The New York Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1873, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. 5 REVENUE REFORM. Custom House Seizures and the Interests of the Importing Merchants, Handcuffs as Inducements to Gubmit to Outre- geous Official Exactions—An Appeal to President Grant and « Practical Reform of Revenue Laws Hoped For. —— “Merchants are merely protected pirates,” says an author, who would not be held 8 competent ethical authority by s commercial community. New York, the creature and offspring ‘of ‘trade, has ever boasted of her merchant princes, of clear insight into the laws of supply and demand, of tireless in- dustry and of dauntiess enterprise, who have made both hemispheres tributary to their success, amassing fortunes of magnificent proportions and distributing their gains with lavish munificence. To-day the merchants of New York, the men who conduct her exchange of commodities with the world in our own country and beyond our impe- Yial limits, are a class who will suffer nothing by comparison with any other. We glory in their prosperity as we are proud of their intelligence and probity. Our importers have an enormous capital invested in bringing hither from all quar- ters of the globe those producta whicn are required by ® population of nearly forty millions’ of our own people, besides answering large demands for re-exportation. They pay two- thirds ‘Of that’portion of the national revenue de- rived’ from taritr “duties, our Custom ‘House frequently receiving more than a million of dollars & Gay for customs dues. In ordinary times, before the ‘absolute cout of the war and the reckless practices to which it led had swollen our national expénses, the New York importers might almost be said to furnish the money which kept the federal machine'in motion, As a class they do not grumble at tariff taxation, though, doubtless, an entire emancipation of trade from impost exactions would proves marvellous atimulant to their opera- tions as well as to the growth of the city. They admit'the propriety and convenience of collecting revenue: by an addition to the cost of imported commodities, which, in the end, is paid by the last purchaser or consumer. The general government could not. well spare the duties paid by the im- porters, and the latter fnd but s small sphere for their enterprise if the Untun did not exist. Gov- ernment /has' a most direct and vital interest in the prosperity of the import trade, from which it @erives so large a proportion of its income, AN ALLEGED PERSECUTION, Yet merchants in this city complain that the im- porting trade is annoyed, hampered, persecuted by persons in oMfcial capacity at Washington and tn the Custom House here, whose action vends to drive honest merchants out of the businers and Jeave the field to tne unprincipled smugglers, ‘whose aim would be to take every possible advan- tage of the oMcials, to run every risk and accept any guilt which may accompany & system of fraudulent invoices, false entries and reckless per- jury.. By our laws, and the Treasury rulings under them, if an importer with fraudulent intent undervalues his goods in the invoices pre- sented at the Custom House, as the basis of his entry and the computation of duties, be is Mable upon detection to have not only tne goods so Undervalued, but the whole invoice seized, con- demned and sold, After any such sale the prover duties are to be deducted from the proceass. then, of the balance, one-third accrues to the Treasury, one-third goes to the yn who entered the in- formation which to the seizure and the otner third is divided between the Collector, Naval OMicer ana Surveyor. ith rome the Surveyor and his subordinates had the { charge of detecting attempted frauds upon the revenue and o1.8 Of late years a separate burean in the Collector's office is also charged therewith, and, in addition thereto, the Treasury Department has pe commissioned an officer with power to junt for fraud everywhere and obliged to report to Bo local collector. AN OFFENSIVE BSPIONAGE. It is claimed on behalf of the importers that among the various officiais and agenis who have a direct monetary interest in detect fraud upon the tariff revenue, and who share in the procecds 0: seizures, there is a system of clivl forma- tion prejadicial toan importer by paying money therefor to a clerk or other person in employ, with the Sepia ion that the person #0 fring. in- formation shall not have his name called in ques- tion and shall not be brought upon the stand as a witne: ainst the employer whose secrets be has soid to the ofticials. If this is true any merchant might, prdogp the cowardly spite of @ malignant clerk, be subjected to a vexatious persecution, while the venal informer would be fecure irom question, protected by his bargain with the interested persecutors. The Custom Bouse authorities do not admit that this charge is true; but is is known that seizures of books and papers and investigations into importers’ business ve been made on the basis of intormation from discharged clerks, who may naturally be assumed to entertain malice or prejudice against their late employers, A WHOLESALE SEIZURE BUSINESS, Though the federal government is directly and most Vitally interested tn the prosperity and suc- cess Of the importers, it 18 readily seen that cer- tain officers have as direet an interest in such wholesaie seizures as would tend for the time to largely swell the incomes from their positions, but in the end to break down and stop the importing trade, There exists in this city an organization for resisting these assaults. Its secretary has just addressed a long letter to President Grant, describing the situation and asking him to protect the merchants against what it stigmatizes as ot- ficial plunder, and to direct a thorough examina- tion into the facts by the New York member of the Civil Service Commission or some other high-toned outside official. The letter asserts that when tie vigilance of the officials has enabiea them to make ® colorable case of iraudulent intent against a house their practice is to endeavor to extract an offer to pay some sam to compromise the matter, and thus avoid