The New York Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1872, Page 8

TOE CUSTOM HOUSE COMMITTEE, ‘Prancis H. Bixby’s Account of the Money Paid to Colonel Leet for Influencing the Business. He Thought Leet Was a Relative of the President, Suggestions for the Improvement of the Genera! @rder System—Competition the Bost Remedy for Overcharges—More Specific Cases of Custom House Corruption and Oppres- sion—The Venality of Inspectors— Objections to Giving the General Order Stores to the Foreign Steamehip Companies. ‘The Custom Louse Committee met again yerter @ay morning at ten o'clock, Senator Howe, who was absent the day previous, showing up in his usual A long discussion was entered into in regard to the examination of Generals Porver and Babcock, senaior Howe desired it to take place im Wasiing- ton, and made a motion to what effeci, Senators Bayara and Casserly opposed it with some warmth, and it was finaily carried by a strict party vote of Sour to two. A. De L. Rogers sworn—We had acargo of coal coming to this port; on arriving an mepector ap- proachea me and said my bill of lading only con- tained 110 tons, whereas in reality there were 126 Yona; he Offered to fix itso that I should only be charged at the former rate it 1 would let hm and ¥wo other friends of his nave a load of coal each; he said they Waxted the coal and could Ox it easily; J objected, but’ ne frequeny came round to me and askea, “Haye you determined to @o that’? adding, ‘you had better do 807 and such like expressions; this occurred on pier No. 48 East river, in Mr. ‘Chompson’s district; I know me Was a goverpment inspector, though 1 did not see him have any badge; when he mace me the effer Mr. Miller, the weigher, and the private ‘weigher were present; tat invoice was never actu- aily weighed by a United States oficial; the ‘meas- @rement was altogether taken by a private weizhe @ similar proposition was mede the next day to Mr. } Briggs, of New Haven, who was receiving a con- sigument of gas coal; he refused, and when &ys return was completed he as: that the amoont he received was six per cent Jess that was slated in the invoice; ou anotner occasion I had another offer frou! an inspector to be allowed ty go on poard a stup beLore Lue permit was made out it | A gave bim a ton of coal; itis, | believe, customary for the inspectors to take the City Welgher’s S Weights, und not weigh Unings them: 3 the coal Ispoke of at frst was Ungush cannel coal, worth | about $12 20 per ton in gold; 1 could not say what articles they usually pass without weighiag; te only ones { Know of are coal and sulphur. John ©. Hopper, sworh—Am the Secretary of the National Kevenue Kelorm Association, a pohtical | ergauization for the correction of abuses connected with the tariff; { can say nothing positively of my own knowledge m regard to the passage of dulta- ple articles u passengers’ luggage free, but I can SBpply ine CoMMALTee WIth & List Ol genVEMen who COUN BWear to (he tacts. Mr. t pe roceeded to | make a similay offer in regard to many otner | a@buses which have veen already fully ventilated in she committee, = Lie complained also of the discour- tesy Of sume Of the demands ior payment of duties made by the Custom iouse. - In crogs-examimanon &8 40 tbe society Which le represented he said tnat | 4% had been organized by muisell anda number of merchants, and vhai a tnoutand names of mer- chants were now on their books, theinding, anoag einers, Arnold & ‘Constavle, Hunt and Mr. James (oi Phel Bubscripuions were collecte plied to any pres ses ver written to merchunts for money vo mauence legislauon in Washington, bot bad got funds t go on there Bissell, aud lay facts Yeiore the commuttee, and, Oi course, his hove! bills had been deirayed by the association, as “he could nov live upon airy? the association had oeen in existeace about’ eho moniis, and during that Lime about $4,000 or $5,000 had been coliected; pecumarily the association had not been very advantageous to him; he had mo fixed salary, ut collected what he would; most of the mn been absorbed by necessary expenses shire, rent, &c he had been iu te apprar 8 department under Mr. Suiythe, and hai been legtiated out of office, and bad been ised # position aiterwards, because While 1D Ojlice he Nad called the attention @i Mr. alcCulioch to an abuse of the Custom House; he attributed any qt the srauduient ciauns in con- neotion with damaged goods to errors of policy in the waruf, aud specilicuily alluded to a pumber of alterations that in fis judgment were necessary in the tariT law. Yuis evide: Was of course alto- gether outside the professed objects of the Invest €auion, but the efloris of the chairman vo prevent the witness fying off ata tavgent into these mat- ters were altogether van Francis M. Lixvy swori—Dave been in the ware- Ouse DUsiNess Sice 1s06; at that tune [ had the wenerai order business, and contiwwued to have it until 1866, wheo 1 Was transferred to Meyer & smith; [ hod a simall portion of at under Mr. sinythe, but lost all ander Mr. Smythe; in 1se9 I got the business azain, acquiriug an interest through Mr, Leet; Genera: Hullyer and M Jed On me at my residence in May, 1 and we & general conversation in refere ; ho pro- Position was made to me, and, thou, Leet said fi Mr. very littie, ] supposed that ‘he could conwoi che business; next met Mir, Leet at Mr. Lind. say’s store in John street by appointment; i had not known Mr, Lindsay previously; tis paper (the agreement produced) was written by Mr. Leet, and I assented to it; by this arrangement £ was to give Mr. Leet, as “tle party controlling the general order business,’’ $5,025 per annum out of the proiius, > ateyred monthly; there is a profit upun tie cartage, bor and storage; this money was to be given for storage alone; this negotiation Was mostly con- qgucted by Mr. Leet, but Mr. Lindsay bad some Daud in it; 1 continued to pay this sum until July, 1870, when the agreement expired; I then lost the business, beca' solonel Leet waned me to pay more for ii, and { could not do it; Colonel Leet put no money in the business, and had nothing whatever to do with It, except t get it for ime; 1 think I made some pay- menis to him through Mr. Lindsay, bus me checks were usually sent to the War Department; I don’t khow now Colonel Leet got the business or What influence ne yrougiit to ve: [supposed at first that he was a Telative of G Gi Jearned afterwarus tit he was there 18 no good reason why general order ch es shonld be f higher than those of bonded Warehouses: my agree- ment with Colonel Leet was busel upon an esti- mate of forty ceuls luvor, jorty cents age and forly cents storage—avoul one-third higher th n the Cnainber of Comme { to have the entire busiae: the rates fixed vy would be very glad 7 winety cents tulal charges for each package, and would regard 1: as very profitable at Waat rate; 1 consider tie crowding of goods into two stores, 48 at piesent, a8 @ very inconvenience tw the merchants; it @ great improvement Wf general stores Were estavilsued r the landing | pier of eacn line o. 3; the charges for storage | m @ general order ware in a bonded wa ehanged more fre ise OUght tO be le tse the goods are , dud the same room 1s used Several Limes each inonth; 1 presume Mr. Grin- neil must have known of my arrangement with | Colonel Leet; i should Unk tat at present, with | the entire business, Leet « Stocking ought to make | between $60,000 a OO ayear; aiter,paymg Coionei Leet very lite profit remained to me; C } could not say exactly Low much; the volal proftoen storage was under $10,000 a year; durty had the business