The New York Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1870, Page 8

iit eiteeaesieaton THE ERIE WAR RENEWED. Tho Charge of Conspiracy Against the Company. How the Conspiracy Was Initiated—Who Were the Principale--Expose of the Manner in Which the Company Transacts Its Busi- nesws—Daily Expenses—Fees to Coun- sel—Judge Barnard’s Docisions. ‘The jong pending suit of the Erie Railway Com- pany against Josepn Ramsey, Groesbeck, Eaton, Tailer and Jonn Doe (Runkle) was resumed yester- | day, betore Judge Barnard, in the Supreme Court, Special Term, after an interval of some months, The complaint alleges @ collusive conspiracy w yet ‘Poavession of the company. COUNSEL ENGAGED. Messrs. Field and Sherman appeared for the com- .pany, aud @ lormidable array of counsel, including Henry A. Tailer, Jobo L. Cadwalader, €haries Tracy, ex-Judge Porter, Henry Smith, of Albany; Rufus N. Peckham and Lyman Tremain, appeared for the defendants, OPENING PROCERDINGS. The court room was throughout the whole day Milled With ap interesting throng of lawyers, who watched the progress of the case with rapt atven- tien. The case was opened by the following REMARKS BY JUDGE BARNARD—THH FIVE MILIJON ALLOWANCE. Before taking up this—the Erie Railroad Company agamet Ramsey and others—I deem it proper to state that mention was made the other day that! had given an allowance of five miiilens of dollars ia ‘tunis case. That was a falsehood when it was uttered. It was uttered as a falsehood, and it was uttered oy &® person who must have known at the time thatit was a falsehood. The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. | JOSEPH GUPPY'S TESTIMONY—YBE COURSE OF BUSI- | NESS. Joseph Guppy then testifled:—l am employed in the Erie Raliroad Company's office ax Assistant Gen- eral Superintendent. Mr. Field—Siate the general course of business m | that office, Mr. Tracy—We object. Mr. Fieid—1 want to show that if this injunction had been carried out the company would have falied before three o'clock. We want to show that DO money could be paid without a certificate of the Comptrojier, and that the injunction was not re- moved till December. I wish to show by Mr. Guppy shat this was a part of the conspiracy, and that It ‘was a scheme (to break up and overthrow the Erie Raliroad Oompany. Mr. Tracy that this was not the time for the NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. Feceliection of any order of reociver having been ex to me; those papors ‘are now in the pigeon es of desk; between the 24th and the 26tb 1 had consnied with no one upon the auit and had not moved axstep; 1 advised Mr. Stepford to culm mence # suit against the company; | beard that Mr. Stopford commenced bbe suit. Mr. Field—-Did be commence that salt on nine shares of preterced Klock you bought for him + Mr. ‘Tracy objevtod. Objection overruled. Witness—! xent Mr. Stoplord to Mr. Katon to bring Mat anit; [bonynt some stock of the voinpany for the purpose of suing the company; Stopford sold the sock back w me; I pengnsas at the same price, or, Tuhink, a itue higher; Fden’t know what tran~ spirea between Mr. Stopford and Mr. Eaton; J fur. mished the money to buy the stock; | knew (hat Mr. Baton was Mtigaiing that question, To Mr, Cadwallader—The question J wished to test was whether the preferred steck should pay in- terest or dividends; Mr. Katon bad ae connection with me in the matier; | appeared forthe company in 1859 In a foreclosure suit; on the morning of the 44th of November, about ten o'clock, Mr. Baton came mto my office and said & soit had been | brought against the Erie Railroad Company | and certain directors to saspend the that the apers had been served on Mr. Dibbin, and that Mr. ibbin nad asked me to appear for the company; that | was to take no steps unil | heard frem Mr. Dibbin, as there would be propably & meeting of the won.suspending directors, whe would take some ac- ten and let him knew; then I served my ance; Mr. Eaton came in again on the 26th, Mr, Dibbin had agitercd bis mind and | revoked the appearance, ‘Yo Mr. Field—I never did anything for the rallway company except in connection with Mr, Eaton. JOSEPH W. STOPPORD'S TESTIMONY. Joseph W. Stopford—! brought @ suit agamst the Erie Katlroad Company; 1 first had aa interview with Mr. Runkle, wao came to we about buying some shares of preferred stock for the pur- pose of bringing # test suis; he oes for the stock and 4 received = an wept i; I then went to Mr. aten = at Mr. Runkie’s reqnest; Mr. Eaton satd that a number | eipareion were interested in the case, and the pro- bability was that the expenses wonid be twenty-five cents @ share; | gave the stock back to Mr, Kunkle, who took it at the same price he gave for it; I re ceived the stock in May, 1869, and gave it back in November or December; there was about one hun- dred doilars difference in the value of it. To Mr. Smiih—The object of the suit was to test the question whether the stockholders should be paid their dividends; I was selected, | suppose, be- cause | was a friend of Mr, Runkle; ‘l was engaged as clerk ip the Tenth Nationa! Bank, and [ withdrew my suit after Fisk and Gould had become possessed of a controlling influence in the bank; I had a con. versation witn Geuid, who wished me to employ hum as my agent to continue the suit; | witharew | the suit about a week afterwards. ‘To Mr. Pield— Mr, Runkle Baton said I should receive of the prodits realized frem the suit. A SCENE BETWEEN COUNSEL. Here an amusing discussion took place between Mr. Smith and Mr. Picld, creating cousiderabie laughter, Mr, Smith insisted ai tie latter bad asked a certain question. Mr. Field replied—I didn’t. Mr. Smith—You did. Wont you believe me when I speak the truth? Mr, Pleid—It ts #0 seldom that you do. Mr. Smith—Yeu caunct recognize the truth when itis spoken. (Laughter.) Witness—When Mr, Eaton first spoke'to me about ‘the suit] was 8 eitizen, so that] could bring a suit in State Court, but afterwards I removed te New sey. Mr. Ficld—Now I propose te read the depesition of Ramsey and Grosbeck taken in the suit of tam sey against tae Erie Railroad Company. Mr. Smith objected to their admission, on the ground that Ramsey was competent to testily him. testimony offered. His Honor overruled the objection and an excep- ton was taken. The witness then answered:—The vouchers for Mmdebtedness are made by the heads of the depart- ment incurring the expenses; from there they go to the General Superintendent to be certified and are then gent to the Comptroller; from there they go to she Treasurer for payment. Q Without the autherity of the Comptroller no bills can be paid by the cashier? A. No, ir; vouchers aze put under the supervision of the Comptroller almost hourly; the amount of the payments by the ‘Trea sorer was frem $40,000 TO $50,000 4 Dav. Q. When are the pay-roils made up? A. The pay~ rolis come 1m about the 24; the rule is to have them All in by the 5th, and payments are begun on the Joth; there aré about 14,000 men employed by the sompany, of whom 4,000 of 5,000 are employés in the workshop; on the eastern ivi) of the ly Alone. we ran forty-five areignt Wealed @ cag each | ay, and about thirty Passer