The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1872, Page 4

* 4 FIGHT. THE FISH Dove-Like Delaware Attacks Waughty New Jersey. NO LICENSE---NO SHAD! by Fishermen on a Variety of Subjects, —+ WILMINGTON, Del., May 13, 1872. A curious reversal of a fundamental law of optics has served to magnify the Delaware fishery troubles in most exact ratio to the distance from which they were viewed, While at Princeton, J., they | assumed so forminable an appearance as to lead | Rov or Parker to tssue an emancipation proc- lamation in favor of the fishers, here at Wilming- ton the interest has been almost exclusively con- fined to a few minor oficials, who, viewing it from the Attorney General's standpoint, see it only in the lght of “no Jicense—no shad.” It is. true, there have been one or two personal at- tempts to settle the dispnted question by force of blows, but the clivalyonus persons enlisting in the enterprise early retire to the bosom of their respective admirers, rejoicing in the acquisition of blue noses and green eyes. Beyond those referred to and the dozen or more persons who have caught at a stray paragraph in the local papers alluding to the subject, a most in- teresting and cheerful state of ignorance pervades the community, Nevertheless, this subject derives a great deul of respectability from the antiquity of its relations, wlmost as ancient as the coming of Columbus and the remarkable advent of the Pil- grim fathers, The shades of Charles Stuart, James Duke of York, and persuasive William Venn ste mixed up with the affair and Inextricably entangled in the nets of the infuriated fishermen: while documents recorded in the city of New York in 1¢S2 form the basis upon which the prosecution ia waged by the Delaware authorities. New Jersey has long been in the habit of driving from the waters of the Dela- were the oystermen who cawe from Delaware and Pennsylvania. Such persons, if they had planted oysters on the east of the middle line of the river, were not allowed to fish them up, but if caught in an ativimpt to do so were arrested, imprisoned and their vessel made forfeit to the State. Now it transpires that JERSEY HAS NO SHADOW OF A RIGHT to any portion of the river along the principal ishing ground, save the narrow strip which the tide may leave uncovered at low water along her shore. By referring to the map of Pennsylvania the reader will observe that Delaware plorces its southern line in the form of a i-cirele, and the original grant from Charles IL, King of Mngland, to William Penn, in 1681, describes this boundary asacircle having its centre at New Castle anda radius of twelve miles. The land within this circle, as wel! as that lying beiween the east bank of the Delaware bay ind river and the Connecticut and Hudson rivers, was given hy Charles to lis brother James, Duke of York, in 1664. York sold to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Cartaret in the same year all the lands east of the Delaware and fo the waters edge, andon the 28th of October, 1682, he, by his torney, John Moll, transiorred aud made formal dctivery of seizen to Willfam Peon of his) remaiping inet the circular tract about New “with Bi water and soil,’ to low water mark on Ane Jer hore. This inchudes the famous fishing grounds for @ distance of twenty-four miles, extend- ing from a point between Mareus I Mont south to a point between Port 1 ten’s tree.” At the breaking out of the the title of the 1 north of Mareus He mained in the crown; below the southern limit of the tweive mile civeuitit rested with the heirs of York, and within the circle, for a distance of about twenty-four miles as above described, the river soll was 0 nn family and the people | of Delawa The Revolt olved the title of the King of cnglau and the heirs of York, and mo yeara late Pennsylvania and Now Jersey divided diction over the islands and w borders. The title of Delaw mained intact, aud was expre “Pea Patch” decision of John Sergeant in 1815, at Philadelphia. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE SITUATION, At an early hour yesterday your reporter paid a | visit to Mr, Charles Love, the Attorney General of | Delaware. My. Love is a kind, genial gentleman, and laughed heartily over the * war, whieh he styled a “tempest in a teapot In addition to some of the facts detailed above he stated as for- Jows:—The best of the joke is that trouble in which the Jersey people tind themselves Is of their own creation. “Though they assumed to possess paramount right to portions of the river, while it Was unquestionably Wholly in the jurisdiction o this State, we regarded their ussumption simply as a droll and almost harm) Tiowever, in the winter of 1870-71, some pointed cominis- sioners from that State came over here and pro- cured the enactment of a law by our Li avowediy for the protection of the she which was fast being ruined. I do not or by whom the injudicious arrangement of licenses was made. and $20 for non-residents of the State. The act was passed March 28, 1871, aud the penalty in case of Violation was a fine of $50 and confiscation of the boat tackle, &c. Among those who procure licenses under the law this season were # number of persons living in the State of Pennsylvania, just above Marcus Hook and avout the ist of the present month one of these, Mr, Joi Richardson, of Mar- cus Hook, complained that tiv Jer boats that paid no license oct) Bean the best fishing grounds, and demand hat they be forced to pay the same license as himselfor ecase to cumber the waters. In consequence of his complaint, on Tuea- day, the 2d inst, I ¢ au ok tg which I despatched in com of Captain Join Haycock, with Constable Prichard nud a small osse to arrest the owners of all boats found Ush- log without a license. They brought in twelve nets and twenty-two men, With eleven boats. The men were brought into Court for t , and I told them Ldid not wish to proceed against them, and advised them to take out licenses and go on with their fishing. after consideration, they con- cluded to do, and each boat paid $20 license and $5 costs, Incurred in capture. I hope the portion of the law which discriminates between citizens of this and neighboring States will be done away with; but so long as it exists it is my duty to enforce tt. PUBLIC ¢ in Wilmington tends te throw doubt upon the power of the State to retain the forced license juoneys, While no doubt is expressed in regard to the authority of the State over the waters of the river within the New Castic circle. cision of the United States © in Virginia that States must not charge srential licenses, dis- criminating against residents of other States and the clause of the constitution providing that “citl- wens of cach State shall be entitled to ail the priv- iege a, Immunities of citizens in tite sevel ‘tes” appears to cover the gro coraplete Under the caption of He Eve Serer ery “NOT PREPARED the Delamarian, covey nn: vises that, in view of ¢ ¥, the County haul and gree which some one recently discovered while through a broken window in the ¢ House, This and other cheap witti 6 om Wal t organ at Dover, ad- lligerent attitude of lomumisss peeping v of the State 8 aye freely quoted by boys of uncertain age and color about the | saloons in the viciulty of the railway and along the creek, and strangers passing by have opproblous epithets flung after them on the possitie chance that they may be natives