The New York Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1868, Page 8

8 THE CENTRAL UNDERGROUND RAILWAY, Ap Important Subterrancan Avenue en the Bast Side of the City for the Speedy Trans- mission of Passengers Ceontemplated—The Company Incorporated and Partially Or- ganized—The Act of Incorporation—Capital— Board of Directors Chosen—Proposed Elec- tion of President To-Day. ‘The necessity which (in consequence of the topo- graphical formation of the island of Manhattan) exists for the opening of direct avenues that shall connect the extreme southern and northern sections of the city, and on which a vast and rapidly increas- ‘ng population—without interference with the ordi- nary commerce of he people or the particular traffic ‘of the streets—may be conveyed in the shortest pos- sibie period of time, has become Lmperative, It has been found—indeed, no one for years, meas- ‘uring the necessities of the people, has pretended to the contrary—that surface railroads within the more densely populated districts of the city are altogether too slow and inconvenient, and every way inade- quate to the present wants of the community. As ‘the city increases in the extent of its business and resident population, as the waste lands in the more northern parts of the island are improved by the erection of dwellings, the surface roads will be found a nuisance rather than an accommodation. When first infroduced the upper wards did not then contain a third of their present population—they were sufficient for the demand; but, as from the south side of Fourteenth street the vast majority of residents have since emigrated northward of that thoroughfare, the time it requires to pass from the residence to the place of business of the citizen 1s somewhat appalling, If he ves anywhere north of Thirty-fourth street. and his business is conducted south of the City Hall he may calculate with positive certainty (besides being necessitated to stand every other trip on his way up or down in crowded, filthy, badly ventilated cars, brought into close contiguity with every form ot vileness and disease) on a loss of from two to three hours daily, or from twenty-six to thirty-nine days in the three hundred and thir- teen working Gays of every year. ‘This is too serious @ tax upon the time of any man, No person, be he wealthy or poor, can afford to throw away from one-fourteenth to one-twelfth of his life riding on horse railways, when the same distance to be traversed can be accomplished at a much cheaper expenditure of time and health in these days of speed by steam and by electricity. The business man (and certainly not his subordinate) cannot afford to waste hours daily and undergo phy- sical exhaustion in a species of disease-breeding box while returning to his home at the close of the labors of the day, if by any possibility he can accomplish the same ride in one-third of the time now wasted, besides breathing pure air and having ainple room in which to sit and move, and that without being rudely jostled, his garments torn and soiled, and, as is too frequently the case, his pockets rifled of their contents. The necessity for the introduction of a more popu- lar, cheaper, safer and quicker mode of conveyance hag engaged and is now engaging the attention of engineers, inventors, capitalists and others inte- rested in the progress of the city, the health and, from the conformation of the island, travelling ne- cegsities of the people. Elevated and underground railways have been suggested and planned. In Greenwich street we have a half mile section of an elevated road which promises to be useful, and = the plan tome by the association incorporated the ie title a the New York City Central Under 1d. uion ofan poe Fp road commencing on the easterly ‘ity Hall and extending to Ninety-second street, and thence to Harlem river, the tunnel which it is thought a to butid wil permit ‘of the introduction of tracks on which heavy engines and cars can be placed that will pass from one end of the city—north and south—to the other in one- moe Bue pat taken by the ay pome roads, and with for Passengers ah equable stmnos- phere, pure as it is possible for thorough ventilation to make it, added to sufficient room to move and in, making the ride on ail occasions rather of @ task. On the 17th inst. the corporators of the Central ao | held a meeting at their office, No. 68 lway, elected a Board of Directors. ‘This is constituted of the foll gentlemen, all well known and responsible citizens:—William B. Ogden, John J. Blair, William E. Dodge, Lewis B. Brown, Geo! Griswi J. Boorman Johnston, Ng a EI Bi an, Henry lenry F. Vallrand Gnaries 8, Brown,’ Board & F i ‘o-day the con- ‘venes for the purpose of choosing a president, sub- sequent to w! arrangements will be made for the books of the company for subscriptions to its capital stock of $10,000,000—a sum amply suf- ficient, so the eers ‘and surveyors declare, to build the tunnel, place the rails and otherwise thoro' nly equip the road. For formation of the readers of the HERALD we herewith publish the act incorporating and the company to construct an under- ground railway :— Ax Act to incorporate the New York City Central und nd Kailway Company, and to authorize {| the sald company to construct and operate a cer- » tain underground railway in the city of New York, Passed April 17, 1363. The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:— ‘SECTION 1. W. Butler Duncan, Wiliam B. Ogden, George Griswold, James Boorman Johnston, George D. Craigen, James M. Brown, William E. pee Hen- ry F. Vail, Lewis B. Brown, Edwin Dodge, 8. W. Hop- kins, Edward R. Peil, J. S. Thayer, Clarence 8. Brown, Henry E. Davies, Julius F, Cheesbro, W. W. Hunting- ton, D. M. Hildreth, J. S. Shultze, Henry W. Slocum, Horace Deming, John Phillips, Everett H. Kimbark, Bryan Lawrence, Joseph Dixon, Eugene Bissell, Henry Marshall, Bdwin J. McKee, Royal N. Torrey, ‘Thomas Canary, William Johnson, Bernard Kelly, William ©. Squier, John Fiteh, Edward C. Byrne, Henry Smith, Benjamin Weed, Edward Coles, Dan- fel R. Jewett, Ezra Clark, Jr., Isaac Bell aud John T. Conover are hereby’ created a body cor- orate and politic by the mame of “The New ork City Central Underground Railway Com- Ee ‘The said corporation shall continue for one jundred years from the pa of this act, and shall be located in the city of New York, and the capital stock shall be $10,000,000, divided into one hundred thousand shares of $100 each. See, 2. The business and offices of said corporation shall be managed by a board of thirteen directors, who shall be elected annuaily