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

“THE NEW TARIFF, Rush of Inspectors to the ' Custom House. How the Ten Per Cent Reduc- tion Works. Great Activity Among the Bonded ‘Warehousemen. Two Million Two Hundred and Eighteen Thon- sand Dollars Collected in One Day. On tho 6th day of June the new and amended tariff, which reduced taxation on imports about seventy millions of dollars, was signed by the Presi- dent of the United States and became a law from on and aiterthe Ist of August, 1872, Between the period of June 6 and yesterday business at the Custom House was comparatively light in the duty paid department, but very heavy in warehousing gooda, inusmuch as importers awaited patiently the day when they could withdraw their goods from bona at greatly reduced impost duties, This very fact may also account for the stagnancy in com- mercial circles, Buyers held off to be benefited by a reduced cost of imported goods, and sellers ro- frained from releasing their importutions by an ex- pected saving of ad valorem taxes. * The long-looked-for day at last arrived, and brought with it a crowd of anxious merchants and brokers, all of them eager to be “first’’ to be served. As carly as half-past six in the morning the office ofthe Deputy Collector of the Third division, in which the warehousing business is attended to, ‘Was opened, and, early as was the hour, numerous visitors were already in waiting. By nine o'clock inthe neighborhood of one thousand people were stationed in a row to receive their permits, and as each obtained his documents he departed on his way rejoicing. The modus operandi of withdrawal is as fol- -After the entries are passed by the Collector wal Officer they are taken to the cashier of the Naval Office, who puts them on the cash list. Thence they are taken to the cashier of the Collector and the duty paid. There the entry is retained nd the permit is checked, which check is the authority for any collector to sign, The permit is then returned to the Deputy Naval Officer and Deputy Collector who note the cashicr’s checking. Everything being now done that is required from the ponderous sys- tem the importer or broker receives his permit from the deputy collector of the third or warehous- ing department and the goods are free. The Col- lector, with a great deal of foresight and antict- ind @ great rush on the lst instant, gave orders Bh deputies to facilitate the business of im- porters as much as sible before the day arrived on which new law took effect, consequently some four thousand withdrawal entries were made ready which were delivered yesterday morning, Guly signed andexecutd. The Naval Oficer issued simiiae Instructions to his subordinates. The con- Sequences of these pester. proceedings, were ap- wh rent from the ease witl ich the business was oe in the Custom House yesterday, from morn until Jate in the evening. je folowing order covers the oMcial prepara- for.this unusual business:— Custom House, New Yorn, } Coutecton's Orrick, July 31, 1872. ) On and after the Ist day of August 1872 withdrawal ntries for consumption of any goods on boud at that date menpect 4o which the maker of such entries shall claim that the duties thoreon are reduced ten per centum by the second section of the act of June 6, 1872, will not re- ceived or p: by the withdrawal entry clerks until the duties on such entries have been fixed aid stated thereon proper offictal In the fifth division of the business of office. ©. A, ARTHUR, Collector. ‘This order had the most effect on the Deputy Col- lector and bis chief clerk, whose duty it was to 11x | vhe rate of duty on each entry, which was by no means « emall So well have these gentlemen done their work that not the slightest objection ‘was raised by importers as to the amounts appor- tioned on the invoices. ‘The cashier’s department came in for its share of labor; but, as a general thing, each entry being made out prope and the amount to be puid being previously ascertained, all there remained to be done was to hand over the requisite amount of gold certificates, receive a receipt and the labor was ended. The following are some of the larger sums paid on withdrawal: A. T, Btewart & Co. 125,00 H,. Oianin & 100.000 Froamann FG. . 0,000 ve brokers for their houses. 564, Moasrs. Phelps, Dodge & Co. would have headed the lists yesterday on duties paid, ha: not errors crept in their withdrawals and a miscalculation le in the rates of tariff, ‘The varions other amounts paid by importers and brokers amount to about $1,455,000, thus making the receipts of yesterday at the Custom House to $2,518,000, the heaviest day's business ever trans- act ere before, and that on a reduced tariff. In order to show the material increase in im- portations, the annexed list of warehouse invoice entries during the month of July will bear com- parison :— is From January 1, 1871, to July 31, 1871, 11,100 ware- house entries were made, while during the same period in 1872, viz., from January Ist to July 3 slo entries are recorded, being an increase of The very fact of the Collector preparing for the impending rush to take place on the change of the tarifl yesterday brought out all the knotty points involved in the new tariff, ee the im- porters asked all kinds of questions, which were communicated to the Treasury Department and settled by decisions from the Secretary of the Treasury, which in any otier case could not have been determined until long after the Ist inst., to the detriment of the merchants, who would thereby have been prevented from obtaining their goods and pay the duties thereon. All the decisions were partially, if not altogether, anticipated by the veteran Assistant Coilector, whose experiéuce in the Custom House fully enables him to know more of the laws and regula- tions of customs than the Treasury Department. By a strange oversight on the part of Congress the law reads:--"Goods in bonded warehouses on the lst day of August, 1872, and all such as are re- cotved thereafter, shall p: wrates of duties; but no provision was made for goods to arrive be- fore August 1 if not bonded before that date and Janded aficrwards. If, for instance, a vessel has arrived within three leagucs of shore—the estab- Mashed boundary—and the warehouse not being des- fanated, the goods do not come under the present interpretation of the law, which entitles them to the present rate of duties, A# A inatter of fact it may be stated that the en- tries of A. 1. Stewart for the month of July amounted to $1,106,533 90. ‘The number of warehouse entries Uquidated wore Numb: sbeeeese ccoseees By ions in bond from one sportati + port to another........ ay 4 Number of foreign exports. 465 umber of exports to Canada. 16 EXport of goods manufactured in bond, : 82 16 following section of the Tariff law is of im- portance to importers and dealers :— Srcrios 3.