The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1871, Page 3

Statement of the City and | 92% County Debt. Interview with Mayor Hall—Why the Ac- counts Did Not Appear Sooner—A Monthly Statement of the Debt To Be Given Hereafter. THE NET FUNDED DEBI $60,242,396. In consequence of the excitement prevalent on the subject of the city and county finances, a HERALD reporter called on Mayor Hall yesterday and the fol- lowing conversation took piace:— RePoRTER—Mr. Mayor, are you at liberty to tel bout the statistical accounts of the Finance Depart- ment, which 80 many papers criticize you for not publishing ? Mayor HaLi—Certainly. cal story? REPoRTrER—Begging pardon for a joke, I can at once stay and be sta-tistical. Mayor HaLL—The last report of the Comptroiler was of 1869. Up to April, 1870, the law was that he gnouid furnish an annual report. His fiscal year ended with each calendar year. The Jaw and usage bad been so for many, many years. His report, however, rarely became printed before February in the new year because of its bulk and the necessity of having the proof and revises of figures rigidly ex- mined. Besides, as you know, public printers do mot get paid so promptly as private ones, and they do not issue as quickly as you newspaper men can- ‘While the next fiscal year was running, and about one quarter gone, the charter was passed and it re- peated che old law about reports. In the old order of things the next annual report would have come up vw January, 1871, and have peen printed about Fevruary jas. But— REPoRTER—Please here favor me with an oppor- tunity of copying the new section. The Mayor touched a telegraphic knob (such ag are in use in the HERALD editorial and reportorial outed And in an instant a messenger appeared, Tookla¥ fot a0)’ ciatfiaf as 11 he nad been drag- onfied by a battalion of omce seckera, "~" MAYOR BALL—Tim, my black book... ing. ca ‘Tnis ominously named volume was hrought, and turned out to be stmply a private bound black cloth collection of statutes relating to the new govern- ment. From this was copied the following: — ScorION 31, The departments shall, at such times as the Mayor may direct, make to him in such form and under such rales as he may prescfibe, reports of the operations and ac- tions of the same, and shall always, when required by him, furnish to bim such fnformation as he may demand, and within such time as he may direct, Mayor HaLL—Now, this section placed the whole matter in my hands. Very early in the year of the ew charter of 1870-71 I told the departments and, indeca, reporters that at the end of one year’s tral A should ask, and not until then (in fairness to the mew experiment of local government atter an ola heterogenevusness of rulers) all the reports, Of course, when January, 1871, came, the law asking a report from the Comptroiler for the new full tiscal ear then ended had been superseded. It may have man error of judgument not to have called for the finance reports quarterly; but it was uninten- tional and not a suppression. When in the last spring 1 asked a report of the Comptroiler he gave one; and, substanually, it came down to dave of request. it was not lus fault one didn’t sooner appear: it was mine for not asking. But his bookkeeping and balances were still made up on the fiscal calendar year system. There ‘was, as you know, great delay in publishing fe and general reports. ‘These were @ montn behind the contemplated time. . Each re- port Was accompanied with huge statistical tables tat were too bulky ior newspaper publication and would have cost too much. Alwgelher the message and revorts and tables will make a dozen bound vol- umes when completed. ‘These statistical tables were benind, but in p! when the Corinthian type of tho Temes tired its volley of secret account vullets. Corinthian type and staruing head lines are tremendous infuencers of public opinion. Ii any per shoud print, in gigantic type, “The choiera fas come,” Ibeleve nalf its reauers would be in collapse before tea me, when If the announcement ‘was in brevier no effect could be found. ‘There was mow ademana for all the tables, 1 ins‘antly re- called the oues under way, tor the purpose of bring- mg them down to the very latest practicable date, for more universal information. The finance ones uave to be carefuily supervised for accuracy. 1 fur- ther directed that the whole of ’68 and 69 accounts should be reprinted, because there Was a new spas- odie demand for them, just us there properly 1s to ave ull the old boliers re-examined. ‘The Deputy Comipiroiier and I have been only to-day examining rook, - “omen ee ee -~ PIRErORTER—Then they are likely to be out next week? Mayor Hatt—Certainly. The county figures I will accompany with a message vo the Supervisors; the city figures with one to the Common Counc... Io these messages, without being journalistic or per- sonal, | wil endeavor to dignilledly satialy the pub- ic mind and to the jo leer explain much that the partisan press has been belogging. RuePORTER—W hy not do it before? Mayor HALL (smntling)—Festina lente | ss REPORTER—Which Ireely translated Into Yankee Means ‘More haste less speed ?” Mayor HaLL—Yes. Nothing fibs so like figures even when correct. When they are incorrect and hastily so then they can be made +o lie worse. ‘Tne reporter hereupon took his departure willing, of course, to wait for the figures, Which the H&RALD readers may find below. ‘The following is the statement of THE CITY AND COUNTY DEBT to July 31, 1871—aiso a statement of all payments on appropriation and special accounts of said city and county for the month of Juiy, 1s71— also of tue capi- tal of the Sinking Fund for tue redemption of the city debt of said date:— Civy oF New_York, DEPARTMEST OF FINANCE, COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, August 1, 1871. Hon. A. OAKEY HALL, Mayor:— Srrk—In respunse to your communication of 22d of duly last, to wii:— Can you bear a statisti- Mayor's OrFicy, July 22, 1871. To the Finance Department In accordance with concluding paragraph of section thirty- ‘one of the charter, please furnish me at your earliest couve- nience a statement up to the Yist nat. (but certainly before August 2), of the city and county debt, and also a statement ‘of wil payments upon appropriation and special accounts of both cry and county during July, and also of the capital of the Sinking Fund’ it exists July 31. Please turnish a similar report to me hereafter at the end of each month. A. VUAKEY HALL, Mayor. 