by the stockholders, and the first election of said directors shall be beld in the city of New York within three months after the passage of this act, and the day and place there- of shall be determined by the five first named cor- porators herein, and they shall give notice thereof to each of the other incorporators herein named, which notice shall be delivered at or matied to their respective places of abode or business at least twenty aye prior to the time of such election; ‘and such of the corporators as shall attend in person or by proxy shall appoint two tellers to conduct the election and declare the result, and the directors there chosen shall hold their office for the term of one year and until others are chosen in their places. Sec. 3. The corporation hereby creat shall art sexs al] the powers and privileges and be subject to all the provisions of the act entitled “An act to au- thorize the formation of railroad corporations and to regulate the same,” passed April 2, 1850, and the weveral acts ameudatory thereof and additional there- to, except so far as the provisions of the said act are modified by or are inconsistent with the provisions of ‘Unis act; and the said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to make, construct and maintain @ tunnel, and to construct, operate and use therein a double track railway, aud the necessary sidings, and ‘Wo convey passengers, freight and property, in cars propelled by steam or other power, for com- ensation, Under and through the soll, beneath cer- jain streets, avenues, squares and grounds in the city of New York, as hereinafter specified; but said Corporation sliail have no right to acquire the use or Sac of any of the streets or public places in the city of New York under the provisions of the said acts, or by any agreement or grant of the city authorities, except such use or occupancy as is granted or provided for in this act, and except such Yemporary rights and privileges, during the period of construc! waid tunnel and railway authorized in this act, as the proper authorities may grant to said company to facilitate such construction. Sec. 4. The tunnel and railway hereby authorized to be constructed and enjoyed by sald ‘corporation shall follow, as near a8 possible, the line of the atreeta, avenues, courses and places named:—Com- mencing int on the line of Broadway, ip City Hall Part, and nortneriy ofthe pre foutherly line of Park place; ly and under ground, passing in front of the old City Hail, southerly of the fageng in front of the same, and norther'y of the proposed general Post tng to the aD nnn Sores the or eae office and southerly of the Superior Court corner Chambers and Centre st to ‘Cents street; thence under and across said te City Hall place; thence easterly under cuy Tall piace to Pearl street ; Pearl street and so across said thence northerly under said itibecry B.eeoker street; thence northerly ander actu wid Bieocker street in @ straight }, a8 Dear as br otieal, to Latayettee piace; thence gortherly u suid Lafayette place Astor place; thence wnder and across said Astor place and Ei street, to the portherly side Of sal Lx iy) street; thence across the biock between said Eighth street and Ninth street, and easterly of St. Ann's church, on said Highth street, to Fourth avenue; thence northerly uner the westerly side of aid’ Fourth avenue to Fourwenth street; thence under and across Fourteenth stfeet and eaid Fourth avenue to Union square; thence northerly under satd Union square to seventeenth street; thence under and across suid Neventeenth street and through the viocks, a4 near a8 possible in a direct fine, to Twer ird street; thence under Madison square, ) avenue, to Twenty-sixth street; thence iy under and across sald Twenty-sixth street hence under gaid Madison ave- now opened to Eighty-#ixth street; thence Madison avenue a8 declared by chapter © Laws of the State of New York Of 1867 to fi thence northeasterly Continuing the eine line to the Harlem river; thence easterly and Wisleriy cone said Harlem river, Win We Larlen Benge at the terminas of Thi youve And im case We lowness of the NSW-YORK HERALD, ‘TURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1668 TRIPHM BHT Sao, 6, For the of mi constructing and the eanel and raft sald cor- feetnaye ae "ushese sane soe, ares, public places and. lands. hereto avenues, “ before Biinto and upon the soll of the game, to construct and maintain said tunnel and railw: the route and to the points herein draining, ‘tent urposes of said railway and for the convenience The pubite travel, and at such depth below the sur- face and in such ‘manner as oowaally t0 prevent any interference with the surface of streets, av- enues, squares Or grounds, or the use of the same, with such exceptions as are provided for in this act, and except also that during the progress of con- struction It shall be lawful to make such excavations and openings in sald streets, avenues, apenas Ba ‘under which said tunnel and railway constructed or over which said railway tracks shall be laid, ag shall be necessary from time to time, and in all cases the surface and pavements. of said streets, avenues, squares and grounds over said tunuel and railway shall be restored to the condition in which they were before such excavations were made, as near as ble, and, a Riectioade one-half the width of said street shall be alws kept open for the public travel; but where excavations for the full th of such streets or avenues shall be made, they shall not be oftener at any one tie nor more than one in each uarter mile of said route; nor shall they be more an two hundred and fifty feet in jength in any one piace, nor shall they be kept open longer than fora period of sixty days in any one place, except by the consent, in writing, of the Street Commissioner of the city of New York. And it shall be lawful for said corporation to make, construct and maintain openings for ventilation or light extending from suid tunnel to the outer edges of the sidewalks of the streets or avenues, and to the surface of the Squares in which said tunnel shall be constructed, aud sald openings i not exceed two feet except in public squares and year where said open be four feet in width by eight feet in length at any one point; said openings for ventilation in said parks and squares shall be covered with a cast iron grating; said grating shall not extend more than six inches above the surface of said squares or parks; and sald company shall erect and maintain hollow iron pil- lars or columns of an ornamental pattern suitable for lampposts, which may