—That on and afler the Ist day of October next there shall be collected and pald on all goods, wares | and merchandise of the growth cr prodice ‘of countries | gaet of thet « of Good pt Wool, raw cotton | % c | a! 1, OF Not furthe: J. thrown or organzine), when timported froin places we the Cape of Good Hope, a duty ot ten er centui ad valorom in addition to the duties imposed on any such article when imported directly trom. the _ Blace of places of their growth or production. « The day just passed at the New York Custom House is one that will long be remembered by ait | who have had any dealings there as one of great animation and activity. Not only was the largest mount of duties ever collected in one day taken in, but every one has expressed himself that under nO change of tariff has business been so well and expeditiously transacted. All the officials, without exception, are urbane and polite to all coming there, and vie with each other to despatch their tranaacifons with fidelity and politeness, The new tariff imposes one-third more labor on the Custom House officials, but ast hapa works amoothiy and eficiently, ‘and to one not accustomed to the reguiar routine the cheney is hardly per- ceptible. It may here be stated that after the ist of October next no more revenue stamps are re- juired on Custom House documents, Heretofore Wy Iinporting houses spent from $2,000 to $8,000 per month for internat revenue stamps on their entries, Ac. GROUND TO DEATH ON THE RAIL, ' The seven o'clock train from Rahway, going morth, on the New Jersey Railroad, between that place and Linden, near Elizabeth, struck an un- known man walking along the track yesterday morning, and ground the unfortunate fellow to aoath, The mutilated body was picked up and remo' and covered with branches of trees, Nothing In deceasea's pockets adorded @ clug to his 4ertigy Or where be belonged, | planer by occupation, | the | rated tame eee ond WE Ba Pal Yesterday's Proceedings—Robbing «a Medicine Man—Identifying a Stolen Coat—River Thieves in Limbo, ‘There was nothing very remarkable in the mis- deeds of those arraigned before Alderman Plunkitt, at the above Court, yesterday. Besides the few who had been arrested for being drunk and disor- derly there were four youths charged with committing highway robbery, one horse thief and one snexk thief, The latter's name was Wiiliam Grey, and he was charged with stealing ® coat from Peter Connell, who had no way, however, to tell that it was his coat was shown him other than its n- eral appearance. Mrs, Connell from the middle of the court room cried out that she could identify it, ond was accordingly called up. she gave the bitte such a ‘mmack’’ that the loung- ers at the othbr end of the court room heard it and giggled anditiy, Odicer Dolbeck, alias ‘“Dunder- borg,” because of the noise he wakes in keeping order in court, Was not present, or they would have been compelled to have had more respect tor the honor of the Court, Mra, Connell was not in the least disconcerted; but stoutly contended that the coat was her husband's, because one end of the. collar constantly kept turned, despite her best efforts, atded by a hot iron to keep it down, - Besides (seeing that the Court hesitated as to Connell’s right to the coat) she would swear any pumber of oaths that the coat was her husband's, ‘The coat was handed over to Connell and Grey was sent down stairs to stand his trial. Wiliam Dennis, Edward Rooney, James Me- Guire and John rroll are yor who, al- though not amateur oarsmen, are yet very fond of boats for pecnniary rea- sons, They were charged with stealing one that cost $60 “from Bernard Conroy, of the soot of Forty-second street, East Kiver, Tho com- plainant also’ charged them with attempting to Tob him of $100 in cash, on account of which they threatened to blow his brains out, cut his throat and infict upen him other injur of a horrible nature, They were held for examination, Pr. Robert McMurry, of 192 Second street, had his horse and Wagon stolen from hha while on a visit on Tuesday at the residence of one of his patients, Yesterday the missing property was found Io pos- session of Robert Cushman, who is a sawyor and He was driving the horse round the market in Twenty-seventh strect. Com- mitted for examination in default of $1,000 batt, Personal Confiletts and Drankenness— Forgery by # Clerk—A Tobacco Rob- bery, James Barron, resident at 94 Baxter strect, on Wednesday night engaged in an altercation in the immediate vicinity of a sugar refinery in Vandam street with Coriolanus Wentsel, who lives at No, 122 Seventh street. During the melée Barron struck his competitor for pugilistic honors upon the head with a pitcher. Barron was held to answer in de- fault of providing $2,000 bail. Morris Prowier, of 543 Eighth avenue, prowled ground in search of prey some months ago and managed to ensnare in the meshes of his web of | iniquity a person who rejoiced in the euphonious appellation of “Blackingbrush.” Three hundred and fifty dollars’ worth of tobacco was the prop- erty the prisoner gleaned, and Justice Cox held him to anewer in default of $400 security, it being also proven that by false pretences he had acquired $400 worth of the tragraut and narcotic herb from Measra. Lemon & Mendilbaum, of Pearl street. George H. Sweet, who lives at No, 20 Brondway, was next brought before the bar ot justice upon a charge of forgery, He altered an order given him by the firm of Walter Brown & Co., from $10 to $50. The prisoner asseverated that he altered it because of his old acquaintance with tie firm who rave him the order, thinking they would “know how it was themselves’ and place @ quietus upon an consequent trouble, But the Justice thought aif erently, and the prisoner, who was an elderly man, was locked up in consequence of being unable to obtain a requisite amount of security for his appear- ance at the hour of trial, Jeremiah Cartls, a most desperate-looking char- acter, with a scratch mark nen his right che and a severe abrasion upon his nasal organ, next presented an appearance at the bar of justice. He ‘was committed on Wednesday for violently assault- ing oue Frederick Grossweiler, who had arrived at too far advanced a stage of intoxication to be capable of preterring @ charge in a proper aud lucid manner, Both the prisoner and complainant were remanded to await the sobriety of the latter, Curtis, while in the cell, again struck Grosswetler, and when William Mulligan, the turnkey, came to the rescue, the prisoner kicked him in the face, in- ficting a broad and open gash across his nose. The Judge stigmatized Curtis a8 a desperate scoundrel, said he was “a tiger who needed caging,” and awarded him the benefit of atrial