ger trains eac! for r. Kate ounse! have heaba that 8 dismiss auc ren Por wnat wi uaeyer ed? er Tr, Qeaalianer objected. “~~ + . MM leld—Oh! there 1s no imputation, Yegtimony was ruled out. * Counsel, Continuing—I was present in court when Mr. Eaton made an argument in support of this very weque q Crosse kathined by Mr. Smith—I have held the tion of Assistant Superintendent since October, 3; my occupation before was clerk in the Erie offices 0 business during the past lew years has been in New York; the system I have described of paying the jiabillties of the company has been in force since | Deing laid towards the oll docks and cattle yards at 868, under the administration of J. Fisk, Jr.; Mr. isk Was not the first to hela the position of Comptroller; Mr. Dudley Gregory was Comptreller in 1854 for ene year; tte Treasurer has refused to ay me for my services without an order from the | ether mysterious arrangements for which Jomptroiler; the order to this effect was issued by Slate Jay Gould, on determination of the Executive Com- mittee, that Lhe Comptroller sheuld have tae super- vision of ail the expenditures of the company; the Executive Committee was composed of Tweed, Fisk, Gould, Lane and Abraham Gould; I don’t know whether there wore any other members of it. Q Do you know if there has been meeting of tn1s committee? A. I suspect there has; me eh of Direvtore Das held a meeting within a month. : . Can yen identify any ether meeting of the Board held within the past five years’ A. Yes; but 16 ig Me dustin any time; the assistant trea- rh wuyer is Mr. Justian D. White; last year Jay Goul was president and treagurer both; { canngt tel whether the payments of thé treasury department oes toward the tmproversent of the road; don’t now whether they were contributed to the Grand Opera House; Horatio N, Otis ts the secretary; Mr. ortimer Smith 18 the assistant secretary; my par- ticular duties are to make up times of train, and to ptiend to the duties of the general superintendent in his absence; | get $5,000 @ year; that has been my salary (wo years; before that it was $3,600 a year. To Mr. Smith—Abrapam Gould is one of tne airec- tors: I don’t khoW who be is; 4 have seen him sit- coat peat phot Be 1p reputed W be the brother o: STEELE PGS me ber HnoW. SANGRE Tea “~ Bird W. Spencer then took the stand, He testi- fled:—I am ne eahiet of the company in the miiar, w & cor treasurer’s office; V6 been far Nt ‘Tansactions of the has feen pait of my duty t6 draw up ‘oring the Wenths of NéVember and Decem- ber, 1869, the rule to be gone through befere the treasurer paid bills was to receive a certificate of comptroller or president; an order was issued to that effect, both verbal and written; I was acquaint- ed with Mr. D. B, Katon in 1868; I saw bim at the oftice often from 1st Jamuary till Angst, 188. » What was the snm paid to Luton & Taylor for counsel's expenses during 1563? Judge Barnard—That is a private matter. Mr. Field here offered to read a copy of the com: plaint against the Erie Company by Kamsey, which ‘Was streieously objected to by the other side. . Pieid—Assuming tas ty be the original com- plaint— A chorus of voices ln Gpposltion—We object toany assumption. Mr, Ficid—Then I shall have to send below for the original document. This original document was eveatualiy sent for aad read. Jt Das already been published in the HERALD. HOW COUNSEL WERE PAID IN THE SUIT. Mr. Field said one of the allegations made against the company was, that an eadiess number of coun- wel, WhO ad received fabuieus sums of money, had been employed. He proposed to prove that John K. Porter received §23,000 in ene year and Mr. Katon $39,000, “Here is a list of counsels’ ex- penses,” said Mr. Field, Mr. Smtth—Allow me to Inek at tr? ®Mr. HMeid—No sir; you will see euengn of it by and Dy. For the year isdv the sum puid to Field & Sherman was $36,281. J Barnard ruled out the list of counsels’ ex- penses as imroaterial. Continoation of Mr. Spencer's testimony:—During the months of November and December, 1869, | was 1n 8 position to know what payments were made in ‘the Office; a part of my business was te draw checks on the bank for regularly appreved vouchers; If ac- ceptances were accepted we would pay them with- out an order {rom the comptroller ase aD AC- ceptance would not be given without the comptrel- ler’s order; I know Mr. Fisk credits the bills against the peeceme Ay there 1s a general cash book includ- talu extent, with the Snancial company; it ing payments of all characters; that book has been Kept since the organization of tae company; a ex- ave ecutive cemmittee made the regulation; never seen them in session; I saw the board rectors in session last Wednesday they have monthly meeungs; there was a previens meeting of the beard of directors in the summer months. Mr. Smith—sow do you know it wi the board ef directors! Witness—I saw Mr. Gould there. Mr. Smith—it might have been a Sunday school @ meeting of lass. Mr. Sherman—Not without you being there. Mr, Smith—Onh, there migiit pe a Sunday school Class without my being there. I hear you have one on the other side, but { am not in your class. (Langater.) US A. RUNKLE'S TESTIMONY. A. Runkle, the next witness, testified:— ly modern | widely-extending marsh ren It was not a deposition, nor hada any deposi nm of Ramsey been taken in the case. Counsel cannet resert to testimony taken in another cause and put it i bodily here, Judge Barnard—Mr. Field has a right to put such jons in that bear en the case. The aMdavit of Josepn H. Ramsey and also that of My. Eaton was afterwards fully read by consent of THE CLOSE. Jadge Barnard expressed his opinion that upon ‘the testimony he should have to dismiss the com- platot against Ram: As far as the testimony went be was disp say that Eaten, ‘Tatler, Grosbeck and Runkle have rendered themselves lia- bie to have their action reviewed by the court; but 80 far as Rainsey was concerned, at ¢ he was mot able to nee conspiracy on his pai Mr. Tremaine them moved /or a discharge of the complaint against Ramsey, J Porter mad milar motion on behalf of Gresbeck, and Mr. Cadwallader also clatmed tne dis- missal of the complaint against Taller and Eaton, “ie Barnard, after hearing the arguments offered, granted the motions inthe case of Ramsey and Taller to dismiss, holding his decision as to Grosbeck till this ay Eaton, he would reserve his opinion till @ fut je > ure fe ompany i 180e py Me THROUGH EDEN. Mere Railroad Troubles in New Jersey- The Hoboken Common Council Turows Out a “Feeler” to the Eric Company—-Great Ex- pectations—Prospects of a Blockade—Is It Retaliation ar to Offsct the “Accounts Lost’? from the Bank? “Oh, they’re goin’ to tear up the rails, are they? the General Superintendent; my place of | Well, we'll see,’’ and the stalworth, red-shirted fellow kept hammering away, as the new line was the back of Hoboken. There was trouble brewing, but where to get at the root of it seemed as impos- sible as it 18 to understand the many the of Jersey is se famous, At the upper end of the Elysian Fields is a large swamp which extends close up to the adjacent mountain. This swamp has a charm, not of beauty by any