be substituted for the posts now in use; the said posts being provided with gaspipes, burners and lanterns, at the expense of said corporation. It is hereb; owever, that the said corporation shall be liable to the owner or lessee of any pallaing or ais ie along the route of said railway tunnel for any which he or they shall sustain by reason of any direct injury caused thereto by the construction of such railway eS mia tion shall have the right Suc. 6, The corporation ave the to acquire the title to and hold such real estate or in- terest therein ag may be necessary to enable it to construct and operate said tunnel and railways as here provided, and to construct and maintain the proper platforms, stations and buildings of said cor- poration at such points along the route as may be most convenient and suitable for the ingress and of ers and freight, and necessary for the operation of the railway, and for proper com- munication between said tunnel and platforms, and said stations and buildings; and in case it can- not agree with the owner or owners of such real estate or mterest for the purchase or use thereof, it may acquire the title to = ae specs in ane Sow hereinbefore = ferred except in any of the proceedings urposes authorized by this section, that the petition to the ion of or reference to surveys, or yn; but whenever meceasary or convenient for the said rail- way, turnouts, platforms or stations to take and use for the = of oe the Lapeer parr grounds, parks or no compensation awarded or demanded for the same; but in all cases the use of the aforesaid avenues, squares, grounds and the right of way under and through the same, for the purpose of a tunnel and railway as in authorized and pro- vided, shall be considered is hereby declared to be @ public use, consistent with the uses for which the or, Aldermen and commonaity of thesald city hold said cer Caan and Spelt ae But opening in any public gro or places mhalt be more than five hundred feet in length nor more than one hundred feet in width. Sgc. 7. Said tunnel shall be constructed at such depth below the surface of the streets or avenues a8 will avoid any interference with or changes in the water mains of the Croton Aqueduct Board, except such changes as may be in the opinion of the Chief Engineer of the Croton aqueduct Board necessary for the proper construction of said railway and for public Convenience; and such necessary changes in sald mains and ali changes, additions and alterations which may be made necessary m the sewers by the construction of said tunnel and railway, 1 be made under the direction and supervision of the Croton Aqueduct Board, but at the proper cost and charges of this corporation. Suc. 8 Whenever the route herein ified and contemplated for the construction of said tunnel and rallway shall intersect with or cross or coincide with any horse railway tracks now Scounring the surface of said streets and avenues, the said horse railway tracks shall, if practicable, be carried over sald openings upon temporary bridges or structures, aud such te uporary Driges and structures shall be constructed in such manner ag not to interfere with the practical operation or working of such street rallways; and upou the completion of said tunnel and such portions of the route thereof where such changes of the horse railway tracks inay be made, the same snail be restored, ag near as practicable, to the condi- tion in which they were previous to the construction of said tunnel; and all such bridges and structures and restoration of tracks shall be made at the proper cost and charges of this corporation, Sec. 9 Said tunnel and railway shall be exclu- sively for the uses aud purposes of said Railway Com- pany, and it shall not be lawful for any person or persons other than a public officer in the execution of his duty as such, with hig agents and assistants, to enter or passé through the same, or any portion thereof, on foot or in any other way than in the proper cars of this corporation provided for that purpose, without the consent of said corporation, under penalty of $50 for each offence, to be recovered by this corporation. And the Mayor, Aidermen, Commonalty and officers of tne Corporation of the city of New York are hereby pro- hibited from giving any permission to any other per- son, body or corporation wo do any of the acts or things hereby authorized, or to hinder, delay or embarrass the construction or operation of said tun- nel and railway and other things as herein author- ized. But nothing herein contained shall prevent the Corporation of the city of New York, or the om- cers of any department thereof, from entering the said tunnel for the purpose of repairing or construct- ing any sewer or Water main or other public wor! orany gas company from laying or repairing i mains therein. SEC, 10, ‘The said corporation shall be and is here- by authorized to collect and receive for the transpoi tation of passengers the following fares, to w! For one person ior any distance under three miles the sum of six cents, and for every mile or fraction thereof in addition, two cents, the said rates to in- clude government tax. SEc. 11. The said corporation shall bave subscrip- tions to its stock to the amount of $3,000,000 before the construction of said tunnel and ratlway is com- menced, and one year from the passage of this act within which to commence the same, and three years within which to complete said tunnel and Tailway to Forty-second street, and five years to complete the same to and alo} Harlem river, necessary and unavoidable det rom the pen- dency of legal proceedings against said corporation excepted; aud no omission to construct any portion shall work @ forfeiture of this franchise in respect to any section of said tunnel and railway which may have been commenced or completed. ‘SBC. 12. It ts hereby made a condition of this grant, that said company shall, before the 1st oy Janu- ury next, depostt with the Comptroller of! is State the sum of $300,000, in bonds of the Uni ‘States, or of the State of New York, ag @ pledge that they will commence the construct of said tunnel and rail. way, and complete the same within the time limited in this act, and upon the completion of the same, in the time and manner herein provided, the said Comp- troller shall return the said bonds with the accumu- Samat vamnenaree on ‘May, at any io “onc, 16, This act chai take effect immediately. WHISKEY FRAUDS. ‘The Causes and the ° That old classic apothegm, Jalsus in uno, sulsus in omnibus, 1s 8 sound maxim in ethica, In its general application to human conduct it