from Colonel Leet eharge Was $1 20 a package; 1 do not | an ubreasonabie charge; | think ninety ¢ be a sufficient chars: ness 1s now so much 1a fe now very much greater, While penses would nut be very tnuch highe: Q Were there any Unpleasant feelings between you and Colonel Leet wheu he took away the business from you? A. None in tie least; we are on good terms still; mm regard to unclaimed packages, I think when the case ts foun tain straw or other worthless matters there ts more Nkelibood of the goods having been sioleu some- ‘where eise than in the general order stores; I have heard of aliegations ing made that tey have been stolen in the general order stores; there Lave always been comiplamis about general order stores, ren! and the ouly remedy for it is to divide up the | business among a number of Stores and (0 let competition keep down the rates to a fair rate; { should think 1 would be avery vad plan to jet the steamsitp lines have genera: order giores of their own, because tb might give undue facilitfes to me ople on the steamer for smuggiing; Custom House officers woud of course be able to stop it, but you can reach them very casiiy—they are a kind of people who are liabie to temptation; another disadvantage 18 that all ive sleainslp ines are in the bands of foreigners, and I shouid object to giving tiem any exceptional fa- Cilitics,, Q. But what would that matter if it facilitated commerce’ A. It would not facilitate commerce; bow could it? | heard complaint about smuggling ‘when tue Cunard and Bremen companies had the | Lindsay, | mon | Grinnell. Md OX | to cons | Magee, who has until recently been janitr of the school, Tie attention ef the Board of Educa. | tion having been called to the matier that body | heid a special meeting on Wednesday evening, ior | the purpose of making @ thorough investigation of ine char, preferred. A number of witnesses were eXauined, without, however, | elletting anytuing further than that Mn Moore 1 veen seen on one occasion walking wirh (he young person alluded to, and who | has hitherto borae an irreproachable reputation, | ‘The testimony of tie complainant in the case was | ofa viaciciive and contradictory navure, leaving little doubt but that the entire charge was without foundation im fact, and made | ; Up an the tuterest’ = of parties «Who are inimical to Mr. Moore and who | are desirous of having nim removed from te posi. | ; Mon Which he fills in a highly satisfactory manner | ii NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1872—TKIVLE SHEET. . never paid money in that way becanse I don’t be lieve in guch practices; money ls aiso paid to. pre- vent goods going into general order; 4 think if the Collector understood the law thi ly, which reads that some disposition should be made of goods immediately upon being unloaded, goods would not be allowed to remain on the dock for days, a8 18 the case sometimes at present; goods shonid not be unloaded on the dock any faster than they can be disposed 3 steamers might not then, perhaps, be able to discharge and reload and turn round in forty-eight nours; the steamers beg vd make a iittle less money; bat iney should not be allowed to evade the law so that they may make larger pouts; waile the goods are on the dock, i consequence of coilasion between the importers and the Custom House people, the Col- lector, ander the law, 18 personally responsible for ueir safety; the danger im such cases is rom thieves and bad weather, &. Did you see Colonel Leet’s estimate of profits aud expenses of the gencral order business, as at preseat arranged? A, Yea; 1 thought the expenses Lo be very large and the protiis very jow; I should think, of the estimate of expenses be trae, they have spent their money foolisily, or bave had too many hands or paid too much rent. The commitiee thea adjourned nutil half-past seven in the evening, Evening Session. | ‘The commitree having reassembled, the followmwg letters were reas ug u StEpEr, Nuw Yous, Feb, 1, 1872. W. A. Bockinouam, Onairman, &¢.:— commmuanicalion ‘wae Tead yesierday belore yoor honorable committee Iron Messrs. Eday & Rogers regaring an Invoice of 126 tons caunel coal discharaed trom ¥hip Princeton on pier 48 bast Kiver, in which my name vrovgbt forward mrather an unwarrantable manner, bave honor herewitu to submil the foliowing tacts for your evusideration, vin.i— ‘Vhere were discharged from the ship 1,098 tubsof coal, the tubs averaging 215 Ie, giving @ toial Met weight of 391.990 Ybs---4.813 bushels 70 tbs, to bushel), or 124 tons 1b owt, 3 ie jbs., the amount as retrrned to the Castom House. drmly believe that the Welght as above given ia correct, as tho party woo tallied the coal isa reliadle man, whosd allidavit is berewith appended, denying the assertion of Mr. tocors in said commumeation. It has been my that cargoes of canuel coal generally overran zbt., 1 would respecifuily request a thorough iscase, 48% JAMES M. THOMPSON, States Weigher, Twellth District, ni New York, tot of New. York, beng at his attention bas ally, bnitea buy a y and count epost, at say Th heen ealied to a repor he proceedings before the Custom | Honse lnyestigating Commitee, as printed in the New York Vines ot this date; that t letter dated January 26, and & Rogera, \t is said What ‘hompson, on Ss Weiguers, made certain’ proposi- the government and others, af Eddy & Rogers would give them a” rt of said cargo, Deponent says that there is no person of shame of Nulier im the employ of said Thompson, and that the raid part of the cargo of said ship Pri longing to said Kady & Rogers, was weighea by nent or another in ‘the employ of said Thompson, ho wach conversation as described in raid letters was made with bim or any other person 1 the employ of the said ‘Thompson. HARLES A. DU MOULIN, First avence, Fighty-fourth and Mighiy-titth streets, Yorkvule, York, Feb. 1, 1872. 5 ribed and sworn ta before me, thia Ist day of Febra- ary, 1872,—-ENocu ARMITAGE, Notary Public. Senator PRaTrT moved that Du Moulin be sub- peonaed, which was done. Geueral Jona Cochrane, having been sworn, was examined at length In regard to the conversation between Mr. Mudgett und General Porter in 1s presence. He staied that they weut to General Porter's at his (General Cochrane’s) request, ine jaiter having been quesiioned by Genera) Porter in regard to Mr. Mudgeétt's statements avout his hay- | ing some Inierest im the general order business. ie | acted ag a imiend to General Porter, veins pained at the charges maue and peliev.ug that taey were ut- terly groundless, General Porter said, in the course ol the conversauon, that he had no exvensive ac- quaintance with Mr. Lindsay. Mr. Muagett haa stated im his evidence tbat witness, in speaking of General Porter, tad used the curt diminutive of “Porter.” ‘This Was a mistake, His remembrance of whe conversauon was very general, and several times he detected himseif im inattention. AS to what General Porier said, he remembered distinctly that Genera! Porter: contradicted in every particu. jar the understanding of Mr. Mudgevt in regard to his uaving any interest of any Kind connected with the Custom Hou as they came away Witness said to Mr. Mudgell, “I hope you are periectly satu of the innocence of Generat Porver of every cnarge;’” he replied, “His conversavon 18 satisiactory, but 1 stil thiak there 1s something in 11,” evidentiy relying sti more upon his own sources of infor- mation than upon General Porter's word; Colonel Leevs name came ap in the interview, but witness | could nut recail exactly What was said about hin; | he beuieved General Porter said that the President nud