the injurious results of a prolonged and vexatious suit, even though the importer may be conscious of absolute innocence and integrity. In enforcing this design an official agent has PLAYED WITH 4 PAIR OF HANDCUFFS apon his table, whose mute eloquence might be supposed to supplement his appeals to the mer- chant in favor oi the quiet method in arranging the unpleasant dificuity, and the letter to the Presi- dent quotes the testimony of Special Treasury Agent Jayne in support of its assertion as to this sort of extra-oficial logic. UNDERVALUATION. The tariff imposes certain duties ad valorem, the basis of computation being the value of the im- ported merchandise at the time of importation in the chief markets of the country irom which it is brought. Suppose # dealer taking advantage of circumstances is able to procure an article at a Jower figure than his neighbor pays. Tne low buyer presents at the Custom House invoices showing truly the actual cost. His neighbor's invoices show truly a higher price. Ail the goods covered by the invoice of the low buyer are ilable to seizure for undervaluation, even though but a small portion of it is invoiced below the standard. Thus tue im- rter complains that he is liable to pay a penalty jor his superior facilities tor low buying in the foreign country instead of making an increased profit on his venture thereby. THE CUSTOM HOUSE VIEW. In a conversation with a prominent Custom fouse official on this subject he pointed out the statute which makes it the duty of an importer, on presenting his Custom House entry, in case his voice is below the market rates in the chief mar- ets of the country from which the merchandise is imported, to add to his invoice such suns as shall make up the difference, so that the buyer who has paid a fair price and he who has bought below the market shall pay an equal ad valorem duty, leav- ing the skilful buyer still the full advantage of his experience or good management, while the gov- ernment would receive an equal contribution of duties from all importers of the same grade of is irom the same source. ii merchants have been induced to compromise with officials, pretended officiais or iniormers, without competent authority, in cases of alleged revenue frauds, then the government has been equally cheated by the unauthorized bar |, as it may have been by the importer through und valuation and short payment of duties; and the official asserts that fs thestaity ese to prove such a Tr transaction would be rewarded ior the in- formation by the Treasury Department. FREE TRADE SENTIMENT. As seen through Custom House eyes, enlightened by long experience, there is a very common dis- position to hold c! a? the moral vilgation to pay duties on artici imported. Practically, most people would like free trade, ds applied to them- selves; ‘there are, it is said, many foreign imports Cy Hot tax than is by others bringti ¢ same class pe is. Of course the Custom House ie hi for the exercise of proper vigilance an Tanly enemas SS hed Dare Say oj merchandise which are the ‘subjects taxation. GRIZUBES. Seizures for fraud or attempts thereto are fre- quent, and be! are sometimes made where the jot in the end importers are found y—even in the sequel, th man- foouy 7 tly innocent There is evi. dentiya to officers to labor earn- i ru +4 i es 5 HE il i i=) 4 ui ef “ : ‘ ‘would ae, oney in “ihe al kets, the P ol owife and re pul ent of the Exhibitions of instruments of torture may answer in treatment of i ity—not in the collec- tuon of the revenue of free ROMISED a Pi a A commission legal: 3 y organized pleted and published the dratt of 8 sys' ‘Of the laws of the United States, including those in Fas grown by successive enactment, smenainenits 0 ve en: and Fe ale. Tt is ful cmiatong, Fedundancles it has been. the aim, Dot to c ope lame bat to reform these faults. The proposed code is to be with which is the work of ta other alterations and correc! such as adapt it to practcal use as well ‘business man eaty ihe f ‘Goke'sna ilackstone. ive intention te nis win the roa wyers, a set of verbal ES y of Thig ractical code revision will be presented to Con- e next December, side Dy fide with the one’ presen! hem code which ishalt Teoeive legal sanction. This, it ts Sanit ae Geeee ec a authorities and the importers, iapuity the cation of dutlable goods ‘and their valuation put an end to vexatious mercenary seizures ‘Of goods and interraptions of ens. SANITARY MATTERS. Meeting of the Board of Health—Condition of the Streets, ‘The pavements of the following streets were re- ported yesterday in a bad condition to the Com- missioners of Health ‘at their regular meeting>— West Fortieth street, im front of 854; Roosevelt street, East Nimeteenth street; between First ave- Bue and avenue A; Eighth avenne, in frontof64s; East Twenty-ninth street, on the corner of Lex- ington avenue; Tenth avenue, in front of 83, 86, 87 and 89;,avenue D, between ‘Sixth aha Seventh streets; avenue D, between Fourteenth and Seven- teenth streets; West Thirty-eighth street, be- tween Eighth and Ninth avenues; Eighth avenue, in fromt of 680; East Twenty- second street, between First and Second avenues; East Ninth street, between ave- nues A, © and D; First avenue, between Fourteenth and Twenty-aixth streets; avenue A, between Fourteenth and Nineteenth streets; Greenwich street, between Leroy and Morton. The Sanitary Superintendent was ordered to re- port on the. condition of Wurd’s and Randall's Islands, A communication was received from the Department of Public Works, saying that the booth- keepers in the vicinity of Washington Market were ordered to move, and the Registrar of Records was ordered to make arrangements in his bureau for the issuing of burial permits on al) days of the ‘week, excepting Sundays, and on Sund: from eight A. M. to five P. M. The following reperts were read and adopted :— Santrary Bureav, New Yorxy, July 15, 1973. Dr, Srergen Sur CI man Sanitary Committee :— Sim :—I have the honor to submit the following report ‘upon the condition of the tg and avenues, compiled from the Feperis of the inspectors, for the week ending tt ispector: ‘wood (Second and Fourth Wards) reports that during the first three days of the Week, Wat iver and fer street, Cherry, Roosevelt, Oak, Oli James streets were filthy with dirt and ga thrown nt houses; Catharine, Frankfort, SD: cts were filthy with street dirt. During the last three days the streets have been much cleaner, with She exception of Rose street Mithy with dirtand garbage. fe whole Fourth ward is cleaned twice a week, the worst streets three times a week and sometimes tour yee Inspector Lockwood recommends that Cherry, swept’ duly tight and morging, during the wares 0] Bight, and morning, ew: son.” In these where the sfutter ‘the with t dirt, slops and garbage. A model of cleanii- ness, with a cobble pape payeinent, May be seen at any time at the corner of Baxter and Léonard streeta. 