is as broadly perti- nent now ason the day it was written. Applied to the present horde of internal revenue officers in the government service, the latest and most approved though somewhat introverse rendering of this ancient epigrammatic utterance into our own ver- nacular is, “where one internal revenue officer is corrupt, all are corrupt.” Commissioner Rollins himself is the chief and august and incontrovertible authority on this point. He of all others possesses the best possible information on the subject. He knows all the ropes'perfectly. He is thoroughly con- Versant with the whole business, He is intimately posted on all the ins ‘and outs, He has seen the wirepuilling and begging and cringing and trickery and bribery to secure appoint ments. He has witnessed the wholesale plundering ofthe government that follows. His controversy with Secretary McCulloch has led him 1nto. telling plain truths, He asserts that corruption peryades the en- tire Internal Revenue Department; that this corrup- tion is principally due to the present high tax on whiskey; that he is unable'to stay the tide of corrup- tion, and in his anxiety to wash his hands clcan of the whole matter asks to be relieved from further duty in the department, With Mr. Rollins’ seeming and repressed anxiety to vacate his present posi- tion the public have been for some time familiar. What becomes of him, however—whether he re- mains in office or goes out—is to the public @ matter of perfect indifference, as much so a3 the motives that may have induced him to tender his. resignation and to take to writing letters to the Secretary of the Treasury, Nothing that has been said or can be sald by him or by any one else can open the eyes of the public much wider than they have been opened for a long time on the subject of corruption in the Internal Revenue Department. Everybody knows there 1s corruption of the most frightful character, and it needed no letters from the head commissioner of this bureau to give intelligence as to the chief cause of this corruption—that it is almost wholly due to the high tax on whiskey and the frauds perpetrated to evade payment of this tax. All about us are cropping out evidences of the fearful demoralization which disgraces our internal revenue service. Emboldened by past successes and the impunity with which they have carried on thelr schemes of corruption, the caution exercised at first by officers of this bureau is fast losing its restraining influence. Re- ceiving salaries of only three and four thousand dol- lars a year, and before holding their present offices known to be penniless politicians, hardly able to keep up @ vagabond existence, they now recklessly branch out into the most expansive speculations. We hear of their buying largely of stocks and bonds and houses; we know of their living in fine brown stone front palaces, and in their magnificent furniture, and the pictures and paintings ornamenting their walls, and sliver service and retinue of liveried servants, keeping up a style requiring a princely income to support; we see them driving the best turnouts in the Park; we see them in the best society of the city, in the best pews at the best churches, in the best seats at the opera; they wear nothing but the finest garments and the most expensive jewelry, and just now we hear of the families of many of them going to Europe to spend the summer. The same state of facts exists throughout the length and breadth of the country. The government has maintained and, is maintaining the expense of all this vast luxury and display and enjoyment. The drafts for payment are'drawn on the whiskey fraud fand—the whiskey ring honor the drafts, the government furnishes the money. How to stop this corruption, how to secure eMiciency and integrity in this branch of the public service are the questions that deeply concern the public. One way to stop the corruption ts certainly to punish those found guilty of it, to strip them of their ill-gotten gains and to force them to undergo the pains and penalties of prison life and hard labor. It is gratifying to know that there are government attorneys bold enough to take hold of these cases and prosecute them, that there are juries who are not afraid to do their duty and judges resolute enough to punish the offenders. The case of Collector Calli- cott gives pleasing presage of the fate likely to follow some of those unscrupulous robbers of the govern- ment, and 80, too, that of his deputy, Allen, and of Devlin, also of the City of Churches. All these three worthies, as is well known, are now in the Albany Penitentiary, and there are others directly and indi- Tectly associated with them who should be compelled to keep them company. Collector Anderson, of Richmond, Va., and some of the revenue inspectors of that historical city have received a salutary les- son on the subject of honesty in ofice at the hands of Chief Justice Chase, and are now doing their State service through the medium of dally manual labor. It is probable that other prosecu- tions and convictions will follow elsewhere. But this is @ very slow and ‘meertain way of remedying the evil. The conviction of Callicott has fatled to show who got the $20,000 paid for his appointment—the initiatory step in the bold path- way of corruption he had marked out for himself. At the best only a few offenders can be brought to justice, and the most guilty are the most likely to escape. The case of T. P. Levan, T. Burrows Tilton, Francis W. Tappan, indicted some fifteen months ago in the United States Circuit Court, Eastern Dis- trict, Brooklyn, at the same time with Devlin, now in the Penttentiary, is instractive on this point. On the day set down for the trial of these parties two important witnesses had suddenly and unaccount- ably disappeared, ‘These witnesses cannot be found—are not likely to be found. Others will adopt the same plan to screen themselves from justice, or any stratagem promising immunity from their deserts. Courts of law are clearly not the medium through which to put a stop to the present whiskey frauds. Manufacturers and dealers and others interested in the sale of liquor, with the tax at its present high rate, will cheat the government all they can, The whiskey rings are formed for this purpose. They disburse tens of thousands to revenue oficers—they save hundreds of thonsands to themselves; the whole system is a gigantic fraud on the government. As for the revenue officers, the temptation to abet in the fraud holds out too glittering a prospect of gain to be resisted. And thus tt wili continue with the tax on