The New York Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1872, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. ALONG THE COAST. The Scenery and Reflections Thereon from the Branch to Cape May. MONTAUK THE EASTERN STAR. Beauties, Belles and Pleasantries of the Seaside, THE BRIGHTON OF THE UNITED STATES, |r Gossip and Political Speculations on Pending Issues. CoasTWIsE, August 15, 1872. “A weary round, upon the whole,” said a rich and unemployed bachelor who had been in quest of geciety, as he does annually. “It is a solemn thought,” said he, “that a man without a wife and making a virtue of a contented mind should 80 soon exhaust all the American beaches. There are but ‘three which bring great crowds of metropolitan folks together—only three!” “And these ?” First, the Branch; next, Cape May, and last, New- Port. All the rest are merely provincial or important Prospectively. The great Brighton of New York is till to be created. It must be to the sea what Saratoga is to the land—approachable by rail and by smooth water—not spread out, but compact and sociable. With a safer beach than Long Branch, a higher climate and altitude than Cape May, and ‘Without the complacent and frigid society of eottagers, like Newport. It must be a hotel settle- ment, with more ample and durable edifices than ‘these great pigeon-holed cigar boxes we see, And there is only one spot for it that I know of.’” “Montauk 1” Yes, Montauk isthe natural bathing place of New York.” MONTAUK THE EASTERN STAR. No New Yorker who has visited this spot fails to ®ay the same. It is upon the soil of the Empire State; itis the noblest promontory south of Mount Desert, on the Atlantic coast; it is fifty miles nearer New York than Saratoga by land, and has the smooth water of the Sound and the Peconic Bay as far on the way relatively as the Hudson reaches toward Saratoga. Sag Harbor is but twenty-seven miles from Montauk, as Albany is thirty-eight from Saratoga. By running outside of Gardiner’s Island thirty miles along its shore a steamer can land people at Fort Pondbay—which is a dent within Montauk—that is, after a small breakwater be Placed there, which the government engineers favor. VISIT TO MONTAUK. TI went to Montauk during the present season and found the impression prevalent there that Mr. Winchester, of New York, had been buying up from time to time the eighths (two hundred and eighty odd in number) of “the heirs of Montauk,” in the interest of the Messrs. Lorillard and others, Mon- tauk is held ‘in common” by the heirs of the old settlers of East Hampton, and these must be “bought out” before the splendid green plateau there can be utilized. At the tip of Montauk, where the bluff is eighty feet high, the government has a small lighthouse reservation, and the light- keeper is allowed to keep a limited number of lodgers. There are here but three houses within ten miles of this lamp, all farm places, affording entertainment, although the few remaining Mon- ‘tauk Indians possess some cabins, The verdure, the fishing, the salubrious afr, the lofty downs and protected dells of this Land’s End of the Empire Commonwealth must ultimately make it the Brighton of New York. There are no mosquitoes; the country is full of wild cattle; water ‘se excellent, game plentiful; and the sailing to Block Island, Gardiner’s Island, Fisher’s Island and ‘the ports between Saybrook and Newport is of un- exampled variety and inspiration. A few seasons may elapse before strong hands gather in this head- land and erect a space of it into a summer corpo- rate city, which may also in time have some com- mercial support. SARATOGA AHEAD. Asthe matter now stands none of our seaside resorts compare in income with the compact and handsome inland spa city of Saratoga, which is erected “to stay,” and I have the information from the rival hotel proprietors that Congress Hall alone there, a brick hotel, can clear $60,000 a season, after paying seven per cent ayear and refunding ten per cent annually upon a constructive capital of above six hundred thousand dollars, The hotel is said to take $260,000 a year, with but 600 rooms, ‘The Grand Union at Saratoga, with 824 rooms, has already achieved an income during the present ‘season surpassing any previously known. None of the beach places measure income on steady patron- age with this, and the great reason is that Sara- toga is the spa of New York, the cosmopolitan sum- mer capital of the inland, while the seaside has de- veloped no equal settlement in point of compactness and completeness, SARATOGA THIS SEASON. “Yes, there are more people here this season than ever before. People sometimes look doubt- fully when we say this, but it is true of each new year. The facilities of the place are extended from year to year, and still everything is full. Two more new hotels are demanded, and may go up this fall. ‘There’s the new Grand Central, which adds 400 rooms, and I venture that it wili be filled a week after it opens.” Such was the testimony of the town editor, and no doubt it is correct. can see Saratoga B ial every season, and the reasons are manifold. First, the wonderful number and variety of its bn gee, J and their necessity to a nation of ople with our™ habits of eating, drinking and cooking. This is the dyspep- tic’s paradise. A montn of regular physicking at Saratoga fits many a man to return to the in- tense and immethodical labor of the year. These invalids are frequently the most forceful and in- Nuential men in our country, Whose over-appliea lives drive them to the Cie for recuperation, and Whey assemble arouna them their camp followers and colleagues in politics, railroading, divinity, law and literature. To find any old friend or eminent person, stop a month at Saratoga, and he 1s pretty sure tocome alongin due time. The position of the village is another recommendation to it; for nine-tenths of the best scenery and of the summer resorts of the country lie within a day’s reach of Saratoga, and it is central to all. From the West ‘the great stream of travel pours by Niagara, taking en route the Glen at Watkins, and the cataracts of HA Sat Trenton and the Genes- see. From the South come by way of Long Branch and the Catskills, the current flowing toward the White and Green mountains, the trout streams of the Adriondacks and the fishing pools of Maine; the Canadian current presses toward New York city by ‘the stern sceneries of lakes George and Champlain, Besides the springs there are two great ruuning meetings here every season, the most complete ean establishments in the country, the most ex- raordinary hotel establishments and unequalled music and society. THE HOTEL KINGS. You can conceive,the scale upon which these ho- tels are managed when I give the statement o! a proprietor of the Grand Union, that his hotel was ‘Out $40,000 by reason of being open quite early in the season, before the company had aesembied ; yet this loss was a trife upon the fruits of the flood- ‘tude travel. The Congress Hall, erected four years ago upon coupon