given him a general letter of recommenda- tion; he deniea, however, that General Grant bad given him any other letter; I did not undersiaud General Porter to soy that he did not know Mr, | Q Have yon memory enough of what General Porter said to say that Alr. Mudgett’s testumony that General Porter said he did not know Mr, Lind- say isuntrue’ A. I could not explicitly say that; 1 have already stated my tmpression; General Por. ter may have stated that heither he nor Babcock, nor Leet had any interest in the Custom House, while | was present, but it he did it was while | was mastate of inattention; I remember disuncty on coming away having remarked the satisfactory char- a of General Porter's denial; Mr, Mudgett re- pled that so tar as ib went 1 Was’ satisfactory, but afler reflecting said something about nis ‘other sources of information, q. Did not Generai Porter's explanation consist mainiy of denialsy A. It mast have necessarily at ‘umes run on into allegations; | attended mostly to the denta!s: T did not hear Mr, Mudgett contradict General Porter or express incredulity 1m his aenials in General Porter’s presence; Genera! Grani’s letter, as | understood from the conversation, was merely a letter of general business accommodation, nota political one. : Q, Does uny explanation occur to you of the fact that this letver was directed to Mr. Grinnell, who Was to become Collector in a tew days, ratuer than to lar, A, ‘I. Stewart or Mr. 8, B, Caittenden, or any other busiuess man in New York? A, lcould give you explanations botn Ways, and argue both sides, eitner of Which might be satisfactory, untess you are 4 parsan (Lae question having been pat oy Senator Casserly), und nere in New York we partisans never believe anytlung that our adversaries say. (Laugh. ler.) Q. Suppose you nad been in Mr, Grinnell’s place, having just been appomted Collector, and receiving this letter from the higheat authority im the lana, what would you think about it? A, Ishould think it meant business. (Loud laughter.) «. Would you have understood it as Mr. Grinnell understood it? A. Ido not know how Moses under- hy it; 4 think he is reflecting on that problem sul, Q. Suppose the latter nad a purely business pur- pose, were not there other gentlemen who could do more for Volonel Lect in a purely business point of view than Mr. Grinnell? A. Mr, Grinnell has been @ merchant very many years, and few men had more opportunites of advaucing an applicant, q Why should not General Grant have given Colone! Leet a jeter to Mr, Stewart, or Mr. Chitien- den or some other among the leading business firms who had supported him during the campaign’ A. That | cannot explain, Q. Suppose it were tn evidence, as it 1s, that Generai Grant ,oew that Colonel Leet was thinking of the general order busmess, what would you think of 10 tnen? A. The letter, of course, depends upon the cireumstances surrounding it, Q. Do you look upon a general order warehouse- Man 4s 4 man in pubiic or private business?’ A, AS a private man engaged in public business, A letter of that kind may be perverted from tue pur- pose for whicn it was intended. Q. Suppose tt had been so Be if you lad written it, not take tunity to correct the mischief? to do 80, W. B rverted, would you, the earhest oppor: A. 1 should be apt Prentice, sworn—Am a Custom House agent; a year and # hali ago I was chief clerk of the Warehouse Bureau in the Custom House. Witness then proceeded at lengthsto defend tne transfer of the general order basiness to Leet& Stocking. Witness was clerk at the time of Mann’s defaications, and on Mr. Grinneli asking the nearest general order store to Mann’s, witness replied, “Leet & Stock- ing.” On reflection the witness changed his testi- y. so far a8 to substitute Mr. Murphy for Mr. fue committee then adjourned until this morning atien o'clock. TRADUOING TEACHERS. in MorrisaniaewA False Charge Polls to the Ground, For some Gays past the scandalemongers of Mor- nia, Westchester county, have been gloating over charges of & damaging nature preferred against Mr. Join % Moore, Principai of Public School N 4 lemale teacher, both of whom were accused of iaproper conduct by a womannamead Maliguicy . 3, an toa large majority of the more respectable tax. payers of the towa, After hearmg ali the testimony the Board at once suspended the janitress, and adopted resolutions expressive of their opinion, “That the charges preierred against Mr. Moore are | wantonly false and maliciously untrue,” PENNSYLVANIA, Gray’s Majority in the Fourth District Only 91—MeClure, the Deteated Candidate tor i} THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS. Evidence of Confirmed Spiritualists at the Jefferson Market Police Court. What They Think of the Future—Dr. Gordon is “Sick” and Fails to Put In an Appearance— The “Spirit Bride’ Produced in Court, but Not Exhibited—One Spiritualict Sees a Beautiful Bird Floating Around Judge Fowler's Head. ‘The examination i the case of Thomas Perry | Sproul, accused of stealing a gold watch and chai | from Mrs, Fuiler, magnetic physician, was contin- ued beiore Jusuce Fowler, at the Jeflerson Market Court, yesterday afternoon, appearing for the prosecution and James D. McClel- land for the defence, to the case throngh the columns of the HekaLp at- tracted a much larger audience thap on any pre- vious day. The first witness called w dealer named John Montgomery, who testitied as follows :— Jam not a Spiritualist; have been to Gordon's sdances: Know the frst night I visited & svanece; Re oid me tlhe} were genuine: it was Obristinas night; Sproul vo! the mouey; he seemed to be In &@ Lal was developlog into & medium; | was satisued that the spilt Ul2u appeared was tuat of my wentupas high a nis head; the showed her bust; she appeared in tit! every ue; Gordon stood with iis oa saw Osher apparitions that might: he brought a child near the cirele; it looked like a ten monins old; dow? Know whether ov alive; the pabe did net mov hielike; the cheeks were red, eveorows painted black, and had the appearance of a iiving cma; L voond me it lighter complexioned than the several others there who re Iriends and became Yery mucn aftec first; ized deparied at at the scene; Gordon coult not Gave a picture of my wife; there 18 not One out of my nouse that I know of her picture taken when (uirty-lour y Very much irom the time sue had her iasé picture taken to the time she died; lam sausfied it was pred it looked the same as the day before she ned seen scances at different places; nave had whem at my house: | veloug to no religions deno uinauion: I beileve in the Seripiures; I don’t belicve in @ state ol future paunisnment; i believe as tue trec lalis so it comes up again; [ think there 1s improvement alter death; the frat night the room was lighter | than on the otber nights: 1 saw nothing put the Jace ; Ana bust of my whe; the igure went down out of sight; Gordon wore a large robe; it aid not appear tor me to go to my wife aud = =touch ty at the end of the seance the medium caked out Montgomery; ne calied me to his room; he knew me betore; I told them alter the seance was over what I had seen and recognized; 1 was somewhat excited when I was there; } nave been mistaken In tue iaenuty of persons; my wile’s nalr was lighs, eves biue, com- plexion pale, stooped in the shoulder, cheeks sunken; she had @ ini) set oi teeta; she was very thin; she died of consumption; my wile died in 1859 or 1860; my sight is periect; I am marniea again. Mre. Taylor, an elderly lady, was next called. The evidence of the witness nob bemg deemed nevessary, the Justice allowed her to depart, ‘The female