1 have the honor to submit the annexed state- ments, which conten the information cailed for:— Tue debt of tne city and county of New York on the 3ist of July, 1871, is herein sbown to be as Pauded debt := City—Payabie from nk, Fund...... $21,996,116 59 able from taxa- e bt 82,426,692 01 @ounty—From taxa- JOM... cc ceeecceesevees er casceees $54,331,708 51 New Funded Debt, July 31, 1871.. Temporary debt— Uily—Representing advances from the Treasury for the various improvements of streets and boule- vards, Which are recoveravle by assessinents, $60, Totai seco sess e+ $11,824,500 00 Rever paid from the taxes for the current year:— city... x «$11,757,900 00 County 10,951,800 00 DOA. ..0. rcrecerers «+ $22,709,700 00 The revenue bonds are payable as aforesaid from the taxes of the vear 1871, ana mm anucipaton of Meir payment, excepting $6,312,00) (special) which are to be redeemed from the procee:ts Of the consoit- lated debt loan, 48 provided vy chapter 322, Laws of 1s71, It will be noticed that there is an increase of the permanent aebt of the county Poy the issue of cou #ols to the amount of $5,200,000 00, Without a re duction of the Revenue bonds of i871, and) York County Bonds for “repayment o: taxes” on account of tie redemption of which the consols we issued. The bonds for repayment of taxes not maturing unt! 1, and the VON ue Vvonds not until Vecember |, the money borrowed has been used for the current expenses ot the governmené, im auticipation of the collection of Taxes, instead of Issuing ad: nai Revenue bonds, and also Londs jor temporary loans for improve- ments of streets, &c., as has been usual, thus saving the interest which would have beea meurred 1 the Money had heen borrowed on such vonds. Ab issue of $4,100,090 G0 fs also shown of the consols of the city which is to be applied towards the redemption of bonds of the city and for tae payments authoriz by the Consolidated Debt act. In addition tothe amounts before stated, under the authority of law, for purpose of providing for public improvements, such as parks, A&c., now necessarily prosecated, the following advances from the Treasury have been made, for which bonds will dssued in obedience to the law In thai respect:— On City Account. For additional alterations of Aqueduct from Ninety-third to 1isth street $671,501 72 On account ‘of Croton Water func r Aulaihonal supply of croton water For city parks tinprovement. .. For Centrai Park 1 Fot docks, .. November provement, 1 Toile | Lamps and gas.. REW BE REPAID BY On socount of assessment fund re gent payments for coenine end jesesee os : $660,787 31 account of 3! ip! fund, reprenting for improving, re- ting, rey yeep ttering and streets ing sewers.. 2,133,495 75 On account of work on Boulevard and roads and avenues under direction of the Deparunent of Public Parks...... 209,772 39 + $6,213,730 07 |. provide for Total.....+ ‘The revenues & Portion of tnese advances, without the necessity of Diacing the loans upon the market, On County Acoount, For New Court House, amount ex- ended under authority of chapter 382, saws of 1870...... eecceeerses $000,000 00 Also under authority of chapter 583, Laws Of LBTL...sccceneecererereeeeccee overs 200,000 00 Tota@l..se...-+ eosesces ++ $800,000 00 And on uther accoants.. 165,000 00 Total... io $965,000 00 Respect maitte RICHARD B, CONNOLLY, Comptroller. CITY OF NEW YORK, Apri 30, 1871 Statement of the City Debt at he Ciose of Business, July 31, 1871. Amount Out- standing Taoweqee:io Fae Out July 31, 1871.[,, sanding Decrease to Titles af Stocks or Bonds, (as per |July 31, 1871. 2) Mayor's Mes-) uly 1, 171, sage). Debt—Payable from the Sinking Fund. ees (Capital July 31, 1871, $14,880,661 66.) Water oe pe _ . Sign rd - Wf Stock 0! 5 = Wate 273.064 00] $73,156 09| 2,163,600 00 -| ,000 00 =| 2,147,000 00} ot Croton Water Stock of 1883 1,900,000 00) “a Croton Water Stock 0f 1890.. 1,000,000 00] = New Croton Aqueduct Stock o! 1884 260,000 00) | Additional New Croton Aqueduct SI 246,000 0) -| Croton Keservoir Bouds of 1907-11 900,000 00 —| Croton Aqueduct Bonds of 1907-11, 490,000 00) = Centrat Park Fund Stock of 1887 3,066,071 00 2 Central Park Fund Stock of 1898. 674,300 00. _ central Park Additional Fund Stock of 1874. 1,000,000 00: pani Central Park Improvement kuna Stock of 1876. 2,500,000 00 me Central Park Improvement fund Stock of 1837, 2,083,200 00| phe Central Park Improvement Fund Stock of 1896. 1,768,609 09) pe Bnilaing Loan Stock\No. 3 of 1870. 6,900 60 ¢,000 00) we Building Loan Stock No. 4 of 1873... 115,000 6 = 115,000 00 Real Estate bonds Of 1873...... | #133,437 50 ai. 1.153437 69 TOUS ..cosceeseeereccreesececseceeecersesss +1 $21,084272 60 — $70,166 00) $21,905,116 59 ‘aganle frond tapation. blic Education Stock 0! Bevsseereevcevesreees New York City Five Per Cent Stock tor Docks and Slips of 1871-6.....-++ Dock Bonds of 1901. Floating Debt Fund Stock of 187! Market Stock of 1894 and 1807, City Cemetery Stock of 1888. City Improvement Stock of 1 City Lunatic Asylam Stock of 183! Fire Department Stock of 1599... Fire Telegraph Stock of 1384... ‘Tax Relief Bonds of 1879... a Croton Water, pipe Bonds of 1880. New York Bridge Bonds of 1905. Accumulated Debt Konds of 1854-88, Street Improvement Bonds of 1888, Street Opening and Improvement 4 Volunteer Soldiers’ Family Aid Fund Bonds 1871-76 Ninth Distz1ct Court House Bonds of 1890. Croton Water-main Stock of 1900. Consolidated Stock of 1901...... Temporary Debt—Payable from Assessments sor, Opening and Improving Street, Avenues and Boulevards, Ai Me aA TOOTS ER; Assesement Fifa Bonds of 187: srry Assessniént Fund Bonds of 1874. Street Improvement Bonds of 1873.... Stree liaprovement onds of 1874, Street Improvement bonds of 1875, Street Improvement bonds of 1876. Central Park Commission Improvem is, 1872| Department of Parks Improvement bonds of 1874 Department of Parks Improvement bonas of 1875 Department of Parks Improvement bonds of 1872) Totals......