at the Special Sessions, refusing peremptorily to accept bail. SMITH. THE BLACKMAILER, | ‘Whe Prisoner Identificd as One of a Gang. The case of Henry Smith, who was charged with blackmailing Mrs, Anna Ready, of 251 East Jwen- ty-second street, and which case was reported in yesterday's issue, has assumed some new phases, Mrs. Zilpha Walton, of 492 Second avenue, ap- peared before Judge Scott, at Essex Market, late yesterday afternoon, and stated that she had been swindled out of $10 on the 23d of this month, in a manner precisely similar to the attempt made on Mrs. Ready. She had read the report in the HERaLp, and hati come to see if it was the same man. Mrs, Walton, who is an old lady, about seventy-two years of age, was confronted with the said Smith, and fully identified him. In her com- plaint she says that Smith came to her house and represented himself as a Mr. Davis, that he had been sent to her by her son, who was locked up for striking a man with a chair, and was fined $20, The old lady told Davis, alias Smith, that she had oniy $10 in the nouse, Davis obligingly promised to raise the other $10 among her son's friends, and said he would call back at six o'clock. She thereupon gave Davis the $10, and she went immediately to her son's place of business, where she found him at work, irs, Walton did not see the obliging young man after until she saw him in his cell yesterday afternoon, It is said that Smith, whose real name it is stated is George Deverell, is one of an organized band of four or five who have been carrying on this method of swindling for over a year, Mrs. Walton is only one of many victims, and the income derived from these operations has been suf- ficient to support the gang. The plan ts to find the name of some lady whose husband or brother is at work at some. distant place, and by making these representations induce the party applied to to give the requisite money to get thelr relative out of trouble. One lady from Hoboken, also appeared and identified the prisoner as the same man who had about a year ago obtained | a gold watch and chain valued at $5, which he was to pawn to get the $20 required, She also had not seen the “obliging young man” again until yester- day, As this lady lived out of the State no com- plaint could be taken. Smith, allas Davi lias De. Judge Scott still hotd . verell for examination, and is awaiting more com- | plainants, : INSECURE LODGINGS FOR PRISONERS, On Tuesday evening Detective McGowan and | Oiticer Levins, of the Ninetcenth precinct, arrested | a young thief named Thomas Barry, who was charged with highway robbery by Levy Wirtz, of 15 Clinton street. Barry was locked upin the next cell, on the right, to the station house, So that the manner of escape will be better understood, it is necessary to state that the prison is a small building to the rear of station house, from which it is sepa. by a yard, prodably fifteen — fect wide by twenty in length. As already stated, Barry was confined in the cell to the right of the entrance and almost opposite the window looking from the officers’ silting room into the yard. Through the wall of this cell and looking into the elght inches. Two bars of iron were fixed perpen- dicularly in this window, but so insecurely fastened that Barry found no trouble in wrenching them off, He then sqnece himself through, and, sealing the fences in the rear, made his escape easily enough, and is now very likely far away from thts city, ic escape has been kept very quiet, but such a thing as keeping it from the HERALD was, of course, im- possible. Prohahiy this will have the effect of E | putting an end to the habit that has been of late | gaining ground in uptown precincts, of getting prisoners remanded to the custody of captains. THE OIL FIRE, | No Farther Damage Done=—Two Vessels till in Flames. The two vessels, Epis and ard, which caught fire last ‘Cu and which were left by the tug- boat Lilly right under Mr. Nelson's mansion, to the imminent danger of all the inmates, were still burn- ing furiousiy Jast night. Some of the burning oll floating from them set fire to the wooden bulkhead in front of Mr. Frazer's house, but was immediately extinguished by the potice, under | Captain Wood, who Kept the fire’ weil’ under. Mr. Frazer and Mr. Nelson complain bitterly of the conduct of those on board the Lilly for not towing the two vessels into the middie of the stream | instead of anchoring them close to his house, | tnereby jeopardising both life and property, whieh must have ing in shore, The wind has providentialty not | changed from the north and northeast ever since | the fre commenced, The dre, however, is rapidly GsARpoaring. When swearing | yard fs a small grated window, in width about | heen the result had the wind been blow: | THE COURTS. A Bankruptey Salo of Stenmers—Mandamus Against the Board of Audit—Another Habeas Corpus in Favor of a Convict—Decisions. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Liabilities of the Hancox Steamboat Line. Before Judge Blatchford. The steamers Vanderbilt, Connecticut aud Golden Gate, of the Hancox Line, are to be sold at auction on the 13th of Angust. They remain, in the mean- time, lying off Jersey City, The bankruptcy state- ment shows the liabilities of the line to be over $180,000, some ofthe largest creditors being, it is re- ported, ‘as follows:—People’s Bank, of New York, over $20,600; Colonial Bank of England, $45,000 North River Bank, of New York, $15,000; the Float ing Dock Company, Hoboken, $1,310; A. M. C. Smith, horse dealer, $1,259 07; Marphy, Me! td & Worden, about $5,000; T, & A. Walsh, dock build. ers, $2,000; Maya & Walls, lawyers, $2,500, and Morris Gross, of Troy, a claim for $3,000. SUPREME COURT—-CHAMBERS. More Mandamusing the Board of Audit. Before Judge Pratt. The tide of mandamuses against the Board of Audit stil pours in with unceasing flood. The Sheriff's marshals, some elghty in number, ap- pointed todo duty at the Court of Oyer and Ter- miner, are clamoring for pay for their official ser- vices, extending back to the beginning of last year. It is proposed to settle the matter by a test caso, and with this view application was made yesterday morning by Charles W. Brooke for @ mandamus to compel the Board of Audit to pay Thomas Smith for his services as marshal in attendance upon the Court of Oyer and Terminer from July 2, 1871, to September 30, 1871, Mr. Brooke cited the statutes p'oviding for the appointment and pay of the mar- shals doing this service. The Court granted an order to show cause, returnable on the 7th Inst, Mandamus Granted. . Judge Pratt yesterday granted the mandamua In the case of Jolin Houghtalin, directing the Board of Audit to audit and allow his claim for $811 11, as Chief Clerk in the Bureau of County Affairs. This application, it will be remembered, was opposed on the ground that Houghtalin had performed no work during the time for which he claimed his salary. ‘The answer to this was that no work was given him to do. Jim Cusick, the Man-Eater. Application was yesterday made for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the so-called man-eater, Jim Cusick, It will be recoilected that Cusick was arrested on Wednesday on a chargo of beating a woman, in ® saloon in West Houston street, and locked up in default of $1,500 bail by Justice Cox. The application was granted, and the writ made returnable this morning. Decisions. ‘4 Dejoinge vs. Helmbold.