The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1869, Page 8

8 BROOKLYN CITY. pret s erg IE THE COURTS. phannnnninnnnanhe UMED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Afieged Cestoms Frauds—Half a Million of Dollars Involved—The Customs Drawback @ystem Explained—The : Before Commissioner The United States vs, Wiliam J. Korn, 0. R. Wil- gon, L. L. Laidtaw and Others.—Tne defendants are eharged with conspiracy to defrand the revenue un- @er the following circumstances:—There is a system mown in the Custom House of.paying = certain amount of duties upon goods imported, and, by § fick known to the initiated, these goods, ander. valued m thelr importation, are again exported, ‘thus completely avoiding all detection of the fraud. of saitate Brookiyn par excellence not only the City of Cwarches, but of distiMeries and whiskey frauds, ‘ané‘the continued exposure not only of frauds on ‘the'forwer, but on the latter, our City af Churches ‘tedetermuned to nfdintaln its character for religion en one haad and deception and fraud on the other, ‘Whether, as Beecher said last Sunday evening, de ‘pravity is better there exemplified In his congrega- ‘Mon than in any other portion ‘of the United ‘Btates or not, we cannot say. His deductions, ~we far as the Plymouth people go, may be “well taken—he knows best; and, perhaps, as : mepresenting the whole population of Brooklyn and Whitamsh % the Teveren doctor is Pscteg i rene We bave the great Sees the District, and we bave had an District jndge, whe knows all about the rh sen- tence upon defauiters in the after the Benedict had ue by the just and severe sentences w! nounced against all defaulters, Benedic! though s young judge cannot to the extent of the old liom, W! says “New brooms sweep clean,” and remove at one fell swoop the long gay 4 a should keep pace and hold its any day—there ha sort of eee po time from the conviction of Enright others up to the presént—we have fresh developments of what Brooklyn can do when it rm contest, aoe not only of religion, , with New York. The best p1 best safety-valve for men’s ex; i 1 : g He eee: i 83 EM iil ge i : 3 : F ‘ ‘en bail of $40,000 and Wi in default of the same amoun' of the Laidlaw is the oldest of pada taa ae Deing im the of . he wed Sormerly in. the tors office of ‘Third dis- trict, under A. M. Wood, who trusted him implicitly. Heisashort and rather stout man, with hair @ le Es Herriott 1s about ‘five feet two in ght, k#et and near-sighted. He for- ney color sergeant in the Seventh regiment. was arrested Wednesday night and Laridia' z F F tation of tl obta! this draw’ ” as the m paid back ts familiarly kno the ex, had to get a cer the collector of internal revenue show- goods been ex- ic. There was also ol @ bond that he would not rel: the im the United States. With these three owing the paying of the tax on the goods manufactured, their exportation and the execution of the bond return them, the = interested was prepared to resent his claim to the Treasury Department drawback was paid. THE OPPORTUNITY IMPROVED. It ts easy to see that with the coll officers entrusted with the execution of this ‘the most gigantic frauds could be easily and the event has proved that they wei Korn, one of the unplicated in them, a@ilezed, was at one time a clerk in the office of a C tom House broker in this city, Laidlaw, at the ti of the commission of the frauds with which stands charged, was a deputy under A. M. Wood. Superintendent’ of Exports, the officer charged with giving the certificate that the bond al- ready reierred to had been exccuted. These two parties, as alleged, through the connivance of other parties whose names are not yet disclosed, rocured the fraudulent papers on which the ‘“draw- cks" were paid. A single instaace will show how the thing was done in every case:—Papers were a povess purporting to be certificates of the Col- clot of internal Revenue, that the tax had been — on a certain number of cases of manu- actured by Charles H. Marshall, of the city of New f the Custom House officer that Marshall had d the goods in question and of the Superin- mt of Exports that the bond not to reland ad been given. These three certificates, all forged, as ed, Were presented to the Tre: Department claimed and the drawback was paid. few of these bogus claims, with the names of the parties making toem and the dates on which tuey were filed in the office of the Filth Auditor at Wasnington are ven below: — pril 30, 1867, to William H. Frear. April 19, 1867, to William H. Frear. May 22, 1867, to E. S. Rutter. .. June 11, 1867, to A. Ludlow June 12, 1867, to C. 8. Doughty. June 12, 1867, to T. §. Cozens. dane 19, 1867, to RK. C. Ketcham... 