.—Yesterday a young boy, fif teen years of age, of respectable connections, named Robert B. Ammon, was committed on the complaint of a saloon keeper on avenne A, named Charles Moritzson, for stealing $10,154 worth of property, mostly money, bonds and mortgag s, and burying it in the sand on East river, The property, with ine exception of the money, bonds aud mortgages, Was recovered through the in mentality of Ammon, who says it wis stolen and secreted by one Johnny Fletcuer, of Pit'sburg. The father of tue accused is a Pittsburg alderman and tue boy has been married since last July, A Susp: §s CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLITAN Ho- TEL.—On F y evening, et eight o'clock, detective Porter, atta | to the Metropolitan Hotel, observed in one of the parlors of that establishment a genteel appearing man, known to the police as William Har- ris, alias “ Friday,” alias “Boston,” and, believing him to be there for no good purpos: vested him to leave the hotel, Harris, whe was the iniuence of liquor, insisted that he was a gentle man, and, reniing to go, became quite disorderiy. Detective Porter then arrested the airish individual and took him to the Spring sireet police station, where he was detained for the nytht. Yesterday morning the prisoner was arraigned before Justice Dowlin,s and committed to the Tombs, He is thirty- five years of age, a native of Scotiand, and says he lives at No. 86 Bond street. A DumB WOMAN ATTEMPTING TO GO ABROAD IN MALE ATTIRE.—A middie aged woman, apparently of foreign birth, who is unable or unwilling to speak, yesterday morning went aboard the steamship Erin, at pier 47 North river, with the view of sailing for Queenstown and Liverpool, she having a steerage passage ticket. The surgeon of the Erin, whose usiness it was to inspect the passengers as they came aboard, discovered that the womau was dis- guised in maie attire, and, consequentiy refused to let her out in the snip. When questioned the woman declined saying @ word in explanation, and officer i arsel, of the enty-sixth precinct, being calied, arrested her ona charge of disurderly cou- duct. The posanee was no more communicative to the officer thau she had been to the surgeon, except by signs and motions, She wished to be under- stood as having a husband on the other side of the Atlantic and three children, but she did not explain why she atteinpted to leave then among strangers to go to a foreign land. She persisted in not uttering a word, and Aiderinan Co.nan, betore whom she was taken, com nitted her to the Tombs to await lurther developments. INTERNAL REVENUE. Income Returns in the Sixth Collection District. The following list concludes ghe return of incomes over $10,000 per annum made in the Sixth Collection District. The balance of the incomes reported have already been published in the HEgaLD:— Alexander Robt. H. 10,945 Leverett Isaiah L.. 18,453 Astoin Felix... 16,625 Lewis John W. « 27,893 33,949 Loutrel Cyrus H... 21,648 Aldrich H. 72 Lehman M... 2 Aldrich Eliz. W.... 16,874 Lanier Ohas, Aymar Benj. 37,572 Lamer Jas, Bronson Fred.. 23,909 Livermore E, Bronson, trastee... 17,579 Lenox Jas. 8 Lawson John D. Lenox Jas. S., a8 trustee for Hen- rietta A. Lenox.. 10,925 Lenox Jas, 5, as trustee for Je- Bradfurd Wm. H.. 3 Booth Os W Browning Susan E. Blatchford R M. Bruin Kicuard. 1,370 nette Lenox..... 11,851 Bruks Clarenc 16,501 Lenox Jas. 8, as Buckley Jos, 48,446 = trustee for Al- Bosworth J. 8 thea L. Donalson 10,780 Moore Henr; }. 17,642 Merrail Williain J... 10,493, Morrisson Jas. M.. 11 37 51 . 24,342 Menzies William... 29,327 Mairs Van Deusen. 10,307 Morgan Mrs. Pau- Cooper Constant Sam. 8. Choate Jos. H..... Cushman D.Alonzo Colles Jas.. Ogden G, M. + 10,498 Post Geoi Tk Post George D., as trustee for Einily Main...........+ 16,037 Paulding James W. 15,700 Post Eleazer....... 11,015 ‘executrix........ 23,822 Peterson Richd. N. 15,206 Duckworth IsaacF, 11,244 Peason William H. 11,406 Matthi Park Charies...... 10,099 Rosenheimer Win., 27,918 Rothcaild Wm..... 11,977 Renwick E. F..... 14,140 Remsen Hy. R.... 19,370 Solomon Judah H.. 16,108 Dolson Hy. W. Southmayd C. PF... 32,290 Davies Hy. E Sands Wm. R...... 11,687 Delamater C. H. 17,384 ‘Soloman isaac 8... 18.115 Dubois Abra...... 22,649 Sturges Fred.. + 26,815 ‘2 Skaats Schuyler... 10,204 Sheare Wm... + 12,076 Thompson Joseph.. 20,087 Tuckerman Jo..... 18,696 Tuckerman Lucius 38,606 ‘Thomas Jonathan. Tayor Wm. administrat Gaillard Jas. Green John .. Griswold George Gere Collins....... Thompson Thos:,. 24 Vanderbilt Cornel's Van Meerbeck J. F. 11,013 16,210 Groyer Christopher 18,014 Van Iderstine Peter 13,281 Gautier Josiah H.. 60,759 Ward A. H 35,000 Greenwood Mary, Walsh A. R. 20,295 Homans Shey Williams 8. Hildreth b. trustee... « 16,544 Hope Tnomas...... 26,575 Williams 8. C., as Howe Ephraim.... 