of the hostile + DRIFTING TOWARDS JERSEY, « Leaving Third street briige at noonday in a boat rigged with @ useless Sail, we dropped idiy down the Christine to the Delaware. Not a breath of air was stirring, and in the rank grasses and flags that kkirted the water's edge, the millions of insects, piy and Utile, were piping shrilly. Lazy huottertics drifted slowly along the sunshine, and swilt-wing: swallows skimmed over the placid waters. Jn the middie channel, two sloops, a liitic distance apart, were creeping slowly up the stream, propelled by KWeeps in the hands of their crews of negroes, and on the lee shore a score of fishing boats were an- chored, Ona point at the mouth of the Christine, which stretched away till lost in the deep waters of Jne Delaware, were flocks of wild duck, and a tall white-headed crane went stalking about in the whoal water of the bar, Two barks were lying at nuchor in the distance, and from one came rising und falling over the water the mourniul wailing hotes of an accordeon playing some homely air, Not @ ripple stirred the yellow surface of the | river, which faded to a golden and silvery mist in The dim distance below, and was curtajued i gray- teh blue by the shores of Jersey beyond us. The pail hung limp end motion wt the mast of our boat, and the oarsmen paused from time to the in Qheir listiess rowing to bail the water iving in from & bolt-hole or to drink ¢ dralts from the a The fee imposed was $5 for residents | y | out fort ie |) ‘The recent de- | I y should over. | ¢ up @ lot ot dilapidated iauskets, | fonable sumraer resort of the Philadelphians, The proprietor, & jovinl, hearty genticman, ts at present the “best fiend” ofthe fishermen, having supplied to such as needed it the necessary amount to pay their license when arrested by the Delaware autho- rities. Sitting in the greve, the tlshermen gath- ered abont and related the following experiences, ina half humorous, haif earnest, but always vivid way :— : THE OYSTERMAN'S PROPHECY, “Now, I've read a leap of curious this afore Now, partikerly in the way of prophesyin’, and I knew an old womanonct down at Salem that used to tell fortunes by playin’ cards and lookin’ in tea- cups. You may laugh, but she conld bait a hook that you'd have ‘ter awaller, every time, with ail about your grandfather Jinkins ana your grand- mother Phoebe Dyer. She know’d ’em al, She know'd everybody's grandfather and grandmother that ever lived in this‘section, and she could show up the past jest about perfect; but when she come to fuaturity it was more like guessin’, and she wasn’t always sure. Sye used to mako some sort of ‘allowance fof wind and tide when she sailed into futurity. But my grandfather, gentlemen, was gifted with some sort of second sight, and afore he died—that was fifteen years ago—he told me somethin’ that I never said’ anythin’ about till to-day, Sez he to me, ‘Kiah, there’s goin’ to be great trouble in this country afore long, and T'll teil you what # is, so you can look out for it, The North and the South is agoin’ to ight, and they'll have an awful war, and you'll live to see it, But that ain't all, When the war is over, in a few years arter there'll be trouble atween Delaware and Jersty. Now you see ef their aint.’ “Kiah’? looked around at his companions, and then fixed his eyes sternly and flercely on the HERALD reporter— Now, said he, Vil tell you my opinion, The oid man was right, and I consider ‘the Delaware people's coming over here ts exactly the sume idea as the South iri’ on Fort. Sumter. It means war. After expressions of approval of this sentiment it was proposed to speak about THE CAPTURE, ‘The seizure ot the 2d of May occurred near tho mouth of Old Man's Creek, just above Penn Grove. The last man caught was one Whitebread, who was within a few yards of the Jersey shore.- With him was Joe Barber, celebrated in the annals of Penn's Grove as the inventor of Barber's Blood Purifier, a mythical cordial of -many _ virtues. Both these men are characters. Whitebread appeared at the Grove last evening, expressly to explain matters to the Heranp reporter. He is a portly man, who must have been very handsome in his youth, if one niay judge from the Ines of a fall round face, closely shaved and tanned by the river breeze as red as a lobster, His head is surmounted by a great shock of preternaturally white hair, and he wore a Dolly Varden shirt and Caleb Plummer trousers of the Inimitable pattern and with the un- mentionable patch. Mr. Whitebread is very wealthy, and accumulated hia entire fortune by fishing and ferrying, particularly the latter, He has a reputa- tion for shrewdness unequalled, and which, if all their stories are trne, must be fod by a sort of flsher- ‘The day previous to the seizu and nets to Barber for $80 in cash and th the catch of the season, So when seized ad nothing to lose and nothing to pay, and was forced to make everything good. “I kin toll ye all about that seizin’,” he said. “We were all up in the boats above Oldman's Creek, an’ I see ihe tiza comin’, aw’ sez I, ‘Joe,’ sez I—that’s Joo ) ‘tner—‘Joe,’ sez 1, and sez ho ‘What?’ see that tug?’ , We better be gittin’; them fellers ia after us, on that complaint of Mehardson’s,’ ‘Joo says ‘No; they're only noticin’ ’em to quit and git n Delaware license.’ I didn’t beheve It, but I'd sold Joe Barber the boat, and I had my moncy and it was his business, all but the quarter catch, so I let it slide, and then prett; | quick we saw all the boats In tow; and sez I, “Joseph!” and Joe got the netin and I pulled for shore. The captain pulled out the ping, on the tug and went for me rough, I was pullin’ an’ the tug was comin’, an’ the constable—that fellow, Prich- | ard—pointed a pistol at me and hollored, “Surren- der!’ bat [never paid any notice, an’ if it hadn't been that the tug was runnin’ right on to mel shouldn't never have stopped. The captain tried lis best to run me down, an’ only the other met him, and he says, says he Whitey, wiat mado you row so? I'd let ae get away, anyway.” Now Icall that cheeky. What do you think, st"anger ? TOM MURPHY PRESERVES THE PEACE. Nuuning from the mouth of Christine River, ex- plained a fisherman, there isa bar extending up the middle of the Delaware to a point off Oldman's Creek, Tt's a sandbar and divides the river into | @ast and West channels. At the upper end of this ; bar isa buoy, We were captured above there by | the tug, and as we hadn't any money and didn’t _ know exactly what to expect in Delaware, | we asked permission to stop here on the way down to get enongh to pay our expenses over there if no more. The captain and constable | omised to let us come ashore here, but when we . | fot down to the bar he teok the Delaware channel the west side. Of course we noticed it, and @ got rather excited. We had some talk ox and made up our minds to throw the | ‘ieers overboard aud come home, They were 1; though there were only four or five of them e diftecn of us aboard the tug (there aptured {a all, but some were ats astern), ana we thought we could | \ ta them 64 Tom Murphy counselled | us not to resist, however, and we're all glad now we dint, a8 Tom said one or more of us would have bech shot and then the rest would have drowned the oficers, aud it’s much better for all of us that it didn't happen. - THE CHAMPION SCULLER OF THE DELAWARE. Gideon Holton was long accounted for his per- nal bravery the most