The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1869, Page 7

NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Informers’ Shares. Before Judge Biatchford. ‘This was a contest between Michener and Payne, two revenue officers, as to which was entitled to the informer’s share of $21,000, the proceeds of the sale of certain cutting machines seized at Ross & Co.’s tobacco warehouse, Fulton street. The Court held Uhat the contesting oMcers had simply done their duty as revenue officers in the matter, and are, ‘Werefore, not entitled to any share as informers, SUPREME COUST—CHAMBERS, The Union Pacitic Railroad Case. Before Judge Cardozo, Charles W. Poliard vs, The Union Paciie Railroad Company et at.—This is a new action brought against the Union Pacific Rallroad Company, similar in its character to the case of Fisk, Jr., and in which Jnage Barnard granted an injunction, ex parte, on the 20th inst, The défendants that were served petitioned, under the law of Congress, for the remo- val of this cause to the Circuit Court of the Umited States, and filed a_ bond, as by law required, on the 24th of April, before Judge Cardozo, who made an order directing the petuuion and bond to be iiled with the clerk, and wa order to show cause, returnable yesterday, why the cause should not be declared transferred to the United States Courts, pursuant to the prayer of the petition, My. Field asked that the Court hold the case under advisement until after the decision of Judge Nelson in the Fisk case, Which was identical with Uns one in principle, Judge Cardozo assented to this suggestion, Coun- sel for defendants submitted their papers to the Court, Who proposes to hold the case until after the decision of Judge Neilson, and Judge Cardozo said that he should follow the decision of Mr, Justice Nelson, whatever it might be, without hearing argu- ment of counsel, and that the plainuti’s proceedings by stayed in the meantime in the action. Db. D. Field for plaintit; for defendants, Messrs. ©. Tracy and Clark Bell. The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Case Again. Tweed, Receiver, vs, The Chicago and Rock Istand Railroad Company and John F. Tracy.—This ac- lion is brought by Tweed, Jr., receiver in the case of Fisk, Jr., against the defendants, and an injunc- tion was granted ex parte by Judge Barnard against the defendants, The company was served but Mr. John F, Tracy was not served. Defendants move to transfer the cause to the United States Conrt, on the ground that both defend- ants are residents of the State of Illinois, and the plait of the State ot New York. ‘ Mr, Field asked that the decision be suspended until after the decision of Judge Neison on removal in the Fisk case, Defendanvs counsel objected to delay, on the roan that this petition was on other grounds than that case and rested on the mere question of citizen- rlip, which Judge Cardozo had decided in a former analogous case, in which the Rock Island Railroad case was a party, After some discussion of counsel the Conrt ordered the motion to be placed on the Chambers calendar for the first Monday of May, and stay of plaintus’s pro- ceedings in the meantime. Counsel for plaintir, Dudiey Field; for defendants, Charles Tracy and Clark Bell, Important Decision in a False Pretence Case. Judge Barnard yesterday rendered a decision re- leasing James K. Place, arrested on a charge of false pretences preferred by Brown Brothers, from bail. Mr, Place recetved a large amount of coffee from Brown brothers last summer and subsequently failed. A part of the property was recovered, and Brown Brothers then began a criminal suit against Place Sor false pretences. Judge Barnard now decides that there were no grounds for this suit, MARINE COURT—PART i, Action for Wages—Important to Salesmen. Before Judge Curtis, Benjamin R. Samson vs, Charles H. Griffin and Others.—This was an action brought to recover a balance of salary alleged to be due upon a contract made by one of the defendents on behaif of the firm with the plaintiff, The evidence showed that the contract was a verbal one, to take effect in future and tocontinue forthe term of one year. Defend- ‘nts Moved to dismiss upon the ground that the case came within the statute of frauds, and that, therefore, plaintu’ could not recover. It was convended on behalf of plaintiff’ that in order to avail themselves of that plea the defendants shontd have set It up in their answer. his objection, iowever, was overruled by the Court. The plainuuT then asked leave to amend his.com- plait, 80 as to sue for the recovery of the value of the services actually rendered by him, which amena- ment was allowed by the Court, and thereupon the plaintiff proceeded to give evidence upon the guan- duane merit of such services. ‘The defence set up that plaintiff's services were of no value to them, because his ‘sales were small, his habits dissipated, and that he was in league with other parties to commit larcenies upon the premises e defendants, and that for these reasons he was harged. Mae opie brought @ great number of ses to tesuify to lis character as aman of in- ty and as @ salesman of capability. Nhe case 8 stillon. Counsel for plaintif, Charles Hixon, and birds nd Crosby for defendants, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. | Before Judge Bedford and Recorder Hackett. Assistant District Attorney iutchings appeared for the prosecution. Charles Surratt, who pleaded guilty ng a pocketbook containing forty dollacs from Preder Glattner, Was sent to the Siate Prison for eighteen month ‘ The Grand Jury came into conrt with a number of billa, and the foreman having intim I that they had finished their business, Judge Bedford dis- charged them with the thanks of the Court. During the term they passed upon 110 cases, found ninety live bilis, and dismissed fifteen es for want of ont Evid enc order Hackett sentenc oners, Who had been remande James Martin, wpd pleaded guilty to an attempt d the following pris- at burglary, W bht tothe > Prison for two years and Six montus, Adolph Piiitips, who plead $100 worth of boo Association on the » Was sente the State Prison for three years, ‘Phe Recorder state heh informed that Philips was an adept in ake. rsenbock, Who was charged with burg- ial lariousiy entering the apartment of Kari H 144 Clinton street, on the Lith of } Kins, nthe case having $0 1 al conviclio ced to acquit the pr ALLEGED FALS® P perry was placed on trial charzed wit ining $300 from Teresa Messo on the ath of Sep- ver, lor which she received as ¢ eral shares ip the capital stock o nsolidated Goid and Silver Mining Mr. Hutchings Was unable to prove anything about the certift the City Jad, directed the jury, as matter of law, to render a verdict of not guilty, As there was some dispute im refetence to a chattel | mortg: which the complainant's husband ob- | tained from the detendant, Mr. Hutchings intimated that the case was one Which could be ventilated in the Marine Court—tne highest court in the budding, D FRAUD UPON THE CENTRAL COAL ¢ DETMOLD AND M’CORD bis e Muplaint against these parties for conspiring to obtain money by false pretences from the Centrai | Coal Company :— ot in Thewhaténtricate is appear the printed brief ore than 100 pages which be hs cled Tho testimony 18 voluminous, and counsel for the del been equally industrious with the magistrate'’s clerk and legal naversary iit his preparation of argument. I have al the evidence and argume: with great care, an they are fled herewith retrain from reea ‘“ any portion of either. Thay e po downt of the entire Innocence ot the defendant Qetmold, that he ts ulitless of any offer Thai be may be antenable to the charge of having been crived, and, perhaps, of having been too confiding in an nly tosay what often happens to the heat business and the law qui | damage.” | Brow | posed to give*an annual dinn | aby no meansa clear one against the young m | For som | John Mitchell, aye! N&W YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1869.