whiskey at its present figure. It rests with Congress to put a stop to these frauds, to reduce at least fifty per cent the present tax, to remove by this course all temptation to evade the law, and to coerce revenue oficers into being honest from taking away the temptation to dishonesty. Following the reduction we have suggested more than quadruple the amount now paid into the Treasury would be received. A deputation of dis- tillers from Kentucky, Mlinots, Ohio and Indiana, now in Washington, are asking the reduction to sixty Cents per gallon, and guarantee that in making such reduction the government will receive from their section alone more tax in three months than was received from the whole United States during the past year. Sach facts spesk volumes. A reduction of fifty per cent ig low enough. ft will put a stop to iilictt distillation and to all existing frauds; it will give a good mar- gin Of profit to manufacturers and dealers, and it ‘will swell the annual revenue to the government from this source to four times its present amount. We urge on Congress to do promptiy and faithfully its duty in Matter; to give less time to political scheming and radical legislation, and more time to looking the financiat affairs of the country; to increase General revenue and to decrease the general burden of taxation, and to improve every fair and legitimate opportunity looking to a gradual lessening and final liquidation of our nationai debt, Reducing the whiskey tax is such an opportunity, By reducing the tax Congress will cover # multitude of ite sins, A SNaxe Fisa Story.—At Inman's saw mill, Ux- bridge, Mass., @ boy went out to the waste-way to ton some fash ar when he discovered & Enirteen-inch trout dart ander a rock. He caught him in his hand, when a large water snake sprang at ‘the fish, hi returned to his retreat, ‘The it was fonn and his ‘The Delay of Deacon Andrews Confession of It Supported by and Sad Fatality Among Andrews Ancestors—The Specula- tions and Comments of the Local Press. Boston, June 20, 1868. Not since the murder of old Dr. Parkman in Bos- ton, twenty years ago or more, by Professor Webster has there been anywhere in the East a murder which has excited 80 much interest and about which there areso many confiicting opinions asthe one which re- sulted in the death of old Cornelius Holmes in Kings- ton some three weeks since. The murder, according to his own confession and circumstantial evi- dence, was committed by Deacon Samuel M. Andrews, a man always regarded as eml- nently respectable, religious. and law abiding. He claims that he aid it in self-defence against an in- decent assault by his victim, and on the trath of this statement there are various and conflicting opinions. Jury, it seems, is not inclined to place puch coohdeuss in the story from the fact that an indictment for wilful murder has been returned, and the sncoret Seth will in November next be on for fe. Piao old Colony Memorial of to-day, published in Plymouth, near EeeS, wate cae Pescon As unic: confessioi - drews first communica' an after en i fortl i ‘ial adds: mor’ — "The reasons he gave for not revealing this before were the Siarystin character of the transactions which led to the terrible tragedy and the dread and horror which has led stronger minds than his to at- tempt concealment to save even & tical repu: tation. It can also be proved that for several days after that fatal Tuesday his body and his mind were benumbed and work! abnormally under the influ- ence of heavy and continuous draughts of ether, and he did not discover even until he was jones in jail and deprived of the ether and its effects that he had suffel material bodily injury to his side and arms, being very sore and lame, If he did make the ‘‘con- fession” when first committed in explanation and extenuation of his great guilt, as can be proved, he ought to be absolved from the prejudice arising on the general supposition that he has waited three weeks to find his conviction certain and a ‘‘confes- sion” becoming desirable as a matter of policy. One of the meanest elements of Andrews’ character is manifest in the base libel upon the reputation of his victim, if his statement is untrue. The public justly condemn with a depth of dishonor and utter absence of all manliness in casting such calumny, unfit to be written or read, upon one whose tongue is silent. Mr. Holmesis honorably spoken of by his nearest neighbors as being a man of correct moral habits, On the other hand, the following affidavit 1s from an intelligent and judicious man. It is true the facts stated came through Andrews, but at an early period of his acquaintance with Mr. Holmes, when it would seem he could have no motives for inventing such a charge:— 1, Loring Wilson Barnes, now of Attleborough, Mass. formerly of Kingston, Mass. hereby say {n the or summer, while Beseaea ta'ee tarorees take, eree Peston horse. & of Newcombe, in which said factory Mr. Samuel M. Andrews then worked, as we were conversing one day in the room where he worked he said thatas be and Mr. Cornelius a ft Holmes turned over uj him and sor or MS Andrews, and I toferred trou what tt was for the purpose of doi! im.” He described Holmes" 18 tried to Andrews said he sup) the same thing with Hoimes had previo again wear them. LORING W. BARNES. If the witness has not perjured himself there has been some such key to the strange intimacy, but common sense can hardly eseape the conclusion that the accused has dishonored and damned himself in such intercourse for mercenary gain, while his vic- tim may claim a dems and incestuous passion. Few will conclude that the initiatory and final as- saults constitute the whole history of the intimacy. But, after all, there is the money, the motive and the murder. The law don’t allow the murder of a man, however great his moral delinquencies. The head ‘was beaten after the was powerless to do per- jury. virtue could easily have made itgelf heard in that neighborhood and con- scious innocence would have sought immediate ex- oneration from the nearest parties to be found, in stead of hiding the evidence of crime and but the money of the deceased in the cellar. We dis- miss the and most unwelcome sub- ject with e allusion to the singular! twagic history of the family of the acct bhai men Sasi t Vineet \dmother Avs insanely personati e charact am th streets covered vell, Ineo. herently begging and praying. The mother, as has eon been tated, fave iim birth in an insane asylum. For many years his wife has been a con- firmed and almost helpless invalid. His father was assassinated in the streets