—Motion denied and $10 costs, Merrill vs, Martin.—Order granted. Seixas vs. Seixas.—Default may be opened by aying $10 costa and stipulating to Judge John K. Reed, and take notice of trial. Brown vs, Van Wyck.—Order of reference granted. Lowenstein ys. Wockett.—Motion denied; no costs, COURT CF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Larremore. Mary Jane Reid vs. Win. Reid.—Divorce granted; cnstody of chilaren awarded to plaintuir, In the Matter ot the Application o1 Northnel,— Motion denied, without prejudice. Davison vs. Hisso —Application granted. Bradley vs. Isaacs.—Same. Meyer vs. Barouskl.—Motion to open default granted. Winship v4. Jerome.—Defendant discharged, Sistare, Jr., vs. Cushing.—Or«er of discontinuance without costs to either party, Decisions. By Judge Joachimsen, John O'Connor vs. H. P. Hunt.—Judgment for amount claimed, with $10 costa. In the Petition of Max Goldsmith.—Order granted to show cause why ® former order in this case should not be vacated. Catharine Messing vs. Viaepe.—Order granted opening judgment. J. Benesth va. Vrappelhof.—Order granted set- ting aside and vacating warrant of arrest. Adolph Harker vs. Barnstarf._—Attachment dis- charged. Stadler vs. Vrappelhoff.—Order to show cause. By Judge Spaulding. Harden vs. McLeod.—Order to show cause. COURT CALENOAR—TWIS DAY, Surreme Count—Cnampsrs.—Held by Judge Pratt.—Nos. 51, 124 BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. EES Tax Receipts. ‘The taxes received by Collector Lemuel Burrows during the month of July amounted to $201,768 13, ‘The Collector has taken his departure for Sheiter Island, where he proposes sojourning for a few days. A Singular Accident. Seymour Mack, a vender of rubber balloons, ree siding at No. 183 Prince street, New York, while ex- hibiting his wares In a lager beer saloon in Grand street, Williamsburg, yesterday, caused one of the balloons to explode while he was lighting a cigar, and the inflammable gases that it contained en- veloped bis head and neck ina fame, burning him ina shocking manner. He was stibsequently re- moved to the City Hospital. Not Disposed to Prosecute. John Daliy caused the arrest of Patrick Welch on the 28th of July on a charge of stabbing him in Hudson avenue, near Plymouth street. Yesterday, when the case was called before Justice Walsh, Dally said he did not know who had stabbed him. The Judge told Daily that he did not think he was | telling the trath, The injured man had accused the prisoner of stabbing him, and now denied that Welch had done so, The Court said it would ad- the matte? until other witnesses were Mortality There were 200 deaths in Brooklyn last week, Of the deceased 33 were Men, 53 women, 103 boys and 96 girls; 119 were infants under 12 months, and 18 were between the ages of 60 and 80 years; 220 were born tn the United States, 34 in Ireland, 231n Ger- many, 6 in England, 2 in Scotland and 1 each in Spain, Belgium, Norway and the West Indies. The principal diseases were :—Marasmus, 20; consum| 86; disease Of brain, 20: croup, 4; smallpox, oping cough and dropsy, 2 each; verebro-spinal meningitis, 3; diar- ‘a infantum, 74; cholera morbus, 5, re were 30 deaths in the Sixtcenth ward and 3 only in the First. The Assault on Mr. Osmers. Patrick Gavin, Hagh in, who assau and nearly killed John Osmers, proprietor of the Peck Slip Hotel, on the night of the 19th ult., at his saloon, foot of Broadway, Williamsburg, had a hearing before Justice Elliott yesterday, The evi- dence went to show that the Gavins called for and ‘rank brandy in Usmers’ saloon on the night named and refused to pay the price charged for It, A quarrel then ensued between the bartender and them, when one of them struck Mr, Osmers’ head with a heavy pitcher and another with an icepick, inflicting injuries of @ very serious character, J Osmers was unable to appear against his assall until yesterday, when the above facts wi elicited. The prisoners were fully committed to await the action of the Grand Jury, | | i | Threatening to Kill His Wife. Mr. Hi, Herbert Finney and his wife Ellen, of 128 Willoughby street, both young ond apparently re- spectable people, were continually quarreling with each other, and finally separated, Yesterday “Herby” was before Justice Walsh on the charge of threatening to take his wife's life, She satd that he had jumped in the basement window of ber house, with knife in hand, and threatened he would “take her heart's blood.” ‘The counsel for Finney wanted to show that Ellen had a husband before she married “Herby,” but the Court would not allow the testimony. Mr. Finney said he went to the house to speak with ber about a separation, when she said she would not be separ He then told her that If she would agree to his Reon she might go with Mr. Wyatt (who, by the way, is the cause of the trout as much as she liked, She retorted that she “would go with him whenever she pleased,” whereupon he threatened that he would kill her if he ever caught her criminally intt mate with Wyatt. He denied having any knife in his hand "pon the occasion, ‘The prisoner was held In bonds In $200 to keep t ace. Be THE WELLAND CANAL Sr, CATHARINE’S, Canada, August 1, 15 There is no truth in the report published & the closing of t | acarcity of «Han ie ort Welland Canal on et. ‘the water is oneded, ‘count of the » but Dayiga- o| New York papers that there is a pronabliity of the | YACHTING. The Challenge Cup for the Inside Course. |The Tidal Wave Throws Down the Gauntlet to the Madgie—The Race To Be Sailed During the Cruise of the New York Yacht Squadron. The prospects of the seagon are dally brighten- ing, and now that the public interest is thoroughly groused in the spirited contests between the swift vessels ofour pleasure navy, there can be little doubt that the record of '72 will compare favorably if not surpass its numerous brilliant predecessors, It 1s evident that a very commendable rivalry exists | among the enterprising yacht-owners of the coun- try which must necessartly be attended with the most satisfactory results. A feeling of emulation is engendered, and, like true sportsmen, the com- manders of our fast, shapely crafts