—QU | will be sworn into office a8 soon as his bond is approved at Was! CiTY INTELLIGENCE, Tue WEATHER.—The following record wil! show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty- four hours, in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building, broad- way, corner of Ann street S08, 169, ‘ as: bagi 3A. M 46 63 aoe i 6AM 61 6 73 9A. M 67 9 2M.. m1 12P, Average temperature yesterday, eseves Average temperature corresponding day last y’r. b4 jg Average temperature on Tuesday. OB, Average temperature corresponding day FATAL SCALDING CasSUALTY.—Wm. John Brogan, the lad eleven years of age, who fell into a vat of hot swill, foot of Thirty-third street, North river, and was terribly scalded, as atready reported in the HERALD, bas since died from the etleets of the scalds received. Deceased lived with is parents at No. 550 ‘Tenth avenuc, where Coroner Keenan was noufled to hold an inquest, DeaTiu FROM INJURIFS.—On Friday last @ Woman, then living at No, 623 Tenth avenue, while engaged in washing down stairs, lost her balance and fell over the banisters to the floor below and was ter- ribly ie ste She lingered tll yesterday and ex- pired from the effects of the mjuries received. Coroner Keenan was notified to hold an inquest on the body. The name of deceased was not ascer- tamed, Founp In THE Waten.—Coroner Keenan was yes- terday notified to hold an inquest on the body of an unknown man forty-flve years of age, which was found foating in the dock at pier No, 42 North river. haw and mustaches, and was dress vest, brown pants, black necktie and white muslin shirt, The body apparentiy had been in the water for several weeks. Correcrion.—In the report of the “Tragic Affair in Amity Street’ in yesterday's HERALD the sentence occurred, that the pistdl balls were passing “into the room above the bar without doing any serious The manuscript read, “into the room above, ut without domg,” &c., which was the fact. ‘The honse where the tragedy occurred 13 a quic orderly boarding house, and there is no ‘bar’? any where in the preinises, AN OLD SHoorinc Case.—On the 4th of July, 1807, Rosa Berger, a child then three years of age, while at play in the yard of her parents, residing at No. 615 Fifth street, was accidentally shot by the premature discharge of firearms. She never re- covered irom the effects of the wound, and, subse- quentiy attacked by disease, she lingered til yesterday and expired. Coroner Keenan was notl- died, and will hold an inquest on the body. SuppEN DEATH.—Mr. Stephen L. Cook, who lived at No, 341 West Twenty-sixth street, took breakfast as usual yesterday morning and appeared to be in ‘ood health. Soon afterwards some boys annoyed r. Cook and he chased them away. In doing so he became excited, and, falling to the floor, died ina few minutes alterward. Coroner Schirmer was notified to hold an inquest on the body. Some years ago (deceased was a member of the Police Départ- ment. THe Morcve.—Warden Brennan reports that the body of an unknown man was brought to the morgue yesterday from the Thirty-first precinct station house. Deceased was aged about forty-three years, five feet nine tnches high, had brown hair, sandy mustache, and was attired m black frock coat and vest, dark pants, striped calico shirt, white under- shirt, blue cotton drawers, socks and heavy shoes, Body too much decomposed to be placed in the morgue to await identification. VITAL STATISTICS.—The report of Sanitary Super- intendent Harris to the Board of Health, for the week ending Saturday last, shows that there were 420 deaths in this city and 144 tn Brooklyn. The variation from the death rate of the correspond- ing week in the years 1866, 1867 and 1808 varied ay from these figures, Measles and scarlatina were the cause of 68 aeaths in the two cities. In New York 252 of these aeaths occurred in tenement houses, 64 in public institutions and 104 in other dwellings, The number of births was 228 and of marriages 310, PETITION TO COLLECTOR GRINNELL.—A number of merchants have petitioned Collector Grinneil to stop an abuse of oficial authority of which they com- plain, They say that unless they employ certain cartmen well known at the Appraiser’s Department, the delivery orders for their goods are not issued till twenty-four hours after the goods had been ap- pee and passed, while if they employ these men insiead of their own the orders are issued immedi- ately. The petitioners ask for an investigation into this alleged practice, and hope that such orders will & issued as May place all cartmen on an equal fooi- ing. REUNION AT GRAMMAR ScHo001, No. 16.—The mem- bers of the “Ninth Class’? from the year 1820 to 1860 of the old Public School No, 3, corner of Grove and Hudson streets, met last evening at Grammar School No. 16, to eifect an organization for the pur- pose of future social intercourse. As tne period since the first graduate left the school, and who was Fst last evening, covers forty years, as might ave been expected, men Who Were near their cl. macteric and beardieas youths appeared, the one to testify to the antiquity of the early associations and the other te repeat anew many of thelr schoolboy pranks. Among those graduates who have become famous are the Hon. Schuyler Colfax. the Vice President of the United States; John E. Develin, late City Chamberiain and Governor Price, of New Jersey. Afver Me adop- a of a constitution and by-laws Mr. B. D. t erland was elected president and Abram D. er, secretary for the ensuing year. It is pro- . the first to ta place in dune next, at which Vice President Colfax 18 expected to be a guest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, COMMITMENT OF A PICKPOCKET.—Wash. Kerns, allas Edward Kane, was committed for trial yester- day at Jefferson Market for stealing @ watch from the pocket of Charles Flammer, 34 Wali street. ALLEGED ABANDONMENT.—Dr. Henry Wheaton, voarding health oficer of the port, was yesterday », to pay his int of abandoninent, ten Tie Hore: Law.—A very abie 100k nileman, giving his name as ce J. hedges, was yesterday arraigned at the Police Court ona rge of eating a dinner Astor House and then refusing to pay tor it re Dowling com a to answer the charg efault of $200 ALLEGE oY Monky.