remarkable man in the inity of Penn's Grove. He swore time and ain, when threats came sounding ominously the Delaware, that he would rather a thousand times face grim death and fall a free fisherman than to go bound in manacles to Wilmington. He had no thes of family to bind him to an over sad and his companions had intimated that should wish in = = 80 = goods sa cause — thi would not long lament his | untimely end, Great expectations were enter- | tained by the Jersey people of the carnage that | Woul! ensue from the formidable prowess of their | selt-constituted champion; but last week their | amazement was nelgntened by an unparalleled feat | of skill, ‘The day after the seizure of the boats, on | the 2 inst., one of the fishermen received a letter | from Puiladelphia offering him the command of a | tugboat. In the siack of business ho was persuaded | to go: and on his first trip towed a vessel down | and into Christine Creek, When leaving Penn's | Grove he placed hia boat and nets In charge of his two sons; and wh on coming out of the mouth of Christine River on his return, he saw his boys near hin in the river, he bore down rds them and took some shad on board. The rmen, seeing this, thonght it was the Wiiming- h officers on board, and became panic- ‘The ex-fisherman blow the tug'’s whistle aseure them, and only succeeded in adding to | their terror. They cut their nets, abandoned some of them and pulled for the shore In the wildest me of them hallolng to Holton, “Now's 2) Go ovt aud fight them!" “Atiack the t, to their dismay, this champion struck shore, using a single seull; and, though | eputation for courage.is slightly tarnished by B elas won as a hand at sculls the so- ¢ Hammill of the Delaware.” APE FROM A FORMIDABLE FISHER. had a contemptuous manner of spenk- | | ing of the constable Prichards as a ‘feller from | down among the pines,” and Lgaleancinn called | attention to the fact that a Delaware constable was | a Suiftiess wretch, whose principal occupation was | | the selling of beds from underneath helpless babs | and bedridden old women in actions for recovery | | from debtors. Great Importance was attached to | | the fact tiat when in the chase after Whitey Prichard pointed his pistol at the old gentleman, Lew Marphy, a heroic shad catcher, of formidable size, stood close behind with the intention, afte wards expressed, that If a shot was fired the con- stablewwould be hurled overboard, No one scems to doubt this was his intention, The fishermen now talked upon a great variety of subjects. They said that on the day of the seizure they had taken 1,000 shad. They told how each yoar a great run of sturgeons takes place between the Ist and 15th of May, followed a few days later hy shoals of catiish to come after them to prey | upon their spawn, The run of sturgeon began this yearonthe 7th instant, and one fisherman took on ft a single haul, the largest among hing 360 poulida aaeh. WS Naya after, 1, thé white catilsh camo up in such quan- t at a seine fishery at Cannan's Point, miie below Penn's Grove, all the boats sre iitied, and it waa estimated that 300 lett upon the beach to be carried rmers of the interior, who came with wagons and carts, Two rlyal voices here strack | in, one to praise Mr, French's Hotel, buildings and | grounds, and another to explain that one farmer world plant a million hilis of sweet potatoes the present season, When the reporter rose from his | seat and withdrew. As he passed through the grove to where the boat was lying at the beach, eatisted that all the trols and troubles of the fshertien had been forgottén, Mr. French recatied | | the gubject hy saying, “If Joel Parker should come | up tn homination for the Presidency with the | vere tW | towed In | world, if he throng now before the people, and his popularity a8 as great throughout the Union as here, there Would not be a dissenting vote.” HONORABLY ACQUITTED, | Frederick Keppler, the hackman who was ar- | | Tested last Thursday night on @ charge of baving taken #80 from Alexander Herrman and a friend, both Polish emigrants, whom, {t was alleged, he induced to enter his coach for the purpose of being driven to the Krle Railroad depot, came up before Justice Cox, at the JeMerson Matet Police Court, on Sunday morning, for a hearing. | he saw the men standing on the Thirty-elghth and Vhirty-ninth streets, and asked them ff they wanted to ride. They replied that they did, and held up two fingers to indlea te that they would give ig This was satisfactory to K 1d Keppler said sidewalk, between pier, who to! them to get iu, which they did, and when at the corner of Twenty-sixth street and Madison avenue they called to him to stop, again. On alighting one of $1 bills and then walked off, When aske magistrate what he had to say about it, replied, through an interpreter, that he | before getting into Keppler’s carriage, (Keppler) could not have known any as they wanted to get out | them handed Keppler two | by the rman | and, coming away, ¥ | tn the events is very gr NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1872.—TRIPLE KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION. pone. Coe oy First Day of the Spring Meeting. LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC ATTENDANCE. ee ee Hollywood the Winner of the Brand Stakes and Planetarium the Sweepstakes for Three Year Olds, LExinatoy, Ky., May 13, 1872. The opening day of the Spring Meeting of the Kentucky Association was all that could be de- sired, The weather was fine, the track in excel- lent order, and the attendance very large. At an early hour of the morning all the hacks, buggies and omnibuses in the city were brought into requisition, and the scene in consequence was of the liveliest description around the Phoenix Hotel until near noon, The time of commencing the racing was set down at twelve o'clock, and promptly to the minute the horses were called to the post. There were two races on the pro- gramme, both sweepstakes, and each haying nine entries. The pool selling was not large on either event, although there were a great number of sales made, Kentuckians do not appear to be great buyers, preferring several small, moderate pools to one largo one on their favorites; but they are en- thusiasts for good racing and fine horces. THE PRAND STAKES, The first race was the Brand Stakes, for four-year- olds, two mile heats, $50 entrance, play or pay; $250 added by A. H. Brand. On this event there were nine entries, but when the horses were calied only three made their appearance, notwithstanding a fourth—Mr, Clay's chestnut colt Ginger—had been announced to start; but he was withdrawn at tho last moment. The horses that ran were:—A. Buford’s bay filly Hollywood, by Lexington, dam Miriam, by Glencoe; W, Cottrill’s chestnut filly Saucebox, by Star Davis, dam Ske- he }ydaddle, by Yorkshire, and John Harper's chestnut colt Express, by Endorser, dam Nantura. The pool selling was In favor of Express, with Saucebox a3 second choice, Hollywood not bringing over $10 in $100. She won a capital race, however, in fine style in two straight heats. The winner seems to have recovered from the lameness which she had at New Orleans, and is herself again, The following ave the details :— TUR RACE. First Heat,—Sancehox cut out work, Express sec- ond and Hollywood last. They ran in this way around the turn, but when they reached the quar- press aud Saucebox were head and head, sin frentof Hollywood. Going down the backstretch Saucebox showed in advance, and at the half-mile pole was one length ahead of Express, the latter being two lengths in front of Hollywood. xpress closed 4 to Saucebox, aud they were head and head on the lower turn, with Hollywood still paling: As they passed under the string at the completion of the first mile Saucebox led a neck, Express second, three lengths ahead of Hollywood. On the upper turn Ilollywood began to move up, and at the quarter pole was even with Express, who now began to fall back. The fillies ran close together down the backstretch and around the lower turn, and, swinging into the homestretch, were yoked, A fine struggle lagded Hollywood a winner by a head, Saucebox second half a dozen lengths in front of Express. Time, 3:413g. The last mile was Tun in 1:47, Second Heat.