6 Aasistant Inspector Emerson ith ward) reports is streets well cleaned, with the exceptions of, Meares and Water streets, n Scammell and Jackson. Assistant Angpesiot, Hughes (Sighth ward) reports his streets as in a fazr condition of cleanliness, with the fol- lowing exceptions, viz. :—West Houston strect, between South Fifth avenue and Hudson street; King street, be- tween ee Hudson; Thompson street, between Canal and yn ; Sullivan, between Canal and Spring ts, and the whole of Clark street. ris (Ninth and Fifteenth wards) reports stree formly clean, with the exception of Green- Wich avenue, between Jane and Horatio streets and ‘est Thirteenth street, between Seventh and Greenwich ues. Inspector it (Tenth and Thirteenth wards) re- Seng mer ea ee Brn ta ai ie, Data gcrene Buintey torney it, between Delancey and Broome ; ‘between Lelancey and Broome ; Pitt street, and Broome: Willett street, between and Broome; Mangi1 een ‘gps ani Broome; B: pe Nortolk and Willett; Division stree! tween Pitt and Ludlow: Hester t, 4 stree' between Clinton and Orchard; Allen, Ludlow, Eldridge ‘| and Forsyth, and Delancey street, between Eldridge and Forsyth, are also impertectly cleaned. Inspector Munde (Eleventh Ward) reports Third street, between avenues B and O, full of garbage, rubbish and mud. Likewlse Tenth street, between av: enues 0 and D; East Ninth street, between avenues 0 and D; Stanton street, between Pitt and Willett; Goerck street, between Stanton and Houston; Ninth street, be- tween avenues B and C, and Twellth street, between avenue O and Dry Dock ‘street. He recommends that these streets should be more frequently swept. Assistant. Inspector Atwater (Seventeenth Ward) reports his streets as in better condition than during the fo preceding weeks with the exception of portions of Third, Fifth, Srxth and Eleventh streets, and of First aventie and avenue A. Assistant Inspector ixteenth Ward) cl ‘enth avenne, be- reports his streets ifteenth streets; Seventeenth Hamilton n, excepting tween Fourteenth street, between Ninth and Eleventh avenues; Eleventh avenue, between Fourteenth and Twenty-sixth strects, and Twenty-Fitth and Twenty sixth streets, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. He complains of the de- lays of the aghmen in removing the garbage and astou, inspector Russell, of the 5 nth ward, reports his streets as less cleanly than heretotore. East of Second avenue the streets, alinost without exception, were dirty, th collections of ashes irbage in the gutters and in the innumerable, holes and inequalities of tpave- ents, which depressions were likewise flied with fasted ater. A thorough repair of these streeis is essential to their future cleanliness, igian- pavements were quite unobjectionable. lowing streets presented he most filthy appearance, viz, :—Twenty-first street, for several hundred feet west’ of First avenue; Nineteenth street, between First avenue and avenue A; Fifteenth street, between First avenue and avenue A;’avenue A, between Fourteenth and Nineteenth strects; avenue B, between Fourteenth and Seventeenth streets; Eighteenth street, between avenues A and B. In East Bight- eenth street there was a huge accumulation of ashes and garbage In the street before each of the row of tene- ment houses, trom 510 to 618 inclusive. Assistant inspector Walker, of the Twentieth ward, Toports his streets cleaner than last week, with the fol: lowing exceptions, E irty-eighth street, between Kighth and Ninth avenues; Thirty-sixth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues; Thirty-fifth street’ between Ninth and Tenth avenues; Twenty-seventh street, be- tween Seventh and Highth avenues, inspector Roberts, of the Twenty-first ward, reports his reels clean, excepting Broadway alley, which te very thy, Assistant Inspector Ewing, of the } q second ward, reports hisstrsets in fair’ Condition, except: pe i ae Assist for Strong, of uy artof Twenty. ‘tt i stFeets in w credicanle poms ward, ne ste cone jon, excepting Nin.) A and Sixty-third streets, whic! sateinee rege, OF unpaved streets the tollowing deserve attention :-Sixty- second street, between Ninth and mth avenues; Sixty- third street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues: Sixt me Sack ree Tene ape El s: fenth avenue, between fourth z atrerts, and. Sixty-ffth street. W0 fteot west of Fonte avenue, These allcontain garbage which should be re- moved. Inspector Post, of the 1 ward, reports Mis streets as cleaner than usual sxospins the unpaved blocks. of the upper part of the re pamieant Inspector Fowler, welfth ward, finds a! 8 streets i 4 Cepting Lith street, between Second dud third avenues in addition to the above facts the Inspecto: badly lainis of detec- aved eet conan ae ay RS ve paving and gutters out of gr ferred to the Department of atic Worx. Soviet ese reports cover the week up to \ then I have personally inspected Sarge number othe Worst streets of the ot wi comparatively well eieaned, the work muted. if their hile the city of the street cleaners is not well distri done where aved cobble capacity is limited, the most work ft la most needed. ‘In thickly popula seat wae tare ant ecnorty, elgeent garbage inne gawers righ behind ‘the sweeper Grerets Deed of daily cleaning. Al ‘which 4 a8 bee WALERR HD See a gey wD Sanitary Superintendent. Bonnav or V: Heartn Durantment oF tu Orty oF New Your, } New ¥ Colonel Bxmons Chane aie cae siesta were 5 rtm the week ending