+++ aseceeccceresesececce $10,014,000: O01 1 $810,000 06/$11,824,500 00 REVEN set Seven ver cent bonds Of 1871, payable in 1871.....] 4,821,800 00 63,000 00] 4,884,800 00 Stx per cent bonds of 1871, payabie in 1871.. . _ 1,400,000 00) 1,400,000 GO Seven per cent bonis 1 1571, payable in 1872.....; 4,952,500 00: 600 00} 5,473,100 00 TOtAIS....+seereeesereseet seer reres Jaws, from the spring of 1868 to the summer of 1870. creased since tne early autumn of 1870, then published, and caunot now be increased. + These bonds are issued 10 anticipation of the taxes of the year to meet the current expenses of tie are redeemable froin the taxes of 1871, government, as provided by law, HE SINKING FUNDS. 1. Sinking Fund for we Ce shlieaed: of the City Devi. Capital of this fund April 30, 1871, as per Mayor's Message. . $18,215,741 43 Increase sin . 779,462 Total.......5 + $18,995,204 41 Payments— Redemption of stacks. ......$77,156 00 Expenses, inclading value of buildings on Corporatton property where leases nave expired. 386 56 112,542 56 Capital July 31, 1871, per general jeager dese ce sees se seees eres se see $18,882,661 85 Less for amount of warrant tor re- Amount Oul- Peer grees semen tt apr so i571 Inerease to |Amonnt Out- nds, ee uty 81, W876] yuo S1, 1876 Message). Six per cent New York County Court House Stock, 1675-1684, ‘pic a or six per cent New York County Court House Stock, 1851, $800,000 00. .....-..ese0-6 pA a Seven per cent New York County Court House Stock, 1888, $600,000 00... coeeeseesresenscss cases seseeseeeees} $3,200,000 00 —| $3,200,000 00 Six per cent Soldiers’ Substitute Bounty Redemption Bonds, 1873-1876. 04 a0 eoee e 2,000,000 00} —| 2,000,000 00 Six per cent Soldiers’ Bounty Fupd Bonds, 1883-1800.... 4,000,000 06) —| 4,000,000 00 Six per cent Soldiers’ Substitute and Relier Redemption 1880-1881... +. Sectnescnes 946,700 00 —| 946,700 00 Seven per cent Soldiers’ Bounty Fund Bonds, No. 3, 1895-1597 745,800 00 - 745,800 00 Seven per cent Soldiers’ Bounty Fund Redemption Bonds, No. 2, 1 | 1891. se csceensevee Sevessapadetessaeaassissoocerssensenests oe 376,600 00! —! _ 376,600 00 Six per cent Riot Damages Redemption Bonds, 1871-1879..... 1,0,0,090 00] —| 1,000,000 00 Six per ceat Riot Damages Indemnity Bonds, 1882. .. ees 848,000 00 al 843,000 00 Seven per cent New Yurk Cuunty Bonds for the Repayment of Taxes, 1871... ses] 499,550 00) —| 499,550 00 Seven per cent Asse: . 763,000 00) —| 768,000 00 Six per cent Assessment Fund Stoch, 1887. ° «| 1,106,700 09 —| 1,106,700 00 Seven per cent Accumutated Debt Bonds, 1884-1883 6,000,000 00 =} *6,000,000 00 Six per cent New York County Repairs to Building 188s. ween nes sand seve Six per cent Consolidated Stock of 1901, ‘rotal REVENUE BONDS, County Revenue Bonds (special), payable December 1, 1871 (seven PEF CCM). ... eee eee Saco County Revenue Bonds of 1871, payable in 1871 TONAL. ... ce eeee eee eeee aeeeee seeeeee * These accounts are made up of claims and debts against the county special laws irom the spring ot 1868 to the summer Of 1570. not increased since the early autumn of 1870, then published, and cannot now be increased. + These bonds are issued In anticipation of the taxes of the year to mect the current expenses of the county government, and are redeemable from the ta: CIty OF NEW YORK, nis for Month of Ju'y, 1871, on the Following Appropriation: payme ra) yOrtIsing. +++ $31,427 80 renee pairs and linprov 10,404 75 Gity contingenc! ee eeen 8,000 09 Contingencles—Com ptroller's Omice.. 1,120 29 Gontingencies—Mayors Omice..... 292 00 Gonungencies—Department of Public es dontaues artment of Burld+ mgs. ++ 52 00 Cleaning m: 2,192 09 Cl streets — Addi 4 eis streets—Unaer contract. euptar Park maintenance, &c Ryetons : Fightéehth W Election expens floating batt ‘ e Department o Founding Hospiial—Supp Tings... Heatth rund. mverest on Revenue # Interest on Central Fund Stock, 1974... pic Interest on Central Park Fund Stock, 3 rk Additional 45,901 roresv on Central Stock hed Interest on Ce! oy TRUM vycueds Ar sdesh todvea’s $,116 25 Interest on Central Park Improvement Fund stock of 1876... 37,500 00 Interest on Central Park Improvement Fund stock of 1s 31,248 00 Interest on Central Fund stock of 18 rst on Pioaung Ist 20,499 York’ ty docks and slips vi ‘ Education sto Interest on Pubite ini New stone bridge at Kingsbridge. Printing for departmenis.......e. Puolie Charities and Correction Pouce Fund * . Police station houses for Public Instruction . Rents .. Roads and avenues—Vepartment of public Works... sereeee Removiag bight sou, o.fal and dead ame mals « Salaries: s Salaries—Mayor’s Omice, Salaries—Department of Salaries—Law Department. . Salartes—Department Public Salaries —Department of Buildings, Sularies—Board of Assessors... Salaries—Board of Revision, &¢ Salaries—City Courts.....-.++ Sewers—Repatring and cleaning. . Stationery and blank books. Supplies for aud cleaning pul cea, Taxcs—Bureau for collection of—pay of CHEEKS ey seve eee tans $27,726,592 01 $9,774,300 60! * This account is made up of claims and debts against the city of New York, audited undér spectal GOUNTY OF NEW YORK. Statement of the County Debt at the Clos of Business July 31, 1871. Stock, 1664- (seven pe County Revenue Bonds of 1571, payable in 1872 (seven per cent). led tA Bola 2 Lose $154,000 00 - $154,000 00 300,000 wl — 360,000 00 600,000 00 = 600,000 00 2,748,000 00) - 2,745,000 00 ‘296,000 00 _ 298,000 00 5,000 00) _ 75,000 00 8,791,200 00 - 8,791,200 C0 700,000 00 - 700,000 00. 521,952 87 — 521,952 87 460,000 00} — 400,000 00 5,767,000 00 — 5,767,009 00 ‘450,000 09 — 450,000 00 450,000 00 ad 450,000 00 6,500,000 00} — 6,500,000 00 606,989 14 - 606,939 14 1,000,000 00 — 1,000,000 00 2,766,500 00 —| 110 00 360,000 00] _ — 10,000 00 400,000 00! -| 690,c00 00! 1,000,090 00 4,100,040 00] 4,100,009 00 $4,700,000 00) $32,426,592 01 $726,800 00) rai —} $728,800 00 1,100,000 60 ~ —]| 1,100,000 00 8,200,000 00) meal —| 3,200,000 00 901,000 00! + — 1,000 00 1,299,590 00; Of 0),000 00 ‘900,000 00 100.000 00 1,325,000 00} 597,500 00 864,700 00} i 836,000 00 $1,983,609 00'$11,757,900 00 W. H. DIKEMAN, Stock Cierk, Itincludes them all, This account tas not been in- — - ‘ but demption of Water stock paid, nol yet presented to Chamberialn.... 