here stated she saw one ol the most beau- tui birds Moating around the Judge's head the other day she had ever seen In her Life. (Laughter) A. 4. Thurber was then called, and vestived:—I am a commission merchant; saw Sproul at Gor- don’s: three or four of imy itiends went with me; we went to detect the fraud if any; 1 closely watehed Gordon; | saw manifestauons of spirits; one Was @ woman, fully deveiopea, tair on her head, and past I saw them; Gordon could not have hid the pictures under nis cloak; muy friends detected no fraud; & man from Boston had an opera glass; he thougnt fa fraud: Gordon at the second time came ont witha child on his arm; he suddenty tarew nis gown open, and we saw nothing; i watcneg Sprout all the time, asl neara he was an accombiice; saw him do nothing; { went to Gordon’s room, ran. sacced everything i the room, and iound nothing there; | went there the lohowimy Friday; 1 paid to have Gordon periorm a — seance, but the professor being uuwell he was unable to periorm the séance, as he was | too uuwWell Lo go into a trance (iis was at the time Sproul burnea the pictures) came here by accl. dent; | was not summone here was no decep. Gordon; | have seen Gordon carried around tne room by the spirits, and have seen more Wondertal things than that; that ts only a fea bite. Cross-examined—i saw Gordon Monday after. noon last; 1 was after sproul’s arrest; | only visiied one séanee at Gordon’s;1 heard Gordon was in diiticuity; he told me how Sproul Bad robbed bim and stolen his money; that his accomplice had stolen his poots; I am a Spiritualist; Iglory 1m 1t; { have been in court belore; pave been in taé Tombs for obtaining money wader faise _pre- tences; I was batied out; f uever was tried; I went to the District Attorney and had the thing ‘ixed;” Ihave known tcrdon eighteen years; | am a com- mission merchant; 1 ain’t alraid wo go back where Jeame from; I kept one eye on Gordon and the other on Sproul, because I thought Sproul a fraud; thank God I have been @ believing Spiritualist for twenty years; my father and mother were Baptists; they have come back from the spirit world and injormed me they had mace @ great mistake—that they were biockheads; I believe & man will be punished ,or testiiying falsely; Liave got beyond that, | kuow; I was with Gordon twenty-five min- utes Monday alternoon; we talked about nis mis. fortunes and Sproul; | saw a ronaded head aud neck Of @ Wolnan at the seance; 1 did not see tie dress; she had hair on; don’t know whetuer she had a waterfail on; sne looked as though she had been pretty bungiingly done up; Gordon had on acoat and arove; I don’t know whether ne had a petu- Coat oa or not; I saw he could not hide anything; I opened two trunks, two closets, aud upset nis kneeling apparatus; we opened everything ws vould get hold of; Sproul helped me dost; : npset every. thing I ceuid lay my hands on; | 4on’t knuw where his paraphernalia were, but thins. they were hang: ng ap; Gordon made no objection to my examining: am no medium; have only been ina sight trance; Lhave been arrested twice; Stree: Jail; Iwas arrested for iraud; tne case 1s now penaing; | have sued the coniplainant for defamation of character, and am going vo beat him, wo. (Laugnter.) Q. Did you ever study law? Heaven; | am bad enough now (laughter); married man; I don’t tive with my wile, You puppy, you, (Laughter at the expense of the counsel of the defence.) Mary E. Jaopra, @ tall, spinster-looking female, Gordon; first saw Sproul about three weeks ago; it was at Gordon’s; have been at Gordon’s every day for three weeks; Sproul acted as him when I thought the influence was developing upon him; he said he. was conscious me- dium; he said he knew ail he said an did; he conversed when under the ‘n- fiuence;” I talked with him several times; have met him at the table; I asked him twice; on tie Fri- day before he left 1 asked him, “You have been with Gordon long enough to Know whetner lt is @ fraud or not; that she wanted to be convinced, and she was 0i the opinion he would not deceiver her; Sproul told her it was no humbug, but a realty; £ also asked Dennis about it; Sproul left on Monday morning. Cross-examined—It was one o'clock in the after- noon when I went to Gordon’s on Monday; I help Dr. Gordon; | heiped make the skirt aud rove of Dr. Gordon; also on the cap, and cid other mending tor Gordon; | am a Spiritualist; have been oue for ten years; I leit the Church and be- came a Spiritualist; there are conscious and uncon- scious mediums. MR. RATHBURN’S TESTIMONY. Ransom Rathburn testifled—I am a mechanic; 1 understand the laws of machinery; I have read deiendant’s testimony as published m the pa- pers; the counsel asked in reference to the threads that were ted to the head of the figure, passed over a Wire and irom tacre to the door knob in the rear, Which, upon being opened, would give the picture a backward and forward motion; at one of the scances | saw figures rise up; they would appear above the Doctor's head; I can’t con- ceive how they could have been produced by ma- chinery; f saw the spirits rise in the front room; there ure no Wires there; never saw them in the middle room; saw them in both rooms the same een at ap interval of fifteen minutes; 1 ex amined the rooms that cre saw no wires then; 1 made no careful search; the Dgure falsed two feet above Gordon's head; Lis hands were not appa- rently attached to it; the Doctor was twenty inches from the picture when it rose; I was ten feet from the Doctor when the figures rose; the Doctor was mov. ing backward an forward; the figures moved 100; the tigures did not correspond with the motion of the Doctor; there Were Others in the room: never saw any person try to seize hold of the medium; Sprout told me that while a form was being shown twomen jumped up, one seized Gordon and the other attempted to seize the form; he said the pic- lure Vanished, and the man Who attempted to seize the form found notning in his hand; the men who grabved the medinm also found nothing—(laugh- Ver)—they afterwards apologized; the forms were irom thirty-five to forty feet from the altar; 1 saw what seemed to be a live Infant. JOHN D. M'DONALD'S TESTIMONY. 1 have the forms at Gordon's: have over one hun dred aud fifty diferent forme and over four nun+ dred different appearauces; on one occasion 1 saw State Senator, Kent on a Fight. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1, 1872, Ata meeting of return judges in the Fourth dis- trict this morning the votes were counted and Gray’s majority found to be 891, business; @ tenqgollar bill Would fix a Custom House business; Whe the goods came to me, that used wo be done; | guess the onicers nave been bribed from the very iret day the general oraer business Was estahlished; no douvt the Custom House people Mave been Lriped bo send goyds lo general order: J ‘McClure, the defeated candidate, applied to the Common leas Vourt this morning for permission to open the élecuion papers in the Prothonotary’s office and examine thei to ascertain whether the retarns are uot fraudulent, ‘rue Ogurt heard the argument op the petitions the buck of @ figure that moved around the medium; \t Kept its face to the medium; it was near the me: diom; [have not seen any figares entirely away from the medium; 1 did not see his hands distinctly. Cross-examined—I am a designer; know Gor- don; bave met him a number of umes; don’t Know Whiston; J am @ Spiritualist; don’t’ know what 1 am; I don't pbeiong to nomimation; [| believe in th tration the Scriptures, but not of liquor; J believe ail persons are inspired at times; 1 never ees 5 ave