July 1 in ake Drevin wok re. tual mortality was 683. This is equal toa yearly death rate of 35.58 and 36.52 in the ive weeks In the di recks last year Seater alt eGo Sees Savery orn maladies. week there were aladies, and in the week end! favoring nataral causes iat al the BY thats rit the fet Hassoun at fase eslese, cy anise tihee ss absence of mic | dives in Age sae a Seeiieee Sriee seas Tore Roane ‘ort tg crane? Fhe dev coop The. isa ‘the ork a for wt ending J. tae Ti sing ital naar of end ant Sanitary Tn: rote Sete) Seamieas dS. sce sind Theta hottn Sut Sine ned tacnet Wate tii vant oan pang teas, 6 Ly vce aaa loeets "1 a an dramas 8 otairwaye, cer 2 here ‘other ‘nuisances an the Ba ai — frat sota head Tefarted to ake Basitn's Reopectore for ‘The Distntecting premises where Sed ihnlested © hours, SS privy sinks together “ne dase of stalipox was removed to hoaptal by the Permits have, been granted for 87 vessels to discharge ‘on vouchers from the Health Officer. Pu Suiy 12 sR Ma cases of contagious Mistant Benthary Inepeetors was $68, orps have visited 34 privy sinks, together with One Week a ge a 8 @ 1 MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN BOARD OF HEALTH. Plans for the Removal of the Offal and Garbage of the City. A meeting of the Boasd of Health was held yee terdsy afternoon, when the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas the of the collection and mena aesabe eile eins Goma a i pay agra | Sota fuk ‘work and the’ probable expenditures’ Te- “Vosoived, That the Sanitary Commissioners report as go oe ng ‘and ‘iapoetag of warbage? second, as to most recent provements in the ‘spuliances ‘necessary | for the removal of reaul th bee Such. goateriains third. ga tothe fesabilty or removal of onal, &c., b; rail and in cars, adapted to the purpose, to tertalgan be Pondered serviceable to ferviicors Rei That the Sanitary Commissioners be anthor- ized to mal 1 ‘ecessary expenditures in investigat- ing plans for ‘such work now in operation in other cities. The Health Commissioners are evidently not dis- posed to continue the contract with Clark if the work can be done on some new and improved principle, OF EMIGRATION. Still Pouncing on the Employes—A Re- port That Would Cut Down Salaries— A Number of Poor Workingmen Dis- charged—A ppointments. ‘The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday afternoon at Castle Garden, Mr. Hurlbut presiding. Nothing of interest appeared from tne minutes of the meetings of the standing committees, Mr. Starr moved that the special report of the Finance Committee, relative to employés and their salaries, which has been already published in the HERALD, should be recommitted to that committee with a view to 1ts being so changed that instead of salaries being reduced a number of the employés should be dismissed and certain salaries increased. Mr. Manger moved to amend by adopting the re- port as it stood, Mr. nch moved to amend by referring to the Ward’s Island Committee that part of the report which referred to employés on tne Island, and to the Castle Garden Committee that part of tt which included the employés at Castle arden, and this amendment, peing, accepted by Mr. Seid Bip unanimously adopter Jacob thews, an emigrant boarding house keeper, lost admission to Castle Garden, and an order was given to reduce the list of emigrant boarding house keepers from eighty-four to eighty, the number sanctioned by the Commissioners. A complaint being made by Mr. Kauifman, Presi- dent of the German Society, that in the Forward- ing Bureau there was no clerk who speaks, reads and writes the German e, @ long discussion ensued, and it was finally resolved to empower the Castle Garden Committee to employ a clerk whose services as an interpreter might be used in any of the bureaus when required. ‘The request of Peter McDonnell, formerly head of the Labor Bureau, to be allowed to sell tickets for the Jersey Railroad, was referred to the Castle Garden Committee, Ex-Alderman Krano was appointed clerk in the Registry Department, and James McUafferty clerk on Ward's Island. Thomas Nulan and Richard B. Pogarty were chen night watchmen, jomas McMullen, clerk on Ward’s Island, was dismissed. The following named gatekeepers were dis- missed:—William Maloney, Thomas Cummings, Louis Kiuff and Joseph Eagan. The following named night watchmen were dis- missed :—Abral ©, Charman, James R. Martin, John Murphy, A. Schmidt, Edward Reilly and Philip Ecker, The following named laborers were dismissed :— David J. Earle, Michael Lyncb,"Michael Maher, John Murphy, Patrick Murray and beter Oliver. 1t was understood among the Commissioners that these men may be reappointed upon application, but the new Commissioners expressed themselves 48 anxious to know who were the patrons not only of these men but of all the employés under the Commission. The Ward's Island Church War. The Ward’s Island church war continues with unabated vigor, and 18 not likely to meet soon with @ settlement that will be satisfactory to the present disputants, Commissioner Lynch has been sturdily battling all along on his side of the question; and at the meeting of the Ward’s Istand Committee esterday he was just as determined asever. On the other hand Commissioner Stephenson has his ideas matured on the subject; and, as he happens to be Chairman of the Ward's Island Vommittee, his position may be of some assistance to him. He has the report on the church difficulty now ready, and was anxious to read it at yesterday’s meeting, but was voted down. Commissioner Lynch objected to any suppressions. The war will surely again break forth at the meeting of the committee which will be held on Tuesday next. Nothing of any im- portance was done at the meeting yesterday beyond the refusal to allow Commissioner Stephenson to fead his report. OUR WATER SUPPLY. Commissioner Van Nort states that, according to records in the Bureau of Mr, Tracy, the Chief Engi- neer of the Croton Aqueduct, the average rain fall in the Croton Basin irom 1830 to the present time, excepting nine years, When no record was kept, ‘was as follows :— For the month of May. For the month or Juni For the month of July....... .. : For the month of August, ve In only five of those years the rain fall for June and July was less than five inches, namely :— June. July. Totat Year. Inches. Inches, Inches. 