17,526 guardian of An- Haligarten Chas.L. 30,808 — nie D. Wetmore, 17,471 Haligarten Laz.... 34,318 Wright Wm. Ss. 47,940 Haillgarten Julius.. $3,921 Warren John, 12,607 Holden, Mrs, C. P.. 13,000 Warren John, exe- Hoe vames C.. a Hoe Alfred C., Jones Joshua. Johnson Nathaniel, Joes Geo. + 20, Johnston Jas, Weed Win. O...2.. 1 Keily tly Wilmerding G. C.. 17,405 Kutter ¢ Wert Wm. 1 Wiel Ma Kohnstam Sol. THE WHISKEY FRAUDS. Statistics of Prosecution and Seizure—Defects of the System for Collecting the Tax—The Bonded Warchouse and How it Is Made to Cover Hilcit Transactions—The Act of Jan- uary 11 as a Remedy—How the Probicm May Be Simplified. The case of ex-Collector Callicott and coadjutors, about which an uncommon bruit was made some months since, and its pending trial; the case of Devlin, now under sentence at Sing Sing; that of Allen and Enright, decided on Thursday; and the Bailey-Davis imbrog!io, now pending, have had the effect to recall public attention to the administra- tion of the Internal Revenue Department in the district over which the Metropolitan Revenue Board held jurisdiction up to the time of its abolition about the middle of February last. It 1s a conceded fact that, under the present organization of the department, not more than twenty-five per cent of the whole quantity of whiskey manufactured is made a source of any revenue to the government; and it is alleged in authoritative quarters that in the Eighth and Ninth districts little or no effort has lat- terly been made to bring fraudulent manufacturers to justice—at least not by the local officials. The truth or falsity of this allegation need not be here can- vassed, since no facts involving any complicity on the part of the local officials have been as yet legally ventilated, and since the organization of the law itself invites frauds and renders tt comparatively easy to them with impunity. STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT. i As &@ con of this, the high rate of tax, a large of the revenue eeguttuity or legally aecruin the government will be by various means withheld; and that a larger percentage*of the revenue would be collectable were the tax per gallon one dollar or Jess, is aiso conceded. The only ques- tion is whe ‘with ther, the leaser ruie of tax, an e@ amount of revenne could be — colle: which would be equal to the auregate amount with the tax at two r gallon which could be collected with the cient organization possible of the revenue forve; for there can be no question but that, with the present apministration of aitairs, the time is not far atcollecting the tax and all attemptat realizing any at collecting and all attempt a revenue whatever from this source, Experts teatity that a considerable part of the present inefliclency of the deyartment ig due to the digsipation of the execu- “not entered on ‘he doc! tive power. This is simp: @ matter of fact, as will be evident from a consideration of the Ciroumstances of the case. The Secretary of the ‘Treasury and ‘i the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be- dependent both upon the President and upon Congress, it hay that no removal of inefficient or corrupt oficials can be effected without the cordial co-operation of both the executive’and legislative departments of the government, As it is the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue have been simply shut- tlecocks in the hands of the great players of the litical game. What is wanted, therefore, is not @ more strinent provision in tue statute, but an efl- cient and thorough co-operation on the part of the exceutive, legislative and administrative oricers of the governtwent, and without this no corrective of substantial value can be proposed or carried into effect. The Metropolitan Revenue Board is now ad- mitted to have been a failure, as is exhib- ited by the actual statistics of its opera- tions, The total number of seizures made by that 26, 1867, to Deceumber 31, 1867, was tivures an aggregate of ninety mber 31, 1867, to the middle of February, 1368, and a full estimate of the operauons ofthe Board foots np in round numbers to the aguregate of 600 seizures, Of these, from the court records of the Southern district, it_ appears that only 215 were he.d for forfeiture, and of these even fifty- one selgures Were unconditionally re.eased by order of the Board, leaving only 164 cases in whieh the property seized was actually held, Thirty one of these were released in bond after proceedings had been actually begun, From forfeitures under the Board; there has been actually paid into the Reg- istry of the Southern Distriet Court the gross sum of $47,800, to which must be added an estimate of $27,- 000 for property hot yet sold, though condemned, and small result for seventeen cases which at latest advices had not yet been decided, The total number of barrels actually condemued under