jumped aroned pr danged during Vig sda jonel George . Hart | The pubitelty already given | Sproal; had # conversation with nim | saw another child brougnt up the same aight; 1% was | People know they haa any there were | NOt a medium; Lcan’t swear whether they were spirits or forms; | presented by Ye, Gordyn uw she had | 's of age; | 5! she died when tiirty-etgut years of age; sie changed | P as aatural ason any vm person: | P) } | 1 tive machinery or pasteboard; 1 am no iriend of | any religious de- | an application of James eit bank, to sat re | of Conklin’s defaication. | case of all Yhelieve in spiritual manifestations; it may be the spirit of the great God "bat rales tae universe, Or 1b Ed be that of departed spirits; tne forms generally Re-cirect—I have seen a form giide on a table: the form was twenty-five feet from us at the back of the the medium moved up to within set have seen the figures move: a jady with a fan; they appeared? still; the lips appeared to have @ simile upon wen; they moved, (The picture, a large pasteboard one, underneath walch was printed the word Fannie, ‘was produced in the Court; tne picture represents that of a beautiful young girl with a fan pent over ker mouth, spe being in a broad stile.) Tae witness Was not sure wuetner fi was Lue picture he «aw or not; a good many recoznized one of the faces as thay of Alice Carey; Ben Frapklin’s picture was also prodaced; tie witness thoucht it looked some- thing like the form he saw; the figures he saw were Ielike; L have seen the picture of the “Sptrit Bride,” the “bride” was produced, having a long Plece o1 illusion over ner head, and exbibived to the audtence, Who roared with laugucer: the picbure resetabled the “spirit Bride:’ tere 1s a simi- larity in the pictures of the face aud head; the pictiwe produced at the Doctor's was dressed in | Mluston Jace: I tnink everyting is immortal; T don’, velieve when a hody is buried it is ever resur- rected; 1 saw ile ‘bride’ raised four or five leet avove the Boctor’s head; don’t tak he could sh; saW some movements of bis shoul- was no possible way of any tricxery priormed; te bust of the form was much ty develoved than the one in the picture produced. SPROUL, TAB DEPENDANY, RNCALLED, Mr, Sproul was then recalled anu examined. a a9 follows;—The gas in ihe room where the s 2 @ state; he | Mediam gave the persiurmances was dim, as the medi said there was mucn light ; they would dissolve and mot be perceptivie; wife; the spirit came up im front of Gordon ana | I was with ‘fauroer when he searched the room; he Was so anxious to vverdo matters he overiooked the ame form | Pluce where ihe pictures were; he said he was w me; 1 | Searching aler truiu nud ‘ante’ to tind out ior ancea® man denounced himse ne night during & we eight or | them as irgads, is was dead | everyining Was | S08 present who Nave lavestgaled Us affair and Cross ‘Xaimiled by Colonel Hart—There are per- | pronounce iba fraud; don’t want to produce thein, asthey asked me not tos fney are ashamed to let og to do withit; Lam onved mysell or ofici- 1sn langtages; L refuse te Irauds; the forms tyauds; did not be- wud; examined we never avec us one; Ldoutspean. | to answer whetier meatun lieve Gordon could be such 0 forms und ‘aces; Lsaw Gore. i put on ms robes; uu With plc'ures; Revers -aw them wbout hs ‘gon; Gordon Was bard ap for money to pay his rent; 1 Kaw two men dowa town; they Wanted to go and examine the Doctor's private room; at that | time L was a believer tn Gordon; Laying @ jeeling for | hum £ wok them to his Rouse, when he threw his Crossexamined—I am not a Spiritualist; [have | robe over tno aitar ana refused to allow them an Inspection; alter tney Were gose Dr. Gordon scolded me for what I pad doue, stating | was controlled by evil spirits. CLOSING THE CASE. Colonel George H, Hart, after an able effort by the counsei of the defence, closed ior the prosecu- tlon as sohow: iy YouR HONOR PLuASB—This trial, which orl- ginated in the theit of a watch, has taken truly a most eccentric turn. The complamant is a pro- Jessor Ol tue religion of Spiritualism, and when we speak of a religion we do so with respect. it is & very common error to pbelteve that the word spirivualism relerred soiely to certain phenomena; but icisin tacta religion, While Your Honor has been compelled, by the nature of the defence, to permis the discussion oi these phenomena, yet = Yonr Honor has siown the ul most impartiality in the manner im which you have permitted this case .to be ined, and) which well comports with your Teputailon for toleration and [reedum trom preju- dice toward any creed in the administrauon of jusuce, No Spiritualist can charge you with @ desire to smowner truth; for you have offered au Opportunity for the exposure of fraud and tne } detection of “ways that are dark and tricks that | are'vaiu,” aad certainly no class of persons are 80 mucb interested in ther exposure as the Spiritualisis taemselves. 1 know little or nothing about doctrines of Spiritualism, bat 1 do know many of tae prolessors of unat fatto, who are une surpassed io the exercise of ail she virtues, and if the doctrines which they teach and ractice are the tenets of ‘that faith, then If it 18 one of lofty morality, The complawant ia tals case is a Spiritualist. Now, Your Honor, becuuse sie 13 @ Spirituaust Is Justice Wo close her ears Wael aD ul 3B made forthe. eniorceme: 3 r & vomplaimant to be turged away from (nis Court sugmatized and re- viled because sne happens to espouse Lue uapopular fatun and Lhe accused proclaimed the nobler. per soa? Weure treadiag, your Honor, on dangerous ground, and about to esiablish a mischievous precedent. If to-day if 18 the Spirttualist wuo is denied justice, to-morrow it may he te Cathulic,” the Protestant or the Jew, ac- cording tu the Nuctuating ude of re- gious poputanity, Let us, then, divest this regions association and’ coutlne our - Selves to ‘the simple Issue, did Or did mot tae de- fendani steal tae complainant’s watca? The testi- mony of the compiainint remains uncontradicted and uuimpeacned. ‘the statements vi tue accused are coutradicted by Mimsed, aad by his own con- fession hews an iiMpostor, & har and # thet, His many naues, which he changes oitener than he does his garments, becomes, even to him, 30 hide- Ous vy their association that he shrinks from own- | ing titei, Bud ne trembles like a gutity thing whea the record of his life is ansealed betore his eyes, The CuarKe Of Conspiracy falls senseless irom te lips oO: fis counsel, aud On Innocent man has been erueliy dragged tnto tis Uourt, tis name, wade aay religion reviled and mocse: tor the sport of the orant and the vulgar, Simply because he had the misiorvune to empioy the defendant Mr. Goraon has Leen arraigned as a Crunina. Lecause the com- Pialnant, Mrs. silzave:h Fuller, an electric physi ciao, enjoying & wide projessional reputation and @ large practice, Visited the seances of Mr. Gordon, 12 cominon with thousands of others, tne exuberant fancy of the counsel ior tne deience finds suulcient to conjure up tue spectre of a most aamnabie conspiracy againsé Lis client, Lappeal to whe Court wuether, in ail the narratives given of marveilous sights and apparitions, there has been 80 irightiul a gobgobiin, such @ baseless favric of the mind, as tie conspiracy which has haunted my Jearoed iriend. But, like all the ghost stories we hear of, there is some ioundation for this appari- ton of a conspiracy. Tuere 1s always a Conspiracy against the criminal When law and justice, the good and honorable unite to oring him to jus- Uce; but to this extent, aod nothing