1882... 25 8.65 4.90 1941 1.87 4.20 Hoty aa 1849. 2al 1851. 200 4.92 ‘This year we had— In May. In June... Tuly 1 to is. Wi ieses Nothwithstanding this un; dented drought a fuli supply of water is delivered in tne city, of which the Croton River, however, furnishes tess than one-third, the balance being drawn from the Storage Reservoir. Fortunately the storage ca- pacity of the Reservoir and lakes is so great that No scarcity of water need be anticipated; but it is impossible to know how long the present drought may last, and common prudence suggests a more careful use of the Croton water and the stoppage of all unnecessary waste. COMPTROLLER'S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the City Treasury :— BORRAU OF ARREARS. BORRAU OF CITY REVENU From interest on bonds, mortgage and market rents and fees sees birt From licenses. “ FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT. Prom Court feos. A WOMAN HELD POR OBSTRUCTING A BAIL- iY, Concorn, N. H., July 15, 1813. Mary Carleton was before the Police Court nere to-day on a charge of ebstructing the Concord Rail- inst., and was MANHATTAN YACHT CLUB. Fourth Annual Regatta—A Spirited Race—The Nymbus, Mary Gibson and Cora the Winning Yachts. ‘The fourth annual regatta of the Manhattan Yacht Club, satled yesterday on the Sound, was in many respects a complete euceess. There was just sufMi- cient wind and enough of exciting ineident, with- out ending disastrously, to add that relish to an event of the kind which al) the yachtamep seek. ‘The arrangements made by the gentlemen having ‘the matter in charge were quite admirable, the steamboat Fort Lec—under the charge of helms- man Mr. F, McGilden, who evidently distrusted his ability to make some of the advertised land- ings—being chartered for the accommoda- tion of guests, fay four hundred of whom crowded its decks and made merry the hours im reviewing the competing yachts or dancing +o the enlivening: mugic furnished for the occasion. About half-past twelve the last land- ing was made at 130th street, when the Fort Lee steamed for the starting point of South Brother Island, where they found the yachts properly aligned and ready to be away, as the breeze and the weather were peomeods, ‘rhe following were the competing boals:— THE COURSE, For frst class sloops, irom an anchorage of the club house, on South Brother Island, Pm ing to the southward and eastward.of Ys Point buoy to the northward and eastward oi Stepping. Stones Gangway buoys, to and around Sands’ Point buoy, row the same irom leeward to wind turning over the same course, passing to the west- ward of the home stakeboat; distance about twenty miles. For second class sloops, from key Bo southward and castward of Throg’s Point to and around the Stepping Stones buoy, rounding the same irom leeward to windward; thence home over the same course, passing between the home stakeboat and the club house; distance about four- teen miles. The regatta committee were Messrs. W. H. Duckworth, J. B. Stanberry, 8. M. Simpson, W. H. Simonson und 8. A. Close. The judgesrof the day were Captam W. H. Platt, Wright Robins, Jr., and W. H. Fowler. THE RACB. After a short interval the whistle sent the jibs of the first class sloops up the stays at 12h. 49m, 30s., and under the influence of the fresh northwest breeze they stood away on their business; the Joe Jefferson ieading, Twilight second, Nymbus third, and the Orion last, making & very effective picture. At 12b, 54m, the second and third classes were summoned to be away, and, readily obeying, they got off with the Zephyr leading, T. F. Cromvie hext, Skip Jack third, and the others prettily clus- tered. The scene now commenced to become quite auimated, and under Hunt's Point there were many struggles between the Orion and Nymbus of the larger crait and the Crombie and Zephyr of the smaller boats; the varying success of atford- ing much amusement on the Fort Lee and the basis for considerable speculation. Off Fort Schuy- ler the Orion led the fleet with the Twilight second, Joe Jefferson next and the Nymbus last of her class, Thus the bigger crait bowled merrily away and for the timejvere almost forgotten by the Majority of yachtsmen, in their anxiety to note the time of the little boats turning STEPPING STONES BUOY. i. HM. 8. 2 05. 00 2 06 15 2 10 15 From this point the secon classes turned homeward while the big craft went scud- ding for the buoy of Sands’ Point. The Orion led the feet and was at times so far ahead as to make neral such Conversation as “Oh, the Orion is sure win,” and thus caused more attention to be be- stowed on the Nymbus, Twilight and Joe Jefferson the two first mentioned havidg an extended and lively brush together. At this time tne Nymbus lost her topmast and @ like misfortune betel the Twilight, but despite these accidents thelr owners with nerve continued the race. SANDS’ POINT BUOY ‘Was turned as follows: us. 15 0 Twilight Orion..... Joe Jefferson. The race homeward was just as interesting as the struggles witnessed up the Sound, the north- West breeze continuing fresh and steady, A ripple of excitement passed over the guests when, off Fort Schuyler, it was found that the Zephyr had CN Sapp us destroying all her cnances for a prize. Assistance was soon at hand and the un- Jortunate yachtsmen relieved from their unpleasant osition, and here the Orion lost @ mun overboard, ut he was rescued, none the worse for the duck- ing. From the Fort it was a dead beat to the stake- boat, the yachts in quick time passing there in the following order: HOME STAKE BOAT. HM. 8. 8 15 Mary Emma.. ra ‘1. Crombie. The judges at this point commenced the calcu- lation of the time allowance, when, in a short time, it was announced that the wy eat won the prize for the fret class sloops, which, considering her crippled condition, can be regarded as a great bas Mary Gibson, the second ciass prize—and here the decision of the judges was maunilestly wrong, as the Mary Emma was entitied to the prize by nearly two minutes; but they decided to rule her out, a6, in returning, she passed to the eastward instead of the westward of Riker’s Island, contending that this was not optional with her owner, although the sailing regulations said nota word upon the point. The Cora was the winner of the third class prize. The following tavle gives the actual and corrected time of each yacht in the race :— FIRST CLASS. Actual Time, Corrected Time. H.W. 8. 