the adminis- tration of the Bourd was, in round numbers, 1,000; while the number reieased afier proceedings had been commenced was 2,00, Of 436 cases of seizure, ot of the court, the greater part wrere released without any proceedings. The gross amount available from forfeitures instituted by the Bourd was only $74,400, while that body was in ex- istence eight months at an expence of $36,720; and when it is taken into account that only $47,800 has been actually realized from iis operations, nearly half of which was consnmed in court fees and costs, it was obvious that it was not even aseif-supporting body. Most of the seizures in which a condemnation resulted were of siiall moment, notwithstanding the fact that the Board began operations with a force of twenty-eight oficers, which was gradually increased to about forty with the following average cost per month :— $4,040 400 Salaries and expenses of inspectors... Four clerks at $100 per month One clerk at $150. Total +. $4,590 In tht the penses for stationery and incidentals while the Board was in session, nor of the services of the flve mem- bers who constituted tt. The trivial ty of the cases in which condemnation was actually secured may ie hw exhibited in schedule, and stand as sub- joined:— ees under 10 barrels... Cases under 20 and over 1), Cases under 60 and over 20, Cases under 100 and over 80. Cases over 100.......0. +65 ee Commencing with June 26, 1867, and continuing until the abolition of the Board, there were com- menced in the District Court by collectors one hun- dred and ninety-stx suits, of which twenty-two were released by order of the Commissioner or one of bis deputies, leaving one hundred and seventy-four to be held for proceedings. Thirty-seven of these suits were at latest information still pending, and in sevon cases the property has been released on bond; while there has n actuaily paid into the registry of the court an amount equal to $260,708 as the proceeds of these condemnations, and the pro- perty yet unsold is estimated at $72,000 ad- ditiona', making an a wate of 32, ‘The total number of barrels condemned was 3,130, the number released by order of the Commissioner being only 1,200, The schedule of seizuies and oon- demnations secured by the several collectors during the period in which the Board was in operation, as sompared with the above table of the operations of the Board, exhibits the fact that the greater propor- tion of the important condemnation secured dur ng the [spo specified (eight months) were secured at the instance of the coliectors of the several districts. ‘The tabie is as subjoined:— Condemnations under ten barrels. ..... Condemnations under twenty and over ten. 16 Condemnations under sixty and over twenty 6 Condemnations over 100 barrels,......... 10 This achedule exhibits a percentage of large seiz- ures in favor of the several collectors, ‘Lhe operations of the department since the aboli- tion of the Metropolitan Revenue Board have been extensive, though by no means commensurate with the frauds perpetrated, Of rectifying houses in the several New York districts there have been seized and turned over for foreiture during the last seven months some twenty-six, of which eighteen have been condemned and the appraised value paid in. During this perce $185,000 have been paid Into the pi on 4 of the Court, while over $40,000 worth of roperty rests under condemnation. During the last ve months, twenty-eight Hcensed distilleries, eight of them of the very largest capacity, have been seized and turned over for forfeiture, Of this number twenty-two have been forfeited by decree of court, and the remaining six will proba- bly be condemned, Four other cases of seizure are still pending and have not been turned over for proceediny and with these is con- cluded the cursory review intended in this article of the operations of the revenue department in the several districts of this city for the past five or six months, and so far as the collection of the tax on whiskey is concerned—though it may be added that twenty-one distillertes have been seized in the Eighth and Ninth districts alone. OWNERS AND THEIR PROXIES, It has been and ts the policy of the government to concentrate the business of distilling in the hands of capitalists, by this means leasening the number of distilleries and increasing their individual responsi- bility and importance, is, could it be eflected, would necessarily simplify the problem by diminis! ing the number of poinis at which executive vigi- lance is required, besides throwing the business into the hands of @ more responsible class. It Is a fact not tobe evaded or gainsaid that at the present time nearly all the licensed distiller! this city are owned by men _ who, kee ing in the background themselves, put ward proxy owners or agents, These pe sons are generally of the class