867, to H. C. Henderson 1607, to O, H. Marshall. vent of several hun- Grea thousand dollars have been perpetrated, it is re 1, by those cogaizant 0: all the facta im the v state of afairs was brought to light by the Investigation of District Attorney Tracy, in the office of the Fifth Auditor, to examine whose records he at once proceeded upon learning the facta set forth. The records of that officer furnished evidence suM- ont to prove that frauds had been committed, and make assurance doubly sure Mr. Trac’ —E: back some of the papers to ‘compare. with records of the Custom House in this city. Convinced Row that he was not moving in the dark, Mr, Tracy made the followin snidavit, aud on Saturday last app! a edict, of the Eastern District, for the arredt ofthe parties suspected :— APFIDAVIT OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY TRACY. UniTsp StaTes District Covar—Zastern Di istrict New York,—Benjamin F. Tracy, dui a Y, me ly sworn, fand says that he is the Ati inited Staves in and for sald district; and d erases . uy ion and i tts inting 40,1 and the elaine ‘were duly allowed and tala! nt further says, upon information ‘an q it said claims were all fraudulent, showing that said goods had were forged and fraudulent; that deponent has investi- ated the claims co presented and allowed end now NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. gee 3 = Hl i 2 i 3 E bee re ; Bg 3 pH i i i me this 224 of January, 1869.— ‘annexed to Mr Tracy's amavis erie acldevtt of 4 a ie VI Mr. Geo. W. Parsons, of which the following is a AFFIDAVIT OF MR, PARSONS., United States District Court, Eastern’ District of New York.—George W. Parsons, of the city of Brook- lyn, being duly sworn, de} and says that he is with Charles H. Marshall, of the city of New York; that he has juently seen him write and knows his Le coer — he has. Se gerend a signature arporting e Signature of Uharles Hq. Marshall wherever it occurs on she pence, ne nt reagan further says that low and has for several months past been in Europe, GEORGE W. PARSONS. Sworn and subscribed before me this 14th day of January, 1869.—CHARLSE L, BENEDIOT. The parties were held to bail for examination; but no day was fixed for their appearance. 4 CIVIL, SUIT ON THE OUSTOMS FRAUDS. . To recover as much as possible of the moncy fraudulently obtained, as alleged, from the govern- ment in the above case Mr. Tracy made the follow- aMidavit, on which to obtain an attachment of property owned by the parties against whom Proceedings have been commenced thus far:— UniTEp Stares Districr OourT—Zastern Korn, 1: 1. Laldiate, Fd. Dickinson, Charies orn, 0, H. A. Theriott,—Eastern District of New York, 8.—Benja- min F, a sian Bintan Disieloesiesoenay Sree PA J. for addisional grounds of aaid bellet to the repore of the Pireh Anditor of the United ‘States Treasury, No. Jan- ‘ ; therefore peed toay all roperty Belonging t0 ald, Gefendante, oF or either of than, which may be found in this district, and hold the same subject to the further order of this court as security for the debt for which suit is brought herein. B, F. TRACY. Sworn before me this 234 gor of January, 1869.— a a ohm Notary Pul for New York county, This case excites a deal of and when it comes ‘Up will certainiy be ranked cinong | livery stable in Franklin street, Greenpoint, died ‘was the cause of death. a in the Forty-sixth ict station house, in his cell at an early ar yesterday arrested previous night on @ charge of jon. Casz or Higuway Rossery.—Thomas McCann, alias Naylor, and Edward Walsh, who are charged ‘with highway robbery, were taken before Judge Cornwell yesterday for examination. The complain- ing witness is Martin Murphy, and he charges the accused with having mocked fim down and robbed him of the sum of fifty dollars on the night of the 18th inst. at the corner of street and Hudson Srenne, OWine bo Se shesnes of owaet beni rosecu: e prisoners were remanded for Farther examination, THE Tevant Home.—The Common Council Com- mittee on the Management of the Trnant Home, at Flatbush, have just visited that institution and have decided to use their best efforts to secure a new building. They have became convinced of the total unfitness of the present rookery for the use in- tended. The total number of inmates at present is eighty-two, which is somewhat below the average number, The law determines that chil- aren between ages of five and four- teen may be sent to the Home for petty offences, playing truant, &c.; it is said there are several under this at the tentiary, they hav- Ing been sent there the lack of accommodation atthe Home. An attempt was made by the Com- mon Council a year ago to secure s change, but the matter fell through. : A Girt ENTERPRISE SPECULATION.