bonds, is already 80 prosperous at its proprietor has the ambition to go to Con- 38, like Marvin, the ex-proprietor of United tates Hotel. The Grand Central 1s said to have been erected by a gentleman without ready capita) who ret had no difficulty in securing the necessary credit to build a brick houge 340 by 200 feet and five stories Ly Altogether there are now forty-nine hotels at Saratoga. THE RIALTO BUILDERS. -The architecture of the three principal houses is Mgnificant of that remarkable change of form in American structures which is rapidly setting aside the familiar sharp roof, gable chimneys and dormer windows of the America that was half a dozen years A Worcester (Mass.) architect made the jlans for the new Congress Hall and the Fort William Henry Hotel at Lake George, and these imposing renaissance villas necessitated the rehabilitation of the Union Hotel, which was faced with an iron piazza of three stories in height, in the style of slender palm trunks shooting up from leaf to leaf cluster at intervals, But more quaint and crotch- ety than either is the new Grand Central Hotei— formerly de ed to be known by the better name of the Arlington—which has also a pair of immense zas, @ corner pavilion eight stories high, a luke that contempiated for the New York Post five tiers of dormitories and a row of shops. ‘The main office is not im) eae. spacious; elec- tric bells extend through the house. The roof is treated with Savoyard windows, whose roofs incline forward, slippling fashion: pearl lamps string the piazzas round @ @ necklace of light, and the Profile of the roof is in broken masses, which —— the structure to say that it is pal . Mr. A. T. Stewart proposes to nd $200,000 the com fall pete Grand Union, mainly in plumbing, bell-hanging, &c. Moon’s cele- brat thin tato house on Savatcgs Lake has been to Jerry, the bar ste’ of Union and Gilsey Hotels, the property to be trans ferred next October and immediately rebuilt. The price paid was $50,000, Moon has been twenty years on the spot, and has made a fortune. His gr long, called extravagant, are fairly matched y those of the New Cedar Bluff Hotel. ‘The popular springs this year are the Hathorne and ‘Empire, among cathartic waters, and the Ham- iiton and United States springs among the tonics, ion gains ground, denial and analysis to the contrary notwithstanding, that the Congress spring 1 growing less effective in its cathartic properties, still patronized by the largest crowds and is, table of alt the waters; but hours one hears the remark daily made by old habitues:— “This water is weaker than it was last year.” The common round now with the multitude is to drink first, before breakfast, at the Hathorne spring, Ww is a tedious performance, as the water flows slowly, and then to home around by the Congress and wash the strong saline flavor of the Hathorne away with the more palatable bev- erage. Several of the ings are closed to all appear- ances, The Star Spring has no dipper boys; the is not yet risen from the ruins of the fire which burned above it; the Séeltzer Spri is and the Hign Rock Spring has e ea Ay out to the extent of making a aod as big a8 a whole dwelling house, while a steam en- gine, meantime, drills at -the rock source of the water day and night, ‘This is the oldest and one of the noblest springs at Saratoga; it was ‘“bulled up” some time ago and failed to pay. owing’ to mis- management, expenses and the it of sulphur in the water. It -was sold at auction for $16,600, and the new proprietors have removed the rock and pavilion and are searching for pure water. GOOD IDEA, There {sa current scandal here that a certain eminent spring was, not long ago, “recuperated” by the secret importation of two thousand sacks of salt, which salt was dexterously repacked in bi rels and used im bottling, Experts affect to per- 8 great saline mene the bottled water of spring over the fowing fountain. There is bray. of natural salt in ground, however. e Geyser water, for instance, nauseates by its saline excess. The old Hamilton Spring has recently been improved and adorned, and its mild ca- thartic and diuretic qualities make it pre- ferred over the exhilarating and sometimes dan- gerous tonics of the Clarendon and Columbia waters. The same encomium may be made upon the United States Spring, now only four years old, which flows within ten feet of the Pavilion Spring and is under the same colonnade. These springs, lying in the same general valley, might be connected by @ more agreeable promenade than at present. The remoteness of some of them from hotel conve- niences makes @ romaunt among their sources a riskful business. They are nearly all tastefully or- namented, although one or two, like the old Put- nam, are in some dilapidation of covering. The value of all the spring property in and about Sara- toga (not to include any large appendages of real estate) is probably above five hundred thousand dollars. The use of artificial mineral waters has not injured the sale of natural waters. FROM THE SPRINGS TO CAPE MAY. The present letter being a transcript of rapid pas- sages between the watering places, writing as I travelled, requires no apology for its discursive- ness. Pullman car trains ran from Jersey City without change to Cape May, for the first time in the history of this latter old watering place, which is, next to old Point Comfort and Newport, the oldest bathing beach on the American coast. The time from New York is six hours; the cars are supplied with linen screens, covering the trucks so as to prevent dust. The distance from New York is about one hundred and sixty miles, and the stoppages are few and brief. ie Pennsylvania Railway management, looking with impartial regard upon both ng ranch and the capes of the Dela- ware, has Ereaty increased the facilities to reach th, and = Ca) May, while, rhal inferior for driving and riding, as the best beach on the Atlantic, and for bath- ing, fs, and safe, attracts New Yorkers more than any beach south of New Hampshire. Six or eight carriages can drive abreast on the hard sand, and almost daily about six thousand people can be seen in the surf over a section of Jess than half a mile, while lifeboats, cork rafts, &c., are deputed from each hotel to relieve the foolhardy from the possi- ble fruits of their own recklessness. No lives have been known to be lost here for many years, THE CAPE MAY BUSINESS. Cape May, although the top of the long peninsula of New Jersey, has been a@ settlement for pilots, fishermen and lightkeepers since the period of Philadelphia’s commercial prime. It is now &@ populous, compact and cityfled corporate town, with a daily newspaper in the season, a suffi- cient police force and magistracy, and hotel prope iy preeey worth two and a half millions of jollars, ‘Twenty-five years ago it was the chief seaside resort, per’ se, in the United States, present- ing the first of that mighty sequence of great hotels which now line all the Northern coasts. The three [ie hotels at present are Congress Hall, the tockton