spare no ex- pense to render them all that an earnest, thorough- going yachtaman could desire. The community at Jorge is no longer indifferent to the rapid strides with which the king of pastimes has advanced, and & match race between two first class vessels is regarded with almost as much attention as any exciting event of the turf. The race between the Madeleine and the Rambler the other day proves this, Con- tests of a similar character will, doubless, follow fm rapid succession and ere long a great yacht race will be the sensation of the hour, The next competitors for aquatic honora are the well known schooners Tidal Wave, owned by ex- Commodore William Voorhis, of Nyack, and the Madgie, owned py Commodore R. F, Loper, of Stonington, both members of the New York Yacht Gnd, THR CHALLENGE CUP. be remembered in yachting circles bealdes and He will that in the annual regatta of 1871, the regular club prizes for schooners sloops, challenge cups were presented by the Commodore of the club. Stipulated in the deed of gift of the prizes was that the winner was to hold the cup for a term of thirty days without ability to challenge, but after that date to hold the same sutyect to and in strict accordance with these and other provisions of the deed. Eighteen Sebooners entered and the Tidal Wave came in ahead, At the time a discussion was raised as to whether that vessel had turned the right buoy— namely, No. 8},—but the matter having been authoritatively determined in her favor she was declared the victor of the three prizes for schoon- ers, including the Challenge Cup WON BY THE MADGIE. Ex-Commodore Voorhis subsequently returned the Cup to the club, and during the annua! cruise of the squadron last season it was again sailed for at Newport by eight schooner yachts. The course was from Fort Adams to and around a flag- bout stationed northeast of the north- erly point of Block Island and return, The race was considered a lendid exhibition, and the Madgie, by allowance of time, was declared the winner, Since then the Cup has been in the possession of ex-Commodore Loper, and now ex-Commodore Voorhis gallantly comes for- ward to add laurels to his. famous craft, a3 will be seen by the following challenge :— i On Boanp Tipar, Wave, i New Loxpox Hansor, July 25, 1872. } Commodore Loren: i 1a My Dein ComMopors—It would give me much pleasure tonatttie Tidal Wave ngatoa. the Mtadgie ae anrennie dee for the Challenge Cup now held by oR I would preter sailing from Newport to Block Island and return, if agree- able to you, Instead of the New York course. Please cou- sider this a challenge. An early reply directed to me at vack, Y.. or if im send mea note on board at nday, it will reach me. Ploase and much obfige your obedient sorvant, ILLIAM VOORHIS, THE REPLY, TONINGTON, Jit 5 | My Dean Commovony—I am just in Tbecibt or pour osteoined favor.and should be most happy to accept your | chutenge ty sail the Madzio against the Tidal Wave tor the | Chatienge Cap now eld by the Madgie, the race totake Place at as carly a day as possible atter the arrival of the squadron at, port in August next. The course to be | the same as when last satied for and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the New York Yacht Club. Thavo the honor to remalu, with much esteem, your obedient servant, RP. LOPER, To Commotoré Voornts, on board Tidal Wave, New London harbor, THE CONTESTANTS—THR TIDAL WAVE. ‘The Tidal Wave was bullt at Nyack, and launched April 12, 1870, in presence of over two thousand persons, She is a type of the famous sloop Gracie, which achieved so many laurels, and Mr. Voorhis | wisely contended that her fine points, applied toa schooner, would insure the success of such a craft. He proceeded with his idea, maintaining that by increased size comes increased speed, and that a ee yacht will always beat a smaller one, when their models, rig and ballasting are the same. The Tidal Wave is built ypon what 1s called the sharp, fat model, with fine bows, a flat bilge and very con- siderable dead rise. Mer original dimensions were: 88,8 feet on deck: length of water line, 85.8 feet; breadth of beam, 21.9 feet; depth of hold, 8.8 feet; area, New York Yacht Club measurement, 1,879.12 length over all, 100 feet; register, 153,49 tons; mainmast, 84 feet; foremast, 82 feet; topmasts, 30 feet; bowsprit, 19 feet outboard; jib- boom and fying jibboom, 21 feet outboard; main gant, 33 feet; fore gaff, 27 feet; main boom, 62 fect; foreboom, 26 feet. Sho spreads 7,442 feet of plain sail and 3,075 feet in gat and jib topsails. She carries a centreboard. Her saloon is 28 feet long by 12 wide, 8 feet 10 inches in the clear, with cireular ends, and is handsome! an elled and finished throughout. Her accommodations are abundant, The yacht's tanks hold 260 gallons of water—cnough for an extended cruise, The decks are of white pine, 2 inches thick by 24 inches wide, The bulwarks ascend 15 inches from the rail. She has iron catheads, chains, rope lanyards, wire rigging forws hempen shrouds and backstays, Manila running gear, galvanized iron work througi- out, two anchors, large hawser holes; is double kneed; has chain bobstays, fron whiskers and dolphin striker, friction roller blocks, elegant spars and # sharp cutwater. The Ti ave was idal lengthened and otherwise improved under the per- sonal supervision of Mr. eVoorhis, who has spared nothing to make her one of the fastest yachts in the squadron. She has achieved several victories, and will doubtless add much to the fine reputation she has already acquired. THE MADGIE, This handsome schooner yacht was built in Philadelpaia in 1867, She was at first constructed asa sloop, and proved a success, although she never won hag races, She was modelled alter the Sallie E. Day, being then about fifty feet fong. In 1870 ex-Commodore Loper, Who 13 & Veteran yachts- ian, had her altered into a schooner, with decl- dedly good resuits, a8 no pains were spared to ren- der her ali that her owner desired, She has since been hipped, and her dimensions are:— Length on deck, 104 feet: length on the water line, 96 feet; breadth ot beam, 22.0; depsh of hold, 7 feet 6 Inches; mainmast, 88 feet; foremast, 87 feet: mains topmast, 40 leet; foretopmast, 35 feet; bow- sprit, 36 feet outboard; main gait, 33 feet; fore gaff, 28 feet; main boom, 60 feet; fore boom 24 feet. The Madgie has ac- companied the squadron on the annual cruises, and, sailing, never carried off any prize until last year, when she won the Champion Cnp, for which she will again contend in the race with the Tidal Wave, Ex-Commodore Loper, who looks more like the Admiral of & squadron than the commander of a pleasure craft, has superintended the building of all his yachts, inetuding the Madgie, now the famous | Mi the Josephine, the Palmer and the present