—Several gift enterprise establishments have recently been opened in Brooklyn, and, as the business does not come properly within the pale of the law, the police have determined to break them Up. Yesterday Captain Smith, of the F -firet made a complaint befoge Jndge Jonah Andrews, the proprietor of the “gift at 367 Fulton street, opposite the City Hall. The modus operandi by which the people were relieved of their stamps was the promise of a chance to draw a house and lot, — Li ponent Sp ct —_ by a fifty cen piace. The rr the Prizes osnelated of brass and pina Andrews, on learning that he was wanted, repaired to the court. He said he thought he was conducting his business according to law: that he was worth 100,000 and was willing to close the gift arrange- ment immediately, On ‘ing bonds todo sone was allowed to depart. It is understood that several other les engaged in this business in Brooklyn are to be brought up. ‘THE SANDS SrReET BURNING CaSUALTY.—Jeremiah Whalen died at the Brooklyn City Hospital yester- day morning from the effects of burns received while in @ state of intoxication, at hts resiaence, in the rear of No. 206 Sands street, at half-past two o'clock on Monday morning. As shown by the evidence elicited before Coroner Jones, Whalen and his wife b: party at their house on Sunday, and “urtug the afternoon and even! drank whis! t = Meas ing : key to such ar nating tne? 7 on the floor, left a lighted candle on a wasbstand, and had rolled off and set fire to some clothing upon When the cry of fire was raised and the into the apartments he found Whalen hed ignited and ‘bared them in va an < @ shocking man: before the fire was discovered by the oon 3 it The officer testified that Mrs. Whalen’s arm to pull was so badly burned Fora E the managers of the Old Ladies’ Home, at the corner of Washington and DeKalb avenues, took place yesterday at the institution. The Rev. Dr. Farley resided 2114 opened the exerciyes with prayer, and the Rev, Mi’. Taylor read @ portion of the Scriptures, 2 He lations, of the inmates at the present time ia fifty-six. There had been five deaths dwring the year. ition was made in the report of the ogg J of twenty-three barrels of flour from the New York Com- mexcial Association, The Treasurer's report se Ho ( $3,083 68; ors, racy from Jonas 820; legacy from Marin Lamiorts, $100 0a" frou te aca mente, $944. 773 ane ‘Total cash ‘Balncaatng Home the $10,473 79; other ex- bi ag 4—\eaving mm or A Met of the names the eneur-yorey $ Doranao, Dec. 27, 1868. ‘With the elosing up of the ol year we shall have to let the readers of the HenALp know what the news is in this part of the sister republic. This letter | must property begin with an “tf,” and, most proba- bly, wii end with a “but.” Right here, in the heart of the mountains, we might have one of the finest inland cities on the Continent “if” we only were connected by good roads with the outside’ world. ‘There ie a great necessity of a railroad being built from here to Matamoros, a distance of some 600 miles, ‘This road would develop the fine wine growing country of Parras, and also the splen- did cotton region of Mapimi, capable of producing 1,000,000 bales of cotton annually. Along the route are some of the finest grazing and agricultural lands in the country. The same Tegion is imexhanstible in veins of silver, copper, lead and other mimerals, including several fine sulphur beds, The road could be built at a cost as cheap per mile as any in the United States, and with the exception of a short distance between Monterey and Saltillo, known as the Cuesta del Muerto, no more than ‘ordinary obstructions would ‘be found. This road would intersect the projected road from Chihuahua, coming from Texas and the Rio Grande. There are other lines that might be built—for instance, one from here to the clty’of Mex- ico, to connect with the Vera Cruz line—which would ‘wonderfully add to the prosperity and population of the country. What we need instantly (but the word instantly is not practically known among us) is a good wagon road from here to Mazatlan, a distance of only 218 miles. The greater part of the distance is now atrocious travelling, man and animal risking thelr lives in the journey through the mountains. But even with such roaus as we have there is great insecurity to life and property. The history of