House and the Columbia Hotel, which, together, can accommodate 2,500 people. are connected by a beach and gangway walk of plank, by streets full of prettv shops and by the beach sands as well, and, with the lesser houses of entertainment, constitute almost a continuous block of large frame es and plazzas, not of such dificult and distant intercommunication as Long Branch, A new gambling house— called “Club House, ”” to misrepresent it—is just finished here, and _ Phiiadel- phians and Baltimoreans compete at the stale old games ies the low company they involve. The following are some of the latest notes upon this pleasure resort :— THE SEASON AMONG THE QUAKERS. The benefits arising from taking Cape May’s mu- nicipal affairs from the hands of the City Council, native and to the manner born, and placing them in the hands of a commission composed of property owners, princely from other cities, are every- where apparent. The season is at least a week in advance of any of its predecessors; the number of stylish turnouts eclipse those of any former year, and the gencral representation of guests from all over the Union is uch more marked, In past days it was difficult to find a visitor to Cape May outside the States of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsyiva- nia. To-day we find them hailing west of the Rocky Mountains, from the Gulf States and even from abroad, Several of the foreign consuls and mem- bers of legation ee E HOTELS, therefore, are all doing excellently well. Congress Hall maintains its rank as a representative house, and at the present writing every room within its portals contains its full quota of guests, and cots adorn the card room and parlors, Among its j Seesked we find John Hopkins, the richest man in altimore, and who is at present building that city a hew general hospital and @ college; Senator Rob- inson, of North Carolina; J. H. Campbell, ex-United States Minister to Holland; B. F. Briggs, Congress- man from Delaware; Rev. J. P. Newman, Chaplain of the United States Senate, and Mr, Abell, editor of the Baltimore Sun, Mr. Hopkins is worth $16,000,000, yet ne complains of being always poor. “Hopkins,” sald a Quaker friend, “I'll tell thee why thee keeps pane guessed it out.” ‘How?’ said Hopkins. “Thee bought, in the first place, many years ago. a piece of property with a mortgage, atid exerte thyself to pay off that mortgage. Betore it was paid thee had bought another piece and another mortgage. And even at this day thee hast a mort- gage to discharge upon the last piece of property thee acquired.” “You've guessed it right,” said John Hopkins, THE STYLISH EQUIPAGES, Decidedly the handsomest teams on the ropd at Cape Map are owned by Mr. William F. Potts, a milliounaire iron merchant, of Phiiadeiphia, and Mr. Robert Dryden, a retired merchant, of Baltimore, The former drives @ pair of iron-gray horses that take the shell road in three minutes while harnessed to a landaulet; the latter has a pair of blooded Kentucky sorrel mares and a trotting Morgan pony, the three drawing some of Brewster's prettiest rolling stock. Gould, a dealer in furniture in Philadelphia, drives a four-in-hand; George S, Brown, the Baltimore banker, has six horses stabled here ; George T. Peabody, of Philadelphia, has a hand- some drag and pair; ditto, M. Hall Stanton, Presi- dent of the Philadelphia Board of School’ Comp- troliers, and John T, School, a prominent demo- cratic politician. A feature of Cape May are the pony phactons driven by the young ladies, with their beaux seated in the rumbles. ese pretty little conveyances, most of them constructed of basket work, and some of them quite handsome, dot the beach every after- noon alter sundown, The Philadelphia steamboat runs Laps § second day from Philadelphia to Cape May. The New York steamer to Lewis, opposite, does not stop here. At the Stockton House, owned by the Pennsylvania Cen- tral Railroad, and managed by Mr. Charles Duffy, of the Continental, Phil iphia, are Chief Justice Thompson, of PennsylvaniaysS, M. Felton, ex-Presi dent Philadelphia, Wilm: and Baltimore Rall- road; General E. B. Grub, Burlington, N. J.; Harvey Fisk, of New York; William 4. Ellicott, Henry W. Shriver, J, R. Mordecai, George 8. Brown, General Morgan, L. Smith, of Baltimore; Louis Potestad, of the Spanish Legation at Washington; William b, Keen, of Chicago, ana T, B. Peterson, the book publisher, of Philadelphia. THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINERS, Greeley and Grant are both looked for at Cape May in August. The President will sto at Congress Hall, and Greeley, after ad- Greening an agricuitural fair at Cape urt House, will pay a fying Ma vialt. Greeley will show Grant what he knows about sea bathing, and Grant will show Greeicy what he knows about breakers. Both candidates are also expected at Saratoga. distinguished Phiiadeipnia. Co The above inj et le! ngress- man, who comes Sape May, will, itis said, make ho speeches it Greeley in this campaign, as the democrats in his district have indicated a dis- sition to put up no candidate in compliment to elley’s bold resistance to the passage of the Ku Klux bill, He will go to Congress, it is said, by the united vote of the constituency, This 18 waking marvellous headway, judeed, '* BALTIMORE ARCHBISHOPRIC. Positive Assurance of Bishop Bayley’s Appointment—The Bishop Elder’s Re- port Authoritatively Pronounced “Not Correct”=—The Newark Bishopric. In view of the fact that the See of Baltimore takes precedence of all others in thé Catholic Church of the United States, in consequence of its seniority of establishment, it is only nataral to sur- mise that not only the Catholic clergy but the Cath- olic laity all over the country are considerably agita- ted over the conflicting reports regarding the ap- pointment of a successor to the late Martin John Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore. There is now, however, the very best authority for saying that the appointment of Bishop Bayley, of Newark, to the Archdiocese is no longer a matter of doubt, but an assured fact. Yesterday afternoon a HERALD representative visited the Bishop's residence, an extremely modest and unassuming brick building, located in Bleecker street, directly in the rear of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Newark, thinking it proba- ble that the Bishop himself would be best in- formed in relation to the matter, He had not returned from Madison where, as before stated, he is taking a short season of rest, neces- sary after a season of arduous and wearying labor. His secretary, Rev. George H. Doane, ‘was present, however, and received the reporter with characteristic cordiality, He expressed his regret that the appointment had given rise to so much controversy. Sorry and sad enough were he and his fellow clergy to lose their beloved friend and Bishop, but it was painful’ to see any confict- ing stories as to hia elevation to the See of Baiti- more. He (Father Darne) had not the smallest particle of doubt of Bishop Bayley’s