—Sancebox went off with the lead, Express second and Hollywood last. As they passed around the turn, Saucebox led one length, Holly- wood second, one lengta ahead of Express. Holly- wood was then pulicd back and Express made his running at Saucebox, the bay flily laying four or five lengths behind as the othe:s passed along the back- stretch. At the half-milo pole Sau X was half a length ahead of Express, the lat belug six lengths in advance of Holiywood. On the lower, tum Saucebox and Express were head and wad, but as they came into the hoimestretci Express showed in front, and came on and passed under the string in advance of Saucebox, the latter being halt a dozen lengths in font of Hetlywood., The latter then made her running and closed rapidly around the upper turn and along the backstretch, and as the horses passed the half-mile pole there was searecly any daylight between them, Sancebox being first, Express second, Hollywood ‘third. ‘The latter then put on an extra pressure of steam, and as they ran into the low’ turn and began to ascend the hill towards the three quarter pole, Hollywood passed Express and challenged Saucbox, and it was not long before sie showed in front. Then coming away strong she won the heat by three lengths, Saucbox second, half a length In front of Express, Time, 3:39. The last mile was run in 1:50, SUMMA: LEXINGTON, KY.—SPRinG MEETING OF THR KEN- TUCKY Association.—Finst DAY—MAy 13, 1872.— Firsr Race.—The Brand Stakes, for four year olds; two mile heats; $50 entrance, p, p.3 $250 added by ‘A. H. Brand. Closed with nine nominations, A. Buford entered b. f. Hollywood, by Lex- ington, dam Miriam, by imp. Glencoe... W. Cottrill entere: f, Saucebox, by Star Davis, dam Skedaddie, by imp. Yorkshire.. 2 John Harper entered ch. ¢, Express, by En- Nantura, dam by Brawner’s 33 SWEEPSTAKES FOR THREE-YEAR OLDS, The second race was a sweepstake for three-year oldvs—aash of one mile and a half; entrance, $100 forfeit; $300 added. There were nine entries for this race, but only four came to the post. These were Robinson & Morgan’s brown colt Bazaine, by Asteroid, dam Laura White; A. Buford’s chestnut by Marion, dam by Kevenue; Ward & Boyd's bay filly Planetarium, by Planet, dam Mollie Tlambleton, and TH. P. McGrath's bay ally Jury, by Lexington, dem Roxana, Vlaneiarium sold for a tride the most in the pools—the others for equal amounts. Planetariivm won the race very easily, taking the lead and keeping it to the end. “The fol- lowing are the detalis:— THE RACE. Planetarium cut out the work, Malita second, Razaine third, Jnry fourth. As they passed the three-quarter pole, after running ar ind the lower turn, Planctariuim led three longihs, Bazaine sec- ond, half a Ie he of Malita, Who was one length in f ‘They ran'sharply up the homestretch, and as 1 a under the string: at the end of the half milo Planetarium was one length in front of Bazaine, who led Malita two lengths, with Jury rih, half a length in the rear. ‘The latier then p lita, Who seemed to be in trouble, and mad he and Planetarium, but were in yain. The Planet filly galloped on front of the oth under the pu they pushed her the easier th: She was only one length in v frout of Bazain estreteh, pull by. lengths, Bazaine second, six ths ahead of y, who was twenty lengths in advance of Malta, ‘Time of the dash, SUMMARY, MF DAY.—SECOND RACE—Nweepstakes foy three- year-olds; dash of one mile and a halt; $300 en- trance, $100 forteit, the Association adding $300; closed with nine nominations, Boyd & Ward entered ). f. Planetarium, by Planet, dam Molite Hambleton, by imp. Knight orst. George......666. Robinson & Morgan entered Asteroid, dam Laura Whit br. ¢, Bazain hy Giencoe 2 |. Re hentered by ry, by Le dam Roxana, by imp. 3 “A. Buford entered ¢ 4 FLEETWOOD PARK. Sa pein Fifth Meeting of the Saratoga Stable Trotting Association, Aunnally the several gentlemen who board their road horses at the above stable appoint a day for trials of speed, selecting some prominent track, where, under its rules, the contests take place, The horses are proj y classified, and, many of them pos- sessing considerable merit as trotters, the interest t. Yesterday was the fifth: of these reunion, and Fleetwood Park, in conge- quence, presented a very animated scene, as five classes appeared to contest for the purses, the amounts of which were not made public. After the tro@ing the members sat down to theiranniversary dinner at the club hense, which was prepared by the proprictorz, Messrs. Valentine & Brown, The following are the summpries of the day’s amuse- ment:— FLEETWOOD PARK, MORRISANIA, N. STABLE TROTTING —SARATOGA TATION, MAY 13, 1872.—FinsT Sweepstakes, mile hoats, best five, in harness, stakes, milo hee ar A. PF. Pitt entere 2211 Owner entered piae B. O'Rorke ente A. S, Odell enteredh ng vbont it, #8 Le was not present, Under these cir- eather hatling scoop. At I € came near the Jong low piers of a THY. VISHING VILLAGE OF PRES'S GROV Hear which stauds @ bright embe a mulling With long colonnades, surrounded hy a beautiful Bove of forest trove,’ Tuie te wt wad @ fase stances Justice Cox sald he would honorably acquit Keppler, which he did. L three | yard Odell entered be ge PAUNCD seereeeeeeeees in harness, vorge M. ior RODD Owner entered bik. g, Ithaca A. 8. Odell entered bli. er. 2222 Time, 8:10. 038 —3 207 }p— 203 Ig. Same Day—Fourta TRotT—CLAss No, 1.—Sweep- kes, mtle heats, best three in five, in harness, Piifer entered b. g. Starlight (formerly Captain rence) a S Se & John Murphy . 