high- belgie Bo Mexico is so well known to your ble ae @ waste of time to say any- ‘The powers behind the throne seem t0 have great faith in General Grant. They call him un verdadero amigo; in other words, “a true friend.” When this distinguished officer ‘takes his seat as President of President Juarez and. his Cabinet, something will be done to benefit us all and it the world. Itisa rest ‘aa crime going to fiberal’ Mexicans would rejoice in an that could eee He. sad cen ae Business at present dead. People manage to live along—that is, men—and Pine poor live from hand to mouth, as is common all over the country. Business men here have to run a good many risks. Our it distance inland from seacoast centres, also ym the.city of Mexico, makes freight high; then the chances are seven to ten god gn np will ee their portion of the goods fore y reach the! tion. Besides duties are enormously high, and taxes for local purposes a burden. But human nature was evidently a to bear burdens, and so there is no use in complaining. matters are di ing along like all other things. Want of capital, enterprise and liberal laws are great drawbacks. Even working against these obstacles a great deal of silver is being taken out. With mit laws such as govern silver-bearing ter- ritories in ti tes and facilities for fron mines in the world, almost within a stone’s throw of the city. The Iron Mountain of Durango contains material enough to build railroads on this Continent for the next hundred generations. We have also fine tin mines in the vicinity of this city. Indeed, we have pretrtaine nt to id ae tel at, Prosperous people, ani e wor! 2S eaghapadiph naga face e ‘Durango ts one of the old cittes of’ the Continent, having been founded by the Jesuits in the ph agri of = poet hoes ea It has a re mn = set it ‘down as as 25,0000 There are seven public by the State other private reasdencess re city jole presents a ences. The city 28 a poverty pi fine ap ce, A great deal of vatis and Pierce | percentage of gra toidie and dissolute ge Bog crimes of the darkest nature are not frequent. e authorities of this State are men of good character and are evi. dently honestly endeavoring to educate the people % to a higher standard than they ever had known. lor do we think the masses here are as vicious as in other .countries. They appear to be content with leading an idle, lazy life, just getting burely enough to eat and drink. If they cafi have their fandangos they are the happiest creatures in the world. Trials for Trenson—News from Jalisco, So- nora and Lower Calitornia. MAZATLAN, Jan. 7, 1869. A current of healthy excitement has just been pro- duced here by an official edict ordering all parties who were in any way connected with the revolution in this State last year to appear before the proper authorities for trial for the crime of treason. This bombshell is thrown into the enemy’s camp a8 4 warning that they must not commence to get up a new rebellion until the penalties of the old one are endured. There is an element here that cannot en- dure peace and tranquillity, composed of a few half educated lawyers and office-seekers, whose greatest ambition is to figure as leaders in rebellion. In no other country could they hope to sneceed. Yet Mexican history is black with the achievements of just such wretched traitors. A new chief is figuring in the Canton of Tepic, who ciaims to be the rival of the renowned Lozada. His title is the Citizen Chief Don Julio Garcia. He recognizes neither Lozada nor the supreme: - ment. He was formerly a leader under ral Lozada, but has seceeded owing to the fact that he could not his rights onder the constitution and wanted to be let alone. His former master has sent troops to quell his rebellious disciple, bat he is not yet quelied. ‘This State, one of the best. and most progressive in 18 State, one of the P the Mexican confederacy, has reason to be proud of ite Stave coll Lai an examination of the pupils was held, and er the usual reading, writing, grammar, ari history and science some of the more pupils recited chotce “Lucia de Ps ” from ‘Traviata’? and mermoor,”” with ‘hers, Guaymas, which will import ite js direct from San Francisco. e comm houses in — city have been and ed new enterprise is inaugurated by Mr. Woif Behr- endt, an excellent business man, an citi zen thorough Am in There will be ition to anything shape of take pride susmsiag ees mn ning @ corn crop has excellent, and wheat en has been raised to make Sukepnctrm ve J tu My grand affair, ma ates 4 agers. ts at that led to the independence of South