appointment. THE CONVINCING PROOFS, Bishop Bayley has received a letter from the Very Rev. Dr, Chatard, rector of the American Col- lege at Rome, in ‘which the latter referred to the Fenmodan a8 & matter about which Bishop Bayley ad, of course, been apprised before the letter could have reached him, Bishop Gibbons, Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, Father Doane stated, had also received @ telegram from Rome conveying the intelligence that Bishop Bayley had been chosen as Archbishop Spalding’s successor. Besides this, one or two letters have been received bearing the postmark “Roma,” and addressed to ‘Most Reverend James R. Bayley, Archbishop of Baltimore.” The most convincing link, per aps, in the evidence going to prove the Simop selection is the au- thoritative statement of Archbishop McClos- key that the first report announcing the receipt by him of a telegram from Rome setting forth Bishop Elder's appointment was “not correct.” He so telegraphed to an anxious journal- ist in Baltimore. The officiai bulls are probabil now on their way from Rome, and may be looke for in about a week or ten days. As they have to be written on parchment with great care, in the Latin language, the ROE accounted for. Speaking for himself, Father Doane sald he haa hoped, as the Bishop had himself, that the reported appointment of Bisiop Elder would prove true, but the evidence to the contrary was so ample and strong that further hope was useless. The partin; of Bishop Bayley from his clergy in Newark, as well as his people, will be most Gites Few, none, indeed, will feel it more than Father oane; for, as he sald yesterday, the Bishop had _ been his iriend and father as well as his spiritual guide and counsellor during his (Father Doane’s) entire connection with the Catho- lic Church, They had dwelt under the same roof and eaten at the same table for fifteen years, The Father spoke with some emotion and evidently felt in his heart every word which issued from his lips. Regarding the Bishop’s probable successor, the Father said it was the merest guesswork yet. He had heard very little on the subject. In other quarters it was learned that the names of the Rev. ‘ather Schmitt, of Trenton ; Very Rev. Father Cor- rigan, of Seton Hall College, and Dr. Preston, of all ye were mentioned, Dr. Preston being the favorite, CLERICAL CHANGES, Transfer of Father Penny—Appointment of Dr. Duffy. The Rev. John McCloskey, Archbishop of New York, has transferred the Rev. Father Penny from St. Joseph’s, Sixth avenue, to the assistant astorate of St. James’, The Rev. Jonn J. Duffy, . D., has been appointed assistant pastor of St. Joseph's. Dr, Dutfy was born in this city and edu- cated at the American College, Rome, at which es- bleed he graduated last June with the highest jonors. NEW YORK CITY. The vital statistics during the week ending at noon to-day are 752 deaths, 163 marriages, 401 births and 43 stillbirths, The arrests by the police for the week ending Augast 16 were 1,784. The arrests each day were as follows :—August 10, 279; 11th, 278; 12th, 308; 13th, 238; 14th, 223; 15th, 254, and 16th, 204, making the above total. There were 1,456 police lodgers during the week. Bape WY ES Mr. E. J. Hall, Chief of the Ordinance Bureau of the Mayor’s Office, reports having received during the past week 245 complaints of violations of city ordinances, They were referred to the proper de- artments for remedy. Marshal Hart, of the jcense Bureau, issued 299 licenses during the same period, which brought a revenue of $2,607 25. James Donahue, Superintendent of the Free Labor Bureau, Nos, 8 and 10 Clinton place, makes the fol- lowing report of business for the week ending August 17:—Applications for employment, 1 3 of these there were 252 males and 822 females; help required, 2! female, 901; situations procured for 193 males and 755 females; whole number of situations procured for the week, 948, Yesterday afternoon, as the second mate of the bark Lavinia, which is lying at the upper Quaran- tine, was on his way from Staten Island to the ves- sel, in the yaw! boat, with her sail up, she capsized in some unaccountable way, and before any assist- ance could reach her the mate drowned—tit is sup- posed he was disabied in some manner. His name ‘was not learned. Peter Givers, a boy about seventeen years of age, was arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court yester- day morning, charged with cruelty to animals, He and other boys took an old horse belonging to a poor woman in Yorkville down to the East River, where Givers shot him. The others drove spikes into the poor beast’s sides and broke one of his legs. They then pushed him into the river and he was drowned. Warrants are out for the arrest of the other boys, and when arrested ali will be prose- cuted by Mr. Bergh’s officers. ‘The superintendents, watchmen and laborers en- gaged in the care and maintenance of the Croton Aqueduct in Westchester and Putnam counties have not yet received their pay for the month of June last, owing to the fact that a warrant drawn to the order of a city paymaster appointed by Comptroller Green, who claims the right to make the appointment and which right Chamberlain Palmer declines to recognize, is not paid. The Jaborer is worthy of his hire, regardless of the petty squabbles of city officials, and itis high time that they should be ended, Fire Marshal McSpedon reports twenty fires for the week ending August 17 at noon. The estimated loss is $3,240; amount of insurance, $21, The causes of the several fires were as follows:—Care- lessness of occupants and cmplayés, 6; children playing with fire, 1; explosion of chemicals, 1; foul chimney, 1; gaslight set fire to goods, 1; gaspipe, leaks in, 2; grease falling into fire, 1; kerosene lamp, explosion of, 1; kerosene lamp, upsetting of, 1: malicious mischief, pon: us combustion, 2; superheated steam, 1; not. scertained, 1. THE RED pa een A Herald Reporter's mterview with General Banke—The General is Not Afraid of Them—And Docs'’nt Appear To Be. » “General, you're just the gentieman I want tosee. Can I have a word or two with you?” said a HERALD reporter when he accidentially ran across General Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachussetts, yesterday afternoon. “Certainly, sir,” said General Banks, “how can I oblige you?” “Just look at this,” said the reporter, pointing to the paragraph of the Washington despatch im the HeRavp of yesterday, wherein it was intimated that the government candidate was about to pub- lish, or canse to be pnblished—and tnat without an apology for delaying to this late day, what the ad- ministration now pretends to consider a pod duty—-the oficial report of the famous Red_ River expedition, of 1864,and great failure of General Banks in that connection. The Massachusetts statesman Jooked at the para- graph in question, and said he knew nothing about it, There was nothing in connection with that affair that he could have reason to be ashamed of, and no charge could be brought against him there- anent