who can be heid to no remunerative accountability for fraad, and whom to punish would subserve no valuable purpose, even could their conviction be secured. The utmost that can be done is to make an example occasionally at government expense. In the cities of New York and Brooklyn, also, a, distilleries nave been built. ‘These are operated with no regularity, and are onl; kept going for so long a time as by cunning and off- cial connivance they can be run without the incur- ring of any legal penalty. When detected and for- feited by decree of court they are again bought up by the real parties in interest fer an average of tive per cent of their original cost and are again put in ope- ration with ostensibie owners and forthe same pur- pose as before, Thus, the greater proportion of all the distilleries in the several city districts have been forfeited and sold .at least once or twice, and many of them have been through the same operation four or five times. Again, the great number these distilieries compels the ,-overnment to employ too large a number of salaried officers for purposes of economical admin- istration, and thus a large percentage of the revenue actually collected ts consumed in the salaries; while, furthermore, it is in ible to secure faithfulness to duty in so large a 'v, and connivance at fraud ‘on the part of the oilcials is tue con: mee, There are numerous inspectors in the several New York districts who are as regularly saiaried by the distillers as are the ostens’ble employes of the distiliery Itself. ‘The present posture of a.lairs, therefore, inures neither to the beneflt of the public who consume, nor the benefit of the government. On the contrary the people have to bear all the evils of taxation without any compensating benefita, The price paid for whiskey in excess of the cost of production, as the case stands, simply accrues to a large class of knaves who bud up colossal fortunes by defrauding the government, ‘The fact ia, the theory of the law is at fault, and invites fraud. Under its system of administration, the government assumes the task of a continual and minute supervision, not only of several (housand dis- tilleries, bat of many more thousand rectiflers and wholesale dealers, and the consequence is the crea- tion of an immense army of oMcials and detectives, with a wholly ineMictent administration of the pro- visions of the law aud @ thorough demoralization on the part of both the officials who supervise and the distillers who operate under their supervision. ‘The whole business might be easily concentrated, however, by a collection of the tax at the distillery, a concentration which would secure a large percent- age of the revenue (o the government. A system of this sort would relieve dealers and producers of su- pervision, and enable the [ed to dispense with the services of at least fifty cent of the offl- cials at present Ca ha in the fraitiess attempt to restrain frauds which are invited by the very loose- ness and eomplication of the system which at pres- ent obtains. ; THE BONDED SARSHOUSE ACT — f Jannary 11, 1868, has prove: n edly, though it was a step in the right direction. Under its provisions no spirits can be removed from a ware- house except in payment of the tax, and thus a stop was put to removais for rectification and to trans- rtation from one warehouse to another while tn pont, By these two Wi ahd rd most extensive frauds had been covered. Under pretence of re- moval for F .. of rectification, whiskey and high wines trans; from the Went and stored tn New York Warehouses were systematically taken out and replaced. In some cases the commodity takeu out was replaced by fraudulent products from New York distill but more fraudulent Western cts sent to York branded anc ander cover of permits issued for whiskey com- ing regularly in bond. On its arrival at the une frandalent Le was passed house either moved for red ion, OF without the formality of a deposit in houses. In other cases alcohoi, been shipped to the East for expor*, was taken into Warehouses and after @ part of the conients had been abstracted the "alance was shipped aboard, the shipper feetinng credit through the connivance onicials Yor ti ¢ full number of Pisa d gallons received In alt val of details ino the warehonse. with which these frauds were cond there was jai bonded Ly nad but one general result, viz. :—' duets of fraudulent —- whet! 3 in the East or in the Waat. But for the existence these warehouses, in fact, it would have been next ible to protect these products of illicit dis- wh le the manipulation previous to putting them in the market was going on. Government locks and raped omicers and all the contriv- ances of law to secure the safe keeping of apiriis held for tax were made defences under cover of which fraudulent operators escaped detection; and from accurate