241 2 39 08 242 38 Twilight. 2 42 82 SECOND T. J. Crombie...... 3 2 23 42 23 2 Mary Emma 2.16 85 Mary Gibson. 218 36 Skip Jack.... 3 249 3% Corr... 2 44 05 240 08 Zephyr...... Capsized. THIRD ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE WIL- LIAMSBURG YACHT CLUB. A Stiff Breeze and a Lively Race—The Sloop Jeanette Winner of the Cham- pion Pennant—The Sleops Jeanctte, Sorceress, Fawn and Pidgeon the Win- ners of Time Allowance Their Respective Classes, The third annual regatra of the Williamsburg Yacht Club was sailed yesterday. There was a fresh northerly breeze blowing at the start, which freshened and gave the yachts a lively time before they reached the home stakeboat, The steamer Norwalk had been chartered by the ciub to accom- pany the yachts round the course, and left foot of Green street, Greenpoint, after having stopped at South Sixth street, Willtamsburg, and Kighth street, New York, at about half-past ten, with the judges, the members of the club and a large num- ber of guests aboard. THE REGATTA CoMMITTER, comprising Messrs. Charles E. Mielke, Joseph Northop, Charles Hooper, Henry Bowden and Wil- liam Sherwood, om the day before the race issued the ollowing instructions for the regatta :-— YACHTS WILL START from an anchorage off the club house, foot of Fagle street, Greenpoint, The course, about twenty-six miles, will be from club house up the river, passing to the east of Biackwell’s Island, through Heli Gate, between the North and South Brother Islands; tack round the can buoy off the Stepping Stones, and return same course, except that the yachts will to to westward of Blackwell's isiand and turn jome stakeboat, between it and shore, ‘The yachts were arranged in four clasves, Finst C1ass—Including cabin sloop yachts over 34 (eet nj water line, Jo oW. A. Rexter. ‘secon Cuans—inigiading sabia loop’ yachts wider feet-und over 25 feet longs ws oP 7™ 31.10 6. Bertha, 6 7, Doty Varden. Wittiagn iy Sparks. ‘Tainp CLass—Open 8 Pawn, pel fg A A ‘) taney long. BEEBE SH Soa= Sooe aw: SBS: oF] |New Yor | county Armagh, breene from the uorthwest. The 1a! Deats fol- I A utifaly wits big Bub topea eae? Meivina got into Pe a ‘the contest, ‘well’s Island wind was rm puffy, and the club topsails on [sgn doatw harm than good. The Jeanette, however, ext she eng ia her class, and the Fawn kofiatontt fond tro Nabiac aos nF ran into the of kwell's Island and her bobstay ‘and to} it, then withdrew. On Wiker's Island the M. way had @ severe knock-down, and at first it was be she would not come out of it, but sho righted, however, and kept on her course, Old Ferry Point ci byt y was reached ri yachts in the following orde: pr 84 Wiel: The little Fawn still led the feet, but tne Sor- ceress Was doing splendidly with wind abeam and lub ara’ }) and soon passed her little Well, followed Wore about hal! a mile aste: Th vacate Dé sed amile astern, The passed Fort Schuyler in the following order 3 Fn. i 8. td Bess BS Bee 80 Pidgeon 2M 45 Jeanette os M. Bb % The wind freshened after passing the Fort and the Sorceress had to take in her club topsail. The Jeanette slipped by the Fawn, and soon alterwards had to take tp her jib topsail. At 12:38 the Katie camé to grief, carrying away her throat halyards, Dat the wamage was soon repaired and she kept ‘The yachts rounded, as follows, the CAN BUOY :— a8 H. M, 8. 15 M. Conway... 2 62 45 56 30 4 0 1 OL 4 1g Afver ppending the buoy, the Sorceress ran to leeward of a tow of schooners and so lost the wind. ‘The Jeanette did well and led the feet. ‘The Fawn Jollowed, and in Dap wake was the Pidgeon, half a mile astern. The Katie was a cable len irom the Pidgeon, and the an way, minute later, was doing well and was picking up very fast. On the way down they met the yachtsof the Man- hattan Club, led by the Orion, looking with their clouds of white sails liké a flock of sea gulls skim- Ming on the waters, i Old Ferry Point was passed as follows :— In pas: the Katie received a severe knock- all the yachts had as much wind ag they wanted. The Pidgeon was gatern, some- a having gone wrong, as she had lowered i The home stakeboat was rounded in the follow- ing order :— down, In The Jeanette therefore wins the champion pen- nant for first yacht in, without regard to class or time allowance, and also the time allowance prize for her class. The Sorceress, Fawn and Pidgeon win the time allowance prizes in their respective classes. Yachting Notes. Tho following passed Whitestone yesterday :— Yacht Dreadnaught, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Stockwell, from Newport for New York. Yacht Jessie, N.Y.¥.C., Mr, Van Schaick, from Huntington for New Yo Steam jdgels Mystic, N. ., Mr. Chapin, from rk, cruising eastw MORE MORMONS. Arrival of One Thousand Recruits for “ Zion”—Scenes and Incidents at Castle Garden—One Tender Little Mormon Dies of Too Much Hair Dyce. One thousand converts to Mormonism, armed, for the greater part, with tin kettles and bedding, arrived at Castle Garden yesterday by the steamer Wisconsin, from Liverpool, on their way to the modern Zion, About two-thirds of the namber are from Denmark, Sweden and Norway, theremainder being from the British Isles, In the history of Mor- monism no such “parcel,” to use a Castle Garden expression, has ever arrived in one vessel as that which landed in our midst yesterday. ‘The presiding spirit of tue immense party which arrived in thia city yesterday was Elder Calder, a highly intelligent looking Scotchman, who fixes people with his eye, and who, in years gone by, has omMciated as chief secretary to Brigham Young, since which time he has been engaged in dissemi- mating Mormon views and making male and female converts. The Scandinavians were placed under the orders of Elder Petersen, who is by birth a Swede, In addition to this