more, ‘The simple question, then, is, Your Honor, snali the de- fendant go at large + Colone! Hart then ably dissected and compared the evidence, winding up with a request that the defendant be committed, The Court reserved its have been in Ludiow | decision. FOREIGN YACHTING NOTES, On Wednesday, January 4, Mr. Ames’ yacht Urania A. No, henge went out of the harbor of Cowes, where she had 1 & | peen refitted, and went to Ryde. She was expected Q. Why don’t you? A. None of your business, | to start on the following Saturday for the West Indies, The Duke of Hamilton's steam yacht Thistle, of Was then called, and testified as jollows:—I know | 480 tons, has just finished fitting out and started for Gibraltar. The Duke will most probably join her at Nice, ashe intends to have a cruise in the agent; Lhave seen | Mediverranean, Lord Lowth’s yacht Amazon left Torquay on the 6th of January for Goichester. ‘The steam yacht Miramare, built for the Emperor of Austro-Hungary by Messrs. samuda Brothers, Was launched from their yard at Popiar on the Lita January. she was designed by Mr. J. Reid, ©. B., the late Chief Constructor of the Navy, and has very fine lines, Tue Miramare 1s 270 teet long, 34 feet In Dreadtn, 26 feet 5 inches deep, and 1,66 tons burden, She 18 beautifully fitted out, the Km- peror himself haying chosen the woods for the panellings, which consists of mapie, with mouldings of a very handsome dark wood of the same grain— @ maple called tonka, Which was brought trom Gatana on purpose, The yacut Sibyl, Lieutenant Lillington, R. N., owner, arrived at Gibraltar on the 3ist Decembe: fifteen days from Cowes, and lett for sea January 1. Tne yacht Gieam, R, Scotiand, owner, arrived on the 4 January at Gibraltar and went to sea on the btn. ‘The yacht Flower of Yarrow arrived at Gibraltar on January 4 from the Canary Isiands. The yacut Imogene, Lord Breadalbane, owner, arrived at Gibraitar on the 6th January from ‘angler. Mr, James Ashbury, owner of the yachts Livonia and Cambria, and otr, T. Brassey, M. P. for Hastings, have been elected Commodore and Vice Commo- dore of the London Yacht Club. Mr, Ashbury is building @ sixty-con cutter, with which he hopes to contend successiully in Thames races, TEXAS, Indictment Against the Secretary of State and the Attorney General=Charge of Send- iug a Wrong Man to Congress. GALVESTON, Texas, Feb, 1, 1872, A special despatch from Austin, yesterday, to the News says that indictments against George Davi Secretary of State, Newcomb and Attorney General Alexander were to be revurned to the Court to-day by the District Attorney, One of the charges is for misdemeanor in office, in giving a false certificate of election to W. T. Clark as member of Congress from the Third district, whereas Mr. Giadings was elected by @ Clear majority of 6,000, SEIZURE OF CONKLIN'S PROPERTY. Barrett Issues an Attachment On and Orders the Seizure of the Personal Estate of Henry Conklin, Treasurer of th Market Savings Bank. Ronpout, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1872, Sheriff Kerr has seized the personal property of Henry R. Conklin, Treasurer of the Market Savings Bank in New York, at Milton, in this county, on an attachment issued by Ju George C. Barrett, on ia, Receiver of the fy & claim of $126,000, the amount ‘The property consists of valuable blooded horses ang J farm property and cate GREAT COCKING CONTEST. The Feathered Gladiators of New York and Troy in Battle Array. Thirteen Matches for $100 Each and $1,000 the Main. New York Victorious—The “White Yails” of | Troy Geaned Ont—Large Assemblage end Much Money Lost and Won, ALBANY, Feb. 1, 1872. Like the bulldog among the canine race, the gamecock holds the first place for pluck aud valor in the poultry yard. Its courage is unquestionabie, and never fades, Cock fghting, to use @ scientific phrase, is, without doubt, “werry antic.” The Greeks and Romans had a sort of reilgious contests of this kind, and Rhodes and Janagra furnished the most approved fowls ior the pit five hundred years before the Quristian era. Alexandma was also a famous town for gamecocks, and Mexico, China, Malacca, Persia and Sumatra still keep up the old pastime, thongh their birds are greatly infe- rior to the old English breeds, Nobody questions the antiquity of tnis amusement, but from the reign oi Henry 11., down through Henry VIII.,when Oliver Cromwell turned up his puritanic eves and solemnly announced it by law as wicked and heatnenish, and the old Merry Monarch reopencd a royal pit at Westminster, to the present time, I do not believe the practice of nghting these birds of ardor and impetuosity was more admired and widely patronized than in this day and in our own land, New York State stands number one in this respect; and im your city, potwitnstanding the in- verference of many meddlers, it is Nourishing in the best possible manner; and up here, right under the shadow of the building where the wisdom of the Commonwealth is centred, aud patronized by more than one of the lawmakers, the GRAND OLD AMUSEMENT lives and prospers exceedingly. Men, women and children in this section kaow a game bird from a dungnill. They are posted on ‘strains, *feath- ers,” “gaffs,” *‘nackles.”’ colors, and the rules gov- erning the sport, The men that own these game birds hereabouis, and in the neighporing city of Troy, deeming them this winter ‘“shuah biood,” | Have looked ont beyond the vicinity of their dis- wict and chalienged to combat the flower of feath- ered tribes in your city, and yesterday, alter miany preliminaries, the first of two big fignts came of and terminated amid much excite- ment and to the great loss, pecumiarily, the boys around about Albany and ‘troy. This fight or main of cocks was between Mr, William Drake, of New York, and Mr, James Scullen, of Troy. It was agreed that each should show seventeen birds, weighing from 4 lbs, 4 07. to 5 lbs, 8 0%, and that they snould fight all that fell iu or | matched weights under the rules for $100 a battle and $1,0.0 the odd fight. And hence to see “dose New York and Troy chick’ss” 1 came here. When arrived yesterday morning at the Delavan House the usual placidity of the plave, so marked from the defeat, greater tnan any cockfighter ever expe- rienced, that Tammany has suffered, was consider- ably ruffed. It was soon explained, One pious- looking friend of mine whispered in my ear, “QOING TO THE MATINER?”? And a8 a matinee in Albany is nothing else than a cock fight or a trot on ice, I answered aflirmatively, “There will be red-hot fun and plenty of sugar,’ he said encouragingly, and I felt satisfied. The place selected for the dispute, ana where the cocks, or those of the New York side, for days have been kept, With eres and feathers right And with beols sharp and prime, In condition tor the fight, is on the old Troy road, where a few years ago there were a3 many fast horses and nobby lads and lasses @3 uged to travel on the ola Jamatca road, Long Island, but, like the latter, itd glory as a trotung ground has faded, and now the few hotels thereon do a living business only. In one of the more preten- tious of these public houses, something after the style of old Jonn I.’8, near vae Union Uvurse, tae contest was decided. [tis something more than an osten- tatious rum mill, asils external and internat appear- ance suggest that good cheer may there be nad. En- tering the barroom I was struck With its neatness. ‘The Noor was cleanly scrubved, the walls were wiute as Snow, and large-sized prints of tne famous trot- ting horses of the day hung upon every nand, There were neither cobwebs in the corners nor