Fiteron, promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in the asanne amy So spontaneous and pis L a compliment musi have been particular te ring to the distinguished veteran. si 1s ring. ce June 22, 1363, The ana nineteen minutes, bonoten knockn out of time. .His next. encounter was wit! He next fonght Mike Conway at the same le lasted two hours Conway Pap Kei- ley at Grand Haven, Mich,, on the 18th of July, when he knocked Kelley outof time in seven rounds, ee in fifteen minutes. His height ts five foot seven three-fourth inches; age twenty-one years; fight ing weight 135 pounds. ‘eight on. occasion 155 pounds, The trainers of Donovan for this fight were Diek Hollywood, assisted by Frank Maloy. and Ed ey. in apo ee ae Hohn tad in Jul ane erefore, three years of age. "he has been something of an adventurers has followed the sea and travelled extensively in all of the world. His first fight was with John Pan, near Valparaiso, South America, July 20, 1858, which ght he won in ten rounds, the rene oor ‘fifteen mint wel Phown ‘Mealpine, in Gan fost os the bweutyeatn round. Bo} bad e twe ne no trainer for this fight. Yr in pp SODISION OF THE DERE. SET. when tnettaaeria laboring enderenclteeens Holly. yt y= that he had trained but ten days. He hag broad face, a thick neck, and such a general contour of head and shoulders as one geta a good idea of from the cuts of pugilists of not being in proper tata for a Aght and t no! proper trim should think from his pallid man of muscle, and . When introduced to. his OE he was asked what he thought he could with Donovan, He scanned his rival for for @ momen! honors you better when I’ve STAKES. The stakes for this fight were $300; catch weight. REFEREE, S3CONDS AND UMPIRES, A few minutes before twelve o'clock the two men proached the ring, Boyne in his cap, Donovan following a moment his amid the cheers of his numerous toss of a copper, and he chose his cor- ner, Donovan re! to the corner pemacinrals ov moments’ delay the we agers of she chosen managers o! were i Umpire for Donovan, Joe Kelly; umpire for ne, J. L, Taylor; seconds for Donov: and monds; seconds for Boyne, Mart han and Ed- gar; timekeeper, Buck Holbrook. THE GROUND, Piece of level The ground f t upon was a ut bard froze meadow, and little equalities, occasional seemed to render a fali quite unp! The oon peoeonet to coe. their Hy 4 principals, who appeared in afew moment woollen drawers and bare to the waist. Boynes’ umpire displayed his mau’s colors, the Pm gad crowd greeted the unfolding of the bon with a round of cheers. Donovan's were next displayed, and proved to be red, which gave occasion for a perfect storm of ap- Diause his ad Ro ie Both advan smiling and twisting UND 1.—l van and twist: their arms playfully. Te eyed each other very closely, and now then you could see the muscies of their arms become suddenly rigid, and their legs play with the earth, as though to assure the body of @ good footing. A fuil minute was thus consumed, Donovan's friends ridic Boyne and Sra their favorite, when suddenly Donovan's left went out with the rapidity of ht > and Boyne followed quickly with huis left. The gap be- tween them was so lessened as to make ei ve bgt} ont of the question, and they closed. When ir bodies came together there was @ heavy thug, and as their arms encircled their bare bodies and changed positions in their writhings you could hear them give as you can the wrenching of a steamer’s haweer as the steamer is drawn ashore. For & mo- ment we saw their dashing — and fiushed faces, the veins almost bu: with blood, and Boyne was down. Time. one and a balf minutes, ROUND 2.—Both stepped ly tothe work. They had measured strengih and were wary. Finally Don- ovan let fly with his left, which landed on Boyne’s nose, and the blood ran profusely. At this Donovan’s friends set up a shout and the ‘referee announced “first blood for Donovan.” Boyne mereiy smiled, wiped the blood fro his mouth, and in the act Don- ovan roshed at him, and thot Boyne was quick and parried well Donovan tn hia left a second Ume and recoiled towards his corner. Boyne bound- ed after him, followed him ‘hus corner, and Dono- van was giad to get away. ttle me | ensued, when Donovan got his rightin on Boyne’s They clinched and fell, Boyne under, and Donovan failing upon him heavily. Time, four minutes, ROUND 3.—Boyne was more careful, but deter- mined to make an effort to punish Donovan in re- turn for his last advantages. He succeeded in get- tng in a good blow with his right on Donovan's left cheek, clinched and fell, Donovan falling upon pm Wag heavily. Time, one and @ quarter min Rowunp 4.