which he could not thoroughly refute oF ex- plain to the satisfaction of his frie or the public, “On, no,” concluded the General; “there is nothin, in that; it is an empty administration threat, don't know, of course, what they may fix up; but, whatever it is, I am not afraid of them.” And he Jooked out from those bold clear eyes as if he cer- tainly was pot alraid very much, THE INGERSOLL MYSTERY. ‘Who Arrested the Great Chairmaker ? The Police and the Sheriffs Office Respectively Claim Credit. ‘The published facts show that Ohairmaker Inger- soll has been sailing around the city for nearly six months—ever since indictments were found against him by the Court for participation in, the most glar- ing frauds that were ever perpetrated upon a city on this or any other Hemisphere; that he has al- most daily vieited his residence in East Forty-sev- enth street, and from there proceeded to his home in Connecticut. Yet Sheriff and Police Commissioner Matthew T. Brennan and his officers were unable to arrest this man. It remained for a detective of the Eighteenth precinct to capture the great man and the offender. After he had secured him the Sherif’s ofMicers were very happy to take him into custody and hold him upon another (civil) charge. Yesterday afternoon a reporter of the HERALD called at the office of Sheriff Brennan. He was in- formed that Mr. Brennan could not be seen. He, however, entered the ante-room of the Sheriffs office, and a few minutes later was admitted to an audience with Sheriff Matt. T. Brennan, Rerorrer (placing before Mr. Brennan Attorney General Barlow’s order requesting him to deal len- iently with Andrew J, Garvey)—Mr. Brennan, I would like to know whether there is any combina- tion made, or any agreement between you and Attorney General Barlow, who left to-day for \chusetts, to make Garvey a State’s Mr. BRENNAN—I have seen Mr. Barlow but a few times in my life; but I most emphatically say that I know no political party, I am here to execute the law and 1 strive to do it. “But, Sheriff,” said the reporter, “it has been asserted that you released Ingersoll the other day without requiring him to enter into bail.” Mr. BRENNAN—It is a lie. There was tendered more bail than was required. That letter to me signed a Barlow is ‘tially correct as regards Andrew J. Garvey. ie Attorney General sent me @ verbal message through my deputy, Mr. Stevens, which I never received. When I received the letter Tasked my deputies, and tnen tor the first time I learned that the Attorney General hadmade a ver- bal request of this kind ol Mr. Stevens. “Bat,” said the wily reporter, “how comes it, Mr, Brennan, that the arrest was made by a ward detective ¥"? ‘This question rather staggered the genial Sheriff; but, recovering himself, he said he could not ex- plain it, except by the fact that the order of arrest of Ingersoll was renewed from day to day. He, however, personally entered Judge Bedford's Court and arrested Ingersoll on the civil suit. Mr. Brennan most emphatically declared to the reporter that in all the Ppa of his office he had observed the law, and he gave an amusing ac- count of Wheeler H. Pecknam’s visit to his resi- dence at halt-past twelVe o’clock on the night in question. Peckham, the Sheriff says, violently Knocked at his th Boule- vard, the attendant, lignant, and the next morning appeared at the Sherift’s office at the proper nour and transacted his business, although highly indignant that the Sheritf of the city and county of New York had not turned out of bed at the behest of Wheeler H. Peckham. The interview, which lasted half an hour, was principally of a private nature. Speaking of the old veteran, William M, Tweed, the reporter put in the question “Sheriff, where does the Boss stand? It is said he “His has joined Grant.” “Tl do not think so,” said Mr. Brennan. sympathies have always been with the democratic party.’ “But, Mr. Brennan, it is openly charged that he has joined O’Brien and Grant.” Mr. BRENNAN (With @ peculiar look in his eye)— Ido not know where Tweed stands. I have seen him but seldom since his arrest. I would like to pay my respects to him, but have refrained for the reason that were I to call upon him every reporter in the city would be at my heels, and it would be announced that I had visited Mr. Tweed on official business. Mr. Tweed has always been a democrat, and I believe is still one. Ido not believe that he will throw his influence into the administration balance, Aiter afew commonplace observations on politics generally and the weather the reporter witndrew, THE STEAMSHIP VIBILIA. pee ge A Sues Line of Steamers from London to India and China—Arrival in This Port of the Pioneer Steamship on a Trial Trip. Inaugurating a new era in travel and commerce to India from London has been the recent establish- ment of a new line of steamships to run between the English capital and various East Indian ports, A pioneer steamship of this line, the Vibilia, ar- rived at this port on last Tuesday, she having come here on a trial trip. This steamship, which is built of iron, was built at Newcastle- on-Tyne, was constructed specially for the navigation of the Suez Canal, the China seas and Indian Ocean. Her construction was in contormity to the long experiences in eastern navigation of Captain C. H.J. Baker, her present Commander. As far as perfection is possible in the construction of ocean steamships, it is shown in this. Her ven- tilation, a consideration of primal importance, 1s perfection itself. Her cabin, a model of elegance and beauty, is the synonym of coolness and com- fort. On either side are windows admitting free circulation of air, all her panels are of marble and bird's-eye maple, and the floor lined with Minton tiles, ‘This cabin is also furnished with a piano, a pleasing and almost indispensable addenda to the enjoyment of steamship travellers, ‘The same regard to thorough ventilation and com- fort shows itself in the staterooms. More capacious and elegant staterooms are not to be found in any of our ocean steamers, There are also tive bath- rooms, an indispensable luxury in this age of ad- vanced steamship civilization. In every respect, in size, construction, beauty of lines, appointments and perfection of finish this steamer certainly stands head and shoulders ahead of any steamer ever before entering this port. The Vibilia, as will be seen by her dimensions, is a colossal steamer. Jer length is 302 feet, breadth of beam 30 feet and depth of hold 26 feet. She has bunk accommodations for 450 tons of coal, regis- ters 1,240 tons and carries 2,240 tons of cargo in a draft of 19 feet water. Her consumption of fuel is only seventeen to nineteen tons of coal in twenty- four hours, and when loaded she steams twelve knots—a thing unheard of in previous ocean steam- ship navigation. The Vibilia is now iying at pier No. 14 East River. She started from London on the same day as the Helvetia; but, although stopping at Plymouth for forty-eight hours to take in coal, arrived at this port nearly three