collation of data it may he stated that the number of barrels of whiskey upon which tax has been evaded and profits pocketed has aver- aged one bundred and fifty thousand per year for the last two years. Nor was this all, The system of fraud was elab- orated into an exact science. Favilities not being suiicient to cover the gigantte frauds projected, rectifying houses were established in immediate con. neciion with bonded warehouses and witit doors and passages communicating on every floor, and under cover of the fancied safeguards of the law the most gigantic frauds of the whole catalozue were perpetrated. In putting a period to removals for rectification and to transportation in bond, there- fore, a step was taken In the right direction, and at Step should be followed out to its logical con- clusion, Which may be stated in three pots, viz. 1, The abolition of all warehouses, and, in fac! the abrogation of the whole bonded warehouse system as a vehicie for the collection of the tax. 2, The dispensing w th the system of giving credit b) distillers and a rigid adherence to the cash sys- mM, 8. The collection of the tax at the distillery, thas leaving the rectitier and the wholesaler at liberty, ond reducing the number of points to be supervised wita- in reasonable limits, A simplitication of the provisions of the law would thus be effec ed, which would insure the collection of at least ninety per cent of the whole revenue which phot accrue to government froim the wluskey in- terest. ‘The system as it stands, thouch somewhat simpli- fled, furnishes an easy cover for frauds of equal magnitude with those formerly perpetrated. In point of fact, in short, the same facilities are oifered and made availabie. It is only necessary that the storekeeper of a warehouse should be tn collusion with a distiller or owner of spirits, and for every lot of, say, twenty barrels admitted into warehouse prop- erly, to admit Lwo, three, four or any other number of lots of twenty barrels similarly branded witiout entering the additional lots on the warehouse re- cords, When tie owner pays tax on the original lot of twenty barrels. procuring, of course, tax receipts for this lot which he withdraws regularly, and at the same time throws on the market the other lots not mae on the records, should ny question be raised as any of these lots he has only to produce the tax re- ceipts just spoken of to protect th m, It ts needless to discuss in this connection the use of metres and of the various expedients for taxing distilleries according to their capacity for produc- tion. These can hardly have eifect even to modity frauds while the system remains, and the tact is patent that the present organization under the pres- ent law is aimost a dead failure. Under it tne col- jection of the tax is the exception, not the rue, and so it will continue to be while the system remains, in spite of metres and all other astringent inventions, As it is, tue number of distilleries which defy detec- tion and operate with impunity in the various cities of the country—small distilleries with rectifying houses in connection, and serving as a sort of tender for their frauds—may be. counted by thousaads ; while the number of these in this city and Brooklyn and Jersey City would foot up to some scores, all én- gaged either dally or nightly in illicit distillation, and, m point of fact, carrying on their fraudulent opera- tions with almost utter impunity. BROOKLYN CITY. UNITED STATES CIRCU.T cOUaT. The Alleged Whiskey Fraud Case of Cale Neott and Allen. Before Judges Nelson and Benedict. At noon yesterday the trial of ex-Collector y and Johns. Allen was resumed in the United States Circuit Court. The court was crowded and consi- derable interest appeared to be manifested in the proceedings. EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION. Alexander Barr was the first witness called. He testified that he was a policeman attached to Justice Buckley’s Court; he occupied that post- tion for the last seven years; knew Mr. Moylan; was acquainted with him about two years, and saw him almost daily before his death; saw him in the vicinity of the City Hall; he followed the business of a confectioner; he nse @ considerable portion of his time in Kirby & Shiriey’s liquor saloon; he was a man of common appearance, his boots being down at the heei; knew Join Foggart and nm ac quuinted with him about two years; he was for some tume a constable, and subsequently occupied the po- sition of deputy sheriff, Q. State whether he was well known in the victaity of the City Hall and Collector's oitice? Mr, Jenks—I object, on the ground that the ques- tion is not le in this case, ag it connot be ex- pected that llicott was acquainted with every disreputable hi r-on in Rarer ARE places about the Hail. He might not be acquainted with te stable bye near his office