cock+ roaches galloping across the celling. I was eariy, and ouly found sitting near the stove a single indi- vidual. This was an “Alderman,” defunct politi- , Lyudge, from his make-up, and, from other and subsequent conclusive evidence, a cross-grained fellow whea he has not had his dose—a GALLON OF OLD RYE. “T asked the Alderman,” and while he was getting ‘a with his share the premises Were suddenly redolent with gailmaceous music, and the “Alder. man’s” services were not required. Smoprisoned cocks in the rooms above defiantly cock-a-dooied at Other cocks in the rear, and as the afternoon wore on the crowd began to come, and with arguments upon the coming tight and cocktails as the popular — refreshments, everybody was cock- a@-hoop in anticipation of the sport. Pass- ing through the varroom and up a. stair- case covered with oilcloth I entered the cockpit. Gasfitters were arranging new burners, ana two men were busily sewing ther the car- pets to be used in the pit. The room ts in- tended for country dances, and, with tne encir- cling rows of seats commanding a view of the cir- cular ring im which the feathered gladiators were to fight their duels & Voutrance, made A FINE AMPHITHEATRE, Ice had formed on the windows, It was so coid, but that soon after disappeared, when four or five hun- dred si bi 48 Bnd perspiring bodies were packed in tie room. From three o’clock every horse car {rom Troy and Albany aropped \ts pas- sengers at the door of the hotel, and close car- Tlages and Iarm wagons filled the commoutous sheds attacned to the premises. Weighing in and matching lists consumed tne time uatil nalf-past four o’ciock, when, after weary waiting, word was Passed that there ‘were “thirteen matches and the pit was open.” All this time the crowd that surged to and fro below stairs had been accepting the hos- pitality of the landlord in the usual way, and one you Albanian who torgot himself was thrown ‘out of doors as a gentle reininder that he was in @ quiet place and among decent men. “How much for tickets?” “Five dollars.’? “Holy smoke! It ought to be a Panay fight.’’ ‘These and similar exclamations were heard from the iads when the price of admission was named; but they all paid it, grumble or no grumble, tor the majority had come to see the “white-tail chickens’? of ‘troy clean out their New York antagonists, At tive o’clock the ket jets were lighted and the pit was jammed, Most innocent in this sort of amusement could not have mistaken the throng, nor could anybody have suspected they had got into @ prayer meeting or a branch of the Troy YOUNG MEN’S CURISTIAN ASSOCIATION, although the brethren were most staid and deco. Tous on the start. ‘There Was not a vacant seat, and the assemblage Was appreciative. Among’ the crowds I recognized Judges, Aidermen in good re- pute and men of pa moral character, bon from Albany and Troy. Old butchers and young butchers, in seaiskin caps and Sunday clothes, sat beside those that dally buy their sirioin and porterhouse: steaks, Farmers hovnovbed with liquor dealers, and bakers in white overcoats chatted with bankers in broadcloth and shiny hats. Poctors talked Pleasantly with those who had been their patients, and one or more blacksmiths, with their hard, cast- iron features, laid down the law upon orni: thological matters 10 well-to-do merchants, whose faces ever and anon jighted up with an ap. preciative glow. And there were all kinds of Men in this assemblage, men with a canine look and abundantly bowelied inen, that wore immaciu- lave shirt bosoms and diamond studs and: cameo rings, to the reporter unknown, though evidently known to fame. Then there were smooti-laced young men, with vast expanse of shirt collar, toud overcoats and incipient mustaches; but they Knew what @ onicken dispute was and backea their judg- ments freely. There were others and all kinds of men—men that were sick and men with colds, so hoarse they could but whisper; men who looked as if they would be more at home in ladies’ come, than there, and other men, who pald thetr $5 ad- mission fee, BUT WERE T00 DRUNK to enjoy the show. Yet, all in all, it was an unusu- ally respectable assembiage, and New York fur- nished many representatives. At fifteen minutes past five o'clock there was shout of “Here they come!’ and sure enough the crowd opened a passage nt vhe r etive hanalers and the birds tor the first battle. Jakeway, of New York, handled for the New York aes and Scullen for Troy. James Jewell, the man with the tivfonent tacos th pry pen arin. 38 apy one had mistaken room for a band of prayivg brethren that ‘delusion would have been instantly dispelied by & score ex- Tine itém ‘tote throats the ers ea z trom their “One handred dollars this match.” pe aundrea on the main on ‘Fifty that ere Troy cock gets Tee rbot ee Gear! Seams nat” claimed twenty vologs, and Ober WaRern Wore mY of | bany -pre, e, 6:13, Second Fight.—the light weights, 4 lp, 4 The Trojans went iuto this con! with cheer! countenaiices; they slowed @ peautifui black With white hackle and white tail feathers. Nem York also presented a black-red, With wicked eve: tuey were neariy alike. Filty even on witli maay takers. ‘the New York ‘owl was notin as ood condition as desired; but be Was @ strong, fast ighter wile he lasted. tis opponent Was & from the word “go.” it was fly after iy, nis Dit with him, aud he just carved Gouliam alt pieces. Throat, breasi and body bad @ dozen g y | and so sanguine were ihe Trojans, they oticred 50. 5 on their favorite, At last’ a desperate dash made by Troy, ana New York was knocked other side of tho pit, his throat cut as neatllyas done with a razor, snd game Gotham wae taken ong dylug. ‘The ‘Troy lady, as they roped in their money, now suggested to the New york voys that they Di not buy any poultry When they got nome, as’ was an opportunity of feusi high on miains of the victim: of that f ae Time, 6205. Third gight.—Ywo 5 Ibs, Both parues snowed ginger reds, though the {roy cock did ot look a 2 | large as his antagonist. The bett was ev plenty of if At the first ouckie ‘OY Ra) irtend a stinger ou the bouy, but, as @ re that he was around, New York Kaocked out one ‘Troy’s eyes 1b returu, and this whipped the latter, as the lormer, after that stroke, never ict up, and Troy’s yellow legs were ralsea appealingly m the air while he was dying. ‘Time, 5:23. Fourih Fighi,—iie weignts were & Ib. 14 0% This» Was @ grand battle. oth bifds were handsome. , the respective handlers had exalted opinions of them. ‘The Trojans became excited, and though tl would not offer any odds were willing to go | amount on thew black red, and New York | abashed. laid ther Dundreds oa daxcwar'e : ‘They came together with a crash that resound p over the pit and the Troy voys then haliocad, Int thelr anxiety they stood on their neighbors’ coats find spit tobacco juice on we seats or tacie to bit down in. ‘They sinoked ana chewed yelled with delignt wuen tae red sent his through the pyle’s nead and oifered 100 to 5 on victory. He was a good one and never quit quick, Dard Jgnting unul New York was taken a ft with is tife’s blood oozlag out ali over the carpet the pit, ‘Time, 6:50, Fuih Fight.