means, but of waste. Through 4% portion of the COAL AND OLL TRAINS tothe docks, from the raliroad @epot. The track was laid over & year ago, and the business being of a flournshing character another track was laid. Now this was GOOD ENOUGH in Its way, but in their wise and judicious foresight the sages of the illustrious Comuion Council of Hove- ken had long before received plans on a map as to how the swampy Wilderness should be disposed of, with the view, no doubt, that in time the seat of the National capital should be removed to that charm- ing and romantic spot, The vision of A BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS CITY rose up before the enlightened and far-seeing minds of the Council, and spacious streets and broad ave- ten Bue waresoen to opiiterate the recoliecti¢ll of thé chilly tia tawholedome ‘piace. so the plans were made upon the map, and, truth to say, @ very nice map it was. Butthe trains ran unmolested for a year, and would continue so t do were it not tat Teal estate has become a very profitable business, and there are some, even in Jersey, not aulte ignor- antof the fact. And now comes the troubie. A shrewd real estate broker in Hoboken purchased this very place, which, were 1t not for the INDEPENDENT AND ASPIRING RUSHES that grow there Jn abundance, would make a splen- did ground for a gig race. Now, the sifeets were beautifully jaid ont on paper, and, as luck would have it, Uie rallroad track now laid in this MODEBN ADE ent thronzh the corner of ah Imaginary house in what wii in time to come be Seventeenth street, On either side of the track lies the sulled swamp, which jooks as uf suddenly stirred up from e long, lethargic repose. ‘The real estate broker having bought this partice- lar piece of the property, and Lot being able to find Une title ox ihe company to any right of way, peti- tioned the Common Council, which, of course, being determined 10 protect its enterprising citizens, ordered the railroad authorives te take up the track, and was indulgent enough to allow six months’ time for that iupertant work to carried out, This wae inconvenient for the company, and the mandate of the august Council was disobeyed. To add to the indignity another track was laid. much. So thought the reai es broker 7 me morning, fer with startling significance he h: served upon the Erie Cempany @ notice announcing the fact that the Mayor and Common Council of the city of Hoboken, by resolution adopted November 29, had authorized and empowered owners of lois of jana branching oif Seventeenth street, in the city of Hoboken, to fill, grade and improve said street, and the company was requested YORTHWITH TO REMOVE THEIR TRACK. The mystic warming was duly sent to the com- pany’s oflces. The real estate man wasin a state of high expectation. He pointed out (on the map) the outrages which the daring company had perpe- trated. “But,” said he, rubbing his hands and bringing them together with an experienced slap, “play or pay, sir; THBY MUST PAY OF PLAY.” “What title have they get?” was the query of a friend. ‘Titie?” be replied; “utile, did you say? noue, #ir—none in the world.” “Then why did you allow them to remain se long in posses- sion?” was another question put to the wily real This was too estate man. “Ah, my friend,” responded he, with & capital wink, “there you have me. It is @ Swampy place. The Erie Company made their road—filled up, you aee—fillea up. ‘The Common Council empowered me to fil np. But they filled up, you see, and, of course, | was net going to prevent them, you know.’ Tbis prodnced a laugh, and the foresight of the broker was cop- sidered IMMENSE. “But they must take awny their track or pay, else the piles will be driven in te-morrow ané@ the road will be blockaded,’ added the genuewan, amd with that he leoked upon the ground as if @ theusand Cornelius I have known Mr. Ratosey (ourteen years; served a | plies were going throug the floor. This was the notice ef appearance @n the Hie Lajlroad Company on the 24tli ei November, I sbouid say after eleven o'clock; I drew it up that morning in my office; I delivered that at the request of Mr. Kuton, before I story. THE OTHER SIDE is somewhat different, since It 1s claimed that the THE COURTS. Opening of the Court of Oyer and Terminer— The Peck Divorce Case—Crim. Con. Suit for ¥10,000--Action for Damages Against'a City Railroad Company—Business in the Court of General Sessions, COURT OF GYER AND TERMINER, Opening of the December Term—Charge to the Grand Jory. Before Judge Cardozo, On the opening of this court, yesterday morning the grand jurera were called and swern in, after which the Judge delivered the following charge:— CHARGE TO THB GRAND JURY, GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—I recognize so many of you as familiar with your duties that tt will not be necessary for me, at this stage of the term, to do More than direct your attention to those matters which I am required to do by statute. 1 am directed by various statutes to charge you te inquire into offences against the law respecting lotteries, usury, extertion, violation of the election laws, the law against intoxication and a in the sale of steamboat tickets and obscene publtcations, Beyond this I do not think it neceasary at the pres- ni me to detain you by any remarks, Matters ef considerabie importance wii! reopen ve submitted to you during the progress of the term, and if, in censeqnence of them, it should be necessary that I should submit to you any further ingtructions, 1 will have you summoned before me and give you such further charge as may be preper. You will, Sareere, Tetire te emter upon the discharge of your Sudseqnent to the charge the Grand Jnry retired, and then the petit jurors were empanelied, aficr which the court adjourned until Wednesday, SUPERIOR COURT—-SPECIAL TERM. The Famous Peck Bivorce Case. Before Judge Joves, grand larveny; Same va. James McCord, larceny from the person. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. OVER AND THR OEEY Py He Court Cin- curm—Part 1.—Beiore Jus Jardozo.—Opens wt balf-past ten A. M.—No Circuit calendar, ee Ommeorr— ae FO age ven hep 12634, 656, 802, 585, 2, 2420, 3438, Eritig 1710, 1610, 956, 1738, 6762, 986, 1804, 1806, SUPREME COURT—SPeciaL Term.—Leld by Judge Brady.—Opens at half-past teu A. M.—Demur- rery.—Nos, 1 to 24 inclasive, SUPKEMS COURT—CHAMBERS,—Held by Indge In- graham,.——Oal ndar called at twelve M.—Nos, 3, 4, 6, 2, 37, 61, 6%, 64, T1, 75. Call, 86. Kureston Count.—Part 1.—Before Judge Freed- man.—-Nos. 336, 93, 347, 359, 361, 350, 365, 39], 377, 129, 143, 191, 273, 395, 399, Surgkion CourtT-—Part 2,—Before Jndge Spen- cer. —Nos, 664, 604, 626, 644, 550, 9, 496, 272, 274, 208, 4, 72, 96, 260,'18," 234, 138, 402, 618, 216,'442," 498, 608, 648, 226. COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL ‘TERM.—Part 1.—Before Judge Daley.—Nos. 202, 270, 18, 105, 128, 408, #00, 80, 175, 81, 169, 120, 91, 444,445, Part 2.—Before Judge 'Larremore,—Nos,’ 77,' 430, 431, 433, 49, 200, 881, 363, 167, 281, 192, 872, 428, 410, 411. ABINE COURT.—Part 1.—Before Judge Gross.— Nos. 1877, 8064, 4275, 4310, 4379, 3 4422, 4423, 4440. Part 2.