2,000 00 Available capital Jaly 21, 1871. + $18,880,661 85 Increase in capital since April 3 664,920 37 2 Sinking Pand sor Fayrment "of Buerest on city Ol. Casn balance to credit of ths fund Aprtl 30, 1871, as per Mayor’s Messages $126,885 47 Receipts since to July 31, 1871.... 769,540 33 Payments— . Interess on city stocks, due May 1, 1871, Credit balance Juiy 31, 1871 H. P. BOSEWICR, Gen New York, August 1, 1871. $743,023 70 eral Bookkeeper. No. 3, 1884 100,000 00 8,200,000 00 0,000 00) $24,791,350 00 100,000 00 $21,591,550 a ait *6,312,000 00 55,000 be | 43,749,800 00 —! 180,000 00 | 6,312,000 00) 3,604,800 00) 890,000 00, 800 00] $55,000 (00 | 10,951,800 00 | EMAN, Stock and Bond Clerk. of New York, audited under These accounts have cent). W. WH. DIK They include them all. Xes OF 1871. Wells and pumps—Repairing and clean- INQ... ccuapiecyees whece ur ROO DET OO On Spec.al and Trust Account, Assessment Fun: . Adaittoual alterations of Aqueduct Charges on arrears Of LAXgs.... gh ce3 ist ire EE cssment: . Croton Water Works Extensiona—High Service, Carmansville........ * 770 8S Croton Water Works Exteasiou— Total .....6.. age Reservoir... see see 798 18 Consuhdated Devt Fund—Pay of gas bills in arrear. seceeeeeeeees 212,568 85 Cry Parks Impro' Fund 304,000 00 Croton Water Fund. Croton Water Main Pua Excise License Fund..... . Fire Depariment Fund—Account of Fire Asarm Tetegrapn. Interest on assessinents, Ninth District Court House Fund. Revenue bonus of 1871 redéemed. Koad or Public Drive Bowevard Fund Sixth Aveu Street Improve! 19, 245,028 44 1,858 31 mprovement Fund ment Fuad...... 1,000 00 Total. New York, August 1, 1871, COUNTY OF NEW York, Payments forthe Month of duty Asil, on the fol- lowing Appropriations. 887,075 o9 ants, ~ | | Advertising. sive see $6,720 11 | Armories aad drill rooms, 6,859 90 | contingencies—ta: Commussioners? ' : 228 00 00 66 Coroners’ fees... Cleaning ane supp y 3 33 Copylug records ta oimice Clerk Co ot | vol on Vieas 5 00 | Care ana matutenance of jem Bridge. “ O8 33 Macom's Dau Bridge—Jare and matn- tenance ot... 68 33 Nursery and Chit of children, 4 New York State Luna iy y port of lunatics from tis County... +6 Jury fees. bucambrances Repaiiug and ‘S Hospital Support —removal of.. records, in mat preserving | County Clerk's Ovtice seseerreees 1,813 86 | House of the Good hepierd, as com mauded by special statute... + 11,704 60 Society tor the Protection of Destitate Children—Support of children, as com- . Mauded by special statate. see 40,287 82 * Support of prisoners in county jail 870 83 Dispursements and fees of county oml- cers aud witnesses vetoes + 19,815 60 Stawonery and biank books for Commuis- sioners of Taxes and Assessments. 8,017 00 Salaries—Legisiative 4441 68 Salaries—Executive. 26,866 48 Saiartes—Judiciary 60,028 OT Union Home and bchoo! YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. AUGUST 6, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. tion of Onildren’ of Volunteers, ae commanded by special statute. ......6 Total. ‘ Account. New County Court House—Amount paid to credit of Commissioners on their requisition under section 7 of chap- ter 583, Laws of 1871 ++ $200,000 00 8. U. LYNES, Jk, County Auditor, New York, August 1, 1871. PISTOLS AND COFFEE FOR TWO, The Fashionable World of Newport Excited. A Little Unpleasantness Between New York Hotspur:—Hard Words and a Few Blows in @ Club House—Gotham’s Chivalry Fx- Perience a Sensation—An Affair of Honor in Prospect. Newrorr, R. L, August 5, 1871, On Wednesday morning of this week Mr. James K, Whitaker and his friend Mr. A. W. Clason, of New York, arrived in this city and were conveyed at once to the Ucean House, where their individuality was for the time beiug merged into the grand com- munity of the guests in that huge caravansary — merged so totally, that up to last evening only their Personal acquaintances were aware of their pres, ence; but iast evening they suddenly rose to fame. ‘The whisper began to be breathed in the club, that high toned resort of the aristocratic summer visi- tur, aad thence spread to the hotels, that those gen- Uemen were here on an errand a little outof the | common order; in fact, that they were here as prin- cipal and second, respectively, of a rencontre of the chivalrous type, to avenge the wounded honor of Mr, Whitaker. in short, A DUEL Was ON THE TaPIs, As to the cause, further than the common cause which the wise Eastern rajah asserted was at the bottom of every trouble, gossip was divided. The only fixed bearings from which to base a departure were the facts that Mr. Whitaker and another gen- Ueman, whom Dame Kumor named as Mr, Lonis L. Lorillard, had had a dispute in a club house in New York, and had come hither to settle vi et armis; that they first met on a California steainer a year ago, as Mr. Lorillard was returning from a visit to the land o1 gold, aud that the intimacy there con. tracted was continued since their return also seemed to be settled; and the stories of an alterca- tien on board tie boat, and sundry charges not wholly unconnected with a game of cards that were passed, were treated as tidie fancies, as well as the subsequent rumor of the application of “the title blackguard’’ to the former and sundry resounding slaps to the face of Mr. Whitaker by his chivalrous opponent; “for,” said all who knew him, ‘Whitaker is a terrible man when roused, and the slow process of the duello would not satisfy the revenge his haughty spirit would crave upon the man who should lay his hand upon his (Whitaker's) face, save in the way of kind- | hess or shaving.” Those wretched sceptics—for there were some who insinuated that Whitaker wouldn't fght—were langed to scoru and informed that his Canrornia education had fitted him, if his early tastes had not, for the profession of fire- eater in a resort of fashion and folly like Newport. An earthquake could not create more of a sensation (han a social scandal of this magnitude and the HERALD commissioner, on visit- ing the Ocean House and endeavoring to ascertain the facts in the case, was made the recipient of sundry confidences from divers peopie. On inquir- ing for Whitaker or Mr. Clason the HERALD repre- sentative found they were lke “Betsy and I,’ poth “out.” But he waited patiently and a littie before mudnight had the