—Donovan piays abdut; Boyne follows hard after. A few sharp, quick but hariniess passes ensue, when Donovan slips immediately after @ biow, and Boyne’s friends claim a knock down. Donovan recovers quickly, plays carelessly Boyne, who, strained to the utmost to impro' opportunity, Jumps at one presented, the stn’ ti ‘rounds "Bononda, Teor not reac ground. on + clinches and Boyne goes down, “time, quarter of a minut Rounp 5.—Boyne gets a soggy blow in upon Dono- van’s breast right cheek and Boyne falis. Dono- van’s friends claim a knock down. Referee grants the first knock down to Donovan. Time, half a minute, badly, but comes to PR re eg aes ime cheerfully. Donovan’ i Bor ae. less ie and clamor and ral; Boyne wit his pearance, his breast and clothing being by time covered with blood, A few harmicss a clinch and a fall was the result. Time, resenting, in 1 Parana ioe easant, Boesnait minute. Time, one ObNe 18 Borne gets in with his it on Dono Met dR] returns with a heavy blow left side of Boyne'’s head. an and both go down, Boyne under 1 & quarter min Rownn 17.=Bo: ‘puta in hie to advantage They go down, Donovan . Time, one-haif minute, RounD 18.—Both weak and cautious, Donovan very weak, Boyne steps into an opening and plants 4 ringing blow on the : ' reer grecas rete, Eetectresintves a are 10.—Donovan im chancery aims tries ‘hard to hold Boyne’s ‘him, but Donova’ and. pummel Ly ‘and gets the ground. Time, one entirely ti two Ct ieae! tous, sticks more eran own corner. 7 iL ek ae Roounp 22.—Boyne. in his. advantage SEguiRS Laeea ene eee: ROUND 23,—By this time it was evident to all that 2, aes pes Om and hitched forward, Donovan, to bi the fall, held on to Boyne’s ‘neck, who id hit unable to Momentum: or loose himself, and the col juence was that Boyne was thrown entirely over Donovan’s head. ae fell on their backs, and in such a position that thei heads Jay touching, while'their feet were 1n exact! opposite directions, It was a terrific fall, and bot! were badly stunned. I saw that Donovan was sickly — and saw that hespoke. A moment afterwards © cry of “foul” was raised, and the referee de- cided that as Boyne had seized Donovan’s person below the belt Donovan was entitled to the fight by reason of @ “foul.” A-general shout went up from Donovan’s friends, but at the close of the fight I heard many of our Tipton 2% thelr excitement, say, “I'll bet 1m. ‘The fight over, the icipants separated. Boyne, coat yin were managed, he could not have su came to Tipton and took the firat train to Peru. After the fight an indignation meeting of the citi- zens of Tipton was held, at which resolutions were adopted urging the Legislature, now in session, to pass stringent measures to prevent prize fighting generally within the limits of Indiana. SEDDONS AND THE Boston Prize FIGHTERS—A Bunsby Vsrpict.—In the Municipal Court, Boston, Sea taste lt dtpiuriy, Te soot ons, complicity in rece! tempted prize fight, returned & verdict of guilty, but stated that they were not satisfied as to where the arrangement for the it was made. The court then said that was a verdict of not guilty, but upon request they again retired and were unable to agree. THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. Petition to Remove the Transit Stato Tax Ports of Entry. Both houses met yesterday morning. A memorial ‘was presented from the united Delaware and Rari- tan Canal Company, Camden and Amboy Ratlroad and Transportation Company and the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company representing that when the above companies were incorporated in 1890, in the infancy and iffexperience of ratlroad legislation and management, it was provided that they shdald be taxed by transft duties on their tonnage and passengers. A transit duty of eight cents & ton was then imposed on high priced merchandise and two cents per ton on the lower. The united companies complain of this taxation and request the substitution of a moderate tax. The petition also observes that it has been suggested that a distinction should be made between the traffic originating within the State and that crossing the Delaware. Any such distinction would induce Congress to break through every barrier and authorize the con- struction of @ road across the State, yielding little or no revenue to the State. A bill authorizing such a railroad is now pending before the Senate of the United states and is urged upon the grou it the State taxes the commerce of other States. The tax on 1s a tax on commerce. The ‘fairest mode of taxation and the mode most beneficial to the