2 A. 8, Odell entered ch. g. ‘Time, 2:47—2:48 3- Same Day—Firta TRor, heats, to road wagon; owne! Owner entered b. h, Captain David... F. Sherwood entered gr. g. ‘Tom Wond D. Babcock entered b. mn. Pelly. i Time, 2: 2 165—2: Messrs. Willlam Shaw, James Lambert, W. H. Fisher and R. H. Smith were the judges of the day. BIR S ARO. THE CARPENTERS’ STRIKE. RK Cae Mass Meeting Yesterday—More Firms Acceding to the Demands of the Men— Probable Success of the Movement. The carpenters and joiners on strike assembled at nine o'clock yesterday morning and organized a committee to receive reports and take action upon any matters that might come up for consideration, Both outside the hall and inside the scene was very animated, not less than elght hundred men being gathered outside and in the vicinity. At the door the fag of the Carpenters’ Union was displayed, and this was the main rallying point of the strikers. Inside the hall a number of secretaries were busily engaged in enrolling nen-soclety men, who, either from fear or choice, came in large numbers to take part in the movement. The most deter- mined efforts were made to induce the carpenters who are not members of the Union and who still remain at work to come out and participate, a num- ber of committees having been sent to the various shops in which they were employed to endeavor to make them leave off work by moral suasion, if pos- sible, but, failing that, to bring pressure to bear upon them. In @ good many instances they were suc- cessful; but some were intractable and refused to be coerced into any sympathy with the strike, A mass meeting was called at twelve o'clock and was largely attended, the room being filled almost to suffocation. Coroner Young was introduced by the chairman and proceeded to address a stirring speech to them. He said that when he had taken up the HERaLp and found that the carpenters were on strike he had hastened to the scene of action, be- cause a working man and union man hiiuself he always sympathized with his brethren in their struggles for right and justice. He believed that the eight hour movement was one that shiould have long since been undertaken, and was a step in the direction that all other trades would soon take. The grasping capitalists, who fatten on the poor man’s labor, might endeavor to stem the current and delay the time when eight hours would be a fair day’s work; but their efforts would fail, for there was & power now aroused that would never rest until victory had perched upon the banners of the workingmen. But to at- tain this object there must be united, peacrable and resolute action. Statesmen are beginning to wake up to the importance of the question, an the Senate at Washington, the House of Repre- sentatives and almost every State Legislature, there was a growing feeling that eight hours was Q sualcient day’s labor, and should be conceded to the workingmen of the country as a simple matter of justice. In conclustion, he urg:d upon all resent the necessity of peacetul measures. They had enemies who would take advantage of any riotous and disorderly conduct to speak against them, but they should maintain their high charac- ter for respectability and continue to merit the commendation of the press as an orderly and respectable body of mechanics. Mr. Young re- sumed his seat aid loud applause, While the meeting was in progress a number of bosses, among them Casey & Rickart, W. Hamilton aud several other Premiers employers, entered the hall in search of men and engaged a number to work at eigut hours aday. It was reported that these gentlemen would not accede to the men, and they came in person to the hall to show that the rumor was groundicss, This action gave great en- couragement to those present, and the most lively satisfaction was manifested at their conduct. The men engaged left the hall, and, so far as they are concerned, the strike has ended with them. ‘The following employers in addition to those enu- merated yesterday, have notified their men that they can resume work to-day at their own terms :— Bell, Mott street; Buckman, Mott street, Lair & Moss, Attorney street; Hoffman & Fanning, Ninth street; John L. Doyle, Ninth street; Albert Fer- guson, Duane street; John M. Hoilman, Hudson street; P, J, Mabiel, Madison street; ioun- tain, bwenty-Atth street; Evan, Twenty-first street; Gregory, Twenty-third street; kvans, Twenty-first. street; Eastebrook, Thirty-second et; Serels, Fifteenth strect; Benuct, Sixtieth street; Storey, Thirty-second street; Young, Sev- euth avenue; Giles, Monioe street iller, Fifty ninth street; Cooper & Weed, Twenty-third street; J. P. Hayes, Eleventh street, and’ a number of others, These firms include some of the strongest in the city, and their ready adherence to what is pe argues wellfor the complete success of thé strike representative from the Bricklayers’ Union attended and announced officially that the trade he appeared for were in full sympathy with the movement, and would assist it if necessary, and that it also would strike for the eight hours next Monday. Other trades also sent messages of sympathy and exhorted the carpenters to main- tain a frm attitude, and not retract one particle of their demand. A vote of thanks was enthusiastl- cally passed to the HERALD, and three rousing cheers given for it, in consequence of the fair and imparqal manner in which it treated the carpen- ters, after which the meeting adjourned. The meet- ing was orderly throughout, and novhing of a riot- ous spirit at any time prevailed. ‘ Btr THE SICKNESS OF COMMISSIONER VAN NORT, Alarming rumors were prev@ent throughout the political circles of the city yesterday, that Commis- sioner Van Nort had been suddenly siezed with illness, caused by an attack of congestion of the Inngs, and that there was reason to believe that the result would be fatal. We are glad to be able to state that in answer to inquiries at the Commis- sioner’s house late last evening, his physicians report that Mr, Van Nort is out of dangcr. At the meeting of the Board of Audit on Saturday Mr. Van Nort took an active part, but was suffering trom the effects of a cold which he had taken at Albany, Late on Saturday evening the effects of the cold assumed a very serious aspect and five physicians were summoned. The sickness of Commissioner Van Nort will probably continue for some time, and until he {ts convalescent the meet- ings of the Board of Audit must be suspended, inas- much as it requires the concurrent vote of all the members for the transaction of bus . THE VAN SAUN CASE, The Prisoner Admitted to Bail in the Sum of $20,000. The examination of the case of Albert Van Saun, the alleged forger, was resumed before Judge Dow- ling, at the Tombs Police Court, yesterday morning. Mrs. Post, the aged sister of Mrs, Van Saun, the PONS renee waa the only witness examined, fer testimony was mainly corroborative that given by Mr. Jolin FB. Parsons days ago. She had, she said, obtained the check from Mr, Parsons with the express understanding that she was to return it again whenever it should be wanted. She had allowed her sisier to take it for abrief period, but had never been able to get it back again, althongh she had tried several times to do sa. At the conclusion of Mrs. Post's testimony Judge Dowling, after consulttmg with the District At- torney, said he would admit the prisoner to bail in the sum of $20,000, Prisoner's counsel said this amount would be forthcoming, The further hearing of uptil Saturday next, at ten case was adjourned lock A. M, INHUMANITY ON JERSEY RAILROADS, Yesterday morning & sickly and lame woman York, crossed to Hoboken, with a child in her arma, | t6 visif the Tiidiiastery at'Wesi Hoboken, She had not been out of doors for fourteen weeks. Waving | been relieved by the Pass ist Fathers, she re- | turned by a Union Hill horse ear to Hoboken, about | haif-past two o'clogk. When the car reached Washington sirveet, — the passengers = were | éompelled to chango dais SWwhiy to ob- | structions on the road. All the passengers were pnt on board the second cay, exeept the poor woman and her child, whom the conductor let | standing on the road behind, thgugh he was bouad to walt for them. They had to remain there antil | another ear came alo’, and they got on board, but Mis. Woods was bluntly ore rae to pay her fare a | Becond time, which she did. She reached the depot in au exhausted condition, and so proceeded on