pleasure of an introduction to Mr, Whitaker, THE REPUTED CHALLENGING PARTY. Tfound him a tall and elegant young man of some Uwenty-eight years, attired fashionably in dark coat and trousers, white vest, blue necktie anu peari hat, wearing no beard and being distinguished for a suavity of manner and pleasing grace of address. He at once protesseu himself ready to enter into conversation, and an interview essentially as follows Dee wie HERALD COMMISSIONER—You are aware, 1 pre- sume, Mr. Whitaker, of the stories afloat in which your name Is prominenily mentioned? Mr. WHITAKER—Yes, sir; and I hope you do not propose to prins any such Hes as that about me, @ERALD ComMIS-10NZ¢R—We shail certainty not knowingly publish any hes, but this having aiready become a pubiic matter, we would be happy to re- ceive any authoritative statement on the subject. Mr. WHITAKER—Well, sir, I_ can only give you the general one that the statesnent 1s essenuatly false in neariy every particular. The only clesire 1 have is that that matter may be entirely ignored as a false- hoodf 1 am told this evening that the New York Sun has printed an arucie which is simply A TISSUE OF FALSERUODS on the subject; but I ao not aesire to reply to it or yit—that would be giving it an importance wluch it does not deserve and securing additional readers for the statement. ‘The more you sur a dirty thing the worse it smeils, and Lam not disposed to gratify the paper to thatextent. No paper but a nasty damned sheet like the Sn would have printed the statement. The paper in question nas but a very small circulation, | beieve, among decent people, though it 1s eagerly bougut up by the pruri- ent class which abounds in every city, and to whom @ scandal is a sweet morsel. H&kALD COMMISSIONER—Quite right, sir, Will Bd toname the statements Ww witch you par’ r Mr. WHITAKE: sir, nearly the whole thing. Tdia form an acquaimtance with Mr. Lorillard on the California steamer, but that he ever addressed me av unpleasant word or slapped my face Is un- qualfiedly false. My friends (Know tt to be absurd, and} was much amazed at reading it. The stare- ment with regard to my engagemeut being broken off ts equally aise. The father of the young jauy to whom I am engaged has ween dead for over twenty y ; Consequently he could not interpose any seri- ous objections at this time, HERALD CoMMIsSIONER—So I should judge, I am, then, to understand that the story 1s a fabrica- tion out ol whole cloth, and that no tinpieasaut re- | | tions exist between you and Mr. Lor.tara. Mr. Wairaker—The story 18 so plausibly con- cocted, and there are so many ingeniously applied circumstances that it becomes more thau ever mis- chievous. 1 have nothing Whatever to say on the waiter, ¢xcept that I Wish nothing said about it, T don’t see how such a story ever gatned puolicity. fy Mss will only laugh at it and I care nothing for it. HERALD CoMMIssioNER—Then intimation that 1t was to be printe Mr. WHITAKER—NO, sir. I can only Imagine 1t was prompted by a desire to blackmail eitaer Mr. Lortiwd or myself; vut, as 1 am ta New York very Jittie in summer, they would have great dificalty in finding me, HeraLp ComMMIss1osER—Then I am to understand that all this talk about a duel ts a simpie lalsehoody Mr. WHITAKER—I have already satd that the state- ments are, in their essence, false, Ihave nothing tw say on the subject further Han, that, agi that 1 only desire the subject dropped where it ts. ‘This interview terminated, the Herarp Commis: sioner retired to lus room and ruminaied, bate . ker Was cautious and reticent. He eyjJeutiy would not be drawn into any statements of the aiMcuity; yet When the question of the friendly relations ver yeon himself and Mr. Lorillard was approached bis mduiher was sfangély Sonstratned, ana he . tated betore MAKING Mis evasive answer. Mr. Clason, of course, Was under his principal's eye and supervision, and would not answer further than Whitaker did. Mr. Loviilard was on board his wiyatcht Wanderer, tossing on the blue ‘aves of the Harbor, and inaccessible to a hewspaper man. “Barrin’ he wor a burd,” Irishman Would say, “ot &@ great saypig.”” Mr. Hecksner ! ¥, that was the man tu be interviewed on benalt of the Lorifiard side to the disput ! therefore resolved to pursue the matter further, and this morning catied on Mr. Jonn G, the reputed second of Mr. Lorillard, at ut cottage, corner of Catherine and First ening in my card | was at once ushered m autiful library, ung in cretonne and fur- nished throughout in corresponding taste, the furnt- ture being covered with cretonne and the pattern of the rich moquette carpet harmonizing therewith, Mr. Heckstier is & gentleman of perhaps thirty-five Years of ge, of rather strort but rovust figure, with # symmetrical and patrician face, destitute of beard, except a@ siuall sandy mustacte, He was seated at his desk Writing, but received the representative of the HERALD With great courtesy, und motioning him to @ seat requested him to proceed with tis Inquiries. HERALD COMMISSIONER—You are aware, of course, statements connecting your name with an ed duel between Mr. Lorard and Mr. W ker, aud { should use to leara the facts in the trom you. Mr. IECKSHER— Yes, sir; | have heard the story and have nO staicment to make, except that many of its points are false, ‘There has been A DIFFICULTY BETWEEN THE GENTLEMEN, but it 1s purely a private matter between tlese two geutlemen, in woich the public can have no inters es: and woich never shoutd have gone tuto print. HERALD CoMMISSIONER—Preeisely, sir; but as it {9 already @ public matter I have thought that proba- biy the parties in interest might preter to give the correct version, You spoke of the statements being mainly fulse; am I to understand from this that no hostile notes have passed between the genvemen and that tue alleged duel is Imaginary? MP. HeousieX—1 cam say nothing Whatever on Je recelved no ed = we that point. The diMecuity is pure! and, with all deference to yout one those gen- vamen alone, and should not be made @ public mat HieRaLy Comaissioner—Then 1 can only thank you for vour courtesy, and wish a bag) Serato ane ‘ ‘view ya be abeeay « ir. Lor 3 domiciled aboard ni: 3 fe Whitaker is at the Ocean House; ‘Mr. ¥ Clason, the reputed