State. and the community is by net profits. The petition then on to State 3 ized. In the Senate y @ resolut was adopted fuesting the Comptroller of the Treasury to rt fo the Semate the terms and conditions uw) which en! and establishing a port of entry at arbor city; Gnd tosuso shel endeavors to eect a a modifica: tion of the law ing coasting trade as will re- wanna Railroad ra. and enabling the Mayor and Common Council of Newark to purchase the property of the Newark Aqueduct Company were new and the Senate to Monday evening ne: In the House a petition was presented to set off portions of the townships of Union, Dover and Man- chester, in Ocean county, into a new township, to be called Lacy. The following bills were paased:—To vacate & n of the Jersey City and Bergen Point an continuation of Grand street, Jersey Clty. vent the defacing of public bills, by 1m. To ing a ‘tue not exceeding ten doliars and costs or imprisonment for ten days, for every auch offence, Supplement to an act to revise and amend the char- ter of the city of Elizabeth, by electing from each ward one Comnmissioner of Excise, who shall hold ofice for twe- years, said Com: loners to Ca a Board of Excise for the iting of licenses. To in- corporate the Dime Savi Institution of Hudson county. To change the name of the Hackensack and New York Railroad Company to the Hackensack and New York Extension road Company. FRUITS OF RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION. Bloody Sequel to a Scandalows Affair. [From the Memphis Avalanche, Jan. 19,) Last Thu ht, our readers remember, ees oe en re EE road, eleven and carried manto' on the mpi vn Ball. wn, * the country in the night. i booe e iiine miles ‘and ‘about twenty-five miles from Memphis, wt lerville he wee overtaken by a prio’ got on ‘te track and the tives Bartlett. . Jones BS SEEdEE Fe o fi rh i rH fH fl for sour eaeage Onion herd erica toe it will be ited. We cannot have too many oben cables it will be convenient to have a terminus of our own in signt of Plymouth rock.—&pringela Repudlioan, Jan. m ——_—_—= THE WEARING OF THE WIG In comparison with the English the Americans, ag & nation, are fond of wearing wigs. In fact, in age of blonde furor (spite ef the capricious - | tam pranette flat peremptorily decreasing the dyeing of the blonde)-a massively adorned wig, of ekheg flax, gold or aubarn, bristling thick, with Jove-uke curls of one of the above celers, i no uncommon sight in the street, beneath which peeps a ragged tell-tale fringe of either "black, Chestnut or irom gray, at the marrow edge efthe scrawny neck or upon, the furrowed time-worn temples, which st once convinces the sceptical. observer that the individual taste of the wearer. politan will readily bear witness to such sight ‘which convinces that literal street Gays were much less infrequent than’ theatrical Guise would have-us suppose. For of one thing rest assured. the nearer @gentleman’s natural hair approximates to black, the nearer will his wig epproach the hue of either gold or flax. As-for the Isdies—thetdear creatures are privi- leged—and depending on Paris as they do for their complexions, figures, totleta, “bends,” “twists” and touts ensembdles_ generally, it’s no wonder if they do asshe says inthe matter of their hair, and if Paris says 4 la brunette this season for a change, at least, is ita wonder if the golden haired portion of her devqtees pause for a moment, onguent in hand, ere they pour on the floating sunbeams, the “perfectly harmless” liquid, which instantaneously transforms their gold-hued threads into a mass of raven, chest- nat or rich auburn hair, at the will of the fair ‘wearer? "And yet they do complain, some of them. La Blonde had queened it too long in Fashion’s court to be displaced even fora season by her darkt haired sister rival. And at the brunette edict, arose ‘rebellion tn her midst’ as well. Fair- hatred women took their stand at once boldly in favor of their ‘‘lint-white” locks. Brune cavaliers (of course) and not a few blonde ones, as well, rushed gallantly to ‘the rescue; and the result has been—éven in the hey-day of the popularity of dark hair and skins—a divided reign. Blonde hair has never been otherwise than fashionable, although’ for the last year or so dark also, of every tint and’ shade has been equally worn and admired. The con/ tinunce of this prevalence of blonde femmes in Paris has probably been due to the fact that the Empress’ own exquisite cheveuz is of the rarest order of golden | auburn—a tint so rare among the French as to justly’ entitle her to the exhibition ef great pride