test will take place about the end of this A Combined Cruise for the Small Cabin and Open Sloops. In consequence of the dificulty that 1s experl- enced in getting a number of yachts together for a cruise from either of the smaller yacht clubs, a sug- gestion has been made that the Harlem, Columbia, Bayonne, Jersey City, Manhattan, Oceanic, Wil- HMamsburg and New Jersey Yacht Clubs shall unite together and make @ union cruise lasting three or four days, at some suitable date, probably late in September, By the clubs all uniting towether they would Probably collect a large fleet, suMclent to make the cruise very | Interesting. It would serve to strengthen the bond .of friendship between the yachtsmen of the diferent clubs, and also enable them to have ‘a fair trial of the respective speed of their diderent yachts, The fleet might proceed to some of the many pleasant harbors on the Sound, hold a clam hake ou the second day, & union regatia on the third and return home on the fourth, ‘The commo- dores of the different clubs above mentioned are to meet at the Valley House, on the corner of Hudson and Bank streets, on Monday evening, at eight P. M., to try and m the necessary arrangements. Commodore Nobles, of the Columbia Yacht Club, ts acting secretary wntil the conmmodores come to- | gether and organize the union, ‘The Union Yacht Cinb Regatta. On account of the unprecedented ruling of the judges of the Union Yacht Club Regatta and award- ing the prize to the Vesta, which failed to tnrn the Spar Buoy, the Lavine has challenged the Vesta to contest for the fag in ten days. ¢ Lottie B. was awarded a prize by the dures and the Sophia claims the prize, because Ue did not atart although she often distinguished herself by fine | { | the size of the Madeteine and not having the details | day NEW YORK HEKALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1872.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. with the other boats and had no number oa the | maine, ‘gooording to the sailing regulation agreed The Late Race Between the Rambler and the Madeleine—A Bostonian’s Opinion as te the “Particulars” of the Race—A Question of Time and Wind. Boston, July 30, 1872, To THs Eprror OF THE HRRALD:— Being on board the Azaiea at the Lightship of Brenton’s Reef on the 26th when the Madeleine and the Rambler rounded her, you will excuse me for offering some criticisms on the account published in your paper of the 27th. The Madeleine, by my watch, Juffed up in line with the Lightship at 7:38, the Rambler at 7:53—just fifteen minutes after, but was longer in filling away on her course, about west-southwest. Your corre- spondent says, “Tie Madeline came to Lightship and luffed round,” &c. “The Rambler waa still over five miles behind, as when the Madeleine rounded she was about off Point Judith.” In the same breath he gives the time of rounding the Lightship, the Madeleine at 7h. 23m. 3803.3 Rambler, Th, 38m.—a ditference of fourteen anda half minutes, The time tells the story as to the distance. If she was over five miles astern sne must have come up at the rate of over twenty miles per hour. The truth is that when the yachts approached the Lightship they were going about eight kuots-—certainly not over nine, This would give the distance of the Rambler astern of the Madeleine about two miles, We went iu the Azalea nearly up-to Point Judith, and returned toward the Lightsth under easy sail, going from five to six knots; and, baviog :\ perfeot view of the whole thing, were competent to jud of the situation. In fact, the distance between the yachts cannot admit of an argument, excepting for the benefit of the marines and the ladies, The writer of your article from New London goes on tosay, ‘After rounding the Seow at 7h. 33m. 308,, we made @ short stretch on the starboard tack, and then went in stays, heading for Point Judith.” 1 have the impression that she Iuffed directly round at the Lightship, making her first tack toward the Point, with the wind at south, because we ran under her lee, heading to the eastward, and spoke her, The writer says that at 10h. 4m. the ambler was about three miles to windward, or “on the weather quarter.” At eleven A. M., off Montauk Point, the Rambler was “well up to wind- ward’'—so that it is conceded that the Rambler easily mace up the lost time between 7h. 38m. and 11h." It would appear from the account referred to that there were too many captains on board the Madeleine and too much wind and sea to make it comfortable, Ican vouch for the wind on board the Azalea between the time of leaving the Lightship at 8h. 17m, and our arrival at Naushon at noon. ‘The little eraft had about as much as she wanted under her three lower saiis anreefed. Not knowing of the Rambler's log, I leave further comment on your correspondent’s somewhat fancy log untill get that of the Rambler; and am, fae Sraly your R. B. FORBES. Yachting Notes. Match for $1,000, The yachts William T. Lee and Mand, of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, the former built by H, Smediey and the latter by Kirby, are matched for a race of ten miles to windward and return for astake of $1,000. The course will be decided upon by the 3d inst. ‘The schooner yacht Triton, Mr. Thayer, of the At- lantic Yacht Club, leit Bristol on Monday, bound for New York. John M. Sawyer is making a suit of balloon sails for the yacht, and she will probably have some fun with the Peerless during the Atlan- tic Club cruise, ‘The match race between the fast sloops Bella and Meteor, for $1,000, will be satted next Saturday. Mr. N. Duryea’s boat, the Bella, is on the dock at Gravesend Bay, L. L, Preparing for the race. The betting on this match 18 very lively, the odds being about 100 to 75 on the Meteor. The sloop yacht Gracie, the winner of her late match with the Meta, is lying at Jersey City. The Gracie has had a new mast put in ner, and will start on a craise Enst early next week, The schooner. yacht Resolute, Mr. A. 8S. Hatch, will start next Saturday on the cruise of the Atlan- tle Yacht Club, The schooner yacht Madeleine, Commodore Jacob youn of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, is lying at ewport, The members of the Harlem Yacht Club have ac- cepted the invitation of the Atlantic Yacht Club to accompany them on a portion of their cruise. The Harlem Yacht Club, under command of Commodore William H. Kipp, fying his pennant on the ae Marfanna, will leave their anchorage at two P. M. next Saturday, and joining the Atiantic Club at Whitestone they will proceed ti ‘The Harlem yacnts will return noon, e The schooner yachts Resolute, Tidal Wave, Foam, Triton, Mystic, Peerless and some twelve sloops will comprise the fleet of the Atlantic Yacht Club on their cruise. THE HARLEM RIVER BOAT CLUBS. Within the past