—Before Judg 4340, 4118, 4426, 4913, 4364, 4403, 4420, 4420, 4440, 4492, 4438, 4006, 4430, 4442, 4426, COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. ALBANY, Dec. 5, 1870. The fellowing ts the day calendar for Tuesday, December 6:—68, 69, 13, 71, 72, 73, It has been ordered that hereafter Ouly six cases be placed on the day calendar, THE LAWYERS’ JOUST. The Lesiness of the Law Courts fer the De- cember Term. After the procrastivations attributed from ail time vw law procedures the work of the courts of this city, Federal and State, were fairly put under way yesterday morning, The election crisis being past and no special hindrance to the machinery of the law, save What the nolidays may for a few days only intervene, It 1s to be hoped that the numerous class Alfred Peck vs. Matilda Peck.—This case, as It will be remembered bas been before the courts for a | long time, was given yesterday morning a new lease | of life through the Judge deciding to vacate the pre- | vious judgment and epening defanit, and allowing | answer within ten days, without costs, on | defendant stipulating te defer the issues when raised by answer and fermerly reported for trial, Motion for alimony and counsel fee ‘was granted. As to the matters reterred to John CU. Bushneli to take proof as te meand and ability of bot parties, and en vepest the proef, with his opi- mien as to how mnch should be allowed for counsel fee and alimony, it was furtner ordered that the motion shonld stand ever to fix the amount to be allowed until the coming in of the referee’s report, and then to be brought on by either party on two on notice, and the other side to be heard on the referee’s report and the alfidavite filed en the entry of this eréer. A Crim. Con. Case for Ten Thousand Dollars Damages Settled. Thomas D. Crowe vs. Royal Houghton.—There ‘was a large attendance in court, expecting some spicy developments in the trial of this eause, which ‘was set down ior yesterday. The plaintiff, it will be remembered, charged the defendant, an old and Wealthy gentleman, with the seduction of his wife. Meantime, however. the case had been settled, and Inquisitive searchers after the curious and complex Phases of domestic life had to centent themselves with the curiosities of railroad management as de- veloped in the famous Erie Ra! litigations ip the Supreme Court, om "a ih hes COURT—GENERAL TERM. Suit fer Damages Against a City Rallrond Company. Befere Judges Barbour, Jones and McCunn. Delia Dickson vs. The Broadway and Seventh Av- enue Ratiroaa Company.—This 1s an appeal from @ Previous verdict for $3,000 for the plaintiff and ask- ing reversal of Judgment and new trial. On April 25, 1860, the plaintiff in getting out of one ef the de- fendants’ cars claims to have been seriously in- Jured, several of her ribs being broken and sustain- Ing severe internal injuries beside. Charging such personal injuries to the negligence of the cenductor and driver in not stopping the car long enough for her to get out, a sult was brought for damages, with the regult above stated. The case was argued at length. The Court fexeryed Je decision. sah — ty MANINE COURT. Before Justice Grose. Wiliam H. Wells et als. vs. The Dry Dock Savings Bank.—This was an action brought by the Eckford Iron Works for the manufacture and putting ap of a donble-panelled, double-folding wrought iron door for the defendants. One of the plaintiffs testifiea tnat, having done other work for the bank, he was requested by its secretary to undertake this work, to make it a good, substantial job, with the statement that they were not particular as to the cost; that be (plaintiff) sald it was not in his line of business, but that he guessed he could do it for them. There was no disvnte as to the door being made in a first rate menner. The difference between the parues Wes tg to the value. The price demanded by the plaintiffs was $926. Defendants tendered $800 as a fair compensation. ‘The plaintiffs themselves—three in number—testi- fied that the price charged was eee Robert Patrick, a safe maker, called on their behalf, said that he should not have expended more of litigants who have been so Jong waiting the open- Ing of the legal lists will have their eases promptly disposed of. The bustle in all the courts predict heavy calendars, and of ceurse proportionately heavy purses for the lawyers aa the result of the | legai caropaige Dow opened, THE UNITED STATES COURTS. Judge Woodruff took his seat on the bench of tne United States Circuit Court yesterday morning at eleven o’cleck, at which time the courtroom was crowded with members of the bar mostly practising in the Gircult Court, The first business in order was the call of the calendar of civil cases—an alarming array fer tne Court t contemplate, how- ever pleasant and prospectively remunerative it may be to the lawyers engaged. Wwhoie of the term will be takeo up in the tri f suoh cases ag can be reached within the specified time. In the United States District Court Judge Blatch - ford has bees engaged for a couple of weeks in hear- ing the case of the United States vs. Jay Cooke & Co, & m as the seven-thirty case. is being only one of several pending against other brokers, the whole involving half @ million of dollars, it has been ma.e a test case, and has therefore called for the best (I ee legal efferts of the counsel on either side. e case will receive its final hearing to-morrow, when counsel will sum up, time being re- stricted to one and a half nourseacn. Judge Blatcn- ford will then suomit it to the jury in such a way that that body will have littie diificuity in coming toa verdict, © - : ola TRE CIVIL couRTS, In the Supreme Court, Special Term, the great Erie Rallread controversy ts going op, With all its grand trunk and branch lines and switches and fomtoatis before Judge Barnard. In the other ranches of the Supreme Court—Chambers, Term and Circuit—the werk for the term has been in- Pe pes and judges, rine! clerks, witnesses ‘and principal litigants’ ll ap the ceurt rooms, making passage through the crowd dificult, In tae Superior Court divorce and crim. con. cases held paramount sway over all other causes of action. The Rapuues of the Court of Special Term, who form a penchant for these classes Of cases, and crewd the court room day after day, were yesterday morn- ing disappeintea of their accustomed high favored treat of scandal in cousequence of the settlement of rim. con. case which was set down for trial. The gay Lothario—more sensible tham the most of his tribe—after putting @ bold frent upon the matter from the beginning, seeing that it was only pecu- niary damages, which his — could liquidate, and not personal, which e had a horror for, that was put in jeopardy, thought better of iu at the eleventh hour and came aown with the “‘neediul” required to assuage the out- raged feelings of the plaintit, and the case went off, to the infinite disgust of all who came to listen to the anticipated disclosures of @ crim. con, sult. But tere are plenty still of such cases on the calendar. some of very eld standing and stale jn all their im- moral details. There is the ola Biskop divorce case, the Dalzell ditto, the Peck ditto, and