—Joseph Driscoll was yesterday taken before Justice Dowling, at th Tombs, on a charge of stealing Mity dollars, the pro- perty Michael Dovohue. The latter states in his oMdavit that he had $900 in fiity dollar bilia, ant that while in the soloon No. 15 Park row he gave the money to the ed to count, who stole oue of the bills On corroboration of this allegation of Jarceny by James McCowan, who stated that he saw Driacoll take the inoney, the prisoner was comuultted in désault of $i,000 bail to answer the charge. ALLEGED EMbnz vt at A. T. Stewart’ On Monday detective Corkey arrested Wiliam Liv- | ingstou, aclerk in the carpet department of A. T. Stewart's house, on the charge of embezzling money assing through his hands to the amount of $4.50 fe was remanded to the station house by dns Dodge to enat dence, Yesterday, a iew moments before the cou: closed, the acensed 8 brought into court, as well as one of the Dookkeepers, Who was susp courpiicity im the alleged embezzlement. As the case on, they were remnanded until to-morrow, when an adi- davit will be fled detading the particulars. ALLEGED LARCENTES BY A CoLonED C months past Mr. Thomas Price, West Ninth street my » the officer to obtain further evi- ae had in his employ as coachman Ww man, aged about twenty-four years, who recently took service with C. Balubiidge of No. Smith, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, but by the family was milowed to remain tn po: sion his room at Mr. Prico’s. For nearly a year money | and articles have been missed from drawers and closets; but John being @ favorite was not suspected of the larceny. About two months ago $160 anda grold ring were stolen from a drawer, and no trace of the thie! discovered. Detective Tully, of the Fif- teenth precinct, was instructed to work up the case, and has for some time watched the movements of the servants. He learned that the negro neent glare operations. the defendant on bis own cannot, of course, control th Who mag, {f #0 disposed, sent the case bac] even now treat this case as if 1w JUFY on the allegations belote me, while wil that can be stated i re that if the detendant Dew in the conviction menged a civil auit ye itiased eleven a an sruments either to further or deity pecuniary ts Let an order be entered by the clerk In comformity with the above, JOHN Ke HACKETT, Kecorder, Nrw Your, April 26, 1969, The jury were then discharged for the term. During the present month there have been a large nuinber of cases disposed of by the court and the +f presecuting oflcera, The May term will commence next Monday, his Honor Judge Bedford presiding. 7 THE NEW UNITED STATES MARSHAL. Mawr General Francis C. Barlow (appointed by President Grant to be Marshal for this disiricty ap- peared yesterday morning before Judge Biatehfor accompanied by his two sureties, aud gave bonds In $2,000 " Behukz and Wiham T. Biodgett. General Bariow * | men and cartmen. His guretiga were Messrs, Jackson 8. | had conceived a passionate affection for a pretty white waitress In the house, named Mary Ann Cal- ligan, who reciprocated John’s feelings and was the recipient of many presents which he lavished upon her. On Tuesday he presented @ ring to Mary Ann, wiiich proved to be the identical one stolen with the, $180. Hretective Tully was called in and ‘arrested? the negro on the insormation of the girl, who stated that she received the rug from Mitchell, The ac- cused was arraigned before Justice Dodge yesterda: afternoon, when Mr. Price Med a compinint ant | dueed): these were taken by making a negative theacensed was committed to the Geverai Sessions | for trial, The total amount of money and jewe'ry stolen at various times since Mitchell's admission to the house i from $500 to $600. In explanation of how he came possessed of the ring he stated that he tound tt on the floor about Christmas, MAYON'S OFFICE. At the Marshai’s bureau yesterday the bnsiness ‘was very light, and was confined almost entirely to the reprimanding and fining of speculative truck. It appears that a number of the cartiven who have leonses for stands down town j have veen in the habit of posting themselves in con spicuous places up town for parties who are ¢ ed in ment of moving. the purpose of catching ne. Plctectnble employ- fayie of doing, busines, mined to put a stop to that style of ri , aud the ‘araymen ‘ne were before him were severely reprimanded, heavily fined and ordered to stand no P ‘ace but where their licenses stated under penalty of having their licenses revoked. SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY. Shadows Avaunt !=The Woolly Horse Show. man on the Stand=Joyce Heth and the Mermaid=The Tombs Closed Upon the Spirite—Exeunt Omnes. Alter vigorous hammering the last coffin nail has been driven into this apparently everlasting case. ‘The ‘funera! services were read yesterday at the Tombs and the dejointed bones of the mysterious visitor quietly deposited in the grave which has now closed forever. It was a bright morning and @ most auspicious one for the joyful event. It was not quite certain whether the last rites would take place yesterday, but, mirabile dictu, the spirits quietly disappeared, their departure being unaccom- panied by either the clanking of chains or sulphur- ous vapor. Briefly, the testimony is over, and nothing now remains but the summing up of coun- sel, Considerable merriment was caused by certain “woolly horse’ developments, at which the loungers persned at the 1urther end of the court grinned roadly, Mr, Elbridge Gerry and Mr, Blunt appeared on the part of the prosecution, Mumler betng de- jended by Messrs. John T. Townsend and Baker. Mr. Abrahain dus was the first witness exam- ined. He gave a lucid explanation as tothe man- ner in whieh the so called spirit potographs could be taken by mechanical means, which were exct ingly varied; photographers could take aman with an angel on his head ora pairof horns, just as de- sired, without being detected. Mr. Bogardus pro- duced several photographs with the so called spirit forms which he himself had photographed by me- chanical means, He further testided that he had known many persons to mistake pictures in his gal- jery as representations of their friends; had known one person to mistake the portrait of Henry Clay for that of General Jacksol The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr, Townsend, and in_ reply stated that he did not be- lieve spirits could be photographed. Counsel then proceeded to read from the twenty-eighth chapter or Pirst Samuel, and having asked the witness in ard to his belief in the Bible, whether the spirit referred to had language and form, and if so Whether it was impossible for the spirits to appear for the purpose of being photographed. Mr. Gerry objected to the question, He did not object tothe Bible being read in court for the reason. that no one was injured by listening to the words of Seripture, but he was opposed to the Bible being prodaced for the purpose of confusing the witness. It was without a precedent for a theological examination of a witness in a criminal case. ‘fhe witness Was present as anexpert, not as a theo- logical student. Mr, Townsend read several other texts trom the Bible, detailing the appearance of spirjual beings upon earth and was about to question the witness, but objections having been offered the examination in that respect was not proceeded with. Mr. Mason was recailed, and in answer to Mr. Blunt stated that with reyard to the photoerap ba shown him they could not have been produced by betng in front of the camera, the shadows on the figures falling differently on each, which was im- possible; witness did not believe in the alleged supernatural! production of Mumler’s pictures, Mr. P. Barnum was thei produced from the crowd and put into the witness box and examined by Mr. Gerry regarding humbugs merally. He said he had devoted some time to the detection of humbugs, at which answer many winked signifi. cantly. In the course of business he had heard of Mumler about seven years and knew him by reputation as the original taker of what was known a8 spirit photographs, The witness corresponded