days in advance of the latter steamer. In every respect the trial trip has proved satisfactory, the engines never having had to stop once, which (she being a new steam- ship) is a wonderful performance. She brought no passengers with her, but will take a imited num- ber on her return, which will be in about a week. ‘Those froma tb, | a voyage to Europe cannot do better than inspect her accommodations, or any in- quiries of Bruce & Co., 13 Broadway, her agents, will be Reta te 4 answered. Meantime itis said that this line ts the precursor of a similar line soon to be established between London and New York, If such a line is established, and if it is composed of Buch fine steamships as the Vibilia, it cannot, in the rapid increase in transatlantic travel, be other- wise than successful. BROOKLYN. Four Hundred Dollars Taken from a Cashier’s Desk—Pistols and a Rowboat Effect a Safe Retreat for the Thicves. One of the most daring and successful robberies ever committed in Brooklyn was reported by the police of the Second precinct of that city last even- ing. About five o’clock two rough looking young men, one of whom carried an envelope in his hand, entered the office of the sewing machine manulactory, of Blees & Co. corner of John and Bridge streets, and approaching the tesk at which the head of the firm was seated, en- gaged in paying off the workmen, gave Mr. Blees the decoy note. The latter undertook to break open the document, and while thus engaged the accomplice of the ruffian who delivered it suadenly seized a roll of greenbacks, amounting to $400, that was lying on the desk, The men present were stunned for a moment by surprise at the audacity of- the act, but, regaining their presence of mind, closed in abou the robbers to dispossess them of the money. The and drawing re- thieves, however, were armed, volvers presented the muzzles of their weapons at them, threatening to shoot any one who attempted to molest them, As they did #0 they receded, and backing out of the office gained the sidewalk. ‘They then turned and ran off rapidly down John street to Gold street and through the latter thoroughfare to the dock. They were pursued and a “hue and cry’? raised, but their weapons warned back their pursuers to @ respectful distance. At the wharf they were met by three of their gang, who had @ rowbo: waiting. Into the latter craft they tumbled NM meill,’”’ and were rapidly pulled away from the Brooklyn shore out into the stream and thence to New York, where they landed. Subse- quently Patrolman Bedell, of the Second precinct, ascertained that Hugh O’Connor, alias John Smith, twenty-two years of age, been seen in close conversation with the robbers just prior to the con- summation of the audacious act, and the officer took O'Connor into custody on suspicion of his being an accomplice of the rascals, e prisoner, who bears a bad reputation among the police, passed a pistol to a friend as soon as the officer ar- rested him, The impression is that the accused planned vhe undertaking, and if he will onl, “peach” or “squeal,” a8 the detectives term It, will be able to arrest the daring thieves, THE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE, An Inside View of the Government Collection of the Duties of the Port. ‘What Politics Have To Do with the Working Exe- cutive—The Custom House Departments De- scribed—Interesting _Statistics—The Import Duties in 1800— An Old Time Vessel. One hundred and forty-eight million, nine hun- dred and eighty-one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy-three cents was the amount of duty collected at the Custom House in this city for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, or an average of $2,745,412 81 for every week in the year, When it is taken into consideration that this is the receipt of only one collection district, although the largest in the country, some idea can be formed of THE HERCULEAN LABORS involved in handling such fabulous amounts, and the complicated yet compact system of organiza- tion to accomplish the desired result. The business ofimportation during the past ten years has received an impetus from the introduction of the feet sea- going steam vessels and the successful operation of tRe submarine telegraph lines, which, in a measure, have connected the two continents as by @ bridge. THE GREAT PROSPERITY of our country likewise contributes largely to the increase of imports, while a reduced tariff, judi- ciously distributed on dispensable articles, whereas others are entirely duty free, will have a tendency to stimulate greater traffic and a corresponding increase of governmental revenue. Of all the de- partments under the United States government that of the New York Custom House is everything else but asinecure. In this establishment there is the greatest amount of HARD LABOR PERFORMED; and from the messenger to the Collector of the Port the small pittance paid as salary is richly earned. During office hours, and sometimes be- fore and long after, the officer is forced to be at his post, The most perfect system of co-operation and checking is observed, and seldom, if ever, any er- rors appear without being at once detected. While the heads of the various bureaus are gene- rally appointments due to political preference, the clerical force, as a generality, are not disturbed. Thus, if an officer is true, faithful and competent, he need not fear decapitation, no matter what ad- ministration comes into power. A NUMBER OF THE DEPUTY COLLECTORS have held office for a length of time, ranging from four to sixteen years,,while Mr. C. P. Clinch, the Assistant Collector, has performed his functions for upwards of four score years. Mr. Van. Bus- kirk, the venerable head of the Custom House In- spectors at the Barge Office, begun his official career in the government service in 1831, and etill remains at his post in the full vigor of manhood. Mr. S. G. Ogden, the Auditor, is an occupant of his office since 1841; while Mr, T. V. Mumford, a clerk in charge of the immediate transportation, without appraise- ment, received his appointment in 1829, and held the same, without interruption, ever since. Mr. W. D. Robinson, cashier, and Mr. F. H. Fay, one of his tellers, were appointed in 1841. Deputy Col- lector John R. Lydecker came into office 1857; Mr. Joseph Treloar, Chief Clerk to the Assistant Col- lector, 1853, and some thirty others who have been employed at the Custom House from ten to thirty years. Thus it may be seen that, notwithstanding the general belief, POLITICAL PREFERENCE is not always the sine qua non of obtaining a Cus- tom House position, at least in the important branches of this establishment. Since the advent of General Arthtr not a solitary removal, except for cause, has occurred, and neither does he con- template to effect any, eyen to please the political factions. THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL is strictly observed by him, and promotions are made in cases deserving preferment similar to that of @ commercial house. The great