of New Orleans, it is said, by mistake for another man. His brother was in Kansas — the troubles there, and his nephew was caught in where he was at work, and go torn to pieces that he died in a few hours. inel_says:—The The Plymouth Senté facts al developed by the invest ions in relation to thi horrid crime show that the “will” made for Mr. Holmes to execute was first put in form by Rev. Mr. Peckham, through the intercession of Mrs. Peck- ham; that to avoid the rehensions of Mr. Holmes such paper was copled by Mrs. Andrews; that from such document thus copied the Register of our Court of Probate framed the will which was duly executed in his office and delivered to andrews; that on the same day when Mr. Holmes was found murdered this will was lodged by Andrews in the Register's office for probate. Tn relation to the confession the Sentinel has the following comments:—But this “confession,” in which Andrews all that in co uence of what we have already hinted at, he ha cume with Holmes, who was physically his superior, and thus mutil mangled and killed him in self defence, without even potting scratched himself, woul answer In days of fable, but it can hardly have the effect intended, to influence the Grand Jury to find an indictment for a milder offence than that of mur- der, while, of course, it removes all hope of a defence on the ground of hereditary insanity hereafter to be set up by Andrews or his counsel. WORSE NOTES. On Wednesday the June Meeting at Mystic Park begins, and from present indications the trotting will be capital. During the exercising at Fashion Course on Sunday morning there were some extraordinary bursts of epeed developed. James S. Watson handicapped the horses for the Narraganset inauguration running meeting, twenty- one in number, and the schedu'e seems to give general satisfaction. A good trotting programme is preparing for the Island Park Course at Albany. A hurdle race will come off at the Fashion Course on the 6th of July. We there will be no ‘“‘spill- ing” of sornars nor horses injured. Il the colta entered for the Hiram Woodruft stakes paid forfeit to Mr. see of Khode Island. Commodore Vi it has resumed his old gait again. He repeated in 2:20 to wagon the other day. “yhe purses for the July trotting meeting at Narra- ganset Park close this evening. ‘The horses at Jerome Park are getting in order for the summer meeting which commences on the 30th tant. ome. owner of License will trot him ene horse in Amer harness against wagon, for $10, or he will take $1,000 to go even rigged for the same jount. orrne Paterson fall meeting will commence on vy Thorn on Lm re Course, ae on the 2d of July. The betting is even on ite EO TR od aaa Ce Rinquities are making about an old, Tollow-backed horse now at the Fashion Course. He was once ied in —— Tow Boy. His name ts at present ‘eystone. see pe nen fast in ine wpe at Park track will soon be ready to work on, the members being anxious to begin oper- ations. i ‘There were more fast horses on the Coney Island Foad on Sunday last than have been seen there on any “Miack Beas and Atlante are matched, the race to come off on Thursday next. Mr. Jones’ four ict, old was moving very fast in Mier otherford ToNinatch Billy Boyce, the . Ru BT ROG afet ily Pores Boiwitl gov en against any horse in harness, trotter oF pace , Carr's Tackey is going better and “o ematcnner, vn Sy her owner is anxious to Dixie is ti , and can now trot very fast. A few days on the road improved her step. Too much track wi the best of them. wo running mate and Billy Boyce come ‘on the 16th prox. . Hinman how driving ® very fine. pele of Mr. Lead chestnut gelding te stepping a it. ciaaern con and Katty Mancuvring ere going ther. A. R. Phyfe’s is in training at the Fashion Course, and is improving replay stg On Stat oo th the eaamoan on aa agan- mboat & ot for your wack ‘was heard, when one of the exclaimed, ‘‘pickpoc! na kets be damned, I’ve been FATAL ACCIDENT PROM OARELRSSNeSs.—Near Van Bui jancock county, ttre other day, two bore sons jormas G. Wok their father's gun, with the intention of hunting, Mr. Carr had used the 8, and had left the ramrod in an effort to draw the charge. boys, one holding the butt end of the gun, the er the remrod, vored to draw it out, when them and the gun was discharged, the through the body of the boy who wee tt, Dim almoat, inatantty, the machinery of the factory | THE NATIONAL GAME. eee Base Ball Notes, . ‘The Magara, of Buffalo, bave suddenly become famous on account of their victory over the Atlan- tics, from the excitement consequent on which Buf- falo has not yet subsided. The Athletics will play them next Saturday. The Haymakers want to play them on thé Fourth of July at Lansingburg. The Central City, of Syracuse, and the Auburn each want to have a “slap” at them. The former club won the the gold ball of Western New York from the ‘Niagaras, who won the ball from the auburn Club. A Buffalo paper says that the Niagara nine do not conceited h to say that they can beat the ‘Rahtetien but promise to make them use their skill every tally they get. ree Gist of er ae feta peerage Oe atone Missourk waa played on Thursday last and resulted ina Victory for the former by a score of twenty-one elgh' ed on Thi last between the femme wan well contested ‘esulted ig of ‘The of East Liberty, and Perseverance, of Pittsburg, Pa., played on Saturday on the grounds of the inttee, The Mutuals came out ah with @ score of 72 to 31, rnetts, of Wilmin, |. C., will play with anorticneton Rane ‘at Wilmington, on Thursday next. A very interesting game 1s ex- ted. Pomme ‘Stonewalls defeated the Tnvincibles, of We- be S's Ale, on the 16th inst., with a score of sixty- six four. A Detroit r, in speaking of the Atlantic’s, at Jackson fave that vextra-efforts were mate to bring ra nine that would give the ex-cham- ions of ates a hard tussle for victory, jut the result has proved that no combination of amateur unpract Players can stand the ghost of @ chance with the redoubtable Atlantics;” that “showy, swift balls” and “twisting slows” were pitched, but the Atlantics “collared” both styles with Perfect ease. Mills did not play in the Jackson city ieee. Fer- guson caught in his place. The other players took ‘tions a3 follows:—Sturt, first base; e, second ase; Smith, third base; Pratt, pitcher; Pearce, short stop; fbapuien, i field; McDonald, centre fleld; Zettlein, eld. ‘At New Haven a game was played on Saturday be- tween the Orioles and Echos, which resulted a rom for the Orioles, with a score of twenty-seven to thirteen. The game between the Oriental and Gramercy Clubs at Greenpoint on Wednesday last was a genu- ine, well worked ‘see-saw.’ The former club led three times, the latter twice, and the score stood at a tie through four successive innings. The Orientals won by a score of 23 to 20. The employés of Halsted, Haines & Co. are ‘rais- ing ructions.” They defeated a nine selected from the Commonwealth and Baitic Insurance Companies on Saturday last, with a score of 26 to 15. MATCHES TO COME OFF. June 23.—Eckford vs. Atlantic. Unton grounds. June 24.—Active vs. Harlem. Capitoline grounds, June 24.—Eureka, tof (Newark, vs. Champion, of Jersey City. Eureka grounds. June 25.—Harmonic, of Brooklyn, vs. Unique. Camp Washi , 8. I. June 25.—Oriental vs. the Field. Greenpoint, June 25.—Olympic Theatre vs. Bowery Theatre. Mount Morris. \ June 25.—Excelsior vs. Alert, of Seton Hall. Capt- toline grounds. June 26.—Champion vs. Resolute, of Etizabeth. At Jersey City. i June 26.—Eckford vs. Oriental, of New York. Union. ds qunee 21 -Siar va. Independent. Capitoline grounds. June 27.—Union vs. Gramercy. Union's old grounds, lelroge, June 27.—Hurlem vs. Star, of Pleasantville. To-day the Atlantica p! with the Atlantica of Oni ; Thursday with Forest City, at Rockford, 1.; riday with the Bloomington (iil.) Club, and Saturday with the Unions, at St. Louis. - BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. DraTas.—There were 119 deaths in Brooklyn last week—a decrease of $1 from the week previous. ALLEGED PICKPOCKETS.—TWo young men, named William Garrison and William Henry, were commit- ted to answer yesterday by Justice Buckley on a fades eet pik ore oF ths a stone of the new Catholic Cathedral! on Sunday. DROWNED.—The body of an unknown man was found floating in the Atlantic dock basin yesterday morning. Removed to the deadhouse for identifica- tion. Charles Martin fell overboard from a sailboat, while opposite Governor's Island, on Sunday after- noon. ana was drowned before assistance could DISsCHARGED.—Ann Morand, who was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of having caused the death of Bridget Coffee, at No. 4 Imlay street, was disc ‘ Priest Gown’ at the decsased came to her death from intemperance. Tae BoARD OF ALDERMEN.—The Board of Alder- men met yesterday afternoon, the President, Alder- man Bergen, in the chair, A communication was received from a number of licensed carmen, who pe- titioned the Board to repeal the ordinance in rela- Change the whofe of the carting in the ety coula be je whole of the c city coul monopolized by a few men. the petition was re- ferred to the Law Committee. Mayor Kalbfleisch sent in @ veto of the resolution passed on the 8th inst. awarding contracts to the Nicolson Pavement Company for regrading and repaving Fort Green place, Portland avenue and Pierrepont street. He regarded these resolutions as being a palpable and flagrant violation of the letter and spirit of the char- ter of the city. The veto was placed on file. A com- munication was received from his Honor the Mayor inviting the Aldermen to view the Fifth and Eleventh brigades on the beatin 5 of the Fourth of ve i invitation was accepted, The resolution o1 by Alderman O’Brine at a prexioce meeting in regard to the revision of the election districts, increasing the number in nearly every ward in the city, was called up and adopted. The Board then adjourned. WESTCHESTER. REAL EsTaTE SaLz.—William P. Abendroth, of Port Chester, has purchased from the executor of the estate of the late widow Sherwood tweive acres of land, near that village, for $13,200, WESTCHESTER TURNPIKE CoMMISSION.—John E, Marshall, one of the commissioners for the town of Rye in the matter of amending the grade of the old Boston turnpike and macadamizing the same from the Morrisania town line to the Byram piver, has tendered his resignation on the ground that he does not feel able to devote the time and attention to the work which he deems necessary to @ faithful dis- charge of his duties to the commission, to the coim- mu interested in the proposed improvement and DisoRDERLY ConpUcT.—Twelve laborers, employ- ed in grading the southern Boulevard, Fordham, who were paid off on Saturday, indulged freely in drink- ing on Sunday and were arrested. One of the num- ber, Thomas Neeley, was arrested twice and fined $10; tn detault of which he was sent to White Plains ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.—A party of twelve persons from the city visited the vicinity of Kingabridge on Sunday afternoon in three small row boats, the aa. vance one of which had an awning over it, and im pass- ing under Headley’s bridge the awning came in con- tact with the side and turned the boat broadside to a strong current, which upset it. Two of the occu- ants of the boat succeeded tn saving themselve: ut the other two were carried down the stream an drowned. These were Albert Bernstein, of No. 126 Second street, aged twenty, and Lage of No. 74 Hester street, aged twenty-one. ir bodies were not recovered. NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. PROBABLE FATAL RatLROAD ACCIDENT.—About hailf-past ten o’clock yesterday forenoon Michael Monaghan, a trackman, while mending the track of the New Jersey Railroad, near the Chestaut street depot, was struck by the locomotive of a coal train jured that It Is doul whether and injured 80 severely pi live, He was removed to his , NO, 132 ith street, and surgeons called in, when it was ascertained thi had been struck about the rightear, [tis the bage of the has been touched, hence the precariousness of his condition, Belvidere. Lanog HAUL OF ALLEGED RatiRoaD TarRvEs,— For a period of time extending over several months the baggage cars of the Morris and Essex Railroad have incessantly been visited by members of the tribe commonly called light fingered, and large qnantities Of fruits, clothing, dress goods, boxes, parcels, &c., carried off. No clue'to the thieves could for # con- siderable period be until at length some interesting little fa spired which led to the finding out man aed John Wilson, formerly an amr the road, who was discovered in the Tombs, New ¥ and brought thither detective Burt an an ofmcer of the New York force. From him disclosures were made which led to the arrest at dif- ferent places of three others, named Virgil Robinson, Oharies Dickson and George W. Skinner. Dickson and Robinson were removed to Belvidere, Warren county, and there confined tn the jet. On Saturday night, or early Sunday morning, Robinson, in com- ny with three other privovers, broke jali and ef- cted hig escape. Yesterday Skinner was arrested at Newark, and after a preliminary examination lib- erated on bail. Dickson has also been bailed in the sui of $500, There are three others of the gang yet to be arrested. sestzelertt ze a ee Oficial Transfers ef Rgal Estate Yesterday. en noth IN NEW 23.8088, 5. ith av, 90.7128.10x91. i Hak wy, 1001x7808, 43 Sod: ani 5 26 and 4, Batol estate inn ‘and part of lot 265, Sti per ye iN 4th and f Deen dy can vg fe oa Ste Reade #l,No bavatore and lat oor, § years 3 mont lace, 8 w of Tompkins wof'Tom} € of Gold st, 19x10, 5,125. 