with him; made a search for the letters, but could not find them; thought they were demolished with bis museum; Mumier sent him photo- graphs, for which he ; those photographs represented “Colorado” Jewett, Henry and the ghost of Napoleon; they were labelled ‘Spiritual Humbugs;” he had seen a great many ‘spooks,’ and he thought it was only necessary to sce them to be- heve in them; he went to the gallery of Mr. Bogardus and asked for a photograph with a spirit on it; de- tected no deception; he accompanied Mr. Bogardus into the dark room; saw him take the plate and de- velop on It the shrouded figure of Abraham Lincoln; during the process he was not conscious of avy Spiritual presence, Mr. Townsend severely catechised the witness re- lative to his being engaged in the humbug business, The witness said he always gave people value for their money, or, in other words, that “they paid their money ana they had their choice.” He thought his “woolly horse” was just what it was represented to be; 1t waa actually woolly and a@ curiosity, and it was for that reason he purchased it, and he was giad to enlighten people upon the subject; he had the horse just as it was born and created. Beng questioned as to his mermaid he continued:—The mermaid was represented to me to be what | repre- sented it to be tothe public, and | have never been aisabnsed of the idea; the mermaid was presented to the public as 1 believed it to be; I never owned It; 1 fared it; | have never taken money for things that I had wisrepresented, Q, Have you as a public entertainer ever presented imatters to the public, falsifying the facts, and taken money therefor? A. Ll may have given it a litie drapery sometimes. (Laughter.) The witness then cag a to testify in regard to “Washington's Nurse,” in which le said he believed, but yet he never endeavored to have a profound belief regard- ing Ner; but he nevertheiess believed in her and paid $1,000 for her, He was further interrogated con- cerning his correspondence with Mumler, whose employer told him (witmess) that Mumier was @ sharp fellow, and advised him to negottate with him tor an addition to his svock of humbugs; when he visited Bogardus’ gallery he asked him to bring down the spirit of Joyce Heth; he said he could not do So, as the old lady’s Vitality was so much ex- hausted. Mr. Charles P. Boyle was next examined and sa ihave been i the photographic business twer years and am connected with the American Insti- tute: Lam familiar with the so-called spirit photo- graphs, and have known it for seven years, when Mamler first commenced it; L saw Mumler in Boston in Mrs. Stewart's photographic gallery; I can iden- tify Mumler as the person | saw there; when | saw him he seemed to be attending to business there: 1 e some photographs taken at Kock woo under my supervision; I instructed Mr. Rock-*| and bis men how to do the thing. The balance of the testimony of this wit- ness was technical, and although it might prove absorbingly —mteresting to ex} vould be Jiteraliy incomprenensibie. ie tinue: spirit photograph aviair, 1 proposed the screen test to expose tts a ommittee of the In- the affair; y say by he stitute Ww pointed to tnvestig not on that committee, and can what they did or discovered, mination he said he was not a Spirfit- t had examined the subject of 8 lism « Counsel then produced the Bibie and inter. rogated him as to the passage stating that Christ with some of Hla aposties went upon the moun- tain and saw Moses and Blias upon i. The wit- ss replied that anything he couid not comy 1 uspended his bel arding th iH the picture of 2 deceased persou who, d iad not had a portrait taken, Re-direct—\. Is there anythiag ep which has been re re a e Spirits shine onl. lo er ualist, bul ptever in the nected with it ely own light wess, who hart de- meaas of taking the sumony of the previous ed the various mechanic ed spirit photographa, 1e8 D. Fredricks, a photographer, im ane to Mr. Gerry, deposed—i have made a few ex ments in spiritual photography (three pictures pro- to pres et, Making a positive from this, then took the picture on developing the photgraph, 1 found an indistinct spirit torm (so-called); it 1s impossible to take a picture from an arucle which one cannot see; no one can photograph a spirit; I rer | am a practical photographer, although for some years } have done but little practical work: a r webed light coald not be throwa on an object ia sunlight; it would not make a doubie shadow, Mr. Jolin Jones, a toathematical instrament maker, @ave testimony relative to photographic appliances and stated that he could coostruct @ camera that would deceive an rye Unless he tok it to pieces. Mr. Gerry said he desired to call ly. Parsons, ove of the plivsicians of the Hlackweil’s Island losane Asylum, to prove some points relative vw insanity. Ve desired to rebut the testimony of Jnage Bdmonds and Mr. Paul Bremont concerning hailucinauoa. Mr. Townsend objected. After considerable discussion Judge Dowling sug- rested the propriety of allowmg@ the cose to rest Where it stoo). and the summary of cognee! was set | down for Moimiay morning. . GOaRB OF FIRE COMMISSIONEAS. The Board of Metropolitan Fire Commissioners | heid their regular weekly meeting yesterday morn- ing at Firemen’s Hall, Generai Alexander Shater in the chair, A petition was received from A. J. Martin, fore- man of Engine Company No. 2, asking the joan of © steamer for two weeks until their own apparatus coud be repaired. Referred to tie Committee on Apparatas, with power to act, Janes Gordon Bennett, Jr., wrote to the Commis: siouert a that his father was clesirous of adding an additional impetus to competition among the members of the department, in_ the discipline, cour- age and honesty with which their dates are per formed, aud that he bad been directed to forward to the Commissioners the sum of $1,600, requesting they would pay Tiffany & Co, $500 for the dic of a medal they are preparing, and to use the income of the balanee for the purpose of procuring a gold medal annually, to be re to she member of the department as the Board may deem deserving of a reward Of mertt. the reply ef the Commisstoners is as follows:— Aithough tt will be difticult to make the selection from 0 much individual merit as the department is developing, We acenjt the (runt with a full appreciation of the eorepitiment ecouterredsn our selection aa trustees of your father's gener: ‘ous endowment, and will cause to be prepared # formal ae: ceptance Insuring its perpe he The offer of 8, Cohen to dispose of an apparatus to rescue Pond from burbing butldings was re- ferred to the Committee on Apparatua ihe Board then adjourned. BOLD HOTEL ROBBERIES BY 4 WOMAN, Curious Chapter of Female Audacity and Crime—Catalogue of Late Robberies at Leading Hotels and Arrest and Confession of the Woman Robber—Alleged Receiver in Custedy. Skilful audacity of crime, couple with crowning glory of unparalleled success, have characterized some late robberies at a number of the leading hoteis in this city. The robberies were perpetrated in the day time. Dfamonds, valuable jewelry, gold watches and the costliest grades of feminine apparel, such as camel hair shawis and the Gnest fabrics of rare and expensive laces, comprised the cat- alogue of missing property, Hotel guests, the victims of the robberies, were amazed at the sudden and mysterious disappearance of their valuables. Hote! proprietors, the reputation of whose houses