her way liome, being too poor to have any atten- ton paid to her grievances, HOW THEY DO IT IN GOWANUS, The slumbers of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Morrow, re- siding at No, 808 Sixth avenue, Gowanus, South Brooklyn, were rudely disturbed by the crashing of panes of glass and the lifting of a window sash at their house at an early hour yesterday morning. While awalting further developments and at the same time reluctant to arise, the door of their sleeping apartment, which is on the second Moor of the house, Was pushed open, and burly rafilans en- tered room, They advanced rapidly to the bed- side of the terrified couple with ® “Good morrow, sir,’ on their lips and a Smith & Wesson revolver in their hands, A weapon was placed at the head of each occupant of the bed by the villains, who sat down thereon and threatened death to the Morrows should they attempt to make any noise that would alarm the other occu- pants of the house, When the burglars had satis. fled themselves that no opposition would be oiered to them they proccotted: to ransack the room for Valuables, ‘They found $200 worth of Jov whieh they decamped, The police are altor” the Townes, some | | named Woods, residing in the suburbs of New | SHEET. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN BOAT RACE. The Atalantas’ First Appearance on the Thames—The Crew Entered Upon Their Train- ing—The Henley Regatta—The American Boys Will Probably Take » Hand In—The London Four to Contest with the Atalan- tas Not Yot Chosen. (From the London Stanaard, May 1.] After a rest of a few days our American visitors have tried the Thames, and their first appearance has created a very favorable impression at the waterside, where, owing to the advent of the Tyne division and some from the Irwell for the matches on. Friday, Saturday and Monday next, there was a large attendance of amateur and professional critics. The men themselves are a far more Jovial crew than their predecessors from Harvard. While at the Fox and Hounds, Putney, they made them- selves at home in these really comfortable quarters, and, without being guilty of interviewing, we might add that their method of diet differed but Uttle from that of the Oxonians while there, except- ing, perhaps, their porridge for break. fast might emack of» some Seotch taste, Gruol—the —all-potent eleemosynary water grucl—is always latd down in the training diet as the most harmless, eastly digested and muscle- making of foods. The University crews alwavs take it. however, for supper, in ligu of tea, The men themselves seem rather spare in build, but withal lathy and tough. The Doctor is particularly fresh and all observing, and many a wrinkle will they ick up in the slx weeks of training they will have fore the race. ‘Their boat packing was not on the smart principle that we are wont to associate with the works of the Americans. She was placed on her keel instead of her face, so that during the whole voyage she was off and on full of water through ‘the packing case, and the con- sequence {is she 18 somewhat. warped thereby. They have another coming over by the next mail, and two also ordered in England, so that there is no fear of their being unprovided with ‘The boat they rowed in yesterday was built in New York, She is 413¢ feet long and 1734 inches broad, Her workmanship is good, but she is said to weigh over 110 pounds, This for a coxswainless four, to carry such a light crew, is too heavy, and a boat of 90 pounds would answer them just as well, The Lon- don crew have at present the four they had built to carry 24% stone coxswain, which, with a weight astern, carries them fairly, but both Clasper and Jewitt have a boat on the stocks for them bullding for their weights, which will average much above the Atalanta, With full six weeks before the race both crews will be able to take it easy at present. ‘The London four is not settied, but yesterday went out with John B. Close in the boat, and he wiil in all probability make one of the crew. There is some feeling in the club, among the red tape stick- ers only, however, that Close is not strictly a Lon- doner, but a’Varsity man, and that the introduc- tion of a blue into a representative crew is rather unorthodox. If this argument is to prevail the same may be said of Gulston, their captain, who, though famed during his undergraduate ca- reer rather ag an equestrian and whip than as an Oarsman, 18 nevertheless as much a Cantab as Close, but of earlier date, If London Is to pick its best crew, by ail means let these Bueiaricaiausiee bo sunk. Out of credit to the L.R.C. and honor to the Atalanta the public insist on the best four be- ing selected. The Henley committee have oifered, at their regatta, a prize for coxswainleas fours, which it is to be hoped will enlist the Atalanta as con nen et and it hasbeen rumored on the Isis that an O, U. B, ©. crew intend putting in an ap- earance, There is still in existence that memora- le craft of B. N.C. which figured at Henley, but we should far prefer to see some college energy shown, and a good college four sent out for the ele The same should come from the Cam. Trin- ity is surely large enough to send a good eight, and the waning esprit of the club might be fanned into a laudable flame, but a CO. U. B.C. four is a mistake. The light blue fag that has for three years waved so trium} pe in its legitimate eight-oared sphere should not risk being soiled in an impromptu ven- ture like this. The Thames now is well patronized, In addition to the international crews the profes- sional matches attract many to the banks, On Fri- day Anderson, of Putney, who won the scullers’ prize at the Tham regatta, Jat year 0 easily, and has shown such thoro! i aylng powers, Yheets Peter Kelley, from Manchester, and he will probably win. On tsps f something more sensational conies off—the rivalry of two schools wili be settled, the Tyne and the Irwell. Mark Addy, well known for pay, yearsas a fast bat unlucky sculler, ts matched against Bagnall, the rising goes Tyne wan, and if but half whatis said of the latter's speed is true he ought to outstart and outlast Addy, On Monday the excitement culminates in the masch between Winship and Bitten. The former is niore renowned as an oarsman on the Tyne, the latter as a ones 'y young Thames sculier, There are friends of Bifton's who eh him good enough to take a short start of Joseph Sadler, but it will be a sorry time for his backers when he does; in fact, Mon- 4a y’s race will test him more than he has ever been fore. The Atalanta men having moved from Putney are now nO Pee at Hammersmith. [f it is quiet and privacy they require the move is rather out of the frying pan Into the fire as Hammersmith can bring the London mob down easier than Put- ney. Ftd eee Ce for two ee iano ve in a morning, about eleven, padded up t= jake, gud came dows iy Fda Wen e.3 he pe # was not comfortable, and sundry alterations before the afternoon were made, which benefited thelr rowing considerably. They went about five P. M. down to Putney and came up on the flood to the Of! Mills at the same rate of stroke, where they stopped, and then came into Biffen’s, seemingly rey pleased with their first venture on Old Father hames. The Atalantas’ Hospitable Welcome to England. {From the London Standard, May 1.J For a second time within the space of three years we welcome upon our shores the friendly invasion