daily. xamination resumed—Never knew him to be col- lector of militia fines; he was a constable inthe ‘Twentieth ward up to January, 1567, Cross-examined—Did not remember when he was absent from the City Hall; believed he was South a thought he returned during the summer TESTIMONY OF JOHN JAGGARD—THE HAND BOND. John Jaggard testified that he had resided in Brook- lyn for tue t sixteen years; was a collector of militia fines for the Thirteenth and Twentieth regi- ments; heid the position of constable for about two ars. (Witness was shown the R. H, Hand bond.) le testified that he em itin George Hardy's office; refused at first to sign because the names on the bond were wrong; was assured that it was only a matter of form, and he then signed it; when going to Mr. Cailicott’s oftice Mr. Allen asked him if that was his signature and he replied that it was; was never asked about any property; was not summoned and saw no Bible; after going out of the office he found $5 in his pocket. Joun Fietcher examined—He stated that he was superintendent of John Wilson’s distillery, between Flushing aveaue and Skillman street; that distillery ceased working in January, 1867; had about 80,000 ions of spirits on hand at that time, in two ware- houses, one at the foot of Skillman street and the other on Flushing avenue. Mr. Williams submitted that there was no allega- tion in the indictment setting fort that Lose prem- ises were bonded warehouses, Examination resumed—Those warehouses were calied class A warehouses; on the 27th April, 1867, there were 411 barrels remaining of the 917 in the warehouse between Skillmaa street and Flushing avenue; 666 barrels were afterwards drawn from the tanks; on the zith of April a quanuty of the 411 bar- rels was sold to Mr. Cunningham; the negotiations for the sale of that liquor commenced on wy 1; the lowest price was forty cents a gallon in bond; he said he would take 200 barrels; never it was sold until the money was received; Mr. Rue came to inspect the spirits; Rue was a general inspector in the Third district. Q. Look at those two forms and state whether that was the inspection’? A. Yes, I suppose it is; the date of inspection was May 3. Q. After Mr. Rue’s inspection what did you hear or know of these spirits? A. The whiskey was removed on the loth and i7th; received the mouey on the 16th; it was removed by Mr. Fanchard in carts employed by Mr. Cunninghain; the carts came some time in the forenoon, before twelve o'clock; witness at first refased to let the wolskey go, because Fanchard had only part of the money; subsequently the whiskey ‘waa removed in carts; It took two days to remove it; did not know the carmen; one of them was caied “Cris;” there were in all five or six; the same carts came next morning and were superiniended by wir. Panhard; could not tel how many barrels were removed on tie Ist; tue removal of the two hundred he suid Canningiam two hundred and eveven more; the whiskey was suid by Cunningham at forty cents a gailon in bond, and it was paid tor before it was taken away; Cunning. ham agreed to take it four or five days before the time acinatly fixed for the removal; Backus in- spected the two nundred and eeven barre.s on the 24th of May; he came in the morning about nine o'clock and inspected; he was assisted by A. J. Phillipa; te latter was employed by witness; while the inspection was going on Cunninghat came to the piace in a wagon, waited till the inspection re. turn was made out and took it away with him; he came back with an order for the removal of the Whiskey, whica was subsequently removed, After some further evidence witness proceeded to state that subsequent to the facts alrealy detatied Cunningham made a proposition to him to halves” in the proiit# accruing from the removal of the Aloe ay and of “rashing’ some 2,000 gal- lons through the Collector, in which witness de- clined to take any part. Cunningham said he was afraid of a warehouse keeper being appointed in lace of Robinson; he mentioned Mr, Dayton’s name; he sak! Robinson was to be removed, aud there was to be another warehouse keeper appointed. ‘There waa a tot of whiskey of 200 # removed from Wilson's distiliery on the 24d of April, which he understood was seized, The ressou assigned for Robinson's removal was because he nad informed in order to have these 200 barreis seized; Robitison was removed on the ist of May and Dayton took his place; he remained as storekeeper during the month of May and till the 111 barrels of spirits were re- moved. Counsel offered in evidence 'ton’s intment. by Calitcott and his transfer from Wisner hoses to that of Alexauder the bonded warehouses with the haa been issued dou way with ch hovises; tinder thts order Mr. Caliicott nad cansed the Tune he caw Yoel 1 am e Wiis! ja tan! was tor ithenn was shown a daplicate of his statement of ft the