five mission- aries returned in the vessel, three from scandi- navia and two from Great Britain. As soon as the news was flashed up the bay that the Wisconsin, with her large human freight of Mormons, was about entering the bay, Elder William ©. Staines, under whose control the whole system of Mormon emigration to this country is conducted, came to receive the Latter Day Sainte and to greet them upon their advent to the New World, CASTLE GARDEN BY NIGHT. Towards evening the debarkation of the whole party had been effected from the ocean steamer, and they had the pleasure of treading on terra Jirma once more. Several of the party had scarcely entered the precinct of the rotunda at Castle Gar- den, when they devoutly threw themselves on the ground and prayed fervently, apparently return- ing thanks to the Almighty, through Brigham Young, tor their safe preservation from the perils of tne deep. THE SCENE IN CASTLE GARDEN, At about four o’clock the whole of the Saints were garnered together in their enclosure in the rotunda. Men, women and children camped to- gether inthe midst of the floor, with their ship mattresses and sea chests serving a8 seats, while in some cunningly devised corner, packed out of sight and sleeping the sleep of the just, reposed at full length the hope of the family, a Juvenile Mor- mon Saint “in futuridus,” cutting his teeth, The remainder of the family were discussing American bread and butter and herrings and five cent pieces, apparently astonished that these commodities varied little in form or flavor from their Old World counterparts, A MORMON COQUETTE. Let it not bewhispered among the Saints, as they travel Eastward, that they have a coquette in their midst, but it is true, and this is her description. Gorden haired, large, dreamy blue eyes, a Classi- cally oval lace and @ native of Dalecarlia. she was apparently about the age of susceptible six- teen, and, when last seen, was drawing on the daintiest red boot over @ neatly stockinged ieg, which she showed, with the most childish inno- cence pnd naivete, several inches above her foot, Evidently she came from a land of steady morals, where “Hont soit qui mal y pense” is the ruie of the people. Many of the __ travel- lers were sleeping, apparently with that soundness begotten of fatigue, on hard benches, glad to escape the noxious fumes and dis- gusting packing together which take place in the steerage of a crowded ocean steamer. The old people formed curious groupe by old is meant those who are approachidg the traditional three score and ten—as they looked at the young faces filled with hope at their side, and thought, doubt- less, they had nearly completed their task of en- abling their young ones to forage for themselves. DRATH OF A LITTLE MORMON. One little Danish Mormon, of eleven months, was taken to a better world pop Gentiles bate by suicide) on the voyage, failing a victim to a bottle of hair dye, left within its infantile reach, and it was buried at sea, The sights and scenes to be wit- nessed at Castie Garden on a hot day, with the ther- mometer at the nineties, are curious and unique. Among them may be cited, as having been seen in the Mormon circle yesterday, a pretty Irish girifrom , & Mormon towit, Who was dress- ing herself up in # gorgeous green gown in the sight of all men, near her was a little Norwegian girl, with her nead, face and shouiders sparkling with soap, under the influence of an impromptu tubbing. Then, reversing tlic scene, o lit dying tn its consumptive mother’s arms; then a tottering old woman, with a wondrous aidermanic gold chain and crimson gown, without encum- brances, as the advertisements say; then might be nm a poor, half-starved London clerk, with oi verous cheek and hectic fush, looking like Hogarth’s idle apprentice coming out of prison. With the exception of ‘the coquette” mentioned there were but lew ep: givia among the party, the horny-handed son of toil being the representative class, with his hardworking wife, with her “seven ages” in tow, who had doubtless j Lo gaining) more of life's thorns than {ts pleasures. he party seemed to be @ most periectiy har- monioug one, and af] seemed to be on a most fra- ternal foot No smoking, chewing or drinking Was visible, ¢ Scandinavians are considered by Elder Staines as an excellent class of converts, and work well at agricultural pursuite and are indus- trious and frugal. THE DEPARTURE TO-DAY. The Saints leave for Utah to-day on the Penusyl- vanta Central road, and thence by the Union Pacific to len. From that point they will be con the entire Jouruey oecapying ‘mine Gays. “the cox occupyin, 3. 1 08st for each adalt peconger le $1. mi "i KILLED BY THE FALLING OF AN ARCH. Dennis Donovan, foreman of a gang of laborers, died in St. Luke's Hospital yesterday morning from @ compound comminated fracture of the teft caused by the falling of a arch the new tame at sty nin street ang Fourie lived in e baby | his eyes, npplored | Ris emetmy. His A STORY OF THE AFRICAN DESERT THE VENDETTA AMONG THE ARABIANS, LIFE IN THE DESERT, How Revenge is Satisfled—Mehemed Ali’s Determination. THE CHIEFS OF THE ABABDES, —_-+—_—__ LIFE FOR LIFE. KHaRTouM, April 10, 1872, Few people, probably, are aware that the ven- detta 1s a8 popular among the Arabs as among the Corsicana; but such is really the case. 1 have, since my arrival here, heard of instances in which @ family feud was kept up to the fourth or fifth generation—kept up, in fact, until one or other of the hostile families was extinct, Asa good illus- tration of how the system works I will tell youa story with regard to the family Abade, which in- habits the land of Berber and rules over the Corsi- can passage in the Nubian desert, between Berber and Koraske. In the second decade, after the Turkish invasion of Soudan, about thirty-six years ago, while the stern Mehemed All still held the sceptre of Egypt with iron hand, the Turkish Gov- ernor Abbas Aga ruled in the province of Berber— @ man stern and just, ag the treatment of the wild inhabitants of internal Africa and the political condition of the newly conquered country at that time demanded. Abbas Aga at one time under- took a journey of inspection into