of a transatiantic foe. New York, determined to do all that is in her power to avenge Harvard, has sent forth a select band of aquatic champions to try conclusions on the Thames with a picked four of the London Rowing Club, The American oarsmen arrived in Liverpool on Wednesday last and made their jirst appearance on tie metropolitan waters yesterday, receiving in each instance such demon- strations of applause and enthusiasm as might serve toconvince them of the character of their welcome beyond the possibility of a doubt, Six good weeks have to elapse before the eventful | day of the race, and the practice rows of the siranger boat will be meanwhile watched by crowds whose numbers will be conem- sive testimony of the national interest that is taken ia the event. The spirit which has brought these members of the New York Rowing Ciub to England is one which all Englishmen jastinetively appreciate and admire, and Englisimen will neither appreciate it nor adimire it less because those in whom it is now manifested are our kinsmen in race, our countrymen in language, are bound to us hy the ties of @ common history and of a seif-same literature. At the same time, the trausatiantic oarsmen who have made their new quarters at Put- ney are true representatives of the most distinct and representative elements of their nation- ality—are Americans of the Americans. New England has nothing to do, as it had in the case of the Harvard boat, with the composition of the Ata- | Janta four. The resuitsof the Oxford and Har- vard race were highly satisfactory, whether to our- selver, to the two peoples represented or to the pastime of boating itself, Jt was a hardiy fought struggle between the two crews of two uni- versities, one of which was sent forth from the old Oxiord, whichis in England, while the other issued from the New Cambridge, whitch is in America, In- | ternational the contest might well clalm to be con- dered and nat the time it was enerduty fc. eptedd bs belies Get fe iady We, doubted whether its international character Was reaiu7e' 2 ue eam ‘| extent as is likely to be the case in the forthcomia struggle. Not that the London Rowing Clab can clain Quy representative superiority to our acade- mic oaremelf, On the contrary, this club, like most of our boating clths, 1s largely reinforced from Ox- ford and Cambridgé, and its most distinguished rs have probabiy recelyed the rudiments education on the banks gf the ca ford and Cambridge in England ey na Yale in America, stand respectively to the en- (ire community, so far as aquatic prowess is cons cémMed, Is yery different; and it seems probable that the’ race to be rowed on the 10th of June will acquire a new and Intensified international signi- ficance from the fact that the Atalanta Club of New | York occupies a position so closely analogous to that. | of the Rowing Clab of London, In the popularity which boating as a pastime has acquired in America we muy recognize the traces of exactly the same influences us we know here at home. Put the forms of the development tn either case are somewhat different, and the method of row- ing in England js not that of America, In | deference to the usage of our visitors Who are our | rivals the English oarsmen will accommodate them. | selves to the transatlantic system and row without | coxswains, Were the conditions under which boat- ing is carried on in England those familiar to Amer, can oarsmen il 18 possivle that coxswainless fours and eighis might be the fashion here as there. Broad expanses of giant rivers or the free surfaces of far-strevching lakes, when substituted for the row streams of Isis and Cam, or even for ge {raMle-laden London Thames itself, make It possthle and not so dificult as it might seem to oy with the services of aamember of the crew who 1s Y ncessar rding to our insular little less necessary, accor 4 muccéss of tho ideas on the subject, to oat, than the stroke or captain ator ig will be aa interesting to see how far ie e J make their own fashion answer ac ricinamea ins towaten. the degree of efticoncy displayed by the London Rowing chi for in their imitqtion of the Wansatiantic rain, The Ata Ish: The relation, however, in ft oh Ox. | and Bytvard found how hea wel- miand; they may be quite itable kindliness which here 13 in reserve for Janta mon have siren certain that th hi ceted their first. arr bay a ine srite wesed eat A visit, and en cal TO} wish to see their own raproumutatives win oo the oth of June nxt, so, above all things, they wish to see a , fair race, in which victory shall be given te who in plain truth deserve victory most, METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE Relations of the Bishops to the General Conference—Important Resolutions Af- fecting Their Ofice—Farewell of the British Fraternal Delegates=The Book Concern Ghost Appears Again, but Frightens No One—It Is Quietly Dis- posed Of. After the Sabbath rest the delegates to the Gen- eral Conference were promptly in their places yea- terday morning. Bishop Ames presided, and Dr, Hibbard, of East Genessee, led the devotions, The time for holding the Episcopal memorial services was changed from Friday next to Saturday, to ao- commodate Bishop Janes, who is ill, but who ex- Pects to be present at that time. Memorials, pett- tions, resolutions, &c., were presented by confares, ences and individuals, aud were referred to appro- priate committees. Among these were some relating to the liquor trafic, to the election of a lady editor for the Ladies’ Repository, and in regara toa demand for compensation for churches and parsonages destroyed during the war, to strike out the word “Catholic” from the creed and to inserts the words “unity of the Church,” &c., instead. Au important and somewhat sensational series of resolutions, prepared and signed by fifty-eight mem. bers of the General Conference, and including the names of some of the most prominent delegates, such as Curry, Foss, Fowler, Matlack, E. 0. Haven and others, were read. The resolutions relate te the subject of the ITINERANCY OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS, They maintain that, subject to the third restriction rule, which prohibits the abolishment of the Epis- copal office, the General Conference can make such regulations as may be proper for the guidance of the said superintendents, and declare that the lat- ter are subject to the General Conference; that they are not @ distinct order from the Elders, and that they should receive their support from the Annual Conference while in active work; that the superintendents should be relieved of all non-epis- copal work, and that disabled bishops should re- turn to their respective Annual Conferences for support, and that they, shall all have tho right of appeal and such other rights as are allowed to other ministers, A resolution by Dr. Jacoby, of the German and Swiss Conference, asked that missionaries who have spent ten years or more in forei lands shall be provided for by the Missionary Society, and in’ case of death their families shall be provided fer also by that society. THE WOMAN QUESTION LOOMING UP, Another resolution asked for the modification of the discipline so that women may be elected ste" ards and trustees and Sunday school superintem ents, and become eligible as members of quarterly conferences. A resolution by Dr. Curry was placed on its im- mediate passage and adopted, calling ou the Book Comnuttee for certain specific laformation in re- gard to the cost and the income of the sevecal relt- gious publications, magazines, periodicals, &0., of the Chureh, Drs. Wiseman, Morley Punshon and Mr, Suther- land, fraternal delegates, made a few parting res marks, praying for the continued biessing of God upon American Methodists, and asking for frater- nal delegations from tie Conferenco te visit the Canadian and British Conferences next year, and hoping for a closer union between the different branches of Methodism throughout the world, Bishop Ames, in the name and behalf of the Con- ference, responded to those kindly expressions. He said there sat before them four hundred and twenty odd ministers and laymen, representing seventy- two Annual Conferences, between cight and nine thousand ministers and 1,500,000 members, and he could say that their hearts and hands are moulded into one, and are herewith extended to the parting deputation. ‘ The delegates then withdrew, receiving the hearty applaase of the Conference. 