others too numerous and more unprofitable to mention. In other branches of the court there are several ci rallroad cases, stockjobbing suits and contract an partnership gontroversies, wilch find congenial Atmosphere here. sor ae in the Common Pleas there {sa large calendar of cases, which the close applicauon of the judges to thetr work will, no doubt, justly, if pet satisiactorily ales parties, Clear of with the least of possivie elay. The calendar of cases In the Marine Court Is heavy, and will keep the judges with hands full for some time to come. The assignment of the judges for the term ——S Gress, Jury ‘Trial, Part 1; Judge Alker, Jury ‘Trial, Part 2, and Judge Joachimsen, Chambers, and for the wial of such cases a8 may be sent from the calendars of the other courts, Arrangements are being made by the judges which will insure the holding of three ourts Jor trials before juries, besides the Chambers, In on af these Jury courts preference will be given than a quarter the labor on such a door, nor used as good material nig iron); but, considering the Jabor expended in this case, he did not consider the bill unreasonable. On cross-examination he thought the superior material used and extra labor unnecessary; that he shoujd faye put up a door at a cost of about $400 on Such an order. KaSmet Kren- Kel, safe maker, placed a value of $650 upon it. ‘The witnesses for defence were Giibert W. Barnes, tron railing and door maker, whose valuation was $200; Peter H. Jackson, won worker, $150 to $200, and Frederick H. Gross, wno had done a large amount of such work for banks and banking houses, placed 1 al $230, or, with the material used by we Plamtids, at $255. Decision reserved, COURT OF GENERAL SESSION, Retore Judge Bedtord, The December term of thie eyirt commenced yesterday, Olty Judge Bedford presiding. After a day or two Recorder Hackettywii! preside, and Assistant District Attorney ¥eltows will represent the people. The first business in order was tne call- ing of the panel of grand jorors. There was a very full attendance; but, owing to the fact tnat a grand jury was empannelied 1 the Oyer and Terminer, the Judge discharged the gentlemen summoned to act as grand jurors in, the General Sessions tll the 19th of this month. DAYS SRT DOWN FOR THE TRIAT. OF MURDER CASES. ‘My. A. Hummel, associate counsel for George Nel« son, Philip Cooney and Mickae) Martin, charged ‘with murder, moved that these cases be tried at an early day. The trial of Nelson and Cooney was set down for next Thursday, and that of Martin for next Monday. The case of Lawrence Sullivan, in- dicted for marder, will be tried on Wednesday, 14th inst. Dr. Wolff, who is charged upon two indictments with manslaughter in producing abortions upon women, will be placed on trial on the 19th inst. Morris Kehr, idicted for murder, will be tried next Friday. At Judge Stuart's reqnest the case of Michael Kearney, ckarged with homicide, was seni down tor the same d: ADDY, THE SMASHER.”? Mr. Fellows cailed Patrick Quinn to the bar, atat- ing that he was known tothe authorities as “Paddy, the Smasher.” He said that on the 10th of July pb was arraigned for a felonious assault and baitery and pleaded guilty to simple assault, At the re- uest of the compiainant judgment was suspended. Subsequently he Was put upon the island on a charge prelerred Ke his wile and escaped from the hos- pital. Mr. Fellews asked that the judgment of the Court should be enforced on the old plea. Judge Bedford sentenced “Paddy’’ to the Penitentiary for one year and ordered him to pay a fine ef $250. Tobias Green, a bey, was tried upon a charge of stealing a pocketbowx, containing eighteen dollars, from Hugh Smith, while riding on a Third avenue car. Mr, Hummel defended the accused, As tne evidence was insufficient to sustain the indictment Me jury rendered @ verdict of not guilty, ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMBNI. Frank ©. Filley was acquitted of a charge of em- bezzling $200 from the firm of R. H. Ferguson & Co., publishers of & book entitled “The Captare, Prison Pen and Escape,” for which be was one ef the agents. Itappeared from the testimony of oneef the firm that the accused returned $100 of the money, aud said that some of the parties to whom he had delivered the books had ret paid him yet. The ac- cused gave @ detailed statement of his transactions With the firm, stating that he had served for years tm the army. The jury were so well satisfied of nis Aimnocence that a verdict of not guiity was rendered without @ moment’s hesitation. The fellowing is the calendar for to-day:—Tho People va. Patrick Carroll and John Collins, robbery; Same vs, William Wren, robbery; Same ys. ‘Thomas Pendergast, mayhem; Same vs. George Liv- ingston and William Burns, burglary; Same vs. Joan J. Nicholson, felonious assault and battery; Erie Company do not Own the road at all, but Knew a sult was to be commenced (anuther notice | merely enjoy its possession as the lessees of the Hobo- produced); J drew,that netice on the nerning, of the 26th; 1 think something was said about my fe when I delivered the notice; the pleading. were lett with me, and J think there Was @n order of suspen- ken Land linprovement Company, which derives its right of way from the Stevens estate, Tne atlair appears to be ip a maddie, and should the piles be driven in teday to prevent the traffic en the road sivn left with me and ap inipucton orger; 1 hye ne | Rome INicrestAW developMGHYY May OMY 40 Jucht, Same vs. Willlam Mosher, felonious assault and bat- tery; Same vs. Joseph Pongiass, felonious assault and battery; Same va. Nicholas Conlan, false pre- tenses; Same vs. Jolin Willams, grand larceny; Same vs. John Borns, grand jarceny; Saime ys. Charles Tucker, grand larceny; Same vs. Wiinelm \ dolguiag, rape Jarceny, haue vs, Mighse) Lyopa, to cases of atrést of the person and atigcaments against preperty, 80 ag to expe lite the disposal of that class of cages where the Sheriff has possession of person or property. A’ Pani the Judges are prevented from carrying out their laudabie object of expediting and disposing of the pressure of public business before them fer want of court accommeda- tion, from which, in fact, the large class of litigants who seek protection and redress in the Marine Oourt are the great bir e mh soashiniaatee 01 a peled to hold chambers and fr, 1 sma) Toom hitherto secupied ant Diivkte Ghamibers by the judges. There are some repairs and alterations veing done to the court formerly devoted to court chamber business, which ene to be pressed completion ut once, and Would be, no doubt, if the owers that be were aware of the great necessity that jemands it and of ihe great convenience and discomfort to the judges their present imadequate accommodations ang cramped condition entail upon them. Vérbum sap. THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Notwithstanding the terrible lesson which the pre- siding judges of this court—Recorder Hackett and Guy Juage Bedford—have been inculcating te the dangerous classes in the community, resuiting in sending so many criminals to expiate their offeaces within the dread confines of Sing Sing, each calendar