friend of Mr. Whitaker, is with him. apd Mr. Heckster is quietly enjoying lite in his beautiful residence. Notning could be more fol hee ne OUSEY PTORDACS, ma no one with whom con r Heves that this pei rudely broken, cial ak. SUICIDAL MANIA, Where Whiskey Whirls Its Advocates—Mechan- ics’ Miseries—4 Wheelwright in Paterson Ends His Existence, and an Inebriate New Yorker Follows the Example. ‘Three years ago David Kerr was the foreman of the boller shop of the Danforth Locomotive shop in Paterson, N. J. He was the head of a promising and apparently happy family, and one of Paterson's respected mechanics of the better class. Suddenly, about three years ago, tne wheel of Fortune took an unfavorable turn for the respected mechanic, and while at wis work one day he was prostrated by a paralytic stroke, which rendered motioniess and powerless his entire right side, and in this miserable condi- ton he remained until his death. Aiter this mtshap he was obliged to leave his trace and for a tong time was confined to his @ed, He arose a mere wreck, unabie to work and only able to creep along with the ald of a cane. To add to his misery it 1s sald his wife, whom he had pampered for years, and whose great desire for dress and display had been gratified in every detail, WAS UNGRATEFUL ENOUGH to forget his years of goodness, and enly seemed to ; look upon him as a nuisance and a useless appen- dage to society, It is reported that she treated him very badly, driving him from the house and beating him upon more than one occasion. After a while some of his former friends, taking pity on his nuser- i} able condition, started him in @ little business by setting hin up as the proprietor of a veer shop. It appeared to be about all ne was able to do, as he was scarcely able to more than move around at a snail’s gait. David Kerr, probably to drown his own mental troubles and physical pains, soon became hts own best customer, until finally he remained drank the g¥cater part of the time, neglecting fs business in such 2 manner Ubat at lastit meited away altogetaer and he was compeliea to accept charity for a Maintenance. For the bast pear or so he has lived alternately in the Almshouse and upon the chanty of bis lormer friends, Ieading a most iniserable existence. His wife in the meantime had deserted him | altogether and started a liquor saloon herseif at one of the small stations on the Erie Railway west of Paterson. She took good care to keep paid up, how. ever, an insurance policy of $2,000 on her huspand’s lre, although, of course, ‘rom the unexpected result the Investinent is likely to pay a poor dividend, A week or so since the members of the Kagle Hook and Ladder Company, to which Kerr formerly be- longed, raised a purse of some twenty dollars for his benefit, upon which he has probably lived latel, and of which the sixteen cents found tn his pockets after death was no doubt the Jast. His MISFORTUNES NAD RENDERED him somewhat morose and disagreeabie, so that his | “trends” Qjsliked to take im into their families and | care for him. On Friday morning he was last seen alive in the vicinity of Cedars,” back of the paper mill, and in the vicinity of Passaic Falls. It isa lone: some place, and has been the scene of many an outrage und death, and is a favorite resort of amateur gamblers on pleasant summer evenings. About dusk on Friday eveniog the police authorl- ties were nutified that there was a dead body lying in the Cedars, and although a search was immedi- ately instituted, the pody was not round until nearly midnight. He shot him&elf with an old-fashioned ad with buckshot, the load entering the is ove the upper lip and about an inch to the right of his nose, passing through his head, shattering his teeth and BREAKING HIS JAWBONE AND SKULL. Death must have been instantaueous, as there spears to have been no struggle whatever. Near his left hand (the mgnt being paralyzed) lay the pis- tol, with one barrel discharged and the other loaded. In his pockets were a powder flask, some ps, buckshot, sixteen cents in money and some trinkets. His body was removed to the honse of the Eagle Hook and Ladder Company, by the mem- bers of which he will be buried in a respectable manner to-day. An inquest was held by Coroner Butterworth yes- terday and a verdict rendered of death by suicide; and there is not a person among the thousands in Paterson who knew him but believes the verdict 1s correct, Suicide of an Inebriate. Coroner Herrman was yesterday called to hold an inguest at No, 16 Forsyth street over the remains of George Renneman, fifty years of age and @ uative of Germany, who died suddenly on Friday afternoon. Deceased had long been addicted to drinking to ex- cess, and for the last three weeks has scarcely drawn @ sober breath. On more than one occasion he has expressea himself tired of life and threatened to termmate his existence. During the forenoon of Friday deceased, m some manner unknown, procured @ quantity of corrosive poison (probably ursenic), and, without the know- ledge of his family or friends, swallowed it, He was attended by Dr. Feiber, who was unable to counieract the effects of the poison, John Beach, M. D., made a post-mortem examination, and found unmis akeble evidences of arsenic! poisoning in the stomach, which was sufficient to cause death. Renneman, when himself. was one of the best of men, and lad the respect of lis numerous friends. He Was a skilful machinist, and supported his family very comfortably. Deceased has left a widow and several children, SPENDING SUNDAY. The Pleasures of the Water—Where to and How to Go—To-Day’s Thorgh the great disaster of last Sunday will, un- doubtediy, have somewhat damped the courage of agreat number of the usual Snuday excursionists, there is sull a very large proportion of the working population who look forward to a trip out upon the bay on that day with all the nearty anticipation of pleasure to come. There is the machinist, who is longing to take his family and get out on the water to blow away the grit of the week’s dust, The voung mechanic, too, has promised bis young lady friend in a sot moment during the week that when Sunday came they should enjoy themselves on the briny deep. Ainong a great variety of travel- lers to-day