the neighboring province of Taka. Tue chief of the Ababdes, an Arabian named Chalifa, took advantage of the ab- scence of the ruler to restore his former sover- eignty in his own country. He assembled 4,000 cavalry, stormed the chief town Mucherif, mur- dered the Turkish oMcials, robbed the Treasury and declared himself legitimate sovereign of the country. Raper Was at Gos Redjeb, with 400 soldiers and two can- non, when he received information of the insur- rection, He quickly returned with his escort back to Berber, the chief town of which the insurgents had meantime left, having entrenched themselves at Gemneta, close to the hill, behind a wall. Abbas Aga hemmed them in, and shot them down to the last man. Not a soul was spared. Ten thousand spearamen remained dead on the spot, among the rest the chief Chalifa. His brother, Baraka, stepped into his place as chief of the Ababde, Peace and order were thus restored for some years, fill Abbas Aga died. On receiving the news of the death of his faithful servant Meliemed All ordered the brother of the deceased, Suliman Aga, to go from Cairo to Berter to take possession of the property and to bring the family that bad been left behind to Cairo. Suliman Aga camo to Berber, ob- tained possession of the property of his brother, “and finally brought his family, four boys, who had scarcely passed infancy, and their mother, through the Nubian desert from Berber to Korosko. As Sali- man Aga was the deputy of the great Mchemed All, and as besides he was entrusted with the transport ot the State chest, he was accompanied by seventy or eighty soldiers, ‘The caravan road is in the hands of the Ababde, and Baraka collected there camels and men of his stock, This journey was the last opportunity of avenging the biood of their chief and their brethren on the blood relations of the murderer. The deed of vengeance arranged and -resolved upon was no secret. About hals way through the desert THE CARAVAN ENCAMPED AT MIDNIGHT in the valley of Suir, and, being fatigued by their journey, the travellers carclessly gave them- selves up to sleep. The well known quietness and security of the desert may have been the cause why Sullman Aga, notwith- standing that he had much money with him, was so imprudent as to fix no sentries over the eamp. In this valley the hand of vengeance was to strike. The Ababdes, who, when travelling, are armed with swords, fell upon their enemies while they were still sleeping, at two o’clock in the morning, and killed Suliman Aga, together with all his fol- lowers, IN A FEW MINUTES EIGHTY PERSONS WERE DEAD, The young children and their mothers were spared, since the custom of the vendetta can be exercised only on men. The property of Abbas Aga. and the State chest fell into the hands of the assas- sins. The children were brought back to the banks of the Nile, and there exposed to their fate, and the Arabians disappeared with their plunder into the interior of the desert. Thereupon the memo- rable Mehmed Ali ordered the Governor of Soudan, Ahmed Pasha, to send the nead of Baraka to him and to extort the plundered heritage and the State chest to the last farthing from the family of Ababde, Ahmed Pasha fittea out a suitable expedition, with the order to parsaue to the last drop of hia: blood Baraka, who, alter the above-mentioned affair, had fled into the territory of the neighboring family, Bischarin. Baraka was entrapped and cut down, together with his adherents. His head, as had been ordered, was sent to Cairo. In his place his nephew HUSSEIN CIALIPA, THE FAVORITE SON of Chalifa mentioned above, became chief of the Ababde. He had to atone for the sins of ms an- cestors; he had to pay the indemnity for the plundered State Treasury, and the heritage of the family of Abbas Aga. An agreement was entered into by which he was bound to pay a certain monthly sui to the heirs for thirty years, and this period of thirty years did not terminate until two years ago. The four children who had been left in the desert were bronght to Egypt, and there reared. When they were grown up, one of the brothers, Ahmed Abbas, returned to Berber, and there obtained employment from the government, at the same time receiving monthly instalments of his legacy from Husseip, Hussein Chalifa was cleverer than his ancestors; he masked his evil designs under a prepossessing exterior, professing himself to be a@ iaithiul and Obedient servant of the ruler of Egypt. His thirst for vengeance was not, however, satiated—the im- mense sums he had to pay, the blood of his father, of his uncle, and of so many thousands of his stock, called aloud for vengeance. Accordingly he sought to utilize for hisown purposes the scan- dalous maladministration of the Turkfsh officials, Two years ago he succeeded in obtaining access to the Viceroy and in convincing him of his own loyalty and of the rapid decay of the State under the Turkish régime. Asa result, the higher Turk- ish officials were deposed and Hussein Chalifa was appointed ‘“Mudir’ of Berber and Dougola, Whether the Viceroy acted wisely in appointing as Governor of two provinces remote from the seat of government a man who was the chief of a re- bellious family, a family thirsting for vengeance, future events will show. Hussein Chalifa pro- ceeded to remove the Turkish element, filed bis oMices with natives, dispensed with all garri- sons, save an indispeasabdle number of senti- nels, om the pretence of ecovomy, and obtained considerable taduence over the weak-willed and mindless Pasha of Khartoum The Pasha became so subject to Hussein Pasta shat he asked for bis advice on every question, 20 matter how trivial, so that in the eud if was Musgein, and pot the Pasha, that ruied in Khartoum. A short time ago Hussein seemed to cave votained the object of ail his plots and desires, He sccused one Of Abbas Aga’s sons of 4 crime, aud demanded his sur- render trom the Pasta of Kartoum, The unfor- tunmate young man, clesriy foreseeing that his surrender to Husseiu meant certain death, fel) at the feet of the Pashs, and, with tears in shat he might not be‘given entreaties, beveree Gane oi ne avail. Be was put in chains, and to eve ‘expen igtary, however ever