proclaims the cry—‘Sull they come.”” It 18, indeed, almost a8 hopeless a task as that of Sysiphus, butif the criminals can stand punishment, surely the judges can stand the sentencing ef them to that punishment. ‘Two murder trials are on the calendar of the court—for the present term—one ef which will be tried on Thursday next and the other on tne 14th inst, With this state of things before us the full severity of the law cannot be relaxed, and the only hope of a change for the better Is to be founa in the execution of the laws, in the fatthful dis- charge of their duties by Juries, and in the inflexihi- lity of the judges in pronouncing sentence on the convicted. TNE COURT BOUSE COMMISSION A Breeze Among the Court House Hangers on—The Shadow of an, “kivent’ Casting its Shadow Before. The Court House Commissioners held another little confab yesterday afternoon, although they have not yet been able to settle down into anything like a formal resolution to get things right in Court House quarters. Their private confabs s0 far, however, have opened their eyes to @ good deal that may be astonishing to some people who don't know every- thing, aud yesterday's little talk BEHIND THE SCENES foreshadowed much of the campaign that Messrs, Norton, Coman, Ingersoll and Walsh intend to y out before auother new moon makes its appearance. ‘The Commissioners appear to be in serious earnest, and if the whisperings in the hallways yesterday afternoon can be relied upon there will soon be con- siderable of @ thunder sterm among contractors who have imagined up to the present that they would have everything their own way under the rule of the new powers thal be. The latter, during their little eonfab yesterday, took occasion to examine, in a kind of informal way, into the claims against the late Board of Supervisors for Ceurt House construc- tion purposes, and were rather taken aback at tho result. Among other things any, discovered that one contractor has a claim ot five per cent on the cost of constructien, which of itself foots up $36,000; that another wants four per cent, and that the total averages amount to a sum that would, If allowed, SWALLOW UP THE $600,000 appropriation upon which they must solely depend to finish the work, To give outsiders 4 bint as to the warfare that is to come, the Commissioners yes- terday notified twenty-eight janitors that if they worked in the building any longer they ceuld do 80 for their own amusement, without pay, as they could not be recognized as in the empley of the Commis- sioners, or as being entitied to aby pay since the act creaung the new order of things had become a jaw. Tais down swoop raised @ terribie breeze, and the friends of the guillotined nen threatened ail sorts of reprisals. ‘We're going to begin busimess with only our own responsibilties ov our shoulders,” exclaimed Messrs. Norton and Ceman, aiter the confab, to an excited contractor; “we don’t intend te carry any other person’s load. ‘We Intend to do right and put down what is wrong.’? The COMMiasOLLrE Will Meel formally to-dare HORROR OF HORRORS. Examination of Lookup-Evans- Ward at the Tombs. Fearful Confession of a Witness—~Why Women Die in This City—The “Doctor's” Medicines— Judge Dowling’s Memory Again. “The abominable creature; see how he shakes with fear,” said a respectable-looking lady in the Court of General Sessions yesterday morning as Dr. Thomas Lookup “Evans,” alias “Powers,” alias “Ward,” alias “Kennedy,”’ was brought in for the purpose of undergoing a final examination before being handed over to the City Judge. Notwithstand- ing the apparent spitefuiness with which this lady expressed herself with reference to Evans, every one who heard it readily concurred in its truthful- ness, After standing for a moment, as if the better to ascertain whe were his auditors, Evans wok & séat near the bench, but it was impossible fer him to rest quietly on his chair, He shifted first to one edge of the chair, then the other; his whole frame shook, and his hands trembled so visibly that any ome unac- quainted with the “Doctor” might naturally have concluded that HE WAS AFFLICTED WITH 8T, VITUS’ DANCE, His eyes roiled about in his head, while he ap- peared te have some kind of cad in his mouth, which he chewed inceasantly from the moment he entered the court ustil he Jeft it in company with the jailer He was ‘as pale as death,” and his every gesture was nervous and awkward, He was first reminded, in that pleasant tone which judges only know hew to employ, that he Was there on the charge of having caused the death of one Mary Geary, who had come to his establish- ment at No. #4 Chatham street for the purpose of seeking his afd as a physician, she being then some- what advanced in pregnancy; that while in his house she died, and that the testimony (previously pub- lished in the HERALD) went to show that her death was the result of malpractice, instead of dying as he, the “Doctor,” said, from puerperal convulsions; but it would seem from the evidence the Doctor produced yesterday that the word “mal- practice” was an extremely weak expression and | might be replaced by a stronger and far more ap- propriave term. When asked what medicines he gave he replied, “On, SARSAPARILLA, AND PILLS made of corn meal colored; aud when pressed he was unable even to state approximately what effect + these things were intended to produce on the hu- | man system. In fact he did nothing but confirm his own ignorance. Every question put to him he anewered hastily, while his face twitched and the imevitable cud rolled rapidly about between his teeth. So verbose was he that his coun- sel, Messrs. Howe and Stewart, had Cpaaantg to check him, and desire him to reply only to questions asked, ‘This was of no avall with the Doctor; on he Tattled, im the most sanguine manner, ceucluding | every outburst with the words, ‘But I only used | sarsaparilla and a wash.” EVANS LOOKED LIKE A TIGER when rognetied i Assistant District Attorney Sulll- van to ‘hold ap his head and look him in the face like f as. matter that appears diMcult for this Malt! ntleman to feta ish. The first witness call pa Bw) was Anne oe 6 ty of counsel “chit-chat,” It was: fina a Saare eee by Evans was not intended af ciety rato ‘abortion, to cauterize for journed to Weduendsy ames and, the case was add morning, at ten o'clock. acacia een NEW YORK GITY. Miss Kate Field. lectures to-night at Associatio Hall, Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue, 0! “Charles Dickens,” under the or Men's Universalist Aswoolation, 2 1°°8 of the Youn Joun Costello, whose parents reside gt 197 B11: | beth street, drank whiskey freely on Sunday last He was nine years and one day old when he com, mence to drink and nine years and ¢ | when he died, z mo Gaae At the annual election of oMcers of Greenwoo Cemetery, held yesterday, the following gentieme: Were re-elected to serve ror the ensuing two years:. Wiliam H. Aspinall, James W. Beekman, Arthuy saa Pte enjamin H. Field, Alexander ‘The annua) report of the German Hospital Soctet; shows that during the past year 500 male and 1 female patients were treated in the hospital—total ‘739. Of these eighty-two died and 