is the Plymoutn Rock. her reguiar trips to Poughkeepsie, Cozzens’ and Newburg, leaving Twenty-eighth street, North River, at eight o'clock. The General Sedgwick goes to Keyport, Elizabethport, Umion, Kossville and Perth Amboy, leaving the foot of Thirty-fourth street, Norii River, af eight o'clock, and pier 28, foot of Barclay street, at nine o'clock, taking in some o! the finest scenery on the way. The 4.. [ree Wolf and the Tanb— Sleepy Holiow will wend her way vp the Tudsoi towards Cornwall, Cold Spring, West Point and Jona Island, giving & splendid opportunity to enj the be autifal scenery on one of AméFica’s most Tansous Fivers. Tne Sunny: side will head for Catskill and imrermediaie stations, starting from pier 45 North River at two P. The Autelope will wove her gracetul iorm in the ection Of Peekskill, taking in Yonkers, Dobbs’ ry, Sing 3: averstraw. Grassy Vomt and Verpianck. She leaves the fook of Huriison street ateigue o’elockand Thirty-fourti si reet at tualf-past eight. Those desirous of taking wir upon the re- tresting green of Jersey's fietds wil fina the Thomas: P. Way @ convenience towards accomplishing Weir end, She with themascuitne name leaves tne foot of clay street at hall-past ten. bany and Troy boat, leaving the foot Vestry street at six o'clock, offers a fine opporiunity for a moonlight on the er, The MOSt attractive of the aquatic excursionists, in al provablitty, Will be the Arrowsmith. she goes to Glen Cove, Where the Atlanuic Yacht Club squadron resting, On its Way taking in Wiutestone, Great Neck, Sands’ Point, Glenwood and K ‘This boat leaves Peck slip at hall-past eight stops at Thirty. street, The Mi gues up the rive wt erght o’clock wing from vier o'clock A. M. ior Ked Bank. For the MODERATE OUTLAY of fifteen cents the beauties of the Fi 2 of enth y The great Sea Bird will take , foot of Franklin street, a6 eight personal one, | were taken She wil make | 3 ANTI-BUM RIOT IN LOWELL, MAS?: The Enforcement of the Liqnor Law Resisted by an Excited Mob, An Officer Beaten Almost to Death and His As sailant ‘Shot and Arrested—Heavy Seizures of the Ardent by the State Constabulary. LOWELL, Mass., August 5, 1871, The “Spindle City”? 18 just now considerably agt- tated over a wholesale raid of the State constables upon the liquor dealers. The excitement bas not been equalled since 1865, when the prolibitory law | first went into effect, and when 150 prominent liquor dealers were brought before the Police Court and fined. Then, as now, the lower strata of the popu- lation were much excited vy the proceedings and threatened ,anmmary vengeance npon tie officers ongaged in enforcing the law, Eariy in the present Week Constables Morse, of Boston, and Souther, of Charlestown, were directed to proceed vo Lowell and make certatn setzures of Mquors ‘They went armed and equipped with papers, pistols and pluck, first calling at the largest liquor esiablisnment in the city of Lowell or the county Midale- sex—that kept by Patrick Dempsey, in Lowell street. Mr. Dempsey was absent, but his employes were very civil to officers and made no objection to their proceeding with the execution of their warrant, which they did, seizing in all sume eight hundred gaitons of distiiled liquos. But outside it was soon rumored what waa up, and a crowd of roughs colleeced, ready fora row or a fight. They began trst to pelt the officers with stones, Mr. Souther getting hit on the neck and somewhat Injured. Then the driver of the wagon containing the confiscated property got pelted and knocked off of his seat. Oficer Mors? went for the rsan who hit the driver and collared him, Then the erowd came up pelt mell, breaking Morse’s hold upon his prieoner, By this time Souther had come to his brotier officer's assistanc>, and just as he came a feilow by the name of Michael Pender hit So: over the head witha large hoe, the blow ing effect upon the right side of the face, he his pi» tol dropped and e: quickly seized the pistol, and for made things of the AS plodea, few mint red hot 1m that crowd, as he had in others lke it. orse Drawing a bead on the man Pender, who was fail. Ing back after his assault on Soutuer, he fred, the ball entering tne flesh of his right breast and pass ing through his right arm uear the elbow. The crowd being at bay the job of seizure was completed, and at a later hour Pender was arrested for an as- gault with a deadiy Weapon, brought before the Court and hela m $3,000 for trial at the Superior Court. Bai was furnisned, for it soon got mooted about that all his family were down with the small- pox, and ihe prison folks didn*t care to nave it spread over their wails very thick. ha fact, there Was something of & seare on this point and every- body gave Pender a wide berth. That ended the Urst day's procevdings, which were just evough to give bith 6 subséjuent procoedings still more exy te, Mayor Jones, Calef of the -onstabulary force. was not to be caught napping. He wad behind a big law iH a big State, aud = meant that at one city should understand that Jaw could be enfk He ace cordingly detailed a force of fifteen of his best men, and accompanying them himself, he proceeded to Lowell, arriving there at eleven aA. 3} yer terday. He had previously notified Morse. by ielegraph {0 be ready wilh tie proper papers for making seizures ot @ number of places, and he was on hand with the documents. At this time there was considerable excitement in the city. It had become very generaily known Uat there was a large force of State constables in town, and many Without uniforms, so that a rowiy would not know who styod next im 1a the crowd it he should show fight, Shortly after one o’clock the Major breaks his de- tail up nto seizing squads and they proceed, having first been assured vy the City Marshal, so the Major is proud to say, that ne and his men shoul! be fully protected by the police force of the y ip the execue tion of tne law they had come to enforce. ‘This was more than the Major expected. He was not accus- tomed to that sort of oMicial courtesy; but what took him back even more than this, it possible, was an exhortation from a large delegation of the best citizens of the place to “Go In, execute the law. aud would be at his right land in we courts.’