'The call for. resolutions was resumed, when one Dan presented and ago bi armen: way op Janes in his ariictign and pledging dal pravek ioe his recovery. Khothet appointing & special committee of one from each book commit- tee district on revision of the Hymn Book was adopted, A resolution asking for a deputation to visit the General Conference of the African Metho- dist Episcopal Church, now in session in Nashvilie, and to present fraternal greetings from tils body, was referred to a committe, HE OLD GHOST OF THE BOOK CONCERN frands ‘and mismanagement came up again in the shape of the following preamble and resolutions, presented by Dr. Bryce, of Upper lowa:— Whereas, the Jong and bitter controversy which has been carried on in reference to the management of ti affairs of the Book Concern of the Meth piscopal Church in New York, involving the charges of carcless- ness, mismanagement and frand, has had a tendency to injute the characters of certain persons connected there- with and to cripple the usefulness and efficiency of the institutions and whereas, the impression prevails to am alarming extent that there has been and fs now a dispo- sition to cover up whatever of wrong practices may have been and tosmother investigation and screen the guilty; erefore be Resolved, by the representatives of the Methodist Epls- ‘opal Chureh, in General Conference assembled, that we fodist upon and demand a full, thorough, aud searchin investigation, without fear, favor or attection for any an all parties, of al trpngactions of said Book Conce: Shen may directly sr hidtreetiy” fead’ to a disclosure all the facts connected with this ¢: Ase. Resolved, That as members o1 this General Conference, to whom is entrusted for the time being the varied inter- ests of the Church, we pledge ourselves to leave nothing in our power undone to correct whatever wrongs may exist and to punish to the extent of our ability any an all who may be found guilty. = Resolved, That while we deeply regret the existence of this contention and are exceedingly anxious that the strife should geaye aud that harinony and concord should once more prevail, Yet we are determined that the motto by which we will be governed in this matter shall be “first pure then peaceable.” Dr. Bryce moved these resolutions on their pas- sage, but the opposition that was manifested called out the Doctor in defence of his paper. He insisted that a necessity existed for the adoption of such a paper, and he did not anticipate any objectioa to its passage. The Doctor did not state how he ob- tained information that an attempt was being mada to smother investigation, seeing that the special committee to whom the matter was referred had had but one day’s existence and only one meeting for organization, when it chose B. R. Bonner, of St. Louis, chairman, and A. D, Wilbur, of Gencsee, sec- retary. The good sense of the Conference seemed to bo <pressed by the Rev. Dr. Hunpann, of West Vir- who most earnestly and emphaticaliy op- the resolutions, It did not comport with THE DIGNITY OF THB CONFERENCE exy ginia, posed to yield to public clamor on such a question as this, and to resolve that under the pressure of publs opinion they would now, for the first time, re- solve to be honest and brave. This matter is for Conference to decide for itself, and not to be tated to by outside part Resolutions that we shall be ‘honest will not make men honest. Resolutions that we shali be brave will not veut men from being cowards when they go into battle, He did not see any desire on the part of the Conference or of its committee to smotuer iavestigation, full, free and thorough, for which he wos as much fn favor as any man in the Conference; but this paper placed the Conference in a false Light and he moved to lay it on the table, Dr. Slicer and others sought to have it with- drawn, bat the mover, Dr. Bryce, refused to with- draw it, and the Conference promptly laid it at rest. A resolution on Methodist unitication was then read and referred, after which notices of committees and other meetings were given. Dr. Merrill was ap- pointed to lead the devotions to-day, and the dox- ology was sung and the benediction pronounced b: Dr. Wiseman, of England, and the Conference ad- — @ IM sense Ss me Sr 3 ~ WHAT ARE THE POLICE PAID FOR? The utter IneMeclency of our police force is becom- ing a subject of comment among those of our citizens who venture to trust their persons and lives in the streets of this city after sunset. Rob- beries are rife, aggravated assaults upon harmless individuals are of hourly ocourrence, and yet no Steps seem to be taken towards aipping, the evil in the hud—or, rather, the full bloom, fur that is ite regents stage. . _ ” 4 About a quarter before nine last evening oné of the Madigon avenue live of cars turned out of the bowery In order to mst? its ay via Broome street to Contre... Ag roughs boarded it, en- ifrely usurping the back platform. During tho progress of the car down Broome street a welle Pressed middle-aged | citizen, who had been sitting ‘In the car “with his som, a child of tender years, essayed to leave, Ho took tho jad in” pis) arms, and, on passing the door, was immediately seized by the coat collar and hustled by the swarm of thieves om the platform and despofied of all its valuables, Fearing for his life and the safety of hfs child, prob- ably, he made no outery, and the car passed on, The conductor had witnessed the little episode, for he blandly remarked to a passenger, “Did you see that move? Those fellows are pickpockets, and they wont through that man,” “why did you not call the police ? asked the gen- tleman he addressed, To this the conductor vonchsafed no reply. The citizens ot New York pay heavy rates for the maintenance of what ought to be an efiicient body of Police, et, if the services of one of those blue-coated — cnstodians of the public peace are required, they are found to be utterly unattoinable. To flirt with & courtezan upon the street corner, or to patrol hts Deat in company with one or two of “the bhoys’? whom he, perhaps, aseoclated with previous to his appointment, seems to be about the sum total of the labor that the average policeman {8 capable of performing. Itis a erying disgrace that citizens should be insulted by rowdies and robbed by thieves and flad no oue upou whom they can cath for orotection. —