secret to the Mystery how such an enormous amount of business can be transacted here without any ostentation is, that the Golden Rule, “Everything in its place, and @ place for everything,” is strictly observed. To give a detailed account of every branch con- nected with the Customs Department of this port would fill the @ntire pages of one edition; but we propose merely to mention some of the most im- portant coming under the immediate supervision of the Collector, which will indicate some idea of | the perfect system observed. First comes THE WAREHOUSING ENTRIES, The merchant presents his entries with marks, numbers and contents of packages to the entry clerk, who marks on an entry, the rates and amounts of duties. The entry clerk makes out the permit, stamps the invoice and endorses thereon the amount of invoice value of goods for the in- formation of the appraiser; also endorses thereon the several rates at which goods have been taken, The entry is then taken to the naval office, where the same process is had by comparison and amounts if found correct checked. From there the entry goes to a deputy collector, who orders the packages for examination, and if all the goods are not sent to the appraisers for examination A BOND MUST BE GIVEN that the goods, in case they are called for, are pro- duced on demand. The merchant then swears to the entry, whence it goes to the Naval Office cashier, who checks the amountof aug and puts the amount of such to be paid ona sheet record. The entr; then is presented to the Collector's cashter and the duties paid, when the documents are checked by the cashier as evidence of being correct. Hereupon the permit is signed by the Nava! Officer and Deputy Collector and taken to the store. The goods Thea pass into the hands of the Appraiser, who compares the appraised value with the invoices. From here the entries are transferred to THE LIQUIDATING DEPARTMENT of the Custom House, which at the present time, owing to the immense importations, sustains the ‘eatest strain of labor. The duties performed there- in are as follows :—To liquidate an entry the hquida. tor has first to observe the report of thé Appraiser on the invoice, whether any additions have been made to raise the importation to the market value at the time of exportation from the port of embarkation; whether a penalty has been assessed in conse- quence of undervaluation by ten per cent of the whole invoice. There ure SOME CLASSES OF GOODS, such as woollens, on which the Appraiser has also to report the weight, as they pay both ad valorem and specific duty. This requires great nicety on the part of the liquidators, who have to reduce for- eign coinage and weights to the American standard; and as the duties on glass have to be assessed by the square foot, it is easily conceived what labor devolves upon the liquidator, who has to reduce the squafe foot to inches of every pane in each of the various sized boxes imported. Goods are some- times imported when a portion of the invoice has been short shipped, THE DUTY OF THE LIQUIDATOR then is to ascertain from the report of the dis- chal officer of the vessel what portion of the invoice has to be allowed in rebate of duties. On all weighable and gaugeable goods returns have formed the basis of liquidation. But proof of short shipment lies with the importer, the sMquidator not being justified to adjust an entry without such evidence. There are sometimes entries of dry goods covering as many as two hundred and fifty cases of merchandise, with perhaps of fifteen or twenty classifications, which it is the duty of the liquidator, by the Appratser’s Sr to adjust. The liquidation department is under the su) = tendence of the Deputy Collector of the Third di- vision and forms and one of his most important adjuncts. FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR READERS we herewith give the various duties performed by the Collector, Naval Ofticer, Surveyor and Appraiser. As all of them form the Custom Department together it is interesting to know the particular functions each has to carry out pursuant to law. THE COLLECTOR OF THE BORT receives all reports, manifests and documents to be made or exhibited on the entry. of any ship or vessel according to the rej tions existing, Tecoris in books to be kept for that pul all manifests, receives the entries of ships or vessels, and of the goods, wares and merchandise imported in them. ‘The Collector, with the Naval Onicer, estimates the amount upon the ctive entries. He also receives all moneys paid for duties, and takes all bonds for securing the payment thereof, grants all permits for the unlading and delivery of is, and, with the ap- probation of the principal ofticer of the Treasury Department, employs proper persons as weighers, gacgers, mensares d ihapestors; and also, with he like approbation, provides, at the public ex. pense, storehouses for the safe keeping, examining and appraising of goods and such sedies, weights and measures,as may be necessary. THE NAVAL OFFICER receives Co} of all manifests and entries, and, together with the Collector, estimates the duties on all goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty (and no duties shall be received without such estimate), and keeps @ separate record thereol; must be practically uainted and vaineot articles of importauy a i SRR dae aera oy THE VARIOUS Daramrweey in sions, all under the su} py ook po ers conferres and decides all questions that arise within ake of his duties and responsibilities, particy, Iarly all questions relating to ates of ution gee , cess of deposits, payment of drawbacks, liquidatior of consumption entries and adjustment of dam-~ ages; statistics of ree exports, eanege TS; correspondence rel o ust Bass omGin fierce "ete TH the Cashier's Department, attends to the collec tion of duties and fees. . le rag) THE THIRD DIVISION, or Department of the Storekeeper of the Hors the most important branch of the Custom House,; and embraces the superintendence of all warehouse a8, Waren and unclaimed go private and public warehouses, and all the co! spondence growing out of or connected with the, same, and the current business of the office. * ) IN TYE FOURTH DIVISION | 18 conducted all ‘business preparatory to the en- trance and clearance of vessels; the registry, en-| rolling and licensing ot yesels; erent Uf Yao to seamen; reco} bills of sale and mo. vessels; the examination and comparison of mi: fests with officers’ returns, and all corresponden growing, out of or connected therewith, and th current business of the office. FIFTH DIVISION. ) Under tris head come the following: duties:— The control and direction of the business of all the entry clerks other than those in the Warehot Department; fixing rates of duties and all othe: questions arising out of entries for and landing o! goods for consumption, and the exclusive directio: of the issue of ‘free permits” and the current busi- ness of the office. ‘THE SIXTH DIVISION 1 has the control and direction of the invoice clerks, / and