year the increase of amateur oarsmen on the Harlem River has been such that the necessity of some united action on the part of the different boating organizations stationed between Harlem bridge and the railroad bridge to stimu,ate ond encourage the healthful practice of rowing has been found necessary. It was considered by many that by the creation ofan organization to which each regularly organized club might send delegates, and by holding an annual regatta, something on the plan of the Royal Henley Regatta of England, the cause of rowing might be advanced, friendly rela- tions between boating men might be encour- aged and & generous rivalry in rowing be fostered. With these objects in view, a num- ber of gentlemen connected with the boat clubs on the Harlem River met last Wednesday evening at uhe residence of Mr. John C. Babcock, for the pur- pose of talking the matter over and taking some ee steps toward the object in view. At he preliminary soar a last evening, the following clubs were represented:—The Gramercy, Nassau, Athletic and Nautilus. Mr. John C. Babcock, of the Nassau, was chosen chairman pro tem, and Mr. R. L. Neville, of the Nautilus, as Secretary protem. The matter was talked over freely by those present, and it was finally resolved to take no further action in the matter until all the boat clubs on the river were notified of the intentions of the meeting and invit- ed to send delegates to the next meeting, when a regular organization will be consummated, CORONERS’ WORK YESTERDAY, Coroner Herrman yesterday held an inquest upon the body of Hugh McGuire, aged fifty years, who died suddenly at No. 74 Frankfort street on the Previous evening. It was found that death re- sulted from natural causes, Coroner Herrman held an Inquest upon Jolin Hanlon, aged eleven, a newsboy, of No. 18 Roosevelt street, who died on Wednesday from the effects of falling from a steamboat ona picnic on the 30th ult, The verdict was in accordance with the facts, The same official held an inquest and returned a verdict in accordance with the facts in the case of the man named Carroll, who some days ago fell down stairs and died on Wednesday from the in- juries received. Also in the case of Susan Dean, aged seventeen months, who was killed on Wednes- by a fall from a fourth story window. notice was yesterday received by Coroner Schirmer from the Board of Health requesting him dl an inquest into the cause of death of George Wait, a boy aged thirteen years, who died on Wednesday at 184 East 122d street. Wait was run over by car No. 79 of the Second Avenue Railroad some days ago and received injuries that made am- putation necessary, The deceased stated before death that h Hed to the driver to stop ashe was ng to ret on the car, but his request was dis- and he was thrown under the car, The ing. An unknown woman, aged about. itty, was found yesterday on the sidewalk in front of No. 7 Roose. velt street and taken to the Oak strect station, where she died immediately on entering, An in- quest will be held to-day, It Is belleved to have been a case of sunstroke, Coroner Schirmer yesterday investigated the cause of death of Thomas Daly, of Bleventh avenue, and found that it was owing toa heavy platform falling upon him some days ago in the iron aoa, be Colwell & Brother, No. 544 West Twenty-sevent street. ether to Glencove. ome Sunday aiter- regurde inquest Was set for Saturday mornii THE MONTCLAIR MURDER. A Star Chamber Inquest=The Representatives Refused Admi: The inquest touching the death of Heny Kohimann, who was found dead, murdered as supposed, In & thicket near Montclair last Saturday,.as exclusively reported in Jast Monday's HkRALD, was resumed last evening at the house of Mr. John Stiles, the person who found the body while out hunting. A number ot citizens eager to hear the facts In the mystery gathered in the vicinity of the place, having been denied admission to the chamber where the inquest was being held by Coroner Jus- tice Charles B, Morris, Press representatives from New York and Newark were also on hand, but were denied admission, According to Mr. Morris, a gentleman of middle age, but antl. qanted notions as to the duties and privileges of the press, the jurors fad resolved to hold the in- quest in secret, so that, as they thought, the endy of justice might not be defeated by a publicity of the facts, The impression seems to be settled that Kohimann was murdered, but by Whom the jurors themselves are understood to be ignorant, The man Corby, who ta now being looked up by the Police, is believed to be in asion of some im- portant information on the subject. The Pa of lontclair are quite indignant at the fossilized pro- scription of the Coroner and his men, Aya alot jQ emo Plime \ them in tormy powise | FY, BARNARD'S TRIAL. General F. P. Blair Ventilating the Pa- cific Railroad Business. Judicial Decorum at a Lunch Table. Laughing Over the Ludicrous Ef fect of an Injunction on Railroad Directors. Se eee eee A United States Commission- er’s Fears. “A Set of Damned Scoundrels” To Be Driven Out of the State. SaratoGa, August 1, 1872, The Court met at ten A. M., with thirty members present. The prosecution called General F. P, Blair, whe was sworn. He said:—In the spring of 18601 was United States Commissioner to examine the Unios. Pacific Railroad to see if it was in a sound condi- tion; the election of directors was to take piace im March, 1869, but it was arrested by Judge Barnard; I saw him on the afternoon of the day of the eleo- tion; it was in the lunch room of the Astor House; there were about a dozen persons there; I was there when he came in; I think he came in atone; Soon after he entered he made a statement regard. ing the election; he said he had given an order te restrain the election, and he gave a laughable de- scription of the consternation of the directors at the condition they were placed in; he was grotesque ia his manner, describing the affair, and we were all amused at it; I presume all present were acquainted with the Judge; he also said, after gtv- ing the description, that he had driven one set of damned scoundrels out of the State and would drive out another; his manner then was more serious; & communicated this to several of the officers of the company; I regarded it a8 a menace to them, anh considered it my duty to warn them, LAUGHING OVER MISCHIEF. Cross-examined by Mr. Beach—I did not under- stand Barnard to say he was present at the scene he described ; it is my recollection that he was de- scribing tne scene as described to him; he was giv- | ing a ludicrous description of the affair; remarks were made by persons present; the description was laughable tn its effect on the bystanders; it was in mimicry; the Judge acted out the manner and con- sternation of the directors; it