year, attached to which was’ tne report at ir. This he — to the collector's office and he thought it was to Mr. “0 Yo ME. Toppans made the retgtiretynuerey wocountt 5 to barrel up the whiskey in th to removal; this was on June 7. topped making w! Janu- it that time there were 50,000 on were 411 barrela in south side of tie street when Cunningham purchased tt;Jeould not say whether the duty was on it or not; 200 barrels were sold te Colonel Enright; the first 200 barreis sold to Cun- ningham were paid for by Mr. Foucherd; the amount Was $4,291; Cunningham paid for the 211 barrels in Vments; the first payment was $23,000; Cunning- am asked witness how much whiskey he had on hand; he wanted witness to go in with” him and de- fraud the government; it was all right; he had pro+ tection from Mr, Cailicott’s office and could rus thousand barrels through if necessary; never apphed to Cunningham or Enright ~ to with them in the removal of this whiskey; could hot say whether the same carts that car- Tied away Enright’s whiskey also carried away Conningham’s; could not say that they were not the Sate; the permit is in Mr. Dayton’s tand for the removal of the whiskey; it had the signature of Mr. Cailicott attached to it;’alzo saw the permit for the second lot; it had Mr. Callicott’s name attached to it; Mr. Cunningham also gave Mr, Dayton an order appointing him conducting oficer to see that the whiskey Was transferred to lignters$ the body of the paper Was not in CaNicott's hand- writing; it had Caliicot’s naine attached. This closed the testimony for the day. Callicott’s bail surrenders him, ” The District Attorney at this stage inquired as to the question of Callicott’s bail, Mr. Henry Lax, his bondsman, having refased to furn sh bonds for his further appearance. The amount was $50,000, Tue court said that Callicott must, under the cir. cums: ances, remain in the custody of tie Marshal until new bonds were furnished, Mr. Allen was remanded to jail. The court then adjourned tll Monday at noon. KINSS COUNTY SU7AOSATE’S cOUIT. The wills of the following named persons were proved in the Kings County Surrogate’s Conrt during the past w Johanna Wiliiains, James Clark, Elijah Bryan and Cynthia Rollins, of Brooklyn; Cor- nelius Boice, of Plaintield, N. J., and Richard R. Stilw of the town of Grave nd, L. Le. of administration were granted In the es- ar) 'y, of the town of Tiatbush; Paul n, Mary Dinan, lariue Hussinan, beth Magee, *Mary Ann W; sate Godsele, 3. Pie Alexander ©, Barr |. H. sayre, Mar- garet A. Gale, James Pursiey, Eliza Shannon and Willam Haggerty, all of Brow n Letters of guardianshp were gr inted by the Sar- rogute to the following minors:—Of bila L., to Bliza P. Wade, ‘her mother; of Jolin Hagerty, to Eliza Reid; of Johr Y., James 8, Cornelia, Aurusius and jeorge Somurindyck, to Augustus souarindyck, their received an order tanks BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. THE Lave FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—On Friday night Coroner Smith held an inquest over the body of Rosa Zahaling, a child four years of age, facally injured by being run over by a Granam avenue car on the 8tn inst, After a protracted investigation the jury rendered the following verdict:—*We tnd that the death of Rosa Zahaling was causel by accidental injuries received through being Knocked down aud run over by car No, 296 of t.e Brooklyn City Railroad Company, on the 8th of May, 186%. We exonerate the driver (John Hannan) from all bia md recom- mend that the parents of children of tender age be more careful and not allow tuem in future in the public streets without proper provection.”. Hannam was then discharged from custody by the Coroner. ARSON IN THE EASTERN Disvraict.—An attempt was made on Friday night to set fire to the residence of Mr. Henry Mills, 167 Morrill street, E. D., but the family fortunately discovered the fire, which was kindled in the cellar, in time to prevent serious re- sults. DeaTH FRoM BurNs.—Mrs. Margaret Hug, of 147 Scholes strect, E. D., who was terribly burned on Monday evening last by the careless use of Kerosene oil, died yesterday morning, after enduring intense agony. FATAL SEWER ACCIDENT.—Yesterday afternoon two laborers, named James Donnelly aud John Rowe, were buried in a sewer in Ewen street, E. D., by the caving in of an embankment, When taken from the ruins Donnelly was iound to be lifeless aud Kowe was dangerously injured. NEW JERSEY. Newark. EFfect OF THE IMPEACHMENT NEwS.—In this city the news from Washington yesterday fell like a bombshell among the radical ranks, causing dismay and disappointment of the most bitter discription. ‘The democratic element, on the contrary, are in high sphics over the result, and confidentiy assert it ts} the death-knell of the bugbear tmpeachment. The most intense excitement prevailed relation to the’ matter, Sap OccURRENCE.