was being damaged by the frightful frequency of these extended peculations, were in a wild maze of bewilderment. Detectives confessed themselves sadly perplexed. Persons deemed in the slightest degree suspicious stopping at the hotels, the hotel attachés and servants and private servants and visitors have been under the most careful and unrelaxing espionage. And yet tne robberies con- Unued, with no clue to their perpetrator. The late robberies to which we have referred began several months ago. First in the list of victims, as will be remembered, was Assistant District Attorney Hutch- ings. Shortly after New Year's his rooms at the Everett House were entered during the day time, durimg the temporary absence of his wife, and a vaiuab‘e cluster diamond pin and other jewelry stolen, of the value of $2,645, Shortly af- terwards the rooms of Mrs. A. B. Salter, at the Coleman, were entered, and a coral necklace and diamond pin and earrings and other articles of the aggregate value of $5,000 stolen, Mrs. Sherman, stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, close on the heels of the last robbery, had two camel hair Shawls, valued at $800 each. stoien from her rooms. A lady at the Albemarle watrobbed of $2,600 worth of jewelry, and anovher lady at the Union Phice Ho- tel was victimized to nearly the same amount. As stated above, the robberies In each case were perpe- trated in the day time, revealing alike most marvel- lous shrewdness and daring in their execution, To detect the bold robber has been the work of time, extreme caution and sharp strategy, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Hutchings, occupying a position at the very side of justice, was determined to leave no stone unturned whereby he might trace out the guilty party. A desire to recover his stolen property as well as visit merited punishment upon the culprit was his strong impelling motive. He employed @etective oficers McGowan and McCarty, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, to assist him. These officers went to work with a will and with their customary adroitness, They soon satisfied themselves that the boldly successful culprit was a woman. To find this woman was the next thing. After a seduionus process of research and inquiry they found at various times stopping at the hotels where the robberies had been committed was a middle aged lady of pleasing and polished address, and uniform- ly dressed in plain black, and that she went under a different name at each hotei. At the Everett House she gave the name of Mrs, Amelia B, Miller, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel that of Mrs, Conner, at the Albe- marie Mrs. Brown, at the Coleman House Mrs. Brown, and so on, assuming a new alias at each stopping place. Having lately given up stopping at the hotels and frequenting public places and thor- oughfares, and when she did go out taking the pre- caution to hide her face from the public gaze by wearing a heavy veil, it was no easy matter to trace her whereabouts. To tell how the officers “piped”? and danced—that is to say, danced attendance here and there and at all hours of the day and night— would be to teil along story. Finally they arrested her. The arrest took place day before yesterday. She was brought before Justice Dowling at the Tombs the same day. “are you the one who has been perpetrating these astonishing hotel robberies’ the Judge asked her im a quiet tone of assumed indigerenee, as though he did not believe for a moment that she was the guilty party. “By no means,”’ she responded, blandly smiling. “It's a mistake, and though I feel temporarily cha- grined atthe error 1 am happy 1 am entirely inno- vent, cel You don’t know me. I see,’ spoke up the Judge tane the reverse of his first remark. irst time I have ever had the honor of seeing you.”? ° ‘Sure of that ’" “Quite sure.”? “Weil, madame, this is not tne first time you have seen me and it is not the first time yon have beep before me. | am good at remembering faces.’ “But surely you are mistaken this time.” “Iam not mistaken. There are two judgments now suspended over you for robbing hotels.” It is unnecessary to give this conversation entire. The woman saw the Judge knew her, She saw that to make a clean breast of it was the best course she coulda take, She confessed herself the culprit. She told how she effected the robberies, which was by knowing the habits ef the ladies robbed, and under pretext of calling to viet them got tnto their rooms in their absence. She gave the names of the per- sons to whom she had sold part of the proceeds of the ropberies, ‘The case Was not ripe for publica- tion until these alleged receivers were arrested, which dt not take place til? yesterday. The names of the alleged receivers as thus far revealed appears in the subjoined afidavit, which is the only one that 80 far has been made, and upon which the parties named therein, with one exception, were arrested:— tnd County of New York, —Robert C. Hutchings. of the Everett House, being duly sworn, deposeth and enith that on the — day of nase, at the Ejclteenth ward of the city of New York, in ihe county of New York, was felont ously taken, 8 ‘away from the’ premises depornent th ¢ cluster diamond pin of the vi nd stud of the value of #500, one gold wate $100, one chain of th value of #100, two alue of $100, one med kerehlef of the value property of deponent, and 6 to euspect and pect that the sald property was felomtonsiy take and carried a by Mary C. Miller, here present, who con- fesses to deponent that she took the aaid property from the drawer of n burean in. his apartments in the & t Honse on the day above menti nd that ahe took the said pro: value © sof th ne perty from the said Everett House and gold it to various parties; that she took the satd above mentioned diamond pin to’ one Mrs, Teresa Lynen, doing businers as jeweller under the New Y 1, And the centre stone taken therefrom S er for the sum of #60 4 the balance of the Mra. Lynch byt that the said eald Mrs. mnie nto nent that aid Keys a Ne she | cha rearfas, J. DowLtna, with her hua- i New York Hotei formerly kept by Lo Messrs, Keys & Judd, of No. 609 Br before the mazistrate for pre They were represented by counsel. davit was first read to then. A fhe above Lynch waived an exaimmuation and elected to be tried in the Court of General & Oifers bail wer then made for her, t dige refused to accept bail, except from parties he personally knew to be responsible. On behalf of Messrs Keys & Judd bail was offered, but the Judge refused bati except by parties he also personally knew, An im- meditate examination was demanded, but this the Judge declined to give on account of the absence of N Hutenings. The latte therefore, likewise ed to be tried in the General Sessions, It was evous to be induc into prison cells, br was no help for tt. atime John Lyneb, th svand of Mrs. Lynch, was also comunitted to prison without bail ta answer a charge of being the receiver of @ portion of tue proceeds of the Lord | robbery. from what we have written It will be seen that no more important arrests have been made in thts | ome tine. The confession of Mrs. Miller, ‘onners, Brown, &¢., is corroborated in re- ery of part of the stolen propert; utber @ iis Of other Victims of these hotel robveries will be made within a day or two, and the names of further receivers will shortly be made public. There seems Uittie doubt now that moet of the stolen | property will be recovered, and that deserved pun- ishment Will be meted ont to ali the guilty parties, to the receivers as well ag the confessed original ouiprit THE FATAL AFFMAY OM GUARD THE LADONA. ADRUPLE SHEET. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Al the New York Navy Yard the Board of Navai OMcers now in session, of which Admiral Golds- borough Is President, slowly progresses with the sea elephant business of striving to make something out of the four pipe abortions fostered upon the United States Navy by Chief Engineer Isherwood. In the varied propositions presented for taking out boilers, altering engines, moving masts, building spar decks, &c,, the one proposition collides with the other, and in despair naval officers seem to think that these beautiful vessels, save but upon the entire FeMoval of their engines, will at the dest, under the several heads of changes proposed, prove still the fostering of a continuous blunder upon the navy. It ts rumored that the Madawaska alone will be re- tained in the service, The otners—to wit, the Wam- panoag, Ammonoosuc, Pompanoosuc, Minnetonka and Neshaming—will be sold, provided, of course, purchasers can be found who will buy themea very douptful matter, With the Moshula class something may be done, and even this remains to be seen. Of her class there are the Alaska, Algoma, Contoocook, Guer- riere, Manitou, Omaha, Ontario, Piscataqau, Push- mataha and Java. . Itts rumored that the Naval Board will recom- Mend the removal of two of the Moshula’s boilers and the prover placing of her masts; also the bulld- of aspardeck. Then it is to be hoped that she will both steam and sali to the advantage of the government to which she belongs. NAVAL PERSONALS. The resignation of Rear Admirai Joseph Smith, as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, is accepted, to take effect on the Ist of May next, and he will then assume the duties of president of the perma- nent court now in session in the Navy Department. Captain Daniel Ammen, by direction of the Presi- dent, has been appointed Chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards, to take effect on the ist of May. Fleet Surgeon J. M. Foltz has been detached trom the European squadron and ordered home. Charies Eve! at the Philadeiphia Navy Yard (on the 15th of May) and ordered to the Franklin as Fleet Surgeon of the European squadron, Lieutenant Commander Wm. C. Wise is detached from the Saugus, with directions to hold himself in readiness for duty on board the Miantonomo. Surgeon John ©, Sper is ordered to the Naval Ren- dezvous at the Philadeiphia Navy Yard on the 15th of May next. Passed Assistant Paymaster Rk. B. Rodney and Assistant Paymaster Frank Bissei! are ordered to the Philadelphia Navy Yard tor exaiination for pro- motion. Ss. B. Chittenden, of Brooklyn, has been appointed a@ member of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, vice Cornelius Vanderbilt, declined. Operntions at the Washington Navy Yard— Increase of Working Force=Monitors Saugus and Mahbepac Fitting Out—Cnsting of Heavy Ordnance to Begin—Proposed Voy- age of the President and Party. WASHINGTON, April 25, 1889. At the@resent juncture of our national affatrs the Movements recently inaugurated at the Navy De- partment possess an unusual interest to those de- sirous of keeping themselves well infermed of pass- ing events, Atthe close of the great rebellion the immense number of vessels in our navy which were suddenly bereft of active duty became a source of great anxiety to the venerable head of the Navy De- partment, How to get rid of them was 4 question which formed the constant theme of his thoughts during the day, and which took the shape of nightmares through the still hours of the night. By dint of incessant cogitation on this momentous subject the worthy Secretary at last evolved ascheme of selling them off. The plan was putinto opera- tion, and the rap of the auctioneer’s hammer was heard in most of the maritime cities of the Eastern seaboard, until merchants found themselves amply supplied with cheap vessels, steamboat companies felicitated themselves on profitable bargains, foreign Powers rejoiced in the possession of first rate Ameri- can tron-clads, and the United States Navy was left with the shattered odds and ends, comparatively few of the vessels that were retained being in good seagoing condition. Our magnificent tron-clad feet was distributed among the several navy yards in the country, and there permitted to lay exposed to the ravages of time and weather, without suficient care being taken to keep tein in good repair. When Actuiral Porter was appointed an assistant to the present Secretary of the Navy, he resolved to do something towards restoring order amid this general chaos, and began by instituting much heeded reforms in the personnel of the navy, and by making more judicious assignments of omicers. Before this work was fairly inaugurated, however, the compiexion of our foreign reiations indicated that active service for the navy was among the pro- oabitities of the day. It became evident to the Ad- mural, who has had long experience in detecting the brewing of a Storm, that there was sharp necessity to look alow and aloft, and prepare to meet what- ever emergency might arise, Consequently, the past two weeks lave witnessed busy scenes in naval circles. Orders and fustructious follow each other im rapid succession from te ofice of the secretary tothe different naval stations throughout the land. At the Washington Navy Yard, which is one of the most important construction yards ip the couwn- try, the impetus given to the workshops by the recent fitting out orders from the department is beginning to be visible. The force of workmen has been Inereased by the addition of upwards of a hun- dred hi The monitor saugus ts being prepared for sea and supplied with a large quantity of iixed ammunition. The new foundry is being prepared for casung gu New furnaces and roiters are being erected for manufacturing Sheet copper, and increased activity Is visibie on every hand. At the present time the following officers are on duty at this post:—Rear Admiral C. H. Poor, ani; Captain T. Hi. Patterson, executive Commane J.C. Davis, second executive & V. Morris, ma: Captain H. K. er; Commander K. K. venport, navigation oft Jieatenaut Commander “se, erdnance omicer; L. ‘Howison, assistant ordnance ome Gun- Stewart, on ordnance duty; le lis, chief of equipment; + Russell, chief of provisions and clothing; W. B. Bogys, paymaster of the yard; L. G surgeon; E, Donn Ht. Shock, chfer engin this officer has to the yard for duty, but Lo. chief engine if, wssistant sur. Wibams, yard, the gu spondent visited th that some persovage was expected more power and carried & greater dignity than your correspondent; tor Jed m number, and each man w though Jui npacked from @& baudvox, un platoon decked in their uniforms, Une whole 1 States, the Secre clung as fis nuit of friends, accomps the cluidren and several lady friends, w n the to New ark nre tri rther through the 3 he distiaguished party were v¥ rrayed in fuil uniform, wits swords, and a decail of men s readin » a salute frou a battery of twenty. five J2-pounders. At the docks were lying several iro ts, sieam- ers and tugboats. The first one Visited was the Si which Was brougit up for repairs ays ago, This vessel is of th clas, with Tevolving turret, which are mounted two — 1é-inel dD | guns. The machinery is being