5 ft n of Conselyen at, 35 ft front. "600 175.6 ft w of Srnith at, 25x100.3.. 8000 tte of Gold st, 107.4x56.2x1 Bip (50 ft from Broadway, 125x1\ fee of Hicks-at, 89x130. ft from Bedfor wenn ft w of Van Brut .8 ft 0 of Class Warren st, n’ a, 200 ft w of Pa U 4,139.5 ft @ of Clint Bi afl00 £8 6 0f Oh at, 9th st, corner of 2d av, 70x200. Park ave, 525 ft 0.0f "Throop av, aexl00 ‘ig aS thencl tiantt corner, 6x226x'! . 6,000" Lous 08, 108, 142, 116, 121, 127, 146, 15%: 108, 168 81, 180, 196, part of A'Meserolé's north farta (deed 1861)*....10,000" c , Jote 111, 119) 14, 4d, 01 f 269 lots of entre al ly oD map 0! lot Gurch 4’ supdatareack 263100"+7.° iSFERS IN HUDGON ‘TRAN! COUNTY, Coies and South Ist sta, n e corner, 1bx Erfe at, w #, 60 ft s of Pavonia av, 25x1 Jersey av, € 8, 75 ft n of North 4th at, 9xi00. HUDSON CITY, Pei Lots 8, block ©, and 25,26, 27, poles ‘adjoining Reservoir, ‘each ‘apst00. ew GREENVILLE. lota Nos 5 and 6, block BAYONN Huron ay, # 6, 802 ft w of av C, 60xl ESSEX COUNTY—NEW AR Adam and Lafayette ats, ne corner, 125x199. ‘Adam and Lafeyette ats, n ecomer, 128x15 Barclay a, w a, 478.3 ft from Wuveriey place, 35x96 Court 76.6.1 Elm st, 8, 75 f South Prospect, Et 8, 75 ft.8 w of roa Marayetw ad F ot gh Mount Pleasant av, Spring ot, w s,G R Drew’ UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Seizures on Land=The Confiscation Laws— Construction of the Acts of July 17, 1862; and March 3, 1864. The United States, Appellants, vs. Simeon Hart, ana Two Other Cases.—Mr. Justice Nelson delivered the opinion of the Court in these cgses:—This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico, The libel is ted in this case under the sixth section of the act of Congress passed July 17, 1862, which subjects to selzure and confiscation the property of any person within any of the States or Territories of the United States being engaged in armed rebellion against the gov- ernment of the United States, or aiding and abetting such rebellion, after public warning by the President of the United States. The property seized was real estate belonging to Hart, situated in the town of Franklin, El Paso county, State of Texas. The libet was filed in the District Court of the United States for the Third Judicial district of the Territory ot New Mexico, Such proceedings were had that on the 24 day of December, 1565, a decree was entered con- demning property and directing it to be sold. An ap} was taken from this decree to the Su- preme Court of the Territory, which reversed the same and remanded the cause to the court below, direct- ing that court to dismiss the same for want of juria~ diction of said court over the real estate in the county of El Paso, Texas. The cause ie before this The District J court on appeal. judge entertaine jurisdiction in the cause m his construction of the act of Congress, passed March 3, 1864, which re- vived an act August 2, 1963, that gave to the District Court of the Territory of New ico juris. diction over cases arising in the collection district of El Paso in the administration of the revenue laws. The second section confined the jurisdiction over citizens tn El Paso to cases not instituted by indict. ment, and the trial and proceedings for violations of the revenue laws, asin other district courts of the United Siates invested with admiral! Ue uz St, at L., p. 761.) The Supreme Court, fa reversin, the judgment below, held that this act did not exten to or embrace sroeeeanas under the act of 17th July, 1862, providing for confiscation of the property of persous engaged in or aiding and abetting the re- bellion, of the correctness of which decision we can entertain no doubt. If the District Court below could have, under any circumstances, jurisdiction of the case, accord! to the practice ag settled im the cases of the Union jurance Company vs, the United States, George Cronan vs. the same, an@ Armat va, the sane, decided at the present term, as it has been tried on the admiralty side of the court, the proper disposition of it would be to reverse the decree and remand the cause to the court below, with directions to enter a decree remitting {6 to the District Court, that it might be tried on the common law side, with @ jury, the seizure having) been made on land and not on waters navigable from the sea. But as the Supreme Court of the Ter- ritory has reversed the decree of confiscation, for the want of jurisdiction, in the correctness of which judgment we concur, the Fg og of it will I to affirm the decree, as this reaches directly the right conclusion in the case. United States vs, Josiah F. Crosby et al.—This Is An appeal from @ decree of the Supreme Court of New Mexico. This case is governed by the opinion in the case of United States vs. Simeon Hart, to which we refer. Decree affirmed. The United States va. H. S. Gillett and J. 8. Gil~ lett.—This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme tory of New Mexico. The caso te ion in the case of the United and to which we reler. The parties were two*brothers and ‘mother, and it appears that one of the men, who ‘@ mechanic, having occasion to leave his shop for @ divested himeelf of hisapron and upon, his retarn found a bottle aa Galea undeg consultation en: between the, phen ph bg O te a he A¥ Oty Trick ExroseD.—Last week 4 fellow claiming to be from Balaton, N, Y., mate his ap» ratice in Warren, and Ons a well-to-da ASK vari jons about a ee cy with bim. When he hi com he obtained the farms. er’s ttom of the blank, and left 18 nce in Wi habit of buying be by writi iLavove. ne. gen ne ng juine ture on the blank. He offered the note ata it! discount, and effected a sale, but was suapected ai found out before he could leave town. He wae ars fested and lodged Leng oes tm thi city on Friday Right.— Worcester Spy, June 22. A DeratrTen HELD To ANswer.—Thomas Whittemofe, the Town Treasurer of Spencer, wi went Weat s defauiter to the amount of $18,000 was arrested and brought back last week, brought before the Police Court last Saturday Sate fr hen with sureties to the sum u ~! ature ay in defanit hich he Waa committed Sou, Sune 7. Rr