600 were di charged. Three hundred patients were treaved Sree of charge. The expenses were $20,000, The stone landing for small boats, work apo which has been going on for some time past, wi soon be in @ condition for use, It 18 situated the Staten island fe: 4 = Prgsinr Pie Sheng landing, and, when finished enter with the utmost si tides, “Stone stene wont jafety in all weather an basin from the level grou! James Mace and Jee Coburn, the heavy weight ( pounders, through thetr representatives, met yeste: day at noon and signed articles of agreement w a pear on the 11th of April next at Canada ana ¢ deavor to disfigure and disabie each other for $1, # side and the amusement of loafers, gamblers, cute throats and ethers who may be present, All simiiat “amusements” —dog fights, rat baits and cov! Aguts—set down ror that day wil! be postponed. The quarterly payment of pensions commenc yesterday morning at the Sub-Treasury, corner N sau and Wail streets, Several hundred disabl and matmed soldiers remained tn line waiting foi their turn for many hours. Up to noon 176 nad ceived thelr checks and been paid off, OC that num. ber eigaty had lost legs and arms; they recet' 15 month. ‘The payments for minor disabilities are $6and $4 @ month. These payments are for pri vates, Captains receive $204 month, majors $2! and officers of higher positions $30. Coroner Schirmer held an inquest yesterday in gard to the mysterious death of Patrick Vangbi sometimes known as George Johnson, who was sho! by some unknown person on the corner of Mul and Chatham streets, on the morning of Novembel 28. Deceased persisted in stating that he shot self accidentally. His mother testified that he tol her shortly before his death that it was “a man di it, but it was accidental.” ‘The doctors ase! that the nature of the wound was such as to ren ey that he shot himself. cl ve to case state that Corrigan has fled tne city. Schirmer declines to allow the inquest to be until the arrest of Corrigan. The affuir is @ vet mysterious ene to say the least, IMPORTED STOCK. 5 and all present were appalled with details she revealed, with the exception of the Dector, who was constantly suggesting some new ideas to his counsel, while this person was parti- cularizing the transactions between them. This un- fortunate girl nad a somewhat pleasing though by no means haadsome countenance, and was observe tw tremble and be visibly affected by some of the jaestions put to her by counsel, especially when she made her fearful confession of having twice asked Evans to procure abortion for her. Five years she left her parents m Ireland, came to this country to a situation, was not married, though she gave birth to twins in Evans’ house. As to the AUTHOR OF THE CHILDREN’S BXISTENCE, he was not in the city, and if he were nothing todo with the case, and she furnish his name to be bandied about in the court. On the 10th of August last, after some previous cor- respondence and visits, Dr. Kvans applied an in- strument, which she thought was called a “catheta,” and consisted of a pencil shaft and a piece of caustic, After this the replies she made in cross-examination were perfectly immoral and quite unfit for publication, though 1t was perhaps neces- sary on the part of the prosecution to receive such | answers. At one o’elock the author of “THE DEVIL BROUGHT TO GRIEF” as Evans 1s called, was placed upon the stand at the Tequest of his counsel, He gave his name and bust- ness as a physician coolly enough, but it was clear that the facts of bis having matriculated and taken a Gegree in the College of Puysicians, Edinburg, Scot- Jand, and that he was formerly a pupil of the late Pes ay Sumpson, of that. city, had to be forced it was to “T AM er. ourury,” aT, the Doctor, “‘an@Uesire to testify on my own hal.” ‘With all my heart,” returned the District Attorney; ‘“‘awear away, it matters little on whose behalf.” Evans said ke had practised as & physician ever since 1840; that Anne ONel came to him for the purpose of ing treated for @ disease she had contracted, although at that ume she was pregnant. I gave her peearerills and pills made of colored corn meal, ‘and cd you mean to infer that these simple remedies ‘Would produce a miscarriage? She intended to stay at my house until after she was delivered. Sho remained there three months—viz., from August to i November—during which time every one observed her condition.” EFFECT OF HIS MEDICINE. “What effect would this medicine of yours pre- duce’ said the District Atterney, “and what were your representations to her when you gave her the pills made out of corn meal? Did you now they would produce abortion, or what did you to induce her to take them?’ This — floores the poor Doctor so completely that he could not answer. First he hesitated, then he muttered some unintelligible sentence, and sub- sequently admitted that he could not describe the effect the substance might have upon the system; If MIGHT WORK UPON THE MIND. “Oh, certainly,” ejaculated his counsel; “Dean Swiit is reported to have effected many notable cures by giving medicine to operate upon tne migd.”? ME is not an nnusnal thing,” continued Evans, “cor women bearing two children at a birth to die in the city.’ “Why in the city ?’ asked the Judge. “Oh,’’ said the doctor, ‘well, ah, hem! why be- cause the air is so impure. Do you see?” “No,” laughed Algernon Sullivan, ‘we don’t see; you must mean the milk 1s bad and not the air.” ~“[ mean the alr,” said Evans. After numerous “squalls” between Judge Dowling and the eounsel for the defence on the subject of asking Kvaus questions as though he were a medical expert the defondant went on to say that one of O'Neill's children lived until the Sunday night following the Saturaay on which they were born, and the other lived only up to the following Thursday, when it also gave up the ghost; that he had three rooms, and sometimes had from four to six patients in them at one time; that Mrs.Wickinson was the party who col- lected the moneys irom the parties, and when they failed to pay he gave her the money oute: his own pocket. Sometimes there were two or three patients in each room. Regarding the medi- cines, he said at first he wrote prescriptions, and had them made up by a regular practical assistant; them that he had a compounding clerk; but finally, after close cross-questioning, he adinitted that the lad who made up the “wash” (a mixture consisting of sulphur and water) he had trained for the business himself. “Very simple, sir; ndthing but sarsaparilia’’ Anne O'Neil came to him about the 2d of July; but he kept no accounts what- ever—‘‘never’; he gave her a little licorice water once, but he kept no memorandum ai the date. Ex- Judge Stewart was about te make some remarks about the ruling of a judge ef a Supreme Court, when defendant was asked bow many times he nad been arrested, but Judge Dowling said that he did not “care a fig’ lor Supreme Court judges, and in- timated that he was ‘‘boss of that shanty.’? ARRESTED SEVEN TIMES. “How many tines have you been arrested ?”” “About twice,” said Evans; ‘but tt was for foolish things; 1 at & Most unfortunate and persecuted man.’ “Where have yon lived besides Chatham street?” “I have lived at 116 and at 94 Chatham street, in Elm, Lispenard, Franklin street, and also in Broad- way; also im Stanton street; I was arrested threo times in Chatham street, once in Elm strect; I was taken before the Essex and Jefferson Market Police Courts while in Lispenard street; by de years ago { was arrested in Franklin street, and once while in Broadway a crowd gathered around my place and [ ‘was arrested there also.” ‘These questions were only arrived at after much jogging of his memory by the Judge, as he persisted in forgetting everything until he was closely pressed to answer. I was never ar- rested for selling sarsaparilla on a Sunday—never.”” “Did ever the mother and child leave your house toget! ” “Yes; sometimes,’? “How, IN A COFFIN TOGETHER?” “Never; they walked out.” Mrs. Coliing, 191 Stanton street, formerly a patient and subsequently a tenant of the Doctor's, gave some interesting and amusing testimony regarding the Doctor, She said be sometimes called her cou- sin,” and as he was @ truthful man she supposed he Was trustworthy. She came trom Liverpool when she was as full grown as she ts now; out though she Married shortly alter she could not remember her age ai Lhe time she came to this country and did nut know lier own age. “Are you not a sister of the “Doctor's,” and If ho were to die would you not send in your claua to a share In his wealth 2" “T don’t Know if Lam his sister; my mother died when ¢ was young, aud my father married again and now HAS SIXTREN CHILDREN; I won’t swear that J ain or that 1 am not his sister. wdier & lepetly Ciyse-cxwminaiion and Ba Uae Valuable Acquisitions to the Central Park. i New York, Dee. 6, 1870. #* To THE EviTor oF THE HERALD:— There arrived on Saturday at the Central three of the finest specimens of Southdown ever imported into this country. They brought over with great care on board Cunard steamer Cnina, and every attention gt them on their passage out. Food suited vo ther was furnished In abundance, so that on their ing here they were in splendid condition. were selected by Mr. George Fox, of the house of T. Stewart & Co., at Manchester, and the Depart. ment of Parks is much indebted to him for his gen Tous kindness in the business. The department is now erecting in the Park at Seventy-second street A LARGE SHEEPFOLD, where it is intended s hall be found at all times hi after the best pose of England and Saxony, for, sale to country gentlemen and farmers who desi te raise pure breeds of sheep, noted for their woo! and ail the other qualities that make that animal ntlemen visiting it may inspect the sheep rest themselves in sheep culture. Every on knows that if is guite as economi nes, and tn nate as to secure them for raising at their farms and) country seats. THE SPECIMENS RECEIVED are uncommonly large and gente, with a fleece un-/ surpassed for texture and quantity, They are pi mium buoks from the fair at Smitiifeld, and no bnel can look at them without feeling convinced that they are all that can be claimed for them. Others will be added to these of the Coteswold an: Leicester breed, and also trom Saxony, #0 that b, the time the sheepfola now building is finished any} visitor to the Park will be able to see an exhibitio: of the finest quality of sheep in the world and un- derstand why it 1s tat foreign wool is 80 necessary to be tmported, THE CAISSON FIRE. t Investigation by the Fire Marshal—Beautice ot Working in the Caisson. M Yesterday morning Fire Marshal Keady, of Brook- lyn, resumed h’s investigation as to the fire and 1 origin which occurred in the caisson of the Ei river bridge on Friday last. The water was fore out of the caisson yesterday by forcing in air, an to-day the work of cutting out the burned part an filling in the hole in the sides will be commenced Mr. Roebling is of the opinion that the burned spact is not more than five feet in heignt and twelve orf Miteen feet in length. The damage cannot excee $500, It requires 1,000,400 gallons of water to fi the caisson. Mr. Roebling testified that every pre+ caution was taken to prevent the caisson taking firey all the oakum seams being covered with cement, EXCEPT 1 in the place where tt caught fre; when it was dis covered at halt-past ten o'clock on Thursday night that a fire was smouldering in the heart of the yel- low pine timbers, as previously published, @& hoig ‘was bored of suflicient size to introduce @ hose, and tho water was played in upon tne fire until they be- Heved it had been extinguished entirely; they then resumed work; subsequently the atmosphere be~ came so dense there that Mr. Roebling feared that he was becoming [eg ope and made the ascent to the surface; he had to be rubbed with salt sand spirits for a couple of hours in order to restore clr- culation; Mr. Young, the foreman, 1s now confined: to bis dwellimg, SUFFERING FROM PARALYSIS, ; consequent upon nis protracted werk in the catssong severalot the workmen have also been similarly affected; the flooding was good for the caisson; there was no sign ef defection or yielding in the roof when the last man came out of the caisson on Friday; “‘Vire is the only tiring we have to fight,’? Mr. ee says; ifthe air pump was stepped at any time all the men could get away, as for six hours there would be enough of air remaining there. to support any number of men, . The examination will be resumed to-day, RAILROAD RATES. The Hudson River Local Arrangements’ Equalizing Fares by Increasing Them. In view of the reported conclusion arrived at by the railroad magnates who met in convention at the St. Nicholas Hotel last Friday, to the effect that, there should be no increase of fare demanded on, their various lines, it may not be deemed map- prepriate to presenta forcible iilustration of tre manner in which one of the most powerful rail- road corporations in this State is evincing its regard for the epmions or wel ot the travelling public. Prominent among those present at the Convention—and on whom Dame Fortune has smiled with unwonted sweetness—was the Vice President of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. The liberality (!) of those ‘Whose interests he represented may be bod appre- ciated when it is stated that on the previous day fan increase of nearly twenty five per cent was adaed to the rates of fare on all trains ranning north of Yonkers, between this city and Albany. ‘Tnts unscrupulous extortion is periectly consistent, however, with the antece- dents of the directors, who, while competied to re~ dace thelr freight and passenger tarif rates in order to compete with the inducements offered by river navigation auring the summer montis, never fail to “bear down” on those whogze business compels them to patronize that road when once the inclement reason setsin. The indifference displayed towards the comfort and accommodation of way passengers on fthe Hudson River Railroad has long been felt and demurely borne by the thousands who are cou- veyed to anc from the city dally la unkempt aud half heated cars, and who profer enduring tue pal- pable neglect in sileace to evoking the insolemde ot an uncouth conductor or the ruianisma of a bap exorable brakemal,