overhau' 1 put in good rupnmg order, the porthoies in the turret are being widened and the vessel ts receiving h repairs and #everal coats of paint. Itis d that she will be ready for service by the next week. The officers ondered On the evening of th: 4 uit. an affray occurred on board the steamship Ladona, then iving at the foot of Burling slip, East river, between Stephen Jones, the assistant steward, and Thomas Nissen, a seaman, which resulted tn the stabbing of Nissen in the abdomen, Jones was arrested at the time, and & day or two afterwards the injured man died at the New York Hos Owing to the sailing of the Ladona for New Orleans and Galveston with the witnestes it Was found necessary to postpone the inquisition till the attendance of the witnesses could be secnred. Yesterday the Ladona returned to this port, when officer Farrell and de- tective Hayes, of the Second precinct, by order of Coroner Keenan, arrested Otto Ruiger, Charles Scott and Lester A. Schofield, sailors, they hyde | been witnesses to the affray between Nissen ani Jones. Coronet Keenan will make an investigation in the case to-day, On the night of the fatal affray Nissen went aboard the ship ina ja) stare of in- toxication and demanded that Jones should prepare supper for him. This he declined doing, and henc a dispute and the use of the knife. Jones is dined th the Tomb THE STEAMSHIP AMERICA. The trial trip of the large and magnificent new steamship America, of the Pacific Mafi Steamship Company's liae, took place yesterday morning, the veasel leaving her wharf at about eight o'clock, A numerous company, embracing the officers oi the company and @ party of tnvited guests, among whom were several jadies and a number of promi- nent gentiemen in the mercantiie and shipping business, were on The steamer went down the lower bay and out beyond Sandy Hook, return- ing to her dock last evening, The steamer America was built exclusively for China service of the company, |. With the exception of the Great East. — erp, ta the larvest a Afloat in the work. sue wil depart upon he voyage around the world he- tween the 20th of May and the ist of June. to report, and coal, provisions and ammeonition will be taken 1n as soon as the repairing ts Onished. The Saugus will be commanded by Commander James T. Fyfe. Her supply of ammmnnition will cons twenty spherical solid shot, twenty spherical cored shot, Six splierical steel shot, ten cans of grape and ten of canister, besides twenty-five 15-inch sheiis. A short distance out in the river lays the monitor Mahopac, similar in size and construction to the Saugus. The Mahopac wil! be hauled tn for repairs when the Sangus 19 finished. At present her machinery ts disconnected, and the vaives packed to preserve ‘them from injury during the winter. Orders have been given to put her machinery in ronning order and watt further instructions, The Mahopac t# also armed with two 15-ineh Daighrens. Near the Mahopac is the veteran monitor Montauk, whose turret bears the scare of numerous actions. She also will need a great deal of repairing to fit her for active service. No orders have yet been received for her renovation, but it is belleved that all the ser- viceable iron-clads will be refitted, dust outside of these monitors are two light draught tron-clade—the Casco and Chimo, Thess vease.s Were constructed as experiments in the effort to secare an iron-clad Uiat Would carry as heavy ordnance as the original style of monitors and be able to navigate shallower waters, They proved a failure, however, for when they received their gnns, eiores and ammunition their decks were sunk a foot or two beww the water's edge, An attempt was made to turn them to some account by cutting away the lower two-thirds of the turret and converting the vessels into torpedo boats, Even these altera- tions, although ory kept the decks above water, tailed to transform the vessels into anything servicea- ble; #0 here they ride uselessly at anchor and will provably do no good for the government except when they shall be sold for old iron. 7 intention was to hitch the rudder on the bow, un- ship that at the stern and steam up or down the river without turning. These steamers are the As- cutney, Shamokin and Lr git The two former are rotting away in dignified idleness, too slow and unwieldy for carrying freight, too for leasure trips, too Worthless to sell and 400 to reak up; but the latter, with the help of some addi- tonal “hachinery, has been rendered serviceable, and is used for ramspceteg stores from different Parts of the country to the Navy Yard and for the pleasure excursions of the President and Secretary of the Navy. She is el@gantly fitted up for the accommodation of the distinguisied passengers, With splendid dining saloon, cabin, staterooms, bathrooms, &c., with elaborate provisions for the culinary department and fine promenade decks. She is commanded by Master D, G, MacRitchie, who was selected for this pleasant kind of duty on ac- count of his politeness, faithfulness and superior knowledge of coast navigation. When Visited by your correspondent the Tala) Was ili ready to cast off her hawser, a3 soon as the Presidential party should come on voard. The lower deck was partially covered with freight for New York, among which were a number of boxes con- taming furniture, marked ‘Gideon Welles, New York city.’ To do justice to the nava) authorities it should be stated that pleasure excursions are never induiged In unless the excursionists intend to go the whole length of the voyage, which ts mvartably on government business; so thatthe public stores and services of oficers and men are not used to minister to private enjoyment. The workshops of the yard are beginning again to present a lively and bustling appearance. ‘The force in the machine shops, chain and anchor shops, ro. ing mill, &c., has been Jately augmented, The Ordnance Department at this place is the largest in the United States, a great deal of work being done ere that 1s not done at any other navy vard, An the fuses and percussion primers for supplying the whole navy are made here. ‘The process of manu- facturing fuses and primers is Kept a profound secret, and no person is admitted to the laboratory except those Wlo are accompanied by one of th ordnance officers, Through the courtesy of Lic’ ant Commander Howison your correspondent wa permitted to witness the different processes nece: sary to the construction of a simple fuse, which is shaped very much like a cylindrical brass plug, to be screwed into the shell after the latter is charged with owder. The processes are nine in num lows:—Making the explosive composition the paper for the cylinder, rolling te paper nder, loading the cylinder, cutting of! the euds, itting the charged cylinder into the fuse stock, charging the waterproof caps, inserting the caps and nally stamping on the top the length of the fuse. Among the interesting machinery of the Ordnance iad in any Department here are several not to be other part of the country, One is Rod tensil mache for testing the strength of gun metal. Specimens of metal are placed in the machine, and instruments are attached which show the exact de- ‘ee of force required to break by direci tension, & nd, twist or penetrate any Kind of nm ever. Then there 1s Rodman’s pressure testing the force of the gases generated by th plosion of powder. Here 18 a small composition gun, cast in Spain about the year 1490, which was used by