—An infant child of Mr. John Hogg, residing at No. 1056 Academy street, straye® away from home on Thursday evening. The canal, which runs near Mr. Hogg’s home, was dragged and the body of the infant was found at the botiom. PICKPOCKETS CAUGHT IN THE ACT.—Yesterday morning the two men, whose names are Charles Wil- son and John Anderson, and whose arrest was briefly stated in yesterday’s HéRALD, were. brought before Justice Mills and fully committed for trial. They were discovered by detectives Brant and Sinith in the act of picking the pocket of a German named Fred- erick Untredt, of 290 Market street. His silver watch and a complete set of skeleton keys were found in their possession. SHockine Suicrpe oF AN ELDERLY Lapy.—On Friday evening Mrs. Mary Eastman, residing with her nephew, Mr. Henry Aiken, on Rahway avenue, com- mitted suicide by hanging herself. The dead body of the unfortunate lady was found suspended by a cord from one of the rafters of @ barn in the rear o1 ihe residence about eight o'clock, No cause is assigned for the rash act except a slight tendency to mono- mania on relixious matters. The deceased was abou* fifty years of age. Hudson City. Scppen Deata IN THE County Jact.—A prisoner named James O'Neill, who had been confined in the bse Rs for the past two weeks on a charce f neglecting his family, was found dead in his cell yesterday morning. “He wus forty )eais of age and a resident of Hudson City. Coroner Warren will bold an inquest on Tuesday. Trenton. ALLEGED SwINDLING.—In the Mercer County Court yesterday aman named Job Wolver‘on pleaded not guilty toa charge of obtaining goods under faise pretences from Cahtil & Nolan, liquor dealers in thie city, It Is alleged that the accused procured goods to the amount of $182 by representing that he was the owuer of a house and lot worth $3,000 on which there was no mortgage, which subsequently, tt is aleged, proved incorree:, as the property was mort- gaged to tae extent of almost ite whoie vaiue, VisiraTION BY Bistor BAYLEY.—The Right Rev. Bishop Bayley will visit St. John’s Catholic church here to-day for the purpose of administering the sac- rament of confirmation toa large number of aspl- rants. The Bishop is announced to de.iver a lecture in the evening at half-past seven o’c.ock on the inci- dents connected with his visit to the tioly Land and the Eternal City. - rte Keypo SANGUINARY AFFRAY.—A couple of days ago « fight occurred between James Riley, a saloon keeper, and E:manuel Wilson, a returned convict. It is al- leged that Wilson was imbibing ratuer frealy and desired more drink, which was refused. tison ‘ew 40 uproarious that Riley endeavored to oust im from the premises, bat to eilect bis object it is alle; he seized a hatchet and cast it at Wiiso cutting his arm dangerously, Wilson next setzed the same weapon and, as alleged, almost severed Riley’s arm from his body, Wiisun was arrested, Elizabeth, ANOTHER HAUL OF ALLEORD COUNTERFEITERS— Tae Caimr ov PoLice Fikkp at.—ihree men, named Frank Cross alias Patrick Costigan, George Chew and William Fitzpatrick, were arrested late on Friday night, aiier having, a8 ai rushed nine two doilar counterfelts on the et National Bank, of New York in five disferent stoves this city. It appears tat a few minutes alter eleven o'clock two rough looking fellows entered the lager beer saloon of Louis Zor, on Broad street, near the depot, and preseated oe of the bogus notes, which was reused by the proprietor. Chief of Police John Keron happened to ve present and at once au their character. Subsequently @ third person en- tered the saloon, and soon made bail-fellow-weil-met with the others, Whereupon @ discussion arose, in the course of eet tee Chief spe and was ing one ol party iuto custody ior eveane when @ smart rap was administered him on the face. A scuMe then ensued, and the trio made off, the Chief and several officers follow- ing, Cross Was cangut, but the other two got away. While just in the act of pounciny on them at the {epetied”cloec by ‘hin ear After warding pation | whist) ear. wail ti dawn he nabbed the other two und conducted them to the station house. The prisoners wee aficr- is given in charge of United states detective Tue STORM AND THR Fisting Bustvess.—The fate northeast storm was most destructive to the fiviti interests about Sendusky. a N al the t Potni the water, aud py pr ny) bien oun up aud lost. Mr. ‘of this, uate fone of Sh ae nearly all our dealers, who have any interest 5 or extent, ‘The total lone in this viclulty, | counting twine, stakes, and lost + i. ae ave ye $50,000, It will require pane ete ys, we men eXPeri in tals particuia Gustecat ateuard t9 ‘and. ‘The delay thus caused is Cosi ly, a4 this is the middie of the fist: season, bat ver; ‘time the nets are agin down oniy two tad by int remain for catehing.—Sandushy, (Uhiv) | Regisiem,