? Thus armed and protected he did go in. The folluwing i the result of his operations:— Six of the largest aud most fsourishing es- tablishmen'ts in the city were visited, and & large nurnver of jugs. jars, botues, denujohns, kegs, barrels, cans and flasks were seize) therefrom and carted off to the State storeroom oppowt: the Washe ington House. These establishineuis were visited im the f[uliowing order: — Henry A. Noyes, 139 Central street, @ woll-ap- pointed barroom. An assoruinent of iiquors seized valued at $450. Samuel D. Billings, 109 Central street, another well-Jurnished barroom; liquors seized valued at 50. SH. James Co!lins, 68 Market street, a bar and cigar store; value of liquors seized $250. Patrick Cummusky, 87 and 89 Market street; seizures amounting to $25 Thowas Lynch, 37 Market street; a lot of iquora vained at $225. And last, but not least, Charles W. Cheney, No. 5 Middle street, whose place was ‘gone through” for an assortinenut of intoxicants valued at $500, Alter & twenty-four hours titerruption the war Was agin pegua to-day by an increased lorce of officers, Who made setzures in half a dozen or more places, A portion of the oficers dil not assist in the seizures, except to mingle in the crowd for the purpose of arresting apy persons who offered forci- ble resistance. ‘ine "places visited were those of Join Farin, Merrimac str Charles W. Cheney, Middle sireet; S. D. Billings and Henry W. N.yes, Central street; John Wat. son, Patrick Cumm:uisky and Patrick Lynch, Market street, The largest seizures were made at the places of Messrs. Cuminisky and Cheney. Over $100 worth was taken, the uflicers state, at each place, aud an average of $200 worth at all of them, No foreipie resistance Was offered, The officers returuea ta Patrick Dempsey'’s store, where made yesterday, tor &@ palr of skids, when a crowd collected, tilling the entire strect for a jong distance, hooting and sieuting, evidently rainking that another seizure was to be mace. The ifquors seized to a storehouse ab the coraer of Central and Chu streets, ‘These ,ures Will be followed up With the regolar Prosecuuons 10 Various forms as lar as tie law Wil go, ONticer Morse being leit on the geound to pasa them forward, he, by the way, belng strongly eu- dorsed, as the Major says, by inany cltzen He also adds that fis men were warmly 8c to ther efforts by the giris aad Ww iu which the city abounds, who greeted the ofiicers with huvzas und waving handkerchiefs every time they approached the store- house with confixcated Hquors. For the time this Will probabiy do. [tis enough at ali events to show that Major Jones intends to euiorce the law in Lowell, where he is so well backed, if in no other cities of the Commonwealth. Pernaps the C'et Me has selected Lowell for the purpose of Tne Al | leaving the foot of Vestry street | ndy Hook, the Highlands and | y his office under Butler, if that gentleman should ever become Governor of Massachusetts, TOMBS POLIBE COURT. _ lempted Abdace Lynx-eyed Detective—stupead Jement—An Old Hand at the Game. Before Judge Hogan. A young girl named Bridge: Welsh was coming down the Fourth avenue yesterday morning, having Just arrived in town from one of the suburban cities, when she was met or the corner of Sixteenth street by an aged reprobate named John Wolf. This scoundrel asked the young girl where she had tion A Em come from and she answered bim = truly. He then asked her it she was looking for a situation, and, being auswered ip the affirmative, he offered to procure one tor her, and told the gil if she would accompany him @ most €ligible piace was in waiting for her. The poor girl went with him, and Wolf took ber to a house of ili repute, at 63 Houston street, KE TRIED FIST to get In at the basement, out, finding that closed, he retraced fils steps and was abou to enter by the hall aoor waen Captain trvig, of the detective “e, stepped upon tie scene. The hirsute provector of the people's mniterests was golng to his orice in a cross town cat, and as he rassed the house No. 53 it struck him that Mr, Woil's antics were somewhat peculiar. ‘The appar- ent innoceuce of Ue igmb under the caw of THOS KAPACIOUS BEAST confirmed the suspiotons of the detective and he got of. Woil took to his heels, buc Irving immediately i] be studied as far as Harlem on th The boats of this line start every halt from Peck silp. ‘tne Pieasant Val start from the foot of Spring streei nour ior Fort Lee and call at Thirty-fourtn = The round | tr nea Fort Lee | By r | iganguratea a foot race and quickly came up with making @ prisoner of tim. Mixs Welvl made a charge against John yesterday and he was jocked up to answer, nun namea George O. Fricke, Who has been in antagont trip may be accomplished for twenty-five ce ine “ “ * Norwalk goes to Coney Isiand frou te foot of Tenth | the employ of eet te ree for ig surect at UWenty-five nuinttes past nine, twenty-five | years as clerk and cashier, was charged vy & minutes past twelve and twenty-tive minutes past | three, On the Bast Kiver line, for the same uestina- tion, the Naushon leaves Eighth street at twenty minutes past eight, twenty minutes past eleven and twenty minutes past two, aud Brookiyn ai hall-past nine and three, The Rip Van Winkle goes to the fishing banks, carrying limes, bait and every accommodation tor & day’s sport and comfort, from Peck sip at a quarter to eight, Christopher street at haif-past eight and pier No. 4, North River, at mige. And now that the worst boiler in the company has burst, the passage vo Staten Island may be considered torerabiy sate, ber of the firm with altering a check on the German American Bank to be made payabie to himself at the Fagle Gas Machine Company for $1,000. When this discrepancy was found out Fricke wrote to the firm stating that he had been pursuing this ine of conduct for & considerable ime and that his defaications aitogether would amount to some. thing like forty thousand dollars, as they had been running over & space of some years. He was tells porarily committed. CANAL ToLLs.—The amount of tolls recetved from the canals for the fourth week in July Was $121,162, It 18 @ pleasant and reireshivg trip, besides being an } beimg an increase over the corresponding Week IN economical one. 1870 Of $23.870y