Cortez in bis conquest of Mexico. This gun aiscioses the fact that the leading and most success ful feature in the construction of small ares in our day was known to the first manufacturers oi fire- arins, for 1 loads atthe breech. At ihe top of the breech where the vent sioula ve is a square opening to the bore of the gun. Within this openmg 13 a jece something in the form of a flat trou, having a adie by which to litt itout and putitin. Vo load the piece the flat tron was taken out, the cartruige was placed in a short barre! in the flat iron, pushed tight against the back, ia which was a vent hole, the cartridge was pierced with a vent wire, the flat iron was placed in the gun, suoved forward so as to leave @ space about two inches wide be- tween the back of the flat iron and the butt of the gun bore, and a metal wedge Was inserted to keep the cartridge box in its place. The gun was then fired by pouring powder on the wedge and iiring tt with a match or Instock, A large foundry for casting heavy ordnance has been recently erected. It is a pressed brick editice, ‘presenting quite an imposing appearance, and 1s provided With all the necessary machinery for cast- ing fifteen inch guns, Orders were just received to- day to get the foundry in readiness for work, which, it is thought, will commenced within two or three weeks. During the past fortnight a board of officers, con- sisting of Captain Reynolds, Commander Nichoison, Commander K. R. Breese, United states Navy, and Captatn Tilton and Lieutenant Reed, of the Ma- rine Corps, bas been in session at the yard, for the purpose of selecting a breech-loading rifle to be adopted in the navy. The Uranance Department fs now engaged tn get- ting up the armament for the Lancaster, “tting out at Norfolk, and the ammunition for the Saugus and the Mahopac. HELL GATE. Work Stoppéd—The Contractor Wants More Time—Another Appropriation. ints with regret the announcement is made that the work which had been in preparation for blasting Hell Gate rocks and clearing the channel has again deen stopped. It is well known tiat out of a general appropriation of $1,500,000 the sum of $90,000 was assigned under the law by the Secretary of War to the removal of the obstructions at Hell Gate, in the Sound channel. Surveys were immediately made, under the superintendence of General Newton, who was placed in charge of the work, and a contract was entered into with a Mr. Suelbourne to do the biasting according to ais own plan of submarine machine drilling. The repeated former surveys were partly verified, partly corrected, and Mr, Shelbourne proceeded to make the necessary preparations to commence blasting on Frying Pan rock within his contract time, it took some time fo bring the barge beartug the driling apparatns mto positjou and to commence Work; but the elements or other causes interfered materially with its progress. ‘Thus, without any results, the time stipulated in the contract expired and Mr. Sheibourne and his sure- ties were compelled to apply fer an extension of tuume to General Newton. This application the Gene- ral submitted to the War Department on the 6th of The March last, accompanied by a detalied nar- rative of what had been done and of the causes which operaied to produce such # pancity of reguits, No answer has yet been received to this application, and work on Heli Gate has, as a matter of course, entirely stopped. Of the appropriation of $80,000 only about 310,00) or $15,000 have been expended in surveys, Mr. 5) bourne, the contractor, having recetved no pay, and- being entitied to none, until he shows au actnal in prove! t of the channel, wrought by Mimself, M Shelbourne himself, it 1s said, is out of pocket, to t mnt of about twenty thousand dollars, swallowed pretiminary preparations and experiment It ts rather singular that a work of such gre tional importance, and wiich in any ot would have long been comple “dvag its slow length along.” and tlie at consenting to “peg away" ¢ year and again ¢ eternity. The sage time the agitation for the rocks first commenced, a dozen boys had be work in diving bells with ¢ and haume would have done more ex ton by this time all the sporadic esto: F ng skili so far accomplish 2 opiuion of pable of iudging t ts Work Were not have mauy J t saddied by Congres of the engineering otlicers under their direct orders a better managed, and a few the channei compar 1 contre! years hence won't THR GREAT Pt An Effective “Shov? from King that Prevents the Contest Tali Ph The Cause, “Crecity to Animals”=—Disgast of the Assembled Mundreds. naedy The announcement’ that the great pigeon shooting Match, between the “crack shots” John T or Jersey City, and F . Tinker, of Providence, for 2,000 and the ipionship of America, would be decided at Dabots’ half mile wack, yesterday, caused the gathering of s¢ gentlemen at that place early in the day, >Xpressed the greatest anxiety to Witness ud premised that it would reach a sacs mw and successiul termination, precaution had been observed by tat viduals in the matter of obtaining the ne permission from the authorities to allow the of loaded guns’? within the city lmuts, and measures adopted With a view ol not infr know’ law, that could possibly be so co: to point out an exctise for mterference or tion by the officials, But the gentiemen woo lag token this trouble and tie company who aaticipated @ pleasant afternoon counted Without their host, as they subsequently asc ined to their great annoy- ance, ‘The principais were on hand, the birds in readt- ness, the guna duly loaded aud the crowd gathered about the scene of contest, when the loiter wer somewhat surprised at the eutrar rounds of a sergeant of police, with a squad 21en, Who galionty marched up to the principals and informed them that an order had been received by telereaph by Captain Wiison, of the Thirty-secoud precinct, ah hour before, directing nim to stop the match, and, acting under sach orders, they must at once desist from further proceedings, and the assembled hundreds separate. To say that thia edt nd to be couched in the Superintendent's usual senien- tious style, being In thease words:— Prevent the pigeon shooting matoh at Dubois’ to-da; 7 proved the most unpalatable sort of a dish would not be expressing half the disgust manifested by those present, However, the order was obeyed, tne trap packed and the hundreds wended their way homeward, having first ascertained that the reaso for the tuterfeveuce Were that ‘the shooting of ¢ birds under the circtmatances was a viglation of the preventing cruelty to animals,” the particular question reading, “the wantonly lulling er injuring of any livi creatures,” and, under this, Here, also, are turee other vessels which failed to answer the bt indulged when they were constructed, ‘They are what is known in naval par- lance as “double-eaders,”—steamers (urpished with | ridder and anchor machinery at Seth ends, under the impression (iat the steamer so constructed could pass ap rivers deep enough for heavy draught vee sels, but Loo Harrow to pormmit thea tuvding. Th action Was taken, is interpretation of the enact ment Was pronounced by ali as the most ridiculous and boyish ever made, and the wiseacre who firs suggested it Was rather scorntully hooted. ‘this Leper | has not stopped the mateh, ai though thterfering with ft somewhat, as it has beci rauged that it shalt take place to-day at the Sew me rave track situated a few miles back of | Hovoken