the custody of all invoices and certificates, the current business of the office. . THE SEVENTH DIVISION. j Under this come the control and direction .of the order clerks, and the issue of delivery orderm and the current business of the office. THE EIGHTH DIVISION ) has the custody of the pubiic store, the control of: the Collector’s clerks and laborers employed! therein; the reception and distribution to their re- spective. epee: rooms of all packages sent to the store for examination and appraisement, and the delivery of the same to the importer, or tl transfer thereof to bonded warehouse, as the may require. H IN THE NINTH DIVISION come the supervision ot all exports entitled to! drawback of internal revenue and customs duties, on articles manufactured from foreign materials the ascertaining and certifying such duties; th charge of all export entry papers for the benefit drawbacks and officers’ returns thereon, and o! certificates in proof of the landing of such exports. abroad. Also the care of all sults brought against the Collector; the investigation of attempts to de- fraud the revenue; the enforcement of fines, penal- tles and forfeitures, and all legal proceedings and correspondence connected therewith; the custody of all goods seized by the revenue officers; the taking and cancellation of bonds and the prosecu- tion of those whose conditions have been violated 5 the approval and registry of powers of attorney, and the custody of the archives and records. t An Acting Deputy Collector is also in charge of THE CUSTOMS BUREAU AT CASTLE GARDEN, and conducts the examination of the baggage of imi nts and steerage ngers; also the col- lection of revenue upon dutiable articles found therein, and has the custody of detained baggage.’ COMPARATIVE AMOUNT OF DUTIES PAID IN THB YEAR 1800 AND NUMBER OF BONDS TAKEN AT THR NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE, The following statistics were copied from the records now at the Custom House of the number of entries, number of bonds, amount of duties, &c.,| during the year 1800:— , a 3 3H ze sf me y (855) 57,254 59] a2] mT euyy [Sas] $8t) 81erSee £0] Sen Ss] soos ar] 1a tas oF 170,415 38] 1,852 43} 36,760 23) Bae 255,424 68) tana $78 34] 223,439 Ses\7e0 97| Stop 23|- Ses) $5| SEL ba Ear ty RA RIRGR g) Bare 584,416 80] 10,222 05] 499,790 84] 94,831 88. 440,620 41} 11,449 83} 13) 7006 OB 310,608 48) $148 Ob] MAGES G8|. 77004 260,166 82] 7,166 43] 224,219 23] 4,814.02 Total nuinber of ships arrived from, foreign ports at the ‘ort of New York, from January 2, 1800, to December Sl, , 1,096. About two thirds of ‘these were American vessels, the balance French and Dutch, and only two car tied the English flag, . ONE OF THE OLD-TIME VESSELS (i was the ship Brutus, commanded by Captain) Solomon Bunker and owned by Thomas Jenkins & Sons, of Hudson. The Brutus was built at Hudson, on the Hudson River, in 1798, at that time a large’ port of entry, and being 270 tons burden was con- sidered a floating caravansary. On the 2ist of June, 1800, the Brutus arrived at New York from Bristol, qngand, with an assorted cargo, consist-| ing of grinding stones, ground white lead, pi; iron pots, window glass, hollow ware and F008; bushels of white salt, The entire duties collected from the cal of that vessel amounted to $8,393 06. Thirty-eight consignees shared the cargo of this ship, bee do to each a duty of $220 87. In those times this amount was con- sidered very Uy is To compare the business then and now would be invidious, as one of ourmers chant princes alone pays as much duty in-one year as the entire trade of the city then afforded, ‘ THE PITCHER HOMICIDE. The Drunken Debauch in Washington Street—Inquest by Coroner Keenan. About six o’clock P.M. on the evening of the 29th of July Patrick Braniff and*'Thomas Collins, two Ninth ward celebrities, had-a quarre} corner of Horatio and Washington streets, resulting in a fight between them, during which, with a broken pitcher, the former struck the latter in the neck, nearly severing the jugular vein. Branif lingered at Bellevue Hospital until the evening of the 10th | inst., when he died. Coroner Keenan yesterday held an inquest at the Coroners’ office, when the following evidence was recorded. Counsellor Kintzing appeared for the prisoner, Collins. The evidence is as follows :— Sergeant James B- Wilson, of the Ninth precinet, teatl- fied that on the evening of the 29th July, while standing on the corner of Washington and Little Twelfth streets, he saw Collins emerge from @ grocery store with & pitcher in one of his hands; while carrying tout the Deas was broken; witness saw Collins strike Branift in he neck with it, and at once arrested him; the wounded man in the meantime ran up to a water trough, Roar a livery stable: the prisoner, (Collins) was under the influence of liquor; he was locked up in the station house and the wounded man was sent to Bellevue tal. The sergeant did not witness th eo heard that deceased and the prisoner had been fighting. The wimes further. testified that deceased had heen ar- rested several times tor larceny, ai a ison had aleo been in custody for violations of the law. Jesse Columbus testified that on the evening in question. he witnessed the Aght; said prisgner had a pitchor of deer, which deceased wanted to drink; that Collins set the ruggle ensued ‘between the men, in which the pitcher was broken, but finally Coiling secured it and struck deceased with it in the neck. The accused was here sworn (after the usual caution) and testified that the deceased asked him to treat; he re- Piled that he had no credit; witness subsequently entered a nitrate arta en po Bey hi ith the pitcher in lager beer saloon and secure 4 pitcher A was consumed by witness nd the pitcher was given to Braniff a his hand ; witne why he had pitcher, and he sald he had got some more veer Wites swore that he remembered nothi Wilson arrested him. At tat time he (witness) wae gence the influence of liquor, having drank considerable. Deputy Coroner Marsh, who made the post-morte described the wound which, in his opinion, caused deatl The jury rendered a verdict that decegsed came to his death from injuries received on the 2h of July at the othy Ci o page ot Fymowy peg at the corner of Washington The Coroner at once committed the prisoner to Sout So Labeng§ of Heanor Jury, refusing the of Counsellor Kini t accused to bail. eer ir oa POLIOE COURT INCIDENTS. Peter Duance and a correspondent from a West~ ern paper in this city were among the unfortu- nates who fell into the hands ofthe police on Friday night. They were arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court yesterday, where the correspondent made himself known to Justice Coulter, the presiding magistrate. He was found insensibleon the street, not from whiskey, as the oficer charged, but from — oe te Goat paid di ripe , er pris Chester, Pa.; he ned comes. ths dy ont a vue to his sister, got drunk, was drugged and lost $85, tras allowed to go-on ‘condition that he ten ike chy Jmmediately, * ie