excited much amuse- ment; I think it was the desiro and intent of Judge Barnard to excite amusement; I hesitated some time, and it was only after consideration that & came to the conclusion that the Judge's remark about driving certain persons out of the State was serious enough to inform the company; I was ia doubt at first whether he was serious in the threats I was not acquainted with the business of the con- tracts for building that road; I had heard a deal about those contracts before this occurrence im a general way; I had understood the railroad man- agers had contracted with themselves; that there ‘was an organization known as the Crédit Mobilier, consisting of themselves, and they thus contracted with themselves; it was stated they had thus made cocunan sums of money; it was also sald that alt the MEANS DERIVED FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT had been absorbed by these contractors; Ido nos think I ever heard that millions of doilara had bee drawn by these contractors before any of the road was constructed: this could not be done if the Commissioners did their duty; there were three Commissioners; I was not one of the Commission- ers; Iwas appointed in 1867 to fill a6 eee caused by the death of General Curtis; Lremai in this position until I was turned out by General Grant; that event followed very’ suddei upoa General Grant's election; it was about the ‘act of President Grant. : To Mr. Parsons—I have no ambition to be reap- pointed just now. . Witness said he thought he correctly stated be- fore the Judiciary Committee that Judge Barnard’s manner when he uttered the threat was not jovoses I cannot tell when I heard the allegations agai the road first, but { think it was some time after— became connected with it; impression is thag the managers and Crédit Mobilier were identioal; Idid not keep myself posted as to whether ti stock kept up in the market; 1 heard that it dropped immediately after Tweed was appointed receiver; do not recollect of ever hearing of a de- cline prior to that time. . 'o Mr, Beach—The stockhoiders and directors of the road were members of the Crédit Mobilier, To Mr. Parsons—My ietrenen ia that Judgo Barnard said the scene he described was reported to him by the officers serving the order. ‘ RECORDS OF UNDERTAKINGS, Richard C. Beamish was recalled and said he had brought an undertaking book for 1869; he said it was a file of apoenctiy in the Supreme Court from the 10th of April to the 3ist of December, 1869; it also shows the names of the Jur issuing: the orders and receiving undertakings; Justice Ia- graham held the Chambers on the 4th of Au and Saturday, till the 10th; I find on the Tthaa entry of an undertaking in the case of Ohase va. The Susquehanna Railroad; I find it on the bottom of the page; it is not in my handwriting and { cannot say that it 1s irregular; it is in red ink, while the others are in black; 1 cannot expiaim why this is so; itis written by the same clerk, yet the color of the ink is different; an entry on the 8d of August Is also in red ink; I find other en- tries in the same way; it {s not tue prao- tice, but it may be that the undertakings came in later than the date and the clerk wanted coder them under a certain date; thus he was obliged te interline them as is shown; on the 6th of Septem- ber I find no undertaking in the case of against Ramsay; Justice Clerke held Chambers om that day; down till then Judge Barnard hetd Chambers; the Judges change on the first Mon- day of each month; the 6th was the first Monday of the month. Cross-examined by Mr, Beach—It frequently happens that while one Judge is holding Chambers in the ordinary room, another Judge {3 hoiding Chambers in another room; I think this was the case on the 6th of September; Judge Barnard held Chambers ali through August; there is a law allowing Judges to hold Chambers elsewhere than in the court room; 1 have recetved un- dertakings a month or two after the order was granted; Judge Barnard has performed the larger part of the Chambers business the past — or ten years; he has done such business tor over Audges; I have examined the records, and find that Judge Barnard has issued between TWENTY-FIVE AND THIRTY THOUSAND ORDERS in the Chambers during the past cight years; I ind no divorce case in the years 1870 and 1871 where alimony was granted, the wile being the defendant; 1 find no such case tn which Judge Birdseye was an attorney; I heard his testimony, and this is the re- suit of an examination I have made since then ; two- thirds of the orders issued by Judge Barnard, which were peels, have been affirmed, ‘fo Mr. Parsons—Judge Barnard does not hear motions in the Chambers before twelve o'clock; cannot say that Judge Barnard procures for hi: @ larger share of Chambers business, ‘to Mr, Beach—I do not know as I ever knew of a wife, defendant in a divorce case, being produced ia Court; I never heard the remarks attributed te Judge Barnard by Judge Birdseye; I was always ia attendance at the Court and always heard what Judge Barnard said. To Mr. Parsons—I have an office apse the Chambers room; I have heard lawyers laugh while in there; cannot remember hearing any remark by Judge Barnard which caused the laughter, ‘To Mr. Beach—I never heard Judge Baraard make from the bench any vulgar or indecent remark; have heard other Judges make remarks which wens laughter. a0 — ‘o Mr. Parsons—. ie remarks I have he: from Barnard were delicate and d ¥ THE RESPONDENT'S CASE. Mr, Beach said the counsel for the respondent ha@ concluded, on consultation, to omit a iormal open- ing, and jy peak 8 call witnesses, eorge V. Thacher, Deputy Clerk of Al County, who had been subpar a4 tain papers, was sworn and the Fisk v ed to produce cor- estified :—-I remember The Albany and Susquchanna Railroad suits; have made search for the papers, bat could not find any; know there were papers on file, but ‘Was unable to find them, Counsel asked for attachments for William L. M. Phelps, Walter 8. Church, J. W. Van Valkenburgh and John McNamara, wilnesses subpanaed to +3 pear this morning, but who were not present, Al tachments were granted, g Mr. Beach stated that they had subpenned over twenty witnesses to appear here to-day, and only One was present. 1t would not be advisable to ex- amine him to-day, as it would be on a detached matter, and would not facilitate the proceed: ow the Court. He was greatly embarrassed and did not know what to Suggest; he would therefore leave it to the Court to decide what was to be done Chief Justice Church said he regretted very much the delay; still he could see nothing to do’ but te adjourn for the day. i thon when the witnesses ap- judge Grover ght peared they should required to explain (he CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE,” 4 * ral