—Weights, 51b, 104, The 1, ry H Were jubilant, and telr excitement theron wnat they ‘discovered thas their favorite for tai was one of tae oid black reds, with white and tail feathers of same Color, But wren New York showed their bird they didn’t fee) so good, as he Was & magnificent pyle—jusi that Kind itis so hard to whip. ‘Troy took al ide bets offer, and, these amounted to a bushel of money aimost, It. Was @ gaine contest ‘throughout, and ovly made @ lengthened one by & misunderstanding and mi cousequent ‘chin music.” ‘They came + like the report oj a pistol, buckle for buckie, never, ceasin, unol the red gad sent iis gat clean through the pyle’s body and broken his | like snapping a pipe stem. That didn’t stop his | fighting, or trying to, however, as, lying on eek nake he endeavored to peck, showing the dogred endur-, ance and devermined terocity Walch mars iis breed when under punisnment. Here the squabble begarm becween the trainers, but, aller few hurd words and more climbing on each other's clo.nes by the noisi- est, the referee settieu the inatter and the ight wens on, The pyle during this ume hala bi spell; but, game as ne was, ue couldn’ do anys damage With that broken vack, aad the dark, i slashed away until le was dead as a stone. A shout’ weut up at this conclusion that snook the oid Rotel. ‘This fight came near bankrupting some of tne. New Yorkers. Time, 21:10, Stcth Fight.—Tne weights were as before—b Jb. & oz Tne New Yorkers showed @ ginger red and ‘Troy a black red, bigger than nis oppouent. The betting was in favor of the latter. The giorious un- certatnty of the sport was now avovsto be iitustrated. Attue first buckie the biacx red dia magnificeas ‘work and eut the zinger's throat sv bad!y that ne huog his head and showed greao distress in hig windmill, So sanguine Was Troy that tney offered, 20 to 56 on him; but just as thi made he stopped fighting, and ginger recover somewhat, tossed the red around pi ike @ football, winning the figné might out of ‘fre. Th black red had the ginger whipped, and if he nadn’ been a “dufter” lroy wouldn’t have Mgulastigy and an backs. The New Yorkers beuaved galiaath pocketed their monoy very quietly. Time, 921 Seoemh Figni.—tao thts were now even; no betting on the rosuit of the maim, ‘the weights were—6 Ibs. 6 02. tor New York and 5}bs. 7 04. fon Troy, Tne latter sent in another piack redy with white hackle and tail feathers, while New York was also a dark red, Tre Tro- jans were sweei on their bird and bet their money ireely, ‘they went together well and gave nit for Git untit Troy lost an eye, but he was game, and though in deep distress, fought an up- hill battle generally, and soon got bis opponent om even terms by slasiing out Mis eye; and now the bitnkers Went In with desperauion. ‘The ‘Troy seemed the strongest, and was foreing the fig! and making things ot for New York, wien Ce latter made one desperaie fly and sent his through the brain of Troy’s favorite, and he fell dead in his tracks. le Was Worth, 80 lar a8 wins ning the battle at the time oi the chance shot, tha odds of 100 to 10, ‘This Seren 80 unexpected, de« moralized the boys of this section, Time, 18:36, Lighth Fight.—There was a iult in the proceet ings, and the bars im the corner of the room an that down stairs were iuvaded, and cocktails, Straight whiskey, ale and Tom and Jerry suffered. At this time @ sick man climbed slowly up betwee the seats, and, sitting down in a pool of spit aud om @ waterlogged cigar stump, said, “1 can’t climb much now—1 have been sick; but I must see this fight”? The ruling passion is strong in death. Taere also appeared upon the scene at this time’ two young lads not more than eight years old: and, judging from their actions, they had seen cockfight- » ing before. They were all attention, and knew a; good bird from a poor one, New York showed @ salmon pyle—a handsome and well-taloned fowls ‘lroy sent in another biack-red, and he bad the in the betting. Weights—New York, 4 lbs, 14 02, Troy, 41bs. 13.0z. Jt Was @ fine battle. ‘Was astonished at the rattling reception he wi tendered, but recovering from his surprise he likewise began to drum, and, sending In & keen head blow, Knocked the red whizzing across the pit, and following him up cat him into mince meat almost—a rasper at last breaking his neck, ‘The Trojans now felt blue, as New York had twice before, When they thought victory was perched on their banners, wrested it {rom the jaws of defeat, and did not at all relish their prime favorites being thus used up. Time, 11 minutes. Ninth Fight.—In the back part of the pit, be- tween the seats, a negro’s head and shining eyed were now seen, and some of the men near him asked in jest what he wanted. ‘Jes want to see dat cock fight, boss.’ He was allowed to remain. Troy sent in another biack-red, and New York a ginger-rea, The weights were 5 lbs. 102. ey started off well, and the ginger got a bad one in the body that stopped his assurance for @ moment; but he came again, and one of ‘Troy’s eyes went out; and then New York suflered more damage: first one wing was broken, then the x and the odds against him were 100 to 15, New York had the luck, though, and with broken wings kept off his antagonist ad- mirably, until at last he made one desperate thrust and froy fell dead pierced through the brain. That such Ul fortune should again beiall them made Al- bany and Troy sick at heart, but they were game. ‘Time—26:19, Tenth Fight.—This might decide the main in favor of New York, Only one more victory was required Aad they brought in a splendid pyle. Troy showed sara and though his handler was afraid to trust him he proved to be a true fighter. The weights Were:—New York, 5 108. 3 oz; Troy, 5 Ibs. 4 oz, The opie was the favorite, and the confidence placed in him was not amiss, Yet strong, effec- tive fighter as he was, the gray cut him down in fine style and lett him for deac at the handler’s feet, gaining a signal victory. Time, 28:40, Rf ght Fi ef fais better, and sone ay much faith, ey sent out a ginger an i York a birch gray, the weight bei Skt OZ. ‘or the former and 6 ibs, 2 0%, for the latter, The Was the favorite, Rapid fighting from the fii re but the gray was too scientific, and he slashed throat of the ginger red all to pieces, when he was taken from the Bt choking to death. This won the main for the new ‘Yorkers, they having score® . seven battles, ie, 17: Twelfth Fight.—the crowd remained, although it was now past midnignt. All were inclined to see the fun to the fimsh. New York showed a gt red, and Troy a dark red; bp nce KL 15 oz New York, and 6ibs. Troy. ‘The dark red was the favor. ‘He was a good cock, and bioke the back of the fiant in style. Time, 17:10, Thirteenth Fight.—This was the last fight, and time was now taken Jor supper. Those who didn’t eat 4 which, with some of those present, amounted to avout the same thing. At five minutes past o'clock the birds were produced—New York @ blue-red and Troy a biack-red, The weights were:—New York, 4 lbs. 7.0z.; Troy, 41bs, 5 0% New York was the favorite, owing to its having two ounces the best of the match, They were both revengeiul, “the. little bird pat out New York's eyo, and ‘damaged * him otherwise very badly, but the biue-red was too high stationed for him and too strong; so when the little gentleman was ured New York knocked out his eye, laid open lis breast, and sent him to the ter’s final home dead game, He was one of the ever heeled, Time, 14:25. BREAKING UP, The crowd now dispersed quietly, and each at peace with one another, and although New York “carried away the cup” Troy was not discons asin the whole thirteen contests there was nota ranaway shown, and the Signing was unexamplea throughout. As for the betting men and other dis- interested ones, they no doubt feltas dia the oid negro it, Who Was throwing his hat in the air a8 J loft, and shouting aloud, ‘ress dem fowl!” pit Tough ene aanis Hsngd u the clear cold ait of waeon. iowa the troy Toad ie tate ca a ‘aujusement Of tue oppasion. ite. ginger and won the CUY. terminated