in its adornment and display. q About $2,000,000 is set down as the annual amount expended by the city of New York for 1ts false hair. Between five and six hundred hair merchants dis- tribute the hair purchased by this immense amount of money’at both wholesale and retatl establishments thronghout the city and its environs, Bede these legitimate warehouses of the trade, within the few last years, since the demand has grown 80 great for the article, it is now gold, in more or less in nearly every Vrsnadacunen foe store but the any, grocery, con: nery and book store. Even in the bi dinainl font pesa gate of the “age more pont sthong, other scat more appropriate, becoming head gear, ids, coils, twists, curlay ons, entire and single; singic bunches, long, short, or bows of curls may be had of all hues and colors, at prices much below the Broadway figure. The hair kept at these places—if human hair at all, which ts open to Deed ma) sewing silk, old rope, finely com! and olled, ides a dozen or more other substances Whose names haye been unknown to the generality of HERALD readers, are é: for sale at these Places)—1s of the lowest order and poorest possibld ganlliy— ied, in fact, of the refuse and rejected de- scription, princi cut from the heads of corpses and the lowest criminals. But as @ general thing, un- Tess at a store of acknowledged repute, the hair sold is of carefully untwisted, combed and aa) similar to that sold in any ordinary old junk 0} upwards, say fifteen seventeen dollars per ounce (and that for the blac! and indifferent shades of brown) to even as thirty or forty dollars for the same quantity. hair and all the lightest shades of bionde, golden, flaxen and auburn or red rank next in value. The darker shades come last and are much cheaper, tn some costing not much more than half as much asthe it. fey neronr pore mtn la also as high as forty dollars al ounce, The reason by hair dealers for the Gepre- ciation in the price asked for dark hair is that at least two-thirds of the entire world’s stock is in two colors—either or very brown. ‘The market advance in the of hair of all colors has literatly quadrupled itself within the last six = The best hair merchants always sell hair cut m living heads, never that severed from the head of a corpse; the reason being that there is no life in dead hair, or that obtained from the dead, and that if either curled or wavy this peculiarity soon departs from it after a few days’ or weeks’ severance at ut- most; therefore d is never consciously bought by the mar wx. At least four times as much hair is now worn at a single hair dressing—save in the days of a century or so ago—then was worn in old (modern) days, and the elaborate arrangement of the colifure for daily street romenade is something both curious and terrible for the uninitiated to contemplate. The hairdresser of to-day complains bitterly that his trade is failing him; for, after the primary pur- chase of the entire wig, &c., his services, owing to the skill of the modern ’g maid. are no longer in jnisition, as of old, for daily dressing. Pi cee br three ai four ead. is ol almost ares aggregate of human yearly appraised by the New York Custom House for the city’s use slones $600,000 more added to the before given $2,000, eon in the opinion of experts, represents both city and country cash cost. jar raw human hair comes principally from Paris. In that city therg are immense warehouses enurely devoted to its sale, which employ hundreds of a vee a, for be prrpoce _ yg sorting,. col packing hair o! ages, aaiitics and tints, ‘To this, bere and elsewhere, the hair is exported in sacks, in which are Toots treme 100 to 150 of human hair so closely being touched on the outside to seem about as as _8 rock. hatris of every conceivable shade and variety, and is collected by Buropean agents from all parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. this country, although wig wearers, the Amert- can people as well as the English have a great hor- ror of parting with theirown hair. The Gei and French, on the contrary, look upon it as rather an honor to supply the Parislan market with their bewildering loc! Hess of our hair comes in a raw ; A statistician gives in tabular form a sche- dul of the usual price Of tase hai, according to ia as . 785, 000 vision of ‘this ‘ cost’ in Golo’ lows:— was worn may be Cwt, marvellous Beato tk ge ay in the arrange inet pon lays as eacay thelr apne ike ‘all fasttons are iecheusted the wonder find doubt still remain as to how on cart! ladies’ hair ia to be dressed for the succeeding winter of 1809-70.